The effect of the Flying Thunder's attack was far beyond the expectations of the huge sea, and from the telescope, we could see the rising smoke and fire from the Japanese positions, and the dull sound of explosions came and went, while less than half of the fifty or sixty heavy machine guns set up by the Japanese troops on the frontline positions could still fire, and the effect of such a blow was no less than the shelling of an artillery regiment for an hour.

At this moment, not only was the huge sea stunned, but even Master Chen, Wang Yuanhua and others who were watching the battle from the sidelines also looked at each other, what kind of weapon did this second battalion use, and this lethality would be so terrifying, if it could be popularized throughout the army, then the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army would have a new breakthrough.

"Lao Wang, are you familiar with the second battalion commander? How is this person? Master Chen asked with some eagerness.

"It's okay, I've dealt with it a few times, and on the surface it looks like a muddy person, from a bandit. But in fact, he is a meticulous guy who leads the troops with his own set. He and Wang Yunkai are two extremes, Wang Yunkai picks soldiers and looks for those good children with innocent backgrounds, so it is easy to shape. And this huge sea is to pick some soldiers, ruffians, and thorns, anyway, which one is not good, he wants that, and that one doesn't care if he wants that. He led the troops in the same way as he was a horse bandit, and the discipline of the troops was very poor, and there were frequent fights and brawls, and there were several cases of brazen killing of prisoners on the battlefield. However, the combat effectiveness of this unit is really not to say, whether it is the elite Sixth Division of the Japanese army or the large units of the puppet army, they have suffered losses in their hands. And Panghai was born a gambler, in the previous war, Panghai was only a company commander of a local army, that guy actually took an infantry company to chase a pseudo-legion for a day, and simply defeated the legion from the front, and also captured a battalion, which caused a sensation in the military region. With his military merits, he definitely didn't ask to be a regiment commander, but this guy was born to be a troublemaker, and every time he finished fighting, all the wounded soldiers of the Japanese army on the battlefield never left a living mouth, and once he happened to be seen by Shen Yuquan, the political commissar who was inspecting the battlefield, so his deputy regiment commander was also the end, and he was sent to the 88th regiment as a big soldier. But this guy has a lot of ideas, has courage in fighting, and it didn't take long for him to be promoted to battalion commander. To put it bluntly, he is a soldier of oil, and if he doesn't fight, he has poor discipline. This is Wang Yuanhua's direct evaluation of Panghai, although he also admires Panghai, but this is when the division commander understands the junior officers, he does not dare and cannot talk nonsense. Although the status of Da Da Hai in Master Chen's heart will decline rapidly, as a principled old party member, he can only answer truthfully.

"Killing a captive is not a small crime. Could it be that the commander just dismissed him from his post, and if he was somewhere else, he would have been imprisoned or shot. Master Chen continued to ask.

"Division commander, you have just come to the military region, and you don't know the combat style of the military region, and it is common to kill prisoners on the battlefield. When the Japanese army encounters our military region, there are generally two situations: the first is to stubbornly resist to the death and never surrender to the last soldier. In the second case, the war is unfavorable, surrender immediately, and never drag the mud and water. This is all done by Commander Han Yunhua, he does not allow the soldiers to persuade them to surrender, as long as they are armed with weapons, they will be killed, and the wounded soldiers will be killed as long as they do not take the initiative to ask for help. When soldiers of every unit of the military region enlist in the army, they must memorize three sets of useful regulations, the first is the "Outline for the Training of Soldiers and Recruits and the Secrecy of Soldiers"; the second is the "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Principles for Paying Attention to the Mission of Military Personnel," and the third is the "Principle of Survival on the Battlefield." Article 3 clearly stipulates who can be rescued and who must not be rescued and taken prisoners without permission. Therefore, the cautious character of the soldiers has been developed, and they all use bullets to speak on the battlefield, and there are not a few Japanese soldiers who are killed by mistake or mistakenly after each major battle, as long as they are not caught by the above, there is almost nothing. Wang Yuanhua said. He knew that this Master Chen was a very principled person, and if he saw the soldiers on the battlefield unscrupulously dealing with the wounded soldiers of the devils, it would probably cause this big man to go crazy, so he had to give Master Chen a preventive shot in advance.

Master Chen was obviously stunned, killing prisoners was not only strictly forbidden by all units of the Eighth Route Army, but also by the Nationalist Government. But Master Chen also knew that the reason why Wang Yuanhua said this to him was definitely not to sympathize with those little devils, but to remind him to adapt to the combat methods of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. But Master Chen has been known for his strong principle since he followed **, and some things still have to be understood, so Master Chen continued to ask: "Lao Wang, is this an order from the commander?" Does he know about it? ”,

"Commander, this matter is not as simple as you think. The devils in the north are still different from the devils in the south, the will to fight is extremely tenacious, and they will hardly surrender on their own initiative, including the wounded soldiers of the Japanese army, they will only yin* The soldiers stepped forward and then pulled grenades and died with our soldiers. The first time the fighters were unfamiliar and suffered heavy casualties. After a big battle, our army only suffered more than 300 casualties, but when cleaning up the battlefield, more than 200 people were killed by the wounded soldiers of the devils. After that, the commander issued the battlefield regulations that seemed to be exhausted, but in fact, the ultimate purpose was to protect the soldiers. Wang Yuanhua replied, knowing that Master Chen couldn't turn the corner for the time being. But it won't be long before he will acquiesce to this rule, because the entire military region, from the commander, political commissar to the ordinary soldiers, has already developed this cautious habit, since you can't change the environment, you can only let yourself adapt to the environment, otherwise you will be eliminated.

Just as Wang Yuanhua thought, Master Chen's heart was still full of shock, but he was a person who was good at controlling his feelings, and he knew that everything he said now was useless, and when this battle was over, he would know if he would see it, and hearing was false and seeing was believing.

The battle has entered the white-hot stage, Suzuki Shigeichi Saku's heart is now only left with fear in addition to shock, the combat effectiveness of this branch of the army is beyond his expectations, and it is another two hours, and two of the four complete brigades under his command have been disabled, especially the first brigade has been beaten inexplicably. The Shina army used two terrifying and mysterious weapons, causing the first brigade to hold out for only an hour and then be unable to fight again, and the second brigade only lasted more than an hour before asking Suzuki Shigeichi for combat guidance again. What frightened Suzuki the most was that almost all the heavy machine guns of the defenders at the four forks had been exhausted by the Shina army, and if this continued, it was likely that his wing would be left here.

But fortunately, the sky is about to dawn, and after holding out for two hours at most, the Great Japanese Air Force will rush to reinforce it, and even if the squadron has a mysterious weapon, it will be in vain. Under the artillery fire from the sky, the Chinese army had no chance.

Not only Suzuki Shigeichi understands this truth, but Jiang Meiyuan also knows the situation they are in now. It will be dawn in two hours, and then the Japanese planes will come to reinforce it, and then the battle will be difficult to fight.

Jiang Mingyuan could also see that the Japanese army on the opposite side was already at the end of their crossbows, although the two of the 88th Regiment had already suffered more than half of the casualties, especially the second battalion had only more than 200 people left. However, the results achieved by the 2nd Battalion were brilliant. It is conservatively estimated that the second battalion wiped out at least more than 2,000 Japanese troops in two hours, while its own casualties were less than 500. Jiang Mingyuan knew that if he didn't grasp this opportunity, if he wanted to win the four forks today, he really wouldn't have a chance again. Therefore, when Suzuki Shigeichi sent all the 3rd and 4th brigades to the front-line positions, Jiang Mingyuan also sent the 3rd Battalion, the guard battalion, the engineer company, and the cavalry company directly under the regiment.

It was still the special machine gun company and the flying mine unit that opened the way, and the position of the squadron had been pushed to a distance of less than 80 meters from the second line of defense of the Japanese army. In the absence of sufficient heavy firepower, the casualties of the Japanese army rose sharply, and although the casualties of the 88th Regiment were also large, they were really small compared to the casualties of the Japanese army.

Master Chen saw in the telescope that the soldiers of the 88th Regiment suffered heavy casualties under the stubborn resistance of the enemy, and his heart was also sad, what a good soldier, he fought with the most elite troops of the Japanese army all night, and none of the soldiers withdrew from the battle, except for the seriously wounded, the lightly wounded were all lightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, such excellent soldiers must not be consumed here.

"Lao Wang, send special artillery units to reduce some casualties, we can't afford to consume them here. You see, it's almost dawn, and we don't have much time. Master Chen said a little depressedly, during this time he also knew what this special artillery was referring to. This kind of thing is a poison gas bomb, and Master Chen hates that thing in his heart, because in the hearts of the vast majority of the middle ** officials, that thing is inhumane and anti-human. But it has to admit the great lethality of poison gas bombs, and a battle is likely to end under the blow of a gas bomb. This is because the huge damage caused by poison gas bombs will not only cause huge casualties, but will also likely cause low morale among the troops, and they are absolutely a good weapon necessary for war. It is a pity that China's industrial production capacity is so limited that it is difficult to produce ordinary artillery shells, let alone "high-tech" weapons such as poison gas bombs.

The special artillery unit under Han Yunhua's command was only equipped with captured Japanese poison gas bombs, and it had never been used since its formation. Last time, due to the direction of the wind, the defenders of Tianzhen dodged a blow, and this time Master Chen really couldn't stand it, so he ordered the troops to use this force that he didn't want to use in his heart.

"Commander, are you sure you want to use that?" Wang Yuanhua confirmed again.

Master Chen was silent for a while, and then said firmly, "Yes. ”