[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1080: The Rapidly Defeated Japanese Army (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The Japanese troops on the front line were really unlucky, because poison gas bombs were contraband, weapons banned by the International Military Tribunal in The Hague. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In addition, the Japanese government has just announced to the rest of the world that it will no longer use poison gas bombs, so although the Japanese army often uses this type of weapon, it has a very strict management system, such as a secrecy system.

Very early on, in order to keep secrets, the Japanese army stipulated that all the upper and lower levels and documents were not allowed to mention the words poison gas and biochemistry, and some only had a unified name for special artillery shells or poison gas bombs, such as "Red No. 1", "Yellow No. 1" and so on.

The second is the strict examination and approval system, all troops must go through the examination and approval of the local military unit at least at the division and regiment level before using poison gas bombs, and this examination and approval body has been upgraded to the level of the front army headquarters.

Therefore, not many people knew about the Kwantung Army's attempt to test new chemical weapons on the battlefield in North China, and only three people in the entire 62nd Division knew about it, one was Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, and the rest were two brigade commanders of major generals.

Originally, Major General Nakajima Tokutaro knew about this and agreed with it. However, he did not know that this batch of special ammunition had fallen into the hands of the Fifth Division, so he did not make preparations for anti-poisoning at all.

Although Yoshio Hongo had anticipated the possible serious consequences, he chose to remain silent because he did not have anti-poison equipment, because in the absence of gas masks and biochemical suits, when the troops learned that the enemy might use poison gas, it was likely to cause a chain reaction of unstable morale and even the collapse of the whole army, so at this time it was actually the same as not saying it, and it would be better not to say it.

What's more, the 63rd Brigade had just suffered a defeat at the forward front. The two most elite infantry brigades were almost completely wiped out, and the entire brigade was left with just over 4,000 men.

In addition, their efforts and sacrifices were not recognized by Yoshio Hongo, who scolded Nakajima Tokutaro for being stupid, and at the same time threw their absolute main force to the rear as a reserve, which deeply damaged the soldiers of the 63rd Infantry Brigade, and the morale of the troops was extremely low in the past two days.

In addition, when Xu Dagang's headquarters launched the attack, it was at night, so the Japanese army's trench positions were relatively concentrated. Therefore, when the 5th Division suddenly appeared in front of the Japanese positions and fired poison gas bombs, almost all the Japanese soldiers did not realize that the green smoke fired next to them was deadly poison gas.

But immediately after that, the painful reaction of the comrades-in-arms caused fear in their hearts, and I don't know who said "poison gas", and then the whole army immediately caused a chain reaction and began to retreat rapidly.

However, the shelling of the Northern Serbian Corps was widespread, and many Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and convulsed after only a few steps, and then slowly suffocated to death.

The entire Japanese position was in disarray, and no matter how hysterical the bullet pressure of Major General Nakajima Tokutaro was, it was useless.

The gas feast lasted for more than half an hour, and when the masked soldiers of the 5th Division charged with steel guns, the Japanese army was wiped out with almost no effective resistance.

Post-war statistics. In this battle, the reorganized Fifth Division eliminated 3,421 Japanese devils, including a major general, 2 Dazuo, 6 Zhongzuo and 8 Shaozuo, and the results were quite brilliant.

Next, the troops did not care about resting, and rushed to Wangtong Town, where the headquarters of the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army was located, overnight, leaving only one infantry company to clean up the battlefield.

Yoshio Hongo didn't expect the 63rd Brigade to rout so quickly, as he expected. An infantry brigade is still very effective with simple fortifications, and can withstand at least two days of attack by a cavalry division.

And even if the whole army is to be annihilated, it will cause huge casualties to the enemy. The worst can last a whole day, and with this time, it is not certain who will destroy whom.

But the farewell letter sent by Major General Nakajima Tokutaro made him completely petrified in an instant, and Tsuchihachi actually used the latest special ammunition, and the number was quite large.

On top of that, as a result of the seizure of the logistics base, the 63rd Brigade had few gas masks and was therefore poisoned almost without any effective resistance.

Expecting the Chinese cavalry to reach the town of Wangtong in an hour at most, Major General Nakajima Tokutaro advised Yoshio Hongo to immediately transfer the clothes of the civilians of the emperor's country. In his opinion, there was no suspense in this battle, and the destruction of the 62nd Division was only a matter of time, and he did not want a lieutenant general to become a trophy of others just after the war began, which was a shame for the Great Japanese Empire.

Yoshio Hongo knew that what Nakajima Tokutaro said was reasonable, but he did not follow Major General Nakajima's advice to abandon his troops and escape alone, but chose to break through and transfer with his troops.

At this moment, there are not many troops in Wang Tong Town, an infantry brigade and a puppet army infantry division. Yoshio Hongo ordered the chief of staff, Ueno Matomi Osa, to continue to stay in the town of Wangtong with two infantry squadrons and the 14th Infantry Division of the Imperial Army, while he himself took the remaining infantry squadron and the divisional guard squadron to immediately move westward to converge with the 65th Brigade of the Synchronous Army.

Before the transfer, Hongo Yoshio did one more thing, that is, he ordered the troops to kill all 349 men, women, and children in Wangtong Town, and to burn down all the houses that had no military value.

Xu Dagang did not know that it was not the division headquarters of the 62nd Division that was caught in the encirclement, or that it was not a complete division headquarters, and he did not make any stops after arriving at Wangtong Town, and ordered the troops to immediately prepare for battle, and it was still the artillery to open the way.

Because they didn't know that all the people in the town had been brutally killed, they took into account the people in the town and did not use poison gas shells with great lethality, but ordinary mortar shells.

However, after less than half an hour of fighting, Xu Dagang discovered the problem, although it was at night, but he could vaguely see that the enemy on the opposite side was covered in yellow dog skin, and they were all wearing torn yellow hats, not Japanese steel helmets.

Xu Dagang's first reaction was that it was bad, he was tricked, the command of the little devil ran away early, leaving a group of second devils dragging Lao Tzu's hind legs, and the main owner fled early.

"Flares!"

After hearing Xu Dagang's order, a guard on the side immediately pulled out a signal gun from his body and quickly installed a signal flare into it.

As the flares slowly rose into the air, the whole earth was suddenly illuminated, and then the light Xu Dagang saw that the puppet army that was placed at the forefront of the trench was densely packed, and not far away there was a group of Japanese soldiers supervising the battle.

Xu Dagang is most familiar with this model, is the Japanese army letting the puppet army be cannon fodder? With so many puppet troops gathered together, it was clear that they wanted to use these guys to directly drag down the pace of their cavalry division and cover the escape of the main force.

Xu Dagang ordered the second regiment to immediately chase forward, and Xu Dagang had already understood the terrain of Wang Tong Town before he came. To the east, there is a wide and gentle strip of land that leads to Texas City. The road is wide, and there are almost no commanding heights and dangerous places.

To the west of Wangtong Town is a potholed mountain road, which leads to Hengshui, and the Japanese 62nd Division is deployed along all the dangerous places of this mountain road.

To the north is a mountain range that leads to Qingfeng Ridge. The roads are difficult and rugged, which is not conducive to traffic. To the south, it is also a vast hilly area, there are almost no roads, and if you go south, you will directly cross the mountains to reach southern Hebei, so Xu Dagang judged that the Japanese army may have fled westward. The purpose may be to collect the Japanese puppet army along the line, and finally to hold on to a dangerous place and wait for reinforcements.

The Second Regiment immediately dispatched after receiving Xu Dagang's order, and more than 2,000 people rushed forward like the wind......