In the Laojun Palace, the temporary headquarters of the 10th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army.

At the beginning, Maori Suehiro didn't take the Chinese army's counterattack to heart at all!

In his opinion, the Japanese army does not like night battles, not that they will not fight at night, in fact, the Japanese army's attack power at night is no worse than that of the Chinese army!

Therefore, Maori Suehiro did not think that the night counterattack of the Chinese army could pose a threat!

Mori Suehiro was convinced that the 10th Infantry Wing could thwart this night counterattack by the Chinese army!

For half an hour, the progress of the battle situation also verified Maori Suhiro's judgment, and the Chinese army attacked from the frontal position of Shajiaxiang for half an hour, but only advanced less than 200 meters.

Although the Chinese army broke through the first line of defense, the defense line was immediately re-stabilized after the 2nd Infantry Brigade was transferred to Maori Suehiro!

However, at this time, another Chinese army suddenly came out from behind!

At this time, it caught the 10th Infantry Wing off guard, making the entire defense line of the 10th Infantry Wing instantly become noisy!

Especially the Taiping Lane in the middle, which was originally the strongest defense line of the 10th Infantry Wing, but now, it is the most precarious defense line!

The Chinese army, which was flanked in front and back, was about to complete the division at the mouth of Taiping Lane!

However, Maori Suehiro did not ask for help from the division headquarters and headquarters at the first time!

If the first counterattack of the Chinese army forced him to ask for help from the division headquarters or even the headquarters of the Second Army, wouldn't it seem that he was very incompetent?

Mori Suehiro tried to stabilize the defense line first with the strength of his headquarters, and then ask for help!

However, less than a quarter of an hour later, Mori Suehiro realized that the situation was not right, and he found that the entire defense line of the 10th Infantry Wing had been disrupted by the Chinese army, and the whole wing was about to collapse!

And the death of Shuichi Sasaki, the captain of the 1st Infantry Brigade, became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel!

After receiving the news of Sasaki Shu's death, Mori Suehiro finally panicked and ordered the signal team to immediately send a telegram to the division headquarters, requesting urgent tactical guidance!

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At the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army.

Higashikurenomiya Tsusahiko is still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, and his mind is relaxed and playing Go with Machijiri Liangji.

For the fierce battle that was being staged, Higashikuremiya Tsukihiko did not pay much attention to it, in his opinion, unless something big happened, it was impossible for the Chinese army's night counterattack to set off any waves!

In any case, the three infantry wings, including the 10th Infantry Wing, which broke into the city of Hankou, were fully prepared, and even built side-fire in the houses on both sides of several main streets!

Therefore, at this moment, the mood of Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko can be described as very relaxed!

"Smack!" Higashikurenomiya picked up a sunspot and slapped it heavily in the upper left corner of the chessboard.

Seeing Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko suddenly play this move, the smile on Machijiri Liangji's face immediately froze, and then turned into a sad look.

After a long test for several minutes, Machijiri was still hesitant and didn't dare to fall.

"Machijiri-kun, there's no hurry." Higashikurenomiya took a sip of tea with a teacup and said with a smile, "You think about it slowly, we have time!" Anyway, it's still a few hours before dawn! ”

However, before the words could be spoken, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the tent.

Machijiri continued to concentrate on the long exam, but Higashikunomiya turned back leisurely, only to see that the curtain was lifted, and Yoshio Shinozuka had already walked in with a blue face.

Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka's face, Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko couldn't help but feel a slight jump in his heart, what's wrong?

"Your Highness!" Yoshio Shinozuka walked quickly to Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko and said, "Something happened!" ”

"Something's wrong?" Higashikurenomiya's heart jumped slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "I just received an urgent telegram from the 10th Infantry Wing, saying that a Chinese army suddenly appeared behind them and launched a flanking attack on them with two hundred, and now they can't resist the enemy, and they ask for urgent reinforcements from the division headquarters!" ”

"Nani?" Higashikurenomiya's two eyes widened instantly, and he said in a mouthful of words, "A Chinese army suddenly appeared behind the 10th Infantry Wing?" How is this possible? ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused, "Judging from the current situation, this Chinese army should have made a detour back behind the 10th Infantry Wing from the tunnel!" ”

"Authentically?" Machijiri said, "Haven't they all been blown up?" ”

Including the 10th Infantry Wing, the three infantry wings that broke into the city of Hankou pushed forward and blew up the tunnels and underground shelters built by the Chinese army one by one!

Because these tunnels and underground shelters were built by the Chinese army, and there were organs and secret passages in the middle, the Japanese army could only cheapen the Chinese with these underground fortifications, so it was better to blow them up directly!

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "From the current point of view, what the imperial army blew up is only shallow tunnels and underground shelters, in addition, the Chinese army should also have tunnels hidden deeper underground!" ”

"And a deeper tunnel?" Dongjiu Gong Twist Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Yaga, the people of China are really cunning!" ”

"That's right!" Machijiri Yoshiki suddenly said to Yoshio Shinozuka, "Shinozuka-kun, the 10th Infantry Wing is about to be overwhelmed, why don't you just send troops to the rescue, what are you doing here?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head when he heard this, and said, "I came here just to persuade His Highness to immediately give orders to the 13th Division and the 116th Division not to rescue the troops entering the city!" ”

"No rescue?" Machijiri Measurement Kimichi, "Why is that?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "I know, it is cruel to see the three wings that entered the city being annihilated by the Shina army and not rescued, but I know better that if the rescue is carried out, not only will it not save the three infantry wings that entered the city, but it will only add more unnecessary casualties in vain!" ”

"Why?" This time, it was Higashikurenomiya Twistahiko who was questioned.

Yoshio Shinozuka replied, "Your Highness must have heard of the Transcendence Shooting Method, right?" ”

"Beyond the Shooter?" Higashikuremiya said awe-inspiringly, "The heavy machine gun tactics pioneered by the Germans in the Battle of the Somme!" ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused heavily, and said with a bitter face, "Our 10th Division once suffered a big loss from the Shina Army that surpassed the shooting method, and more than 2,000 imperial soldiers were killed in just one battle!" ”

Higashikunomiya Tsukihiko shivered excitedly, turned his head and instructed Machijiri Liangji: "Machijiri-kun, immediately call Shuzhou-kun and Shimizu-kun and order them not to send troops to rescue!" ”

"Hello!" The amount of the town was heavy.

(End of chapter)