The Japanese army before was frightened by their own troops. Although it has retreated, it is also a rout but not chaos. The formation below the squad level is basically intact. The squadron's shelf is still there, and although it is a little chaotic when it retreats, it is at least superficially past. Although there is no power to fight back under the organization of the non-commissioned officers, it is not really all broken.

Of course, Li Ziyuan didn't know that almost the entire command system of the Japanese army that was defeated in front of him was terminated. But even if he knew, he wouldn't make up his mind to pursue it hastily. He knew that if he recklessly pursued him, and when the Japanese army reacted, he might not know who would suffer.

The level of non-commissioned officers in the Japanese army is very high, and the command system is quite tight. Even a squad-level officer was killed. As long as non-commissioned officers such as Cao Chang and Jun Cao are present, they can gather and stabilize the troops. As long as one officer is there, even if the other officers are killed, there is no possibility that the Japanese troops at the squadron level will fall into chaos.

Unless you can kill all the officers and non-commissioned officers in the Japanese army, the Japanese army will not be completely in chaos, no matter how bad the situation is. Even if part of it is in chaos, it can be adjusted and stabilized in a short period of time. Defeated but not chaotic, rout but not dispersed, the Japanese army far surpassed any Chinese army in this regard.

Even if the brains of a unit are knocked out, as long as one officer is there, as long as most of the non-commissioned officers are still there. The troops will be able to stabilize in the shortest possible time and maintain a certain combat effectiveness. This is something that most of China's armed forces find difficult to do. It is also the reason why even if the Japanese army is encircled, it is difficult to be annihilated.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Li Ziyuan clearly knows that this advantage is not easy to take advantage of. Li Ziyuan was not really arrogant, thinking that one of his regiments could completely defeat the small 2,000 Japanese troops under the mountain, especially this force composed of Japanese veterans with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Not to mention that he didn't have this ability in a regiment, even if he came to a brigade, he wouldn't be able to solve this Japanese army in a short period of time. What's more, although he currently has an advantage in firepower, he does not have any advantage in terms of troops. Once this Japanese army stabilizes, it is very likely that it will be itself that suffers.

After the Japanese army quickly completed the convergence and stabilized the position. Li Ziyuan, who had already joined Ma Yongcheng and Zhang Zijian, hastily cleaned up the battlefield, collected some of the weapons and ammunition abandoned by the Japanese army, and directly ordered a retreat without saying a word.

Even those wounded soldiers who were lying on the ground at this time, and the retreating Japanese troops did not have time to take them away. The drop-off has been delivered to the location, and it's time for me to get out of the way. If the Japanese army reacted that it was just bluffing on its side, and asked it to reorganize its ranks, with the inertia that the Japanese army's flaws must be reported, then they would definitely counterattack.

However, in order to stop the Japanese army, after reacting to it, they may pursue it. On the mortar positions abandoned by the Japanese army, after hundreds of poison gas shells were found. Li Ziyuan told He Huizhang that all the hundreds of shells that had been installed with fuses and could be fired at any time were fired at the Japanese army. Give them all these murder weapons developed by the Japanese army.

He Huizhang, who received the order, was not polite at all, bringing the captured gas mask and the captured chemical protection gloves in the hands of the Japanese chemical corps squad that participated in the battle. Personally operated, dozens of poison gas bombs abandoned by the Japanese army on the artillery position, all of which were fired into the Japanese army's retreat queue at the maximum range.

These more than 100 shells seem to be a lot of them. But the problem is that the mortars in He Huizhang's hands are not few, even if they don't count the two captured. Moreover, the mortars of his artillery company were all trained in a belt and two or even a belt and three according to Li Ziyuan's requirements.

The artillery company with He Huizhang as the company commander and Zhou Tong as the deputy company commander is currently the largest number of troops under Li Ziyuan's department. And in the case that mules and horses are not easy to handle, and they are somewhat unable to raise them. Li Ziyuan found a way to get more than a dozen donkeys for him to carry these mortars.

The two mortars of the captured Japanese army, he did not need to think of other methods, he could use them directly. With the addition of these two mortars, these more than 100 rounds of poison gas bombs, there are not many guns on average. Besides, this style of play does not need to be aimed accurately, and it can be done directly in the direction of the retreat of the Japanese army.

While covering the infantry to clean up the battlefield, He Huizhang fired the remaining 100 rounds of poison gas shells into the Japanese formation in the shortest possible time by means of rapid fire. With the explosion of more than 100 poison gas bombs, the unlucky ones were replaced by the Japanese soldiers themselves.

Although it carried a lot of poison gas bombs, it meant that the Japanese army was ready for chemical warfare. But the number of soldiers carrying gas masks among these Japanese soldiers is really not very large. Only half of the former Kwantung Army carried gas masks, and the Japanese army that was dragged around by Li Ziyuan for armed marches did not bring any of them at all.

Entering the mountains to sweep, there was no poison gas and gas masks on the eight roads. With the exception of specialized chemical troops, the average soldier treats gas masks as a burden. Some Japanese veterans were reluctant to carry steel helmets even when they were sweeping the Eighth Route Base Area. After all, it is good to be able to carry a little less burden when marching and fighting in the mountains.

Only the Japanese soldiers, who carried these two mortars, all wore gas masks. As for the Japanese army disguised as a puppet army, it was because the military discipline of the Kwantung Army was far stricter than that of these scattered and garrisoned divisions and regiments. Generally, before going to battle, the required equipment is strictly worn.

If it weren't for the puppet army, the Japanese army would not have been able to equip the puppet army with equipment such as steel helmets and gas masks. And the Chinese army itself lacks similar equipment, and this kind of thing will not fall into the hands of the Japanese army, which is being distributed to the soldiers of the puppet army. In order to conceal his true identity, all the things of this former Kwantung Army will not be missing.

In fact, the Japanese army did not understand one thing, they used the Japanese army to disguise themselves as puppet soldiers with poor combat effectiveness, and wanted to lure those who were good at taking advantage of the eight road hooks. So that every time he sweeps, it will be difficult to capture the main force of the Eight Roads. Instead, he let these eight-way jumps out of the outside line and starts with his own supply line, which causes him to be passive every time he sweeps.

This idea of the Japanese army is good, but it is not whimsical. After all, the puppet army has always been an important source of ammunition and equipment for the Eighth Road, and it would be strange to see so many well-equipped puppet troops as long as they don't fight to the death if they catch the opportunity. Such a well-equipped puppet army is a super fat piece in that unit.

But the problem is that it's easy to change out of the military uniform. But can the spirit and spirit that has been cultivated in an army for a long time be replaced in a short period of time? The Kwantung Army, which is the flower of the imperial army, has cultivated arrogance for a long time, is it possessed by those puppet armies who only use being a puppet army as a means of making a living?

This Japanese army disguised as a puppet army, as long as it is a cadre from a veteran, if his eyes are not blind, he can basically judge it at a glance. In fact, whether they wore steel helmets and gas masks or not had little effect on the Eighth Route Army. At least such a large chunk of Japanese troops, especially the Japanese army, which is mainly veterans, will not be able to move without the strength of a few regiments.

In addition to its own strong combat effectiveness, the Japanese army is well-armed and has a stable source of ammunition. Even if there are only a few hundred people, the lack of guns and ammunition, especially the lack of artillery support, even if the troops have an absolute advantage, it is difficult to eat them in a short time.

The speed of reinforcement of the Japanese army has always been very fast, the entire battle plan is also quite meticulous, and the cooperation between the various units is also extremely tight. As long as the battle cannot be resolved in three hours, the surrounding Japanese troops will quickly reinforce it, which will cause the overall passivity. Therefore, ordinary troops will not easily attack this Japanese army.

The Japanese army's plan to come up with this time can be described as painstaking but basically fruitless. This former Kwantung Army, disguised as a puppet army, barely fished any targets worth mentioning. But right now, most people don't wear gas masks, which is a disaster for them.

And Li Ziyuan, who is in a hurry to dispose of these hot potatoes that he doesn't know how to maintain, and can't carry, doesn't know. The remaining 100 rounds of poison gas bombs were used by the Japanese army to block the eight-way pursuit in order to retreat when necessary. Or when surrounded by eight roads, the suffocating gas bomb used to cover the breakout.

These poison gas shells used by the Japanese army in case of emergency are different from the tear-jerking gas shells that the Japanese army fired at him when they attacked him. These asphyxiating gas bombs are much more lethal and powerful than those tear gas bombs.

Although the Japanese army has abundant capital and capabilities for chemical warfare, after all, the cost of anti-poison equipment is still quite expensive. In addition to gas masks, it is impossible for the Japanese army to equip every soldier with enough anti-chemical equipment. Therefore, the Japanese army also has strict regulations on the use of poison gas.

Except for the use of erosive poison gas in defensive perimeter operations or in locations where counterattacks are impossible. For most of the offense, tear gas is still used. Even if you can make the opponent lose combat effectiveness in a short time, it will not affect your own attack. In the case of retreat or breakthrough, asphyxiating gas is generally used.

Basically, as long as you have a gas mask, you can effectively protect yourself. And those erosive gas bombs that require a large amount of anti-poison supplies, such as protective clothing, protective gloves, and ponchos, which last for a long time, are not only dropped at fixed locations outside the stronghold to avoid sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army. In such field operations, the Japanese army rarely carried and used it.

Because the use of erosive poison gas, in addition to killing and injuring enemy soldiers, it will also affect one's own movement. The poison gas thing doesn't recognize people, and it can be clear that it is the Japanese army and that is the Eighth Road. Once cast, if you don't protect yourself, the Japanese army itself will be poisoned in the same way.

Previously, the Japanese army launched an attack on Li Ziyuan's stubborn mountain, and in order not to affect the movement of their own army, they used tear gas bombs. The remaining 100 or so asphyxiating gas bombs were kept by the Japanese army as a killer weapon when necessary. As a result, Li Ziyuan, who didn't want to let these chemical bullets hurt him, sent them all back.

More than 100 asphyxiating gas bombs are really not very lethal. However, the retreating Japanese army, in order to avoid being divided by the eight routes and multiple routes, concentrated their forces as much as possible. When the Japanese retreated, they chose the valley as narrow as possible to avoid the Eighth Route detouring to its flank, and to facilitate the blocking of the Eighth Road's pursuit.

This topography further restricts the poison gas, which can be volatilized in a short period of time. These more than 100 rounds of poison gas bombs have made the Japanese understand the truth that it is possible to live if it is done in heaven, but it is impossible to live if it is done by itself. Large swaths of the Japanese army were smoked by the poison gas they had created, and not only those who did not carry gas masks became unlucky.