Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 8 Baseball Throwing

Just after Kong Jie went to the regiment headquarters for a meeting, Zhang Dabiao, who had become the acting commander of the Second Battalion, found Wang Gensheng and said to him:
"Your grenade throwing skills are really that powerful!"

In response to Zhang Dabiao's question, Wang Gensheng smiled and said:
"How about Captain Zhang, I'll show you!"

"Great! It's a good opportunity for me, Zhang Dabiao, to take a look!"

After that, Zhang Dabiao took the lead and walked out of the village. After Wang Gensheng followed Zhang Dabiao to the village entrance, he said to Zhang Dabiao:
"Captain Zhang, do you see that tree at the entrance to the village?"

"See, you don't want to target that tree! It's over eighty meters away!"

Wang Gensheng did not answer Zhang Dabiao's words, but found a stone on the ground that was almost as heavy as a grenade and shook it in his hand.

Then he turned sideways, twisted his hips and raised his feet, throwing the stone in his hand like a baseball.

The stone drew a parabola with a whistling sound and hit the trunk of the tree eighty meters away very accurately.

The powerful impact caused the tree trunk to shake!

"Great! With such accuracy and speed, you'd be ranked top not only in the Independent Regiment but also in the Eighth Route Army!"

Zhang Dabiao applauded and cheered. Wang Gensheng's performance immediately convinced Zhang Dabiao. You know, he couldn't throw it with such accuracy at 80 meters. Even at 50 meters, although Zhang Dabiao could throw it, he couldn't achieve such accuracy!
In response to Zhang Dabiao's cheers, Wang Gensheng waved his hand and said:

"Actually, my strength is about the same as everyone else's. If we're comparing strength, most people in the regiment are stronger than me, but they can't catch up to me in terms of grenade throwing distance. Captain Zhang, do you know why?"

Zhang Dabiao was also curious about Wang Gensheng's words, so he asked:

"Why? Is it because they threw the grenade in the wrong way?"

"That's right! It's because their grenade throwing posture and force are wrong! That's why their grenades can't be thrown far! Most of them throw grenades without moving their bodies, holding the grenade up, and relying solely on the strength of their arms to throw it."

As Wang Gensheng spoke, he also made a grenade throwing posture that most soldiers used. In this posture, the body did not move at all, but just raised the arm, and then threw it with the speed and strength of swinging the arm.

However, the method Wang Gensheng used to throw the grenade just now was to turn his body sideways first, then move his hips and twist his waist when throwing, and finally swing his arms.

During the entire throwing process, not only the strength of the arms is used, but also the strength of the hips, waist, and even the strength of the legs.

This is how to throw a baseball. Use your thigh as the axis, and then use the twisting and rotation of your waist to generate rotational force. This force is then amplified by your arms and transferred to the hand holding the grenade. In this way, the grenade can be thrown such a long distance.

So instead of saying that the grenade is thrown, it would be better to say that the grenade is thrown out.

"But, Captain Zhang, look, the way I throw a grenade is different. I turn sideways and rotate my body, then use my arm to rotate, which is equivalent to throwing the grenade!"

Following Wang Gensheng's slow-motion demonstration, Zhang Dabiao also understood the key points of Wang Gensheng's throwing action.

So he nodded and said:

"Comrade Wang Gensheng, your throwing method is very good. I suggest that you promote it throughout the independent regiment first. If it works well, then report it to all comrades in the Eighth Route Army so that they can learn this throwing method."

Wang Gensheng still strongly supports Zhang Dabiao's proposal.

Then, under the guidance of Wang Gensheng, Zhang Dabiao mastered the baseball-throwing method of grenade throwing in less than an hour. According to Zhang Dabiao himself, this grenade throwing method has at least increased the distance of his grenade throwing by more than 50%.

This was just the beginning of his mastery of the technique. With more practice, even doubling the distance wouldn't be that difficult. And most importantly, this technique wasn't that difficult or complex. Zhang Dabiao had already mastered it after just one hour of study.

This also means that there is the possibility of large-scale promotion. After all, it is not so easy to promote such highly difficult and complex techniques.

Of course, promoting this throwing method must have the consent of the regiment commander Li Yunlong, so when Zhang Dabiao took Wang Gensheng to the regiment headquarters, they saw a shocking scene.

A guy in tattered military uniform slapped Li Yunlong with his palm.

Li Yunlong was immediately knocked to the ground. Zhang Dabiao, who had just entered, could not stand this scene and immediately took out the box gun at his waist and prepared to shoot the guy in front of him, but fortunately, Li Yunlong stopped him in time:
"Zhang Dabiao, what are you doing? I'm just joking with him!"

At this time, Zhao Gang also saw from inside the house the scene where Wei Dayong knocked Li Yunlong down with one palm, so he also spoke:

"Wei Dayong, what are you doing!"

At this time, Li Yunlong got up from the ground and said to Zhao Gang:
"It's okay, it's okay. I just wanted to see if I really have the ability to kill four Japanese devils with my bare hands. It seems to be true!"

After that, Li Yunlong said to Wei Dayong:
"Good boy, you can follow me, Li Yunlong, from now on!"

When Wei Dayong heard Li Yunlong claiming to be Li Yunlong, he was immediately surprised:

"The commander is Li Yunlong!"

"Why, I don't look like him. If it's fake, I'm Li Yunlong!"

After hearing Li Yunlong's confirmation, Wei Dayong's expression changed. From the original contempt, he turned to a flattering expression and said to Li Yunlong:
"Yes, I'll do it with you!"

Li Yunlong was also puzzled by Wei Dayong's transformation.

"It's so satisfying! I won't bother looking for your 27th Army!"

"No need to look for me anymore. I heard about you in the prisoner-of-war camp. You dared to fight Sakata head-on with bayonets and even killed him with one shot. I'm going to fight you! The commander gave me a favor, so I have to take responsibility."

That's right, the reason why Wei Dayong was so happy was because Li Yunlong's reputation had already spread far and wide. It was not something that everyone could do to take down the commander of the Sakata Regiment.

You should know that Wei Dayong's 27th Army was defeated by the Sakata Regiment.

Li Yunlong was very happy about Wei Dayong's joining. After all, the palm strike just now proved that Wei Dayong was not bragging, so he smiled and said:
"Go, change into your military uniform!"

Just after Wei Dayong left, Zhao Gang also admired Li Yunlong:

"Captain Li, you really have a solution!"

"Small idea!"

But Li Yunlong was too modest, thinking of Zhang Dabiao who was still beside him! So he said to Zhang Dabiao:
"Why are you here when you can't just stay in the Second Battalion?"

"Oh! Commander, I'm here to ask you to promote a new method of throwing grenades throughout the regiment! Comrade Wang Gensheng has a new method of throwing grenades that can effectively increase the throwing distance!"

(End of this chapter)