Not long after, a clear message threatening the Nationalist Government was sent from the Japanese Army's North China Front Headquarters.
The whole country was shocked, the world was shocked...
The response of the Nationalist Government was very fast. In less than half an hour, a questioning telegram was sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
Because after the Japanese's clear telegrams were sent out, many foreign embassies in Chongqing received them.
Although these countries are secretly studying poison gas bombs, they are openly opposed to it. In particular, they have always been strongly opposed to the use of poison gas bombs by the Japanese on the battlefield.
However, because the Japanese army did not sign the Geneva Convention, the opposition from various countries did not make the Japanese army give up this powerful weapon. But in any case, these objections still gave the Japanese army some scruples when using these weapons.
Now that this incident suddenly happened, the scruples of letting the Japanese use poison gas bombs disappeared. The consuls of these countries must have been very angry, and then they went to the National Government to learn about the situation as soon as possible.
In fact, without these consuls opening their mouths, Chiang Kai-shek was more anxious than anyone else in the face of the Japanese threat.
On the battlefield in China, the mainstream of the Anti-Japanese War was still the Central Army and local troops commanded by him.
If the Japanese have no scruples when using poison gas bombs, or if they use poison gas bombs on a large scale on the Chinese battlefield because of this incident, then the Central Army will definitely suffer in the end.
As the commander-in-chief, he would never allow this to happen.
At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, in order to carry out the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the deputy commander-in-chief stayed up until twelve o'clock in the evening before going to bed.
By this time, the deputy commander had rested for less than five hours. The staff officer on duty who received the telegram did not want to wake up the deputy commander and wanted him to take more rest. However, the matter in the telegram was too big and related to the Eighth Route Army.
Reputation and development, the longer it is delayed, the more detrimental it will be to the Eighth Route Army. It is definitely not something that a small staff officer like me can bear.
Therefore, the staff officer on duty could only rush into the deputy commander's room and wake up the deputy commander.
"Chief, something happened, something big happened! The Nationalist Government urgently sent a telegram! There is also a clear telegram, which was sent by the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters."
The deputy commander was suddenly awakened, took the telegram and began to read it with the help of an oil lamp.
Not long after, the deputy commander's forehead wrinkled into a big "Sichuan" sign, and then he cursed loudly.
"Nonsense, this independent group is just nonsense. Is he still our Eighth Route Army? He even used poison gas bombs. Who gave her this right? I want to shoot him!"
"Captain, calm down!" the staff officer on duty quickly advised.
"I think we should send a telegram to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region immediately and ask Commander Nie to find out as soon as possible. We can't deny the commander of the main regiment below and shoot him just based on a Japanese word!"
The deputy commander slowly calmed down and ordered with a frown.
"Let's go to the headquarters first!"
Ten minutes later, the Eighth Route Army headquarters hidden in the mountains sent two telegrams at the same time, one for good night and one for Commander Nie of Wutai Mountain.
Commander Nie was awakened from his sleep by the staff officer on duty. After reading the telegram in a daze, he suddenly woke up.
He rushed directly to the radio room and ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to the First Division Independent Regiment and ask Commander Wang Ping and Wang directly what is going on?"
"Also, send a telegram to Commander Yang and ask him to investigate the matter immediately. We cannot unjustly accuse a good comrade, but if we really make a mistake, we must punish him accordingly!"
At this time, the chief of staff of the military region also came over after hearing the news.
"Commander, you are really willing to punish Wang Ping!"
"I have to admit that among all the regiment leaders below, Wang Ping is the most capable of fighting, and also the most politically minded. If such a person is punished, it will be a big loss for our military region!"
Commander Nie's already frowning brows now frowned even more deeply.
After some hesitation, he replied: "If you really make a mistake, you will still have to be punished, otherwise no one will abide by the rules of our Eighth Route Army."
"But you are right, this Wang Ping is really good at fighting. Some time ago, he prepared a powder keg for the Japanese and puppet troops, and exploded it to kill three thousand Japanese puppet troops. I have never thought of such a way to deal with the Japanese puppets."
"Also, in one night, a main regiment besieged and killed the 3,000-day puppet army that was defending the village, and finally won. This shows how powerful the independent regiment is, and it also proves that Wang Ping's troop training ability is good!"
"Commander, do you think this may be true?" the chief of staff chased after me.
Commander Nie frowned and replied: "Nine times out of ten it's true! With the Japanese's arrogant character, if they hadn't suffered huge losses at the hands of the Independent Group, which had weapons they were wary of, it would have been absolutely impossible for them to invent the coded telegraph force.
Our Eighth Route Army kills people."
"Also, I have met Wang Ping, a man who can do anything in a hurry."
"Commander, why did you send a telegram to Wang Ping, the leader of the independent regiment?" the chief of staff asked in confusion.
Commander Nie did not hide anything: "Wang Ping is brave enough to fight, but he also has another characteristic: he is very meticulous in his work. If poison gas bombs were really used on the battlefield, then he must have a way to explain it. What I need now is his
An explanation, give the headquarters, the National Government, and the Japanese a reasonable explanation."
The chief of staff smiled directly and said: "Commander, you just said you would not protect Wang Ping, but you are obviously protecting him!"
"Who made Wang Ping so good at fighting! And he can do everything. Such a person is a talented person in the Eighth Route Army. If we leave it to the National Government and let them shoot him, our Eighth Route Army will suffer too much loss!" Commander Nie was helpless and worried.
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Wang Ping, the leader of the independent regiment, and Cheng Xiao, the political commissar, were on their way back to the headquarters.
Most of the equipment and supplies in the Japanese and puppet army garrison have been transported to the nearby mountains and hidden. The troops are still using the last moment before dawn to collect scattered weapons and ammunition scattered on the battlefield, including some bombed weapon parts.
Just as the two of them were approaching the headquarters, communications platoon leader Xu Guang rushed over and reported anxiously.
"Captain, political commissar, something happened!"
"The military region and the military divisions all sent us an urgent telegram. In addition, we also received a clear telegram from the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters, also about our independent regiment."
Soon, political commissar Cheng Xiao read the telegram, his brows suddenly furrowed into a big "Sichuan", and his expression became more solemn than ever before.
After taking a deep breath, he replied: "Captain, something really happened! Everyone knows about the poison gas, and the military region wants us to explain clearly!"
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