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    Therefore, the Japanese army could only use grenades, mortars and other small-caliber artillery to suppress the Eighth Route Army's excavation to a certain extent.

    But the effect of this kind of suppression was very limited. The Eighth Route Army did not even bother to release smoke bombs, but kept digging forward against the Japanese mortars and grenade launchers.

    At the same time, the Eighth Route Army troops were also advancing in the trench.

    Even their mortars and grenade launchers followed and entered their trenches.

    Here, their mortars and grenades will also fall on the heads of the Japanese troops.

    Not only them, but further behind them, the large-caliber artillery of the Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army were also providing them with fire support, bombing the Japanese army's deep positions.

    ??Xiangzu Meijiro watched the Eighth Route Army's excavation distance getting farther and farther, but for a while, there was no good way to stop this group of mole-like soldiers.

    In order to dig faster, the Eighth Route Army would also use detonators, blasting and advancing at the same time.

    In this way, they can have a lot of energy left, allowing them to advance much faster than ordinary soldiers can dig in.

    The Japanese troops on the opposite side also felt that something was not good.

    If this continues, the enemy will greatly shorten the charging distance, and even the barbed wire fences and various roadblocks they set up will lose their due role.

    The machine gun firepower they deployed on the position is also unable to play a role in blocking the enemy at such a short distance.

    The forward commander of the Japanese army could only ask for help from Meijiro Xiangzu.

    But now, Xiangzu Yoshijiro can only wait patiently for the artillery troops behind them to prepare their troops and provide them with fire support.

    Finally, after a long period of preparation, news came from the Japanese artillery unit that bombing could be carried out, but the number of their artillery was reduced by one-third, and the fire support they could provide was limited.

    Meijiro Xiangzu had no time to pick and choose now, and immediately ordered the artillery in the rear to start bombarding.

    "Adjust the shooting elements!!!"

    The Japanese artillery commander began to roar, commanding their artillery units, and began to violently bombard the area where the Eighth Route Army was located.

    With a roar, countless artillery shells fell on the Eighth Route Army's position.

    The Eighth Route Army soldiers who were originally digging immediately began to retreat to the rear along the trenches they had dug.

    At the same time, the mortars in the rear also began to release a large number of smoke bombs on their own positions, blocking the Japanese army's observation line of sight.

    "They are setting off a smoke screen."

    The Japanese staff officer on the side said.

    "I saw it."

    "Are you planning to block our sight? Order the rear artillery units to concentrate the bombing to completely cover it," Meijiro Xiangzu said.

    He wanted to use this method to block the opponent's advance.

    But the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had already retreated to the rear at this time.

    After the Japanese shelling ended, they continued to move forward along the trenches they had dug.

    By this time, part of the trench they had dug had been destroyed by Japanese artillery shells.

    It is not an overly complicated project to repair these.

    Even the craters created by the Japanese artillery shells reduced their project volume.

    Originally, they needed to dig on flat land, but now there are many craters on their digging route.

    And these craters will save them a lot of effort in digging, and many places can even be slightly modified to become their air raid shelters or machine gun positions.

    The Japanese army looked at the smoke screen in front of them, wondering what was going on inside.

    Until they vaguely heard the sound of detonators exploding in the wind blowing across the battlefield, as well as the sound of shovels hitting the soil.

    "They're still digging."

    A Japanese staff officer said, "Our soldiers on the front line heard the sound of their detonators blasting and digging."

    ¡°What a bunch of moles and cockroaches!!¡±

    ??Xiangzu Meijiro said coldly, then turned around and said: "Rear artillery troops, change to poison gas bombs!! I would like to see if these guys can block the poison gas."

    "yes!!!"

    After the Japanese staff officer answered, he immediately began to pass on his orders.The Japanese artillery troops in the rear immediately replaced the artillery shells they fired with poison gas bombs.

    Not only that, each poison gas canister was also carried by the Japanese army and sent to the front, intending to use the poison gas directly on the front line.

    "Get ready for bombardment!!!"

    The Japanese artillery commander roared.

    The smoke screen gradually dissipated, but the Japanese army now had no more options to deal with the advancing Eighth Route Army troops.

    Whether it is machine gun fire or mortar fire suppression, although it can cause certain damage to the advancing Eighth Route Army, it is almost impossible to stop their advance.

    At this moment, poison gas bombs were fired from a distance by the Japanese army.

    When the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army heard the whistling of artillery shells, they subconsciously huddled in the trench.

    But there was no explosion. They only saw shells falling into the area where they were huddled, and then releasing yellowish mist.

    The smell was a bit pungent, causing many Eighth Route Army soldiers to subconsciously cover their mouths and noses.

    Some veterans immediately realized what was happening and roared: "It's a gas bomb, run!! Run back!!"

    The soldiers heard it and immediately started running to their rear.

    These Eighth Route Army soldiers quickly retreated to the rear along the communication trenches.

    But the poisonous gas from the Japanese army was still permeating the air, and at the same time, it was blowing towards their troops' positions in the direction of the wind.

    Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also saw the diffuse light yellow mist, like the claws of a monster, rushing towards them.

    "It's a gas bomb, hand out the gas mask immediately, put on the gas mask and continue digging."

    Li Yunlong roared.

    The Japanese army¡¯s poison gas bombs are their usual method.  Therefore, before the war started, the Fourth Army provided a large number of gas masks to the Eighth Route Army.

    Now, these gas masks come in handy.

    The Eighth Route Army soldiers who retreated did not continue to retreat to their rear after receiving gas masks. Instead, they returned directly to their original posts and continued excavation work.

    In the poisonous gas, they wore gas masks and dug forward without stopping.

    The Japanese army thought that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side would be able to calm down for a while.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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