The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for more than an hour, and it was not finally over two o'clock in the morning.

At this time, if you look down from a high altitude, you can see that the entire Hankou city is shrouded in rich smoke, and burning fires are everywhere!

Fortunately, the wooden structure houses have been demolished in large quantities. The wooden structure houses that have not yet been demolished have been fire-proof and isolated, so the fire will not be completely out of control!

Stilwell followed Zhong Yi and Zhu Liangcheng to the surface again.

But I saw that there were several huge craters on the front hall square of the Five Prison Palace! Moreover, the diameter of these craters is dozens of meters and the depth is at least several meters!

It is completely unimaginable that if the dozens of heavy machine guns deployed here were not transferred, what would be the ending at this moment!

Needless to say, they must have been destroyed!

Looking up, I saw that half of the front hall of the Five Prison Palace had been blown up, and the remaining half had already caught fire and was burning violently. Fortunately, Zhong Yi's command center was in the main hall, so the loss should not be big!

However, the three main groups that had counterattacked before were probably a small casualty this time!

Zhu Liangcheng said in a deep voice: "Zi Ren, our casualties this time may not be small!"

"This is for sure!" Zhong Yi sighed, "After all, this is a way to fight with both jade and stones!"

Dongjiu'er Palace Nianyan used the crazy jade-burning tactic, and Zhong Yi was also helpless.

Zhu Liangcheng sighed and turned back to the adjutant who was accompanying him and said, "Transfer my order, the 2nd Regiment will immediately enter the position, clean the battlefield and save lives and heal the wounded!"

"Yes!" The adjutant agreed and turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Zhong Yi suddenly waved his hand and said, "Come back!"

After pausing, Zhong Yi turned around and said to Zhang Shiliang behind him, "Staff Officer Zhang, call the Guard Brigade and the Special Forces Brigade immediately, and ask them not to rush to clean the battlefield!"

"Why?" Zhu Liangcheng said in confusion, "Although the Japanese bombardment just now, it is impossible to kill all our soldiers who attacked. There will definitely be a large number of our soldiers. As long as the treatment is timely, I believe that these soldiers will still have a chance to survive, and may even return to the battlefield!"

After pausing, Zhu Liangcheng said again: "And there is a golden time limit to save people. If this time limit exceeds, the mortality rate of the injured will increase dramatically. Even if you are rescued in the end, it will be difficult to return to the battlefield!"

"I know this!" Zhong Yi nodded and said, "But Lao Zhu, you can think of this, even the Japanese can think of it!"

His eyes glanced at the northern night sky, and Zhong Yi said again: "Even if you want to save someone, you don't have to hurry up. It's not too late to wait for another half an hour!"

"Why?" Zhu Liangcheng said in confusion.

Zhong Yi said: "You will know soon."

...

A quarter of an hour later, the Second Japanese Army Command.

Higakurimiya Nianhiko put down his telescope and turned to Shinozuka Yoshio and Machijiriki behind him and said, "Shinozuka, and Machijiriki, what do you think the Chinese army is doing now?"

"Now?" Machijiri Ryoki said without thinking, "Now the imperial army's shelling has stopped. If nothing unexpected happens, the Chinese army must have sent troops to clean the battlefield. Once there are wounded soldiers of the imperial army or lonely soldiers, they will definitely be hunted ruthlessly, and their wounded soldiers will be treated in time!"

"Is that true?" Higashinomiya Nihiko turned his head and asked Yoshio Shinozuka, "Shinozuka, what do you think."

Yoshio Shinozuka looked slightly and said respectfully: "I think Machijiri-kun's words are very correct."

"Yoxi, since Machijiri and Shinozuka Kan agree, that's definitely the case!" Higakurimiya Nohiko nodded happily, then turned around and shouted to his adjutant Igarashi Mi, "Order the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and various field artillery, and the Yama Artillery Corps, immediately carry out the second artillery fire coverage in the city of Hankou!"

"Nani?" Igarashi Mi was stunned when she heard this. She was going to have a second shelling so soon?

Machijiri Ryoki and the senior generals next to him also looked at each other. The shelling had just ended, and the second round of shelling in Hankou was about to be launched immediately? This is too secret!

Yoshio Shinozuka's expression frightened!

Your Highness’s move is so amazing!

...

A few minutes later, in the Five Prison Palace.

Seeing that Zhong Yi had no further information, Zhu Liangcheng finally couldn't help it.

Zhu Liangcheng said to Zhong Yi again: "Zi Ren, you can't wait any longer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sky that had just darkened suddenly lit up again.

When Zhu Liangcheng, Stilwell and Zhong Yi looked up quickly, they saw the originally dark sky in the northwest direction, and once again the dazzling stream of light appeared!

Immediately afterwards, the long whistle of shells also came.

"Fuck!" Seeing this, Zhu Liangcheng couldn't help but swear, and said sternly, "The shelling has just ended, and the second round will come so soon? This is obvious that we want to be humiliated! The old Japanese devil, Nianyan, of Dongjiugu, is too sinister!"

Zhong Yi said: "When the two armies fight, they naturally do everything they can. It is understandable that Higashijiugu Nihiko does this!"

"Zi Ren, it's fortunate that you are here!" After Zhu Liangcheng came to his senses, he couldn't help but feel scared and sweated in a cold sweat, saying sternly, "If you hadn't stopped you just now, the 2nd Regiment would have entered the position. In this way, the loss would be great!"

After a pause, Zhu Liangcheng couldn't help but curse again: "This old Japanese devil, Nianyan, is too bad!"

Zhong Yi waved his hand and said, "Dongjiuer Palace Nianyan is not bad, but cunning, but this conspiracy is a path after all. If Dongjiuer Palace Nianyan thought that he could conquer Hankou and capture the three towns of Wuhan with such conspiracy, then he would be too naive!"

...

Almost at the same time, at the Second Army Command.

Seeing the dazzling red light blooming in Hankou again, Higakuru Miyaki Nian's face showed a smug look.

Higakurimiya Nianhiko grinned twice, and said to Yoshio Shinozuka and Machijiriki, "Shinozuka, and Machijiriki, how many Chinese troops can be killed in this round of shelling?"

Machijiri Ryoki said: "Under normal circumstances, the Chinese army will send at least three regiments of troops to enter the areas where both sides are fighting to clean the battlefield. This means that at least three regiments of Chinese army will be destroyed!"

"Suo Daga!" said Higashinori Nihiko proudly, "The Chinese army of these three regiments can basically be abolished. If we add the troops that counterattacked before, the losses of the Chinese army this time will be at least more than six regiments! I want to see how many times can Zhong Yi withstand such losses?"
Chapter completed!