At the same time, in Xiaogan.

Higashijiugu Nihiko convened a meeting of staff.

A staff meeting is different from a cabinet meeting. A staff meeting needs to be at a certain level to participate, but there is no limit on military rank or rank. As long as you think you are capable, you can go and participate!

Therefore, there were many officers attending the meeting, with more than a hundred people!

There is only one topic at the meeting, which is the specific strategy of marching into Wuhan, whether to concentrate troops to attack Hankou first, or to divide the troops into two groups to attack Hankou and Hanyang at the same time!

Or, a division will be divided into a division to cross the attack on Wuchang?

Hundreds of officers from the headquarters gathered together, and the large tent of Higakuromiya Nianhiko could not be installed at all, so most officers could only stand in the field outside the tent!

"The people are almost there, so let's start." Higakuromiya Nianhiko stood up and said, "You must have known about the situation of the Third Division! Yes, just one night, the Third Division was completely wiped out by the Chinese army. No one of them was spared from the division commander Fujita!"

After a pause, Higakuramiya Nianhiko said again: "Fujita Jin was even captured alive by the Chinese army and betrayed the empire! This is simply an unprecedented shame since the imperial army built a town! For this reason, I have called the base camp and asked the base camp to work with the army headquarters to permanently revoke the number of the third division! To show punishment!"

More than a hundred Japanese officers present at the meeting immediately started whispering.

They thought that the Third Division would definitely be severely punished, such as the permanent division of the four-unit system to the three-unit system security division, but they did not expect that Higashijiujiu Nianhiko actually directly requested the permanent revocation of the Third Division number! Such a punishment is definitely the most severe punishment ever!

"The punishment will not be mentioned in advance!" Dongjiugu Nihiko waved his hand and suppressed the whispers of the officers attending the meeting, and said, "The topic that needs to be discussed today is whether to concentrate troops to attack Hankou? Or to divide troops into two groups to attack Hankou and Hanyang at the same time? Or should the troops divide troops into three groups to launch an attack on Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang at the same time?"

After Higashinomiya Naihiko said that, Chief of Staff Machijiri Iki continued: "It is also necessary to explain to you that although the Front Command has already classified the 15th Division and the 17th Division into the combat sequence of the Second Army, these two divisions must stay in the rear to undertake the garrison tasks of Henan and Anhui provinces."

Higakurigu Nihiko said again: "So, the only troops that can actually be put into the Battle of Wuhan are the 10th, 13th, 16th, and 116th divisions! A total of four divisions!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yoshihara, the chief of staff of the 13th Division, said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I think that before making a formal decision, I may have to figure out one problem first!"

After pausing, Yoshihara continued, "The question is, how did the 3rd Division be annihilated?"

"Sodes!" Fujie Esuke, the commander of the 16th Division, echoed, "If you don't figure out how the Chinese army can wipe out the 3rd Division overnight, there will be great risks whether it is concentrating forces to attack Hankou or dividing troops to attack Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang!"

Machijiri Ryoki and Higashinohiko looked at each other and said, "This question has always troubled Your Highness and I. Since Yoshihara Kwan has mentioned this, you might as well tell your own opinions and speculate on how the Chinese army annihilated the 3rd Division overnight?"

After Machijiri Ryoki finished speaking, the inside and outside of the tent immediately fell into silence.

This question is difficult to answer, and most of the people present are covered in a ball of paste.

Seeing that no one took the initiative to speak, Higakuru Miyaki's brows frowned unconsciously.

At this time, Usa Mitsunobu, the deputy captain of the Special Operations Brigade, suddenly said: "Your Highness, I may know the reason!"

"Oh, is that?" Higakurimiya Nohiko turned his eyes to Usa Mitsuto and said happily, "Usa Mitsukun, tell me."

"Hayi!" Usa Mirō paused his head slightly and said, "One thing we can be sure that under normal circumstances, no matter how much troops the Chinese army invests, it is impossible to destroy a permanent division of the Imperial Army overnight! Even if it is defeated, let alone wiped out all!"

"Yo Xi!" said Higashiramiya Nohiko, "Usa Mikun, you continue."

"Hayi!" Usa Mirō paused again and said, "After confirming this, we can analyze it from another aspect, that is, the Chinese army must have used abnormal tactics or weapons! Or, the Chinese army used abnormal tactics and weapons at the same time, which led to the 3rd Division being caught off guard and destroyed the entire army!"

It must be admitted that Usa Mitsuru still has some ability, and this guess is very close to the truth!

Higakure-Miya Nianhiko said again: "So, what kind of abnormal tactics or abnormal weapons do you think the Chinese army may have used?"

"I can't guess this, Bei Yi." Usa Mitsuru shook his head and said.

Although Usa Mitsuru is a Japanese, he pursues the doctrine of the mean of the Chinese. He believes that a person should not expose the limelight, otherwise he may make enemies everywhere!

He had already guessed what tactics and weapons the Chinese army used. The reason why he didn't say it was to leave this opportunity to Shigeo Yamamoto, his close partner!

Sure enough, as soon as Usa Mitsuto finished speaking, Yamamoto Shigeo said: "White may be able to say something about what abnormal tactics and weapons the Chinese army used!"

"Oh, is that?" Higashinomiya Nianhiko said happily, "Yamamoto, let's talk about it."

"Hai!" Yamamoto Shigeo paused his head and said, "In the German military theory community, a new tank tactic has recently emerged. This tank tactic pursues a large-scale concentrated use of the tank group, breaking the enemy with lightning speed, and then quickly penetrate the enemy's depth!"

After a pause, Yamamoto Shigeo continued: "This tactic is called blitzkrieg by the Germans!"

"Blitzkriya?" Higashinomiya Nohiko nodded and said again, "It seems like there is a bit of lightning."

"Hayi!" Yamamoto Shigeo paused his head again and said, "In the Battle of Hanyang, the tactics used by the Chinese army are very likely to be this kind of blitzkrieg that has just appeared. The Third Division was caught off guard, so it was completely wiped out in a short period of time!"

"Suoga!" said Higakuramiya Nianhiko, "Yamamoto, the blitzkrieg you mentioned is really so powerful."

"This is not good at saying that." Yamamoto Shigeo said cautiously, "because it has not been confirmed by actual combat."
Chapter completed!