"Doctor Claude, you and your people must be moved to the rear immediately. This place is too close to the front line. The Japanese have just used poison gas bombs. This place is very dangerous. If you don't evacuate, you will be in danger of your life!"

"Poison gas bomb!? My God! Can you confirm it is a poison gas bomb??" Hearing that the Japanese actually used the poison gas bomb, Claude's face changed drastically. As a soldier who participated in World War I and witnessed the lives of those soldiers who were tortured by poison gas on the European battlefield, the poison gas left an indelible painful memory in Claude's heart. Even as a doctor of the Red Cross, he has saved lives and helped the wounded for many years, he still remembers the memories of poison gas back then. The tragic and wailing sounds of those comrades who were killed and injured by poison gas seemed to be right in front of his ears.

"Yes, I'm very sure! That's definitely a poison gas bomb!" said the military doctor in charge of Claude with a firm determination. "The Japanese have used poison gas bombs many times on the Songhu battlefield. I'm very familiar with these and I will never make any mistakes!"

"The Japanese have used poison gas bombs many times!? Why don't you go to the League of Nations to accuse them??" Claude yelled angrily, as if he remembered the wails of his comrades during World War I, "You guys who use poison gas inhumanely should go to hell!"

"Yes, Mr. Claude, you are right. The Japanese should go to hell. But we have no evidence to accuse them, and the Japanese have also withdrawn from the League of Nations. League of Nations has no way to deal with them!" The military doctor of the 88th Division explained.

"No matter whether he withdrew from the League of Nations or not, as long as there is evidence, we can expose the Japanese crimes and always seek justice from them!" Claude clenched his fists angrily and waved them twice, then said. "You must transfer the wounded to the rear as soon as possible! It is too unsafe for them to stay here!"

The military doctor nodded and said, "This is no problem. Here is a frontline hospital that is simply dealing with. There are not many injured people. I can organize people to transfer all the injured people. Mr. Claude will also go with us."

Claude shook his head: "Now what I need to do is take my camera to take the Japanese's evidence of guilt! I will not let these butchers get away with it!"

"But you don't have a gas mask!" The military doctor was shocked when he heard that Claude was going to take the camera to the front line to act as a war correspondent, and the poisonous gas was filled with it.

"Don't worry, Commander Yang gave me a supply bag as a thank you gift for treating their wounded, which contained a gas mask and protective suit." Claude said, and walked to his luggage next to him and took out a gas mask box and shook it. "Look, this is the case, you don't have to worry about the poison of the Japanese now."

"Okay, since you must go, please pay attention to safety. I will ask two soldiers to go with you to protect you, don't refuse." The military doctor knew that once Claude decided on something, it would not change again, and no matter what he said, it would be useless. It would be safer to attach two guards to him according to his wishes. Cloud is also a well-known figure abroad. He had long told people that they must treat the wounded with courtesy to ensure safety, but he did not dare to make any mistakes at his hands.

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Put on a gas mask and medical gloves, and then took out Qiong Jun's disposable protective suit and put it on. Cloud took his baby's camera and walked into a chaotic position.

The airborne soldiers of the Zhuque Division had gas masks and protective suits on their bodies. So there was not much chaos and they still stood on their positions. The soldiers of the 88th Division were different. The serious reduction in personnel on the Songhu battlefield made their equipment gradually unable to keep up. Only a small number of people had gas masks, and most of the others could only find the equipment on the airborne soldiers of the fallen Qiong Army to use.

But after all, the number of airborne soldiers killed was limited, and the poison gases emitted by the Japanese army were getting closer and closer. There was no way. The soldiers of the 88th Division who had not found a gas mask had to withdraw from their positions. Some soldiers who were determined to fight the Japanese revenge were inevitably inhaled and contaminated with the Japanese army's poison because they evacuated late.

And all this was recorded in Cloud's camera.

Because a large number of soldiers of the 88th Division could not get protective equipment and had to evacuate their positions, the already stretched force configuration became even more difficult to turn around.

Seeing the chaos on the ** position, the Japanese thought there was an opportunity, so they hurriedly drove the troops to attack before the poisonous gas had not yet dissipated. This time, the Japanese used the newly mobilized 12 tanks as attack vanguards, and followed the large number of infantry wearing gas masks to try to take the position and enter the Nan* capital under the cover of the poisonous gas.

The Japanese knew that the Suzaku Division on the opposite side had many recoilless cannons, and knew that the protection ability of the thin armor plate of their tank was really limited. Therefore, the Japanese, regardless of the limited carrying capacity of their tanks' fragile operation mechanism, piled up a large number of sandbags, spare tracks, spare weight-bearing wheels and other messy things on their tanks. Although the weight has increased greatly, the protection ability of the tank has also increased. For Japanese Xiaobean tanks, being able to survive on the battlefield is the most important thing.

"When will our air support arrive??" Seeing the Japanese offensive, Commander Yang knew that they had been ruthless this time and quickly asked the Air Force for support. As an airborne division, the support of the Suzaku Division was severely insufficient. During this period, all rely on the support of the Air Force bomber to complete the suppression mission. Otherwise, relying solely on their recoilless cannons and mortars would not be enough.

Sun Yuanliang, the commander of the 88th Division, who was sitting aside, also looked expectant. The strong support of the Qiongya Air Force in the past two days has made him, who is used to air strikes, and he is also somewhat dependent on the Air Force. As soon as he sees the Japanese attacks too fierce, he will think of asking for help from the Qiongya Air Force, because every time the Qiongya Air Force plane appears in the sky, the brothers of their 88th Division will not have to rely on corpses and seas of blood to defend their positions as before. On the contrary, the Japanese need to use the bodies of their dead soldiers to pave a way of attack.

Although the 88th Division, the direct unit of the Central Army, occasionally received air support, due to the insufficient air force of the Central Army, the number and quality of the aircraft equipped cannot be compared with the Japanese. Most of the time, they are enduring attacks from Japanese aircraft.

A few days ago, he suddenly had powerful air support. Sun Yuanliang naturally fell in love with this bullying combat method. He still remembered the situation when the Suzaku Division truly received large-scale air support for the first time after he arrived at his defense line.

At that time, the Japanese were launching an attack. Although the Qiongya soldiers of the Suzaku Division were fierce in fire, they could not resist the number of Japanese rushing up. Seeing that the position was in danger, air support from the Qiong Army arrived, and a large number of attack aircraft suddenly arrived and bombed the Japanese army that was launching an attack.

Looking at the Japanese army who were overturned by bombs falling from the sky in front of the position, Sun Yuanliang couldn't help but feel proud. It was like a person who was used to bullying finally had a day to turn over, and the pain of suffering from air strikes all day long finally made the Japanese taste it.

Moreover, what made Sun Yuanliang most excited was that it seemed that because the Japanese's past opponents often lacked air strength, the Japanese's response to air strikes was only at the training level, and their response to air strikes was not very good, and coupled with the lack of air defense firepower, it was difficult to pose a sufficient threat to the Qiongya attack agency, which was wearing heavy armor and specialized in ground attack missions, making the Qiong Army pilots quite unscrupulous.

Because the target of the attacking forces of the Japanese army rather than solid bunkers, the Qiongya Air Force's attack aircraft is light in weight and relatively small in power, but can carry a larger number of light bombs. In addition, each attack aircraft is also equipped with two 37mm rocket launchers.

Adequate ammunition and fuel can give Qiongya Air Force's attack aircraft enough time to stagnate the air. They can cruise over the Japanese army until they find a suitable target. In that battle, Sun Yuanliang witnessed the Japanese's aggrievance from beginning to end. Any unit who dares to assemble in an open area will immediately be attacked by a rocket or an aviation bomb, followed by a strafing of 12.7mm heavy machine guns. Even if such a large caliber machine gun is just passing by, it will cause huge damage to the body. Many of the people who hit the body will be hit in two pieces!

In order to drive the Qiongya Air Force aircraft away from its head, the 6th Division of the Japanese immediately summoned air support. When the Japanese fighters arrived, to everyone's surprise, the Qiong Army attack aircraft group, which was not escorted by the fighter, did not flee in all directions. Instead, they abandoned the extra bombs to reduce weight and actively fought with the Japanese old biplane fighter!

Although the bulky attack aircraft is far from the opponent of the light and flexible Japanese fighter in terms of flexibility, the technical level of both sides is not the same level at all. Although the name is a fighter, the Japanese old biplane cannot catch up with the new attack aircraft of the Qiong Army even if it runs at its maximum speed! This is no longer the era of biplane!

It has the advantage of speed, and as an attack aircraft that requires a long time to deal with the threat of ground artillery fire, thick armor is an indispensable thing. For Japanese biplane fighters with only 7.7mm machine guns as weapons, they are indeed quite helpless in dealing with this heavy armored attack aircraft. They often shoot at the Qiong Army's attack aircraft for a few seconds and leave countless bullet marks, but the opponent still flew away as if it was completely fine.

In contrast, in order to attack ground targets, the main weapons of the Qiongya attack aircraft are the powerful 12.7mm machine guns and larger caliber cannons! These weapons can cause devastating damage to the fragile body of the Japanese fighter jets with just a few hits.

After a battle, the Japanese fighter jets that came to support not only failed to drive away the Qiong Army's attack aircraft group, but instead they were shot down several fighter jets. In the end, because the Qiong Army's aircraft's fuel and ammunition were about to be exhausted, they had to voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield. But until this time, the Japanese could only watch the demons retreat without any solution.

The Qiongya Air Force attack aircraft, which kept swimming over the Japanese army, completely suppressed the Japanese offensive. The gathered troops would immediately be hit by the air, and the scattered forces could not pose enough threat to their 88th Division's position, and even the Japanese planes could not do anything to them. That battle was the most enjoyable battle that Sun Yuanliang had ever experienced. Since then, when Sun Yuanliang encountered a battle, he hoped that attack aircraft would come to support him. After all, he could kill less brothers and kill more Japanese people, and no one would want to fill in the position with his subordinates' lives.

Looking at Sun Yuanliang's eager anticipation gaze beside him, Commander Yang couldn't help but sigh and said, "Air support is coming soon, don't worry."

Seeing Sun Yuanliang, Commander Yang was relieved. He just lied, but he said so just to stabilize Sun Yuanliang. In fact, he just received the news from the airport that the Japanese launched an air strike on their airport. Although the losses of the Qiong army were more serious than the losses of the Japanese who took the initiative to attack, they did seriously interfere with the normal operations of the airport. Until now, the combat was still in the air above the airport. Even if the battle ended quickly, the airport still needed a lot of time to clear the runway, collect fighter planes, mobilize evacuated attack planes, etc., which means that air support may have to wait for four or five hours to be given to them, but the sun had already set at that time.

That is to say, today they can only fight without air support.

"The Japanese have premeditated!" The poisonous gas bomb suddenly appeared. The air strike that was launched on its own initiative even though it knew it was a disadvantage. Commander Yang did not think these things would be coincidental. "I hope the young men can withstand it..."

The practice of piled up miscellaneous items on the tanks did make the Japanese tanks more resistant to the attack. Although nine were paralyzed on the way to attack, three still rushed to the front of the positions of the 88th Division and the Suzaku Division. Since the 88th Division had not dug anti-tank trenches before, and the Suzaku Division did not do anything after the arrival, the Japanese tanks finally rushed to the front of the trenches.

The following recoilless cannon fire completely eliminated the only three remaining tanks of the Japanese, but the charge of these tanks provided sufficient cover for the subsequent Japanese infantry. A large number of Japanese troops had approached the area within two hundred meters in front of the position and launched a charge!

In Claude's camera, Japanese soldiers wearing yellow military uniforms rushed to the position like a tide, and were swept down by dense rain of bullets. Then they would lie down, crawling towards the position while shooting, and behind them were more Japanese soldiers.

Claude couldn't help swallowing. This situation reminded him of what he had experienced during World War I. The only difference was that the Japanese were more fierce than the Germans they saw, and the Chinese had more sophisticated weapons and the massacre speed was faster than during World War I.

The distance of only about one hundred meters is not difficult for the Japanese soldiers, who are famous for their marksmanship. Despite the cover of the trench and the strong steel helmet, a large number of Chinese soldiers were still hit and fell.

Claude saw with his own eyes that four people lying beside him in less than five minutes. He was lucky and that he had not died so far.

"Mr. Claude, you have to leave! The front line is too dangerous, and we can't guarantee that the Japanese bullets will not fly to your forehead."

As he said that, a soldier of the 88th Division who was lying beside Cloud who was responsible for protecting him safety wanted to arrest Cloud and withdraw from the position.

"Do you want me to be a deserter?" The isolation of the gas mask changed the tone of Claude's angry roar, "I used to be a soldier!"

"It's just that, and you don't serve in our troops," the soldier said. "Don't forget the camera in your hand, that's evidence of the Japanese using poison gas! And you, too!"

After saying that, the two soldiers worked together to set up Claude and dragged it into the traffic trench and retreated to the rear. Just two minutes after they left, a mortar shell was blown into the sky when they were lying down.

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"Team Commander Yang, where is your plane?? If this continues, the Japanese will rush into the position!" Seeing that the Japanese troops were just one step away and were about to attack their positions, Sun Yuanliang couldn't help but feel anxious, "If the plane does not come to our position again, we will not be able to defend it!"

Sun Yuanliang knew that the Japanese were good at bay fighting. In the past, they used to fill in the situation with their lives, but now there are more Japanese than them, and they can't fill in it even if they want to!

"Don't worry about the support of the Air Force, how many people can you draw out? Groom, fire head army, guards, everything will do! The most important thing now is to defend the position!" Commander Yang shouted loudly.

"Our guards are only about ten of us. Wouldn't we just go to support the flanks for the rest of the morning? "Sun Yuanliang said with a bitter face, "There are fire-headed grooms and so on, and there are also many infantry retreating from the position, but what's the use of them without gas masks? Are you going to die??"

Just as Sun Yuanliang was worried about how to defend the crumbling position, he suddenly saw several black dots appearing in the distance. It was obvious that there were planes flying towards them!

"Airplane! It's an airplane! Our air support has arrived!"

Sun Yuanliang shouted excitedly, but when he looked at Teacher Yang beside him, he found that the other party's expression was very wrong, and he looked dead.

"That's not our plane!"

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