"Huh? But sir, there are more than 200 shells left. ”

The artillery battalion commander was a little puzzled, and it stands to reason that the remaining shells would be fired in another ten minutes, and he was very puzzled by the retreat at this juncture.

"After leaving some people in the palace, set explosives on the shells, destroy them all, and the rest immediately withdraw from their positions, as fast as possible."

The repeated battles in the past made Krupp quite familiar with the rules of the Japanese navy, and the enemy could counterattack within 20 minutes of firing at the earliest.

Moreover, the range of the 203-mm naval gun is very long, and the power is also great, and it is difficult to protect one's side from being affected by a saturation strike.

The Japanese army had artillery positions outside Yangon, and their artillery positions were too close to each other, and it was easy to quickly locate the approximate position based on ballistic analysis and the movement of the artillery.

You must know that the 203 naval guns can flatten a small hill with one shot, and resist the attack of the three heavy cruisers on this unobstructed dirt slope, you know what the result will be if you think about it, and he doesn't want to take advantage of it and die here.

The Japanese army had artillery positions outside Yangon, and their artillery positions were too close to each other, and it was easy to quickly locate the approximate position based on ballistic analysis and the movement of the artillery.

He also kept in mind Li Liansheng's final explanation word for word, that it is best not to shoot for more than 15 minutes, and when the time comes, he must evacuate immediately regardless of whether the shells are finished or not.

A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye, because they didn't have to pay attention to the 92 infantry guns, and the artillerymen quickly withdrew from their positions in an orderly manner, and placed explosive packs next to those ammunition boxes in turn.

When everything was settled, the artillery battalion commander instructed the soldiers who remained behind the hall to pull the fuse.

The battalion commander was relieved to take one last look at the fuse and sigh of relief as they were about to retreat, when they faintly heard the roar of artillery fire coming from the direction of the harbor in the distance.

"! Come on! The battalion commander exclaimed, turned around and ran away without thinking about anything else.

Seeing that their commanders had all gone, the soldiers also ran down the hill with their lives.

About three or four seconds later, a huge explosion sounded on another hill not far away, and countless shells fell on it, instantly splashing a large amount of dust.

The ground under his feet seemed to tremble uncontrollably, and seeing this scene, the eyes of the retreating artillery battalion were full of horror.

Especially those people behind the palace, seeing that they had just brushed shoulders with death, they ran down the mountain even more frantically, only hating that they had lost a pair of legs.

The impact point was not in a fixed area, and soon the second wave of shells streaked across the sky and smashed right on the artillery position behind him.

Those 92 infantry guns were swept into the sky like kites with broken strings, blown apart, and the wreckage parts were scattered all over the ground.

The explosives planted by the soldiers were detonated along with the remaining gas bombs, and the scene became quite explosive, but the phosgene emitted by the detonation of the shells was somewhat insignificant in the flash of fire.

The artillery battalion commander who had just run out of the range of the shelling looked back, only to see that the position he had just been in and a large area nearby had become the target of the Japanese attack.

The Japanese naval guns covered a large area north of the city of Rangoon, and one round after another lasted for more than 10 minutes.

Although the counterattack was fierce, it did not seem to be of any use, except for a dozen or so 92 infantry guns and the remaining poison gas bombs were destroyed one after another, and basically no injuries were caused.

At this time, the little devils in Yangon City fell into bad luck, and Krupp and they fired nearly three tons of poison gas bombs, and the poisonous fog in the sky gradually spread to the entire city under the blessing of the wind direction.

Positions in the vicinity were also affected, and a large number of Japanese soldiers who did not wear gas masks in the first place were deeply affected.

Strictly speaking, phosgene bombs are not lethal biological and chemical weapons, if only slightly inhaled, respiratory irritation symptoms are not obvious, early reactions are mainly nausea, dizziness, cough and chest tightness, severe shortness of breath and shortness of breath, coughing up blood and sputum, etc.

However, the lethality of phosgene mainly exists and in the later stage, from inhalation of phosgene to the appearance of alveolar pulmonary edema, there is an incubation period, generally six to fifteen hours, and there are two hours or less, depending on the constitution and concentration of the inhaler.

However, the concentration of these phosgene bombs produced by the little devils is very high, especially at four or five o'clock in the morning, most of the soldiers are still asleep, and many devils have inhaled a large amount of poison, and it is too late for them to react.

At the center of the poison's spread, the Japanese soldiers died within minutes of being poisoned by reflex respiratory failure and cardiac arrest.

Many more are coughing up blood and having trouble breathing, and although they did not go to see them in the first place, they could only wait for the end of their lives on the ground.

For a time, several Japanese defense positions were strewn with corpses, and within half an hour of being attacked, at least 2,000 Japanese soldiers died under the attack of phosgene bombs.

The garrison in the city was also uncomfortable, with the wind blowing, more and more people were affected, except for those who died directly, more little devils had a moderate acute virulence reaction, and pulmonary edema and coughing up blood became a common phenomenon.

It's a pity that in addition to using a gas mask, the phosgene inhalation gas bomb can also be used to protect the mouth and nose with a wet towel, which may not be so effective, but it can play a somewhat protective role.

Now the field hospital of the Japanese army is overcrowded, and a large number of devils who have inhaled poisonous gas have been sent here to wait for treatment, but how can they have so many doctors and medicines, they can't be cured at all, and most of them are just sent to die like this.

It may not be fatal for the time being, but what awaits them is a more painful follow-up symptom reaction that awaits them several hours later.

In order to stabilize the overall situation, the middle and high-ranking officers of the devils could only go to the front line and various strongholds in person, change a large number of troops, and reorganize the soldiers to do a good job in defense work.

At around six o'clock, a huge airship took off from the town of Yongsheng and slowly sailed towards the front line of the expeditionary force. The silver-white hull was chubby like a big balloon, and the navy logo was prominently printed on it.

This is a K74 airship borrowed from the old American, which originally belonged to the US Navy, and I don't know how Stilwell got a lot of it. Not long ago, Liao Mingyu borrowed one from him, and it is still very good to use it for artillery ballistics correction when he has air supremacy.

At this time, Liao Mingyu was standing on a high ground, looking at the battlefield in front of him that was about to fall into chaos.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he couldn't see any tiredness on his face, and some of them were full of fierce light like a tiger, as if waiting for the prey to fall into his mouth, murderous.

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At present, the three artillery regiments of the Heavy Artillery Brigade are in place one after another, and the artillery regiments of the Third Division, the 200th Division, and the New 50th Division have also completed their positional arrangements, and hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers are aimed at the Japanese defense line inside and outside Yangon...