"Yes, disrupt the battle!" Zhong Yi pointed his head heavily and said with a grim voice, "Bitting the second Japanese Army's butt is just a random blow. You can't give them a chance to adjust, you can't give them a chance to breathe! You can't even give them time to react! You can't make a random punch and start to shock them first, and the next thing will be easier!"

He paused and said, "You must remember that this is a chase and annihilation battle. There is a way to chase and annihilation battle. If you just wait for armored soldiers and artillery, then you will turn a chase and annihilation battle into a positional battle and a tough battle. Fighting a positional battle is the strength of the Japanese, and the tough battle is even more of a nightmare for our army!"

Zhou Mengxiong said sternly: "If you really fight like this, there will be great casualties!"

"No, Lao Zhou, you are wrong." Zhong Yi said, "Intuitive impression, such a random fight will definitely lead to a lot of casualties, but this is just an intuitive impression, and it is still different from the facts!"

He paused and said, "Let me say that, before the Japanese gained a foothold, the casualties of the troops participating in the war will definitely be very large, and it is not impossible to kill the entire regiment or even the entire division! However, the later the way of fighting, the smaller the casualties of our army will be, and the greater the casualties of the Japanese will be!"

"On the other hand, if we set up a positional war with the Japanese from the beginning, at the beginning, our army's casualties would indeed be much smaller than the chaos, but the more we went to the back, the greater the casualties! And more importantly, when fighting a positional war, we almost have no chance of winning. Only by fighting a chaos can we have a chance to win!"

Sun Liren said: "Crazy war is indeed a solution."

Speaking of this, Sun Liren suddenly shook his head and sighed, "But it's not easy to fight a chaotic battle. If we don't say anything else, it's just our Commander-in-Chief Xue. Will he be willing to let the 74th Army and the 29th Army fight? If his troops don't fight to the death, but insist on letting others fight to the death, will others be happy?"

Chen Jing'an said: "It would be embarrassing to be beaten in the end!"

Zhong Yi said: "I am already amazing with Xue Yue and Chen Ming!"

He paused and said, "I hope he can listen."

...

At the same time, it is in Tumiao Village, 20 miles from the northern suburbs of Hankou.

Xue Yue has decided to install his command center in Tumiao Village, and a group of staff are nervously setting up the war room.

Xue Yue couldn't wait for the staff to make arrangements, so he asked Zhang Lingfu to unfold the map, and then called Chief of Staff Wu Yizhi to discuss how to fight the battle of Xiaogan.

Wu Yizhi said: "General, Bei Zhi still insisted that we should wait for the artillery and the 200th Division to arrive before launching the general attack, so that our army's casualties will be minimized!"

After pausing, Wu Yizhi said again: "The battle to use a tank battalion to wipe out the 3rd Japanese Division in Wuhan has fully proved the tank's powerful penetration ability. Therefore, it is unwise to launch a general attack in a hurry before the 200th Division arrives, and it is also a disrespect for the officers and soldiers participating in the war!"

"I object!" Zhang Lingfu did not have any concerns because Wu Yizhi was his immediate boss. In fact, he never took Wu Yizhi as the chief of staff seriously. He had never seen only Xue Yue in his eyes!

After pausing, Zhang Lingfu said again: "The railway from Hankou to Xiaogan, all the highways and bridges were blown off. When will the 200th artillery division arrive? When they arrive, the Japanese army has already built complete fortifications in Xiaogan and the periphery, and our army has no idea how much sacrifice it will take to achieve a breakthrough!"

After another pause, Zhang Lingfu said: "More importantly, we don't have so much time!"

Xue Yue's heart sank slightly when he heard this. Zhong Yi told him that he only had seven days at most!

Wu Yizhi said: "Who stipulates that our cannons and tanks can only take highways or railways? The rivers and lakes are everywhere from Hankou to Xiaogan, and water transportation is extremely convenient. Why not take water?"

"Uh, waterway?" Zhang Lingfu was stunned when he heard this. The tank was walking on the waterway?

Before, Zhang Lingfu actually had preconceived ideas, and tanks could really go by water!

The only thing to consider is to find a landing place on the north bank of the Fucheng River!

But after a moment of stammering, Zhang Lingfu insisted: "General, Beizhi insisted that the Japanese cannot give the slightest breathing opportunity. We should strive to turn the Battle of Xiaogan into a battle of pursuit and annihilation, and we should not allow it to evolve into a positional war and a battle of attack! After all, our army has severely lacked heavy weapons, and the battle of attack is not the director of our army!"

Wu Yizhi said angrily: "Zhang Lingfu, you are irresponsible, and you regard the lives of the officers and soldiers participating in the war as a joke!"

"Chief Wu was wrong!" Zhang Lingfu said hard, "I think about it this way, precisely for the lives of the officers and soldiers participating in the war, because only by turning the Battle of Xiaogan into a battle of pursuit and annihilation can we minimize the losses of our army while expanding the results to the greatest extent. The Chief of Staff is the real responsibility!"

Wu Yizhi became more and more furious: "Zhang Lingfu, do you still have the chief of me in your eyes?"

"Enough, shut up!" Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel again, Xue Yue only felt that one of them was bigger than the other.

Before this, the reason why Xue Yue wanted to transfer Zhong Yi to Zhang Lingfu and then transfer Zhang Lingfu to become the commander of the 51st Division was also closely related to Zhang Lingfu and Wu Yizhi's bad relationship.

Seeing Xue Yue getting angry, Wu Yizhi and Zhang Lingfu stopped talking.

Xue Yue said to Wu Yizhi again: "Old Wu, whether the artillery regiment borrowed from the Wuhan Garrison District and Du Yuming's 200th Division can arrive in Xiaogan in time is of great importance to this battle, so you will be responsible for specific matters such as taking the waterway and collecting ships in person. In short, you must do it as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, Chief!" Wu Yizhi said, "I must do my best!"

After sending Wu Yizhi away, Xue Yue said to Zhang Lingfu again: "Zhong Lin, you can't give in to Chief of Staff Wu? No matter what, he is your immediate boss!"

Zhang Lingfu said in a voice: "Some things can be given up, but you must never give up on matters of principle!"

Xue Yue rolled his eyes and said, "However, you advocated the battle of Xiaogan into a battle of pursuit and annihilation. I agree very much. I immediately notify the 51st Division and the 79th Division. There is no need to wait for the large army to arrive. I immediately launch a general attack on the enemy in front of me! Telegram Wang Yaowu and Duan Langru, don't be afraid of sacrifice, and I will make up for them when the battle is over!"

Zhang Lingfu stood at attention and shouted: "The chief officer is wise!"
Chapter completed!