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

"Sir, are you looking at guns over there?"

After Ma Hongwei appeared, he stepped forward with a smile and asked.

Upon seeing Ma Hongwei, Chief of Staff Ni carefully put down his weapon.

Then he said to Ma Hongwei, "Comrade Hongwei, thank you for procuring so many guns and ammunition for us again!"

"You're too kind, sir. It's all I should do."

Ma Hongwei smiled and said, "Let's not rush into conversation. Let me put the rest of the guns and ammunition into the cave first!"

"good!"

Chief of Staff Ni nodded.

With a thought, even more boxes than before began to appear out of thin air inside the cave.

"Ha ha!"

Looking at the cave filled to the brim, Chief of Staff Ni couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying, "With this equipment, we will surely be able to kill even more Japanese devils!"

Only after Ma Hongwei finished his work did Chief of Staff Ni finally ask, "Comrade Hongwei, I'd like to ask, is that a sniper rifle?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but point to the box he had opened earlier.

Ma Hongwei nodded and said, "This is a sniper rifle, but not an ordinary sniper rifle; it's an anti-materiel sniper rifle!"

"Anti-material sniper rifle?"

Chief of Staff Ni was taken aback upon hearing this.

This was the first time he had ever heard of this name.

"Ordinary sniper rifles are only used to kill personnel; they are designed to eliminate individual targets."

Ma Hongwei began to explain: "But this anti-materiel sniper rifle is capable of attacking tanks, armored vehicles, trucks, artillery, fortifications, and aircraft at airfields; killing people is secondary."

"What did you say? This anti-materiel sniper rifle can take down tanks?"

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Ni immediately exclaimed in surprise.

This was the first time he had ever heard of a rifle capable of taking down a tank.

"If it were to deal with our tanks, it would definitely be no match, but dealing with these here would be a piece of cake."

Ma Hongwei pointed to the box on the ground and continued his introduction: "Take this gun for example. It is a Barrett M107 anti-materiel sniper rifle produced by the United States. Its effective range is 1800 meters, and its maximum range exceeds 5000 meters. It uses 12.7*99 mm bullets."

"I brought two types of bullets with me this time: the ordinary M33 steel-core bullet, which can penetrate a 33-centimeter-thick brick wall at a distance of 1000 meters, and the M8 armor-piercing incendiary bullet, which can penetrate a 25-millimeter steel plate at a distance of 500 meters."

"As far as I know, the Japanese army currently mainly has three types of tanks: the Type 89 Type B medium tank, the Type 94 ultra-light armored vehicle (also known as the 'bean tank'), and the Type 95 light tank."

"Among them, the Type 89 Type B medium tank is the most powerful tank in the Japanese army at present, with only 17 mm of frontal armor, 15 mm of side armor, and 5 mm of roof armor."

"The Type 94 ultralight armored vehicle has only 12 mm of frontal armor, and only 4 mm of armor at its weakest point."

"The Type 95 light tank's frontal armor is only 12 millimeters thick."

"In other words, even using the M33 warhead, it can penetrate the side armor of the Type 94 ultralight armored vehicle and the Type 95 light tank at a distance of 500 meters."

"Switching to armor-piercing incendiary rounds would allow them to penetrate the frontal armor of these three types at a distance of 500 meters, or even further."

After a pause, Ma Hongwei continued, "Of course, I also brought other weapons specifically for dealing with tanks this time. I think this anti-materiel sniper rifle is best used specifically to deal with enemy machine gunners!"

"The bulletproof shield of the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun was made of 6mm steel plate. Even if the machine gunner hid behind the bulletproof shield, it could be penetrated from a distance of more than 1200 meters."

"And even with bulletproof shields to block the damage, 12.7 mm caliber bullets would still kill Japanese soldiers if they hit them."

"There were also the Japanese Type 94 75mm mountain gun and Type 92 70mm infantry gun, whose gun shields were only 3-5mm thick."

Chief of Staff Ni nodded repeatedly as he listened, and couldn't help but praise, "This is truly a divine weapon!"

"With this Barrett rifle, the Japanese heavy machine guns will be silenced!"

Heavy machine guns are the true reapers of life on the battlefield.

Just like during World War I, hundreds of Maxim machine guns caused 5.7 casualties on the Somme.

Even though the Japanese army at this time no longer launched such dense attacks as during World War I, a single heavy machine gun could still kill dozens of Japanese soldiers in a single charge.

If there are multiple charges, the casualties could reach hundreds, or even two or three hundred.

Conversely, whether it was the Eighth Route Army, the Jin-Sui Army, or the Central Army attacking the Japanese positions, they would still suffer heavy casualties.

This is only because heavy machine guns would be "focused on" by artillery; otherwise, the damage would be even more terrifying.

However, modern machine gunners have become smarter and often change positions after firing for a while, for fear of being hit by mortars or direct-fire guns.

In this situation, Barrett could indeed achieve a surprising victory.

In particular, the Barrett, equipped with a high-powered telescope, could quickly locate enemy machine gunners, unlike artillery which required measurement and test firing first.

Chief of Staff Ni couldn't help but ask, "You just said that this Barrett can kill the enemy at a distance of 1800 meters?"

"That's just the most basic range, but how effective a firearm can actually be depends on the shooter's understanding of it!"

Ma Hongwei said, "On the Iraq battlefield, American snipers used Barrett M82A1 to kill enemies at a distance of 2299 meters. On the Afghan battlefield, American troops also used this Barrett M17 to kill enemies at a distance of more than 2100 meters."

"Barrett's longest kill distance was 2815 meters. However, it was two snipers who fired at the same time, but only one bullet hit the target. It is impossible to determine who hit the enemy."

"What? 2815 meters?"

Chief of Staff Ni's eyes widened in surprise.

That distance is more than 5 li!

If it were used to snipe high-ranking Japanese officers, wouldn't it be a truly divine weapon?

Generally speaking, only artillery can kill enemies at such a long distance.

"Sir, I know you're shocked, but please don't be!"

Ma Hongwei chuckled and continued, "I also brought a gun that can snipe targets from an even greater distance than the Barrett!"

"What? There are even further away?"

Chief of Staff Ni couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Yes!"

Ma Hongwei nodded and said, "This is also an anti-material sniper rifle. It can't compare to the Barrett when shooting at tanks and armored vehicles, but it's better for sniping enemies because its trajectory is more stable."

"That's the McMillan TAC-50, which once killed an enemy at a distance of 3540 meters!"