Next, Zhang Xinghan gradually gathered several defeated soldiers, a total of more than 800 people and the strength of the guard company. At this time, his troops had exceeded 1,000. Although he would definitely be able to collect more defeated soldiers if he continued to wait here, Zhang Xinghan knew that Taicang was already in danger at this time, and the situation would be even more dangerous if he delayed for a moment.

So he decided to immediately lead the guard company and more than a thousand defeated soldiers gathered to rush to Taicang to help. As they were about to set off, the people of Changshu, who were deeply moved, took out the few eggs, grain and other items left in their homes to work together, and encouraged the soldiers to go out to fight, fight bravely and defend their country.

The defeated soldiers were also deeply inspired. They all strengthened their determination to fight the war to the death, and for those who would rather save themselves frugality and give their only food to their fellow villagers. They not only shoulder the responsibility of defending their country and the honor of soldiers, but also bear the great expectations of the people in the rear.

In order to serve as a warning and let the defeated soldiers integrate into the Zhongrui Group as soon as possible, and work together to deal with the subsequent fierce battles, Zhang Xinghan did not take the jeep, but got off the jeep with Deputy Commander Luo Tianyou and others, and took the lead in advancing with the officers and soldiers.

Zhang Baohua, Liu Guodong and all the defeated soldiers admired this, and their favor for Zhang Xinghan became much deeper. This commander not only spoke beautifully, but also proved it with practical actions.

At the end of the team, hundreds of ordinary young and middle-aged men followed closely with hoes and wooden sticks. They were patriotic young men in Changshu County. They were all excited by Zhang Xinghan's inspiring and sensational speeches, so they all volunteered to follow Zhang Xinghan to the front line to fight against Japan.

Zhang Xinghan did not object to this. One more person means more strength. If all Chinese people in China can fight back and resist to the death like these passionate patriots, it would be absolutely impossible for Japan to enslave and destroy China.

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Outside Taicang County, the Field Division Command of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Ashigo, was sitting in a chair with a calm face and closed his eyes to rest. To be precise, he was waiting for the battle situation on the front line, waiting anxiously.

The attacking troops had conducted more than ten fierce attacks, but they were all blocked by the opposite Chinese army. Nakajima Ashigo was unexpected for such a battle. You should know that he had already put all the main forces of the 30th Brigade under the division into the attack, but the progress of the battle situation was not as he wished.

However, Nakajima Isago is also a senior general of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Army. His mental quality is quite strong. Although he is already very anxious, he does not show it on his face. On the surface, he still seems very calm and confident.

Sitting about one meter next to him was Colonel Nakazawa Miho, the chief of staff of the 16th Division. Compared to the calmness of Nakajima Isago, Nakazawa Miho seemed a little inferior. His anxiety and worry were all written on his face, and his already ugly face seemed even more ugly at this time.

Although the weather was cold, sweat overflowed from time to time on the forehead of Sanfu Nakazawa.

Just as Miho Nakazawa was restless, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the command center. Miho Nakazawa immediately stood up, and Ashio Nakajima just opened his eyes slightly.

At the entrance of the command center, Sasaki, the major general of the 30th Brigade, walked in with a sabre carrying a sabre and striding in, walked to the front of Ashiko Nakajima, and suddenly closed his feet and saluted: "General"

"Yes" Nakajima Ashigo did not get up, nodded slightly, and asked tepidly: "Sasaki-kun, how is it going?"

"Report to the general, I am incompetent. Our army has launched thirteen consecutive attacks, but unfortunately, it has not been able to capture the positions of the Chinese people yet, and the attacking troops have suffered heavy losses." Sasaki Dao suddenly lowered his head with a little ashamed expression on his face and replied.

"Baga" Nakajima Imago's lips twitched a few times when he heard this, gritted his teeth and said coldly: "What kind of army is our opponent? Their fighting will is so tenacious that it has been the first to meet since the war against China. Compared with the 29th Army's Big Sword Team that year, such troops must be resolutely eliminated, especially the commander of this army, otherwise it will be a potentially great threat to the Imperial Army."

"General Haiyi said very much. Not only are the Chinese army's tenacious combat awareness, but even the civilians in Taicang County have participated in the battle many times. It is really hard to imagine when the stupid and cowardly Chinese people became so brave." Sasaki Rakichi nodded and agreed.

"What? Civilians dare to fight the Imperial Army?" Nakajima Imago was slightly surprised.

"Yes, they not only transport ammunition to the opposite Chinese army and the wounded. When the war situation is urgent, they dare to participate in the battle and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the elite imperial warriors." Sasaki said with his head down again.

"Are the cowardly Chinese really awakened like a sleeping lion? Have they regained the martial spirit and bloodiness of their ancestors?" Nakajima Imao murmured as if thinking.

"General" Sasaki came to see that Akasago Nakajima did not speak and spoke, and spoke to remind him.

"Well" Nakajima Ishimo woke up from his thoughts just now, and then turned around and said, "Sasaki, I order to organize an attack again immediately and make sure to capture the Chinese people's positions. Even if the Chinese people recover their bloody monk spirit, then our Imperial Japanese Army will use sharp bayonets and fierce artillery fire to destroy their bloody nature, so that the Chinese people can completely surrender to the rule of our Yamato nation."

"Haibei vocational job will be done immediately." Sasaki heard this and suddenly lowered his head again, responded loudly, then turned around and left quickly with a saber.

"Nakazawa, let's go out for two steps." Nakajima Ashigo watches Sasaki leave and tells Chief of Staff Mito Nakazawa.

"Okay, General" Miyu Nakazawa suddenly bowed his head and agreed.

The two walked out of the command center one by one. The Royal soldiers outside the command center were hurriedly shuttled back and forth, and the wounded ammunition was transported back and forth, and the entire position was filled with a strong smell of war.

Nakajima Atsugo took two steps and looked up. He found that the drizzle that had been falling for several days seemed to be about to stop. Looking at the sky that was gradually becoming clear, Nakajima Atsugo's mind flashed and suddenly woke up. He immediately turned to Mifu Nakajima Nakajima and said, "Nakazawa, you see the rain has stopped, haha, it's really God's help to the Imperial Army."

Nakazawa was frowning and pondering. Hearing this, he looked up at the sky. When he thought about it, his face suddenly turned sad and said ecstaticly: "General, the sky is getting clear. The Royal Army's aviation troops can be dispatched to provide us with air support. With strong air firepower support, we can easily defeat the Zhongrui regiment and capture Taicang."

"Yoxi" Nakajima Imasago nodded happily, "Not only these, our chemical weapons can also be used. It is time for these damn stupid Chinese pigs to taste the power of imperial chemical weapons."

"If the order is sent, Immediately send a power to the Central China Front Army Command, request the aviation army to provide air support, and then order the artillery troops to fire chemical shells at the Zhongrui Regiment position. In addition, tell the attacking troops to attack immediately after the artillery is over, and wipe out the enemies in front of you. After breaking the city, no one will leave behind, and kill all the stubborn and stupid Chinese pigs in the city to show the might of the imperial army." Nakajima said coldly with a dark face.

"Hai" Mio Nakazawa suddenly lowered his head and responded excitedly, then quickly turned around and left.

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Outside the city, the Zhongrui Regiment position.

The positions were filled with the bodies of soldiers from both sides of the enemy and us, with smoke everywhere, and the air was filled with disgusting fishy smell. Blood in some uneven craters mixed with rainwater formed countless blood pits of all sizes.

In the trench, the soldiers leaned against the wall of the trench, and some of them looked dull as if they were missing their relatives far away in their hometown, or their comrades who had just died in the battle.

Some people are also gnawing on dry food that has been hard and moldy on their bodies for a long time, while some people can't stand the pungent smell of blood in the air, and almost spit out the dry and hard food in their mouths.

Some people are sleeping heavily or closing their eyes to rest. Although the rain in the sky has stopped, some accumulated water is still accumulated in the trenches, and the accumulated water is red and black, which is flowing in from the trenches.

However, the exhausted soldiers were no longer interested in taking these things into consideration. They were used to death and fear. They didn't even fear death. What else is there to care about?

At a heavy machine gun position, the young man who had grown into a qualified machine gunner and his ammunition hand also rested beside the heavy machine gun whose residual heat had not dissipated.

Not long after the heavy machine gun was controlled, the young man's fingers and palms had blood blisters. The long-term shooting caused the blood blisters to be worn out. At that time, he did not seem to feel the pain. After wrapping a layer of rag, he continued to shoot. From the first shot, the young man could not remember how many Japanese died under his gun, and he and the brave brothers around him repelled the Japanese attacks.

He only knew that there were not many bulletproof boards left in the ammunition box next to him, and this was the third batch of bullets added to the above.

Relying next to the heavy machine gun, the young man looked at his companion Wang Xiaohu. He was already asleep at this time, maybe because he was too sleepy.

Immediately, the young man's eyes turned around again. In the previous battle, he was only concerned about shooting and killing the influx of Japanese devils, without paying attention to the situation around him. At this moment, he was surprised to find that at least half of the number of officers and soldiers originally scattered in the trenches.

At this time, the trench seemed a little empty, without any noise, and I could not hear the platoon leader's scolding and scolding. He seemed to have died for his country. Thinking of the platoon leader scolding himself and shooting, the young man felt very compassionate.

At this moment, the familiar sharp whistling sounded outside the trench. The young man knew that this was the Japanese shelling attack and knew that the Japanese were going to attack again. He quickly pushed Wang Xiaohu who was sleeping and said, "Hurry up, lie down and hide."

Wang Xiaohu woke up from his sleep and skillfully turned over and lay in the trenches, regardless of the water in the trenches.

While reminding Wang Xiaohu, he also quickly lay down to the ground. The other officers and soldiers in the trench also heard the sound, lying tightly one by one, holding their heads tightly. This is an attempt on the battlefield. If a stray bullet rushes into the trench and shrapnel hits the body as long as it is not a vital point, it will not die. If it hits the head directly, then most of the people will be finished.

"光光光...光光光光" The shells roared in the sharp and harsh sound of shelling, and fell heavily on the position of the Zhongrui regiment, but they did not explode violently as the young men and soldiers expected.

After the shells that were different from the past fell, they did not explode, but gradually a stream of brown-gray smoke emerged. The same shell fell into the trench not far from the youth, and did not explode.

The two soldiers who were originally bound to die were suspicious when they saw this, stood up and walked towards the shell, but found smoke slowly coming out of the shell, and then the smoke rushed towards the two soldiers. After a moment, the two soldiers fell to the ground, twitched, foamed at the mouth, and were unconscious.

Seeing this, a squad leader shouted and walked over to check it out. As the smoke blew, he fell down like poisoning, with his symptoms the same as the first two soldiers.

Seeing this, the young man was shocked and shouted quickly: "Avoid the smoke, the smoke is poisonous."

However, at this time, artillery shells continued to fall in the sky with whistles, and soon the entire Zhongrui regiment position was almost shrouded in smoke.

Front Command of the Zhongrui Regiment.

Zhou Weizheng, the chief of staff who was responsible for leaving the troops to command the combat, discussed the situation and deployed troops. At this moment, a captain company commander stumbled and ran in quickly.

The captain company commander fell to the ground with a pounce. Zhou Wei, Zhao Desheng and others hurriedly helped him up, but the captain company commander was already dying and was still spitting white foam out of his mouth.

Zhou Wei asked anxiously: "Brother, what's wrong? What happened?"

"The Japanese... The shells fired by the Japanese... are poisonous... brothers are almost out of their way..." The captain company commander said intermittently.

"What? It's poisonous?" Zhou Wei was shocked when he heard this.

"First Battalion Commander, come with me and have a look." Zhou Wei stood up and walked out quickly.

Zhao Desheng also quickly followed him out.

As soon as the two of them arrived at the front position with the guard platoon, they found that the entire position was almost completely covered by inexplicable smoke. The officers and soldiers in the trench were wailing, coughing, and vomiting.

"Is this poisonous gas?" Zhou Wei glanced around the position and said in surprise.

"Poison gas bomb?" Zhao Desheng couldn't help but be furious when he heard this: "This little Japanese devil actually used poison gas bombs."

"Everyone should cover their mouths and noses with wet towels, and pass this method on to the speed of each battalion and company." Looking at the tragic phenomena around, Zhou Wei hurriedly shouted an order.

"Yes," Zhao Desheng and the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon responded in unison, then took out towels and rags, dipped in water, and rushed into the position filled with poisonous smoke.
Chapter completed!