Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 13: Cavalry Battalion Becomes Cavalry Company

After all, although flying knives have a short range, they are not as powerful as bullets.

However, it can still penetrate the enemy's skull within 20 to 30 meters.

And the most important thing is that this flying knife can be reused.

But forget about popularizing the use of flying knives. It is not easy to practice. Wang Gensheng had to practice hard for half a year before he achieved some success. What's more, the flying knives can only be used for close-range sneak attacks.

As for ordinary people who want to use throwing knives to fight against guns, they'd better stop daydreaming.

What's more, even if Wang Gensheng wanted to kill the enemy at close range with a pistol, he would have no chance!
Because the M1911 pistol taken from the Japanese special forces soldier only had two magazines and fourteen bullets, and they would be gone after they were used up.

As for the current Eighth Route Army Arsenal, it is good at producing black powder grenades, but it is a bit difficult to produce bullets.

Even when reloading bullets from bullet shells, black powder can only be used instead of smokeless powder.

As for the power of black powder bullets, it can only be said that the power of rifle bullets loaded with black powder is not much better than that of pistol bullets.

Of course, the more important point is that Wang Gensheng knows everything about modern chemistry except one thing. Therefore, in addition to the method of manufacturing black powder and the method of making black powder particles, Wang Gensheng also knows something about the principle of concentrated energy to break armor.

As for the rest, he has no idea about the manufacturing method of smokeless gunpowder, especially the manufacturing method of TNT. After all, if Wang Gensheng was really a doctor, he would not have become a flying knife internet celebrity.

In fact, Wang Gensheng felt that he had traveled to the wrong era. If he had traveled a few hundred years earlier, there might have been a legend named Xiao Wang Feidao in the world.

While Wang Gensheng was thinking about his flying knife, Kong Jie had already entered the headquarters of the independent regiment and reported to Li Yunlong:

"Old Li, I brought back all the soldiers from the first battalion from this battle, and of course, all the horses and equipment as well!"

Li Yunlong was stunned when he heard Kong Jie's words. You know, this time when Kong Jie took action, Li Yunlong was actually prepared to sacrifice himself, but he didn't expect that Kong Jie didn't sacrifice anything, so he asked curiously:
"You are so capable, Old Kong, that not a single one of you was killed. Could it be that those traitors didn't even leave a single sentry and caught you in your sleep?"

Kong Jie smiled and said:
"The sentry was silently taken out by Wang Gensheng with a throwing knife. Not only is he good at throwing grenades, but he's also pretty good at throwing knives. Old Li, you know what, this throwing knife is a really good thing, perfect for nighttime raids!"

"Using throwing knives to deal with the sentries is a good idea. Then talk to Wang Gensheng and tell him to teach the soldiers how to throw knives while teaching them how to throw grenades!"

Kong Jie naturally agreed to Li Yunlong's proposal:
"That's no problem. I'll go talk to that kid Wang Gensheng later, but..."

"But what...Old Kong, if you have something to say, don't bother me!"

Seeing Li Yunlong like this, Kong Jie spoke directly:
"But Lao Li! I don't miss you in this cavalry battalion this time, but if the day ever comes when I want to go out and work alone, you can't be stingy and support me with some backbones!"

After hearing what Kong Jie said, Li Yunlong nodded and said:
"Alright! I, Li Yunlong, am not a stingy person. I'll just follow the treatment Ding Wei gave me: one person at the battalion level, three at the company level, and nine at the platoon level! How about this treatment?"

When Kong Jie heard what Li Yunlong said, he immediately smiled with satisfaction:

"Old Li, you said it, so you can't go back on your word when the time comes!"

"I, Old Li, am a man of my word. When have I ever regretted it?"

Kong Jie was about to leave after hearing what Li Yunlong said, but then he remembered what Wang Gensheng had just told him about going to learn cavalry, so he said:

"Oh right! Old Li, why don't you recruit Wang Gensheng into the cavalry recruitment this time? When he just came back, he told me he wanted to learn cavalry!"

Li Yunlong thought about what Kong Jie said before, and then thought about Kong Jie arranging Wang Gensheng to learn cavalry. How could he not understand that Kong Jie was training his future team! So he waved his hand and said:

"Okay! No problem, but here's the deal! You can learn, but you can't attract the attention of my cavalry battalion!"

Li Yunlong had just finished speaking, and Kong Jie hadn't had time to reply, when the phone at the regiment headquarters rang.

Naturally, these calls were from his superiors, so how could Li Yunlong dare not answer the phone!

But when Li Yunlong picked up the phone, the voice of the head of the phone rang out:

"Li Yunlong, congratulations on your fortune!"

"What kind of fortune is this? I'm so poor I almost have to beg for food!"

The head of the prison heard Li Yunlong was still playing tricks on him on the other end of the phone, so he said directly:
"How could you possibly hide this from me? Tell me the truth, how much did you gain this time?"

Li Yunlong saw that the front man, Liang Jie, had just returned, and the back man knew about it, so he did not dare to hide it and told the truth:
"Oh! It's not much more than the equipment of a cavalry battalion! I'm going to form a cavalry battalion!"

"Look at you, you want to set up a cavalry battalion with just one regiment. Then shouldn't I, a poor fellow, set up a cavalry regiment too?"

When Li Yunlong heard this, he smiled and said:

"Of course, based on the reputation of the commander, a cavalry lion is not enough!"

It was obvious that the chief had no time to joke with Li Yunlong, so he said directly:
"Stop talking nonsense! Leave one company's worth of horses and equipment, and send the rest to me!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately said anxiously:

"What are you doing? Chief! Robbery! You might as well just shoot me! No, no, absolutely not!"

"No! Fine then! Then we have to talk it out. You mobilized the troops without permission. This is a serious crime!"

Li Yunlong was not happy to hear this. After all, he had already been approved by the head of the household to provide for himself. So he said aggrievedly:

"Master, you agreed to this!"

But in response to Li Yunlong's words, the head of the other end of the phone said directly:

"I agreed, who can prove it to you?"

"Master! You can't deny what you said!"

However, the chief minister did not care about Li Yunlong's grievances:
"Stop talking nonsense to me. You have two options now. Either you deliver the horses and equipment to me, or I will report you to the headquarters and investigate you for mobilizing troops without authorization!"

Hearing what the chief said, Li Yunlong could only sigh:
"Oh my! A higher-ranking official can crush someone to death! Okay, okay, I accept the position of Chief. If you want to rob, just say so. Why are you making up all these excuses?"

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After the chief hung up the phone, Li Yunlong said to Kong Jie beside him in a bad mood:

"Look at this! It's not even warm yet! Two-thirds of it is gone. What do you think happened?"

(End of this chapter)