Looking at the fireballs and strange-colored smoke exploding not far away.
The regular troops in Songjiang City looked panicked.
Especially for the 67th Army who had fought with the Japanese army on the North China battlefield, these two types of ammunition were not unfamiliar to them.
The so-called "brimstone bombs" are actually the original version of gasoline bombs. However, in addition to the terrible burning effect, some chemical agents such as white phosphorus are added to them, which are also internationally prohibited "chemical weapons".
It’s just that the Japanese have even taken out poison gas bombs, so why do they care about chemical weapons?
If either of these two types of bombs falls in the city, it will probably cause a lot of casualties.
But it is obvious that the Japanese army has limited reserves of this special type of ammunition, and the focus of their attacks is mainly on Cangcheng and residential areas that make it difficult for them to move.
Looking around, huge fireballs were rising from two positions outside the city, accompanied by light green smoke.
All the officers and soldiers of the security regiment who were still near the city wall were evacuated into various fortifications, and then wet cotton cloth with clean water was placed over their mouths and noses.
This most primitive gas mask may still not be able to resist the attack of poisonous gas, but it is already the most effective method that Chinese commanders can come up with.
Otherwise, once these gas bombs are fired, the war will be impossible to fight. High-end gadgets like gas masks may only be available to the Central Military Commission, which is more wealthy.
Once these two special artillery shells were fired by the Japanese army, even Songjiang City, which has a complete fortification defense system, trembled, let alone the two positions that were being ravaged by artillery fire.
The first to bear the brunt was the Cangcheng position.
Because of Tang Dao's warning, the soldiers hiding in the underground bomb-proof caves left very small ventilation holes and covered them with gauze. The other gaps were firmly blocked with cloth. The gas bombs that were blasted looked very powerful.
Wow, light green smoke enveloped the entire Cangcheng, but it actually didn't have much effect.
Moreover, because Cangcheng itself is relatively airtight, after the incendiary bombs that are constantly bombarded into Cangcheng explode, the heat waves caused cannot escape. They can only move upward under the action of force. Instead, the poisonous gas is carried up into the sky by the air waves and heat waves.
, the poison to the ground is very little.
It can be seen that these two types of ammunition are used in special circumstances and do not achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than one.
On the contrary, the most harmful thing to the Cangcheng position was the 'brimstone bomb'.
This thing is a super accelerant, and there are a lot of houses in Cangcheng. Although a lot of them were damaged in several rounds of shelling, there are still many houses left.
Even though there is a small river running through the interior of Cangcheng, the Japanese army shelled at least more than a hundred 'brimstone bombs' into this area of Cangcheng, almost igniting the entire above-ground buildings in Cangcheng. The huge heat caused by the burning penetrated deep into the ground.
The soldiers who were several meters away were sweating profusely.
That is not only hot, but also scary.
After the sound of the cannons stopped, Tang Dao specially sent people to go through the exit to take a look at the top. As a result, he was forced back by the terrible high temperature before he could reach the main exit.
Fortunately, there were buckets prepared inside and they were covered with soaked quilts. The soldiers were able to walk out of the exit. Their eyes were filled with blazing fires, and there were a lot of tumbling fires in the small river that crossed Cangcheng.
Fish in your belly, reach in and take a look, the water which is already extremely cold in November is definitely suitable for hot spring bathing.
However, the Japanese army did not take advantage of the end of the bombardment to start the attack.
The reason is very simple. Not only the sea of fire in Cangcheng, but also the poisonous gas bombs that fell outside the city did not have the heat wave to bring the poisonous gas to the sky. They were still slowly floating on the ground!
Wearing a gas mask seems to be awesome because you are not afraid of poisonous gas, but in fact, that thing will produce a lot of water mist when running, and even if there is a device to remove the fog, it will affect your vision.
In case there are still Chinese people alive on the battlefield, we must not give the Chinese people a chance to put on their backs before they die!
For the Japanese troops who have entered the front-line trenches, the best outcome is to sit and wait. The poison gas cannot poison the Chinese, but the burning fire can also burn the Chinese to death. Even if they have anti-blast holes, this is how they bake sweet potatoes.
Cooked.
The Japanese army was just a hair away from succeeding.
If Cangcheng had not experienced several shellings and many houses were damaged, I am afraid that the scale of this fire would have been two or three times larger than it is now.
Then, at least half of the Cangcheng defenders hiding underground will be roasted until they are sizzling with oil, and the fragrance will definitely spread throughout the city.
Although burning at this level is painful, it will never completely roast a person.
The defenders of Cangcheng managed to escape the disaster because of the sharp Japanese artillery fire.
But densely populated residential areas are not so lucky.
The fire caused by the incendiary bombs can cause people to feel the scorching heat wave from two to three hundred meters away.
The fires lit by "incendiary bombs" everywhere looked like piles of bonfires from the city wall.
If nothing unexpected happens, if a southeasterly wind blows like this, the stacked residential buildings will turn into a sea of fire.
However, for the two commanders, it was a dream.
With so many houses, if you want to burn them all, it will take a day or two anyway! Anyway, the security team inside has basically withdrawn.
That is, Cangcheng is worrying.
There are still two elites of the 67th Army and the 43rd Army there. At this time, the two commanders would rather give up the strategic position of Cangcheng than let Tang Dao and these hundreds of people withdraw.
However, as long as the fire continues to burn, it is no longer possible for Tang Dao and others to evacuate if they want. The road to the city through the neighborhoods has become a dead end. If they want to evacuate again, they can only take a detour through the wilderness to the south city.
But can the Japanese give them this opportunity?
It is naturally impossible.
To the south, 800 meters away from Cangcheng, the Japanese army had already begun to build field trenches.
“No matter what, the Chinese in these two positions are dead.” Kunizaki, holding a telescope, looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction.
Since Hisao Tani, a tough general, can wait for the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade without rushing for success, he can afford to delay.
It doesn't take much force to kill these two hated squadrons, which can be regarded as a disguised response to Shigeharu Suematsu who put small shoes on him.
Perhaps China’s God has seen all this.
So, the most common autumn rain in the south of the Yangtze River came.
It doesn’t require heavy rain. The drizzle in late autumn in the south of the Yangtze River in China can chill people into the bone marrow. The feeling of dampness and coldness can even make people from Heijiang, who live in the far north of China, shiver.
The air is far more humid than people in the north imagined. The Japanese who first arrived in Jiangnan, China, have gained a lot of experience.
The flames that seemed to be burning the whole camp were gradually extinguished.
Those poisonous gas bombs that Kunizaki had high hopes for were wiped out invisible by the moistening of drizzle.
“Baga!” Kunizaki stood in the drizzle, dumbfounded, looking at the houses with white water vapor rising continuously.
That means that the defenders who had no time to escape would be roasted as sweet potatoes by relying on a fire, but his dream of not having to waste a single shot came to nothing. He still had to send troops into it.
However, the two special types of ammunition will still play a decisive role. The Japanese Army Major General does not believe how many Chinese people can survive under such cruel conditions. Even if they are alive, they probably will not have a few breaths.
He only needs to deploy a small number of troops to search, and then send a large army to garrison, and he can completely occupy this neighborhood.
There is nothing wrong with the Japanese Army Major General having such an idea.
Poison gas bombs are not very effective in Cangcheng, but they are extremely terrifying in neighborhoods with densely packed houses.
The hiding places of the security regiment soldiers are basically simple basements. They may be able to avoid the explosion shock wave on the ground, but their defense against poison gas bombs is basically zero.
If the headquarters had not made a prompt decision to allow the security group to withdraw into the city, just this round of gas bomb attacks would have caused more than 60% casualties, and the remaining combat effectiveness would have been greatly reduced.
Together with the fire, the soldiers who were unbearable by the flames would definitely try their best to escape to places with waterways. Under such a double blow, there would still be little combat effectiveness left.
After waiting for 20 minutes, a squadron of Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks eagerly braved the steaming heat wave, divided into nine small groups, and entered the neighborhood from various places.
As expected, there was almost no resistance.
The "dark neighborhood" that once caused the Japanese troops from the two divisions to suffer a bloody blow seemed to have turned into a dead place.
