"Import the chariot troops immediately and ask them to stop attacking immediately. The offensive troops establish a defense line on the spot. We must protect the chariot troops!" Major General Aso was as frightened and was very anxious to order.

The chariot troops were not only his support for the capture of Jinzhong County, but also for the Imperial Army to attack the defense zone of the National Salvation Army. There must be no accidents in the city.

What made him desperate was that as soon as the two messengers were about to turn around and give orders, a communication soldier rushed in at the door, and before he could stand firm, he looked at himself with a panic order: "Report to the general, the armored vehicles that support us were ambushed by anti-aircraft machine guns of the National Salvation Army, and the vehicles were destroyed and people were killed. Please reinforcements!"

"Report to the general, the tanks that cooperated with our attack were destroyed by heavy machine guns from the national rescue military. Please prepare for other tanks and armored vehicles in the fighting chariot army!" Another communications soldier rushed into the command center in a hurry.

When the news of the fourth armored vehicle being destroyed reached Major General Aso's ears, his hands had already been pinched into fists, his face was ferocious, and he looked at the battlefield not far away and gritted his teeth and cursed: "Bageyalu, I didn't expect that the National Salvation Army was also equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, and I miscalculated again!"

"Notify the chariot troops to evacuate the battle immediately. The protective armor of light tanks and armored vehicles is too thin and is no match for air defense machine guns at all."

Colonel Hamano stood beside him and suddenly felt bad when he heard the brigade commander's order to withdraw from the chariot troops.

Before dispatching the chariot troops, he felt that tanks and armored vehicles were the last hope for the attacking troops in the west of the city to reach the center of the city. After the chariot troops joined the war, the situation was indeed similar to what Colonel Hamano concluded. Under the cover of armored chariots, the attacking troops were like gods helping. They rushed forward for hundreds of meters in half an hour, and took the opportunity to kill a large number of national-savior troops, killing two birds with one stone.

Although the attacks are now frustrated and the chariot troops have suffered heavy losses due to anti-aircraft machine gun strikes, no one can replace the role of the chariot troops on the battlefield.

Continue to assault forward under the cover of the chariots. Although many chariots will be destroyed by anti-aircraft machine guns, the offensive troops will definitely be able to fight all the way to the center of the city under the cover of the chariots.

If the brigade commander's order to withdraw troops just now and there is no cover for the chariot in the subsequent assault, the troops will definitely suffer heavy casualties in street battles.

In Colonel Hamano's eyes, although the chariot is precious, it is definitely not as important as the soldiers under his command.

If a chariot could be used as a cost to reduce casualties of an infantry squad, he felt that the deal would be a big profit.

So in the next attack, he would rather have covered the attack chariots and be destroyed than see his soldiers consumed in the street fighting battlefield in large numbers.

After listening to the command of the brigade commander, his first subconscious reaction was to refuse.

But he swallowed it back when he said something. The brigade commander's expression was very firm when he gave the order, and his words were full of murderous aura, without any room for negotiation.

His opposition at this time was not only aroused the anger of the brigade commander and caused his dissatisfaction, but could not change any status quo. Should the chariot troops retreat or continue to retreat.

Thinking of this, Colonel Hamano changed his subject and decided to express his thoughts in another way: "General, after the chariot troops evacuate from the battlefield, relying solely on infantry, the attacking troops in the west of the city will definitely not be able to complete the task, and they will also suffer heavy losses in the subsequent street battles, which will affect the troops' battle to attack the national defense zone. Please think twice!"

"Execute the order!" Major General Aso replied without hesitation.

Seeing something else Colonel Hamano wanted to say, he directly ordered with a decisive expression: "What do you know? It is precisely in order not to affect our attack on the National Salvation Military Defense Zone that I was so anxious to evacuate the chariot troops from the battlefield."

"The chariot troops are our last killer weapon for attacking the National Salvation Army. If we even attack Jinzhong County, we will lose a large number of tanks. What should we do if we attack the National Salvation Army defense zone next?"

"You have to know that there are only more than 4,000 National Salvation Army in Jinzhong City, and their defense zone has at least 5,000 main forces and thousands of local troops. The defense zone, as their last capital, will definitely fight to the death. In addition, the defense zone is their own activity area, time, place, and people... These advantages are all in the hands of the National Salvation Army. The battle there is a real tough battle, and the chariot troops must be kept until then to use it!"

Colonel Hamano agreed with the analysis of the brigade commander, but he could not think of other ways to crack the street fighting, so he could only pin his hopes on the brigade commander: "General, then how should we fight next?"

"Use poison gas bomb!" Major General Aso replied with a calm face.

This is another killer move of his army, but the commander of the army sent a special explanation that he must not use poison gas bombs unless he had to. After all, this is a weapon that is prohibited from being used internationally, and it must be used secretly behind his back. If the Imperial Army uses poison gas bombs on the Chinese battlefield, the empire's international reputation will definitely be affected, and maybe it will force Western countries to use poison gas bombs on the Imperial Army.

China is too backward and has no poison gas bombs, so the Imperial Army dares to use poison gas bombs unscrupulously on the battlefield without fear of their revenge.

There are poisonous gas bombs in Western countries, and some poisonous gas bombs are even more advanced than the poisonous gas bombs used by the Imperial Army.

If the Imperial Army forces them to use poison gas bombs on the battlefield, it will be a catastrophe for the Imperial Army.

So he had never thought about using poison gas bombs from the beginning of the siege war.

Now that Jinzhong County cannot be captured for a long time, the siege troops have suffered heavy losses in the battle and are in a dilemma. The fierce battle situation forces Major General Aso to use poison gas bombs in advance to end the battle.

At this moment, a good news finally reached Major General Aso's ears: "Report to General, the south of the city was taken down by us. The troops of the National Salvation Army defended the city have been killed by us. The troops successfully broke through the city defense fortifications and rushed into the city!"

"General, we have broken through the east of the city, and the siege troops have entered the county town..."

"General, we have taken the north of the city and successfully entered the city. We are attacking the center of the city."

Major General Aso finally smiled on his angry face, and a good idea flashed quickly in his mind. He was very happy to answer: "Yoxi, these good news came too promptly."

"I'm worried that we will accidentally hurt our own people by using poison gas bombs, so don't worry now!"

"Notify the offensive troops in the south, north, and east of the city to retreat to the top of the city, and surrounded the remaining national-savior troops on the battlefield in the county!"

"The attacking troops in the west of the city retreated for 100 meters to establish a defense line, keeping a distance from the remaining national rescue troops in the city."

"The logistics department must issue gas masks to all frontline troops within half an hour. After half an hour, the mountain artillery brigade will be replaced with poison gas bombs, and all the places in the city that may contain the National Salvation Army will be covered with poison gas bombs!"

If Colonel Hamano chooses one of the poison gas bombs and armored combat vehicles, he will definitely choose the poison gas bombs, because it is an invisible weapon. With it, all the soldiers under his command need to do is to clean the battlefield and can definitely easily take over the Jinzhong County.

So he smiled as soon as he heard the command of the brigade commander, and the sadness on his face disappeared in an instant.

Immediately receive the order: "Please rest assured, let me make arrangements for the humble position now, and ensure that I will take down Jinzhong County before dark and destroy all the national-savior troops in the city."

After four Japanese tanks were destroyed by the air defense company in the city, the tension here eased again, including Zhou Cheng, everyone showed a long-lost smile on their faces.

"Captain, the eastern army of the city has just opened the phone and have given up the city wall and retreated to the city to fight street battles with the Japanese and puppet troops." The telephone soldiers reported excitedly: "They also reported that in more than an hour of offensive and defensive battle, the defending troops used the castle to kill at least 600 Japanese and puppet troops!"

Deputy Chief of Staff Li Honghui quickly marked the good news on the city defense map and then analyzed it to Zhou Cheng.

"So far, the regiment commander has missed all the four walls of Jinzhong County, but all the defending troops have exceeded the task. Preliminary statistics show that we have used the city wall to kill at least 2,400 Japanese and puppet troops!"

"And street fighting is the highlight of our city-defense battle. If each participating unit can kill another thousand Japanese and puppet troops in the next street fighting, then we can kill at least seven thousand Japanese and puppet troops in Jinzhong County!"

"In order to deal with us, the Japanese army dispatched more than 15,000 people in total, reducing artillery and other technical troops, and the real combat troops were only over 10,000. If we could kill their seven thousand combat troops in Jinzhong City, the remaining three or four thousand combat troops would not be able to make any big waves no matter how powerful they were."

"Stop attacking our defense zone can still protect these troops. If the Japanese don't know how to live or die, and continue to attack our defense zone after taking Jinzhong, this force is not enough for us to stuff our teeth. We can eat whatever we want at that time!"

Zhou Cheng and Li Honghui's analysis recognized, and immediately ordered: "I inform all participating troops to fight slowly with the Japanese according to our original street fighting plan. Give up half of the county town before dark. After dark, we will prepare a big gift for the Japanese!"

Li Honghui's eyes shone and his command: "I'll give orders now!"

Before the person could move, the phone from the command center rang again. Li Honghui thought that another army had killed the Japanese and reported the victory to the command center, but he didn't pay much attention. It was not until the telephone soldier put down the microphone and a puzzled expression flashed on his face that he realized something was wrong!

"What's wrong?" Li Honghui asked quickly.

"The defensive troops in the east of the city reported that the Japanese and puppet troops who were attacking them suddenly retreated, abandoned all positions in the city, and retreated to the city wall. They didn't know what the Japanese were doing, so they called the command center to report and asked if we knew the Japanese's conspiracy?" The telephone soldiers reported immediately.

Li Honghui looked surprised: "Retreat to the city wall? Are the Japanese and puppet troops crazy?"

"The street fighting is not other battles. Every position is desperately taken back by the troops. As far as I know, the Japanese in the east of the city have already attacked more than 100 meters into the city and lost nearly two infantry squads. Suddenly retreating to the city wall, the two infantry squads they just lost were not in vain!"

Zhou Cheng frowned: "The Japanese army is not stupid. They will definitely not do useless work on the battlefield, nor will they let the troops die in vain on the battlefield. Suddenly retreating to the city wall will definitely hide the conspiracy we don't know."

"Contact several other troops immediately to check if the Japanese and puppet troops they are facing have any abnormal movements, and be faster!"

In order to fight this street battle well and keep abreast of the latest situation on the front line, the National Salvation Army has arranged a large number of telephone lines in the city.

No matter where the defending troops are fighting, you can contact the command center by finding the telephone line and answering the phone.

Although the National Salvation Army that was fighting street fighting was very scattered, their contact with the command center was not interrupted.

In less than ten minutes, the latest battle situation on the front line was delivered to Zhou Cheng one after another.

"The commander, the southern army reported that after the Japanese occupied the city wall, they did not immediately attack the city, but established a line of defense on the city wall, as if they were guarding the city wall!" A telephone soldier reported.

"Regiment Commander, the troops in the north of the city reported: The Japanese army did not assault the city after occupying the city wall!"

"Report to the regiment commander, the battalion commander in the west of Cheng reported that after the air defense company destroyed four combat vehicles, the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly stopped retreating... Ten minutes ago, the Japanese and puppet troops retreated 100 meters and established a defense line on the spot!"

Zhou Cheng's brows became deeper and deeper. After hearing the news, he couldn't understand what the Japanese were going to do!

"Captain, the reconnaissance team has important news reports, and you need to answer the phone in person!" A telephone soldier covered the microphone and reported it.

The reconnaissance team has been lurking in the city. Zhou Cheng did not ask them to go to the battlefield to fight street battles with the Japanese, but instead scattered in the city in assault teams, staring at the Japanese army's every move like a ghost to ensure that he is always aware of the latest developments of the Japanese and puppet troops.

I didn't expect them to work so soon.

He was worried about the new Japanese conspiracy, and the investigation team called immediately.

If Zhou Cheng expected it was right, this call must be related to the problem in his mind.

I immediately grabbed the microphone, and in just one minute, a sudden enlightenment appeared on my serious face.

He put down the phone and started to issue an order: "Immediately notify all battalion company commanders and immediately issue gas masks to all soldiers participating in street fighting in the city. The Japanese want to use poison gas bombs on us, and all retreat to the city walls. They are worried that the poison gas bombs will accidentally hurt their own people.

The National Salvation Army was harmed by poisonous gas bombs and lost nearly two thousand people in one battle.

In that bloody battle, every soldier saw the powerful power of the poison gas bomb, and was afraid of the poison gas bomb from the bottom of his heart. Some soldiers even reached the point of changing their smudges when they heard the poison gas bomb.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army remained unchanged and used poison gas bombs on the National Rescue Army again.

He learned from his mistakes and became more wise. In order to avoid the recurrence of the previous crushing defeat, Zhou Cheng was ready to prevent the Japanese army from using poison gas bombs in every battle next, and the battle in front of him was no exception.

Before the Jinzhong County was surrounded, Zhou Cheng sent all the gas masks that could be used in the hands of the National Rescue Army to the city. Although there was not enough one pair for everyone, there were still three thousand pairs.

Since the war has been fought, the national rescue army in the city has dropped sharply to 3,000 people, and the gas masks in the city are enough for the national rescue army to use.

Twenty minutes later, a series of cannons rang out outside Jinzhong City.

The shells flew into the city with a harsh sound of breaking through the air, but there was no violent explosion.

A few minutes later, the area hit by the shells began to be covered with smoke. The more shells were shot in outside the city, the thicker the smoke.

As he fought, the command center was also hit by several poison gas bombs, forcing Zhou Cheng to wear a gas mask.
Chapter completed!