Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 319 The M3 Carbine: A Weapon for Night Combat

All that remained was the bayonets and hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, which is why the US military was afraid of night battles.

The reason why the M3 carbine is considered a powerful weapon for night combat is because it is equipped with a night vision device.

The M3 carbine's active night vision device is powered by a battery backpack, and is also equipped with a detachable horn-shaped flash suppressor to prevent muzzle flash from affecting the night vision device's operation.

The M3 carbine's basic model was equipped with an early active infrared night vision sight and a flash suppressor. Some of these cumbersome sights were only usable at a range of 100 meters.

Of course, this was only in the early days when electronic technology was not yet advanced. When Wang Gensheng traveled through time, the most advanced infrared night vision devices were already passive.

This night vision device not only allows users to see as if it were daytime in the pitch black of night, but it can also protect against powerful light weapons such as flashbangs.

Of course, this type of infrared night vision device is also the most expensive, with a set costing as much as 40,000 to 50,000 US dollars.

However, even with this old-fashioned active infrared night vision device with a resolution of 100 meters, the M3 carbine performed exceptionally well in the Pacific theater during World War II. For example, the US military used this scope to search for and target Japanese troops attempting to launch night raids.

In the Battle of Okinawa, 70 percent of the Japanese soldiers killed by gunfire were killed by M3 carbines.

Lacking relevant knowledge, the Japanese army assumed that the reason why the American army was able to detect them at a distance at night and had a high shooting accuracy was because they were equipped with radar aiming equipment. So, before launching a night attack, they removed all unnecessary metal objects.

However, none of this worked, because it wasn't radar detection at all, but infrared detection. It's just a pity that in this era, such a thing is still considered high-tech equipment.

So naturally the Japanese wouldn't understand, and of course most people can't see infrared light without special glasses.

However, some people were exceptions. For example, Li Xiu stared wide-eyed at the US reconnaissance company 500 meters away and then said to Wang Gensheng:
"Si Ling, this company of scouts is so strange! Several of them have red lights on their guns. Aren't they afraid of being spotted with such bright lights?"

But as soon as Li Xiu finished speaking, Duan Peng, who was standing to the side, widened his eyes and said:
"Where's the light on the gun? I can't see it!"

"Look! They're just 500 meters away! There are more than a dozen of them! Can't you see those bright red lights?"

After saying that, Li Xiu raised her finger and pointed in a direction, but even with Duan Peng's eyes wide open, he still couldn't see the lights that Li Xiu was talking about.

So Duan Peng turned to Wei Dayong and asked:

"Monk, did you see the bright, red lantern that Li Xiu mentioned?"

Wei Dayong also widened his eyes and said:

"No! Forget about headlights, there's no moon tonight and the clouds are thick. I can't even see the road 30 meters away! How could I see any red lights? Who is that? Baili Xiu, what about you? You're a sniper with good eyesight, can you see the light Li Xiu is talking about?"

Baili Xiu shook his head and said:
"I can't see. My eyesight is good, but my night vision isn't that great. Si Ling, can you see me?"

Wang Gensheng, on the other hand, had already figured out what the bright red lamp Li Xiu was talking about was through his spiritual perception.

That's the infrared emitter on the M3 active infrared night vision device.

Of course, 99.99% of people cannot see infrared light because most people's eyes can only see visible light above infrared and cannot see infrared light.

However, Li Xiu is the 0.01% exception; his eyes possess infrared perception capabilities similar to those of shrimp or snakes. This allows him to see the infrared spectrum emitted by infrared lights. Of course, it is precisely because of this ability that Li Xiu's night vision is ridiculously strong, roughly equivalent to the effect of a fourth-generation four-eyed passive infrared night vision device worth hundreds of thousands.

Of course, it might be better than night vision goggles costing hundreds of thousands. After all, according to Li Xiu, at night, even in what others call pitch black nights, his vision was no different from daytime, and it didn't seem to be weakened much.

According to Li Xiu's understanding, the four-eye night vision device costing hundreds of thousands of yuan could not achieve this effect.

However, now that the US military has started using the M3 carbine, a powerful weapon for night combat, it is natural not to allow it to get within 100 meters.

After all, the night was dark, with visibility less than fifty meters. Therefore, if the enemy's scouts got within a hundred meters, it would be a crushing blow to Wang Gensheng's side.

So Wang Gensheng immediately abandoned any thought of answering Baili Xiu, and instead picked up the M2 heavy machine gun and began firing wildly.

Despite being 500 meters away and having a limited field of vision, Wang Gensheng's mental perception range had expanded to 700 meters.

Therefore, under the influence of mental perception, the heavy machine gun in Wang Gensheng's hand transformed into a Leyton, and every bullet accurately hit the target.

In just over ten seconds, this entire reconnaissance company, more than a hundred men, was mowed down by Wang Gensheng.

Of course, within those ten seconds, some people also saw the muzzle flash from Wang Gensheng's heavy machine gun, which was 500 meters away.

Unfortunately, their carbines didn't have enough range, so they couldn't retaliate and were completely limited in range.

After the battle ended in about ten seconds, Wang Gensheng said to Baili Xiu:
"Alright, now we can bring over that thing Li Xiu mentioned and see what it is!"

Following Wang Gensheng's words, the group began to clean up the battlefield.

Of course, the fighting on Wang Gensheng's side, especially the gunfire from the M2 heavy machine gun, also alerted Smith.

After Smith called the reconnaissance company several times without getting a response, he naturally realized that the reconnaissance company had been ambushed.

The staff officer then advised:
"Should we wait until the bar doesn't have heavy weapons to cover us? We're in a very passive position!"

However, Smith said:
"No! This is even better. Listen to what happened just now. Although the battle was brief, apart from one heavy machine gun, the rest of the sounds were from carbines. This shows that the enemy ambushed a small force, not a main force."

So if it hadn't been a reconnaissance company, but a battalion, or even a regiment, or a single lion, we might have wiped them out. Therefore, we must break out before the enemy's main force arrives.

The staff officer nodded in agreement with Smith's analysis. Just as Smith continued to advance, Baili Xiu and Duan Peng returned with their spoils after cleaning up the battlefield.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the strange-looking carbine that Duan Peng and the others were holding.

This carbine looks no different from an ordinary carbine.

However, the gun has a large scope, and on the scope there is a large light, and this large light has an electric wire connected to a small backpack.

(End of this chapter)