Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 3: Bare Platoon Leader
However, the two events are different. No matter how many casualties Li Yunlong suffered at Cangyunling, he still defeated the Japanese's ace regiment, the Sakata Regiment.

But this time, Kong Jie suffered more than 200 casualties, and only defeated two Japanese soldiers, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a crushing defeat.

Therefore, the severity of the penalties for the two cannot be confused.

"Let's go! Stop being dazed! Go help sort out the bodies of our fallen comrades!"

After hearing what his cousin Wang Xikui said, Wang Gensheng looked up and realized that the bodies lying on the cliff behind the village were all soldiers from the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment.

Suddenly, Wang Gensheng's original joy at being promoted to platoon leader by Kong Jie disappeared.

You should know that Wang Gensheng can call out the names of these soldiers of the Second Battalion based on the memories of his original body in his mind.

The reason why Wang Gensheng was able to become the platoon leader of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion was naturally because the platoon leader had also died in the battle just now.

Although Wang Gensheng had never been a soldier in his previous life, he knew how difficult it was to become a platoon leader. First of all, the college entrance examination score had to be over 500, because no military academy had an admission score lower than 500.

The proportion of students who can score above 500 in the college entrance examination is less than 25%, which means that only one out of every four people has the opportunity to go to military school. In addition, they need to pass physical examinations, etc.

And even if you are admitted, you have to study for four years and pass the exam before you can get the rank of one Maoyi, and then you can go to the company to serve as a platoon leader or technician.

However, Wang Gensheng was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a platoon leader just by killing two special forces soldiers from Yamamoto's special forces team in one battle.

It’s a pity that Wang Gensheng, the platoon leader of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion, is now a platoon leader without any soldiers. Not only the platoon leader was sacrificed, but only two of his three squad leaders and dozens of soldiers are left.

The entire independent regiment worked until dawn, and only then did they sort out all the fallen soldiers, put them on stretchers, covered them with white cloth, and then began to carry them one by one to the cemetery outside the village for collective burial.

However, not long after dawn, Li Yunlong rushed over on horseback. When he saw the bodies of the independent regiment soldiers carried on the stretcher, he immediately dismounted, then lifted the white cloth and took a look. He found that most of the bullet wounds were on the forehead or face, and his brows immediately frowned.

The reason why Li Yunlong frowned was mainly because he couldn't believe that Kong Jie was attacked and more than 200 soldiers were sacrificed but only two Japanese soldiers were left. However, after seeing that these soldiers were shot in the head, he also understood how powerful this group of Japanese soldiers were.

Kong Jie on the side said:

"See! All the bullet wounds were on the face. Anyway, you won't believe anything I say to you now! This group of devils are different from the previous ones. Not only are they silent, but they also shoot very accurately. They are in groups of three, all armed with automatic weapons such as submachine guns. They sneaked up from the other side of the cliff. Our fortifications were all built forward, so they are completely useless. Moreover, they will leave after the shooting and will not bother you. You can't even find them in a bayonet fight!
Oh my! I, Kong Jie, have never lost so much face in my life. This is really weird!

After listening to Kong Jie's words, Li Yunlong felt that Kong Jie was trying to boost the Japanese's prestige and destroy his own ambition, so he retorted:

"Are you scared, kid? I heard you say it all to cheer up the Japs, saying how powerful the Japs are, how they are so powerful, that the Japs were not raised by their parents, and they are invulnerable to swords and guns! I looked for a long time, why are there only our corpses, not even a hair left on them! Did you fire your guns into the sky?" "Hey! Li Yunlong, you are really right, this group of Japs are really invulnerable to swords and guns. What do you mean by not even a hair left on them? Even if they are invulnerable Japs, I still left two of them! I'll teach you a lesson today, so that you won't be at a loss as to how to fight them next time you meet them!"

After Kong Jie finished speaking, he turned to Wang Gensheng who was standing not far away and said:

"Wang Gensheng, go! Bring the bodies of the two invulnerable Japanese soldiers you killed over here for our Li Yunlong, the Grand Commander, to inspect!"

After hearing what Kong Jie said, Wang Gensheng immediately turned around and went to carry the dead body of the Japanese soldier. However, just as Wang Gensheng turned around, Li Yunlong raised his hand to stop him and said:

"Wait, don't lift me up, just take me there! I want to see what this invulnerable little devil looks like!"

So Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Wang Gensheng came to the cliff of Houcun. Because Kong Jie had instructed, the bodies of the Japanese soldiers were still on the cliff and no one had touched them. Even their weapons and equipment were still there.

Li Yunlong saw the little devil on the ground and looked at him carefully before saying:

"Kong Jie, this is the invulnerable Japanese soldier you mentioned. Aside from the submachine gun, the green vest, and the slightly different helmet, he's no different from an ordinary Japanese soldier. How can he be invulnerable?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong didn't realize that the vest was equipped with bulletproof steel plates, Kong Jie pointed at the green vest on the dead Japanese soldier and said:

"Li Yunlong, don't look down on this green vest. It's made of bulletproof steel. Not only our Hanyang rifles, but even the Japanese Type 38 rifles can't penetrate it. And this helmet is much thicker than the Japanese's iron helmets!"

After hearing Kong Jie's explanation, Li Yunlong squatted down and touched the green bulletproof vest on the Japanese soldier's body. Then he looked at the Japanese soldier's bulletproof helmet carefully. He even took off the bulletproof helmet and bulletproof vest and weighed them in his hands to feel the weight.

Then he looked at Kong Jie seriously and said:
"Just this helmet and this bulletproof vest weigh over thirty kilograms. It turns out these devils are no ordinary devils. It seems you, Kong Jie, deserved your defeat. The failure of this battle cannot be blamed entirely on you, Kong Jie!"

In response to this, Kong Jie sighed and said:
"It's my bad luck to encounter such a Japs first! But this also reminds everyone that although these Japs wore bulletproof helmets and vests, their faces and limbs are not protected. So next time if you encounter such Japs, just use grenades to deal with them. There's no need to save ammunition and play bayonet with them! These two Japs were killed by this guy with grenades! So I promoted him to platoon leader!"

Kong Jie pointed at Wang Gensheng who was standing beside him, and then changed the subject:

"Alright! Since you, Old Li, are here, I'll leave the Independent Regiment to you. I, Kong Jie, will go to the headquarters to be a groom!"

After saying that, without waiting for Li Yunlong to say anything else, he turned and walked towards the village regiment headquarters to pack up and leave!

However, when Kong Jie returned to the headquarters of the independent regiment, he found that many soldiers of the independent regiment had gathered in the yard of the headquarters, including platoon leaders, company commanders, and many soldiers.

(End of this chapter)