Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 134 Assault
Although the Japanese forces in the Taiyuan direction consisted of two regiments, Kong Jie was not afraid.

Although Wang Gensheng left the New Second Regiment, the foundation he laid remained, and Kong Jie further expanded it. Now, the New Second Regiment's strength is approaching 5,000 men.

Therefore, Kong Jie was still able to hold out against the two regiments of Japanese troops.

Therefore, Kong Jie immediately issued the order:

"Pass on my orders! Orders! The First Battalion, the Third Battalion, the regimental cavalry company, the special service company, and the militia of each county brigade, district platoon, and squad are all to be fully engaged in battle. Utilize the advantageous terrain to launch a full-scale defensive attack!"

Just as Kong Jie gave the order to engage the Japanese soldiers rushing from the Taiyuan direction, Wang Gensheng's side was also preparing to make their move. Knowing that he couldn't wait any longer, Wang Gensheng immediately gave the order:

"Everyone, get ready for battle! This time, I'm going to go all out!"

Duan Peng was taken aback when he heard Wang Gensheng's words and said:

"Let's go for the big one! Commander, we don't have any Japanese soldiers right now! Who are we going to shoot?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Gensheng immediately laughed and said:

"Who are we going to attack? Of course, we're going to attack Taihara and capture that old bastard, Yoshio Shinotsuka, alive!"

Upon hearing Wang Gensheng's words, not only Duan Peng, Baili Xiu, and Li Xiu, but also Du Yiman, who had come with him, all looked at Wang Gensheng with shocked eyes!
Li Xiu swallowed hard and said:

"Commander, why don't we wait until dark to attack Taiyuan? I heard there are tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers stationed in Taiyuan! Our special cavalry regiment is powerful, but we're not powerful enough to take on ten at once!"

In response to Li Xiu's concerns, Wang Gensheng waved his hand and said:

"There aren't tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers left. The Japanese soldiers who just passed by us were about two regiments. They all came from the Taiyuan direction, so we can be sure that there are no more than one battalion of Japanese soldiers left in Taiyuan! As for waiting until dark, that's impossible. Opportunities are fleeting. If the reinforcements return after dark, we'll miss a great opportunity!"

Although night raids can greatly reduce casualties by taking advantage of the darkness, don't forget that in the original Bright Sword storyline, the battle didn't last for several days; it ended in less than a day.

After saying this, Wang Gensheng mounted his warhorse and led his cavalry regiment to a point three miles outside the city wall of Taiyuan City.

Then he picked up his binoculars and made some observations. Sure enough, as the troops in Taiyuan City were transferred away, there were far fewer Japanese soldiers standing guard on the walls of Taiyuan City.

Taiyuan Ancient County Town was first built in the eighth year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, covering an area of ​​approximately 0.1 square kilometers. The city wall of this ancient town has a circumference of 3,700 meters, a height of 11 meters, a base width of 13 meters, and an inner width of 8 meters. It is built with stone as its base and uses the plum blossom masonry method, showing a simple and majestic style.

The city wall surrounds the city on all four sides, each with its own unique features on the east, south, west, and north sides. The wall features four gate towers, four corner towers, thirty-six watchtowers, one Kuiguang Tower, one observation tower, and six through-gates. These structures were not only aesthetically pleasing but also played a crucial role in military defense.

Many historical buildings remain within the city walls, such as the Cross Street, the Taiyuan County Government Office, the Provincial Administration Office, the Jade Emperor Temple, the City God Temple, the Dongyue Temple, the Longen Temple, the Wang Qiong Mansion, and the Kui Xing Tower. These buildings not only demonstrate the exquisite craftsmanship of ancient architecture but also serve as witnesses to history.

Wang Gensheng had already figured out the structure of Taiyuan City and knew that Yoshio Shinotsuka lived in the county government office in Taiyuan City, but it was daytime after all.

So even though there were far fewer Japanese soldiers patrolling the city walls, Wang Gensheng was still spotted by the patrolling soldiers when he used the method of inserting throwing knives through the cracks in the wall to climb up. Faced with this, Wang Gensheng had no choice but to launch a direct assault. While firing back at the soldiers on the wall with a light machine gun, he ordered the assault team below to use ropes to scale the wall.

Fortunately, there weren't many Japanese soldiers on the city wall, so Wang Gensheng was able to hold on.

Despite being hit by several bullets, Wang Gensheng, protected by full-body armor, was still able to return fire with ease while holding the light machine gun.

Of course, the gunfight on the city walls also attracted the attention of the Japanese patrols inside the city.

Unfortunately, although the Japanese patrol arrived quickly to provide support, the cavalry regiment was also quite fast at climbing. By the time they arrived, they were met with a barrage of hundreds of light machine guns mounted on the city walls.

Therefore, before half a magazine was even emptied, the more than one hundred Japanese reinforcements were riddled with bullets by the assault team's light machine guns.

This is the advantage of rope climbing. Without this skill, Wang Gensheng's special cavalry regiment would have had no choice but to use the city gates instead of climbing the city walls.

However, all four gates of Taiyuan City—east, west, south, and north—are heavily guarded. There are several machine gun positions at the gates, and heavy machine guns are mounted on the gate towers. Even with equipment like Wang Gensheng's, he wouldn't launch a sneak attack.

Even a straightforward assault on the city gate would result in heavy casualties, since the cavalry regiment, apart from Wang Gensheng and Duan Peng who were wearing full armor weighing eighty pounds, would suffer heavy losses.

The rest of the cavalry were all wearing half-body armor weighing forty pounds, and even the fire support group only had a bulletproof vest and no helmets.

The reason for this arrangement is that there is no other way. After all, not everyone is like Wang Gensheng, who has a cheat code, or like Duan Peng, who has practiced martial arts since childhood and is a martial arts master. Although Wang Gensheng also teaches the cavalry regiment to practice martial arts.

However, the actual effect is not that great. After all, not everyone is a martial arts genius who can become a martial arts master after a year or two of practice.

Those who can lift 200 pounds with one hand like Duan Peng without breaking a sweat are extremely rare.

After everyone had come up, Wang Gensheng gave the order:

"Bai Lixiu, Li Xiu, you two take the fire support team and the third assault team and take the south gate directly up the city wall. After you take it, defend it on the spot! Also, move the warhorses we left outside the city here, and be prepared to retreat at any time. Assault teams one and two, come with me to the county government to capture that old bastard, Yoshio Shinotsuka, alive!"

With the special cavalry company becoming a special cavalry regiment, and in addition to the four hundred machine guns captured last time, Wang Gensheng divided the assault team of more than four hundred to nearly five hundred people into three groups to facilitate management and allocation of combat tasks.

The South Gate that Wang Gensheng mentioned was naturally the gate of the city wall through which they forcibly landed. Taking down the South Gate was to leave an escape route for the cavalry regiment and to facilitate the entry of warhorses from outside the city.

Right after Wang Gensheng gave the order, he was the first to rappel down to the ground. Then, the first and second assault teams, including Duan Peng, followed Wang Gensheng down to the ground and headed straight for the county government office where Yoshio Shinotsuka lived.

The reason Wang Gensheng split his forces and didn't follow Baili Xiu and the others to attack the South Gate was naturally to save time.

After all, the troops in Taiyuan City are few in number. If Wang Gensheng acts very strongly, then Shinotsuka Yoshio might just abandon the city and flee!
(End of this chapter)