Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 7 Battle Summary
So when Wang Gensheng woke up from his sleep, he felt speechless, because he had only been the platoon leader for one day!
The position of platoon leader has not even warmed up yet! He has been directly promoted from platoon leader to squad leader. Of course, compared with him, it is still good. His cousin Wang Xikui is speechless!

After finally becoming a squad leader, now I have become a soldier!

Fortunately, the reduction in organization finally allowed Wang Gensheng to have ten soldiers under his command, and his cousin Wang Xikui, who had been a squad leader and then became a soldier, happened to become a soldier in his squad.

Of course, this time's organizational reduction has naturally caused dissatisfaction among many people, especially those platoon leaders and squad leaders. After all, they have become platoon leaders through years of military service and military exploits.

Now, everything has returned to its original position. Kong Jie looked at the squad leaders in the conference room who were whispering in dissatisfaction with him, and immediately slammed the table and said:

"What are you arguing about? You have no nerve to argue after losing the battle. I was demoted, too, and you're still arguing over this little official position. How can you have the nerve to argue?

Now, we must first learn from our failure. If these little devils come again next time, how will we fight them? Do we have to send hundreds of brothers again, or will the entire independent regiment be wiped out?

Following Kong Jie's words, the squad leaders who were somewhat dissatisfied with their demotions suddenly stopped talking one by one. At this moment, Kong Jie glanced at Wang Gensheng, who had not said a word about his dissatisfaction with his demotion from beginning to end.

So Kong Jie directly named:

"Wang Gensheng, you were the only one who killed two Japanese soldiers with grenades in this battle, so tell me how we should fight them next time we encounter this group of Japanese soldiers?"

Wang Gensheng was a little flustered by Kong Jie's sudden roll call, but when he thought about how he was now a squad leader, if he got stage fright now, how would he face his soldiers when he returned? So after calming down a bit, Wang Gensheng spoke based on the plot of Bright Sword and some military knowledge in his mind:

"Captain Kong, I think if we have to deal with these little devils again, the first thing we should do is not engage them in close combat! Although submachine guns have strong firepower, their range is very short. Therefore, we can use the advantage of rifles' range to restrain submachine guns. At the same time, we must also use grenades to block the charge of these little devils! Don't let them get close."

These few sentences were the only methods Wang Gensheng could think of in a short period of time to deal with Yamamoto's special forces, which were equipped with only submachine guns.

After hearing Wang Gensheng's summary and suggestions, Kong Jie was quite satisfied. After all, no matter what, he finally came up with a relatively feasible response plan.

Kong Jie looked at the squad leaders who were no longer dissatisfied, and then he said:

"This is what a commander should do, not bickering over a minor position. Besides, the reduction in staffing is only temporary. Of course, if you continue to behave like this during this period, don't even think about recovering!"

As he spoke, Kong Jie looked at Wang Gensheng again and said:
"Wang Gensheng, do you have any ideas for the next phase of training for our independent regiment?"

Wang Gensheng said without even thinking about Kong Jie's words:

"Captain Kong, our independent regiment's next phase should focus on learning to throw grenades. This will increase the soldiers' combat effectiveness in a short period of time with minimal effort!"

Although Wang Gensheng suggested training in grenade throwing without much thought, this was also the best choice for the independent regiment or the Eighth Route Army.

After all, compared with shooting training, grenade throwing training does not require the consumption of a large amount of ammunition. Using real grenades may cause accidental explosions, but stones of the same weight and similar shape can be used instead of real grenades for training.

Although bayonet training doesn't consume bullets, it can still lead to non-combat casualties if not done properly. After all, even if you use a wooden stick as a bayonet, if you use too much force, it can break ribs, while if you use too little force, the training won't be effective.

Kong Jie still understood what Wang Gensheng meant. What's more, the only things the arsenal on the Eighth Route Army could provide now were hand grenades.

So Kong Jie nodded and said:

"Comrade Wang Gensheng's words are very good. Then the second battalion's next training direction will focus on grenade throwing training..."

Just as Kong Jie finished speaking and was about to talk about other things, a soldier interrupted him:
"Report, Political Commissar Zhao Gang, who just arrived from the Independent Regiment, has important information to report and wants Commander Kong to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting!"

"Okay! I'll be right there!"

Kong Jieke was different from Li Yunlong. He still respected the political commissar very much, so he agreed immediately and then gave the order to adjourn the meeting.

When Wang Gensheng heard that a political commissar was coming and had important matters to report, he naturally understood that Zhao Gang must have saved Wei Dayong on the way here, and then learned from Wei Dayong that a group of powerful Japanese devils were training prisoners of war.

However, Wang Gensheng was not in the mood to pay attention to this. Instead, he was thinking about how to take on the task of training grenade throwing instructors.

The first point is that the throwing force skills should be handed over to these people, which is crucial.

You have to know that not everyone is wanted as a soldier of the Eighth Route Army. Those who can become soldiers have similar physical qualities.

But why can some people easily throw a grenade fifty to sixty meters, or even eighty to ninety meters, while some people find it difficult to throw it even thirty to forty meters? This is because the throwing technique is wrong.

Since everyone's physical fitness is similar, but the distance of throwing grenades is half or even twice as different, this is the result of cleverness.

Before Wang Gensheng traveled through time, he also did in-depth research on throwing techniques and understood that in order to throw something far, one needs to rely on more than just the strength of the arm.

The whole body's strength must be involved to throw things fast and far. As for accuracy, it is not a matter of relying on throwing skills.

Even after understanding the throwing techniques, throwing accuracy still requires a lot of practice to allow your body to form muscle memory.

Only in this way can you master the accuracy of throwing, just like those players who can make three-pointers every time in basketball. Those players have gone through a lot of practice and then developed muscle memory in their bodies.

Just as Wang Gensheng was thinking about how to explain the throwing technique in a simple and easy-to-understand way, Kong Jie also returned to the regiment headquarters and met Zhao Gang, the new political commissar.

Zhao Gang felt much better after seeing Kong Jie's warm welcome. After all, Li Yunlong had not given Zhao Gang a good look just now and even directly said that Zhao Gang was a pale-faced scholar!

(End of this chapter)