Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 256 Napalm

However, the old man's air force and the United States' air force are completely different concepts and cannot be compared at all.

Therefore, Wang Gensheng immediately said:

"Better safe than sorry. The old man's air force consists of planes that the US has phased out, and the old man isn't as rich as the US!"

Following Wang Gensheng's words, the train crossed the Yalu River and entered Chaozhou territory.

However, the train stopped as soon as it entered Chaozhou territory because the railway tracks in front of it had been blown up.

Wang Gensheng naturally understood that American bombers were about to arrive, so he immediately said to the Lion Chief of the Eighty-Nine Lions:

"Lion Commander, quickly give the order for the soldiers to unload all the ammunition and supplies from the train and move them away from the train. The American bombers will be coming soon!"

However, the leader of the eighty-nine lions said:
"But this railway can be repaired in just half an hour. If it's repaired, it will save the soldiers a lot of travel time!"

Wang Gensheng responded with a cold laugh:

"Crossing the Yalu River is tantamount to entering the battlefield. Do you think the enemy will be so kind as to let you safely ride the train to the front lines? Execute orders, Lion Commander! Don't gamble the lives of our soldiers with the enemy's mercy!"

After hearing Wang Gensheng's words, the leader of the Eighty-Nine Lions gritted his teeth and chose to obey Wang Gensheng, even though Wang Gensheng was a naval officer, which was higher in rank than him, the leader of the Eighty-Nine Lions, and even half a rank higher than their corps officer.

However, since they did not belong to the same unit, it was not a problem for them not to obey Wang Gensheng's orders before receiving orders from their superiors. However, Wang Gensheng's last words, "Don't gamble the lives of your soldiers on the enemy's mercy," still moved the leader of the Eighty-Nine Lions.

Of course, while the leader of the Eighty-Nine Lions was giving orders to move the food and other supplies from the train, Wang Gensheng was not idle either. Under Wang Gensheng's orders, they began digging air-raid shelters next to the railway tracks.

Wang Gensheng's idea was naturally very simple: he wanted to use trains as bait, just like at Xuzhou Airport, to see if he could shoot down a bomber while American fighters were diving and bombing.

As Wang Gensheng had expected, just as he finished digging the hole, American bombers flew over. Surprisingly, these bombers were not the famous Flying Fortresses, but B-24 bombers.

It was the kind of medium bomber that the US sold to the old man. Although it was only a medium bomber, the bombs it carried could still cause devastating damage to trains, especially the napalm bombs, whose power should not be underestimated.

As the bombers drew closer, Duan Peng turned to Wang Gensheng and said with concern:

"Si Ling, why don't you let me do it? It's too dangerous for you to be so close to the train!"

Wang Gensheng responded to this with a hint of annoyance:
"You think your marksmanship is as good as mine? Stop talking nonsense and get the Marines off the train right now, that's an order!"

Duan Peng had no choice but to lead his marines off the train. Because Wang Gensheng had warned them early, the Eighty-Nine Lions had already moved the food and other supplies off the train, so there was no need to worry about a shortage of supplies after the train was bombed. Soon, the B-24 bombers entered dive bombing mode, and their altitude decreased accordingly, from 1,000 meters to 500 meters in an instant, entering Wang Gensheng's mental perception range.

At this altitude, Wang Gensheng had no reason to let it go. After all, as long as it was within his perception range, Wang Gensheng was a sharpshooter who could hit the bullseye every time. So, the anti-aircraft machine gun in Wang Gensheng's hand immediately opened fire.

With the help of his mental perception, Wang Gensheng constantly fine-tuned the muzzle of the M2 heavy machine gun, keeping it locked onto the bomber's cockpit.

The 12.7mm bullet easily pierced the cockpit glass of the bomber, and then hit the pilot, co-pilot, and bombardier in turn.

Unfortunately, just as Wang Gensheng's bullet struck the bombardier, the bombardier had already pressed the bomb release button, and a huge napalm bomb was dropped, its target being the locomotive of the train.

Wang Gensheng's spiritual senses naturally detected that the napalm bombs dropped by the bomber were not ordinary bombs.

Wang Gensheng naturally understood the power of this bomb, especially since it didn't rely on the blast wave to kill, but rather on the scattered fuel. Therefore, the air-raid shelter that Wang Gensheng dug was of little use.

After all, the air-raid shelter was nearly two meters deep. As long as the bomb didn't land directly on top of Wang Gensheng's shelter, he could simply crouch down to avoid the bomb's shockwave. After all, the shockwave spread vertically in all directions and didn't turn. But this trick wouldn't work against napalm bombs, especially if there was no fireproof door.

The napalm oil scattered from the bomb would fall directly into the air-raid shelter and burn Wang Gensheng to death. Napalm has a temperature of over 1,000 degrees Celsius. Let alone Wang Gensheng's current physical fitness, which is only six times that of the bomb, even ten times would probably be enough to withstand the burning of the napalm. Perhaps even a hundred times the physical fitness of the bomb could withstand the burning of the napalm.
In response, Wang Gensheng's brain, with its computing power six times that of an ordinary person, began to think at high speed. In the blink of an eye, he came up with a solution. As soon as he had the idea, Wang Gensheng squatted down and punched the sides of the pit.

With six times the physical strength, each of Wang Gensheng's punches carried a force exceeding a thousand pounds.

He had already thrown more than ten punches in the blink of an eye, and under Wang Gensheng's bombardment, the already soft soil at the cave entrance began to fall down in a rush.

Finally, before the napalm bombs fell, a thick layer of soil covered Wang Gensheng's body, burying him completely.

A huge fireball exploded less than ten meters away from Wang Gensheng, and the scattered flames naturally filled the air-raid shelter. If Wang Gensheng hadn't just quickly covered himself with a thick layer of mud, he would be a charred corpse by now.

Duan Peng and Wei Dayong, who were watching all this from a distance, rushed towards Wang Gensheng with eyes wide with rage.

Of course, after Wang Gensheng shot and killed the pilot, co-pilot, and bombardier of the B-24 bomber that caused all this, the bomber went out of control and crashed into the ground, eventually turning into a huge fireball.

Seeing the other bomber crash after being hit by machine gun fire from the ground, the other bomber quickly adjusted its attitude and dared not dive-bomb. Instead, it pulled up to an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, dropped the remaining bombs, and ran away.

The accuracy of bombing from a height of 2,000 meters is naturally incomparable to that from a height of 500 meters.

Napalm bombs have an impressive explosive force, but their effects are short-lived; the fire is extinguished in less than a minute.

(End of this chapter)