Chapter 71: The Powerful 107 Rocket Launcher

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Li Mingyuan was just about to continue when another expert already rushed forward, bent down, and carefully inspected the inside of the barrel, eyes wide as saucers: "The internal bore processing is so refined, the ballistic stability must be extremely high! What kind of craftsmanship is this?"

"Please move aside, let me look at the tail structure." A short engineer almost squeezed past his colleague, impatiently studying the ignition device at the tail of the barrel.

"This design is too ingenious, simple yet reliable!"

Before Li Mingyuan could answer, more experts swarmed over like bees discovering honey, asking questions all at once.

"Is the caliber confirmed to be 107 millimeters?"

"How is the strength guaranteed with this kind of lightweight design?"

"Can the barrel withstand high temperatures during firing?"

Li Mingyuan was surrounded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet:

"Experts, please stay calm. Rather than discussing it here, it would be better to witness its power with your own eyes."

Yang hurriedly helped maintain order: "Yes, yes, yes, everyone don't crowd, let's go to the test site for a live-fire test. Chief Engineer Li, the vehicle is already prepared, please lead the way."

Li Mingyuan nodded and directed the workers to carefully load the Rocket Launcher and ammunition onto the truck.

"The nearby firing range is not suitable; we must go to the suburban Military Test Site. The terrain there is open, and the safety is higher."

The group quickly relocated to the Military Test Site located over twenty kilometers outside the city.

Here, mountains surrounded the area on all four sides, with an open wasteland in the middle. In the distance, several simple targets were set up, looking like abandoned armored vehicles.

Li Mingyuan personally mounted the 107 Rocket Launcher on a simple tripod, skillfully adjusting the angle, loading the ammunition, and connecting the ignition device.

The group consciously kept their distance, holding their breath as they observed every movement of this young engineer.

"Firing distance 3,000 meters, the target is that marker."

Li Mingyuan pointed to a black dot in the distance. The group squinted to look, but could only vaguely see a shadow.

At this distance, using a standard Rifle was already impossible.

"Please everyone step back to the safety zone," Li Mingyuan said calmly, while he himself retreated to a spot ten meters to the side and rear of the Rocket Launcher.

Yang and the others hid behind a bunker, feeling both nervous and expectant.

"Can it really hit? So far away……"

An expert muttered softly; before the words had faded, Li Mingyuan had already begun the countdown.

"Three, two, one, fire!"

Following a slight trigger sound, the tail of the Rocket Launcher spewed out blinding flames, and the Rocket Shell whistled as it rushed out of the barrel, leaving a bright trail of smoke as it shot straight into the clouds!

The entire process only had a slight "whoosh" sound, far from the deafening roar of traditional artillery.

Everyone subconsciously held their breath, their gazes tightly following that speeding Rocket Shell.

It traced a graceful parabola and accurately slammed into the target 3,000 meters away.

"Boom—!"

With an earth-shattering explosion, the distant target was instantly swallowed in an orange-red fireball!

Smoke, dust, and debris shot into the sky, forming a small Mushroom Cloud.

When the smoke and dust dissipated slightly, the original target no longer existed, leaving only a huge crater and metal fragments scattered all around.

"My god!" Yang couldn't help but exclaim, almost biting his own tongue.

"Precise hit on the target!" the observer reported excitedly after confirming with binoculars.

"Target completely destroyed, crater diameter is about 8 meters, depth exceeds 2 meters!"

The scene was deathly silent; everyone was too shocked to speak.

Then, as if they had agreed upon it, the Military personnel stood up in unison, eyes wide and mouths slightly agape, each one looking like they had been hit by a freezing spell.

"This…… what kind of concept is this?" A general covered his chest with his hand, as if afraid his heart would jump out.

"One shot can take out a vehicle? This power……"

"It's more than ten times more powerful than any portable weapon we currently have!" an artillery expert muttered to himself, eyes staring blankly at the distant explosion point, "And the accuracy is simply unbelievable!"

Li Mingyuan watched the group's reaction and chuckled inwardly.

After waiting for everyone to calm down slightly, he added unhurriedly: "This is just the single-shot mode; the greatest advantage of the 107 Rocket Launcher lies in its versatility and flexibility."

Before the group could react, Li Mingyuan had already dismantled the tripod and shouldered the Rocket Launcher: "Look closely, this is the man-portable mode."

The group watched in astonishment as Li Mingyuan held the Rocket Launcher with one hand, his relaxed and easy manner making it seem not like a highly lethal weapon, but just an ordinary bamboo pole.

"It weighs only 25 kilograms; an adult male can carry it easily. When firing, you only need to rest it on your shoulder and use the simple sight to aim at the target……" Li Mingyuan performed a demonstration, skillfully resting the Rocket Launcher on his shoulder and assuming a firing stance.

"Are you saying…… an ordinary soldier can operate such a heavy weapon?" a superior asked in disbelief, his voice trembling slightly.

Li Mingyuan nodded: "That's right, and not only that." He put down the Rocket Launcher and pointed to a shallow pit that had just been dug not far away.

"It can also be buried and used, becoming a type of directional landmine."

He signaled a worker to place a Rocket Shell into the pit, with only the warhead part exposed, and lightly covered the surroundings with soil, leaving only a thin wire connected to a distance away.

"After being buried this way, when an enemy vehicle passes over and triggers it, the Rocket Shell will directly hit the weakest part of the vehicle's underside, with ten times the lethality of a normal landmine."

The scene was deathly silent; the experts stared at all of this, dumbfounded.

A white-haired old superior suddenly felt his legs go weak and sat directly on the ground, his lips trembling but unable to speak.

He had worked in the field of artillery research his entire life and had never seen such a flexible and versatile weapon system.

"You…… you really made this thing in the factory?" The old superior's voice trembled violently, and there were even tears shimmering in his eyes, "This…… this is simply a miracle!"

The experts scrambled to record every detail; some had hands shaking so badly they couldn't even hold their pens, and the paper in their notebooks was soaked through with sweat, causing the ink to bleed.

A young engineer was so excited his face turned red, frantically searching for spare paper, afraid of missing any information.

Li Mingyuan watched the group's reaction, feeling somewhat proud, but remained calm on the surface.

He cleared his throat and said in an understated tone: "Actually, this isn't all. We have even more powerful weapons."

This sentence exploded in everyone's hearts like a bomb; everyone instantly turned to stone, as if time had been frozen.

Yang nearly bit his own tongue: "Th-there... there is something even more powerful?"

Li Mingyuan smiled slightly and waved his hand toward the rear.

Workers pushed a huge wooden crate over slowly, the crate covered by a thick canvas.

As the canvas was lifted, a strange device revealed its true form—sixteen metal tubes were neatly arranged on a simple cart frame, looking somewhat crude yet exuding an indescribable sense of deterrence.