"Ah? But sir, there are still more than two hundred rounds of artillery shells."
The artillery battalion commander was a little confused. Logically speaking, the remaining shells would be fired in ten minutes. He expressed his confusion about the retreat at this juncture.
"Leave some people behind, set explosives on the cannonballs, destroy them all, and the others should withdraw from their positions immediately, as fast as possible."
The successive battles in the past have made Krupp very familiar with the patterns of the Japanese navy. The enemy can counterattack within 20 minutes after one's own fire is fired.
Moreover, the 203mm naval gun has a very long range and is very powerful. It is difficult to protect one's own side from being affected during a saturation strike.
The Japanese army has artillery observation points outside Yangon City. Their artillery position is too close. It is easy to quickly locate the approximate location based on ballistic analysis and the sound of artillery fire.
You must know that the 203 naval gun can flatten the top of a hill with one shot. If he resists the attacks of the three heavy cruisers on this unobstructed slope, he knows what the result will be. He doesn't want to just occupy the point. It's so cheap that it's so cheap.
The Japanese army has artillery observation points outside Yangon City. Their artillery position is too close. It is easy to quickly locate the approximate location based on ballistic analysis and the sound of artillery fire.
He also remembered Li Liansheng's last instructions verbatim, that the shooting time should not exceed 15 minutes, and when the time was up, he had to evacuate immediately regardless of whether the shells were fired or not.
A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye, because there was no need to worry about the 92nd Infantry Artillery. The artillerymen quickly withdrew from their positions in an orderly manner, and placed explosive packets next to the ammunition boxes one after another.
After everything was settled, the artillery battalion commander directed the soldiers who stayed behind to open the fuse.
The burning fuse was chirping with green smoke on the ground. The battalion commander took one last look and felt relieved. Just as they were about to retreat, they vaguely heard the roar of artillery fire coming from the direction of the harbor in the distance.
"Damn it! Run!" the battalion commander screamed, turning around and running without caring about anything else.
Seeing that their officers had given up, the soldiers also ran down the mountain desperately.
About three or four seconds later, a huge explosion sounded on another mountain not far away. Countless shells fell into it, instantly splashing a lot of dust.
The ground beneath their feet seemed to be shaking uncontrollably. Seeing this scene, the eyes of the retreating artillery battalion were full of horror.
Especially those at the back, seeing that they had just passed death, they ran down the mountain even more crazily, only regretting that they had lost a pair of legs.
The impact point was not in a fixed area, and soon the second wave of shells crossed the sky and hit the artillery position behind them.
Those 92 infantry cannons were swept into the sky like kites with broken strings, exploded into pieces, and their wreckage parts were scattered all over the ground.
The explosives planted by the soldiers were detonated together with the remaining gas bombs, and the scene became quite explosive, but the light gas emitted by the explosion of the shells seemed a little insignificant in the light of the fire.
The artillery battalion commander who had just run out of the shelling range looked back and saw that the position he had just been in and a large area nearby had become the targets of the Japanese attack. He couldn't help but secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he evacuated quickly, otherwise he would have to evacuate quickly. The explanation is there.
The Japanese naval gunfire range covered a large area north of Yangon City, and one round after another lasted for more than ten minutes.
Although the counterattack was fierce, it seemed to be of little use. Except for the destruction of more than a dozen 92 infantry guns and the remaining poison gas bombs, there was basically no harm to anyone.
At this time, the little devils in Yangon City were in bad luck. Krupp and the others launched nearly three tons of poison gas bombs. The poisonous fog in the sky gradually spread to the entire city with the blessing of the wind direction.
Various nearby positions were also affected, and a large number of Japanese soldiers who did not wear gas masks at the first time suffered greatly.
Strictly speaking, phosgene bombs are not lethal biochemical weapons. If they are only slightly inhaled, respiratory tract irritation symptoms will not be obvious. Early reactions are mainly nausea, dizziness, coughing and chest tightness. In severe cases, rapid wheezing and shortness of breath will occur. Coughing up blood and phlegm, etc.
However, the lethality of phosgene mainly exists in the later stages. There is an incubation period from the inhalation of phosgene to the occurrence of alveolar pulmonary edema. It is usually six to fifteen hours, but may also be two hours or less. It all depends on the constitution and concentration of the inhaler. .
However, the concentration of these phosgene bombs produced by the Japs is very high. Especially at four or five o'clock in the morning, most soldiers are still asleep. Many Japs inhaled a large amount of poison in Xilihutu. After they reacted, It's too late.
In the center of the poison spread, those Japanese soldiers died of reflex respiratory failure and cardiac arrest within minutes after being poisoned.
More people were coughing up blood and had difficulty breathing. Although they did not go to see their Amaterasu immediately, they could only wait for the end of their lives on the ground.
For a time, several Japanese city defense positions were littered with corpses. Within half an hour of being attacked, at least two thousand Japanese soldiers died from the attack of phosgene bombs.
The garrison in the city was not feeling well either. As the wind shifted, more and more people were affected. In addition to those who died directly, more little devils developed moderate acute toxic reactions. Pulmonary edema and coughing up blood became a common phenomenon.
Unfortunately, for inhaled gas bombs such as phosgene, in addition to using a gas mask, you can also use a wet towel to protect your mouth and nose. The effect may not be that good, but it can play some protective role.
Now the Japanese army's field hospitals are overcrowded. A large number of Japanese who have inhaled poisonous gas have been sent here to wait for treatment. However, they don't have so many doctors and medicines. They can't cure them at all. Most of them are sent here to die.
These may not be fatal for the time being, but what awaits them are more painful subsequent symptoms a few hours later.
In order to stabilize the overall situation, the Japanese middle- and high-level officers could only go to the front lines and various strongholds in person, replace a large number of troops, and reorganize the soldiers to do defense work.
At around six o'clock, a huge airship took off from Yongsheng Town and slowly sailed towards the frontline position of the expeditionary force. The silver-white hull is chubby like a big balloon, with the navy's logo clearly printed on it.
This is a K74 airship borrowed from an American boss. It originally belonged to the U.S. Navy. I don’t know what method Stilwell used to get a lot of them. Not long ago, Liao Mingyu borrowed one from him. It is very good for artillery trajectory correction when there is air superiority.
At this time, Liao Mingyu was standing on a high ground, looking energetically at the battlefield that was about to fall into chaos.
The slightly raised corners of his mouth seemed to be sure of victory, and there was no hint of fatigue on his face. Instead, there was a fierce and menacing light like a tiger's, as if he was waiting for prey to fall into his mouth, filled with murderous intent.
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At present, the three artillery regiments of the Heavy Artillery Brigade are in position one after another, and the artillery regiments of the Third Division, the 200th Division and the New 50th Division have also completed their position arrangements. Hundreds of cannons of various calibers are aimed at the areas inside and outside Yangon City. Japanese defense line…
