Since ancient times, fire attacks have been commonly used in the history of warfare to defeat enemies. The Chinese ancestors were particularly fond of fire attacks. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the end of the Qing Dynasty, more than 370 cases of the use of fire attacks were recorded in history. The written fire attack began with the Yanhuang War, which occurred more than 5,000 years ago. According to "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals": "Yanhuang used water and fire." Yanhuang fought in the wilderness of Banquan, using water attack and fire attack tactics to determine the winner. In the Three Kingdoms era, fire attacks almost ran through the history of hegemony. The Battle of Chibi and the Fire Company were both decisive battles in the Three Kingdoms era.

However, the ancient methods of fire attack were relatively simple. They only used animals and plants or flammable materials such as mineral grease and firewood as warheads. The throwing methods were nothing more than the use of bows and arrows, speedboats, manpower, etc. The most special one was the invention of the Byzantine Empire called The incendiary weapon "Greek Fire" was widely used in naval battles. This weapon was similar to today's flamethrower, spraying ignited flammable liquid through a pressurized tube to attack the enemy. In the 8th century, the Byzantine Empire used this weapon to easily defeat the Arab navy. The specific formula of Greek Fire is not very clear so far because the Byzantine Empire kept it strictly confidential, but it is certain that its main raw material is petroleum.

In modern times, arson weapons have also developed rapidly and become a terrible means of warfare.

During World War I, the German army was equipped with three types of flamethrowers - the "Vickers" small backpack flamethrower, the "Kleif" medium backpack flamethrower and the "Golover" large vehicle-mounted flamethrower. On the morning of July 30, 1915, the German army sprayed fire on the British trenches near Verdun, causing the British troops to flee. However, the flamethrowers at that time had short range, little fuel, and were generally bulky, so they did not have a particularly big impact on the war.

In addition to flamethrowers, incendiary grenades, aerial incendiary bombs and incendiary artillery shells also appeared in World War I. The incendiary agents in these ammunition are mainly white phosphorus and thermite. In 1915, the German army used aircraft to drop incendiary bombs for the first time to attack British positions. In 1918, Germany launched another incendiary bombing raid on France. Naturally, Britain and France were not to be outdone. They developed their own incendiary bombs and launched an arson war with Germany.

When it comes to killing, humans are more cruel and good at killing than savage animals. Soon, military experts discovered that the damage caused by gasoline alone was relatively limited, so they added various additives and chemicals to the gasoline to make it more lethal.

boom! boom! boom!

Dense napalm bombs fell towards the ground, some exploded in mid-air, forming "flame waterfalls", and some hit the ground and raised huge fireballs.

As subsequent bombs continued to fall, these blazing fires gradually connected into one, and even terrifying fire tornadoes appeared.

A fire tornado, as the name suggests, is a tornado carrying a fire; it means that when a fire occurs (sometimes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions also occur) the air rises sharply due to high temperature heat, and the surrounding air takes advantage of it from all directions. The intense heat and surging cyclone flow sucked in a large amount of burning debris, and converged with the influx of flammable gas, igniting a rotating and rising fire dragon. Once a fire tornado forms, it can last for more than an hour and is difficult to extinguish because the core temperature is extremely high (more than a thousand degrees) and everything it touches is filled with ashes. Windows, glass, and even steel began to gradually melt under the influence of high temperatures, and the streets cast with asphalt began to flow. Residents who did not have time to hide in the air-raid shelters were devoured by the fire. High temperature and lack of oxygen soon became more ferocious killers.

"Oh God!" The US military pilots in the sky watched in horror as several huge fire tornadoes had formed in the city below, engulfing everything around them wantonly. Everything that could burn was burning, and most of the city was engulfed in raging fire. among.

The German bombers overhead were still dropping such terrible bombs.

"Are these bastards going to burn New York City to ashes?!" The US military pilots cursed through gritted teeth, but they were completely helpless.

"Oh, this fire is really scary!" The bombardier on the German bomber couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the city below that turned into a sea of ​​flames. "God bless! If I had surrendered earlier, I wouldn't have had to suffer this."

The pilot on the co-pilot looked at the fire below and said. "Do you think it's useful to hide in a bomb shelter under such a fire?"

The driver shook his head. "Ordinary high-explosive bombs may still be useful. I heard that most of the people hiding in air-raid shelters when bombed by napalm were suffocated."

It's impossible to suffocate, because the top US officials knew that the German incendiary bombs would consume a lot of oxygen, so they added ventilation ducts or stockpiled compressed bottled air in most air raid shelters.

But in addition to consuming oxygen, fire can also release terrible heat.

"So hot!"

In an underground air raid shelter, the people hiding inside gradually noticed something strange in the air. The walls of the air raid shelter absorbed part of the heat, and the temperature in the air raid shelter gradually rose. The originally cold air-raid shelter gradually became warmer, but this warmth soon turned into unbearable heat.

In this scorching heat, many people have begun to take off their clothes. At this time, any clothing on their bodies will block the body's heat dissipation. Many women, regardless of shame, took off all their clothes except their underwear, just to stay cooler.

The men didn't care to appreciate the graceful figures of the beauties around them, and kept wiping the sweat from their faces. Douda's sweat kept coming out of his body, as if he was trying to force all the water out of their bodies.

"It's so hot, I can't stand it anymore! I want to get out!" A man struggled to stand up and staggered to the entrance of the air-raid shelter. But as soon as his hand grabbed the handle of the iron door, there was a pop, and suddenly there was a smell of barbecue. spread.

"Ah!!" The man screamed and jerked his hand back, his whole palm already covered in blood.

"Oh God!" Seeing this, everyone around was shocked. How high is the temperature outside to burn the iron door like this?

People near the entrance struggled to squeeze in. At this time, the air-raid shelter had turned from scorching hot to scalding hot. The air became scalding hot, the walls became scalding hot, the ground became scalding hot, and the human body also became scalding hot. The high temperature made people's consciousness It becomes blurry and begins to make a painful groaning sound. Many people's skin begins to turn red and feel burning pain. This is the reaction of the skin when being burned.

The temperature continued to rise, and after a while, there was a dead silence in the air-raid shelter. Everyone had completely fainted and gradually became silent.

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