War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 51 This is impossible!

The Northeast has warmed up, causing the forest to be filled with the sound of dripping water. Although the weather was clear and cloudless with only a bright moon hanging in the sky, the old forest was extremely humid, as if it was raining.

In the old forest, Xu Chaoyang and his companions sat by the campfire. They had been walking for half a night and a whole day. The car had no gas and the horses were lost, so the group of people had to walk on foot and even then they didn't dare to take the main road.

"Scholar?"

"I'm not a scholar!"

"Then, Jinshi?"

"Tong Meng! My name is Tong Meng!"

Qu Yong kept bickering with Tong Meng, who was as tongue-tied as an old woman's cotton trouser waist. Apart from his blunt rebuttals, he had no idea of ​​"sarcasm, cursing, making indirect accusations" and other techniques that could make people laugh.

Xu Chaoyang didn't say anything when he saw Tong Meng being bullied by Qu Yong. That's how it is in the army. If you have the ability, you can bully others. If you don't have the ability, just stay still. It all depends on yourself.

"Tong Meng, we are running out of bullets, can we do it?"

This is what Xu Chaoyang is most concerned about. They have very few 9mm bullets left. Xu Chaoyang himself has three magazines left, Xu Minghao has one and a half left, Liu Gener has one magazine in his gun and one in his Kowloon belt. Qu Yong is more miserable, with sixteen bullets left. If Xu Chaoyang hadn't given him a magazine, he would have had to change guns.

"With gunpowder ratio, yes."

Hearing this, Xu Chaoyang rolled his eyes and said, "I have a standard gunpowder ratio, why do I need you?"

Tong Meng was not used to this way of speaking and stretched his neck. He wanted to refute but didn't know where to start, and he didn't like this rhythm of speaking even more.

"Where's the explosives?" Xu Chaoyang ignored Tong Meng's expression and asked, "Black powder will do."

Xu Chaoyang felt that this kind of thing should not be difficult for Tong Meng. After all, the five major infantry tactics of our army are assassination, throwing, shooting, earthworks and blasting.

Who knew that Tong Meng still replied: "You have to tell me the explosion you need... You have to tell me the explosion effect you want, and you have to give me the raw materials..." He racked his brains to come up with a way of speaking that the other party could understand.

After hearing this, Qu Yong said unhappily: "Why are you so nosy?"

When it came time to discuss academic issues, Tong Meng refused to give in: "How can this be called too much trouble?"

"Why isn't it a lot of trouble? That thing is like a grenade, as long as it can explode..."

"You...are ignorant!"

Tong Meng was completely pissed off. He couldn't even open his mouth to talk to this group of rough guys. They only knew how to ask if this was okay or that was okay. You should at least give a standard answer. You said you wanted explosives, but you had to tell them where to explode. Only then can we calculate the blasting equivalent and the blasting direction. Only by calculating these things can we know the result of the gunpowder ratio.

That's great. You don't understand anything, so I'll just push you there and ask you questions until you die.

Xu Chaoyang is not omniscient. He has experience as a soldier, so he has heard of these things. In addition, he has worked in a military museum, so he has some understanding of these things and there is nothing wrong with him speaking them out. If you ask him for more details, he will be completely clueless.

"You know about the explosive pack, right?"

Tong Meng finally got a clue: "In 1900, the Boxers attacked more than 3000 Christians in Songjiahe. On July 7, the Boxers used explosive packs to blow up the city wall, broke into the city and killed the nuns who were offering the last resistance. This was also the first recorded use of explosive packs in history."

"I studied this thing when I was abroad. The inner layer is oil paper to prevent moisture, and the outer layer is tied tightly with kraft paper. After tying it up, the detonator is inserted, the detonator is connected to the fuse, and the fuse is connected to the firing tube. The explosion is often controlled by the fuse during the preparation..."

Xu Chaoyang quickly waved his hand: "That's not what I meant."

He continued, "I'm going to use this thing as a cannonball and fire it out."

"What!" Tong Meng widened his eyes as if he had never heard of it.

He seemed to suddenly figure it out: "Why, you still have cannons?"

Xu Chaoyang shook his head and said mysteriously: "The oil barrel or the iron barrel will do..."

"impossible!"

Tong Meng said he didn't believe it: "Everyone knows how thin that iron barrel is. With such a thin iron sheet, what did you use as propellant?"

"Black powder will do."

Tong Meng was dumbfounded.

He thought Xu Chaoyang was crazy. He wanted to use gunpowder to explode dynamite! The risk factor of this thing was equivalent to sleeping in bed with a burning dynamite pack in your arms. Who would dare to use it?
"Even if what you said can be done, the iron barrel is enough, and black powder is used as propellant, how can we control the landing point of the explosive package that flies out of the iron barrel? Without a precise landing point, how can we hit the target?"

Qu Yong couldn't get a word in this time, so he turned and looked at Yu Minghao: "What are they talking about?"

Xu Chaoyang looked at Tong Meng naturally and admitted, "I don't know how to do it. You have to research all of this."

"What!"

Xu Chaoyang continued, "The proportion of gunpowder, the making of explosive packs, and how to eject them from the gasoline barrels all depend on you. You have to think hard about it, or we'll all be killed when we use it."

Tong Meng turned his head dumbly to look at the people around him, then turned back to look at Xu Chaoyang. At that moment...

It was as if these people had handed their lives into his hands at the same time: "Don't you guys need to discuss it anymore?" Tong Meng really wanted to ask this question, but he couldn't open his mouth.

He knew what he had exchanged for, and that was an imperial decree that was enough to make these people rich for the rest of their lives!

They gave up the imperial power they had fought for in exchange for your joining, and now you timidly say that you can't do it?

Why can't you do it?
These four people dared to charge at dozens of Japanese devils. Can't you do it when I asked you to study something?

What about your ideals? What about your ambitions?

You always claim to be serving the country and the people!
Tong Meng let out a long sigh and rubbed his cheeks beside the fire. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to follow these people into the mountains and forests.

I just leaned against the tree, and fell asleep with my head full of various calculations...

In his dream, after he filled the tin barrel with propellant, he also stuffed the explosive pack into it. No matter how he tried, he would be blown to pieces.
In the dream, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and couldn't think of a specific way to solve the problem;
In his dream, he cursed Xu Chaoyang over and over again, saying he was crazy. How could a normal person allow himself to use such an impossible method to study something he had never seen before...

But when he woke up from his dream, he heard Xu Chaoyang's voice: "Let him sleep a little longer, don't rush to wake him up."

"Brother, if you spoil her like this, it's ok, but won't you spoil her like a little wife?"

"You know shit! How can he be the same as us rough guys? I can ignore a hole in my arm, how can they?"

"This is a serious brain exercise. If you don't let him rest his brain, do you know how to study explosive packs?"

Tong Meng didn't know what to say. They were clearly sleeping in the wilderness, and everyone was shivering with cold... Wait, why wasn't he cold?

He raised his eyelids slightly and saw the cotton coat covering his body and the bonfire still burning beside him… The man standing in the distance, wearing only a thin lining, was stunned.

(End of this chapter)