Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 104: Recruiting Surprises

That’s right, at that time, due to Sun Desheng’s face and the royal command sword, Wang Gensheng reluctantly agreed to 300 war horses, but I don’t know what the commander said to Li Yunlong!
It actually made Li Yunlong spit out the meat in his mouth.

However, thinking that this was not the first time, Wang Gensheng did not pay too much attention to it. After arriving at the headquarters, Wang Gensheng immediately saluted and said:

"Comrade Headquarters, Wang Gensheng has arrived to report!"

After returning the gift, the headmaster said to Wang Gensheng with a rosy face:
"Yes, you did a great job in this counter-mopping-up operation. You have the most impressive record in the entire Lions! Honestly, I didn't realize it before, but after seeing your resume, I realized you really are born to be a fighter! In just two years, you went from a soldier to a regimental commander!"

Wang Gensheng was so embarrassed by the boss's collapse that he could only say modestly:
"This is also the recognition and cultivation of my superiors, otherwise how could I become the leader so quickly!"

You should know that what Wang Gensheng said was not a lie. Nowadays, most of the regiment commanders of the Eighth Route Army, whether they are the main regiments or the regiments established later, have walked through the grasslands.

Therefore, the reason why Wang Gensheng was able to become the team leader so quickly was not only because he was a time traveler with a golden finger and was knowledgeable, but more importantly, it was because of Kong Jie's support and cultivation.

The head of the household felt that Wang Gensheng's humble words were boring and said directly:
"Okay, I won't waste my time on you. I've read your battle reports. The way you use your cavalry company is very different from the average cavalry. Almost all of your battles are night raids, and you don't fight on horseback; instead, you use horses as a means of transportation! Your fighting style is very similar to that of the Japanese special forces!"

Wang Gensheng nodded immediately after hearing what the headmaster said.

"Yes, Commander. I learned the fighting style of that special forces team of the Japanese. I concentrated the most elite soldiers and the most elite firepower, then sneaked in under the cover of night to deliver a fatal blow. After the attack, I immediately used the advantage of cavalry mobility to quickly move away! I didn't give the Japanese time or opportunity to react and provide support."

"Excellent! Your idea is very creative, and your combat record proves it's feasible. So, I'll let you be the commander of the Lion Cavalry Regiment and let you build a special cavalry regiment!"

Wang Gensheng was also shocked by what Commander Xi said. How could this become the cavalry regiment directly under the Lion? Shouldn't it be the cavalry regiment directly under the Lion?

But it doesn’t matter whether it’s Shi or Zhu. What matters is that Commander Zhu actually wants him to build a special cavalry regiment. What a joke.

Apart from anything else, at least Wang Gensheng’s basic requirement of having a submachine gun or light machine gun for each person could not be met.

Therefore, Wang Gensheng could only shake his head and say:

"Captain, that's unrealistic. Even the basic requirement of one submachine gun or light machine gun for each person is unrealistic! Ordinary bolt-action rifles simply can't meet the firepower needs of the Special Cavalry Regiment. Although the Special Cavalry Company can ride horses, they usually conduct raids dismounted."

But unexpectedly, the chief said with a smile:
"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to get it all at once. You can slowly accumulate it while fighting. As for the cavalry regiment, just train them as normal cavalry."

Wang Gensheng was relieved after hearing what the commander said, but there was still a problem that bothered Wang Gensheng, that was the issue of recruiting soldiers for the cavalry regiment. You must know that when Wang Gensheng was selecting cavalry for the New Second Regiment, he was conducting a running physical fitness selection in the New Second Regiment, and only the soldiers who were in the top 100 were selected.

Therefore, in order to ensure the future development of the Special Cavalry Regiment, Wang Gensheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say to the commander:

"Captain, if we want to establish a special cavalry regiment, besides weapons, even more important is the personnel. Unlike weapons that can be captured slowly, once the soldiers are selected, they cannot be changed. When I established the special cavalry company, I selected them from more than a thousand soldiers in the New Second Regiment. As long as the soldiers who were in the top 100..."

"Okay! Okay! No need to say more. I understand what you mean. You just want the most elite soldiers! This is easy. What you want to establish is at least a cavalry regiment directly under the Lion. Naturally, you can choose from all the soldiers of the 129th Lion. Of course, this selection does not include platoon-level backbones!" When the commander said this, he was actually a little helpless. Originally, the commander wanted to set up a cavalry regiment directly under the Lion, but when the commander reported this matter to his superiors, it was directly intercepted by the Lion Commander.

In Li Yunlong's words, since he, the commander of the army, wanted to set up a cavalry regiment, then he, the commander of the lion army, had to set up a cavalry regiment. So the cavalry regiment directly under the commander of the army became the cavalry regiment directly under the lion army.

Of course, one advantage of becoming a cavalry regiment directly under the Lions is that you can select cavalry soldiers from the entire 129 Lions.

Therefore, when Wang Gensheng talked about the difficulties he faced in recruiting soldiers for the special cavalry regiment, the commander told Wang Gensheng without hesitation that he could select soldiers from the entire Lion Army.

Although he had not discussed it with the Lion Commander, the Commander did not think that the Lion Commander would not disagree. If he did not agree, how could the Lion Commander have the nerve to assign the Special Cavalry Regiment to the Lion Commander's Direct Cavalry Regiment!
However, Wang Gensheng was completely bewildered by what the commander said. What was going on? How could the entire Lion Army select cavalry? It was already the end of 1942.

It’s not the three or seven years when the changes just started!

The entire 129 Lions now is no longer the 13,000 or so people they were when they were just reorganized.

At this time, although the number of people had decreased after the Japanese raid, the basic number should still be around 100,000.

Therefore, as the Lion's direct cavalry regiment, selecting a thousand people from a hundred thousand people is equivalent to picking one in a hundred.

The number was even greater than the one in ten miles selected from the New Second Regiment. At this time, Wang Gensheng couldn't even imagine how elite the cavalry soldiers selected in this way would be.

Before he traveled through time, Wang Gensheng understood that people are different.

This does not just refer to a question of background, but also a question of physical fitness.

Even a landlord's family can give birth to a sickly child, and a commoner's family can give birth to a strong and healthy man.

Therefore, once Wang Gensheng can expand the scope of recruiting soldiers to the entire Lion, the physical quality of the cavalry recruited will be first-class in the entire army.

Good physical fitness is everything. For example, ordinary soldiers cannot lift the Type 96 light machine gun weighing nearly 20 kilograms on their shoulders to conduct shoulder-aiming shooting for a long time. They can only hold it at their waists to shoot from the waist.

Wang Gensheng naturally could not accept this. After improving the bullets, Wang Gensheng found that the killing effect of shooting with a flat-head bullet instead of a submachine gun was better.

Basically, just one bullet can solve the problem. Of course, the submachine gun is changed into a light machine gun, and the assault team has to wear bulletproof vests and helmets for their own safety, which is also very heavy.

It is naturally impossible to do this without a good physical foundation.

(End of this chapter)