Tianjin, the Japanese North China Front Command.

The newly appointed commander of the Japanese North China Front Army, Shousao Nishio, now felt extremely frustrated, but he couldn't vent his discomfort, which made Shousao Nishio's face look very ugly.

The telegram sent by the 39th Division of the Tangshan Japanese devils has been read by Nishio Shouzao, but for a while, Nishio Shouzao had no good idea.

Now, the vanguard of reinforcements of the Kwantung Army was completely wiped out by the 36th Army, and the Kwantung Army suspended its southward efforts to reinforce its North China Front Army. Nishio Shouzuo already knew this.

In the past, Nishio Suzuo still hoped the Kwantung Army, hoping that the Kwantung Army would help him, but unexpectedly, even the Kwantung Army was defeated by the 36th Army.

There is no good countermeasure for the time being, Nishio Suzusaki had to walk around the huge Japanese command hall. The Japanese officers on the side also had their heads lowered, and the Japanese officers had no good idea for the time being.

Just as the Japanese were depressed, the Japanese Chief of Staff quickly walked in, with joy on his face and shouted happily: "Secretary Commander, the 71st and 72nd Divisions that came from our country have already landed on ashore at Tianjin Port."

"Really? That's great!"

Upon hearing this, Nishio Shuzai was in a good mood.

Now, it was the time when the Japanese North China Army was in short supply. Unexpectedly, when the troops were in urgent need of force, the two divisions allocated to them by the base camp to Tianjin.

Now, the Japanese have more than 90 divisions. There are more than 40 divisions in mainland China, including the Kwantung Army, the North China Front Army, the Central China Front Army, etc., with a total of nearly 2 million troops.

The 2 million troops include more than 40 field divisions, many mixed brigades and garrison brigades, cavalry and aircraft, armored troops, as well as some supplementary wings, but do not include puppet troops and puppet Manchukuo troops.

Among them, the number of soldiers in Kanto was nearly 700,000. The second was the North China Front Army, with nearly 500,000, and the rest were distributed in several other front army.

The Japanese's more than 90 divisions, except for more than 40 divisions in mainland China, and 20 divisions were just formed, the rest basically fought in Southeast Asia.

Now, in order to deal with the United States and for the upcoming Pacific War, the Japanese launched a large-scale recruitment and formed 20 divisions in one go, with division numbers ranging from the 71st Division to the 90th Division.

In this newly formed division, the Japanese base camp was preparing to allocate 4 to 5 divisions to the North China Front Army, mainly to resist the large-scale counterattack of the 36th Army.

The 71st Division and the 72nd Division are the first to reach Tianjin among these 4 to 5 divisions. It won’t take long before the two or three subsequent divisions will land in China and be included in the combat sequence of the North China Front Army.

So. As soon as I heard that the first two divisions had arrived in Tianjin Port just now, the Japanese commander Nishio Shuzao was in a state of great joy, and shedding her previous depression and aggrievance.

Seeing that Nishio Suzusaki was in a good mood, the Chief of Staff of the Japanese immediately said: "Your Excellency Commander, according to the plan of the base camp, the two or three divisions will be included in our later stages within half a day."

When he heard such good news, Nishio Suzuo burst into laughter.

After laughing, Nishio Suzuo felt that he was much more confident now, so he immediately ordered: "After the 71st Division and the 72nd Division were disembarked, they would immediately go to the Tangshan front line. I will teach you a good lesson this time."

Upon hearing this, many Japanese in the entire command were looking forward to it. With the 71st Division and the 72nd Division heading to Tangshan, there were three divisions in Tangshan, the 39th Division, the 71st Division, and the 72nd Division, a total of 70,000 or 80,000 troops.

In addition, the troops from Peking, Baoding, Tianjin and other places have a total force of more than 200,000 in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area. So many troops have made the Japanese's confidence unprecedentedly high.

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Northeastern suburbs of Tangshan.

The first mechanized infantry regiment was advancing towards Tangshan. The Japanese devils' first line of defense had been broken through, and all the Japanese devils who were blocking the way were beaten to death.

In cooperation with the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, there were also two infantry soldiers. These three regiments and a huge team were slowly approaching the Japanese's second line of defense.

The cavalry regiment followed far behind these three regiments. Once the mechanized infantry regiment rushed to the Japanese positions, the soldiers of the cavalry regiment would rush forward, killing or shooting Japanese.

Now, the first and two infantry regiments of mechanized infantry are completely in combat formations, and behind each off-road vehicle or Type 39 armored personnel carrier, there are at least one or two infantry squad soldiers.

Everyone slowly moved forward, and the soldiers of the infantry regiment followed. The terrain was flat, the terrain was wide, and the view was very good. You could see a very distant place.

Far ahead, the soldiers saw that the Japanese dig several trenches in parallel, and there were many Japanese figures in the trenches. Each trench could hardly be seen at least two ends, at least two kilometers long.

These parallel trenches are apart from two to three hundred meters to five to six hundred meters apart. It seems that the Japanese are in front of them.

In front of the second line of defense of the Japanese, in order to deal with the 36th Army's tanks, the Japanese also dug an anti-tank trench. Obviously, the purpose of the Japanese digging this anti-tank trench was to stop the soldiers' tanks from advancing.

The terrain here is flat and the trenches are very good fortifications. It seems that the Japanese have learned to be smart now, digging so many trenches and digging anti-tank trenches.

"Comrades! Get ready for the fight!"

Seeing the Japanese defense line ahead, many commanders shouted loudly.

In front, on the Japanese's position.

The Japanese saw the 36th Army's team slowly coming towards them from afar, and many Japanese soldiers also began to prepare for battle and prepare to start shooting.

There is a Japanese infantry corps in this huge Japanese position, with a total of more than 3,000 Japanese. The Japanese were already on high alert and waiting for the soldiers to rush over.

On the periphery of Tangshan, on the Japanese's huge second line of defense, the Japanese built a large number of trenches and placed nearly 10,000 troops. The Japanese's purpose was very obvious, to prevent the soldiers from attacking Tangshan City.

At this time, not only was the war here about to break out, but the soldiers were gradually approaching the Japanese's position in the other directions, and the situation was similar to that here.

Some of the Japanese mortars and infantry artillery were also set up. Many Japanese mortars were carrying boxes of shells. If you look at these shell boxes carefully, you will find that these shell boxes are different from ordinary shell boxes.

Each shell box is marked with a yellow "1". These Japanese artillery soldiers are different from before, all wearing gas masks and rubber gloves.

It seems that the Japanese are preparing to use poison gas bombs on the 36th Army slowly coming from afar.

The types of poison gas used by the Japanese army are generally tear gas phenyl chloride, vomiting biphenyl arsenic chloride and biphenyl arsenic cyanide, eroding mustard gas and Louis's gas, occasionally asphyxiating phosgene, potassium chloride pyridine and cyanate gas.

In order to cover up the crime of conducting poison gas wars, the Japanese army formulated a strict confidentiality system, stipulating that poison gas is called special smoke, and the marks of ammunition and ammunition boxes must be removed before they can be delivered to the army for use. In order to distinguish between ordinary ammunition, the Japanese army printed red or blue and several other colors of logo belts on chemical ammunition.

For example: Yellow No. 1 represents mustard gas, Yellow No. 2 represents Louis' erosive gas, brown represents potassium cyanate, blue represents carbonyl chloride, and red represents arsenic cyanide.

This time, these shell boxes were marked with the yellow "1". Obviously, the Japanese used erosive mustard gas bombs.

Mustard gas is an erosive poison that has an effect on the eyes, respiratory tract and skin. It can cause redness, swelling, blisters and even ulcers on the skin. Eye contact can cause conjunctivitis, corneal turbidity or ulcers. Inhalation of vapor or fog damages the upper respiratory tract, and high concentrations can cause lung damage. Severe damage is manifested as necrotic inflammation of the throat, trachea, and bronchial mucosa.

Symptoms of poisoning include general discomfort, fatigue, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, depression, drowsiness and other central depression and parasympathetic nerve excitation. Severe poisoning can cause death.

Seeing that the 36th Army was too strong, the Japanese were preparing to repeat the same trick and use erosive mustard gas bombs on the 36th Army that restored Tangshan.

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese have used poison gas bombs more than once, including the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan. The Japanese have used poison gas bombs in large quantities on the Chinese team.

During the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army used poison gas more than 370 times and fired more than 40,000 poison gas bombs, causing tens of thousands of Chinese anti-Japanese officers and soldiers to be poisoned, with the poisoning rate reaching 80%.

In the Guangji battle alone, the Japanese army imposed a large amount of poison gas, causing more than 2,000 Chinese officers and soldiers to be poisoned and injured. Japanese infantry rushed into the attack immediately after the poison gas, and killed them with bayonets while Chinese officers and soldiers were poisoned and coma and lost resistance.

This is not the first time that the Japanese are using poison gas bombs. Today, the Japanese are preparing to use poison gas bombs on the 36th Army.

The Japanese artillery soldiers were ready soon. The Japanese poisonous gas bombs could be fired using mortars and infantry cannons, so the Japanese seemed very skilled. The soldiers of the Mechanized Infantry Regiment were at least a thousand meters away from the Japanese, so the Japanese were ready in front.

A little ghost master who was commanding the launch of poison gas bombs took a telescope and looked at the soldiers who were slowly coming in front of him. The Japanese master smiled grimly. It seemed that as long as the soldiers were closer, the Japanese guys would fire poison gas bombs.

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