In the imagination of this Japanese army major general, he only needed to throw some fire starters to set a few or dozens of houses on fire. With the help of the wind, the fire could burn down all the densely packed Chinese houses with wood as the main structure.
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The Army University professor who once witnessed the tragedy caused by fires in wooden houses in Kyoto at close range firmly believed that his incendiary bomb strategy was enough to deal with the enemies hidden in these houses.
But the facts gave him a big blow. The power of throwing more than 2,000 incendiary bombs was naturally extremely huge. Just by visual inspection, more than a thousand houses were burned down. However, an area of more than 2 square kilometers was densely packed.
There are at least thousands of houses in the country, and these thousands of burned houses only account for one-third of them. There are still many houses that are intact, and it is not said that they were destroyed by the fire when the wind blew.
Is it possible that all Chinese houses are not afraid of fire? Sakai Tokutaro was puzzled. The humid weather alone was not the reason why the house could not be lit! He was sure that if 2,000 incendiary bombs fell on Kyoto,
It can almost burn the entire Kyoto to the ground.
The Japanese Army Major General had the right idea. A few years later, a new type of incendiary bomb dropped by American cowboys burned Kyoto, Japan into a sea of flames. The 10,000-ton incendiary bomb did not actually steam the Japanese people hiding in the air-raid shelter alive.
The main reason why rivers in Japan are boiling with incendiary bombs is that the biggest culprit is the burning of Japanese houses, which are mainly made of wood.
The short-legged people have actually worked hard to steal the wisdom from their powerful neighbors and develop themselves for thousands of years, but after all, they are still just newcomers in the development of civilization. When the Chinese nation has begun to have a society and an emperor, they
Most of them were still squatting under the trees picking up fruits to eat. With a linen piece covering their crotch and a stone bowl in their hand for drinking water, they were considered wealthy.
Even though the Jiangnan houses are very close together, not only the doors, windows and even the roof beams are made of burnable wood, but the exterior walls of every house are made of blue bricks, especially the spaces between each house.
The tall horse-headed wall is not used to prevent thieves, but to prevent fire. It is enough to ensure that a fire in a family will not affect the fish in the pond.
Otherwise, there is no need to wait for Sakai Tokutaro to launch any sulfur bombs. When the weather is dry, one family can run away from the water and turn this very close residential area into a sea of fire. This is what the Chinese nation has done in this area for thousands of years.
The wisdom of living on the land. The little short-legged people stole the wooden house construction from the Tang Dynasty in China thousands of years ago, but they did not learn how to prevent fires. In the face of the bombing of incendiary bombs, the house was not burned to the extreme and they could only burn themselves.
All steamed?
Not only this, the biggest reason why people in the economic center of Jiangnan dare to build their houses so close is not the horse head wall, but water, a lot of water. The reason why Jiangnan has become a water town is that the water system is extremely developed.
There is a moat with an average width of 33 meters outside Songjiang City. There are also four water gates built at the east, west, north and south gates. Four rivers even meander inside Songjiang City, becoming the main source of water for residents in the city. There was no running water in that era.
It is this kind of artesian water.
In fact, the same is true outside Songjiang City. The most important main river called the "city river" from Songjiang City to Cangcheng is the canal of merchants on Zhongshan West Road, but the small rivers extending from this river in the streets and alleys
There are no one knows how many ditches. The rich water system makes it difficult for the flames to burn down one house and then ignite another house with high temperature. At the same time, the continuous rain in recent months has also soaked the walls and houses, greatly reducing the
The possibility of burning due to rising temperature is eliminated.
Several factors intertwined to make the Japanese army's brimstone bombing lose the effect it was supposed to have.
Of course, it cannot be said that the one-hour bombardment by Sakai Tokutaro to persuade himself to give up his principles and use "chemical weapons" was ineffective. That was obviously a bit too idealistic. The Japanese army's more than one-hour bombardment still caused extreme damage to the outside of the West Castle and the interior of Cangcheng.
Big loss.
Although there is a river running through Cangcheng, at least 200 incendiary bombs were smashed into this military fortress. As a result, at least 80% of the houses in Cangcheng were ignited, and the huge heat caused by the combustion
The soldiers who were ten meters deep underground were sweating like rain.
Not only was it hot, but it was also frightening. After the sound of the cannons stopped, I sent someone to go through the exit to take a look. But before I could reach the main exit, I was forced back by the terrible high temperature. I looked for four people in a row.
After exiting, I finally got out in a place with a lower temperature. My eyes were filled with blazing fires. There were many fish with their belly turned over in the small river that passed through Cangcheng. I stretched my hand in to explore.
The already extremely cold water in November is definitely suitable for hot spring bathing.
The terrible fire did not even allow the Japanese army to take advantage of the cessation of bombardment to launch an attack. No one believed that anyone could survive in such a fire, whether he went to heaven or escaped to the ground, turned into a roast chicken in the sky, or screamed when hiding underground.
Huaji is a roast chicken hidden in the house. This is how the chicken is cooked.
The Japanese's idea is absolutely correct. If they hadn't seen the warning flare sent by the 152nd Regiment Headquarters and ran fast enough, half of the people hiding underground who were still qualified to sweat might have been burned into roast pigs.
The fluid may be oil rather than sweat.
The four infantry companies responsible for defending the four sides of Cangcheng each posted 4 guard posts with a total of 16 people. Only 5 people survived the raging fire and poisonous gas, and they all suffered varying degrees of burns and poisonous injuries.
, after quickly transporting the wounded to underground pipelines and sending them to Songjiang City for emergency medical treatment, Lei Xiong held a short meeting with the commander of the third battalion of the 152nd Infantry Regiment and the commanders of the three infantry companies.
The message from the regiment headquarters has made it very clear that if Cangcheng is found to be difficult to hold, they can withdraw to the city and continue fighting. The task of blocking the enemy in Cangcheng has been completed. But almost no one is willing to retreat. More than 200 people from the 3rd Battalion of the 152nd Infantry Regiment died in the battle.
In Cangcheng, Lei Xiong's 80-man infantry company also killed nearly 30 people. It would be disrespectful to our comrades to leave like this.
Although there was a fire in Cangcheng, the city wall and moat were still there, and there were still more than 200 fighting soldiers. As long as the Japanese dared to attack, they would definitely make them pay an unimaginable price.
Before going to the battlefield, you may still be afraid of life and fear of death. Only soldiers who have been on the battlefield can know that when you see your comrades who have been together day and night lying like a cold corpse at your feet, or
You were blown apart by artillery shells and can never be found again. Death has made you numb. What you fear most is no longer death or the hail of bullets that can bring death. It is that you cannot kill more enemies and replace your comrades.
Take revenge.
Normal humanity is always destroyed in gunfire, but the tenacity of soldiers is rebuilt.
While the flames were still raging, the soldiers who emerged from the ground held their weapons and hid in the fortifications, waiting for the Japanese army to attack. Or, like their colleagues, they spread their blood on this large warehouse for storing and transporting goods in the south of the Yangtze River.
Either on the wall of the warehouse, or with the enemy's corpse lying on the land of Jiangnan, China, there is no second choice.
Qingpi was also staring at the monstrous fire. At least one-third of the houses outside the entire West City were ignited by the Japanese army's terrifying incendiary bombs, including the land where he was located. A large number of wooden houses in the Zen monastery were emitting thick smoke and spitting flames.
, allowing Qingpi, who is more than 40 meters above the ground, to feel the terrifying high temperature caused by the violent combustion.
His hair had become curly, and he had taken off his clothes because he couldn't stand the heat. The shirtless 22-year-old young man was covered in oil and sweat. He glanced at the green-skinned little guy next to him with fear and a little excitement in his eyes.
Somewhat depressed, he slapped the little head that poked his head out to look, "What are you looking at? Why don't you hide away from me, you idiot!"
"You said I was a drag, but without me, I would have been cooked long ago..." The 12-year-old boy with a melon-skin hairstyle rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, but he shrank back obediently.
Qingpi had a wry smile on his face. It seemed that what the little oil bottle said was true. Without this little guy, he would really be a roast pig.
The moment Qingpi saw the three red flares that had been agreed before the war to represent the highest warning shot into the sky, he ordered all the remaining soldiers under his command to carry the bodies of the dead brothers they could find and evacuate into the underground pipes, but he himself
According to the regulations that one person per infantry platoon should be left as a guard post, they chose to stay on the ground.
If it were before the war, 80% of the time it would be impossible to leave a guard post, and the remaining 20% would probably be decided by everyone except him, the platoon leader, by rolling dice.
Come and be the unlucky guy. The mortality rate left on the ground, even with the intensity of the Japanese shelling, was over 70%. So what is that if not the unlucky guy?
However, Qingpi, who had fought a solid battle with a Japanese infantry team, was no longer the same Qingpi. He not only had to avenge his future wife, but also was responsible for the remaining 30 people. If he could not complete the task of delaying the Japanese army for 5 hours,
According to military orders, they are likely to die collectively in this hell-like battlefield.
The fair-skinned colonel with a body as upright as a pine is definitely a man of his word. He can be sure that when that guy says that the underground pipeline will be closed, it will be closed. At that time, he and the 30 people under his command will be dead. Already
As soon as the main force of the Japanese army, who hated them so much, arrived, they would dig out the people hiding underground and kill them one by one.
You can't hide, so you can only fight and continue fighting as before. It is necessary to remind everyone that they can enter the security post on the ground. Otherwise, when the Japanese army enters the battlefield, you and others are still underground, which is very dangerous.
The Japanese might have blocked it in an underground pipe, and maybe they would have dropped a few big bombs and everyone would have been destroyed.
However, as one of the famous Songjiang Three Pests, Qingpi also had his own little wisdom. He did not want to die easily before killing twenty Japanese Japs. He set his sights on Xilin Temple, which was not far from here.
Naturally, he fell in love with Xilin Temple not because the Buddha's halo can avoid bullets, but because of the 46-meter-high Xilin Pagoda in the backyard of Xilin Temple, which not only allowed him to climb high and overlook the movements of the Japanese army, but also gave him sufficient safety protection. Unless
It was bad luck that the Japanese army's shot hit the Xilin Tower which was not too wide...
If that's the case, he can only admit that he is unlucky.
In fact, after driving the brothers underground, Qingpi, who was alone in carrying a light machine gun, two official rifles among the brothers who died in the battle, a shell gun, 8 grenades and 500 rounds of ammunition, did not intend to regard himself as a warning at all.
Instead, he was prepared to risk his life and use Xilin Tower as his firepower point.
Qingpi, who has become more and more like a real soldier, has a premonition that if the commanding height overlooking the whole city is occupied by the Japanese army, it will cause terrible damage to the brothers fighting in the houses and alleys, so he decides to strike first.
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When the Japanese army started shelling, Qingpi was running towards Xilin Temple. As soon as he reached the temple, he was knocked over by the shock wave of a 105-caliber high-explosive bomb that exploded 50 meters away and fainted. It was extremely unlucky. If nothing else happened,
If so, the green skin that was thrown away by the main hall door would either be suffocated to death by the poisonous gas or roasted by the fire in about ten minutes, and it would still smell fragrant.