What methods did the opponent use to penetrate into Gongzhuling, which is hundreds of kilometers away from the front line? How many troops were involved, and how did they transport those heavy machines to Beishan Airport, which is only ten kilometers away from Gongzhuling Chariot School, without alerting them?
Now, the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department, which has always claimed to be all-pervasive, knows nothing about it. All they know is that after this incident, their depth is no longer safe.
The Kwantung Army Intelligence Department only then truly understood the pain of the North China Expeditionary Army when facing the Eighteenth Army. Because of the following intelligence, you may have some grasp. But when you face the intelligence and trends of the opponent's high-level officials, you will get nothing.
, that fear is almost self-evident.
For the Kwantung Army Headquarters, this elusive force can rob money printing equipment today. Maybe tomorrow, the heads of the Kwantung Army Headquarters officers will be targeted. Therefore, after the Gongzhuling incident, the Kwantung Army Commander
Not only did the army immediately and greatly strengthen its own security, it also mobilized a complete infantry regiment in the shortest possible time and entered the new capital to strengthen its defense.
The Kwantung Army headquarters was immediately transferred to the heavily guarded and strictly confidential Second Reserve Command Post. It also repeatedly requested the divisions at the front not only to ensure the safety of important targets such as division headquarters, but also to ensure the safety of heavy artillery, armor
and other important troops, as well as the security of confidential, communications and other departments.
This order from the Kwantung Army headquarters means that in order to continue the fight and persevere, no matter how reluctant Colonel Masatada Kaneoka is, he can only find ways to increase the number of troops and strengthen the cover of the artillery. Although this will weaken his presence on the front line.
The military strength itself is already very tight, but this is also a helpless choice for Kaneoka Masatada.
However, when several subordinate brigades suffered heavy casualties, and they had to temporarily allocate troops to artillery positions that required more security forces due to dispersion, and the division was unable to add some additional troops, all means were used to block the resistance.
The joint night attack was almost certain, and it had become an inevitable choice for Tadamasa Kaneoka.
Perhaps these poisonous gases will not have much effect on fully protected opponents. But Masatada Kaneoka believes that these poisonous gases can at least slow down the offensive momentum of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, at least making them have some scruples when launching night attacks.
.At least he can hold on until daytime and until possible reinforcements arrive from the rear. Only God knows whether these methods of his will be effective in the end.
Facts have proved that Colonel Masatada Kaneoka's judgment of the situation is quite accurate, and his grasp of the entire battle situation is still above average. The opponents in front of him, whether it is Li Mingfeng, the commander of the Ninth Division, or one of the three regiments to which the Ninth Division belongs
, the leaders of the two regiments still fighting in Yushu regard the Japanese artillery that poses a serious threat to them during the day as the primary target to destroy in the night battle.
These Japanese artillery units not only divided the front-line positions into different combat areas. They even marked their targets in depth. Once it was discovered that the Japanese defense forces were at an absolute disadvantage and the position was in danger, these Japanese artillery units would not matter whether they were still on the position or not.
Our own people come up and shoot without distinction.
The Japanese army didn't care. They had already made precise plans when formulating this tactic. Each position, including its own depth, was divided into combat areas. Although the artillery positions were dispersed, their firepower was
Use intensively.
Moreover, the Japanese army was very precise in choosing the time to launch indiscriminate bombardment, which was when the position was about to be lost. At this time, the Japanese army, which was not allowed to retreat until even a single soldier was called, had very few people left on the position.
Not many. But the attacking force cannot be just a few people. The attacking force suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese army's tactic of destroying everything.
During the daytime battle, it was the intensive and highly accurate artillery fire of the Japanese artillery that brought great resistance to the Ninth Division's offensive. Without destroying them, it would be difficult for the Ninth Division's offensive to achieve victory in a short period of time.
Great progress. However, these Japanese artillery units were too dispersed and their positions were constructed quite cleverly.
Neither aviation nor artillery could destroy all these artillery pieces in a short period of time. Although it suppressed the Japanese artillery fire to a certain extent and destroyed some Japanese artillery pieces, it could not completely eliminate the threat of these Japanese artillery pieces.
The only way to remove the threat from the Japanese artillery is to rely on the infantry to find a way to eliminate it.
At 22:00 in the evening, in a field of sorghum east of Lao He's house, Qi Zhiyuan, the commander of the Sixth Company of the Second Battalion, who was the forward of the attack of the entire 27th Regiment, raised his telescope and used the light of the illumination bombs fired by the Japanese army to look at
He was observing the Japanese position which was only a hundred meters away from them, with a frown on his face.
The person lying next to him at this time was neither his instructor nor his deputy. The eye-catching red cross logo on the armband told others that he was just a health worker. Qi Zhiyuan brought the health worker to the latent observation point, not because of others.
Yes, it was precisely because of those so-called temporary measures adopted by Colonel Tadamasa Kaneoka.
After observing for a long time and putting down the telescope, Qi Zhiyuan turned to the health worker beside him who was also holding a telescope and observing the Japanese position under the light of the Japanese flares: "Xiao Liu, are you sure that the Japanese army spread poison gas at the junction of the two armies? Or some kind of killing.
A so-called corrosive gas with great power?"
The health worker, who wore a red cross armband to identify himself, heard the company commander's question and smiled: "Company commander, because the Japanese army used poison gas very frequently in battles, we all received special training in chemical warfare before we were sent to the army.
Training on rescue and identification knowledge. And because of our own work, the training we receive is much more professional than you who are leaders in the teaching team."
"Now the front of our position is filled with the smell of garlic. This smell of garlic is the unique smell of mustard gas when it is in liquid form. When you smell this smell on the battlefield, you don't have to think too much that the Japanese army must have spread mustard gas.
Because on the battlefield, it is impossible for so much garlic to appear at once. This kind of smell can only be caused by the Japanese army spreading mustard gas in front of the position."
"Mustard gas is a corrosive poison gas. Its action lasts for a long time and can last for more than three days in summer. There are many ways to spread it. Not only can poison gas shells and poison canisters be used to spread it, but the Japanese army also developed a poison distribution vehicle specifically for spreading this poison gas.
.In the evening, the two small armored vehicles that appeared in front of the Japanese positions were poison-dispersing vehicles specially developed by the Japanese army for spreading mustard gas."
"This method is a common method used by the Japanese army when the defensive situation is unfavorable. If it were not summer and the southeast wind was blowing, and our position was northeast of the Japanese army's position, we would not be able to get so close. I am afraid it would be several hundred
Just meters away, they were all poisoned and fell down. And the company commander, you see, the Japanese army not only spread mustard gas, but also planted many poison gas bombs connected to the mines in the rearranged minefields."
"Judging from the signs exposed outside, there are not only mustard gas and Lewis gas mixed artillery shells, but also phosgene artillery shells and various other chemical artillery shells. Even if our army uses artillery fire to destroy minefields, the concentration of poisonous gas produced by these detonating poison gas bombs
, is enough to become an obstacle for our army to launch an offensive. Especially the phosgene in it is a suffocating poison gas, and its lethality is no less than that of mustard gas."
Of course, Qi Zhiyuan is not too unfamiliar with mustard gas. When he was studying in the military training team, because the Japanese army used poison gas warfare many times in battles, their courses included a section specifically on the Japanese army's poison gas warfare. However,
Because as a grassroots commander, he only needed to know the nature of the Japanese poison gas bombs, as well as the identification and protection of some poison gas shells. What he knew was far less detailed than that of professionally trained health workers.
But he also knew that the best way to deal with this kind of poisonous gas, in addition to being fully equipped with protective equipment, was to rinse with plenty of clean water. But where could he find so much clean water right now? How could he have so much time?
To wash out such a large attack area. Moreover, under the firepower of the Japanese army, even if there was time and clean water, there was no way to operate it.
Although his company is all equipped with standard gas masks, it does not have special protective clothing and protective shoes. It is unable to deal with the spread of poisonous gas by the Japanese army who require full-body protective equipment. Moreover, his mission is to infiltrate the Japanese army's positions and find ways to fight during the day.
Among them, the two Japanese heavy artillery groups pose the greatest threat to the attacking troops.
If he did not hesitate to attack forcefully, he would not only be irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers, but also the poisoned troops would not be able to find the Japanese artillery positions no matter what. Although he was not too clear about the power of mustard gas, he had experienced it.
Training and the experience gained with his life on the battlefield told him that at this time, he must act more cautiously. These poisonous gases are not as simple as they seem.
Putting down the telescope in his hand, looking at the minefield composed of poisonous gas and landmines in front of him, and the pungent smell of garlic coming from his nose, Qi Zhiyuan, who was almost helpless, smashed his fist on the ground in front of him: "Mom
Yes, you kid, this is too fucked up. If you can't beat me on the battlefield, you just know how to use such dirty tricks."
After that, he turned to the health worker next to him and said: "Xiao Liu, you have learned more than us. Can you think of a way to allow the troops to quickly pass through this poisonous gas area? We have time left now.
Not too much. We must find the Japanese artillery positions and blow them up before zero hour."
"This is an order given to us by our superiors, and it must be completed at all costs. The military situation is so fierce that we cannot stay here for too long. If we cannot solve the Japanese artillery positions on time, what will happen during the day will be
It will be reenacted at night."
"The rogue tactics used by the Japanese during the day brought us too many casualties. During the hard battle during the day, among all participating units in the army, our Ninth Division suffered the most casualties and made the least progress. It almost became the laughingstock of the entire army.
Tonight's night battle is a battle for our whole division to avenge our disgrace. Whether we can fight well and whether our regiment can make breakthrough progress depends on our company."