Chapter 1384 The injustice has the first debt and the owner
Where the Japanese and puppet troops were stationed, the ground had been blasted with a thick layer of floating soil by artillery shells.
When he stepped on it, it reached his heel.
The poisonous gas that filled the air had completely dissipated. Without the pig-snout-like gas mask, the Japanese's reaction was obviously much more flexible.
Someone with a gun patrolled the battlefield littered with corpses to make sure no one was pretending to be dead.
Someone put a rifle on his back and piled the gassed corpses together, preparing to burn them with fire to destroy the traces of the corpses.
Poison gas bombs are internationally banned weapons of mass destruction. Although the Japanese are bold and ruthless in fighting wars, they do not dare to use poison gas bombs so blatantly and with great fanfare.
Once this incident has a negative international impact, Japan will become the target of public criticism.
They are an island country with limited resources, and many things must be imported.
If the entire international community abandons Japan because of this incident, their access to imported resources will be cut off.
Without resources, they will be unable to produce weapons and equipment, which will affect the combat effectiveness of frontline troops and their foreign wars...
Therefore, every time when poison gas was used, the Japanese army had to clean up the scene, burn what should be burned, and destroy what should be destroyed. Even if the Chinese complained to the international community that the Japanese army used poison gas bombs, there would be no direct evidence, and in the end they would not be able to
It's all over.
This is an era in which the jungle prevails, and Japan's strength far exceeds that of China.
Without direct evidence, no country in the world will offend Japan and help a China that cannot even protect its own sovereignty and territory.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the effects and battle losses have been calculated!" A major rushed into the headquarters and reported excitedly.
"Let's talk about the battle losses first!" the commander ordered calmly with a calm expression.
Although he did not personally visit the battlefield, when the troops counterattacked with poison gas, there were only more than 2,000 Eighth Route Army troops in the offensive position, and the number of troops was much smaller than what he had planned.
So without even thinking about it, I knew that the result tonight would not meet my expectations.
"Hi!" The commander's reaction made the major calm down and he quickly answered.
"The Imperial Army lost a total of 586 people, 498 of whom were killed in battle, and the remainder were seriously injured, all of whom lost their combat effectiveness."
"The conditions here are too bad. Many seriously injured people may not survive tonight."
"The Imperial Alliance Army lost 486 people, 456 were killed in battle, and 30 were seriously injured."
"More than 70% of the mortars and mountain artillery were lost, more than 60% of the heavy machine gun was lost, and 40% of the rifle machine gun was lost, all caused by the Eighth Route Army's shelling."
The commander's face was obviously heavier than before. He held a command knife in one hand and a fist in the other. He gritted his teeth and cursed: "Ba Ge Ya Lu, I didn't expect that with the trump card of gas bombs, our losses would still be so heavy."
"The garrison is indeed the strongest opponent of the Shanxi garrison."
"I want to increase the task of assaulting the garrison base this time. Not only do I want to destroy their arsenal, but I also want to find a way to find their main force and kill them. At the very least, I want to severely damage them and avenge the imperial army who died in the battle."
The captain hesitated and reminded: "Sir, think twice!"
"Now we have lost more than 30% of our troops, more than 60% of our heavy weapons, more than 40% of our rifles and machine guns, and we don't have much ammunition. We may still be able to complete our mission by relying on poison gas bombs to continue attacking the defense regiment's arsenal. If we want to find the defense regiment,
It will be too difficult for the main force to fight them decisively!"
"Don't worry!" the captain replied confidently.
"We don't have weapons, the Eighth Route Army does."
"If I guessed correctly: all the light and heavy weapons and ammunition deployed by the Eighth Route Army on the offensive positions were left behind."
It was as if the brigade captain had discovered a new world. The worried expression on his face disappeared instantly. He looked at the co-captain with admiration and replied: "Sir, you are wise."
"The escaping Eighth Route Army took only their own weapons and ammunition with them in order to survive."
"Heavy machine guns and mortars are all left on the battlefield and intact."
"We found more than 2,400 Eighth Route Army corpses on the battlefield, and at least 2,000 of them were killed by poison gas."
"The warriors are collecting the bodies and preparing to burn them."
"All the weapons and ammunition equipped by the Eighth Route Army are left on the battlefield."
"There are a total of four mountain guns, twenty-six mortars of various calibers, fifteen heavy machine guns, more than fifty light machine guns, and more than 1,500 rifles."
"There are plenty of bullets and cannonballs, at least two bases."
"Now I finally understand why the garrison is so powerful. With the same number of troops, the equipment level is better than that of the imperial army."
"In addition, the troops are as fearless of death as the imperial army when it comes to fighting, so it's hard not to think they are powerful."
The commander of the regiment made a decision immediately: "Order the artillery unit and the heavy machine gun unit to reasonably replenish mortars according to their respective strength. If there is insufficient ammunition, the Royal Association Army will be deployed to supplement it. Let them carry equipment and ammunition.
"The infantry is properly supplemented with rifle machine guns. The equipment of the garrison is all captured from the imperial army. The caliber is the same as our weapons. The equipment can be used by the troops. There is no logistical supply pressure."
"The extra weapons and ammunition were destroyed on the spot together with the corpses of the Eighth Route Army, and all the captured ammunition was taken away!"
The captain asked with disbelief: "Really destroy them all?"
"After some calculations, we can replenish at most half of the heavy weapons and one-third of the light weapons. The remaining weapons are enough to equip an infantry brigade of the Imperial Army."
"It's such a waste to destroy it like this."
The captain replied firmly: "Destroy them all!"
"The garrison is so powerful. Although we have gas bombs and severely damaged them, I still dare not say that we will be victorious in the next battle."
"If these weapons are not destroyed, if something unexpected happens in the next battle, these weapons will fall into the hands of the garrison again, increasing their strength."
"So I would rather destroy these weapons than give the garrison a chance to recapture them."
At eight o'clock in the morning, more than 2,000 puppet troops left their base and continued to attack Lingqiu.
Li Hao happened to return to the headquarters of the Lingqiu Garrison Regiment. When he walked in, he saw the political commissar pacing back and forth in the room with a worried look on his face.
Seeing Li Hao walking in, he quickly reported: "Captain, there is an urgent call from the Laiyuan Independent Battalion. The Japanese and puppet troops have set off again and continue to attack us. There are still more than 2,300 troops. Not only have the heavy weapons not been reduced,
On the contrary, there are a lot more.”
Li Hao understood immediately after hearing this: "The devils must have equipped themselves with the weapons and ammunition they captured from us!"
Immediately send a telegram to Zhao Wen: "Immediately send people to the battlefield where the Japanese have just evacuated, collect the remains of the sacrificed soldiers, and collect evidence that the Japanese used poison gas bombs."
"I want to report it to the headquarters and let my superiors expose the Japanese crimes."
Wang Hong was not optimistic about this proposal, shook his head and asked: "Is this useful?"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "It's useless. It won't have any impact on the Japanese, but it will create some trouble for their international relations."
"As for the culprit who used poison gas bombs, there is a blame and a debtor, and we will solve it ourselves."
"They killed so many people in our garrison and must pay for it with blood."
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