On the morning of May 3, 1909, the German, Russian, Italian, Austrian, and Turkish allied forces of the five countries spent their efforts at night to capture two small pieces of the Royal Army positions of the Chinese Empire, which were once again recaptured by the combination of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire and the counterattack force of the Royal Chinese Army.

The commanders of the five countries had a preliminary discussion, and in addition to the latest mustard gas shells from Germany, a batch of phosgene shells and chlorine shells would also be sent to the front line from Italy, and a large number of chlorine shells from Russia's reserves would also be used to attack the defense line of the Chinese Empire.

Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature, which enters the human body through the respiratory tract, and phosgene also enters the human body through the respiratory tract, but it is ten times more toxic than chlorine, and mustard gas is more terrifying than phosgene, you must know that mustard gas only needs to contact the skin, which can bring very serious harm to people.

In order to wait for the arrival of poison gas, on the night of May 3, the German, Russian, Italian, Austrian, and Turkish forces suddenly stopped attacking the first line of defense of the Imperial Chinese Army in the Ural Mountains, and in the following days, they did not take advantage of the night to attack again.

The five main army commanders of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire guarding the first line of defense in the Ural Mountains opposite the five-nation coalition army were not surprised that the five-nation coalition suddenly stopped attacking, after all, the five-nation coalition army attacked for eight consecutive nights and lost at least one million troops, that is, the five-nation coalition army did not give up the attack on the defense line of the Ural Mountains. A short break was also normal, and the rest of the 5-nation coalition showed no signs of retreating. So the commanders of the five main armies ordered the troops of the first line of defense to hurry up and repair the broken fortifications. Prepare to resist the next attack of the 5-nation coalition forces.

In the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the capital of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia received a telegram from Sonokopsky, commander of the Russian Army on the Ural Front, and immediately sent people to find Russian Minister of Finance Witt, Minister of War Gorrosky, and Minister of the Navy Makarov.

The three Russian ministers came to the Winter Palace, not knowing what Tsar Nicholas II was looking for them, and after the three of them greeted Tsar Nicholas II, Nicholas II had a gloomy face and did not immediately tell the three people what they were looking for.

War Minister Gorrosky and Admiralty Makarov both glanced at Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte, meaning to ask Witte to ask Tsar Nicholas II to ask them to come here. What does that mean?

Now His Majesty the Tsar looks at the Russian army and navy, but they are very unpleasant, needless to say, the navy is left with some old warships and some offshore gunboats in the entire Russian navy, and other advanced warships have ceased to exist, and the Minister of the Navy Makarov is now terrified every time he sees Tsar Nicholas II, and the army has just lost more than one million troops in the attack on the defense line of the Chinese Empire in the Ural Mountains, and the problem is that the loss is so large. Now not even a little of the Chinese Empire's position is occupied, which makes Tsar Nicholas II more angry lately, and has already fired several times at the Minister of War Gorrosky.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte saw the eyes of the other two important Russian ministers and understood the situation of the two at this time. Now he was the only one who dared to say something in front of Tsar Nicholas II, so Witte cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, you have summoned your ministers and waited." Don't know what it's for? ”

Tsar Nicholas II said with a gloomy face: "Now the army of our Russian Empire, as well as the army of Germany, Italy, Austria and Turkey. The defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains was attacked for several days, but still no progress was made. If we continue to fight like this, millions of army units of our Russian Empire will be consumed in the defense line of the Ural Mountains of the Chinese Imperial Army, and they may not be able to hit the area east of the Ural Mountains. ”

Tsar Nicholas II's words made the head of the Minister of War Gorrosky go even lower, Gorrosky has no way to deal with the war on the front line of the Ural Mountains, the Russian War Department has poured its best strength to mobilize Russian Army units to the front line of the Ural Mountains, plus the follow-up of those newly formed troops sent in the past, the Russian Army has gathered 3.9 million troops on the front line of the Ural Mountains, but after 8 nights of strong attack, the Russian Army troops on the front line of the Ural Mountains, There are less than 2.9 million left to continue fighting.

Witte hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, our Russian Empire cannot afford to lose this war, and now the war on the front line of the Ural Mountains is difficult, but we can only grit our teeth and persevere, if the battle of the Ural Mountains cannot be won by our Russian Empire, then this war is basically equivalent to losing our Russian Empire." ”

Witte listened to the words of Tsar Nicholas II, and thought that Tsar Nicholas II could not hold out for the campaign in the Ural Mountains.

Tsar Nicholas II said in a more gloomy voice: "The current Tsar must carry out the battle of the Ural Mountains to the end, and must also break through the three fortifications established by the Chinese Imperial Army in the Ural Mountains, just like what you said, our Russian Empire can no longer afford to lose this war, and the battle of the Ural Mountains is the key to this war." ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte, Minister of War Gorrosky, and Minister of the Navy Makarov immediately shouted in unison: "Your Majesty the Tsar is wise!" ”

Then Tsar Nicholas II picked up a piece of paper from the square wooden table beside him and said to the three important Russian ministers: "General Sonokopsky of the Ural Mountains front has just sent a telegram to Tsar Ben, he discussed it with the army commanders of the four fronts of Germany, Italy, Austria and Turkey, and thought that such a strong attack would not be a way after all, after all, the strength of the Chinese Imperial Air Force was too strong, even stronger than in the previous battles, the troops of the 5-nation coalition army. At night, at great cost the captured positions of the Chinese Empire. As a result, as soon as the sky dawned, these captured positions. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Imperial Chinese Air Force, the counterattack forces of the Imperial Chinese Army took the opportunity to recapture it, and now the army commanders of the five countries are ready to use poison gas to attack the defense line of the Ural Mountains of the Imperial Chinese Army. ”

"What? Gas? How can this work! Your Majesty the Tsar, the Imperial Chinese Army has long possessed poison gas shells, and even poison gas aerial bombs, and even those poison gas shells and poison gas aerial bombs owned by the Chinese Imperial Army, which are filled with several kinds of poison gas, many of which are many times more terrifying than the poison gas possessed by our Russian Empire! If it weren't for the Chinese Emperor Lin Daxin. The only woman's benevolence is used for not using poison gas, maybe the army of the Chinese Empire has now hit St. Petersburg of our Russian Empire, and even our St. Petersburg may not be able to hold out under the poison gas attack of the Chinese Imperial Army for how long! Your Majesty the Tsar, you must not use poison gas against the armies of the Chinese Empire! As soon as Nicholas II's words fell, War Minister Korrosky shouted in shock.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte also followed up and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, the Chinese Empire has long announced to the outside world that they will not use poison gas to fight first, if our five-nation coalition forces carry out a poison gas attack on the Chinese Imperial Army on the front line of the Ural Mountains. The army of the Chinese Empire will definitely use poison gas to fight back, and no one knows what kind of powerful poison gas the Chinese Empire has? I don't know how terrifying the poison gas power of the Chinese Empire is? But what we do know is that the officers and men of the Chinese Imperial Army were equipped with gas masks from top to bottom. Chlorine gas, like the one that our Russian Empire has, can only poison people through the respiratory tract, to the armies of the Chinese Empire. The threat was almost minimal, and the minister suggested that the commanders on the front line should not think again. ”

Tsar Nicholas II put the telegram in his hand back on the square wooden table beside him. In an extremely lonely voice, he said: "The Tsar Ben knows that the poison gas possessed by the Chinese Empire can be very terrifying, and the army commanders of the five countries on the front line also know this. But now in this battle in the Ural Mountains, our 5-nation coalition has reached a stalemate, except for the implementation of poison gas attacks, there is really no other way to think of, and now we can only fight desperately, maybe the poison gas possessed by the Chinese Empire is not as powerful as we imagined, and our 5-nation coalition forces will also take security measures to prevent the poison gas attack of the Chinese Imperial Army before carrying out a poison gas attack on the Chinese Imperial Army, otherwise you can come up with any other good way, To break the deadlock in this battle in the Urals? ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Witte, Minister of War Korrosky and Minister of the Navy Makarov looked at each other again, and then they all sighed helplessly, Korrosky thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty the Tsar, but our Russian Imperial Army units are basically not equipped with many gas masks, and if the two armies engage in gas warfare, our Russian Imperial Army units will encounter very big trouble." ”

Tsar Nicholas II said: "Germany will provide some gas masks for our army units on the front line of the Russian Empire's Ural Mountains, and we can also see from Britain and France if we can ask for some gas masks, and covering our mouths with wet towels can also play a certain role in preventing poison." There is no need to be too pessimistic about the gas war, Germany will send a batch of powerful poison gas to the front line in the Ural Mountains, and Italy will also send a batch of poison gas to the front line, plus the poison gas that our Russian Empire has, maybe it will bring us a very big surprise! ”

After receiving a telegram from the German army commander, General Hindenburg, the German Emperor Wilhelm II also urgently summoned some important German ministers to the imperial palace in Berlin, and the German Prime Minister Hohenlohe, the chief of the army staff Schlieffen and the naval minister Tirpitz hurried to the imperial palace after receiving the will of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.

After seeing the arrival of the three important German ministers, the German Emperor Wilhelm II said to them straight to the point: "Now our German, Russian, Italian, Austrian, and Turkish allied forces have encountered great difficulties in attacking the defense line of the Ural Mountains built by the Chinese Imperial Army, and the number of dead in our German Army has exceeded 200,000. In addition, General Hindenburg hoped that we, the Germans, would immediately transport the newly developed mustard gas shells to the front line in the Ural Mountains. ”

Prime Minister Hohenlohe listened to Wilhelm II's words, his brows immediately wrinkled, and then Cheng said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the army of the Chinese Empire has long had poison gas shells, and even according to the information obtained by our German intelligence department, the army of the Chinese Empire also has mustard gas, and the number is much more than that of our Germany, our 5-nation coalition will shoot itself in the foot. ”

Schlieffen, Chief of the General Staff of the Army, also said: "We in Germany attach importance to gas warfare because we know that the Chinese Empire has gas shells that can be used in war, and if a gas war breaks out in the Ural Mountains, the final result is difficult to predict." ”

Admiral Minister Tirpitz also advised: "Your Majesty, gas warfare is definitely a Pandora's box, which not only hurts others but also hurts yourself, I hope Your Majesty will think about it carefully." ”

Wilhelm II waved his hand and said: "The current situation can not be taken care of so much, there is no other way to break through the defense line of the Chinese Imperial Army except for the implementation of poison gas attacks in the Ural Mountains, immediately organize forces, and secretly transport all the mustard gas shells stored in Germany to the front line of the Ural Mountains, I hope God bless us Germany!" ”

The German Emperor Wilhelm II was about to fight to the point of vomiting blood for this war, and it has reached the point where Wilhelm II will definitely not admit defeat, that is, he will use poison gas to attack the army of the Chinese Empire, and he may be counterattacked by the more terrifying poison gas of the Chinese Imperial Army, and Wilhelm II will not pay attention to it now.

The leaders of Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, although they were a little uncertain about the poison gas attack, after all, the Chinese Empire must also have poison gas, and it is likely to be more powerful, but their allies insisted on using poison gas, and they could only obey and follow the road to the black. (To be continued.) )

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