The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 136: Spirit (Wishing Everyone a Happy Lantern Festival)
(I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival and a happy reunion! I'm going to my father-in-law's house for dinner soon. I'll write another chapter after I come back.)
Perhaps it was the battle in the morning that completely stunned the Japanese.

More than a small team of people were stunned and were wiped out in a very short time.

The Japanese commander was so shocked and confused that he had no idea how much amazing manpower and firepower the Chinese army in the Sihang Warehouse had hidden, which led to such a crushing result.

In any case, in the following few hours, the Japanese side was quite quiet and did not launch any attacks.

Even if someone wanted to get closer for reconnaissance, after being shot down by Uncle Bo, they would stay far away from the warehouse and dare not get close at all.

Such a superficial reconnaissance method naturally cannot help to find out the situation in the warehouse.

During this precious period of peace, Hu Biao and his men were naturally not idle; taking advantage of their increased voice, they quickly made more suggestions to Captain Xie and other officers.

As expected, these suggestions were adopted and prepared one after another.

For example: Huang A-di and his men brought people to knock out all the remaining glass on all the windows of the warehouse; they found some cardboard to cover all the windows in the warehouse, leaving only some observation holes and shooting holes.

Although this operation is also quite simple, it can still play a certain role.

It can prevent the Japanese from peeping from a distance and prevent secondary damage caused by flying glass when the windows are hit by the Japanese's small-caliber direct-fire artillery.

In the previous battle, a total of 52 Japanese soldiers rushed into the warehouse, but all of them became corpses.

Ten bodies were left behind, and the rest were dragged to the rooftop in front of many spectators from the concession on the opposite bank, as well as Japanese scouts further away.

From the roof of the sixth floor, it was thrown down to the left side of the warehouse.

As for the actions of leaving behind and throwing away the Japanese corpses, Hu Biao and his companions naturally had different plans. The details will become clear later...

When the Japanese launched another attack, more than five hours had passed and it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon.

At that time, Huang Yizi, the novice who had just traveled through time, was lying in a reserved observation hole on a covered window, watching the situation outside vigilantly.

As a result, I discovered something unusual out of the corner of my eye.

After looking over with his eyes wide open, he finally saw clearly that on the left side of the warehouse, a group of Japanese soldiers were crouching and slowly approaching the warehouse under the cover of the building.

Upon seeing this, the 222-pound fat man immediately raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Lao Hu, the Japs, the Japs are coming~".

There was no trace of fear in his voice, but rather indescribable excitement.

Huang Yizi's enthusiastic and excited performance can only mean that the five novice time travelers this time are relatively lucky.

To put it bluntly, the key to fighting a war is your mentality and determination.

The easy victory in the first battle in the morning and the brilliant results achieved undoubtedly brought huge gains to Huang Yizi and other rookies who had never seen blood.

Not only did I successfully adjust my mindset, but my morale was also boosted.

When your morale is high, you will not be timid in fighting. Your mind will be more flexible and clear, and you will not make low-level mistakes.

In short, they paid the price and had an excellent start.

It should be noted that because a small mechanism is placed at the door, the operation of pouring soybeans and flour is simple, but the effect is unexpectedly good.

The key point is that in the last battle, none of the Japanese soldiers who rushed in escaped.

This means that this tactic has not been exposed to the Japanese and can continue to be used.

So after Huang Yizi's warning sounded, everyone in the warehouse was extremely excited and started to do the same thing as last time.

In other words, most people hid behind various firing points in the warehouse.

There was only a platoon of soldiers at most, holding rifles and firing sparsely at the Japanese through the firing holes, making their resistance seem extremely weak.

Just wait for the Japanese army to rush in from the gate and then give them a surprise.

Unfortunately, the devils were bad enough but not stupid at all; this time, not only did they not fall for it, but they used another of their usual despicable tactics. At that time, everyone in the warehouse was still eagerly waiting for the devils to rush in.

Suddenly, the window papers covering the windows were broken with a dull thud, and then small cylinders fell to the floor of the warehouse with a thud.

After these small cylinders fell to the ground, they did not explode immediately; instead, a light yellow mist continued to gush out, and this mist quickly spread around.

In a short time, a considerable number of such small cylinders fell on various floors of the warehouse.

It turned out that these were inhumane Japanese soldiers who, after encountering a tough opponent, habitually fired poison gas bombs with grenade launchers.

Who said that this thing seemed to be invincible when they used it before?

Anyway, there is no need to worry about the National Army using the same means to counterattack, and what if the foreign devils see it? They will not admit it, and those light condemnations will be ignored.

Fortunately, the Japanese did not fall for it and adopted this inhumane poison gas bomb tactic.

Continuing to rely on soybeans and flour to deceive the Japanese was originally a gamble by Hu Biao and his team, without having too much hope.

What is more critical is the Japanese's poison gas bomb tactics.

Hu Biao and his men, who were familiar with the Japanese's various tactics, had already anticipated this and responded accordingly.

Almost the next second after the small cylinders landed, Hu Biao, Black Star, Uncle Bo, and Huang A'di reacted quickly and shouted in unison:
"Gas bombs, wear gas masks~"

After they finished shouting, the battalion commander, Major Yang, the company commander, Lei Xiong, and other talented students of the 524th Regiment who graduated from the Huangpu Military Academy finally reacted.

It’s not that Captain Lei and his team are not good enough, but that Hu Biao and his team have a vision that is ahead of their time.

These guys also have more combat experience and have been through more life-threatening battles.

After Captain Lei reacted, he quickly pulled out an imitation M1930 gas mask from the tube behind him and put it on his face.

Although Hu Biao and his people did not have this rare imitation M1930 gas mask, they had seized a batch of Type gas masks from the Japanese before.

It has reached the point where everyone has one, and there are still some left over.

And we also took into account the many types of poison gas used by the Japanese, such as mustard gas, the king of poison gas, which can not only cause damage to the respiratory tract, but also cause great damage after contact with the skin.

Long before, in their suggestions.

Everyone in the warehouse buttoned up their uniforms and tied up their sleeves and trouser legs.

Even the neck was wrapped with a towel, and the palms and fingers were wrapped with rags. The main goal was to not let a single piece of skin be exposed, no matter how uncomfortable it was.

In this way, as long as you wear a gas mask, you can basically ignore the damage of mustard gas.

So, when the Japanese outside the warehouse put on gas masks.

They entered the warehouse from the main door or directly from the window. When the gunshots stopped suddenly, they thought the Kuomintang soldiers inside must be struggling frantically in the poisonous gas.

They could easily shoot or kill their opponents with a bayonet.

They didn't know that a huge trap had been set for them inside.

In short! As early as four or five hours ago, under the advice of Hu Biao and others, the defenders in the warehouse carried gas masks with them and tried not to expose their skin.

The Japanese used mustard gas in this attack, which was destined to be another major defeat.

However, the people of Shanghai who were watching the game on the other side of Suzhou River were unaware of this situation. When they saw this scene, their hearts immediately became heavy.

Their mentality has undergone an amazing change in just one day today.

All this started a few hours ago, when Hu Biao and his men encountered the first attack of the Japanese invaders...

(End of this chapter)