Kanto Army's poison gas revenge

Although the fire covered on the surface of the Japanese position on the hillside was extinguished, a thick layer of scorched earth that had been completely burned by the fire on the surface of the position was still emitting waves of hot air.

Hundreds of new recruits, before they really set foot on the Japanese position, were sweating profusely because of the heat waves that were coming from the hillside.

If it is placed in a position that is covered with fire, it will definitely be far away, and a pungent burnt smell will be heard. However, what surprised the new recruits was that the Japanese position, which had been burned to black on the hillside, not only did not have the pungent burnt smell, but instead a burst of barbecue aroma...

A new recruit sniffed his nose hard and confirmed that there was no problem with his sense of smell. With a puzzled look, he directly asked the platoon leader next to him, who was served by the veteran, "Planer Commander, you smell it, it seems like the smell of barbecue... Could it be that in the fire just now, some wild beast rushed into the sea of ​​fire and was roasted by the fire..."

The platoon leader who was a veteran and had participated in the bloody battle against Japan. Of course, he knew the source of these fragrances and looked at him with the expected eyes of the recruits. On one face, he showed a very embarrassing smile, shook his head, and said, "I won't tell you now. When you get on the position, you will know. At that time, I hope that you, the new recruits, can control yourself and not be nauseous and vomited on the battlefield because of the situation on the battlefield, and throw my face into the 224th Regiment..."

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of new recruits who did not encounter any resistance stepped on thick floating soil that had been burned to black and stood in the empty Japanese position. When a recruit, he followed the direction of the fragrance, found the entrance to a tunnel and drilled into the tunnel. A scream filled with horror quickly came out of the new recruit's mouth...

"Ah... Ghost... No, it's the Japanese. There are Japanese here, Japanese who are roasted all over their bodies..."

After saying this, the recruit had already rushed out of the tunnel, threw down his rifle, squatted beside the entrance of the tunnel, and began to sniffle the things that had eaten into his stomach at noon, without leaving any left, and vomited out all of them.

The other self-devouring and bold recruits, after seeing the scene in the tunnel under the temptation of this exclamation, were no exception, and the first recruit yiyàng, holding a weapon, squatting on the ground and starting to vomit...

When a new recruit platoon, most of the recruits began to feel nauseous and vomit. The platoon leader with a calm expression made a long sigh, and slowly walked over.

As a platoon leader who had experienced a bloody battle against Japan, he could say that he had seen any kind of tragic battlefield scenes. However, when the tunnels were completely roasted by fire, emitting bursts of fragrance. Even the corpse oil of the Japanese appeared directly in front of the platoon leader. The platoon leader, who was still calm just now, also felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

However, as a platoon leader and as a role model for dozens of brothers, the platoon leader still endured the vomiting that kept coming in his heart. After collecting twenty grenades from himself and his waist, they were all tied together and fixed to the entrance of the tunnel, pulling out a long lead.

After ordering all troops to evacuate the tunnel entrance, they quickly pulled the strings, and suddenly, a burst of white smoke slowly emerged from the bodies of these grenades.

The veteran platoon leader subconsciously lay down on the ground, lying less than ten meters away from the entrance of the tunnel, waiting for the grenade to explode.

"Boom..." A sound of explosion that was shaking in the ground sounded on the battlefield. Under the strong smoke from the explosion, the entrance of the tunnel that had just been opened to everyone was directly blown up by twenty grenades. As for the corpses of Japanese devils that had been roasted in the tunnel, they were all buried in the tunnel, which became an eternal secret.

Juliè's explosions followed one after another, and other troops followed suit. In less than five minutes, all the tunnel networks built by the Kwantung Army on the hillside, including more than 200 Kwantung Army bodies, were buried inside the mountain and never seen the light of day.

After the fiery red flag representing the Ninth Army was planted high onto the Japanese position in the Highlands. Zhang Zizhong, deputy commander-in-chief of the Highlands, breathed a sigh of relief. He spoke in a relaxed tone at Zhou Xingguo beside him: "Brother Zhou, now it seems that the Air Force is not yiyàng. In such a short time, he easily took down a Japanese position that he thought he would lose at least hundreds of soldiers' lives."

Zhou Xingguo nodded without comment and said, "Although the Japanese's defensive position is very tight, it becomes vulnerable under the three-dimensional firepower attack of the coordinated land and air of the Ninth Army. This battle directly explains one thing to us: no matter what conspiracy is, it will become vulnerable in the face of real powerful strength. And the development direction of the Ninth Army's continuous strengthening of the troops' firepower and the coordinated combat capabilities of the land and air of the Ninth Army is also very correct."

Speaking of this, Zhou Xingguo's eyes seemed to have crossed the high ground in front of him, and saw the ultimate goal of this military operation, Xinyiju. He decisively ordered Zhang Zizhong beside him: "Team Commander Zhang, since he has taken this high ground, then we will continue to work hard and continue to take down Xinyiju and the Kwantung Army General Command..."

The defense line along the river that I rely on was completely broken due to the infiltration of the special forces of the Ninth Army in less than half an hour. For this result, Major General Kurokawa, the highest commander of the Kwantung Army in Shinishu, can understand it. After all, there are factors such as the infiltration of the special forces of the Ninth Army in the rear.

However, it was completely beyond my expectations that the high ground that was blocked outside Shinyiju City had fallen so quickly.

It should be clear that this highland is not an ordinary highland, but a highland with a large number of fortifications. Even if the Ninth Army uses large caliber howitzers, it is impossible to level the entire highland and destroy the tunnel it built halfway up the mountain.

Since the Ninth Army could not destroy these tunnels, the hundreds of elite Kanto troops defending in the tunnels could be held on forever and become a stronghold guarded outside the city. However, what I didn't expect was that such a three-dimensional fortification that seemed indestructible to me could not hold on for an hour and lost it again...

What method did the Ninth Army that I was about to face? In such a short time, I took down one defense after another that was as good as a wall of iron. A deep doubt suddenly appeared in Major General Kurokawa's mind. He asked loudly to the Chief of Staff in front of him.

"What the hell is going on? Can anyone tell me how the Chinese team occupied the highlands outside the city..."

After a brief hesitation, the Chief of Staff did not dare to hide it and said, "Brigate Commander, according to the report of the defenders defending the city wall: An hour ago, our position on the high ground outside the city was suddenly bombed by the Chinese Air Force. Immediately afterwards, the entire position was covered by a strong sea of ​​fire, and it lasted for a long time..."

"Under the uninterrupted bombing of the Chinese Air Force, the sea of ​​fire covered the positions lasted for half an hour before it was extinguished. Although Beizhi did not know the specific situation of the battlefield, there is one thing that can be speculated: if our warriors hide in the tunnel, they will directly die in the battlefield due to lack of oxygen or high temperature..."

The Chief of Staff's voice had just fallen. A creepy picture slowly came to Major General Kurokawa's mind. Of course, this tragic picture was the scene seen by the attacking troops of the Ninth Army on the battlefield.

Seeing that the face in front of him was constantly changing. Sometimes gloomy and sometimes ashen, Major General Kurokawa. The Chief of Staff continued to speak: "Brig Commander, based on the domestic analysis report on the equipment of the Ninth Army and the ammunition used by the Chinese team in the Lushun Battle. Huyi affirmed that in the air strike one hour ago, the Ninth Army must have used arson bomb with large-scale lethality. Through the arson bomb, the huge fire covered our positions on the high ground..."

Major General Kurokawa, who had been shrouded in his heart, was already covered by anger, shouted: "Baga, the cunning Chinese actually used such a tragic weapon of arson bomb. We must not let the Chinese continue to be so arrogant. We must carry out bloody military revenge to avenge the fallen Empire Warriors..."

The Chief of Staff also thought to launch military revenge on the Chinese team. However, in the current situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, this kind of thought can only be thought about.

Facing Major General Kurokawa's angry gaze, the Chief of Staff had to speak and remind him: "Your Brigade Commander, Huine also wants to take revenge. However, according to Huine, the arson bomb used by the Chinese is a new type of ammunition that we have never seen before. So far, the Japanese Empire was in the research stage and it was impossible to return it to the other person in the way..."

Major General Kurokawa might be really angry, and he directly ignored the Chief of Staff’s reminder. He stared at his eyes that could almost kill people and roared loudly: “Baga, without arson bullets, is there no other way to retaliate…”

The Chief of Staff, who was also beaten by the Ninth Army and was eager to take revenge, looked like he had thought of something, and subconsciously asked: "Brig Commander, what do you mean..."

Major General Kurokawa did not hesitate and directly expressed his thoughts: "Chief of Staff, don't forget that although we don't have arson bullets in our hands, we have poisonous gas bombs that can also cause heavy casualties to the Chinese team..."

Seeing Major General Kurokawa, who was sneering in front of him, and all over his body emitted a chill and murderous aura, the Chief of Staff also unknowingly showed a strong murderous aura. After nodding with certainty, he answered: "Master of the Brigade, when he was replenishing ammunition two months ago, the Kanto Army General Command did replenish 500 poison gas bombs for us. Now, these poison gas bombs are reserved in our underground ammunition depot..."

"Yo Xi..." Major General Kurokawa finally showed a rare smile on his face. However, this smile was full of murderous sneer. It made people couldn't help but tremble and fear all over his body.

Major General Kurokawa, who had not let the Chief of Staff wait for too long, had a murderous look on his face and decisively ordered: "Now I order the artillery, immediately shoot all the poisonous gas bombs in stock, and at all costs, into the assembly place of the Zhong** team. Let the Zhong** team know that the Japanese Empire is invincible..."

"Yes, brigade commander..." The Chief of Staff, who seemed a little crazy because of the heavy casualties of the troops, completely forgot the military's regulations on the use of poison gas bombs. He replied loudly with anger.

In order to avoid the limited artillery in his hand being taken away by the artillery of the Ninth Army, several limited artillery squadrons under Major General Kurokawa were all scattered and hidden in Shinyiju Castle.

After receiving the order of Major General Kurokawa, boxes of poison gas bombs with images of skulls were quickly transported to various artillery positions.

At this moment, the Liaodong Corps of the Ninth Army, which successfully occupied the highlands, had already crossed the highlands by a total of three regiments, under the command of Zhou Xingguo. They had crossed the highlands and appeared about two kilometers outside the city of Xinyizhou.

Raising the telescope, the low city wall of Xinyizhou suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Xingguo and Zhang Zizhong.

Deputy Commander Zhang Zizhong said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, on the surface, the Xinyizhou city defense system is far from our expectations. If thousands of Kwantung troops in the city really plan to rely on this city wall to block us, then the end of this battle will definitely end with our complete victory..."

Looking at the low city wall blocking the Liaodong Corps and seeing the Kwantung Army soldiers running back and forth on the city wall, Zhou Xingguo nodded without comment and responded: "Team Commander Zhou is right. As long as the Kwantung Army in the city no longer has any conspiracies. With the current strength of my Liaodong Corps, Xinyizhou can be captured by one day at the latest..."

Because Zhang Zizhong had just joined the Ninth Army and was a surrendered general. Although he served as the commander of the Ninth Army, his prestige in the army was not very high.

But Zhou Xingguo is different. As a veteran of the Ninth Group Army, his prestige in the army can be said to be the commander-in-chief and the chief of staff, and they are the few of them.

Therefore, as soon as Zhou Xingguo's voice fell, a trace of surprise appeared on the faces of the officers behind him.

However, after looking at the darkness of the sky within two hours at the latest, Zhou Xingguo directly denied the idea of ​​immediately launching an attack on Shinyiju. Because once it gets dark, a lot of heavy firepower in his hands, especially air strikes, will not be able to exert its due power.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xingguo, who was already confident in this decisive battle, decisively ordered the subordinates behind him: "After ordering the troops to retreat two kilometers and completely escape from the range of Japanese artillery in the city, camp on the spot and wait for the subsequent troops of the Corps to arrive. At 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, launch an attack on Shinyiju on time. In addition, in order to avoid the Kanto Army in the city launching a sneak attack on us while the night is in the morning, the patrol of the river sentry tonight must send twice the original one."

“Yes, teacher…”

Tens of thousands of elite troops of the Liaodong Corps quickly dispersed in units of battalions and companies, and when they began to set up tents to camp, in the city of Xinyizhou, several mountain artillery squadrons and field artillery squadrons under Major General Kurokawa, all of whom raised their black hole muzzles.

"His brigade commander, all artillery soldiers are ready and can fire at any time..." The Chief of Staff reported with expectation.

"What is the ** team outside the city doing now?" Major General Kurokawa asked in a deep voice.

"The Centre Team with more than 10,000 people is preparing to retreat and build a camp. According to the artillery staff calculations, these Centre Teams are just within the range of our mountain artillery. In addition, the weather is very conducive to the rapid spread of poison gas and a large number of live forces of the Centre Team." The Chief of Staff replied.

A sneer quickly flashed through Major General Kurokawa's mouth. He said to the chief of staff in front of him with a murderous intent: "Very good, order all artillery soldiers to shoot all special bullets into the assembly ground of the China-** team in the shortest time. In this shelling, we must leave thousands of China-** teams."

"Hayi..."

"Woooooo..." A sharp roar of artillery shells sounded in the air. Zhou Xingguo, who was just about to retreat with the team, couldn't help but change his face. Because, familiar with the artillery fire, he had already judged from the roar of artillery shells that all the artillery shells that suddenly appeared in the sky were fired at the location where the troops gathered.

With a drastic change in his face, he subconsciously ordered Zhang Zizhong beside him: "No, it's the Japanese's shelling... I didn't expect that the Japanese would dare to launch a shelling at us at this time..."

However, what surprised Zhou Xingguo was that after he finished speaking, he did not hear the explosion of the shells. At this moment, a staff officer rushed over quickly and reported with a terrified face: "Teacher, Japanese devils, Japanese devils are firing poison gas bombs at our military camp..."

"What, poison gas bomb..." Zhou Xingguo's pale face showed horror. Although he had not seen the power of poison gas war specifically, through the study of the military academy, the bloody results achieved on the battlefield through the poison gas bomb in the first battle. Zhou Xingguo knew very well that the poison gas bombs killed the officers and soldiers on the battlefield.

Before the officers behind him could react, they roared loudly: "Bastard, why are you still standing there... Order all troops to speed up the retreat speed and quickly retreat to the rear, break away from the Japanese artillery range, quickly, retreat immediately..."

Looking at the few combat staff who were leaving quickly, Zhou Xingguo, who had a gray face, did not feel relaxed. He followed the chief of staff behind him and ordered: "Chief of Staff, immediately issue an order to the artillery: quickly find the Japanese artillery position, carry out artillery counterattacks, and destroy the Japanese artillery position for me..."

When the Ninth Army was densely packed with officers and soldiers, the Kwantung Army had already fired more than one hundred poisonous gas bombs. Looking down from the air, the huge Ninth Army gathering ground, without exception, was covered by thick yellow smoke.

In the military camp covered by these yellow smoke, large areas of officers and soldiers of the Ninth Group who had no time to retreat were foaming at the mouth because they were attacked by poison gas at the first time, and fell to the ground with a pale face and twitching...
Chapter completed!