In the afternoon of that day, the Japanese army did not launch another attack, and even did not launch artillery attacks.

But Zhong Yi did not dare to be careless and continued to guard Hankou. For some reason, Zhong Yi had a faint intuition that he felt that something bad was about to happen.

In the evening, the phone suddenly rang in the underground command of the Five Prison Palace.

Zhang Shiliang stepped forward and picked up the phone and said, "This is the Hankou Command!"

A voice came from the opposite side of the phone: "Staff Officer Zhang, I am Qiu Zongding. I just received a report from the Special Operations 2 Squadron that the Japanese army is building a floating bridge in the Guocikou section of the Han River!"

"I understand!" Zhang Shiliang put down the phone.

Then he reported to Zhong Yi: "The seat is in charge. The communications office has just received a report from the Special Operations 2 Squadron, saying that the Japanese were building a floating bridge in the Guocikou section of the Han River. It seems that they want to cross the Han River west!"

"The Japanese want to cross the Han River west?" Zhong Yi's face darkened and he quickly walked to the sand table.

Feng Yuxiang, Stilwell, Zhu Liangcheng, Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude also surrounded him immediately.

"What is the Japanese who want to do?" Feng Yuxiang said, "I just suffered a big loss in Hankou, and then ran to Guocikou to cross the river by a floating bridge?"

Liu Yuanlin said: "Did the Japanese know that they can't bite Hankou, so they can only settle for the second best thing and cross the Han River to bite Hanyang?"

"Hanyang is also a hard bone!" Shi Zude shook his head and said, "It's not harder than Hankou!"

"That's right." Zhu Liangcheng nodded, "The Japanese will never forget that the 3rd Division was eaten by our Wuhan Garrison outside Hanyang City!"

Liu Yuanlin said: "Then what do you think the Japanese want to do?"

Stilwell suddenly interrupted and said, "One thing is certain, that is, the Japanese army will never build a floating bridge for no reason. They built a floating bridge at the entrance of Guoci, which must be to cross the river. Even if the entire army did not cross the river, at least one or two divisions would cross the Han River west to attack Hanyang!"

Shi Zude suddenly said, "Zi Ren, do you think we can give the Japanese a half-cross attack?"

Before Zhong Yi could speak, Zhu Liangcheng said, "No, the Japanese have planes to cover the sky, and there are several heavy artillery groups on the ground to block artillery fire. How can they attack the Japanese in half?"

Liu Yuanlin said: "What a pity. If the heavy artillery in Guishan and Snake Mountain Fortress are still there, just one round of artillery bombardment will all the Japanese crossing forces into the Han River to feed the fish!"

Shi Zude said: "The heavy artillery in Guishan and Snake Mountain are gone, but isn't the tank battalion still there? Although more than a dozen vehicles were lost in the last attack, aren't there still more than 30 tanks left?"

Zhu Liangcheng said: "Do you think our tanks can withstand the bombing of the Japanese artillery and aviation?"

"Well..." Shi Zude frowned and said, "It's not possible during the day, it's okay to be able to be at night, right?"

"Not tonight!" Zhong Yi said, "The Japanese have already suffered a big loss from our tank battalion. It is impossible for them to be unprepared for this, but they still dare to cross the river through the pontoon bridge at Guo Ci's entrance, which shows that they have made complete arrangements!"

Speaking of this, he said, "If I was not wrong, the Japanese artillery would have measured the shooting numbers near Guo Chi's mouth. If our tank battalion really launched an assault at night, the Japanese artillery could launch destructive artillery coverage on my tank battalion according to the measured numbers!"

...

On Fenghe Mountain, Japanese Army Observatory.

Standing at the observation center on Fenghe Mountain, you can clearly see Guo Zi's mouth.

Through the telescope's vision, Higashijiugu Nihiko saw two engineer corpses of the 10th Division and the 16th Division building a floating bridge in the Guocikou section of the Han River.

Machijiri Haruki said, "Your Highness, the speed of building the pontoon bridge is faster than we expected. If nothing unexpected happens, the 10th Division and the 16th Division will be able to cross the river tomorrow morning!"

"You can't be careless!" Higakurimiya Nianhiko put down his telescope and said, "Order the artillery to be on guard!"

"Hayi!" Machijirikidun said first, "Don't worry, the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 6th Brigade and the 10th Corps of the Field Heavy Artillery have already determined the shooting numbers in advance. If the Chinese army dares to fight back, even if they dispatch their hidden tank troops, they will definitely be in a desperate situation!"

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuramiya Nianyan said happily, "I'm relieved."

After pausing, Higakuramiya Nohiko asked again: "By the way, Machijiri, has the Front Army Command replied?"

"Hayi!" Machijiri Ryoki paused and replied, "The Front Army Command replied that the headquarters has limited funds, so it must report to the Army Headquarters and the base camp to request local support!"

"Yo Xi." Higashinomiya Nianhiko said happily.

...

In Hankou, the underground command of the Five Prison Palace.

Zhong Yi said: "The question now is, why do the Japanese cross the river?"

"Yes." Liu Yuanlin echoed, "It's great, why do the Japanese cross the river?"

Zhu Liangcheng frowned and said, "Yesterday and today, the two general attacks launched by the Japanese army in Hankou ended in failure, and they also lost six infantry corpses. According to normal logic, the Japanese had only two choices at this time, either continue the general attack or temporarily quit. When the weather turns colder, they will attack Wuhan with the 11th Army!"

Shi Zude then said: "If you choose to truce, you shouldn't cross the Han River west? Isn't this a matter of seeking far away? And Nianyan from Dongjiu'er Palace is not afraid. If the Han River channel is cut off, his tens of thousands of troops will be trapped in the area west of the Han River, and he will be in a desperate situation because of the ammunition and food exhaustion?"

Feng Yuxiang said: "This does not make logical sense."

Liu Yuanlin said: "What if the Japanese choose to continue the general attack?"

Zhu Liangcheng said: "There is no need to build a floating bridge, and then hit Hankou!"

At this time, Zhong Yi suddenly said quietly: "Have you never thought that the Japanese could continue to attack Wuhan in a different way? The most difficult and destructive way!"

"The most difficult and destructive way?" Zhu Liangcheng said, "What method?"

Zhong Yi said with ease: "Old Zhu, you forgot how we lost the battle in Nanjing?"

"The Battle of Nanjing?" Zhu Liangcheng's expression froze and said in a disgusting voice, "Zi Ren, are you talking about the battle to kill the enemy?"

Zhong Yi nodded and said in a deep voice: "No surprise, Higashijiugu Niyan should have wanted to follow the Nanjing defense battle and also promote a battle to kill enemies in Wuhan!"

"This is a troublesome!" Zhu Liangcheng's face changed slightly.

Feng Yuxiang, Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude had no feelings about this.

Feng Yuxiang frowned and said, "Zi Ren, this competition for killing enemies is very powerful."

Zhong Yi said in a deep voice: "Yes, it's even better than you think!"

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