A few minutes later, the Hankou Command of the Five Prisons Palace.

The Chief of the Military Control Commission Yu Da hurried into the war room and saluted Zhong Yi who was standing by the sand table: "Seat!"

"Director Yu, you are here." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "All the large-caliber shells I want have been shipped?"

"All of them have been transported to Hankou!" Yu Da nodded and replied, "All 60,000 155mm caliber shells will be all on Hankou Wharf."

"Very good!" Zhong Yi nodded slightly and said to Zhu Liangcheng again, "Old Zhu, immediately send troops to Hankou to transport shells. Your 367th Brigade receives 20,000 rounds, and the remaining 40,000 will be sent to Wudang Palace, the racetrack position, and handed over to the Guard Brigade and the Special Brigade!"

Zhu Liangcheng responded and immediately sent someone to notify the 3rd regiment commander Chen Xian to lead his troops to the dock. He turned around and asked Zhong Yi again: "Zi Ren, what's the purpose of having you get so many shells?"

Stilwell also said curiously: "Yes, without cannons, what's the use of just cannonballs?"

This batch of shells is the shells of the m1918 155mm caliber howitzer ordered by Zhong Yi before.

Because he was worried that the shells were not enough, Zhong Yi ordered 120,000 rounds, but now, all 24 heavy howitzers have been destroyed, but there are still more than 100,000 rounds left.

This time, Zhong Yi asked Yu Da and his family to transport a total of 60,000 ships.

"These shells are of great use!" Zhong Yi grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, and said, "Old Zhu, and Colonel Stilwell, you said, if we make these 60,000 155mm caliber shells into mines and buried them all in the railway station, Wudang Palace and the racetrack positions!"

He paused and said, "Then, after the Japanese broke into the position, we suddenly detonated landmines. What would be the effect of 60,000 155mm caliber mines exploded at the same time?"

"ah?!"

"Oh?!"

Zhu Liangcheng and Stilwell immediately took a breath of air conditioning when they heard this.

Zhong Yi ignored the two of them and turned around and shouted: "Staff Officer Li!"

Military Service Director Li Lianggang took a step forward and responded: "What are the instructions for the attendant?"

Zhong Yi said: "You immediately lead the Independent Engineer Corps to the railway station, Wudang Palace and the racetrack positions respectively, and convert the 155mm caliber shells transported to the front line into landmines!"

After a pause, Zhong Yi specifically reminded: "Remember, don't connect all the mines in a line, preferably one hundred or two hundred mines together. In addition, the mines must be buried in key parts where the Japanese may build fortifications, and at the same time, they must be camouflaged and cannot be discovered!"

"Yes!" Li Lianggang agreed and turned around and left.

...

As soon as Li Lianggang left, Master Zhang came in after judging him.

"Seat!" Zhang Shiliu stood at attention and said loudly, "The casualties and deaths of the guard brigade and the spy brigade have been counted!"

Zhong Yi said: "Let me talk about the casualties first!"

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed and continued, "In the counterattack in the early morning of this morning, the guard brigade suffered more than 4,000 casualties, of which more than 3,200 were killed and more than 5,000 casualties, of which nearly 4,000 were killed and nearly 4,000 were killed and killed in the special forces!"

Zhu Liangcheng looked shaking when he heard this and said in a deep voice: "Including our 367th Brigade, our army suffered a total of 12,000 casualties in this counterattack, of which nearly 10,000 were killed!"

Zhong Yi said: "If you count the casualties during the day, there will be 22,000 casualties and 18,000 casualties!"

Hearing this, the dozen young staff members present were all disgraced. In just one day, 22,000 casualties were killed and 18,000 of which were killed!

Zhu Liangcheng took a deep breath and said, "Zi Ren, this number of casualties is too great! Moreover, this is only the first day of the Japanese general attack. If we continue like this, we may not be able to hold on for a few days!"

"If you can't hold on, you have to hold on!" Zhong Yi then asked Zhang Shiliang, "Staff Secretary Zhang, what about the number of killing the enemy?"

"Yes!" Zhang Shiliang agreed and said, "The Japanese infantry that broke into Hankou from three directions yesterday had nearly three infantry regiments. In this counterattack, almost none of them escaped. They were basically wiped out by our army!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shiliang said again: "After counting, more than 9,000 Japanese troops were killed! In addition, more than 50 Japanese tanks and more than 30 combat artillery guns were destroyed!"

"Kill more than 9,000 enemies!" An inexplicable cold light flashed through Zhong Yi's eyes, and he said, "It seems that our assessment of the combat effectiveness of the enemy and us is basically accurate. The casualties ratio this time is exactly one to two!"

"But this is only the first general attack of the Japanese!" Zhu Liangcheng said, "Today's second general attack, it is probably difficult for us to make such a casualty ratio, because after the Japanese broke into the city, they destroyed the fortifications built by our army, especially the underground bunker fortifications, which will inevitably seriously affect the subsequent battle!"

Zhong Yi said: "But no matter what, we have regained the lost city! Today, the Japanese's second general attack will start from the origin again!"

...

At the same time, in the Chongqing Command.

Because of concern, President Chang did not return to Yunxiu Tower last night.

At two o'clock in the morning, there was still no news coming from Hankou. Principal Chang couldn't stand it, so he went to the lounge next to take a nap.

In a daze, I suddenly heard a cheer outside.

I hurriedly sat up and saw Lin Wei pushing the door and walking in.

"Principal!" Before President Chang could ask, Lin Wei said excitedly, "The Hankou counterattack is over!"

"The fight is over!" Principal Chang's expression froze and said, "Weiran, judging from your expression, there should be good news?"

"Yes!" Lin Wei nodded vigorously and said, "I just received a formal telegram from the Wuhan Garrison Command, saying that in the counterattack in the early morning, they wiped out three Japanese infantry corpses that broke into Hankou city in one fell swoop, killing more than 9,000 enemies! In addition, they also destroyed more than 50 Japanese tanks! There were countless firearms seized!"

Principal Chang was also excited when he heard this and said anxiously: "So, the position that was lost during the day was taken back?"

"Yes!" Lin Wei replied, "The positions that were lost during the day were all taken back. This means that the Japanese were busy all day long and more than 9,000 people died, but they could not get any benefits!"

"I understand!" Principal Chang nodded, walked out of the lounge and returned to the hall.

In the hall, there were several senior generals and more than a dozen high-level leaders, and their expressions were different.

Chen Shi, He Yingpei, Xu Yongsheng and others were inevitably embarrassed. They were slapped in the face by Zhong Yi again. How could they not be embarrassed?

Seeing Chen Shi and his wife's embarrassing appearance, Principal Chang suddenly felt a little funny, thinking that these people always don't have a memory and were slapped in the face again and again by Zhong Yi! But he forgot that he almost ordered the withdrawal of troops before!
Chapter completed!