Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"Ha ha!"

Seeing that Zhang Xixuan had agreed, Deputy Division Commander Xu immediately burst into laughter, "Little Zhang, this time you'd better give me your allowance!"

"I'd like to see how this can withstand bullets!"

Seeing his superior's confidence, Zhang Xixuan immediately felt uneasy, but deep down he felt that he might not be without a chance of winning.

He walked forward with the bulletproof insert and leaned against a large tree.

Deputy Division Commander Xu waved to the other man, reminding him, "Xiao Zhang, I'm about to fire. Stand back a bit, or you'll get hit by a stray bullet."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xixuan quickly stepped back a short distance.

"Snap!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu raised his Type 38 rifle, pulled the bolt, and fired at the bulletproof plate dozens of meters away.

"Bang!"

A shot hit the upper left corner of the bulletproof plate, and a small hole was immediately visible in the plate.

Deputy Division Commander Xu put away his gun and stepped forward to inspect it.

He discovered that the back of the bulletproof plate had not been penetrated by the bullet.

There's only a slight bulge, it's not very noticeable.

At this moment, Xia Weiwei, Commander Liu, and Zhang Xixuan also stepped forward.

Zhang Xixuan asked, "Commander, has it been breached?"

"See for yourself!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu handed the bulletproof insert to the other party.

"I knew it, it can't stop bullets at all."

Upon seeing the hole ahead, Zhang Xixuan's face immediately lit up with joy.

However, upon closer inspection, he discovered that the bullet had not penetrated.

"This...this is impossible!"

Zhang Xixuan quickly flipped it over to examine it carefully.

But after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the hole on the back.

"No, it... how did it actually work?"

Upon seeing this, the smile on Zhang Xixuan's face vanished instantly.

Instead, he looked utterly dejected.

He was a grassroots cadre, and his monthly allowance was two yuan.

Although the legal tender depreciated rapidly after the war started and its value was not as good as silver dollars, it was still two dollars!

He was even thinking of saving it up to get married someday!

"Alright, I was just kidding!"

Seeing this, Deputy Division Commander Xu said directly, "Even if you lose the bet, I don't want your two yuan allowance."

"That won't do!"

Zhang Xixuan, however, firmly stated, "A bet is a bet. Since I made this bet, I won't go back on my word."

As he spoke, he took out two yuan from his pocket and handed it to Deputy Division Commander Xu.

"You little rascal!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu shook his head and said, "Then I'll keep the money for you for now."

Then, he addressed the crowd, "Let's step back and let the machine gunner try!"

When everyone arrived at the rear, Deputy Division Commander Xu ordered someone to bring over the machine gun and commanded, "Use the machine gun to fire at that board in short bursts, preferably one or two rounds. Don't fire more than three rounds at one spot, understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

The machine gunner responded and aimed the Maxim heavy machine gun at the bulletproof plate, firing in bursts.

"Da da!"

At such close range, the machine gunner naturally wouldn't miss; both bullets hit the bulletproof plate.

"Okay, stop shooting!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu said, "I'll go and retrieve the bulletproof inserts."

As he spoke, he strode forward and returned with the bulletproof inserts.

"How's it going? Did you manage to break through?"

Commander Liu quickly inquired about it.

Deputy Division Commander Xu held up the bulletproof inserts with both hands and said, "Old Liu, see for yourself!"

"It looks like it didn't penetrate!"

Commander Liu looked at the crater that had been dug and found that not a single ray of light could pass through it.

Deputy Division Commander Xu was facing away from the back, so he could see everything clearly.

"Ha ha!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu laughed and said, "Old Liu, it really didn't penetrate. Even bullets from a Maxim machine gun couldn't get through this bulletproof plate!"

"Okay, okay!"

Upon hearing this, Commander Liu excitedly slapped his thigh.

As the saying goes, seeing is believing.

Hearing that the bulletproof plate could stop bullets was completely different from what he had seen in person.

Holy crap!

Upon seeing this, Zhang Xixuan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "It can even block heavy machine guns! That's incredible!"

Despite his young age, he is a veteran of the Red Army who has crossed snow-capped mountains and grasslands.

The new recruits were afraid of artillery, but the veterans knew that machine guns were far more terrifying than artillery.

Although the shells sent sparks soaring into the sky, shook the earth, and sent dust flying, the sound was still deafening.

However, in reality, the shells do land at intervals, and there are gaps after the shelling ends. As long as you don't land in the open, the survival rate after being shelled is not low.

In contrast, machine guns provide continuous firepower with extremely high kill density. As long as the machine guns don't misfire, they will become flesh-and-blood reapers on the battlefield.

In the past, Zhang Xixuan had personally witnessed many comrades fall to the muzzle of machine guns.

But until today, he has discovered that this needs to be rewritten.

With these bulletproof plates, even if you are hit by several machine gun bullets, you won't die immediately.

Unfortunately, these bulletproof plates aren't big enough to protect the whole body.

Deputy Division Commander Xu asked with a face full of curiosity, "I wonder what this thing is made of; it's even stronger than steel!"

"It's ceramic!"

Xia Weiwei replied.

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xixuan exclaimed in disbelief, "Ceramic stuff shatters if you drop it, how could it stop a bullet?"

Clearly, his expression and tone were filled with disbelief.

Believe it or not, this is ceramics!

Xia Weiwei said, "However, this ceramic is different from porcelain; it's not made from clay."

"I don't know the specific material, but I do know that the material inside this bulletproof plate is called boron carbide. Its hardness far exceeds that of ordinary porcelain and is close to that of diamond."

"I never imagined this would be ceramic; it's truly unbelievable!"

Commander Liu hadn't expected that ceramics would be so amazing.

Deputy Division Commander Xu then said, "Next, let's continue testing the handheld bulletproof shields!"

He told Zhang Xixuan to lean the handheld bulletproof shield against the big tree as well.

Then the machine gunner ordered, "Give me burst fire on its different positions, no more than three bullets at each position, and hit five positions in total!"

"Yes, sir!"

The machine gunner responded and began to control the machine gun to fire.

"Da da da! Da da da! Da da da!"

With a tearing sound, bullets flew from the Maxim machine gun and landed in different positions on the person holding the bulletproof shield.

"Okay, stop now, no need to fire anymore!"

Deputy Division Commander Xu ordered, "Xiao Zhang, go and bring me back a handheld bulletproof shield!"

"yes!"

Zhang Xixuan immediately rushed forward and retrieved the bulletproof shield.