Super Dictator

While several people were talking, Wang Shizhen came over with a smile on her face and held a post-war statistical document.

He first stood aside, and when there was a slight pause between the conversation, he quietly handed the document to Wei Jichen.

Wei Jichen happened to have said what he needed to say, so he immediately turned it over and took a look.

The first thing I saw above was the casualties of soldiers from both China and Japan. As for the Chinese army, there were more than 5,000 casualties, of which more than 2,000 were slightly injured and were able to participate in the next battle. The rest were either dead or seriously injured. Only Someone has been sent to Haicheng.

Among them, more than 4,000 people of the Japanese 3rd Division were killed, and about 2,000 of them escaped scattered.

A number of important generals of the 3rd Division, including Hisao Oshima, Kuri Iihara, and Jiro Ogawa, were killed, Katsura Taro was captured, and only one regiment leader, Shiba Yejima, fled into the mountains with his remnants and disappeared without a trace.

What surprised Wei Jichen even more was that the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment led by Gui Tailang rushed to the battle, and many cannons were not blown up in time, and were finally left to the Chinese army.

Among them were 10 bronze cannons made by the Japanese, and 20 mountain-mounted steel cannons that were captured by the Japanese army from the Qing army.

Wei Jichen couldn't help but think of the famous song "No guns, no cannons, the enemy helped us build them." ’ The song came. Now it seems that this song can be sung by the Japanese army.

Wei Jichen remembered that Nie Shicheng had told him sadly that during the Yalu River defense war, the armies abandoned more than 70 cannons in total, and these cannons fell into the hands of the Japanese intact.

It really makes people speechless.

Forget it, let’s think of something happy.

Wei Jichen raised the statistics table and asked Wang Shizhen, "Qing Qing, how many of these captured cannons can be used?"

"Sir, due to the different calibers of the cannons, the ten Japanese bronze cannons can only fire a few shots. Our army has no shortage of shells for the mountain steel cannons." Wang Shizhen obviously knew it by heart. When Wei Jichen asked, he could immediately Answer it.

Wei Jichen asked a few more questions, and Wang Shizhen answered them fluently.

In this way, he turned around and introduced to Ma Jinxu and others with a smile: "This is Wang Shizhen, our artillery battalion officer. He has studied in the artillery department of Tianjin Armed Forces Academy for three years. He is familiar with various new artillery, understands Western-style warfare, and is also capable of fighting. He is very brave. The ring finger of his left hand was lost in the Battle of Pyongyang. If you have no objections, I will put all the artillery units under his command. "

Ma Jinxu and others also saw the power of Wei Zijun's artillery battalion in today's battle. Now that they heard that it was commanded by such a humble man standing in front of him and others, they couldn't help but marvel.

Seeing that there was neither approval nor objection from the few people, Wei Jichen turned around and said to Wang Shizhen: "Mr. Pin, I have just discussed with you all, and will use the 52 cannons from each army together with the newly captured cannons. To deal with Nogi Nogi's tribe, are you confident in leading this newly formed artillery army?"

Wang Shizhen was shocked. In this way, there were more than 80 cannons. He had never commanded so many artillery teams.

He couldn't help feeling a little panicked. With so many cannons being used together, not to mention the scheduling of personnel, the management of cannonballs was also a problem, because there were cannons of various calibers. If the cannonballs were mixed up, they would explode. chamber, or at least it cannot be used.

It's really difficult.

But when Wang Shizhen met Wei Jichen's encouraging eyes, she felt her heart heat up and thought to herself: Wei Shuai values ​​me so much, how can I back down so easily! Even if you risk your life, you must command well.

Thinking of this, Wang Shizhen immediately clasped her fists and said: "Commander Wei, my subordinates have been disrespectful and I feel ashamed. I will do my best to lead this artillery team."

After Wang Shizhen finished speaking, she looked at the other commanders and said loudly: "My lords, if there is someone else in the artillery team who can surpass Wang, Wang will be willing to abdicate in favor of someone better."

After Wang Shizhen finished speaking, she stood motionless and said nothing.

Wei Jichen looked at a few people with a smile and said: "It's a donkey or a horse. You'll know if it's a donkey or a horse. If you take it out for a walk, you'll know. Since Qing Qing has said so, don't worry about my feelings. Those who are capable will rise to the top. This has always been the case in Wei Zi's army." "

After a pause, Wei Jichen continued: "Okay, everyone, we don't have much time. Please organize the army to set off immediately after we get down. The earlier we arrive at Qugou, the earlier we can start the arrangement."

After this ambush battle, the officers and soldiers of the three armies were all in high morale and their troops were at the forefront. It was time to take advantage of the victory to attack.

Not long after Wei Jichen's order was issued, before the Japanese corpses in the sky were covered with snow, the five groups of people hurried towards Ququgou under the leadership of their respective commanders.

Unexpectedly, Wei Jichen would fight against Katsura Taro's 3rd Division, and Nogi Nogi would also fight against the Chinese army over there. This army was none other than the Yijun Jiang Guiti Guizi Army who came to support Haicheng.

Jiang Guiti was not a very talented person, but fortunately he was not a greedy person. The encounter between the two armies was quite accidental. After a slight encounter, Jiang Guiti saw that the Japanese were powerful, so he led his army to fight and retreat, while still being anxious. Send people to Haicheng for help.

Li Yunfei was also shocked when he learned about his request for help. He had just received Wei Jichen's plan to attack the enemy in Ququgou.

Li Yunfei was afraid that Jiang Guiti would disrupt Wei Jichen's deployment, so he had to send someone to notify Wei Jichen and order him to lead his troops to retreat toward Ququgou.

As for the effect, it is unknown.

It was late that night when Wei Jichen received the news from Li Yunfei. At this time, the army was only two hours away from Ququgou. However, the army marched all night last night, fought all morning again this morning, and marched for most of the afternoon.

Even a hardened person can't stand such frequent transfers.

No matter how anxious Wei Jichen was, he could only order the entire army to stop advancing, rest for one night, and break camp again tomorrow morning.

Now that he learned that Jiang Guiti had become involved with Nogi Nogi, Wei Jichen was secretly worried. Jiang Guiti had come at the wrong time.

^.^，

According to the normal marching speed, Nogi Nogi should arrive at Ququgou at noon tomorrow, but with Jiang Guiti's intervention, everything became uncertain again.

What if Jiang Guiti panics and flees to other places? Will Nogi Nogi Nogi lead his troops to follow him closely?

If Jiang Guiti retreated too quickly and Nogi Nogi Nogi also pursued closely, his troops might have crossed the river before his army reached Ququgou.

Where did you end up finding such a good opportunity?

Wei Jichen was not afraid of head-to-head confrontation, but there was no need to gamble with the soldiers' lives.

After all, it was because Wei Jichen was too tight on time for each strategy to defeat him. The battlefield was changing rapidly, and Wei Jichen could not do whatever he wanted.

Wei Jichen sat in the main tent and thought for a while, and finally decided that he would take the first step in the evening and go to stabilize Jiang Guiti. As usual, the army should wait until tomorrow morning before dispatching, otherwise the sergeant would not be able to endure it.

After making the decision, Wei Jichen immediately called Ma Jinxu and other four commanders, explained everything and his concerns clearly, and asked them to lead the troops to Ququgou before noon tomorrow. After Wei Jichen led his troops, he risked The severe cold, riding on the snowflakes, drove into the night.

The four of them couldn't help but sigh when they saw that Wei Jichen had set off for Jiangying in person late at night, regardless of their tiredness.

At the same time, Nogi Nogi mixed into the brigade camp.

Although it was already late at night, the entire camp was still busy. Because they were frantically pursuing the Jiang Gui Gui Zi Army, they stopped their pursuit not long ago.

Fortunately, the main camp has been set up, and Nogi Nogi and several generals from the mixed brigade are discussing things inside.

"Your Excellency, after an afternoon of fighting, our army killed a total of 300 Chinese soldiers and captured more than 400 Chinese soldiers." Colonel Kawari first reported today's results to Nogi Nogi Nogi.

Nogi Nogi nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Where are those Chinese prisoners now?"

"Under the supervision of the imperial soldiers, they are trying their best to build a camp." Colonel Heli replied with a smile. These Chinese people are really free coolies. They put down their guns and became a group of real farmers. They work hard and have no complaints. Compared with those Koreans But much more diligent.

"Well, wait until the prisoners help break out the camp tomorrow and kill them all, so as not to affect the speed of the imperial army." Nogi Nogi said casually without changing his expression.

Colonel Heli wrote them down one by one.

"Your Majesty, Major General, we are fighting today with the Jiang Gui Guizi Army sent by Song Qing to support Haicheng. Will Song Qing lead his troops to attack Gaiping and cut off our army's retreat?" Colonel Oki thought for a moment. , reminded.

Japanese spies were all over Liaodong. Not to mention the names of the commanders of the armies, they also knew the names of the battalion officers of each battalion. This was the reason why Wei Jichen did not dare to inform the superiors of his plan.

Maybe Wei Jichen just reported to the superiors today that he would pretend to be dead to deceive the Japanese, and tomorrow the Japanese would send someone to laugh at Wei Jichen.

Oki This is a commonplace statement, and they had considered it as early as Gaiping City.

Nogi Nogi said boldly without caring: "Song Qing is old and has such courage. Even if he dares to lead troops to attack Gaiping, the two thousand warriors left in Gaiping will hold them back. We captured Haicheng, then returned to the division for rescue. We attacked both internally and externally, and even Song Qing's Yi army was wiped out. "

Oki added: "Information from Haicheng has not been received for a day. Could it be that the imperial intelligence personnel from Haicheng were killed?"

Nogi Nogi curled his lips indifferently and said: "The remnants of Wei Zijun hated the imperial intelligence personnel to the bone. Even the expatriates of the empire were brutally killed by them. So the intelligence personnel who are still alive must be carefully hidden and dare not pass it on at will. Information."

Oki saw that Nogi Nogi's words were logical and coherent, and he couldn't help but admired: "It is my honor, Oki, to serve in your hands."

Just as he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a guard hurriedly came in to report.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Colonel Shibanoshima of the 3rd Division has just arrived outside the camp with more than a thousand soldiers." The soldier who reported the report knelt on the ground with a look of confusion on his face.

Then he added: "His Excellency Colonel, it seems that he has just fought with others, and all the soldiers he led are wounded."

Nogi Xinori was shocked, stood up and said: "Everyone, follow me to find out the situation."

A moment later, Nogi Nogi saw Shiba Yejima sitting in the open space in the camp in despair from a distance.

The soldiers around him also looked panicked.

What surprised Nogi Nogi Nogi even more was that all of these soldiers were seriously injured. It looked like they had gone through a hard battle, and military doctors had already stepped forward to take care of the injured soldiers.

"Shibano-kun! This is your team?" Nogi Nogi walked to Shibanojima and asked doubtfully.

"Nogi-kun, you want to avenge our 3rd Division. These are not just the soldiers of our regiment, these are all the remaining soldiers of our 3rd Division. Our 3rd Division was ambushed by Wei Jichen's troops. The division The whereabouts of the leader are unknown, and he is probably broken by the empire." Seeing Nogi Nogi, Shiba Yejima fell on the ground with his hands and cried loudly as if he had found his mother's child.

Shiba Yejima's words shocked all the generals in the mixed brigade.

Colonel Heli asked in disbelief: "You mean this is the only person left in your 3rd Division. Also, wasn't that Wei Jichen killed in a bomb long ago? How can he still command the army in combat?"

Colonel Kawari's question also brought out the thoughts of others. Everyone looked at Shiba Yejima with disbelief, hoping that he was joking.

Shiba Yejima wiped away his tears while gritting his teeth and said: "Wei Jichen, this despicable and shameless thing, is not dead at all. All this is his conspiracy to lure our 3rd Division to attack Haicheng so that he can set up a plot to ambush and annihilate. ”

Everyone was frightened and asked for details.

With nothing but tears and snot in his eyes, Shibainojima recounted what happened and his guesses in detail. When he mentioned that he led less than a thousand soldiers to escape from the encirclement and finally escaped here, Shibainojima was already crying. Red and swollen.

"Despicable, Wei Jichen did not dare to confront the imperial army head-on, but he resorted to such despicable methods." Nogi Nogi shouted angrily, and casually pulled over a Qing prisoner who was carefully passing by him carrying a piece of wood, pulled out his knife and backhanded him Cut off the prisoner's head with one knife.

"Shibano-kun, please rest assured that I, Nogi Nogi, will definitely avenge the 3rd Division. Now that Wei Jichen's treacherous plot has been exposed, there is no chance of ambushing my brigade. Oki, immediately send more reconnaissance riders to explore the surroundings. If any abnormality is found, Report to me immediately."

"Hi!" Colonel Oki responded and hurried down to make arrangements.

Colonel Heli looked at Shiba Yedao who was crying in pain, and after a few words of comfort, he asked: "Shiba Ye-kun, in your estimation, what are the casualties of the Qing army led by Wei Jichen?"

Seeing Heli asking about business, Chai Yedao had no choice but to hold back his cries and said bitterly: "If it hadn't been for that Wei Jichen who took advantage of the location to set up an ambush, our 3rd Division would have suffered such heavy losses. Even so, Wei Jichen also paid a lot of effort. The cost is huge, and the ratio of casualties to our army will not be less than one to one.”

"Hmph, since then, he only has more than 7,000 wounded and disabled generals under his command. As long as we no longer fall into his tricks, our mixed brigade will be able to defeat him head-on." Nogi Nogi said with confidence.