"Yes, that's what it means, since the little devil's strength is insufficient, then we will make him even more insufficient. In the same way, you can also let these little devils take care of themselves, do you say they still have the energy to attack our base area? Seeing that the political commissar reacted so quickly, Liu Hua still said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, Commander, then let's do it. I will immediately send a telegram to the three military sub-districts and ask them to take action starting tomorrow. After listening to the words of the political commissar and Liu Hua, the chief of staff immediately applauded, and without saying a word, he stood up and wanted to go to the radio room to send a report.

"Alas, Chief of Staff, don't you be in a hurry? How can it be so fast, and the specific details have not been discussed clearly? I think so, now there are six regiments in all three divisions. Each time, only three regiments of troops were dispatched to look for the bad luck of the little devils around the periphery of the base area, and the rest were not used as defense, and each regiment was pulled out for training in turn. On the other hand, our directly subordinate columns were scattered to the southern and western parts of Jinnan and other vast areas in the regiment, jumping out of the base area to find the bad luck of the little devils. In this way, not only can the troops be trained, but at the same time, a lot of materials and equipment can be captured. Liu Hua grabbed the eager chief of staff and said.

"Okay, listen to you, then I'll go and send a report to the commanders of the three divisions now, and I'll also leave the matter of sending poison gas bombs to the little devils" The chief of staff said with a smile, leaving Liu Hua and the political commissar dumbfounded.

"Political commissar, I really didn't expect that the chief of staff was in such a hurry, as if we would grab the task with him" Looking at the departing chief of staff Li Qing, Liu Hua said speechlessly to the political commissar.

Just when the army was preparing to continue using poison gas bombs, the Reading Force Division set out for action, and of course, the fastest was the special operations brigade. In less than a day, some of the troops closest to the base area received poison gas bombs from the special operations team and a threatening letter to the imp.

"Baga, how can the Eighth Route Army have poison gas bombs. Quick, order all the soldiers to wear gas masks what, no, gas masks have not been issued yet? How is it possible, no, immediately connect me to the phone of His Excellency the Wing Captain, and I will personally report this matter. Ask the wing commander to issue us anti-poison equipment," the commanders of the various strongholds of the army who received the poison gas bombs roared at the deputy captains beside them

Soon, this call for help came one by one. In less than half an hour, the news reached the North China General Headquarters of the Chinese Army. Looking at the telegrams sent from all over his hand, thinking that he had just reported to Lieutenant General Tada Jun yesterday on the results of the battle achieved by the defenders of Jinzhong County, the chief of staff was speechless for a while.

Still, the chief of staff knew the seriousness of the matter. In the face of one telegram after another asking for help from Headquarters for the transfer of gas masks. The chief of staff had no choice but to come to the office of the commander, Lieutenant General Tada, with a bitter face. There was a knock on the door, and soon the voice of the commander could be heard from inside the office. "Come in"

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, I have an emergency that I need to report to you immediately." Seeing the commander Lieutenant General Tada Jun sitting behind the desk with a smile on his face, the chief of staff couldn't help but say loudly.

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, is it another good news from there, I really didn't expect that the use of poison gas to fight can have such a good effect, if we had known earlier, we would not have lost so many Imperial soldiers" Tada Jun did not notice the change in the face of the chief of staff in front of him at all, and still replied with a smile.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, no. It was a telegram for help from various bases in North China. We are required to immediately distribute gas masks to the more than 100,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army in North China. The chief of staff replied with his head bowed.

"Nani? Gas masks are distributed, what do they want gas masks for. Chief of Staff, is there something wrong. After learning that it was not good news, but a telegram asking for help, Tadajun's face immediately turned from emotion to gloomy, and with a dark face, he asked the chief of staff in front of him puzzled.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, that's right. Since this morning, various strongholds of our North China garrison have received some poison gas bombs and threatening letters from the Eighth Route Army." Slowly, the chief of staff made a detailed report on the receipt of poison gas bombs at various bases in front of Tada Jun.

"Baga, how can this be, how can the readers of the Eighth Route Army have gas bombs, how can they have the empire's gas bombs? Chief of Staff, what are we going to do now, how much stock of gas masks are in our warehouse," Commander Lieutenant General Tada couldn't help but roar loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. Due to the tension of the war in the south, the limited gas masks of our army were basically all transported to the front line in the south, and now there are less than 50,000 sets of stocks left in our headquarters, and they are still stored in the logistics warehouse in Tianjin. It is simply impossible to fully equip the North China garrison with gas masks, and even the front-line troops at the forefront cannot reach one set per person. The chief of staff replied with his head bowed.

"Baga, Chief of Staff, now the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army has issued a threat to our army. Do you think our gas warfare can continue to develop? Lieutenant General Tada asked with a frown.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I believe that our army must stop this method of warfare. If we annoy the readers, who launch a gas war against our army, then our North China garrison will suffer immeasurable losses. Although it is not clear how many of these weapons are in the hands of the reader. However, from the looting of our Baoding material warehouse and the looting of Taiyuan material warehouse, we can know that there must have been a large number of poison gas bombs in the hands of the reading master. The chief of staff suggested loudly.

"Well, Chief of Staff, that's all I can do to order the various strongholds to prohibit sorties from today. Wait for Imperial reinforcements to arrive. Tada Jun ordered helplessly, waved his hand, and motioned for the chief of staff to leave.

However, although the poison gas war of the Yue army is over, the battle belonging to the Reading Force Division has indeed just begun. After receiving the order from the division headquarters, the soldiers who had been holding back for more than a month and wanted to try their skills. After receiving the news, he immediately screamed and asked the commander of the military region to fight, asking the commander to approve his unit to become the first batch of troops to fight.

Since this battle was basically an offensive and an offensive, each army subdivision had the equipment of an artillery regiment. Therefore, almost every regiment of the nine infantry regiments in the three corps divisions carried at least three mountain guns or one battery of infantry guns. The regiments, with battalions as units, began their own sweeps in the areas occupied by the army on the edge of the base areas.

At this time, Yang Dayi, the commander of the Third Reading Regiment of the Second Division, who had just been reorganized, was leading his own troops of a newly organized regiment and pulling the three mountain artillery pieces attached to the headquarters. Mightily rushed towards the Daxigou stronghold, which was about ten kilometers away from the base. To say that this Daxigou stronghold can be said to be a cancer in the minds of all the soldiers and ordinary people of the entire Second Division. The whole stronghold. It's like a nail in the side of the entire second division. Almost every time the Yue army sent troops to encircle and suppress the base area, the Daxigou stronghold was the place where the army sent troops and stored logistics materials.

Of course, the army also knew the importance of this stronghold. In order to ensure that this stronghold was not breached by our army, two squadrons of little devils and a battalion of puppet troops were stationed, with more than 900 troops. More importantly, a large number of deep trenches were dug around the stronghold, with the four-storey artillery tower in the center as the center, and a dozen small pillboxes were built around it, surrounding the entire stronghold like an iron bucket. Without the assistance of heavy artillery, the captain of the Yue Army guarding the store believed that even if the Eighth Route Army came to the strength of the previous division, it would not be his opponent.

However, to the little devil's surprise, Yang Dayi was ordered by the headquarters today. And with an infantry battery of the divisional artillery regiment, ready to destroy this nail stuck in the edge of the base area.

Just as Yang Dayi led his troops, he had just completed the encirclement of the Daxigou stronghold in front of him. It was said that the army stronghold was in chaos. A squad leader on duty, after the Eighth Route Army surrounded his stronghold by the French minister, he forgot even the most basic military salute, and rushed into the captain's office with a panicked face: "Report to the captain, our stronghold is surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, and now the Eighth Route Army is approaching."

"What, Baga, how is it possible, you must be lying about the military situation. It has always been the Imperial Army of the Great Empire that attacked the Eighth Route Army, how could the Eighth Route Army attack our Daxigou stronghold. What's more, our stronghold has a garrison of nearly a thousand people, with plenty of ammunition and strong defense. Could it be that these Eighth Route Army are not dying, and they dare to attack our Daxigou stronghold? After listening to the words of the squad leader, the captain didn't believe it or didn't believe it.

"Hi, Your Excellency Captain, it's true, our stronghold is really surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army, which surrounded our stronghold, had at least one regiment of troops. Looking at the captain with a face full of disbelief, the captain said with an anxious face.

As Nani spoke, the captain picked up the binoculars on his desk and went to the small window of his office. But if you don't look at it, you don't know, when the captain saw the situation outside, his face immediately turned pale, and even the hands holding the binoculars began to tremble.

"Baga, how can this be, quickly, order all the puppet troops, the first squadron to enter all the pillboxes at once, guard the perimeter, and must not let the Eighth Route Army rush over. The 2nd Squadron held on to the central turret, providing fire support to the pillboxes, and quickly delivered orders. "Seeing that outside the stronghold, the Eighth Route Army, which has nearly 2,000 people, has surrounded itself tightly. More importantly, the Eighth Route Army had advanced to a distance of less than three hundred meters from its stronghold. The captain didn't say a word, threw down the telescope in his hand, and ordered loudly to the team leader behind him. At the same time, he turned around and came to the desk phone and rang the phone to the county seat.

"Commander, let's start attacking, the soldiers can't wait. Let's take advantage of the enemy's panic now, and take them by surprise" Looking at the army stronghold a few hundred meters away, the battalion commander standing next to the regiment commander Yang Dayi said with a smile.

"Hehe, wait, didn't you see that the little devil hasn't started to transfer troops yet?" Yang Dayi shook his head without hesitation and said with a mysterious face. At the same time, a pair of eyes were always staring at the stronghold of the army a few hundred meters away, motionless, as if waiting for something?

Finally, just a minute later, a loud whistle sounded from the Daxigou stronghold. A puppet soldier, a little devil, under the command of their respective commanders, rushed out of their barracks with a rifle on their backs and ran towards the pillbox dozens of meters away. The stronghold of the Yue Army, which was still chaotic just now, began to boil at this moment and became orderly.

Seeing the ubiquitous little devils on the training ground in the middle of the stronghold camp, Yang Dayi's mouth showed a smile, and he ordered loudly to the mortar company behind him: "Artillery company, give me an indiscriminate artillery bombardment of the open space in the middle of the little devil's stronghold, open, open the cannon immediately, let these dogs also taste the power of artillery fire." ”

As soon as Yang Dayi's words fell, the artillery company position not far behind him remembered the sound of a series of mortar guns being ejected. With the whistling sound of shells crossing the sky, 9 mortar shells landed accurately in the huge stronghold of the little devils.

"Well hit, fight too well, the artillery will continue to fire at me" Through the binoculars in his hand, Yang Dayi, the regiment commander standing at a high place, clearly saw the effect of the unit's artillery bombardment. When he saw that his first round of shells landed in the open space and exploded, overturning a dozen enemies at once, he couldn't help but be excited and shouted loudly.

Under the command of the artillery company commander, one shell after another exploded in the open space in the center of the stronghold, overturning one puppet army or little devil after another. However, even so, seeing the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army getting closer and closer around them, the puppet soldiers who retreated to the barracks still rushed to the pillbox dozens of meters away under the threat of a bright bayonet, risking the danger of being blown up at any time. In the end, under the blockade of the intensive artillery fire of the regimental artillery company, more than 500 puppet army devils left nearly 100 corpses in the open space before entering their combat positions with the remnants of the soldiers.

"Regiment commander, you can start attacking" Seeing that the puppet army little devil had already drilled into the turtle shell, and the artillery fire could no longer cause much damage to them, the battalion commander next to him once again asked for battle.

"Okay, Battalion Commander Wang, first order a company to carry out a tentative attack to see if the little devil still has a hidden firepower point. Although the headquarters was equipped with an infantry artillery company, it had very little ammunition, only 30 rounds per infantry gun. Therefore, we must have a shell that hits a point of fire and saves use. Regiment Commander Yang Dayi nodded and ordered to the battalion commander behind him.

"Yes, regimental commander," the battalion commander replied with excitement on his face, turning around and running towards his troops. Soon, I saw the dense strafing sound of heavy machine guns and several heavy machine guns sounding from the position not far away. Under the cover of heavy machine guns, the soldiers of a company, amid the loud sound of the trumpet of the charge, rushed out of the position and launched the first tentative attack on the outlying positions of the army not far away.

However, just when the soldiers of a company had just rushed out of the position less than 100 meters, the firepower density displayed by the Yue army really frightened Yang Dayi and the others. Because, in one company of the current three pillboxes. Nine shooting holes, nine tongues of fire formed a dense network of crossfire in front of the fighters at once. Countless warriors, before they could react from the shock, were knocked down in pools of blood. What's even more terrifying is that it is in the center of the entire stronghold, and it is more than ten meters high. More than five heavy machine guns, condescending, at the same time spewed tongues of fire at the fighters lying on the ground.

Immediately, more than 100 fighters, only a hundred meters away from the position, lost nearly half of their troops in the enemy's dense rain of bullets, and retreated in embarrassment. And when he saw the attack of his surname for the first time, he was repelled by the little devil in such a comedy, and he was still a soldier. As the head of the regiment, Yang Dayi looked at everything in front of him in disbelief.

"Commander Yang, let's connect the infantry artillery, I promise, one cannon and one pillbox will definitely avenge the sacrificed soldiers." I saw Yang Dayi, the head of the regiment, who was about to insert his nails into the flesh because of his clenched fists. The commander of the infantry artillery company, who was also standing beside Yang Dayi, hurriedly proposed.

"Well, Company Commander Zhang. Now I order, and the infantry artillery company will attack me at once. First of all, you are going to bombard me with the enemy's most central turret. Damn, the little devil is condescending, if we don't solve their turret, our fighters will always be within their firepower. Listening to the advice of the commander of the infantry artillery company, Yang Dayi did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Commander Yang, I promise to bombard the central turret of the little devil at the first time." The commander of the infantry artillery company replied loudly, turning and running towards his artillery position. Soon, in Yang Dayi's field of vision, the soldiers of the infantry artillery company, under the command of the company commander, pushed three infantry cannons and slowly advanced the cannons to a distance of only 500 meters from the stronghold of the army.

"Boom, boom, boom" three huge explosions sounded over the artillery positions. Yang Dayi hurriedly raised the telescope in his hand. I saw that on the artillery position, white smoke was rising from the muzzles of the three infantry guns. And in an instant, three huge explosions also occurred in the stronghold of the army. Yang Dayi turned around and looked at the stronghold of the army. Of the three shells, all but one of which landed in the open space next to the stronghold, all of the remaining two shells were direct hits. What's more, one of the shells, still running up the huge running building, blew a huge hole along the firing hole.

(To be continued)