Vol 3 Chapter 413: Annihilation of the Japanese Army (11): Overall surrender

On the second day, the hot sun shone on the land of the Far East. Just after noon, a large number of Chinese warplanes escorted a number of bombers and transport planes carrying countless special leaflets and flew towards the Japanese troops in the encirclement.
The entire area of ​​more than one hundred square kilometers is home to more than 1.3 million Japanese troops. Except for the 200,000 Japanese troops destroyed by poisonous gas and soft-killed, the remaining Japanese troops are still breathing in this area.
A Japanese division was five kilometers from the line of defense of the 〖Square〗 team northwest of Vanino.
In the beginning, the mission of this Japanese division was to stop the pursuit of the 〖Central〗 team from the north of Vanino. They did not catch up with the first bō retreat, but they also had good luck and avoided death. The poisonous gas is directly shrouded.
However, the spread of poisonous gas is very fast. The news of the large-scale use of poisonous gas in the coastal areas behind the Japanese army to avenge the Japanese army quickly spread to the various Japanese troops. Except for being directly enveloped by poisonous gas or blocked by other gas in other corner areas. Other than the Japanese army, when they could not contact the Supreme Command of the Far East Theater, they chose to temporarily retreat.
A tens of square kilometers of uninhabited area quickly formed. Almost all people or animals on the ground could not escape, and almost died on the first day. The lethality of the poison gas was too great, and the Japanese army was unscrupulous. If the 〖China〗 team is not really unable to sit by and watch the Japanese troops evacuate, it will not use poisonous gas to create a poisonous gas isolation zone in this small seaside area in the Far East. This area of ​​more than 100 square kilometers will not be suitable for human survival.
What ’s worse is that the Japanese, in this uninhabited zone, the elite among the so-called elite who enjoyed the first batch of priority retreats, were directly covered by poison gas, except for a few high-level military officers such as Yamashita Fengwen, who escaped into underground bunkers and pits. The caves, even the people in the caves, survived on the ground, or the Japanese army hiding in the grass.
This is the cruelty of war, when you cannot completely destroy the enemy. The enemy's revenge is likely to be beyond your control.
The Japanese troops retreated away from this uninhabited area and discovered a new and more serious problem.
There is a poison gas isolation zone on each side, both of which are dead zones. Only the north and the south are safe. However, the middle and north teams are stationed with heavy soldiers. Only after the harm of the poison gas is minimized, the Japanese troops are attacked in one fell swoop.
The danger of poisonous gas is not just that of an uninhabited area. It can be said that the Japanese army of more than 100 square kilometers was more or less attacked by poisonous gas. Although they continued to retreat to safe areas, in fact, the only truly safe areas were only north and south. Offensive defense lines of the two teams.
The 9th Division of the Japanese Army had already retreated to the north of the Vanino Line only five kilometers away from the〗 〖Squadron. The sign on the map turned out to be just a small village called Rosby.
Lieutenant General Murata, commander of the ninth division, was surprised that [Chinese] After the large-scale use of poison gas in the rear to retaliate, he found that he could not reach the Far East Theater Command, and he was decisive and ordered decisively. In the large-scale use of poisonous gas by the Central Team, the Ninth Division will resolutely block any possible offensive attack by the Central Team.
Therefore, when the poison gas was still far away, this division, which had a relatively firm will to fight, arrived at the northernmost area of ​​Vanino under the order of the division commander.
"Sir Master, no suspicious gas has been detected here, so far it is safe."
The medics accompanying the ninth division had a better understanding of poisonous gas. After all, poisonous gas has been widely used on the battlefield. As a medic, he also has a better understanding of poisonous gas. At least he can detect harmful gases in the air by some means.
"Yo Xi, order the troops to stay in place, and remain vigilant against the Central Squadron in the north.
Murata Mitsuo doesn't know what's going on in the rear. The news from the military department only said that the Chinese people did use gas bombs, but the area of ​​injury is currently limited. The military department requires the departments to stabilize the military mind and prevent the Chinese people from taking the opportunity to attack. This is the concealment of Masahiro Murata, who escaped from the poisonous area on the pretext.
Murata Mitsuo checked the position's excavation symbolically. Back in the command bunker just dug out, the communications and operations staff was reporting to him.
"His division leader, at present we have contacted a number of divisions and have confirmed that the revenge of the" China "country is unprecedented. From the information provided by the contacted division, we have marked the" Chinese "poison gas. See the scope of the counterattack. "
The staff pointed at a map of the area of ​​Vanino, with red dots marked on it, and then the staff outlined them with a pen to form a circle.
"General, we have not received any correspondence from the divisions within this circle. That is to say, we suspect that the area within this circle has been covered by the poisonous gas of the Chinese people. Overwhelmed. Of course, even if the troops in this circle are attacked by poison gas, it is possible to send communications, but they are likely to choose to report to the military or command rather than to us. "
The staff member analyzed.
Murata certainly understood in his heart that although the military did not talk about the scale of the Chinese people ’s gas warfare, but as a division commander, he still heard the news of the military ’s large-scale use of gas on the battlefield. It seems that the counterattack will be larger on the basis of the xìng grid that Chinese people must report in everything.
The Japanese army is afraid of this circle. Those staff officers may not know it, but Murata is very clear. It is the first batch of divisions that have been arranged for retreat, the so-called elite divisions. The ninth division was originally an elite division, but after many wars, it has been reduced to a second-class division.
Was placed on the third evacuation list.
The size of the first batch of Japanese troops evacuated reached more than 200,000, including nearly ten divisions and the Far East Theater Command. Once there is no news in this circle, it can only indicate that they were killed.
Although they received a telegram from the so-called headquarters late yesterday, asking the troops not to panic and build positions to guard against the Chinese attack, which is similar to the orders of the military, but the orders of the headquarters were unknown. As heads of divisions, they have speculated that the command is likely to be trapped in an underground bunker in the gas zone.
Heart-wrenching, senior Japanese officers at the division head level began to slowly spread downwards.
Not only is the huge panic caused by poisonous gas, the food is almost exhausted.
More than one million Japanese troops had only been able to carry out the resupply before the retreat for only three days. This is why the retreat had to be carried out. It was surrounded for more than two months, and the supply from Sakhalin Island and Japan was basically cut off The grain in stock was almost finished.
Two days have passed since the gas war broke out. Some food was discarded during the panic retreat. How the other divisions did not know how Mitsuo Murata did. The ninth division as the blocking division did not know how long they could eat.
"Damn ordinary people!"
Murata Guangfu felt only a moment of despair and Jing Wei was the decisive leader of the division, but at this time he didn't know what to do.
Escape from the poison gas range is necessary, then he will consider the excuse of this march: 〖Chinese〗 Chinese attack and food crisis.
〖Medium〗 The threat of the Chinese people is close at hand. Five kilometers away, although they did not move, Murata Guangfu couldn't relax at all. The unmoving of the soldiers exactly illustrates how much poisonous gas harms the rear. Even the Chinese people dare not take the opportunity to attack, but just put on an offensive and defensive posture.
Grain is even more urgent. The Ninth Division also performed a replenishment of soldiers before carrying out the blocking task. The number reached a peak of 20,000 people. However, now, these 20,000 people have lost more than 10,000 people for three days of grain. After eating for a long time, the rest was almost lost.
"How much of our food is left?"
When Murata Murata saw a staff officer in charge of logistic supplies coming in, he asked eagerly.
"General, our food has been discarded a lot. At the time of the march, all the food was distributed to each soldier. Just now we spot-checked the food of a squadron and found that everyone's food was almost consumed." The staff was careful. To answer.
"Hachiga, how could you have eaten it all?" Murata fumed angrily, thinking he would have at least one day and a half of food. According to the special circumstances of wartime, if there is one day of food, the troops can resist for two to three days, and if there is half a day of food, the troops can support for one to two days.
"The physical energy consumed during the march was very large. The hasty advance made the soldiers think that there would be a war soon, and they consumed the food in their hands to supplement their physical strength ..."
The staff said helplessly. Although the lower ranks of the Japanese army have now heard the news that the Chinese people used poisonous gas to counterattack on a large scale, they are even more panic, but before, they really thought that they were fighting and eating food was also to survive the battle.
In short, food is gone!
What made Mr. Murata more angry was that there was no food in his hands, and there were no Soviet villages nearby that could be robbed. Those Soviets were either killed or forced to work as army logistics laborers. Where are there any villages that produce normally? The area was deserted, burnt out and bombarded by artillery. The Japanese stayed in Vanino for so long and had nothing left.
The poison gas erupted in the rear, and there was no more food in his hands. Murata suddenly flashed countless thoughts in his mind. However, although he was the head of the division, he still did not dare to make a decision easily. The military headquarters and the unknown Far East Japanese Command, even the officers under their command, may be against him.
"Can't surrender, just hold on! Keep on guard and see."
This is the best decision he can make.
However, he was slightly relieved that because the ninth division was an obstruction division, the weapons and ammunition in his hand were sufficient, and the firepower was much stronger than other divisions preparing to evacuate. Even the tank had a squadron. The staff is over-full, and the real combat power can be compared with two other ordinary Japanese divisions.
Soon, as the position was dug step by step, Murata found another situation.
"General, just now 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 learned to run, but other divisions also learned something. The panic of death and the spread of rumors caused a panic in the Japanese division from the division commander to the soldiers.
These Japanese troops may be willing to fight against the Chinese people at the most difficult time, but they are not willing to die under poisonous gas.
No one would think that staying dead in the poisonous gas is allegiance to the emperor.
A rumor began circulating in the Japanese army, saying that "Chinese" planes would also drop gas bombs into more Japanese assembly 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. 〖Chinese〗 no matter how many people drop air bombs, they will never airdrop on their own people. The closer to the 〖Chinese〗 Chinese defense line, the more dangerous it seems, but at least you do n’t have to be worried Mold of gas attack.
At twelve o'clock, in the more than two hours, Murata received five reports. In total, more than one wing of the Japanese troops retreated here. They did not even have an excuse and were asked by the members of the Ninth Division. Why they ran here, their answer was poisonous gas behind them.
No one knows exactly where the gas is, but it is indeed behind it.
These small Japanese troops did not even have to make excuses like the Ninth Division.
At noon, the ninth division, which had no food, was exposed to the sun in the sky. Under the huge panic, the Japanese felt more hungry and thirsty than usual.
Murata Mitsuo had to order that the surplus food in the hands of the soldiers be collected and distributed uniformly!
This order caused a lot of movement, but under the slogan of Allegiance to the Emperor, and for the sake of the Japanese Empire, as well as the muzzle, Japanese officers and men could only hand in food. Later, the Japanese army ate the so-called porridge which was called the last lunch. There was no difference between the so-called porridge and clear water soup. The porridge that everyone can get in the lunch box may only have one or two grains of rice. This is a real gruel made by putting together all the remaining grain and even dried rice balls.
Its real role is not to quench hunger but to quench thirst.
There is no more food. Even Murata Murata only eats a very thin bowl of ran, and he feels hungry again within an hour.
"General, the Mouth Division has arrived."
The report of the staff member interrupted Murata's nameless anger. When he heard that the No. 2 Division was also coming, he did not have any extra expression but just said he knew.
By three o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army who had arrived in Rosby had reached more than two divisions, that is to say, three divisions had been gathered here all at once.
No one knows exactly how wide the poisonous gas is, so the best way is to run wildly north-south.
Because the 19th Division had the most troops and the strongest weapons and equipment, after a routine report to the military, Murata received a very unexpected order.
"... appoints Lieutenant General Murata to be responsible for the Northern Supreme Commander"
Appointment from the military ministry promoted Murata to the highest commander of the Japanese on the northern route. Although the rank is still lieutenant general, with the Japanese military rank system, there is only a general who moves upwards. Without the transition of the general, Murata is not as usual I feel relaxed, but I feel an unprecedented pressure.
This order was also sent to the 17th Division and the 3rd Division just arrived here.
"Order the 17th and 33rd Divisions to collect the food in the hands of the soldiers and distribute them uniformly."
Murata Mitsuo can only give this order, which seems to make the army mutiny, but in fact there is no other way. Compared with the resistance order, the Japanese army will more easily choose to grab food from others. The poison gas does not know how long it will last, nor will it invade north. Without food, it will only become more and more chaotic.
For a time, three Japanese divisions were assembled in the Rossby area, and a continuous stream of Japanese troops came from other places. Since the order of the Japanese military department was issued, the divisions near the northern line have surged in here. In the next hour, two more divisions arrived, but they were significantly more embarrassed than the previous 17th and 33rd Divisions. It was only after Murata asked that this was closer to poison gas. Regional division.
"The poisonous gas is spreading. A division only three kilometers away from us has been attacked by the poisonous gas, so we quickly approached the northern line after receiving the order of the military department."
This is the latest statement from the head of the Japanese 58th Division.
By the time Rosby had a new change, the numbers of six divisions had been assembled here, and nearly 100,000 Japanese had gathered here.
Just after three o'clock, something happened in the air.
"Air Strike !!! Air Strike !!!"
When the Japanese army without radar appeared numerous black spots in the air and heard the sound of rumbling planes, it was finally discovered that a large number of Chinese aircraft flying from the air.
"Fight, get ready to fight !!!"
When the Japanese army was in a panic, they were only able to shoot at the air with anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns and machine guns. There was no more preparation time. Then they saw many bomb-like things falling from the air.
"what!!"
A Japanese army on a position saw a bomb-like object falling down ~ EbookFREE.me ~, but it exploded after a slight sound when it was more than a hundred meters high from the ground. The bomb's sphere Actually a lot of paper-like things floated out.
Soon after dying, the unknown Japanese army picked up these pieces of paper.
"Poison gas is spreading to the north. It is time to surrender."
"[Day] This government has abandoned you, and Tianyan has ordered the abandonment of rescue."
"The Japanese army first used poison gas on a large scale. China will continue to use poison gas to destroy the Japanese forces."
"The Chinese team will welcome any Japanese surrender. The surrender method is"
"Surender is your only way out, otherwise you will be killed by poison gas"
"For the surrendering Japanese army, the kind squadron will not kill indiscriminately. You only need to be prisoners of war and participate in labor to atone for the sin. For the Japanese army that ultimately refused to surrender, we will take ..." .