Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 25 Airburst Grenade
Kong Jie and a group of soldiers worked for most of the night until the early morning when they were almost done.

Of course, in preparation for the upcoming battle, everyone began to close their eyes and rest.

Of course, the soldiers buried in the trenches could only lie down in the trenches to rest.

"Here they come! Here they come! Get ready for battle!"

As the sound rang out, Wang Gensheng was also shaken awake. At this time, Wang Gensheng, who had changed into the Japanese soldiers' clothes, stood on the top of the bunker and saw a group of Japanese soldiers walking towards the bunker.

The trenches around the bunker were not completely blocked. There was a two or three meter wide road that was just big enough for people to pass through. Wang Gensheng looked carefully and found that the artillery squad equipped by the Japanese in this squadron was not carrying a Type 92 infantry gun, but a Type 97 mortar.

Although it is a mortar, its power is no less than that of the Type 92 infantry gun. The caliber of the Type 97 mortar is 90 mm, and the weight of the shell is 5.6 kg. The weight of the entire gun is only 172 kg, and the heaviest barrel is only 64 kg. Therefore, it is very easy to carry, and its maximum range can reach 3,800 meters.

So although the Type 97 mortar is not as famous as the Type 92 infantry gun, it is much stronger than the Type 92 infantry gun in terms of power, range and portability.

After all, the maximum range of the Type 92 infantry gun is only 2,700 meters, but its weight reaches 212 kilograms, and the weight of its shell is only 3.8 kilograms, which is far less than the weight of the Type 97 mortar shell.

Of course, there is one thing that the Type 97 mortar cannot compare to, and that is the Type 92 infantry gun can not only fire indirect fire, but also fire directly, making it the best weapon to deal with the Japanese artillery towers.

At this time, the Japanese squadron did not care when they saw Wang Gensheng standing on the rooftop of the bunker. After all, the distance was so far, and Wang Gensheng had already changed into the Japanese military uniform.

In fact, the Japanese squads stationed in the bunkers were not static, but were replaced regularly. After all, at this stage, the Eighth Route Army's strength was not so sufficient, so not many of them attacked the Japanese bunkers.

Therefore, it was quite comfortable to be stationed in a bunker. For example, the Japanese soldiers in the bunker under Wang Genshi's feet often went to the nearby Lijia Village to extort money. The maintenance chairman who was killed by Li Xiu would also offer the women in the village for the Japanese soldiers to play with. Of course, the maintenance chairman also knew the importance of the matter, so he always let widows go at the beginning, and would give them some food to appease them afterwards.

But yesterday, the Japanese saw Li Xiu's unmarried sister Li Xue, and wanted Li Xue to go directly into the bunker to drive a train for the Japanese. So there was the scene of Li Xiu confronting the Japanese with a kitchen knife yesterday.

Of course, the other Japanese soldiers also knew about these behaviors, so they were envious and rotated them regularly.

As the Japanese soldiers got closer, Wang Gensheng was ready to throw the two Type 97 grenades in his hands into the wall of the bunker.

One hundred meters, eighty meters, fifty meters, they had all entered the circle of the bunker trench, and had not yet found the Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the trench.

Of course it would be unusual if it could be discovered! It was deepened, covered with wooden boards, and finally sprinkled with a layer of soil more than ten centimeters thick. Not only can it not be seen from the outside, even if you jumped in, you wouldn't be able to find it without a careful look.

Just as the front Japanese soldiers were about 30 meters away from the bunker, Wang Genshi had already cracked the grenade in his hand, and after pausing for two seconds, he threw it towards the Japanese soldiers. The timing was perfect, and when the grenade flew 50 meters away, it exploded just two meters above the Japanese soldiers' heads.

The flying shrapnel immediately penetrated the Japanese soldier's iron helmet. After all, only the Yamamoto Special Forces could afford the imported high-manganese steel helmets. These ordinary Japanese soldiers used the Type 90 helmets that could not even withstand pistol bullets. However, this could not be blamed on the Japanese soldier.

There's nothing we can do about it since the Japanese are a country short of resources. So having a helmet is already pretty good and we can't be picky.

The explosion of Wang Gensheng's two grenades directly marked the beginning of the war. Afterwards, the machine guns in the bunker and the soldiers of the New Second Regiment hiding on the top of the bunker also began to throw grenades at the Japanese.

Almost instinctively, the Japanese chose to retreat, but it was too late. When the sound of Wang Gensheng's grenade exploded, the soldiers hiding in the trenches lifted up the wooden boards, picked up their rifles and light machine guns, and shot at the Japanese who were preparing to retreat.

Of course, Wang Gensheng throwing out two grenades was not the end but the beginning. One grenade after another paused in Wang Gensheng's hand for one or two seconds before being thrown at the Japanese devils.

Although this greatly slowed down Wang Gensheng's efficiency in throwing grenades, it increased the killing efficiency. After all, the killing range of air-burst grenades is far greater than that of grenades exploding on the ground.

For example, the Japanese soldiers now almost instinctively lie down, and the grenade explodes on the ground. Unless the distance is very close, half of the grenade fragments will be blocked by the ground, and the other half of the explosion fragments will fly into the air. Very few fragments can fall on the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground.

Therefore, Wang Gensheng chose the air explosion method to achieve the best killing method.

Wang Gensheng calculated the number of heat flows fed back, and although he didn't count them in detail, he had already killed no less than thirty Japanese soldiers by throwing less than ten grenades.

However, just when Wang Gensheng was throwing the grenade with all his might, he suddenly felt as if his head was hit by a hammer, and he leaned back.

Obviously, Wang Gensheng was hit in the head by the Japanese, but fortunately, Wang Gensheng was wearing a special forces helmet seized from Yamamoto's special forces, so the Type 38 rifle bullet did not penetrate it. However, there was no time to think about it, and Wang Gensheng just relied on his feeling to throw the two grenades in his hand that had already been ignited in the direction of the bullet.

That's right, when Wang Gensheng was hit by the bullet just now, the two grenades in his hands had already ignited. If Wang Gensheng had not been wearing a helmet, the consequences of the two grenades exploding in the bunker could be imagined.

Just when Wang Gensheng was secretly rejoicing, he turned his head and found that a soldier on the top platform of the bunker who was about to throw a grenade was shot in the head, and the grenade in his hand, which had just been ignited and had not been thrown in time, naturally fell from his hand.

It was said to be late but it was actually fast. Wang Gensheng rushed over and slapped the falling grenade as if he was hitting a baseball.

The grenade was thrown out of the bunker, and it exploded less than ten meters away from the bunker. The fragments hit the blue brick wall of the bunker, making crackling sounds.

(End of this chapter)