Chapter 59: Fierce Battle (4)

  The devils' soldiers were constantly rolling and struggling on the ground, dark red blood flowing from their eyes and nostrils. Some of the injured devils' bodies had become severely deformed, with black and purple faces, bulging eyeballs, and white foam spewing from their mouths. Some severe cases showed dark red blood lines, a sign of bursting blood vessels. Their faces were covered in raised red lines, like demons from hell. Some soldiers couldn't bear the pain and scratched their own faces until they bled, while others even dug out their own skulls with their bare hands.

  "Hurry! Collect all the undamaged ones!", Commander Miura ordered the soldiers who had not been affected by the toxic gas to collect the undamaged weapons. These people were unharmed because they were all wearing full protective suits, while those who only wore gas masks were now lying on the ground. Their gas masks were only effective against lime bullets and gas, but this time the transported weapons included more than just these two types, many newly developed weapons were used for the first time, and many of the enemy soldiers did not have defensive tools, this time they became human experiments. These devils all wore full protective suits and were naturally unafraid of the invasion of toxic gases and viruses. Under Commander Miura's orders, the undamaged weapons were reloaded onto the trucks that had not been destroyed in the back. Some virus bombs did not explode violently and were scattered around the highway.

  "Ah! It hurts so much! Save me!", a Japanese soldier, overcome with pain, was dragged away by other Japanese soldiers who were searching for the virus bomb.

  "Let go! Bastard! Let go!", "Bang! Bang!", first was the devil's curse, followed by a burst of gunfire at the devils on the ground, and the devils were instantly killed by this soldier.

  "Bastard!", at this time, the Japanese soldier who fired the shot had enraged the other Japanese soldiers on the ground, they rushed towards him with curses and groans, "What do you want to do? Bastard!", "Ah! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!", that Japanese soldier was surrounded by several people in the middle, they had become beasts, going up to tear and bite with their mouths, scratching with their hands. That Japanese soldier struggled hard to resist, randomly firing his machine gun, but he had also been infected with the virus, shouting a few times before falling to the ground spitting out white foam.

  "Bastards! Go and kill them all!", "Go quickly! This is an order! Otherwise, you will all be killed by them!", The phenomenon of soldiers infected with the virus attacking other soldiers was seen more and more by Lieutenant Colonel Miura, who immediately ordered his men to eliminate these people.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat!", the Type 92 heavy machine gun fired its characteristic sound, shooting bullets at the infected Japanese soldiers, rows of them were shot dead.

  Some devils were searching for virus bombs, some devils were back and forth on the battlefield to search for people who had not died, and directly shot them. They tried their best to collect only one truck, and the rest were all damaged.

  "Captain, we've finished searching everything and loaded it all onto the trucks," reported Lieutenant Jikawa to Miura.

  "Leave it here and take care of it, remember not to leave any traces." Miura ordered the Jikawa squad leader.

  "Yes! Don't worry, Captain, I'll definitely complete the mission." Jizhou guaranteed.

  "Changdao team leader leads the way, immediately withdraw to Lucheng!", Sanpu arranged the task and immediately retreated to Lucheng, can't stay here any longer, if we delay again, the Eighth Route Army will come and it's over.

  The ghost's truck turned its head towards Lucheng. This time, they can be said to have suffered a disastrous defeat. When they came, there were more than 100 trucks, but when they returned, only these thirty or so vehicles remained. Especially the truck loaded with weapons, only this one was left. Not only were all the trucks destroyed, but many of their own people were also killed by those poisonous gas bombs. He knew that he would definitely receive the most severe punishment from his superiors when he returned. What he didn't expect was that his dereliction of duty this time would cost him his life.

  The number of weapons this time is not a small number for the devils, this is a special transportation for the Eight Route Army base, and now they are all gone. Can his crime be minor? Chemical weapons are very dangerous, with low production and storage for a long time, and once destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, it is indeed a serious blow to the devils. Miura left people to clean up the battlefield, so there are regulations in the international community that prohibit the use of chemical weapons, but the devils still secretly use them, not only against Chinese troops but also against Chinese civilians. The devils were forced by international public opinion, every time they used it secretly, and after using it, they would eliminate the evidence. This time is no exception. They concentrated the bodies of the Eighth Route Army and their own people together, poured gasoline on them, and set them on fire. All items with chemical weapon marks were also burned. After clearing all traces, they returned to Lucheng by truck.

  Li Xinmin led the team to bury those soldiers and did not immediately return to the camp, but instead led everyone over Zhangjialing and into a mountain valley. Li Xinmin immediately sent a telegram to headquarters, the content of which was the ambush situation this time, as well as the need for support from headquarters here, and explained his location. The soldiers arrived here and waited for Li Xinmin's orders.

  "Captain, how did you bring us all here?" Liu Wentao asked in confusion. The others also looked at Li Xinmin with great puzzlement.

  "Let's clean our bodies here to prevent harm from toxic gases and other things to the brothers!", said Li Xinmin.

  "Listen up, everyone! Is anyone feeling unwell?" "No!" After a pause, the soldiers all shook their heads to indicate no. "Is anyone dizzy? Having trouble breathing?" "Captain, when we were blowing up the enemy's truck, I smelled a strong onion scent and felt like I was going to pass out, but I shook my head and it went away, now I'm fine." Second Squad Leader said to Li Xinmin.

  "Oh? Who else has smelled the onion scent?", Li Xinmin immediately became tense and asked urgently.

  "Company Commander, I also asked around and it seems to be the smell of scallions. Later on, there was another smell that can't be described," "Me too!", "Company Commander, Liu Yongsheng and I both smelled it, and later Liu Yongsheng fainted and I had to carry him back!" said soldier Wang Baicheng.

  "Company Commander, what's wrong? Nothing's happened, has it?" Liu Wentao hastily asked.

  "They should have inhaled the poisonous gas of the devils, but I don't know what harm this kind of poisonous gas will bring to them," Li Xinmin explained.

  "But aren't they free now?" Liu Wentao asked again.

  "I'm afraid that these toxic gases will remain in their bodies and affect them later," said Li Xinmin with concern. Indeed, Li Xinmin's words came true, as all the soldiers were affected by the toxic gas, and later they fell ill one after another, although none of them had life-threatening diseases. However, it had a huge impact on their subsequent battles and lives. Some people had to leave the front-line troops ahead of time due to the suffering from illness and were assigned to work in logistics.

  "Is there anyone else who feels unwell? Or has found anything abnormal with their body?" Li Xinmin continued to ask.

  "Squad leader, my legs are a bit swollen, I don't know what's going on," said soldier Gao Yuxi at this time.

  "What's going on?", Li Xinmin found that his way of walking was very strange. "I don't know what's going on, it was just that during the explosion I didn't realize that my leg had been cut by some shrapnel, and I didn't think much of it, I simply bandaged it with gauze, but as I walked along this road, I found that my leg had no feeling, it was as if this leg wasn't mine." Gao Yuxi told Li Xinmin the detailed situation.

  Looking at Gao Yuxi's thighs, which were already swollen beyond recognition, Li Xinmin hastily asked the other soldiers, "Who else has been injured? Come out!" Several soldiers walked out of the crowd. Li Xinmin immediately had them expose their wounds and personally examined them. He found that six soldiers' wounds had severe swelling, while two others showed no signs of injury.

  "The wounded brothers are resting on this side, and the others have taken off their clothes and gone into the water to rinse off." Li Xinmin arranged for the wounded soldiers to wait under a few trees by the ditch for the doctors from headquarters. After setting up a guard, Li Xinmin led his men into the water and used clear water to wash the soldiers' bodies. Although he didn't know if this would be effective, there was no other way at present, so they could only try. In this way, the toxic gases and bacteria attached to their clothes could be eliminated.

  Fortunately, it's summer now, and the water temperature isn't very low. The warriors are taking a bath in the water. The warriors on the shore find some branches to start a bonfire. They put all the clothes of the warriors in the water next to the fire to dry them out.