What are the meteorological anecdotes in the war?

The Germans fought the Arctic "flying bear"

During World War II, the Germans disguised themselves and went to Haikou, an Arctic glacier, to establish a meteorological observation network. When they boarded the Arctic glacier, they found hundreds of flying "polar bears" coming at them. In a panic, they shot at the polar bear in a hurry. After an hour of fierce fighting, "flying bear" was suddenly destroyed. They went to the front and saw it, a miracle! Why are seagull bodies everywhere? Where is flying bear?

Later, meteorologists analyzed that when landing, there was a low-density warm air flowing into the sky, and the air density between the upper and lower air was quite different, and the visual image of seagulls becoming "flying bear" appeared. After the shooting, the air was filled with gunpowder, so "flying bear" became a seagull again.

A mirage scares the French.

1798, Napoleon led 30,000 French troops to attack Egypt.

One day, a French army invading Egypt suddenly saw a blur of lakes and mountains hanging upside down in the air. After a while, the lake disappeared without a trace, and then they saw the grass turned into palm trees. This unpredictable image made the French army very frightened and at a loss. The soldiers knelt down in fear and prayed that God would keep them safe.

It turns out that this unpredictable image is a mirage phenomenon that people are already familiar with today. The unexplained meteorological phenomena in ancient times made the French army think that disaster was coming and God was punishing them.

The wind changes suddenly, and toxic gas hurts itself.

During the First World War, on April 22, 2005, the Germans made careful meteorological observation and analysis in advance, and used the breeze weather to blow to the Allies. It is said that at that time, the wind speed was 2 to 5 meters per second, and toxic gas was released at the ypres position in Flanders, which led to the allied forces' retreat one after another.

But one day five months later, because of the previous victory, the Germans tried to do the same thing again, using poison gas on the frontier of French champagne. When the poison gas was released, the weather was unpredictable, but the wind direction suddenly changed and the wind blew to the German position, causing heavy casualties.

The summer climate wiped out 50 thousand Japanese troops

China, the tropical forests in the west and south of Yunnan are humid. Before the founding of New China, it was a famous place of malodorous atmosphere, with the most malodorous atmosphere in the Nujiang River, Lancang River and Yuanjiang River basins. Yang Sheng 'an, a famous writer in Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty, has a poem to prove it: "There is a lot of miasma in the eight bends of Lujiang River, and there is no cure for the dumb."

The so-called miasma refers to the steaming humid air in tropical forests in summer. April to 10 every year is the rainy season, with high temperature and humidity, and miasma is particularly prevalent, and the horror of "miasma hurting people" is the most terrible. At the same time, the hot and humid climate conditions are extremely conducive to the breeding of mosquitoes and flies and the spread of various germs.

During World War II, 65,438+10,000 Japanese troops entered Yunnan from Myanmar. As a result, a group of demons were trapped in the ruthless miasma sea of death, resulting in 50 thousand Japanese troops dying without fighting.

Self-induced avalanche hurts both sides.

19 16 12 During the First World War, Italian and Austrian armies fought for the Mount Drummy in the Alps, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers on each side. During the decisive battle, there was heavy snow for three days in the local area, accompanied by strong winds of magnitude 8 or above, and the snow on the mountains was constantly thickening, especially on steep slopes. In the face of heavy snow, both sides thought that they could kill each other with an avalanche, and their commanders immediately ordered the muzzle to turn around and bombard each other with Xuefeng.

As a result, I only heard a "bang" sound like a landslide, and the Xuefeng collapsed, and the snow and ice "torrent" like a mudslide poured down. As a result, this man-made avalanche lasted for 48 hours, resulting in the death of both sides18,000 people.