Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1727 Maverick Mountain

As soon as night fell the next day, the Independence Battalion began nervously preparing for the attack.

After all, the poisonous mustard gas used by devils is known as the king of poisonous gas, let alone during World War II, even in modern times there is no effective anti-drug.

The on-site fatality rate of this thing is not high, but after inhalation of a small amount of mustard gas or even skin contact (mustard gas can be absorbed through exposed skin), 2 to 12 hours later it will start to become red, swollen, blistered, and festered... and then another one will come A death peak.

The pain suffered by the wounded and the burden brought to the troops are much greater than the direct death.

The commanders and fighters of the Independent Battalion have all learned relevant knowledge, so they did a detailed inspection before the battle and checked each other for omissions: the neck was wrapped with a layer of leather to prevent the penetration of poisonous gas, and then the collar and cuffs were tied tightly, and the feet were put on. A layer of canvas is tightly wrapped in front of the shoes, a gas mask is put on, and special gloves are finally put on.

The reason why these gloves are specially made is because ordinary gloves have a very embarrassing place in poison gas warfare from the feedback from the front line:

If you don't wear gloves, your exposed hands will be burned by the poisonous gas. Even if there is nothing to do at the time, you will basically lose your combat effectiveness if you fester afterward.

Wear it, the index finger is surrounded by a thick layer of canvas-lined gloves, it is difficult to reach into the guard ring to pull the trigger, and it is easy to fire.

The canvas lining is added because gloves made of ordinary cloth are easily permeated by poisonous gas.

Even so, the gloves and clothing used after a poison gas battle must be changed... The poison gas will remain in the cloth for a long time. Mustard gas is actually not a gas, but an oily liquid, which is a persistent poison , not measures such as cleaning and disinfection can solve the problem. At the same time, cleaning and disinfection may also cause secondary pollution and cause poisoning of other people.

After completing the preparations, Zhang Zihui gave an order, and the soldiers set off in several parts.

There was no cannon or gunfire, and the battle was fought in silence.

Everything seemed normal in the dark, but the engineer company of the Independence Battalion had already cleared obstacles in the position.

The biggest enemy of an engineering company is not landmines.

There are not many landmines in the open space between the enemy's defense lines... The Hundred Battles Brigade has launched several charges in this area, and the artillery shells of both sides have been fighting in it. The landmines that come and go have long been cleared Not much left.

The main clearing objects of the engineer company are the barbed wire fences with hooks lying across the positions.

Barbed wire may be unremarkable, but sometimes it can be more troublesome than landmines.

The reason is that landmines can be bombed with grenades, but barbed wire is difficult to blow up. Even if it is directly hit by a shell, it will be broken into several pieces and will not disappear.

In addition, during this period of time, the devils continued to pile up the barbed wire in the dark, resulting in densely packed barbed wire in front of the position, like an iron forest.

With barbed wire in place, troops cannot attack.

Infantry would be shot for sluggishness.

The tank will be immobilized because the tracks are entangled in wire.

Not to mention the half-track car, the wire will not only winch into its track but also puncture the tire.

The solution is actually simple. Engineers go up with ropes connected to iron hooks one by one, crawl forward and climb to the front of the barbed wire fence and hook them with iron hooks. If they feel that it is not secure, carefully tie the iron hooks to the barbed wire with their own iron wires. together.

The sappers then avoided the area, signaling back with flashlights.

As soon as several half-track vehicles that had been prepared for a long time drove in the opposite direction, the barbed wire was dragged down with a "squeak".

Because the barbed wire is intertwined with each other, it is often a large piece when it is dragged. However, the small pieces of barbed wire that were blown up by artillery fire are a bit time-consuming, but after the large pieces are cleaned up, they are no longer a threat to the troops.

Soon, the movements on the ground alarmed the devils on the opposite side and aroused the vigilance of their commanders.

The breakthrough point chosen by the Independence Battalion is a place called Xiaoniu Mountain... There are two small hills on the left and right protruding forward, resembling the two sharp horns of a calf, so it is called Xiaoniu Mountain.

Needless to say why you chose this place, the two small hills are convenient for hiding tanks and half-track vehicles. In addition, the height of these two small hills is only tens of meters and the slope is gentle. If necessary, tanks and half-track vehicles can directly cross over to fight against the enemy. launched an all-out attack.

The No. 70 No. [-] Regiment, the commander of the No. [-] Eighth Regiment, was stationed by the devils in the area of ​​Xiaoniu Mountain.

The No.70 Eighth Regiment suffered the heaviest losses in the First Battle of Fengtian, with more than 3000 people fighting and only [-] people remained. It is said that the regiment's strength is actually only at the brigade level.

It was Shikong Gu Zhongyi who was still worried about the lack of supply of troops, and planned to continue to recruit some old and weak from Huaxia's "pioneering regiment" for emergency response. At this time, a communication soldier came to report: "Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army has taken action. They seem to be cleaning up Barbed wire!"

Kong Guzhong was startled, and immediately took off the armed belt from the wall and walked to the front line.

Another meaning of clearing barbed wire is to attack, and it may be a large-scale attack.

This is not a trivial matter for the 78th Alliance. At this time, the whole team is terrified and has no fighting spirit.

This can be said to be the aftermath of the use of gas bombs.

Although poisonous gas bombs can effectively block the attack of the Eighth Route Army, the entire army has become dependent on it... Life and death depend on gas bombs, and everything else such as willpower, combat effectiveness, and even the availability of ammunition supplies are not important.

Now that the Eighth Route Army is going to attack again, could it be that they have found a way to break through the poison gas blockade?

I came to the front line with doubts and raised the binoculars to look. It was so dark that I couldn't see anything, only the roar of the car engine and the "cracking" sound of the barbed wire being dragged.

"Flare!" Kong Gu Zhong gave an order.

A few flares hit the air, and Kong Gu Zhongyi confirmed that the Eighth Route Army was indeed clearing the barbed wire, and the speed was unexpectedly fast, and more than half of it had been cleared in just a short while.

Kong Gu Zhongyi didn't think much, and ordered: "Order, hit two special bombs!"

"Yes!"

In a short while, only two "booms and booms" were heard, and two gas bombs were hit on the position.

If it was normal, the Eighth Route Army would cease operations as soon as the poison gas bomb hit it.

But now, the Eighth Route Army completely ignored them, and continued to work on the ground as if the two gas bombs did not exist.

Kong Gu Zhongyi watched the barbed wire fence in front of the position being dragged away one after another, frowned, and ordered: "Prepare snipers, and also, prepare machine gunners and grenadiers!"

If the gas bombs can't scare them away, then it's time for precision strikes or even small-scale counter-offensives.

(End of this chapter)