The first attack of the troops failed, and Zheng Yunshan, as the head of the guard regiment, had a somewhat ugly face, and came to the command post where Qiao Youhua, Zhao Youde and others were.

He lowered his head and said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, you are incompetent, and the first attack failed, please punish you." ”

Qiao Youhua waved his right hand holding a cigarette and said: "You don't have to blame yourself too much, the Japanese army has been prepared in Niangzi Pass for a long time, and the defense is relatively tight, and it is impossible to attack with more than 300 people for the first time." ”

Zhao Youde also nodded on the side and said: "Yes, the devil and the puppet army have long been prepared, and if they continue to attack like this, even if they succeed in breaking through the enemy's defense in the end, they will kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, so it seems that they still have to think of a way." ”

Zheng Yunshan was silent, even so, he was still a little sullen.

Qiao Youhua said: "The city wall of Niangziguan is solid, and it is across the ancient road of Taihang Mountain, which is not wide, and the terrain on both sides of the road is steep and steep, so we have no other way than to break through head-on." ”

Zhao Youde said: "The caliber of the artillery carried by our artillery units now seems to be a little less powerful, if the 88mm anti-aircraft guns of the air defense brigade can be used, with their strong power and rate of fire, there will definitely be no problem in bombarding the city defense of Niangziguan." ”

Zheng Yunshan said: "The air defense brigade and the troops of the first and second divisions are really rushing to Shimen now, and it is estimated that they will not be able to catch up for a while, and we will attack Niangzi Pass in a big way, and the devils will definitely not sit idly by, maybe their reinforcements are also on the way."

Therefore, we cannot wait for the artillery of the air defense forces to arrive before attacking, and it is better to import and find a way to break through the Japanese defenses, otherwise, it will be even more difficult to break through when their reinforcements arrive. ”

Qiao Youhua was inspired by the conversation between the two, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he slapped his thigh and said, "I have a way." ”

Zhao Youde, Zheng Yunshan and the others all looked at him in surprise, and hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

Qiao Youhua said: "Still use artillery, but the shells have to be replaced." ”

"Change the shells? What do you mean? Zheng Yunshan and Zhao Youde were confused when they heard this.

Qiao Youhua pretended to be mysterious and said: "That's right, it's to change the shells, don't forget it, what we are using now is only conventional shells, and there is an unconventional shell, although we didn't produce this thing, but in the previous battles to recover Cangzhou, Liaocheng and other places."

There are a lot of seizures from the devils. ”

"Unconventional shells." Zheng Yunshan suddenly realized: "Oh, commander, are you talking about a poison gas bomb?" ”

Qiao Youhua said with a smile: "That's right, it's a poison gas bomb, this thing is much more lethal than ordinary conventional shells, it is a weapon of mass destruction, if the defenders are on guard, the effect is naturally minimal!"

However, if you don't guard against the bombed side, you're going to be out of luck! ”

Zhao Youde also came to his senses, and said in surprise: "Commander, this method is really good, we can carry out an artillery attack at night, we will definitely be able to catch the devils and the puppet army by surprise, and then organize troops to take the opportunity to seize the castle, and we will definitely be able to win a big victory." ”

Qiao Youhua said: "Well, Yunshan, you immediately go and inform Wan Ying'er, let her send a telegram to the base camp in my name, and ask the logistics department to immediately bring me a batch of poison gas bombs we captured in the warehouse for attack." ”

"Yes!" Zheng Yunshan immediately came to his senses, held his head high and saluted, and then turned around and left.

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In the Niangzi Pass, Miao Lin Qing Dazuo walked out of the command room in the pass, and returned to the east gate wall under the support of a team of guards.

Looking at the messy battlefield outside the pass, the corpses of the dead soldiers of the dragon's tooth column, he couldn't help but show a smug smile and said: "Yo Xi, the soldiers of the empire, have you seen it, Tubaludi, there is nothing to be afraid of, even the notorious dragon's tooth column, under our strict defensive firepower, is vulnerable!" ”

At this moment, a Japanese army signal soldier hurriedly ran up the wall from the pass, found the seedling Lin Qing Dazuo and reported: "Your Excellency Dazuo, the reinforcements from Shouyang are less than a hundred miles away from us, and they are coming day and night, and we can rush to Yangquan at twelve o'clock tonight at the latest." ”

Miao Mu Linqing was refreshed when he heard this, and immediately turned his head to look around at the Japanese soldiers who were looking at him, and said loudly: "Did you hear it, our reinforcements will arrive soon, cheer me up, the warriors of the empire, with us here, Niangzi Pass will become a trench that can never be crossed by the Eighth Road of China!"

The Imperial Army will win! The Great Japanese Empire will win! ”

Sure enough, as soon as the other devils heard that the reinforcements were coming, their morale was greatly boosted, and under the drive of the old devil Miao Mu Linqing, they began to shout in unison: "The Imperial Army will win, and the Great Japanese Empire will win!" ”

And those puppet soldiers, after figuring out what this group of Japanese lords were shouting again, also shouted hard one after another.

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In Pingshan County, in a secret munitions warehouse, after receiving Qiao Youhua's telegram order, political commissar Guo Meng personally led a team of garrison troops, commanded and led a group of people, and was quietly moving the special shells in this munitions warehouse to several military trucks parked outside the warehouse door.

The townspeople, and the guards around them, didn't know what the wooden boxes were inside, but they knew that they were painted with skull marks on the outside.

Although they all had doubts in their hearts, they didn't dare to ask more, because the always kind Political Commissar Guo was watching from the side with a calm face at the moment.

After dozens of people carried more than 100 boxes of the same size and color in a row, Guo Meng said: "Okay, this batch will be transported away first, and the others will be talked about later." ”

After speaking, she said to a second lieutenant platoon commander: "You bring a hundred soldiers, you must send this batch of military supplies to the front line of Niangziguan safely and smoothly, remember, as fast as possible, understand?" ”

The second lieutenant platoon commander who belonged to the base area and the arsenal garrison brigade hurriedly stood up and saluted and commanded: "Yes! Please rest assured that the task will be completed! ”

After speaking, he turned around and waved his hand and shouted: "The first class is in the first car, the second class is in the second car, and the other classes are also in the car to follow, guarding the front and rear!" Fast! ”

Soon, five military trucks started one after another, loaded with soldiers and poison gas bombs, and roared away from the military warehouse, disappearing from the sight of Guo Meng, the people and the soldiers present.