"What? Do you have any questions? Li Yifeng asked indifferently.

Chi Fengcheng was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "No, of course not, now it's okay, let the little devil also taste the taste of this gas bomb!" "Chifeng City's 31st Division has suffered from the devil's poison gas, in the original battle of Taierzhuang, the Yue army used poison gas bombs on a large scale to attack, so when he saw the gray-brown smoke, he recognized at a glance that it was the smoke produced by poison gas bombs.

"The devil is indeed very insidious, the power of this gas bomb is indeed much more amazing than other shells, I have not used it before, since the military seat approved us to use it, I have found that it is very suitable to use gas bombs against devils with a strong sense of war." Li Yifeng said playfully, his eyes full of excitement.

"Well, this thing isn't any less lethal than a grenade." Chi Fengcheng nodded in agreement, and then said, "Senior Commander Li, you can't miss the opportunity, so should we take advantage of the current time to attack?" ”

"The offensive has begun." Li Yifeng smiled proudly.

"It's already started?" Chi Fengcheng suddenly realized.

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On the sortie position of the first division, more than 1,000 heavily armed soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army put on gas masks one after another, and then quietly approached the position of the army under the leadership of the commander of the regiment.

The thick poisonous smoke obscured the view of the Yue army, providing excellent cover for the sudden attack of the Tiger Ben army.

As the distance approached, Feng Shi could already faintly hear the miserable howl coming from the devil's position, and immediately waved his hand behind him, urging his subordinates to speed up the charge.

Wearing gas masks, the soldiers approached the devil's position silently like ghosts from hell, raising their weapons and shooting fiercely at the devils in the chaos in the trenches.

For a time, the noisy military position was full of gunfire.

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In the city of Xuzhou, the Xuzhou Garrison Headquarters of the Army.

A lieutenant ran into the garrison headquarters in a hurry, and saluted to the current commander of the Xuzhou garrison, Major General Inoue Shu, who suddenly closed his feet and stood upright: "Report to Your Excellency the commander, the people of Zhina, the people of China have used special bombs, and the garrison troops outside the city have suffered heavy losses, and the outer positions of the southern front have been lost. ”

"What? Special bombs? Inoue Shu was shocked when he heard this, and then he said angrily: "Yaga, the hateful Shina people, dare to openly use chemical weapons against the imperial army, and his conscience is greatly damaged!" ”

"Your Excellency, what should we do? The people of China are about to attack Xuzhou City. The devil lieutenant asked very anxiously, now is not the time to scold.

Inoue Shu was originally a large officer of the logistics department of the North China Front, this time in charge of logistics work in Xuzhou, when he learned that the Tiger Ben Army was attacking, as Inoue Shu drove the ducks to the shelves and was ordered to set up the Xuzhou Garrison Command, and served as the commander, responsible for commanding all the troops in Xuzhou City to resist the attack of the Tiger Ben Army.

Inoue Shu, who was in charge of logistics, obviously did not have much command ability, and most of his troops in Xuzhou were remotely commanded by Banheng Seishiro with radio control, and now he learned that his defensive position had been breached, and he was suddenly a little at a loss.

The devil lieutenant also saw that Inoue Shu was not assertive, and immediately said to him: "Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest that we should immediately send a telegram to General Ban Hengzheng and ask for tactical guidance." ”

"Yo Xi, quickly send a telegram to General Ban Hengzheng!" Inoue nodded as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

The devil lieutenant immediately stepped forward and immediately turned around and walked towards the confidential room.

It didn't take long for him to turn around and come back, and said to Inoue: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, General Ban Hengzheng called back." ”

"How so? Inoue asked eagerly.

"The general ordered us to immediately shrink all the troops outside the city into the city, and rely on the buildings inside the city and the people of China for street fighting." The lieutenant said loudly.

"Well, the general is wise, the people of China are well-equipped and have strong firepower, and it is extremely unwise to hold the position outside the city!" Inoue nodded in agreement, and then said to the lieutenant, "Akita-kun will immediately follow the general's order." ”

"Hay!" Captain Akita bowed his head abruptly, and then turned around and took the order.

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After receiving the order, the panicked Yue army hastily withdrew into the city, Li Yifeng immediately commanded the troops to launch a pursuit, followed the Yue army into the city, and fierce street fighting broke out.

Yangzhuang Village, the temporary general headquarters of the Huben Army.

Xie Jinyuan put down the phone in his hand, turned to Qiao Anbang and reported: "Military seat, scout report, the forward troops of the 109th Division of the army are less than thirty kilometers away from Xuzhou City, and they can arrive in two hours at most, and at the same time, the reconnaissance plane also found several reinforcements from the devil north of Xuzhou, which are coming from Zaozhuang and Linyi and other directions, in addition, the other divisions of the devil are also desperately coming, if we can't capture Xuzhou in time, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Qiao Anbang didn't speak when he heard this, but fell into deep thought, a huge Xuzhou city, thousands of devils withdrew into the city, house by house resistance, it will take a certain amount of time to clear them all.

At this time, Qiao Anbang understood why the devil suddenly gave up all the positions outside the city and took the initiative to retreat into the city, obviously the commander of this devil army knew very well that the garrison composed of these irregular troops in Xuzhou City could not really block the attack of the Tiger Ben army.

The only way is to delay as much time as possible, to buy time for the arrival of reinforcements, he withdrew thousands of devils into the city, relying on the criss-crossing buildings in the city to resist step by step, using the buildings and civilians in the city to offset the ground artillery and air fire superiority of the Tiger Ben army, the battle between the two sides returned to the stage of infantry against infantry, which is obviously a smart move.

Even if the Tiger Ben Army was well-equipped with individual soldiers, it was impossible to wipe out all the devils in the city in a very short time.

Xie Jinyuan saw that Qiao Anbang fell into a deep groan, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke: "Junza, I have a way to completely capture Xuzhou City within two hours. ”

"Huh? What can Big Brother do? Qiao Anbang looked up and asked.

"Concentrate all the artillery fire and all the air force, carry out a large-scale bombardment of Xuzhou City, and raze Xuzhou City to the ground!" After Xie Jinyuan finished speaking, his face was quite heavy and said: "However, in this way, hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou City are afraid that they will ......."

Before Xie Jinyuan finished speaking, Qiao Anbang already understood, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately waved his hand and vetoed: "No, absolutely not." Our Tiger Ben Army has always taken it as its responsibility to protect the family and defend the country, how can we do the same thing as mutilating our own compatriots? If we want to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of compatriots in exchange for victory in this battle, then we would rather not have such a victory, the people are the foundation of the country, if we bomb Xuzhou City, then how different is our behavior from the Kou? What are we fighting against? ”

Xie Jinyuan was silent, saying in his heart, he couldn't bear to take this method, but as a soldier, especially a commander, he had to say what he thought of, this is his duty, as for whether to adopt it or not, it is up to Qiao Anbang to decide.

Qiao Anbang thinks that he is not a great man, and he can't make the decision to win the war at the expense of hundreds of thousands of people, because he has blood, flesh, and feelings, as a traverser, he knows the tragic tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre, so he did everything to save 700,000 fathers and elders in Nanjing and rewrite history, and now how can he bear to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou?

After all, there were not one or two hundred people in the city, nor one or two thousand, but hundreds of thousands.

"So what do we do? According to this progress, we will definitely not be able to completely clear the city and capture Xuzhou in two hours! Xie Jinyuan was silent for a moment and said.

"Let me think about it!" Qiao Anbang took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it himself, and began to pace back and forth with a frown.

Just when the entire headquarters fell silent, Qiao Anbang suddenly stopped and said, "I have a way!" ”

"Huh? What's the solution? Xie Jinyuan asked overjoyed.

"Flamethrower!" Qiao Anbang was in a good mood and said awe-inspiringly.

"Flamethrower?" When Xie Jinyuan heard this name for the first time, he was extremely surprised and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Flamethrower, is a single weapon used to attack tough battles, with gasoline as the pigment, can spray more than ten meters or even twenty or thirty meters of tongue of fire, used to deal with the enemy hidden in the bunker, the tunnel is very effective, once people are sprayed by this tongue of fire, absolutely certain death, the high temperature generated by the jet is enough to burn the air in some hidden fortifications, even if they can't burn, they can be roasted and suffocated." Jo Anbang explained.

"Is it really that powerful?" Xie Jinyuan said with a surprised expression.

"Of course." Qiao Anbang nodded, and said unsatisfied: "At present, the devils in Xuzhou City rely on the buildings to resist, and the search everywhere is too slow and too dangerous, if we are equipped with flamethrowers, the speed of clearing them will be much faster." ”

"Do we have this equipment now?" Xie Jinyuan asked.

"The troops are not equipped for the time being, but they are in the base area." After saying this, Qiao Anbang said again: "I personally went to inform Battalion Commander Liu and asked her to send the flamethrower. After saying that, Qiao Anbang strode out, obviously Qiao Anbang hid the secret of the aircraft from Xie Jinyuan, Qiao Anbang said that Xie Jinyuan would not break the casserole and ask if there was a flamethrower or something in the Wen base area.

(To be continued)