Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 202 Heroes of the War of Resistance

Under Wang Gensheng's control of power four times that of an ordinary person, and his mental perception within a radius of four hundred meters.

The accuracy of Wang Gensheng's M2 heavy machine gun was even better than that of the Leyte.

Every shot hit the target that Wang Gensheng needed to hit.

Although it was just hip-fire, aiming under the perception of mental power was like equipping a heavy machine gun with a laser sight, achieving a powerful effect of hitting exactly where you point.

When Wang Gensheng saw that Liao Yaoxiang hadn't given up and was even trying to get into another jeep, he didn't hold back and shot the jeep driver dead.

The 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullet, fired from the 1,143mm long barrel of the M2 heavy machine gun, had a muzzle velocity of 930 meters per second, which was more powerful than the Bate M82A1.

In order to control weight, the barrel length of the Bate M82A1 is only 736 mm, far shorter than that of the M2 heavy machine gun, which is 1,143 mm. Therefore, with the same 12.7 mm bullet, the muzzle velocity of the Bate M82A1 is only 850 meters per second.

Although the initial velocities of the two are only 80 meters per second apart, the muzzle energy of the M2 heavy machine gun is a full 3,200 meters less than that of the M2 heavy machine gun.

The blood splattered from the driver's explosion splattered all over Liao Yaoxiang's face. In such a brutal scene, Liao Yaoxiang finally raised his hands in surrender.

Upon seeing Liao Yaoxiang surrender, Wang Gensheng immediately shouted:
"Your Liao Siling has already surrendered, are you still going to continue resisting?"

As expected, with Liao Yaoxiang's surrender, the nearly two thousand men of Liao's Guard Corps also stopped resisting and put down their weapons.

There's no other way. The saying "the brave are the soldiers' courage" is no joke. Even Liao Yaoxiang's entire army corps has surrendered. What's the point of a common soldier resisting? Do you want Liao Yaoxiang dead?!

Seeing that the battle was over, Wang Gensheng immediately said to Duan Peng:
"Check our wounded and gather the prisoners of war!"

After saying this, Wang Gensheng turned to Liao Yaoxiang and said:
“Sun… Liao Siling, please send a telegram to your entire corps to surrender! You, Siling, have already been captured. Continuing to fight will only increase casualties and will not serve any other purpose.”

However, Liao Yaoxiang glanced at Wang Gensheng and said:
"A brilliant decapitation strike, but you've oversimplified war. You think capturing me, the commander of this army corps, will make the entire army corps, with nearly 200,000 men, surrender? You're dreaming! Every army commander under me has the ability to directly contact the Emperor, so even if I order them to surrender, they won't."

Although he had expected it, disappointment was still inevitable. Just like when he captured Yoshio Shinotsuka, the commander of the Japanese First Army, he couldn't possibly order the more than 100,000 Japanese soldiers under Shinotsuka's command to surrender directly.

However, since capturing Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the army corps, was useless, then they should destroy all the army commanders of his six corps and capture all six army commanders. Wang Gensheng was convinced that this would cause the army to collapse and surrender.

Anyway, things have already turned into a complete mess, with hundreds of thousands of people all mixed together. These army commanders certainly don't have many troops protecting them.

Under Wang Gensheng's persistent questioning, the locations of the commanders of his six armies were quickly obtained. Of course, Wang Gensheng questioned them separately, and then had Du Yiman confirm the locations again using radio positioning before he was satisfied.

There's no other way but to destroy the command system to end the war as soon as possible and reduce the number of deaths!
More than 35 million people had already sacrificed their lives during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Now, Wang Gensheng naturally hoped that fewer people would die on this battlefield. After all, fewer sacrifices would mean more soldiers could be deployed on the Korean battlefield two years later.

And most importantly, as long as Wang Gensheng dismantles Liao Bingtuan's command system, he can recruit more soldiers from Liao Bingtuan.

It should be noted that Liao Yaoxiang's army, along with Huang Wei's army and Qiu Qingquan's army, were recognized by both sides as the three strongest army groups in Lao Jing's army.

Its command was filled with elite troops and brilliant minds. It comprised six armies and four brigades, totaling 150,000 men: the New First Army, the New Third Army, the New Sixth Army, the Forty-ninth Army, the Fifty-second Army, and the Seventy-first Army.

This was a full third more than the average army corps. The New First Army was hailed as one of the "Five Main Forces" and was the core force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed in India during the War of Resistance against Japan.

It should be noted that Liao Yaoxiang's army group had terrified the Japanese in the pastry battlefield, and had once annihilated the Japanese Eighteen Lions Regiment, known as the King of the Jungle, earning the reputation of being the number one army in the world.

The other five armies were also elite units renowned on the battlefield. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the 49th Army participated in numerous major battles, including the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Changsha, and the Battle of Shanggao. Due to its bravery and outstanding performance in battle, it earned the reputation of the "Iron Army."

The New Sixth Army, though a twin of the New First Army, was Liao Yaoxiang's direct subordinate. Fully equipped with American weaponry, it was one of the first mechanized units in the old army. Moreover, from officers to soldiers, the entire army consisted of specially selected talents from other units. Afterwards, the entire army underwent intensive American training, making it a formidable force at the time. Many considered them to be the strongest army in Asia.

Of course, they lived up to expectations, playing a crucial role in airborne assaults during the later stages of the war—essentially special forces. With their exceptional mobility and formidable assault capabilities, they repeatedly turned the tide of battle, becoming the elite of the elite in the old army and earning the reputation of "saviors of the battlefield."

The 71st Army was also a veteran unit that had fought many battles, from the Battle of Songhu and the Defense of Nanjin in 1937, all the way to the Yunnan-Guizhou counter-offensive. The army commander Chen Mingren's words, "If I can't take Huilong Mountain, I will die on the mountaintop," have become an eternal classic.

The other corps, while not having any particularly outstanding achievements, were better equipped than the average unit, possessing equipment comparable to that of a semi-military force. Having good soldiers requires a good command system.

The command structure of Liao Yaoxiang's army corps was a veritable gathering of renowned generals. Commander Liao Yaoxiang was a highly educated man who had studied abroad, graduating from the sixth class of the cavalry department of Huangpu Military Academy, and later studying mechanized cavalry at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan, he participated in many major battles with his troops, including the Battle of Songhu, the Defense of Nanjin, and the Battle of Kunlun Pass.

Later, he joined the expeditionary force and went to Myanmar. During the war, he led his troops to recover more than 80,000 square kilometers of lost territory, killing, wounding and capturing nearly 100,000 enemy soldiers. He was known as the "Patton" of the country.

The six army commanders under his command were all top graduates from the first class of Huangpu Army. The commanders were: Pan Yukun of the New First Army, Long Tianwu of the New Third Army, Li Tao of the New Sixth Army, Xiang Fengwu of the Seventy-first Army, Zheng Tingji of the Forty-ninth Army, and Liu Yuzhang of the Fifty-second Army. Therefore, the Ninth Army Corps, commanded by Liao Yaoxiang, was considered an elite force by Lao Jing.

Of course, Wang Gensheng also acknowledged that he had contributed to the War of Resistance against Japan, which is why Wang Gensheng did not shoot him dead just now.

(End of this chapter)