Devil's Army

At 9 p.m., the Japanese army in Zhejiang launched a simultaneous poison gas attack on the New Fourth Army at Huangmaoling and Xianxialing.

Two soldiers at the front line risked their lives to crawl back to the command post and report to the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 18th Advance Regiment stationed at Huangmaoling.

By this time, the wind had already carried the poison gas to the Second Battalion Command Post.

Two sentries at the camp gate foamed at the mouth and collapsed to the ground.

The battalion commander, still feeling dizzy, quickly closed the door and stuffed the gap with his clothes. He then ordered the communications soldier to run back through the back window and report to the regimental commander.

The communications soldier ran as fast as he could on foot and finally reached the regimental headquarters, where he reported what had happened at the front to the regimental commander.

Upon hearing this, Commander He was so startled that he dropped the cup in his hand.

He immediately reported the matter to the regimental commander.

The regimental commander was startled when he heard about this and immediately reported it to the brigade commander.

The news reached Leng Feng's ears through various channels that very night.

Leng Feng was furious and directly ordered Division Commander Zhang, bypassing his superiors: Even if we cannot annihilate this Japanese force in Zhejiang, we must severely damage them and let them know the consequences of fighting with despicable means.

Commander Zhang immediately began to devise methods to retaliate against the Japanese army.

He didn't have any poison gas grenades, and even if he did, he wouldn't dare use them.

Because the wind is blowing from the west, and it's on Chinese soil, even if we kill 1000 enemies, we'll lose 800 of our own.

Moreover, it would affect the local people. The Japanese didn't care about this, but he couldn't ignore it.

At this moment, a brigade commander in Jianli County called:

"Commander Zhang, how many casualties did your troops suffer this time when the Japanese used poison gas?"

"The Second and Third Battalions of the 18th Regiment of the New Fourth Army, which were stationed at Huangmaoling and Xianxialing, were almost completely wiped out," Commander Zhang replied, choking with emotion.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time.

After a long while, a brigade commander finally asked:

"What plan have you come up with? Have you wiped out these beasts?"

"At first, I also thought of requesting some poison gas bombs from headquarters to fight fire with fire. But this is a war on our own soil, and if the poison gas remains on our land, we will be the ones who suffer."

"You're right, using poison gas is indeed inappropriate."

"What suggestions does the brigade commander have?"

"Let me think, are there any villages around Huangmaoling and Xianxialing?"

"Before the battle began, we had already evacuated the surrounding civilians to the rear."

"We used fire to attack. We set fire to the Botian Detachment in Xishui County and achieved quite good results. Moreover, we have ready-made incendiary bombs here."

"Yes, this is a good method. I will immediately order the troops stationed on the second line of defense to retreat another ten miles."

"Okay, at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, I will order the Henan Air Force to launch a fire attack on Huangmaoling and Xianxialing."

Having devised his revenge plan, Commander Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately ordered the messenger to command the entire regiment stationed on the second line of defense to retreat ten miles.

Meanwhile, on the Japanese side in Zhejiang, the major was relieved that their poison gas attack was progressing well, and that his troops had successfully captured Huangmaoling and Xianxialing. They were currently cleaning up the battlefield.

Some New Fourth Army soldiers who had milder poisoning and were still breathing were finished off by Japanese soldiers who came to search for them.

While congratulating the major, the chief of staff felt a vague unease.

However, the major disagreed. He believed that if the Chinese army dared to resist them again, they would use poison gas to clear a path and kill all the Chinese in the area.

The major was unaware that a tremendous danger was about to befall them.