Chapter 5: Blood and Fire (27)

As soon as the sky broke down, Li Baicheng began to be restless, constantly looking at the sky, and constantly looking at the watch, and then looking at the sky after reading the watch, complaining that the night came so slowly. Xu Ping, Huang Tianhua and Wei Zhigao looked at Li Baicheng like monkeys, pointing and laughing.

"Bai Cheng, it's better to do this, you set off with the team first, and then wait over there." Wei Zhigao said.

"I'm stupid, when I get over there, I don't even dare to fart loudly, and if I stay for one more minute, I will suffer one more minute, so I won't go so early." Li Baicheng said.

"Then you'd better take this opportunity to wipe the shells and get ready!" Huang Tianhua also quipped.

"You pull it down, that tea No. 1, I can't wait to hide as far as I want, let me wipe it in my arms, don't do it." Li Baicheng told the truth.

"Bai Cheng, I'll give you an idea." Xu Ping said: "You set off before it was completely dark, and walk back to the railway from the road where we carried the poison gas bombs last time, and shoot artillery from there, so that the Japanese will not find out and chase you to us, and we will have to work hard to fight an ambush." ”

"I'm not afraid of this, I still carry twenty red No. 1 poison cartridges, if there are devils who dare to chase after me, I will directly release the poison, put the pursuers over, and then slowly cut my throat." Li Baicheng said: "It's better than this, Xu Ping, you arrange a platoon to go with us, your people have a relatively high level of throat cutting, killing the Japanese is faster than killing chickens, killing a Japanese army poison gas brigade is just a meal, I estimate that the people who are put down by the poison gas are similar to those who fall asleep." ”

Xu Ping thought about it, discussed it with Huang Tianhua, and asked people to inform Luo Wei and ask them to get the pig's head gas mask and cooperate with the artillery company's operation.

Li Baicheng doesn't have many people, it's not that he can't send people, but the Japanese only have a total of 30 sets of full-body protective suits, and if they want to go to more people, they can only use gas masks to be with Luo Wei's people. Luo Wei's people are cooperating with the action, and they can't be with the artillery team, especially when firing the Tea No. 1 bomb, Luo Wei's platoon must stay five hundred meters away, this thing is not afraid of 10,000 just in case, in case of explosion, it can be said that it is not clear, the artillery team has a full-body protective suit, and the people of Luo Wei's platoon only have masks, and there is no use for the perverted poison gas of Tea No. 1.

More than 100 kilograms of mortars were dismantled into several large pieces, and there were four people carrying the guns alone, Li Baicheng made a hanging bag, hung two tea No. 1 bullets on his chest, and was careful not to hand them over to others. The others were carrying all sorts of supplies, mainly protective suits, which were heavy and cumbersome.

All the way, Luo Wei's people are playing with the gas masks in their hands, two big round eyes on a grimace shell, a throat tube is connected to the mouth and nose, and under the throat is a small flat iron box, this iron box is a filter substance, some are more complicated, some are simpler, inside is ordinary water, the principle of poison gas filtration is similar to that of a rural hookah. The warriors put on their masks, looked like ghosts, and felt that they couldn't breathe, and they all said that they couldn't stand it after using this thing for a long time.

It was already dark, and the road became difficult to walk, Li Baicheng asked the two soldiers to protect himself on the left and right, for fear that he would step on the air and explode the two poison gas bombs, and the mortar operator of the artillery company Lan Shiyun laughed at Li Baicheng, don't imagine the poison gas bombs too fragile, people are also murderers.

Walking to the mountains very close to the railway, looking at the Japanese camp from a distance, during this time, observer scouts circled the Japanese every day, and on the basis of enemy reconnaissance, they thoroughly understood the Japanese defenses. The garrison of the Japanese army was completely dependent on the railway, and on this side of the railway, the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 9th Division was stationed, the closest to this mountain was the 7th Infantry Wing, the 35th Wing was in the distance, and between the 7th Wing and the 35th Wing, there was also an armored vehicle brigade and a field artillery wing. On the other side of the railway, there is the 18th Infantry Brigade, with the 19th Infantry Wing at one end and the 36th Wing at the other, and there is also a unit in between, that is, the division headquarters of the 9th Division.

This mountain is a gun position that the observers have observed for a long time and repeatedly determined, and it is a little far from this place to hoist the shells into the division and regimental headquarters, and it is just a matter of minutes to enter the 7th Wing, and ideally, there is a small river between the mountain and the 7th Wing station, and even if the enemy wants to charge and rush here, it will take more than half an hour.

The two observers who were squatting here during the day told Li Baicheng that the Japanese had stepped up their protection and that the lights were always brightly lit up until now, and it was estimated that they were prepared.

The observer was right, the Japanese army was already prepared. Early in the morning, after Yoshizumi Ryosuke asked for tactical guidance from Kamitomo, the headquarters of the Central China Front in Nanjing went from a dumbfounded and speechless place to a market in which various opinions and suggestions were debated. It was proposed to send a larger gas brigade to Mingguang immediately to support the 9th Division, but it had to be abandoned because the railway bridge was bombed. Some people suggested that the Hague International Convention should be reaffirmed at this time, but it was also denied that the Japanese had trampled on the League of Nations not once or twice, and if the Hague Convention was reaffirmed, it would seriously limit the special operations of the imperial army. There are also those who believe that diplomatic means can be used, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should issue a warning to the Chinese Government that if it dares to use poison gas bombs, the Japanese Empire will not hesitate to increase the intensity of its special strikes, and that the Chinese Government will bear all the consequences. Shunroku Hata smiled bitterly, the special strikes of the Imperial Army are already close to the limit, last year only a total of nine strikes were carried out, and one North China and one East China were defeated, this year, it was only mid-March, and forty-two strikes had already been carried out, in North China, how many no-man's lands were hit, Shanxi, the combat object of the Chinese army was basically no longer people, but poison gas. The empire has no natural rubber, and gas masks are seriously insufficient, so you can't let the imperial soldiers cover their towels and release poison gas!

The Central China Front, which had nothing to do, ordered the 9th Division to increase its defense and fight the opponent's sneak attack with active defense.

So there was a brightly lit camp.

The intensive defense did not make Yoshizumi Ryosuke easy because of this, the lights needed a lot of fuel, the railway had been cut off for several days, and if it was not replenished after two days, not only could the tanks not walk, but even the cars could not move, and even the soldiers could not even guarantee three meals of gruel a day, which was the biggest problem. The lonely army went deep, and in the past I thought it was invincible, but now it seems that it is really a taboo for soldiers.

It was late at night, Yoshizumi Ryosuke was sitting in the tent, the charcoal fire in front of him was shining red, he stared at the charcoal fire fixedly, a sense of foreboding arose, the land of China, is not at all as flat as advertised before, but is full of dangers, everywhere is difficult. For the first time, Yoshizumi Ryosuke had doubts about the plan of the Central China Front Army Headquarters to open up the Jinpu Road, how to open it up, how to open it up, open up the Jinpu Line and the Pinghan Line, open up the Pinghan Line and other lines, China, it's too big! As a division of his own, he was already a transcendent existence in Japan, but when he arrived in China, he found that he was so lonely and small.

These days, the use of Tuzhou's manpower flatbed trucks to split the materials in Tuzhou barely ensured the food of one of their divisions, and the result was that the 13th Division stationed in Tuzhou was fed down and plundered everywhere, and the good reputation created in Tuzhou before was swept away. It is said that the relationship between the local people and the Japanese army in Tuzhou is unprecedentedly tense, prices are soaring, and the people are not able to make a living, and the commander of the 13th Division, the soldiers of Ogizhou, have reported to Nanjing to massacre the city of Tuzhou and save materials for the use of imperial soldiers.

On the other hand, the northern line of Jinpu Road and the eastern line of Jiaoji Road, because the southern line was blocked, the progress of the 10th Division of the Northern Line Isoya Ryosuke and the 5th Division of the East Road Sakagaki Seishiro was not smooth.

Ryosuke Yoshizumi is like a plague chicken, his head is shrunk in his cavity, his eyes are blank, and his face is dull.

"Report!" A combat staff officer barged in from outside, Ryosuke Yoshizumi rolled his eyes, and asked lightly, "Did the Chinese army fire poison gas bombs?" ”

The combat staff officer was immediately dumbfounded, before he could speak, his boss already knew what was happening, and he was really a god! After a pause, the combat staff officer said dryly: "Yes, sir! Five minutes earlier, the 6th Wing of the 7th Brigade had been hit by poison gas shells, and two poison shells had landed in the barracks. According to the report of the 6th Brigade, it was the Cha-1 bomb, and now all the soldiers in the area where the bomb fell have been evacuated, but it has caused 130 people to be seriously poisoned, more than 370 people have been moderately poisoned, and the number of people who have been mildly poisoned has not yet been counted. Due to the robbery of the poison gas brigade, the antidote drugs were also lost, and it is estimated that the lives of those who are seriously poisoned are difficult to protect, and the treatment of those who are moderately poisoned is difficult, and those who are mildly poisoned can only rely on their own physical strength. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke waved his hand and said, "I know, let the chief of staff telegraph to the Central China Front Command." ”

Seeing the helplessness on the face of the division commander, the combat staff officer silently retreated, the commander is not omnipotent, in this place, at this time, he can't turn into an antidote medicine.

After Li Baicheng played the second tea No. 1, he immediately took off the gas mask on his face, and then took off the protective clothing on his body, and scolded hatefully: "What the hell is this clothes, I sweat even if I don't keep warm." ”

The soldiers of several artillery companies also took off their protective clothing, and the sweat of the clothes blew in the wind, and they didn't feel goosebumps all over their bodies.

"Sir, I guess the Japanese won't attack!" Mortar man Lan Shiyun said.

"You don't care if the Japanese don't attack, your work is over, hurry up and retreat with your team." As he spoke, Li Baicheng looked at the chaotic Japanese military camp in the distance with expectant eyes, and a little expectation appeared in his heart, hoping that the Japanese would have some kind of people, and then rush out some people, so that the Red No. 1 poison cartridge could be powerful and not be brought in vain.

Waiting and waiting and waiting did not wait for the Japanese to dispatch, Li Baicheng regretted a little, only brought two rounds of Cha No. 1, if he brought a few more rounds, and then launched them now, the effect would definitely be better.

Luo Wei walked up from behind, handed a cigarette to Li Baicheng, and said, "Company Commander Li, let's go, we'll come back tomorrow night." ”

That is, we will come back tomorrow, but tomorrow we will not come here, we can take a detour and play with other brigades and other wings. Li Baicheng smiled, only I beat people, others don't fight back, I like this kind of battle.