Chapter 870: Fierce Battle of Xiyang River (5)
In order to break through the defensive position of the 17th Division of Shaoyuan, the commander of the Suzuki Division, the demon, when he heard the report of the combat staff officer, gritted his teeth and ordered fiercely: "Order the chemical weapons troops to immediately release poison gas bombs to the 54th Regiment of China that is attacking our army, and order our army to stop the offensive and do a good job of preventing the spread of poison gas, quickly." ”
The commander of the Suzuki Division dared to defy the condemnation of the world and release poison gas to the attacking 54th Regiment.
Regiment Commander Guo Fengming, who led the 54th Regiment to attack the Japanese army, suddenly smelled an extremely disgusting strong smell, and before he could react, the soldiers of the 54th Regiment, who were trying their best to block the enemy's counterattack, fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth.
Deputy Regiment Commander Huang Jianuo covered his nose and approached Guo Fengming, and the regiment commander shouted in a hoarse voice: "Tuanzao, the enemy has released poison gas, the soldiers of the army have been poisoned, have headaches and vomit, and some soldiers have passed out in the position, what should we do?" ”
"The little devil who was killed by heaven dared to release poison gas, ordered the troops to cover their mouths and noses and continue to block the enemy's counterattack, and no one was allowed to withdraw from the position without an order."
At this moment, three figures covering their mouths and noses with their clothes quickly rushed to the frontline position, and kept shouting: "The Japanese army has released a large number of poison gas bombs, in order to continue to kill devils alive, I order to withdraw from the position immediately and retreat to the southeast with me." ”
Commander Guo, who was already in a coma, couldn't hear this mysterious person, and suddenly broke into the position to issue an order, but Huang Jianuo, the deputy head of the regiment who was still quite conscious, heard the order given by the big colonel.
He covered his mouth and nose and gave an order: "Commander Guo is already in a serious coma, and now the commander of the Lei Yunfeng Regiment is in command of the frontline position, and immediately obeys the order to retreat to the southeast, and those who violate the order will be killed." ”
The sturdy figure who took the lead in rushing into the front-line position of the 54th Regiment was none other than Lei Yunfeng, who was savagely pushed out of the front-line command post by the chief of staff of the 17th Division.
He was forcibly taken to the rear of the position by the sentry standing outside, and while the two soldiers were unprepared, he broke free and rushed towards the 54th regiment frantically, and met Fang Shichao and Su Xiaoyan halfway, and the two of them asked nervously for some reason: "Boss, what happened?" ”
"The little devil will immediately release poison gas bombs on the 54th Regiment, we must rush to the forward position of the 54th Regiment before the enemy releases the poison gas, and quickly withdraw the 54th Regiment, otherwise more than 1,500 soldiers of the 54th Regiment will all die in the poison gas released by the enemy."
"Huh? If the little devils dare to release poison gas bombs on the battlefield, aren't they afraid of being punished for violating international conventions? ”
"What's the use of talking about the little devil who has lost his humanity and sees international conventions as a dead letter? The most important thing is to withdraw the 54th Regiment from its position as quickly as possible, otherwise all the officers and men of the 54th Regiment will be killed. ”
Su Xiaoyan listened to what Lei Yunfeng said so seriously, not only did she give Lei Yunfeng a telegram from Han Nina, who was behind the West Army Road on the Western Front of the Yongji Zhongtiao Mountain Theater, to intercept and decipher the commander of the Suzuki Division and the commander of the Japanese North China Front, General Sugiyama Moto.
"Bastard, why didn't you give it to me sooner? If I had this telegram, I would have been able to persuade Division Commander Zhao to withdraw the 54th Regiment of the Sekiyama Hinaka Wing attacking the Suzuki Division from its position in advance to avoid being killed or wounded by poison gas bombs released by the Japanese army, but you, you ....... ”
"Boss, don't be unreasonable, I just received a decipherment of the Japanese army's secret telegram from Han Nina, and before I could hand it over to you, I saw you running towards us in a hurry, can I blame me?"
"No, no, it's me who blames you. The two of you stay in the rear, and I personally rushed to the front positions of the 54th Regiment, it is better to arrive in time, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. Lei Yunfeng let go of his footsteps as he spoke, and frantically pounced on the position of the 54th Regiment.
When he rushed into the position of the 54th Regiment with Fang Shichao and Su Xiaoyan, who were not far behind, he found that most of the soldiers on the front line were poisoned and suffered from headache and vomiting, and some were already in a coma, and they were dying, and they didn't know if they could be rescued.
Lei Yunfeng didn't care that he was no longer the commander of the 54th Regiment at this time, and resolutely issued an order loudly, if it weren't for the deputy regiment commander Huang Jianuo hearing his voice and actively cooperating with the order to quickly retreat to the southeast, I don't know how seriously this unit would be injured.
He led the 54th Regiment to quickly retreat to a high ground in the southeast, and ordered the soldiers to retreat with the troops who were unconscious with headaches, vomiting and unconscious, and to find a way to save these poisoned fighters.
The 54th Regiment finally withdrew from the position where the Japanese released poison gas bombs, and Lei Yunfeng ordered the soldiers who had not been harmed by the poison gas and were still alive and slightly poisoned, to untie the shirts of the deeply poisoned and unconscious soldiers, forcibly pour some water, and vacate the ventilation area to slowly relieve it.
Deputy Regiment Commander Huang Jianuo excitedly took Lei Yunfeng's hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Chief Lei, thanks to your timely arrival and decisive order for the troops to withdraw from their positions, otherwise the more than 1,500 soldiers of the 54th Regiment will probably all be poisoned and will not survive." ”
"Deputy Commander Huang, you don't have to be polite, I am also a soldier of the 54th Regiment, if I find that the troops are in danger, I should rush to the rescue desperately, and if I say more, I will see the outside, please Deputy Commander Huang take care of the troops, and I will return to the 17th Division Headquarters to report immediately."
Division Commander Zhao listened to the report of Lei Yunfeng who rushed into the front-line command post, not only looked at Lei Yunfeng apologetically and said: "Brother Lei, I am too stubborn, how could I never have thought that the little devil would dare to defy the condemnation of the world and openly disobey the international convention by releasing poison gas bombs on the battlefield, causing so many casualties to my 54th Regiment." ”
"Division Commander Zhao, the enemy's donkey skills are poor, and his criminal purpose is to break through the Shaoyuan position of our 17th Division, give up the attempt to continue westward advance, break through, join up with reinforcements, and launch a larger-scale attack on our western front again."
"Brother Lei, where did you get such accurate information? You're not going to be a sorcerer who can pinch and calculate, are you? Although Master Zhao said this kind of thing with a playful tone, his tone was unusually serious.
"Shiza, this is the secret communication message between the commander of the Suzuki Division and the commander of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, which I deciphered twenty minutes ago, Shizao, please take a look."
Division Commander Zhao took the high-level cipher message of the Japanese army intercepted and deciphered by Han Nina handed to him by Lei Yunfeng, and asked in great surprise after reading it: "Brother Lei, where is your cryptographic expert now, I want to leave him in the 17th Division, and ask you to ......." ”
"I'm sorry Commander Zhao, this cryptography expert of mine is second to none in the Military Command Bureau, and I was ordered to come to the Western Route Army and am serving in the telecommunications office of the Western Route Army at this time, so I really can't do what you want."
"Okay, in that case, I hope that Brother Lei will get in touch with this cryptography expert of yours often, and once he intercepts and deciphers all the secret messages about the Suzuki Division and Shangfeng in the Xiyang River Valley, please tell me in time."
"No problem, this is what I should do, according to the high-level secret telegram of the Japanese army deciphered by Lieutenant Colonel Han, the Japanese army will soon send a large number of fighters to reinforce the Suzuki Division on the ground, carry out aerial bombardment to cover the Suzuki Division to break through the Shaoyuan position to the east, and join the Takeda Bing Ichijie Brigade of the 108th Division of the reinforcement force, and reorganize the team to continue to advance westward."
Division Commander Zhao believed in the information provided by Lei Yunfeng very much this time, and what he was most worried about at this time was whether the 54th Regiment, as the main force, would be able to recover after being released by the Japanese army and the troops were severely damaged.
"Brother Lei, I know that you savagely broke free from the soldiers guarding you and risked breaking into the forward position of the 54th Regiment, and unscrupulously ordered the troops to immediately retreat to the southeast hilly area.