Compared to the summer when the days are longer and the nights are shorter, the days are shorter and the nights are longer in the winter, and the nights are darker before dawn. The main force of the Snow Shame Battalion, which had been fighting fiercely for a day during the day and had only rested for half the night, had already set up a blocking position surrounded on three sides outside the Japanese garrison.

There were only ten minutes left before the shelling, and all the fighters involved in the battle entered the fortifications they had dug and constructed, quietly waiting for the moment of shelling. At this time, the Japanese camp in the distance still looked very quiet.

Looking at the hands of his watch jumping to the moment of the shelling, and looking at the nearly 30 mortars placed on the temporary artillery position, Hu Biao and all the soldiers of the guard platoon in charge of the shelling felt very excited and looked forward to the scene of the shelling.

This time, Hu Biao, who was only in charge of command and did not personally operate the mortar, stood in the center of the position and said softly: "The gunner is in place!" ”

The fighter in charge of operating the mortar immediately stepped forward and took out a shell from the shell box and half-crouched in front of the mortar. After waiting for about half a minute, Hu Biao's deep voice came from his ears again: "Put!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the fourteen mortars in the front row instantly burst into sparks, and the fourteen mortar shells whistled and flew towards the silent Japanese garrison two kilometers away. By the time the Japanese sentries saw the sparks, the shells had already smashed into the camp behind them.

'Boom boom' continued explosions rang out, instantly breaking the silence of the night. The soldiers of the Snow Shame Battalion, lying on the blocking position, looked at the artillery position that was constantly blooming sparks, and at the other hand, the little devil barracks that was shrouded in artillery bombardment in the distance.

"Hey, hey! So many shells are smashed, enough for a little devil to drink a pot. At this time, the little devil is estimated to be sleeping soundly! ”

"Who's to say it isn't! I really didn't expect that the battalion commander was so bold that he would dare to attack the camp of the little devil at night. ”

"Why don't you dare? Earlier, when I was having dinner, I heard the platoon commander say that during the day we killed and wounded nearly 2,000 little devils. This time the little devils who surrounded and suppressed us are only about 3,000 people in total! ”

"Wow! You're breathing big enough! More than 3,000 little devils, that's an infantry wing. In the past, it may not have been possible to pull out all of our divisions. Only Battalion Commander Hu dares to do this! ”

Knowing that there should be some time before the little devil breaks through, the soldiers lying in the trenches are also happy to take the time to chat. At this time, on the artillery position, Hu Biao continued: "Special ammunition, prepare!" Put! ”

Xu Sandao and other veterans of the guard platoon were personally responsible for launching special ammunition. As the first round of special bombs flew into the Japanese garrison, the barracks of the little devils, who had been completely chaotic, soon filled with a pungent stench.

The little devil who was still in a state of confusion soon smelled the stench, and with the help of the fire from the new round of explosions, he finally saw the object that produced the stench, a cannonball that was spewing poisonous gas out.

"Yaga! Special Bullet! The Chinese army launches special bombs! Quick, find a gas mask now, hurry! ”

As the sound of special bombs resounded throughout the barracks, the infantry wing, which was already in chaos, once again fell into a new round of chaos and panic. At this moment, Hu Biao, who was standing in the artillery position, fired shells into the Japanese garrison round by round.

Fourteen mortars are specialized in firing ordinary shells, and twelve are specialized in firing special shells. After firing three rounds of special ammunition in a row, the entire camp of the infantry wing was filled with a pungent smell of foul odor.

Every time a conventional shell explodes and crashes to the ground, many little devils can see it by the spark, and the whole camp is filled with thin yellow smoke. Even as time went on, the yellow smoke that filled the camp seemed thicker and thicker.

The commander of the infantry wing, who was also awakened from his sleep by the shelling, looked at the adjutant who rushed into the tent, and said angrily: "Baga! What are you panicking about? What the hell is going on? Shelling from there? ”

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander! There are unknown forces, launching artillery shelling about two kilometers from the camp! To ensure your safety, we must evacuate to a safe location. Now the camp is in complete chaos. ”

"Yaga! What's the mess? Immediately organize troops and rush to destroy the enemy's artillery positions. These guys who dare to carry out artillery bombardment at such a close distance and sneak attack are really bold! What are you doing in a daze, and you don't want to convey my orders! ”

"Hey!"

The adjutant who was reprimanded had no choice but to hurry out of the tent and give the order of the wing commander. But after a while, the adjutant carried a gas mask and rushed to the side of the wing commander again, saying, "Your Excellency the wing commander, the enemy has fired a special bomb!" ”

"Na! Special bombs? Bagaya Lu, these damned attackers, how dare they use special shells? ”

In the eyes of many Japanese soldiers, the anti-Japanese forces rarely used special ammunition. Of course, the more reason is that there are no special ammunition in the hands of the anti-war forces. So much so that in many cases, the Japanese army was not worried that the anti-Japanese forces would use special ammunition.

As for the Nationalist Government's protest to the League of Nations against the Japanese army's use of prohibited special ammunition, the League of Nations was still unable to restrain the Japanese army, which had already withdrawn from the League of Nations by this time, in addition to condemning it. When it was time to use special ammunition, the Japanese army was still not relenting at all.

This time it was their turn to taste the special ammunition, and the captain of the infantry wing was also full of worries. Thinking of the baggage wing that had been hit hard earlier, the infantry wing commander was also worried that his troops would repeat the mistakes of the baggage wing.

"Quick! Let the soldiers immediately wear gas masks, immediately organize the troops, and urge the destruction of the artillery positions outside! ”

"Hey!"

When the adjutant finally organized a squadron of Japanese troops wearing gas masks and ran in the direction from which the sound of artillery came. Staying in the temporarily constructed blocking position, Xu Mingzhi also immediately said: "Prepare for battle, the little devil is coming!" ”

The soldiers who had been watching the excitement raised their guns one after another to aim at the little devils who were rushing towards them. Because they are upwind, they don't have to worry about mustard gas blowing on their side at all, so it's more convenient to fight.

On the other hand, if the little devil who came against the wind wanted to rush to the artillery position where Hu Biao was, he had to rush through the area filled with yellow smoke first. Charging with a gas mask, every little devil was panting like a cow, and it became more and more difficult to breathe.

When Hu Biao looked through the binoculars and saw the little devil who rushed out of the camp, he immediately ordered: "Two bolts, pillars, shoot two shells, illuminate the soldiers on the position, and relieve a little pressure on the soldiers by the way!" ”

"Yes, Battalion Commander!"

Huang Erzhuan and Tian Tiezhu, who stayed by Hu Biao's side, moved the shell at hand without saying a word and stuffed it into the barrel. When these two shells landed, two sparks quickly exploded in the attack formation of the little devils who rushed out of the barracks.

The Japanese captain who led the attack, when he saw the soldiers killed in the explosion, suddenly realized that he had run out of the poison gas area, and immediately said: "Take off the gas mask, there is no poison * gas here!" Quick, keep rushing forward, and don't let the attackers run away! ”

Reaching out to take off the gas mask covering his head and neck, he found that the air he inhaled really didn't have that foul smell, and all the little devils were instantly refreshed. Knowing that they rushed against the wind, they decisively rushed out of the poisonous * gas area.

The little devil who originally felt that he had difficulty breathing, suddenly seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, ignored the shelling of Huang Erzhuan and Tian Tiezhu, and rushed towards the artillery position with his legs in a circle. At this time, countless guns have been aimed at these little devils.

When these little devils entered the range of the machine gun, Xu Mingzhi immediately ordered: "Machine gun, fire!" ”

The cheerful machine gun spewed flames, sweeping these little devils who were running wildly like mowing grass. The little devils who rushed in front were shot and screamed and fell to the ground, and the little devils who followed immediately braked and quickly fell to the ground.

The little devil who was lucky enough to escape the machine-gun strafing said with a look of disbelief: "Baga! How is this possible? Are we surrounded? How is it possible that the enemy has built a blocking fortification outside our camp? ”

With the spark of the machine gun, it is not difficult for the charging little devil to find that the machine guns are all mounted on the trenches. This shows that in front of the artillery position, the attackers have built a fortification. And their sentinels didn't even notice it.

"Ono-kun, quickly return to the camp and inform the Wing Captain of the situation! For the rest, move with me to the left, trying to avoid the machine guns of the blockers. Grenadier squads, set up grenadiers on the spot and destroy the enemy's machine-gun positions! ”

The Japanese captain who finally escaped from the camp and led the team really didn't want to return to the military camp filled with poison. But he knew that he had to inform the wing commander of the situation, so that the large army preparing to break through knew that there was a large number of ambushes in front of the barracks.

Knowing that there are many machine guns in front, it is difficult to get close to the opponent's blocking position by directly charging. Compared to them, who could only lie on the ground and did not have much to cover in front of them, the machine gunners in charge of blocking the attack had trenches as cover.

With the light of the fire formed by the explosion of the shell, Xu Mingzhi, who was commanding the troops to block the attack, soon saw that the little devil was setting up a grenadier in front of him, and then said: "Li Zhibin, set up the grenadier canister we brought!" ”

"Yes! Grenadier, follow me! ”

When they went out of the mountains earlier, each company formed a grenadier squad, although the selected soldiers were not as skilled as the little devils. The grenadier can be set up, and it can still threaten the grenadiers of the little devils, so that the little devils cannot calmly fire grenades.

The grenadiers who accompanied the little devils were the first to fire, and the grenades fired smashed into the blocking position, exploding sparks one after another. Many machine gun positions were also instantly muted, and the little devils who were suppressed in the open ground also felt a shock in their hearts.

However, for the soldiers of the 3rd and 4th companies who were responsible for blocking the attack, seeing that the machine gunner was wounded, the deputy machine gunner next to him quickly took over. Tools were found to reinforce the flattened and collapsed machine gun position, and then the machine gun was quickly re-erected.

The grenadier squad behind the blocking position also began to throw grenades at the little devil, and the little devil, who was very excited before, instantly felt a lot more shells falling overhead. Even small grenades are still quite powerful.

The worst thing is that the more grenades that hit their team, the more imps will be exposed to the fire. Every time the little devil was exposed to the firelight, he instantly became the target of the machine gunners on the blocking position.

Except for lying on the ground, the little devil didn't dare to get up casually. Because of the body, countless bullets whistling over their heads may burrow into their bodies. Once you are hit by a bullet, the end is self-evident!