In Tatiwa, Lower Burma, inside the new headquarters of the 15th Army, staff officers are discussing a new poison gas operation. The use of poison gas by the Japanese army has long been a common thing, but the use of yellow bullets is indeed a matter that must be used carefully, and the way and place of use must be cautious. In the Japanese army's definition of the color of poison gas bombs, this category is erosive poison gas. Ordinary gas masks cannot resist it, and the contaminated area will remain toxic for a long time.

At the time of the battles of Songhu and Wuhan, the Japanese army had already used mustard gas, but that was in China. From a political point of view, Burma, especially the Burmese in Lower Burma, is still a goodwill object that needs to be wooed. Even if these muddy people still flock to the new rupee issued by the Japanese army, the use of poison gas to pollute water sources is another matter. Moneva is located at the junction of upper and lower Burma, and the Burmese population in the vicinity accounts for 80%.

After the British withdrew, the local Burmese people thought that it was a good time to turn the sky upside down, and had already begun to loot British facilities like a carnival to help the Japanese attack the Chinese and British soldiers who had fallen behind, but after the synthetic battalion occupied the area, it completely mixed up their good deeds, and now the local people are all holding back the fire and preparing to help the Japanese. However, once this kind of thing is used, I am afraid that it will seriously affect the long-term expectation of the Yugoslav organs to buy people's hearts. Of course, there are also tactical considerations, it is necessary to consider the contaminated area created, the Japanese army itself cannot pass in time, the only Japanese force with the ability to decontaminate this kind of poison is still far away in Manchuria, and there is no set of full-body chemical protection suits in the whole of Burma. Iida was assessed that it would be impossible for the troops to pass through the area for at least two days, not necessarily on the third day. It depends on the climate and rain conditions. However, this is still the best way to get past the Synthetic Camp as quickly as possible.

Front-line officers kept sending requests for Iida to use this "decisive" weapon. At present, only Suzuki of the Southern Agency has expressed opposition, and he is worried that the strategic work of the past two years will be ruined because of this hasty decision. The British were ruthless in suppressing the uprising in Burma, but after all, they did not use poison gas. If, as Asano intended, Burma is used as a base for further attacks on India or China, it is still necessary to consider the long-term gains and losses of popular opinion, which is an important oil and rice producing area. When he remembered the scene when the Burmese people dismantled the door panels to build a pontoon bridge for the Japanese army, lined up in a long line, and exchanged gold and silver jewelry for military tickets, this intelligence leader was inevitably a little moved.

"Commander, how can we do this to them? The people here are wholeheartedly in support of the holy war, and several of my teams are still near the battlefield, waiting to serve the Imperial Army, knowing that the mining area is very high, and when it rains, the surrounding villages will be the first to be affected. ”

Keiji Suzuki said.

"Suzuki-kun, I haven't thought about these things, but you can take a look at this first."

Iida waved his hand, and someone handed a report to Suzuki.

Suzuki Unfold is a summary of casualty statistics of each unit engaged with the 5th Army Composite Battalion, including the personnel and weapons lost in the battle with the 15th Army Staff that can be counted by the 15th Army General Staff.

Suzuki had never seen this thing, he had been in charge of investigating the synthetic battalion for a long time, but there was no precise figure of his own losses counted by the General Staff, of course, even so, when he opened this thing, he could guess a very glaring figure at that time.

Sure enough, there was a list of equipment losses and the number of troops and equipment that had lost troops and equipment in the fight with it. The losses were no matter how small, from personnel and tanks to horses, guns, and equipment, he quickly turned backwards and saw a casualty statistic: 2,700 people. 40 tanks, 109 cars, 49 cannons of various types, 1,900 rifles......

The loss of personnel was somewhat less than Suzuki had anticipated. It seems that something went wrong?

"This is the number before today," Iida smiled bitterly and shook his head, "plus the losses of Lieutenant General Mutaguchi there today, it will inevitably exceed 5,000 people." ”

"It's amazing."

"There is no doubt that the composite battalion must be an overstaffed force, but such a battle loss ratio is still unacceptable, especially if we count our loss of one lieutenant general. You know that the loss of 5,000 field soldiers means that we should eliminate tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers, and this is the case on the Chinese battlefield. We can't assess their losses right now, but not more than 2,000 people in short, right? ”

Iida wondered. If he had known that the Synthetic Battalion had been much smaller than expected, and that the casualties had not even been 200 so far, he would probably vomit blood on the spot.

"So, your Excellency insists on using yellow bullets?"

"Yes, the 5th Flying Division is ready, just wait for the weather to permit. Also, for use in mountainous areas, it must be dropped on higher ground and require the assistance of your native troops as night target designation. ”

"It's very difficult, the target designation must be ignited when the aircraft is approaching, otherwise it will be eliminated by the Chinese army." Suzuki said.

"What?"

"Your Excellency, then they won't have time to leave the ignition area, you know, it's not * but ...... that are thrown down."

"You reminded me to get all of our men out of this operation, which was carried out entirely by locals. Their loyalty, there won't be a problem, right? ”

"Of course not, but ......"

"There is nothing more glorious than sacrificing for the liberation of Asia, I think your people should be aware of this, and besides, the base camp is eager to collect reports on the results of the use of mustard gas by the large-scale build-up of the enemy in the tunnels and on the surface positions. When we attack Chongqing, we will face more and more mountainous battles, and this data will be used in the future. The base camp was also interested in the lethality of chemical warfare to mechanized infantry; Of course, the most important thing is that we must eliminate them and put an end to the shame that has been done so far. If this force is not wiped out, our great achievements in the Pacific and South Seas will be tainted, and those enemies who have obviously lost will feel that they may still have a chance to counterattack, so an attack is imperative, understand, Suzuki-kun. ”

"Understood. I also want to ask, what is the equivalent of this attack? ”

"It will be the largest chemical warfare of our army, and we will strive to completely annihilate it."

In the headquarters of the Moneva mining area, Zhou Youfu came to the headquarters drunk and holding the Japanese saber he had just picked up from the battlefield.

"Today's battle ...... Well done, I bet, Chu Tuanzuo will be jealous when he knows that we are doing such a beautiful job, hehe," he was not drunk and unconscious, but there was no door on his lips, "Captain Lin, I obeyed you, fuck, the sappers are not all nerds, and there are also shrewd people like you." It's not much to call you grandpa, hehe......"

Everyone ignored him, his face was still solemn, which made Zhou Youfu feel that everyone was too pretending, he looked around the command room and found that there were two more people. One was tall and he knew, Lin Linqi's attendant, and the other was tied up and thrown on the ground. Wearing a native dress.

"What's going on this shitday? Is it a spy? ”

Zhou Youfu couldn't help but say, and kicked his feet when he went up.

"Yes, it's a local traitor, just caught." Tao Mingzhang said, "He took this picture with him. It was they who instructed the Japanese to bomb the main points. ”

Zhou Youfu took the map, glanced at it, and immediately recognized the surrounding mountains. There are also various crosses.

"This is where Dogday is going to be bombed?" He shook his head vigorously, trying to wake himself up, he had climbed the nearby mountains, and was familiar with every point, but none of them seemed to be worthy of red*, "This is not the location of our tunnel vents?" ”

Sitting far away, Brooke's expression changed slightly, and he threw an impressive glance at Zhou Youfu, he didn't expect this drunk to see the clue so quickly.

"Yes, Battalion Commander Zhou, we expect that the enemy's purpose is to poison it." Zhou Youfu was shocked, he woke up eight points, he inhaled poison gas once during the battle of Lanfeng, and he will never forget the pain in his respiratory tract in his life, "Dog's day is going to be bad again?" No, no, we have gas masks. Dog's own, absolutely don't be afraid. ”

"We are worried that it is not that simple, they ask to wait for the rain, the normal poison will not work because of the rain, so they must use something more vicious and may pollute the water source......"

As Lin spoke, Tao Mingzhang and Brooke next to him were all nodding. Apparently they discussed it and came to a common conclusion.

"Report," someone came in from outside, "Chu Tuanza was in an emergency. ”

"Read!"

"Knowing that our department has won a great victory, the military seat has notified Chongqing of the award. However, the enemy troops gathered around our army, and the friendly neighbors retreated one after another, and learned that the enemy might use inhumane tactics, so the military commander ordered our troops to pull out the camp at night and slowly move northward to the new 38th Division. ”

"When will the group come back?"

"I didn't say it."

"If we leave this place, it will be difficult to find a level place for the group plane to land?" Zhou Youfu was the first to realize that Chu Tingchang might not be able to come back in a short time.

"Well, Shangfeng also wants us to bring all this force back, and I think we can do it." Lin said.

"In view of the signs of the enemy's use of chemical warfare, we are unanimously in favor of an immediate withdrawal to the north." Brooke said.

On the hill near the mining area, the soldiers of the Burmese Independence Army lurking, observing the movement below, can hear the rumbling sound in the valley when the mountain wind blows, maybe the newly dead Japanese ghost can't find the way back to his hometown, wailing? Or a motor vehicle is moving, but unfortunately it is not very clear.

It started to rain in the sky, and the Japanese plane took off from Thailand, and it would take a while to come.

Today's operation is very important to them, and for the first time, the Japanese instructors are relieved to hand over the important tasks to them to complete independently, and of course there is no room for error. During the day, they saw the Chinese army slaughtering the Japanese army from afar, and they were all indignant, eager to rush over to help, and now they finally waited for their chance. They hated every Chinese who came here without coming personally, forcibly using British issued banknotes that were already worthless to buy things, robbing temples, killing monks, blowing up bridges in case of the Japanese. The most hateful thing is that they are even more vigorous than the British to block the liberators of Asia. The British can't see it long ago, they still stay here, and they remember all the new and old hatreds. Just wait a little while, Japan*, to send them to heaven.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and they received a signal on the radio calling for a fire. So they got up and removed the tarpaulins from the haystacks that had been prepared in advance, all of which were soaked in tung oil and could burn in the rain for a while.

The fires lit up on the hills, most of these Independence troops had worked in the mines, they had everything in their hands such as vents and water sources, and the leader motioned for everyone to retreat, he knew that * was not very accurate, and he had to stay away as much as possible. After a distance, the sound of bomber engines rang out in the sky, and they followed the speckled firelight.

The independence army stopped and waited to watch the Chinese be punished.

"Blow them up, blow them up in their hometown."

They hated the first thought.

* Whizzed down, but the scale of the explosion disappointed the crowd, barely seeing the flames. Judging from the sound of screaming and falling, there are a lot of them, but none of them explode. Soon they smelled the pungent smell in the air, felt the itching of the skin and the irritation of the airways.