Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 240 Rout
At 8 p.m., it was completely dark.

However, two kilometers outside the Dawangzhuang position, stood a group of elite soldiers, fully equipped and ready to go.

Each of them wore a black iron mask with only two eyeholes, making them appear exceptionally grim and cold.

Of course, what's even more crucial is that each of them had more than ten grenades hanging from their chests.

That's right, this is Wang Gensheng's Marine Corps. On average, each soldier carries more than ten grenades, while Wang Gensheng himself carries a hundred grenades. Of course, so many grenades are not enough to be carried by the grenade hook on his chest, so Wang Gensheng carries a special backpack to carry grenades.

Of course, the grenade hook on the tactical vest is specially designed to hang grenades with safety pull rings.

Initially, it was similar to the connection with Yamamoto's special forces, but later several other connections were added.

Its purpose, of course, is to increase the grenade load capacity.

After all, in surprise attack tactics, grenades are sometimes more useful than submachine guns and machine guns.

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However, what greeted the sentries of the garrison at Dawangzhuang was a barrage of hand grenades. Because it was very dark that night, the sentries didn't spot Wang Gensheng until he led his marines to assault the trenches fifty meters away.

But it was too late! At the sound of the sentry's voice, Wang Gensheng and his marines decisively threw the pineapple grenades they had been holding.

A large number of grenades instantly filled the first trench in Dawangzhuang.

This is different from the Nianzhuang garrison that Huang Baitao's army group was stationed at during the last raid.

Because the goal was to destroy the command post, Wang Gensheng's marines adopted a spearhead tactic, advancing rapidly by breaking through one point at a time.

This is how they managed to take down Huang Baitao's army headquarters before the defending troops could react.

Of course, this was also thanks to the soldiers of the Third Field Army who tied down Huang Baitao's troops, preventing Huang Baitao from having the manpower and time to mobilize a large number of troops to surround Wang Gensheng.

Otherwise, trying to carry out a decapitation strike within an army of tens of thousands would be a pipe dream.

However, this battle is not a decapitation strike, so there is no need for spike-and-spike tactics to directly penetrate the command post.

Instead, we need to deploy tactics to annihilate all the defenders in the trenches of Dawangzhuang on the battlefield.

The Dawangzhuang position wasn't very large, only about three or four thousand people, enough for one or two regiments to deploy. More people would be useless; densely packed soldiers would only increase the lethality of artillery shells.

After Wang Gensheng led his marines in a line and threw grenades into the trench, almost all the soldiers in that trench were wiped out.

After all, these are grenades loaded with TNT, not the black powder-filled grenades used in border areas, so their explosive power is naturally not comparable to what it used to be.

Of course, there were a few lucky ones who weren't killed by the bombs, but these lucky ones either lay in the trenches pretending to be dead or surrendered directly. Anyone who couldn't stand it and wanted to continue fighting back was riddled with bullets.

Although Wang Gensheng made sure each Marine carried more than ten grenades, he also made sure they carried submachine guns as well.

However, as the advance progressed, Wang Gensheng soon sensed that the tanks on the position were moving. Clearly, in order to prevent the key checkpoint of Dawangzhuang from being captured, Huang Wei had actually deployed five Chaffee tanks on the Dawangzhuang side of the position.

I sensed that the muzzle of the five Chaffee tanks had begun to turn, clearly indicating that they were preparing to fire.

Wang Gensheng didn't tolerate this and immediately pulled out two anti-tank grenades and threw them at the tank 200 meters away.

Although the distance was more than 200 meters, it still accurately hit the turret of the Chaffee tank.

The anti-tank grenade then exploded suddenly, aided by the impact fuse.

The powerful metal jet immediately burned through the turret's armor, which was over 30 millimeters thick. The high-temperature, high-speed metal jet then pierced the ammunition inside the tank turret, ultimately causing a secondary explosion. The resulting explosion was, of course, incredibly devastating; the immense force could blast the turret dozens of meters away.

It should be noted that although the Chaffee tank was a light tank, even the lightest tank's turret still weighs four or five tons.

There's no way to make the turret the thickest part of the tank's armor!
However, the tank was equipped with dozens of 75mm shells, all of which were high-explosive, so the explosive power was not to be underestimated.

As a result, Wang Gensheng destroyed all five tanks.

With the tanks no longer the biggest threat, Dawangzhuang was quickly captured under the leadership of the Marines. After Dawangzhuang was taken, it was Li Yunlong's turn to take over.

Li Yunlong immediately dispatched the soldiers of the Second Lion Army to enter Dawangzhuang to set up positions, especially the cat-ear holes for artillery protection, which were crucial.

Only after constructing numerous cat-ear-shaped bunkers, or anti-artillery bunkers, inside the trenches could they withstand the subsequent artillery bombardment.

After Wang Gensheng annihilated the defenders at Dawangzhuang, the artillery positions at Shuangduiji also opened fire.

However, because it was nighttime, the battle situation could not be seen at all, so the shelling stopped after a brief, indiscriminate burst.

Although Huang Wei's army corps currently has a sufficient supply of artillery ammunition, it cannot afford to waste it.

Of course, besides not shelling, no one was sent to Dawangzhuang to retake the Dawangzhuang position.

After all, Huang Wei and his men understood that trying to retake the position at night would be suicidal.

After Wang Gensheng helped Li Yunlong capture the Dawangzhuang position, he led the Marines out of the battle.

"Duan Peng, Wei Dayong, take stock of the Marine Corps casualties!"

Following Wang Gensheng's order, Duan Peng and Wei Dayong began to tally up the casualties of the Marine Corps.

After these days of training, Wei Dayong has fully adapted to the combat characteristics of the Marine Corps.

After all, Wei Dayong's physical condition is what it is, so there's no need to worry about him not being able to keep up.

However, after Wei Dayong and Duan Peng counted the number of people, Wang Gensheng felt a little distressed. This attack was missing about twenty-five people.

This outcome was not due to a counterattack from the Dawangzhuang position, but rather to artillery fire from Shuangduiji.

Under the attack of howitzers with a caliber of over 100 mm, even the thickest bulletproof gear is useless.

That's why twenty-five soldiers sacrificed their lives.

However, Shuangduiji would soon be under artillery fire as well, because Li Yunlong had already led Ershi to build artillery positions.

Once artillery positions are established in Dawangzhuang, Shuangduiji will be under artillery fire.

After losing Dawangzhuang, Shuangduiji immediately lost a large number of outer positions under the artillery fire and fierce attack of the Jiefang Army.

Ultimately, the entire Huang Wei army collapsed two days earlier than in the original storyline, on December 10th.

However, Huang Wei, the corps commander, and Hu Lian, the deputy corps commander, wanted to escape in a tank, but unfortunately, this was clearly a suicidal act.

After all, escaping in a tank clearly tells others that there is an important target inside the tank!

(End of this chapter)