After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 352: Chapter 284: Successful with One Shot!

"The entire rocket launcher is based on the Soviet RPG 7 and has been made lighter. The tube body is reduced, a bipod and heat-resistant angle surfaces are added, and the ammo is nearly unchanged, right?"

"This is a universal optical sight, which can correct for wind drift to some extent."

"This is a heat-insulating handguard."

"This is the safety."

"The ammunition is loaded into the breech, and during firing, no one can stand within 30 meters behind."

Fang Huai pointed to several parts on the Type 40 rocket launcher and explained briefly.

He had spent some of his military merit value to acquire knowledge of how to use the Type 40, simply because he did not want others to take the risk.

This task, he was enough to handle alone.

But Major General Jin seemed to ignore him and shouted, "No one is to go! More troops are coming behind us! If we can’t do it, let them blast it, don’t try to play the hero alone!"

Fang Huai frowned and said, "Major General Jin, do you have no idea how we got here?

"Now the dam is still unstable. Should we not take this opportunity to discharge the flood and how can that be called playing the hero alone?

"How long until the next unit arrives?

"While we wait, if it rains and increases the water force on the way, how can you face the Beichuan people?

"By now, there must already be about 30 million cubic meters inside, right?!"

"Let me go and check the geological conditions! I am the deputy captain, and I have the right to make judgments and decide how to report, so that Command can determine the next plan!"

Fang Huai’s demeanor became serious.

As he said this,

Major General Jin then remembered that Fang Huai was also the "Geology Exploration Officer" according to Command.

The person Hanwang Headquarters had originally designated to provide the on-site report was Fang Huai, because it was he who had proposed this task, and in Command, it was also Fang Huai who had described in detail the situation and geological conditions of the barrier lake.

His task was to ensure the timely arrival of the troops.

Unfortunately, Fang Huai had been occupied with his own work all along and had not made any suggestions about the blasting.

But in the few hours they waited for the plan to be confirmed, Fang Huai shared with him some "guesses" based on the bare layers of the mountain and the direction of the collapse, regarding the proportions of hard soil and gravel in the dam body.

After excavating and testing at a few points they selected, it turned out that Fang Huai’s "guesses" were very accurate, and this had led Major General Jin to establish the "hole-by-hole blasting" pattern, which gave him a clear blasting strategy.

What Fang Huai knew was no less than what he knew.

"You..." Major General Jin took another look at the dam body, feeling the collapse seemed to have ended, before continuing, "Make it quick! Just find out the situation and return!"

Fang Huai said impatiently, "Alright, hand me the Type 40!"

"To find out the situation, what do you need the Type 40 for?" Major General Jin’s eyes widened.

Grinding his teeth, Fang Huai replied, "I’m pissed! I’ll blast it with two rockets! Don’t I, as a deputy captain, even have the authority to use two rocket rounds?!"

...

Of course, Major General Jin didn’t believe he just wanted to let off steam with two shots.

For a guy so full of vigor, two shots seemed far too few... that’s a crooked idea.

Major General Jin also wanted to witness a miracle.

Fang Huai waded back through the water.

The rocket launcher and its armor-piercing rounds were sealed up and packed into a bag.

Major General Jin was generous and gave him three rounds.

This time they brought ten armor-piercing rounds. The warheads and propellants were bound together, quite long, so a waterproof bag could only fit one rocket launcher and three rounds.

If it weren’t for the lack of space, Major General Jin would have given them all to him, in the hope of a miracle.

Fang Huai moved quickly, and in about two minutes, he pulled himself back to the slope below the dam with the rope against the current. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

But upon a closer look at the top, Fang Huai also felt some trepidation and chose not to climb using the rope, afraid it would break. Instead, he found a slope with many footholds and rapidly climbed up.

This caused everyone watching from a distance to catch their breath again.

"Fang Huai, Fang Huai, don’t take risks, take it slow!" Major General Jin couldn’t help but pick up the two-way radio and shout.

The Fang Huai up front, however, sped up once more.

For as he approached, he could already hear a rumbling sound from above.

The unseen side was still sliding down.

He climbed eagerly, wanting to see the outcome.

The two-way radio stuffed in his backpack kept conveying Major General Jin’s voice, telling him to slow down.

Halfway there, he slipped twice and nearly fell, but fortunately, he was quick with his hands and feet, shifting his points of force in time.

After reaching a gentle slope, he took two steps at a time and reached the top.

The platform on the side where the rope was tied, in the recent blasting, hadn’t changed much in appearance; that massive rock was still intact.

Fang Huai was inwardly astonished.

From the looks of it, this collapsed dam body of 20 million cubic meters would require at least fifty to sixty tons of high explosives to completely disintegrate!

But when he arrived at the edge of the blasted area, the scene before him caused him some irritation.

The gap in the explosion fault at the lower position was just a little bit beneath the water level!

At most, it was half a meter!

Damn it, if there had been just one ton more of explosives, today’s blasting would surely have caused the water to gush out!

"Fang Huai, what’s the situation?"

Fang Huai did not pick up the two-way radio to answer; rather, he excitedly pulled out the rocket launcher, the round, connected the warhead and propellant, and loaded it.

F*cking dam, today I’m sending you a round.

Following the instructions in his head, he lifted his arm, felt the wind, aimed slightly to the left of the gap.

Considering this was his first time using such a device, he was a bit nervous, and his hand trembled slightly as he pressed the trigger.

"Whizz!" A two-kilogram meteor streaked by.

"Boom!"

The rocket plunged straight into the water next to the gap and exploded.

It only caused a splash.

Perhaps it shook the lower layers of the gap, but the power was really limited.