Chapter 168:
Poison gas was used extensively in World War I.
On April 22, 1915, the German army first used chemical poisonous gas in war. The original poison gas shell was chlorine gas, but by July 1917, Germany invented mustard gas, which was hailed as the king of poison gases.
During World War I, both sides used poison gas stations on a large scale. The types of poisonous gases reached an astonishing 45 kinds, with approximately 1.25 million tons used, resulting in over one million deaths and nine million injuries. Poisonous gases often caused the victims to lose their sight or become disfigured, bringing them lifelong suffering.
Hitler was gassed in World War I and nearly lost his sight.
Of course, these Muyang are fundamentally unable to solve the problem, but based on Muyang's memory, the gas mask at this time is very backward. Muyang thought of a way to get a batch of modern gas masks that can protect against toxic gases and protect the soldiers.
In 1918, although there were gas masks, the gas masks at that time had a major flaw, that is, they could not breathe violently. Once violent exercise and rapid breathing occurred, it would cause suffocation. Many soldiers would remove their gas masks due to this suffocation and die again from poisoning.
Soldiers can only slowly walk out of the toxic gas area, if they want to run, they will die faster, because the gas mask is effective for a limited time, and many times soldiers have not yet walked out of the toxic gas area, the gas mask has become ineffective.
If there was a kind of convenient and more efficient way, which could enable soldiers to fight with gas masks on, it would greatly enhance the survival ability of soldiers.
This can be and must be.
The last resort Mu Yang thought of was to change the army's charging method.
Because in World War I, most soldiers died during charges.
At this time, the soldiers charged forward. To Mu Yang, it was so ridiculous. The soldiers held their guns and marched straight forward. Facing the enemy's machine gun bullets, the soldiers fell down in batches. Those soldiers could only pray that they would be blessed by God and the bullets wouldn't hit them.
The most famous Somme River Battle, the British army advanced in a dense formation and suffered severe casualties from German machine guns and artillery fire, with nearly 60,000 casualties on the first day.
600,000 people, even if they were 600,000 sheep, would not be so easily slaughtered when running. It can only be said that the army's charge at this time was a complete farce, and the army had not yet broken away from the influence of the dense formation of the old European army.
While Muyang thought of a simple method, which was to crawl forward.
Although crawling forward may not be suitable at certain times and terrain, soldiers can still bend down and run forward with their bodies low, and then switch to crawling forward when approaching the enemy's position. Mo Yang thought that if everyone used this method to attack, it would likely reduce casualties by a lot.
As for some other methods seen online, such as strengthening soldier crisis training and increasing equipment, Muyang said he had no time or ability to do so.
The three methods chosen by Mu Yang are what he can currently achieve and can greatly improve the survival ability of soldiers.
Now, first go online and place an order to buy a batch of anti-toxic masks.
Actually, the gas mask was also born in World War I. Someone found that where toxic gases were dropped, people died, but pigs survived. After studying it, they found that when pigs encounter toxic gases, they use their snouts to dig into the ground, making the soil loose and soft. The pigs breathe through the gaps in the soil, while the toxic gases are absorbed by the soil, allowing the pigs to survive.
Later, people made gas masks in the shape of pig snouts, but instead of mud inside, they were filled with activated carbon to absorb toxic gases.
Of course, in modern gas masks, the main thing is to install some chemical absorbents, which have a better effect of absorbing and filtering toxic gases, making breathing more smooth.
Buy gas masks, Mu Yang must choose the kind that can defend against toxic gases, so choosing military ones makes people feel more at ease. Those gas masks sold online are mostly for dust-proof, smoke-proof and pesticide-proof purposes, which have little effect on toxic gases.
Mu Yang directly called Ding Hailong, the owner of a military supplies store he knew.
"What, you want 160 military gas masks? Are you kidding me?" The owner of the military store was also surprised by Mu Yang's words. In this day and age, people buy military gas masks for fun or to complete their equipment, but he had never seen anyone buy over a hundred gas masks at once.
"Are you sure, bro? Do you have it there?"
"Take a look at what you want, but as long as it's roughly the same, I can get it for you. It's not like it's contraband or anything. There are quite a few types, so you'd better come over and pick one out yourself." said Ding Hailong.
"That's easy, I'll go now."
Muyang hung up the phone and took a taxi to the military store.
As soon as he entered the military store, the owner smiled and said: "Younger brother, I shouldn't be asking questions since business is coming to my door, but I'm really curious, what do you want so many gas masks for?"
"Prevent the end of the world and make preparations for survival in the future."
Mr. Ding's face turned black, and he had encountered another doomsday enthusiast, but it was 2009, and the topic of doomsday was hot at that time. He had indeed received a few people who came to his place to buy military supplies in preparation for the coming doomsday, the end of the world in 2012. It was unclear whether it was good or bad, but it did bring him business opportunities.
"Little brother, come and take a look yourself. I'll introduce them to you one by one." Ding Hailong opened the computer and pulled up pictures of anti-virus masks.
"First, let's talk about the Chinese ones. There are 65, 64, 69, 87, and FMJ05 models, as well as the latest FMJ08. Then there are the British S10 mask, the Swiss F2 mask, and the Russian GP-5. But I have to tell you, importing foreign goods takes a long time. I'll need to ask around to see where we can find some stock. It's not like I have them here, and it's not even guaranteed that we can find any." said Old Master Ding.
"It's not necessarily foreign, and being foreign doesn't mean it's better. Just tell me about the domestic ones, Brother Ding," said Mu Yang.
"That's good, domestic goods are also easy to find. First, let me introduce FMJ08 and FMJ05, actually the two models are not much different, 08 model has some improvements, here is the detailed data, you can take a look yourself, defense against most war toxic gases and harmful gases."
"Brother Ding, how can this defend against sarin gas for only 110 seconds and chlorine gas for only 30 seconds? What's the use of this?"
"Little brother, get out of here! You think a gas mask is an oxygen tank or scuba gear? This is just a filter device, meant for escaping. You think it can prevent how long? No matter how good the gas mask is, they all have a time limit. Of course, in places with low concentrations, it will last longer. After all, they rely on absorbents to absorb toxic particles. Once the absorbent is used up, it becomes ineffective."
"Of course, there is also a more thorough solution, adding an air compressor tank, but that thing is too much trouble and not very practical." The boss introduced.
"How come I see in TV movies that those foreign soldiers wear masks and rush in, and they don't even change them throughout the entire battle?" Mu Yang asked very innocently.
Mr. Ding burst out laughing, "Those scenes in the movies, at most there would be thick smoke or smoke bombs, do you think there would be toxic gas? Even if American soldiers encountered toxic gas, their first choice would be to run away, gas masks are meant to give people time to escape, not to wear them while attacking."
"I've learned something." Murong said with a gain of knowledge.
