Chapter 694: Change of Guard

God sometimes has short-sightedness, and just when Lieutenant General Ito's skills were exhausted, the east wind blew that morning.

"God help me! Haha......"

In despair, Masaki Ito seems to see hope for victory. The recent series of failures has made him a little mentally unprepared, even a little crazy.

It's no wonder that this successive defeats made him depressed, and Okamura Ninji's scolding made his face dull, which was a great shame for Ito Masaki. This time God finally helped him, and everyone will go crazy.

Immediately, Ito Masakaki ordered the troops under the mountain to release poison gas on the Mt. Tamasuji position.

"Bang Bang Bang" "......"

Bursts of dull explosions exploded at the front of the Yujin Mountain position, and puffs of pale blue smoke drifted towards the position with the wind.

"It's poison gas! Drink pee! ”

The soldiers of the third battalion at the front of the position used the old method, taking off their steel helmets to pee and then drink them all.

However, because the poisonous gas in the direction of the wind could not be dispersed for a while, urine could not neutralize the poisonous gas at all. In addition, the poison gas is extremely harmful to the eyes and skin. As for the Japanese troops, they were in no hurry to attack now, but kept releasing poison gas, waiting until all the defenders on the position were poisoned and killed, and then they stepped forward to occupy it without much effort.

"cough~cough~cough~""......"

The constant coughing of the fighters sounded from the positions. Some fighters couldn't help but scratch their bodies constantly, and blood marks appeared on their skin, which only made the poisoning more serious.

"It's so sad......"

"It's so itchy~"

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

The painful wails of the fighters were constantly heard from the position. The officers and men who were still alive yesterday had dark purple faces, bulging eyes, tears, snot, and bloodshot saliva all over their faces.

In less than half an hour, half of the soldiers of the 52nd Division's Yujin Mountain defenders were poisoned and died.

"Bastard! Bastard! I am his ancestors! ……”

Leng Xin kept scolding after learning about the situation.

Shao Fei on the side suggested: "The devil doesn't plan to attack at all, let's let the troops withdraw, if it goes on like this, the soldiers on the position will have to die on Yujin Mountain." ”

Leng Xin's eyes were on fire, the bloodshot in his eyes had already spread near his eyeballs, and he said angrily: "Could it be that Yujin Mountain gave it to that group of eight lambs who killed a thousand knives for nothing!?" ”

"How's that going!? Everyone is dead, and the position is not the same! ”

Shao Fei was also anxious, the Japanese army used chemical weapons again, and the anger in his heart was as big. However, it was difficult for Leng Xin to explain to his superiors by giving up an important position without firing a shot.

"Damn, I'm out of the way! Order all the troops of Yujin Mountain to evacuate to the main peak of Dongguling, but bring me all of them if you have a breath! ”

Leng Xin still felt sorry for his soldiers, so he gave up the position of Yujin Mountain and retreated to the main peak of Dongguling.

At the headquarters of the 101st Division, Ito Masaki was overjoyed to learn that all the defenders of Yujin Mountain had withdrawn, and seemed to have become even more crazy.

"Hahaha, you know how good I am!"

Seeing that the adjutant next to Ito Masaki, who was a little crazy, began to worry in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "What should we do next?" ”

With a fierce look, Ito grinned and said, "Next, I'm going to kill the Men of Hitochina!" ”

The adjutant could only feel helpless in his heart, it seemed that his commander was really crazy.

After a while, Ito Masaki regained his normal appearance a little, and ordered: "Order the remaining troops of the 157th Wing to feint and attack Xiguling head-on, and order the 101st Wing to take Xiguling from behind!" ”

"Hey!"

The lieutenant immediately conveyed Ito's order.

This time, the 101st Division dispatched its own ace unit, the 101st Wing. As far as Ito was concerned, he did not want to send this force, which was also a helpless move. Because in these ten days of fighting, he fought continuously with the 190th Loyal and Brave Division and the 52nd Division, with fewer victories and more defeats, he had no troops to send, and the reinforcements in the rear had not yet arrived.

(PS: The Japanese army has 140,000 supplementary troops.) Okamura replenished all the reinforcements that had just arrived to the 106th Matsuura Division. The 101st Division was fighting, and even if the reserve troops were sent over, there would be no time to integrate into the troops. This is one of the main reasons why it is difficult for the Chinese army to completely wipe out a division. οΌ‰

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

The 101st Division once again asked for air support, and the artillery fire on the ground became more fierce and frenzied, and Ito wanted to take Xiguling at once and cut off the right hand of the 52nd Division.

Under the attack of artillery fire, the defenders of Xiguling fought back bloodily and repelled the frontal enemy. However, Kunigoro Iizuka, known as the god of war of the Japanese army, led his 101st Wing to launch an offensive from Kitayama, all the way like a bamboo, breaking through the defense line of the three battalions in one go.

The West Lonely Ridge is in a pinching situation, and a lone peak is in danger.

The Japanese army also cut off the telephone line from the West Guling unit to the headquarters and cut off the connection with the East Guling unit. (It feels a bit redundant)

52 is the division headquarters, and the communication report back: "Report, Xiguling has been attacked by the Japanese army on both sides. The 101st Wing moved north to break through the defense line of the 3rd Battalion of the 312th Regiment. ”

"It's finally done."

Leng Xin didn't know whether to be happy or angry about the poison gas before. The 101st Division dispatched the 101st Wing, which shows that they have a serious shortage of troops, and this kid Ito will not dispatch his trump card troops unless it is absolutely necessary.

Immediately, Leng Xin ordered: "Order, all the 312 regiments will withdraw from the Xiguling position and break through from the southern front to Pass Street." ”

"Yes!"

Leng Xin understands very well that the 312th Regiment has lost most of its strength now, and it is simply unable to stop the attack of the ace 101st Wing, and the desperate fight can only wipe out the entire army. However, he did not order the 312th Regiment to go to Dongguling, because Hua Zhenzhong's 160th Division had already arrived and was now waiting for a change of guard in the southwest of Dongguling.

"Whew~"

At the command headquarters, Leng Xin breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that the burden on his body was lifted all of a sudden, and the rest was handed over to the 160th Division.

In the battles of the past few days, the 52nd Division severely damaged the 101st Division of the Japanese Army, and personally killed one of the other team's captains, Michichi Ishida, and it was also considered a successful retreat. However, more than half of the casualties of the 52nd Division and two-thirds of the officers were lost, which made Leng Xin feel chilled.

Leng Xin asked Shao Fei on the side: "The 160th Division is already preparing to change its guard at the foot of the mountain, and our 52nd Division is going to withdraw to the rear for repair, what are your plans?" ”

Shao Fei also felt that the burden on his body had fallen, and replied: "Stay, I want to see the ending." ”

"It's fine." Immediately, Leng Xin saluted and thanked him: "Thank you for the Falcon assistance these days, and I thank you on behalf of the 52nd Division." In the future, there will be a chance that we will fight side by side and kill devils together! ”

The surrounding staff adjutants also saluted and expressed their gratitude.

After Shao Fei returned the military salute, he said ashamedly: "We really didn't do anything, the general was polite." ”、

Indeed, this battle is the least number of Falcon shots compared to the past, which is also related to Leng Xin's personality. Although Leng Xin is informal, he attaches great importance to righteousness. Shao Fei was already very grateful for being able to come over to help him, so he didn't want to ask them to take risks for his 52nd division.

Shao Fei finally decided to stay for two reasons: first, there was a battle here; Second, he wanted to witness this long-forgotten history.

The entire Battle of Wuhan, perhaps people will only think of the "Wanjialing Victory", but the Wanjialing Victory is only the tip of the iceberg for the entire Wuhan Battle.

Anqing Defense, Hengshan Bloody Battle, Laotouling Blockade Battle, Wanjiang Blockade Battle, Jiujiang Navy Second Captain Mountain Bloody Battle, Xiangkou Xiangshan Counterattack Battle, Hukou Longtan Mountain Bloody Battle, Gutang Defensive Battle, Jiujiang Defensive Battle, Jinguanqiao Defensive Battle、...... There is also this East-West Guling Battle in the Xingzi area.

Any battle is in the tens of thousands, but ......

(End of chapter)