In the faint morning light of dawn, strings of orange-red fires suddenly lit up. An overwhelming array of rockets burst out from the Tai Mo Shan position, sending out a screaming sound that tore through the air, and flew towards the western section of the Drunken Bay defence line like a goddess scattering flowers...... This gorgeous scene like a meteor shower is clearly visible even in the urban area of the Kowloon Peninsula. And the British soldiers on the battlefield naturally would not have noticed such an obvious movement.

Therefore, with the hoarse shouts of the night sentries and the whistles and reprimands of the officers, the British soldiers, with the excitement and pride of the first victory, hurried into the trenches and anti-artillery holes to withstand the enemy's shelling. The British artillery on the line of Drunken Bay began to nervously observe and judge the enemy's artillery positions, biting their pencils to calculate the ballistic elements, preparing to counterattack the artillery positions of the Red Army. At the same time, not far away at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base, there were also shrill whistles and bugles, loud roars and shouts, and chaotic running and footsteps.

- The large-scale bombardment of rocket artillery, although terrifying and intense, was far from enough to frighten British officers who had withstood the bloody and infernal tests of the French trenches and the Battle of Jutland during the Shijie War.

However, to their surprise, the Bolshevik shells did not burst into a deafening roar and bright blazing flames after they landed, but only made a slight cracking sound, and then began to "snort" and spew milky white mist - a rather terrifying discovery that made the pupils of British officers and soldiers shrink instantly: in the trenches of the last Shijie battle. They had all seen the gas warfare of the Germans.

“…… Gas! Gas! This is a gas bomb for the Chinese! All wear masks! A tall officer roared as he scrambled to remove a gas mask from his waist and put it on his face. At the same time, he also signaled his subordinates to do the same...... Unfortunately, not every British soldier had a gas mask: first, the colonial troops recruited from India and Hong Kong were not distributed with such high-end high-tech products; Secondly, many white soldiers who were issued gas masks did not carry with them this kind of gadget, which was considered a burden in the East, for the sake of mobility - who would have thought that those inferior and ignorant yellow-skinned monkeys on the other side could actually play with poison gas like the Germans?!

Therefore. These careless creatures can only make do with a wet towel on their noses, hoping to get through it just so-so.

And during the First World War, there were indeed many lucky soldiers. Relying only on such a local method, he was able to save his life in the poison gas war.

Unfortunately, the science jishu on this shijie is always evolving. Like the old-fashioned poison gas developed during the First World War, in terms of the power of harvesting life. And how can it be compared to the military Soman gas of the 21st century?

- Soman. The chemical name is isoethyl methylfluorophosphate, which is a colorless liquid with a faint fruit flavor, with a fast poisoning effect and no specific antidote, so it is called "the most difficult poison to prevent". It is about three times more toxic than sarin, and according to relevant sources, adults can be killed within a minute after inhaling a few puffs of higher concentrations of soman vapor. Before. The invading U.S. Army and the Kuomintang army had already been smoked with Soman poison gas on the battlefield in eastern Zhejiang, and they knew how powerful it was. But it's a pity. The British had not yet learned such a lesson.

So, accompanied by the rapid smell of fruit, the sweet and seductive but deadly Soman poison gas soon wafted into the noses of the British soldiers...... The next moment, everyone who inhaled the poisonous gas felt dizzy, chest tightness, and tears, and before they could figure out what was happening, they fell to the ground like insects sprayed by insecticide, clutching their necks, foaming at the mouth, and twitching their limbs...... Then he couldn't move anymore.

Although the British army, which had experienced the test of the Shijie war, was not without the ability to deal with gas warfare, a considerable number of soldiers had already put on gas masks at this time. But the problem is that the reason why Soman's nervous gas is terrible is that it can not only be absorbed by the respiratory tract, even if the attacker quickly puts on a gas mask, Soman can directly penetrate into the skin and make people poisoned, not that you can block your mouth and nose and hold your breath - its toxicity is so strong that it can directly kill people through exposed skin!

Therefore, those British soldiers who put on gas masks and thought they were safe and sound, usually did not live for more than a few minutes, and then they could no longer stabilize their bodies, and one by one they fell limply in the mud, unable to scream or move their limbs, and could only die quickly in the spasms of their whole body......

Only a very small number of British troops in the downwind direction, or in the underground tunnel fortifications, finally did not suffer in the first place, but they may not be able to hold out until Zuihou - when using Soman poison gas, not only can it directly smoke living creatures, but also cause poison on the ground and objects, and can penetrate the toxin into every corner of the battlefield in a short period of time through flowing water sources without anyone detecting it.

All in all, after withstanding the devastation of Soman's poison gas, the Hong Kong authorities' painstakingly managed defense line of Drunken Bay has almost collapsed.

Farther afield, at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base, the ship's own airtightness was not comparable to that of field fortifications, and the death rate of sailors was relatively low, as it was surrounded by water and strong sea breezes dissipated the poisonous fog. But under the continuous saturation bombardment, it has also fallen into a panic.

However, in any case, the British fleet is not completely combat-ready at the moment......

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“…… Boom-boom-boom-"

Although the nearby Drunken Bay defense line had fallen completely silent, the British sailors at Stonecutters Island Naval Base still insisted on firing shells from the battleship into the ground battlefield. However, because the data reported by the ground observation post could not be obtained, the seaplane that took off and fired calibration in an emergency was also beaten down by the Red Army's individual anti-aircraft missiles...... Therefore, the British fleet at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base could only fight indiscriminately, and as a result, it deviated from the Red Army rocket artillery position at Tai Mo Shan for at least a few kilometers. Except for blowing up some mud and grass, it did not cause any casualties to the Red Army soldiers.

“…… The British sailors fought quite vigorously in the harbor, but their land lines were quiet......"

Commander Peng Dehuai holds a high-powered telescope. Standing on the Red Army's rocket artillery position at Tai Mo Shan, overlooking the silent battle line ahead, and the sparkling waters of Victoria Bay in the morning sun beyond," ...... With just such a round of poison gas attacks, can the enemy line be disintegrated? It always feels a little unreliable! I remember that Zhang Xueliang also let off poison gas on the battlefield in Hebei back then, but it turned out that it was useless for fart, and it almost became a daxiao dialect ......"

“…… Mr. Peng. Don't confuse your crappy gas with our Soman gas. Wang Qiu rolled his eyes and replied, "...... According to the actual combat experience of our time, just let a tablespoon of Soman gas concentrate fall to the ground. Within 30 meters, there was no grass at all. After a jar of Soman poison gas concentrate is vaporized, all living creatures in a village and town, from cats and dogs to living people, will be spared. ”

“…… Is it so powerful? Peng Dehuai blinked in disbelief, "...... But...... The British should have gas masks. ”

“…… The so-called gas masks in European and American countries in recent years. Most of the time, it's just a piece of activated charcoal in front of your nose. Even Tabun and Salyn may not be able to defend against it, let alone Soman. Wang Qiu patted his chest confidently and said, "...... In addition, most poison gases, although they sound very suspenseful, are actually quite cheap for an industrial country - because they are essentially organophosphorus poisons, and any chemical plant that makes organophosphorus pesticides can produce them, and the cost is not much different from that of pesticides. It's a cheap and high-quality killer......"

“…… That sounds pretty good. In the future, the Red Army will have to find a way to build its own poison gas factory, and you will have to ask for a lot of help with materials, equipment, and recipes. Peng Dehuai continued. …… But...... How will our warriors pass through the poison gas and attack the enemy in a later moment? ”

“…… As far as I know, the easiest way to do this is to burn the poison gas with incendiary petrol. If you switch to a hotter thermite incendiary bomb, the effect will be even better......" Wang Qiu replied, "...... So, in another half an hour, when the British troops on the opposite side were almost poisoned, we fired a round of high-heat incendiary bombs at the Drunken Bay defense line to open the offensive channel for our soldiers...... Of course, we also have chemical protection suits and decontamination equipment. These things are piling up in our strategic reserve warehouse over there, and many things have been left until they expire and no one has touched them, so this time they are just the right thing to use......"

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Sure enough, when a new round of incendiary bombs ignited a raging fire on the British position, and two battalions of Red Army commandos wearing chemical protective suits and gas masks carefully touched it, the westernmost section of the Drunken Bay defense line was almost only garrisoned by the undead......

In this way, the Red Army soldiers almost did not pay any losses, and from the area of the Shing Mun Reservoir and the Jinshan on the west side, they cut through the seemingly impregnable defense line of Drunken Bay, and then smashed directly into Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport south of the defense line, completely smashing the defense system of the British troops stationed in Hong Kong on the mainland......

Immediately afterwards, a landing fleet of speedboats and assault boats, carrying hundreds of selected Red Army death squads, resisted the fierce fire of the British fleet, broke through the interception of the Chek Lap Point Battery, and fought all the way to Victoria Bay, and smashed the Stonecutters Island Naval Base, and then launched an extremely bloody street battle and white-knuckle battle in an attempt to capture these warships from the British sailors.

This bold move immediately touched the sensitivity of the British troops stationed in Hong Kong - at this time, the Stonecutters Island anchorage was not only moored with a number of newly arrived destroyers, but also the large fleet that was paralyzed by the tragic death of nuclear radiation by the entire crew before, including more than a dozen mighty battleships and cruisers, with a total tonnage of more than 200,000 tons...... If such a fleet, which represented the pride of the British Empire, could easily fall into the hands of the sworn enemy of the Chinese Bolshevik Party, then the British Imperial Navy should really have jumped into the sea en masse.

However, the British troops stationed in Hong Kong did not have so many manpower to operate these warships, and even if they had enough sailors, they would not have time to raise the fire and set sail - the engines of large warships would take at least an hour and a half from firing to starting, not to mention all kinds of other tedious preparations.

Under these circumstances, the British troops stationed in Hong Kong, who had no time to transfer their warships, had to fight to the death against the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army at the Stonecutters Island Naval Base.

So. Although the Red Army dispatched its entire fleet from the field airfield in Huizhou after dawn, it continued to bomb various piers on Hong Kong Island. Attack on British ships in Victoria Bay to clear the way for ground forces. But the red-eyed Governor actually collected a large number of small motorboats, taking advantage of their small targets and fast speed, just like ants moving, sending reinforcements to Stonecutters Island little by little! In addition, the British troops stationed in Hong Kong also concentrated several movable ships in Victoria Bay, using their anti-aircraft guns to provide anti-aircraft cover for reinforcements

So far. The narrow Victoria Bay suddenly became a burning and boiling sea. All sorts of motorboats, gunboats, destroyers, airplanes and anti-aircraft guns from the shore were mixed up here...... Seeing this, the Red Army's rocket artillery positions on Tai Mo Shan also adjusted their firing range and began to move towards the southern shore of Victoria Bay. High-explosive bombs were poured down on the Taikoo Dockyard and Central Pier on Hong Kong Island, turning these militarily important places into a sea of blood.

However, Victoria Bay, which separates Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It's just too narrow. Even in the midst of such a bloody battle. Thousands of British soldiers still managed to force their way to the other side. Plus the British troops who had withdrawn from the eastern end of the line of Drunken Bay, those forts that had not been bombarded with poison gas bombs...... As a result, when the Red Second Army continued southward from Kai Tak Airport, it encountered great resistance on the Kowloon Peninsula, and almost every hill and street had to be repeatedly contested. Not only is the sacrifice enormous, but the advance is extremely slow, and it is useless to rush it.

By noon the next day, Zuihou's group of British troops finally withdrew from the Kowloon Peninsula, Devil's Hill and Stonecutters Island anchorages on the north coast and retreated to Hong Kong Island on the southern shore of Victoria Bay. But the Red Army also had no joy of victory - before that. The British had succeeded in diverting most of the light ships at the Stonecutters Island anchorage, leaving the remaining warships that were too late to sail away. They were also opened to the sea gate at the bottom of the ship, and they were filled with water next to the pier at the Stonecutters Island anchorage, so that the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army soldiers, who had finally seized Stonecutters Island, found almost nothing in this naval base.

Instead of continuing the new offensive, the Red Army stationed and recuperated on the spot, sending a number of small detachments to sweep up the remnants of the enemy behind them, and at the same time collecting the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy - in order to save trouble, the Red Army sappers collected the corpses of the enemy together, piled them directly on the beach, and then poured gasoline on them and lit them. The fire burned for more than two hours, and even the citizens of Hong Kong on the other side of the river could see it clearly.

After nightfall, the cooks brought dinner to the officers and soldiers on the front line, and the whole day of high-intensity fighting had already made everyone feel exhausted and hungry, and no one had the desire to speak, everyone just sat silently on the ground, spoonful by spoonful of food into their mouths.

At the same time, the Red Army's former enemy headquarters, which had been urgently transferred to Kai Tak Airport, was a smoky scene, with more than a dozen large smoke guns firing at full fire, spitting out harmful gases together, and at the same time fiercely arguing about how to attack Hong Kong Island next.

-- Through the fighting of the past few days, everyone has a concrete understanding of the true strength of the British army: this is not a third-rate army with low morale and confused thoughts, but a group of disciplined and strong-willed professional soldiers, and it is not easy to defeat them head-on.

Moreover, the defense system on Hong Kong Island, which has been perfected for nearly a century, is far more difficult to deal with than the hastily built defense line of Drunken Bay, in order to effectively control this important Far Eastern stronghold, the British troops stationed in Hong Kong have spent huge sums of money to build a number of coastal defense batteries to ensure the safety of the waters around Hong Kong Island. Guarding the western entrance to Victoria Bay are Stonecutters Island Fort, Seymour Star Ridge Fort, Jubilee Fort, and Upper Belle Fort; The east entrance has Baishawan Fort and Cape Collinson Fort; In the southeast of Hong Kong Island, there are Pogara Fort on Hok Tsui Peninsula, Tak Ki Kasa Kok Fort, Stanley Fort, Wong Jute Kok Fort and Chung Hom Kok Fort; In the southwest of Hong Kong Island, there is the Aberdeen Battery. On Lantau Island, west of Hong Kong Island, there is also the Chek Lap Kok Fort...... At present, except for the Stonecutters Island battery on the north bank, which has been destroyed, the other batteries are still basically maintaining their firepower even under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Red Army flying team.

Therefore, these dense coastal defense batteries, combined with the naval fleet of the British forces stationed in Hong Kong, have turned Hong Kong Island almost into a hedgehog covered in thorns, and it is difficult to bite from any position. If it is attacked, the British troops stationed in Hong Kong, who are still trapped and fighting, will inevitably make the Red Army soldiers pay an unbearable price. In addition, in consideration of the hundreds of thousands of Chinese residents crowded on the island, the Red Army Corps could not rashly use poison gas on the densely populated Hong Kong Island, lest it cause a major humanitarian disaster to its own compatriots and thus affect the positive image of the Red Army in China.

In the end, it was Wang Qiu who stood up and expressed his opinion, "...... The reason why the British troops stationed in Hong Kong are still fighting so stubbornly despite being isolated in Chinese mainland. On the one hand, it is likely that there is still hope for reinforcements from the fleet stationed in Singapore, and on the other hand, it is estimated that there is a half-belief in the nuclear weapons we have...... In that case, why don't we organize a nuclear bomb launch in Hong Kong as a way to deter people? ”

He said to the people in the command, "...... The Japanese fleet retreating from Shanghai should also be cleaned up......" (to be continued......