At the same time, at the headquarters of the Second Army of the Japanese Army.

The chief of staff of the Second Army, Machijiri Mitsuki, with a dozen operational staff officers of the General Staff, had been busy for several hours, and the results of the war games had also come out.

Judging from the results, the Second Army still has a big chance of winning.

At that moment, Machijiri Liangji said to Higashikure Palace Tsugahiko: "Your Highness, the results of the war games have come out, even if there is no flank strategy of the Eleventh Army, our Second Army will have a chance to capture Wuhan!" ”

"Oh yes?" Higashikurenomiya asked, "Have you taken into account the Nine War Zones in Shina?" ”

"Haiyi, the humble position has already taken into account the factors of the Ninth War Zone of China in the deduction!" "The main force of the Ninth War Zone in China is almost 300,000 people, and after more than a month of fierce fighting with the 11th Army of the Imperial Army, there are still at most 150,000 people left, including a large number of wounded!" ”

After a pause, Machijiri said again: "In view of this, the Nine War Zones of China will send a maximum of 50,000 reinforcements!" This is almost negligible for us. ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuremiya nodded happily.

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly asked, "Machijiri-kun, how do you determine the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us in the battle to capture Wuhan?" ”

Machijiri replied, "The ratio of casualties between the enemy and us is determined to be two to one!" ”

After a slight pause, Machijiri continued: "According to the information provided by Tegaoke, Zhong Yi's troops have more than 80,000 troops in ten brigades, so according to the casualty ratio of two to one, in order to capture the three towns of Wuhan, our army will have to pay the price of casualties of at least 40,000 imperial soldiers!" ”

Higashikurenomiya Tsusahiko nodded and said: "That is to say, almost a division will be lost, although the price is heavy, but in order to win the Battle of Wuhan, in order to force the government of China to surrender, it is worth it!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Machijiri-kun, are there any factors we haven't considered?" ”

"Is there one?" Machijiri said, "Then I want to ask, what else haven't been considered?" ”

"I can't say that." Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head and said, "But I always feel that Zhong Yi's methods should not be so simple, and there must be variables in the middle!" ”

"Shinozuka-kun, don't be afraid of variables!" "Even if the situation is unfavorable and the opportunity to capture Wuhan is temporarily lost, we can completely shrink to protect ourselves, and then when the weather turns cold, Okamura Ninji's Eleventh Army can attack the Ninth Theater of Operations again, and at that time we can also win the Battle of Wuhan!" ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned and said, "Your Highness Mingjian! ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded, and said to Machijiri Liangji, "Machijiri-kun, then continue to let each division and regiment take the brigade as a unit and pull the Hankou battlefield to train in rotation!" Strive to complete the training within half a month, and then officially launch a large-scale attack on Hankou, and strive to capture the three towns of Wuhan before the end of August! ”

"Hello!" Machijiri stumbled, turned and walked away.

……

Let's talk about Zhong Yi later.

At this time, Zhong Yi had already come to Hankou again.

Since the Han River and the Wuhan section of the Yangtze River were still in the hands of the Nationalist Army, it was very convenient for the Wuhan garrison to transfer personnel and materials between Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang.

The devil air force has a certain threat to water transportation, but it is also limited.

In the final analysis, it is impossible for the devil air force to patrol the Han River and the Yangtze River channel for a long time! First, the devil aviation does not have so many planes, and secondly, there is no need to do this!

At this time, Zhong Yi had already arrived at the Hankou Headquarters of the Five Prison Palaces.

Zhong Yi was accompanied by 6,000 recruits from Wuchang.

In the next half month or so, more than 44,000 other recruits from Wuchang will also come to the Hankou battlefield one by one to train their troops through actual combat!

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude had been waiting in the Five Prisons Palace for a long time, and as soon as the recruits arrived, the two of them each ordered two thousand recruits, and then hurriedly returned to their respective defense areas.

Seeing the backs of Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude go away, Zhu Liangcheng shook his head and quipped: "Look at them, it seems that if they go slowly, I will detain their soldiers, really." ”

Zhu Liangcheng is now the commander of the 367 Brigade and the commander-in-chief of the Hankou Defense Area, if he really wants to detain all the recruits, Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude really can't do anything about him.

But Zhu Liangcheng obviously couldn't do that.

Zhong Yi didn't react, just stared out the window.

Only then did Zhu Liangcheng notice that Zhong Yi's expression was different, and he shouted loudly at the moment: "Ziren? ”

Zhong Yi woke up like a dream, turned around and asked, "Old Zhu, is there any problem?" ”

"There's no problem on my side." Zhu Liangcheng shook his head and said, "It's you, is there something wrong?" ”

"Well, there really is!" Zhong Yi nodded, and continued, "Actually, I've been worrying about a very serious problem, but I haven't said it in public!" ”

Zhong Yi didn't say it in public, because he was worried that it would affect morale!

"Very serious problem!" Zhu Liangcheng's expression suddenly turned grim when he heard this, with his understanding of Zhong Yi, Zhong Yi said that it was serious, and the problem must be very serious, and immediately asked, "What is the problem?" ”

Zhong Yi said: "When we estimated the proportion of casualties on both sides, we were too optimistic! ”

"Overly optimistic?" Zhu Liangcheng said, "But I think that the casualty ratio of the enemy and us fighting is still basically reliable, after all, this is a street battle rather than a field battle, although the training and physical fitness of the devil are superior, but it is also difficult to give full play to the advantages of the field, so the casualties of one to two are still objective!" ”

"No!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Old Zhu, have you forgotten how we lost the Battle of Nanjing?" ”

"The Battle of Nanjing?" Zhu Liangcheng was stunned when he heard this, and the situation of the defense of Nanjing immediately appeared in his mind.

In the last few days of the defense of Nanjing, several divisions and regiments of the Japanese army participating in the war were actually exhausted and had reached the end of the crossbow, but with an order from the Japanese army's base camp, all the devils immediately became as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they all became high-spirited in an instant, causing heavy casualties to the national army!

At that moment, Zhu Liangcheng said in a deep voice: "Ziren, are you saying that the Japanese army base camp may repeat the old tricks?" ”

"The Japanese army base camp may repeat its old tricks and motivate the devils on the front line through heavy rewards, or it may adopt other methods!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "In short, as commanders, we must prepare for the worst!" We must assume that the devil's combat power will suddenly skyrocket, and we must make a plan accordingly! ”

Zhu Liangcheng nodded and said, "I completely agree with this!" ”

(End of chapter)