Chapter 96: Warehouse Explosion
Speaking of poison gas bombs, one has to mention the notorious Unit 731.
They called living people “maruta” and used them for cruel experiments such as bacterial infection and live dissection, researching the study and spread of bacteria like plague and cholera.
They shared the research results on bacteria with the Army Chemical School, Unit 516, Unit 526, and others, allowing these units to specialize in the research, production, and use of chemical weapons.
They developed bacterial weapons and used them multiple times against Chinese military and civilians during the invasion of China, causing massive casualties.
For example, in the 1938 Jinnan Campaign, the Japanese Army treated the international convention as waste paper and dumped over ten thousand poison gas bombs in two days, with poisonous smoke covering a battle line three thousand meters long.
In the 1939 Nanchang Battle, the Japanese Army dumped over three thousand poison gas bombs on the defenders of the Ninth War Zone in ten minutes, and released over fifteen thousand poison gas canisters across a 12-kilometer-wide battle line, with the poisonous mist spreading with the wind and enveloping defensive works 2 kilometers deep.
For instance, in 1942 in Ding County, Hebei, the Japanese Army massacred the people, then threw poison gas bombs at the people who had hidden, causing the people hiding in the tunnel to die collectively.
And so on and so forth, there are countless such examples. It can be said that after poison gas bombs were developed, their use never stopped in the Japanese Army’s war against China.
In the eight years of the invasion of China, the number of times poison gas bombs were used against Chinese military and civilians exceeded two thousand!
Even to this day, when the Japanese Army knew they were at the end of the road, they still did not stop using poison gas bombs, and some frenzied units even increased their use of poison gas bombs.
With so many poison gas bombs stored here, even thinking with one’s butt would tell you they’re definitely not here just to look at.
But what gave him a headache now was how he should deal with these poison gas bombs??
Take these poison gas bombs away?
There were quite a few of these poison gas bombs. If he wanted to load them, he would inevitably have to give up a lot of weapons and equipment, and he really was reluctant to do that.
The key point was that the Chinese government had always insisted on opposing the use of chemical weapons. During the entire War of Resistance, they had captured biochemical weapons but never used them against the Japanese Army.
Even if he took these poison gas bombs back, he couldn’t just give these biochemical weapons to the leader as a return gift, right?
But if he didn’t take them, the little devils would definitely put these biochemical weapons into the battlefield, and in that case, how many more Chinese military and civilians would be harmed?
At this moment, Cao Weida was truly in a dilemma. He smiled wryly and scratched his head hard.
“I’d rather not have found them at all.”
“Sigh, if our international status weren’t so low, with my fiery temper, I’d throw all the captured poison gas bombs right on the little devils’ heads and let them taste the flavor of poison gas bombs too!”
“Damn it, others throw shit on our heads without restraint, but we can only glare and watch. It’s frustrating just thinking about it!”
No way around it—who made China weak? The bald one wouldn’t care how many military and civilians died; he only cared about his image internationally to get more aid.
Look, I’ve been bullied like this, yet I’m still abiding by the international convention. I’m so obedient and pitiful—don’t you pity me a little?
Tsk, no, can’t think about it—the imagery is too strong.
Returning to reality, he was stumped for a moment. This place was different from the previous individual courtyard houses where he could come and go as he pleased, and make a second trip if he couldn’t finish in one.
As soon as he went out, coming back in would be a pipe dream!
The key was he wouldn’t dare to try the same trick again next time. Even if the little devils were that stupid, they wouldn’t give him another chance to succeed.
His brain raced, thinking of a way to have the best of both worlds.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he annoyedly slapped his forehead.
“I’m really sick in the head—why do I have to take them away? I can just blow them up!”
“It’s just a matter of a few time bombs—why waste brain cells thinking about all this nonsense!”
“Not blow it up and leave it to kill Chinese military and civilians?”
Time bombs sound pretty high-end, but actually, as long as you know some military knowledge, you can basically replicate them.
Using the gear transmission structure of mechanical clocks like alarm clocks or pocket watches to connect the pointer or spring to the firing device.
When the pointer reaches the preset time, it triggers the lever or striker, hitting the detonator to cause an explosion. This is the most common method, with easily obtainable materials and relatively simple operation, and it’s also Cao Weida’s best choice right now.
And very coincidentally, this was the little devils’ armory. They had everything here except alarm clocks, and conveniently, Cao Weida knew how to make time bombs.
As for alarm clocks, they were easy to get too. He really didn’t believe no one here had an alarm clock or pocket watch.
Setting down the poison gas bombs, Cao Weida sped up his search.
Soon, he found more good stuff: the M1941 semi-automatic sniper rifle, equipped with a 2.5-4x scope!
This gun might not be familiar to many, but mentioning a scene from a TV series would make it clear. In My Brother Is Shunliu, the gun Shunliu captured was the M1941 semi-automatic sniper rifle.
The gun was produced in America, firing 7.62mm caliber bullets, with a magazine holding 10 rifle bullets.
On the battlefield, if a few good marksmen with this gun faced no artillery cover, they could effectively strike and suppress the enemy’s heavy fire points!
This was good stuff—take it directly!
It was just a pity there were only five boxes in total, fifteen per box—not many.
Afterward, he found three radios, two Type 92 infantry guns, three Type 94 75mm mountain guns, and stuffed them all into the space.
Luckily, he’d been picking good stuff before, or else he’d have to mess with enemy ones.
After taking these, the space was almost full, but he didn’t waste it and stuffed in some more bullets and artillery shells.
Until the space was full, Cao Weida reluctantly stopped.
Then, he sneaked to the warehouse door and carefully looked outside.
The lights near the cafeteria were on, and three people dressed as cooks were unloading supplies from a vehicle and carrying them into the cafeteria.
“Should still have time, but gotta hurry.”
After confirming it was safe, he quietly slipped out.
A good while later, Cao Weida returned to the warehouse with two alarm clocks in hand.
These were captured from killing little devils when he sneaked into the barracks guarding the warehouse.
He placed one finished time bomb on the two boxes of artillery shells he deliberately left behind, and the other on the box of poison gas bombs. He checked the time—it was already 4:10.
Cao Weida didn’t delay any longer. He returned the way he came to near the vegetable delivery vehicle. When the cook carried the vegetable basket to the cafeteria again, he darted to the side of the vehicle at extreme speed, bent down, crawled under the vehicle, and fixed himself in place using hands and feet.
About twenty minutes later, a burst of chatter came, followed by the sound of the vehicle door opening and closing.
After that, the vehicle rumbled to life. At the main gate, the devils did a routine check, confirmed nothing was being carried, and waved it through.
“Phew~~ Finally got through.” After the vehicle left the warehouse, Cao Weida breathed a sigh of relief.
About five minutes after the vehicle drove off, he climbed out from under the vehicle, leaped off in one bound, and rolled into the roadside grass under cover of the night.
The driver on the vehicle clearly hadn’t noticed anything, and the vehicle continued forward.
“Hurry and get out of here!”
Cao Weida glanced back at the warehouse direction, then ran without reluctance toward Yan Dai Xie Jie.
He had set the timer for 5:30, about fifty minutes from now, when the warehouse would explode.
It was also fortunate that the little devils guarded the armory heavily, so almost all the residents in the surrounding residential areas had been driven away and occupied by the little devils. Basically everyone living here were little devils.
Otherwise, Cao Weida really wouldn’t dare to just blow up the poison gas bombs directly.
The spread range of poison gas bombs in open areas is still considerable, but exploding in a confined space would limit the poison gas diffusion to a certain range.
The Xinbei Warehouse was only about seven kilometers from Yan Dai Xie Jie. He took out the key and opened the side door to enter.
In the bedroom, Du Shiniang was sleeping soundly when she suddenly sensed a familiar scent approaching and instinctively leaned toward it.
Soon, a seductive muffled hum came from her nose, “Ah, Master, be gentle.”
The house was instantly filled with spring colors.
At that moment,
Boom~~ Boom~~
Continuous huge rumbling sounds came from afar. Du Shiniang felt the bed shake violently a few times and was startled, “Ah! Did the bed collapse?”
“.” Cao Weida’s mouth twitched. What the hell collapsed, he gave her fair skin a light five-finger print with a slap, “Stay down!”
He was enjoying the silkiness and didn’t care about the huge noise at all, but someone else panicked.
The explosion was very loud and carried far, waking countless people from their sleep.
Especially the ground shaking, making many think it was an earthquake and hurriedly run out of their houses.
But the next moment they were dumbfounded—the distant horizon was enveloped in firelight. Before the crowd could recover, continuous explosions came again.
Immediately after, thick smoke billowed up, with flames struggling fiercely in the smoke, showing their brilliance to the world.
Early in the morning, Cao Weida got up early. Before he could finish dressing, he heard Duomen calling from outside the main gate:
“Cao’er, Cao’er! Up yet?”
“Already up, wait a moment.”
Cao Weida opened the main gate. At the door, Duomen and the old woman servant were standing there.
“Master be well.” The old woman servant respectfully curtsied. She was hired by Cao Weida to serve Du Shiniang’s meals and didn’t live here; she came in the morning, served Du Shiniang breakfast, then went back.
When she arrived in the morning, she saw the side door lock had been used, so she knew Master was here and obediently waited outside for him to get up.
“You go ahead and get busy.” Cao Weida gestured for the old woman servant to go first, “Master Duo, what’s up?”
“Big trouble!” Duomen said mysteriously:
“You heard the explosion last night, right? They’ll probably do a strict check today. Let’s go quick, so Sang Liuji doesn’t talk nonsense again.”
