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Text Chapter 35 Toxic Gas Obstacle

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    What methods did the opponent use to penetrate into Gongzhuling, which is hundreds of kilometers away from the front line? How many troops were involved? How did they manage to transport those heavy machines without alerting Beishan Airport, which is only ten kilometers away from Gongzhuling Chariot School?  Now, the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department, which has always claimed to be all-pervasive, knows nothing about it. All they know is that after this incident, their depth is no longer safe.

    The Kwantung Army Intelligence Department only then truly understood the pain of the North China Expeditionary Force when facing the Eighteenth Army. Because you may have some grasp of the following intelligence, but when you face the opponent's high-level intelligence and trends, you will get nothing.  , that fear is almost self-evident.

    For the Kwantung Army Headquarters, this elusive force can rob money printing equipment today, but maybe tomorrow it may target the heads of the Kwantung Army Headquarters officers. Therefore, after the Gongzhuling incident, the Kwantung Army Commander  The Ministry not only immediately greatly strengthened its own vigilance, but also mobilized a complete infantry regiment in the shortest possible time and entered the new capital to strengthen defense.

    The Kwantung Army headquarters was immediately transferred to the heavily guarded and strictly confidential Second Reserve Command Post, and it repeatedly requested the divisions at the front not only to ensure the safety of important targets such as division headquarters, but also to ensure the safety of heavy artillery, armor  and other important troops, as well as the security of confidential, communications and other departments.

    This order from the Kwantung Army headquarters means that in order to continue the fight and persevere, no matter how reluctant Colonel Masataka Kaneoka is, he can only find ways to increase troops and strengthen the cover of the artillery, even though this will weaken his presence on the front line.  The military strength itself is already very tight, but this is also a helpless choice for Masataka Kaneoka.

    However, when several subordinate brigades suffered heavy casualties, and they had to temporarily allocate troops to artillery positions that required more security forces due to dispersion, and the division was unable to add some troops to them, all means were used to block the resistance.  The joint night attack is almost certain, and it has become an inevitable choice for Kaneoka Tadamasa.

    Perhaps these poisonous gases will not have much effect on fully protected opponents, but Kaneoka Masatada believes that these poisonous gases can at least slow down the offensive momentum of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, at least making them have some scruples when launching night attacks.  , at least he can hold on until daytime and until possible reinforcements arrive from the rear, but only God knows whether his methods will be effective in the end.

    Facts have proved that Colonel Masataka Kaneoka's judgment of the situation is quite accurate, and his grasp of the entire battle situation is still above average. The opponents in front of him, whether it is Li Mingfeng, the commander of the Ninth Division, or one of the three regiments to which the Ninth Division belongs  , the leaders of the two regiments still fighting in Yushu regard the Japanese artillery that poses a serious threat to them during the day as the primary target to destroy in the night battle.

    These Japanese artillery units not only divided the front-line positions into different combat areas, but even marked their targets in depth. Once it was discovered that the Japanese defense forces were at an absolute disadvantage and the position was in danger, these Japanese artillery units would not matter whether they were still on the position or not.  Our own people come up to shoot without distinction.

    The Japanese army didn't care. They had already made precise plans when formulating this tactic. Each position, including its own depth, was divided into combat areas. Although the artillery positions were dispersed, their firepower was  Concentrated use.

    Moreover, the Japanese army chose the timing of indiscriminate bombardment very accurately. It was when the position was about to be lost. At this time, the Japanese army, which was not allowed to retreat until even a single soldier was called, had very few people left on the position.  There were not many, but the attacking force could not be just a few people. The attacking force suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese army's tactic of destroying everything.

    In the daytime battle, it was the intensive and highly accurate artillery fire of the Japanese artillery that brought great resistance to the Ninth Division's offensive. If they were not defeated, it would be difficult for the Ninth Division's offensive to achieve victory in a short period of time.  Great progress, but the Japanese artillery was too dispersed and the positions were constructed quite cleverly.

    Neither aviation nor artillery could destroy all these artillery pieces in a short period of time. Although they suppressed the Japanese artillery fire to a certain extent and destroyed some Japanese artillery pieces, they could not completely eliminate the threat of these Japanese artillery pieces.  The only way to remove the threat from the Japanese artillery is to rely on the infantry to find a way to eliminate it.

    At 22:00 in the evening, in a sorghum field east of Lao He's house, Qi Zhiyuan, the commander of the Sixth Company of the Second Battalion, who was the forward of the entire 27th Regiment's attack, raised his telescope and used the light of the illumination bombs fired by the Japanese army to look at  He frowned while observing the Japanese position which was only a hundred meters away from them.

    And the person lying next to him at this time is neither his instructor nor his deputy. The eye-catching red cross on his armbandThe word sign told others that he was just a health worker. Qi Zhiyuan brought the health worker to the latent observation point, not because of anything else, but because of the so-called temporary measures taken by Colonel Tadamasa Kaneoka.

    After observing for a long time and putting down the telescope, Qi Zhiyuan turned to the health worker next to him who was also holding a telescope and observing the Japanese position under the light of the Japanese flares: "Xiao Liu, are you sure the Japanese spread poison gas at the junction of the two armies, or some other killing  A very powerful so-called corrosive gas."

    The health worker, who wore a red cross armband to identify himself, heard the company commander's question and smiled: "Company Commander, because the Japanese army used poison gas very frequently in battles, we all received special training in chemical warfare before we were sent to the army.  Training on rescue and identification knowledge, and because of our work, we have received more professional training than those of you who are leaders in the teaching team. "

    "Now the front of our position is filled with the smell of garlic. This smell of garlic is the unique smell of mustard gas when it becomes liquid. When you smell this smell on the battlefield, you don't have to think too much that the Japanese army must have spread mustard gas.  Because it is impossible for so much garlic to appear on the battlefield at once, the smell can only be caused by the Japanese spreading mustard gas in front of the position. "

    "Mustard gas is a corrosive poison gas. Its action lasts for a long time. It can last for more than three days in summer. There are many ways to spread it. Not only can it be spread by poison gas shells and poison canisters, but the Japanese army also developed a poison distribution vehicle specifically for spreading this poison gas.  "In the evening, the two small armored vehicles that appeared in front of the Japanese army's position were poison-spreading vehicles specially developed by the Japanese army for spreading mustard gas."

    "This method is a common method used by the Japanese army when the defensive situation is unfavorable. If the southeast wind is not blowing in summer, and our position is northeast of the Japanese army's position, we simply cannot get so close. I am afraid that hundreds of  Just meters away, they all fell down from poisoning, as well as the company commander. Look, the Japanese army not only spread mustard gas, but also planted many poison gas bombs connected to mines in the rearranged minefields. "

    "Judging from the signs exposed outside, there are not only mustard gas and Lewis gas mixed artillery shells, but also phosgene artillery shells and various other chemical artillery shells. Even if our army uses artillery fire to destroy minefields, the concentration of poisonous gas produced by these explosive poison gas bombs  , is enough to become an obstacle for our army to launch an offensive, especially the phosgene in it is a suffocating poison gas, which is as lethal as mustard gas."

    Of course, Qi Zhiyuan is not too unfamiliar with mustard gas. When he was studying in the military training team, because the Japanese army used poison gas warfare many times in battles, their courses included a section specifically on the Japanese army's poison gas warfare. However, because  As a grassroots commander, he only needed to understand the nature of the Japanese poison gas bombs and the identification and protection of some poison gas shells. His knowledge was far less detailed than that of professionally trained health workers.

    But he also knew that the best way to deal with this kind of poisonous gas, in addition to being fully equipped with protective equipment, was to rinse with plenty of clean water. But where could he find so much clean water at the moment, and how could he have so much time?  To flush out such a large attack area, and under the firepower of the Japanese army, even if there was time and clean water, there was no way to operate it.

    Although his company is all equipped with standard gas masks, it does not have special protective clothing and protective shoes. It is simply unable to deal with the spread of poisonous gas by the Japanese army who require full-body protective equipment. Moreover, his mission is to infiltrate the Japanese army's positions and find ways to fight during the day.  Among them, the two Japanese heavy artillery groups pose the greatest threat to the attacking troops.

    If he did not hesitate to attack by force, he would not only be irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers, but also the poisoned troops would not be able to find the Japanese artillery positions no matter what. Although he was not too clear about the power of mustard gas, he had experienced it.  Training and the experience gained with his life on the battlefield told him that at this time, he must act more cautiously. These poisonous gases are not as simple as they seem.

    Putting down the telescope in his hand and looking at the minefield composed of poisonous gas and landmines in front of him, as well as the pungent smell of garlic coming from his nose, Qi Zhiyuan, who was almost helpless, smashed his fist on the ground in front of him: "Mom  Yes, this little devil is too fucked up to be able to defeat you on the battlefield, so he just knows how to use such dirty tricks."

    After that, he turned to the health worker beside him and said: "Xiao Liu, you have learned more than us. Can you think of a way to allow the troops to quickly pass through this poisonous gas area? We have time left now."  Not too much, we must find the Japanese artillery positions and blow them up before zero hour."

    "This is an order given to us by our superiors. It is an order that must be completed at all costs. The military situation is like a fire. We cannot delay here for too long. If we cannot solve the Japanese artillery positions on time, what will happen during the day will be  will be at nighttime to re-enact.  "

    "The rogue tactics used by the Japanese army during the day brought us too many casualties. During the hard battle during the day, among all the participating units in the army, our Ninth Division was the one with the most casualties and the least progress. It almost became the laughingstock of the entire army.  Well, tonight's night battle is a battle for our whole division to avenge our disgrace. Whether we can fight well and whether our regiment can make breakthrough progress depends on our company. "
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