After Ma Long's first battalion was attacked by Japanese poison and air bombs, seeing that many soldiers were not carrying gas masks, Ma Long immediately ordered the first battalion to withdraw from the position. In this way, one-third of the soldiers in the first battalion were still seriously injured by inhaling poison gas, and when they were sent to the field hospital, many of the soldiers were too deeply poisoned to be rescued. After the matter was reported to Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao slapped the table on the spot.

A few years later, the Japanese army once again used poison and gas bombs on the battlefield, which made Wang Haitao angry, and his soldiers suffered a large number of casualties because they did not carry gas masks, and lost their positions, which added fuel to Wang Haitao's fire. Wang Haitao walked quickly to the back of the headquarters and said to Tang Renxin: "Renxin, send a telegram to Tang Xiaoshan, and order Tang Xiaoshan to find the Japanese army's troops that are discharging poison gas, and keep an eye on Lao Tzu! When the counterattack begins, concentrate your forces to kill Lao Tzu and leave no prisoners!"

Tang Renxin quickly ordered the confidential personnel to send a telegram to Tang Xiaoshan. Wang Haitao then asked: "Which unit is guarding the road under the mountain behind the house?" Tang Renxin looked at the record and replied: "Report to the military seat, it is the 546th Regiment of the 272nd Brigade of the 90th Division. Wang Haitao thought for a moment and said: "Is the regiment commander Xiao Changxin? Why don't you carry a gas mask on the battlefield? This kind of paralyzing thinking on the battlefield will suffer a big loss! Let Xiao Changxin immediately check the situation of the whole regiment's gas masks, and if there are any missing or damaged ones that cannot be used, immediately ask the logistics department to replenish them. If his 546th Regiment wants to suffer such a loss again, he, the regiment commander, will stop doing it!"

It was the first time that Tang Renxin and the people in the headquarters had seen Wang Haitao make such a big fire, and Tang Renxin didn't dare to come out, so he promised to send a report to the 272nd Brigade immediately. Wang Haitao left the command headquarters with a gloomy face. After leaving the headquarters, Wang Haitao walked directly to the field hospital with the guards. As soon as he walked out of the short distance, Wang Haitao said to the guards around him: "Go and inform the reporters who came with me this time to go to the field hospital." ”

The guard replied, "It's a military seat!" and then ran to inform Li Li that a few of their reporters had gone. After Li Li and the others arrived in Chongzuo City, Wang Haitao drilled into the headquarters, the headquarters is a military center, Li Li and they can't enter at all, and the front line can't go, they can only go around the city, when Wang Haitao's guards found Li Li and them, saying that the military seat invited them to go to the field hospital, Li Li and several other reporters immediately followed the guards to the field hospital.

When Li Li and the others rushed to the field hospital, Wang Haitao had already seen the wounded in the ward. When they saw Li Li and them coming, they said to Li Li: "Reporter Li, you have come just in time to tell you that the Japanese army has blatantly violated the "Hague Convention" and used poison and gas bombs strictly prohibited in the Convention on a large scale in wartime. These wounded and the soldiers who died outside were all caused by the poison and air bombs used by the Japanese army. ”

Wang Haitao's words made Li Li and several reporters stunned, and Li Li asked: "Commander Wang, did the Japanese army really use poison and gas bombs on a large scale in battle?" Wang Haitao replied angrily: "Of course it is true, you can interview these wounded and then examine their wounds." The cause of death of the soldiers who died outside is also obvious, they were poisoned by inhaling too much poisonous gas. ”

Li Li and the others raised their cameras one after another to take pictures of the bodies of the wounded and sacrificed soldiers. Wang Haitao waited for them to shoot for a while, and then said: "Listen, I, Wang Haitao, solemnly declare that because the Japanese army openly used poison and gas bombs on a large scale, causing a large number of casualties among our soldiers, I reserve any retaliatory measures taken for this, and will severely punish the Japanese troops who use poison and gas bombs." ”

After saying these words, Wang Haitao left these reporters to interview the wounded in the field hospital and went back to the office himself. The Japanese army easily occupied the first line of positions on the road because of the use of poison gas bombs, which made Makino Shiro very excited, and Makikage Shiro ordered to continue to use poison and gas bombs to attack the Shina position, and the infantry brigade that occupied the first line of positions would continue to attack forward.

After withdrawing to the second position, the regiment commander Xiao Changxin hurriedly came to the second position. At this time, Xiao Changxin also regretted it, and he immediately ordered all the officers and men of the second battalion to check whether the gas masks were carried and whether they were in good condition.

Soon, the inspection of the second battalion was completed, and the soldiers left behind in the second line of positions each had a gas mask. Not long after the position was rearranged, the Japanese army's poison and air bombs hit the position again, and this time the officers and men on the position did not need to be afraid, they all lay quietly in the bunkers and trenches, ready to counterattack. As soon as the poison gas spread over the position, a squadron of Japanese infantry wearing gas masks swooped down on the position.

The commander of the second battalion was Wu Conglong, and when he saw that the Japanese army pounced, he had an idea and ordered the soldiers not to hurry to open fire first. The Japanese quickly approached the second line of positions, one hundred and fifty meters...... 100 meters...... Eighty meters, Wu Conglong signaled the soldiers to prepare, and when the Japanese army just entered the 50-meter range, Wu Conglong shouted: "Fire!" and then raised the shell gun in his hand and shot out with a shuttle of bullets.

Because they were all wearing gas masks, Wu Conglong's shouts were not heard by the soldiers, but the gunshots were heard by the soldiers, and suddenly the light and heavy machine guns, rushing guns, front guns, and semi-automatic rifles on the position spit out tongues of fire at the same time. The infantry squadron of the Japanese army was almost approaching the defenders' positions, and when they saw that there was still no movement on the positions, they all thought that the defenders had withdrawn like the first line, so they were no longer on guard, and rushed forward with their waists straight.

As soon as the position opened fire, it fired fierce firepower, and the unsuspecting Japanese soldiers were knocked down in a large area at once, and the Japanese soldiers who reacted quickly behind them hurriedly fell to the ground, and the Japanese soldiers who reacted slowly were still rushing forward, and naturally they were also shot and fell. In just a few minutes, a squadron of Japanese soldiers suffered more than 200 casualties, and the rest were only lying on the ground, firing back without a single shot.

Seeing that the attack was blocked, the captain of the Japanese infantry brigade who occupied the first line of positions hurriedly sent an infantry squadron to meet the retreat of the troops attacking in front, and at the same time ordered the mortar squadron to cover the retreat of the troops with mortars. When the Japanese finally withdrew, the number of casualties in the two squadrons exceeded 300. At this time, the captain of the Japanese army hurriedly reported to his superiors.

Lieutenant General Shiro Makino could not believe the fact that the Shina army had suddenly ignored the attack of poison gas bombs and suspected that they had used imitation masks. Lieutenant General Shiro Makino, who was unwilling, ordered Saharu Yukio Nakasa to continue firing poison and gas bombs, and ordered Suzuki Tatsunosuke Osa to continue the attack.

However, after the Japanese army's two consecutive attacks were repulsed, Lieutenant General Makino Shiro reluctantly accepted the facts and ordered Saharu Yukio Nakasa to stop firing poison gas bombs and switch to a normal attack. However, under the resistance of the defenders of the second battalion, the Japanese attack had no effect except to drop one corpse after another. The same is true of the Taiwanese mixed brigades, which bled head-to-head in front of the defenders' second line of defense.

It was not until it was completely dark that the Japanese army stopped attacking, and Makino Shiro called several of his wing commanders and Lieutenant General Sadamao Ishimoto, the commander of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, to his temporary headquarters, and first encouraged everyone, no matter what, today they have captured a position of the defenders, and a few words of encouragement are still necessary. Then Lieutenant General Shiro Makino asked everyone to continue to fight hard tomorrow, and strive to take all the positions of the defenders as soon as possible and fight under Chongzuo City.

When it got dark, the Japanese army stopped attacking, and the officers and men on the positions breathed a sigh of relief, while the other troops were busy. One by one, the artillery entered the gun position, and the shells were placed next to the gun position. All tanks and armored vehicles of the armored brigade also began to move towards Jinjitun. And arrived at Jinjitun at eight o'clock. Tang Yikuan also ordered the 545th Regiment and the 547th Regiment of the 272nd Brigade to cooperate with the armored brigade to counterattack.

At about 9:10 p.m., 200 heavy guns of large and small calibers of the heavy artillery brigade raised their muzzles, of which 50 heavy guns of the 130-caliber heavy cannon regiment aimed at the Japanese heavy artillery positions, and were loaded with explosive grenades and shells that the heavy artillery brigade regarded as treasures. The reason for using this kind of artillery shell was that the brigade commander Tang Yishi had the intention of capturing the heavy artillery of the Japanese army.

After the use of artillery shells in the past, people in the heavy artillery brigade knew that such shells only hurt people and did not blow up weapons. It's a pity that the number of such shells is small, and everyone usually collects them as if they were treasures, and this time the brigade commander only approved 100 rounds of this kind of shells to the regiment commander Tangshanhu. In addition to the 130 Heavy Cannon Regiment, the other three heavy artillery regiments also aimed at their respective targets according to the azimuth coordinates sent by the reconnaissance brigade and the azimuth coordinates observed by their own observers.

In the headquarters of Chongzuo City, the lights were bright, and Wang Haitao sat quietly in a corner, looking at Tang Renxin. At that moment, all the eyes in the command were fixed on Tang Renxin, and Tang Renxin was firmly fixed on the watch on his wrist. The pointer jumped again and again, and when the pointer pointed to nine o'clock, Tang Renxin said in a deep voice: "I order, the counterattack begins!"

Tang Renxin's order spread everywhere along with the phone call, and Tang Yishi, commander of the heavy artillery brigade, answered the phone and said loudly: "The command command, the counterattack begins, open the artillery!" Several regiment commanders below also shouted at the same time: "The counterattack begins, open the artillery!" 200 heavy artillery pieces opened fire one after another, and one shell after another whistled towards the target. At the same time as the heavy artillery brigade opened fire, the heavy artillery regiment of the 90th Division and the artillery regiment of the 211th Division also opened fire on the Japanese positions in front of the ground at the same time.

The entire city of Zongzuo was trembling, and the fire of the cannon reflected the sky of Chongzuo City. The loud sound of artillery alarmed Lieutenant General Shiro Makino, who was in the temporary headquarters, and when Lieutenant General Shiro Makino rushed out of the temporary headquarters, countless shells had already whizzed down. Amid the exclamations of the Japanese troops, shells exploded in Japanese positions and camps.

More than 20,000 Japanese troops were crowded on the three-kilometer road, and the dense crowd gave the best effect to the shells. First of all, on the position of the Japanese heavy artillery wing, 100 anti-explosive grenades and bombs made this place a hell on earth, and the Japanese officers and soldiers died in an instant due to the vacuum.