In Nanjing, the Japanese Army Headquarters.

Kawabian Masao returned to the war room and said to Shinroku Hata: "Genius General, the news from Changhewan has both good and bad aspects, but overall, it is not optimistic."

Hata Shunruo frowned and said, "Kawabata, let's discuss the right thing first."

"Hayi!" Hebian Zhengsan said, "The good thing is that due to the blockade of the fire, the Chinese army can only launch attacks from the east and west entrances of the Changhewan. Therefore, the defense pressure of the 22nd and 27th Divisions is not high at this stage, and they use this gap to seize many commanding heights and build many fortifications."

"Yo Xi!" Hata Shunruo nodded happily and said, "What about such a bad aspect?"

"Hayi!" Hebian Zhengsan paused again and said, "The bad thing is that in the process of self-rescue, at least more than half of the imperial soldiers were burned to varying degrees, and at least five thousand of them were seriously injured!"

He paused and said, "For so many scalds, the 22nd and 27th Divisions have not enough medicines to stock, and even the Front Command does not have so many medicines to stock!"

The best treatment for scalds is a hundred waves and lots of breath, but this thing is ridiculously expensive!

Not to mention more than 15,000 scald patients, even 2,000 scald patients can make the Central China Front Army go bankrupt!

Kawabian Zhengsan said again: "What's worse is that not to mention medicine, there is no way to find the clean water used to clean the affected area of ​​the wound in the long river bay!"

"Water?!" Hata Shunruo's heart suddenly trembled.

"Hayi, water!" said Zheng San from the riverside. "The drinking water carried by the 22nd Division and the 27th Division could have been enough for three days. If you save a little effort, it could have been maintained for at least one week! However, during the previous self-rescue process, the imperial soldiers of the two divisions consumed a lot of drinking water, and now..."

"How is it now?" Hata Shunruo said in a deep voice, "Tell me!"

"Hayi!" Hebian Zhengsan paused his head, "The remaining water volume of the two divisions is only enough to last for two days!"

"Baga!" Hata Shunruo's face turned dark immediately when he heard this, and asked again, "Can't you find drinking water in the long river berth?"

The riverside was in the third place: "The 22nd Division and the 27th Division have been searched, but only dozens of dry small pools were found. They dug three or four meters deep, but there was still no spring water!"

Hearing this, the faces of Frank Kuangwu, Muto Akira and Nagayong also changed.

Before this, they only regarded the Chinese fire attack as a joke, but now it seems that the Chinese fire attack is very strong, and it is likely to lead to the destruction of the two divisions of 22 and 27!

"Baga!" Hata Shunruo said in a deep voice, "In other words, can the 22nd Division and the 27th Division last for at most two days? Will they completely lose their ability to resist in two days?"

"Three days!" Hebian Zhengsan corrected, "The 22nd Division and the 27th Division still have thousands of horses. If it really doesn't work, you can kill horses and drink blood to quench your thirst, but this can only last for one more day!"

"Three days? Three days!" Hata Shunruo murmured, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

At this time, Muto Akira suddenly said: "Great General, the 22nd Division and the 27th Division can last for at least three more days in Changhewan. This means that the main Chinese forces gathered in Dabie Mountains will only be able to retreat from Changhewan after at least four days. It will take one day to eat the two Imperial Army guard divisions, right?"

Jingping Kuangwu continued: "It takes about 300 miles from Changhewan to Wuhan, and the mountain road is rugged and difficult to move around, so it takes at least three days for the main force of the Chinese army to reach Wuhan! In other words, if the Chinese army insists on eating the two divisions trapped in Changhewan, it means that it will take at least seven days for them to retreat to Wuhan!"

Changyong said: "In other words, as long as the 12th Army can capture Wuhan first within seven days, the 600,000 main troops in the Dabie Mountains will be surrounded by the Imperial Army!"

"So!" Hebian Zhengsan said last, "If you want to avoid the situation of the 22nd Division and the 27th Division being annihilated, the 12th Army must strengthen its offensive. Even if it cannot capture Wuhan within seven days, it must put enough pressure on the Chinese army to force the main force of the Chinese in the Dabie Mountains to rescue and retreat!"

Hata Shunji's eyes immediately fell on the map on the wall, and he said in a deep voice: "Where has the 12th Army reached?"

The riverside was Zheng Sandao: "The vanguard of the 12th Army and the 15th Division have arrived at the northern suburbs of Xiaogan County and have already connected with the Chinese defenders of Xiaogan, but they failed in the first battle!"

"Bagayaru!" Hata Shunru cursed and shouted, "Immediately call the 12th Army to speed up the speed of the group. The six divisions that were reinforced from the mall, Guangshan and Dago must also speed up the marching speed. They must arrive at Changhewan within four days. If they cannot do it, they will thank His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Hayi!" Hebian Zheng San paused, turned around and left in a hurry.

...

In Xiaochang, the temporary command of the 12th Japanese Army.

After reading the telegram sent from Nanjing, Guzhuang Ganlang was a little unhappy.

Chief of Staff Higashitabuji said angrily: "Tuhashi and Honma Masaharu are two idiots who have played a good hand in their hands. I really convinced them!"

"Yes." Guzhuang Ganlang said in a deep voice, "Originally, whether the Chinese army in the Dabie Mountains chose to break through separately or move to Wuhan regardless of their recklessness, our army had an absolute initiative. If it was not good, it could fight a large-scale defeat, causing the main force of China to suffer heavy damage again, but now it's better!"

After a pause, Guzhuang Ganlang said again: "Not only is it possible to let the Chinese army in the Dabie Mountains escape all over, but the Imperial Army may even have to pay two security divisions! That's true!"

"Yes!" Higashibeji snorted, "I really can't understand how the two idiots Tobashi and Honma Masaharu were commanding? What era is this? And there are also reconnaissance planes of the Aviation Corps in the air that were constantly reconnaissance, and they were even able to be careless about the fire attack of the Chinese army!"

"But fortunately, there is still room for recovery." Guzhuang Ganlang breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "As long as our 12th Army can occupy Hankou within seven days, oh no, as long as our army appears in the northern suburbs of Hankou, the main Chinese forces in the Dabie Mountains will definitely retreat after hearing the news!"

After pausing, Guzhuang Ganlang said again: "Order the 15th Division and the 17th Division will launch from the front and immediately launch a full-line attack on the Chinese army on the front line of Xiaogan! Then, the 31st Division and the 32nd Division will detour from the flanks, and ignore the Chinese army along the way and attack directly towards Hankou!"
Chapter completed!