Chapter 5: Blood and Fire (25)

A jar of Anhui wine did not reach Xu Ping's return, because at three o'clock in the second half of the night, two uninvited guests came.

Wang Zanbin woke up from a sleep, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, he was going to rob the Japanese of poison gas bombs, and he would definitely not use them to set up exhibitions when he came back from the robbery, and this unscrupulous guy would definitely use it on the Ninth Division as soon as possible.

The invincibles thought that the gas bomb was a new thing, but in fact, it was not strange to people of Wang Zanbin's level. In the sixteenth year of the Republic of China, Zhang Xueliang used poison gas when he besieged Zhuozhou, and he also made jokes. It was October 3, 1927, Fu Zuoyi, the commander of the Fourth Division of the Jin Army, led his army to take the important town of Zhuozhou, and the Feng army counterattacked, launching a three-month siege battle. In this battle of the siege of Zhuozhou, Zhang Xueliang, who likes to catch up with fashion, used poison gas bombs to deal with Fu Zuoyi. The Feng army launched eight general attacks on Zhuozhou, and even used aircraft, artillery and tanks to take it. Zhang Xueliang was angry, so he brought in 500 rounds of poison gas shells that had been eliminated during the First European War, and invited a White Russian military officer to guide the firing.

This White Russian officer is also a batter, at best half a bucket of water, who knows what the gas bomb is but does not know why. For the first time, the chemical warfare method was used to attack, and the leader put on a solid posture, and the opening ceremony was also held, and many reporters from all over the country were invited to watch the battle; the Russian military officers of the White Army held sabers in their hands, their riding boots were shiny, their chins were finely shaved, and their mustaches were proud and handsome. Everything was considered, but the Chinese feng shui was not taken into account, and the wind direction was not looked at, and as a result, as soon as the poison gas bomb exploded, it was blown back by the wind, and all of it was blown into the side of the Feng army, and a large area of the reporters invited by Zhang Xueliang to watch the battle was smoked.

The second time he used poison gas bombs to attack, this time Fu Zuoyi was prepared, as soon as he smelled the poisonous smell in the artillery fire, he immediately soaked the prepared cotton in alkaline water, applied it to his nose, and put a strip of cloth on the outside. Some people covered their mouths with towels wrapped in minced willow charcoal, and they successfully kept the poisonous gas out of their mouths and noses. Zhang Xueliang asked the soldiers to attack with poison, but he didn't expect that this kind of poison gas bomb, which is mainly *, is heavier than air and sinks to the ground, and Fu Zuoyi's troops are based on the city wall, higher than the ground, and will not be poisoned at all. On the contrary, as soon as Zhang Xueliang's soldiers rushed to the city, they fell to the ground one after another, and the guns and cannons in the city were fired, and the Feng army was defeated and returned.

In 1933, the Nationalist Military Government established the No. 23 Chemical Arsenal in Gongxian County, Henan Province, which was responsible for the research and development of chemical warfare agents and chemical equipment. In 1934, the Institute of Applied Chemistry was established in Nanjing, and the two factories were jointly responsible for the research and development of chemical warfare agents and chemical equipment, and in 1935 they were able to produce phosgene, double phosgene, mustard gas and Lewis gas and other chemical warfare agents. At the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, these two units produced a lot of poison gas bombs, and the stocks were completely enough to fight a poison gas war with the Japanese. However, because the Central Military Commission looked ahead and looked backwards, and because it wanted to negotiate peace with the Japanese invaders and rely on the mediation of the League of Nations, after losing Nanjing, it even pretended to be pitiful in front of the international community, and even if it was not forgotten by the people, it became a taboo for the Nationalist Government not to act rashly.

The day before yesterday, Zhang Guangwei's unit was attacked by poison gas, and the report was immediately sent to the General Staff Headquarters, and Zhou Zuhuang, commander of the 7th Army, asked for a tooth for a tooth and asked the central special forces to support. Rejected by the General Staff, Chief Bai called back with only two words: restraint. The reason is simple: not to escalate the war.

A war that has already broken out will not be degraded by the restraint of one side, unless you fully meet the demands of the other side, and in China, the Japanese demand the entire land of China. The government's restraint is only a kind of assumption, Chiang Kai-shek inherited the mantle of Sun Yat-sen, and nothing else has inherited, and the handling of relations with Japan is in the same line; in their view, the war with Japan is equivalent to a warlord scuffle, which is fought today, stopped tomorrow, and mediated the day after tomorrow, and then they can gather together and drink and talk happily.

Mo Di this guy has never had any concept of war politics, he is very simple, fight devils, whoever prevents him from finding devils is a traitor, but he is also a scholar, he has his own judgment on good and evil, and he will not blindly obey his boss, so if he wants not to use poison gas, he can only persuade him and make him convinced, otherwise, he will not do it. However, taking on the charge of escalating the war should not be borne by a general like Mo Di, this conclusion made Wang Zanbin toss and turn.

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became, the more he couldn't sleep, so he simply sat up, got dressed and got out of bed, and asked the guard on duty to accompany him to the 1056 regiment. On the road, I passed the headquarters of the 176th Division, and found that it was still brightly lit.

Seeing Wang Zanbin come in, Ou Shounian said with a smile: "I guess the second seat is the same as me, I can't sleep, right?" ”

Wang Zanbin took out a cigarette from Ou Shounian's table, lit it, and said, "I slept for a while, but then I remembered one thing and couldn't sleep." ”

"I'm thinking about a problem too." Ou Shounian said: "We must use this gas bomb, but we can't use it in our name, and there must be someone like Wei Chengqing to help us bear this notoriety." ”

"Haha! Tricks! Wang Zanbin laughed and said: "General Jiemei (Ou Shou Nian) is getting wiser and wiser, I just thought, don't let Mo Tianzong use this thing first, you are good, even the scapegoat trick has been thought of." Very good, very good, just do it. Let's think about it, in what name, even the notoriety of tonight's robbery will be borne together. ”

"I've thought about tonight's actions, one word, don't admit it, two words, don't know, three words, irrelevant." Ou Shounian said: "We don't report it, and we won't ask it, and even if we do, we don't know a word." It's just that he is wronged again, and he can only become an unsung hero after a great achievement. ”

"Grievances are grievances, it's not grievances once or twice, Tianzong is still young, there will be opportunities in the future, we just have a number in our hearts. It is estimated that the person who went to move things will be back soon, so let's go over and take a look, so let's keep it as secret as possible! Wang Zanbin said helplessly: "I will deal with Chief Liao after dawn." ”

The two came to the headquarters of the 1056th Regiment and saw that Mo Di and Li Benyizheng were each sleeping on a marching bed, there was a bunch of fires in the headquarters, the personnel on duty were all there, the two staff officers were shaking the hand-cranked generator weakly, and there was a chaotic noise coming from the walkie-talkie. A half-eaten hot pot was placed on top of the ammunition box, and the oil in the pot was knotted.

Seeing the deputy military seat and the division seat coming in, the staff officer on duty hurriedly greeted him and whispered: "Can the two commanders sit by the fire, our regiment commander and Brigade Commander Li have been drinking for a long time and have just fallen asleep, do you want me to call him." ”

The implication is that he is very reluctant to wake up Mo Enemy at this time.

Wang Zanbin nodded, waved his hand, and whispered, "Don't wake him up, let's find out about the situation first." He Ou Shounian came to the fire and sat down, and asked, "Is there any news over there?" ”

"The things are already being moved, and it is going well, the sentry and the poison gas brigade that killed the enemy have not fired their guns, and listening to the operator, in a little while they can move everything to a valley three or four miles away from the enemy's barracks, as long as everything is moved there, it will be safe." said the staff officer on duty.

At this time, a non-commissioned officer stood up next to the walkie-talkie and said to the staff officer on duty in typical Guibei dialect: "There are still many things in the yellow stewed chicken hot pot, set it on the fire, let the two commanders drink some first, and I will go to the room to get some preserved duck. ”

The staff officer on duty said: "Okay, I'll go to the gang room to get it, don't leave the headquarters, only you can understand the mutual call." ”

The confidential man added two pieces of charcoal to the fire, put the three-legged stove on it, and put the hot pot on it. Before Wang Zanbin and Ou Shounian could figure out what it meant, a glass of wine had already been poured and placed in front of them, and when they saw the clean dishes and chopsticks, no matter how stupid they were, they knew what was going on.

"Then some?" Wang Zanbin said with a smile.

"Come on, come on." Ou Shounian said: "Here in Tianzong, don't abide by so many rules. ”

"It's just, the rules, for this kid, never worked." Wang Zanbin said: "I knew him during the Battle of Longtan, the whole army retreated, and he was the only one who dared to rush into the chaotic battlefield and snatch the battalion commander Li Shaojie out, and the whole regiment was passed on as a righteous subordinate. This guy can fight, can fight, can fight, can be civil and martial, is a talent, it depends on how you use it. ”

Soon, there was an enticing aroma of meat in the hot pot, and after a while, the staff officer on duty came over with a large bowl of chopped duck in the room and poured it into the hot pot.

After eating a few glasses of wine, the oil in the duck began to crackle in the hot pot, and the sound woke up Mo Di, sat up from the marching bed, and saw the two people by the hot pot, at first I thought it was the staff on duty who was stealing food, but when I looked at it, I found that the level of these two stealing food was high.

"Vice, Master, why did you two come here?" Mo Di rubbed his eyes and walked to the fire and sat down.

"I knew you had something delicious here, so I came together." Wang Zanbin said with a smile.

"It's a good thing, it's just a mess." Mo Di said: "This wine is good, I drank a few more glasses and fell asleep unconsciously." ”

"Tongmuling Tongmuling, I am Tongmujiang." There was a strange voice over the intercom. Mo Di immediately stopped talking and walked over to the walkie-talkie. The confidential officer picked up the microphone, and it was also in a strange tone: "I'm Tongmuling, you speak." ”

Ou Shounian and Wang Zanbin didn't understand it at all, but they also knew that this was the way the Mo Enemy Group conveyed the news, put down the chopsticks in their hands, and looked at the confidential officer fixedly.

"After the things are moved, we are ready to turn back, there are still people there who can move, boil some water, get some meat porridge, everyone is cold and hungry." Said on the intercom.

"I'll ask." The confidential officer said: "The baggage troops and the logistics department have also gone to move things, and I don't know if there are any people, and the porridge of more than 3,000 people can be made by the key people." ”

Mo Di understood these words, and interjected in a small voice: "Tell him, don't worry, you will have to eat when you come back." ”

The staff officer on duty stood up and said, "I'll go and call Doctor Zhang and them to help, there are still some lightly wounded people, nothing else can be done, it's still okay to light the fire." ”

After a while, Chief of Staff Huang Tianhua and First Battalion Commander Liu Bolong arrived at the headquarters and told Mo Di that the porridge had been boiled, and a large number of sweet potatoes were steamed with canned Japanese meat, which was enough to eat.

Mo Di knew that everything had been arranged, so he pulled Wang Zanbin and Ou Shounian to sit by the fire, poured a glass of wine, and said, "Deputy seat, master seat, we can celebrate our success!" ”

Wang Zanbin drank it dry in one sip of Shou Nian, sandwiched a piece of preserved duck, and put it in his mouth, Wang Zanbin praised it. Ou Shounian glanced at Mo Di with slanted eyes, and said, "Tianzong, last time you used Wei Chengqing's name to engage in the railway, whose name are you going to use this time?" ”

Mo Di didn't expect Ou Shounian to have such a question, and he was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer. To make a railway is to sabotage and make people impersonate, this time it is to fight devils, why do you want to make people impersonate!