Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 268 A Brief Battle

In fact, at least in Wang Gensheng's view, this fourth-generation tank, especially its armor, must solve the problem of protection against metal jets.

It's important to understand that during World War I and the early stages of World War II, tanks were the uncrowned kings of the roads, reigning supreme.

The reason for this is that there are no metal jet weapons for individual soldiers to use. To destroy a tank, the only options are tank cannons or immobile anti-tank guns.

In this way, if the infantry do not have effective individual weapons to deal with tanks, then the tanks naturally do not need to worry about infantry attacks.

However, with the advent of man-portable metal jet weapons, such as the Panzerfaust and the Bazooka, the tank's battlefield invincibility has been dramatically weakened.

In the face of an individual soldier, a tank is no longer an impenetrable steel fortress, but merely a mobile iron coffin.

And so, the Pershing tank, a steel monster weighing over forty tons, was nothing more than a fragile shell in front of Wang Gensheng's anti-tank grenade.

A single anti-tank grenade weighing only one kilogram can easily destroy this steel machine weighing more than forty tons. Such cost-effectiveness naturally makes tanks less cost-effective on the battlefield in the future.

This is why fifth-generation fighter jets have already appeared, and even sixth-generation ones are already flying in the sky, while tanks have only reached the third generation, and the fourth-generation tank was directly put into production in difficulty.

After all, although there are man-portable air defense missiles that can be used to shoot down fighter jets, their range is limited to only a few thousand meters due to weight constraints, making them unable to hit fighter jets that can fly at altitudes of tens of thousands of meters.

Therefore, it is easy to use man-portable anti-tank missiles to attack tanks, but it is much more difficult to use man-portable air defense missiles to attack fighter jets.

The entire battle lasted no more than five minutes, during which Wang Gensheng and his Marines easily eliminated a company of American soldiers defending the signal tower.

This stunned Ji Chungeng, the commander of the Sixth Company who had been attacking the area. The Mi Guo soldiers, whose firepower had been so fierce before, seemed so vulnerable against Wang Gensheng. He quickly recovered and reported:

"I am Ji Chungen, the company commander of the 6th Company of the 172nd Regiment. Our company's mission is to blow up the US military signal tower and cut off the communication between the US front and the Chosin Reservoir command. Thank you for your help, brother units. Which unit are you from?"

In response to Ji Chungeng's self-introduction, Wang Gensheng also removed his bulletproof mask and introduced himself:

"We are Marines, and I am Wang Gensheng, the Navy Commander!"

Wang Gensheng's introduction immediately confused Ji Chungen. What was going on? Si Ling was leading the charge on the front lines. In the Liberation Army, the lowest rank called Si Ling was a corps commander. For example, the corps commander of their Ninth Corps, Song Shilun, was Song Si Ling. So what was this guy? If he heard correctly, he should be the Navy's Si Ling!

So, what exactly is this Marine Corps thing?
Just as Ji Chungen was somewhat bewildered, Li Xiu's voice came through the walkie-talkie that Wang Gensheng was carrying. Li Xiu told Wang Gensheng that he had spotted a company of American soldiers rushing towards the signal tower, probably to reinforce the battlefield, and that they were less than three kilometers away.

Wang Gensheng didn't waste any words and immediately said to Duan Peng and Wei Dayong:
"Prepare to continue the battle. We'll advance 500 meters and set up an ambush!"

Then he turned to Wu Qianli and Ji Chungeng and said, "You two clean up the battlefield and blow up the signal tower!"

In fact, the original plan for the Chosin Reservoir storyline was for Lei Zhisheng to lead his artillery platoon when they encountered reinforcements, and then the artillery would attack the support troops.

However, due to Wang Gensheng's actions, no troops were divided, so Lei Zhisheng naturally did not have the opportunity to discover the American reinforcements. But Wang Gensheng had anticipated this, so while the battle was going well, he instructed Li Xiu to be on guard.

After all, Li Xiu's night vision was incredibly useful, indistinguishable from daytime vision, and with the help of binoculars, it could even see clearly five or six kilometers away.

Honestly, Wang Gensheng sometimes wondered if he should gouge out Li Xiu's eyes and put them on his own body, but he only thought about it. After all, Wang Gensheng had transmigrated to the world of Bright Sword, not the world of Naruto.

Furthermore, Wang Gensheng's mental perception is quite good, and its range will increase as his body is strengthened. So as long as Wang Gensheng kills more enemies, he will eventually be able to perceive a range of several kilometers.

Moreover, the most important aspect of this mental perception is its ability to penetrate objects, such as being able to sense what's happening inside a house—a powerful tool for urban warfare!
Wang Gensheng just used this method of perception to kill more than a dozen American soldiers through the wall!

Perhaps due to the night, the US troops that came to provide support did not march very fast. After Wang Gensheng had been lying in ambush for more than ten minutes, the US tanks and troop carriers finally arrived late. Wang Gensheng did not hold back and threw an anti-tank grenade at the tank in front of him, which then exploded.

Then something unexpected happened: the tank's turret flew more than ten meters high after the explosion and landed on a troop transport truck.

This had serious consequences; dozens of American soldiers on the troop transport truck were instantly killed by the tank's turret.

Of course, more importantly, this death would also be attributed to Wang Gensheng, who would also be able to absorb the energy.

After the first tank exploded, the second tank following behind also stopped and turned its turret to aim at this side. Unfortunately, it was too late, because Wang Gensheng threw his second anti-tank grenade, and the second tank also exploded.

With the arrival of the US troops, there were no more weapons that could threaten the Marine Corps commando team, so Wang Gensheng immediately took the lead in the charge, firing his M2 heavy machine gun at the troop transport trucks as he charged.

The soldiers on the truck almost instinctively crouched down, trying to use the truck bed to block the bullets.

However, the 12.7mm bullets from the M2 heavy machine gun are nowhere near the metal of a truck troop carrier. They can't even stop 7.62mm bullets, let alone 12.7mm bullets. At most, they can only stop submachine gun bullets.

The battle ended quickly. Wang Gensheng killed the most enemies in this battle because the truck bed could not stop the heavy machine gun bullets. Moreover, due to the density of the bullets, one of Wang Gensheng's heavy machine gun bullets could penetrate the truck bed and then continue to hit several American soldiers.

So in the end, the American soldiers didn't even have time to jump off the troop transport trucks before Wang Gensheng shot them dead right there on the trucks.

After the battle ended, Wang Gensheng took a moment to assess his condition. Including the battle at the signal tower, his body had only been strengthened by 10% in these two brief engagements. This meant that Wang Gensheng alone had killed over a hundred American soldiers.

(End of this chapter)