Chapter 40: Shooting and Killing Japanese Major Takeda Hideyama

Wei Jichen quietly crouched in the trench. He had just waited until the Japanese rushed to a very close distance before letting the sergeant suddenly open fire.

As expected, the Japanese panicked.

Listening to the continuous gunshots and watching his own sergeant's fierce counterattack, he did not find the feeling he had not long ago.

Damn, it seems that the daily gun training must not be missed, and the realm must be stabilized, otherwise the gun skills will be sometimes effective and sometimes not.

Without that feeling, Wei Jichen stood up and shot several times but missed.

Wei Jichen shot again, but found a Japanese officer with a white stripe on his head jumping and shouting behind him to command the army to attack.

Unfortunately, the distance was a bit far, and the shoulder collar badge on his shoulder could not be seen clearly, but he could command thousands of Japanese to attack, so he must have a high position.

Thinking of this, Wei Jichen rushed to Mengzi. Due to the sound of gunfire on the battlefield, he had to shout loudly: "Did you see the Japanese general 800 meters away?"

Mengzi looked carefully and soon replied: "Is it the Japanese who was shouting with a command knife?"

Takeda Hideyama's appearance was so unique that Mengzi didn't have to spend much effort to know who Wei Jichen was talking about.

"That's right! Are you sure you can shoot him?" Wei Jichen looked at Mengzi without blinking and asked solemnly.

At a distance of 800 meters, ordinary rifles don't even have enough range to hit him, let alone hit him, so Takeda Hideyama was so arrogant to stand without cover and shout for orders.

Mengzi frowned tightly. He was a very honest person and never beat around the bush when speaking. He shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. I haven't tried it at such a long distance."

"It doesn't matter. Aim at him. It's better if you kill him. If you don't kill him, you won't lose anything." Wei Jichen patted him on the shoulder gently without putting too much pressure on him.

Mengzi nodded slightly, then half-closed his eyes, slowly pointed the muzzle of the gun at Takeda Hideyama's chest, estimated the influence of the wind speed, and raised the muzzle slightly.

The distance was too far, he didn't dare to shoot in the head, it was better to shoot at the chest, and he had more control.

Baka, Baka!

"Keep going!" Takeda Hideyama roared loudly in anger.

This time he personally led the team to attack the enemy's main position. The Japanese soldiers rushed forward with all their lives, but they didn't expect that the enemy was like a stone in the toilet, hard and smelly, and they couldn't be attacked.

Could it be that the cannons purchased from Western countries were all useless blank bullets? Why did the Chinese seem to have not lost many people?

Originally, he thought that even if he couldn't easily capture the position, he would definitely be able to capture it after losing some people and horses. Unexpectedly, the development of things now was not as he expected.

Well, Takeda Hideyama, who was waving his command knife, suddenly felt a chill rising from his body. Why did he feel like he was being stared at by a wild beast?

Takeda Hideyama looked around suspiciously, but found nothing. It seemed that he was too suspicious. What could happen so far away from the enemy's position?

Thinking of this, Takeda Hideyama raised his head and was about to continue shouting.

But he heard a whoosh, and then the hair on his body stood up.

Bang, the bullet shot into the body and hit the flesh. Takeda Hideyama first felt a heat in his left chest, and then his body became cold.

I, I was shot.

Takeda Hideyama slowly lowered his head in disbelief and looked at his left chest, which was bleeding. How could it be possible? Could it be a stray bullet shot by his soldiers accidentally?

Takeda Hideyama felt it was ridiculous. I actually died in the hands of my own people?

All the strength in his body suddenly faded, his feet softened, and Takeda Hideyama fell to the ground.

"Major Takeda, Major Takeda!" The staff officers beside him heard the shouting stop abruptly, and then saw him fall down without knowing why. Then they reacted and came forward to help him up with a cry.

One of them hurriedly checked Takeda Hideyama's breath, but found that he didn't have much air. He tore open his clothes and saw that a bullet had hit his heart.

"Major Takeda was loyal to the empire! He died with honor." Several staff officers shouted loudly in horror.

Several people hurriedly lifted Takeda Hideyama and hid behind a small mound, and then you looked at me, I looked at you.

Takeda Hideyama's death was obviously too dramatic, and everyone almost couldn't believe it for a while.

"Was Mr. Takeda shot by the Chinese?" A staff officer asked in disbelief after two seconds of silence.

"It's impossible. The Chinese position is at least 800 meters away from here. How could they kill him?"

"In this case, Mr. Takeda might have died under a stray bullet."

After thinking for a long time, everyone could only think of this reason.

The last few staff officers could only sigh that Takeda Hideyama had such bad luck that he died in his own hands, and the mystery was unsolvable.

Even if the bullet was taken out of his body, it was impossible to guess who killed him, because the Japanese seized a large number of Qing army weapons in the Battle of Pyongyang, and many of the weapons of the two armies were the same.

"Major Takeda died in his own hands, how should we report to His Excellency the Major General?" a staff officer asked.

The posthumous treatment after dying heroically and dying in one's own hands is obviously different.

"It's better to tell the truth. His Excellency the Major General will definitely not let Major Takeda's reputation be ruined." Another staff officer thought for a while and said.

Luyu Defense Army defended the land.

"How is it? Did you hit it?" Seeing Mengzi suddenly seem to lose all his strength after pulling the trigger and completely relaxed, Wei Jichen couldn't help but ask.

Mengzi replied uncertainly: "It should be a hit."

Wei Jichen smiled dumbly, thinking that he was just farting, and he would know it as long as he entered the system.

Not long ago, his merit value was more than a thousand points. If it skyrocketed now, he must have killed an important enemy general.

Wei Jichen hurriedly entered the system. He didn't look at anything else and searched directly for the merit value.

Merit value: 25519, title: Thousand-man Killer.

Wei Jichen opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it. After a quick glance, he found that it had skyrocketed by more than 1,300 points.

This is not the captain of the Japanese army, but a captain of the Japanese army, at least the level of a major. Wei Jichen immediately deduced the level of Takeda Hideyama from the merit points.

A Japanese infantry brigade has about 6,000 soldiers, with two infantry regiments under its command. Of course, there are more mixed brigades, and most of the regiment commanders are lieutenant colonels or majors.

According to the system's conversion method, the merit value obtained is half of the number of troops led by the enemy generals shot and killed. Therefore, Wei Jichen can be sure that the one who was killed just now must be a regiment commander.

Damn, Mengzi, you are really awesome.

Wei Jichen couldn't hide the joy on his face and said excitedly: "It must have hit."

"Wei Shao, how do you know?" Mengzi said curiously.

"Didn't you see it just now? Several other Japanese quickly stepped forward to help him up and hid. If he didn't hit him, he would definitely appear at this moment and yell that he was fine, but now there is no movement at all." Wei Jichen certainly couldn't say that he learned it from the super system.

One bullet has more than a thousand merit points. Killing a thousand Japanese soldiers requires killing.

Wei Jichen's heart was pounding. He immediately decided to go back to the camp tonight to buy a sniper rifle for himself. What a bullshit commander, what a bullshit whether it is convenient or not. I am here to earn merit points, not to be loyal to the Qing Empire.

Wei Jichen didn't even think about it. How many regiment commanders could there be in the First Army led by Yamagata Aritomo?

Even if several staff officers wanted to conceal the news of Takeda Hideyama's death, they couldn't hide it, because he was standing and commanding in person just now, but now it was silent.

Not long after, the news that Major Takeda died in battle spread to the attacking Japanese army like a plague.

The attacking Japanese army was obviously affected, and they were all hesitant and hesitant. Several captains hurried back to investigate the situation.

In addition, the Qing army's defense line was still strong, and the morale of the Japanese army could not help but plummet.

Seeing this situation, several captains had to issue an order to retreat again.

The Japanese attack again ended in failure due to the death of Takeda Hideyama.

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