Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

Cao Geng's team had only 350 people, but they successfully broke through the Huaiyi County City guarded by the Japanese army battalion! Even before the Japanese army could send out a message for help, they were completely wiped out in the city! Such a victory undoubtedly made Wang Huaibao and other soldiers of the Third Battalion ecstatic. You know, a Japanese battalion has at least 900 soldiers, which is equivalent to a regiment of the Eighth Route Army or the Shanxi Suiyuan Army. However, it took only four hours for their Third Battalion to capture the Huaiyi County City defended by about 1,000 Japanese troops with one-third of the troops! Such a result was unimaginable to them before, but now, under the leadership of Cao Geng, they did it! How could this not excite the soldiers of the Third Battalion?

"I think I can brag about this battle for the rest of my life."

"I never thought that Captain Cao Geng, who looks gentle and refined, would be even more courageous than the regiment commander in battle..."

“The key is, we actually won!”

"More than 300 people against 1,000 Japs, and the Japs are defending the city!"

“It was amazing that I won in less than four hours!”

After the battle, many soldiers of the Third Battalion could not help but exclaimed. Although they also lost more than a hundred people in the battle, they were still surprised that they could defeat a battalion of Japanese troops with more than 300 people! Of course.

When the soldiers of the original Third Battalion were shocked by the unprecedented strength of their troops under the leadership of Battalion Commander Cao Geng, the puppet soldiers who later joined the Third Battalion were also surprised by Cao Geng's fighting ability. If Cao Geng led the soldiers of the old Third Battalion to defeat the Wanjia Town Puppet Army Cavalry Battalion, a team that could not be weaker, within two hours, they could still understand it. Then Cao Geng led their 350 people to break through the Huaiyi County occupied by the Japanese army within four hours, which was beyond their understanding. Although they themselves participated in this battle, they still doubted such a record: Is this really a result that humans can achieve?

Many soldiers who had just joined the Third Battalion were immediately confused. However, no matter how incredible they were about the results Cao Geng had led them to, they had to accept this fact because it was a foregone conclusion. At the same time, many former members of the puppet cavalry battalion also began to follow Cao Geng wholeheartedly. It seemed that following Cao Geng and the Eighth Route Army might not be such a bad choice.

"Okay, now is not the time to exclaim. The first thing to do after entering the city is to search the Japanese arsenal!" Just as many soldiers from the third battalion were sighing, the deputy battalion commander Wang Huaibao approached and admonished his subordinates. Wang Huaibao was a serious leader in the minds of the soldiers. Seeing Wang Huaibao coming, the soldiers immediately shut up and dared not make a sound. Despite this, the excitement on their faces was still obvious.

Then, they couldn't help but start to wonder: What would be hidden in the arsenal of a county town? They didn't know, because since they joined the army, it was the first time they had so openly attacked a county town guarded by the Japanese army!

"Deputy Battalion Commander, have you found the arsenal?" At this time, a soldier walked up to Wang Huaibao and asked. "Of course we have. The battalion commander has found the arsenal after the victory of the battle, and now many brothers are helping to carry the captured supplies." Wang Huaibao said, with admiration on his originally serious face. It must be said that in the process of cooperating with Cao Geng, he was deeply shocked by Cao Geng's performance. This person is not only personally brave, but also has an outstanding ability to lead troops in battle. Within one day, he first commanded them to attack the puppet cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town, and then captured Huaiyi County, where a whole battalion of Japanese troops were stationed!

This is nothing in itself, but the problem is that the battles led by Captain Cao Geng were all won, and they were won beautifully. This made Wang Huaibao admire Cao Geng deeply. Of course, this is not what Wang Huaibao admired Cao Geng the most. What he admired most about Cao Geng was...

Whenever Cao Geng attacked any enemy stronghold, he could always find the Japanese arsenal in the shortest time, whether it was Wanjia Town or Huaiyi County. His keen intuition about the location of enemy supplies made Wang Huaibao admire and fear him. If he had such a skill, he would have been promoted to the position of battalion commander in his ten years of military career and led the New 1st Regiment to the road of prosperity. No, that's not right. The third battalion commander cannot be compared with himself. Wang Huaibao shook his head, secretly evaluated himself, and was surprised.

When Cao Geng entered Huaiyi County, his first task was naturally to check the Japanese arsenal. When he found the arsenal, the scene in front of him made him brighten up. The soldiers were carrying the supplies in the warehouse, and Cao Geng couldn't help but sigh that the Japanese equipment in Huaiyi County was really precious. There is no need to say much about mortars and grenade launchers. Cao Geng can digest as many of these key firearms as he wants. Now, with the grenade launchers seized in Wanjia Town before, he can form an artillery company. In addition, there are more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns in the Japanese arsenal. Counting the spoils of Wanjia Town, Cao Geng and the Third Battalion really had a feast this time and returned with a full load. Not to mention the countless grenades and rifles, as well as the two original artillery on the city wall. The harvest of this battle is far from enough to describe Cao Geng as "fat". With these equipment, he even felt that he could form a regimental-level force.

Of course, if the brothers of the Third Battalion were allowed to squander such abundant equipment at will, it would be enough to suppress a battalion of Japanese troops with absolute firepower.