Seishiro Itagaki didn't know that not only was the base camp, but also Shinji Hata didn't expect them to take Tongcheng for free. Even in the telegram sent by the Central China Front Army, it was also vaguely mentioned that they would control the number of deaths. This means that if Seishiro Itagaki wanted to take Tongcheng, his death toll would have to be controlled well.

Seishiro Itagaki almost turned his neck and turned his neck to fight to this point. Now he can't control the casualties at all. Who wants to die many people, but if you want to win, you think there are no casualties. Do you think this is against ordinary Chinese troops? If that's the case, Seishiro Itagaki dares to agree.

But now it is the 318th Army with extremely strong combat power, and they are still on the defensive. It can be said that their weapons are not weaker than their own side, and they are even much stronger in some aspects.

Controlling casualties under such conditions means that the Central China Front Army has no intention of taking down Kiryu City. Itagaki Seishiro is thinking about the ideas of the Central China Front Army or Shinro Hata

Could it be that the Sixth General Hata Shin-Ruo has some thoughts about it, and he also thought about this possibility in his heart

Ji Jialiangsuke said: This possibility is not lacking. Our casualties are too great now. The Imperial Base Camp is said to be very dissatisfied. If all the 100,000 people in Tongcheng were broken into pieces in Tongcheng, I am afraid that the entire base camp and even the Emperor will shock me. I think if the Central China Front Army has begun to change its strategies.

Seishiro Itagaki nodded and said: If you change your strategy, you will definitely not change from this point of view, so you can only attack from the northern line. There is a Yangtze River in the southern line, and you can basically occupy some more important cities. The possibility of breaking Wuhan is very slim.

Well, I also think it was the hint of General Hata Shinjiro Hata, which obviously shows his inner changes. Yoshika Ryosuke also said: If it was the North Line, the North China Front Army might have increased its troops. Once the North Line breaks the gap, in fact, Tongcheng will break its defense without attacking. Their defense will become worthless.

Seishiro Itagaki said: Then we still need to continue attacking Kiryu. If we don’t continue attacking, General Shin-Ruo Hata should give us a clear tip.

Yoshika Ryosuke smiled slightly and said: I saw what General Hata Shunji means. His meaning is to let us attack, but the attack must be grasped well, which means that he does not expect us to attack Tongcheng, but the attack is necessary, otherwise there will be no pressure. Isn’t the Chinese army easy to make defensive adjustments on the northern line?

Seishiro Itagaki smiled and nodded and said: Kikika-kun is right, I think that's the case, so continue to attack. We can only try to attack. Perhaps in the heart of General Hata Shunji, he still holds a point in his mind to take down the siege. But this Wang Mingyu is too strange.

Ji Jialiangfu said: From now on, the intelligence of the empire must have been a misjudgment. Wang Mingyu is very likely to work with their government to act in a play that led us to be deceived, and then consume our strength. This consumption is actually very beneficial to them. Perhaps this is a very clever part of Wang Mingyu.

Oh Seishiro Itagaki raised his eyebrows slightly: Yoshika-kun means that Seishiro Itagaki doesn't know what kind of situation Yoshika-kun wants to express

Ichigaki-kun, think about it, we are both drawn from the North China battlefield. If we didn't come here, but were always on the North China battlefield, what do you think the situation on the North Line should be in the current situation, and Yoshika Ryosuke asked with a smile, his eyes were also a little dim, although it was a smile, obviously a bitter smile

With this idea, maybe we should be able to take the North Line. At this time, I am afraid that we have entered the territory of Itagaki Seishiro Road.

That's right, now we are being dragged here by the 318th Army. We can't support the North Line. Then their strategic goal is to achieve the current dilemma. Yoshika Ryosuke also shook his head helplessly. Yoshika Ryosuke has also combined many situations and only now think of this possibility.

Yes, Seishiro Itagaki nodded and said: I didn’t expect that this group of Chinese troops would be so difficult. We have killed and injured so many people, and the pressure in the end is that we are getting greater.

One of the major advantages of the Chinese army is that they have a large population. Can the concept of 30,000 deaths from their 30,000 deaths from the Empire be the same? The entire army participating in the Wuhan Battle attack is less than 300,000. Just one-third of the casualties were consumed in Tongcheng alone, and half of the casualties were also reached. Can this consumption of Wuhan Battle be successful? If the 318th Army was eliminated, there is still a possibility that Ji Jialiangfudao

Seishiro Itagaki and Ryosuke Yoshika are constantly communicating. They are constantly discussing and expressing their opinions to fight to this extent. In fact, they are very frustrated. Seishiro Itagaki would rather kill all the troops, and want to bite the 318th Army before dying. This idea is difficult to realize.

Wang Mingyu did not expect that the Japanese army, which once again lost more than 30,000 people, would change their strategy at this time. If Wang Mingyu could know the Japanese army's idea in advance, perhaps he might have seen that the Japanese army must be targeting his elder brother Xue Yue's troops on the Northern Front.

Originally, in Wang Mingyu's perception, as long as the 100,000 Japanese troops attacking Tongcheng in the Wuhan Battle ended their contributions, they had absolutely no possibility of winning the Wuhan Battle. However, Wang Mingyu forgot an important thing, that is, things are constantly changing, and Wang Mingyu's mindset is that the Japanese army used 300,000 people.

However, as the war deepened, when the 300,000 Japanese troops could not take over Wuhan, they would inevitably mobilize a large number of troops. This time, Soichi Shinu was about to give up some places, take down Wuhan first and then turn back to clean up these remaining forces. This also led to the rapid development of the guerrillas in North China in the future, even including the Yimeng Anti-Japanese Independence Regiment.

The focus of the Wuhan Battle is changing from Tongcheng to Xue Yue's northern line. It can be said that if Xue Yue can also defend the Henan front line, the Japanese general will never have any way to encircle Wuhan. In fact, the success or failure of the Wuhan Battle has no substantial relationship with Tongcheng.

Of course, if the front army in the same city can take Tongcheng, Tongcheng will still be the main battlefield. Unfortunately, the base camp will definitely not allow Tongcheng to have major casualties and even the entire division will be annihilated. Otherwise, it would be a devastating blow to the ambitious Japanese army. Did the Japanese army watch their troops consume all of them in Tongcheng?

Another purpose of the Japanese army concentrating their forces to attack the Northern Line was to achieve some great victory and restore their morale. The great victory in Tongcheng issued by the National Government also had a great impact on the Japanese army. Even under extremely difficult conditions in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the entire China's enthusiasm for anti-Japanese war was not hit at all.

Time passed quickly, and two more weeks passed. During these two weeks, the total number of casualties of the Japanese army was less than 4,000, and they were all at the North City Gate, which made the entire Tongcheng defenders two feet confused, but Wang Mingyu saw something different in this unusual atmosphere.

Xue Yue's regiment has proposed to the National Defense and Military Commission to increase its troops. The Japanese army has now increased its troops on the northern line, and it is becoming increasingly fierce. Xue Yue's original ease of defense has become a bit of a hard support. If there is no other support at this time, the entire Henan line will be suspended.

Xue Yue once again put forward his point of view. Judging from their current deployment and the Japanese army's increase in troops, they will never be able to hold on for a month and a half. In that case, the entire Henan front line will collapse in one and a half months. Chairman Jiang began to mobilize troops from Li Zongren's troops in the Fifth War Zone to set up defenses on the Henan front line without any help.

Two weeks is enough for Wang Mingyu to think about many problems. The Japanese army obviously did not take down Tongcheng. Wang Mingyu has seen that his comeback has changed some of the situation. This is what Wang Mingyu expected, but Wang Mingyu feels that his strategic purpose has basically achieved.

Although there are only about 30,000 left in the 318th Army, the main force of the vast army is still retained. Although the 26th Army has suffered heavy casualties, their will has been continuously sublimated, from a weak force to a lion of war. Their confidence continues to improve with their achievements.

Even if Wang Mingyu vaguely guessed the idea of ​​the Japanese army now, he was powerless. Wang Mingyu's purpose was to continuously consume the Japanese army's vitality at least since he participated in the Battle of Songhu to the present, more than 100,000 Japanese troops have died under their artillery fire. Such achievements are enough to make anyone proud.

The Japanese army is not made of mud. They have excellent weapons and absolutely not weak combat power. What else can we say if we can achieve such results? Even if the Battle of Wuhan fails, it is still of great significance. At least now it seems that it has preserved a strong combat power.

At least now Li Zongren still has the leisure to help Xue Yue. This is the benefit of Wang Mingyu defending the Eastern Front. The Battle of Wuhan in history is almost over, and the whole thing is in a collapse. But now, it can still resist for at least one to two months, but resist step by step.
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