"Huh-" The sound of a grenade piercing the air reached Ansey's ears, and he instinctively took a step back. With a loud bang, the fire point on the left, which was only more than 20 meters away from him, was hit by a grenade, and the three devils were lifted high by the qi lang, dancing and howling and falling from the ruins.

Anxi Vulture looked to his right-hand side again, where the commanding heights that had been formed naturally by the broken bricks of the city walls were gone. The same grenade, with a single explosion, killed three Imperial soldiers along with their machine guns. He gasped in disbelief, and his belief in victory vanished. If the previous artillery raids proved that the Chinese artillery was very professional, these two shellings told him that there was no shortage of mortar masters in the front-line troops of the Chinese people.

Cai Hongguang lived up to the name of "artillery", and after becoming famous in the raid battle, he now played again, and used only three artillery to kill the two suppressive fire points set up by the Anxi Brigade on the commanding heights of the ruins. The enemy's machine gun was dumb, and the fourteenth was overjoyed, and he waved his gun and shouted: "Brothers, rush up, rush up!" Get the little devils out of the city! ”

"Kill!" The soldiers marched forward bravely, the three people in front pulled the trigger at the same time, and the three Weiqing-style assault steps opened fire at the same time, and the devil on the opposite side fell in a large area.

Zuo An'an listened attentively, and then gave Cai Hongguang a thumbs up: "Amazing, I really only fired three shots!" ”

Cai Hongguang said crazy words before firing the cannon: "I only need three cannons, do you believe it or not?" ”

The three artillery hit two firing points, and could only rely on the observer on the roof to provide approximate data, Zuo An'an even if he sincerely hoped so, he felt that Cai Cannon was suspected of bragging. Who knew that he really did it. Cai Hongguang grinned and stretched out his hand: "Sir, then reward a cigarette!" ”

"Okay, I'll give you this half of the pack."

Zuo An'an generously took out the bag of "Great Wall" in his jacket pocket and threw it to him.

Anxi Eagle was furious, he brandished his command knife, and shouted, "Charge, charge," and suddenly, he heard a violent series of explosions coming from the battlefield on the right, and he couldn't help but be taken aback. "Eight grids, the people of China have launched a counterattack?" He swore and turned his head to look over, then fell into a state of dementia in a state of stunned dementia.

A puff of yellow smoke rose into the air and drifted away with the wind, and the nearby Japanese troops took refuge. He noticed that the smoke was drifting towards the Asai Brigade behind him, and immediately realized what had happened. "Retreat, retreat!" He suddenly hissed and screamed, then took the lead and turned to run.

The abnormal performance of the captain alarmed the devils around, and most of the devils quickly turned around and ran, and some devils saw the yellow smoke and immediately shouted in panic: "Gas bomb, that's gas bomb!" The people of China have used poison gas bombs! The "poison gas bomb" was like a mad dog that suddenly appeared, and the little devil who heard the sound and changed color ran away, and the offensive sequence of the Anzai brigade was immediately chaotic.

The sudden and inexplicable retreat of the Japanese army made Xing 14 feel inexplicable, but this was an opportunity to annihilate the devil, he would not give up no matter what, he didn't have time to think about it, and shouted: "Catch up, kill!" Kill! "With his brothers, he bravely killed and drove the Japanese army out of the ruins in less than five minutes.

Zuo An'an walked out of the alley, he saw the Japanese army's retreat in disarray, and was very surprised: "What happened? ”

No one could answer him, and the soldiers thought that they had beaten away the little devils, and they ran fast with high morale, for fear that they would not have a chance to shoot and take down the devils.

The devil outside the west gate retreated like a tide, Cui Zhiguo saw it inexplicably, he scratched his forehead vigorously, and he couldn't figure it out. He called out to the correspondent Xiao Cui and pointed to the city tower in front of him: "Go up and call Zuo Xiao down to see what happened." ”

Zuo Xiao was helped down from the city wall by Xiao Cui, and his eyes were swollen from crying. Xiao Cui saw the tragic scene on the Japanese mortar position, and he was also sad to see the fearless soldiers who fell under the city. Leaning into Cui Zhiguo's ear, he whispered: "Tuanzao, it should be that the little devil's gas bomb was detonated by Platoon Commander Guo and them, and now the devil outside the West Gate is evacuating at full speed." ”

Cui Zhiguo was taken aback, and then instinctively touched the gas mask he was carrying behind his back. He remembered something and asked, "Isn't the little devil also equipped with a gas mask?" ”

"I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Tuanzuo, do you want to report the situation to Shizuo?"

The little devil is equipped with a gas mask and has to withdraw from the battlefield? This made Cui Zhiguo realize the extraordinary nature of this matter, and he couldn't help but become worried. He was even worried that the reason why the Japanese troops retreated was to widen the distance so that they could use poison gas bombs to avoid accidental injuries. It is no secret that the Japanese army used prohibited weapons such as poison gas bombs, so at the request of Li Zongren, the troops participating in the Fifth Theater were equipped with gas masks, some of which were brought by Guo Da and others from Guangzhou. The situation in Taierzhuang is very special - Taierzhuang is too small, Cui Zhiguo dare not imagine that once the Japanese army uses poison gas bombs on a large scale, then the national army in Taierzhuang will not be able to reach it. If the Japanese army really wanted to use poison gas bombs, there was no other point in sticking here except to send them to death, he thought about it seriously and decided to go to Guo Da to get an idea.

He asked Xiao Cui to convey it immediately: everyone checked the gas masks and prepared to wear them, and then he found the deputy regiment commander Li Yi and asked him to command the troops in his place, and he hurriedly ran to Guo Da's temporary command post.

The Xueyi Division and the Mountain Division went to Xuzhou, nominally under the command of Zhang Zizhong, and the two divisions were not subordinate to each other, but in fact Guo Da enjoyed actual command. In other words, when it comes to major decisions, Huang Haifu's generals of the Mountain Division will listen to his dispatch. Power and responsibility were equal, and because of this, he kept an eye on Simon's battle as well as the other troops.

After the end of the raid, considering that the Japanese air force would soon descend on the battlefield, Guo Muyi immediately retreated across the river with his tank troops. However, even so, they were still overtaken by Japanese planes and bombed by tail-chasers. Fortunately, the Jiguang tank has heavy armor and cannot be destroyed by non-bombshells, and the load capacity of the Japanese aircraft is limited, and one bomber can carry two bombs, and the scale of this sortie is limited, so the tank unit has experienced half an hour of tail pursuit and bombing by devil fighters, and only three of them were lost and one was broken, which hardly affected the combat effectiveness. The safe departure of the tank troops from the battlefield once made Guo Da feel a lot more at ease, and what he is most worried about now is the safety of the Overlord Brigade - after the Overlord Brigade and the 27th Division remain in the east of the canal under Li Zongren's order, it means that they will return to the battlefield at any time, and even play the role of Guo Muyi's department to raid the Japanese army again. It is conceivable that once the 51st Army crosses Weishan Lake and the Grand Canal and appears in the rear of the Isogu Division, the Isogu Division is in danger of being cut off from the back road, and the Cabinet Brigade will definitely come to Taierzhuang to meet it. Then, in order to ensure that the 51st Army has sufficient deterrent power against the Isogu Division, Li Zongren must let the Overlord Brigade and the 27th Division assume the responsibility of containing the Japanese army in this division. However, the cabinet brigade has more than 20,000 troops, the Isoya division has more than 40,000 troops, plus the remnants of the Seya detachment and the Anteng division, Guo Da is very worried that the Overlord Brigade will be in danger of being counter-surrounded by the Japanese army - "Commander Li is too anxious, our troops are still at a disadvantage, he wants to completely grasp the initiative on the battlefield, how is this possible?" Once the Overlord Brigade and the 27th Division have an accident in the east of the canal, then there will be no troops southeast of Taierzhuang who will be able to stop them from going south along the canal, and if the Japanese troops in the Bengbu area come over again, the situation in Xuzhou will most likely become out of control," he and Xu Dalin were lying on the map of the theater of operations analyzing the situation, and Cui Zhiguo hurriedly walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted: "Master, chief of staff, the big thing is not good, there is an emergency at the west gate!" ”

Guo and Xu looked up from the map and looked at him in surprise. Xu Dalin asked, "Zhiguo, what's going on?" ”

Cui Zhiguo's face turned pale because of worry, and he said eagerly: "Ryosuke Isoya is going to use poison gas bombs!" ”

"What?" Guo and Xu Er** were shocked. Xu Dalin's brows furrowed deeply, and he asked, "Are you sure of this?" ”

Cui Zhiguo sighed and smiled bitterly, and then told the commando team about the accidental detonation of the gas bomb.

Guo Da patted his head and sighed at the luck, and said: "Zhiguo is a lucky general, fortunately it is the northwest wind now, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." It seems that Ryosuke Isoya had wanted to use a poison gas bomb for a long time, but he didn't dare to do it because the wind was not in the right direction, and then Guo Zhengde happened to detonate it by mistake - this is not a trivial matter. Old Xu, it seems that we have to readjust the defense of the West Gate. He asked Cui Zhiguo: "Have all the Japanese troops outside the West Gate retreated?" ”

Cui Zhiguo nodded and said: "I think the devils at the Northwest Gate will definitely be withdrawn later, this poisonous gas seems to be mustard gas, and the gas mask does not work at all." ”

Xu Dalin: "Hurry up and report this situation to the theater command, and in addition, immediately report this situation to General Li Pinxian." Their gas masks are worse than ours, and it is all the more important to be on guard in this regard. If it really doesn't work, we may have to take the initiative to give up the Taierzhuang defense line. ”

Guo Da remembered something else and said: "If Ryosuke Isoya really uses poison gas bombs on a large scale, even if he only has one cannon left, it will be a great threat to the artillery in Hexi. You have to contact Li Jian quickly and ask them to move their positions immediately. ”

Xu Dalin stood up: "I'll let the communication link generate electricity." ”

Cui Zhiguo asked: "Master, is it appropriate to withdraw our people to the back?" ”

"Wait, abandon the defensive line and retreat without permission, this is a court-martial."

"But—"

"Zhiguo, you go back first, and I'll come up with a solution as soon as possible."

"Okay!"

Li Zongren received an urgent telegram from Guo Da, and Bai Chongxi looked at it again and again, shaking the original plan. Gas bombs are terrible, especially mustard gas. This poisonous gas, which can penetrate the human body through the skin, makes the gas mask an ornament, and once Guo Da says it, the current military advantage of the Fifth War Zone on the Taierzhuang battlefield will be gone.

"Where is Yu Xuezhong?" Li Zongren leaned back on the map and asked Bai Chongxi.

"His previous telegram said that he would definitely pass through Weishan Lake before dark today."

Zhang Zizhong compared between Nigou and Teng County, and said: "Don't let them go to Nigou and Nanbeiluo, how about fighting Teng County instead?" ”

Bai Chongxi pondered for a while and asked, "Do you want to copy Isogu's nest?" ”

"I have a hypothesis, is it possible that the batch of poison gas bombs that Guo Da and they destroyed were all carried by Ryosuke Isoya with his army? If that is the case, within three or five days, the Isogu Division will not even want to capture Taierzhuang. If Ryosuke Isoya still has reserves, then if we send the 51st Army over again, it will be useless to get into the mouth of the tiger. Teng County is the cantonment of the Isogu Division, and its baggage and materials must be hoarded there, and if Teng County is taken first, the harm of poison gas bombs can be minimized. After Tengxian was defeated by us, even if Taierzhuang was taken by the Japanese army, they would definitely not dare to attack Xuzhou immediately because they were worried that the back road would be copied, and this was conducive to us making new adjustments. ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head and said firmly: "Delin, I don't agree with your plan—it's too risky to do so. Taierzhuang can't be lost, Taierzhuang is lost, the Japanese army is pouring down, what should Xuzhou do? If Ryosuke Isoya has enough gas bombs in his hands, what should we do if he uses them on the battlefield in Xuzhou? Yu Xuezhong must go to the mud ditch and Nanbeiluo, only in this way can the pressure on the frontal battlefield of Taierzhuang be relieved. Our top priority, no matter what method we use, is to destroy the poison gas bombs of the Isoya Division. As long as Yu Xuezhong threatens the left flank and rear road of the Isoya Division, Isoya Ryosuke will definitely lead the army to counterattack, so that the Overlord Brigade and the 27th Division will have a chance. Letting Liu Shurong and Huang Qiaosong find an opportunity to organize capable forces to enter the hinterland of the Isogu Division and destroy its poison gas bombs is the safest way at present. The cabinet brigade has arrived in Pi County, if the ultimate goal of the Japanese army is still Xuzhou, the cabinet body Shengyu will definitely lead the army from the south of Taierzhuang to find an opportunity to cross the river, I think, it is time to show all our forces - the Japanese army attacked Xuzhou, occupying this strategic place is one purpose, and another purpose is to seize the main force of our army to annihilate it. We turned over all the hole cards in our hands in advance at least two advantages, one is to make Isoya Ryosuke and An Teng Liji and others at a loss, I don't know where to start first, and the other is to cover Liu Shurong and Huang Qiaosong's actions in Hedong. I have always insisted that instead of putting the Japanese army in Xuzhou for a decisive battle, it is better to fight a decisive battle in Taierzhuang. Therefore, even if Ryosuke Isoya used mustard gas in a frenzy, we were able to quickly send reinforcements from Hexi. In the battle of Taierzhuang, huge casualties are inevitable, but the key is to see if we can annihilate another part of it, as long as the Overlord Brigade and the 27th Division can gain a firm foothold in Hedong, this is very possible. In the first battle in the early hours of this morning, the losses of the Japanese army were at least more than 4,000, and if such a battle came again, even if Taierzhuang was lost, I think the Japanese army would not be able to look westward, then our Xuzhou strategy would be achieved - Brother Delin, what do you think? ”