Sanqiao was wreaking havoc in front of the fifth line of defense. The soldiers who had inhaled the poisonous gas stared angrily and tried to fight him to the death. However, they were so weak that even rushing up was very difficult.

To be honest, Mihashi's crazy shouting was largely to cheer himself up. After rushing to the position, he was horrified to find that those defense troops could still stand up!

In fact, many people struggled and staggered up to him. They stationed their spears and shouted hoarsely words that Mihashi could not understand, trying to prevent the Japanese troops from charging into the position.

Mihashi, who was once stationed at Ōkunojima in Tadakai Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, knew the power of these gas bombs. He had seen with his own eyes the "Majida" who were used as test subjects died by picking out their own throats in the gas chamber.

He knew that this poisonous gas would directly damage the human nervous system. A few minutes after inhalation, the person would completely lose control and could only collapse to the ground and wait for death.

Why can they still stand up... Mihashi asked himself over and over again. In order to cover up his fear, he chose to kill. By killing all the National Defense Forces who stood up, he was using the blood of the National Defense Forces to cover up his fear.

"Bang bang bang..." The Japanese gas bombs have been thrown towards the fourth line of position, and the yellow-green gas is constantly steaming on the fourth line of position.

Mihashi watched with satisfaction as the Japanese soldiers under his command continued to kill on the battlefield. The soldiers of the National Defense Forces who were contaminated by the poison gas had almost no power to fight back.

Thick smoke has risen from the fourth line of defense, which means that the Japanese army has fired poison gas bombs into the fourth line of defense. In other words, for the time being, the soldiers of the fourth line of defense of the National Defense Forces are unable to attack the fifth line of defense.

Provide support.

Shang Hao, the leader of the 41st Regiment, couldn't help but smile miserably. He thought of the chemical protective suits and masks he had thrown away. According to the equipment of the National Defense Force, these items were already carried.

But they felt that these things were too heavy and hindered movement, so the 41st Regiment simply threw them behind. In fact, not only the 41st Regiment did this, but most of the National Defense Forces did this.

Since the war began, the Japanese army has rarely used poison gas bombs. This has greatly reduced the preparedness of officers at all levels in the National Defense Forces. The consequences of this lack of preparedness are extremely serious.

Most of the soldiers of the 41st Regiment are unable to move now, which has a lot to do with being unprepared...

"I'm going to fuck you eight generations ago!!" Shang Hao's eyes were red and he suddenly let out a wolf-like roar! The grenade tied to his body was pulled away by him, and smoke suddenly rose!

Those Japanese soldiers who were grinning and wanted to rush over suddenly lost their smiles and turned pale. They did not expect that someone would be so decisive. Along the way, they saw that the soldiers of the National Defense Force could not even move their fingers and their defenses were greatly reduced.

But I didn't expect that Shang Hao would pull off the grenade so decisively!

"Boom!!" The explosion sounded, mixed with the constant screams of the Japanese soldiers. The surrounding Japanese soldiers were blown away by the air wave of the explosion. What Shang Hao tied to himself was no ordinary grenade.

It was a high-explosive grenade specially developed by the Scientific Research Institute. Jie Shanghao tied seven or eight grenades directly on himself! From the beginning, he thought that if the position was lost in his hands, he would die in battle to apologize.

But what he didn't expect was that the Japanese army would rush forward so easily. All his defenses became futile here.

"Red deer! Kill them all! Kill them all!!" Sanqiao roared crazily. Those ferocious smiles had turned into completely ferocious. The explosion caused by Shang Hao seemed to have become a signal.

There were constant explosions on the position, and the Wehrmacht soldiers who had been knocked down by the poisonous gas were struggling to fire their last glory bombs.

They were using their lives to prevent the Japanese army from occupying the position.

"Boom d! d..." Explosions on the position sounded one after another, and together with the explosions there were the screams of the Japanese soldiers.

These continuous explosions even triggered the explosion of bullets on the position. Those warheads tore and flew in the air, and countless Japanese soldiers were knocked down and screamed helplessly on the position.

Mihashi could no longer hear what he was shouting. He was now filled with fear and trembling. He couldn't understand why these people could still move. Normally, their organs should have failed and they could only wait to die.

Why?! Why on earth can they still pull grenades?!

At this time, more and more Japanese troops rushed to the position. Even two mixed brigades also rushed to the position. These people rushed up and gave Sanqiao some confidence.

He began to calmly order soldiers at all levels to clear the positions of the National Defense Forces as quickly as possible, and then began to build fortifications. Mihashi did not think that the National Defense Forces on the fourth line of defense would give him much time.

Mihashi believed that it wouldn't be long before the National Defense Forces would rush up again. He had to hold on to this position and delay the attack of these National Defense Forces.

"Yo Xi! The power of these 'special bombs' is indeed good. The money we spent on Okunoshima was finally not in vain!" Shunroku Hata finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the position being gradually occupied.

It seems that the "special bomb" operation is effective. In the future, I can give up part of the position and then use special bombs to regain it one by one.

"Your Excellency General, these 'special bombs'..." The adjutant beside him seemed to be hesitant and wanted to say something but in the end he did not speak.

"Watanabe, there's nothing to ask. The 'special bombs' are indeed what you thought, they are poison gas bombs!" Shunroku Hata seemed to understand what his adjutant wanted to ask, and said directly.

As early as the end of World War I, Japan saw the extreme destructiveness caused by poison gas and began the research, development, production and reserve of poison gas. The first people to propose the idea of ​​equipping poison gas weapons were Japanese field observers in Europe.

After these reports, including the lethality and power of the poison gas, were submitted back to Japan, the then Japanese Army Minister Takeru Oshima issued Order No. 14 on April 1, 1918.

The instruction required the establishment of a 30-member "Provisional Poison Gas Investigation Committee" in the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of War of Japan, which was billed as "investigation to avoid being attacked by poison gas."

But in fact, the purpose of this committee is to use the resources available in Japan to conduct preparatory investigations including the issues of poison gas bombs and poison gas weapons.

Therefore, in fact, the Japanese army's preparations for chemical warfare were under the direct control of the military headquarters from the beginning and were approved by the emperor.

By 1937, the Japanese Army had standardized the chemical weapons it had researched and improved, and officially listed them as weapons for the army.

Next, due to the unfavorable war situation, Japan stepped up the production of chemical weapons. However, due to fear of accusations and retaliation, Japan has not put chemical weapons into actual combat.

It was not until the situation in Shanghai reached a critical point that the base camp took out these weapons at the request of Tojo Hideki and others. At this time, the total amount of chemical poisons produced by Japan reached 7,376 tons, including erosive mustard gas, Louis

gas, toxic hydrocyanic acid in the blood, vomiting diphenyl cyanine arsine, tear-inducing phenylchloroacetophenone...etc.

"Watanabe, you have to know that everything we do is for victory! For the victory of the empire!" Shunroku Hata took a deep breath and said: "This is our responsibility and our obligation. As for the means to win,

It’s irrelevant. The winner never gets any blame! Understand?!”

"Hai!" Watanabe responded loudly. He knew that when Shunroku Hata spoke in this tone, it meant that he had no desire to talk. If he spoke again at this time, he would only anger the general.

Explosions on the position still sounded from time to time, and the news that the Japanese army used poison gas bombs spread to the imperial capital along with the radio waves. The National Defense Forces held an emergency meeting for this purpose.

"I told you before! Those bastards won't abide by any bullshit convention! They asked you to wear chemical protective suits, and none of them brought them! They all thought it was heavy and troublesome! What happens now?! Who is troublesome?!"

Tu Menghu roared angrily at the meeting. No one among the generals at all levels dared to say anything. The commander-in-chief had indeed repeatedly ordered that chemical protective suits must be brought to the battlefield.

But the generals on the front line had almost never encountered the poison gas of the Japanese army, so they were paralyzed and careless. The damage caused by this paralysis and carelessness was extremely great. Once the Japanese army used poison gas bombs, the position would almost completely lose its ability to resist.

"This is a total dereliction of duty! This is murder! Tell Yan Chenghan that he, the son of a bitch, will withdraw immediately after this fight!" Tu Menghu took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his heart.

"If he gets Hata Shunroku's head, I will sentence him to life. If he can't get it, I will reward him with peanuts!!"

Yan Chenghan, who had been scolded as a son of a bitch, now had blood-red eyes. He wielded a machete, wore a chemical-proof mask, and suddenly rushed towards the fifth line of defense with the death squad.

He did not wait for the telegram from the National Defense Forces Headquarters. He knew that the Commander-in-Chief would never let him off lightly. But this was not the reason for his charge. The bigger reason was guilt and regret.

Not forcing the soldiers to carry chemical protective equipment was his biggest mistake. Even on the fourth line of position, more than 3,000 Wehrmacht soldiers were overcome by poisonous gas and unable to move.

The chemical defense equipment was desperately brought up, and he handled it well and finally avoided a lot of losses. But even so, except for the two corps stationed in the third-line position, half of the entire army was either light or weak.

Seriously injured.

"Kill these sons of bitches!!" Yan Chenghan led the guard regiment as a forward commando and roared into the fifth line position occupied by the Japanese army.

Those Japanese soldiers who were in the poison gas smoke did not expect that anyone would come out of the poison gas, and they were stunned for a moment.

"Click, click, click... bang, bang, bang..." Tiger assault rifles, grenades and other gunfire exploded on the position. The Japanese soldiers on the position were horrified to find that the National Defense Forces had launched a counterattack amid the poisonous gas.

The Japanese troops, who had not yet established a firm foothold on the ground, were in a hurry and tried to organize a counterattack. However, Yan Chenghan led the commando team and rushed left and right in the crowd like crazy, scattering all the small Japanese troops.

At this time, the following two armies also followed Yan Chenghan's breakthrough and rushed straight into the position! Impact, breakthrough, cutting and then counter-encirclement. The National Defense Forces have long been able to do all this with ease.

The Japanese army was completely unprepared and was rushed to pieces by the National Defense Forces. Organized into squads and platoons, these National Defense Force soldiers began to divide the Japanese troops in the encirclement position.

"Red Deer! Everyone forms a position immediately. Don't let the National Defense Forces rush in! Quick!!" There are also smart people in the Japanese army, such as the brigade commander Major General Yoko who has already rushed into the position.

He shouted for the headless Japanese troops to quickly gather into position to prevent being broken through by the Second Army. But obviously, this did not have much effect.

Any small group of Japanese troops that try to merge will encounter a strong attack from the National Defense Forces. The Second Army is also an old unit of the National Defense Forces. They cooperate with each other in the charge, cut and counter-encirclement, and these actions are as pure as fire.

They cooperated directly and never broke up, and used their skillful cooperation to prevent the Japanese army from trying to get closer. Once the Japanese army tried to do this, they encountered strong attacks from the Second Army in several directions.

"Malu! There must be something wrong with the fifth line of defense. Send people up again immediately!" Although Shunroku Hata could not see the specific situation on the position because the poisonous smoke had not cleared, the constant explosions and shouts of killing had already made him

He felt something was wrong.

"Order the artillery to immediately launch 'special bombs' against the third and fourth lines of defense! All operational troops must step forward to seize the fifth line of defense!" Shunroku Hata has made a desperate move. In other words, Shunroku Hata has made a desperate move against the fifth line of defense.

With great hope.

He hoped that poison gas bombs could cause huge damage to the Wehrmacht on the fifth line of defense, thus forcing the Wehrmacht to temporarily stop the offensive.

Allowing himself and all the troops to gain breathing time, although this was not in line with his original tactical purpose. However, the National Defense Forces had chosen to rush to the fifth line of defense, and Shunroku Hata could only change with the changes of the National Defense Forces.

But Shunroku Hata did not notice that he once again fell into the battle rhythm of the National Defense Forces. This kind of fall is undoubtedly extremely dangerous, because it is likely to ruin the army.

But Shunroku Hata doesn't have much choice now. Unless he allows the frontline troops to withdraw. If so, then the National Defense Forces on the position are likely to break through to Shanghai.

If he wielded his sword to cut off the contact with the Japanese troops on the position, Shunroku Hata was unwilling. There were now one division and two brigades on the position, with at least 30,000 people stacked up in front and behind.

With so many troops, how could Shunroku Hata be willing to do so?! You must know that the previous battles on the five lines of defense resulted in more than 100,000 Japanese casualties. Now that there are more troops on hand, Shunroku Hata is unwilling and unable to do so easily.

abandoned the army.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp...boom! d..." The Japanese artillery finally exposed its firing position, and what they responded to was the artillery fire from the Second Army of the National Defense Force.

The news of the poison gas bombs has spread to the rear, and all the soldiers of the Wehrmacht are angry. The war eagles of the Wehrmacht Air Force disregarded their hard work all night. They wrote a bloody petition and boarded the plane to avenge their comrades in one fell swoop.

The Tiger Head Moth has been equipped with "Mace", and their combat mission this time is to kill all the Japanese warships in the port! The naval guns have seriously threatened the offensive troops of the National Defense Forces, and the aerial cleanup has been basically completed.

What we have to do now is to kill all those damn sea coffins!

"Boom, boom...boom!!" The Japanese army successfully aroused the anger that spread throughout the National Defense Forces, and the war eagles in the sky frantically began to clear the sky of Japanese fighter planes.

As of now, there are less than 200 Japanese fighter planes left in the sky. However, the National Defense Forces still have more than 300 planes, and the total number of aircraft that have come in for support has exceeded 400!

The battle in the sky turned into a one-sided pursuit. Amidst the roar of machine guns, the seemingly flexible figure of the Japanese army could only fall miserably. Finally, the Japanese army could no longer hold on.

Amidst the roar of aircraft engines, some Japanese fighter planes chose to continue fighting, while others had no choice but to evacuate.

The remaining Japanese fighter planes were cleared away in a matter of seconds. Then a large number of National Defense Force fighter planes entered Shanghai's airspace, and any exposed Japanese troops on the ground were targeted.

"Your Excellency Hata Shun, the navy must evacuate immediately." Shitaro Shimada said to Hata Shunroku on the phone: "For the sake of the army's battlefield, the navy has crushed more than a hundred imperial warriors. We cannot lose any more!
To be continued...