The Mysterious Soldier of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 453: Nano Repair + Super Weapon Transformation: Creating a Weapon to Counter Armed Ninjas

Lei Tao stumbled deeper into the forest for over twenty minutes, not stopping until the engine noise faded completely. Turning back, he saw a trail of blood dripping from the dead leaves, a particularly glaring sight. Following the trail, he could easily trace his path.

He immediately retrieved a specially crafted anti-personnel bomb from the Bagua gyroscope's space. This bomb was equipped with a vibration sensor, which would detonate if anyone stepped on the ground within a five-meter radius. Lei Tao buried the bomb in a pile of fallen leaves, camouflaged it with branches, and continued to advance more than fifty meters into the jungle.

The second trap was even more complex: He pulled an anti-personnel mine from the Bagua spinning top and buried it beneath the pine needle-covered ground, its trigger connected to a tripwire. Behind a large tree, he placed a modified large-caliber howitzer-fired white phosphorus incendiary bomb, its fuse connected to the mine's tripwire. If someone triggered the mine, the blast would instantly ignite the howitzer's fuse, sending the white phosphorus bomb exploding in mid-air, creating a deadly sea of ​​fire.

After completing the setup, Lei Tao deliberately snapped a few bushes a few meters in front of the booby trap, carved messy scratches into the tree trunks with a dagger, and then deliberately urinated to create the illusion of a hasty escape. After confirming the trap was working correctly, he activated the Bagua gyroscope system. As a blue light enveloped his body, the faint sound of Japanese footsteps could be heard in the distance. When the light faded, he was back in his safe house in modern-day Central Africa. The stinging pain from his wound reminded him that he needed to treat his injuries quickly.

At this moment in the jungle, Major Hoshino Sho was leading his soldiers along the blood trail, completely unaware that they were about to step into the death trap carefully designed by Lei Tao...

Major Hoshino Shoyi knelt on one knee, dipped his finger into the still-dry blood on the ground, and twisted the dark red beads in the moonlight. "Yoshi! The enemy's wounded! Follow the blood!" He suddenly stood up and swung his sword. Over fifty soldiers, armed with Type 38 rifles, fanned out. The sound of their boots crushing dead leaves startled night owls from the treetops.

As the vanguard's boots sank into the dead leaves, the camouflaged branches suddenly sank. The instant the microvibration sensor beeped, Lei Tao's booby trap exploded. Eight kilograms of TNT mixed with steel balls created a charred crater three meters in diameter. Five soldiers were instantly pierced by the balls, flung into the air like rags. Ten more men, ten meters away, were knocked over by the shockwave, their rifle parts and the remains of a severed arm falling to the ground.

Hoshino Sho had been knocked against a tree trunk by the blast, his military cap missing and his face etched with gravel. He wiped the blood from his forehead and stared at the charred crater with a sinister smile, his gold teeth flashing in the firelight. "Those Chinese soldiers are quite capable," he said. His blade parted the smoking branches and pointed to the broken bushes in the opposite direction. "Team One, continue following the blood trail. Team Two, search the west! We must find the man within three hours!"

The two teams gradually distanced themselves from each other.

The Japanese squad, following the blood trail, entered a pine-needle-covered area. Corporal Ono reached out to push aside the vines blocking his path, and suddenly, a subtle metallic snap echoed from the sole of his boot. The instant the tripwire was pulled, an anti-personnel mine exploded with a bang, sending shrapnel scattering in a fan-shaped pattern. Three soldiers, their abdomens ripped open, fell to their knees, screaming in agony.

The blast surged skyward, igniting the fuses of the white phosphorus incendiary bombs. The modified howitzer rocketed skyward, exploding twenty meters in the air. Blazing white phosphorus rained down like raindrops, sizzling as it touched the soldiers' flesh. One soldier, frantically swatting away the flames, flung the burning phosphorus into his comrade's face, sending both men tumbling and wailing on the ground.

Hoshino rushed from behind, chopping away at the burning branches with his saber. He looked at the charred bodies scattered across the ground, his pupils constricted with anger. The surviving soldiers were still in shock, and Hoshino suddenly raised his hand and fired, hitting a wounded soldier who was trying to escape: "Baga! Deserters, die!"

At this moment, gunshots were heard from the western squad. Hoshino led the remaining soldiers and ran towards the sound...

Hoshino wiped the blood off his face and sneered: "Want to lure us into a trap?" He took out a flare gun and fired it into the sky. The moment the red flare rose into the air, the roar of engines was heard in the distance - follow-up reinforcements were approaching.

Inside the modern safe house, Lei Tao didn't bother wiping the blood from his wound. He quickly retrieved the human tissue repair fluid from the Bagua Gyro space and poured the entire bottle into the emergency room. The pungent smell of disinfectant mixed with the distinctive aroma of the repair fluid filled the air. He quickly tore off his bloodstained clothing and lay naked inside the room. The moment the hatch automatically closed, a pale blue repair gel sprayed out from all sides, covering the wound surface. Fine nanorobots penetrated the gel and began repairing the broken blood vessels and damaged muscle tissue.

Lying in the cabin, Lei Tao recalled the battle. Those ninjas were clearly elite, specially trained, and backed by a large force. Making it back alive this time was pure luck. If he encountered this situation again, he would have to prepare more modified weapons and ammunition.

Lei Tao lay in the emergency room, the warmth of the repair fluid enveloping him. A system notification chimed in: "Injury assessment complete. Second-degree epidermal burns, left arm muscle lacerations, partial rupture of the right Achilles tendon, and approximately 800ml of blood loss. Estimated repair time: 2 hours and 40 minutes."

Lei Tao's mind was immersed in the weapon modification interface of the Bagua Gyro System, data streaming rapidly before his eyes. He began modifying the Scorpion submachine gun, first replacing the barrel with a memory alloy. Then, using nano-recombination technology, he increased the caliber to 12.7mm and re-engraved the rifling at high temperatures to accommodate the .50AE bullet. To offset the immense recoil generated by the large caliber, the system automatically installed a triple hydraulic buffer in the buttstock and embedded a magnetic levitation shock-absorbing module in the grip.

When the modification progress reached 73%, Lei Tao switched to the ammunition synthesis interface and, using the system's stockpile of tungsten steel and high explosives, began synthesizing specially crafted .50AE armor-piercing incendiary rounds, producing a total of 1500 rounds. These rounds, with their heads inlaid with depleted uranium alloy and their tails filled with white phosphorus, possessed powerful penetrating and incendiary capabilities. Upon impact, they not only penetrated armor but also triggered a sustained combustion.

"Weapon modification estimated completion time: 17 minutes, ammunition synthesis remaining: 9 minutes." The system prompt sounded again. Lei Tao noticed that the repair fluid outside the cabin was gradually becoming clearer. At the same time, he felt that the pain in his body had mostly subsided, and the new muscle tissue in his right Achilles tendon was healing rapidly.

When the repair progress bar reached 100%, Lei Tao stretched his limbs, which were gradually regaining strength, and rose from the emergency room. Meanwhile, the modification of the Scorpion submachine gun had just been completed. He picked up the silver-black weapon, feeling the cool touch of the gun barrel, and a surge of confidence surged in his heart. With this specially modified Scorpion submachine gun, he would have a more powerful counterattack the next time he faced the Japanese armed ninja.