Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 116 Persuasion
However, as the boxes were opened, Wang Gensheng's pupils shrank, because Wang Gensheng did not expect that these wooden boxes were not filled with rifles, but light machine guns.

Wang Gensheng, who was somewhat unbelieving, quickly ordered to open other wooden boxes, but he found that they were all filled with Type 96 light machine guns.

After counting, I found that there were actually two hundred boxes of Type 96 light machine guns placed in several carriages, and there were two Type 96 light machine guns in this wooden box.

In other words, there were 400 Type 96 light machine guns in the freight train that Wang Gensheng happened to encounter.

Such a number immediately shocked Wang Gensheng. You know, these are not 400 Type 38 rifles!
But it was 400 Type 96 light machine guns! According to the general situation of a Japanese squadron with nine light machine guns, and a battalion with four squadrons, that is 36 light machine guns. So 400 Type 96 light machine guns can equip ten battalions.

So you can imagine how important this batch of light machine guns is, so Wang Gensheng immediately ordered without hesitation to tie two wooden boxes to each war horse and the four machine guns to retreat quickly.

Looking at the destination of this batch of light machine guns, it is not difficult to guess that they were weapons and equipment supplied to the Japanese First Army, namely Yoshio Shinozuka.

When Wang Gensheng returned with 400 machine guns, he was almost crazy with joy. Originally, Wang Gensheng was worried about how to get machine guns or submachine guns for the special cavalry regiment!
Unexpectedly, the Japanese sent a ready-made one all of a sudden. With the support of these 400 light machine guns, let alone attacking Ping'an County, even Wang Gensheng in Taiyuan City where Shinozuka Yoshio was located dared to give it a try.

Although he was very excited, Wang Gensheng also understood that he must not get carried away at this moment. Apart from anything else, his special cavalry regiment had not yet taken shape!

A large number of newly recruited soldiers have only just learned how to ride horses and ski, and they still need at least half a year of training to become qualified special forces soldiers.

What's more, it takes time to make bulletproof vests from the steel rails that have been brought back.

"Li Xiu, take the men back there to clean up the traces left by our horses. It's best not to let the Japanese know we're heading to Majia Village!"

After calming down, Wang Gensheng immediately gave this order to Li Xiu. If Wang Gensheng had only broken into the station and stolen a hundred or so rails, the Japanese would not have spent so much time and energy chasing him.

But this time it was different, four hundred light machine guns! Such a loss would distress even Shinozuka Yoshio, so naturally he couldn't let the Japanese get their hands on these machine guns.

But perhaps it was God's help. When Wang Gensheng returned to Majia Village with 400 light machine guns, it started to rain. Although the rain was not heavy, it was enough to cover up the marks of the horses' hooves.

Of course, in addition to worrying about the Japanese devils' relentless pursuit, Wang Gensheng also had another worry, which was that the Lion Commander might take away some of the light machine guns. After all, although the entire 129th Lion Army now has more than 100,000 people, they only have a few machine guns, and the number of light machine guns will not exceed 3,000 at most.

Now that Wang Gensheng has obtained 400 light machine guns at once, it is very likely that the Lion Commander will become jealous. Perhaps he will do the same as the former Commander and take away two-thirds of them directly.

So, after much deliberation, Wang Gensheng decided it would be best to take the initiative. Of course, Wang Gensheng's initiative didn't mean turning in all 400 captured light machine guns. Instead, he planned to turn in 700 Type 38 rifles, including 400 Type 38 rifles that had been replaced by the soldiers, as well as the 300 or so Type 38 rifles captured from the defense squadron at the station and the escort squadron on the train. He would then see if the Lion Commander would spare his light machine guns. After all, forming a special cavalry regiment was impossible without powerful firepower, so preserving the light machine guns was paramount.

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So the next morning, Wang Gensheng ignored his fatigue from the previous night and rushed to Shiti with 700 Type 38 rifles. Although Majia Village was quite far from Shiti, with the help of his war horses, he still arrived at Shiti very quickly. The Lion Chief was also very surprised to see Wang Gensheng's sudden arrival, so he asked:
"Why, why do you have time to come to me when you're not training your cavalry regiment properly?"

Wang Gensheng immediately smiled and said:
"Captain Lion, last night I led my men on a raid on a station on the Zhengtai Railway. I was hoping to get some rails to make bulletproof plates, and then I happened to come across a Japanese escort train and robbed it. We ended up with 700 Type 38 rifles! Since the cavalry regiment doesn't need to be expanded, I'm sending all these rifles to you!"

However, Wang Gensheng's little trick could not be hidden from the Lion Chief, so the Lion Chief immediately said with a smile:

"Seven hundred 300-caliber rifles! It seems you killed a whole battalion of Japs! Tell me! What treasures were transported on that Japs train?"

Hearing this, Wang Gensheng knew that he could not conceal it. After all, the entire cavalry regiment knew about the capture of 400 light machine guns, so Wang Gensheng could only admit it:

"It's not a good treasure, just 400 Japanese light machine guns!"

Upon hearing this, the Lion Chief immediately spat out the tea he had just taken, and said in shock:
"Pfft! What? You captured four hundred light machine guns?"

When saying this, the Lion Commander also thought of the 700 Type 38 rifles sent by Wang Gensheng, and said in even more disbelief:

"I'm wondering, you're in such a hurry to deliver me a rifle. Aren't you planning to keep all those 400 light machine guns in the cavalry regiment? Are you planning to equip every soldier in the cavalry regiment with light machine guns?"

When the Lion Commander said this, he couldn't help but think of the time when the 129th Lions were first established. At that time, the entire 129th Lions had only about 13,000 people, and the actual number of troops sent to fight against the Japanese was only 10,000, and heavy firepower was even more scarce.

There were only 29 129 Lion heavy machine guns and only about 360 light machine guns.

Although the entire 129th Lion Army now has a strength of more than 100,000 people, the number of light machine guns does not exceed 3,000 at most, so 400 light machine guns is a considerable number for the entire 129th Lion Army.

But now Wang Gensheng actually wants to keep all these 400 light machine guns in the cavalry regiment. You know, together with the original 36 light machine guns of Wang Gensheng's cavalry regiment, almost half of the people in his cavalry regiment have light machine guns.

Wang Gensheng did not rush to answer the Lion Chief's question, but instead said:
"Captain Lion, do you remember that special forces unit of the Japanese who repeatedly attempted to attack the Eighth Route Army's headquarters? They were all equipped with submachine guns, had powerful firepower, and were extremely accurate. In close combat, they could hold their own against an entire regiment!"

(End of this chapter)