Chapter 31 Wei Shao's Ingenious Ideas

After Wei Jichen walked out of the camp, he was thinking about building fortifications.

No one had come up with any feasible solution just now, and Wei Jichen naturally couldn't think of any good solution at the moment. Without tools, everything would be in vain.

It would be better to do some on-the-spot investigation, Wei Jichen thought to himself.

This is a relatively small hilltop, located on the left front of the road below. If the Japanese want to pass through the road below, they must conquer this hilltop first. Otherwise, Wei Jichen and others can take advantage of the mountain and keep shooting down. In this way, the Japanese must have suffered heavy losses.

When Wei Jichen arrived, the top of the mountain was already ablaze. Mengzi and Huzi wielded the only two shovels in the whole post, shoveling the soil down hard and digging tunnels.

The other soldiers had no choice but to use their bayonets to dig a small hole underneath, and then slowly expand it. The speed was naturally pitiful compared to a shovel.

"Wei Shao, you're here." Li Yunfei came up and said.

"Yeah, how are you doing, brothers?" Wei Jichen asked softly.

Li Yunfei had a bitter look on his face and said helplessly: "You have also seen what this is all about. It is estimated that we will not be able to build half of the fortifications until the Japanese arrive."

Wei Jichen sighed and said, "If we can't fix it, we have to fix it, otherwise the lives of our brothers will be sacrificed. Let's go, I, Wei Jichen, will go into battle myself, and we will dig together with my good brothers."

Li Yunfei was a little stunned. He didn't react until Wei Jichen walked to Xiao Si and squatted down.

Xiao Si couldn't change his sneaky and slippery personality. Every time he dug deep, he would take a breath.

Wei Jichen suddenly walked up to him, and he couldn't help but be startled, and said in a loud voice: "Wei Shao, I just stopped."

Wei Jichen waved his hand and said, "I'm here to dig with you."

After he finished speaking, he ignored him. Instead, he bent down and stabbed the bottom with his bayonet. Then he loosened the soil with all his strength, and then planed the soil aside with his hands.

"Look, Wei Shao has also come to build fortifications."

"Yeah, I really didn't expect that. When he was riding a horse earlier, I thought he was a commander with eyes and a head. I didn't expect that he would suffer with us."

"Yeah. Let's dig faster, so we don't get caught up by Wei Shao."

When the surrounding soldiers saw Wei Jichen's movements, they all talked in low voices. For a moment, the scene became more heated. Everyone added a lot of strength out of nowhere and worked very energetically.

Only Wei Jichen complained secretly in his heart. After digging several times, he felt waves of pain coming from his fingertips.

It's really a shameful thing, it's your own fault.

However, as soon as he saw Xiaosi's admiring eyes and saw that the morale of Yongziying outpost in the military system suddenly jumped from 50 to 55, Wei Jichen put a faint smile on his face and continued to lower his head and work hard. .

Army system: The Provisional Prisoner Army has long been gone and has become an outpost of the Yongzi Camp.

Number of people: 140 people.

Morale: 55100.

Wei Jichen's sentry force was completely over-subscribed, but with Nie Shicheng's personal concern, no one would talk much.

An hour later, Wei Jichen looked at the hole he dug with satisfaction. How beautiful and deep it was. This hole will never be filled, Wei Jichen thought to himself.

Crash, Wei Jichen was startled. It turned out that the gravel beside the trench began to fall swishing down. I spent most of the day working on it. Wei Jichen wanted to cry but had no tears.

Xiaosi said cautiously from the side: "Wei Shao, the top of this hill is full of gravel. The pit dug is not reliable. Moreover, when the Japanese bomb drops, the gravel will fly and become a murderous weapon that can kill people."

Wei Jichen got angry and threw his bayonet on a pile of dirt. I spent most of the day digging to find a place to bury myself.

Apparently, it wasn't just Wei Jichen who had an accident. Cursing sounds could be heard from time to time on the hilltop.

Even if the trench was dug, how useful it would be, Wei Jichen couldn't help but sigh to himself, but he had to dig it.

"Wei Shao, here, drink some water before you do it." Xiao Si bowed his waist, trotted to Wei Jichen's side with a flattering look on his face, and gently handed over the kettle.

Wei Jichen happened to be a little thirsty, so he picked up the kettle, raised his head, and poured it into his mouth.

Hey, this!

One drop, two drops, cold water droplets slowly rolled from the kettle into Wei Jichen's mouth.

Xiao Si next to him slapped his head and said timidly: "Wei Shao, look at my memory. This water has been sitting for a few hours, but unexpectedly it has frozen. I will go and boil a pot of boiling water for Wei Shao." "

Freeze! A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Wei Jichen's mind, but when he tried his best to catch it, the inspiration turned into a flu, and he didn't know where it went.

"Wait!" Wei Jichen couldn't help shouting when he saw Xiao Si moving forward to catch the kettle with both hands, which made Xiao Si tremble involuntarily.

"Wei Shao!"

"Stop talking, what did you just say?" Wei Jichen asked in an unprecedented serious manner.

Xiaosi took a timid step back and said cautiously: "My subordinate just told me to boil the kettle for you."

"Yes, yes, it's water!" Wei Jichen stepped forward with a surprised look on his face and patted Xiaosi's shoulder hard, saying happily: "Xiaosi, you have made great achievements again this time. It seems that you are really my lucky general. ah."

Xiao Si was slapped by Wei Jichen so much that he almost flashed his waist. He stood there looking at Wei Jichen resentfully while gently rubbing his shoulders.

I am your lucky general, but you, the old man, are Xiaosi’s Prince of Hell, coming to remind you every day.

"Stop, come here, come here." Wei Jichen ignored Xiao Si's resentful eyes and shouted loudly around.

The soldiers around heard the order and walked over with a confused look on their faces to see what tricks the sentry officer was going to play.

"Did you see it? The water is frozen, the water is frozen." Wei Jichen smiled with his mouth grinning to his ears and pointed at the kettle in his hand.

"So what if the water is frozen, this sentry officer is crazy." Most soldiers thought in their hearts.

Wei Jichen looked at the confused eyes around him and said angrily: "Why can't you use your brains? We just need to pour this water on the trench. It won't take long for a solid ice wall to be formed."

Some smart soldiers were enlightened. Why didn't we think of it? This sentry officer is really amazing.

"This is a good idea!" Li Yunfei clenched one hand into a fist and hit the other palm, saying loudly: "Wei Shao, I'll go to the cook to borrow some water-holding tools to try it out."

To be honest, Wei Jichen was not very sure whether this idea would work. He remembered that there seemed to be such a passage in the Three Kingdoms, but others watered at night when the weather was colder.

Wei Jichen exhaled, and a cloud of white mist immediately formed. It seemed that the winter in the northeast must be several degrees below zero, and there should be no problem with freezing. If there is a problem, water it at night.

Li Yunfei came over carefully with a big pot soon. In the pot, there was not food, but cold water that had just flowed from the pool.

Everyone opened their eyes and watched Li Yunfei's actions carefully, with some expectation and curiosity.

As soon as Li Yunfei walked to the trench, he couldn't wait to tilt the big pot, and the water slowly seeped into the mud and rocks, and then slowly froze the entire ground.

"It's done!" Li Yunfei threw away the big disaster, yelled, then turned around and hugged Wei Jichen, shouting: "Wei Shao, you are really amazing."

The other soldiers also jumped up and clapped each other, hugged each other, and their joy was beyond words.

The cook who followed Li Yunfei picked up the big pot helplessly and wiped it carefully. This is the thing they eat.

"Okay, okay, Yunfei, I believe the effect will be better at night." Wei Jichen was almost strangled to death, and said hurriedly with a red face.

Li Yunfei put Wei Jichen down embarrassedly, and instantly restored his gentle and elegant appearance. It's amazing. The speed of changing faces is much faster than the face-changing technique in Sichuan. I, Wei Jichen, can't catch up.

The surrounding soldiers looked at Wei Jichen with admiration. This sentry officer is really brave and resourceful.

"Okay, brothers, since we have solved the problem of broken stones, we have to start digging quickly. By this time tomorrow, this place will become an unbreakable trench." Wei Jichen finally took the opportunity to put down the hard work of digging. He took his own small steps, pointing and talking as he walked.

"Well, we need to dig deeper here."

"Well, the excavated soil cannot be wasted. Pile it up and pour water on it, and the trench can be deepened a lot."

Wei Jichen walked to the trench dug by Huzi and Mengzi. This section has taken shape.

It is almost chest-deep, and the sergeant can put his rifle on the trench and aim at the bottom.

"Why didn't you dig a single soldier pit or air-raid shelter?" Wei Jichen frowned slightly. He saw that when Mengzi and Huzi were almost done digging, they extended to both sides and did not dig a few single soldier air-raid shelters here.

"Soldier pit, air-raid shelter?" Mengzi looked at Wei Jichen in confusion and said blankly: "Wei Shao, we used to dig it like this."

It turned out that the Qing army of this era had not learned to dig individual soldier pits, Wei Jichen suddenly realized.

"How can this be done? Dig a small hole that can accommodate one person in front of here. When the Japanese cannons are fired, we can hide in this small hole. After the Japanese cannons are fired, we will get out and continue to shoot." Wei Jichen said confidently.

The use of cannons in this era is very regular. Either it is bombarded before the attack, or it is bombarded again when the attack is frustrated. Anyway, as long as you understand the rules of the enemy's cannons, it is easy to avoid the bombardment of cannons.

Mengzi and Huzi are two rough men. When they heard Wei Jichen's order, they didn't think much, but started digging.

But at this time, the instructor Wang happened to pass by Wei Jichen. Hearing his order, his body shook.

This sentry officer Wei is truly a genius. Trenches can be dug like this. In this way, the enemy's cannons will lose most of their power. As long as the bulletproof holes are not blown up, most of them can escape. Why didn't we think of it?