Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 75 Reloading
So Wang Gensheng, who had no bullets, had to take more than 5,000 empty bullet shells to the arsenal, hoping that the arsenal could reload this type of bullet.

Of course, Wang Gensheng also understood that reloading this kind of bullet with small usage was a very troublesome task.

Although there are ready-made bullet shells that can be used, you just need to remove the primer, install a new primer, and then install a new bullet head before using it.

However, bullets still need to be manufactured in arsenals, and manufacturing bullets is not that easy.

At the very least, the mold needs to be reopened and the dimensions remeasured.

Therefore, Wang Gensheng naturally couldn't come to the arsenal empty-handed, as he wanted the arsenal to waste time making a new mold for just a few thousand bullets. Instead, he came to the arsenal with half a wild boar meat.

Although Wang Gensheng reloaded the bullet not for himself, but for use in the war of resistance against the Japanese.

But then again, if the weapons are good, all the credit for fighting the Japanese will be ours.

Otherwise, how could Wang Gensheng become a deputy regiment commander so quickly from an ordinary soldier!
"Deputy Regimental Commander Wang, what are you doing here?! We have rules in our arsenal. Two shells are exchanged for one reloaded bullet. Don't say I'm just the deputy director. Even if I were the director, I can't break this rule!"

The deputy director of the arsenal was speechless when he saw Wang Gensheng, the deputy commander of the new second regiment, actually came to his door with half a wild boar meat.

Wang Gensheng had already inquired about it. Although the deputy director of the arsenal was young, he had returned from studying abroad in Mi Ling and had real ideas in his head.

At least Wang Gensheng didn't think that Hong Xiu's knowledge was worse than his. It was said that the reason why the arsenal was able to produce smokeless gunpowder so smoothly was thanks to the knowledge of Deputy Director Hong.

Wang Gensheng smiled and said:
"Deputy Director Hong, I didn't ask you to break the rules! I just want your arsenal to help me reload this type of bullet!"

As he spoke, Wang Gensheng took out a complete .45 bullet.

Deputy Director Hong, who was also a connoisseur, recognized at a glance that this was a .45 bullet produced by Mi Jun and immediately exclaimed in surprise:
"The Mi-1.45 round is incredibly rare! The Japanese don't produce it!"

"It was captured from the Japanese. A few days ago, a group of elite Japanese soldiers, all armed with submachine guns, tried to launch a surprise attack on our Eighth Route Army headquarters. They were driven away by the cavalry company I led. They also left behind more than 30 submachine guns, but not many bullets! You know, without bullets, a gun is just a firewood stick! So they're here to beg for bullets!"

Hong Xiu, the deputy director of the arsenal, was also surprised to hear this. More than 30 submachine guns was not a small number.

This submachine gun is perfect for ambushes or sneak attacks, not to mention that the arsenal currently does not have the ability to produce such a thing.

Therefore, it would be a pity if the bullet really became a firewood stick, so Hong Xiu immediately nodded and said:

"That's no problem, but you know the rules of our arsenal! Two shell casings for one bullet!"

When Wang Gensheng heard that he was willing to reload the bullets, he nodded and smiled:
"That's no problem, but can you use other bullet casings, such as those from a Type 38 rifle? You know there are only so many submachine gun shells!"

In response to Wang Gensheng's request, Hong Xiu said very straightforwardly:
"As long as it's a copper shell, it doesn't matter what type it is!"

In fact, the reason why the arsenal requires two shell casings to exchange for one bullet is mainly because copper is also needed to make the bullet head. Pure lead bullets will stick lead to the inner wall of the barrel when fired, and eventually cause the risk of barrel explosion.

Therefore, the bullet has a copper shell to prevent lead from sticking to the barrel and causing it to explode.

After the negotiation, Wang Gensheng did not stay for dinner or anything, but unexpectedly, when Wang Gensheng was about to leave, Hong Xiu suddenly stopped Wang Gensheng and said to him:

"There are rules for reloading bullets, but there are no such rules for grenades. They are all made by our arsenal, and the arsenal has no shortage of iron! So just take a few boxes of grenades back with you!"

After hearing Hong Xiu's words, Wang Gensheng felt a little disgusted. After all, this black powder grenade was just like that, and its power was far inferior to that of a TNT grenade.

In addition, Wang Gensheng seized three tons of ammunition last time, so the New Second Regiment now has a lot of ammunition.

Hong Xiu seemed to see the disdain in Wang Gensheng's eyes and said quickly:

"This isn't a black powder grenade. It's loaded with the latest explosives I made at the arsenal. It's just as powerful as the Japanese's melon grenade!"

"What! Our arsenal has already produced TNT!"

Wang Gensheng was very surprised. You know, in history, the Eighth Route Army’s arsenal was not able to produce explosives like TNT until the end of 1944 or 1955.

However, Hong Xiu immediately waved his hand and said:
"No, no, it's not TNT, it's ammoniacal dynamite. Although this type of explosive is slightly less powerful than TNT, it is much stronger than black powder. You don't have to worry about grenades made with it exploding in two! Moreover, the manufacturing process and materials required for this type of explosive are simpler than TNT!"

Wang Gensheng was stunned when he heard this. As for explosives, Wang Gensheng had only heard of TNT, C4, and anionic salt explosives, which were very popular before he traveled through time but had not been seen yet.

Wang Gensheng really didn't know what this ammoniacal explosive was.

Of course, Wang Gensheng was too lazy to ask. After all, Wang Gensheng didn’t plan to be an apprentice in an arsenal or anything!
Having the ability to become stronger by killing enemies but working as an apprentice or technician in an arsenal is simply a waste of time and life.

Therefore, Wang Gensheng immediately praised:
"Deputy Director Hong is truly worthy of being a top student who returned from studying abroad. He's helped the arsenal produce explosives so quickly! Okay! I'll take it without hesitation."

So just like that, Wang Gensheng exchanged half a wild boar meat for ten boxes of ammonium nitrate grenades from the arsenal.

On the way back, Wang Gensheng thought about it carefully, but he couldn't figure out what ammonium nitrate explosives were. However, he had heard of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.

In order to determine the power of this grenade, Wang Gensheng decided to try one himself to see the effect.

boom!
Wang Gensheng was quite satisfied when he saw the grenade being blown into many pieces, even though it was slightly less powerful than the Japanese TNT grenade.

But it is much larger than a black powder grenade. At least looking at the grenade fragments deeply embedded in the tree trunk shows its power.

With these ten boxes of grenades, the New Second Regiment will have more sufficient ammunition, and at least they won’t have to worry about running out of ammunition in the short term.

Now Wang Gensheng only needs to wait for more than half a month until the bullets in the submachine gun are reloaded and he can go out for a big fight.

As for the target chosen this time, Wang Gensheng has also been determined.

(End of this chapter)