Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 155 Swimming Training
Of course, even if Wang Gensheng was worried, it was useless. With the current strength, there was simply no way to improve the industrial base in a short period of time and then manufacture a large number of fighter jets.

Therefore, during the Korean War, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army mainly relied on night battles, using the cover of darkness to launch surprise attacks.

Of course, the Korean War happened in 1950, and it's still 1944! There are still six years until 1950, so Wang Gensheng's worries now are unnecessary. The important thing right now is to expand the troop strength and train more elite special forces soldiers.

As the Japanese army's operational area shrank and the Eighth Route Army's base area expanded, Wang Gensheng's recruitment efforts became increasingly easier.

Even though Wang Gensheng had raised his requirements, for example, in terms of strength, Wang Gensheng required that the person be able to pull at least 300 jin, or 150 kilograms.

Even decades from now, this level of skill will be second only to professional athletes; at least most ordinary people will not be able to reach this standard.

As for professional deadlifters, their level starts at 200 kilograms, with the human deadlift record being 506 kilograms, or 1012 jin. In ancient times, such a weight would have been equivalent to pulling a thousand jin.

A person with such power, clad in heavy armor and wielding a heavy weapon, would undoubtedly become a formidable general on the battlefield, especially during the Three Kingdoms period.

After all, someone who can pull a thousand pounds can easily lift a hundred or eighty pounds of heavy weapon with ease, while an eight hundred or ten pound heavy weapon on the battlefield of cold weapons would basically cause injury upon contact and death upon impact.

Of course, although Wang Gensheng now possesses three times the physical attributes, he still hasn't broken the deadlift world record he held before his transmigration.

Because Wang Gensheng's current deadlift strength is only 450 kilograms, or 900 jin, which is less than 1,000 jin.

Nevertheless, increased strength has its advantages. At least, Wang Gensheng can wear a full-body bulletproof armor weighing eighty pounds without any problem, and he can even fire his light machine gun in rapid succession without caring about the recoil.

After all, his strength and weight are what they are; his weight of over 200 pounds plus the 80-pound full-body bulletproof armor can easily handle the recoil when a 6.5mm bullet is fired.

Of course, this also put a strain on Wang Gensheng's warhorse. As Wang Gensheng's physical fitness improved, his weight also increased. The bulletproof armor, combined with his own weight, made the horse struggle with its weight of nearly 300 pounds.

Of course, besides Wang Gensheng, who is the strongest in the entire cavalry regiment, Duan Peng is the second strongest. His deadlift results are also very good, reaching 600 jin.

Such a result is naturally due to Duan Peng's martial arts training since childhood, which has enabled him to achieve a deadlift of 600 jin.

The difference between Wang Gensheng and Duan Peng is that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, 600 jin is Duan Peng's limit. After all, Duan Peng is already in his twenties and his body has fully developed. But Wang Gensheng is different because he has a cheat code, so there is no limit to Wang Gensheng's physical strength.

Since these were not veterans, although they were all in good physical condition, they were all new recruits. Therefore, Wang Gensheng could only start training them from the most basic drills.

After the formation training was nearly complete, Wang Gensheng began to train the new recruits in horseback riding, throwing, and special operations subjects, such as climbing.

Half a year had passed since all the training was completed. However, with the arrival of summer, Wang Gensheng added a new training subject to the special forces cavalry regiment: swimming. That's right, swimming. Wang Gensheng didn't want his special forces cavalry regiment to be unable to swim.

Of course, the cavalry's warhorses were also taken there to see the water. Although water is scarce in the north, it is still possible to find a small lake where people can swim.

However, unlike most northerners who are not good swimmers, these warhorses, despite being from the northern region, were born with the ability to swim, so they didn't have to worry about drowning.

But people are different. Most of them live in the water-scarce north, so naturally, unlike in the south, most people can swim.

Even Duan Peng is a landlubber. As for why Wang Gensheng wanted the Special Forces Cavalry Regiment to learn to swim, it was naturally to increase the Special Forces Cavalry Regiment's range of operations and raid rate.

It is important to know that the entire Huaguo is divided into three parts by two rivers, namely the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and there are many tributaries in addition to these two rivers.

While the numerous tributaries have made the land of Huaguo more fertile, they have also brought a new problem: the passage has become much worse. For example, in the upcoming war of unification, the main force will have to cross the Yangtze River to go south. If Wang Gensheng's special cavalry regiment can cross the river without relying on boats, it will definitely have a surprise effect.

What Wang Gensheng didn't expect was that swimming training proved difficult for many people. Most of these landlubbers spent more than a month learning to tread water and fire guns in the water.

Of course, it's important to note that "shooting in the water" doesn't mean shooting underwater, but rather shooting on the surface of the water. This means treading water to expose the upper body, including the arms, above the surface, and then aiming and firing from there.

It's not about using underwater firearms to shoot underwater. Of course, another point is that after swimming with firearms, you should maintain them in time, wipe them dry, and prevent them from rusting.

In the latter half of 1944, after all the basic training was completed, Wang Gensheng led the new recruits in live-fire exercises.

However, this live-fire exercise did not go very smoothly, because Wang Gensheng did not appear in person, but instead let a few soldiers who were good at throwing knives practice.

It's a pity that when practicing, he was quite good at throwing knives at targets, easily hitting the bullseye at a target 20 meters away, but he gave up when it came to throwing Japanese soldiers.

Although it looked like the knife had hit the forehead and blown the head off, it only pierced the skull and did not cause any deep damage. This was mainly because the force was not strong enough. You should know that when Wang Gensheng used his throwing knife to stab the Japanese soldiers, he could pierce more than 10 centimeters with a 20-centimeter knife.

However, this time the bullet only penetrated less than five centimeters, so it did not have the effect of killing the enemy instantly, giving the Japanese soldiers the opportunity to fire a warning shot.

Thus, what was originally a sneak attack turned into a full-scale assault. Wang Gensheng's cavalry regiment, with its powerful firepower and excellent defense, successfully captured a large battalion of Japanese soldiers and took a small county town.

(End of this chapter)