Not only Ishihara Wan'er, but Xu Rui at this moment is just like a gambler who has staked all his chips. The only difference is that Xu Rui has guessed Ishihara Wan'er's trump card, but Ishihara Wan'er has not guessed his.
The trump card is that at this moment, Ishihara Kanji is completely unaware of the existence of anti-infantry directional mines.
If this is really a bet, then Xu Rui's current position is undoubtedly very favorable.
But Xu Rui also doesn’t know whether anti-infantry directional mines can have the expected effect in actual combat?
If the anti-infantry directional mine does not have the expected effect, it means that the trump card in his hand is obviously not as strong as Ishihara Kanji's trump card. If this is the case, even if Xu Rui can see Ishihara Kanji's trump card, it will be useless.
, when the cards were finally drawn, Xu Rui would inevitably lose and go bankrupt.
But no matter what, it was already at this point, and all the chips had been placed on the gambling table, so there was no use worrying about gains and losses, so Xu Rui simply left the regiment headquarters and came to the field hospital to visit the seriously injured.
At this time, the field hospital was really overcrowded.
If we count from the day of the Battle of Tieling, the fierce battle between the Chahar Independent Regiment and the Japanese Seventh Army has lasted for eleven days. During these eleven days, while killing a large number of the Japanese's effective forces,
The Chahar Independent Regiment itself also suffered a large number of casualties, with the number of casualties alone exceeding 5,000!
As for the seriously injured, the number has exceeded 10,000. The more than 10,000 seriously injured have almost filled all the hospitals and even small clinics in Fengtian City. Due to the serious shortage of beds, many seriously injured can only lie in the yard.
Fortunately, in Fengtian at the end of May, it was not very cold at night, otherwise the wounded would easily get sick from the cold.
The atmosphere in hospitals is always gloomy and depressing, and that of the Chahar Independent Regiment is no exception.
From the moment Xu Rui stepped into the hospital, his ears were filled with wailing, moaning and cursing. Some severely burned patients even beat and cursed medical staff because they couldn't bear the pain all over their bodies. Just now
Within a moment, Xu Rui saw several young nurses running over sobbing.
After visiting several hospitals, it was already evening when Xu Rui returned to the regiment headquarters.
A day of fierce fighting is over again. After a day of fierce fighting, the Chahar Independent Regiment gave up most of the ruins outside the city with a tacit understanding, and only defended the last few blocks next to the city wall. The little devils also tacitly agreed.
Instead of continuing to advance, he took the initiative to retreat nearly fifty meters.
Although on the battlefield in the middle, the two sides fought extremely fiercely, to the point where they were fighting for every inch of ground, but after advancing near the opponent's bottom line, they maintained restraint in a tacit understanding. To put it bluntly, whether it was Ishihara Wanji or Xu
Rui, both have the same plan, they all want to consume the opponent's vitality through street fighting outside the city.
Xu Rui was worried that shrinking into the city would arouse the alarm of the old devil Ishihara Wan'er, and the old devil Ishihara Wan'er was also worried that if he pushed too hard, he would force the Chahar Independent Regiment to abandon its positions outside the city.
If your independent regiment really wants to retreat into Fengtian City and hold on, the Seventh Army will be really in trouble.
It was under such a tacit understanding that both parties tacitly fought back and forth in the ruins outside the city for six days!
After six days of fierce fighting, the Chahar Independent Regiment suffered more than 15,000 casualties, of which more than 5,000 were killed!
However, the Japs did not take advantage. The Japs suffered at least 20,000 casualties, most of whom were killed in battle!
It is no exaggeration to say that the blocks outside the North Gate, East Gate and West Gate of Fengtian have been stained red with the blood of soldiers of the Chinese and Japanese armies.
As soon as Xu Rui entered the war room, Du Junjie immediately greeted him, stood at attention and saluted.
Xu Rui was too lazy to return the military salute, waved his hand and asked: "Ajie, how is the situation?"
Du Junjie replied sadly: "More than two thousand brothers were injured or killed, of which more than five hundred were killed!"
Wang Husheng next to him once again made a suggestion: "Old Xu, the casualties are too great, how about we abandon the ruins outside the city? You were worried that Ishihara Wan'er would be alert before, but now the two sides have been fighting fiercely for six days.
Our Chahar Independent Regiment has suffered extremely heavy casualties, so it is logical to abandon our positions outside the city at this time, right?"
Xu Rui hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "That's okay, we won't go out of the city to fight back tonight!"
Seeing that Xu Rui finally adopted his suggestion, Wang Husheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least there would be no more casualties in the Chahar Independent Regiment tonight.
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In Puhe Town, the headquarters of the Japanese Seventh Army.
After dinner, Ishihara Wanji called Junzaburo Koizumi into his office, put out the chessboard and started playing chess.
By now in the Battle of Fengtian, all the chips have been put on the table and the battle plan has been determined. Therefore, as the commander of the Seventh Army, Kanji Ishihara has nothing to do anyway, and Junzaburo Koizumi, the staff officer of the Seventh Army,
The deputy chief has also become very relaxed, so every day after dinner, the two of them would hold hands and talk.
The opening stage was full of routines, so the two old devils played very quickly.
However, after entering the middle game, the speed of the opponent's moves immediately slowed down.
When Junzaburo Koizumi made a stone in the upper left corner, and started to compete with Kanji Ishihara for the upper left corner, Kanji Ishihara fell into a long test, holding a sunspot in his hand, but could not get it on the chess board.
After hesitating for a long time, Ishihara Wan'er suddenly noticed that it was strangely quiet outside, and said in surprise: "Baga, why is it so quiet outside? Didn't the Chinese Army launch a night counterattack tonight?"
Koizumi Junzaburo didn't feel it at first, but after Ishihara smiled and said it, he also discovered it.
"Sodes." Junzaburo Koizumi said in surprise, "Logically speaking, the Chinese army should counterattack at this time."
Something went wrong. At that moment, the two old Japanese soldiers had no intention of playing chess anymore. They threw the chess pieces in their hands into the chess basket, stood up and went to the war room outside. In the war room, several combat staff members were also wondering.
At that moment, Ishihara Kanji asked Junzaburo Koizumi to make a call to the forward position. The call was quickly dismissed. After asking, he found out that the Chahar Independent Regiment did not launch a counterattack tonight as before.
Putting down the phone, Junzaburo Koizumi raised his head and said to Ishihara Wanji: "Your Excellency, Commander, the forward position reports that tonight the Chahar Independent Regiment not only did not launch a night counterattack as before, but even abandoned all positions outside the city. See
It seems that Xu Rui does not intend to take up the defense line outside the city, but wants to have a decisive battle with our Seventh Army inside the city."
Ishihara Wanji frowned and thought for a long time, and then said with a proud smile: "It seems that after six consecutive days of night counterattacks, the effective strength of the Chahar Independent Regiment has been severely weakened. Because Xu
Rui realized the seriousness of this problem, so he decisively gave up tonight's counterattack.
After a pause, Ishihara Wanji continued: "Not only tonight, but also in the future, the Chahar Independent Regiment is unlikely to take the initiative to go out of the city to launch a counterattack, because their strength is no longer sufficient."
"Hai!" Junzaburo Koizumi paused and said, "That's for sure."
Ishihara Wan'er chuckled, and then said: "However, Xu Rui is too naive if he thinks that by retreating to the city's defense line, he can block our Seventh Army's offensive." After saying this, Ishihara Wan'er paused and his face immediately changed.
Zheng, said again, "Immediately summon all division commanders to the headquarters for a meeting, and the time for the general attack will be advanced to tomorrow!"
"Hai!" Junzaburo Koizumi nodded heavily and went to call each division one by one.
At almost ten o'clock at night, the division commanders of the eight infantry divisions and two armored divisions of the Seventh Army, as well as the commander of the Fifth Flying Regiment, all arrived. They sat in the small conference room for a whole day.
Twelve lieutenant generals, plus the army general Kanji Ishihara, it can be said that there are stars gathered together.
Ishihara Wan'er Lengjun's eyes swept over the faces of the Japanese who were present one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, after ten consecutive days of fierce fighting, the imperial army has perfectly achieved the intention set before the war. Fengtian
The effective strength of the Chahar Independent Regiment in the city has dropped to an extremely dangerous critical point!"
After a pause, Ishihara Wanji continued: "Of course, it is a critical point for the Chahar Independent Regiment, but for the Imperial Army, it is an excellent opportunity! Taking advantage of Chahar's independence,
The veterans of the regiment have been consumed in large numbers, and the new recruits have not yet grown up, so it is the best time for the imperial army to launch a general offensive!"
After another pause, Ishihara Wan'er suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Order!"
Including Junzaburo Koizumi, the twelve Japanese lieutenant generals participating in the meeting stood up in unison.
Ishihara Wanji continued: "After dawn, the Fourth Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, under the cover of aviation, launched a close-range direct fire on the city walls of Fengtian's North Gate, East Gate and West Gate. Don't worry about the artillery counterattack from the Chahar Independent Regiment.
, remember, you must blow up the city wall within half an hour at all costs!"
"Hai!" the brigade commander of the heavy artillery brigade responded with a heavy nod.
Ishihara Wanji continued: "The 1st Infantry Regiment, with the coordination of the 1st Armored Regiment, launched a general attack from the west gate; the 4th Infantry Regiment, with the coordination of the 2nd Armored Regiment, launched from the north gate
The 12th Infantry Regiment, in coordination with the 3rd Armored Regiment, launched a general attack from the east gate direction."
"Hai!" The three Japanese division commanders and the commander of the 1st Armored Division who were called stood up one after another, nodded heavily at Ishihara and smiled, and then responded loudly.
After finishing speaking, Ishihara Wanji stood upright with his feet sharply closed, bowed deeply to the Japanese lieutenant generals who had stood up, and then said with great sincerity: "Gentlemen, please carry out the general attack on Fengtian tomorrow!"
"Hai!" Several Japanese division commanders paused at the same time.