Seeing the major staff officer, Yamashita Fengwen's heart suddenly sank.
Because just by looking at the expression on the face of the major staff officer, you knew something was wrong.
Sure enough, after the major staff officer walked into the war room, he went straight to Yamashita Fengfumi and paused to report: "Your Excellency, Commander, you just received a farewell telegram from Second Lieutenant Nohara of the 229th Infantry Regiment Signal Team..."
"Nani?!" Before the major staff member could finish what he said, Ojinkui interrupted roughly, "Farewell telegram?!"
"Hai!" the major staff officer suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention. He paused again and said, "Chief of Staff, Second Lieutenant Nohara, captain of the communications team directly under the 229th Infantry Regiment, just sent back a farewell telegram, saying that they were hit by a new group of poisonous gas. Attack, more than 2,000 people in the entire alliance, starting from the alliance captain Yamagata Takeo, will be collectively shattered!"
"Poison gas attack?!" Furukawa Shinnosuke took a breath of air and said, "Where did the new group of poison gas come from?"
"Could it be that there are poisonous gas bombs stored in the Wujiashan Fortress?" Dajinkui said, "But I haven't heard that there are poisonous gas bombs stored in the arsenal of the Wujiashan Fortress? There are not even gas bombs."
Kobayashi Asaburo said firmly: "There must be no gas bombs in Wujiashan Fortress!"
"Then what's going on?" Ojinkui asked, "What kind of weapons is the new regiment using?"
"Don't make blind guesses." Yamashita Fengwen waved his hand and continued, "If I guessed correctly, the new regiment was probably using poisonous smoke, and the Yamagata regiment was completely destroyed because of the smoke. !”
"Being smoked?" Shinnosuke Furukawa said in shock, "Is this okay?"
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"Is this okay?" Shi Changqing was also dumbfounded, watching blankly as the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion wore gas masks and easily broke into the Japanese position.
There was not even a decent amount of resistance during the entire process.
In fact, it was impossible for the Japanese to organize effective resistance, because they were already in tears due to the thick smoke and could not even open their eyes, so how could they possibly stand up to resist
The Fourth Battalion's method was actually very simple. They covered the surrounding areas with trees and vegetation that had been cut down by the little devils, then spread pine needles and dead grass on top, and finally covered the top with a layer of soil to create a super large ash pile. Then a fire was ignited, pine needles and dead grass ignited the trees and shrubs, and a large amount of thick smoke was formed through the soil.
The temperature of the thick smoke is higher than that of the air. Once it is generated, it immediately rises upwards and is immediately forced from the bottom up to the top of the mountain. In less than half an hour, the Japanese position built on the hill in the middle was shrouded in thick smoke. Alas, because the Japs from the 229th Infantry Regiment arrived in a hurry, they didn't even carry gas masks, so they could only cover their faces with towels.
But it was useless to cover the face with a dry towel. The water in the kettle had been drunk long ago, and there was no water on the mountain, so everyone could only urinate and wet the towel. However, because of the hot weather and the physical labor of fighting, almost everyone All the water in his body has evaporated through sweat, and the Jia Zibing's urine is also very little.
Most of the prisoners couldn't hold back enough urine to wet the towel.
Some Japanese soldiers did not hold back even a drop of blood and urine, and were driven to death by the thick smoke.
Then, Lin Wei selected 400 elite veterans from the Fourth Battalion, put on gas masks and rushed into the thick smoke, and launched a merciless killing of more than 2,000 little Japs who had completely lost their ability to resist.
The whole process can only be described with the idiom chopping melons and vegetables.
Half an hour later, when the second attack aircraft formation of the 3rd Flying Regiment arrived, the battle was already over. The fourth battalion had even finished cleaning the battlefield. However, due to the thick smoke, the Japanese pilots in the sky did not know. So they still threw a lot of aerial bombs at the battlefield shrouded in thick smoke.
It wasn't until two hours later that the thick smoke that enveloped the battlefield finally slowly dispersed.
Then, the Japanese reconnaissance plane flying over the battlefield discovered that the battle was already over. The 229th Infantry Regiment entrenched on the hill in the middle had been completely wiped out, and more than two thousand Japanese soldiers had turned into corpses! Looking down from the air, I saw the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered all over the mountain. Not to mention how miserable it was!
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The news spread back to the 38th Division Headquarters, and Furukawa Shinnosuke and Otsukui finally believed it.
Before, these two old devils never believed the cruel fact that the 229th Infantry Regiment had been wiped out, because they thought it was too ridiculous. When did smoke become an effective attack tactic
But after receiving the report from the aviation force, the two of them had to believe it even if they didn't believe it!
However, Yamashita Tomofumi did not pay too much attention to this result. In his opinion, the 229th Infantry Regiment was just an infantry regiment. Yamagata was good, but he was only a good commander. Like him The entire Far East Front can always pick out not only hundreds, but thirty or fifty such commanders.
So Yamashita Fengwen didn't pay too much attention to it. In war, there will always be losses!
Yamashita Fengwen was concerned about another piece of news, and he asked Kobayashi Asaburo: "Kobayashi-kun, you just said that the aviation reconnaissance team reported that the new regiment had escorted the abducted people to the eastern foot of Hunchun Ridge and entered the Soviet Union. Are you planning to stay in the country for a long time?"
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused and said, "This was accidentally discovered after a reconnaissance plane deviated and broke into the Soviet airspace." After a pause, he continued, "Your Excellency, Commander, this is a terrible moment. This is getting tricky, Japan and the Soviet Union have signed a non-aggression treaty, and our troops cannot rush into the Soviet Union!"
"Baga!" Yamashita Fengwen gritted his teeth and cursed, "Immediately report this news to the base camp, and then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will come forward to put pressure on the Soviet government and ask the Soviet Far East Front to hand over the Chinese people who have crossed the border! Otherwise, all the consequences will occur. It’s all up to the Soviet Union!”
"Hai!" Asaburo Kobayashi paused and asked, "Your Excellency, Commander, are the 39th Division, 46th Division and 48th Division still going to continue to advance towards Hunchun? "
The reason why Yamashita Fengwen ordered the 39th Division and three other main divisions to move closer to Hunchun Ridge was to forcibly move the people from sixteen towns in Hunchun County to the Far East. But now, the people in these sixteen towns have already After being kidnapped by the New Regiment and sent to the Soviet Union, it seemed unnecessary for three more divisions to come to Hunchunling.
Yamashita Fengwen said: "Of course we must continue to move forward. Not only must we continue to move forward, but we must also advance to the foot of Wujiashan Mountain and surround the Wujiashan Fortress!" After a pause, he added, "The Seventh Army has already rested for three days. By the end of the month, the physical strength and energy of the officers and soldiers have been fully restored, now it’s time to lay siege to Wujiashan!”
Kobayashi Asaburo said in surprise: "Commander, are you going to attack now?"
It's no wonder that Asaburo Kobayashi was surprised, because according to Yamashita Fengfumi's plan, all the people in Hunchun, Tumen, Yanji, and Wangqing counties, as well as the people in Luojin and Luoxian in North Korea, would be relocated first. If it really can't be moved, then the three-guang policy will be forcibly implemented. Anyway, it will create a 100-kilometer no-man's land outside Wujiashan Fortress! In this way, the new regiment's supply of troops can be successfully cut off.
After cutting off the new regiment's supply of troops, they then launch a siege on the Wujiashan Fortress. As a result, the new regiment trapped in the Wujiashan Fortress will become smaller and weaker, until they are finally easily annihilated by them. ! But now, even the people in Hunchun County have not moved away, and it is not time to attack by force.
Someone may ask, why didn't the Japanese directly besiege the Wujiashan Fortress, but why they had to create a no-man's land first and then besiege the Wujiashan Fortress? The reason is actually very simple, because the east side of Wujiashan Fortress is close to the Soviet border. The Japanese can blockade the north and south sides of the fortress, but they cannot block the east side!
This means that the new regiment can connect to the outside world through the Soviet Union and receive a steady stream of supplies.
But in fact, Wujiashan Fortress has accumulated a large amount of military supplies. The New Regiment is not short of military supplies at all. The only thing it lacks is human resources, and human resources cannot be provided by the Soviet Union. That’s why Yamashita Fengfumi thought of pulling out the fire, but you I have to admit, this poisonous strategy is definitely effective.
If the Japanese really want to create a hundred kilometers of no-man's land outside Wujiashan, the New Regiment will really find no way to replenish its troops.
"Attack? Did I say attack Wujiashan? I meant siege!" Yamashita Fengwen shook his head and said, "Sooner or later, Wujiashan will have to be besieged. It is better to siege it one day later than to siege it one day early! Even if the Wujiashan Fortress cannot be trapped, it will be It must be besieged, because at least the fortifications on the other three sides except the eastern foot of Hunchun Ridge can be built stronger."
"Sodesna!" Asaburo Kobayashi was stunned upon hearing this and immediately conveyed the order.
At this time, Da Jinkui came over and asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, do you want to continue to drive away the people in Hunchun County?"
Originally, according to the plan drawn up by Yamashita Fengwen, after the people in sixteen towns were forcibly evicted, the people in Hunchun County would be evicted next, then the people in Tumen County, Yanji County and Wangqing County, and then the people in The common people of North Korea's Luo Jin, Luo Xian and other places are now frustrated at the first step, and the Japanese below are a little confused.
Yamashita Fengwen also hesitated, because if they could not make the Soviet Union surrender and hand over the people, then if they continued to drive away the people from Hunchun County and even Tumen, Yanji, and Wangqing counties, they would definitely attract a new group of more unscrupulous destruction. In this way, their eviction operation actually helped the new group!
Because the New Regiment can gain the support of the people through its actions of rescuing the people!
It was easy for Yamashita Fengwen to calculate this account clearly. He shook his head and said, "Let's hold off for now. Don't rush to expel the people from the county seat! Let's see how the Soviet government responds first."