After seeing bursts of white smoke rising from the building where the Japanese troops were guarding, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had already put on gas masks rushed in with their rifles at a sprint speed of 100 meters. However, before entering the building, they saw a Japanese soldier stumbling.
Ran out.
"kill!"
The Japanese soldier who had just ran out of the building was waving his hands indiscriminately as he ran. His face was red with tears and snot running down his face. As soon as he ran out of the door, he heard a cry, and then two cold bayonets were stabbed into him.
into his chest.
"Comrades, rush in..."
Because he was wearing a gas mask, Platoon Leader Li's voice sounded particularly dull, but before he could finish speaking, Jiao Funian grabbed his arm.
"Sir, the situation inside is unclear. It's not too late for us to wait here for the Japanese to come out and deal with them!"
"Eh...that makes sense!"
Platoon Leader Li glanced at this guy in surprise. He didn't expect that this superior soldier from the Liantai Militia was quite clever.
As a result, more than 20 Eighth Route Army soldiers guarded several exits of the building.
Sure enough, soon the Japanese who couldn't stand it ran out from all the exits, and were shot to death like rabbits by the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had been waiting for a while, or even stabbed to death with bayonets.
Some people may want to ask, don't the Japanese soldiers also have gas masks? Why don't they wear them?
This involves the issue of tear gas. Tear gas, also known as tear gas, has a very short onset of action. It only takes a few seconds to cause tears, sneezing, coughing, nausea, vomiting, and chest pain.
Symptoms include headaches, skin burning, and even vision loss.
Although the Japanese are keen on using biological and chemical weapons, they themselves are very negligent about biological and chemical defense. This is mainly related to the fact that the Chinese army is too poor and cannot afford biological warfare.
Although Gao Hongming used sarin gas and crippled two Japanese divisions two years ago, due to an agreement reached between the two sides, the Liantai militia also stopped biological and chemical warfare, and the Japanese gradually relaxed their vigilance.
Although according to the regulations, every soldier will be equipped with a gas mask, many soldiers find it troublesome to maintain and the weight of six kilograms is too heavy. Not many people will carry it with them on weekdays, so they suffer disaster.
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After killing more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who rushed out of the building, everyone waited for another seven or eight minutes until the smoke gradually cleared, but no one came out.
Platoon Leader Li then led everyone into the building from various places. However, this time they did not encounter any counterattack. Instead, they saw corpses lying on the ground on the second and third floors.
Even though the soldiers present were all accustomed to seeing dead people, they were also shocked by the corpse in front of them.
The corpses of these Japanese soldiers all had swollen faces and protruding eyes. Many of them had their upper bodies exposed and there were many scratch marks on their bodies. It was obvious that they had scratched them before they died.
After a long time, Platoon Leader Li was a little frightened and said: "What the hell is going on? Didn't we agree to use tear gas? Why are all these Japanese dead? Did the artillery fire the wrong one and use poison gas bombs?"
"No, it shouldn't be a gas bomb." Jiao Funian retorted, "We all saw the artillerymen take out the shells from the ammunition box with our own eyes. It clearly said tear gas bombs on it. How could we get it wrong?"
"Then what's going on?" Platoon Leader Li scratched his hair hard, almost scratching his scalp.
In fact, what they don't know is that although tear gas is claimed to be a non-lethal gas, it depends on the situation.
Due to the airtight environment of this building and the hot weather and lack of wind in recent days, these tear gas canisters could not be dispersed quickly and effectively after entering the building, resulting in these Japanese soldiers inhaling excessive amounts of benzene chloroacetophenone and o-chlorophenylene methylene.
Malononitrile and other tear gases.
Inhaling too much of these gases can also cause death, which is why the current situation has occurred.
Another day of fighting is over. Compared to the daytime with constant artillery fire, although there are still some gunshots occasionally, it is much better than the daytime.
The soldiers who had finished fighting for the day huddled in their respective buildings or bunkers. After eating something, they all took the time to rest and prepare for the fierce battle after dawn.
Today is the eighth day of the invasion of Taiyuan. Most of Taiyuan City has been occupied by the coalition forces. The only areas that the Japanese army can control are the North Gate and several square kilometers of land near the North Gate.
In a building near the north gate, an oil lamp gave off a dim light.
The commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, was writing furiously, and the pen in his hand made a rustling sound when it fell on the letter paper.
At this time, Okamura Neji was no longer as energetic as before. He had not had a good night's sleep in nearly half a month. His two pipes were drooped, his face was sallow and his expression was haggard. Only his eyes still exuded a sharp light.
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For a long time, Okamura Neiji put down the pen in his hand and asked without raising his head: "Adachi-kun, where are the 3rd Tank Division and the 114th Division?"
Anda Twenty-san, the chief of staff of the North China Front who was sitting aside, quickly stood up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, they have arrived near Zhongtiao Mountain, but they are currently blocked by the troops from the first theater of Zhongtiao Mountain. It is expected that it will take another three days.
It takes four days to break through the blockade of the Chinese army and reach Shanxi."
"Squeak."
At this moment, with a soft sound, the door was pushed open, and the commander of the First Army, Yoshimoto Sadao, walked in with a big step.
I saw Yoshimoto Teiichi walking up to Okamura Neji and bowing: "Your Excellency, someone wants to see you."
Okamura Neiji put down the pen in his hand and looked at him in surprise, "Yoshimoto-kun, didn't I tell you a long time ago that I won't meet outsiders?"
Yoshimoto Teiichi sighed softly: "Your Excellency, I have not forgotten your order, but the person coming has orders from Tokyo, so I have to obey."
"Order from Tokyo?"
Okamura Neji looked at his back with a serious look on his face, and found that a neat-looking major general had slowly walked in from the door. He couldn't help but uttered something.
"Asada-kun, why are you here?"
"Of course I came on orders from the base camp." The person who came was none other than Major General Toshikage Asada, who was then the chief of the Third Operations Section of the Omoto Military Headquarters in Tokyo.
Asada Toshikage looked at the particularly haggard Neji Okamura and said earnestly: "Okamura-kun, whether you admit it or not, we have lost this battle of Taiyuan. No matter how hard you try, you can't change this fact."
"I have not lost. The 114th Division and the 3rd Tank Division have arrived at Zhongtiao Mountain. We still have a chance to make a comeback!" Neji Okamura said angrily.
"A comeback?" Toshikage Asada shook his head slightly: "Commander Okamura, do you think there is a chance for a comeback in this battle?"