In the following day, the 59th Army and the 2nd Division withstood the fierce attack of the Japanese army, and dozens of planes were bombing at any time; On the ground, more than 40 tanks led the infantry to attack in turns, and all the positions were destroyed, and Zheng Dongguo lost 2,000 men in one day of entering the battle. The 16th Division reversed the momentum of the attack and concentrated its main force on attacking the bridge, hoping to tear apart the squadron's defensive line from here and cut off the connection between the 59th Army and the 2nd Division.

By the afternoon, the situation became more critical, Nakajima transferred the 9th Wing of the 19th Brigade Regiment over and launched an attack on the flank of the bridge, the 180th Division had only two brigades, of which the 39th Brigade was adapted from the Tianjin Security Regiment, the equipment was poor, and the early combat losses were very large, and there was only one regiment left at present, and Liu Zhensan was forced to send this regiment to the flank reinforcements, so he could barely stabilize the position.

"Boom!" A shell exploded in front of the position, the sound of the explosion was a little dull, and a burst of yellow smoke came out of the broken projectile body, "Gas bomb!" The experienced officer shouted in fear: "Gas bombs! Wet the handkerchief with urine and cover your mouth and nose! Be quick! "There was a rush on the position, and the poisonous gas quickly spread through the position, and soon enveloped the entire position, and the Japanese troops in gas masks rushed towards the position in the smoke; Most of the Chinese soldiers did not have time to take anti-poison measures and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, and the remaining soldiers were unable to stand under the poison gas and the Japanese army, and retreated one after another.

"The bridge is lost!" Zhang Zizhong received the report and stood up awkwardly.

"The Japanese army used poison gas bombs, and most of our soldiers fell under poison gas." Zhang Kexia said bitterly, let alone the Chinese soldiers, they have never even heard of this thing, let alone protection, not to mention that the gas shield is not available at all in other units except for some units of the Central Army.

"Where did Liu Zhensan retreat?" Zhang Zizhong didn't have time to blame Liu Zhensan, so he asked about the battle situation first.

"The 180th Division retreated to Zaogoutou." Zhang Kexia said cautiously.

"Zaogoutou?" Zhang Zizhong looked at the map and muttered, "Have you notified the Second Division?" ”

The first line of the bridge is the connection between the 59th Army and the 2nd Division, the bridge is lost, the flank of the 2nd Division is exposed in front of the 16th Division, if the 16th Division directly attacks the 2nd Division, Zheng Dongguo will be caught off guard, and may even cause an avalanche, resulting in a complete collapse of the Linbei battlefield.

"It's been notified." Zhang Kexia replied that he had actually just notified.

Zhang Zizhong didn't ask any more questions. In his heart, he admired the deputy commander in the interior of Lincheng. If it weren't for the second division coming for reinforcements. Now the entire front has been completely broken through.

"Tell Liu Zhensan. Don't take a step back. Zaogoutou is where he was buried. Zhang Zizhong gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order the army guard battalion to immediately reinforce Zaogoutou." ”

"What about the military department?" Zhang Kexia was a little nervous. The army guard battalion had four companies. Lost a company in the middle of the counteroffensive. There were three companies left. If the full tune goes to the jujube ditch head. The military headquarters was completely empty.

"Leave a platoon. The rest of the land was transferred to Liu Zhensan. There are also sapper battalions. Also transferred to him. Zhang Zizhong categorically ordered: "As long as you hold the head of the jujube ditch." The military department is safe. ”

Zhang Kexia knew that he could no longer persuade him. He immediately went to transfer troops.

Nakajima succeeded in the bridge. Then the offensive continued. Push the front-line battle of Zaotougou forward.

After Zheng Dongguo learned that the bridge was lost, he immediately gathered his troops, abandoned Liuhezhuang, and the troops retreated to Yaojiazhuang, after Banyuan got the news, he also intensified his attack, and concentrated the main force of the 21st Brigade to attack Yuejiawu, and Zhong Zuyin of the Fourth Brigade led his troops to resist, and fought hard until the evening, Yuejiawu was lost, and Zhong Zuyin led his troops to retreat to Daxiaolizhuang and continued to resist. The three flanking regiments also immediately retreated to the front and rear slopes.

"Smack! What a daredevil! When Guan Linzheng heard that the Japanese army had used poison gas bombs, he stood up angrily and scolded: "Damn! ”

"Yudong, Shao'an don't be impatient," Zhuang Jihua's face was pale, he regretted it extremely in his heart, why didn't he think about building a poison gas factory in the first place, the Japanese army had a precedent for using poison gas, they did it on the battlefield of Songhu Diluodian, the 24th Group Army was equipped with gas masks, and the effect was not great; After that, the Nanjing battlefield did not dare to do this, but Zhuang Jihua did not expect the Japanese army to use this trick again on the battlefield, he gritted his teeth and said: "Immediately notify all the armies, and at the same time immediately order the staff to draw up a manual of anti-gas gas, except for gas masks, any other local methods can be listed." ”

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "Telegraph to Zheng Dongguo and Zhang Zizhong, and entrust it to them in the north of Lin, telling them that only heartfelt cooperation can achieve victory, and there is no benefit in sweeping the snow in front of the door." ”

Guan Linzheng was stunned for a moment, he heard that Zhuang Jihua was warning them, and he didn't wait for him to think about it. Zhuang Jihua continued: "Order Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang to speed up the march, and the new 38th Division must arrive tonight." ”

"Telegraphed to Tang Enbo Wang Zhonglian that the attack on Phoenix Ridge had been changed from harassment to a strong attack, and ordered the 75th Brigade of the 25th Division to come out, force the river at Sanguanmiao, and give Itagaki a bite from behind. Hmph, I'll see if Itagaki can still sit idly by. Zhuang Jihua slapped his hand on the table viciously.

After Zhang Zizhong and Zheng Dongguo received Zhuang Jihua's telegram, they immediately understood the meaning of the telegram. Zhang Zizhong did not want to be underestimated by the Central Army, while Zheng Dongguo, as a general of the Central Army, was unwilling to obey the command of miscellaneous army generals, especially the generals of the Northwest Army who had always been enemies of the Central Army. This is also fortunate that Zheng Dongguo has a peaceful nature and did not trouble Zhang Zizhong; If you want to change to someone else, Zhang Zizhong may already have a headache.

Zhuang Jihua

It was here that the second division of more than 13,000 people, and the blocking board 10,000 Jihua concluded that Zheng Dongguo still had spare strength and could support Zhang Zizhong, drag Itagaki and Nakajima, and win time.

To the west, under the bright moonlight, a group of soldiers was hurrying on their way, and Sun Liren rode on a black horse, standing on the side of the road and watching the soldiers run quickly past him.

"I... Me, I can't run. ”

A young soldier stumbled and clutched the strap of his backpack in front of him, crying out in his vocal cords, and an officer ran from behind him, took his gun and carried it to himself.

"At most, there are still twenty miles, Zhang Sanwang will carry him away."

When the officer had done all this, he called a burly soldier from behind, and together with the backpack belt in front, he carried the young soldier forward and continued to rush forward.

Sun Liren nodded with satisfaction, this army is his hard work for a year, he began to form a unit in June last year, originally formed a division of type B, but after the army arrived in Wuhan, he met his comrades of the former tax police corps on the streets of Wuhan, and learned that there were about 5,000 members of the tax police team who were living in Wuhan for various reasons, and no one cared about them, Sun Liren immediately incorporated them into the new 38th division, and took over the new 38th division and became a division of the first type, no, it should be a strengthened division of the first type, and the whole division was more than 18,000 people, There are 3,000 more than Zhuang Jihua's rearing divisions.

When he first incorporated people into the army, he was still worried about Zhuang Jihua's opposition, but he didn't expect that Zhuang Jihua not only did not object, but with a stroke of the pen, he asked the Quartermaster Department in Wuhan to provide them with all the equipment, and the troops were immediately upgraded from Division B to Heavy Division, 1C5

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