Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 37 Failed Night Raid
"Well done!"

After seeing Wang Gensheng's flying knife successfully take out three sentries, Kong Jie brought the soldiers over and patted Wang Gensheng on the shoulder and praised him.

Wang Gensheng was still frightened by Kong Jie's praise and said:
"This time, it's thanks to Li Xiu's timely reminder, otherwise it would have been difficult to deal with! So, Captain, can you see if you can promote Li Xiu to squad leader or something?"

"You don't need to ask me if you want to be promoted to squad leader. You can make the decision!"

After saying that, Kong Jie led the soldiers of the New Second Regiment towards Liujia Town!

After Kong Jie's reminder, Wang Gensheng remembered that he was now a battalion commander after all. He did not have the power to be promoted to platoon leader, but he still had the power to be promoted to squad leader.

But in fact, the promotion of a squad leader must be determined after discussion by the battalion committee. But who can blame the fact that Wang Gensheng is the only battalion commander in the headquarters of the Third Battalion?

You have to know that a battalion headquarters has not only a battalion commander, but also political instructors, deputy battalion commanders, and battalion staff officers!

Of course, not only the battalion headquarters, but also the company headquarters have instructors who are responsible for the ideological work of the soldiers. However, the Eighth Route Army is expanding rapidly now, so it is difficult to gather personnel in this area.

In the current situation, it is difficult to find someone who can read, let alone someone who can read and do ideological work. Haven’t you seen that the New Second Regiment still doesn’t even have a certificate!
However, what was unexpected was that after entering Liujia Town, Wang Gensheng discovered that there were two sentries standing guard at the entrance of the barracks. They were really vigilant!
However, this time Wang Gensheng did not rush to take action. Instead, he asked Li Xiu beside him:

"How about we see if there are any hidden guards around this door?"

"No this time, there are only these two sentinels at the door!"

After getting Li Xiu's confirmation, Wang Gensheng didn't waste any words. He pulled out two throwing knives and threw them out when they were more than 20 meters away. The two throwing knives drew two beautiful parabolas in the air and landed accurately on the temples of the two sentinels.

The barracks was rented in a courtyard-like house, so when Wang Gensheng opened the door, he saw a courtyard. However, what was unexpected was that there was a black dog there.

The sudden barking of the black dog was so harsh that Wang Gensheng had no time to think about it. The barking made Wang Gensheng realize that there was no chance of catching the turtle in his dream. At this critical moment, Wang Gensheng could not afford to hesitate too much. He had to take advantage of the few seconds when the Japanese devils in the house woke up from sleep to gain an absolute advantage.

Immediately, Wang Gensheng pulled out the grenade from his waist, knocked it on his head and threw it into the house. The belt Wang Gensheng used to hold the grenade was specially made with a small hook that could hook the safety pin of the Type 97 grenade. When the grenade was taken out, the safety pin had been pulled out, so he only needed to knock it on his head to throw it out. It was very convenient and quick and could be operated with one hand.

Although the doors and windows of the houses in the courtyard were closed, the paper-pasted windows could not withstand the impact of the grenades. In a blink of an eye, Wang Gensheng had thrown all ten grenades he carried with him into the houses in the courtyard.

That's right, he carried ten grenades, because Wang Gensheng knew that his advantage was his throwing skills, so he played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses. Instead of carrying a useless rifle, it would be more effective to carry a few more grenades.

Just as Wang Gensheng threw the last grenade, the first one exploded. In just five seconds, Wang Gensheng had already thrown all ten grenades he carried. In fact, if Wang Gensheng had used a pineapple grenade, which is also known as Mi Ling's MK2 grenade, then Wang Gensheng's grenade throwing speed would be even faster, because the MK2 grenade will explode as soon as the safety is pulled out, and there is no need to hit it again like the Type 97 grenade. Therefore, it is natural that more grenades can be thrown in a short time.

Boom! Boom! Boom! ·····
A series of explosions sounded, and Kong Jie, who was following behind, also understood that he had to kill him while he was weak, so he immediately gave the order:
"Quick! Quick! Quick! Go in, rush into the house and kill anyone who resists!"

However, with Wang Gensheng's ten grenades going down, there was no resistance! The shockwaves from grenades exploding in a small room would rebound and accumulate multiple times, and their power would be far greater than that of an explosion in open space.

Although Wang Gensheng did not count them in detail, at least a hundred people had died in this wave of grenades, not counting the injured.

This wave of grenades has completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Japanese soldiers in this reinforced battalion. It is really hard to imagine that nearly 500 people live in such a small courtyard.

In fact, the reason why these traitors did not choose to live anywhere else but chose to live in such a courtyard was mainly because they were afraid that they would run away with their guns.

You have to know that except for the leading officers, the ordinary soldiers and even the squad leaders at the bottom are very unwilling to become traitors and work for the Japanese.

After all, the people above take the benefits, and then let the people below die as cannon fodder. So sometimes, these traitors often run away in groups, with all the people and guns.

It's like in the film "Bright Sword," where Qian Bojun tried to defect to the Japanese, only to be crushed by Li Yunlong's cavalry company. Remember, that was a super-reinforced battalion of 2,000 men! This was because Qian Bojun's soldiers were too lazy to bother with him and would rather surrender directly to the Eighth Route Army. After all, those 2,000 men were flesh-and-blood, thinking people, not mindless robots.

It is precisely because of this that they had no choice but to choose such a courtyard house, and then force a whole row of people to live in such a small house. After all, the courtyard house is different from other houses. It has only one entrance, and as long as the gate is guarded, no one can escape.

The battle was over quickly. There was no public trial this time because Liujia Town was not far from the county seat. So after killing the first few traitors and confiscating their guns and ammunition, the officers withdrew with the guns, ammunition, and horses of that company.

On the way back, Wang Gensheng felt full of energy and strength. A lot of Japanese devils were killed in the previous wave of fighting, so the strengthening brought about by it was naturally very obvious.

Combined with the previous enhancements, Wang Gensheng's physical fitness has now reached 30%. Although he is still not as good as Wei Dayong who has been trained in Shaolin Temple since childhood, he can also fight with sword masters like Zhang Dabiao.

Although we seized the weapons and equipment of a reinforced battalion of the Japanese devils this time, there were weapons but not much ammunition.

In order to control the rebellion of the traitors, the Japanese strictly limited the amount of ammunition they had, especially the number of bullets. Each traitor could not get more than twenty bullets.

(End of this chapter)