Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 201 Such a war is meaningless

Li Mu's words immediately woke up the sleeping soldiers in the bunker. They turned around in confusion and suddenly understood what Li Mu said. They cheered up and looked for gas masks on their bodies.

There was a commotion in the whole bunker, and Li Mu had already run out, wearing a gas mask while running, and at the same time asked the surrounding soldiers to disperse the scattered torches on the position.

But the roar of aircraft in the sky became increasingly clear, and those aircraft were obviously approaching the position.

Li Mu yelled for everyone to start wearing gas masks, but at this time there was a sudden gunshot from the distant position, and then dense flares lifted into the air.

Li Mu paused to look, and knew that it was released from the British army's position. They did this not for lighting, but for pointing out the direction for the pilots and distinguishing the enemy from ourselves.

Sure enough, the roar of the planes in the sky suddenly became much closer.

Li Mu didn't allow anyone to shoot to reveal their location, but frantically urged them to put on their gas masks, and at this time there was already the buzzing of shells.

At this time, the gas mask was very large, covering the entire head, and a tube was attached to the chin of the mask, connecting to an iron can carried on the waist.

Just putting it on, this airtight mask made of leather and plastic gives people a sense of constriction, and the angle of view provided by the two small glass discs next to the eyes is also very limited, just for a moment, Li Mu Du felt that he had difficulty breathing, so he found a trench position and lay down directly.

Soldiers ran out one after another around them, and some of them could be heard crying for help in panic. It seemed that they couldn't put on their masks, or they couldn't find their own masks.

However, the mustard gas bombs in the sky had already been dropped. Those shells would not explode, but the springs would be released as soon as they hit the ground, and the mustard gas inside would leak out quickly.

And with the direction of the wind, the mustard gas spread towards the German position close to the surface.

Mustard gas is a very powerful killing weapon. As long as one comes into contact with this kind of thing, the skin on the body will start to fester, and if one inhales this gas, the entire respiratory tract will start to fester, and the whole person can be said to be in excruciating pain.

Li Mu had already wrapped himself tightly in his clothes, and the protective mask was tightly fastened on his head to ensure that he was not directly exposed to this gas.

There were still those flares fired by the British and French allied forces in the sky. Under Li Mu's mask, the light of these flares gradually dimmed, which meant that the poisonous gas had crawled into the position.

As an officer, Li Mu couldn't do much at this moment, he could only curl up cautiously, and even involuntarily controlled his breathing, hoping that he wouldn't inhale the mustard gas.

The battlefield fell into a brief silence amidst the panic, but a sudden wailing broke the silence of the night sky.

This is someone who has been tricked, and the mustard gas has begun to kill those soldiers who are not well protected.

Li Mu raised his head to follow the prestige, but he couldn't help at all at this moment, this position was originally in the darkness, and there was still poisonous gas spreading in the darkness at this moment, any place was dangerous.

After the wailing sounded for a while, just as the tragic sound was tickling everyone's hearts, a gunshot sounded, and the sound stopped abruptly.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, only the wailing could be heard from the distant position.

Everyone was terrified to feel the surrounding situation in the mask, but they couldn't see anything in the dark night, and they couldn't do anything except lying on the spot.

When Li Mu woke up again, he was suffocated by a gas mask. The tight mask made it hard to breathe. At that moment, Li Mu's body uncontrollably tore off the mask, but when Li Mu reacted, Suddenly I found that it was already dark.

But at this moment, the battlefield is very refreshing, the morning breeze blows, fresh air pours into the lungs, making Li Mu feel unspeakably comfortable.

After taking a few breaths of air, Li Mu hurriedly woke up the people next to him. These soldiers wearing gas masks came to their senses one by one, took off their masks, and breathed in the air greedily.

Li Mu asked these people to quickly take off their masks while walking, and then inspected the entire position, but he was relieved at the moment.

The British and French allied forces didn't even think about attacking their positions yesterday, which made the German soldiers feel a lot better.

However, the situation on the battlefield at this time is not very good.

Someone died. When Li Mu passed by a trench, a soldier lay on his back and fell to the ground. His whole face was red and black and festered. His hands and feet were red and black. There was a gas mask next to him. The gas is dead.

Not only that, but there were also some unexpected casualties on the battlefield, some people were suffocated to death by gas masks.

When the soldiers on the ground woke each other up, they found that some soldiers were lifeless, took off their gas masks, and died with their faces turned blue.

They didn't have festering or painful expressions, and they were obviously suffocated by gas masks in their sleep.

When Li Mu saw this, his heart sank, and he asked Hans to quickly collect the statistics. At this time, a voice sounded from a tunnel not far away.

"Thomas!" The voice was very familiar, and it belonged to Li Mu's follower, Raffle.

At this moment, he looked sad, as if he saw the death of his comrade-in-arms, Li Mu hurriedly turned his head, and then walked towards the tunnel.

On one side of the tunnel, Ravel was kneeling in the trench, holding a corpse. Li Mu walked over and frowned fiercely when he saw the corpse.

The corpse was severely eroded by the poisonous gas, and for some reason he had taken off his clothes. His body was covered with ulcers, but Li Muduo took a look at it and was suddenly startled.

This is Thomas, his orderly, the first person he saw when he opened his eyes in this world, he died.

Not only that, but there was a hole in his head, which was obviously the mark of a gunshot. Perhaps the wailing and gunshots that Li Mu heard last night were the result of Thomas finishing himself.

Li Mu took a look, then climbed up along the edge of the trench, and saw a shell stuck in the soil above.

This is the cannonball filled with mustard gas. Obviously, Thomas was the closest to here last night, and was first attacked by the strong mustard gas, so he died so badly in the end.

Sighing lightly, Li Mu returned to the trench, thinking to comfort Raph, but saw that Raph had already taken off his clothes and covered his brother, and then he and another soldier were about to move Thomas' body to the back .

Raffl also happened to see Li Mu, and his expression was very sad at the moment. He glanced at Li Mu and then said softly.

"Commander, Thomas shouldn't have died like this."

Li Mu glanced at the covered corpse, pursed his lips, patted Raph on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice.

"This is war, Ralph, this is war."

Ralph, however, still looked sluggish. He looked at Li Mu and said slowly, "Thomas is my good friend. We came from the same village, and we wanted to go back together..."

Saying this, Raffle's tone suddenly became a little sad again.

"Battalion Commander, I don't want to go back like this."

Li Mu was a little speechless by what Raffle said. He just looked at him like this at the moment, and Raffle seemed to realize something, and gradually lowered his head. Before Li Mu could make any answer, he talked with another A soldier carried Thomas' body away.

Li Mu just stood there, feeling equally heavy at the moment.

There is more cruelty in modern warfare, and this kind of cruelty even makes people feel at a loss. Here, the fate of soldiers has long been arranged.

Either retreat crippled, or die here.

Therefore, the true meaning of expanding territory is actually to let the soldiers of one team after another look at the fate that has been arranged for them, and then accept it actively or passively with various attitudes, and when this expanded territory also When it is not certain that the enemy can be saved, the sacrifice of these soldiers seems to be meaningless.

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(End of this chapter)