Super Dictator

Time was of the essence, and there was still the mixed brigade of Nogi Xidian coming from Gaiping to deal with. Before the battlefield was cleared, Wei Jichen had already summoned the commanders of the armies to hold a combat meeting.

A small piece of flat land was cleared at the entrance to the valley, a large stone was moved and placed in the middle as a table, and a few small stone piers were used as chairs. This was how the temporary war room was formed.

The first person to arrive was Nie Guilin. He was glowing with red face, walking lightly, and leading more than a dozen soldiers. When he saw Wei Jichen staring at a march map, he quickly stepped forward to greet him. .

Wei Jichen waved his hand slightly, motioning for him to sit down, and looked at the map again.

This was seized from Guitaro. Thanks to Guitaro being idle for a while and not burning the object, Wei Jichen got an unexpected surprise.

Because this map actually marked the advance route of the 3rd Division and Nogi Nogi's mixed brigade, Wei Jichen could know Nogi Nogi's whereabouts just by comparing it with the information from the spies.

Then Jiang Xiyi and Xu Daobang hurried over, each bringing four or five personal soldiers. Although Jiang Xiyi was not as happy as Nie Guilin, his eyes could not conceal his excitement.

Xu Daobang has always been in poor health. After this fierce battle, he even coughed from time to time while walking, with a sickly flush on his face.

The last one to arrive was Ma Jinxu. Ma Jinxu's troops were used as bait and suffered heavy casualties. Apart from a trace of relief, his face was filled with sadness.

Seeing that everyone was here, Wei Jichen took his eyes back from the map and smiled and chatted with everyone for a while.

Seeing the sadness on Ma Jinxu's face, Wei Jichen couldn't help but said sincerely: "Brother Ma, if it weren't for your Ren Zijun's deception, we wouldn't have been able to win such a great victory this time. Zijie thanks you here and will report his achievements to the court in the future." At that time, Brother Ma should take the lead.”

Nie Guilin looked at Ma Jinxu with envy, but he was relieved when he thought that his Renzi Army only had less than a thousand men left.

Ma Jinxu forced a smile and said, "Commander Wei, you're welcome. Commander Wei was able to achieve such a great victory only by strategizing. How dare Ma take the credit?"

Xu Daobang and others nodded in agreement.

Wei Jichen said no more, but straightened his face and said seriously: "We have achieved an unprecedented victory in encircling and annihilating the 3rd Division, but we have also suffered heavy losses. Moreover, the battle is not over yet, and there is also Nogi Nogi Nogi's mixed brigade. The group is waiting for us to deal with it, so I hope you can pick up your mood as soon as possible and continue your efforts to win another victory."

"That's right!" Xu Bangdao coughed heavily and agreed.

Seeing that everyone was getting serious, Wei Jichen continued: "I believe you have also seen that fighting alone is very fragile. If we unite as one, we will be invincible. I hope that everyone will pay tribute to Brother Ma in the next battle." Learning means being able to sacrifice oneself for the sake of the overall situation. Of course, this is also true for me. I will never maintain my own strength. Mr. Xu, you have fought against Nogi Nogi, so you should first tell me what you know about him. "

Xu Bangdao not only led troops to ambush Nogi Nogi Nogi's troops, but also had a head-on confrontation with him.

"Nogi Nogi Nogi is more than brave but lacks intelligence. However, the quality of the Japanese army's sergeants is much higher than that of our army. Therefore, our army has been defeated in consecutive battles. However, this time in the battle with the Japanese, I don't know why our soldiers are not afraid of death. , It seems to be caused by Wei Shuai's charm." Xu Bangdao said with confusion.

In Wei Jichen's view, when fighting, the first thing is people, and the second is weapons. Of course, if the weapons and equipment of the two armies are too different, it is another matter. You can't expect the native Africans to defeat the Westerners with swords and spears. No matter how brave they are, they will end up defeated.

However, during the Sino-Japanese War, the weapons and equipment between China and Japan were not much different. Wei Jichen just picked up the Japanese Murata-style rifle and looked at it. Compared with the fast rifles used by some troops in the Huai Army, it was much behind.

In terms of field artillery, the Qing army did not have much advantage. This was mainly because Li Hongzhang spent all his money on fortress artillery. Unfortunately, the forts such as Dalian and Lushun were hardly used and were occupied by the Japanese soldiers without bloodshed.

What is hateful is that when the Qing army was defeated, they always did not even blow up their guns and artillery shells. In the end, these fell into the hands of the Japanese, and the Japanese forwards could continue their attack without even relying on the rear for reinforcements.

People were the biggest reason. The Qing army often lost more than a hundred people, and then began to think about how to escape. On the one hand, the sergeants fought for unknown reasons, and on the other hand, they had been plotting for a long time and were determined to defeat the Qing army. The result is self-evident.

The generals are corrupt, not to mention greedy for life and afraid of death.

In addition, the command system was chaotic, the top officials only relied on assumptions, the intelligence was obviously lagging behind the Japanese army, and the Japanese clearly had the upper hand in strategy. These were a large part of the reasons for the defeat of the Qing army, and these reasons were all related to people.

The main reason why Wei Jichen was able to win local wars was because of his military advisor skills to boost morale. Without this military advisor skills, even if Wei Jichen had three heads and six arms, he would eventually be like other Qing generals and have no choice but to run away.

When the others heard what Xu Daobang said, they all breathed a sigh of relief and thought in their hearts: No matter how brave he is, is he as brave as Wei Jichen?

Wei Jichen wanted this effect. He knew what Nogi Nogi was like as a person, but if it were said from his mouth, most of the generals would think that he was exaggerating.

"Since Nogi Nogi is a fierce general, we don't need to think too much. Wei Shuai, you can just lead us to kill him." After this battle, Jiang Xiyi had completely surrendered to Wei Jichen.

He is not afraid of Nogi Hitori being fierce, but he is afraid that Nogi Hitori is not strong enough.

Wei Jichen did not answer directly, but pointed to the Japanese marching route on the map and said with a smile: "Everyone, where do you think we should fight Nogi Nogi?"

Nie Guilin looked at Wei Jichen with affectionate eyes and replied: "Everything depends on Commander Wei."

^.^，

Wei Jichen simply ignored him. Ma Jinxu thought for a while, looked at the map carefully, and said hesitantly: "Can we repeat our old trick and find a dangerous place to ambush?"

Xu Daobang stroked his beard and said noncommittally: "There are still some soldiers in the 3rd Division who escaped. Nogi Nogi has received the news. No matter how careless he is, he will probably have people carefully explore the road ahead. This strategy can only be used once and for all. Again."

Wei Jichen showed a faint smile and said, "This time, we are going to show off our upright troops and have a showdown with Nogi Nogi."

Ma Jinxu frowned but said nothing.

Xu Bangdao persuaded: "Commander Wei, although our army won the ambush of the 3rd Division, we also suffered a lot of losses. If we fight head-on, I'm afraid our army will lose more."

Wei Jichen waved, and a soldier next to him quickly lit a cigar for him.

After blowing out a smoke ring, Wei Jichen said with a smile: "It can be said to be a head-on confrontation, or it can be said that it is not. Everyone, please look here. When Nogi Nogi's troops attack Haicheng, they have to pass through this small river called Ququgou. Our troops are arrayed at On the other side of the river, wait until Nogi Hidenori's troops are halfway across the river and attack them."

Xu Bangdao said worriedly: "Shuai Wei, I didn't pour cold water on you. Now that the river is frozen, it can be accessed everywhere. How can we attack halfway across the river?"

Today, Liaodong has not yet thawed, and Ququgou is no different. The river has been frozen for three feet. Not to mention people, even horse-drawn cannons can pass through it without any pressure.

What's more, it's still snowing now, and the ice will be thicker by tomorrow.

Therefore, Xu Bangdao hurriedly put an end to Wei Jichen's idea.

Wei Jichen flicked the ashes from his cigarette and said calmly: "Everyone, have you noticed that our Wei Zijun engineering team has disappeared?"

The engineering team is no longer a rare thing. At the end of last year, the Supervisory Military Affairs Office appointed Hu Jiefen, the inspector general of Guangxi, to organize and train the new army. Among them was the engineering team. This new army finally fell into the hands of Yuan Shikai, who was later known as The famous Beiyang New Army.

As for Wei Jichen being able to come up with this system first, few people were not very curious. After all, Wei Jichen was someone they looked up to.

Nie Guilin looked confused and obviously didn't notice. Xu Bangdao and Ma Jinxu were slightly confused, but they weren't very clear either.

Wei Jichen stopped pretending and talked eloquently: "There is a team specializing in blasting in my engineering team. They have gone to Ququgou to cut the ice, and then buried the explosives in the ice everywhere on the river. Buried with these explosives, There were also small wooden barrels filled with tung oil and other flammable materials. When the Japanese reached the middle of the river, they detonated the explosives. Our army fired thousands of guns. Even if the primers of the explosives were wet and failed, they would cause explosives to explode all over the river. No matter how thick the ice is, there is always a chance that it will collapse. Even if the Japanese are not killed by the explosion, they will freeze to death if they fall into the water."

Xu Bangdao and others' eyes lit up and they gasped.

In fact, Wei Jichen forgot to tell them that if it didn't snow today, he would have used military skills to cover up the traces of the explosives buried by the engineering team in the snow and ice.

"What do you think of this plan?" Wei Jichen asked aloud.

"You can give it a try." Xu Bangdao agreed.

Nie Guilin gave a thumbs up and praised: "I have long heard that Wei Shuai has a clever mind. When I saw him today, it turned out to be true."

"Since you all think it is feasible, then give me the artillery teams in each army for centralized use. This time, I, Wei Jichen, want to fire a real 10,000 artillery salvos." Wei Jichen couldn't help but make his final request when no one objected.

Xu Bangdao and Ma Jinxu agreed without hesitation, but Nie Guilin and Jiang Xiyi were more entangled. They were afraid that Roubaozi would beat the dog and leave without returning. However, the other two people agreed, and they couldn't refuse anymore as long as they were unwilling to do so. Nodding reluctantly.

In the end, Nie Guilin's Fengjun army had an artillery battalion, which consisted of twenty old-fashioned front-loading guns under 24 pounds, also known as flower guns.

Ma Jinxu's Renzi Army did not have a dedicated artillery battalion, only four squads, and four 80-pound imitation British Armstrong-style steel artillery, which were produced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

Jiang Xiyi's Xizi army did not have a dedicated artillery battalion, but the number of cannons was slightly more than that of Ma Jinxu. They used ten German Gruson-type 37mm caliber two-pound ammunition imitated by the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau and loaded with rifled racks.

Xu Bangdao smiled awkwardly and said: "I came in a hurry and only brought two teams of mountain-splitting cannons."

In this way, Wei Jichen found that he had the most cannons in his hands, and they were all good guys and imported.

There are twelve new Krupp fast guns and thirteen Gruson fast guns. After the war began, the Minister to Germany Xu Jingcheng and the Minister to the UK Gong Zhaoai purchased these guns from Germany and Britain, and then hurriedly transported them to the front line. of.

Wei Jichen, at the expense of public and private interests, stole the old cannons from the Sheng army and handed them over to other armies, so that all the new cannons were in his pocket.

Since then, there have been a total of 52 cannons of various sizes.

Although in Wei Jichen's opinion it was a bit too little, the other people's eyes were burning and they shouted that it was enough for the Japanese to drink a pot.