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Chapter 178 Qian Bojun Fans the Flames (Subscribe)
"Your Excellency, brigade commander, I dare not question your combat order."

"Just judging from the current situation, if we use special bombs to launch an attack, we will definitely reap the results."

"The Jinsui army has strong defense capabilities. If we continue to launch conventional attacks, I am afraid our brigade will suffer heavy casualties."

"Now we are under attack in many places in the occupied areas of Jin Province. Our brigade has done a lot to deal with this Jinsui army."

"So I think here, we can't have too many casualties, which will affect the follow-up operations."

The Chief of Staff of the Lieutenant Assistant looked at Mitake Tsuda in front of him, and he hurriedly explained.

Mitake Tsuda frowned, glanced at the map, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

According to his irritable mood, he has already issued a combat order, so he will definitely not change it.

But the words of the Chief of Staff touched Mitake Tsuda.

He knew that if he could deal with this Jinsui army and then fight in other areas to achieve great results, it would be a great military exploit.

Even Tsuda Mitake can reach the rank of lieutenant general with so many military exploits.

After all, he has been the head of the major general brigade for many years, and his rank has never been promoted.

"Yaoxi, what you said still makes sense."

"However, if we want to use special bombs, we still need to obtain the approval of the military command."

"Get in touch with the military headquarters immediately and request approval to use special bombs."

With a smile on Tsuda Mitake's face, he said immediately.

The combat suggestion of the chief of staff of the lieutenant officer was directly adopted by him.

However, to use special bombs to attack in Xin County, the little devil still needs to obtain the approval of the army headquarters.

The so-called special bombs of the Japanese army are actually poison gas bombs.

Because the Jinsui Army and other troops did not have the ability to use poison gas bombs on an equal basis, the Japanese army had no fear.

As long as the attack does not go well during the battle, they will use the killer weapon of poison gas bombs to solve the battle.

Before the independent and mixed fourth brigade was to deal with Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong's troops, in order to completely eliminate them, poison gas bombs were issued.

The Chief of Staff of the Lieutenant Assistant received the order and immediately contacted the First Army Command.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning on August 22, but at the headquarters of the Taiyuan First Army, Shinozuka Yoshio and others did not rest.

They stood in front of the map with solemn expressions on their faces, and the relevant staff members kept marking on the map.

The more than 1000 reinforcements dispatched by the Independent Mixed Ninth Brigade were stubbornly blocked by Li Yunlong's new regiment and were unable to rush to the battlefield to fight as planned.

At the same time, the more than 1000 troops have been consumed by successive battles, and only more than 500 people have been beaten, and a large number of weapons and equipment have been lost and damaged.

Their situation is very dangerous and they are in danger of being annihilated at any time, so they quickly sent a telegram for help to the army headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio didn't expect that Li Yunlong's new regiment was ambushing too far away, and his face was full of anger for a while.

But now the First Army has no extra troops to deploy, so they can only ask the more than 500 little devils to defend tenaciously.

"Your Excellency, the relevant troops in southern Shanxi have been quickly deployed, and they are also quickly advancing towards the front line."

"However, the independent mixed fourth brigade failed to attack the independent 48th brigade of the Jinsui Army. They sent a message requesting the use of special bombs."

"According to their report, it was the Chu Yunfei Independent 48th Brigade that appeared in Xin County."

"And in the second lesson, we also have more detailed information. The front line of Qicun Town and Hesuo Town is the 358th Regiment under the command of Chu Yunfei himself."

"The one fighting on the front line in Zhuangmo Town is the 11th Reserve Regiment led by Chen Ziyun."

"The fourth independent mixed brigade made deployments according to the battlefield situation, but their attacks did not have any effect."

At this time, Chief of Staff Kusuyama Hideyoshi hurriedly came to Shinozuka Yoshio and hurriedly reported.

After hearing the report, Shinozuka Yoshio quickly took over the telegram and checked it.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his gaze towards Xin County, and frowned tightly.

The Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade is a mobile combat unit controlled by the First Army, but they were also restrained because the Jinsui Army troops participated in the battle.

In the follow-up combat plan, this brigade will undertake relatively important combat tasks.

If they couldn't get rid of Chu Yunfei's troops, the consequences would be disastrous.

"The 48th Independent Brigade of the Jinsui Army, they have developed to such a terrible state."

"It's unimaginable, this army is simply a hateful journey!"

"Quickly call back the Headquarters of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade to approve their use of special bombs."

"Tell Mitake Tsuda that it is 48:[-] in the morning, and they must completely defeat the [-]th Independent Brigade before [-]:[-] in the afternoon."

Without any hesitation, Shinozuka Yoshio immediately issued a combat order.

He also knew that if special ammunition was not used to launch an attack, it would be difficult for the independent and mixed fourth brigade to obtain results.

Even if they were able to repel the Independent 48th Brigade, they would still have to pay a lot of casualties, which the First Army Command did not want to see.

On the contrary, gas bombs were the Japanese army's trump card. After they used gas bombs, they were able to achieve the greatest results with minimal casualties.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi immediately agreed.

At four o'clock in the morning, the sky has gradually become brighter.

After Mitake Tsuda received the approval message from the military headquarters, he quickly began preparations.

The 11th and 12th Brigades of the Independent Field Battle began to prepare for the continued attack.

The artillerymen of the four [-]-style mountain artillery began to wear gas masks.

Boxes marked with skulls were quickly transported to the artillery position.

At [-]:[-], Mitake Tsuda began to issue shelling orders.

The four mountain cannons first fired grenades continuously at Qicun Town, and dozens of grenades were fired at the 358th Regiment's position in Qicun Town.

This is a confusing shelling by the Japanese army, and the purpose is to make the Jinsui army think that this is still a conventional shelling.

After the grenade shooting was over, the Little Devils Artillery Unit began to load the gas bombs and shot directly at the Qi village and town positions.

Gas bombs fell on the position one after another, and after a while, layers of smoke began to appear on the position.

There are four kinds of poison gas bombs that the little devil is used to, namely green bombs, red bombs, yellow bombs, and tea bombs.

These four colors will be marked on the gas bombs to distinguish them.

Among them, yellow bombs are erosive gas bombs, which will cause skin and mucous membranes to ulcerate after use.

The tea bomb is a strong poisonous gas, which is a kind of poison that will directly lead to heart failure and death on the spot.

These two types of poison gas bombs are rarely used by the Japanese army. After all, once the Japanese army comes into contact, they will also pose a fatal threat.

So usually they only use these two types of poison gas bombs to cover their evacuation in order to prevent pursuit when they are retreating urgently.

When attacking, they use green bullets and red bullets the most.

What is currently appearing on the 358 regiment's position is the green bomb. The so-called green bomb is actually a tear gas bomb.

This kind of gas bomb causes constant tears and loses combat effectiveness. Relatively speaking, this is the gas bomb with the least power and damage.

But the little devil is equipped with a gas mask, which can easily deal with the green bullet.

After the Japanese army used the green bomb, the troops would wear gas masks and rush to the position quickly.

The officers and soldiers who were poisoned kept crying and were completely unable to aim and shoot. Naturally, they would not be opponents of the little devil.

At this time, in Qicun Town's position, as the poisonous gas spread, some soldiers had already begun to have symptoms.

Tears continued to flow down their eyes, even if they kept wiping, there was no relief.

Experienced officers immediately realized that the Japanese army had used gas bombs, and they shouted hastily.

After Chu Yunfei at the brigade headquarters got the report, he immediately issued an order to evacuate westward.

The 358th regiment was directly under the artillery company, and the six Jin orogenic cannons quickly carried out cover bombardment under the command of Zhu Mingxuan.

The grenade launchers in each row fired out the few smoke bombs to create smoke and cover the evacuation of the various ministries.

The four infantry battalions quickly withdrew from Qicun Town, and Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong personally took command.

Acting head Qian Bojun followed the troops and moved directly to the highlands on the west side.

After this period of continuous combat and Chen Ziyun's training, the overall level of the 358 regiment has been greatly improved.

Even though they were transferred after being attacked by poisonous gas, there was no confusion in the battalions, and they were able to cover effectively.

The fourth battalion, which was the first to leave the position, continued to suppress the Japanese army with firepower to prevent them from advancing quickly to the position.

The remaining three infantry battalions withdrew quickly, and by five o'clock, the 358th regiment had left the Qicunzhen position.

A large number of little devils came to Qicun Town, but they just got an empty position.

Because of the timely transfer, the 358 regiment did not discard any wounded, weapons and ammunition.

However, this poison gas attack caused the casualties of the 358 regiment to increase to about 600.

At this time, their combat strength was only more than 2000 people, and more than 300 wounded began to be transferred for treatment.

Chu Yunfei stood on the high ground, raised his binoculars to observe, and frowned tightly.

After all, according to the plan, the 358th regiment was going to quickly take down Qicun Town and the hilly area to the east.

But until now, not only the hilly area has not been taken down, but all the villages and towns have been lost.

And after the whole regiment fought, the total casualties directly exceeded 600 people, which was almost the strength of a battalion.

"Travel seat, what exactly does Chen Ziyun mean? He is standing still on the front line of Zhuangmo Town."

"Could it be that he wants to watch our 358th regiment be completely wiped out? If he can quickly come to help at this time, why are we in such a mess?"

"I think this Chen Ziyun is just taking credit for himself, he only cares about his immediate interests, and he doesn't have any perspective on the big picture."

"It was a wrong decision to let him serve as the head of the 11th Reserve Regiment."

"Wu Ziqiang, Shi Yujia, and Zhang Fugui are all three battalion commanders who are capable of taking over from him to command the 11th Reserve Regiment to fight."

Qian Bojun started to run to Chu Yunfei's side, and directly fanned the flames.

The 358th Regiment is Chu Yunfei's direct lineage unit, which is completely brought out by himself.

At this time, the 358 regiment paid more than 600 casualties and lost Qicun Town, which was the moment when Chu Yunfei was most annoyed.

Qian Bojun gave Chen Ziyun the hat of standing still and watching the brothers' troops being wiped out.

But if Chu Yunfei was bewitched, then Chen Ziyun might completely lose Chu Yunfei's trust.

"Captain Qian, if you have half of Ziyun's command ability, why would the 358th regiment lose all villages and towns?"

"Okay, don't say these words anymore, and quickly check the depletion of weapons and ammunition in each battalion."

"Brother Ligong, immediately establish contact with the 11th Preparatory Regiment and ask them about the situation there."

"In addition, inform all departments of the brigade to pay attention to prevent Japanese gas bomb attacks."

"Especially here in Hesuo Town, the focus of the Japanese army's next attack is likely to be here."

Chu Yunfei glanced at Qian Bojun with a gloomy face, and quickly began to issue combat orders.

The Japanese army independently formed the Fourth Brigade here. After they captured Qicun Town, they did not stop fighting.

Tsuda Mitake was very dissatisfied with letting go of the main force of the 358 regiment and failing to expand the results.

He transferred the two squadrons of the reserve team to Qicun Township, and the main force of the 11th and 12th Brigades in the independent field battles went south to fight.

The four mountain cannons deployed in the hilly area also followed suit.

Now he is preparing to assemble the main force, quickly storm Hesuo Town, and completely eat up the hundreds of elites here.

There are two squadrons of 358 little devils in Qicun Town, and Mitake Tsuda will not worry about the counterattack of the [-]th regiment at all.

Because the related gas bombs have been sent to two squadrons.

The little devils are well prepared for the use of gas bombs, and they have made various gas bombs.

There are not only special equipment for launching gas bombs, but also cannons such as grenades, mountain guns, and field guns all have related gas bombs that can be launched.

The two Japanese squadrons stationed in Qicun Town can directly launch poison gas bombs through the grenades equipped by each squad at any time.

Once they encounter a counterattack from the 358 regiment, they will immediately launch poison gas bombs for defense.

At around [-]:[-], the main force of the independent and mixed fourth brigade appeared in Hesuo Town.

The 11th Field Brigade and the 12th Brigade were attached to a mountain artillery squadron, and more than 1000 troops appeared in the area north of Hesuo Town.

The 13th Field Brigade, Cavalry, also had more than 1000 troops in the area east of Hesuo Town.

Four [-]-style mountain guns were erected and fired directly at Hesuo Town.

This time they didn't cover up at all, one after another poison gas bombs hit Hesuo Town.

It didn't take long for a large amount of smoke to begin to cover the town of Heso.

Hundreds of little devils wearing gas masks rushed towards Hesuo Town.

It's just that after receiving Chu Yunfei's order, the troops stationed in Hesuo Town have quickly moved to Xihui Village and Yangpo Village.

Zhou Wenbo's field artillery company, including four Liao-made field artillery, was also moved to the high ground and set up a sheltered position.

At this time, there are no defensive troops in Hezuo Town.

At 500:[-], more than [-] little devils came to Hesuo Town.

A group of little devils looked through the gas masks, but they didn't find any defensive troops.

"Boom boom boom."

Some little devils continued to advance, but soon they detonated the booby traps set by the guard company.

With the sound of the explosion, the field artillery company evacuated to the highlands on the west side began to shell.

Four Liao-made field guns directly bombarded Hesuo Town.

The guard company and the four 81MM mortars under the cavalry company also shelled.

(End of this chapter)