Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 98 Heading to Zhaojiayu

"Hehe! If I didn't have so many light machine guns, would I dare to charge the Japanese cavalry regiment of over a thousand men with my cavalry company of a hundred men?"

After hearing what Wang Gensheng said, Sun Desheng said:
"What I mean is, is your regimental commander Kong Jie really willing to concentrate all these light machine guns in your cavalry company? Look at them—grenade launchers, light machine guns, and even submachine guns!"

"These are all the spoils we captured during our own night raid. By the way, have all the troops of your independent regiment broken out?"

Sun Desheng suddenly heard Wang Gensheng ask this and immediately shook his head:

"I don't know about that. My cavalry company deliberately led the Japanese cavalry regiment to a deserted area in order to lure them away. I don't know whether the other teams of the independent regiment broke out!"

After hearing this, Wang Gensheng thought about it and said:

"Then do you know the retreat routes that your independent regiments each planned after they broke out?"

Hearing Wang Gensheng's question, Sun Desheng shook his head again and said:
"Each company's retreat route is decided by its own commander, and other companies are unaware of it!"

Wang Gensheng was not surprised by Sun Desheng's shaking head again. After all, the retreat routes drawn up by each company must have been formulated by each company commander based on the combat situation. Therefore, Wang Gensheng could only ask:

"Then there must be a final meeting point! Do you know where your independent group's final meeting point is?"

"I know. It was decided during the combat meeting that we would disperse and break through the Japanese encirclement, and then finally meet up at Zhaojiayu!"

Wang Gensheng was not surprised to hear the name Zhaojiayu. After all, in the original plot, the headquarters of the independent regiment was located in Zhaojiayu. Therefore, Wang Gensheng nodded immediately and said:

"Then let's rush to Zhaojiayu and see if we can meet other retreating teams along the way. If they're having trouble, we can still rescue them!"

Sun Desheng naturally had no objection to Wang Gensheng's decision, so Wang Gensheng and Sun Desheng's cavalry companies were directly merged together and then they led more than 800 captured war horses towards Zhaojiayu.

Although he was leading eight hundred war horses, it did not affect his movements at all. On the contrary, it accelerated his pace. After all, war horses are like humans. Running with no weights in their hands is completely different from running with weights in their hands.

Wang Gensheng left the warhorse that had been galloping almost all night empty-backed, while the members of the special cavalry company changed to other warhorses.

Although the remaining fifty men of Sun Desheng's cavalry company had infiltrated Wang Gensheng's cavalry company, and although both sides were wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, the gap between the soldiers of the two cavalry companies could still be seen at a glance.

The soldiers of Wang Gensheng's special cavalry company all had confidence, calmness and a hint of pride in their eyes.

In contrast, Sun Desheng's cavalry soldiers all looked as wilted as eggplants hit by frost. As for why, it was very simple. After the previous battle, the casualty rate of the entire cavalry company exceeded 50%. There were only more than 50 people left in the cavalry company that used to have more than 100 people. Naturally, the blow to morale was huge.

The reason for such a big gap is not only that the usual training of Wang Gensheng's special cavalry company is different from that of Sun Desheng's cavalry company, but more importantly, since Wang Gensheng established the special cavalry company, it has not suffered a major failure. It even achieved four consecutive victories last night and directly wiped out a battalion of Japanese devils.

However, when Wang Gensheng and Sun Desheng were rushing to Zhaojiay, they heard gunshots before they had walked ten miles. Needless to say, it must be that the Eighth Route Army's scattered retreating troops were being pursued by the Japanese, and the troops in this area must also be from the Independent Regiment.

Wang Gensheng paused and ordered Li Xiu:
"Li Xiu, go over and scout and see what's going on ahead!"

Soon Li Xiu came back and reported:
"Deputy Regimental Officer, there's a squadron of Japanese soldiers chasing one of our companies. They should be from the Independent Regiment! They're heading our way!" Before Wang Gensheng could say anything, Sun Desheng, standing beside him, immediately drew his saber and said,
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and save them!"

However, he was immediately stopped by Wang Gensheng, who said to Sun Desheng with a serious expression:
"Captain Sun, this isn't the way to play with a cavalry company. A squadron of Japs has at least nine light machine guns. If we just charge at them, we'll be sitting ducks!"

After saying that, Wang Gensheng looked at the surrounding terrain and immediately found a big pit. This pit provided excellent cover. If Wang Gensheng set up a grenade launcher position at the bottom of the pit, it would definitely not be discovered unless he got closer.

With the help of the grenade launcher auxiliary device, the grenade launcher team quickly established the grenade launcher position.

Then Wang Gensheng held a telescope and waited for the Japanese soldiers who fell into the trap. Of course, the first ones to enter the marked shelling location were not the Japanese soldiers, but the soldiers of the first company of the first battalion led by Zhang Dabiao.

After Li Yunlong ordered the company to break out in a dispersed manner, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, broke out with the first company of the first battalion.

However, in order to cover the breakout of the other two companies of the first battalion, Zhang Dabiao was entangled by a squadron of Japanese devils.

At this time, the company commander said to Zhang Dabiao while running:

"Commander, we can't go on like this! Let me take a platoon and stay behind to cover our retreat!"

However, Zhang Dabiao shook his head and said:
"Hold on a little longer, we can already see the mountains. If we run into the mountains, we can shake off the Japanese pursuit!"

Just as Zhang Dabiao finished speaking, he heard a loud explosion behind him.

Looking back, they found that the pursuing Japanese soldiers had been blown away and fled in panic. In just one wave, most of the Japanese soldiers in a squadron were killed or wounded.

There is no way, Wang Gensheng now has fifty-six grenade launchers in his hands!

So just two bursts can fire out more than a hundred grenades.

The power of the explosion of more than a hundred grenades instantly caused the loss of most of the troops in a squadron of Japanese soldiers. However, some Japanese soldiers reacted quickly and lay down on the ground.

Zhang Dabiao looked at the Japanese soldiers behind him who were thrown to the ground and more than half of them were dead or injured. How could he miss such a good opportunity? He immediately gave the order:
"Brothers, it's time for revenge, follow me and kill!"

That's right, when Zhang Dabiao saw the Japanese soldiers who were blown to pieces behind him, he immediately thought that reinforcements were coming. Therefore, he seized the opportunity without hesitation and prepared to eliminate the Japanese soldiers chasing him in one fell swoop.

When Wang Gensheng saw Zhang Dabiao turning around and leading his soldiers to kill the Japanese soldiers chasing behind him, he naturally gave up the idea of ​​another round of bombing.

He immediately held up the Type 96 light machine gun and gave orders to the soldiers of the assault group:
"Assault team, follow me!"

With the addition of the assault team, the battle was over quickly.

(End of this chapter)