Meanwhile, at the Second Army Command.

Machijiriki walked into the tent in a hurry and reported to Higashi Kuori Nianhiko: "Your Highness, today, the divisions and divisions hunted more than 6,000 soldiers in the battlefields of Hanyang and Hankou!"

"Oh, is that?" Higashinomiya Nianyan said happily, "I hunted more than 6,000 on the first day?"

"Hayi!" Machijiri Yoshiki paused his head and said, "This is only the first day. The enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers of various divisions has not been fully mobilized. Huyi firmly believes that as the war deepens, the number of hunting every day will continue to increase. Therefore, in less than a month, we can hunt all 150,000 troops in Wuhan!"

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuramiya Nohiko nodded happily and said, "But, Machijiri, there are only 150,000 garrisons in Wuhan. Is this information accurate?"

"Hayi!" Machijiri Oki paused again, "This is the number provided by the insider of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Special High School, and its credibility is still very high!"

"Yo Xi!" Higashijiugu Nianyan nodded happily and said, "That is to say, if nothing unexpected happens, the defenders of Wuhan will be basically crippled in about twenty days, and then they can launch a general attack with the momentum! By that time, Zhong Yi will no longer be able to stop the imperial army from capturing the three towns in Wuhan!"

"Hayi!" Machijiri Yoshiki paused again and said, "It will definitely be OK this time!"

"Suoga!" Higakurimiya Nianhiko nodded slightly, suddenly remembered something again and asked, "By the way, Machijiri, I haven't asked you yet, how many officers and soldiers did we suffer casualties today?"

"Hayi!" Machijirikidun said first, "The four divisions and groups added up to more than 1,500 casualties!"

"Nani? More than 1,500 casualties!" Higashijiu Niyan couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

After a while, Higashijiugu Nihiko continued, "It seems that the Wuhan defenders are more tenacious than they thought! The Imperial Army's morale has increased greatly under the encouragement of high rewards, and its combat power has soared, and it has only scored a casualty ratio of one to four! It's no wonder that the Imperial Army had struggled so hard before, Baga!"

"Hayi!" said Machijiri Iriki, "Before this, the Imperial Army really didn't take any advantage!"

"Even now, we can't say we have taken advantage of it." Hiroku'er Miyagi waved his hand and said with concern, "If the casualties ratio of 1 to 4, the 150,000 Sino-Jian army could almost defeat 40,000 Imperial Army! Considering that the Sino-Jian army controls the battlefield and their casualties have the opportunity to be treated in time, the actual force that can be invested in combat should be far more than 150,000, but at least 200,000. This means that the Sino-Jian army can defeat 50,000 Imperial Army!"

"50,000 Imperial Army?" Machijiri Oki was shocked when he heard this. This was a huge number.

After pausing, Higakiori Nianyan said again: "Actually, I should be satisfied with the 50,000 imperial army that can defeat Zhong Yi's 200,000 people. After all, in the previous battle, the Imperial Army and the Chinese army each died 50,000, but they only tied, so now they are four to one, I should be happy!"

Machijiri Ryoki was silent, not sure how to answer this.

Higakure-Miya Naihiko said again: "However, considering the current actual situation of our Second Army, I can't be happy! Because our Second Army now has only 150,000 people, and it also includes more than half of the baggage, engineers, cavalry, artillery and other auxiliary soldiers, and the real combat infantry is only more than 70,000!"

When Machijiri Ryoki heard this, his face changed slightly. He had never thought about this question.

The fourth division of the Second Army plus its direct troops, with a total force of nearly 150,000, but there were less than half of the real combat infantrymen!

However, in street fighting, only combat infantry can participate in the battle!

In other words, if you fight Zhong Yi until the end, the Second Army is likely to have only 20,000 combat infantry, plus 80,000 engineers, baggage troops, cavalry and artillery technical auxiliary soldiers!

This kind of top-heavy situation is undoubtedly very dangerous!

This is because, once the main force of the National Army fighter in the fifth stage and the Ninth stage counterattack at this time, the Second Army could only rely on 20,000 infantry to fight with more than 500,000 Chinese infantry. No matter how high the infantry morale of the Second Army and the combat effectiveness soared, it would never be possible to achieve a casualty ratio of 1 to 25!

The reason why the Sakamoto Detachment and Seya Detachment were severely damaged by the Chinese army in Taierzhuang was that it was because of the large number of casualties in combat infantry, and ultimately failed to withstand the counterattack of the Chinese army! In the end, it had to blow up all the baggage and heavy weapons and break through to Ichi Prefecture!

"Machijiri, our Second Army must not repeat the mistakes of Taierzhuang!" Higakuramiya Nianhiko looked at him, "From tomorrow, each division can only send half of the infantry, and the remaining half of the infantry will be drawn from the auxiliary troops of the divisions such as engineers, cavalry, artillery and baggage troops!"

After pausing, Higakure-Miya Nihiko said again: "This is not only to reduce infantry casualties, but also to fairness. After all, there are not many opportunities like this. You cannot just let the officers and soldiers of the infantry corps open to make money, but also to give the officers and soldiers of the engineers, cavalry, baggage and artillery corps to kill the enemy and earn bonuses!"

"Hayi!" Machijiri Yoshiki said, "I think it's completely feasible!"

After a pause, Machijiri Ryoki said again: "After all, the Imperial Army's engineers, cavalry, artillery and baggage soldiers have also received strict military training, and their combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of infantry. Therefore, letting them join the street fighting battlefield will not reduce the casualties between the enemy and us at once!"

...

In Hanyang, the division headquarters of the new 38th Division.

Sun Liren put down the phone and said to Zhong Yi: "Zi Ren, the losses on the battlefield in Hankou have also been counted, and more than 3,000 officers and soldiers have been killed in the three brigades in Hankou!"

Chen Jing'an and Liu Futing, who had just arrived, looked silent.

Sun Liren continued: "This means that more than 6,000 people were killed in our Wuhan garrison today!"

"Zi Ren, this will not work!" Chen Jing'an said, "According to this method, it will take less than half a month for our Wuhan garrison troops to be destroyed!"

Liu Futing also echoed: "Yes, it seems that we must change the style of playing!"

"Change the tactics?" Pan Zihe said, "It's easy to say, how to change the question?"

Chen Jingan frowned and pondered for a moment, then said: "Because the old Japanese devil, Dongjiuergong Nianyan, promoted a high bounty, the Japanese's individual combat power soared, and we are too disadvantaged in close combat! Therefore, the Japanese must be blocked outside the city and cannot let them break into the city. Without close combat, the Japanese's advantages will be gone!"

Liu Futing said: "What do you mean is that you no longer reserve the buffer zone?"

"Not reserved!" Chen Jing'an nodded, "The line of defense is pushed out to the city wall!"

ps: Two chapters will be updated first, and there will be another one in the afternoon.

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Chapter completed!