One-fifth of the people will not be able to participate in the battle for the time being. This result is within Su Dao's tolerance range. It was not until he heard that the armored troops were withdrawn that Su Dao breathed a sigh of relief. Although the initial prediction was not beyond Su Dao's tolerance range, the subsequent prevention was not at all.

While the troops were retreating, the artillery brigade also started a new round of bombing. The coordinates and calibrations were provided by the air force in the front, and the artillery in the rear kept firing according to the coordinates. Hearing that the Kwantung Army had actually used poison gas bombs, the ninety-nine Army showed an angry expression.

While using poison gas bombs, the Kwantung Army was not unscrupulous. After several rounds of artillery attacks, it only fired about one hundred poison gas bombs, but don’t underestimate the harm caused by these hundred poison gas bombs. The Japanese are not stupid at all. One hundred poison gas bombs are enough for them to cover up. If they come a little more, they may really make the public angry.

There was a slight west wind in the air today, and the Kwantung Army artillery obviously made some observations when firing poisonous gas bombs, so most of the shells were fired to the west, and more poisonous gas was blown to the east by wind, thereby achieving the expected effect of flooding the entire position.

The Ninety-Nine Army had to be forced to evacuate several kilometers back to prevent the invasion of poison gas. When the yellow gas filled the earth, the two armies had already become an unmanned land. Whether it was the Chinese soldiers who had not had time to retreat or the panicked Kwantung Army, no living creature could stand on this area at this moment.

The harm caused by this poison gas battle made everyone dare not imagine it, and the losses caused. It was even more than a few days later. The 766th Division had more than 40,000 people at the beginning of the war. Now there are only about 35,000 people alive. In just one morning, the 766th Division lost nearly 10,000, of which more than 2,000 people were killed in the charge, and nearly 1,000 people died during the subsequent retreat. The remaining nearly 7,000 people were all soldiers under the mustard seed poison gas because they had no time to retreat.

When an army of more than 40,000 people with nearly 50,000 people rushed forward with all their might, the hurried retreat will inevitably cause greater panic. It is not difficult to see from this incident that the army troops of the 99th Army are somewhat lacking in mutual cooperation, otherwise nearly 7,000 people would not have died under the poisonous gas.

Silence. Deadly silence, the command center of the 99th Army, which was already extremely messy before, no one dared to make any noise at this moment. Su Dao held the telegram sent back from the front line in his hand and silently shed two lines of clear tears.

Seven thousand people died of poison gas. If they all died in normal battles, Su Dao would not only feel angry, but also respect the opponent and would not use any despicable means to attack the enemy. But now, seven thousand people died of unconventional battles, which is a reality that Su Dao could not accept in any case.

Su Dao quietly took off his military cap, silently lowered his head in the direction of the 766th Division, allowing the two lines of clear tears to slide across his cheeks and drip to the ground. Seeing this, others in the military headquarters took off their military caps and lowered their heads in the direction of the 766th Division.

After a long time, Su Dao slowly raised his head, wiped the tears from his face randomly, and controlled his emotions as much as possible. Others only saw Su Dao's glory, but did not see Su Dao working hard in places that others could not see. Many people envied Su Dao's promotion was promoted from a captain to a lieutenant general in less than a year after returning to China. Su Dao's path to promotion was indeed dazzling in the eyes of others, and they also envied them.

But they never knew that there was always a place deep in Su Dao's heart, which always contained him. For those soldiers who followed him to death, in order to prevent the soldiers from being unable to confirm their home address after they died, Su Dao specifically asked the soldiers to write their names and detailed home addresses, as well as family members, and then put them in their helmets, so that they could confirm that the news could be transmitted back to their homes after they died.

In order to make up for the contributions made by these soldiers to the motherland, Su Dao has not even received a penny of military pay, a gun, or a bullet from the central government since joining the Civilian Team. However, the troops where Su Dao is located have the highest military pay, and this money is also obtained by Su Dao through various means.

Although Su Dao felt very difficult to maintain the livelihood of the army, he still felt that he was far from doing enough. In this chaotic era, no one could pay more attention to his life than himself, but they gave up their hope of life for national justice. Su Dao always felt that he had always been ashamed of his soldiers.

This is also the reason why he allowed his subordinates to joke with him. It is also because Peng Yongchang confronted him in person before, which was basically the same as when he scolded him. However, he still never thought of putting his shoes on him. In addition to loving talents, Su Dao also respected the dignity of the soldiers. It is precisely because of this that the 99th Army trusted Su Dao so much and followed Su Dao to fight the north and south lands, and came to the northeast for thousands of miles.

‘Ba!Ba!’

Su Dao clapped his hands heavily and woke up the staff and other officers who were still observing silence. Everyone raised their heads and put on military caps, waiting for Su Dao's next instructions.

"Everyone cheers up. These seven thousand brothers will not die in vain. Do whatever they should do. Xiao Chen, let Tang Pingyao come over. Lao Wu, please inform him that after the battle, the troops will issue new benefits. The pensions for the soldiers who died in this war will be implemented according to the new benefits." Su Dao said, enduring the pain in his heart.

The new welfare benefits were actually planned by Su Dao. Before, it was just because he was short of money and it was not announced. However, now Su Dao plans to stop hiding it. After this battle, the straw that suppressed guilt in Su Dao's heart was completely crushed. Now Su Dao even felt that if he did not make any changes, he would be in pain. When everyone heard Su Dao say that he would be given a new welfare benefits, they looked at Su Dao in disbelief. Now the treatment of the 99th Army is the best in the country. Even soldiers who have just joined the army for less than a year can get more military pay than veterans of the Central Army for two years. If they are awarding new welfare benefits, how terrifying should their military pay be?

Tang Pingyao was the brigade commander of the artillery brigade. At this critical moment, Su Dao naturally planned to fight back. The poison gas bombs were not only available in the Japanese, and Su Dao's equipment album was not a joke. As long as it was the poison gas bombs that were found in World War II, how many he could not exchange them?

It turned out that based on the principle of not using chemical weapons at will, Su Dao never dared to order the troops to use chemical weapons. Even when the Battle of Lanfeng was so urgent, he did not order the use of poison gas bombs. It was not because Su Dao was a good man, but because the Japanese army on the opposite side did not use chemical weapons, and it was in the Central Plains that after using chemical weapons, it would definitely have a serious impact on the local people.

Now the Kwantung Army's actions have completely angered Su Dao. Damn it and I will play with poison gas bombs with me. I won't kill you. Your poison gas bomb will kill me. Your poison gas bomb will kill my seven thousand brothers, and my poison gas bomb will kill your entire army to be buried with you. Su Dao shouted secretly in his heart.

The artillery position was not far from the military headquarters, at most three or four kilometers away. When the military throne summoned, Tang Pingyao rushed over directly in a truck that pulled the cannon. It took only more than ten minutes before Tang Pingyao appeared in front of Su Dao.

"Military throne!" Tang Pingyao stood in front of Su Dao with red eyes. When he learned that the Kwantung Army fired poisonous gas bombs to the front line, the angry Tang Pingyao did not care about his identity as the brigade commander, took off his coat and ran to the position directly. He worked with the soldiers to carry one shell after another, and angrily sent it to the opposite position. At this time, Tang Pingyao, who was standing in front of Su Dao, had his face and white shirt, all dressed as a clay figure.

"D Group D has gone to the position?" Seeing Tang Pingyao's arrival, Su Dao did not say anything else politely and asked directly.

Group D is the only unit in the 99th Army named by letters. The reason why this letter is chosen is because of the special nature of its troops. In other words, they are actually the chemical weapons group. Anyone who mentions the chemical weapons force will inevitably think of the two words poison gas. Su Dao also named this unit with the first letter of the poison gas.

His size is not large, with only five 105mm howitzers, which are usually mixed in artillery brigades. Like other troops, they marching and do whatever they should do. The only difference is that their shells are transported secretly. Although they only have five howitzers, their logistics forces have a battalion.

However, they were always far away during the war. Since the establishment of the artillery brigade, they had never fired a shell on the battlefield, because the soldiers below did not understand why they did not go to the battlefield, and even made many jokes. If Tang Pingyao had not come forward, the two sides would have fought.

"Now they are pulling the artillery to the position, and the soldiers have already started to prepare, and they are expected to be able to perform the mission within twenty minutes." Tang Pingyao took a deep breath and replied excitedly.

In fact, when they learned that the Kwantung Army had released poison gas, Tang Pingyao ordered Group D to enter the position. As for their positions, they began to build positions like other troops as soon as they arrived. The only difference was that after they finished building the artillery did not pull the artillery to the position, but hid it in a distance.
Chapter completed!