Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 158 A Seventeen-Dish Feast

More importantly, the Type 96 light machine gun, which was a copy of the Czech light machine gun, had a major drawback.

That is, changing the magazine is more troublesome compared to the magazine changing method of submachine guns, where the magazine is located at the bottom or on the left.

The way the Type 96 light machine gun changes magazines from the top is really hard to describe, and because the magazine is on top, it also affects the field of vision when aiming the gun.

Moreover, holding a light machine gun weighing nine kilograms or more for a long time to aim can cause arm fatigue.

Not all assault team members have the strength of Wang Gensheng. For example, players who have played Dark Zone Breakout know that when you are aiming a gun, there is a stamina bar. If you hold the gun for a long time, your arm will get sore and the muzzle will shake, making it difficult to aim accurately.

The shooting and aiming technique is based on reality, because in reality, aiming and aiming for a long time will make your arm ache and make it impossible to shoot normally.

Furthermore, the heavier the weapon being held, the faster the stamina bar will be depleted.

Moreover, this consumption increases exponentially. For example, one could hold a pistol weighing only about one kilogram for more than ten minutes without shaking.

However, lifting a light machine gun weighing over ten kilograms to aim and fire would take more than ten minutes, let alone more than ten minutes, even a few seconds would be difficult.

Even though Wang Gensheng's assault team consisted of carefully selected and long-trained strong men, their arms would ache and their guns would start to shake after only two or three minutes of aiming.

However, if a submachine gun weighing only three or four kilograms is used instead, and because the submachine gun has a short barrel and a rearward center of gravity, most of the weight is on the shoulder, the time required to raise and aim the submachine gun is longer, which is more advantageous for assault team leaders in prolonged combat.

Unlike in the original story, where only Li Yunlong sat at Chu Yunfei's banquet, now not only Li Yunlong but also Wang Gensheng is at the table.

Of course, Li Yunlong, as the main guest invited this time, naturally sat at the head table, which was facing the door, while Chu Yunfei, as a guest of honor, sat on the left, and Wang Gensheng sat on the right.

There were also two people sitting at the lower table, and it seemed that the entire Huaguo (a restaurant) was so particular and well-regulated in its hospitality.

However, Wang Gensheng didn't care. He was secretly drooling as he looked at the delicious dishes Chu Yunfei had prepared.

Compared to the five dishes Li Yunlong treated him to at the Independent Regiment before, the banquet Chu Yunfei prepared for Li Yunlong today was truly lavish!

Just a casual glance reveals at least ten dishes, and each one is a substantial dish, not some cheap, half-baked stuff like cabbage and tofu.

Then Wang Gensheng took a closer look and, good heavens, there were three concentric circles. The center of the first circle had a soup, the second circle had five dishes, and the outermost third circle had eleven dishes. All three circles together made seventeen dishes.

Of course, it wasn't just Wang Gensheng who was stunned; Li Yunlong was stunned as well. Actually, before his transmigration, Wang Gensheng had eaten seventeen-course meals before, let alone twenty-seven. After all, social obligations are easy to manage with a few banquets. But since transmigrating to this world of "Bright Sword" in the 1940s, five years have passed, and life there has been incredibly tough!
All they ate were sweet potatoes and steamed buns every day, and even white flour steamed buns were a rarity. Even after Wang Gensheng became the regimental commander, he still dared not be extravagant in the slightest and ate the same food as the soldiers. He dared not give himself any special treatment.

Therefore, a feast like today's, with more than a dozen dishes, can only be enjoyed in dreams.

And it's estimated that there will be no more opportunities to eat a banquet with seventeen dishes like this in the future.

After Li Yunlong sat down, he smiled and said to Chu Yunfei:
"Brother Chu, you truly live up to your wealthy family reputation! You certainly know how to enjoy life! I'm just a country bumpkin; I've never even seen anything like this before, let alone tasted it!"

As he spoke, Li Yunlong laughed self-deprecatingly, to which Chu Yunfei responded with a forced smile:
"Don't look down on me just because I'm from Shanxi. I don't hold grudges. Shanxi cuisine is low-class and not presentable. The only decent Northern cuisine I can find is Shandong cuisine. Luckily, I have a Shanxi chef here whose skills are passable. However, due to the current difficult times, conditions are a bit tough. I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Yunlong!"

Li Yunlong smiled and picked up a slice of beef with his chopsticks to eat. When Wang Gensheng saw Li Yunlong eating, he immediately started eating as well. While Wang Gensheng and Li Yunlong ate heartily, Chu Yunfei and his companions did not touch their chopsticks. Perhaps they were already used to it and therefore did not find it special.
After all, Chu Yunfei had said that he had a cook here, so how could it be reasonable not to prepare special meals for him!
After all, Chu Yunfei's side didn't have the same policy of treating officers and soldiers equally and not giving them special treatment.

It must be said that the chef was quite skilled. Of course, Wang Gensheng's eating manners were not so bad. He took small bites of each dish instead of swallowing them like Li Yunlong. After all, Wang Gensheng was a time traveler who had seen the world.

After eating a piece of beef, Li Yunlong finally spoke:

"Although we're facing a tough time, we still have to eat. Brother, I'm not afraid of people saying we're struggling on the front lines while we're eating well at home!"

In response to Li Yunlong's teasing remark, Chu Yunfei said:
"It's best if the front lines have plenty of food. When the front lines have plenty of food, it means the war is about to end. Brother Yunlong, what are your plans after the war is over?"

As expected, Chu Yunfei was quick and effective, getting straight to the point. Li Yunlong had only just eaten a piece of beef!

Knowing what was about to happen, Wang Gensheng quickened his pace of picking up food, afraid that he wouldn't be able to eat any more!
Upon hearing Chu Yunfei's words, Li Yunlong knew that Chu Yunfei had finally revealed his true intentions, and immediately replied with a smile:

"Me? I have no other ambitions. I just want Chief Minister Ji to grant me an official position so I can bring glory to my ancestors! Brother, you'll have to put in a good word for me with him!"

Upon hearing Li Yunlong's words, Chu Yunfei immediately felt there was a chance, and perhaps he could persuade Li Yunlong to change his mind. He then said:

"Brother Yunlong, I have a problem with your 18th Group Army! With your talent and military achievements, and the reputation you've built up in Shanxi and Beiping over the years, how could your superiors just disappear without a trace! You are a meritorious officer! To be honest, if I had Brother Yunlong's reputation, I would have been a commander long ago!"

Chu Yunfei's words were not untrue. After all, Li Yunlong had killed Sakata, then wiped out the Yamazaki Battalion, and then wiped out the Japanese observation group and killed a Japanese soldier. If these achievements were attributed to Chu Yunfei, then Chu Yunfei would at least be a sergeant.

(End of this chapter)