Chapter 1375 Physical Poison Gas

High-explosive shells from direct fire were whizzing in from the trenches and foxholes above, and enemy infantrymen were constantly approaching and shooting at the face in the trenches in front of them.

It is true that the German army is the most powerful army in Europe at the moment. Although its combat power has declined significantly due to the large number of veterans and the large number of new recruits, it is still confident and much stronger than the French whose rifles were still brand new and shiny after the war.

But no matter how strong it is, there is a limit. Flying shells on the head and being shot at by automatic firearms on the face are such strong fire suppression that it is really not something that an army of ordinary strength can withstand.

It is not the German army that is not strong enough, but Comrade Lao Ma is too abnormal.

Then, with the powerful firepower cover of tank direct fire and the simultaneous suppression of a large number of main guns and coaxial machine guns, the Red Army infantrymen who shuttled between trenches and positions made rapid progress and fought extremely smoothly.

These Red Army soldiers who fought according to Malashenko's newly organized group tactics, in groups of three or five, could at least fight evenly with the entire German infantry squad in close combat with their fully automatic or semi-automatic light weapons, and would never be suppressed by the opponent's individual light weapons.

And those difficult targets were nothing more than the various old shady guys and extremely tricky German machine gun fire points deployed in various positions.

Ordinary Red Army infantrymen would have a headache when encountering such opponents, but there was no such problem in the Stalin Guards First Tank Division.

The first wave was greeted by grenades. If the grenades could not be knocked out, smoke bombs would be thrown directly to hit the face.

Yes, it was a smoke bomb.

The projectile smoke bomb launcher seized from the German army gave Malashenko a lot of inspiration. This kind of thing can not only be used in tanks, but also can be used as a signal gun in the hands of infantry. It is a simple and practical invention in the German equipment.

After the last division-level expansion, Karamov's men have now reached the size of a regiment with quite a lot of personnel. Moreover, this unit, which integrates logistics, baggage, repair, daily maintenance and upkeep, does not have to participate in any front-line battles. Although there are many tasks to be done in normal times, there is still a considerable surplus of personnel.

With such a large group of people under his command, it is naturally impossible for Malashenko to let them sit idle and do nothing.

Malashenko found Karamov and asked Karamov to find a way to get him some temporary processed and modified hand-thrown smoke bombs. The number does not need to be too large. Just test whether it is useful or not. If it is useful, report it and ask for mass production. In short, we will use it as a pilot unit to test the actual combat effect.

The principle of smoke bombs is not complicated. The infantry regiment of the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division is equipped with a lot of smoke bombs fired by mortars. However, the size of that thing is a little big, so it is not suitable for infantry to carry it on their bodies and throw it out as a grenade anytime and anywhere. Karamov's job is to transform it into a new type that is convenient for infantry to carry and throw.

Karamov, who likes to do things, took up this job very readily. Considering the practical use proposed by Malashenko, this hand-thrown smoke bomb used to mark close-range signals has a small charge. The smoke produced cannot pull up a decent smoke screen and dissipates quickly, but it is no problem to mark a very obvious approximate range within half a minute.

For example, a hand-thrown smoke bomb that is one circle smaller than the Soviet army's own lemon grenade can produce enough smoke to cover a radius of five meters, and it will last for at least thirty seconds before gradually dissipating in a non-strong wind environment.

According to Malashenko's tactical conception, such practical functions are undoubtedly the most suitable.

At first, when this thing that was so small that it didn't look like a grenade but more like a large stone was thrown at their feet, the German infantry operating the machine guns still felt something was wrong and even a little confused.

"Hans, why is this thing spewing white smoke? What did the Russians throw?"

It's definitely not a grenade. Not only is the size and shape wrong, but it's too outrageous that it hasn't exploded in ten seconds. Delayed grenades don't have such a delay.

"Could this be a poison gas bomb? I heard that the Russians are also studying this. They caught Japanese in the Far East for experiments. Dirk told me."

"What?! You mean poison gas bombs? Take out your gas masks, hurry up!"

The large-scale use of poison gas bombs is an old account from World War I, but as the "master of poison gas" during World War I, the German army itself is still quite prepared for this deadly carbon-based biological killer weapon.

Every German soldier has a gas mask in the tube hanging behind his buttocks. This thing is like the famous "condom truth" in later generations: you would rather have it with you at all times, but you would never want to find that you don't have it when you are about to take up your gun to the battlefield, so no matter whether you need it or not, you should still carry it with you.

A few silly German recruits who had just been sent to the battlefield for less than two months took out their gas masks and prepared to put them on their faces. The smoke under their feet was like a large-scale fireworks during the New Year, burning and rising at a very fast speed. Before the gas mask was fully put on, it had already filled the surroundings and permeated the air, covering several people.

"Poisonous gas, it may really be poisonous gas, I hope this thing works"

Frankly speaking, the white smoke bombs thrown by the Red Army soldiers were indeed poisonous gas, but it was not chemical poisonous gas but physical poisonous gas.

What is the specific physical poisonous gas method?

Just listen to the roaring shells that follow.

The 85mm high-explosive grenade that came out of the gun came towards the face with a piercing scream of wind. It had no precise aim and no enemy unit was directly targeted. It just whizzed towards the general direction of the rising smoke. Come.

The flesh and blood body often does not need to be directly hit in the face of larger caliber surface-based weapons.

The gunner who fired the shells couldn't really see the MG42 hidden in the trench and used lying fire to block the entire trench, but he was right to aim in the direction of the rising smoke. This was a tactical arrangement that had been engraved in his head. It was agreed in advance.

The shell finally penetrated the white smoke, triggered the fuse and exploded on the trench soil that had not completely thawed. The scattered flames and projectile fragments swept around like a storm in an instant. Several German soldiers with gas masks on their heads The soldiers were only four or five meters away, so it was inevitable that they would be instantly devoured by flames and projectile fragments.

As for what the final result will be after this, everyone can probably guess it, so there is no need to say more.