Chapter 4: Crossing the Line of Fire Main Mission

The Japanese sergeant patrolled outside each cell again. If he found a prisoner lying motionless, he would have someone go in and check. If he was dead, he would drag him out.

Wei Jichen didn't have time to lament the fate of others. He was not a pampered person. He received a bowl of breakfast that was as light as water and exuded a stench, drank it all in one gulp, and then returned to the base of the wall with the help of two of his men.

Huzi clenched his fists with both hands, then slammed the wall hard, and said angrily: "Mother, if I had known that I would die on the battlefield, I would have to suffer the humiliation of the Japanese when I come here."

To be fair, the Nie Shicheng unit that Wei Jichen stayed in was definitely the elite of the Qing army. There were many generals and many soldiers. The veteran Nie Shicheng was good at fighting. His soldiers were one of the few who dared to confront the Japanese head-on, and were able to fight. Both are comparable.

From North Korea to the country, this army caused the Japanese to suffer a lot.

However, it is difficult to support it alone. Most of the Qing army is in decay, many sergeants have the bad habit of smoking opium. The upper-level Qing Dynasty is wary and uncertain. The court is short-sighted and the entire military system is disorganized. Li Hongzhang's private army, the Huai Army, can be said to have countless shortcomings. , how can it play the role of the mainstay? It can only lose one defeat after another.

Wei Jichen had been looking at the soldiers around him. He learned from the clothes and the conversations among the people that in this small cell alone, there were more than fifty soldiers, some from Yijun, some from Fengjun, and some from Sheng. Of course, like Wei Jichen, there are also Lutai training troops from the 10th Battalion of Nie Shi Chenggongzi, but they are in a mess anyway.

Since its establishment, the Huai Army has been deeply personal. The generals are the backbone of the soldiers. Once the general is captured or dies, the entire army will be dismantled or collapsed. The organization of the Huai Army is even more backward. A battalion is the basic combat unit. There are about 500 people in a battalion. The battalion officer is the commander of a battalion. Above the battalion, there is a commander. Each commander oversees the army, ranging from several battalions to more than ten battalions.

The Huai Army does not have a larger organization, and battles are generally conducted by various commanders commanding battalions of varying numbers to participate in the battle. There is an equal relationship between the commanders and they are not subordinate to each other. These battalions are generally recruited and trained by the commander himself. It has an inseparable relationship with the commander himself. If he is not the commander or a close associate designated by the commander, the troops often refuse to obey orders and even call for mutiny.

The mid-level military officers were completely broken. The battalion officers who had only commanded a small force of about 500 people before were promoted to commanders, but had to command thousands of troops. It was okay to suppress the peasant uprising of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but after not fighting for a long time, the commanders were all When battalion officers who were promoted based on seniority encountered foreign troops, their life and death depended on success or failure.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are some geniuses who can command large armies with ease. However, most people are not geniuses. People like Ye Zhichao and Liu Shengxiu are not only greedy for life and afraid of death, but also stupid and incompetent. I don’t know how many times they have missed the opportunity to annihilate the Japanese. Chance.

When it comes to guns and ammunition, the firearms of the Huai Army are not only not lagging behind the Japanese, but are much more advanced than the Japanese. On the eve of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, some troops of the Huai Army were equipped with more advanced breech-loading repeating guns. The main types of guns include the Austrian Mann Li Xia, Germany's new Mauser and China's Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau imitated fast guns, such as Zhao Huaiye's "all are fast guns of the same color".

In the Battle of Pyongyang, according to Japanese records, the Qing army used seven-shot guns and thirteen-shot guns. Such an army armed with the most advanced weapons in the world at that time was beaten to pieces by the Japanese. It makes people sigh with regret.

Wei Jichen leaned against the corner and entered the system again. There were many things that he had not yet figured out. Taking advantage of the time he had now, he could take a closer look, which might help him escape from this prison.

As soon as he entered the system, Wei Jichen first noticed that his physical strength had increased from 3088 to 3488. It seemed that it was the result of the bowl of gruel just now. 30 and 34 refer to his current physical strength, while 88 represents his normal physical strength. value.

Other items have also slightly increased by one or two points, but these have nothing to do with the overall situation.

Wei Jichen directly entered the big project that he had no time to check just now: the mission system.

When he saw the introduction on the interface, Wei Jichen couldn't help but feel refreshed because he saw the merit points.

Main mission: Crossing the line of fire - leading at least ten prisoners to escape and join the Qing army.

Mission failed: host died.

Mission completed: 1,000 merit points will be awarded.

There is also a completion level below the task completion. When the completion level is 10%, 100 merit points will be awarded. Twenty percent, which is 200

After Wei Jichen thought about it for a moment, he realized that the so-called completion rate of 10% meant that he had only rescued one prisoner.

What if there are more than ten prisoners, Wei Jichen thought to himself, the military auxiliary system is really powerful. As soon as Wei Jichen thought of this, the interface immediately gave the answer. For every more than ten prisoners, 5 merit points will be added to the 1,000 merit points.

This military auxiliary system is really cheating. If one person is lost, 100 merit points will be lost, and if one person is added, only 5 merit points will be increased.

Regarding the failure of the mission and the death of the host, Wei Jichen had no other thoughts. If he could not escape the control of the Japanese, he would definitely die.

Wei Jichen looked through the system and didn't find any item that would be of much help to his current situation. It seemed that this was a test from the system, and the price of the test was his life. Without the help of the system, he would see if he could complete the first mission. If he completed it, it meant that he was qualified to use the system. If he couldn't, it meant that he was not qualified.

Damn it, isn't it said that there are novice rewards when playing games? Wei Jichen cursed indignantly in his heart, but it didn't take long for him to calm down.

What's wrong with me? Before the military auxiliary system appeared, I was already thinking about how to escape from here. Now that I have this system, I have lost confidence and motivation to escape, and put everything on this broken system?

Wei Jichen began to ask himself, and finally found that he was really obsessed. From the word "auxiliary" in the system, it can be seen that the system is not omnipotent. The most important thing is to look at the person who uses it.

Even without the help of the system, I, Wei Jichen, will definitely be able to escape from this hell on earth, Wei Jichen said secretly in his heart.

"Dapeng, Huzi, check how many people are still in the prison from our Gongzi Tenth Battalion." Wei Jichen curled up and suddenly spoke.

Huzi, who was dejected, did not think much when he heard Wei Jichen's order, but responded. However, a gleam of light flashed in Deng Dapeng's turbid old eyes.

"By the way, where is Yunfei? Why didn't I see him?"

Wei Jichen suddenly thought of a subordinate, Li Yunfei. Li Yunfei was the deputy sentry officer, or simply his adjutant. Although he looked delicate, he was a wise general who had always followed Wei Jichen. Several people were captured at the same time and were imprisoned together with a little trick.

At this time, Wei Jichen did not see his trace, and he could not help but feel a little surprised. Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. Maybe after a few people have a plan, they can think of a safe way to escape the Japanese cage.

Huzi's eyes were floating and flickering. He did not dare to look at Wei Jichen's eyes. Deng Dapeng looked gloomy.

"You had a high fever yesterday, Yunfei was worried, so he went to see the Japanese captain." Deng Dapeng said hesitantly.

Japanese captain?

Wei Jichen immediately thought of the Japanese second lieutenant Ikeda Guangu.

Ikeda Guangu was the Japanese leader of this prisoner camp. He had a pair of bulging frog eyes and a face full of flesh. What impressed people was that he had no hair on his head, a natural bald head.

This man was not only perverted and cruel, and abused the prisoners wantonly, but also had a habit of having sex with men. He had long been attracted to the tender Li Yunfei, but Li Yunfei refused to obey, and Ikeda Guangu also thought that there was plenty of time to play slowly, so he did not force him too much.

Wei Jichen thought for a moment and understood. Li Yunfei must have seen that he had a fever and was dying, so he went to exchange his body for medicine. When he thought that Li Yunfei had sent a sheep into the tiger's mouth for him, Wei Jichen's originally calm mood was also disturbed. He slowly climbed up from the bottom of society and lived in intrigues most of the time. Wei Jichen had already tasted all kinds of warmth and coldness in the world, and his heart was hardened.

Although the reason for Li Yunfei's sacrifice can be regarded as to save the previous owner of this body, this long-lost self-sacrificing brotherhood spirit made Wei Jichen feel warm in his heart, and followed by a sense of responsibility. No matter what, if Jun is dead, he must avenge Jun, and if Jun is not dead, he will definitely take Jun out of this hell on earth.

Hu Zi saw Wei Jichen's cold face and kept silent, and couldn't help but say: "Brother Xiucai, you must avenge Brother Yunfei!"

"I will!" Wei Jichen replied lightly.

Wei Jichen's brain began to work quickly. It was not easy to escape from here. After sorting out his memory, Wei Jichen knew that this place was the prison of Jiuliancheng. The Japanese left a small team of soldiers to guard the more than 500 prisoners. Once the cells were full, the Japanese would transport the prisoners to the rear.

Don't think that the Japanese only have a small team of 80 soldiers. More than 500 hungry and dizzy prisoners are a group of sheep, while the Japanese guarding with weapons are a group of tigers. The advantage of numbers cannot be regarded as any advantage under the suppression of modern weapons.

There are several key points to escape from the prison. The first is to get out of the cell. After escaping from the cell, there is the Japanese guard line outside the prison. The Japanese soldiers patrol back and forth day and night. Once there is any disturbance, the Japanese outside the prison will let the bullets shoot desperately.

As for escaping from the prison, it was Jiulian City. Jiulian City had long been occupied by the devils. It was unknown how many Japanese were stationed in the city. It was extremely difficult to escape from the city. Of course, Wei Jichen only wanted to escape from the prison at this time. As for how to escape from the city, it was too early to consider it now.

While Wei Jichen was racking his brains, Hu Zi and Deng Dapeng had already quietly asked about the origins of the soldiers in this cell.

The two turned around and crawled to Wei Jichen's side.

"Scholar, there are ten people under the military commander, and one of them is a soldier of our sentry." Deng Dapeng lowered his body and whispered in Wei Jichen's ear.

Wei Jichen knew that the military commander Deng Dapeng was referring to Nie Shicheng.

The ten soldiers were from the 10th Battalion of Gongzi. Wei Jichen was relieved but also a little annoyed. He was annoyed because the reason why the 10th Battalion of Gongzi suffered such heavy losses and had so many prisoners was just like the memory of the original owner of this body. Nie Shicheng's troops confronted the Japanese head-on, but rescue did not arrive for a long time. In the end, they had to retreat. However, the Japanese seized the opportunity and surrounded and annihilated at least one battalion of soldiers in one fell swoop, including the unlucky Wei Jichen. In the Battle of Huershan, a total of about 100 people were captured.

About 100 people were detained in more than a dozen cells, with at least four or five people in each cell and at most more than a dozen people.

"Wei Shao, do you want to tell them your identity?" Deng Dapeng asked.

Wei Jichen glanced at him lightly, and it seemed that Deng Dapeng trusted the brothers in the Gongzi Battalion very much.

Wei Jichen's face was black and red from the smoke from the artillery fire. If you don't look carefully, even people who know him can't recognize him for a while.

Leaning slightly upwards towards the corner, Wei Jichen shook his head and said, "The time has not come yet. Don't tell me for now. Old Deng, do you think the brothers can escape?"

In front of Deng Dapeng, Wei Jichen did not hide his determination to escape.

Deng Dapeng glanced at the cold prison door and said dejectedly, "I think it's hanging. Alas, if I hadn't run out of ammunition and food, I wouldn't have given up resistance. Daniu and the others were all killed in the battle."

In the war in the East, surrender is shameful no matter what the situation is.

Deng Dapeng was talking about the Battle of Huer Mountain. It seems that he was still upset about his surrender to the Japanese. Wei Jichen's sentry covered the retreat of the large army, and finally there were only a few people left. I don't know what the young scholar was thinking. He let the remaining people raise their hands and surrender. I guess he was lucky and hoped that the Qing army would rise up and rescue him.

However, Wei Jichen knew that according to the original history, this war was destined to be a severe humiliation of the Qing army by the Japanese. The face of the Qing court and the complacency and self-righteousness since the Tongzhi Restoration were finally severely trampled under the feet of the Japanese in this war. From then on, the Qing Dynasty completely became a lamb to be slaughtered and an object of division by the great powers.