According to historical records, this Fujita Jin is an extremely rigid Japanese general, and he basically doesn't know how to be flexible!

In the Battle of Songhu, an infantry squad leader of the 39th Infantry Wing accidentally found a small alley that could lead directly to the back of the Chinese defenders, and the chief of staff at that time suggested a sneak attack from the small alley, but was severely reprimanded by Fujita Jin, who thought that the war should be a dignified and frontal victory, and could not engage in conspiracy!

As a result, the 11th Division had already reached Luodian, but the 3rd Division could not even break through the Jiangwan defensive line! was so angry that Matsui Ishine reported to remove him, but because Fujita Jin had a deep background, he couldn't do it!

Then, according to Fujita Susuru's old-fashioned character, he will definitely attack Kameyama Fortress first!

Moreover, Fujita Susumu probably disdains to use tricks like Yoshio Shinozuka, and will definitely attack head-on! This may be an opportunity for Sun Liren's anti-smuggling team!

……

When Zhong Yi stood at the observation post of Yuwang Palace and observed the movements of the Japanese army, Fujita Shinya took Saito Masarui and took the sounding balloon of the meteorological observation team and rose to a height of 100 meters!

Standing at a height of 100 meters, you can see it more clearly than on Turtle Mountain!

Through the telescope's field of vision, Fujita Susumu not only has a panoramic view of the entire Turtle Mountain and the entire Hanyang City, but also Hankou on the east bank of the Han River and the Wuchang City on the other side of the Yangtze River.

Fujita Shin first set his sights on the Hankou city on the east bank of the Han River!

However, the 10th Division dispatched about half an infantry squad, divided into three battle groups, and launched an attack on the railway station in the middle and the fortresses on both flanks.

It's just that under the dense machine-gun fire of the defenders, the more than 20 imperial soldiers who attacked were quickly knocked down, and they couldn't even get close to the 50-meter range of the defenders' bunkers, let alone blow up the bunkers!

Fujita Jin said disdainfully: "Yoshio Shinozuka is like this, he always shrinks back when he fights, no wonder he has been fighting for so many days, but he hasn't even touched the edge of Hankou City!" ”

Masashi Saito didn't know how to answer.

He knew that the battle of Hankow was not as simple as it seemed!

And Yoshio Shinozuka is relatively capable of fighting among the commanders of several divisions of the Second Army!

After a pause, Fujita Jin said again: "Our Third Division can't learn from their Tenth Division!" ”

"Hello!" Saito Masarui could only pause, and then followed Fujita Jin's tone and said, "Division Commander Mingjian, the tactics of the 10th Division are indeed a little too conservative!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Fujita Shin said again, "Saito-kun, where do you think we should fight first?" ”

Saito Masaki pointed to Guishan and said: "The artillery position built by the Chinese army on Guishan points in the direction of Hankou, but the urban area of Hanyang on the back of the mountain is not within its coverage, that is, if the imperial army attacks the urban area of Hanyang, it will not be hit by the artillery group of the Guishan fortress, but only needs to face the artillery group of the Snake Mountain fortress on the other side of the river!" ”

Hearing this, Fujita's brows immediately furrowed.

At that moment, Fujita Jin asked unhappily: "You mean to attack Hanyang City?" ”

"Hello!" Saito Masarui did not change his statement because Fujita was unhappy, and said again, "I think that it should be easy first and then difficult, first seize Hanyang, remove the threat of abdomen and back, and then attack Kameyama without distraction!" Otherwise, we must always be on the lookout for threats from Hanyang! ”

"You're not right." Fujita retorted, "If you attack Hanyang, don't you need to watch out for the threat from Kameyama?" ”

After a slight pause, Fujita Jin said again: "Launching a direct attack on the urban area of Hanyang, not only to guard against the threat from the Guishan Fortress, but also to face the machine gun fire from the Guishan Fortress, don't you see, the Chinese army has built a lot of pillboxes at the western foot of the Turtle Mountain, and the entire Hanyang city is within the firing range of these pillboxes!" ”

Saito said: "But if you attack directly on Kameyama, you will also have to withstand the machine gun fire of the pillboxes on the mountain, the key is that the mountain is steep, not only is it difficult to deploy troops, but also the chariot troops cannot participate in the battle!" ”

"Yaga!" Fujita Susumu was furious when he heard this, "If you don't have a chariot, won't you fight?" ”

"Hello!" Seeing that Fujita was angry, Saito Masarui could only shut up and say no more.

After a pause, Fujita Jin continued: "Also, the reason why I decided to attack Guishan first is the most important reason, that is, as long as the destruction of Guishan Fortress is equivalent to destroying the entire defense system set up by the Chinese Army in Wuhan, the subsequent battle will be much easier!" ”

"Hello!" Masarui Saito could only pause.

You've said that, what more can I say?

Fujita Shin then asked, "Saito-kun, if you attack Kameyama, how do you think you should fight?" ”

Saito replied sharply: "The eastern foothills of Guishan are facing the Han River, and although the terrain is steeper, if we can get the support of the navy, I think we should attack from the eastern foothills!" ”

"Navy?" Fujita Jin said abruptly, "The navy is still blocked east of Madang at this time, and it can't be counted on. ”

"Then you can only attack from the northern foot of Turtle Mountain!" Saito Masarui said again, "Because if you attack from the western foothills, the imperial army will expose its back to the Shina defenders in Hanyang Castle!" As for the southern foothills, because there is a Turtle Mountain in the middle, and it will be attacked by the defenders of the Snake Mountain Fortress on the other side of the Yangtze River, there is no need to think about it at all! ”

After a pause, Saito Masarui said again: "But there is a disadvantage to attacking from the northern foothills!" ”

"Oh?" Fujita shone out and asked, "Saito-kun, what are the disadvantages?" ”

Saito Zhengrui said: "The terrain at the northern foot of Turtle Mountain is the steepest, and it is still narrow, so it is difficult to deploy troops!" If there are too many troops to attack, it is easy to huddle together and suffer a large number of casualties from the defenders' machine gun fire! ”

"It's the North Foothills!" Fujita Jin said, "As for the narrow terrain you said and the difficulty of deploying troops, this is not a problem, the terrain of Lushun Fortress was even narrower than this, and the imperial army finally took it?" ”

"Hello!" Saito shook his head sharply and said no more.

……

Yuwang Palace Observatory.

Stilwell put down his binoculars and said to Zhong Yi, "Zhong, where do you think the Japanese army will attack first?" ”

Zhong Yi smiled slightly and said, "There is no doubt that the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army will definitely attack Guishan first!" ”

"Kameyama?" Stilwell shook his head and said, "I don't think so, I think the Japanese should attack Hanyang first, because attacking Gushan is not a wise choice." ”

Zhong Yi said: "Attacking Turtle Mountain may not be a wise choice, but it is the most threatening choice!" ”

"The most threatening option?" Stilwell asked blankly, "What do you mean?" I don't understand something. ”

"I mean it very simply." Zhong Yi smiled and said, "As long as we capture Guishan and destroy the Turtle Mountain Fortress, the entire defense system that I have been painstakingly operating in Wuhan for months will be destroyed in one fell swoop!" ”

(End of chapter)