The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 250 Mustard Gas

Accompanied by the roar, the shells exploded on the forward positions.

A brigade of Japanese soldiers rushed out from the forest and attacked Nantianmen.

The figure on the tree jumped down, rolled on the ground, pointed the gun at the Japanese army in the distance, and pulled the trigger. A Japanese sergeant fell to the ground, and the Japanese soldiers behind stepped forward to check the sergeant's injuries. The one that was already dead couldn't die anymore, the bullet hit its head precisely, piercing through his helmet and skull.

"Sniper, the enemy's sniper!"

Some Japanese soldiers in the ranks of the Japanese army shouted and shouted, followed by bullets crackling and bursting out of the forest. Branches were interrupted, leaves fell down, and the trunk was hit by bullets. Fly around.

Xia Yuan hid in the bushes, holding a gun. Since the Japanese army began to gather in the deep forest, he had time to go deep into the forest to observe the Japanese army. Assemble, there is already a brigade with a size of about 5000 people.

The entangled 5000 troops attacked Nantianmen, which was defended by only [-] routs. The Japanese army really looked up to Nantianmen.

"If you want to tear open the Nantianmen in such a hurry, it is estimated that their logistics will also start to struggle."

Xia Yuan was right. Since the end of [-], the Japanese army bombed Pearl Harbor, invaded the Philippines, and fought everywhere. The already laborious armaments became even more laborious. The resources plundered through wars were far behind the consumption of wars Resources, China is a big cake, and the Japanese army is eager to occupy China and use China as an ovary to incubate Japan.

As a result, the Japanese army accelerated the pace of attack, especially in the Myanmar-Myanmar War. The Japanese army quickly defeated the British army and the expeditionary force, and successfully invaded and occupied Myanmar. Enter.

At this time, apart from the local troops of the national army, the rear of China was basically militias, guerrillas, and the Red Party. The national army received reinforcements from the Allies and had superior weapons and equipment, while the militia and guerrillas were very backward. They used All the weapons are made in the border area, and the only gun is an old sleeve left over from the Westernization Movement. The number of times of use has led to the low precision folding pistol made in Hanyang. The range is only more than ten meters away. These self-made The range of the gun is not far, the amount of ammunition is not much, the power is very small, the accuracy deviation is too large, and it often fails to fire.

If the Japanese army successfully crossed the border and invaded China from the rear, it would be much smoother than from the frontal battlefield.

Therefore, defending the Nu River defense line is almost equivalent to protecting the whole of China.

It is also because of this that the Japanese army urgently opened the gate of the Nu River defense line. The Pacific War has already broken out, and military supplies are beginning to struggle. If they don’t open the door to China, sooner or later, they will fail because of logistics. encircled.

The Japanese army gathered in the mountains and forests under Nantianmen for three days, hoarded 5000 troops frantically, and pulled all kinds of heavy equipment to Nantianmen. Xia Yuan knew the danger of the Nantianmen blockade, but at this moment the entire Chinese anti-Japanese sentiment was facing a crisis. He is facing a severe test, and once he retreats to Zenda, not to mention this group of defeated soldiers, Xia Yuan can't even guarantee whether he can survive.

The broken soldiers will return to the previous scene in the shelter.

On the ridge, the rout soldiers were already in position quickly, gunshots rang out in the jungle, Japanese artillery shells raged over the Nantianmen, far away from the Yutuan defense line on the other side of the Nujiang River, Yu Xiaoqing observed the situation on the Nantianmen with binoculars: "Three God, the Japanese army has begun to attack! The defenders on the Nantianmen can't last long, the Japanese army used three days to hoard a large number of troops, and their goal is not just a mountain like Nantian."

After observing for a while, Yu Xiaoqing put down the binoculars, turned her head and shouted: "Zhang Lixian, how is the deployment of the defense line along the Nu River?"

Zhang Lixian replied immediately: "Except for the artillery, we are basically in place. With the help of the mountainous terrain and the Nu River, we can withstand the attack of a brigade of the Japanese army!"

Yu Xiaoqing said: "This is still when the water level of the Nujiang River is rising. If the water level of the Nujiang River drops, we may not be able to withstand the attack of a Japanese brigade. Regardless of whether the Sichuan Army stays on the other side of the river, they can wipe out the Japanese army to a great extent. Troops, relieve the pressure on our rear, at the cost of"

Yu Xiaoqing stopped talking, and turned her head to look at the Nujiang River, where the smoke was gradually rising.

Zhang Lixian said: "They will be left at Nantianmen by the Japanese army."

Yu Xiaoqing nodded, "I have to say that Xia Yuan is indeed a character. At present, he has no intention of fighting on the peak, the troops are broken, the ace army's weapons and equipment are lost, and the anti-Japanese sentiment has fallen into a trough. He still stands up. Thought-of."

Yu Xiaoqing knew that she was used as a gun by Xia Yuan, but Xia Yuan wanted the Sichuan Army to be valued and seen, so she told her heart that their deaths should not be unknown. No one can see this battle.

He Shuguang walked in from the outside, "Tuan Zuo, Zenda people and the newspaper want to come to the battlefield. They say that the Sichuan Army is an anti-Japanese hero. They want to report the deeds of the Sichuan Army, and the people of Zenda have brought many If there is less material, it should be donated to the frontline anti-Japanese fighters.”

Yu Xiaoqing said, "Take me to have a look."

At the foot of the mountain along the Nujiang River, the old mayor of Chanda led the Zenda people with a cane, carrying a variety of fruits, food and other rich supplies. The newspaper staff also followed closely. stepped forward.

The old mayor said: "Head Yu, we ask that we can go to the camp and have a look at the heroes who protect Zenda."

Yu Xiaoqing got out of the car, and the newspaper staff who followed the old mayor also said: "Commander Yu, China cannot be without heroes. Now the people of the whole country are paying attention to the war on the China-Myanmar border. I implore you to think about it carefully. The army was defeated in Burma, and now the whole of China is mourning, and they urgently need a hero!"

Yu Xiaoqing looked at the people in front of him and said: "The defensive position is a military secret. Once it is leaked, the Japanese army will study the corresponding attack plan based on our army's defense along the Zenda coast, so I can't take everyone to the position, but , Zhang Lixian, you lead everyone to the mountain, from the mountain we can observe the Nantianmen on the other side of the Nujiang River."

Zhang Lixian: "Yes!"

At this time, on the Nantian Gate, the rumbling sound was like thunder, and the Zenda people stood on the mountain and watched from afar. The heroic movement, the gunpowder smoke floating in the sky dyed this movement with a thick ink color.They couldn't imagine how fierce the battle on the other side of the Nantianmen was, but they could infer it only from the sound of gunfire.

A staff member of the newspaper office asked: "Mr. Zhang, do you know which army is at Nantianmen, how many people are there, and how many Japanese devils are they going to face?"

The others looked away from the Nantian Gate and turned to look at Zhang Lixian.

Zhang Lixian said: "According to the information from Nantianmen, the defenders stationed on Nantianmen are only about 700 people from the two battalions of our Sichuan Army, while the attacking Japanese army has more than [-] people. Configure various heavy firepower."

The old mayor was dumbfounded: "700 people versus 5000 people. When they stayed, they never thought about victory. What they thought about was how to keep the Japanese army on the opposite side of the Nu River."

Everyone was silent, and some people showed sadness on their faces. They watched the gunpowder smoke coming from the Nantian Gate from a distance, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Zhang Lixian didn't say a word either. The latest intelligence brought back by the investigators sent earlier showed that most of the remaining members of the Sichuan Army had no weapons and equipment, and were seriously short of weapons and ammunition. They were a lone army. When they stayed He has already put life and death aside.

The leader of the team was Xia Yuan who had met once in the shelter. He recalled that when he was in the shelter, he thought Xia Yuan was a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, but now the other party stayed at the Nantian Gate, Zhang Lixian didn't think he could do such a feat if he wanted to sacrifice his life for the country and awaken the determination of millions of people in China to resist Japan.

The old mayor looked at the food in the hands of the people and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you have a way to give these food to the heroes? We have seen those soldiers in Zenda, and they have already eaten it at home." There is no meal, and they stay on the other side of the river, I am afraid they have nothing to eat."

Zhang Lixian said: "We have long considered sending supplies to the other side, which is what we requested from Shangfeng, but now the torrential rain in the upper reaches of the Nujiang River has caused the water level of the Nujiang River to rise, the river is turbulent, and Xingtiandu was bombed, so supplies are difficult In the past, even with a raft, you would lose all your bullets."

He comforted him: "The river will not rise for more than three days. If they can hold on for three days and the water in the Nu River eases up, we will have a way to transport supplies to the other side of the river."

"With 700 people facing an attack of 5000 people, can they hold out for three days?"

Someone asked about the worries in their hearts.

Zhang Lixian stopped talking, and calmly looked at the Nantian Gate on the other side of the Nujiang River, but he was praying in his heart, silently praying that the Sichuan army could hold on to the Nantian Gate for three days.

After the Nantianmen Shangchuan Legion stayed behind to fight against the Japanese army, and after the bravery and fearlessness of the expeditionary force in Burma was published in the newspapers, many students paraded in the streets in major cities, and the people spontaneously organized, shouting "Down with Japanese imperialism" and "swear to the death." With the slogan of "be a subjugated slave", the determination of the people of the whole country to resist Japan is once again high, and Shangfeng, who had no intention of fighting, is also paying attention to this matter.

After learning that this army was a lone army without any number, and that this lone army was none other than Xia Yuan, the former commander of the [-]th Regiment of the New First Army, they immediately ordered Yu Xiaoqing to give the number of the Sichuan Army to Nantianmen. The superiors attach great importance to this lone army. If the Sichuan Army really successfully blocked the Japanese army on Nantianmen, then the image of the national army in the hearts of the people will change.

At this time, the national army is also using that note to conduct publicity. Although the expeditionary army was defeated, the soldiers fought the enemy bravely, and the spirit of not fearing life and death still shines on the sons and daughters of China. Changing the performance of the national army's fear of war on the battlefield, and therefore, the Sichuan Army led by Xia Yuan will be valued by Shangfeng.

This has never been the case.

At the Nantianmen at this time, Xia Yuan was hiding on the first line of defense and was shooting at the crazy Japanese devils who were attacking wildly. Japanese army with cartridges.

"Hurry up, move faster, press a bullet so that ink stains, if you delay for a few seconds, the Japanese army will rush up!"

The minefields arranged on the first line of defense withstood the first wave of Japanese attacks, but after the minefields were dispersed by the first wave of Japanese attacks, the second wave of Japanese attacks followed, accompanied by Japanese poison gas bombs , It is not a poison gas bomb, but a kind of mustard gas that cannot be breathed by people. This kind of mustard gas can choke people to death alive.

"Poison gas, it's poison gas!"

"Cough, cough, cough."

There were voices of rout soldiers shouting everywhere on the battlefield, Xia Yuan shouted: "Don't panic, use the method given to you earlier, hurry up!"

They seized a large number of marching water bottles from the corpses of the Japanese army. Xia Yuan had already considered that the Japanese army would use gas bombs. of water.

But Xia Yuan quickly took out a piece of cloth, put some soil on the cloth, sprinkled water on the soil, and then wrapped it with the cloth, and put it on his mouth and nose like a mask. The soil wrapped in the cloth has a certain It is breathable, but it can block the poisonous gas of the Japanese army to a great extent. This method has dealt with the poisonous gas bombs of the Korean army in Shangganling, and the effect is very significant. At least in the tunnel where he is located, no soldiers died because of the poisonous gas of the American army.

The only bad thing is that the breathing has become heavier. After all, a mass of mud wrapped in cloth is blocked in front of the mouth and nose, and if you want to breathe like before, the result is conceivable.

Facing the mustard gas dropped by the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army also responded very quickly. After all, Xia Yuan and the rout soldiers had already demonstrated this kind of cooking a few days ago, and basically everyone cooked it very quickly. , In this misty fog, Japanese soldiers wearing poison masks showed hideous figures in the dense fog.

Whoosh, a shot flew by, and a Japanese soldier fell to the ground.

"The Chinese people are not dead yet, pay attention to concealment!"

The voice of the Japanese Army Cao came from the mist. Xia Yuan used the sound to argue his position and fired at the source of the sound. The gunshot rang out, and only a soft groan was heard. Xia Yuan obviously heard someone fall to the ground.

Although the mustard gas released by the Japanese army seriously affected the sight of the soldiers, Xia Yuan still caused heavy losses to the Japanese army with the help of listening to the sound. As the Japanese army approached the front position, their figures appeared in the misty mist, and the rout soldiers quickly fired back. The sound of light machine guns echoed in the valley, and the Japanese soldiers in the front row fell one by one.

The Japanese troops in the back row rushed up, and they charged desperately, but the fortifications on the forward position were already very strong after being built several times before, and after the rout soldiers really fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese army, their combat effectiveness was not weaker than that of the Japanese army at all. .

(End of this chapter)