Chapter 5: Bloody Opérez (3) Bloody Battle on the Plains
The structure of the poison gas bomb of the system is very different from that of artillery shells.
Its shell casings were quite thin, and the center was naturally placed in a series of ten cylindrical glass troughs that could be broken almost at the touch of a button, almost transparent and colorless liquefied sarin gas.
The cartridge casings and the glass trough are separated by a mixture of live charcoal and white phosphorus in a certain proportion.
Living charcoal has a certain anti-poison ability, but living charcoal is not a non-combustible object, white phosphorus burning can ignite living charcoal at the same time, the glass tank in the moment the bomb hits the ground, as a buffer and safety insurance mixture as long as a little burning, to ensure that the glass tank in the shell contact with the ground will be quickly broken.
Such a design exists more as a safety factor.
The combustion of the white phosphorus mixture is incomplete, because the combustion of live charcoal produces a certain amount of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and the larger the proportion of carbon dioxide, the more difficult it is to burn the remaining object.
In this way, the effect of sarin gas may be incomplete, but don't forget the continuous volatilization of the liquefied gas bomb killing method, maybe the effect is a little weakened, but as long as the concentration of poison gas reaches a certain level, it is not much use to give you a set of chemical protective suits with oxygen cylinders.
(As for sarin gas that is actually non-flammable?) Although it is said to be a by-product of pesticides, it should be a non-flammable product if it can be dropped by bombs. After all, if this thing is combustible, it won't be fun to drop a bomb. )
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After Zhang Shixin ordered the shelling, the shells first fell on the ground three kilometers away.
The weak shell was quickly crushed and shattered after falling to the ground.
After the modified fuze is ignited by the firing pin, the white phosphorus produces a large amount of white smoke, and after the glass tanks are burned as a buffer mixture, they encounter the deformed shell shell or are directly squeezed and broken, and the colorless and odorless liquid quickly flows on the ground, forming a small "puddle" in the shallow crater, and these liquefied sarin poisonous gases continue to rise some imperceptible water mist while slowly penetrating into the soil......
Some of the weeds and wildflowers in this area slowly turn yellow, and then gradually increase the rate of wilting.
The colorless poisonous gas that rose up gradually fluttered with the wind.
Some of the aristocratic private soldiers who served as secret guards observed the situation in some of the bunkers, and although they were tyrannical, they were also worried that Zhang Shixin's troops would launch a surprise attack on them.
Some shells fell to the ground, and the movement caused by them was still discovered by some sentries, who just saw a "small-caliber shell" that seemed to fall not far ahead, and then looked at some large-caliber guns behind them that were originally used as naval guns, and laughed out loud.
However, these people soon saw that something seemed wrong.
Some of the hares were still running in the direction of their bunkers, but few of them were able to succeed, and most of them were overturning on some grass, and their bodies seemed to twitch slightly.
The sentinels looked closely through their binoculars and saw that it was not only hares but also gray-brown rats that had died in the area......
"What's wrong?" The sentinels were of course quite puzzled by the situation, but after a minute, they felt quite uncomfortable and their exposed skin seemed to be a little itchy.
They subconsciously gulped in the air, but the uncomfortable feeling had begun to spread to every corner of their bodies.
Tears were streaming down their eyes, and at the same time, their bodies were getting weaker and weaker, and their lungs were weakened by severe damage.
The civilians who were confined to some of the secret rooms didn't end much better. Increasingly concentrated toxic gases enter these areas through ventilation pipes.
Most of these tortured non-humanoid civilians were dead after a few minutes, and only a small fraction were still alive.
If Zhang Shixin sent troops to attack at this time, they might still survive.
It's a pity that Zhang Shixin has no such plans, it should be said that he will not take a large-scale offensive on this day. Although he was well prepared, Zhang Shixin did not risk the possibility of casualties among the soldiers to do such a stupid thing.
This 10-kilogram gas bomb with liquefied sarin gas has a slower onset time than aerosol sarin gas, but its continuous killing ability is much stronger than that of aerosol sarin gas.
At the same time, the effective volatilization period of about one hour is enough to leave chickens and dogs in the area with sufficient concentration.
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Zhang Shixin did not fire all the shells at one point, but fired another shell every 600 meters after delay.
According to the situation said by the summoner officer who commanded the artillery, the effective lethality of Zhang Shixin's artillery shell should be between 800 meters and 1,000 meters, and this data is still because most of these shells fell into the dirt and lost a certain killing effect, if they hit hard targets, such as some stones and the top of buildings, the effective killing range of liquefied sarin gas can reach 1,200 meters in this weather.
What the artillery commander said, Zhang Shixin naturally knew very well that he was a bit wasteful, but Zhang Shixin could accept such a situation, after all, this could allow Zhang Shixin to reduce the losses that should be incalculable, Zhang Shixin said that it was quite cost-effective.
It's just that Zhang Shixin saw a group of small green dots in the tactical map that were climbing the small dirt slope where he was, and sighed slightly.
"I made this decision after all, is it right or wrong?"
The people who climbed the hill were wearing a full set of chemical protective clothing, and Zhang Shixin couldn't tell who it was, but he could still vaguely distinguish the identities of several people from the body type.
Zhang Shixin did this, and he himself was helpless.
However, Zhang Shixin also thought of a way to threaten these people to release civilians.
Although he can also ask the other party to surrender, even if Zhang Shixin thinks with his knees, he knows that the other party will not agree with this opinion if he is killed.
Sarin gas is soluble in water, so sometimes, a short time to quickly replace a towel with water can resist the poison of sarin gas.
It's just that Zhang Shixin knows that this method is still a little useful for aerosol surnamed sarin poison gas, but it is useless for liquefied sarin poison gas.
It's not that he didn't think about using gas bombs all the way to push it over, but Zhang Shixin is not a fool, he can't rely on this thing to fight.
If the public anger is too great, even if he does have nuclear weapons, he will have to weigh whether he can take on the whole world alone.
Therefore, Zhang Shixin also knew quite well in his heart that at best, after tomorrow, he would have to put this thing back in the system and seal it.
The death of some civilians has little impact on Zhang Shixin, but if Zhang Shixin really uses this thing to slaughter the city, the impact it will bring, not to mention that he, the president of a small security company, even William can't bear it.
"You yourself use such a threat to force the other party to compromise, why don't you make it clear to them?" Through the lens of the gas mask, Xinia looked at Zhang Shixin, who was a little lonely, and said puzzled.
Zhang Shixin lowered his head: "Although it is said that killing one person can save more people and doing good, but killing some innocent people at all will save more innocent people...... What is this? So, Fire, they don't understand me, it's nothing, the main thing is that I don't understand either, I do it...... Right? Or is it wrong? ”
Zhang Shixin sighed, then glanced behind him and shook his head......
At this time, vi-b-www.xstxt.org advanced, and continued to move forward, leaving bullet casings in their original shelling position.
In the gradually rising morning light, a ray of sunlight shone on these shells, which made Zhang Shixin feel so dazzling......
At the same time, as the gas bomb lost its effect, groups of summoners in full protective suits began to enter the area to clean up what needed to be cleaned up.
Just in case, Zhang Shixin also asked these soldiers to prepare two small pills - atropine.
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"Haven't there been any replies from the fortress area ahead?" A noble private officer glanced at his subordinate telegraph operator, who had been listening for quite some time, but still did not notice any movement.
The telegraph operator could only shake his head helplessly.
The officer left the telegraph man and walked up and down the telegraph room several times, before finally gritting his teeth and going in search of his master.
Garrisoned in one of the satellite cities on the outskirts of Operez was the great nobleman of the northeastern part of the Osville Empire, who could only lead his family and a large number of private soldiers to follow the footsteps of the troops to the south after the northern legions of the Osville Empire retreated to Operez.
The great nobles, who had lost their fiefs and most of their property, had obviously lost their original advantages. Finally, when the royal family of the Oswel Empire "requisitioned" his troops for defensive operations, he was only able to maintain his control over his subordinate troops on the condition of personally leading them.
His family, including him, had a bad reputation, and if the Osville Empire fell, he would not be able to escape the reckoning of the three nations. Therefore, he, like other nobles, had to take out all his family resources and use them for defense areas.
When the private officer found him, he had just finished a hearty breakfast.
He saw the arrival of this subordinate whom he trusted a lot, and subconsciously said, "Have you had breakfast?" Why don't I have someone do it for you? ”
"The host...... There's something I need to report to you. The private officer directly stated his intentions.
"What's the matter?"
"The troops that we have deployed in the perimeter defense area...... All of them lost contact. The private officer uttered something that made the great nobleman feel incredulous.
How is this possible?
The big nobleman subconsciously looked at this private officer, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was indeed that loyal subordinate, this big nobleman would have thought that today was April Fool's Day.
However, he still exclaimed in a rather unbelievable tone: "This incident really surprised me a lot, but a considerable number of our troops have gathered in that area, especially heavy artillery and a large number of armored troops, all of which are arranged there for defensive operations. It would be horrific to have a total annihilation and no movement...... Oh no, it should be said that it is tantamount to a fantasy. ”
To be honest, this private officer didn't believe in such a thing either, otherwise he wouldn't have come to see the nobles first and then make a decision.
The private officer thought for a while, and finally had to say truthfully: "Master, we have not received telegram communication from the front for nearly two and a half hours, and at the same time, I asked the telegram team to send at least ten telegrams to the other side, and there was no reply, whether it was in open or cipher. So, I'm quite worried that there might be something on the front line that we didn't expect. ”
"Well, you send two teams of troops to see what the hell is going on." This big nobleman has to take things seriously in the matter of his family and surname.
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Half an hour later, the private officer brought a blue-faced lieutenant to the nobleman, to whom he said, "Tell us everything you see." ”
It's just that this sentence didn't make the second lieutenant think about it, and the other party was still gasping slightly.
It wasn't until the private officer slapped his hand on the shoulder with a little force that the second lieutenant muttered, "Everyone is dead, and when we got to that place, we found an enemy army wearing a suit they had never seen before, carrying a large jar on their backs, and they were capturing some of our heavy guns and burning a large number of corpses with fire-breathing weapons." ”
"The corpses were collected in a large pit, and we could see the smoke from the burning from afar, and although we also wanted to engage these small enemies, the fire was so fierce that the other side only used a few rounds of artillery bombardment, and the company comrades suffered heavy casualties."
"It's not just the area we've reached, some scouts have spotted several, maybe more black smoke from afar."
The Grand Noble abruptly interrupted the second lieutenant's words, and then asked a question that seemed to have nothing to do with these things: "Where did you encounter such a thing?" ”
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be more than five hundred meters behind our tank trenches." The lieutenant replied.
The great nobleman was silent for a while, and finally sat down in his position without saying a word.
The private officer let the second lieutenant leave, then glanced at the godless nobleman, and then asked, "Master, now that our outer defense area is almost completely lost, what should we do next?" Is it time to ask Opérez for reinforcements? ”
When the great nobleman heard this, he said in a helpless tone: "Ask for reinforcements? Those people wish that all of us who could have threatened them are dead. They won't send a single reinforcement for us at all. They want us to fight the enemy cleanly. Now we have to hold on to those life-saving straws. Also, the news of the killing of enemy soldiers and civilians ......"
There was another knock on the door, interrupting the nobleman's words.
"Come in!" The great nobleman said unhappily.
A herald in a military uniform opened the door of the study, then handed a note to the nobleman, and after saluting the two of them, he slowly retreated and exited the study.
When the private officer closed the door, he heard the table slammed hard: "Too much deception! Those people are so deceitful!! Say I don't release the civilians on hand, they don't mind repeating today's attack. ”
The nobleman said and tore the telegram to shreds.
"Master, if the other party makes this request, I'm afraid I'm still worried that these civilians will be killed and injured too much, and they will be blamed." The private officer pointed out the facts sharply.
"So I didn't intend to do what he asked me to do. Have you seen anyone who would give up their means of survival? The great nobleman sneered angrily.
"But, master, we also have to guard against the other party will really take such a trick." The private officer also voiced this concern with concern.
"So what do you think we should do?"
"Since the other side wants those civilians, we might as well cause chaos for the other side. Perhaps, we will be able to recoup some of the disadvantages from this. "The private officer said a topic that made the great nobles rush to excitement.
"Tell me more."
"We just need to make these civilians half-dead, and then drive them to the other side's position, and I will lead the armored forces in the city to take advantage of the situation to counterattack!" The private officer spoke out his tactics.
The great nobleman pondered for a while, pondering the gains and losses, and finally agreed with his confidant's idea.
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The enemy's movements naturally did not conceal Zhang Shixin's arrangement of reconnaissance vehicles lurking in the buffer area.
"......" Zhang Shixin was silent in the turret of the E-75B, but he finally conveyed a combat order through Grelian, who was a little worried about him:
"Take the second plan plan! Minimize enemy casualties! ”
Zhang Shixin has not encountered this kind of thing to drive the people into battle, and he can already say that he has not just fought with some decadent aristocratic classes.
Of course, Zhang Shixin is not like the battle in the Kapani Kingdom, passively bearing unfavorable public opinion.
Zhang Shixin thought of a good way.
In fact, Zhang Shixin once had an idea, that is, to let the profession of war correspondent reappear in this world.
At first, Zhang Shixin's idea of this should have been in the fundraising stage.
However, Zhang Shixin was glad that he had really bought a few old-fashioned movie cameras and a considerable amount of film. Otherwise, the wartime store blockade restrictions really made Zhang Shixin helpless.
If Zhang Shixin wants to counterattack the enemy's tactics of driving the people and charging into battle, it will inevitably cause considerable casualties among the civilians, but if there is actual evidence to prove that Zhang Shixin was forced to do so, then the pressure of public opinion on him will be greatly reduced.
War correspondents are noble professions, but it is also true that war correspondents are more likely to report favorable situations for their own formations.
Zhang Shixin made all preparations for the possible situation this time.
He does not want to massively injure civilians by mistake, however, such a thing, in this case, is completely impossible.
Zhang Shixin naturally knew very well that when he took the second response plan, something would happen on the battlefield......
He's ready, everything ready......
It's just that this is really not what he wants.
Grelian looked at Zhang Shixin, who had a trace of unbearable expression in his eyes, his fists clenched, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of worry. (To be continued.) )