A few minutes later, the headquarters of the Five Prisons Palace in Hankow.

Yu Da, the quartermaster, hurriedly walked into the war room and saluted Zhong Yi, who was standing by the sand table, "Take a seat!" ”

"Director Yu, you're here." Zhong Yi nodded, and said, "All the large-caliber shells I want have arrived?" ”

"It's all shipped to Hankow!" Yu Da nodded and replied, "There are 60,000 rounds of 155mm caliber shells, all of which will be on the Hankou dock." ”

"Good!" Zhong Yi bowed his head lightly, and said to Zhu Liangcheng, "Old Zhu, immediately send troops to Hankou to carry artillery shells, your 367 Brigade will receive 20,000 rounds, and the remaining 40,000 will be sent to Wudang Palace and the Hippodrome position, and handed over to the guard brigade and the special agent brigade!" ”

Zhu Liangcheng responded, and immediately sent someone to inform Shen Xian, the commander of the 3rd regiment, to lead the troops to the dock, and then turned around and asked Zhong Yi: "Ziren, what are you doing with letting people bring so many shells?" ”

Stilwell also said curiously: "Yes, there is no cannonball, what's the use of just having cannonballs?" ”

This batch of shells is the shells of the M1918 155mm caliber howitzer ordered by Zhong Yi before.

Worried that there would not be enough shells, Zhong Yi ordered 120,000 rounds, but now, all 24 heavy howitzers have been destroyed, and there are still more than 100,000 rounds of shells left.

This time, Zhong Yi asked Yu Da to transport a full 60,000 rounds.

"These shells are very useful!" Zhong Yi grinned, showing two rows of Bai Sensen's teeth, and said, "Lao Zhu, and Colonel Stilwell, you said that if we make these 60,000 rounds of 155mm caliber shells into mines, and bury them all in the railway station, Wudang Palace, and the racecourse position!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Then, after the devils break through the position, we suddenly detonate the mines, and a full 60,000 155mm caliber mines explode at the same time, what kind of effect will it be?" ”

"Huh?!"

"Oh?!"

When Zhu Liangcheng and Stilwell heard this, they immediately gasped.

Zhong Yi no longer paid attention to the two, turned around and shouted, "Staff Officer Li! ”

Li Lianggang, the director of military service, stepped forward and responded: "What are the instructions of the senza?" ”

Zhong Yi said: "You immediately lead the Independent Engineer Regiment to the railway station, Wudang Palace and the racecourse position, and convert the 155mm caliber shells transported by each brigade to the front line into mines!" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi specially advised: "Remember, don't connect all the mines in one line, it's better to have a hundred or two hundred mines in a row, in addition, the mines must be buried in the critical parts where the devils may build fortifications, and at the same time, they must be well camouflaged and not discovered!" ”

"Yes!" Li Lianggang agreed, turned around and left.

……

As soon as Li Lianggang walked with his front foot, Zhang Shiliang came in with his back foot.

"Seats!" Zhang Shiliang snapped and said loudly, "The casualty figures of the guard brigade and the special service brigade and the number of enemies killed have been counted!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "Let's talk about the casualty figure first!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed, and then said, "In the counterattack battle in the early hours of this morning, the guard brigade suffered more than 4,000 casualties, of which more than 3,200 were killed, and the special service brigade suffered more than 5,000 casualties, of which nearly 4,000 were killed!" ”

Zhu Liangcheng's expression was awe-inspiring when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "Counting our 367 Brigade, in this counterattack, our army suffered 12,000 casualties, of which nearly 10,000 were killed!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "If you count the casualties during the day, it is 22,000 casualties and 18,000 killed!" ”

Hearing this, the dozen or so young staff officers present were all completely colorless for a moment, and in just one day, the Wuhan garrison suffered 22,000 casualties, of which 18,000 were killed!

Zhu Liangcheng took a deep breath and said, "Ziren, this casualty figure is too big!" Moreover, this is only the first day of the devil's general attack, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to last a few days! ”

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it!" Zhong Yi then asked Zhang Shiliang, "Staff Officer Zhang, what about the number of enemy kills?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed, and said, "Yesterday, the devil infantry that broke into Hankou from three directions had nearly three infantry wings, and almost none of them escaped in this counterattack, and they were basically annihilated by our army!" ”

After a pause in this, Zhang Shiliang said again: "After counting, a total of more than 9,000 Japanese soldiers were killed!" In addition, more than 50 Japanese tanks and more than 30 anti-aircraft guns were destroyed! ”

"Kill more than 9,000 enemies!" An inexplicable cold light flashed in Zhong Yi's eyes, and he said, "It seems that our assessment of the combat effectiveness of both the enemy and us is basically accurate, and the casualty ratio this time is exactly one to two!" ”

"But this is only the devil's first general attack!" Zhu Liangcheng said, "Today's second general attack, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to make such a casualty ratio, because, after the little devils broke into the city, they wreaked havoc on the fortifications built by our army, especially the underground bunker fortifications, which is bound to seriously affect the follow-up battle!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "But no matter what, we have recaptured the lost urban area!" Today, the second general attack of the little devil is going to start from the origin again! ”

……

At the same time, in the Chongqing High Command.

Because he was worried, Principal Chang did not return to Yunxiu Tower last night.

At two o'clock in the morning, there was still no news from Hankou, and Principal Chang couldn't stay up, so he went to the lounge next to him to take a nap.

In a daze, I suddenly heard a cheer outside.

sat up in a hurry, and saw Lin Wei push the door and walk in.

"Headmaster!" Without waiting for Principal Chang to ask, Lin Wei said excitedly, "The Hankou counterattack is over!" ”

"It's over!" Principal Chang's expression froze, and he said, "Weiran, looking at your expression, there should be good news?" ”

"Yes!" Lin Wei nodded vigorously and said, "I just received an official telegram from the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, saying that in the counterattack battle in the early hours of this morning, they completely annihilated the three infantry wings of the Japanese army that broke into the city of Hankou in one fell swoop, killing more than 9,000 enemies!" In addition, more than 50 tanks of the Japanese army were destroyed! There are countless guns seized! ”

Principal Chang was also excited when he heard this, and said urgently: "So, the position that was lost during the day yesterday has been recaptured?" ”

"Yes!" Lin Wei replied, "All the positions lost during the day yesterday have been recaptured, which means that the devils have been busy all day and have killed more than 9,000 people, but they have not been able to reap any benefits!" ”

"Got it!" Principal Chang nodded, and immediately walked out of the lounge and returned to the hall.

In the hall, several high-ranking generals and more than a dozen high-ranking staff members also had different expressions.

Chen Shi, He Yingpei, Xu Yongsheng and others inevitably looked embarrassed, and a few of them were slapped in the face by Zhong Yi again, can they not be embarrassed?

Seeing Chen Shi's embarrassed appearance, Principal Chang suddenly felt a little funny, thinking that these people always don't have a long memory, and they were slapped in the face by Zhong Yi again and again! But he forgot that he almost ordered the withdrawal of troops again!

(End of chapter)