At the same time, it was at the headquarters of the Second Japanese Army.

The Chief of Staff of the Second Army, Machijiriki, had been busy for several hours with more than a dozen combat staff members of the General Staff, and the results of the wargame deduction were also revealed.

Judging from the results, the second army still has a big chance of winning.

At this moment, Machijiri Ichiki said to Higashinori Miyasu, "Your Highness, the result of the military chess deduction has come out. Even without the support of the 11th Army, our Second Army will have the opportunity to capture Wuhan!"

"Oh, is that?" asked Higakuurami Nianhiko, "Have you taken into account the Nine War Zone in China?"

"Hayi, Beiyi has taken into account the factors of the Ninth War Zone in the deduction!" Machijirikidun said first, "The main force of the Ninth War Zone in the China 9th War Zone is about 300,000. After more than a month of fierce battle with the Eleventh Army of the Imperial Army, there are now at most 150,000 people left, including a large number of wounded people!"

After a pause, Machijiri Yoshiki said again: "In view of this, the China Nine War Zone will only send up at most 50,000 reinforcements! This amount of troops is almost negligible for us."

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuramiya Nianhiko nodded happily.

But Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly asked: "Minijiri, how did you judge the casualties between the enemy and us in the battle to capture Wuhan?"

Machijiri Hiroki replied: "The casualties ratio between the enemy and us is determined to be two to one!"

After a moment of pause, Machijiri Yoshiki continued: "According to the information provided by TKK, Zhong Yi's troops have more than 80,000 troops in ten brigades, so according to the two-to-one casualties, in order to capture the three towns of Wuhan, our army will have to pay the price of at least 40,000 imperial soldiers!"

Higakure-Miya Nianhiko nodded and said, "That means that it is almost a loss of a division. Although the price is a bit heavy, it is worth it to win the Battle of Wuhan and to force the Chinese government to surrender!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and said, "Machijiri, have we not taken any considerations?"

"Is there any?" Machijiri Ichiki said, "Then I want to ask, what other factors have not been taken into account?"

"I can't say this, either." Shinozuka Yoshio shook his head and said, "But I always feel that Zhong Yi's methods should not be that simple, and there will definitely be variables in the middle!"

"Shinozuka, you are not afraid of any change!" said Higashinomiya Nianhiko, "Even if the situation is unfavorable and you temporarily lose the opportunity to capture Wuhan, we can completely shrink and protect ourselves. Then when the weather turns cooler, Okamura's 11th Army can launch an attack on the 9th China War Zone again, and at that time you can still win the Battle of Wuhan!"

"Hayi!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused and said, "Your Highness's clarity!"

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuramiya Nohiko nodded and said to Machijiriki, "Machijiri, then continue to let the various divisions take the brigades to carry on the Hankou battlefield to train troops! Try to complete the training within half a month, and then officially launch a large-scale attack on Hankou, and strive to capture the three towns of Wuhan before the end of August!"

"Hayi!" Machijiriya paused her head heavily, turned around and left.

...

Let’s talk about Zhong Yi later.

At this time, Zhong Yi had already arrived in Hankou again.

Since the Han River and the Wuhan section of the Yangtze River are still under the control of the national army, the personnel and materials of the Wuhan Garrison District are very convenient to transport between Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang.

The Japanese aviation forces pose a certain threat to water transportation, but they are also limited.

After all, it is impossible for the Japanese Aviation Army to patrol the Han River and the Yangtze River channel for a long time! First, the Japanese Aviation Army does not have so many planes, and second, there is no need to do so!

At this moment, Zhong Yi has arrived at the Hankou Command of the Five Prison Palaces.

Following Zhong Yi, there were also 6,000 new recruits from Wuchang.

In the next half month, more than 44,000 new recruits from Wuchang will come to the Hankou battlefield one after another to train through actual combat!

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude had been waiting in the Five Prison Palaces. As soon as the recruits arrived, the two of them ordered two thousand new recruits and then hurriedly returned to their respective defense areas. As a chief officer, no one would think that they had many soldiers under them!

Watching Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude's back left, Zhu Liangcheng shook his head and joked: "Look at them, it seems that they are walking slowly, and I will detain their soldiers, it's true."

Zhu Liangcheng is now the commander of the 367th Brigade and the commander-in-chief of the Hankou Defense Zone. If he really wants to detain all the recruits, Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude really have no choice but to do anything to him.

But Zhu Liangcheng obviously could not do this.

Zhong Yi didn't react, but just stared at the window.

Zhu Liangcheng then realized that Zhong Yi had a different expression and shouted loudly: "Zi Ren?"

Zhong Yi woke up as if he was dreaming, and turned around and asked, "Old Zhu, is there any problem?"

"I have no problem here." Zhu Liangcheng shook his head and said, "But you, are there any problems?"

"Well, there is really!" Zhong Yi nodded and continued, "Actually, I have been worried about a very serious problem, but I just didn't say it in public!"

Zhong Yi did not say it in public because he was worried that it would affect morale!

"A very serious problem!" Zhu Liangcheng suddenly looked shaking when he heard this. With his understanding of Zhong Yi, Zhong Yi said it was serious, and the problem must be very serious. He asked again, "What's the problem?"

Zhong Yi said: "We were too optimistic when we expected the casualties ratio between the two sides!"

"Are you too optimistic?" Zhu Liangcheng said, "But I think it is basically reliable to fight the enemy and us into a one-to-two casualty ratio. After all, this is street fighting rather than field fighting. Although the Japanese have the advantage in training and physical fitness, it is difficult to play the advantage of field fighting, so the casualty of one-to-two is still objective!"

"Otherwise!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Old Zhu, you forgot how we lost the Nanjing defense battle?"

"The Battle of Nanjing?" Zhu Liangcheng suddenly became furious when he heard this, and the situation of the Battle of Nanjing immediately appeared in his mind.

In the last few days of the Nanjing Defense Battle, the Japanese divisions participating in the battle were actually exhausted and had reached the end of their strength. However, with an order from the Japanese base camp, all the Japanese devils immediately became full of fighting spirit, causing heavy casualties to the national army!

Zhu Liangcheng said in a deep voice: "Zi Ren, are you saying that the Japanese base camp may be able to use the same trick again?"

"The Japanese base camp may re-use the same tricks, and use heavy rewards to motivate the Japanese on the front line, and may use other methods!" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "In short, as commanders, we must make the worst plans! We must assume that the Japanese combat effectiveness will suddenly increase, and we must make plans based on this!"

Zhu Liangcheng nodded and said, "I completely agree with this!"
Chapter completed!