The two of them wielded their swords and chopped like vegetables and melons. They were invincible and killed all the dozen enemies who had just fallen into the trench, successfully filling the gap.

"Boom boom boom..."

Burst after burst of grenades, thirty or forty meters in front of the position, exploded, causing the enemies who got up to charge to fly. Their flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and they were defeated and fled with their heads covered.

The enemies who rushed to the position were cut off from follow-up support and became the Fox Army, which was slowly eliminated by the new army.

The enemy's continuous charges were finally repulsed, but this time the New Army suffered many casualties, with a rough count of seven dead and twelve injured.

"The wounded have been arranged to be moved to the back mountain, and the dead are placed in the tunnel. They will be buried when the battle is over."

The combat staff came to report.

This time, two heavy machine gun positions were lost, nearly thirty people were injured and killed, and the combat effectiveness was reduced by more than half.

Yingpan Mountain is not high, but its base is very large and its surroundings are undulating.

Therefore, the forward position in the highlands is very open, with a perimeter of nearly 300 meters before the battle. Currently, there are only 70 people guarding the position, which seems to be a small number. Moreover, there are no heavy weapons, only two light machine guns, and the barrels of the guns are red.

"Let the baggage transport all the grenades to the forward positions. The only thing that works now is the grenades!"

"Okay, Major General!" the combat staff officer turned around and went to the back mountain.

"Young Master, the enemy has begun to organize an attack again. It seems that there are more people, and it should be a dense group charge." Gu Zhunian hurried over to announce.

Chen Tianhua immediately rushed to the position and picked up the telescope to look over.

There were a lot of black crows on the hillside in front of them. They were rushing upwards with their backs bent, and they no longer had to find bunkers to escape like the previous times. It was a completely Japanese-style group charge.

Several Japanese officers, walking in figure eight steps and slightly bowing their bodies, carefully followed the team, shouting and urging them to charge.

"Everyone enters the position and prepares for battle. Throw grenades. When the bullets run out and there is no time to reload them, they use bayonets to push the enemy back. Do you understand?"

Chen Tianhua put down his telescope and issued instructions to the surrounding officers.

"clear!"

Seeing the cold look on the Major General's face, everyone understood that the Highlands was facing the most severe test, and everyone had a sense of mission to fight to the death.

At this time, a staff officer of Xiao Linjue on the mountainside entered the artillery position with a box of artillery shells on his shoulder.

This is the secret weapon he got from his teacher Yosuke Shiro, and he is going to help the security team members seize the frontier position in one fell swoop.

The artillerymen opened the shell boxes and found special signs. Xiao Linjue signaled to shoot out all eight shells.

"Shhhhhhh..." The shells were loaded into the chamber and flew out of the muzzle one after another.

"Porchi..."

"Porchichichi..."

"..."

Eight artillery shells landed accurately in a line at the front of the position, which was in front of the open area where the Japanese people needed to attack and advance.

"What sound?"

When these eight cannonballs landed, they did not explode as usual, but were like lumps of iron that only rolled slightly when they hit the ground.

Immediately afterwards, white smoke came out from the tail of the shell.

"Gas bombs! Pay attention to everyone. Use water or urine to wet your sleeves and cover your mouth and nose. Everyone, move back!"

"..."

Chen Tianhua's first reaction was that the Japanese devils used poison gas bombs.

During the Chinese Anti-Japanese War in World War II, the Japanese army had an ugly history of repeatedly using poison gas bombs. They were a group of beasts and scum with no moral bottom line.

"Going to retreat?!"

Gu Zhunian, Fei Ge and other officers shouted in surprise, obviously questioning Chen Tianhua's order.

Even the ordinary soldiers thought that the major general was mad or something and was talking nonsense.

Just over a minute passed before and after, and the two instructions he issued were completely different in content.

Everyone here didn’t know what a poison gas bomb was or what harm it could do?! They didn’t understand, so naturally they all stood motionless on the position.

"Stop talking, everyone executes the military order! Pick up the weapons and ammunition around you, retreat to the second line of defense, quickly!" Chen Tianhua rarely stamped his feet and waved his hands, shouting at the top of his lungs!

"yes!"

Military orders are like a mountain, especially on the battlefield. The commander's orders must be executed immediately, even if you don't understand them!

The position suddenly became busy, and the scene was in panic.

Everyone picked up the grenades or bullet boxes around them and quickly retreated from the trench to the back and entered the second line of defense.

The so-called second line of defense is actually the depth of the trench, and a horizontal line is dug out, about forty meters away from the front.

Compared with the forward position, this trench was dug narrow and shallow, only half a person high, without any fortifications or personal bunkers, and was very crude.

About five or six seconds passed, and the soldiers were still retreating in a hurry. The hissing white smoke rose, slowly spreading and turning into white mist. It spread wider and wider, gradually forming white streaks.

barrier.

It was like a thick white fog suddenly appeared in the sky.

Chen Tianhua and the others can't see what's going on behind the smoke at all.

It's a smoke bomb!

After seeing the white smoke rising, Chen Tianhua raised his heart in his throat and then let it go, breaking into a cold sweat all over his body.

It turns out that these things are smoke bombs.

He suddenly discovered that it was the 32nd year of Guangxu, that is, 1906. At this time, the First World War had not even started, and chemical weapons such as poison gas bombs had not yet been produced.

Madam, she was so nervous that she gave a false alarm.

The enemy released smoke shells mainly to cover the mountain attacking troops in seizing forward positions.

Chen Tianhua misjudged it to be a poison gas bomb and ordered the soldiers to voluntarily withdraw from the forward positions and surrender.

This disrupted the New Army's defense plan and system.

Xiao Linjue and others who were observing the formation with telescopes on the mountainside suddenly discovered that the defenders had hurriedly and chaotically withdrawn from the forward position, shouting that they could not understand!

"Your Excellency, Commander, could this be another conspiracy of the enemy chief Chen Tianhua? We have to be on guard against it," said a Japanese officer next to him.

They had heard of Chen Tianhua's many tricks, and they were all frightened by him, leaving a shadow in their hearts.

Xiao Linjue held up the telescope and observed carefully. He shook his head and said:

"I don't think so. They retreated in a panic. They ordered the troops to quickly occupy the forward positions, and then attacked in depth, trying to end the battle before nightfall."

He held his head high and looked down upon the crowd.

"Hai." Several officers beside him stood at attention and accepted the order, with a hint of pride on their lips.

It was as if victory was beckoning to them right in front of them, and the battle could be over within half an hour.

Giving the order to retreat was Chen Tianhua's last resort and the most rational decision in the face of a gas bomb attack.

We can't risk all our lives here, leaving the green hills without worrying about having no firewood.

Who knew this was not a poison gas bomb, it was deceived!
Chapter completed!