Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Your Highness, whether there is time or not, we will know if we calculate it." ”

"Calculations?" Higashikurenomiya said, "How do you calculate it?" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Your Highness thinks that how long will it take for the main force of Shina to recover its combat effectiveness?" ”

"I probably know that." Machijiri Liangji continued, "The main force of the Wuhan battlefield is divided into two parts, one is the Zhina Army of the Fifth Theater and the other is the Zhina Army of the Ninth Theater, of which the Zhina Army of the Ninth Theater suffered relatively heavy casualties in the battle with the Eleventh Army on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, and it will not be able to regain its combat effectiveness until at least the end of September!" ”

After a pause, Machijiri said again: "The Shina Army of the Fifth Theater also suffered heavy losses in the battle with our Second Army, but it is still lighter than the Ninth Theater of China, so by mid-September, it should be able to restore its combat effectiveness!" ”

Higashikuremiya then said: "It's August 15th, which means we still have a month!" As long as you can occupy Wuhan within a month, you don't have to worry about the counterattack of the Chinese army! ”

"Yo Si." Yoshio Shinozuka nodded happily, and continued, "Then now, let's calculate whether it is possible for the Second Army to capture Wuhan within a month!" ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "The first thing to be clear about is the strength of the Wuhan defenders!" ”

"According to the information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the strength of the Wuhan garrison should be like this, 80,000 people in ten brigades of the regular army, 70,000 people in the reserve, and 50,000 militiamen!" ”

Higashikurenomiya said: "In other words, the defenders originally had 200,000!" ”

Machijiri said again: "But now, there are at most 150,000 left!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Yoshio Shinozuka nodded happily, and said, "What kind of character Zhong Yi is, His Royal Highness knows it, and you must also know it, so if you don't kill all the defenders of Wuhan, it will be impossible for the imperial army to enter Wuhan City!" So now, let's break it down further, killing all 150,000 defenders in a month, and killing 5,000 Chinese troops every day! ”

Higashikurenomiya said: "It doesn't seem easy to kill at least 5,000 Shina troops every day? ”

"yes!" Machijiri said, "After all, the area of Hankou City is limited, and the battle line between the two sides is only that long, so it is difficult to hunt five thousand Chinese troops in one day!" ”

As he spoke, Machijiri walked to the map.

Then, Machijiri Liangji pointed to the map and explained: "Your Highness, and everyone, you see, the total width from Wudang Palace to the racecourse is only less than five kilometers, assuming that a hunting team is placed every 100 meters, this is probably the limit, if more infantry is dispatched, it will become a large-scale group attack!" ”

Qing Shui said solemnly: "In other words, there are up to 50 hunting teams on the entire front!" ”

Ogizhou Libing said: "Each hunting team has 10 people, and 50 hunting teams are 500 people!" ”

Fujie Keisuke said: "In other words, each imperial soldier needs to kill more than 10 soldiers every day, which is not easy!" After all, a small street battle is not a large-scale offensive and defensive battle, and I'm afraid there aren't so many soldiers to kill! ”

Machijiri said: "In the Battle of Nanjing, the sniper elites on the hunting list did achieve good results, especially Hojoji, who won the reputation of the Imperial Spear Emperor, and hunted more than a hundred soldiers overnight, but the vast majority of the imperial soldiers only hunted a few soldiers!" ”

Qing Shui said solemnly: "And the battle area of the Battle of Nanjing is much larger than that of Hankou!" ”

Keisuke Fujie said, "So it's not easy to achieve the goal of hunting 5,000 per day!" ”

"Judging from the current situation, it is indeed not enough to hunt 5,000 soldiers every day!" Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said, "But why can't we just try to create the conditions?" ”

"Create the conditions?" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded happily and said, "Shinozuka-kun, tell me what you think." ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused, and said, "First of all, the length of the battle line, Machijiri-kun just said that the total width from Wudang Palace to the racecourse is only five kilometers, but no one stipulates that the battle line must be straight, and it can also be jagged!" It can even be a dog-tooth stagger! ”

Higashikurenomiya said: "Jagged? Canine tooth staggered?! ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused, "If a jagged or dogtooth-like front is formed, a five-kilometer-long front can become ten kilometers or even twenty kilometers!" ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Moreover, if the Hankou battlefield alone can't meet the goal of killing the enemy, why can't the Hanyang battlefield be reopened?" With the reopening of the Hanyang battlefield, wouldn't the target of killing the enemy be doubled immediately? Are we worried that we won't be able to kill 5,000 people a day? ”

"Soga!" Higashikurenomiya Tsugahiko's eyes lit up.

"Reopen the Hanyang Battlefield?" Machijiri Ryoki frowned and said, "Has Shinozuka-kun forgotten the lesson of the 3rd Division?" ”

Hearing this, Higashikurenomiya Twist Yan suddenly felt a pang in his heart, yes, how did he forget this stubble? The 3rd Division was completely annihilated by the Shina Army outside Hanyang City! If the Hanyang battlefield is reopened, in case the army counterattacks again and annihilates the division sent to Hanyang, wouldn't it be counterproductive at that time?

Yoshio Shinozuka said in a deep voice: "We have analyzed before that the reason why the 3rd Division was wiped out by the Shina Army was mainly because Fujita was careless about the enemy, coupled with the fact that the Shina Army invested tank clusters in the counterattack, and the artillery of the 3rd Division failed to make countermeasures in time, and various factors accumulated to finally cause a tragedy!" ”

After a pause, Yoshio Shinozuka said again: "Therefore, as long as we take precautions in advance and first mark the artillery shooting points on the various counterattack routes of the Chinese army, then even if the Chinese army invests in the tank cluster to launch a counterattack, our artillery can also counteract in time, and the tragedy of the 3rd Division will definitely not be repeated!" ”

Machijiri was immediately silent, for he had no way to refute it.

"Yo Xi!" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko nodded happily and said, "Order!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka and the other four division commanders, as well as Machijiri Liangji, all gathered their feet and stood upright.

After a pause, Higashikurenomiya Tsugahiko continued: "The 10th Division and the 16th Division immediately crossed the Han River west and launched an attack on the urban area of Hanyang, in order to ensure your safety and beware of the counterattack of the Chinese Army, the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery and the 3rd Wing of the Independent Mountain Artillery will cooperate with you to fight!" ”

"Hello!" Yoshio Shinozuka and Keisuke Fujie paused.

Higashikurenomiya turned his head to Machijiri and said, "Machijiri-kun, immediately call the Front Army Headquarters and ask His Excellency Toshiru Toshira to allocate a special fund as soon as possible to be used as a reward for the enemy killing competition!" ”

(End of chapter)