Chapter 177: New-Style Weapons

"Whew, whew, whew!! —"

The mortar shells let out a roar in the air, crashing down upon the remnants of the Nakamura Battalion.

As the shells fell, the Japanese soldiers on the road scattered and fled in all directions.

The current situation was extremely unfavorable for the Nakamura Battalion.

The remaining two companies were also blown to pieces by the mortar fire, and Nakamura Ichiro was powerless even if he wanted to organize a counterattack.

On the hillside!

Chu Yunfei saw that there were still about a hundred Japanese soldiers putting up resistance.

He said to Yu Hua, "Brother Yu."

He had never encountered other units of the Jin-Sui Army like this before.

Presuming they had already been reduced to ashes, he looked at the Livens Projector: "This really is a damn good thing."

Yu Hua told Chu Yunfei to keep watching, and he didn't say much else.

"Leave the rest of the battle to Liu Zhangqing to command."

"Regardless of whether the battle at Mashan Village has ended, you must rush to the Group Army Headquarters."

This thing is simple to make and has great lethality, but its accuracy is just like the Flying Thunder Tube—not very precise.

The actual combat tonight had very good results.

The combat engineers came forward carrying three gasoline drums, and Chu Yunfei frowned slightly when he saw them.

"Hurry and call the engineers to bring up the secret weapon we just developed."

"Brother Yu... what kind of weapon is this, exactly?"

So this is how war can be fought!

Chu Yunfei felt the strategy and tactics of the Sichuan Army were quite good; such a method of warfare.

Chu Yunfei saw that the Japanese soldiers in the flames were no longer wailing.

He would understand that, in fact, this kind of temperament... is the Military Soul.

"Yes!" Wei Dayong responded, then shouldered his gun and ran backward in a flash.

During the First World War, both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers were bogged down in positional warfare and trench warfare.

This Whampoa Military Academy was also an advanced military academy on the land of the Far East Continent.

"Oh!" Chu Yunfei became interested, "Brother Yu, give me an introduction."

Hearing this, Yu Hua waved his hand: "No need!"

When he was at the Whampoa Military Academy, he had never come into contact with it.

The little Japanese soldiers wailed and cried, shouting that they wanted to go home to find their mothers.

Chu Yunfei, on the hillside, widened his eyes after seeing this scene.

With tonight's battle, Chu Yunfei had truly witnessed the prowess of the Sichuan Army.

The Nakamura Battalion was annihilated, and Yu Hua hurriedly had people clear the battlefield.

Before long!

Chu Yunfei's eyes lit up, "Brother Yu, what brilliant plan do you have?"

At this moment, the flames at the foot of the hill were continuously swallowing the lives of the Japanese soldiers.

Especially now, after further contact with Yu Hua.

He felt that there must be a problem with the Sichuan Army's offensive on the front line.

"Go down and encircle them!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfei's brows locked tightly: "That name is an English name!"

The projectile inside is indeed specially made, containing gasoline.

After the huge sound arrived, the Japanese soldiers immediately let out miserable screams.

Chu Yunfei really wanted to see what brilliant plan Yu Hua had come up with.

"Let's blow the Charge Bugle."

These hundred or so Japanese soldiers were now hiding in a blind spot on the hillside.

Chu Yunfei also followed Yu Hua.

Deng Xihou was summoning him urgently.

Hearing this, Yu Hua frowned slightly; from this order.

After the Sichuan Army brought out the Flying Thunder Tube last time, Yu Hua had people make the Livens Projector.

Yu Hua also introduced this type of projector to Chu Yunfei.

"Brother Yu, do foreigners use this thing of yours?"

"Charging into an attack would just waste the brothers' lives for nothing."

"Reporting to the Battalion Commander."

As long as the projectile is launched, once the gasoline spreads, it can be ignited immediately, thereby inflicting large-scale damage on the enemy.

The difference between the two is the projectile; the principle of launching is the same.

If the front-line Sichuan Army's counterattack fails and suffers heavy casualties, that would be a huge loss.

"These hundred or so Japanese soldiers are relying on the terrain to hold their ground."

Yu Hua said loudly: "This cannon is no longer used abroad now."

Hearing the name, Chu Yunfei knew that Yu Hua must have seen it abroad and knew such a weapon existed.

This battle truly opened Chu Yunfei's eyes.

Trying to shoot from above, it is very difficult to hit them.

"I still have a way to deal with this bunch of devils."

The combat engineers were seen quickly burying gasoline drums in the ground; once everything was prepared, they began filling them with specially made projectiles.

By combining trench warfare, movement warfare, and landmine warfare, they forced this battalion of devils to howl in agony.

However, there were still subtle differences.

Yu Hua shouted loudly, "Dayong!"

The Sichuan Army is a force that possesses a Military Soul.

And just at this moment, a Communications Soldier came before Yu Hua.

Immediately, three gasoline drums were seen emitting a roar, and three projectiles fell toward the positions held by the devils.

No matter which side it was, neither could quickly break through the enemy's positions.

"Boom—!!"

After arriving at the ambush site, the little devils were directly suppressed by the Chinese side's firepower.

Especially this kind of flexible combat, which is not confined to trench warfare.

Wei Dayong trotted over to Yu Hua: "Battalion Commander, the combat engineers are ready."

The Sichuan Army troops and the battalion under his command had total casualties of less than three hundred men.

Likewise, the 18th Group Army is also a division with a Military Soul.

A mass of flames was seen rising up, as if fire had descended from the heavens.

And then let the Sichuan Army copy it!

But, in the eyes of Chu Yunfei, such crude weapons did not look like things that the great powers of Europe would take a fancy to.

Yu Hua nodded: "Open fire for me!"

"Received an urgent order from the Group Army Headquarters."

He was also preparing to rush to the front line to strike hard at the Chuan'an Corps.

Chu Yunfei had not expected that this small gasoline drum would have such immense power.

Yu Hua now possessed a very high reputation in the 2nd War Zone, and even the 3rd War Zone.

Yu Hua left the matter of clearing the battlefield to Liu Zhangqing, while he took a few guards, mounted his horse, and headed toward the Group Army Headquarters.

He also handed over the troops under his command to Liu Zhangqing to lead.

He did not know what Yu Hua was going to do!

"Brother Yu, what is this?"

Galloping all the way, Yu Hua returned to the location of the 22nd Group Army's headquarters.

He saw a different kind of temperament in the Sichuan Army.

Following that, several more loud bangs came, and the flames grew even larger.

Endless trench warfare and trench warfare also caused both sides to research new types of weapons.

Especially in this situation of foreign invasion, the Military Soul of the Sichuan Army troops became even more apparent.

Yu Hua grinned: "This thing is called a Livens Projector!"

Regarding the Sichuan Army troops, Chu Yunfei's heart still trusted this force very much.

"To think that this simple weapon developed by local methods could also kill and injure devils; today can be considered an eye-opener."

For the Livens Projector, it is the projectiles that must be specially made.

With no time to rest, he walked quickly toward the command post.

Captain Livens of the British Isles invented this projector, so people named it the Livens Projector.

The principle of the projector is actually similar to a Mortar, but, the Livens Projector.

However, for the Sichuan Army, as long as it could be used, that was enough.

Chu Yunfei might not be able to explain it clearly now, but after he has tangled with the devils for a few years.

"However, during the First World War, the British Isles did use it."

After all, Chu Yunfei, of the 5th Class of Whampoa, still had the experience.

Relative to the Guerrilla Warfare of the 18th Group Army, Chu Yunfei felt the two were somewhat similar.

That is to say, when the first wave lured the devils to rush to the ambush site, the troops suffered relatively heavy casualties.

This defensive line that had been established at Niangziguan with such difficulty would face a major collapse.

Yu Hua's heart was very anxious, taking two steps in one.

(End of this chapter)