Rise From Eight Hundred

"Sulfur bomb!"

"Poison gas bomb!"

Looking at the fireballs and strange colored smoke that exploded not far away.

The regular troops in Songjiang City were terrified.

Especially for the 67th Army that had fought against the Japanese army in the battlefield in North China, these two types of bombs were not unfamiliar to them.

The so-called "sulfur bomb" is actually the original version of the gasoline bomb, but in addition to the terrible effect of burning, it is also a "chemical weapon" that is banned internationally because some chemical agents such as white phosphorus are added to it.

However, the Japanese nakedly took out poison gas bombs, so what chemical weapons would they care about?

If any of these two bombs fell in the city, it would probably cause considerable casualties.

But obviously, the Japanese army's reserves of this special type of bomb are also limited, and their focus of attack is mainly on the warehouse city and residential areas that make them difficult to move.

Looking around, huge fireballs rose from two positions outside the city, accompanied by light green smoke drifting.

All the officers and soldiers of the security regiment who were still near the city wall were evacuated into various fortifications, and then covered their mouths and noses with wet cotton cloth.

This most primitive gas mask may still not be able to resist the invasion of poison gas, but it is the most effective way that the Chinese commanders can come up with.

Otherwise, once the gas bomb is fired, the war cannot be fought. Gas masks, such high-end gadgets, may only be available to the more affluent Central Army.

Once the two special shells of the Japanese army were fired, even Songjiang City, which had a complete fortification defense system, was trembling, not to mention the two positions that were being ravaged by artillery fire.

The first to bear the brunt was the Cangcheng position.

Because of the early warning of the Tang sword, the soldiers hiding in the underground anti-artillery caves left extremely small ventilation holes and covered them with gauze, and the rest of the gaps were firmly blocked with cloth. The gas bombs that bombarded seemed very powerful, and the light green smoke enveloped the entire Cangcheng, but in fact, they did not play a big role.

Moreover, because Cangcheng is relatively closed, the incendiary bombs that are constantly bombarded into Cangcheng explode, and the heat waves aroused cannot dissipate. Under the action of force, they can only go upwards. The poisonous gas is carried up to the sky by the air and heat waves, and the poisoning to the ground is very little.

It can be seen that the use of these two types of bombs in special environments does not achieve the effect of one plus one greater than one.

On the contrary, the "sulfur bomb" is the most harmful to the Cangcheng position.

This thing is a super combustion agent. There are a large number of houses in Cangcheng. Although many of them were damaged in several rounds of bombardment, there are still many houses.

Even though there is a small river running through Cangcheng, the Japanese army at least bombarded more than 100 "sulfur bombs" at Cangcheng, almost igniting the ground buildings of the entire Cangcheng. The huge heat caused by the burning made the soldiers who were several meters underground sweat profusely.

It was not only hot, but also frightened.

After the sound of the artillery stopped, Tang Dao specially sent people to go through the exit to take a look, but they were forced back by the terrible high temperature before they reached the main exit.

Fortunately, there were buckets prepared inside. After wearing wet quilts, the soldiers were able to walk out of the exit. Their eyes were full of blazing flames. There were many fish with their bellies turned upside down in the small river that passed through Cangcheng. Reaching in to explore, the extremely cold water in November was definitely suitable for hot springs.

However, the Japanese army did not start the attack when the bombardment ended.

The reason is very simple. Not only the sea of ​​fire in Cangcheng, but also the poison gas bombs that fell outside the city did not have any heat waves to carry the poison gas to the sky. They were still floating slowly on the ground!

Wearing a gas mask seems to be fearless of poison gas, but in fact, that thing will produce a lot of water mist when running, even if there is a device to defog, it will affect the line of sight.

If there are still Chinese people alive on the battlefield, they will have the opportunity to drag the Chinese people down before they die!

For the Japanese army that had already entered the front-line trenches, the best outcome was to sit and wait. If the poison gas could not kill the Chinese, then the burning fire could burn them to death, even if they had anti-artillery holes, which is how they roasted sweet potatoes.

The Japanese army was just a little bit away from success.

If Cangcheng had not experienced several bombardments and many houses were damaged, I am afraid that the scale of this fire would be two or three times larger than it is now.

Then, at least half of the Cangcheng defenders hiding underground would be roasted to the point of sizzling oil, and the fragrance would definitely spread throughout the city.

Although this level of burning is painful, it will never really roast people.

The Cangcheng defenders were able to escape the disaster because of the sharp artillery fire of the Japanese army.

But the densely packed residential areas were not so lucky.

The fire caused by the incendiary bombs made people feel the scorching heat waves from two or three hundred meters away.

The fires lit by the "incendiary bombs" everywhere looked like piles of bonfires from the city wall.

If nothing unexpected happens, a southeast wind will blow and the layers of houses will become a sea of ​​fire.

But this is what the two commanders want.

It will take at least one or two days to burn down so many houses! Anyway, the security team inside has basically withdrawn.

That is, Cangcheng is worrying.

There are still elite troops from the 67th Army and the 43rd Army there. At this time, the two commanders would rather give up the strategic location of Cangcheng and let Tang Dao and these hundreds of people withdraw.

However, as long as the fire continued to burn, Tang Dao and others could no longer retreat whenever they wanted. The road to the city through the block had become a dead end. If they wanted to retreat again, they could only go through the wilderness to the south city.

But could the Japanese give them this opportunity?

Of course it was impossible.

800 meters south of Cangcheng, the Japanese army had already begun to build field trenches.

"No matter what, the Chinese in these two positions are dead." Kunisaki Zheng, holding a telescope, looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction.

Since Tani Hisao, a brave general, could wait for the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade and not rush for success, he could afford to delay the time.

Without spending much manpower, these two hated Chinese troops could be killed, which was also a disguised response to Suematsu Shigeharu who had made things difficult for him.

Perhaps, the Chinese God saw all this.

So, the most common autumn rain in Jiangnan came.

Without heavy rain, the drizzle in late autumn in Jiangnan, China, could chill people to the bone marrow. The damp and cold feeling could even make the Heijiang people who lived in the extreme north of China shiver.

The air was far more humid than northerners could imagine. How bad was it? The Japanese who had just arrived in Jiangnan, China, had learned a lot.

The flames that were burning the camps were gradually extinguished.

The poison gas bombs that Kunisaki had high hopes for were eliminated invisibly under the nourishment of the drizzle.

"Baga!" Kunisaki stood in the drizzle, staring at the houses with white steam rising continuously.

That meant that his dream of using a big fire to roast the defenders who had no time to run away and not firing a single shot was shattered. He still had to send troops in.

However, the two special types of ammunition would still play a decisive role. The Japanese Army Major General did not believe that many Chinese could survive under such cruel conditions. Even if they were alive, they would probably have a few breaths left.

He only needed to send a small number of troops to search, and then send a large army to occupy the block completely.

There was nothing wrong with the Japanese Army Major General having such an idea.

The poison gas bombs did not play a big role in Cangcheng, but they were extremely terrifying in the densely packed streets.

The hiding places of the security group soldiers were basically simple basements. They might be able to hide from the explosion shock waves on the ground, but their defense against poison gas bombs was basically zero.

If the command had not made a prompt decision to let the security group withdraw into the city, the casualties from this round of poison gas bomb attacks alone would have exceeded 60%, and the remaining combat effectiveness would have been greatly reduced.

Coupled with the fire, the soldiers who could not bear the flames would definitely try to hide in places with waterways. Under such a double blow, there was no combat effectiveness there.

After waiting for 20 minutes, a full infantry squadron of Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks could not wait to brave the still steaming heat waves, divided into 9 small teams, and entered the street from various places.

As expected, there was almost no resistance.

The "dark street" that once caused the Japanese soldiers from two divisions to suffer head-breaking blood seemed to have become a dead place.