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

The artillery battalion commander was a little confused. Logically speaking, the remaining shells could be fired in ten minutes. He said he was puzzled when he retreated at this critical moment.

"Leave some people behind the palace, set up explosives on the shells, and destroy them all, and withdraw the others from the position immediately, at a faster speed."

The successive battles in the past made Krupp quite familiar with the laws of the Japanese navy, and the enemy could counterattack within 20 minutes of their own fire as soon as possible.

Moreover, the 203mm naval gun has a very long range and is powerful. It is difficult to ensure that it is not affected by saturation strikes.

The Japanese army had artillery position observation points outside Yangon City. The artillery position was too close to it. It was easy to quickly lock the approximate position based on ballistic analysis and the movement of the artillery.

You should know that the 203 naval gun can level a small hill with one shot, and resist the attacks of the three heavy cruisers on this unobstructed earth slope. You can think about it and know what the result will be. He doesn't want to die here in a mess just after taking advantage.

The Japanese army had artillery position observation points outside Yangon City. The artillery position was too close to it. It was easy to quickly lock the approximate position based on ballistic analysis and the movement of the artillery.

He also kept in mind Li Liansheng's final explanation word by word, and it is best not to shoot for more than 15 minutes. When the time comes, no matter whether the shells are shot or not, they must evacuate immediately.

A few minutes passed by, because there was no need to worry about the 1992 infantry artillery, the artillerymen quickly withdrew from the positions in an orderly manner and placed explosive packs next to the ammunition boxes in turn.

After everything was settled, the artillery battalion commanded the soldiers who were left behind to pull out the fuse.

The burning fuse blew up on the ground with a squeak of blue smoke. The battalion commander glanced at the last time and felt relieved. Just as they were about to retreat, they vaguely heard a roar of artillery fire from the distant harbor.

"Damn it! Run!" The battalion commander screamed, and he turned around and ran away without caring about anything else.

Seeing that their commanders had all given up, the soldiers also ran down the mountain with no chance.

After about three or four seconds, a huge explosion sounded on another mountain not far away, and countless shells fell into it, instantly splashing a lot of dust.

The earth under her feet seemed to be trembling unstoppable. Seeing this scene, the retreating artillery battalion and the people in their eyes were full of horror.

Especially those behind the palace, seeing that they had just passed by the god of death, they ran down the mountain even more frantically, only to regret that they had fewer legs.

The bounce point was not in a fixed area, and soon the second wave of shells crossed the sky and hit the cannon position behind him.

The 92 Infantry cannons were rolled into the sky like kites with broken strings, and they were blown into pieces, and wreckage parts were scattered all over the ground.

The explosives placed by the soldiers and the remaining poisonous gas bombs were also detonated, and the scene became quite explosive, but the phosus emitted by the shells exploded seemed a little insignificant in the firelight.

The artillery battalion commander who had just run out of the artillery range looked back and saw that the position where he was just now and the large area nearby had become the targets of the Japanese's attack. He couldn't help but secretly thank him. Fortunately, he retreated quickly, otherwise he would have to explain it there.

The Japanese naval artillery fire sector covers a large area north of Yangon City, and lasts for more than ten minutes one round after another.

Although the counterattack was fierce, it seemed to be of no use. Except for the more than a dozen 92 infantry cannons and the remaining poison gas bombs that were destroyed one after another, there was basically no human damage.

At this time, the Japanese in Yangon City were in trouble. Krupp and his team fired nearly three tons of poison gas bombs, and the poisonous fog in the sky gradually spread to the entire city with the blessing of the wind direction.

All nearby positions were also affected, and a large number of Japanese soldiers who did not wear gas masks were deeply affected.

Strictly speaking, phosgene bombs are not biological and chemical weapons that are mainly fatal. If they are only slightly inhaled, the symptoms of respiratory tract irritation are not obvious. Early reactions are mainly nausea, dizziness, cough and chest tightness. In severe cases, they will experience rapid wheezing, urgency, coughing of blood and phlegm, etc.

However, the lethality of phosgene mainly exists in the later stages. There is an incubation period from inhalation of phosgene to the occurrence of alveolar pulmonary edema, which is generally six to fifteen hours, and two hours or less, depending on the physique and concentration of the inhaler.

However, the concentration of these phosgene bombs produced by the Japanese was very high. Especially at four or five in the morning, most soldiers were still dreaming. Many Japanese were confused and inhaled a lot of poison. It was too late when they reacted.

At the center of the poison spread, the Japanese soldiers died within a few minutes after being poisoned due to reflex respiratory failure and their heartbeat stopped.

More people cough up blood and find it difficult to breathe. Although they did not meet their first time, they could only wait on the ground for the end of their life.

For a time, several Japanese city defense positions were covered with corpses. Within half an hour after being attacked, at least two thousand Japanese soldiers died under the attack of the phosgene bomb.

The garrison troops in the city were not feeling well. As the wind fluttered, more and more people were affected. Apart from the direct death, more Japanese Japanese had moderate acute toxic reactions, and pulmonary edema and coughing up blood became a common phenomenon.

Unfortunately, in addition to using a gas mask, phosgene can also protect the mouth and nose with a wet towel. Perhaps the effect is not that good, but it can have some protective effect.

Now the Japanese field hospitals are crowded, and a large number of Japanese inhaled poison gas are sent here to wait for treatment. However, they do not have so many doctors and medicines, and they cannot cure them at all. Most of them are sent to this place to die.

Maybe these are not fatal yet, but what awaits them is the more painful subsequent symptom reactions that have been several hours later.

In order to stabilize the overall situation, the middle and senior Japanese officers could only go to the front line and various strongholds in person, switched large numbers of troops, and reorganized soldiers to do a good job in defense.

At around six o'clock, a huge airship took off from Yongsheng Town and slowly sailed towards the front line of the Expeditionary Force. The silver-white hull was as chubby as a big balloon, with the U.S NAVY logo printed on it.

This is a K74 airship borrowed from the Americans. It originally belonged to the US Navy. I don’t know what method Stilwell used to get a lot of it. Not long ago, Liao Mingyu borrowed a ship from him, which was very good for artillery ballistic correction under air supremacy.

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

The slightly raised corner of his mouth seemed to be sure of victory. There was no trace of fatigue from his face. Some were full of fierce lights like tigers, as if waiting for prey to fall into his mouth, full of murderous intent.
Chapter completed!