Super Dictator

In Jinzhou City, in the base camp of the Japanese First Division, the lights are bright and people are coming and going.

It turned out that Nozu Michinuki, the commander of the First Army of Xiuyan, sent someone to discuss combat matters with Yamachi Motoharu.

There were many people attending the meeting. In addition to Yamachi Motoharu and Osako Naotoshi, there were also staff officers from the two armies.

Yamachi Genji stood up first and read out the call from the base camp: "Our Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet has entered Weihaiwei, and the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Fleet has been completely destroyed. Our frontline officers must continue to work hard, achieve more brilliant achievements, spread the country's prestige overseas, and establish the emperor." Domestic based.”

Although this was not the first time they heard the news, the Japanese still cheered.

Yamachi Genji put down the telegram, suddenly darkened his face, slapped the table angrily and said: "Gentlemen, the navy has won, what will our army do? The current situation of the army is heartbreaking. It is beaten everywhere and dare not attack. It will lead the imperial army." This is a shame. This situation must change immediately. Starting from tomorrow, our Second Army will enter the active attack stage. As for what strategy to adopt, please discuss it. "

Shanchi Genji's words made the Japanese generals below lower their heads in shame.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Chief of Staff Anjun Temple couldn't help but said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, the situation has developed in our favor. A mixed detachment of more than 5,000 people led by Hizhi-kun has landed in Dalian Bay. We The troops will be replenished, Kawakami-kun's strategy has been successful, and the famous Chinese general Wei Jichen has been relieved of command, so I think the time is ripe for entering the attack stage proposed by the division commander. "

Yoshida Seiichi, the representative sent by Nishi Kanjiro on the Fuzhou front line, stood up and reported: "Your Excellency, division commander, gentlemen, Song Qing led an army of 20,000 people to continue attacking Fuzhou, and they could not defeat it for a long time. Now the Qing army is exhausted. , morale is gone, so General Xi Kuan requested to take the initiative to recapture Gaiping City to avenge the last humiliation. "

Osako Shangtoshi didn't say anything. Originally, based on his intention, he certainly hoped to seize Ximu City and Haicheng. However, the First Division was eager for revenge, so he was embarrassed to say more.

Seeing that no one had any other opinions, Yamachi Genji made the decision to counterattack the Song Qing tribe on the spot, and asked the First Army to cooperate. Osako Shangtoshi naturally agreed.

Shanchi Yuanji didn't know that he was thinking about how to deal with Song Qing, but Wei Jichen had already pointed his target at him.

On a trail about 10 miles away from Jinzhou, a large army was galloping at night under the stars. The horses all had rings in their mouths and wrapped hooves in cloth, trying not to make too much noise.

This army was the joint force of the Qing army that went to attack Jinzhou City. There were more than 5,000 people in total, more than 2,000 of whom were Wei soldiers, and the other 3,000 were elite soldiers drawn from various battalions.

Wei Jichen divided his troops into three marching armies: front, middle and rear. The middle army was commanded by Ma Jinxu, the rear army was commanded by Ma Yukun, and the front army was naturally led by Wei Jichen himself.

"Are you sure this road leads to Jinzhou?" Wei Jichen, at the front of the team, pulled the reins, looked at the disappeared path in front, and asked Zhang Zuolin with a frown.

Zhang Zuolin is a native of Liaodong. Wei Jichen asked him to find a trail leading to a hidden spot in Jinzhou a few days ago.

The trail that the army was walking on tonight was a rugged trail that was not marked on the map. Not only was the road surface narrow, many places were even covered by vegetation, making walking very difficult.

Zhang Zuolin replied affirmatively: "Please rest assured, Commander Wei, this road was pointed out by a local who escaped from Jinzhou City. He said that it was used by some medicinal traders who dug ginseng in the past. Later, because the ginseng in this area was dug up, all the ginseng was dug up." , this road has gradually become deserted. In order to confirm, the subordinate walked along this road personally, which leads to the back of Jinzhou City. Moreover, the subordinate was afraid of getting lost tonight, so he also called the guide. ”

Zhang Zuolin turned around and gave instructions, and soon a grey-bearded scribe was brought over.

"I've met Marshal Wei." The scribe cupped his hands as a greeting.

"There is no way ahead. Have our troops lost their way?" Wei Jichen asked directly.

The scribe smiled and replied: "Please don't worry, Commander Wei. At that time, the Japanese were arresting laborers everywhere, and I escaped through this trail. I was afraid that this trail would be needed in the future, so I did it in a place where it is easy to go wrong." Some marks."

This scribe was thoughtful and thoughtful. Wei Jichen couldn't help but look at him and asked with a smile, "What's your surname, sir?"

"I have a private school scholar in Jinzhou City, my surname is Li Mingshun. After the Japanese entered Jinzhou City, they burned, killed, and looted, and also captured a large number of people to repair the fortifications. Even a man in his sixties like me was not immune. Fortunately, When the little old man was repairing the city wall, he was cautious and escaped when the Japanese were unprepared." Li Shun probably thought of the tragedy in Jinzhou City, so he shook his head and sighed.

It is said that Li Shun escaped from Jinzhou City. Wei Jichen stood solemnly. He was able to escape from the Japanese encirclement with an old and weak body. It was impossible without some skills.

After Li Shun finished speaking, he walked to the end of the road, fiddled with it a few times, then pointed to the left side of the road and said, "Shuai Wei, walk a short distance ahead from here, and the trail will appear."

Wei Jichen nodded and led his soldiers to open a path in front with a broadsword. After a while, a faint trail appeared again.

It seems that with this person to guide us, we won't get lost at night.

After walking for more than an hour, Wei Jichen looked at his pocket watch with the torch. It was already around two o'clock in the night, and Jinzhou City was already vaguely visible in the distance.

Wei Jichen ordered the entire army to extinguish their torches and rest for a while, waiting for the sergeants of the middle and rear armies to arrive.

Soon, Ma Yukun and Ma Jinxu arrived in a hurry.

As soon as Ma Yukun walked to Wei Jichen, he admired: "The path that General Wei found is really remote. Along the way, our army was not discovered by the Japanese."

Wei Jichen smiled and replied: "Liaodong is our Chinese place after all. Even if the Japanese are well prepared before the war, we will not be as familiar with this place as our own people. Since the whole army has arrived, I will tell you the whole plan again and see if you have anything to add."

My dear, there is more to this chapter^.^,

Ma Yukun, Ma Jinxu, Zhang Zuolin, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Meng, Zhao Hu and others all gathered around.

Wei Jichen glanced at everyone and said seriously: "Since it is a late night sneak attack, we are lightly equipped and do not carry cannons or anything like that, so I plan to form a commando team, use explosives to destroy the city wall, seize a city gate, and then the army will rush in." Wei Jichen only said a few words, but the difficulty can be imagined. The number of commandos should not be too large, otherwise they may be discovered by the Japanese before they reach the city wall. After blowing up the city wall, they have to resist the counterattack of the Japanese and wait for the arrival of the army, so there will definitely be heavy casualties. "General Wei, leave it to me." Hu Zi was the first to speak after hearing what Wei Jichen said. Wang Shizhen then said: "There must be soldiers from my engineering team in the commando team, so this task is still left to me. After all, this time it is not only about bravery, but the most important thing is to be able to adapt to circumstances." Others also volunteered, but Wei Jichen still preferred Wang Shizhen. Although Wang Shizhen didn't talk much, Wei Jichen knew that he was full of tricks. "Pinqing will lead this 300-man assault team. Mengzi, select 20 elite soldiers from your fire brigade and give them to Pinqing. This battle cannot afford to fail. Pinqing, it's up to you." Wei Jichen looked at Wang Shizhen solemnly.

"Don't worry, General Wei. Wang will not retreat a step."

As he was speaking, a personal soldier came to Wei Jichen and whispered that Li Shun wanted to see him for something important.

Seeing that the arrangements were almost done, Wei Jichen asked the personal soldiers to move aside, and Li Shun hurried over.

"General Wei, I see that you are ready to attack the city. I have helped the Japanese repair the city wall before, and I know that there is a weak spot." Li Shun said in one breath.

It turned out that when the Japanese attacked Jinzhou, they destroyed the east wall and forced the Chinese people to repair it.

The common people had no choice but to cut corners, and the Japanese just wanted to look good. They did not think that the Chinese army could return to the city, so the east wall was built extremely weakly in several places.