Chapter 89: Armament Escalation

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Overseas Chinese in Nanyang in Wu Mu's army spontaneously organized a group of technicians who were good at sea operations to set up a salvage team, and commanded the engineer brigade, the infrastructure brigade, and the joint logistics brigade to salvage the three frigates of the sunken devils and transport them to Baohua Mountain.

Transporting 1 frigate by land is already a big project, let alone 3? However, Wu Mujun was stunned to pour the frigate from the dock of Zhenjiang Port onto the train, and then dragged the three frigates into Baohua Mountain with a roller, and the three land frigates made Baohua Mountain impregnable: the hull of the frigate is a steel fortress, and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the ship are complete, so there is no problem in self-protection; More than a dozen large-caliber naval guns directly threatened the Yangtze River channel in the upper reaches of Zhenjiang.

The captured frigate required a large number of personnel to operate, so personnel were transferred to Qingyun to establish the Baohua Mountain River Defense Brigade: the Baohua Mountain Garrison Brigade was downgraded to a squadron, and the personnel and equipment remained unchanged; The river defense heavy artillery squadron unloaded 13 heavy guns of more than 120mm on the frigate, assembled them behind the frigate, and used the entire frigate as a cover for blocking the river; The air defense squadron has established a solid air defense fortress to guard against large-caliber naval guns on the Yangtze River, and has assembled 28 Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns, 18 Type 96 triple 25mm anti-aircraft guns, and 6 Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft guns unloaded from the frigate to form the Baohua Mountain air defense network......

Just as Xiang Qingyun was in full swing preparing for the Baohua Mountain and River Defense Brigade, he was disrupted by the visiting Gu Zhutong. Through this battle between Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Gu Zhutong also won a lot, and was also heavily rewarded by the Military Commission, since he was grateful to Wu Mujun and came to contact his feelings, in addition, the Military Commission heard that Wu Mujun had brought 3 frigates, and also ordered Gu Zhutong to check the authenticity.

On Tuesday, Gou and others took Gu Zhutong to "review" three dismantled frigates, and Gu Zhutong had a whimsical idea to exchange 50 German-made 10-ton heavy trucks for 13 heavy guns on the frigate.

Xiang Qingyun was reluctant and bluntly shirked: "I wish the commander-in-chief, we still have to rely on these heavy artillery to block the Yangtze River waterway!" ”

Gu Zhutong said a reason, so that Xiang Qingyun was sincerely convinced: "Brother Xiang, don't tell lies in front of real people, it's a pity that these 13 heavy artillery pieces are placed here, you don't have heavy transport vehicles to move these heavy guns, you can only use them as fortress guns, but the caliber and power are far inferior to fortress guns, once the devil warship ship guns and planes counterattack, these heavy artillery are dead targets waiting for the devils to blow up, and they don't play much role in blocking the Yangtze River waterway, on the contrary, these heavy guns are given to me, we use heavy trucks or trains to carry them, but they are sharp weapons, In the future, the counterattack on Wuhan, Nanchang, Nanjing, Hefei, and Xuzhou will be of great use. As for the Yangtze River waterway, your armor-piercing flying mines are quite powerful, with low cost, strong maneuverability, and simple operation; Also, anti-aircraft guns have a long range and power to shoot flat-fire, you can hit warships, work, and armor, and the most important thing is that it is highly mobile, a 3-ton truck is enough! ”

Xiang Qingyun suddenly realized: "I wish the commander-in-chief is worthy of being a military master, and he has learned it!" I also have 6 75mm anti-aircraft guns, you must also be more useful than us! ”

"Yes, I have as many good things as possible, but I'm embarrassed to take away all the good things you pressed at the bottom of the box, right? This 75mm anti-aircraft gun is called the Taisho 11th year, old guy, but there is a thing like this, it is not good to fight planes, and it is much easier to hit a county town! "Gu Zhutong is really not in vain, not only well-informed, but also scheming.

"Thank you for the commander-in-chief's advice!" When Xiang Qingyun got guidance, he was naturally a sycophant, "He is worthy of being a senior in the military world, a dry city of the country!" ”

Gu Zhutong was so highly regarded by the generals of the Wumu Army who could conquer and live in battle, and he was also in a good mood, and further ordered Xiang Qingyun: "Xiang Chief of Staff is worthy of being Commander Zhou's right-hand man, a little bit is thorough, you, the chief of staff, are naturally interested in weapons and equipment, I will teach you a list of devil artillery equipment, listing the models, parameters, and troops, your people are very capable, and if you engage in a few artillery regiments, our third theater will also be stained!" ”

As soon as Gu Zhutong finished speaking, an accompanying staff officer walked out, and after a while, he took a few pieces of paper and gave them to Xiang Qingyun: "This is the devil's artillery assembly table, the photos will be sent to you in a few days!" ”

After Gu Zhutong left, Xiang Qingyun ordered people to transport 13 heavy artillery out of Baohua Mountain, but it attracted the bombing of devil planes, fortunately, the air defense command center of Ouyang City called the police, and the Buddha Guang Thunder showed its power and killed 3 devil planes, and the other planes were forced to fly away.

Xiang Qingyun got Gu Zhutong's guidance and adjusted the firepower configuration: the Baohuashan Garrison Brigade was changed to the Baohuashan River Defense Brigade, and 18 artillery Type 96 triple 25mm anti-aircraft guns were used to block the Yangtze River waterway, increasing the number of 600 people and 30 trucks; 16 Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns were allocated to the air defense battalion of the air defense command center of the garrison detachment; 6 Taisho 11-year 75mm anti-aircraft guns were rationed to each guerrilla brigade; 12 Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns were assigned to the Niu Daojia Armored Brigade to form an anti-armor battalion; The Kehua Heavy Artillery Brigade replenished its equipment with reserves of 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery.

After distributing artillery, Xiang Qingyun and Ouyang Cheng arranged for the personnel of each unit to be reorganized and trained, and then studied the artillery assembly table left by Gu Zhutong together: grenadiers, mortars, infantry guns, rapid-fire guns, anti-aircraft guns, mountain artillery, field artillery, howitzers, cannons...... The two found that Wu Mujun now has a lot of reserves, but because the technology and quality of the troops could not keep up with it before, it was shelved, and now the troops can be fully equipped and used, and the strength of Wu Mujun is getting stronger and stronger in the war!

The two of them also replenished the horses for the cavalry brigade, and the fire brigade lost all its howitzer and machine guns, so they used the reserve infantry guns and mortars to replenish the establishment and equipment, and the motorized speedboats of the sailor brigade were not replenished for a while, mainly because of the lack of motorcycle engines.

On Tuesday, when the dog heard of the lack of motorcycle engines, he ordered all the guerrilla brigades to hand over all motorcycles, and the general headquarters used war horses and pack horses to supply the guerrilla brigades, and the guerrilla brigades immediately sent 13 motorcycles.

Liu Maoer privately seized two motorcycles and handed them over to Liang Zisheng, who returned to the building, and also took out a large amount of gasoline for the training of the procurement camp. Within 10 days, the two motorcycles were scrapped, and more than 100 people were trained to drive motorcycles, plus the soldiers who could drive motorcycles, 200 people were gathered, led by Liang Zisheng himself, divided into more than 30 groups, respectively, infiltrated the counties of various Japanese-occupied areas and even Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other big cities, specializing in stealing motorcycles.

Liang Zisheng brought 5 groups of more than 40 people into Nanjing, because this is the headquarters of the Devil's Chinese Dispatch Army, with many institutions and motorcycles.

Their method of robbing motorcycles is simple and effective, that is, regardless of the time and place, when they see a devil riding a motorcycle, they kill the devil and run away on a motorcycle, and others cover up, bringing chaos to Nanjing. The same is true for other counties and cities.

In less than half a month, Shu Jintang received hundreds of motorcycles, and Liu Maoer's procurement battalion also suffered nearly 100 casualties.

Just as the Wu Mu Army was replenishing personnel and equipment and stepping up training, Nishio Shouzo, who had suffered a loss, was planning a new conspiracy viciously.

Lu Ao sent information that devils everywhere were inspecting and replenishing gas masks, possibly using bacteriological warfare or poison gas warfare.

On Tuesday, when Gou and others received the report, they immediately inspected the gas masks of the troops, and found that the troops had not undergone chemical defense training at all, and the few gas masks thrown in the warehouse were ineffective! Xiang Qingyun and Ouyang Cheng broke out in a cold sweat, this is a serious dereliction of duty by their chief and deputy chief of staff, and it is related to the lives of tens of thousands of Wumu soldiers and millions of ordinary people!

Dai Heng immediately contacted Dai Li to find information and methods for anti-gas warfare and anti-bacteriological warfare.

Qi Yuankai immediately took out the gas masks in stock and arranged for personnel to repair and refurbish them......

Shujintang's equipment factory is fully engaged in the production of gas masks.

Soon, Dai Li sent information:

The materials on bacteriological warfare were sent to your ministry last time, and now I send the materials on poison gas warfare to your ministry:

1. Types and characteristics of poison gas bombs:

1. Sneezing gas bomb: the appearance is a pale green solid, which can paralyze the oxygen absorption function in the blood, make people sneeze, tears, and die in a short time.

2. Tear gas bomb: the appearance is light yellow solid, with strong irritation, making people cry, cough, headache, severe cramps, chest pain, dyspnea and death.

3. Rotten gas bomb: the appearance is a brown liquid, which is stained on the skin, and blisters appear in severe pain within two or three hours; Through the respiratory tract, all the internal organs of the person are dysfunctional and die.

4. Asphyxiating gas bomb: The appearance is a light brown liquid, low boiling point, light specific gravity, can spread in the air in a short period of time, suffocating people to death

5. Nerve agent: It is a poison that destroys the normal function of the human nervous system.

6. Systemic toxic agent: It is a cyanide agent that destroys the function of human cells, which is divided into two types: hydrocyanic acid and cyanuride chloride. The symptoms of poisoning are systemic deoxygenation, central nervous system dysfunction, dyspnea, headache, nausea and vomiting, general cramps, incontinence, and in severe cases, death within 15 seconds.

7. Incapacitating agent: its ingredient is BZ. It can cause thinking disorders, physical dysfunction, dilated pupils, blurred vision, memory loss, unresponsiveness, coma, and difficulty walking, but it does not cause death.

8. Asphyxiating agents: two kinds of phosphogenous gas (carbonyl dichloride) and double light, mainly injuring the lungs of the human body, causing pulmonary edema and dyspnea, and even death, and the destructive effect on the human body is to irritate the eyes, upper respiratory tract and skin.

Second, the use of poison gas bombs:

1. Gas grenades

2. Grenadier launches gas cartridges (large and medium gas bombs)

3. Artillery gas bombs (field artillery fire)

4. Airplane throwing

3. Coping methods:

1. Gas masks: for all gas bombs

2. Anti-gas ointment: In addition to the gas mask, the ointment should be used to protect the skin for the brown rotten poisonous gas, if there is no special anti-gas ointment, other animal fats can be used instead.

3. If there is no gas mask, you can bury your mouth, nose and body in the soil, which has a certain effect.

Shu Jintang received an order to produce gas masks, and the production materials were canvas, rubber, activated carbon for the filter layer, rice paper, and only glass and diamond diamonds for cutting glass.

Duanmu Changyan, Liang Zisheng and others had to lead the incomplete, extremely tired special operations troops to infiltrate the Japanese-occupied areas to collect glass.

It's easy to steal glass, but it's hard to transport because glass is fragile. The results of the research were that it was divided into small pieces to facilitate transportation. I can't say it, take out the jewelry in stock and take down the diamonds, Wang Ziwei contributed the wedding diamond rings brought back from abroad, Wang Yu, Hu Zhaoyue, and Liang Ruxiang also contributed to smash the large diamonds and make hundreds of glass knives.

The special operations unit had just set off, and Gu Zhutong sent people to send 50 trucks, and at the same time brought two trucks of glass, which solved Shu Jintang's urgent need, but the third war zone also took away 10,000 sets of gas masks.

Duanmu Changyan sent half of the special operations veterans to lead the recruits to get glass, and he led the other half of the special operations veterans to attack the devil's poison gas storage depot and poison gas production plant based on the information provided by Shi Jilun and Li Jinshan.

Shu Jintang was chasing after the production of gas masks, and a large number of sewing machines were broken, but he still couldn't catch up with the needs of the troops, and the production speed was getting slower and slower, Shu Jintang was so anxious that he was about to hang himself!

Nishio Shouzo was also in a hurry. He originally planned to wait for the meteorological troops to come up with suitable weather information before using poison gas bombs to achieve the best lethal effect, but the intelligence showed that Wu Mujun was actively preparing for poison gas warfare, and then Wu Mujun's troops launched attacks on poison gas bomb factories and storage depots.

Nishio Shouzo decided that he couldn't wait any longer, forcibly used poison gas bombs, dealt a heavy blow to the Wu Mu army, and then seized the grain along the Yangtze River to prepare for the winter operation in East China and Central China!

Wu Mujun's side had to think of other ways because of the lack of gas masks. Wu Zhengtang proposed a method that was not an option: Store gas masks in field positions for use by field troops, while other units should stay indoors as much as possible, and when necessary, close doors and windows with quilts, rice paper, straw curtains, and other materials to filter poison gas.

The Wu Mu army was in full swing to prepare for the anti-poison gas operation, but Nishio Shouzo did not give the Wu Mu army a chance, and in one day, more than a dozen planes dropped a large number of poison gas bombs on the West Mountain, although the loss of two planes, it also brought thousands of military and civilian casualties to the Wu Mu army.

Nishio Shouzo saw the effect, and the next day he sent hundreds of planes to bomb, and the troops in Nanjing and Changzhou followed up as planned, severely damaging and even annihilating the Wu Mu army!

Although it was unable to stop the bombing of the devil's planes and shot down 23 planes of the devils, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in southern Jiangsu were poisoned and killed and wounded, and the southern Jiangsu region was in a panic, and the Wu Mu army was in unprecedented chaos.

A belated typhoon saved Wu Mujun. The sudden strong wind blew away the poisonous gas, and also blew a lot of poisonous gas to the devil's troops who were originally in the safe zone, causing unexpected casualties to the devil's follow-up troops.

Then, it was pouring rain, which made it difficult for the devil's follow-up troops to advance and retreat, but Wu Mujun was excited because he had escaped the catastrophe.

On Tuesday, Gou, Zhao Dahu and others had already received the weather forecast from Baiyi Daochang, but due to the level of the weather forecast at that time, the accuracy rate was not very high, so they were only half-convinced, and deployed a field detachment on the periphery of the base area, ready to defend the base area to the death.

The target of the devil's bombing was mainly the hinterland of the base area in southern Jiangsu, and the field troops on the periphery suffered little losses, and the typhoon and rain destroyed the devil's poison gas warfare, and Zhao Dahu immediately made a decision and ordered the field detachment to take advantage of the situation to counterattack through the broadcast command system.

The Wu Mu army's rainy counterattack was unexpected by the devils, all fronts were collapsed, and a large number of heavy equipment was lost, and Nishio Shouzo could only reluctantly order the withdrawal of troops.

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