Super Dictator

After dark, the 17th Regiment, which was pretending to attack Saiki Castle, also stopped attacking. Sato Masaru was very dissatisfied with his job and strongly requested Osako Shoatoshi to transfer him to the front line of Elm Castle.

It is said that Takeru Yamamura attacked Elm Castle last night and eventually returned with a broken army. He was so ashamed that he committed suicide by caesarean section.

This made Sato Masaru more interested in Wei Jichen, thinking that his 17th Regiment, as the vanguard of the invasion of China, had been winning consecutive battles and was invincible and unbeatable.

"Your Excellency Colonel, there seems to be some strange movement among the Qing troops in the city!" Captain Zheng Shizhen walked in and reported to him softly.

"Oh, what happened to the Qing army in the city?" Sato Masa became interested, sat up straight, looked at him and asked.

"It seems to be moving around, and the specific actions are unknown." Zheng Shizhen said with a slight bow.

Sato frowned and said, "Feng Sheng'a has always been timid and afraid of death. When we weren't looking for him, he was already burning incense and praying to Buddha. He was secretly happy. I didn't expect him to have the guts to come and cause trouble for us."

Zheng Shizhen nodded and said with a smile: "Maybe I am too worried. The Qing troops in the city may be mobilized normally."

"Well!" Sato stood up with a smile and said: "Anyway, be more careful, there is no chance that there are troops in the city who want to support Elm Castle."

"Is there any new progress in the Imperial Japanese Army over at Elm Castle?" Sato Masa paused and asked again.

Zheng Shizhen thought for a while and replied: "I heard that the enemy's second line of defense has been broken through, but our casualties are also heavy."

Sato Masa asked in disbelief: "Is that Wei Jichen really so powerful?"

Zheng Shizhen said solemnly: "This person is the strongest opponent our 3rd Division has encountered since it entered China."

"I hope I can fight him if I have the chance, but unfortunately he is destined to have no chance this time." Sato Masaru said with confidence. The city was surrounded on all sides, and even if he, Wei Jichen, had wings, he would not be able to escape.

In Ximu City, all the armies were ready to retreat, but Ma Jinxu's Yi army still stayed on its defensive front without any movement.

Ma Jinxu had already sent someone to deliver a letter to Wei Jichen, but it was estimated that by the time Wei Jichen got the news, Fengsheng'a would be gone.

Feng Sheng'a was fully clothed and surrounded by soldiers. When he rode past the west gate of the city, he couldn't help but take a final look in the direction of the government office with some regret.

There were several young and beautiful singers there, but unfortunately they were running away this time, so he had no choice but to leave them behind.

Forget it, women are like clothes. You can buy new beautiful ones wherever you go. Feng Sheng'a gathered his mood, turned around and said to the people waiting for his order.

"Set off!"

Even if Feng Sheng'a retreats, he will not stay in his own army and finally retreat. He led his own troops to take the first step and handed over the other troops to Nie Guilin.

Soon after Feng Sheng'a escaped from the city gate, the city began to boil. Nie Guilin commanded the army to rush towards the city gate, and for a while there was a flood of people.

Nie Guilin also ordered not to light torches. In this way, after everyone heard about the retreat, they were afraid that they would be overtaken by the Japanese at the end, so everyone rushed towards the city gate like a swarm. People came and went, and some were knocked down. If I stand, I will never get up again.

At the gate of this small city, the Chinese army trampled on each other, and dozens of people were crushed to pieces. It was jaw-dropping and speechless.

"Get out of my way." Nie Guilin was riding a horse, his head covered with sweat. The development of the situation seemed to be beyond his control. He was actually separated from his own soldiers by the crowd.

Nie Guilin looked at the chaotic city gate and had no choice but to raise his dagger and stab the horse's butt hard. The horse was stimulated by this and immediately neighed wildly and ran forward crazily.

Boom, boom!

"ah!"

"My feet!"

In the darkness, countless figures were knocked out by his horses. Nie Guilin tried his best to escape from the city gate. He glanced back with lingering fear, raised his whip without hesitation, and followed quickly. Feng Sheng'a fled forward alone.

As a result, the number of generals in Ximu City who can command these troops and horses has been reduced to two out of three. The remaining one, Ma Jinxu, of course has no time to take care of him. He also needs to contact Wei Jichen and the two armies can break out of the encirclement together.

The rest are just some shrimps and millet, and they can't control the situation at all. When these people saw it, those who had horses rode on horses, and those who didn't had horses quickly grabbed the horses. In short, they used all kinds of martial arts and brought their own soldiers, like a bereaved dog. , fled in panic.

Nearly three thousand soldiers were disintegrated into pieces without any order, forming a group of broken soldiers, crying for their fathers and mothers and running towards the main road.

It was originally a premeditated retreat, but Feng Sheng'a didn't make the order clear. Some soldiers who didn't know the situation thought that the city gate had been breached by the Japanese and that the Japanese were chasing after them. Especially since no one came forward to explain to them what happened here. everything of.

The speed of the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who ran away was really impressive, leaving a lot of disabled people groaning on the ground.

The Japanese spies soon reported the situation to Sato Masaru.

After receiving the news, Sato Masaru was stunned for a long time and was speechless. The battle was going well during the day, but why did the Chinese seem to abandon the city and flee at night?

"What's going on with Ma Jinxu's Yijun?" Sato Zheng didn't dare to jump to conclusions, especially if it was unclear at night, the information might be wrong.

"There is no movement at Yijun's defense line, and there are still soldiers patrolling back and forth." The spy replied dutifully.

what's the situation? Sato was becoming more and more confused.

"That is to say, the Qing army in the west of the city seems to be escaping, but the Yi army opposite us is normal." Sato Zheng analyzed slowly.

Then he slammed the table hard as if he suddenly realized it, and said: "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, I actually underestimated Fengsheng'a opposite. It must have been Ma Jinxu who gave him some advice. A part of the Qing army in the city pretended to escape, luring our army to pursue it, and then Encircle our army together with Yijun. Humph, I, Sato Masaru, am not easily deceived. No matter what the Qing army does tonight, don't worry about it. According to the battle plan of the division staff, we are just here to pretend to attack Ximu City. Yes, don’t be greedy for success.”

The captain of the team next to him, Zheng Shizhen, also had his eyes lit up and said in admiration: "Qing people just like to play some intrigues and tricks. Unfortunately, I didn't expect that your Excellency Colonel was superior in skills and did not fall into the trap. I am very impressed by my subordinates."

Sato was taking out a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War from the table and said with a smile: "Some things from the Chinese are still very useful."

In the Elm Fort, Wei Jichen's face was very gloomy. The signal corps sent by Ma Jinxu had already told him the news.

Fengsheng'a, this old man, can be such a bastard. It would be much easier if the two armies supported each other and retreated at the same time. Now Fengsheng'a leads the army and escapes first, but he regards Wei Zijun as an abandoned son, and he has no choice but to The abandoned son who worked hard for him.

If I can get out alive this time, I will never spare you, an old man like you, Wei Jichen cursed secretly in his heart.

According to the time calculation, Fengsheng'a should have taken action at this time. Wei Jichen was lucky and hoped that Guitaro would mobilize the army to chase him.

After calling the sergeant who was sentrying at the front of the position and asking about it, he was disappointed to learn that the enemy had not taken any action.

All conspiracies and tricks are heretical. Let you see the true strength of Wei Zijun. Wei Jichen shook his hand and no longer had hope for anyone.

"When did your master say we would break out of the encirclement?" Wei Jichen was very grateful to Ma Jinxu who sent people to report the news again and again and refused to abandon his army and escape alone.

"My lord means that the faster the better. I have brought fireworks as a signal. Once you lead your troops to break through, I will light the signal. My lord has been sending people to pay attention here. Once the signal is discovered, troops will be sent to follow. In the end, the two The entire army met on the main road and retreated to Haicheng." The signal soldier took out the fireworks and told Ma Jinxu's plan.

"Tonight, let us Wei Zijun and Yijun unite and rush to Haicheng." Wei Jichen no longer waits until Zishi. If the Japanese confirm the news of Feng Sheng'a's retreat, they will definitely be on guard everywhere, and they will be lost by then. the possibility of a sneak attack.

Although the Japanese soldiers may not have fallen asleep yet, they can no longer control that much. It is best to take action as soon as possible before the Japanese understand the situation.

Fortunately, everything in his army is ready.

Wei Jichen walked out of the door and learned that the generals who had advanced the attack were ready and waiting for his order.

Huzi led two hundred soldiers as the vanguard, standing motionless at the front. What is amazing is that these soldiers are all wearing Japanese military uniforms. If it were not for the white towel tied on the left side of his arm, the night would have been completely different. There is no enemy or friend.

When Wei Jichen saw the swelling around the waists of those soldiers, he couldn't help but smile with relief. They were all filled with grenades. As an assault forward, how could Wei Jichen not take more care of them.

Wei Jichen walked up to Hu Zi, looked at the old subordinate who had been following him, and patted his shoulder wordlessly. There was no need for any words to express between them, everything was in silence.

"Let's go!" Wei Jichen said softly.

Huzi gave a serious military salute, then raised his hand, and the two hundred soldiers acting as the vanguard quickly ran forward.

Following closely behind the vanguard was Ma Yucuo's Yijun. Ma Yucuo also gave a solemn military salute to Wei Jichen, then waved his hand, and the three sentry troops silently followed the vanguard.

Yijun also has two sentinel cavalry commanded by Zhang Zuolin. The center serves as a mobile unit and can quickly support the front and rear.

Li Yunfei, Mengzi, and Zhang Zuolin silently saluted Wei Jichen one after another, and then quickly dispatched.

"Lao Cheng, it will be our turn to leave soon. When gunshots ring out in front, it's time for us to take action." Wei Jichen found that only those who had been cut off from the rear were left here, as well as Wang Shizhen's artillery brigade.

At the position of the 7th Japanese Infantry Regiment, most of the Japanese soldiers were lying in the trenches to rest out of boredom. Only groups of patrols passed by inside and outside the trenches from time to time.

"When do you think we can break through the Qing army's position on the opposite side?" A patrolling soldier asked, looking for words.

"Who knew, the army on the opposite side, worthy of the god of death, Wei Jichen, could withstand the attack of our Imperial Japanese Army for two days and one night. If the other Qing armies were there, they would have collapsed." Another little Jaap replied helplessly.

"Well, as long as we survive this battle."

The patrolling soldiers gradually faded away, and their voices slowly disappeared into the night sky.