The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 491 - 484: The King of Ground Combat

Chapter 491: Chapter 484: The King of Ground Combat

With a 20-millimeter caliber, that must be classified as a cannon, not a gun.

Gao Yang looked at Gao Yuan with a face full of hope and asked, "Can 20 millimeters get the job done? Have you tried it?"

Gao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Well, I really don’t know if it will work, but it seems we’ve tried shooting Armored Beasts with a Shenzhou-produced 25mm Anti-Aircraft Gun. Hmm, there were a lot of ricocheted rounds, and the penetration effect wasn’t very good, but after the battle upon examination, we found that the 25mm anti-aircraft cannon shells indeed left penetrating wounds on the Armored Beasts."

Gao Yang’s eyes shone, and he smacked his hands together, exclaiming, "That’s it! Exactly!"

Gao Yang looked at the others and then said excitedly, "Listen up, Shenzhou-produced 25mm Anti-Aircraft Gun can penetrate Armored Beasts, but you need to know that the main types of ammunition for the 25mm anti-aircraft gun are armor-piercing high-explosive rounds and armor-piercing incendiary rounds. They have armor-piercing capabilities, but they are not purely for armor penetration because their primary design purpose is anti-air, for shooting down airplanes, not purely for armor penetration!"

No one knew why Gao Yang was so excited, yet he was absolutely thrilled as he said, "So, we do have a solution now."

Rabbit stood up; looking at Gao Yang, he said eagerly, "Exactly, the Houthi armed forces modified a 23mm cannon barrel with motor springs to make a man-portable sniper cannon. It’s a bit heavy, but it can still be modified!"

Li Jinfang was taken aback. He asked, "Can it be used? How heavy is it?"

Rabbit, with all the detail of an expert, said, "It’s over 60 kilograms with a tripod, but you can remove the tripod and get it down to forty kilograms."

Li Jinfang gave a wry smile, "Forty kilograms? That’s still not manageable."

Eagerly, Gao Yang said, "It can’t be used by a single person, but what about by a small team! And we can still reduce the weight. Don’t forget, that was something cobbled together by the Houthi guys. Do you think we can’t shave off another ten or so kilograms?"

This was clearly a conversation between armament experts; those not deeply knowledgeable about firearms couldn’t even join in the discussion.

Still looking reluctant, Rabbit said, "But the domestic 14.5mm armor-piercing incendiary rounds are particularly effective. Are you really not going to try them?"

"There’s no point talking about it, but we could consider it for dealing with lesser targets. Hmm, it could be used as an alternative or supplementary weapon."

At this point, Li Jinfang, visibly dissatisfied, said, "Rabbit, when did you start pulling a Zhang Yong? Can you stop interrupting? We’re discussing cannons, cannons!"

With a look of regret, Rabbit said, "But with cannons, it’s really inconvenient. They weigh dozens of pounds. How can you carry that around?"

As he said this, Rabbit looked at Gao Yuan with eyes filled with envy and helplessness, and then he continued, "I’m not as beastly as him..."

Gao Yang cleared his throat twice, "Let’s put his issue aside for now. Let’s first try to come to a conclusion. A 23mm Anti-Aircraft Gun is indeed an option, but the ammunition isn’t sufficient. Let me think, let me think, ah, ah, ah!"

Suddenly, Gao Yang smacked his hands together again, and almost simultaneously Rabbit also exclaimed loudly, "I’ve got it!"

Gao Yang said loudly, "French cannons!"

But Rabbit, with a face full of excitement, said, "AMX-30 tank’s M693 autocannon!"

Gao Yang said excitedly, "We should have captured quite a few."

"And the coaxial machine guns should still be functional."

"The French People are really not that great in combat."

"But their cannon is quite impressive!"

"The key is that they have sub-caliber tungsten-core armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds which are extremely capable of penetration."

"The gun is still short and light!"

"Sanitation Worker has lots of AMX-30s."

"Try out?"

"Let’s try it out!"

Gao Yang and Rabbit grew more and more excited as they talked, and then Rabbit simply started to dance with joy.

Gao Yuan couldn’t help but ask, "Sorry, what are you talking about?"

Gao Yang turned his head, with a proud smile on his face, "We’ve found a solution. We thought of a suitable 20mm machine gun; the performance of its sub-caliber discarding saboteur is superb. When it comes to armor-piercing capability, it definitely beats the high-explosive and armor-piercing incendiary rounds of 30mm cannons."

Gao Yuan fell silent for a moment, then he couldn’t help asking again, "Why do you two snipers know so much about a cannon?"

There were many people present, including professional artillerymen, who couldn’t figure out what to use. But two snipers were familiar with those obscure small-caliber guns.

Gao Yang and Rabbit exchanged glances, then both of them started to laugh. After that, Gao Yang said with pride, "It’s a basic quality for a hardcore military fan."

Rabbit raised two fingers solemnly, "Correction, what he said isn’t right, it should be two."

Gao Yang laughed, "What are you waiting for, go find the staff office and tell them to dismantle all the machine guns from the captured or destroyed AMX-30 tanks and bring them to me, hurry, we need them."

Rabbit, who hadn’t finished his meal, stood up and left.

Gao Yang took a deep breath, then he waved his hand, "Problem solved, I feel relieved. Let’s eat, let’s eat."

Grolyov frowned tightly, "No, I don’t think the problem is solved. Shouldn’t our focus in future battles shift towards zombies and monsters? We need to strengthen our capabilities in that regard."

Gao Yang pointed at Gao Yuan, "Ask him, he’s got a wealth of experience."

Grolyov turned to Gao Yuan, "So, what machine gun is most suitable against zombies? And what about for monsters?"

Gao Yang translated Grolyov’s words, and Gao Yuan realized that he didn’t actually know the specific answer.

After thinking for a while, Gao Yuan whispered, "High rate of fire, the sustained firepower must be strong, because zombies don’t have brains, they’ll just keep coming relentlessly. This makes zombies quite easy to deal with, but the problem is, if there are a lot of zombies, unless there are a lot of machine guns firing together, it’s difficult to cope with them. Zombies don’t feel pain, aren’t afraid of death, and even if they are shot but not in vital parts, they can still move and attack for a considerable amount of time. So we usually focus a lot of machine guns and fire together, there’s no other good method."

Grolyov, after listening to Gao Yang’s translation, frowned and said, "In that case, individuals or small teams encountering a large number of zombies wouldn’t have the combat capability, unless they use a Gatling, like an M134, but Gatling guns have a high rate of fire which consumes too much ammunition, and it’s impossible for a single soldier to carry enough bullets."

At this point, Grolyov also looked toward Gao Yuan, eyes filled with nothing but envy.

Gao Yuan, puzzled, asked, "Is there a problem?"

Gao Yang shook his head, with a look of helplessness, "No, he’s just envious of your superhuman strength."

Gao Yuan could only respond with a meaningless smile, while Gao Yang looked at him thoughtfully, stroking his chin, "Speaking of which, Xiao Yuan, haven’t you realized that actually, your way of fighting is wrong? You’re somewhat wasting your abilities and talents."

Gao Yuan was confused and asked, "Ah, how so?"

Gao Yang said seriously, "Because your way of fighting is too inefficient. You should be the tactical core of a team, the guarantee of firepower output. But now, you’re just using your speed and strength for some auxiliary work, or fighting with melee weapons alone. This wastes your abilities and talents. You should be the king of land warfare."