Chapter 1103, the trend of breaking bamboo
Some Japanese soldiers from frontier positions were still standing on the front line. Seeing the thick poisonous smoke in the rear swallowing most of the positions, the strongholds and military camps, the poisonous smoke was filled with the tragic struggles of their compatriots. These soldiers were immediately frightened. Although the poisonous smoke did not spread in this direction, many Japanese soldiers did not have the experience of dealing with poisonous gas bombs, and they did not know the principle of these poisonous gases at all. They only knew that once they inhaled poisonous gas, they would definitely feel in pain.
Soon, some timid soldiers could no longer hold on and began to tremble and said some incoherent words.
"We will die, we will die. When the poisonous gas comes, the poisonous gas is right next to us."
"What should I do? I don't want to die?"
"I don't want to die like this, what should I do? What are these things?"
"I, I feel uncomfortable, I already feel uncomfortable, it's over, it's over, it's poisoning!"
The fear virus quickly spread in the trenches. The Japanese soldiers were uneasy, but after being stimulated by these remarks, they felt something was wrong. They didn't know what the poisonous smoke was, nor did they know how they inhaled the poisonous smoke, and they were even more uncertain whether they were poisoned now!
The officers issued loud orders along the trenches, so that the soldiers were not allowed to discuss any more and that they were all on the front and not waver.
But at this moment, a soldier, who had already been tortured by months of war mental torture, could no longer bear the torment of this moment. He suddenly shouted, then picked up the rifle in his hand and ran out of the trenches, and charged towards the Chinese position opposite.
While charging, he shouted: "I don't want to die under the poisonous gas, I would rather die in battle!"
With the first person's mental breakdown, many people around him were soon severely affected. Among these people, there were serious anti-war sentiments, some serious main war sentiments, and some timid and cowardly. These people were either prone to excitement or had too many bonds in their hearts, which could not be resolved for a while and suddenly broke out.
Not long after, the second soldier followed out of the trenches and rushed towards the Chinese position. Soon, this suicide charge was like a flood of dams. Many soldiers followed out of the position with the feeling of being relieved of suffering.
The officers rushed forward and stopped him, but where could they stop him? However, in the face of this situation, they didn't know what to do. If these soldiers fled backwards, they could shoot and kill them. But now these soldiers are charging towards the enemy's positions. Can they still attack this desperate battle?
"Everyone is back, no movement is allowed. Everyone is holding their positions, no movement is allowed!" The officers shouted bitterly, but the effect is not very big. The soldiers who were already determined to die still climbed out of the trenches one after another, and in a blink of an eye, there was a strong attack.
At the same time, on the opposite Chinese position, soldiers wearing gas masks discovered traces of the attack of Japanese soldiers. At first they thought they were really a desperate charge, but soon found that the enemy had climbed out of the trenches in groups of three or three to launch a charge. So far, there were only dozens of Japanese soldiers.
Although the Chinese soldiers were not sure what happened, since there were Japanese devils who were desperate, they were of course happy to send each other away. A heavy machine gun immediately ejected fire tongues, and the sound of rifle shooting came from the surrounding infantry strongholds.
In just a few minutes, all dozens of Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground.
At this time, the Japanese frontier positions finally stabilized the soldiers' emotions, and no one continued to charge in despair.
But at the same time, the places behind the poison gas have shown obvious results, and large areas of positions have become silent. Military camps, villages, streets, alleys, city gates and other places, alleys lying on the ground are all human figures, some are motionless, and some are still twitching.
Most people who suffer from chlorine poisoning can be rescued if they are rescued in time, but they will have sequelae due to the length of the poisoning period. However, the Chinese team sent poison gas bombs in twelve places at once. The Japanese army not only caught off guard, but also lacked necessary emergency measures. Many people only knew how to escape and did not consider going to rescue them.
Until an hour later, the sky gradually became darker, and many surviving Japanese soldiers gathered in some safe areas of the city, and formed a temporary emergency team under the command of a few senior officers. Those senior officers who knew about poison gas bombs personally went down to the middle of the soldier group to demonstrate the simplest rescue measures.
Then, when the poison gas was almost spreading, the safety zone sent more than a dozen teams to the nearby urban area to rescue the poisoned soldiers. But even so, the Japanese army still faced a major problem, that is, how to rescue such a large number of casualties? Can military doctors be busy? Are there enough detoxification supplies?
But at this time, there is no way to worry about so many people. How many people can be rescued is counted as many people. Even if they cannot be rescued, they will have to bring back the body.
At first, the Japanese side was very glad that the Chinese team used poison gas bombs to destroy most positions and military camps, causing more than 20,000 soldiers to lose their combat effectiveness for a while, but did not take this opportunity to launch an attack and conquer Chunchuan in one fell swoop. However, when night came, the Japanese army realized that today's battle was not over. The Chinese heavy artillery troops had already aimed at their position, and just waited for the Japanese army to breathe a sigh of relief, and launched a continuous round of artillery bombardment.
Chunchuan City was first attacked by poison gas, but then it was hit by artillery fire, which was truly miserable.
Chunchuan in the darkness gradually burned under the cover of artillery fire. Although this was not the first night artillery attack by the Chinese team, due to the influence of poisonous gas bombs during the day, the impact of today's artillery attack was very serious. On the one hand, many poisoned soldiers lost their ability to move and could only be bombed by artillery shells. On the other hand, the artillery attack caused many fires in the city. Due to the lack of sufficient personnel to rescue, the fire became more and more vigorous, and was even to an uncontrollable level.
This night was not easy for everyone in Chunchuan City. Whether it was ordinary people or Japanese soldiers, they had reached the point of living like a year. In the darkness, there were no other fireworks in the world besides the burning fire. The usual artillery attacks could also hear various screams, but today it was very different. There were not many screams around, and even gave people a sense of empty silence.
It was not until dawn the next day, and the entire Chunchuan was devastated. What could be seen everywhere were ruined ruins. The bloodstains, limbs, scorched earth in the ruins, and the sights were simply messy. The Japanese army's command system had severe faults, and the wing and brigade commands were almost completely paralyzed. The division command could only directly command the brigade, squadron and squadron.
Japanese soldiers also planned to count the casualties, but unfortunately there were too many corpses, and there were many corpses that could not be found. Without one or two months, there was no way to count them.
Late last night, the 18th Division Command took the lead in evacuating Chunchuan City, stationed in a small village in the southern suburbs, and sent people to contact the commanders of the three divisions of the two outside. What is certain is that the 20th Division Command was unfortunately attacked by poison gas bombs, and the command was unable to evacuate, and most people were not spared. Moreover, the rescue progress was greatly delayed after dark, which eventually led to the failure of rescue by many officers in the command.
The commander-in-chief of the 20th Division, Lieutenant General Shigeta Onodera, was confirmed to have died, and the Chief of Staff and twenty aides were also killed. Only a few adjutants survived after rescue, but they still lost their ability to move and speak, and they were almost useless people.
Chai Shengsanlang attempted to regain the situation and stabilize the defense line on Chunchuan battlefield, but just as he was actively contacting various troops, a staff officer staggered and ran into the camp tent, panting and reported to Chai Shengsanlang: "General, general, big things... big things are not good, the Chinese airship... is here again, it is already above Chunchuan City!"
"What?" Chai Shengsanlang was shocked and quickly ran out of the camp tent, picked up his telescope and looked north. Sure enough, he saw the shadows of six airships appearing in the distance in the sky.
"The Chinese are going to kill us!" The staff officer following behind said in a sigh.
"They... they really want to use poison gas bombs continuously. Damn, damn!" Chai Shengsanro threw the telescope in his hand to the ground and cursed loudly.
Now Chunchuan City is in chaos, with 70,000 or 80,000 troops and more than 100,000 ordinary people like headless flies. Even though the actual damage caused by poisonous gas bombs is not as serious as expected, it is the first time that this terrible biological and chemical weapon was encountered. The fear of "unknown" is the most difficult to calm down. In addition, the bombing last night caused heavy damage to the previous attacks, which had already fooled everyone.
Today, the Chinese team will release poison gas bombs again. It is not difficult to imagine that it will cause a more severe situation than yesterday.
Chai Saburo even developed a sense that if this war failed, it was really a failure. China could develop poison gas bombs as weapons, and its heart was used on the actual battlefield, which shows China's determination and military strength.
Japan has long been at its end of its reach, the economic downturn is out of control, the government is heavily in debt, and the people are in poverty. How can we fight against the Chinese in this state?
Even with Britain's unremitting support, the British and French coalition forces on the European battlefield did not improve. How long can Britain last for one's own efforts?
"It's over. Once Chunchuan breaks the dam, our main force of the Japanese Empire will never recover from this. This war has failed." Chai Saburo took a deep breath and murmured inexplicably painfully.
Chapter completed!