Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 88: A Gun Barrel Thicker Than a Thigh
Before Wang Gensheng traveled through time, when he watched those movies and TV series, wasn’t it said that covering one’s mouth and nose could make a person unconscious?

Now look what happened, he died directly, it really makes me speechless!
So Wang Gensheng had no choice but to continue with the sabotage plan. As for taking back the ten Type 92 infantry guns on the Japanese artillery positions, that was out of the question.

You have to know that the Type 92 infantry gun is not a mortar. It is very heavy, each one weighs more than 200 kilograms, and is very difficult to disassemble.

So it had to be blown up. After all, if we couldn't get it, we naturally couldn't leave it to the Japanese.

boom!
clatter! clatter! clatter!
The fierce sound of submachine gun fire immediately woke up all the Japanese soldiers on the entire position.

There was no other way. Wang Gensheng originally wanted to kill someone in his sleep, but he was unlucky and met a Japanese soldier who wanted to get up at night, and this Japanese soldier even fired a gun!

So Wang Gensheng opened fire without any hesitation.

Even though an artillery battalion had hundreds of Japanese soldiers, they were still not enough to face the crazy fire of more than 30 submachine guns.

"Quick! Put two grenades in each barrel, and then use one grenade to detonate it!"

Following Wang Gensheng's order, grenades were stuffed into the barrel of the Type 92 infantry gun.

Fortunately, the caliber of the Type 92 infantry gun is 70 mm. If it were smaller, the Japanese grenades would not be able to fit in.

Although using a grenade to blow up a gun barrel sounds a bit ridiculous, it is not ridiculous. You should know that the grenade is filled with TNT.

Instead of smokeless propellant, for example, the explosion speed of TNT can reach 6,900 meters per second, but the explosion speed of propellant made from nitrocellulose is only 2,000 meters per second.

If calculated according to the kinetic energy formula, the kinetic energy of nitrocellulose is only one tenth of the power of TNT explosives.

As for why not just use TNT as propellant!

In fact, it is not that we don't want to, but that we can't do it. Let alone decades ago, it can't be done even after years. The main reason why it can't be done is that the power of TNT is too great. The result of using it as propellant can only blow up the gun barrel instead of launching the shell.

After Wang Gensheng blew up the ten Type 92 infantry guns in the artillery position, he did not return the same way, because the artillery position was behind him, so at this moment a large number of Japanese soldiers were rushing towards this side.

Therefore, if Wang Gensheng turned back, he would definitely meet the Japanese devils who were coming.

Therefore, Wang Gensheng had no choice but to lead dozens of people in the assault team to face hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were ready for battle.

So Wang Gensheng broke out without hesitation.

Snapped!
"Baga, what the hell is your artillery battalion doing? You don't even have anyone on guard duty! Where's your battalion commander? Send him to see me!"

Regimental Captain Watanabe was naturally furious about the ten Type 92 infantry guns whose barrels were blown out, but there was nothing he could do as things had come to this point, so he could only take his anger out on the artillery squadron leader.

However, at this time, his soldiers came to report that the artillery captain had died in his tent.

Of course, Wang Gensheng naturally didn't know that Captain Watanabe was angry but helpless.

At this time, Wang Gensheng led the assault team around, and then entered the underground passage from a very hidden place ten miles away from Wangjia Village and returned to Wangjia Village.

As soon as he returned to the village, Kong Jie immediately asked:
"So, what was the result of this battle?"

"The results were good. We destroyed ten of the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns. Unfortunately, some of them were lost. I wanted to capture the Japanese artillery captain and ask him if there were any reinforcements for tomorrow. However, it was my first time doing this and I was inexperienced, so I suffocated him!" Kong Jie smiled and shook his head.
"We just need to try a few more times. But even without asking, we know that these little devils will definitely recruit more people. It's just a matter of how many people they will recruit."

Wang Gensheng thought for a moment before saying:
"Captain, how about you take the people of the New Second Regiment and evacuate at night? I'll stay here and see!"

After hearing Wang Gensheng's words, Kong Jie shook his head and said:
"This won't work. If the Japanese see that there's no one here tomorrow morning, they'll definitely think it's a trap. Then the Japanese who were supposed to be there to reinforce us might not come. Besides, if we can't attract enough Japanese, then all our underground tunnels would have been dug in vain!"

"Alright, then let's get some rest tonight and see how many more Japs we can get tomorrow!"

After Wang Gensheng finished speaking, he returned to his room to rest. It must be said that fighting a defensive battle did have its advantages, that is, he did not have to rest in the wild with the sky as his blanket and the ground as his bed like those little Japanese devils.

At this time, not only Wang Gensheng, but most of the soldiers of the New Second Regiment also returned to their houses to rest, leaving only one-fifth of them to stand guard on the position.

They also deployed many secret sentries, so that they would not be afraid of the Japanese daring to attack at night, and at the same time they could ensure that the soldiers on their side could get a good rest. After all, only by ensuring adequate sleep can the soldiers shoot more accurately. If they don’t get enough rest, their eyes will be blurry and how can they shoot and fight!

In this way, Wang Gensheng went to bed at two o'clock and woke up at seven o'clock because of his biological clock. He couldn't help but feel hungry. After all, it had been more than two years since he traveled here, and the two years of military service had made Wang Gensheng subconsciously accustomed to eating at seven o'clock in the morning.

Breakfast was not a good meal, just pickles, whole grain steamed buns and porridge, but despite this, it was very good in that era.

At this time, Wang Gensheng also came to the trench outside the village to see what the Japanese would do today.

However, what Wang Gensheng did not expect was that the Japanese did not launch any more attacks after eight o'clock today.

They just looked at each other from a safe distance of 800 meters.

Obviously, the Japanese are waiting for reinforcements!

However, Wang Gensheng could only stare blankly at the Japanese soldiers who were just surrounding the area but not attacking.

Even though we wiped out nearly two infantry squadrons and an artillery battalion at night.

But it still did not damage the foundation of this Japanese regiment.

Therefore, it was impossible to rush out and counterattack to annihilate this Japanese regiment.

However, the situation took a turn for the worse around 3:00 p.m.

Because the Japanese reinforcements have arrived.

"Deputy Captain Wang, look at the Japanese reinforcements coming this time, they should have more than one regiment!"

After hearing Kong Jie's words, Wang Gensheng raised his telescope and observed for a while before saying:

"This is more than just one regiment's worth of troops. It should be a brigade and two regiments. If we add the Japs from yesterday's regiment, the number of Japs surrounding us is already over ten thousand. It's time to prepare for retreat!"

At this moment, Kong Jie seemed to have discovered something and suddenly said to Wang Gensheng:
"Look, the Japs are setting up their artillery again. The barrels are thicker than a person's thigh, but I don't know what caliber it is."

(End of this chapter)