Super dictator.

Time is urgent, and there is still the mixed brigade of Naimu Xidian from Gaiping to deal with. Before the battlefield is cleaned up, Wei Jichen has already called the commanders of the army to hold a combat meeting.

A flat area was cleared at the entrance to the valley, a large stone was moved in and placed in the middle as a table, and a few small stone piers were used as chairs, and the temporary war room was completed like this.

The first one to arrive was Nie Guilin. He had a red face, walked lightly, and led more than a dozen soldiers, striding forward. When he saw Wei Jichen staring at a marching map, he hurried forward to salute. .

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

This was seized from Gui Tailang, and thanks to Gui Tailang's sluggishness for a while, he didn't burn the thing, which gave Wei Jichen an unexpected surprise.

Because the map actually marked the marching route of the 3rd Division and Nogi Xidian's mixed brigade, Wei Jichen could know the whereabouts of Nogi Xidian as long as he compared it with the news from the spies.

Then Jiang Xiyi and Xu Daobang rushed over, both of them brought four or five soldiers. Although Jiang Xiyi wasn't as happy as Nie Guilin, his eyes couldn't hide his excitement.

Xu Daobang has always been in poor health. After this fierce battle, he even coughed a few times while walking, and his face was flushed sickly.

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, there was more sadness on his face.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wei Jichen looked away from the map and greeted everyone with a smile.

Seeing the sadness on Ma Jinxu's face, Wei Jichen couldn't help saying earnestly: "Brother Ma, if it wasn't for your benevolent army as a lure this time, we wouldn't have won such a big victory. Zijie is here to thank you, and he will report his achievements to the court every day." At that time, Brother Ma should take the lead."

Nie Guilin looked at Ma Jinxu enviously, but he felt relieved when he thought that there were only 1000 people left in his benevolent army.

Ma Jinxu forced a smile and said: "Wei Shuai is too polite. Wei Shuai was planning a strategy to achieve such a great victory. How dare Ma take such great credit."

Xu Daobang and others nodded in agreement.

Wei Jichen didn't say any more, but with a straight face, he said solemnly: "The 3rd Division has won an unprecedented victory, but our own losses are also quite large. Moreover, the battle is not over yet, and there is also Nogi Xidian's mixed brigade. The regiment is waiting for us to deal with, so I hope that you can pack up your mood as soon as possible, make persistent efforts, and make another victory."

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

Seeing that everyone was getting serious, Wei Jichen continued: "I believe you have also seen that, fighting alone, we are very fragile, but united as one, we will be invincible. I hope everyone will pay respects to Brother Ma in the next battle." Studying, being able to sacrifice oneself to achieve the overall situation, of course, the same is true of this commander, never maintaining one's own strength, Mr. Xu, you have fought against Nogi Nozomi, first tell us what you know about him."

Xu Bangdao not only led the army to ambush Nogi Xidian's troops, but also confronted him head-on.

"Nogi Xidian is more than brave, but not wise enough, but the quality of the Japanese sergeants is much higher than that of our army. Therefore, our army has lost consecutive battles, but this time we are fighting the Japanese. For some reason, our soldiers are not afraid of death. , It seems to be caused by Wei Shuai's charm." Xu Bangdao said in a puzzled manner after a few words.

In Wei Jichen's view, people are the first thing to fight in war, and weapons are second. Of course, if the weapons and equipment of the two armies are too different, it's another matter. You can't expect African natives with swords and spears to win against Westerners. No matter how brave they are, they will end in defeat.

However, during the First Sino-Japanese War, there was not much difference in the weapons and equipment between China and Japan. Wei Jichen just took a look at the Japanese Murata-style rifle, and it was far behind the fast guns used by some troops in the Huai Army.

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

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

People were the biggest reason. The Qing army often killed or injured a hundred or so people, and then began to weigh and run away. On the one hand, the soldiers did not know why they fought, and on the other hand, they had planned for a long time and were determined to defeat the Qing army. The results are self-evident.

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

In addition, the command system was chaotic, the high-level officials were only relying on speculation, the intelligence was obviously behind the Japanese army, and the Japanese had the upper hand in strategy. This was a large part of the reason for the defeat of the Qing army.

The reason why Wei Jichen was able to win the local war was largely because of his military-teacher skills to boost morale. Without this military-teacher skill, even though Wei Jichen had three heads and six arms, he would end up like other Qing army generals and had no choice but to run away.

The others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard what Xu Daobang said, and thought in their hearts: No matter how brave you are, is Wei Jichen as brave?

What Wei Jichen wanted was this effect. He knew what kind of person Naimu Xidian was, but if it came out of his mouth, most of the generals would think that he was exaggerating.

"Since Naimu Xidian is a strong general, we don't need to think too much, Wei Shuai, you can just lead us to kill him." After this battle, Jiang Xiyi has completely surrendered at Wei Jichen's feet.

He is not afraid that Nogi Xidian is fierce, but he is afraid that Nogi Xidian is not strong enough.

Wei Jichen didn't 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 Xidian?"

Nie Guilin looked at Wei Jichen affectionately with his eyes, and replied, "Everything is up to Wei Shuai."

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

Xu Daobang stroked his beard and said noncommittally: "Some soldiers from the 3rd Division still escaped. Nogi Xidian received the news. Even if he was careless, he would probably let someone carefully explore the way ahead. This plan can be done once and for all. Again."

Wei Jichen showed a slight smile, and said, "This time, we will put on an upright team and compete with Nogi Nozomi."

Ma Jinxu frowned, but did not speak.

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

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

Breathing out a smoke ring, Wei Jichen said with a smile: "It can be said to be a direct confrontation, or it can be said to be no, everyone, please see here, the Nogi Xidian's attack on Haicheng will pass through this small river called Quzigou. On the other side of the river, hit it when Nogi Nobu is halfway across the river."

Xu Bangdao said worriedly: "Wei Shuai, I didn't pour cold water on you. Now that the river is frozen everywhere, why do you attack at halfway?"

Now Liaodong has not yet thawed, and Quzigou is no different. The river has been frozen three feet, let alone people, and even the horse-drawn cannons pass through it without any pressure.

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

Therefore, Xu Bangdao hurriedly stopped Wei Jichen's idea.

Wei Jichen flicked the soot, and said in a calm manner: "Everyone, have you found that my Wei Zijun engineering team has disappeared?"

The engineering team is no longer a rare thing. At the end of last year, the Supervising Military Affairs Office appointed Hu Yifen, the inspector of Guangxi, to organize and train a new army, including the engineering team. This new army finally fell into the hands of Yuan Shikai, that is, the later generations The famous Beiyang new army.

As for Wei Jichen being able to come up with this arrangement first, the few people were not very curious, after all, Wei Jichen was something they looked up to now.

Nie Guilin looked bewildered, obviously not noticing, Xu Bangdao and Ma Jinxu were slightly puzzled, but they were not very clear.

Wei Jichen didn't hold back anymore, and talked eloquently: "There is a special blasting team in my engineering team. They have already gone to Quzigou to dig ice, and then buried explosives in the ice everywhere on the river. Buried with these explosives, There are also tung oil and other inflammable materials in small wooden barrels. When the Japanese reached the middle of the river, they detonated the explosives. Our army even fired a thousand guns. No matter how thick the ice layer is, it is absolutely possible to collapse. At that time, even if the Japanese are not killed by the bomb, they will freeze to death if they fall into the water."

Xu Bangdao and the others all had their eyes lit up, and gasped.

In fact, Wei Jichen forgot to tell them that if it didn't snow today, he would use the military technique to cover up the traces of the engineering team's buried explosives.

"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 heard that Wei Shuai has a clever mind, and seeing him today, it is indeed so."

"Since you all think it's feasible, then hand over the artillery teams of each army to me for centralized use. This time, I, Wei Jichen, will really fire all the artillery." Seeing that no one objected, Wei Jichen couldn't help making the final request.

Xu Bangdao and Ma Jinxu agreed without hesitation, while Nie Guilin and Jiang Xiyi were more entangled. They were afraid that meat buns would beat dogs, and they would never return anything. But the other two agreed. Nod reluctantly.

In the end, Nie Guilin's Fengjun had an artillery battalion, all of which were old-fashioned front-loading guns weighing less than 24 pounds, also known as flowering guns, with twenty pieces.

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

Jiang Xiyi Xizi Army did not have a special artillery battalion, but the number of cannons was a little more than that of Ma Jinxu. They were German Grussian-style 37mm [-]-pound ammunition rear-loading rifled guns imitated by Shimen Jinling Manufacturing Bureau.

Xu Bangdao smiled awkwardly, and said: "The old man 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 ones, imported ones.

There are twelve new Krupp rapid-fire guns and thirteen Grussian rapid-fire guns. These guns were purchased by Minister Xu Jingcheng in Germany and Gong Zhaoai, Minister in Britain, from Germany and Britain after the war began, and then rushed to the front. of.

At the expense of public welfare and private interests, Wei Jichen stole the beam and replaced the post, and handed over the old-fashioned cannons from the original Sheng army to other armies, and all the new-style cannons were in their pockets.

In this way, there are a total of 52 cannons of various sizes.

Although it seemed to Wei Jichen that it was a bit small, the eyes of the others were all burning, and they shouted that it was enough for the Japanese to drink a pot.