Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 27 Baijia Village

Of course, Wang Gensheng is not the kind of person who cares too much about trivial matters. Since he has traveled through time, his main focus must be on fighting the Japanese.

Moreover, Wang Gensheng's golden finger that makes him stronger when killing enemies at close range has destined him to not be able to hold a high position.

You can't let a chief or even a lion chief or army commander charge to the front line!
Even the commander of the special forces does not have a very high position.

For example, Yamamoto Ikki, who was able to command battles on the front line, was only a colonel, equivalent to the Japanese regiment commander, and the Japanese regiment was equivalent to a level 1 combat unit.

After picking up useful equipment, guns, ammunition and the like from the Japanese soldiers, they began to strip off their thick military uniforms. Of course, these Japanese soldiers' uniforms could not be worn directly. Instead, they would be sent to the clothing factory in the rear for cleaning and re-dying, and even required certain modifications.

Of course, even so, it is still cheaper than making cloth to make new military uniforms. Textile cloth is not cheap these days!

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"Don't worry, sister. I'm not going to stay here. Wangjia Village is very close to us. Besides, if I join the army, I can introduce you to a man who is a high-ranking official! This is much better than just finding a farmer."

Li Xiu's words left Wang Gensheng speechless. It seemed that no matter what era, the prejudice against farming was very strong! Fortunately, Li Xiu only said a few words to her sister Li Xue, and then followed the New Second Regiment back to Wangjia Village.

After returning, Kong Jie convened a post-war summary meeting for the New Second Regiment, attended by commanders at the battalion, company and platoon levels.

The first to speak was the group leader Kong Jie:
"This battle went very well. We only suffered about twenty casualties and successfully eliminated 185 Japanese soldiers! Of course, the main credit for eliminating so many Japanese soldiers with such low casualties is the ambush plan suggested by Comrade Wang Gensheng, which played a key role."

Just when Wang Gensheng was about to say a few humble words, Kong Jie did not give him a chance to speak and said again:
"But we can't let our guard down. The Japanese have suffered such heavy losses this time that they will definitely retaliate. So we must quickly seize control of this area and allow the New Second Regiment to develop rapidly. Besides Lijia Village, the closest villages to us are Baijia Village and Liujia Village, so we must free these villages from the Japanese."

As soon as Kong Jie finished speaking, Wang Gensheng immediately volunteered:
"Let me do it! I've done this once before and I'm very familiar with it!"

Kong Jie did not object to Wang Gensheng's request and agreed immediately. After all, unlike the first and second battalions, the third battalion only had a platoon of soldiers, so it did not require too many people to manage and supervise the training.

Besides, you don’t need so many people to do this kind of thing, just like what happened in Lijia Village this time. If you really encounter trouble, you can come back for help.

Of course, it is impossible to go today. We just fought a big battle involving hundreds of people in the morning and returned to Wangjia Village in the afternoon, so if we want to go, we have to wait until tomorrow.

After returning to his battalion headquarters, Wang Gensheng finally had time to appreciate the physical improvement that this battle had brought to him.

In this battle, he killed about thirty Japanese soldiers with flying knives and about thirty with grenades. A total of about sixty Japanese soldiers died at the hands of Wang Gensheng.

It was equivalent to Wang Gensheng killing one-third of a Japanese squadron.

Although the throwing knives were shot at close range, some grenades could reach dozens of meters. Therefore, the more than sixty Japanese devils gave Wang Gensheng a 4% improvement in physical fitness.

Adding the previous 11% enhancement, Wang Gensheng's physical fitness has increased by 15% compared to when he first crossed over. Although 15% may not seem like a lot, it is a 15% improvement in all aspects of physical fitness!
It must be said that after being promoted to battalion commander, although it is not a fully staffed battalion commander, the treatment is still good. At least there is no need for several people to sleep on one kang. As the battalion commander, Wang Gensheng finally has his own separate bedroom.

The next morning, after Wang Gensheng finished his morning exercises, he called Li Xiu over and asked:
"Li Xiu, you are from Lijia Village. Are you familiar with Baijia Village?"

Li Xiu was stunned at first, then said:

"Yes! I'm quite familiar with all the villages around here! Especially Baijia Village, which is the closest to our Lijia Village, so I have a good impression of the people there! Are you planning to go to Baijia Village, Commander?"

Wang Gensheng nodded and said:

"Yes, the New Second Regiment is a newly formed regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Its purpose is to open up a new base for the War of Resistance Against Japan and free the people within a hundred miles of Wangjia Village from the control of the Japanese. Therefore, Baijia Village is naturally within the rescue range of our New Second Regiment!"

Wang Gensheng then changed the subject and asked:

"By the way, Li Xiu, is this Baijia Village a village full of people with the surname Bai? This is the first time I've heard of someone with the surname Bai!"

The reason why Wang Gensheng was confused was naturally that he was really curious about the surname Bai, so when Li Xiu said that he knew a lot about Baijia Village, he asked this question casually.

In response to Wang Gensheng's question, Li Xiu shook his head and said:
"Battalion Commander, this Baijia Village is different from our Lijia Village, Liujia Village, and Wangjia Village. The people in this village have many surnames combined together. There are people with the surnames Li, Wang, and Liu. But the reason it's called Baijia Village is mainly because there are more people with the surname Baili in the village, so it's called Baijia Village!"

Wang Gensheng nodded to Li Xiu's explanation, and then took Li Xiu and another squad of soldiers to Baijia Village, and also brought some dry food. There was no way, because although Baijia Village was closer to Lijia Village, it was far away from Wangjia Village!
In addition, their New Second Regiment did not have many horses. The only few horses they had were given by the higher authorities for communication when the New Second Regiment was just established. So Wang Gensheng naturally felt embarrassed to borrow them to travel.

Of course, it is precisely because of the distance that the control range of the New Second Regiment is set within one hundred miles. If it is too far, it will be out of reach.

"Commander, let's take this road. It's a little harder to walk on, but it's much closer. I always took this road when I went to Baijia Village!"

Li Xiu pointed to a small path and spoke to Wang Gensheng. Wang Gensheng chose the path Li Xiu pointed to without hesitation.

Just when Li Xiu and Wang Gensheng were walking along a mountain path for a while, they heard a strange gunshot.

Then there were several gunshots from the Hanyang rifle, of course the Hanyang rifle is also called the old sleeve.

This type of firearm was an imitation of the 1888 rifle, which was considered a very advanced rifle at the time, so this type of firearm was produced directly for more than 50 years, and a total of more than one million rifles were produced.

However, when Li Xiu heard the sound of the old gun, his expression changed and he said:

"Oh no! Something might have happened in Baili Village!"

(End of this chapter)