One-fifth of the people will not be able to participate in the battle for the time being, this result is within Su Dao's tolerance, until he heard that the armored troops were withdrawn, Su Dao was relieved, although the initial expectation was not beyond Su Dao's tolerance, but the next prevention was not sloppy at all.

At the same time as the troops retreated, the artillery brigade also began a new round of bombardment, and the air force provided the coordinates and calibration at the front, and the artillery in the rear only had to open fire according to the coordinates. Hearing that the Kwantung Army had actually used poison gas bombs, the 99th Army all showed angry expressions.

After a few rounds of artillery raids, only about 100 poison gas bombs were fired, but don't underestimate the harm caused by these 100 gas bombs, saying that I am not stupid at all, more than 100 gas bombs are enough for them to cover up, if they come a little more, I am afraid that they will really provoke the anger of the public.

There was a slight westerly wind blowing in the air today, and the artillery of the Kwantung Army had obviously made some observations when firing the poison gas bombs, so most of the shells were fired a little to the west, and more poison gas was blown to the east by the force of the wind, so as to achieve the desired effect of flooding the entire position.

The 99th Army was also forced to retreat several kilometers back to prevent the invasion of poison gas, when the yellow gas filled the land, the middle of the two armies has become a no-man's land, whether it is the Chinese soldiers who did not have time to retreat, or the panicked Kwantung Army, there is no living creature standing in this area at this moment.

The harm caused by the poison gas war, so that everyone dare not imagine, the losses caused, it is not clear within a few days, the 766th Division was more than 40,000 people at the beginning of the war, and now there are only about 35,000 people still alive, this battle in just one morning, so that the 766th Division lost nearly 10,000 people, of which more than 2,000 people were killed in the previous charge, and nearly 1,000 people died during the subsequent retreat, and the remaining nearly 7,000 people were all soldiers who died under the mustard gas because they had no time to retreat.

When a force of more than 40,000 men and nearly 50,000 people rushed forward with all its might, a hasty retreat would inevitably cause even greater panic, and it is not difficult to see from this incident that the army units of the 99th Army were somewhat deficient in cooperating with each other, otherwise nearly 7,000 people would not have died under the poison gas at all.

Silence, death-like silence, in the headquarters of the Ninety-ninth Army, which was still chaotic before, no one dared to make any movement at this moment, Su Dao held the telegram from the front line in his hand, and silently shed two lines of tears.

Seven thousand people died from poison gas, if they all died in normal engagement, Su Dao would not only feel angry, but also respect the opponent, and would not use any despicable means to fight the enemy, but now there are seven thousand people who died in unconventional engagement, which is a reality that Su Dao cannot accept no matter what.

Su Dao quietly took off his military hat, silently lowered his head in the direction of the 766th Division, and let the two lines of clear tears slide across his cheeks and drip to the ground, and other people in the military headquarters also took off their military hats one after another when they saw this, and bowed their heads in the direction of the 766th Division.

After a long time, Su Dao slowly raised his head, wiped the tears on his face, and controlled his emotions as much as possible, others only saw the glory of Su Dao, but did not see Su Dao working hard in a place that others could not see, many people envied Su Dao that he could be promoted from a captain to a lieutenant general in less than a year after returning to China, Su Dao's promotion path was indeed dazzling in the eyes of others, and they were also envious.

But they never knew that there was always a place in Su Dao's heart, which would always contain him for the soldiers who died with him, in order to prevent the troops from being unable to confirm their home addresses after the soldiers died, Su Dao specially asked the soldiers to write their names and detailed home addresses, as well as family members, on a piece of paper, and then put them in helmets, so that they could confirm that the news could be sent back to their homes after they died.

In order to make up for the dedication of these soldiers to the motherland, Su Dao has not even received a penny of military salary, a gun, or a bullet from the central government since he joined the people's [***] team, but Su Dao's unit, no matter when, his military salary is the highest, and these money are also obtained by Su Dao through various means.

Although Su Dao has felt very difficult to maintain the livelihood of the troops, he still feels that he has not done enough, in this troubled world, no one can value their lives more than themselves, but they have given up the hope of life for the sake of national righteousness, Su Dao has always felt that he has always felt worthy of his soldiers.

This is also the reason why he can allow his subordinates to joke with him, and it is precisely because Peng Yongchang confronted him in front of him before, which is basically equivalent to scolding him, but he still didn't think about wearing small shoes for him, in addition to Aicai, Su Dao also respects the dignity of the soldiers, and it is precisely in this way that the 99th Army can trust Su Dao so much, and has been following Su Dao to conquer the north and south, and he did not hesitate to come to the northeast.

'Smack! Syllable! ’

Su Dao clapped his hands heavily, waking up the staff officers and other officers who were still mourning in silence, and everyone put on their military caps after raising their heads, waiting for Su Dao's next instructions.

"Cheer up, these seven thousand brothers will not die in vain, what should I do next, Xiao Chen, let Tang Pingyao come over, Lao Wu, inform me, after the battle is over, the army will issue new benefits, and the pensions of the soldiers killed in this war will be implemented according to the new benefits." Su Daoqiang endured the pain in his heart and said.

The new welfare package was actually drawn up by Su Dao a long time ago, and it was only because of lack of money that it had been dragged out and not announced, but now Su Dao plans not to continue to hide it, after this battle, it completely crushed the straw in Su Dao's heart that suppressed the guilt, and now Su Dao even feels that if he doesn't make changes, he will be in pain. When everyone heard Su Dao say that they were going to issue new benefits, they looked at Su Dao in disbelief, now the treatment of the Ninety-ninth Army is already the best in the country, even soldiers who have just joined the army for less than a year can get more military salaries than veterans who have been in the Central Army for two years, if the new benefits are issued, then how terrifying should their military salaries be?

Tang Pingyao is the commander of the artillery brigade, calling Tang Pingyao at this critical time, Su Dao naturally planned to fight back, the gas bomb is not just said to be his own, Su Dao's equipment atlas is not a joke, as long as it is a poison gas bomb in World War II, how much he can't redeem?

It turned out that in line with the principle of not using chemical weapons at will, Su Dao never dared to order the troops to use chemical weapons, and even when the Battle of Lanfeng was so urgent, he did not order the use of poison gas bombs. Not because Su Dao is a good man, but because the army on the opposite side did not use chemical weapons, and it is the Central Plains, and the use of chemical weapons will definitely have a very serious impact on the local people.

Now the Kwantung Army's approach has completely angered Su Dao, damn me playing gas bombs with Lao Tzu, see if Lao Tzu doesn't play you to death. Your poison gas bomb cost the lives of Lao Tzu's 7,000 brothers, and Lao Tzu's poison gas bombs cost the lives of your entire army to accompany the funeral. Su Dao secretly shouted in his heart.

The distance between the artillery position and the military headquarters is not too far, at most it is only three or four kilometers away, the military seat is called, Tang Pingyao directly sat in a truck pulling artillery and ran directly over, and it only took more than ten minutes for Tang Pingyao to appear in front of Su Dao.

"Throne!" Tang Pingyao stood in front of Su Dao with red eyes, when he learned the news that the Kwantung Army fired poison gas bombs to the front line, the angry Tang Pingyao didn't care about his identity as the brigade commander, took off his coat and ran directly to the position, and the soldiers worked together to lift one shell after another, and angrily sent it to the opposite position.

"Did Group D go to the field?" Seeing Tang Pingyao's arrival, Su Dao didn't have any other polite words, and asked directly.

Group D, this is the only unit named with a letter in the 99th Army, and the reason why this letter is chosen is also because of the special surname of its troops, in other words, in fact, they are the chemical weapons group, but whenever they mention the chemical weapons troops, they will inevitably think of the word poison gas, and Su Dao also named this unit with the first letter of the poison word of poison gas.

His scale is not large, there are only five 105mm howitzers, which are usually mixed in the artillery brigade, like other units, they should march and do whatever they want, the only difference is that their shells are transported separately and secretly, although they only have five howitzers, but their logistics unit has a full battalion.

It's just that they are always far away when they fight, since the formation of the artillery brigade, they have never fired a shell on the battlefield, because the soldiers below do not understand why they do not go to the battlefield, and even made a lot of jokes, and later if it was not for Tang Pingyao to come forward, it is estimated that the two sides would have fought.

"Now they are towing the artillery to the position, and the soldiers have begun to prepare, and it is expected that they will be ready for the mission in less than twenty minutes." Tang Pingyao took a deep breath and replied with some excitement.

In fact, as early as when he learned that the Kwantung Army had released poison gas, Tang Pingyao ordered Group D to be stationed in the position, as for their position, as early as when they first arrived, they began to build positions like other troops, the only difference is that they did not tow the artillery to the position after they finished building, but put it in a distance and hid it.

"Sarin gas bombs, an artillery shell within a range of two kilometers, covering the shooting, order the guards of your brigade to be within a radius of three kilometers around Group D, no one is allowed to enter, the Air Force will calibrate for you, we have to retaliate, don't let any of the Kwantung Army in front of us escape, go and execute!" (To be continued.) )