After bursts of "Boom Boom", countless small bright spots appeared in the air, just like blooming bright and beautiful flowers. These small bright spots slowly fell down, and then dispersed throughout the city...
Li Yunlong was still loudly ordering the people around him and the militiamen to lie down and stop running around, but when he saw this scene, he immediately realized that something was wrong.
Sure enough, after a while, little bits of flames were burning everywhere in the city.
Yellow phosphorus incendiary bombs are different from viscous gasoline bombs. Viscose gasoline bombs will burn themselves and generate high temperatures until they burn out. Yellow phosphorus produces more high temperatures that ignite flammable materials.
Therefore, the latter is slower to catch fire and may not even have a ignition head if it is attached to an object that is not easy to burn.
Obviously, yellow phosphorus bombs are much less powerful than napalm bombs.
But even so, it is still very dangerous to light multiple fires in a city full of wooden houses... This is also the reason why arson has always been a felony in ancient times, because most of the houses are made of wood and are connected one to another. , it is difficult to control once it burns.
Even until this time, there were people who were telling the time and shouting: "The weather is dry and things are dry, be careful of the candles."
Li Yunlong had grown up in such an environment since he was a child. Of course he understood the dangers involved. He secretly said something bad and immediately ordered: "Organize firefighting immediately!"
Li Yunlong's order said "organize fire fighting immediately" rather than "organize troops to fight fire immediately" because he knew that the Japanese would definitely not leave the Eighth Route Army idle at this time.
Sure enough, before Li Yunlong finished speaking, the gunfire from the Japanese side rang out. Following the sound of the gunfire, there was a new round of Japanese attack.
And this round of attack is from four directions at the same time...
At this time, the purpose of the Japanese was not to let go of the east side and shake the morale of the troops and people in the city, but to attract the Eighth Route Army's manpower and material resources so that they could not devote themselves to fighting the fire.
If the Eighth Route Army fails to put out the fire, internal and external embarrassment may occur. As a result, the Eighth Route Army will become busier and more chaotic, and the city will be close to being broken.
In fact, it was not just the yellow phosphorus bombs, but the spies and spies placed by the Japanese in the city also played a role.
These spies were originally used by the Japanese to incite the people to rebel, but they didn't expect that Ning Jie was immediately suppressed by firing a few shots into the air. The people were not in chaos and they, the spies, did not dare to act rashly. Otherwise, there would be no three hundred taels of silver here. Don't bring it upon yourself.
Now the Japanese had room to play their role in firing incendiary bombs. It looked like no one was setting fire to anything. Everyone thought it was a yellow phosphorus bomb and no one would be suspicious.
Suddenly, fire broke out in the city, while the Japanese outside the city seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack. For a while, the fighting was fierce both inside and outside.
It should be said that this was Fangtaro Hayashi's mistake.
If he had used this "octopus bomb" to set fire to the enemy as soon as he came up, the people would have thought that the Japanese would definitely win. If the two of them were combined, the city would be in chaos. Even if Ning Jie fired his gun into the sky, it would not be a big deal.
However, Yoshitaro Hayashi set the fire only after he launched a wave of attacks and failed.
Setting fire at this time was not to say that it was impossible, but that the people in the city had already gained confidence in the Eighth Route Army and had organized a large-scale militia... The total number of people was more than 7,000, which was not a small number.
These more than 7,000 people may not be able to fight the Japanese at the city wall defense line. Most of them have never even touched a gun, let alone fought.
But if fighting is not possible, it is still possible to put out fires in the city. They are familiar with the terrain and know where the wells are, they know which streets are connected to each other, they know which alleys are in danger of catching fire, and they know which houses need to be pulled down in advance to prevent the spread of fire...
They didn't even need an Eighth Route Army organization or command. They spontaneously put out fires and rescued people in their respective areas. At the same time, they sent out patrols to look for new fire sources and spies who set fires.
In fact, the people have no choice but to do this, because what is being burned is their home, which is directly related to the safety of their own lives and property. It is painful, and of course they will actively organize it.
But even so, this is still an uphill battle.
The main reason is that the fire fighting team and the fire will block traffic, making it impossible for the logistics troops transporting ammunition to deliver ammunition to the defense line in time. In addition, the fire may also spread to the warehouses storing supplies, so the entire city is busy, and people are trapped from time to time.
Burned to death in a fire or killed and injured by a collapsed building.
Wang Xuexin also received relevant information.
The intelligence was somewhat lagging behind, because the radio signals near Datong were all subject to indiscriminate interference, and it was impossible for intelligence personnel to hold the telephone line to the front line to observe the situation, so they had to walk back until they were out of the interference area before they could send a report.
It was already more than an hour later when the information was received, and the battle in Datong was still going on... There was no need for reconnaissance at this point, because the sound of Japanese artillery bombardment of Datong could be heard from a long distance.
Chen Songyong said anxiously: "Captain, something is not good! Even if Datong can withstand this wave of bombings, if the Japanese come back a few more times or with mixed bombings..."
Wang Xuexin understood what Chen Songyong meant.
There are still five or six hours before dawn. If the Japanese can use incendiary bombs to explode once, of course they can do so a second time and a third time.
What's even worse is actually the mixed bombing that Chen Songyong mentioned.
The so-called mixed bombing means that the enemy mixes poison gas bombs and incendiary bombs...
Gas bombs require people to hide in their homes with closed doors and windows.
However, the incendiary bombs required people to put out the fire outside.
How will the people choose then?
Or no matter what the choice is: you will be burned to death if you hide at home, and you will be poisoned to death if you go out...
If the Japanese attack Datong while conducting mixed bombings, Datong will be in danger.
But what can Wang Xuexin do?
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin suddenly had an idea. He raised his head and ordered: "'La 5' immediately took off from Longxi and threw the order into the city in the form of message bottles! Pay attention, prepare more message bottles!"
Chen Songyong was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands: "That's right! Although the Japanese have blocked the radio signal, they can't block our fighter planes!"
Then without saying a word, he turned around and went to get ready.
Li Yunlong's side was being devastated by the Japs' incendiary bombs. He was directing the troops to fight the attacking Japs while directing the artillery installation.
Although it was not suitable for artillery to be set up at this time, because there were fires everywhere that had not been completely extinguished, people were running back and forth on the streets, and it was almost impossible for cars pulling artillery to move on the streets.
But Li Yunlong knew that the war situation waits for no one, and no matter what difficulties it is, it must be resolutely overcome, otherwise the Eighth Route Army will have artillery but cannot use it, and will be suppressed and beaten by the Japanese throughout the whole process.
Finally, the artillery was set up, and just when Li Yunlong was preparing to launch a counterattack against the Japanese artillery, the "rumble" of airplanes was heard in the sky again.
Li Yunlong secretly said bad, the Japanese incendiary bombs are coming again!