My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 478
The Japanese Mandalay Command, inside the underground fortifications...

"What's going on? Why did the frontline suddenly lose contact?"

Fengwen Yamashita roared furiously, spraying saliva on the face of the signal soldier, as if he was going to eat people.

Just two hours ago, Frontier reported that the Huaxia people had begun to withdraw their troops in an all-round way. Before their own side could figure out what was going on, a new round of shelling came over.

I thought this was just the prelude to the Huaxia people's attack, but after the round of shelling ended, the opponent did not start any action, but quietly and silently, which is really unpredictable.

What's even more weird is that when Fengwen Yamashita wanted to contact the front line again to ask them to report the situation, he found that the communication was interrupted. Regardless of the radio or the phone, the messages sent in the past seemed to have disappeared without any response.

The staff officers and officers under their command were all at a loss. They had already sent two liaison teams to investigate the situation, but so far no useful news came back.

Yamashita Fengwen is like an ant on a hot pot running around in a hurry. It is reasonable to say that the front line should take the initiative to contact the headquarters after the communication is interrupted. what a big deal.

"Let Lieutenant Sheng Ping take the search team to the front line of the Irrawaddy River, and make sure to find out what happened!"

"Hi huh."

As soon as the staff officer walked to the door, he collided with the oncoming messenger. The latter hurriedly bowed down to apologize, and ran into the headquarters in a hurry before the other party could speak.

"Report! Your Excellency Commander...the liaison team is back, and only a few of them survived...gone...all gone!"

Snapped!
"Baga! What does it look like to be flustered? Calm down!"

Yamashita Fengwen slapped Yamashita Fengwen slapped him so angry that Niu Tau said something wrong. He pinched the collar of the orderly and asked loudly, "Speak clearly! What's missing? What's going on!?"

"Hi... hi huh."

The messenger who had been slapped became a little more sober, and quickly organized his words in his mind, with a look of panic on his face: "Hua... the Huaxia people used poison gas bombs, and all the troops on the defense line were hit. We have never I have never seen this kind of chemical bomb, the Yamaguchi Brigade, the Jingyu Brigade, and the Okazaki Brigade all..."

This wave of Tabun gas bomb attack almost covered the entire Irrawaddy River defense line, and several positions were all shrouded in poisonous gas, and the little devils inside could be imagined.

They hardly had time to react, as long as they touched a little bit, they would lose control of their whole bodies, fall to the ground and twitch, helplessly and painfully waiting for the god of death to come.

The Japanese army on the defense line was too dense, and a large number of Japanese soldiers fell on the way to escape. Even if they hid in the tunnel, they would not be spared. The poison gas would be poured into the fortification along with the ventilation and circulation system, causing more serious damage.

Only by hiding in those low-lying small tunnels can they survive, but they can't come out until the poisonous fog clears, and there is no air circulation, people staying in it will die like stuffy cans.

In the past two or three hours, the line of defense of tens of thousands of people collapsed in an instant, thousands of soldiers died, and less than one out of ten escaped.

Even though they were far away, the soldiers who had fled the battlefield had more or less symptoms of poisoning such as respiratory failure, muscle spasms, and coma, and some even died from anaphylactic shock. Only a few hundred soldiers returned to Mandalay city...

Listening to the other party's report little by little, Yamashita Fufumi felt dizzy, his eyes went dark in an instant, and his body fell backwards involuntarily.

"Commander!"

"Call the military doctor quickly! Quick!"

Everyone was really terrified by Fengwen Yamashita, coupled with the shocking news from the front line, the headquarters was in a mess...

At the same time, a special force was approaching quickly in front of the Japanese defense line. They held M3 submachine guns and wore very tight protective equipment all over their bodies. It can be said that they were tightly wrapped and airtight.

This troop quickly entered the position. The soldiers did not talk too much, but carefully advanced deep into the position under the leadership of their respective officers.

The soldiers crossed the layers of defense as if they were in no one's land, and they were almost unstopped, because there were basically no living people on the entire defense line except them.

As time went by, the poisonous mist gradually evaporated, but the wreckage of countless Japanese soldiers who died in battle remained in place.From the terrified expression of the devil's corpse, it can be seen how horrible their experience was at the moment they were attacked by the gas bomb.

Several soldiers were fiddling with a device that resembled a leveling device, and they were testing something on a test strip with a dropper.

Yu Sifan, the leader, held the steel gun tightly, watching the surrounding situation vigilantly through the eye mask on the gas mask.

Their task is to enter the gas bomb kill zone first, scout the battlefield, monitor the air in the kill zone, and check whether there are enemies along the way. At the same time, they also need to sample and analyze the corpses on the ground, and record the kill data of Tabun. on record.

The ground is full of corpses with bursting eyes, and the empty position is like the eerie world of hell, filled with the breath of death. Even though I am the instigator of all this, I am still terrified by the scene I see.

"Fortunately, this thing is not Japanese... It must be kept secret!"

Yu Sifan sighed in his heart, such a terrifying lethality completely surpassed ordinary people's understanding of gas bombs.

Take the devil's mustard gas as an example, there is a lot of time to escape before inhaling a lethal dose. Although the poisoned person will be very painful afterwards and lose combat effectiveness or even die, at least after treatment and recuperation, there is still a high probability of survival.

But Tabun is different. As long as it is exposed to the poisonous gas, it can kill you in just a few minutes, and there is no time to rescue and escape.

This thing is like the fangs of a devil, extremely ferocious and terrifying, and must not reveal any information to the outside world, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Battalion Commander, the test report came out. The cyanophosphonic acid in the air is already lower than the hazardous value, but the phosphorus chloride content is still a bit high."

The soldier's report interrupted Yu Sifan's contemplation, he thought for a while and then ordered:
"Understood, the first company continued to monitor, and the second company and the third company counted the number of Japanese soldiers who died on the battlefield. In addition, notify the military headquarters that the frontline troops can start to advance, but try to bypass the kill zone, and every soldier must wear a gas mask. No Those with masks must not enter the battlefield."

"Understood... I'll send the report right away."

The soldiers also knew that this thing was no joke. Although the toxin in the air had almost dissipated, the toxin attached to those corpses was hard to say. Those who had seen the power of this thing did not dare to take it lightly.

Soon, the Third Honor Division launched an attack on the enemy again. The three main regiments did not hesitate to detour from a distance, deliberately avoiding the killing zone of the gas bombs, and the soldiers quickly marched towards the city of Mandalay in companies and platoons.

At this time, the Japanese army was in a state of confusion, and when they figured out the situation on the Irrawaddy River defense line, they were even more frightened and overwhelmed.

But at this time, there was a problem with the command system again. After Yamashita passed out, the chief of staff of the Defense Department should have given the order, but it happened that the latter had gone to the front line to supervise the battle earlier, and at this moment ...It is estimated that he was burped by the gas bomb long ago.

All the staff officers and assistant officers in the headquarters had different opinions, and the heads of several divisions were also arguing red-faced. Some people proposed to shrink the defense line and stick to the city, and Mandalay must not be lost. If you attack, everyone will die. It is better to retreat first and then think of a way.

But time waits for no one, and the three main offensive regiments will not leave another chance. The U.S. planes returned to the battlefield, and the bombing began again.

The morale of the soldiers was high, and they flocked to the city of Mandalay like a tide. The situation of the Japanese army who lost the river bank defense line was very critical. In addition, the troops could only fight on their own without a unified order. The panic can be imagined Know.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the first main force regiment occupied the east gate of the city, and the second main force regiment controlled Jiangkou Zhongba, destroyed the Japanese artillery position here, and placed its own artillery here, facing the city of Mandalay. .

At five o'clock, the position on the southwest side of the city was breached by the third regiment. Milong took advantage of the situation and led his troops straight to the south gate, forming a pincer offensive with Yaoma, pressing the Japanese army in the city step by step.

The second regiment stayed on the outskirts of the city and continued to clean up the remaining enemy troops. The sound of gunfire continued until the evening.

(End of this chapter)