Five Prison Palaces, Hankou Command.

Stilwell raised his wrist and looked at his watch. He saw that the hour hand had pointed at 2:00 pm, but the Japanese army had not launched an attack until now.

At that moment, Stilwell said: "Zhong, it seems that the Japanese army will not attack again this afternoon."

Feng Yuxiang continued: "The old Japanese devil, Dongjiuer Palace, was probably scared by the tough big moves!"

Feng Yuxiang had just come from Wuchang and also brought a commendation telegram from the commander, commending the Wuhan Garrison Command's major victory in the Hankou battlefield.

However, there are only commendations, no medals, and no promotions.

This is also a headache for Principal Chang and the officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs. As the war in Wuhan deepened and the results continued to expand, they gradually found that Zhong Yi and the others had no rewards! After all, they had just been promoted to military rank, and Sun Liren was promoted to major general division commander not long ago. Can't they be promoted to military commander immediately, right?

Zhu Liangcheng said: "Zi Ren, the Japanese aren't really scared, are they?"

"Scared?" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "You are too scruples of Higashinomiya and Yoshio Shinozuka. These two old devils will not be easily scared by others!"

Zhu Liangcheng's expression subsided when he heard this.

Feng Yuxiang snorted and said, "It's best not to be scared. They thought that if they could just let the horses go, we still have more than 40,000 155mm caliber shells, and even more than 10,000 280mm caliber shells. By then, they will be converted into landmines and buried under the ground waiting for the Japanese to step on!"

"The chief thought is too simple." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "This tactic can be used to achieve miraculous effects when the Japanese are not prepared for the first time, but it will not work if they are used again. After all, the Japanese are not fools, so they will definitely be prepared! It is not that easy for us to use mines to blow the Japanese!"

Feng Yuxiang said: "Even if the Japanese cannot be bombed, they can at least be cautious and dare not invest a large number of troops and weapons to launch a general attack. In this way, it will be much easier for us to defend Hankou? And just delay for two months and wait until the second soldier is trapped, he can turn to a counterattack!"

"That's true!" Zhu Liangcheng said deeply, "With the lesson this morning, the Japanese will probably not launch a group charge of the gang-scale team again. In this way, our defense pressure will be much smaller!"

"Will the defense pressure be much less?" Zhong Yi said, "I'm afraid it's the opposite!"

"On the contrary?" Zhu Liangcheng and Feng Yuxiang were confused when they heard this. How could it be?

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Higashinomiya Nianhiko said: "Shinozuka, what is Zhong Yi's trump card?"

Yoshio Shinozuka paused and said, "Zhong Yi's trump card is that there is no trump card anymore!"

"Zhong Yi's trump card is that there is no trump card?" Hiroku'er Miyaki Nianyan looked moved when he heard this.

"Hayi!" Shinozuka Yoshio paused his head again and said, "If Hu Zhi was not wrong, these 60,000 mines were probably Zhong Yi's last trump card!"

Kiyomizu frowned happily and said, "Shinozuka, how do you know that there are no more landmines in the Chinese army?"

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since Zhong Yi has played the trump card of landmines, it is useless whether the Chinese army has more landmines like this!"

"Nani?" said Riki Ogisu, "How could it be useless?"

Fujie Meifu also said: "Yes, even if the Chinese army no longer uses landmines on a large scale, it is very troublesome to lay down a few such landmines on the street fighting battlefield where both sides are repeatedly fighting for! After all, the mines modified from such large-caliber shells are fatal to tanks!"

Shimizu said happily: "Yes, it will be difficult to launch a group charge of the wing-scale in the future!"

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "If the Imperial Army continues to adopt the previous tactics and launches a gang-scale group charge at the Chinese army, the landmines modified from large-caliber shells of the Chinese army are indeed unpredictable, but what if the Imperial Army changes its tactics and no longer launches a gang-scale group charge at the Chinese army?"

"Change the tactics?" Several division commanders looked confused.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "The Imperial Army was already sure to win in the final stage of the Battle of Conquering Nanjing, but because the 367th Regiment led by Zhong Yi emerged, the fierce battle at Xinjiekou reawakened the fighting spirit of 100,000 defeated soldiers, causing the entire Nanjing war to reverse again, and almost failed!"

Shimizu said happily: "But won the imperial army in the end?"

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "So, does Kiyomizu know how the Imperial Army won in the end?"

"Of course I know." Qumizu said in a deep voice, "Because in the end the Imperial Army held a battle to kill the enemy!"

Speaking of this, Kiyomizuki said suddenly: "Shinozuka, what do you mean is to follow the example of the Shanghai condemnation army in the battle to capture Nanjing?"

After hearing this, Ribuki Ogisu and Keisuke Fujie also had a slightly moving expression.

"Hayi!" Yoshio Shinozuka paused and said, "Before this, because of the artillery of Hankou Railway Station and the Gun Mountain and Snake Mountain, the Imperial Army's attack troops could not enter the city at all, so they just wanted to follow the example of the Shanghai condemnation army in the Battle of Nanjing!"

"Later, Your Highness dropped the Dongjiuer Palace bomb, successfully destroyed the fortress of Hankou Railway Station, the Chinese artillery group on Guishan and Snake Mountain. The Imperial Army could finally enter the Hankou city. However, after the battle, he found that the Chinese army performed much better in street fighting than the Imperial Army, so he still could not imitate Nanjing's tactics!"

"That is why His Highness adopted the rotating battle tactics to make the divisions participating in the battle familiar with street fighting!"

"After nearly a month of rotation, the officers and soldiers participating in the battle have basically become familiar with street fighting. At this time, the time to imitate Nanjing's tactics is actually ripe!"

"But at this time, the 11th Army's offensive on the Hunan-Jiangxi border was severely frustrated, which caused the Second Army, the 11th Army, to jointly attack Wuhan, to abort the plan of the 11th Army, to jointly attack Wuhan, so Your Highness decisively launched the general attack, which was to compete with the Chinese army for time, and to capture Wuhan before the main force of China recovered its combat effectiveness!"

"So, I did not propose to Your Highness to follow the tactics of Nanjing, because although the tactics of Nanjing are excellent, they take time to execute them! It is far less effective than launching the general attack directly!"

Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka paused and said in a more emphasis: "But now, it is no longer feasible to launch a group attack of gang size. Then it is imperative to follow the tactics of the Battle of Nanjing and launch a battle to kill enemies again!"

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuramiya Nianhiko nodded happily, "Shinozuka, is it time to go?"
Chapter completed!