coobybook Chapter 1745 The Final Bloodbath Has Arrived
Chapter 1745 The Final Bloodbath Has Arrived
Liu Zhengxiong exclaimed, "Good heavens! The Japanese are really using poison gas!"
Yu Xiaowan laughed and said, "Fortunately, Kong Ling and Caiwei brought a boatload of gas masks, otherwise we would be dead on Gaojialing right now."
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "It's not that bad! The air on Gaojialing is quite turbulent, and poisonous gas is floating around. You can hold out for ten minutes with a wet towel."
Yu Xiaowan shoved a gas mask into his hand and scolded, "Don't be a daredevil! What if it's a chemical weapon like mustard gas? Put it on quickly!"
"Then you'd need to wear a protective suit."
Xiang Chu smiled and put on a gas mask.
Liu Zhengxiong asked, "Does Commander Hu have any gas masks?"
Yu Xiaowan retorted, "Uncle Liu! They are the elite troops under the 18th Army, Minister Chen's direct subordinates. Don't they have gas masks?"
Liu Zhengxiong said irritably, "This girl! What if they don't have it?"
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "No need to argue! Their terrain is higher, and they're upwind. Old Liu! The Japanese are coming up, let's meet them."
"Yes!"
Liu Zhengxiong hurriedly accepted the order and rushed out of the command post.
"Give me peaches! Kill them!"
The Japanese battalion commander used a loudspeaker to shout encouragement to the enemy to charge.
The Japanese soldiers, wearing gas masks, charged up the mountain from the foot of the hill.
With the aid of poison gas, they were invincible on the Chinese battlefield.
The Japanese battalion commander roared, "The Chinese army doesn't have gas masks! Charge in and cut off their heads! End the battle in ten minutes! Kill!"
"kill--!"
The Japanese soldiers roared excitedly and rushed up the mountain.
On the Chinese battlefield, poison gas was their deadly weapon.
They thought that once the poison gas was released, the Chinese defenders would be dead, and they would win without a fight.
However, this time they encountered a situation different from before.
No one jumped out of the trenches to fight to the death in the poison gas.
No one shouted or screamed, and no one desperately tried to run away.
The position was very quiet, giving the impression that no one was there.
To boost morale, the Japanese battalion commander shouted excitedly, "Yoshi! The Chinese army is a bunch of cowards who ran away beforehand. Imperial warriors! Quickly occupy Gaojialing and seize Shipai!"
Seeing their captain's confidence, the Japanese soldiers followed him and swaggered up the hillside.
"Brothers! Kill the Japanese devils!"
The rousing shouts of Chinese soldiers echoed across the mountains and fields.
"Bang! Bang!"
The sound of sniper rifle fire rang out first.
The Japanese battalion commander and the Japanese officer with the command sword were sniped at almost the same time.
"Da da! Da da da!"
Light and heavy machine guns fired wildly, streaks of fire shooting out from the firing ports inside the bunker.
"Boom! Boom!"
Hand grenades rained down on the Japanese soldiers' heads.
The Japanese soldiers fell one by one, like weeds being harvested.
The surviving Japanese soldiers lay on the ground, frantically fighting back.
They had no cover or shelter, making them like sitting ducks.
The air on Gaojialing is rather turbulent.
The toxic gas was diluted considerably by the wind.
The Japanese soldiers then realized that all the soldiers of the Iron-Blooded Special Forces Division were wearing brand-new gas masks, and the gas bombs had not caused them any real harm.
The Japanese soldiers were dumbfounded, and their fighting spirit collapsed instantly.
"withdraw--!"
A Japanese squad leader roared and led his men in a scramble and tumble as they fled down the mountain.
The Iron-Blooded Special Forces soldiers rushed out of pits, rock crevices, grass, and forests, launching a fierce attack from behind, killing and wounding countless Japanese soldiers, and capturing a large amount of weapons, ammunition, and military supplies.
During the pursuit, Sun Xing and other spies picked up flamethrowers and sprayed them wildly at the Japanese soldiers.
A group of Japanese soldiers were engulfed in flames, burning along with the surrounding vegetation.
In the end, less than a hundred Japanese soldiers remained from one battalion.
Xiao Liu snatched a tattered Japanese military flag, brought it into the command post, and asked with a smile:
"Boss! Take a look, which Japanese regiment's flag is this?"
Xiang Chu took the military flag and examined it, then laughed and said, "This is not the flag of a Japanese regiment, but the flag of the Ono Battalion under the 39th Division of the Japanese Army."
Xiao Liu lamented, "It's said that since the start of the War of Resistance, no unit has ever managed to capture a Japanese regimental-level or higher military flag. Alas! What a disappointment."
Xiang Chu smiled wryly: "The regimental flag of the Japanese troops is personally handed over by the commander and is regarded as the commander's alter ego and the soul of the troops. The Japanese are equipped with a dedicated flag bearer and a flag guard squad. It must be burned in times of crisis."
"I see!"
Xiao Liu suddenly realized.
Liu Zhengxiong said incredulously, "That can't be!"
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and clean up the battlefield and collect ammunition."
Liu Zhengxiong said with a wry smile, "We've collected enough ammunition, but we don't have much left. If we don't retreat and continue fighting, we'll only be able to engage in hand-to-hand combat."
Xiang Chu rebuked, "Then let's fight a hand-to-hand battle! Order everyone to sharpen their knives!"
"Yes!"
Liu Zhengxiong accepted the order without hesitation.
At that moment, the sound of Japanese soldiers shouting through loudspeakers could be heard from the foot of the mountain.
"Commander of the Iron-Blooded Special Forces Division! General Doihara invites you to come down the mountain for a 'one-man showdown'."
The people in the command post looked at each other in bewilderment for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Yu Xiaowan shook her head and said, "Is Toihara Hamako stupid? Does anyone still want to have a one-on-one fight these days?"
Xiang Chu walked to the observation post and looked down at the foot of the mountain.
Doihara Hamaji rode a white horse, dragging his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and looked up at the mountain with a mocking expression.
Xiao Liu said urgently, "Boss! I'll pretend to be the commander of the Iron-Blooded Special Agent Division and go down there to kill him."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "You look a lot like your brother Xiao Qi, so you can't go. I guess his purpose is to see if the Iron-Blooded Special Agents are from our Shadow Agency."
Gan Rong laughed and said, "Commander! Since none of us can go, let's send a Wudang master down to kill Doihara Hamako."
"Who?"
Everyone asked in unison.
Gan Rong laughed and said, "The entire Qingwei Taoist Temple of Wudang Mountain went down the mountain to fight the Japanese. Zhang Xing is the abbot, and his martial arts are superb. He is more than capable of defeating Doihara Hiroki."
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Okay! Go and make the arrangements, give him my horse."
"Yes!"
Gan Rong hurriedly accepted the order and rushed out of the command post.
Down the mountain, Doihara Hamako saw a rider galloping down and immediately turned and fled.
Zhang Xing shouted, "You scoundrel from Tufeiyuan! Why don't you dare to fight me one-on-one?"
Doihara Hamaji shouted, "You are not the person I am looking for."
Gaojialing, the command post of the Iron-Blooded Special Forces Division.
Liu Zhengxiong shook his head and said, "Doihara Kenji is truly a piece of trash!"
Xiang Chu said thoughtfully, "He may have obtained intelligence that we are in the Iron-Blooded Special Forces Division."
"boom--!"
Several planes flew overhead, heading towards Yuyang Pass.
Yu Xiaowan exclaimed in astonishment, "In broad daylight! It's our plane!"
Liu Zhengxiong asked in disbelief, "No way! We still have airplanes?"
Xiang Chu glanced at it and nodded, saying, "The American-made plane is ours."
Yu Xiaowan said happily, "Great! The Japanese are going to retreat now."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "The Japanese 11th Army has fought its way here with great difficulty, and they will definitely not retreat just because we have a few planes."
Liu Zhengxiong asked in confusion, "Do they still want to occupy Shipai?"
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Yes! Yokoyama Isamu's idea is that as long as they occupy Shipai, there will be a continuous stream of airdropped supplies, turning Shipai into a fighting fortress that the Chinese army can't break through, just like Yichang."
Liu Zhengxiong exclaimed in surprise, "Then what will the Japanese do next?"
Xiang Chu pointed to the densely packed Japanese soldiers gathered at the foot of the mountain and said, "The final bloody battle has begun!"