Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 2: Yamamoto's Special Forces' Advanced Equipment
When Wang Gensheng saw the equipment on the two corpses, he was also stunned, because the equipment equipped on these two Yamamoto special forces soldiers was not the M3 submachine guns that were full of flaws.

It was the Thompson submachine gun. You know, "Bright Sword" is a classic anti-Japanese war drama. The only thing people can complain about is that the weapons used by Yamamoto's special forces are all M3 submachine guns.

The reason for the complaints is that the M3 submachine gun was not developed and equipped until 1942, but it is 1940 now!
Moreover, the M3 submachine gun is a cheap and low-quality street stall product, but the Thompson submachine gun not only appeared earlier, but also was much better than the M3 submachine gun in terms of accuracy and other aspects.

Therefore, if it were in reality, Yamamoto would naturally choose the Thompson submachine gun with better accuracy and performance. What's more important is that Yamamoto's special forces are not only equipped with Thompson submachine guns, but also have spare M1911 pistols on their waists.

Wang Gensheng was naturally very fond of the M1911 pistol tucked into his waist, but he didn't reach out to take it, because he knew that in the Eighth Route Army, only platoon leaders and above were qualified to be equipped with pistols.

This is the regulation of the Eighth Route Army, so even if Wang Gensheng takes it now, he still needs to hand it over.

But soon Wang Gensheng turned his attention to the green vest worn by the Japanese soldier. Wang Gensheng was very curious about this green vest when he watched "Bright Sword" before traveling through time. He wondered if this green vest was just used to hang grenades, or if it was a bulletproof vest.

After Wang Gensheng tried it out, he confirmed that the green vest was actually a bulletproof vest.

A thick steel plate is sewn inside the vest, and it is also quite heavy!

After seeing this, Wang Gensheng understood why the independent regiment suffered such heavy casualties. It turned out that the Yamamoto Special Forces were not only equipped with submachine guns, but also because they were equipped with bulletproof vests.

Moreover, if you look at his helmet, it is not the kind of iron helmet that the Japanese soldiers usually wear, but a steel helmet with a thickness of half a centimeter. It even looks like the material is high manganese steel.

You should know that this high manganese steel is the bulletproof steel plate specially used for armored vehicles and bulletproof vehicles. Its high hardness, high toughness, and high impact resistance have always been the first choice for bulletproof materials.

Even in the 21st century when alumina and Kevlar have become available, there are still many armor manufacturers who use high manganese steel as bulletproof plates. There is no way around it because high manganese steel is cheap!
However, during World War II, there were very few countries that could produce high-quality high-manganese steel. For example, the M1 helmet used high-manganese steel, which had excellent bulletproof capabilities and could defend against close-range shooting from .45 pistol bullets.

However, the Japanese's iron helmets could not even protect against grenade shrapnel.

"Wang Gensheng, what are you doing? Class eight, assemble!"

The sudden words startled Wang Gensheng. He turned around and saw that it was his cousin Wang Xikui. Wang Xikui saw Wang Gensheng staring at the dead body of the Japanese soldier in a daze, so he walked over and continued to say to Wang Gensheng:

"Okay, forget it. Even though you blew up those two devils, you know the rules of the Eighth Route Army. All captured items must be attributed to the credit. Even if you want that pistol, you have to wait until you become a platoon leader to get it!"

Wang Gensheng certainly understood what Wang Xikui said, but what Wang Gensheng was thinking about now was not this but the Japanese bulletproof equipment, so he immediately said:

"Uncle, haven't you noticed that this group of Japs are not only equipped with submachine guns, but also wear different clothes than ordinary Japs! Look at this helmet and this green vest, there are even iron plates inside!"

After hearing what Wang Gensheng said, Wang Xikui touched the green bulletproof vest filled with bulletproof plates and said immediately, "Hey! If you hadn't told me, I really hadn't noticed! With such thick steel plates, it's no wonder that the Japanese didn't get hurt when I shot them, and they even shot back at me!"

At this time, Wang Gensheng continued to speak:

"So, uncle, next time you encounter this kind of Japs, you have to aim for their faces or legs, otherwise it's useless. Look at the helmet on his head, it's much thicker than the helmets ordinary Japs wear!"

After hearing Wang Gensheng's suggestion, Wang Xikui was stunned for a moment, then slapped his head and said:

"You're right, but this can't just be known to the two of us. The whole regiment, even the entire Eighth Route Army, must know about it. Otherwise, we'll suffer a great loss the next time we encounter them! Wait here, I'll go find the regiment commander!"

After a while, Wang Xikui came over with the regiment commander Kong Jie. Kong Jie squatted down and examined the green bulletproof vest on the dead Japanese soldier. Then he carefully examined the steel pipe of the Japanese soldier and said to Wang Gensheng:
"Wang Gensheng, you discovered this problem very promptly, especially since you used a grenade to take out two Japanese soldiers earlier, preventing us from losing 200 to 0! So I've decided to appoint you as the platoon leader of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion!"

Wang Gensheng was stunned when he heard Kong Jie's appointment. This promotion was too fast! He had just traveled through time and not even a day had passed, and he was promoted three levels to become a platoon leader.

You know, in the Eighth Route Army, to go from a soldier to a platoon leader, one had to go through the ranks of deputy squad leader, squad leader, and then platoon leader! Now he actually became a platoon leader directly.

Just when Wang Gensheng was in a daze, Wang Xikui patted Wang Gensheng on the back and said:

"Gensheng, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and thank the captain!"

Just as Wang Xikui finished speaking, Kong Jie waved his hand and said:

"No need to thank me. We in the Eighth Route Army are fair and just. We reward those who have made contributions and punish those who have made mistakes. Comrade Wang Gensheng is appointed as platoon leader, which is a recognition of his merits!"

With that, Kong Jie turned around and went back to the regiment headquarters. In fact, to appoint a platoon leader, in addition to the approval of the regiment commander, all the leaders of the regiment headquarters also needed to agree. But now there was only Kong Jie in the independent regiment headquarters!
There was no way around it. The commander of the independent regiment was killed when they encountered the Sakata Regiment last time, so the independent regiment is still under the command of Kong Jie.

However, just after Kong Jie accepted Wang Gensheng's appointment, he received a punishment from his superiors. That is, Kong Jie, as the commander of the independent regiment, gave improper command, causing heavy casualties to the independent regiment.

As the head of the independent regiment, Kong Jie had an unshirkable responsibility for this. Therefore, it was decided to directly revoke Kong Jie's position as the head of the independent regiment and transfer Kong Jie to be a groom.

This punishment was quite severe for Kong Jie. It was much more severe than transferring Li Yunlong to the clothing factory as the factory director.

After all, being the director of a bedding factory was at least a horizontal transfer, because the director of a bedding factory was at least a regimental-level unit. But Kong Jie was miserable, as he was demoted directly to a groom.

(End of this chapter)