Chapter 100: Gas Defense

"Yaga, damn it!" The 77th Infantry Wing of the Army was in the trench of the sortie position.

The commander of the 77th Infantry Wing, who had been holding a telescope and observing the battle situation with the help of flares, suddenly put down the telescope in anger and smashed his right fist on the bunker.

It turned out that the reinforcement team he sent was completely wiped out in the fierce battle just now.

From the exchange of fire between the two sides to the annihilation of the forward team, it took less than half an hour in total.

Annoyed and angry, the commander of the 77th Infantry Wing immediately asked the division headquarters for artillery retaliation.

In fact, the total annihilation of the forward squad of the 77th Infantry Wing was not without merit.

The spotters of the field artillery wing directly under the division and regiment had secretly and quietly marked the light and heavy fire points of the defenders one by one.

About ten minutes later, the devil's vengeful artillery bombardment came as promised, and dozens of seven-to-five-mm field guns opened fire one after another.

Compared with the previous shelling, the shelling of the 20th Division this time was more targeted and targeted.

One shell after another shell fell on the ring fortifications of the third battalion, and there was a violent explosion.

The company at the forefront was the focus of the artillery attack, but fortunately, Niu Erzhu had already ordered the machine gunners to shift their positions and hide in the anti-artillery holes.

The shelling lasted only about ten minutes, and the commander of the 77th Infantry Wing waved his command knife forward: "Kill Quack!" ”

Hundreds of devil soldiers rushed out of the trenches with rifles and officially launched an attack on Sujiatun.

The front of the third battalion pointed out, Liu Jianguo put down the binoculars and said: "Order all companies and platoons to immediately put on gas masks."

The artillery battalion opened fire in three minutes! ”

Liu Jianguo's order soon reached all companies and platoons of the third battalion, including Niu Erzhu's first company, and hundreds of officers and men of the third battalion put on the gas masks they carried with them.

Almost at the same time that Niu Erzhu and the others had just put on their gas masks, the artillery battalion, which had been waiting for a long time, began to shell.

The muffled sound of the "tom tom tom ......" cannon ejection came one after another, and one after another, a poison gas bomb pierced the night sky and flew towards the front of the position of the third battalion.

......The attacking devil soldiers thought it was a regular artillery bombardment, and hurriedly lay down to dodge.

However, when the "shells" hit the ground, they were stunned to find that the "shells" did not explode, but began to squeak.

Knowing that there were flares in the air, they were shocked to find that the shells were emitting bursts of russet smoke.

Some of the devil soldiers suddenly screamed: "Poison gas, this is poison gas bombs......"

The poisonous gas soon spread, enveloping hundreds of devil soldiers.

Soon there were bursts of violent coughing and loud moans and cries for help in the crowd of devils.

On the position of the third battalion, the officers and men all looked at the army with expressionless faces, which had been covered in poisonous gas and was in pain.

"Old squad leader, you saw it from above, these Eastern haggis are all fucking dead now, and my brothers and I have avenged you and those sacrificed comrades." Niu Erzhu, the leader of the first company, wearing a gas mask, looked up at the night sky with a little shortness of breath, and said in a deep voice.

In the sortie position of the 77th Wing on the opposite side.

The captain of the 77th Wing was even more dumbfounded, his pair of triangular eyes widened, knowing that he saw that almost all of his hundreds of subordinates had fallen, and no one could stand up and run for help.

He almost roared madly: "Bagayalu, this, this is impossible, despicable and hateful Zhina! ”

Provisional Command of the 20th Division.

Chief of Staff Sen Wuliu walked in with a panicked expression, and said without saluting: "Your Excellency, division commander, it's not good, the people of China suddenly used a large number of poison gas bombs against our attacking troops, and the 77th Infantry Wing was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, and the attack failed. ”

"Baga Yalu, the Shenyang Garrison Brigade is cunning and despicable, and has repeatedly used poison gas bombs against the imperial army, and immediately ordered the baggage wing to immediately distribute gas masks to the officers and soldiers of the 77th and 78th wings, quickly drop!" Murojiji ordered in a fit of rage.

"Hay!" Sen Wuliu suddenly bowed his head and hurriedly took the order to leave.

……………… While the attack of the 20th Division was frustrated, the two infantry regiments of Liao Bichen and Tian Desheng under the command of Yu Zhishan also exchanged fire with the 2nd Regiment of the garrison brigade.

Since the attack on Dongta Airport was destroyed, Zhang Xinghan not only strengthened the garrison of Beiling Airport, but also strengthened the defense along the South Canal in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

In the afternoon, the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment was stationed at the site of the former Dongta Airport, and the troops of the two companies were deployed along the west bank of the South Canal, especially on the opposite bank of Niujiatun, to protect the security of the east gate of Shenyang.

When Liao Bichen and Tian Desheng's 2nd Regiment rushed to Niujiatun to force the crossing, a company of the 2nd Regiment guarding the west bank immediately opened fire, and the two sides fought fiercely.

The two regiments of Liao Bichen and Tian Desheng originally belonged to the battle sequence of the provincial defense army, and belonged to the second-line troops in the northeast, and their weapons and equipment were not worse than those of the first-line frontier defense brigade such as Wang Yizhe's Reading Strength Seventh Brigade.

The quality of its soldiers is mainly that of local ruffians and hooligans, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness can be imagined, and the result of the forcible crossing in the lack of heavy weapons for effective suppression can be imagined.

The officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Garrison Brigade used general-purpose machine guns to build a network of crossfire, killing the puppet troops who forcibly crossed the river piece by piece.

Due to the terrifying rate of fire of the MG34 general-purpose machine gun, it has a very deterrent destructive power, and the dense rain of bullets even broke the small sampan and rubber boat that the puppet soldiers were riding in two and shattered.

The entire surface of the South Canal was full of floating corpses for a while, and the blood almost stained the river red.

Inside the temporary command post of the Niujiatun puppet army.

Liao Bichen, Tian Desheng and Cao Bingsen were gathering together with sad faces and sighing.

"Commander Tian, Commander Cao, why is the combat effectiveness of this garrison brigade so fucking strong? With that machine gun fire, I think I can't catch up with it, right? Liao Bichen couldn't sit still and got up and said.

Tian Desheng glanced at Liao Bichen angrily, and said: "You ask Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu asks who to go, only less than one of the two companies that attacked Lao Tzu just now was lucky to swim back, and the others were all fucking sacrificed." ”

"It should be reasonable that this garrison brigade is so powerful, otherwise how could it defeat Yu himself twice?" Cao Bingsen, commander of the cavalry regiment, said.

"Let's all three of us, what should we do next? Without artillery suppression, it would be impossible for us to cross the river, let alone establish a defensive position on the west bank and open up a landing field. Liao Bichen's words.

"Yes, I want to go with artillery, this attack on Shenyang, I said that I put us in front as cannon fodder, but I haven't moved for a long time, so I have to give us a few cannons to support it." Tian Desheng nodded angrily and agreed.

……………… Shenyang City, garrison brigade headquarters.

Zhang Xinghan had just had dinner and was listening to Su Hanyun, a communications soldier, report on the latest battle situation reported by various regiments and battalions.

"The puppet army that attacked Sujiatun has been repelled by our regiment, and a total of no less than 2,000 puppet troops have been killed, and our army has suffered few casualties, and Sujiatun is as stable as a rock.

However, a large number of puppet troops appeared in the direction of Niujiatun in the South Canal and wanted to cross the river, but they were also repelled by the first battalion of our second regiment. After Su Hanyun finished reporting, she slammed the folder shut, saluted Zhang Xinghan, and turned to leave.

After Su Hanyun left, Zhang Xinghan came to the giant combat map, lit a cigarette, stared at the map and fell into deep thought.

After the losses of the Kwantung Army in the Battle of Shenyang twice, the strength was insufficient, and it was used as cannon fodder in the lead of the puppet army under Zhishan and Zhang Haipeng, which was expected by itself.

It's just that years of foreknowledge of danger have told Zhang Xinghan that things don't seem to be so simple.

If only the current strength of the Kwantung Army and the puppet army like Yu Zhishan want to break through the defense line of the garrison brigade from the front, it is basically impossible.

The only thing to worry about is the advance team in Tongliao, but as long as they can survive tonight, after dawn, the air force will be able to give them absolute air fire support.

If he held out for another day, Li Zhenyuan's armored company and Sabuli's cavalry regiment would almost be able to arrive.

In this way, the whole situation seems to be still under his control Zhang Xinghan.

However, after two defeats in the Battle of Shenyang, the high-ranking commanders of the Kwantung Army could not see this.

Now that they know the ending, they still launch a frontal attack at any cost, it's not that the Kwantung Army is crazy, there is only one possibility, they are carrying out some conspiracy.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xinghan began to sort out his possible loopholes and weaknesses from the beginning.

In the end, he set his sights on Beiling Airport, and there is no doubt that the air force of Beiling Airport has become a strategic force that can influence the current occupation of the Northeast.

For the garrison brigade, as long as this air force is still there, it can be invincible.

On the contrary, for Yue himself, this air force is the biggest threat to them to capture Shenyang and annihilate the garrison brigade.

Thinking of the attack and destruction of Dongta Airport, Zhang Xinghan's heart suddenly filled with an ominous premonition.

"Shen Yizhi." The ominous premonition in his heart became more and more aggravated, and Zhang Xinghan immediately turned his head and shouted.

"What do you command, Lvza?" Shen Xingye, deputy commander of the guard battalion directly under the brigade headquarters, entered in response to the call and stood up and saluted.

"Assemble a company and follow me to Beiling Airport immediately." Zhang Xinghan said that he had already snuffed out the half of the cigarette that had not been smoked, picked up the steel helmet and white gloves hanging on the wall and was about to walk out.

"Yes!" Shen Xingye didn't ask much, but hurriedly walked out first and gathered the troops.

…………………… Beiling Airport is built 3.5 kilometers away from the north of Shenyang City, with Dongshanzuizi as a natural barrier in the east, and the airport gate faces the northwest direction of Shenyang City.

Due to the natural barrier of Shenyang City and Dongshanzuizi, from the topography point of view, if you want to attack Beiling Airport, it is only possible to carry out it from the west of Shenyang City.

Before the outbreak of the 918 Incident, in the southwest of Shenyang was Beidaying, where Wang Yizhe's 7th Brigade was stationed, so Beiling Airport was very safe.

But there are no absolutes, from a general military point of view, Beiling Airport is indeed impeccable.

In order to destroy Beiling Airport in the same way as the attack on Dongta Airport, Shiro Kawamoto began to study how to attack and destroy Beiling Airport.

In order to make another great military exploit for the Great Empire, I have to say that Shiro Kawamoto is still very adventurous and creative thinking.

After carefully studying the geographical environment around Shenyang and Beiling Airport, he decided that he would personally lead a special combat team to venture over Dongshanzuizi and attack Beiling Airport.

It was precisely because of this that he obtained the approval to rush to Shenyang with the puppet army of Yu Zhishan, and use them to launch a frontal main attack to attract the attention of the garrison brigade and provide cover for his surprise attack.

(To be continued)