Japanese headquarters in Mandalay, inside the underground fortifications..

"What the hell is going on? Why did the front line suddenly lose contact?"

Yamashita Bongwen roared angrily, saliva squirting on the face of the communications soldier, as if he was about to eat people.

Just two hours earlier, the front had reported that the Chinese had begun a complete withdrawal, and before they could figure out what was going on, a new round of shelling had been covered.

I thought that this was just a prelude to the attack of the Chinese, but after the end of that round of shelling, the other side did not take action, but quietly did not make the slightest movement, which was really unpredictable.

What's even more strange is that when Yamashita wanted to contact the forward positions again and ask them to report the situation, he found that the communication was interrupted, and the messages sent by radio or telephone were like stones sinking into the sea, and there was no response.

The staff officers and officers under their command were all confused, and they had sent two liaison teams to investigate the situation, but for now, there was still no useful news coming back.

Yamashita Fengwen is like an ant on a hot pot and is in a hurry, it stands to reason that after the communication is interrupted, the front line should take the initiative to contact the headquarters, but now the other party has no news, and he knows with his toes that something big is definitely going on over there.

"Let Katsuhei Nakasa take the search team to the front line of the Irrawaddy River, and be sure to find out what is going on!"

"Hey."

As soon as the staff officer reached the door, he collided with the oncoming herald, who hurriedly bent down to apologize, and before the other party could speak, he rushed into the headquarters.

"Report! Your Excellency the Commander... The liaison team is back, and only a few of them survived... Gone.. It's all gone!"

Syllable!

"Yaga! What does panic look like? Calm down!"

Niu Tou was so angry that Yamashita Fengwen slapped him, pinched the herald's collar and asked loudly, "Explain it to me!" What's missing? What the hell is going on!?"

"Hey-hey.

The herald who had been slapped was a little sober, and quickly organized the language in his mind, and a touch of horror couldn't help but appear on his face: "Hua... The Chinese used poison gas bombs, and all the troops on the defense line were hit, and we have never seen such chemical bombs, the Yamaguchi brigade, the Keitama brigade, and the Okazaki brigade

This wave of Tabang gas bombs attacked almost the entire Irrawaddy River defense line, and several positions were all shrouded in poison gas, and the little devils inside can be imagined.

They barely had time to react, and as long as they touched the slightest touch, their whole bodies would lose control, and they would fall to the ground and convulse, helplessly and painfully waiting for death to come.

The Japanese troops on the defensive line were too dense, and a large number of Japanese soldiers fell on the way to escape, even if they hid in the tunnels, they could not be spared, and the poisonous gas would be poured into the fortifications with the ventilation circulation system, causing more serious casualties.

They may only survive by hiding in those low-lying small tunnels, but they can't get out until the poisonous fog clears, and there is no air circulation, so people will die worse if they stay inside.

In the past two or three hours, the defense line of tens of thousands of people has collapsed in an instant, thousands of soldiers have died, and less than one in ten have escaped.

Even if they were far away, the soldiers who had fled the battlefield had more or less respiratory failure, muscle spasms, coma and other poisoning symptoms, and even some died due to anaphylactic shock

Listening to the other party's report little by little, Yamashita Fengwen only felt that the sky was spinning, and in an instant it was dark in front of him, and his body involuntarily fell backwards.

'Commander!'

"Hurry up and call a military doctor! Hurry!'

Everyone was really frightened by Yamashita Fengwen, coupled with the terrifying news on the front line, the headquarters was in chaos in an instant.

At the same time, there was a special unit in front of the Japanese defense line that was approaching rapidly, they were armed with M3 submachine guns, and they were wearing very tight protective equipment all over their bodies, so to speak, they were tightly wrapped and impermeable.

The unit soon entered the position, and the soldiers did not talk much, but cautiously advanced into the position under the leadership of their respective commanders.

The soldiers crossed the line as if they were no one, and there was almost no resistance, because there were basically no living people on the entire line except for them.

As time passed, the poisonous fog gradually evaporated, but the wreckage of the countless Japanese soldiers who had fallen remained in place. From the terrified expressions of the devils' corpses, you can see how horrific their experience was at the moment of being attacked by poison gas bombs

Several soldiers fiddled with a device that resembled a horizontal device and used droppers to test something on a test strip.

Yu Sifan, the leader, held the steel gun tightly and watched vigilantly through the blindfold on the gas mask.

Their mission is to preemptively enter the kill zone of poison gas bombs, reconnoiter the battlefield and monitor the air in the kill zone, and check whether there are any enemies along the way, and at the same time take samples and analyze the corpses on the ground, and record the damage data of the tower collapse.

The ground was full of corpses with bursting eyes, and the empty position was like the eerie realm of hell, filled with the breath of death, and even though he was the author of all this, he was terrified by what he saw.

"It's good that this thing isn't Japanese... It must be kept secret!"

Yu Sifan sighed in his heart, such a terrifying lethality completely exceeds ordinary people's perception of poison gas bombs.

Take the mustard gas of the devil as an example, there is a lot of time to escape before inhaling the lethal dose, and although the poisoned person will be very painful afterwards and lose his combat effectiveness or even die, at least after treatment and recuperation, there is still a high probability of surviving.

But Tabang is different, as it can kill you in just a few minutes if exposed to the poison gas, and there is no time to rescue or escape.

This thing is like a demon's fangs, extremely ferocious and terrifying, and it must not reveal the slightest information to the outside world, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Battalion commander, the test report is out, and the cyanophosphonic acid in the air is already below the harmful value, but the phosphorus chloride content is still a little high."

The soldier's report interrupted Yu Sifan's contemplation, he thought about it for a moment and then ordered:

"Got it, the first company continued to monitor, and the second company and the third company counted the number of Japanese soldiers who died on the position. In addition, the military department was informed that the front-line troops could start advancing, but try to bypass the kill zone, and every soldier must wear a gas mask, and those who do not have a mask must not enter the battlefield. ”

"Understood... I'm going to send the report. ”

The warriors also knew that this thing was not a joke, although the poison in the air had almost dissipated, but the poison attached to those corpses was not good, and those who had seen the power of this thing did not dare to take it lightly.

Soon, the 3rd Division of Honor relaunched an attack on the enemy, and the three main regiments did not hesitate to make a detour from a distance, deliberately avoiding the killing zone of the gas bombs, and the soldiers quickly marched towards the city of Mandalay in company and platoon.

At this time, the Japanese army was in great confusion, and when they figured out the situation of the defense line of the Irrawaddy River, they were even more frightened and overwhelmed.

And at this time, there was a problem with the command system, and after Yamashita Fengwen fainted, he should have given an order by the chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense, but coincidentally, the latter went to the front line to supervise the battle earlier, and it is estimated that he had already been burped by poison gas bombs at this time.

A number of staff officers and adjutants in the headquarters had different opinions, and several division commanders were also arguing, some of them proposed to shrink the defensive line and hold the city to the death, and Mandalay must not be lost, and some people felt that it would be worth the loss if the enemy continued to fight again, and if the enemy attacked again with poison gas, everyone would have to die, so it was better to retreat first and then find a way.

However, time waited for no one, and the three main regiments of the attack would not have left another chance, and the US planes returned to the battlefield, and the bombing began again.

The morale of the soldiers was high, and they flocked to the city of Mandalay like a tide, and the situation of the Japanese troops who had lost the defense line on the river bank was very critical, and the various units could only fight separately without a unified order, and the panic situation can be imagined.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the 1st Main Regiment occupied the east gate of the city, and the 2nd Main Regiment took control of the middle dam of the Jiangkou, destroyed the Japanese artillery position here, and instead placed its own artillery here, which was facing the city of Mandalay.

At five o'clock, the position on the southwest side of the city was broken by the third regiment, and Milong led his troops to take the south gate directly, forming a pincer offensive with the side of Yaoma, pressing the Japanese army in the city step by step.

The 2nd Regiment remained on the outskirts of the city and continued to sweep away the remnants of the enemy, and the gunfire continued until evening.

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