Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 119 Beheading Plan
The duel between Chu Yunfei and Qian Bojun was not unexpected. Although Qian Bojun was younger, Chu Yunfei was a well-known fast shooter.

So, just as Qian Bojun drew his gun, Chu Yunfei shot him in the head.

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"After the incident at the train station, Yoshio Shinotsuka was very angry, so he decided to rotate the troops, sending my classmate, the regimental commander, to Taihara. Naturally, I'll be going with him! I won't be able to give you any more information from now on!"

Wang Gensheng was not disappointed by Liu's words; on the contrary, he was pleased and said:

"That's good. You can go to Taiyuan City and check out its defenses and troop strength!"

After hearing Wang Gensheng's words, Liu, the translator, paused slightly, then said:
"You don't have any designs on Taiyuan City, do you? Taiyuan City isn't a train station; even at the most conservative level, the garrison there would be more than a regiment!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Gensheng quickly smiled and shook his head, saying:
"It's just about gathering intelligence. I have no intention of attacking Taiyuan for the time being. Besides, how could my small force possibly be enough to attack Taiyuan!"

Wang Gensheng watched Liu the translator's departing figure, feeling extremely pleased. He had been thinking about how to obtain information about Taiyuan City!
Unexpectedly, Liu the translator was to be transferred to Taiyuan City. As a result, it became much easier for Wang Gensheng to obtain internal intelligence about Taiyuan City, especially the Japanese troop deployment.

The reason Wang Gensheng wanted to gather intelligence on Taiyuan City was naturally because he wanted to carry out a decapitation strike against Taiyuan.

As the commander of a special operations team, how could Wang Gensheng not be thinking about carrying out a decapitation strike?

However, Wang Gensheng's special forces team has not yet completed its training and is also unaware of the troop deployment in Taiyuan City.

If the defensive forces of Taiyuan City are smaller than the strength of a regiment, or if only a battalion is deployed to defend it, then Wang Gensheng is confident that he can take Taiyuan City by night raid.

A month later, after confirming that Translator Liu had arrived in Taiyuan City, Wang Gensheng went to Taiyuan City alone.
"Well, have you found out the Japanese troop deployment in Taiyuan City?"

Liu, the translator, shook his head at Wang Gensheng's words:

"I just arrived in Taiyuan City. I'm not very familiar with the Japanese military control and puppet troops in Taiyuan City, but I do know the troop strength stationed there. There is currently a regiment of troops stationed in Taiyuan, plus some puppet troops, with a total strength of about 10,000!"

Upon hearing that there were actually 10,000 men, Wang Gensheng abandoned his plan to immediately launch a night raid on Taihara. After all, even if Wang Gensheng managed to kill Yoshio Shinotsuka with a force of over 10,000 men, he and his special forces team would not be able to escape unscathed.

However, Wang Gensheng is quite familiar with the plot of Bright Sword. In addition, since Wang Gensheng is not currently in the Independent Regiment, he is unlikely to change the plot of Bright Sword. So, under normal circumstances, if the most important part of the Bright Sword plot, namely the incident of Li Yunlong attacking Ping'an County, were to occur...

According to the plot, Yoshio Shinotsuka, the commander of the First Army who has high hopes for Yamamoto Ichiki, will definitely do his best to protect Yamamoto Ichiki. He will definitely send the garrison in Taihara Castle to support Heian Prefecture, just as shown in the plot.

This would leave the city's troops vulnerable, and naturally, it would be time for Wang Gensheng to make his move. Thinking this, Wang Gensheng said to Translator Liu:

"Find out Yoshio Shinotsuka's usual living and working areas. Also, find out the location of the armory in Taihara Castle!"

As the headquarters of Yoshio Shinotsuka's First Army, Taihara Castle undoubtedly stockpiled a large amount of military equipment. Therefore, if the plot unfolds as Yoshio Shinotsuka mobilized the garrison in Taihara Castle to save Ichiki Yamamoto, then Wang Gensheng would certainly not be after Yoshio Shinotsuka's head alone.

Wang Gensheng naturally took as many weapons and ammunition as he could from the armory in Taiyuan City. However, this caused trouble for Li Yunlong, because without the intervention of Wang Gensheng, a time traveler, Yang Xiuqin would have been doomed if the original plot had unfolded.

However, if Wang Gensheng intervenes, such as by eliminating Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces team in advance, then Shinotsuka Yoshio will definitely not send reinforcements.

Then Wang Gensheng would have no chance to attack Taiyuan City. As for rescuing Yang Xiuqin and creating an opportunity for a night raid on Taiyuan, Wang Gensheng never thought of it and couldn't think of any way to achieve both.

Although this behavior is somewhat heartless and even cruel, using Yang Xiuqin as bait, it is still a form of cruelty.

However, when Wang Gensheng thought about how much impact taking Taiyuan City and taking the head of Shinotsuka Yoshio would have on the entire war situation, he felt that Yang Xiuqin's life was not very important.

After all, although Wang Gensheng had transmigrated to the world of "Bright Sword" and Li Yunlong was the protagonist, Wang Gensheng felt that his main purpose in transmigrating was to fight against the Japanese invaders, not to be Li Yunlong's bodyguard and protect Li Yunlong's women.

For example, if Sun Desheng and Yang Xiuqin were both in mortal danger, Wang Gensheng would definitely save Sun Desheng without hesitation, not the regimental commander's wife, Yang Xiuqin.

However, when Liu the translator heard that Wang Gensheng wanted to find out the location of Yoshio Shinotsuka and the armory, he immediately became nervous and said:

"You don't really intend to attack Taiyuan, do you? The walls of Taiyuan are a full eleven meters high, and their thickness is beyond the reach of ordinary artillery fire!"

Wang Gensheng immediately waved his hand at Liu the translator's concerns and said:

"You don't need to worry about that. I won't attack rashly without being absolutely certain. Right now, we're just getting a feel for the situation!"

Wang Gensheng didn't care at all about how high and thick the Taiyuan city wall was, since he wasn't the kind of person who would launch a normal siege, like bombarding the city wall with heavy artillery before attacking.

Wang Gensheng planned to launch a night attack and climb using climbing ropes.

However, his special cavalry regiment's training hasn't included rope climbing yet, so once he gets back, that training will have to be arranged. Otherwise, if they really have to launch a night raid on Taiyuan, it would be ridiculous if they didn't know how to climb ropes.

However, when Wang Gensheng returned to Majia Village, he discovered that the terrain around the village was very flat, and there were no cliffs to be found for rope climbing training.

More importantly, all the houses in the village are built with low mud walls, with the highest being no more than three meters high, which is not effective for training at all.

There was no other way; Wang Gensheng couldn't possibly go several kilometers away to train on a cliff!

So they had to spend some time building a wooden wall more than ten meters high so that the cavalry soldiers could practice rope rappelling and rope climbing.

(End of this chapter)