In the evening, on the battlefield in the Far East, only 3 kilometers away from the front-line line of the Chinese army's front-line of resistance, a Wehrmacht army had stopped, and this army had been fully dispensed with gas masks and other equipment, as well as some emergency treatment drugs for common poisonous gases, and seemed to turn a blind eye to the front-line defense line of the Japanese army, which was only less than a kilometer on the opposite side.

According to the combat orders issued by the superiors, this line is the red line of death, and whoever crosses it will be dealt with by military law.

This army was subordinate to the 19th Group Army, which was a semi-mechanized army with one tank division among the six divisions of the group army, which also had a high degree of mechanization and had much stronger combat effectiveness than ordinary field armies.

At nightfall, Lieutenant General Zhu Chi, commander of the 19th Group Army, also rushed in a car and wearing anti-poison equipment to a place about two kilometers away from the troops' alert line, only four or five kilometers away from the army's only blocking line.

"How's it going?"

Zhu Chi is not at ease! As the newly promoted commander of the 19th Group Army within the 20th serial number, his operational command style is both courageous and cautious, and this is also a quality that must be possessed as a commander of the Republic Group Army.

Judging from the documents jointly issued to the commanders by the Campaign Command Headquarters and the General Staff, as well as the emergency meeting of the Campaign Command, it is clear that the army's poison gas isolation plan is determined to be implemented, and it will be tonight.

In the face of a multi-division army in front of him, his subordinates asked for battle many times, but Zhu Chi severely reprimanded them, and whoever did not obey the military order and attacked rashly would be disposed of on the spot, and for a time, the vanguard of the army could stop only three or four kilometers away from the army.

"What is the current distribution of our troops!"

As soon as Zhu Chi arrived at the 75th Division under the command of the group army in front, after seeing the division commander Zhang Wenguang, he hurriedly asked.

"At present, the main force of our army is 10 kilometers away from the front-line blocking position of the Japanese army, and the troops of one of the squads are monitoring their movements at a distance of three kilometers from the Japanese army."

Zhang Wenguang pointed to the map spread out by the staff officer and said to Lieutenant General Zhu Chi.

"Well, the order departments are not allowed to move forward without my personal orders. He said that the possible poison gas warfare that the army might carry out this time was not a small-scale poison gas war, and ordered all units to stand by and take any possible anti-poison gas measures. ”

Zhu Chi decisively ordered, that squad of surveillance troops do not have to worry, although it is only three kilometers away from the army, and only five kilometers away from the isolation zone of the army in the intelligence, it is already a relatively safe distance, not to mention that there is a full set of anti-gas equipment.

As for the main forces at a distance of more than ten kilometers, it is for absolute security.

Subsequently, Zhu Chi called meteorological experts accompanying the army to accept the meteorological data of the theater again, and inquired about the wind direction and temperature tonight and other conditions related to the combat conditions of the poison gas.

Later, because of the possibility of a poison gas war, the army did not have the energy to cook at dinner time, so Zhu Chi and the officers and men hastily ate a little dry food from the battlefield, and then again nervously continued to wait for the army's poison gas isolation plan.

At the same time, the troops on the gas warfare side nervously began to put the finishing touches on the equipment, and the following night, they were to detect any gas components in the air. Although ten kilometers is likely to be a faint poison gas, not to mention, tonight's wind direction is still slightly pressed in the direction of the Yue army, which can be said to be unfavorable to the Yue army itself, but since it is determined to create a poison gas isolation zone, the Yue army that is speeding up the evacuation will not care about the poison gas spreading in the direction of the sea for another distance.

"8:30 p.m. Hanjing time!"

Until the time mentioned in the intelligence was up, Zhu Chi raised his wrist and looked at his watch, took a deep breath through the gas mask, and then said in an urn voice, "Order cars and armored vehicles to be on standby at all times, and in case the situation deteriorates, the troops will immediately retreat." ”

"Yes!"

However, what reassured Zhu Chi was that the meteorological experts once again confirmed that the wind direction tonight would be slightly northerly, that is, in the direction of the withdrawal of the army.

This is also the bad luck of the army, although this situation has little impact. It was impossible for the army to accurately predict the direction of the wind before the war, so it was necessary to set aside a wide enough area to speed up the march and extend the distance to prevent the extreme situation of the poison gas chasing the army and retreating towards the sea.

"Report, according to intelligence, the army's poison gas plan has begun!"

A confidential staff officer came over and reported to Zhu Chi.

"Order all monitoring teams to be vigilant and monitor with all their might!" Zhu Chi ordered.

Behind the front-line positions of the Japanese army, which Zhu Chi and the entire 19th Group Army could not see, trucks loaded with poison gas canisters were loaded with a simple radio-activated detonator, and were finally detonated by the Japanese army's remote control.

Suddenly, nearly 20 kilometers long, more than two kilometers wide no man's land has risen a large number of toxic gases, after all, these toxic gases are slightly heavier than the air, can partially volatilize to the air, but the most poisonous surname is still close to the ground part, in order to be able to block the squadron for a long time, the army uses a mixture of poison gas with an internal number X that is not easy to volatilize and disperse, this poison gas is composed of a variety of poisonous gases, heavier than air, and can form an isolation zone for a long time.

Nearly 1,000 tons of poison gas were used at one time, which was the largest stroke in the history of the army.

A large amount of poisonous gas continued to spread close to the surface, instantly enveloping the 100-square-kilometer isolation zone, and the army division and regiment that were close at hand did not even know that the death poison gas behind it had leaked out.

In order for these divisions to be able to slow down the Chinese for a short time with a decisive mentality, the Yue army did not tell them that there would be a terrifying poison gas barrier behind them.

At this moment, at 8:30, after thousands of tons of poisonous gas were detonated and leaked, in less than 20 minutes, the defense line of the army, which was only 3~5 kilometers away from the poisonous gas isolation zone, began to be invaded by the spreading poisonous gas.

"Ahh ……”

"Ahh ……”

After all, so many Soviet prisoners of war and Koreans were used to do poison gas experiments, and the killing effect on people was very good, and even the roughest gas masks did not carry enough of the army, and they were soon attacked by the aftermath of the gas isolation belt, and one by one the soldiers were screaming and rolling in the trenches of the position, some of them choked their necks fiercely, some of them tore their faces fiercely, and some of them felt itchy and painful all over their bodies. The internal organs seemed to be ignited, and some of them only felt a sharp pain in their brains...... A multi-division army, in the extreme lack of anti-gas equipment, and very close to the poison gas isolation zone, was quickly wiped out without knowing it, and the remaining Yue army even tried to escape, but soon found that the poison gas actually came from behind, and more Yue troops fell into the more poisonous poison gas at the edge of the poison gas isolation zone.

The few surviving soldiers discovered the problem and began to run in the direction of the [***] team.

"Poison gas detected, prepare to retreat!!"

A squad in charge of detecting poison gas, after detecting a trace amount of poison gas in the air, quickly boarded the car and evacuated, even stopping at the scratching and screaming of the opposite position.

After all, poison gas is not supersonic and faster than light, and the spread of a small amount of poison gas in the air also has a time limit, and as the entire squad withdrew to the side of the main forces in the rear, the troops of the 74th Division of the 19th Army also detected trace amounts of poison gas.

"Prepare to retreat!!"

The Wehrmacht troops, who had been preparing for a long time, did not even get out of the car, and then retreated to the rear, after all, only part of the troops of the 74th Division were actually deployed here.

…… Hankyung, the press conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.

In the evening, some of the country's most important newspaper and television and radio reporters, as well as some friendly Axis correspondents, and even some other Western correspondents, were secretly invited to the Foreign Ministry's press conference hall, where they were told that there was important news to be announced by the Chinese political axe during a closed two-hour waiting period.

Soon, when the time reached 8:30, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tang Zhenhua walked into the hall, smiled and waved his hand to many reporters who were instantly excited, and then walked onto the podium.

"Ladies and gentlemen: good evening.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited you here today in order to announce to you a shocking conspiracy.

A few days ago, our intelligence officers obtained a top-secret piece of information from the Far East, which showed that the Japanese army was going to use chemical poison gas with devastating lethality in the Far East on a large scale, in a vain attempt to use inhumane gas bombs against the troops of our Wehrmacht to liberate the Far East.

Just now, at 8:30 Hanjing time, the results of our poison gas detection on the front line showed that the Yue army had already launched this crazy plan, although our army took the initiative to retreat to avoid the poison gas belt due to advance intelligence, but we have definite evidence to prove that the large-scale poison gas war of the Yue army has begun, and the frenzied Yue himself even left one of his own divisions near the poison gas belt as a purpose to lure the enemy into the depths......

Sure enough, along with Tang Zhenhua's angry speech and the evidence that was constantly being displayed, including a copy of the top-secret intelligence, some pictures and some data on the use of poison gas by the army, types, etc., were all shown to the reporters present.

"These dogs are so mad that they have taken the initiative to use poison gas on such a large scale in a vain attempt to plunge our Far East Defense Forces into a hellish catastrophe."

"Aren't we poison gas? Why don't you take the initiative to use it, saying that a nation like myself can be called the craziest and most shameless and lowly nation in the world, why don't you just wipe them out and exterminate them. ”

"Yes, they will be wiped out in the country, and between the middle and the middle, there will be me and no other."

"Director Tang, may I ask ......?"

…… The scene was suddenly chaotic, some people were angrily reprimanding him loudly, some people were eager to shoot the evidence, and some people tried to ask questions to interrupt Tang Zhenhua...... After a long time, Tang Zhenhua waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and he said word by word, "I will respond to your questions with the following paragraph.

The Chinese nation has always been known for being broad and profound, inclusive, advocating benevolence and righteousness, and loving harmony, but this does not mean that the Chinese nation is good at being bullied. Now the army is brazenly expanding the scale of poison gas warfare in a vain attempt to put our army in a desperate situation, which shows the cruelty of the war and is also a great provocation to our army.

According to the order of the Supreme Council, our army will retain the right to use any weapon in the whole war against China until the day when the war is completely ended.

The meeting is adjourned, thank you. ”

(To be continued)