In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

Time came September 2, 1940.

The German army was unstoppable on the European battlefield. With its powerful tank cluster, it advanced thousands of kilometers in just a few days. Due to insufficient psychological preparation, the Soviet Red Army was almost at a loss.

This is not the worst, the worst is that the Soviet army's command was also a mess.

The more than 5 million Soviet Red Army on the Soviet-German front line had collapsed, but the Soviet command was still fantasizing about resisting the enemy outside the national gates, and just blindly giving death orders to several front-line troops on the front line, not allowing retreat.

In just a few days, poor command had irreparable consequences for the Soviet army.

With the advancement of the three armies of the German army in the north, the central and the southern region, and the rapid interweaving, the more than 5 million Soviet Red Army deployed on the Soviet-German front were gradually being divided and surrounded in three narrow areas. An encirclement and annihilation battle that was unprecedented in the history of human civilization or human wars is about to become a terrible reality.

Let’s talk about the Chinese battlefield, but the Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian has officially ended.

The Japanese army withdrew very simply and quickly. In just three days, in the middle, except for the 5th Division, the 5th Division, which was still confronting the Sichuan Army near Yiwu, the remaining Guard Divisions, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division and the 18th Division had all retreated to the vicinity of Zhuji, and the 8th Division and the 22nd Division on the left had also retreated to the vicinity of Tonglu.

Unfortunately, the 15th and 17th Division on the right can never be withdrawn.

...

In Hongkou, Shanghai, the 13th Japanese Army Command.

Hinata Shiaki walked into Okamura's office with a folder in his arms: "Hiss Commander."

Okamura Nishiji, who was talking to Ishihara Kanir, immediately turned around and asked, "Is the result coming out?"

"Hayi!" Hinata Chimei paused her head and said, "In this battle, including the 15th and 17th Divisions, the 13th Army had a total of 69,176 imperial soldiers and 32,145 imperial soldiers were injured, of which 10,171 were seriously injured. Even if they recovered from their injuries, they would not be able to return to the team. In addition, 1,241 imperial soldiers were missing."

Hearing these numbers, the two old Japanese devils' faces immediately calmed down.

In the third battle of Zhejiang and Fujian, the 13th Army suffered more than 100,000 imperial soldiers, and nearly 70,000 were killed in battle alone. The losses were even greater than the second battle of Zhejiang and Fujian!

Hinata Shimiya explained: "Originally, if there were no 15th Division and the collective deaths of the 17th Division would have been much smaller," said Shimiya Chiaki.

The two old Japanese were also depressed.

The 15th Division and the 17th Division were completely wiped out, which increased by nearly 40,000 casualties.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the 15th Division and the 17th Division were divided and surrounded almost overnight, so there was no chance to break through and escape.

The last two divisions, nearly 40,000 people, were completely wiped out!

The only thing that could make the two old Japanese feel a little comforted was that nearly 40,000 officers and soldiers of these two divisions were mostly killed in battle, and only a very small number were captured by Chinese troops.

In addition to personnel losses, there is also equipment losses.

Okamura Yasuji asked again: "So what about equipment loss?"

Hinata Shimiya looked at the statistics and said, "This battle lost 1,216 combat aircraft of various types, 308 heavy artillery pieces of various types, 5,507 field artillery pieces of various types, mountain artillery, mortar and grenade launchers, more than 90,000 guns of various types, 501 trucks, 103 armored vehicles and chariots, more than 9,200 horses, more than 5,000 carriages, and no statistics were counted for the consumption and losses of other military supplies."

Listening to the numbers one after another popping up from Hinata Shia's mouth, Okamura Yanji and Ishihara Kanir felt that the eyes were getting dark. The loss was too great!

In this battle, their 13th Army really hurt his vitality.

It will never be possible to recover for a long time in the future.

So the two of them paid special attention to the casualties of the Chinese army.

Ishihara Kaner said in a deep voice: "How many Chinese troops were killed and injured?"

"It's still being summarized." Hinata Shimiya shook her head and said, "But according to the rough numbers reported by each division, the total number of Chinese troops killed and injured in this battle is at least more than 300,000!"

After hearing this number, the two old Japanese were extremely depressed again.

"That's one to three." Ishihara said, "The gap has narrowed a lot compared to three years ago."

"Yes." Okamura Yasuji also sighed, "When the Japanese-Split War just broke out three years ago, the casualties ratio of the Japanese-Split armies was always 10 to 1."

Ishihara Kaner asked again: "Okamura, I wonder if you have ever conducted statistics about Zhong Yi?"

"The statistics about Zhong Yi?" Okamura Yanji was stunned when he heard this and said, "Ishihara, do you mean, how many casualties did Zhong Yi cause to the Imperial Army in total?"

Ishihara nodded and said, "Yes, have you done statistics?"

"I really haven't done this before." Okamura Yasuji shook his head and said.

"But I did a statistics before the 13th Army took office." Ishihara Kaner said, "Zhong Yi has been born in the Battle of Songhu, to the Battle of Nanjing, to the Battle of Wuhan, and to the two Battles of Zhejiang and Fujian. If we count the third Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian that just ended, Zhong Yi has caused a total of 400,000 casualties to the Imperial Army of Japan, and at least 250,000 of these 400,000 casualties!"

"Nani?" Okamura Neji took a deep breath.

Hinata Chiaki next to him was also dumbfounded.

Not sure, I was shocked when I calculated that, did this guy Zhong Yi actually cause such serious losses to the Great Japanese Empire and the Great Japanese Imperial Army?

Ishihara smiled: "So, it is no exaggeration to say that the Emperor is the mortal enemy of the Empire! And in the foreseeable future, this guy may continue to bring heavy casualties to the Empire and the Imperial Army. Although he has a samurai demeanor, sometimes I really hope that this guy can die due to a sudden illness."

"Diet from sudden illness?" Okamura Yasuji shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "Impossible."

"Yes, I know it's impossible," Ishihara said with a wry smile. "No matter what, this guy is still very young, less than thirty years old, which is the most vigorous stage in a person's life."

After a pause, Ishihara Kanir said again: "Now, we can only hope that the counter-espionage plan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can work. Starting from the top Chinese leaders to eliminate Zhong Yi, even if it cannot be eliminated, at least he must be removed from his post. He will never be allowed to remain in office as Chief of Staff of the Zhejiang-Fu War Zone and Commander-in-Chief of the 10th Army."

Okamura Yanji nodded and said, "I hope it will work."
Chapter completed!