At the same time, in the Five Prison Palace!

Zhang Shiliang was busy on the sand table with a few young combat staff.

Judging from the sand table, I saw that most of the Hankou city had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, and the national army had been compressed into the triangular area between Shajia Lane, Tiren Lane and Xiongjia Lane!

Suddenly, the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded outside.

Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Guard Brigade, the commander of the Special Forces Brigade Shi Zude and the commander of the 367th Brigade Zhu Liangcheng came in one after another.

All three of them were covered in smoke. Liu Yuanlin even had blood on his body. I don’t know if it was his own blood or someone else’s blood!

As soon as they came in, Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude began to complain.

"Zi Ren, the Japanese's offensive is too fierce to resist!"

"Yes, the Japanese are tanks and war defense cannons, we can't stand it!"

"It was just a daytime, our left wing had retreated near Tiren Lane. By noon tomorrow, the entire left wing would definitely be lost!"

"Our right wing is not much better!"

"Zi Ren, this may not work!"

"Yes, why don't you give up Hankou?"

"Yes, give up Hankou, retreat to Hanyang and Wuchang, and confront the Japanese across the river!"

"Fortunately, our defense focus has always been in Hanyang and Wuchang, and Hankou is just a front-line position. Even if it is lost, it will not affect the overall situation!"

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude kept talking, but Zhong Yi didn't say a word!

After talking for a long time, Liu Yuanlin and the others realized that something was wrong, and immediately shut up.

Then Zhong Yi glanced at the two of them lightly and asked, "Have you finished speaking?"

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude were speechless, and Zhong Yi said again: "It seems that you have finished talking. So now, I would like to ask you a few questions?"

After pausing, Zhong Yi asked again: "How many people have been injured and killed in the Guard Brigade and the Special Forces Brigade today?"

Liu Yuanlin replied: "Just just before I arrived at the command center, the number of casualties in the guard brigade had already come out. Today, our brigade suffered more than 3,000 casualties, of which more than 2,000 were killed or killed!"

Shi Zude continued: "Our spy brigade suffered more casualties, more than 4,000 casualties, and nearly 3,000 casualties!"

After saying that, the two of them turned their eyes to Zhu Liangcheng at the same time. Zhu Liangcheng said, "The situation in our 367th Brigade is slightly better, with almost two thousand casualties, of which more than one thousand were killed!"

"Zi Ren, you see, there were nearly 10,000 casualties in just one day, of which 7,000 were killed in battle alone!" Shi Zude clapped his hands and continued, "Although our three brigades in Hankou had added more than 50,000 new recruits before, each brigade had more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, they could not withstand such casualties!"

More than a dozen staff officers in the headquarters were shocked when they heard this.

Nearly 10,000 casualties were killed in just one day, of which the number of casualties was as high as 7,000!

How could such casualties be miserable? No wonder Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude want to give up Hankou! Because if they continue to fight like this, they will become two bare brigade commanders in a few days!

Zhong Yi said, "There are nearly 10,000 casualties, but the number of casualties is as high as 70,000, and the number of casualties accounts for almost 70,000! Haven't you ever thought about why this is the case?"

"Of course I thought about it!" Liu Yuanlin replied, "because we have lost control of the battlefield!"

Shi Zude also said: "That's right, because we lost control of the battlefield, many injured wounded people could not be rescued, and in the end they were all killed, so there were so many deaths!"

Zhong Yi said again: "Have you ever thought that if this is the case every time, the Japanese will retreat as soon as they attack, and the Japanese will retreat as soon as they attack, then we will never gain control of the battlefield, and our proportion of deaths will always be frighteningly high. Conversely, the proportion of deaths of the Japanese will be much smaller than that of us!"

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude were silent when they heard this. Why didn’t they know this?

Zhong Yi said again: "So, if we just blindly defend, if we can't defend, if we can't defend, if we can't defend, we will retreat again, then our casualties, especially the number of casualties, will far exceed the number of Japanese!"

After pausing, Zhong Yi said again: "Only by counterattack, only by raising a counterattack, regaining the position, and regaining control of the battlefield, can we save our wounded soldiers, and at the same time, kill the wounded soldiers of the Japanese in turn! Only in this way can the casualties of the Japanese be effectively increased and the Japanese be severely injured!"

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude were silent.

"So!" Zhong Yi's eyes became cold and he said, "Don't let me hear the word "qi Shu" again! Not to mention that the three brigades in Hankou still have more than 60,000 officers and soldiers who can fight. Even if there are only 600 people left in these three brigades, even if there are only 600 people left, Hankou must guard! In my Zhong Yi's dictionary, the word "qi Shu" has never been the word "qi Shu"!"

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude looked at each other, and at the same time stood upright and said, "Yes!"

"Go back!" Zhong Yi continued, "Pick an elite force and prepare for a night counterattack! As for the time of the counterattack and the specific route, I will notify you separately!"

"Yes!" Liu Yuanlin, Shi Zude and Zhu Liangcheng agreed and turned around and left the command center one after another.

"Clock!" Watching the three brigade commanders go away, Stilwell said, "Are you sure you want to launch a counterattack?"

After pausing, Stilwell said again: "After a period of war, you have a very good understanding of the Japanese combat style, but on the other hand, the Japanese army is already very familiar with your combat style, so the Japanese army will definitely be guarding against your counterattack. Please be honest, your counterattack will probably be difficult to get the ideal result!"

"That may not be!" Zhong Yi said calmly, "Col. Stilwell probably doesn't know that we have authenticity!"

"Authentic?" Stilwell said blankly, "What is authentic?"

Zhong Yi turned around and said to Zhang Shiliang: "Staff Officer Zhang, show Colonel Stilwell our authenticity."

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed, and immediately took out a map and spread it on the table. Stilwell came up and saw that it was a complete picture of the three towns in Wuhan.

However, this is not an ordinary full picture, but a sectional picture!

The main drawing of this map is as many as two layers of authentic tunnels!

Seeing this spider-web-like tunnel, Stilwell suddenly widened his eyes: "Oh Tfak, you have built such a complete underground transportation network in the three towns of Wuhan?"

"Without a diamond, how dare you take on this porcelain job?" Zhong Yi said.

After a moment of pause, Zhong Yi said to Zhang Shiliang again: "Staff General Zhang, immediately send the first tunnel to the brigades, and let them set off a surprise soldier from the first tunnel and detour behind the Japanese and cooperate with the counterattack!"

He raised his wrist and looked at the following table, and said, "As for the time, it will be set at midnight tomorrow!"

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed and began to speed up drawing the map with more than a dozen staff officers.
Chapter completed!