Chapter 4: The Night of Changping (4)
Yamashita is really ready to fight hard. Unfortunately, he missed a little. He would not have imagined that the Cadet Army had systematic and strict protection against chemical weapons. When the first mustard gas bomb exploded on the position of the Cadet Army, the sensitive Hou Hua immediately felt it. Then, without hesitation, he gave the order for the entire army to immediately put on gas masks and withdraw from the battle.
The Japanese are so crazy that the troops of both sides are completely entangled at the moment, and they even dare to use chemical weapons. Because of Ouyang Yun's existence, Renqiu Military Academy has set up a special course for chemical weapons. And the anti-chemical defense devices of the cadet army are not inferior to the current US military. In addition to an advanced gas mask, each soldier is also equipped with protective gloves.
Hou Hua didn't know that the Japanese army used mustard poison gas, but the poison gas bomb had its own distinctive characteristics, such as fewer fragments after the explosion, almost no blasting surface, and so on.
All the officers and men of the infantry battalion quickly put on their gas masks and retreated to the rear in an orderly manner. At the same time, the chariot regiment, which received the message, also began to dress and retreat.
The response of the Cadet Corps was quick and accurate, and although there were still more than 100 people who inevitably suffered a large number of casualties due to inhaling poison gas afterwards, their casualties were much lighter than those of the Japanese troops in the Hetong area.
Yamashita never imagined that the young cadet army had such an old and mature means of dealing with mustard poison gas. Although the southeast wind was blowing at this time, and the Cadet Army was out of the downwind, after Hou Hua made the choice to retreat, the "heroic" 79th Wing quickly took over the positions they left behind, which directly led to the fact that the Japanese army's poison gas bombs directly affected their own people.
Among the officers and men of the 79th Wing, there are also quite a few people who have a certain understanding of mustard seed poison gas. The Japanese army is also equipped with individual gas masks, but their reaction is much slower than Hou Hua's, and it was not until the order under the mountain was conveyed that all the devils realized that they had been "shot", and wearing gas masks at this moment could only play a role in psychological comfort.
The Cadet Army quickly fled the battlefield and moved closer to Changping. Yamashita suddenly found that the cannonball he fired had completely landed on his own head, and he couldn't help but be anxious and angry. By the time he gave the order to stop firing, forty-three shells had already been fired, of which, except for the first dozen or so, which hit the hostile target, the rest were all borne by the 79th Wing. As for his original target chariot regiment, due to the tightness of the hull, only three machine gunners inhaled a small amount of mustard gas.
"General! The people of China ran away! The unfortunate Moriki Osa also inhaled a small amount of mustard gas, which made his voice a little hoarse when he asked Yamashita for instructions on what to do next.
Hundreds of devils wore gas masks in a panic in the yellow mist, and this sight made the mountain feel like an abyss. He hissed and roared, "Pursuit, pursuit!" Even if all the jade is shattered, the chariot of the Shina people must be destroyed! Then he put his left hand on his forehead and said in his heart: It's over, it's over, this time, I'm really finished. Lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot, that's what the people of China said, right?!
In the face of the rapidly retreating student army, the Japanese army pursued closely. However, because the Japanese army's gas mask production process was rough, the goggles seriously affected the visual power, and indirectly affected the speed of their marching, so the Japanese army's pursuit was only thunder and rain in the end, and it could not play its due role at all.
The incubation period of mustard gas is 2-12 hours, which is the theoretical duration of action. In fact, once a person's skin is touched by poison gas, there will be an allergic reaction, and then it will start to become red, blistered, itchy and start to rot. Once inhaled into the body, then vomiting and violent coughing will follow.
The first death of the infantry battalion from inhaling mustard gas occurred at about seven o'clock in the evening, and the soldier could not bear the torture and committed suicide with a bayonet.
At this time, Ouyang Yun had just rushed back to Changping from the front line, and in the face of nearly 100 officers and soldiers of the infantry battalion who had serious masochistic tendencies in the field hospital, the little commander was furious! He yelled at Liu Kui and the others beside him: "Who, who is it?" β
The little chief was rarely angry, and his words were a bit unsatisfactory, and Liu Kui and the others didn't dare to come out to deal with it.
Seeing Hou Hua with a face of shame and red eyes, Ouyang Yun walked over and grabbed his collar with both hands, and lifted him off the ground without any effort, he stared at a pair of red eyes and shouted, "Tell me, who is it?" Which devil led the team?! β
"The Japanese army is the 40th Brigade Regiment, which is part of the 20th Division. The brigade commander should be Yamashita Fumi! β
"Yamashita Bongbun! This bastard, he actually used a gas bomb! With a little impression of this devil's name in his mind, Ouyang Yun put down Hou Hua, waved his hand fiercely and said to Pan Meiren: "Record the order, in the future, whenever you encounter a devil from the 40th Brigade!" Beheaded! β
"Commander, what about the brothers? Watching them being tortured, I, my heart is really, reallyβ" Hou Hua said, tears of heroes streaming down his eyes.
A doctor came up and whispered, "I have been injected with various allergy drugs, as well as sedatives, analgesics, including penicillin, but none of them worked." β
Even in the era before Ouyang Yun, mustard gas was also incurable. After a long silence, he whispered, "Transfer it to Renqiu!" Do your best to treat! Well, I'll talk to you. β
Raising his head, he straightened his military appearance and walked towards the nearest young man with his head held high. This is a lieutenant platoon commander, who was scratching vigorously on his festering neck with his hand, with a shhhing sound in his mouth, when he saw the little commander coming over, he hurriedly wanted to get up, but was held down by Ouyang Yun. Ouyang Yun's voice was quite loud: "Li Caiwen, hang the color?" You guys fought well today, if you hadn't repelled the little devil's attack from Lijiatunzi, we wouldn't have won such a big victory. I'll tell you, we've wiped out more than 3,000 devils this time......"
The armbands of the cadet officers and soldiers are embroidered with their names and unit numbers.
Because of the infection of the respiratory tract, Li Caiwen was speechless at this time, his hands were gesturing, and he looked like he had something to say. After comparing for a while, Hou Hua still saw the meaning and handed him paper and pen. Lying on the bed, Li Caiwen wrote with a trembling right hand: Junzao, if we die, we can be regarded as martyrs, right? I have two younger sisters at home.
This can be regarded as the issue that Li Caiwen is most concerned about now. The welfare of the cadet army, as far as the current situation is concerned, should be the best in the country. Although many soldiers did not come to join the Cadet Army for this point, there are also many people like Li Caiwen whose family conditions are not good and who want to improve their living conditions by joining the army.
Ouyang Yun's heart was suddenly stumped by something, his nose was sour, and two lines of hot tears came down.
The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place. Ouyang Yun is not a hypocritical person, in essence, compared with modern people, people in the later era have much tougher nerves and much thicker skin. It's been more than a year since I traveled to this time and space. After experiencing too much killing, the strength in his hand gradually became stronger, and subtly, his heart became much harder. But now it seems that the principled and bony things have not been lost. "Don't worry, the rules of the army, regarding your welfare, this will never change. Li Caiwen, promise me, you must live, you must know that our career has just begun. We not only want to drive away the little devils, we also want to build our country, and let our country stand at the forefront of the world! β
After hearing this, Li Caiwen had a smile on his face, and he wrote with a pen: Junzao, for the first time, I know what it is like to be better than dead, but please rest assured, I will not give up easily!
"Good brother! Comrades, you should all learn from Brother Li Caiwen and learn from his spirit of daring to fight to the death! β¦β¦β
Ouyang Yun does things and always does what he says. In this way, although it always gives people the impression of being willful, on the other hand, it also makes people dare not underestimate any of his words. And those who are familiar with him know even more about the Tao, and their little commander is in some respects to be repaid, especially for the Japanese and traitors.
Soon after leaving the field hospital, Ouyang Yun issued a "beheading order" to Stern, Chu Tiange, Shan Renxiong, and Guo Biao, the four commanders of the outward force, specifically targeting the 40th Brigade, and specially devoted two pages to the "Renqiu Daily" to exposing the facts about the Japanese army's use of mustard gas bombs. This report was written by Mei Lanshu, who had been transferred out, and she ended with a murderous quote from Ouyang Yun. Ouyang Yun told her on the phone: This means that our battle with the Japanese army will enter a new stage from now on, and it is not to kill the devils and puppet troops at all costs and by all means! Of course, for those soldiers of the puppet army who still cherish the motherland, we give them the opportunity to choose and welcome them to join the flood furnace of national resistance against Japan.
As the student army gradually grew larger, its subordinate media became more and more powerful, and gradually gained the strength to compete with Nanjing's "Central Daily". Among them, as the only television station in China, Renqiu Radio Station has attracted the attention of all parties at home and abroad because it is the only organization that can report on the war through video.
Facts have proved that Ouyang Yun has made such a big move in this matter, which is effective. Leaving aside the fact that countries such as the United States protested to Japan in writing, it became logical that when the Cadet Army used the same means to carry out such a blow against the Japanese army.
At that time, someone woke up: Ouyang Yun had done so many actions earlier, and it seemed that they were all preparing for today's actions!