"When the imperial army first entered Shanxi, the Central China Army still had some combat effectiveness, but in the past two years, the senior generals of the Central China Army have been busy pocketing their own pockets, the middle-level officers only cared about deducting their salaries, and the low-level soldiers have been working hard for a living. All my weapons and ammunition are sold secretly, so how can I have any fighting power?"

"The Tsuda detachment fought against such an army on the Jinnan battlefield. How could its combat effectiveness not drop?"

"What's more, there are still a large number of imperial association troops and detective teams in the southern Shanxi war zone. These armed forces were originally recruited by local ruffians and hooligans. These guys are not good at fighting, but they are proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. The imperial soldiers of the three divisions in the southern theater have been corrupted by these guys, so how can their combat effectiveness not drop?"

After a pause, he said, "However, you don't have to worry too much, Commander."

"Oh?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked softly, "What do you mean by that?"

Ryuichi Sakamoto said in disbelief: "The Imperial Army in the Jinnan War Zone has been corrupted by the Imperial Association Army and the Criminal Investigation Team. Not only have they learned the skills of eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and smoking, but also the skill of complaining."

"So don't look at them screaming fiercely now, in fact, the problem is not big."

"I dare not say anything else, at least two more hours will definitely not be a problem."

"Well, Sakamoto-kun's words are not unreasonable." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded slightly, and then said again, "However, we still can't take risks lightly. Let the 2nd Guards Division launch an attack and support the Tsuda Detachment."

……

Daxia Bay, the headquarters of the 2nd Guards Division.

It was snowing so hard, Maeda Tadanobu, Tsuchiya Yuta and other officials stood outside the tent for a while, their hats and cloaks were already covered with snowflakes.

But Maeda Tadanobu didn't realize it, he just held up the binoculars to observe the front.

Unfortunately, the front was so dark that nothing could be seen in the field of vision.

Amidst the footsteps, a communications staff officer hurried over with a folder in his arms and reported: "Division commander, the Tsuda Detachment requests emergency support, and the 1st Army Command also requests support."

"Understood." Maeda Tadanobu waved his hand.

After dismissing the communications staff, Maeda Tadanobu said to Tsuchiya Yuta: "At first I wanted to wait a few more minutes, but now even Shinozuka-kun has sent a telegram, which shows that the situation of the Tsuda detachment is not very good, that's all, then we will go ahead." Attack, Tsuchiya-kun, send a signal and order the Noda Battalion to prepare for the attack, the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment and the 10th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Battalion began artillery preparations for the Shuiyao Pass.”

"Hai." Yuta Tsuchiya paused slightly when he heard the words.

Immediately, he raised the signal gun and fired a red signal flare.

Accompanied by the lift-off of the red signal flare, dazzling streams of light suddenly appeared in the direction of the entrance of Daxiawan Village, and then these streams of light whizzed across the snowy night sky and fell towards Shuiyao Mountain Pass.

The next moment, Mount Chai and Mishan at Shuiyao Pass were engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

……

"Masks, wear gas masks!"

Wang Ye galloped all the way up the 7-shaped hanging wall road, while loudly reminding the soldiers of the new 2nd regiment who retreated to the hanging wall road to wear gas masks.

Although in the previous few battles, the devils did not use gas bombs.

But Wang Ye knew that this was definitely not due to the devil's good intentions, but due to lack of preparation, because the storage and use process of gas bombs was much more complicated than that of ordinary grenades, and they could not be used casually.

But the artillery unit of the 2nd Guards Division definitely carried gas bombs.

Therefore, in this bombardment, the devils will most likely use poison gas bombs to carry out a sneak attack.

Wang Ye's order was quickly conveyed, and the members of the Warrior Wolf Squadron and the soldiers of the New 2nd Regiment put on gas masks one after another.

Because he was wearing a mask, Wang Ye didn't notice when Kong Jie came to him. It wasn't until Kong Jie called him several times that Wang Ye finally recognized Kong Jie.

"Captain Kong, what's the matter?"

"Hey, if Xiao Wang hadn't reminded you this time, our new 2nd regiment would have suffered a lot."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie pointed to Xiashuiyao Pass again, and saw that the Chaishan and Mishan positions where the two main battalions of the New 2nd Regiment were stationed just now had been blown into a sea of ​​flames.

Wang Ye said: "What's the matter?"

Kong Jie said: "The 2nd Guards Division has already launched an attack. Can Lao Li and Lao Ding be brought back? At this time, let the Independent Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment withdraw to Shuiyao Mountain, and the two devils will never come back." Are you suspicious?"

"Basically, there will be no doubts." Wang Ye said after this meal, he turned his head to Wei Xilai and said, "Xi Nei, immediately inform the regiment leader and Ding that they can come back."

Wei Xilai immediately ran away.

The artillery of the 2nd Guards Division continued to prepare for the artillery fire at the Shuiyao Pass position for a quarter of an hour.

About a quarter of an hour later, the devil's artillery fire began to extend towards the Shuiyao Mountain, and rows of shells began to hit a circular flat ground with a diameter of more than 500 meters.

Landmines have been planted under the flat ground.

From time to time, landmines were hit by shells, causing martyrdom.

There are also bound to be blown wires connecting mines.

But it's not a big problem, because all the mines are connected to independent wires, and they are connected to the hanging wall road before being aggregated to a general wire.

Doing so is nothing more than spending more wires.

There are so many wires left by the headquarters, they don't lack wires at all.

The artillery fire extended to the front cliff, and the smoke from the explosion soon permeated into the hanging wall road.

Without any warning, a mule tied to the hanging wall road fell to the ground and convulsed violently, with white foam bubbling from its mouth.

Chapter 240 Was beaten badly

"Gas bomb?!"

The nearby soldiers screamed in succession.

"This is an erosive mustard gas bomb!" Wang Ye sternly said, "Tie up your clothes tightly, wear gloves, and wrap your ankles with towels. Try not to expose your skin to the air!"

The gas masks that were looted last time had gloves, but no protective clothing.

The ankle can only be wrapped with a towel. With the protection of the towel, even if there is still mustard gas seeping in, the dose will definitely not be too much.

After the order was issued, the soldiers of the Xin 2 Regiment and members of the Wolf Warrior Squadron guarding the wall road checked their equipment one after another to ensure that there were no loopholes in their own protection measures.

Overall, the problem is not serious.

Because most of the gas bombs fell on the open space in the middle of Shuiyao Mountain,

The number of poison gas bombs hit on the surrounding cliffs was small, so the dose of poison gas penetrating into the hanging wall road was not large.

Moreover, the specific gravity of mustard gas is smaller than that of air, and it will rise upward once it volatilizes. However, the wall-mounted road has no chimney effect, so the poisonous gas will not change its flow direction and enter the wall-mounted road.

Over time, the mustard gas will naturally evaporate.

Kong Jie suddenly thought of a question, and asked, "Xiao Wang, the devils launched a poison gas bomb attack, and Lao Li and Lao Ding didn't wear gas masks. Do you want to send someone to tell them to come back slowly?"

Wang Ye said: "Tuan Zhang and Ding Zhang will not come back so soon, but just to be on the safe side, let's send someone to notify them."

At that moment, Wang Ye sent another wolf warrior to inform Li Yunlong and the others.

At this time, the shelling of the devils had completely stopped, and the Shuiyao Mountain became quiet all at once.

Kong Jie's voice sounded in the hanging wall road: "Send the order, everyone is ready to fight!"

Kong Jie's order was passed down by word of mouth, and soon spread throughout the entire Guabi Highway. Nearly 2 soldiers from the New 2000nd Regiment and more than [-] members of the Warrior Wolf Squadron quickly prepared for battle.

But all I saw was a bunch of 12-type heavy machine guns, 75-type light machine guns, and 6-type rifles, all protruding from the shooting holes dug on the hanging wall road, and a few shooting holes on the left and right sides of the crosswalk and on the ramp. In the middle, there are black muzzles protruding, but there are 37 2 field guns of two field artillery companies and 75 [-]mm rapid-fire guns and [-] [-] anti-aircraft guns of the rapid-fire gun company.

All the muzzles and muzzles point to the open space in the middle of Shuiyao Mountain.

Once fired, it will quickly interweave into a firepower net with no dead ends!

……

Outside the water kiln mountain.

Tsuchiya Yuta said: "In the previous battles, our 2nd Guards Division has never used gas bombs, so the Eighth Route Army will never think that we will suddenly use gas bombs!"

After saying this, he continued: "This is inertial thinking, and it is difficult for human beings to overcome."

"Yo Xi." Maeda Tadanobu nodded happily, "Tsuchiya-kun has a lot of research on psychology."

"Don't dare." Tsuchiya Yuta waved his hand and said, "So, the Eighth Route Army will definitely be killed by mustard gas if caught off guard. Maybe there is no living Eighth Route Army in Shuiyao Mountain at this time."

While speaking, the artillery preparations of the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment and the 10th Independent Field Heavy Artillery Battalion had ended. The deafening explosions disappeared at once, and the whole world was eerily silent.

Maeda Tadanobu immediately stretched out his white-gloved right hand and gave a weak push to the front.

"Order!" Tsuchiya Yuta turned around and shouted, "Noda Brigade, attack!"

A messenger immediately raised the signal gun and fired a red signal flare!

……

Koji Ono is a private of the 3st Battalion of the 1rd Guards Infantry Regiment.

The airtight gas mask covered his head, Koji Ono felt that the whole world was cut off, he couldn't hear the outside sound, only his own heavy breathing could be heard clearly.

Fortunately, the glass cover of the gas mask has a good view.

You can clearly see Pao Ze squatting on both sides.

Not far in front is the squad leader Kamei Shiro, and in front is the squadron leader Kono Jun.

Standing alone at the front was an officer, who was also tightly wrapped in a gas mask and protective clothing, but it was their captain Noda Hikochichi.

Ono Koji's mood was a little complicated.

Some excitement, some anticipation, and some fear.

As an imperial soldier deeply brainwashed by militarism, Ono Koji felt extremely excited to fight for the emperor and the empire.

Expectation is the pleasure of looking forward to massacring Chinese soldiers.

On the battlefield, whenever his bayonet pierced into the body of a Chinese soldier, Ono Koji could feel an unprecedented intense pleasure.

As for fear, it is naturally the fear that he will die.

The Eighth Route Army on the opposite side is very powerful and has already killed more than 5000 of them.

Therefore, no one dared to assert that he would not die in the next battle.

Time passed quickly amid Koji Ono's worries about gains and losses. At a certain moment, a red light suddenly appeared in the night sky.

At this time, the heavy snow has stopped, so the red light in the night sky is so conspicuous and coquettish. This is the attack signal from the Division Headquarters, and it is time for them to attack!

Noda Yanqi also saw the red flare.

Immediately, Noda Hikochi drew out his saber and drew it forward, shouting, "Forward!"

Kono Jun and Kamei Shiro stood up one after another, and Ono Koji and the Japanese soldiers on both sides also stood up one after another, holding the [-] caps with bayonets on, and striding forward.

Because of the protective clothing, it looks a little clumsy.

At this time, it is estimated that only [-]% of the strength can be exerted in the bayonet fight.

However, after looking at Robesawa on the left and right, and at the squad leader, squadron leader, and even the battalion leader Noda Hikochi who were walking in front with their sabers upright, Ono Koji immediately regained his confidence.

After all, the mustard gas bombs had already been used.

The Eighth Route Army hiding in the mountains is probably dead.

Ono Koji followed behind the team leader Kamei Shiro, and quickly passed through the Suiyao Pass.

When passing through the Shuiyao Pass, Ono Koji glanced at the two small hills on both sides, and saw that the entire hill had collapsed and had become unrecognizable.

It is estimated that the Eighth Route Army first hollowed out the small mountain bag.

Then it was bombarded by the heavy howitzers of the 10th Battalion of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery.

I don't know how many eight roads were buried alive under these two hills?But according to Koji Ono's estimate, it should be quite a lot.

Koji Ono continued to move forward with the bayonet in his hand, and soon entered Shuiyao Mountain. With the light of the burning fire, he could vaguely see the shape of the entire Shanyao Mountain.

It looked like a well with a collapsed corner!

Is that how the place name of Shuiyao Mountain came about?

The internal space of Shuiyao Mountain is large enough, with a diameter of 500 meters!

They entered with 4 infantry squadrons, 1 heavy machine gun squadron, and an artillery squadron, occupying only a small area.

"Captain!"

"There's a row of houses over there!"

"Captain, there seems to be a shooting hole on the cliff."

Finally, the devil with good eyesight found the hanging wall road on the cliff, but it was used as a shooting hole.

"Firing hole? On the cliff?" Noda Hikochi shuddered slightly, and shouted, "Artillery squadron, fire flares!"

The artillery squadron immediately set up two 2-type 81mm mortars, only to hear two muffled bangs, and two flares creaked and screamed into the air.

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