Yuta Takemura did not expect this to happen. He thought that with the strength of a brigade and the geographical advantages of defense and preparation, it could completely block the Eighth Route Army's attack, even if the Eighth Route Army had tanks.
Unexpectedly, in just one encounter, the Eighth Route Army broke through his carefully laid defense line with overwhelming force.
Seeing the enemy tanks covering the infantry advancing forward and about to tear a hole in the defense line, Yuta Takemura shouted angrily: "Special ammunition, prepare..."
The so-called "special bombs" are poison gas bombs.
In order to cover up their crimes of using gas bombs, the Japanese stipulated a series of confidentiality systems: for example, the labels on the boxes containing gas bombs must be removed before they can be distributed to the troops. When each combat unit uses gas bombs, they must try their best to leave no survivors alive in order to destroy people.
To prove physical evidence and use the current order, of course you cannot shout "gas bombs".
With a few "Teng Teng" sounds, several artillery shells were fired from the Japanese Type 94 90mm mortars in the direction of the Eighth Route Army. Suddenly, several thick yellow fog appeared at the front of the position and billowed in the night.
It's just that these yellow thick fogs are not very obvious in the dark. In addition, the soldiers are all focusing on the enemies in front, and they are covered by gun smoke and flying dust. Therefore, most people do not notice them and still catch them.
He leaped forward with his gun in hand and made tactical movements.
The first person to notice something was wrong was Sun Ming.
He was the battalion commander and the commander in charge of the entire army's attack, so he was on the second line observing the charging formation of the soldiers with a telescope.
Then, he suddenly discovered that there was unusual smoke coming from several positions in front of the position. The soldiers who ran on both sides of the smoke fell to the ground after a while and were never seen again. After a while, the corpses were piled up.
A bunch of hills, and the same thing is quickly spreading around...
Sun Ming was startled and shouted: "Poison gas bomb!"
The next second Sun Ming panicked and quickly ordered: "Retreat, order the troops to retreat! Now!"
But it was too late, nearly half of the troops had already crossed the poison gas line set by the Japanese, which meant that the poison gas was right in the center of the charging troops.
The whistle for retreat soon sounded, and the offensive positions of the four battalions were in chaos at that moment... This was the panic caused by the poisonous gas to the troops, which was beyond human control.
The person at the forefront was a company commander named Hu Yongjun, an old subordinate brought by Sun Ming from the Jinsui Army.
He felt strange when he heard the whistle for retreat. He was about to break into the Japanese defense line and win a decisive victory. How could he retreat at this time?!
Looking back at the smoke rising from behind and the comrades lying on the ground, Hu Yongjun understood.
"I'm the eighteenth generation of Japanese ancestors!" Hu Yongjun gritted his teeth and punched the stone in front of him so hard that there were blood marks on his fist.
"Company commander!" the deputy company commander shouted in panic: "Escape quickly! It will be too late by the time the poisonous gas dissipates!"
Hu Yongjun glanced at the Japanese position and said, "Do you think it's too late for us to withdraw now?"
The deputy company commander couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.
The deputy company commander is also a person who has seen the world and knows the Japanese tactics of using poison gas on the battlefield.
They not only use poison gas and kill the enemy with the poison gas alone, but they also put on gas masks while releasing the poison gas, and when the enemy retreats and panics, they step forward with bayonets and kill for a while... At this time, the enemy often can only
Sitting and waiting for death, there is no ability to resist, and even reinforcements cannot be sent. All reinforcements sent will be killed unless the reinforcements also wear gas masks.
Therefore, it was too late for them to retreat.
The Japs were waiting for them to retreat. As soon as they retreated, the Japs would jump out of the trenches and chase after them.
By then, not only the 11th Company led by Hu Yongjun will be wiped out, but the 12th Company following behind will also not be spared. The Japanese will even take the opportunity to attack the Eighth Route Army's positions...
Hu Yongjun took a deep breath and said: "Comrades, let's just stop running, okay?"
The surrounding soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then they said one after another:
"No problem, kill as fast as you can!"
"The Japanese are playing dirty tricks, let's fight them!"
"We listen to the company commander, and we will go wherever the company commander goes!"
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Hu Yongjun nodded, then gritted his teeth and ordered: "Order the tanks to go back, other comrades, fix their bayonets!"
"yes!"
"Fire the bayonet!"
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Hu Yongjun was still thinking about the troops at the last moment.
This is the most rare thing, because tanks are almost the last hope of the 11th Company...With the cooperation of tanks, the 11th Company may still be able to break through the Japanese defense line and win, which also means that some of them still have the ability to
It is possible to survive, although the hope is slim.
But if the tanks are ordered to go back, there is no hope: a company of more than 100 people rushes into the position of more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers, even if it has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to survive.
However, Hu Yongjun finally gave up this hope.
Because Hu Yongjun knew the value of tanks to the Eighth Route Army, he could not let these tanks risk his little hope.
On the other hand, the space of the tank is relatively closed. As long as the hatch cover and observation hole are closed, it is not a problem to quickly pass through the poison gas control area.
Hu Yongjun believed that he had no reason to let these comrades accompany him to die.
So the tanks turned around one by one, while Hu Yongjun and his men mounted their bayonets on the bayonet holders one by one and waited.
Yuta Takemura was also waiting. He thought that the Eighth Route Army would retreat soon under the threat of poisonous gas, and the Imperial Army would attack at that time.
The reason why Takemura Yuta did this was to consider two aspects:
First, the Eighth Route Army in front of him had good combat effectiveness. Yuta Takemura believed that he should seize the best time to attack.
Second, the Imperial Army must wear gas masks.
Wearing a gas mask and it is dark, the combat effectiveness will be sharply reduced, so you must attack when the enemy is panicked and retreating to avoid casualties as much as possible.
But Takemura Yuta waited and found that the Eighth Route Army did not move.
Then Yuta Takemura understood that the Eighth Route Army in front of him was covering the retreat of its friendly forces.
Yuta Takemura couldn't help but sigh: "The respectable troops can actually stay calm under poisonous gas!"
Although Yuta Takemura admired him deeply, he did not hesitate in his hand. He drew his command sword, raised it high, pointed forward, and ordered: "Attack and kill them all!"
The Japanese wearing gas masks shouted loudly, jumped out of their hiding places with bayonets drawn, and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army.
Hu Yongjun also shouted: "Comrades, fight with the Japanese! Kill them!"
"Kill!" the soldiers roared and rushed back towards the Japanese with bayonets drawn.
Behind them, the pale yellow poisonous gas slowly approached like a rising tide, layer after layer... They had no way out.