Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 43 Wrong Information

Wang Gensheng also discovered a very useful function, that is, after removing the fuse delay function of the Type 97 grenade, it can be used as a mine.

If you bury the Type 97 grenade without the delay function in the ground, it will explode immediately if the Japanese step on it.

In addition, the throwing distance of the Type 97 grenade will not be affected after the delay fuse is removed.

There was a five-second delay before, so the grenade could not fly in the air for more than five seconds.

But after removing the delay function, there is no such limitation.

For example, after Wang Gensheng's physical fitness increased by 30%, he was able to throw a grenade more than 130 meters away.

So after removing the delay fuse, the Japanese grenades can be used as artillery shells.

Of course, this is far beyond Wang Gensheng's limit. As Wang Gensheng kills more enemies, the strengthening effect will naturally become stronger. When Wang Gensheng's physical fitness is strengthened to twice or even three times that of an ordinary person, Wang Gensheng will be able to throw a grenade two hundred meters or even three hundred meters away.

However, even after Wang Gensheng developed the anti-tank grenade, more than a month passed without any tank attack from the Japanese.

So Kong Jie couldn't help but said to Wang Gensheng:

"Wang Gensheng, the information you've obtained isn't fake, is it? That translator Liu isn't using fake information to fool us, is he?"

Wang Gensheng could only smile bitterly and said:
"Captain, when that translator Liu told me, he said the Japanese regiment commander had applied to the higher-ups, but the specific time for the attack hasn't been set. How about I go back to the county town and ask?"

Kong Jie nodded in response to Wang Gensheng's request.

"Okay! Then be careful!"

So more than a month later, Wang Gensheng rode his horse again and headed towards the county town.

After the first time, the second time was naturally easy. After hiding the pistol in the woods in front of the city gate, he entered the city with two throwing knives.

The noodle stall intelligence station invested by Wang Gensheng was not far from the city gate. Unlike the last deserted noodle stall with few people around, this time there was actually a queue at this roadside stall.

This was unexpected. I didn't expect that this ramen combined with the spiced broth would be so popular.

When the noodle stall owner saw Wang Gensheng coming, he immediately greeted him:

"Boss, you're here. Would you like a bowl of broth ramen?"

Wang Gensheng smelled the rich aroma and couldn't help but touch his stomach. It was true that the food of the Eighth Route Army was not very good. He hadn't seen meat for more than a month since he went back.

Of course, there is no meat in this broth ramen, but the broth is made from bones. Therefore, although there is no meat, the soup made from the bones is still very nutritious.

So Wang Gensheng nodded and said:
"Okay, give me a bowl! By the way, your business is so good, no one comes to bother you, right?" The reason why Wang Gensheng asked this was naturally because he was afraid that someone would be jealous. After all, in the peaceful era before he traveled through time, if the business was good, many people would be jealous, let alone in this era.

After all, this noodle stall owner was a refugee and had no background in this county town. It was normal for people to be jealous and give him trouble when his business was good. However, the noodle stall owner shook his head and said:
"No, no, that translator Liu comes here every day to eat noodles, so no one dares to mess with my noodle stall. Now even those traitors have to pay for their noodles!"

Wang Gensheng was a little surprised by the words of the noodle stall owner. He didn't expect that Liu the translator would become the noodle stall owner's backer. It's true, with Liu the translator's status in this county town, it was easy for him to manage a noodle stall.

Just as Wang Gensheng was thinking about this, he saw Liu the translator coming over. He then sat down at Wang Gensheng's table and shouted to the noodle stall owner:

"It's still the same old rules!"

"okay!"

When the noodle stall owner smiled and agreed to make ramen, Translator Liu whispered to Wang Gensheng:
"The intelligence has changed. The plan I told you last time to use tanks to attack Wangjia Village has been scrapped. Yoshio Shinozuka rejected Colonel Yamada's proposal! He believes that it's not worth using tanks to deal with a few Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the tunnels! Precious oil should be used on the front lines! And according to the information I received, Mi Zhuo has stopped exporting oil to the Japanese this year."

Wang Gensheng was stunned by Liu's explanation, but then he realized that this was normal. After all, the Japanese were in a very tight supply of fuel.

The reason for the fuel shortage is that it is already 1940, and it happened to be in this year in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that Mi Ling stopped supplying military supplies to the Japanese.

This is especially true when it comes to fuel. Without fuel, tanks and planes will be grounded, and only coal-fired battleships are better off.

In fact, at the beginning, the Japanese did not care about the US cutting off the supply of military supplies, because for the Japanese, such a big country as Huadong must have a large number of oil fields. Unfortunately, the Japanese thought too well, and there were not many oil fields in such a big country.

It is simply not enough to support the Japanese's dream of dominating the entire Yazhou. It is precisely because of this that tanks, a high-fuel-consuming war machine, have now been restricted by the Japanese and are only allowed to be used on the front battlefield. Naturally, they are not allowed to be used in situations like Wangjia Village.

Although there were errors in the information provided by Liu the translator, it was also good news. At least the Japanese's fuel supply was restricted, so their tanks and troop carriers would naturally be restricted as well. This meant that even on the front battlefield, the Japanese offensive would slow down.

After receiving the news, Wang Gensheng naturally had no need to stay in the city for long. After all, Wang Gensheng was the battalion commander of the third battalion of the new second regiment!
However, what Wang Gensheng didn't expect was that when he was about to leave, the noodle stall owner grabbed Wang Gensheng, stuffed a silver dollar into his pocket, and said to him:
"Boss, this is what I earned this month!"

Wang Gensheng was also very surprised when he looked at the silver dollars in his hand. He knew that this noodle stall was very profitable because of his soup broth ramen, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable. In just over a month, he had already earned more than a hundred silver dollars.

Wang Gensheng did not refuse. After all, this was what they had agreed upon. The noodle stall owner was actually working for Wang Gensheng!

Fortunately, there is no need to search the body when leaving the city gate, so there is no need to think about how to hide the hundred silver dollars.

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"What! Not coming!"

Facing Kong Jie's surprise, Wang Gensheng nodded and explained:

"According to what translator Liu said, it seems that Mi Zhuo stopped supplying oil to the Japanese, which is why they are now short of oil. That's why they refused to use tanks to attack Wangjia Village this time!"

After hearing this, Kong Jie thought for a moment and said:
"Since the Japs aren't coming, our New Second Regiment can't just sit there and wait. We have to take the initiative and attack!"

(End of this chapter)