Chapter 61: Gas Bombs
Ding'an was lost, now it is the territory of the thunder, and Wuxiang was also lost, on the sixth day after the ghost brigade stationed in Wuxiang was completely annihilated, only a few Wuxiang garrisoned by the imperial alliance army also fell into the hands of thunder, and the Wugang United team transferred from Jinnan to rescue also lost contact, and this series of bad news made the Japanese army in Shanxi crazy. However, for this decisive battle with the national army in the second war zone, most of the Japanese troops in Shanxi were assembled in the Jinnan area, and the thunderous troops were like loaches that did not lose their hands, and if they wanted to continue to encircle and suppress them, they could only draw troops from the Jinzhong and Luliang areas, which were slightly more abundant, and rush to Wuxiang.
At the same time that the Japanese troops in Jinzhong and Lüliang received the order to rush to the aid of Wuxiang, Zhao Zhi had already rushed to Pingyao with his Jewish troops, and the thunder troops in Ding'an and Wuxiang were all pretended to be the militia of the Eighth Route Army, and Zhao Zhi only paid for hundreds of American-style military uniforms replaced by wounded Jewish soldiers. The reason why Zhao Zhi chose to join Hanks' infantry regiment in Pingyao was because whether it was the Japanese army in Lüliang or the Japanese army from Jinzhong, they would turn to Wuxian in Pingyao, in other words, this Pingyao was a node on the rescue route of the two Japanese troops, and Zhao Zhi was ready to meet the Japanese army from Lüliang and Jinzhong here.
"Sir, Pingyao is ours now" When Zhao Zhi and the others hurried to Dongquan Town, Hanks had already commanded the troops to take Pingyao and sent troops to block the main roads everywhere, so the outside world did not know about the matter of Thunder Thunder Pingyao. Hanks is one of the few high-ranking officers in the Thunder Force who came to China with him when the Thunder was recruiting fighter pilots in the United States. After a period of careful observation, Zhao Zhi gave him the command of a 4,000-man infantry regiment, which proved to be a qualified officer, but he still lacked some experience in facing the enemy on the battlefield.
"Old man, this is for you" Tang Lei smiled and threw an adjutant's command knife to Hanks, Thunder's officers are used to collecting some Japanese officers' command knives and guns, this is already an open secret in Thunder, Takeoka Jiexiong's command knife and spear are in Zhao Zhi's hands, and Aoki Ryuichi's things were snatched by Tang Lei. The one Tang Lei gave to Hanks is also good, it is a command knife of Zhongzuo, among the many foreign officers in the thunder, Hanks's knife is the highest level.
Hanks took out his command knife a little excitedly and played a few poses, and then he could thank Tang Lei, "God praise you and my friend, Tang, you are my best friend, so I decided to share a secret with me" After speaking, Hanks looked left and right, and called Tang Lei to him slightly mysteriously and whispered, "After we captured here, we found a batch of chemical weapons in the ammunition depot of the Japanese army, all of them are poison gas bombs, I know you can speak Japanese, can you help me see what type of chemical weapons those gas bombs are?" ”
"Isn't it?" Hanks's words shocked Tang Lei's hairs stood upside down, the Japanese army's poison gas bombs were too famous, Tang Lei was fighting with the Japanese army in the Sichuan Army, and the Japanese army against them had used poison gas bombs, and many of Tang Lei's brothers lost their combat power because of the Japanese army's gas bombs, and were finally killed by the Japanese army with bayonets. It's been a long time now, but when Tang Lei thinks of those brothers who are foaming at the mouth and twitching all over his body, he still can't stop palpitating in his heart.
"Old man, have you told Mr. about this?"
"How can I have a chance to tell my husband that I wanted to say it just now, but it just so happened that Mrs. sent a telegram from Zhangwu County, and Mr. only cared about reading the telegram, didn't I come to discuss with you?" Hanks also looked helpless, in Mr.'s heart, the most important thing is Mrs. Rowling, this is an indisputable fact, almost everyone in the thunder knows. If you disturb Mr. at such a warm time, I'm afraid you'll be beaten, Hanks is not stupid, he naturally won't touch this mold.
"Can you determine which are the chemical weapons of the Japanese army?" Tang Lei, who was not at ease, asked again, and after Hanks swore to the sky, Tang Lei pulled Hanks to pick him up and found Zhao Zhi. "Sir, when the old man was cleaning up the ammunition depot of the Japanese army, he found a batch of things with chemical weapons signs in a basement, which looked like the poison gas bombs that the Japanese army often had, and the old man didn't know what else to do, so I wanted to ask what you meant."
"Gas bombs?" Zhao Zhiteng stood up straight, and he didn't even notice that the telegram sent by Rowling in his hand fell to the ground, Zhao Zhi was no stranger to poison gas. In his career as a mercenary in his previous life, he had been attacked by his opponents several times, but those were all small gas bombs, all of which resembled gadgets the size of tear gas canisters. But there are many types of poison gas bombs used by the Japanese army in World War II, most of which can be used in artillery shells, and the gas masks purchased by Thunder from the United States are also stored in the reserve warehouse in Zhangwu County.
"Tang Lei, you immediately contact Willis in Laiyuan and ask them about the progress of the airport, if you can take off and land the transport plane, you will immediately contact Qinglongping to transport a batch of gas masks first, and by the way, inform Willis and Dazhi, be careful of the Japanese army's use of poison gas bombs" Hanks's discovery made Zhao Zhi break out in a cold sweat, but fortunately, when Ding'an faced the Ghost Brigade and the Wugang United, the Japanese army did not use poison gas bombs, otherwise the thousands of Jewish soldiers who were put into the battlefield for the first time might lose their will to fight, which would be a nightmare for Thunder.
"Hanks, you take me to see the things you said" The things have fallen into his hands, and Zhao Zhi now has to think about how to use these things to maximize his own interests, if they are really gas bombs as Hanks said, then Zhao Zhi doesn't mind using them on the Japanese army.
"These boxes, we opened some of them, and they were all mortar shells with skull symbols, and we measured the caliber of these shells, and they could be fired with the Japanese 81 mortar" The 81 mortar that Hanks said was the standard equipment of the Japanese infantry brigade, which was specially used to deal with machine gun positions, enemy mortar positions and trenches. Zhao Zhi now knows that almost all mortars with a caliber of more than 70 mm in the Japanese army can fire chemical shells, that is, the poison gas bombs that Zhao Zhi held in his hand at this time.
"Do you know the number of gas bombs?" Looking at the dozens of wooden boxes neatly placed in the entire basement, Zhao Zhi only felt his scalp tingle, there were four poison gas bombs in each wooden box, not to mention the types of these gas bombs, it was these more than 100 rounds of gas bombs that made people feel palpitations when they looked at it.
"I've counted them carefully, there are a total of 60 wooden boxes, and each wooden box contains four shells, a total of 240 gas shells, but I can't read what is written on the boxes in Japanese, so I don't know if this batch of gas shells is a type of chemical bomb" Hanks's face was not very good. Looking back now, he was afraid, but fortunately, there was a team of mercenaries who had infiltrated the city in advance during the siege, otherwise if the Japanese army used these gas bombs, even if it was just one, his infantry regiment would suffer heavy casualties.
Zhao Zhi carefully looked at the Japanese text and the signs on several wooden boxes, "These are all chemical shells suitable for artillery units, the green mark on the body of the bomb is tear gas bombs, the red ones are sneeze gas bombs, and the yellow ones are rotten gas mustard bullets" In fact, Zhao Zhi said the same, there is also a kind of poison gas bomb in the Japanese army The mark on it is brown, which represents the asphyxiating gas bomb in the Japanese army, which is more secret and practical to use than the first three poison gas bombs.
Hanks looked up to see that the wooden boxes in the basement were mostly red and green signs, and he was relieved that sneezing and tears were not a big deal in his opinion, as long as he didn't come across the mustard gas that could cause his skin to fester. While Hanks was glad in his heart, Zhao Zhi didn't think so, the sneezing gas bomb with a red mark can paralyze the oxygen absorption function in the blood, making people sneeze, cry, and die in a short time. The tear gas bombs with the green mark are also lethal, but they are slightly slower than mustard gas.
"Hanks, you immediately draw out a team of people to guard this place closely, and also set up a secret sentry, you must not make a problem here, from now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave here without my warrant, especially into this basement" Even if one of these gas bombs flows out, it will cause an uproar, and the Japanese army has naturally recorded the hoarding of gas bombs in Pingyao, once the Japanese army knows that these gas bombs have fallen into the hands of Thunder, I don't know if they will send troops to frantically besiege here.
"Luo Ying, go to the commander of the Eighth Route Army's Niu Company and say that I have something to discuss with him" After following Hanks to inspect the ammunition depot of the Japanese army, Zhao Zhi was a little depressed. The Japanese army stored 240 rounds of poison gas bombs in Pingyao, and after Hanks took down here, all the trophies, including the Japanese army's ammunition depot, could not find 81 mortars, which means that although Zhao Zhi held these gas bombs in his hand, he had no way to use them, so Zhao Zhi hit the idea on the head of the Eighth Route Army.
"81 mortar?" Niu Dashan was thinking with his eyes half-closed, this was the first time Zhao Zhi had made a request to the Eighth Route Army, although Niu Dashan was a rough man, his head was not stupid, he couldn't help the people of Thunder in vain, at least he had to take some benefits back.
"You immediately use the radio to contact your troops, as long as you have the Japanese army's 81 mortars, our Thunder will exchange weapons, two 81 mortars for a 75 mountain gun and 10 shells, or an 81 mortar for two Japanese light machine guns and 3000 rounds of ammunition" Zhao Zhi's words were only half said, the anxious Niu Dashan had already run away, he had to find the telegraph room immediately to contact his superiors, such a good deal would really be a loss if it was yellow.