Years of the Republic of China 1913

"poison gas!?"

All the people present looked at each other in blank dismay. They were not ordinary people, but important officials from the government and military. In this era of underdeveloped information, they had a much clearer understanding of outside information than ordinary people.

On the European battlefield, the Allies and the Entente countries used poison gas against each other, causing a large number of casualties. This situation was reported by the military observation team sent by China before the war to China.However, these things are only circulated internally, and have never been reported externally. This is because of the morale of the troops considering that the squadron will join the battle next.

When the Chinese army announced their participation in the war, the poison gas war between the two sides was gradually stopped because the gains outweighed the losses. Then on the battlefield, the two warring parties reached a tacit agreement and decided not to use poison gas as a weapon to attack each other.This is also the main reason why the international community unanimously passed the ban on the use of poison gas in war after the war.It can be said that the squadron has not directly experienced the poison gas warfare in the European battlefield, and the Chinese government only comes from some indirect documents and incidents about the gas warfare.

"Poison gas? Is it so powerful?" Yang Yongtai asked with some doubts: "Such a big Qiumen, regardless of the tens of thousands of troops under Denikin, even if there are tens of thousands of people in the city of Qiumen, a poison gas war It’s impossible to wipe out their entire army without even getting any news out?”

Yang Yongtai's question was also what other people were thinking, and everyone turned their questioning eyes to Kluge at the same time.

"It's entirely possible!" Seeing that everyone doubted his words, Kluge immediately said firmly: "Poison gas! This is a special weapon with great power and quick effect. When it is favorable to release poison gas, and the opponent has no precautions, only nearly a hundred poison gas bombs can kill all the people in an entire division. Regarding the situation in Tyumen, the General Staff has conducted many deduction. The Soviet Red Army really used poison gas bombs to attack Tyumen in all directions, and the sudden destruction of Denikin's troops in a short period of time was a normal result."

The German Army was the first country in the world to use poison gas in war. As a member of the German General Staff, Kluge can be said to be an authority in this regard.And, according to Klug's sources.Before the Revolution of the Russian Empire, a large number of poison gas bombs were produced for use on the Western Front, and these gas bombs contained not only chlorine gas but also more powerful mustard gas. What's more, the Chinese government has confirmed from various aspects that the Soviet government tried to suppress Local riots have already used poison gas tactics against rebelling hostile forces, so there is a great possibility that they will continue to use poison gas on a large scale on the battlefield of the civil war.

Among the people present, apart from Kluge, Fang Zida was the only one who knew the power of the poisonous gas.After thinking about it carefully, he felt that the guess proposed by Kluge was very likely.Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the brave Denikin was so miraculously wiped out.

"Check this situation carefully, and you must get reliable results!" Fang Zida said solemnly. Although he didn't name him, Yang Yongtai knew that this was his task.Foreign intelligence has always been the job of the Intelligence Bureau, and now the Soviet government actually used poison gas bombs on the battlefield, but the Intelligence Bureau has not received any information.Immediately, Yang Yongtai nodded again and again, promising to send someone to check as soon as possible.

then.Fang Zida looked at Wu Peifu: "Ziyu, you need to prepare early on the defense line in Central Siberia. I am afraid that the next battle will start there. Once the Soviet Red Army cannot break through the defense line, they will repeat their old tricks."

Wu Peifu with the same dignified expression nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll contact Le Shu immediately, and Qiuming's situation will never happen again."

Kluge was listening, frowning slightly, and raised his hand to ask to speak.

"Colonel. How do you disagree?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, just now I listened to the opinion discussed by you and the Chief of Staff. Do you want to prepare a batch of anti-virus facilities and send them to the Central Siberian defense line? In case the other side puts poison gas on the battlefield again?"

"Of course! What? You think it's wrong?" Fang Zida asked strangely.

"No, no, no! Defense is a must, especially in the face of terrible poisonous gas. If there are no anti-gas facilities, it may be difficult for frontline soldiers to survive under the attack of poisonous gas. However, based on my experience, I would like to express my gratitude to you and the Chief of Staff Offer a little suggestion."

Fang Zida raised his eyebrows, and asked intently: "Suggestion? Colonel, do you have a good way to completely solve the threat of poisonous gas?"

"No! I'm not God, how could I have such a way." Klug shook his head with a wry smile, and then said: "It's just that I know this special way of warfare better than you from my experience on the European battlefield. In fact, restraining The best way for the opponent to use poison gas warfare is not to passively defend, but to take the initiative to attack! This is what the Chinese often call "eye for tooth". If both sides in the war have such terrible weapons as poison gas and attack each other, in this case Poison gas warfare can no longer be carried on. This is why in the middle of the European battlefield, after a period of poison gas warfare, both sides tacitly canceled this tactic.”

Wu Peifu's eyes lit up immediately, and he clapped his hands and praised: "That's true! There is no reason to guard against thieves every day if you can only be a thief from thousands of miles away! The colonel said this to my heart. Just defending is definitely not a good way. They do it On the first day of the junior high school, we will be fifteen, if we don’t want to die together, we should use less poisonous gas, this is a good way!”

After being reminded by Kluge, Fang Zida immediately understood.This is similar to the atomic bombs of later generations. For such weapons of mass destruction, only when both sides possess them at the same time can a strategic balance be obtained, and it can also achieve the purpose of no longer using them directly.

After the meeting, Fang Zida immediately issued an order to the military base where Chen Yu was located, asking him to immediately prepare sufficient anti-virus facilities and transport them to Central Siberia. At the same time, he also transported a batch of "high-efficiency special bombs", which are more powerful than those produced by the original Russian Empire. And a comprehensive variety of poison gas bombs, including not only chlorine gas and the more powerful mustard gas, but also various biochemical weapons such as phosgene, phosgene and chlorine mixed gas, chloracetone, etc.

At the same time, Yang Yongtai strictly ordered the Intelligence Bureau to find out the real situation of the Battle of Qiumen as soon as possible, so that the Soviet Red Army used poison gas on the battlefield.Under the command of Yang Yongtai, the entire Intelligence Bureau was operating quickly, looking for the truth behind the battle from all over the place.At this moment, Zhou Yuanliang suddenly received news from Shanghai. After seeing the news, he couldn't sit still and hurried to the State Council.

(Severe cold, fever, headache, runny nose, non-stop coughing! I haven’t recovered from it until today, so I have to add another chapter. Please forgive me!) (To be continued..)