Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 124 Fierce Battle at Juxian Tower

For example, in the original story of "Bright Sword", Duan Peng only agreed to join the Eighth Route Army and follow Li Yunlong after hearing Li Yunlong say that he was the commander of the Independent Regiment.

Wang Gensheng naturally had no aversion to Duan Peng's behavior. After all, it's not a problem for capable people to be a little arrogant. What's most worrying is when someone who lacks ability tries to take shortcuts.

For example, the Chinese army has so many soldiers, but they are still so ineffective in battle. This is because most of the officers did not get their positions through meritorious service or by fighting with real skills, but rather through so-called connections.

In this situation, it's fine to fight a battle with a huge disparity in troop strength, but if they encounter a battle with a disadvantage, their weaknesses will be exposed immediately.

However, Wang Gensheng knew that Duan Peng had real skills and abilities, so he immediately nodded and said:
"Alright! Then you'll wait with me in the county town for a few more hours. You'll know whether I'm the regimental commander or not in a few hours!"

Duan Peng naturally agreed with Wang Gensheng's suggestion. After all, it was only a few hours' wait. Besides, because of what had just happened, the city gates of Heyuan County were now closed, allowing only entry and no exit.

In the original storyline, Li Yunlong was able to arrange for Duan Peng to leave the city because he had an intelligence outpost in Heyuan County.

Of course, if Wang Gensheng also went to Wang's Scissors Shop and revealed his identity, he could settle Duan Peng down, but explaining it would be quite troublesome.

Moreover, Wang Gensheng didn't think there was anything wrong with bringing Duan Peng along for tonight's night raid, since it would also let Duan Peng see the power of his special cavalry regiment.

Over the next few hours, Wang Gensheng led Duan Peng to scout out the town of Heyuan, figuring out its layout, such as where the Japanese barracks were, where the ammunition depot was, and the distance between the barracks and Juxianlou, as well as other important landmarks.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye. After having dinner with Duan Peng at a roadside stall, Wang Gensheng led Duan Peng to the south wall of Heyuan County before dark. This was the meeting point he had arranged with Baili Xiu and the others that morning.

However, Wang Gensheng did not rush to climb the city wall and kill the Japanese sentries patrolling on it. Instead, he waited for Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong to make their move at Juxianlou.

While Wang Gensheng and Duan Peng were suffering under the city wall, Li Yunlong, Wei Dayong, Chu Yunfei, and Sun Ming, along with the other two, successfully infiltrated Juxianlou, posing as people who came to congratulate Hirata Ichiro on his birthday.

Once everyone had settled in, a translator started calling for quiet. The reason for the translator's presence was...
This is naturally because Hirata Ichiro likes excitement; after all, there are only a few officers of the rank of junior officer or above in a battalion!
Even if you put them all together, you can't even fill two tables, so naturally, there are also puppet troops in charge, as well as some merchants from Heyuan County who participate. Putting aside everything else, you need to gather at least eight tables to have a proper presence!
The Japanese have similar habits to those of the Chinese, so before the meal, the organizer naturally had to say a few words.

Since more than half of the people present were from Taiwan and couldn't understand the Japanese, a translator was naturally needed.

So the translator kept calling for quiet, and only after the room quieted down did he begin to speak:

"Today is Lord Hirata Ichiro's forty-fifth birthday. Now, please let Lord Hirata Ichiro give a speech to everyone!"

As soon as the translator spoke, Hirata Ichiro stood up from his seat and went to the middle of the Juxianlou hall, beginning to mumble in Japanese. Most of the Khmer Rouge present, including Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei, looked completely bewildered. Seeing this, Hirata Ichiro quickly stopped speaking and waved for the translator beside him to begin translating.

The translator, whose face was scarred, immediately spoke up:

"I, Hirata Ichiro, thank you all for coming! As a Japanese soldier, it is customary to completely sever ties with personal life after taking off civilian clothes and handing over personal belongings. Therefore, such a birthday banquet is extremely extravagant. Since the Manchurian Incident, I, Hirata Ichiro, have never enjoyed better treatment than a military horse. The army only used a postcard to recruit me from my mother's side!"
Yes, I miss my mother, especially on this special day…

However, while Hirata Ichiro was immersed in missing his mother, Li Yunlong and Wei Dayong got into an argument. The reason for the argument was simple: Wei Dayong hadn't had any meat in a long time.

So when they saw this table full of good wine and food, they couldn't resist. You know, whether in Korea or Japan, it is extremely impolite to start eating before the host has finished speaking.

So when Li Yunlong felt that he was a regimental commander and couldn't lose face, he told Wei Dayong to keep his voice down. Then, Wei Dayong and Li Yunlong's impolite actions interrupted Hirata Ichiro's speech.

Meanwhile, one of the Japanese soldiers under Heiten Ichiro cursed Wei Dayong as a "baka"!

This really angered Wei Dayong. Although Wei Dayong couldn't understand the Japanese, he could still understand the word "baka".

Then, Hirata Ichiro immediately went to Li Yunlong's table and asked them what they were doing and who had invited them.

At this point, the pretense was no longer working, as the truth had already been revealed.

Therefore, Li Yunlong immediately admitted that he was Li Yunlong, the commander of the Independent Regiment, and then drew his two pistols and began to kill. Wei Dayong did the same, and when he fired, he also called Chu Yunfei, who was in another corner of the hall, to appear.

It's important to know that Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei's seating arrangement was quite deliberate. One sat on the far right of the hall, while the other sat on the far left, creating a crossfire that ensured no blind spots in the entire Juxianlou hall.

At this moment, although the other people in the hall also carried pistols, their pistols were all in their cases, and none of them had the safety off or even been cocked. After all, no one expected that someone would cause trouble in Juxianlou.

So it was a situation where one went first and the other went second. There were four people: Wei Dayong, Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei, and Sun Ming. They were all skilled with guns, and each of them carried two Mauser pistols.

Instantly, eight Mauser pistols brought the situation under complete control. Of course, some puppet soldiers were not convinced and tried to sneakily draw their guns, but they could not escape the eyes of four people and eight eyes. Wei Dayong saw the first one to draw his gun.

Wei Dayong didn't give the puppet soldier any chance to explain and shot him dead.

(End of this chapter)