Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 125 Taking Heyuan City

Just as Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei, Wei Dayong, and Sun Ming were showing off their marksmanship at Juxianlou, Wang Gensheng's group also started climbing the wall.

As for the sentries training on the city wall, they had already rushed downstairs to support Juxianlou when the gunshots rang out.

There was no other way; tonight, their superiors, and even their superiors' superiors, were all at Juxianlou attending their captain's birthday banquet!
According to the intelligence from that puppet army spy, Shao Wei and all the Japanese military officers will be attending the banquet tonight.

Therefore, it was decided that the military officers above the rank of squad leader of the Japanese soldiers in Heyuan County would no longer be on duty.

After all, according to the Japanese military rank system, Shao Wei usually holds the position of squad leader. Therefore, if the support is not timely enough, those like sergeants will definitely be severely punished.

While all the Japanese soldiers in Heyuan County were rushing to Juxianlou, Wang Gensheng's side had already successfully scaled the city wall by inserting throwing knives into the gaps in the wall.

After Wang Gensheng made a few hand gestures on the city wall, he immediately heard a large number of footsteps.

Indeed, Baili Xiu and Li Xiu followed Wang Gensheng's orders and stayed in Dagushan until dark. Then, they immediately rode their warhorses to the south wall of Heyuan County and waited. Not long after, Li Xiu, who had the best night vision, saw the Japanese soldiers patrolling the wall hurriedly running away. Then, Wang Gensheng climbed the wall and signaled that they could go up the wall.

So Baili Xiu and Li Xiu led their cavalry to the foot of the city wall, and then threw grappling hooks. Once the hooks were secure, they began to climb.

Despite the training, they were still not very fast when climbing, because each member of the special forces cavalry regiment was wearing a bulletproof vest, a helmet, and a bulletproof mask, which together weighed forty pounds.

However, since each member of the assault team was equipped with a Type 96 light machine gun, their load, including ammunition, actually reached 60 kilograms.

It's easy to imagine how much strength it takes to carry a 60-pound load, which is roughly half the body weight, for vertical climbing.

To Wang Gensheng's surprise, just as he was standing on the city wall waiting for the entire cavalry regiment to climb up, Duan Peng also managed to climb up the city wall by stepping on the throwing knives that Wang Gensheng had stuck in the brick seams.

Then, once Duan Peng reached the top of the city wall, he saw one assault team member after another carrying a light machine gun as they climbed the wall.

Duan Peng looked at the special forces soldiers wearing bulletproof masks and strangely styled helmets and couldn't help but speak up:

"Brother Wang, you really are the commander of the Eighth Route Army cavalry regiment! But why are all your weapons machine guns?"

Duan Peng was also stunned by Wang Gensheng's cavalry regiment. You see, it's not that Duan Peng had never seen the Eighth Route Army before, but the Eighth Route Army soldiers were basically carrying rifles, and machine guns were rarely seen. You might not find one out of ten Eighth Route Army soldiers with a machine gun, and some of them even carried broadswords and spears.

But what's going on now? Everyone's carrying a machine gun. When did the Eighth Route Army's firepower become so fierce?

In fact, Duan Peng was wrong. Only the first assault team to board had a light machine gun each, while those who came up later had rifles and grenade launchers.

Seeing Duan Peng's shocked expression, Wang Gensheng immediately asked:
"Hey Duan Peng, are you keeping your word? Want to join the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Regiment? If so, put on your bulletproof gear and come with me to kill the Japanese devils!"

As Wang Gensheng spoke, he handed Duan Peng a bulletproof vest, a helmet, and a mask. Duan Peng accepted the bulletproof equipment almost without hesitation. After all, even if Duan Peng was inexperienced, he knew that this Eighth Route Army was no ordinary team.

After quickly putting on his bulletproof vest, helmet, and mask, Duan Peng asked:
"Commander, where's my machine gun?! I can't go out and kill those Japanese soldiers empty-handed!"

However, Wang Gensheng said the following regarding Duan Peng's request:

"Tonight, you just need to stay by my side and keep watch. I'm not asking you to kill any Japanese soldiers. You've never operated a machine gun before. Once you get back and practice, I'll give you one!"

Upon hearing Wang Gensheng's words, Duan Peng naturally didn't say anything more, while Wang Gensheng himself put on the super-heavy bulletproof vest brought by the soldiers.

Indeed, Wang Gensheng's bulletproof gear is different from that of ordinary soldiers, who only have face shields, helmets, and bulletproof vests. He also has leg armor and arm armor, which can protect not only the head and chest, but also the vital parts of the arms, thighs, knees, and limbs.

Of course, because of the added leg and arm armor, the weight of this bulletproof gear reached eighty pounds. Only someone with Wang Gensheng's physical strength, which is three times that of an ordinary person, could bear such a weight.

Of course, skilled martial artists like Duan Peng and Wei Dayong, who have practiced martial arts since childhood, can wear it without affecting their normal activities.

After all, Duan Peng is someone who can lift a 200-pound sack with one hand and still look normal, so running with a load of 100 pounds shouldn't be a problem for him.

After donning their bulletproof gear, Wang Gensheng immediately gave orders to Baili Xiu and Li Xiu:
"Baili Xiu, Li Xiu, you two each take fifty assault team members and take down the south and north gates of Heyuan County for me. Then hold them for me and don't let a single person escape. You two decide who gets the fire support team and who gets the reconnaissance team! The rest of the assault team members, all of you follow me! Now, move out!"

After Wang Gensheng finished speaking, he grabbed the rope that had already been lowered and rappelled directly from the city wall into the city.

The assault team members, like Wang Gensheng, also began rappelling. Compared to climbing the city wall with ropes, rappelling was much faster, with each person completing the rappelling in less than two seconds.

However, to Wang Gensheng's surprise, Duan Peng, as expected of a martial arts master who practiced Iron Palm, didn't even need gloves and simply grabbed the rope and slid down.

After more than 300 assault team members slid down, Wang Gensheng led them straight to Juxianlou.

As for why they went straight to Juxianlou, it was naturally because Juxianlou was where the largest number of Japanese soldiers were gathered at that moment.

When Wang Gensheng led his assault team to Juxianlou, the streets outside the building were already filled with Japanese soldiers who had rushed over from all over Heyuan City.

After Wang Gensheng arrived with more than 300 assault team members, the Japanese soldiers gathered on the street naturally saw Wang Gensheng and his men. Without hesitation, Wang Gensheng immediately picked up his Type 96 light machine gun and began firing.

Without Wang Gensheng giving orders, the more than 300 assault team members picked up their light machine guns and began firing at the Japanese soldiers standing in the street.

Although the main streets of Heyuan County are very wide, they cannot accommodate more than 300 people standing side by side at the same time. Therefore, only a few dozen people actually participated in the firing.

(End of this chapter)