Chapter 47 If You Want to Play, Play Big.

"Marshal Nie!"

"Old General Nie!"

While Wei Jichen was thinking about something, Nie Shicheng was walking slowly over with his personal soldiers and staff.

Along the way, the soldiers saluted one after another.

"Thank you for your hard work." Nie Shicheng bowed to the soldiers while walking.

Those who didn't know the inside story thought that Nie Shicheng came to inspect and comfort, but when Wei Jichen saw Liu Liu beside him and Nie Cairong who was quietly retreating.

Then he realized that in addition to coming to check the military situation, Nie Shicheng was probably also looking for his nephew. It seems that Nie Shicheng values ​​this nephew very much.

Wei Jichen led several soldiers to greet him: "Marshal Nie!"

Nie Shicheng first looked around the battlefield and saw that everything was in order on the front line. He nodded slightly, and then smiled and said: "On the battlefield, Zijie doesn't need to be polite."

"Thank you, Marshal Nie!" Wei Jichen still finished the salute.

Nie Cairong hid behind Wei Jichen, like a little wife, lowering her head and not daring to speak. It was funny that she would raise her head from time to time to secretly look at Nie Shicheng's reaction.

Nie Shicheng's eyes passed Wei Jichen, then swept to Nie Cairong, snorted slightly, and said: "Rongcai, why don't you stay in the tent and run to this battlefield?"

Nie Cairong saw that she couldn't hide, but she flashed out very single, quietly stuck out her tongue, and said with a smile: "Nie Shuai!"

Nie Shicheng glared at him fiercely and left it to teach him a lesson after returning. Just now, Liu Liu secretly ran back and told Nie Shicheng the situation.

Nie Shicheng was shocked, but fortunately he was about to come to the front line to check, so he suppressed his worries and pretended to be relaxed. He didn't settle down until he saw that Nie Cairong was fine, and he ignored her.

"Zijie, can the attack of the Japanese be resisted?" Nie Shicheng touched his beard and asked solemnly.

Wei Jichen replied confidently: "Marshal Nie, please rest assured. With Wei Jichen here, we will never lose this place. However, in my opinion, the Japanese will not choose our Luyu Army position as the main attack direction this time."

Nie Shicheng praised: "Yes, Li Jian Shangwen is as cunning as a fox. He will never make a second mistake. I just don't know where he will choose today. I am very worried."

"When the enemy comes, the general will stop it. When the water comes, the earth will cover it. I believe that Marshal Nie must have a countermeasure." Wei Jichen flattered him.

Nie Shicheng smiled lightly and said: "You are good at flattering me, but this weather is very beneficial to our army's defense. As long as we hold on for a while, I believe Li Jian Shangwen will return empty-handed."

The weather was cold. Since the Qing army was fighting in their own country, they could replenish various strategic materials on the spot. The Japanese side was different. The elongated supply line made them miserable.

Just like now, the Qing army is fighting in thick uniforms, while the Japanese army has soldiers wearing thin clothes.

After many days of operation, the Qing army's camp is much more comfortable than Li Jian Shangwen's temporary camp.

"Hua Fu, let's go to other positions. Zijie, you don't have to see us off. We still need your command in this position." Nie Shicheng only stayed here for a moment, and then hurriedly took the gang to other places to check the situation.

Of course, Nie Cairong followed him reluctantly, looking back at Wei Jichen every three steps. The gunmanship competition has not yet concluded.

However, when she saw Wei Jichen standing still and not looking at her at all, Nie Cairong clenched her little fist and cursed him in her heart.

Wei Jichen was stunned after hearing Nie Shicheng's words that the cold weather was good for our army.

He suddenly remembered that he had a military strategist skill called ice and snow.

Ice and Snow: Change the climate of the host's place within a radius of 100 miles. After casting the spell, snow can fall even in June and the ground can freeze in July.

Duration: one week.

Value: 500 prestige points, 50 mental power.

Dagaoling is actually composed of endless peaks. The road to Liaoyang passes through these peaks in a winding way, which makes this place easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Japanese army had to attack from the bottom up, while the Chinese army could occupy the trenches and keep shooting down without moving at all.

The weather is already very cold now. If the military skill of ice and snow is used again, it will definitely make the Japanese devils suffer. They will be miserable and depressed when attacking.

But!

Doing good deeds without leaving a name is not in line with Wei Jichen's current interests. The merit points and prestige points require Wei Jichen to be high-profile.

Well, in this case, I will act as a master.

Wei Jichen, who had made up his mind, no longer hesitated. When he came to his senses, he did not see Nie Shicheng.

"Where is Marshal Nie?" Wei Jichen asked anxiously, pulling a soldier over casually.

"He went to the defensive position of the Ming army over there." Seeing that Wei Jichen seemed very anxious, the soldier replied cautiously.

Wei Jichen wanted to chase him, but now the war was imminent, he could not leave his post without permission.

Well, there was no need to rush. Wait until the Japanese attack was the most fierce, and then everyone would be more impressed.

Wei Jichen thought about it for a while and gave up.

At this time, the second attack of the Japanese began.

This time, the Japanese placed the main attack direction on the Ming army position. Li Jianshangwen, after previous tests and combined with yesterday's experience, believed that the Ming army position was the weakest area of ​​the Qing army's defensive position.

First, the morale of the Ming army soldiers stationed at the position was not very high, and second, their commanders were somewhat lacking in command. Often, the soldiers would not wait for the enemy to get close, but would just shoot without any rules.

Boom boom, the Japanese cannons began to show their power.

Wei Jichen ignored everything else, and as soon as he heard the cannon sound, he rolled on the ground and quickly got into the air-raid shelter.

The soldiers had long been trained to be extremely smart, and some were even faster than Wei Jichen.

"Boom, boom! It's better to blow Mu Ren's underwear clean." Wei Jichen thought maliciously.

Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Japanese were compared to China.

They were typical short, ugly and poor!

The Japanese were not tall, and they had two bow legs, so they looked shorter. This is why Japanese women like to wear kimonos, because kimonos can well cover their short legs and highlight the style of shoulders and chests.

There is no doubt that the Japanese are poor. The size of the Beiyang Fleet was known as the sixth in the world and the first in East Asia at that time. This was the size created by the Qing court, from the old Buddha to the lower-level officers.

In order to expand the size of their fleet, even Emperor Mutsuhito took out calligraphy and cultural relics from his palace to sell. Only after the donations of most of the rich people in Japan, could they have such a scale.

The reason why the small, short, poor country of Japan was able to defeat the corrupt Qing Dynasty can be seen from the construction of the two navies of the two countries.

One is a fleet that was finally built after gritting its teeth and going through all kinds of difficulties, and the other is a thing that everyone uses as a tool to make money. Can it be undefeated?

After a few gunshots, Wei Jichen shook off the dust on his body and walked out of the air-raid shelter.

His position was only symbolically bombarded by the Japanese.

However, Wei Jichen was not very happy, because he knew that his conjecture had been proven, and the main attack direction of the Japanese was not here.

If it was here, Wei Jichen felt it was better. First, he was confident in his fortifications. Second, he needed to kill the devils to upgrade. Third, he was afraid that the position the devils were attacking would not be able to defend.

When the nest is overturned, no egg is left intact. As long as the Japanese tear open any point of the defense line on the Dagaoling Mountain and gain a foothold, it will not be so easy to defend it.

At that time, the direction to defend is not only from the front.

Wei Jichen didn't lose his mind for long before he saw a group of Japanese rushing towards his position with a scream.

Bang, bang, bang, the Japanese bent over and rushed into the rifle range, but did not continue to move forward, but crawled on the ground and played a game of shooting with the Chinese.

"The enemy has a squadron of troops. The attack is not very fierce. Our army has no casualties for the time being." Wei Jichen glanced at the position and immediately estimated the enemy's military strength.

Then he slowly said to the messenger who was looking at him.

After the messenger wrote down these, he hurried away. He would report these intelligence to Hu Dianjia immediately so that Hu Dianjia could understand the situation of each front in time and then issue various orders.

After Wei Jichen shot and killed a second lieutenant, he stopped shooting and ran around the trenches with his back bent, instructing the soldiers and boosting morale.

Especially after seeing the five-man sniper team constantly shooting at the Japanese officers, Wei Jichen was secretly happy. It seemed that he had made the right move and would have to expand the team slowly in the future.

It was a pity that there were no Japanese officers here. I don’t know where they hid.

Wei Jichen’s outposts fought more and more bravely, and the attacking Japanese couldn’t raise their heads. If Wei Jichen hadn’t only allowed defense and not attack, maybe these people would have been eager to attack.

“Zijie, hurry up, draw some people from your camp.” Wei Jichen was hiding in the trench with his back crouched, but heard someone shouting over there.

Looking up, I saw Hu Dianjia riding a horse and leading a team of about 100 people passing through his defense area.

Wei Jichen did not dare to neglect it, and did not ask the reason. He quickly pulled out more than 20 people from his outpost, including the sniper team.

His outpost originally had more than 140 people, but after yesterday's hard battle, more than 50 were killed or wounded, leaving only about 90 people. Pulling out 20 people was already the limit.

Wei Jichen led these 20 people and ran quickly to Hu Dianjia.

"Let's go, the Ming army can't hold on any longer. Marshal Nie sent an urgent order to let me lead people to support." Hu Dianjia said hurriedly, then raised his whip and rode forward.

"Hu Ying, can I go with you?" For some reason, Wei Jichen first thought of not Nie Shicheng, but the handsome Nie Rongcai, and couldn't help stretching his neck and asking loudly.

"You? Come together." Hu Dianjia replied from a distance. He also saw that Wei Jichen's position was very solid, so he agreed.

He was obviously anxious, riding first, and the soldiers followed closely behind him, and the whole team was filled with a tense atmosphere.

After Wei Jichen ordered Li Yunfei to take over his command, he picked up his rifle, jumped on his horse, and headed towards the Ming army's camp.

Since the Ming army's position was the main attack direction, I would go there to earn some merit points.

Wei Jichen raised the reins and urged: "Go!"

Ti Chi! Ti Chi!

Huh...

Wei Jichen's defensive position bordered the Ming army, so it didn't take long for him to catch up with his team, and then he ran forward without stopping.

In a moment, the Ming army's position was in sight!

As expected of the Japanese's main attack position, it was filled with smoke, sparks, and gunshots, accompanied by the rumbling sound of cannons.

Wei Jichen looked around and saw Japanese soldiers all over the mountains and plains, shouting and rushing forward. According to a rough estimate, there were no less than 500 Japanese soldiers.

The Chinese army hid in the trenches and fought back fiercely, but judging from the defensive posture of both sides, the Japanese still had the upper hand.

Although the Japanese suffered more casualties than the Ming Army as the attacking party, they were advancing steadily, constantly encroaching on the Ming Army's defensive position. When the Ming Army's position completely collapsed, the Japanese would win.

Wei Jichen suddenly saw a large group of people gathered in the trench in front of him. He couldn't help but pull the reins to stop the restless army horse, then jumped down and walked over quickly.

When he got closer, Wei Jichen couldn't help but feel shocked. The coach was injured.

Nie Shicheng was seen lying in the arms of two soldiers, his face as pale as snow, and his arm was wrapped with gauze, but the blood had dyed the gauze red.

Nie Cairong was sitting in front of Nie Shicheng, holding his arm with a string of tears hanging on his face.

Hu Dianjia was on the side and urged anxiously: "Shuai Nie, you go down and rest for a while. With me waiting here, the Japanese will definitely not be able to break the defensive line."

Nie Shicheng coughed lightly and said in a loud voice: "This small injury is nothing to me. If I hadn't arrived in time, this position would have been lost. Now it is still in danger. How can I I can feel at ease.”

Seeing Nie Shicheng's resolute attitude, Feng Guozhang had to change his attention and said: "Nie Shuai, how should we deal with this person?"

He pointed to a general kneeling next to him.

Wei Jichen looked carefully and saw that the battalion officer with a bloodless face and kneeling tremblingly was Ye Liuyun, wasn't he?

"Commander Nie, have mercy on me, Commander Nie, have mercy on me!" Ye Liuyun had been kneeling quietly, not daring to make the slightest sound. He was afraid of attracting other people's attention. As long as he waited until Liu Shengxiu arrived, he could escape with his life. In the end, there was no escape.

Nie Shicheng looked at Ye Liuyun with his tiger eyes, unable to hide the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Why do these people who are greedy for life and afraid of death still stay? I had a military order before the war. Those who are afraid of absconding from the enemy will be killed without mercy."

When he arrived just now, Ye Liuyun had brought several soldiers and was preparing to escape.

If Nie Shicheng had not personally led his troops to kill the enemy, stabilize the morale of the army, shout loudly, fight bravely to stabilize the situation, the front line would have been broken by the Japanese.

Nie Shicheng was also injured because of this, and one can imagine the anger in his heart.

As soon as Nie Shicheng finished speaking, the two sergeants from the battalion office ignored Ye Liuyun who kept kowtowing. Instead, they stepped forward and grabbed him, pulling him back.

Soon after, a gunshot was heard.