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On the second day, the scorching sun shone on the Far East. Just after noon, a large number of Chinese fighter jets were guarding bombers and transport planes carrying countless special flyers flying towards the Japanese army in the encirclement.

More than 1.3 million Japanese troops gathered in the entire area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers. In addition to the 200,000 Japanese troops who were eliminated by poison gas and softly killed, the remaining Japanese troops were still in this area.

Five kilometers away from the defense line of the ** team northwest of Vanino, there is a Japanese division.

The mission of this Japanese division at the beginning was to block the pursuit attack that the "China" team might have launched from the north of Vanino. They did not catch up with the first wave of retreat, but they also had good luck and avoid being directly covered by the death gas.

However, the spread of poison gas was very fast. The news that the ** team of the coastal areas behind him used poison gas to retaliate against the Japanese army on a large scale quickly spread throughout the Japanese army. Except for the Japanese army directly covered by poison gas or blocked by poison gas in other corner areas, the other Japanese army chose to temporarily retreat when France contacted the Supreme Command of the Far East War Zone.

A human area of ​​dozens of square kilometers was soon formed, and almost all people or animals on the ground could not escape death, and it was almost dead on the first day. The lethality of poison gas was too great, and the Japanese army used it with no scruples. If the "China" team was not able to sit idly by and watch the Japanese evacuate, they would not use poison gas to create a gas isolation belt in this small seaside area in the Far East. In the future, this area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers would not be suitable for human survival.

What's even worse is that the Japanese army, the so-called elites who enjoyed the first batch of priority retreats in this area, were directly covered with poison gas. Except for a very small number of senior officers such as Feng Wen of the Yamashita who escaped into underground bunkers, pits, and even caves, were exposed to the ground or hid in the grass, and survived.

This is the cruel nature of war. When you completely destroy the enemy, the enemy's revenge is likely to be borne by you.

The Japanese army retreated one after another and found a new and more serious problem.

There is a poison gas isolation zone on both sides, which are all forbidden areas for death. Only the north and south are safe. However, there are heavy troops stationed in the north and south, waiting for the harm of the poison gas to be minimized and then attack and capture the Japanese troops in one fell swoop.

The harm of poison gas is not just that area. It can be said that the Japanese army of more than 100 square kilometers has been more or less attacked by poison gas. Although they are constantly retreating to safe areas, in fact, there are only two offensive defense lines of the north and south teams from the north and south.

The 9th Japanese Division had retreated to a distance of only five kilometers north of the Vanino Line. The sign on the map turned out to be a small village called Rosby.

Lieutenant General Mitsuo Murata, the commander of the Ninth Division, was shocked to hear that the Chinese were using poison gas on a large scale in the rear to retaliate against the Far East War Zone Command, and he was timid and afraid of death, so he decisively ordered and at the same time, he telegraphed the Tokyo Military Headquarters that the "Zhong" ** team used poison gas on a large scale, and the Ninth Division would resolutely block any possible attack from the "Zhong" ** team.

So, when the poison gas was still very far away, this division, which had a relatively firm fighting will, came to the northernmost area of ​​Vanino at the command of the division commander.

"Sir, the division commander, no suspicious poison gas has been detected here, so far it is safe."

The military doctors of the Ninth Division are more familiar with poison gas. After all, poison gas has been widely used on the battlefield. As a military doctor, he also has a better understanding of poison gas, and at least he can detect harmful gases in the air through some means.

"Yoxi, order the troops to garrison on site and be highly vigilant against the North Central Team.

Murata Mitsuo didn't know what was going on in the rear. The news I got from the military headquarters only said that the Chinese did use poison gas, but the current area of ​​damage is limited. The military headquarters requires that all units must stabilize the morale of the military and prevent the Chinese from taking the opportunity to attack. This is because Masaaka Murata Mitsuo fled far away from the poison gas area on the pretext.

After Murata Mitsuo symbolically checked the excavation work of the position and returned to the command bunker that had just been dug, the communications and combat staff were reporting to him.

"Sir, the division commander, we have contacted multiple divisions and have confirmed that China's revenge is of unprecedented scale. Judging from the information provided by the divisions we contacted, we have marked the scope of the Chinese gas counterattack, please see."

The staff officer pointed to a map of the Vanino area, with multiple red dots marked on it, and then the staff officer outlined them with a pen to form a circle.

"General, we have never received any communications from the divisions within this circle. In other words, we suspect that the areas within this circle have been covered with poison gas from the Chinese and are likely to have been wiped out. Of course, even if the troops in this circle are attacked by poison gas, they may send communications, but they may choose to report to the military or the headquarters rather than to us."

The staff member analyzed.

Murata Minoto knew in his heart that although the military headquarters kept silent about how large the scale of the Chinese gas war was, as the division commander level, he still heard about the military headquarters' large-scale use of poison gas on the battlefield. In his opinion, with the Chinese people's "nature" that must be repaid in everything, the counterattack will definitely be a larger-scale.

In this circle, the Japanese army may not know, but Murata Mitsuo knew very well that it was the first batch of divisions arranged to retreat, the so-called elite division. Originally, the Ninth Division was also an elite division, but after many wars, it had long been reduced to a second-rate division.

It was ranked on the third batch of evacuation.

The first batch of Japanese troops evacuated reached more than 200,000, including nearly ten divisions and the Far East War Zone Command. Once there is no news in this circle, it can only mean that they were killed.

Although they received a telegram from the so-called command late yesterday, asking the troops not to panic and build positions to strictly prevent the attack of the Chinese, which was similar to the command of the military, the command was vague. As the division commanders, they speculated that the command might be trapped in an underground bunker in the gas area.

People were in panic and slowly spread downward from senior Japanese officers at the level of division commander.

Not only was the huge panic caused by poison gas, but the food was almost exhausted.

The more than one million Japanese troops originally carried out the supply before the retreat only enough for them to survive for three days, which is why the retreat must be carried out. They were surrounded for more than two months, and the supplies from Sakhalin Island and Japan were basically cut off, and the original stock of food was almost eaten up.

Two days have passed since the outbreak of the poison gas war. Some food was discarded during the panic retreat. Murata Mitsuo didn't know how the situation of other divisions was. As a blocking division, the 9th Division didn't know how long it would take to eat the food.

"Damn Pingguo people!"

Murata Mitsuo felt a moment of despair. Ikei killed the decisive division commander, but at this time he didn't know what to do.

Escape from the range of poison gas is necessary, so next he has to consider the excuse for this march: the Chinese attack and food crisis.

The threat from the Chinese is close at hand, five kilometers away. Although they remained silent, Murata Mitsuo could not relax at all. The non-movement of the troops just showed how harmful the poison gas in the rear was. Even the Chinese did not dare to take the opportunity to attack, but just took an offensive and defensive posture.

The food was even more urgent. Before the 9th Division carried out the blocking mission, the number of people reached its peak of 20,000. However, now, these 20,000 people have eaten up the food that was originally more than 10,000 people in three days, and almost lost all the rest.

“How much food is left in our place?”

Murata Mitsuo saw a staff officer responsible for counting logistics supplies coming in and asked anxiously.

"General, we have discarded a lot of our food. When we marched, all the food was sent to every soldier. We just checked the food in a squadron and found that everyone's food was almost eaten up." The staff officer replied carefully.

"Baga, why did you eat them all?" Murata Mitsuo said furiously. He originally thought that there would be at least one day and a half of food. According to the special circumstances of war, if there was one day of food, the troops could withstand two to three days. If there was half a day of food, the troops could support one to two days.

"The physical energy consumed during the march was very high, and the hasty march made the soldiers think that there would be war soon, and they ate the food in their hands to replenish their physical strength..."

The staff officer said helplessly. Although the lower-level Japanese officers and soldiers have also heard about the news of the Chinese using poison gas to counterattack on a large scale, before, they really thought they were going to fight and eating food is to survive in the battle.

In short, there is no food!

What made Murata Mitsuo even more angry was that there was no food in his hand and there were no Soviet villages nearby that could be snatched. The Soviets either killed all of them or were forced to do the logistics of the army. There were no villages that were produced normally. The fields were even more deserted. They were burned and snatched all of them and were blown up by artillery fire. The Japanese army had been in Vanino for so long and had already lost nothing.

The poison gas broke out in the rear and there was no food in his hand. A few thoughts suddenly flashed through Murata Mitsuo's mind. However, although he was the commander of the division, he still did not dare to make a decision easily. Otherwise, not to mention the military headquarters far away in Japan and the missing Japanese Army Command, even the officers under him might be unfavorable to him.

"You can't surrender, you can only stick to it! Just guard and watch again and again."

This is the best decision he can make.

However, what made him feel a little relieved was that because the Ninth Division was a blocking division, it had sufficient weapons and medicine, and its firepower was much stronger than other divisions that were preparing to evacuate. Even the tanks had a squadron. The personnel were over-capacity, and the real combat power could be compared with other ordinary Japanese divisions.

Soon, as the position was excavated step by step, Murata Mitsuo discovered another situation.

"General, another squadron of the 15th Division came here and joined us."

It turned out that after the poison gas broke out, not only the Ninth Division knew how to run, but other divisions also followed suit. The panic of death and the spread of rumors made the Japanese division panic from division commanders to soldiers.

These Japanese troops may be willing to fight against the Chinese at the most difficult time, but they are unwilling to die in vain.

No one would think that staying in place and dying in poisonous gas is allegiance to the Emperor.

A rumor began to spread among the Japanese army that the Chinese planes would drop poison gas into more Japanese gathering areas.

After receiving this news, the division commanders issued marching orders one after another, either facing south or north.

There is a simple truth in it. No matter how Chinese people airdrop poison gas, they will never airdrop it on their own people. The closer they are to the Chinese people's defense line, the more dangerous it seems, but at least they don't have to worry about being attacked by the big clam model.

At twelve o'clock, Murata Mitsuo received five reports in more than two hours. In total, more than one regiment of Japanese troops retreated here. They didn't even make excuses. The people from the 9th Division asked why they ran here. Their answers were all about poisonous gas behind them.

No one knows where the poison gas is, but the poison gas is indeed behind it.

These small Japanese troops don't even need to make excuses like the Ninth Division.

At noon, the 9th Division, which had no food, was shining in the sky with a critical sun. Under the huge panic, the Japanese army felt more likely to be hungry and thirsty than usual.

Murata Mitsuo had to order to confiscate the excess food in the hands of the soldiers and distribute it uniformly!

This order caused a great impact, but under the so-called loyalty to the Emperor, everything for the slogan of the Great Japanese Empire and the guns, the Japanese officers and soldiers could only hand over the grain. Then, the Japanese army had the last lunch, and a little so-called porridge that was no different from the clear water soup. The porridge that could be divided into each person's lunch box might even be one or two grains of rice. This is a real porridge cooked by cooking all the remaining grain and even the dried rice balls together.

Its real function is not to relieve hunger but to quench thirst.

There was really no food, and even Murata Mitsuo only ate a very thin bowl of Ran. He felt hungry again in less than an hour.

"General, the Dikou Division has arrived."

The staff officer's report interrupted Murata's anger. When he heard that the Dikou Division had also come, he had no unnecessary expression but just said he knew.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese troops who arrived in Rosby had reached two more divisions, which means that three divisions gathered here at once.

No one knows exactly how big the range of the poison gas is, so the best way is to run away frantically to the north and south.

Since the 19th Division had the largest number of troops and the strongest weapons and equipment, after a routine report to the military headquarters, Murata Mitsuo received a very unexpected order.

“…Appoint Lieutenant General Murata Mitsuo as the interim supreme commander of the North Line”
Chapter completed!