The first day's attack came to an end with the destruction of the commanders of the 68th Division, including Harada Daisa, chief of staff of the 68th Division, and Matsupu Shaosa, staff officer.

The troops of the Tenth Army still managed to catch the battle, and the two regiments that Zhang Xiaohu placed on the two main positions, except for the artillery fire, did not even see a devil hair, and the two regiment commanders invariably called the division command post to ask the division commander Zhang Xiaohu what the situation was, but how could he know what the reason was, so he had to blindly reiterate that he could stick to his position.

Fang Xianjue was also confused, he thought that the Japanese army's attack on the first day would be extremely cruel, from the density and intensity of the artillery fire, it seemed that this could be verified, but he didn't expect that the Japanese infantry only launched two waves of attacks, and there was no movement, which couldn't help but make him suspect that the devil was going to play some tricks, combined with Zhang Xiaohu's reminder, he immediately thought that the devil might use poison gas bombs, but it was still beyond his expectations, the devil did not take any offensive means, Hengyang City spent an afternoon peacefully.

The devil didn't move, but it didn't mean that the defenders on the position could relax a little, they still had to break the string, to prevent the devil from being surprised, until the sky began to darken, everyone could be sure that the devil would really not attack the city again today,

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When Iwanaga received the news that Harada had been killed by Chinese artillery fire in a simple headquarters, he was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard, but after reconfirming, he realized that it was true.

The commander of the division was defeated by the Chinese army in two consecutive battles, and the probability of such a degree of bad luck was really unheard of by Iwanaga Wang, and he would never have imagined that the luck of the 68th Division assigned to his command would decline to such an extent.

The unfavorable news of the division made him have a certain vigilance in his heart, and he felt that this battle of Hengyang was probably not an easy bone to gnaw, and after weighing it again and again, he decided to stop the attack and reported the situation to General Isamu Yokoyama, the commander of the 11th Army who had entered Changsha City.

When Lieutenant General Isamu Kinoshita, chief of staff of the Eleventh Army, handed over the battle report, Isamu Yokoyama was silent for a while before he spoke: "Kinoshita-kun, Toshita Junroku General Army の向こうにこの事を知ったか?" (Kinoshita-kun, did General Shunroku Hata know about the situation?) ）

"Commander 閣下、あなたの命令がなくて、部下が私を主張する勇気がない!" (Your Excellency, Commander, without your orders, your subordinates dare not make private claims!) Kinoshita Isamu is the Yuan Lao of the Eleventh Army, counting Yokoyama Isa, this is already the fourth commander of the Eleventh Army he has ever followed, he can stand tall in this position, it is really a real talent, and it is also related to his cautious and cautious character, like the current situation, he could have reported to Shunroku Hatahata first, and then came to inform Yokoyama Isa, but he did not do this, but first reported Yokoyama Isamu and asked for instructions. Such a chief of staff, even if he is as harsh as Isamu Yokoyama, is very satisfied with him.

"直ちに畑俊六commander官阁下に报告しましょう!ところで、68師団の新しい師団長は何をしていたのか。?" (Report to His Excellency Commander Shunroku Hata right away!) By the way, has the new division commander of the 68th Division been appointed? Yokoyama took off his glasses, took out a handkerchief and wiped it, he didn't have much feeling about the death of a big Zuo, but he was very angry about the continuous defeat of the 68th Division, so he asked about the new division commander.

"は、Your Excellency the Commander、すぐ畑俊六大大偫報告して!" (Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I will report to General Shunroku Hata immediately!) Kinoshita Isamu behaved very respectfully, you know, he is now a lieutenant general, there is no need to grovel so much, but his nature still prompted him to do so, after he responded to Yokoyama's words, he did not leave, but began to say again: "Your Excellency Commander, the new の68師団師団長は、畑俊六ツは大卮直糸." (Your Excellency, the new commander of the 68th Division has been appointed, and it was personally selected by General Shunliu Hata.) ）

“ああ、いつのこと?” (Oh, when was that?) If it weren't for Harada's jade shattering, the 68th Division would be in a mess, and Isamu Yokoyama would definitely not be so eager.

"この中,Wuhan のappointment telegramを,私はまだあなたに报告することができませんでした!" (Just now, the appointment telegram from Wuhan has not had time to report to you!) ）

"畑俊六Commander のappointment の誰68師団師団長を務めた?" (Who was appointed by Commander Shunroku Hata as the commander of the 68th Division?) ）

"Sanshu man!"

"Tsumitsuki Man?" Yokoyama Yong's brows furrowed, he knew something about this person, but he didn't have a good impression, the reason was that this person paid too much attention to his samurai spirit, and never used killers on the weak, and when he was the brigade commander before, he almost never killed the captured Chinese troops and soldiers, but only imprisoned them. This approach was extremely unpalatable to Isamu Yokoyama, so he frowned.

"はい、息三树男のうちです。 人はあまりにも思いやりがあっても、中国军と交戦したのは、非常に経験がある。 (Yes, it was Lieutenant General Mitsuki.) Although he was too benevolent, he was very experienced in fighting with the Chinese army. Isamu Kinoshita had also heard of Mitsuki, and had heard of some of his "deeds", so of course he knew what Isamu Yokoyama was worried about at the moment.

"どうせ畑俊六commander官にappointmentしても、それはいいました。 私は、ただこのしか彼をすぐに希望を担っ責任を取り、hengyang城に、empire陸軍を照らした。 彼のあのような癖は,私も見ていないことと知らないようになった。 (Now that Commander Shunroku Hata has been appointed, that's all I can say, I just hope that he will immediately take responsibility and take Hengyang City to add glory to the Imperial Army.) As for his problems, I have to pretend that I don't see and don't know. When Isamu Yokoyama said this, he looked like he was very helpless, but in fact, he was still happy in his heart, because this Mitsuki was definitely a person who was very familiar with the Chinese army, he was one of the first officers to participate in the invasion of China, and he had fought a lot of battles with the Chinese army over the years, and he was promoted from a lieutenant to a lieutenant general by virtue of his military exploits.

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After the radio contacted Zhang Xiaohu in Hengyang City, Sun Yumin's hanging heart finally relaxed, and when he learned that the devil's first day of attack was hastily over, and the defenders were not damaged much, he suddenly had a thought: Why not wait until the devils besieging the city have become tired divisions, and then attack behind them and give them a fatal blow!

After having this idea, Sun Yumin felt more at ease, these days he and his soldiers are running around, and they have fought a few big battles, just in need of time to rest, while waiting, just let the divisions have a good rest and recuperate.

And Fang Xianjue and Zhang Xiaohu in the city, knowing that the new force was waiting for an opportunity not far away, would naturally increase their confidence when they defended the city.

But strangely, the next day the sun rose high, and the besieging devils still did not move, as if they were trying to trap the Chinese army in the city to death.

Fang Xianjue didn't think that the devil would have this idea, because Hengyang is not a small place, it is the second largest city in Hunan, the economic center of southern Hunan, and the gateway to South China. Definitely not, they just didn't attack in a hurry, they were definitely waiting for something.

Since Zhang Xiaohu reminded him, Fang Xianjue's mind was now full of devils' gas bombs, and he suspected that the reason why the devils who were attacking the city stopped should be preparing poison gas bombs.

He was right, the reason why Iwanaga Wang did not attack immediately was because the 68th Division had no commander, and he needed to report and integrate the troops, but the real purpose was just as Fang Xianjue expected, he was indeed preparing poison gas bombs.

The gas bomb is not just as simple as after it is fired, because it is smoke, it must first choose no wind, or a suitable direction for projection, if the wind is too strong or blowing in the opposite direction, then launching the gas bomb, isn't it equivalent to suicide?

Towards the end of the afternoon, the south wind that blew from time to time finally stopped, and under the scorching sun, the entire Hengyang City seemed to be steaming.

Hot and windless, this is the best time for poison gas ejection, Iwanaga Wang's signature action reappeared, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, this smile can make people feel a biting chill even on dog days: "Special Ji is ready to shoot!" (Special shells ready to shoot!) ）

When the sound of cannonballs breaking through the sky sounded, the defenders were eating lunch on the position, and the rare white flour steamed buns and fatty meat slices would only appear when they were fighting, and they were all working the battlefield, and the food was too unreasonable if it was not good.

The soldiers don't know if they will have their lives to eat the next meal after eating this meal, so they are all in the creation of the mission, even if they die in battle when they are full, they are still full of ghosts, and they will not starve on the Huangquan Road.

"Anti-artillery, anti-artillery!"

The officer was shouting at the top of his voice, but the soldiers were still reluctant to let go of the fat and bleeding big pieces of meat and the big white steamed buns, even if they were running to the Tibetan Soldier Cave, their mouths were still chewing, and they were still holding the steamed buns and meat slices in their hands.

It cannot be said that these defenders are too pitiful, if it were not for this great battle, perhaps they would not have been able to improve their food in such a luxurious way all year round, so even some of them should be forgiven for throwing their guns on the battlefield and choosing to eat with them in their hands, because it is these poor people who are desperate on the battlefield.

Whether it was Zeng Jing and his regiment commanders, or division commanders like Zhang Xiaohu and Ge Xiancai, they all discovered the abnormality of this artillery bombardment.

Although the sound of the shell explosion is still so violent, everyone can feel that the sound of the explosion and the sound of the shell breaking through the air are obviously not equal, although the possibility of a dud is not ruled out, but the number of this dud is too much.

Zhang Xiaohu first noticed that something was wrong, because white smoke came out of the direction of his two main positions, which was obviously different from the black smoke coming out of the shells.

"Gas bombs!"

Although Zhang Xiaohu knew that such a time would come, when he really found its existence on his own position, his heart was also suspended, because after all, there was no professional gas mask, and he really didn't know how much of a role a wet cotton towel could play by relying on it.

Fang Xianjue also discovered this abnormal white smoke, but he thought differently from Zhang Xiaohu, he was glad, glad that Zhang Xiaohu reminded him, glad that the troops had taken precautions in advance, and he also knew that this local method could not completely avoid the damage of poison gas bombs on the front line, but compared to waiting for death without defense, this was already the best result.

The devils are really willing to spend their money, and they mix poison gas shells with conventional artillery shells, which is a practice that will never give up until all the Chinese troops defending the city are killed.

The sound of the artillery did not last long before it stopped, and the entire battlefield was shrouded in a white expanse, and the deadly smoke was even more terrible than the heavy artillery grenades. Although there is a wet cotton towel to cover the mouth and nose, but there is still a spicy feeling to drill into the lungs, and the wet cotton towel is stained with water, almost breathable, which makes the soldiers even more uncomfortable, the 28th regiment position on the ground does not know the power of this white smoke, when they are really out of breath, they uncover the wet cotton towel covering their mouth and nose, take a deep breath, they thought that only inhaling this breath, there will not be much harm, but unexpectedly, only take one breath, the entire airway seems to be blocked, not only can no longer breathe, I couldn't even breathe out, my whole face was swollen purple, my hands were desperately scratching my throat, people were rolling on the ground, and the pain was terrifying, so that the soldiers who originally wanted to uncover the cotton towel did not dare to try it easily.

Wet cotton towels blocked most of the poisonous smoke, but in this hot dog day noon, the pores are in an open state, wearing short sleeves of the Chinese army soldiers, there are still a lot of people fell in this white poisonous fog, at this time, the experience of experienced veterans, it played a key role, they slightly wet the skin exposed in the air with light hands, although they may not know that the mustard gas-based poisonous gas, when it encounters water, it will dissolve, but this experience still ensures the defenders on the position, Not under the attack of poison gas bombs, completely incapacitated.

When the Chinese defenders on the position were suffering in the poisonous smoke, groups of devil soldiers wearing gas masks, like cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, faced the white fog in the sky, and slowly marched towards the defenders' positions, as if they were not here to fight or charge, but to harvest and occupy.

None of the devil soldiers, not even Iwanaga Wang, never thought that in such a heavy poisonous gas, the Chinese army without anti-poison equipment could still have the power of backhand, or the power of counterattack, they thought that they only needed their leather shoes to step on the heads of the defenders, and make up for the Chinese soldiers rolling on the ground with a shot or a bayonet, and the battle would be over.

However, when the fierce gunfire of Makqin's metal rang out, the attacking devil soldiers realized that everything was just in their imagination, that the Chinese soldiers on the position had not lost their combat strength, and that what was waiting for them was still a cruel bloody battle.

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