Tsukada was stunned for a moment when he heard Matsui Ishine say this, and then he leaned on the map and looked at it. It took him a long time before he let out a long sigh, and the strategic vision between himself and this commander was really far from the same.

Matsui Ishone obviously made this decision from the beginning, but in order to convince the other party even more, he did not directly only use the Tenth Army and the other two divisions.

In order to make their tricks more realistic, until the Tenth Army mobilized the Jin Sui army in Zhengzhou City, then their flaws were revealed.

At that time, the Central China Front can take advantage of this opportunity to break through from Kaifeng to Zhengzhou City!

Kaifeng to Zhengzhou, but more than 50 kilometers. And the distance from Xuchang to Zhengzhou is eighty kilometers even in a straight line! That is, if the Japanese really mobilized the troops of Xuchangcheng and they themselves broke through from Kaifeng.

Then the Jin Suijun who was on the front line of Xuchang and Pingdingshan would definitely not be able to react. At that time, the Central China Front can calmly and directly encircle Zhengzhou City.

Regardless of whether these two places were breached or not, the Central China Front could directly threaten the Jin Sui army in these two places. even surrounded and annihilated them, and then waved his army straight to Zhengzhou City.

"So...... Your Excellency, what should we do now?! Do you want to increase the intensity of the attack on Xuchang?! Tsukada figured it out and said to his commander.

"Nope! We can't get the attention of Jin Suijun, boil the frog in warm water. What we need is their constant losses, but not to the point of being directly breached. ”

Matsui Ishine said with a smile: "Our advantage lies in strong firepower and aviation. None of these are owned by Jin Suijun. Although we lost part of our artillery, we had many more. We only need to constantly test their fire points for extraction, and their casualties will undoubtedly increase. ”

"Xuchang is the gateway to Zhengzhou, unless there is no way, the Jin Suijun will not give up here easily. We can hang them with this. Let them continue to increase their troops to reduce the garrison of Zhengzhou City. ”

"When they fill up more than one army to Xuchang, it will be time for us to launch an attack on Kaifeng!" Matsui Shigen's eyes flashed, and he sneered: "Xuchang City...... It's the millstone with which we grind away their flesh! ”

"Hay! Your Excellency Commander, Wise!! ”

At the same time, Gao Guizi was in his headquarters looking at the distribution map of friend and foe on the map with red eyes. On this map, the enemy and the enemy are intertwined.

Although the Japanese did not gain an advantage in this attack, they then charged and advanced their position to more than 600 meters in front of the position. Both sides could almost hear each other's breathing, while the Japanese continued to fire coldly at the positions of the Jin Sui army at night.

Fortunately, the Jin Suijun was not lazy in digging tunnels. It was the cold guns of the Japanese army that did not cause many casualties. But the damage to the morale of the military is huge.

Many soldiers of the Jin Sui Army dare not come forward now, for fear that they will be killed by the Japanese army.

The importance of individual soldier quality was once again revealed, and the bullets that the Japanese army spent on practice finally showed their usefulness at this time. I dare not say that the Japanese army is all sharpshooters. But judging from long-range sniping, the Japanese army was indeed much better than the Jin Sui army.

"Grandma's...... How to fight this battle......" Gao Guizi sighed helplessly and slowly stood up from the edge of the map. The Japanese army now has an advantage in terms of firepower, individual soldier quality, and troop strength.

The only thing the Jin Sui army could rely on was the fortifications that had been dug before. Today's shelling withstood it. And what about tomorrow?! The day after tomorrow?! Gao Guizi was not sure that his fortifications would be able to withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese army.

"Order all departments to prepare to support the front line tomorrow......" Gao Guizi said weakly to the adjutant beside him: "Now." We can only take one step at a time......"

And all night, the officers of the 114th Division of the Japanese Tenth Army, opposite the 17th Army, did not rest. The commander of the 114th Division, Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, and the chief of staff, Saburo Isoda Osa, gathered them together to discuss tomorrow's attack.

"Today's attack did not take the position of the Jin Sui army on the opposite side, but His Excellency the Commander did not blame us for ......," Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, said in a deep voice to the officers at all levels at the table.

"But I think this is a huge shame for us as emperors!" Shigeharu Suematsu looked at everyone and said fiercely: "With the advantage of firepower and troops, he was driven out of the position by a regiment!" It's a shame! ”

"Hail!!" Major General Mitsuzaburo Akiyama, commander of the 127th Brigade, Major General Obaof, commander of the 128th Brigade, Shoshiro Amagi, captain of the 18th Cavalry Brigade, and Captain of the 120th Field Artillery Wing, Otsuka Shonakasa, stood up and responded nervously and loudly.

"Akiyama! What the hell is going on with your 56 Wing?! Will Tsuneta Yamada lead troops?! This war has already lost the face of the emperor! ”

Shigeharu Suematsu looked at the commander of the 127th Brigade, Major General Mitsuzaburo Akiyama, and scolded: "Tomorrow." I'll give you another chance! I will let Otsuka's 120th Wing provide you with fire support, but if you can't take the position of the Jin Sui Army again......"

"Subordinates will die on the battlefield!" Akiyama Mitsuzaburo is ruthless enough. Directly to Shigeharu Suematsu responded: "Subordinates promise!" At this time tomorrow, His Excellency the division commander will inevitably hold a celebration party for his subordinates on the position of the Jin Sui Army! ”

"Good! This is what the emperor ** people look like! Fight well, don't lose the face of our 114th Division! ”

"Hay!" Mitsuzaburo Akiyama answered, and when he saw Shigeharu Suematsu wave his hand, he bowed away. After Akiyama Mitsuzaburo left, Shigeharu Suematsu said in a deep voice to the commander of the 128th Brigade, Major General Obaof.

"If Akiyama is not finished tomorrow, then your 128 Brigade will directly replace them! Although His Excellency the Commander did not blame me this time, if we still can't take the position, our division will undoubtedly be replaced! ”

"What will be the consequences then, I think you know better than me!"

"Hail!!" Obaov was in a cold sweat on his back, and he couldn't say a word other than what he should have. And Shigeharu Suematsu ignored him anymore, turned to the captain of the 120th Wing of the Field Artillery, Otsuka, and said, "Otsuka, how many more artillery do we have?!" ”

"Due to the artillery attack of the Jin Sui army, I don't know how many artillery pieces there are in the army now. However, there are still 54 artillery pieces in the division, of which 12 are newly issued 105mm caliber heavy guns. ”

Although Yanagawa Heisuke collected the artillery of the rest of the army as a support firepower for the attack, he did not collect the artillery of the 114th Division. Perhaps he thinks that the firepower is enough, or maybe he thinks that these can be used as self-help firepower for the division.

In short, his decision allowed the 114th Division to retain its own field artillery wing.

"Yo Si! Tomorrow, don't move. After the 127th Brigade retreats, you calculate the firing points of the Jin Sui Army and wait for my order! Moji Suematsu nodded and said, "I must clear the firepower of this Jin Sui army!" ”

The rest of the people couldn't help but get sweaty all over their bodies when they heard Shigeji Suematsu say this! Obviously, Shigeharu Suematsu wanted to use Akiyama Mitsuzaburo's 127th Brigade to test the firepower of the Jin Sui army.

Then use the field artillery wing of the division to destroy it directly, and then let the 128th Brigade attack!

I have to say, this is an extremely effective way. But if this is done, there is no doubt that the losses of the 127th Brigade will be enormous. Thinking of the performance of the 127th Brigade today, several people sighed helplessly.

The 127 brigade has already lost more than a thousand people, and half of the wing is gone. If a battle is fought tomorrow, more than one wing may be lost.

Even if it is less, then half a team is the lowest. As a result, the 127 brigade lost its combat effectiveness.

And Shigeharu Suematsu's arrangement is reasonable and unreasonable.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll give Akiyama one last chance. If he doesn't grasp it himself, I will call the front command and ask him to go to the reserve. ”

This sentence was the most surprising thing for several wing commanders. They know that if they don't show it tomorrow, then this road will undoubtedly be their final destination.

Early the next morning, as soon as it was dawn, I saw countless figures gathering on the battlefield. This is the 127th Infantry Wing of the 102nd Infantry Wing, Chiba Kotaro Osa, and the 56th Infantry Wing Captain Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa, who led the two wings under their command to stay quietly on the position.

"Gentlemen! Your Excellency the division commander has given me the order, and if we still can't take the position today, then we will bear all the consequences! Akiyama Mitsuzaburo was in his own command and said in a deep voice to the two wing commanders: "Yamada, I won't talk about yesterday's incident again. But if you haven't been able to take the position today, then we'll have to go to the reserves together! ”

"Chiba! This battle is about the future of all of us. If no progress is made......" Mitsuzaburo Akiyama said here, but did not continue.

"Gentlemen! Please! ”

"Hail!!"

"Chirp...... Rumble! Rumble!! "Ten minutes after the end of the meeting, the artillery positions of the Japanese Tenth Army began to launch artillery bombardments on the positions of the 500th and 499th regiments of the Jinsui Army!......

The position was covered with dust, and the anti-artillery holes that had been hit hard yesterday had finally collapsed at this moment. Some of the soldiers of the Jin Sui army were buried in the soil.

And the positions of the bunkers and machine guns that were exposed yesterday were taken care of, and countless shells rained down.

At the time of the "Buzz ......" shelling, the Japanese air force was also rushing towards the battlefield. After shelling for more than an hour, Japanese planes began bombing. (To be continued)