For Zhang Zhenhua's rhetorical question. Yang Zhen didn't answer him immediately, but just closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. Zhang Zhenhua's sentence that we should also learn from them and become as inhuman as them obviously stimulated him a lot. As for the latter sentence, if the central government knew about it, it would be very unfavorable to him, but it was not big, and after a long silence, Yang Zhen opened his eyes violently. Although the voice seemed to be talking to himself, the words that came out were obviously said to Zhang Zhenhua: "If a mad dog has been biting you like crazy and wants to eat you alive, what should you do?" Shouldn't you beat it up with a qiē trick? Let it run around when it sees you in the future? ”

After saying that, Yang Zhen looked at the marching brigade outside the window of the sedan he was riding in and was sent back by the commander-in-chief and said, "Since these things were researched by Little Japan to specifically kill the Chinese, then they should have thought that one day they would suffer the same revenge." ”

"They open Pandora's box, and then they're going to have to bear the consequences. These things cannot only harm the Chinese, and the demons who use them do not go unpunished. As I said, I'm not broad-minded, and I can't learn those things to repay grievances with virtue. ”

"I only know that for those Chinese compatriots who unscrupulously kill my Chinese compatriots, I will use a single means to retaliate against them. A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye. If you punch me, I won't be able to beat you. But even if it bites, I'm going to bite off a piece of your flesh. Isn't it the best way to retaliate by giving back to the other? ”

"Talk to those brutes about benevolence and morality? You're also looking too highly of them. When friends come, they naturally have good wine, and when jackals come, they can only be greeted with shotguns. I am not Mr. Dongguo, but the farmer among the farmer and the snake. I won't do anything like raising tigers. ”

The treasures in Yang Zhen and Zhang Zhenhua's mouths were nothing else, they were the thousands of 75-millimeter poison gas shells dropped by the 104th Division on the front line of Guanmenzuishan when it was defeated. And most of them are extremely lethal asphyxiating gases, and a small amount of erosive gases.

Since Yang Zhen had decided to cross the river and head south, the two infantry brigades of the Fourth Division, a cavalry brigade and the cavalry wing of the Second Division, which were currently stationed on the front line of the Lianjiang Estuary, had not only become the biggest obstacle but also the biggest henchmen of his own southward operations.

Of the Japanese garrisons in the entire Xiajiang area, except for the 24th Division, which suffered a severe blow and lost its combat capability, it had at this time withdrawn to the so-called Xinjing rectification. Most of the 25th Division was defeated, and only the 14th Wing was still far beyond the line of the Haoliang River, and now only this 4th Division remained.

This Fourth Division is not only the only remaining field division of the Japanese army in the entire Jiamusi area at present, but also its main unit responsible for the task of river defense. If he wants to fight out, this fourth division will be his main opponent. This Fourth Division's ability to fight field battles is not strong, but the last time Tong Guò detoured to Jiamusi, Yang Zhen still had some headaches about the ability of this Fourth Division to defend the city.

According to the habits of this Fourth Division, if they retract to Jiamusi, it will not only take a lot of time to take Jiamusi by themselves, but more importantly, it will bring unnecessary casualties. Therefore, Yang Zhen had already made up his mind, since this fourth division had come out, it was best to annihilate them in the field.

In particular, the defense line of the Fourth Division stretched from Fujin on the Manchu-Soviet border in the north to the Songhua River until the junction of Jiamusi Yilan. Its forces are now dispersed, and the two infantry brigades on the line of the Lianjiang estuary, plus a cavalry brigade, are almost the entire garrison in Jiamusi at present. Once this Japanese army was annihilated, Jiamusi, who was empty of troops, had few troops to defend.

Now that he has made up his mind to defeat or even annihilate this Japanese army, what Yang Zhen has to consider is how to finish this battle with the fastest speed and the least casualties. However, in the case of insufficient artillery shells, the troops were already exhausted after more than a month of continuous fighting, in order to achieve the maximum results with the minimum casualties.

Despite some hesitation, Yang Zhen still made up his mind to use the thousands of Japanese gas shells captured on the front line of Guanmenzuizi Mountain. It's now October, the north wind is starting to blow, and the weather is starting to get cooler.

Heading south, he is on the upwind, and the current wind direction and timing are the best time to carry out poison gas warfare. And now the wind is not strong. Although the Lianjiang estuary line is only separated from Jiamusi by a river, there is no need to worry that these gas shells will endanger the Jiamusi urban area in the south of the Yangtze River.

After saying this, Yang Zhen closed his eyes again, not explaining anything. And Zhang Zhenhua on the side listened to his words and didn't ask again. But he fell into a thoughtful situation.

When arriving at the front line of Shuangfatun, Yang Zhen met Yu Wenze, who came to pick him up. After seeing Yang Zhen, Yu Wenze said with some shame: "I'm sorry commander, the battle was not fought well, and there was no Japanese army that could completely annihilate the south fleeing, you criticize me." ”

The battle was not fought well, and the previous words were a bit big, which made Yu Wenze very embarrassed when he saw Yang Zhen. In fact, he knew that the cavalry battalion had not participated in the war since its formation, and that many people in the unit already had opinions. The daily consumption of a cavalryman is almost equal to a squad of infantry.

The consumption of a cavalry battalion, not counting weapons and equipment, is enough for a regiment to eat horses and chew alone. You must know that an infantry regiment under Yang Zhen's command is full of 3,000 people. These war horses, which require balanced nutrition, can eat more than humans, and they are also much more picky. At the very least, the large amount of bean cake needed to supplement the nutrition of the war horse every day is a huge number.

These horses are not those horses that can be used to charge into battle, and they are not horses that can be driven and ploughed by giving some fodder. It requires a lot of highly nutritious feed. Therefore, the whole army has great opinions about this cavalry battalion, which can eat and drink, but has been pampered and unable to fight since its formation.

In particular, this cavalry battalion preceded the other units, and was almost simultaneously equipped with sixty-millimeter mortars that were much more powerful than grenadiers to make the eyes of the other units red. And compared with it, the Type 92 heavy machine gun that the main force of the army is now equipped with is a garbage Type 81 general-purpose machine gun, and what the infantry said is a little ugly.

Therefore, this time the team of the cavalry battalion, especially the battalion commander Yu Wenze, after receiving the order to pursue the Japanese army, made up his mind to fight a beautiful battle and plug the mouths of the infantry.

It's just that the plan hasn't changed quickly, and Yu Wenze, who is full of confidence, didn't expect that his first punch hit the iron plate. It was already a sure battle in his eyes, but it turned out to be a tiger. This really made him a little embarrassed.

Looking at Yu Wenze, who was depressed, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Don't say anything about the offense, not to mention that under the circumstances at that time, what you did was not wrong." Compared to the first kick and not kicking away, I am more worried about whether you will be hot-headed and bring unnecessary losses to the troops. Now I see that you are doing a good job, I didn't choose the wrong person for handing over this cavalry battalion to you. ”

After comforting Yu Wenze, Yang Zhen habitually opened the map and said: "You are the closest unit of our army near the mouth of the Lianjiang River, and you have been tracking and pursuing it since the Japanese army took over the remnants of the second division. You should be very clear about the dynamics of the Japanese army on the front line of the Lianjiang Estuary. Now you can report on the movements of the Japanese army on the line of the Lianjiang estuary. ”

Yang Zhen's comfort obviously made Yu Wenze's mood much better. Hearing Yang Zhen's briefing, he hurriedly said: "Commander, except for the Second Cavalry Wing, the Lianjiang Estuary Line has not added new troops. After receiving the remnants of the Second Division, they all shrank back to the line at the mouth of the Lianjiang River. Even if it was advancing northward, it did not withdraw to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"However, we found that the Japanese army was mobilizing ferries from Jiangnan, and they docked on the river on the line of the Lianjiang estuary of the Japanese army. Moreover, several gunboats of the puppet Manchurian army on the river were all transferred and stopped in the center of the river, and their guns all pointed to the north bank. As soon as there is a stir on the north shore, they use cannons. ”

"Judging from the superficial appearance, the Japanese troops on the front line of the Lianjiang Estuary seem to be preparing to retreat. I don't know what was going on with the troops before we arrived. By the way, there is another case. Before you arrived, I had mobilized a cavalry company to try to lure the Japanese troops on the line of the Lianjiang Estuary into battle. I want to find out the real movements of the Japanese army. ”

"But although the Japanese responded to the battle, they did not send cavalry. Instead, tanks were sent, more than twenty tanks. In addition to the bean-type tank and the Type 95 light tank that I saw on the battlefield in Kannai, there are two other tanks that I have not seen. One is a light tank armed with a large-caliber machine gun, and the other is armed with an artillery gun with a caliber of at least fifty mm or more. ”

"I saw the Japanese army dispatch tanks, and I knew that these things could not be cut by the sabers of our cavalry alone. We didn't have 37-mm rapid-fire guns equipped with infantry, and if we continued to fight hard, we would be unlucky. So, after discovering that the Japanese army had dispatched tanks, I immediately chose to retreat. ”

"Also, the provocation of the Japanese troops on the front line of the Lianjiang Estuary against us is the only one that can be called a counterattack. The rest of us used artillery fire, especially from the warships on the river, to return fire, no matter how much we harassed us. The cavalry, including the only tank, never came out. ”

Hearing that the Japanese army on the front line of the Lianjiang Estuary actually had tanks, and there were more than 20 of them, Yang Zhen's brows couldn't help frowning, and he was even more glad that the so-called decisive gas he had prepared for the Japanese army arrived. Except for those veterans who were captured on the battlefield in Guannai and there are not many left, most of the cadres and soldiers of their own troops have never seen what a tank looks like.

Although in daily training, he built a model of a tank out of wood and even cement. But when it was the first time I saw this kind of guy, which could almost be said to be invulnerable, even if each regiment was equipped with Japanese-style 37 rapid-fire guns that were enough to penetrate most of the Japanese tanks, who could guarantee that the troops would not be chaotic when they saw these tanks for the first time?

After being silent for a while, Yang Zhen raised his head and said to Yu Wenze, who was looking at him, "The task on your side can be terminated." You immediately take your cavalry battalion to the east to reach the mouth of the Huanhe River and the line of Tianbelly Bubble, and cooperate with the Third Brigade to force the crossing of the Songhua River. As for the task after crossing the river, when you get there, the brigade commander Du Kaishan will tell you. ”

Hearing that Yang Zhen was actually going to transfer himself, although Yu Wenze didn't dare to say it explicitly, he muttered in private: "There is no cavalry of the Japanese army in the Third Brigade, what are you transferring us to do?" The cavalry of the 2nd and 4th divisions of the Japanese army are now on the front line of the Lianjiang Estuary. Let's go and fight the infantry of the Japanese army, is it not too good to be overused? ”

For Yu Wenze's muttering that seemed a little dissatisfied, Yang Zhen didn't get angry and didn't pay attention to him. Seeing that the commander was not in charge of Yu Wenze, Qu Xiangdong next to him pulled Yu Wenze's sleeve and whispered: "Don't say it, obey the order." You kid still dare to bargain with the commander, and you are not afraid of provoking the commander and transferring us back to the rear. ”

Although the partner has not been for a long time, Qu Xiangdong obviously knows his character as a somewhat quick-tempered partner. A sentence of turning back to the rear made Yu Wenze dare not argue anymore. If he was transferred to the Third Brigade, he would still be able to fight a little bit, but if he was transferred to the rear, he would really go back empty-handed this time. That would be a real loss of face.

After Yu Wenze, who was silent, was pulled away by Qu Xiangdong, Yang Zhen turned around and said to Li Mingrui, who didn't know when he came over: "Have you figured out the situation of the Japanese troops on the front line of Lianjiangkou?" ”

Although the two people did not say what the situation was, they knew each other well. Although the few staff officers around him didn't know what Yang Zhen was asking, the situation of Li Da, the commander of the labor reconnaissance battalion, personally taking action, must not be a simple tactical intelligence. Several staff officers who had been following Yang Zhen for a long time, and who were familiar with the rules of secrecy looked at each other, and consciously walked to the side.

Seeing that several staff officers had walked away, Li Mingrui still did not speak loudly, but reported in a low voice: "Commander, according to the confessions of several Japanese prisoners of war that we captured in Jiangbei in the past two days, because the Japanese army was not prepared to carry out poison gas warfare this time, the Japanese troops on the entire line of Lianjiangkou did not carry any gas masks. ”

"As for why the Japanese army abandoned its usual method of gas warfare, it was because they interrogated our prisoners of war and knew that our army had a full set of Japanese gas masks, and their gas warfare had no effect on our army at all. That's why they gave up using poison gas as a means of winning. ”

"And those tanks, Battalion Commander Yuwen didn't report it wrong. These new tanks were brought in only yesterday to replace the main force of the cavalry wing of the 4th Division, which had been transferred three months earlier. At the beginning of this year, the Japanese army adjusted the structure of divisions and regiments, gradually replacing the cavalry wings of divisions and regiments with tanks and armored vehicles.

However, due to the shortage of its tank production, and the main production had to supplement the 1st Tank Division, which had suffered considerable losses in the Battle of Normenhan. Therefore, only half of the strength of the cavalry wing could be replaced, and the cavalry wings of each division and regiment still maintained a certain number of cavalry. However, the remaining cavalry was reduced from a previous wing to a brigade. ”

"Although the Fourth Division was notorious among the Japanese army, it was very hard in the middle and back of the Japanese army, and it was ranked high. So it became the first batch of troops for this adjustment. This treatment was not even available in the 2nd Division, which fought with us before. In the entire Kwantung Army, only the 1st Division stationed in Sun Wu and the 4th Division were redressed. ”

"Commander, among the Japanese prisoners of war we captured this time, there is a deputy captain of the Japanese army who privately crossed the river and returned to Jiamusi. There was also a communications and liaison staff officer sent back to Jiangbei by the Japanese army. We also tapped the Japanese army's cable communications, and I can guarantee that this information is absolutely true. ”