At the same time, at the command of the Second Army.

Machijiri Rage Kihei rushed into the tent and reported to Tokuremiya Tsugahiko: "Your Highness, today and one day, all divisions and regiments have hunted and killed more than 6,000 soldiers in the battlefields of Hanyang and Hankou!" ”

"Oh yes?" Higashikurenomiya said happily, "Hunted more than 6,000 on the first day? ”

"Hello!" Machijiri glossed his head and said, "This is only the first day, and the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers participating in the battle of the divisions and regiments has not yet been fully mobilized, and I firmly believe that with the deepening of the war, the number of hunts and killings will continue to increase every day, so it will not take us a month at all, and we will be able to hunt down the 150,000 troops in Wuhan!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya nodded happily and said, "However, Machijiri-kun, there are only 150,000 defenders in Wuhan, is this information accurate?" ”

"Hello!" Machijiri Gakuji paused again, "This is a figure provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Special High School Division, and its credibility is still very high!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya nodded happily and said, "In other words, if nothing else, after about twenty days, the defenders of Wuhan will be basically disabled, and then they can launch a general attack!" At that time, Zhong Yi would no longer be able to stop the imperial army from seizing the three towns of Wuhan! ”

"Hello!" Machijiri Gakuki paused again, "This time it will definitely be possible!" ”

"Soga!" Higashikurenomiya bowed his head slightly, suddenly remembered one more thing, and asked, "By the way, Machijiri-kun, I haven't asked you yet, how many officers and soldiers did we have killed and injured in one day today?" ”

"Hello!" Machijiri Measure Keaton said, "The four divisions combined, more than 1,500 casualties!" ”

"Nani? More than 1,500 people were killed or wounded! Hearing this, Higashikurenomiya couldn't help frowning.

After a long time, Dongkurenomiya Twist Hitoshi continued: "It seems that the defenders of Wuhan are even more tenacious than imagined!" Inspired by the high rewards, the morale of the imperial army soared and its combat strength soared, and it was only a casualty ratio of 1 to 4! It's no wonder that the imperial army fought so hard before, Baga! ”

"Hello!" Machijiri said, "Before this, the imperial army really didn't take advantage of anything! ”

"Even now, it can't be said that you have taken advantage." Dongkurenomiya Tsukihiko waved his hand, and said worriedly, "If you follow the casualty ratio of one to four, 150,000 that army can almost fight out 40,000 imperial troops!" Considering that the Chinese army controls the battlefield and their casualties have the opportunity to be treated in time, the actual number of troops that can be put into battle should be far more than 150,000, but at least 200,000, which means that the Chinese army can fight 50,000 imperial troops! ”

"50,000 imperial troops?" Machijiri was awe-inspiring when he heard this, and this was a huge number.

After a pause, Higashikurenomiya said again: "Actually, 50,000 imperial troops can fight Zhong Yi 200,000 people, I should be satisfied with this, after all, in the previous battle, the imperial army and the Chinese army each lost 50,000 deaths, but it was a tie, so now the battle is four to one, I should be happy!" ”

Machijiri Tsukimoran, not knowing how to answer this.

Higashikurenomiya said again: "However, considering the actual situation of our Second Army now, I can't be happy!" Because now our Second Army has only 150,000 people, and it also includes more than half of the auxiliary troops such as baggage soldiers, engineers, cavalry, and artillery, and the real combat infantry is more than 70,000 people! ”

Machijiri Liangji's face suddenly changed slightly when he heard this, he really hadn't thought about this problem.

The total strength of the four divisions of the Second Army plus the directly subordinate troops is still nearly 150,000, but less than half of them are more than half of the real combat infantry and more than 70,000 people!

But in street fighting, only combat infantry can take part in the battle!

In other words, fighting with Zhong Yi to the end, the Second Army is likely to have only 20,000 combat infantry left, plus 80,000 engineers, baggage soldiers, cavalry, artillery and other technical auxiliaries!

This top-heavy situation is undoubtedly dangerous!

This is because once the main forces of the Fifth and Ninth Theaters of the National Army launch a large-scale counteroffensive at this time, the Second Army can only rely on 20,000 infantry to fight with more than 500,000 Chinese infantry, and no matter how high the morale of the infantry of the Second Army is and how soaring its combat effectiveness is, it will never be possible to achieve a casualty ratio of 1:25!

The reason why the Sakamoto detachment and the Seya detachment were heavily damaged by the Chinese army in Taierzhuang was also because of the top-heavy situation after a large number of casualties among the combat infantry, and finally failed to parry the counterattack of the Chinese army! In the end, I had no choice but to blow up all the baggage and heavy weapons and break through to Yixian!

"Machijiri-kun, our Second Army must not repeat the mistakes of Taierzhuang!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko stared at him and said, "Starting tomorrow, each division can only send half of the infantry, and the remaining half of the infantry will be drawn from the auxiliary troops such as engineers, cavalry, artillery, and baggage troops of each division!" ”

After a pause, Higashikurenomiya said again: "This is not only to reduce infantry casualties, but also to be fair, after all, there are not many such opportunities, not only to let the officers and soldiers of the infantry wing open up to make money, but also to give the officers and soldiers of the engineers, cavalry, baggage soldiers and artillery wing the opportunity to kill the enemy and earn bonuses!" ”

"Hello!" Machijiri said, "I think it's completely doable!" ”

After a pause, Machijiri said again: "After all, the auxiliary soldiers such as engineers, cavalry, artillery, and baggage soldiers of the imperial army have also received strict military training, and their combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of infantry, so letting them join the street fighting battlefield will not lower the casualty ratio of the enemy and us at once!" ”

……

In Hanyang, the division headquarters of the new 38th Division.

Sun Liren put down the phone and said to Zhong Yi: "Ziren, the losses on the battlefield in Hankou have also been counted, and the three brigades in Hankou have also lost more than 3,000 officers and soldiers!" ”

Chen Jing'an, Liu Futing, who had just arrived, and Pan Zihe's expressions sank.

Sun Liren continued: "This means that more than 6,000 people were killed in our Wuhan garrison today!" ”

"Ziren, it's not okay to go on like this!" Chen Jingan said, "According to this method of fighting, in less than half a month, all the troops in our Wuhan garrison will be disabled!" ”

Liu Futing also chimed in: "Yes, it seems that we have to change our playing style!" ”

"Change the tactics of war?" Pan Zihe said, "It's easy to say, but the question is how to change?" ”

Chen Jing'an frowned and pondered for a moment, and then said: "Due to the high bounty implemented by the old devil of the East Jiuer Palace, the devil's individual combat power has soared, and we are too disadvantaged in close combat!" Therefore, the devils must be kept out of the city, and they must not be allowed to break into the city, and without hand-to-hand combat, the devil's advantage will be gone! ”

Liu Futing said: "You mean, no longer keep the buffer zone? ”

"No reservations!" Chen Jingan nodded, "The defense line is pushed out to the city wall!" ”

PS: Two more chapters first, and there will be more in the afternoon.

(End of chapter)