The humid mountains were low and purged with pungent poisonous gas, red and yellow covering the scorched black earth. No humans or animals were left wherever it passed, like a dead zone.
When the Japanese 106th Division set out from Mahuiling, in addition to carrying bullets and dry food, they still did not forget to carry poison gas bombs.
Now these gas bombs have become their last line of defense in their desperate struggle to stop the attack of Chinese officers and soldiers.
The Japs frantically fired out all the poison gas bombs carried by each unit, and the deadly poisonous smoke filled the air in all directions.
The undulating mountains made it difficult for the poisonous gas to spread, forming a line of defense of death, blocking the progress of the Chinese officers and soldiers.
The remaining Japanese soldiers had been beaten to a pulp by the Chinese officers and soldiers, and now the poisonous gas gave them another chance to breathe.
"You all go to the foothills ahead to assemble. The captain is right there..."
"The assembly point of the Eighth Brigade is in the village on the left front——"
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The exhausted Japanese messengers ran panting, causing the Japanese skirmishers to rush towards the assembly point.
The Japanese were beaten badly. Many squadrons and squads were wiped out by the Chinese officers and soldiers. The skirmishers lost their command and could only flee desperately.
With the help of the messengers, these ragged Japanese soldiers with green eyes and hungry eyes once again found their backbone, moved closer to their respective units, and began to assemble again.
The poisonous gas gave the Japanese a chance to breathe. Although the number of Japanese soldiers gathered was still small, their losses were too heavy.
The dozens of Japanese soldiers who gathered at the assembly point after receiving the news may come from several squadrons, but the remaining Japanese officers couldn't care less and reorganized them.
The Japs were very efficient. After groups of remnant soldiers were reorganized and given some food, they became fierce again. They seemed to have forgotten that they were being chased not long ago and ran away like lost dogs.
The Japanese began to counterattack. Wearing ugly gas masks, they opened up the attack line and began to attack the outside.
The sky above Wanjialing shrouded in black clouds once again became dominated by Japanese aircraft. The Chinese Air Force was weak and retreated again, and the situation became bad again.
The air force planes in the sky retreated. The infantry brothers knew that the air force brothers had tried their best. Compared to the past, the sky was full of Japanese planes.
This time at least the Japanese were able to taste the feeling of being bombed and the little Japanese were frightened for once. This was enough. China still had an air force.
The Japanese fleets roared and circled in the sky, constantly throwing heavy high-explosive bombs and poison gas bombs at the advancing Chinese officers and soldiers.
"Boom!"
Dense bombs continued to fall, exploding dust all over the sky, and scorching air waves rolled in. The air became hot again, making the brothers feel hot all over.
Facing the bombardment of Japanese bombs, the brothers have long been accustomed to it. They hurriedly looked for bomb craters to hide, and waited for the Japanese plane to leave before jumping up and attacking.
But this time the Japanese not only threw high-explosive bombs, but also threw many poisonous gas bombs. The poisonous gas spread everywhere. Many officers and soldiers were enveloped in the poisonous gas and never got up.
At first, it was just the surrounded Japanese 106th Division that released poison gas to prevent the Chinese officers and soldiers from attacking.
But as the Japanese planes began to drop poison gas bombs, it was like poison gas was blooming everywhere, not only at the front line.
On the battlefield with a radius of more than ten miles, the smoky poisonous gas was everywhere, in lumps, ribbons, and colorful colors, as if the mountains were covered with a layer of gauze, cutting apart many Chinese officers and soldiers.
"Ah!" In the slow and thick poisonous gas, many unprotected Chinese officers and soldiers were writhing in pain and screaming.
The mustard gas caused the brothers' exposed eyes and exposed wounds to cause unbearable severe pain. They bruised their skin and flesh, and dark black blood flowed from their mouths and noses.
"Damn it! Damn it! What a stupid little devil!"
Seeing that many of his brothers fell into the poisonous gas and could not escape, Liu Yidao, the suicide squad member who rushed in front, looked at the wailing and screaming brothers with tears streaming down his face.
They were just tens of meters apart, watching helplessly as their brothers fell down one by one and died miserably in the poisonous gas.
"Pah! Pah!"
Gunshots were heard from the poison gas, and the Japanese soldiers wearing ugly gas masks formed a skirmish line and began to fight back.
Many of the brothers who were lying on the ground in the poisonous gas were already weak. The Japanese's bayonets hung low with a cold glow, and the sound of popping continued. Many brothers died in confusion.
"Batalion Commander, the little devil is here!"
The surviving brothers all had bloodshot eyes, watching the shadowy figures in the poisonous gas coming towards them, the brothers gritted their teeth and said.
Seeing that the little devil's figure was already blurry in the poisonous gas, the brothers were unwilling to retreat. They were filled with murderous intent.
"Fight! Kill these idiots!" Liu Yidao gave the order without hesitation.
"Bang bang bang..."
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The revengeful bullets penetrated the poison gas and hit the little devils who fought back. The grenades were also thrown in. The flash of explosion was like lightning in the black fog.
"Pfft——"
Some Japanese fell to the ground after being shot, and fell into the poisonous gas. Their wounds were quickly filled with poisonous gas, and the burning pain made them scream in agony.
The grenades blew up many Japanese soldiers in all directions. They rolled to the ground helplessly, and their bodies were covered in bloody wounds from the explosions...
The Japanese did not expect that Chinese officers and soldiers could survive such a poisonous gas attack. They were so shocked that they hurriedly squatted down and raised their guns to fight back.
The brothers gritted their teeth and fired into the poisonous gas. The bullets swept into the poisonous gas like a wind, stirring the poisonous gas and churning with it.
The injured little devils fell to the ground and could not get up again. Many of the little devils' gas masks were shattered. They covered their bleeding eyes and let out a scream that was not creepy.
"Retreat, retreat..."
Faced with the attack by the Chinese officers and soldiers, this group of little Japanese who fought back retreated again in embarrassment. However, in the poison gas, the corpses left behind by both sides had completely rotted away due to the erosion of the poison gas.
"Battal Commander, there's poisonous gas coming over there."
The brothers angrily fought off the counterattacking Japs, but the mountain wind carried another wave of poisonous gas drifting along the valley.
The brothers were already very afraid of this kind of poisonous gas that could kill people invisible. When they saw the poisonous gas floating over, their faces turned pale.
Liu Yidao saw that the brothers who had fallen to death in the poisonous gas had lost their voices. Now they couldn't even collect the corpses, so they punched them into the floating soil unwillingly.
"withdraw!"
The brothers hurriedly began to retreat, and the poisonous gas floating in the mountains stalled the attack of the squadron.
"Who told you to withdraw? Attack! Attack!"
On a mountain road littered with corpses caused by artillery shells, officers and soldiers of the war zone supervisory team wearing white and black letters on their arms intercepted Liu Yidao and his companions who were retreating with guns.
"Brother, the Japanese have released poisonous gas. It's impossible to pass through in front of them. Many brothers have died in the poisonous gas..." Faced with the interception of the supervising team, one of the brothers opened his mouth to explain.
"Fuck you, you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you still say it so confidently. Believe it or not, I will kill you!"
Before this brother could finish his words, he was knocked to the ground by a platoon leader of the supervising team with a rifle butt, and his head suddenly started to bleed.
He had just watched dozens of his brothers run too slowly and die from poison gas, and now the people supervising the battle team started beating them again. Liu Yidao could not hold back his violent temper.
"Fuck you!" he yelled angrily, and kicked the platoon leader who was beating him into the ditch.
Almost at the moment Liu Yidao made his move, the men in the supervising team all pulled the bolts of their guns and pointed the muzzles at Liu Yidao and the others. Liu Yidao and his brothers also showed no sign of weakness and fired their bullets, aiming at the opponent's chest.