Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 94: Bullet Head Removal Doubles Power

Yes, the disadvantage is that the Type 38 rifle bullet can easily penetrate at close range.

The main reason for this is that the Japanese's Type 38 rifle and Type 96 light machine gun both used high-torque rifling.

So the bullet spins very fast when it leaves the barrel.

Therefore, this also makes it difficult for the bullet to roll when hitting the target.

Before Wang Gensheng traveled through time, he had seen someone outside the country testing ballistic gel with a Type 38 rifle.

Although the Type 38 rifle bullet hits the ballistic gel at a distance of 50 meters, the cavity rolling only occurs after it enters the ballistic gel more than 30 centimeters.

This is different from the ballistic gel test of ordinary M4 rifles, because the bullets of these rifles will tumble and produce cavities less than ten centimeters after entering the ballistic gel.

This is why a gun like the M4 will leave a small hole in the front and a bowl-sized wound in the back when it hits the human body.

However, although the Type 38 rifle bullet also rolled and formed a cavity, it was only after more than 30 centimeters. Think about it, the person's body is more than 30 centimeters thick, unless he turned sideways to be hit by the Type 38 rifle.

Otherwise, it would be like what happened to Zhang Dabiao, where the bullet could only make a small hole in his leg and flew out before it had time to roll.

Of course, this is not absolute. As the bullet's flight distance increases, the rotation speed of the Type 38 rifle bullet will decrease, and the speed will also decrease. After flying two or three hundred meters, the penetration power will be greatly weakened because both the speed and rotation speed have decreased.

So at this time, once the bullet hits the human body, it will lose stability and start to roll. Therefore, the best killing effect of the Type 38 rifle is after two or three hundred meters, not within a hundred meters.

However, there are ways to change this situation, and there are two. The first is to reduce the winding of the barrel, so that the rotation speed of the bullet is reduced when it flies out. In this way, the bullet will not be so stable, and once it enters the body, it will immediately roll and cause serious trauma.

Of course, Wang Gensheng cannot change this method now, and it is even impossible to change it. After all, once the rifling of the barrel is formed, there is no way to change it except to scrap the barrel.

Another way is to change the bullet, such as grinding the tip of the bullet flat. In this way, when the bullet hits the target, its penetration power will be greatly weakened due to its flat head, and it will roll inside the body before penetrating the human body.

Moreover, by removing the pointed copper armor and revealing the lead which is softer than copper, the penetration resistance can be greatly increased, allowing the bullet to easily roll and form a cavity within a hundred meters.

However, this type of bullet also has a huge disadvantage. You should know that the bullet is designed to be pointed.

That's because pointed bullets are more consistent with the shape of bullets when flying at supersonic speeds.

Once the tip of the bullet is removed, the bullet's flight resistance in the air will become very large, which will affect the bullet's flight and greatly reduce its effective range.

But this is not so important to Wang Gensheng, because the light machine gun is used as a submachine gun to fight within a hundred meters, or even dozens of meters or even more than ten meters. The distance the bullet flies is not so important.

Just when Wang Gensheng was thinking about how to maximize the power of the Type 38 rifle bullet.

The Japanese reinforcements finally arrived at the scene, and even the regiment commander of the squadron that was completely wiped out by Wang Gensheng came. However, when the regiment commander Watanabe Dalang saw this situation, he was already stunned with anger.

That’s right, the Japanese squadron annihilated by Wang Gensheng was exactly the soldiers of the Watanabe Regiment, and this complete annihilation made the situation of the Watanabe Regiment even worse.

When they attacked Wangjia Village before, they lost three squadrons, and now another squadron has been completely wiped out. This means that the Watanabe Regiment only has two battalions of troops left.

"Sir, I've discovered that a large portion of the Imperial warriors killed were shot by submachine guns, and they fired these very rare bullets!"

Just when the regiment commander Dairo Watanabe was angry, the regiment's staff was holding a bullet shell with a very serious expression.

When Captain Watanabe saw the bullet shell handed over by the staff officer, he recognized it as a bullet shell of .45 bullet. This type of bullet shell is very common in the United States, such as the M1911 pistol, the Thompson submachine gun, and the recently developed M3 submachine gun. They all use this type of bullet.

However, it is very rare in the area of ​​western Shanxi. At least according to Watanabe Dalang's understanding, this type of bullet is only used by Yamamoto's special forces in this area.

And the most crucial thing is that Watanabe Dalang also heard that when Yamamoto's special forces carried out the decapitation operation against the Eighth Route Army commander last year, not only did they fail, but they also lost nearly one-third of their special forces members. And these special forces members were holding Thompson submachine guns that fired this kind of bullet!

Perhaps these submachine guns are the ones that were lost by Yamamoto's special forces. However, although Yamamoto Ikki and he both have the rank of colonel, there is a world of difference in their status.

Who is Yamamoto Ikki? He is a top student who returned from studying abroad at the Military Academy and a big shot in front of the First Army Commander, Yoshio Shinozuka.

Therefore, what would it matter if the submachine guns used by the Eighth Route Army that wiped out his squadron were the same submachine guns that Yamamoto's special forces lost!
So even if the regiment commander Dairo Watanabe reported the matter to Yoshio Shinozuka, the protective Yoshio Shinozuka might still criticize Watanabe Dairo harshly for his poor command.

However, Watanabe Dalang took a look at the regimental staff officer next to him and immediately had an idea, and said:

"As far as I know, this type of bullet is only used in the submachine guns of the Yamamoto Special Forces in the western Shanxi area. However, last year, the Yamamoto Special Forces failed in their raid on the Eighth Route Army headquarters and lost some personnel and equipment!"

After hearing what Watanabe said, the staff officer of the Watanabe regiment nodded seriously and said:
"Reassure your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I will report this to the General Staff Headquarters!"

Watanabe Dairo felt relieved when he heard this. At least this way his responsibility could be shared out.

As for why Watanabe Dairo didn't report it himself but instead asked a lieutenant colonel to report it to the General Staff Headquarters, this matter has to do with the Japanese army's system of completely separate military administration and military command.

Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the Japanese regiment commander is a person with absolute authority in the regiment, and the superior has complete control over the subordinates, but in reality this is not the case.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, no one in power, whether inside or outside the country, will allow a one-man show of authority in his own army. Otherwise, there would not have been such a thing as military supervisors in ancient times.

So it is the same within the Japanese army, and this staff officer is similar to a military supervisor, somewhat similar to the political power of the Eighth Route Army. Of course, the more crucial thing is that the Japanese's power to appoint and dismiss staff officers lies only with the General Staff Headquarters.

(End of this chapter)