Chapter 150: Relentless Pursuit

Wei Jichen brought his personal guards and became a fire brigade on the battlefield. He had to go to rescue wherever there was danger.

This was how he managed to hold the position, but if the situation continued, it would take only a few seconds for the Japanese to break through the position.

"General Wei, the brothers have suffered too many casualties and can't hold on. Damn it, the Japanese are too fierce." Jiang Guiti rushed to Wei Jichen in the hail of bullets and said anxiously.

Although he had something else to say, Wei Jichen knew that he wanted to ask if he could retreat.

"Brother Jiang, believe me, as long as we wait for my army to arrive, these Japanese will be wiped out." Wei Jichen had a reason not to retreat. Behind him was the Quzigou River.

The river was covered with explosives, and he must not fail, never!

Seeing that Wei Jichen was serious, Jiang Guiti gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will never take a step back no matter what."

As soon as Jiang Guiti finished speaking,

"No more fighting, no more fighting, I'm here to be a soldier and eat food, not to die." In the trench, a soldier suddenly screamed in fear, then threw down the rifle in his hand and ran to the back in panic.

"Fuck you, you dare to lose my face!" Jiang Guiti roared, picked up the rifle in his hand, raised it and shot him dead.

"Fuck you, who dares to take a step back without my order, I will make him die without a complete corpse, if you are a man, die gloriously in the hands of the Japanese, if you still want to die in my hands, I will make you a bad name for thousands of years, you should think about it carefully." Jiang Guiti's dissatisfaction for many days broke out at once, these bastards are not good at fighting, but they are good at running away.

In addition, Wei Jichen was watching beside him, and he felt that he had lost face in front of Wei Jichen.

Jiang Guiti's loud roar made the soldiers who were originally ready to move silent, and no one dared to retreat easily.

But Wei Jichen knew that Jiang Guiti's barbaric means could only suppress the enemy temporarily. Once the casualties of the soldiers were too great, they would eventually collapse.

"Brothers, kill the men!" Wei Jichen saw that the Japanese were already 20 or 30 meters away from the trench, so he jumped up and threw the grenade.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the personal guards threw them at the Japanese frantically.

Boom, boom.

The grenades exploded in the Japanese team, killing and injuring dozens of Japanese at once, and the Japanese offensive formation was frustrated.

A cheer suddenly came from the Guizi Army position.

The Japanese colonel Oki, who was commanding the attack from behind, frowned secretly. Where did this elite force come from? But it seemed that there were not many people.

"Your Excellency Colonel Oki, the brigade commander said that he had drunk half of his tea!" Nogi Maresuke's guards had come to Oki's side at some point and repeated Nogi Maresuke's words word for word.

"Please rest assured, Commander of the Brigade. I will definitely capture the position of the Katsura Army before he finishes his tea." Colonel Oki did not want to affect his image in Nogi Maresuke's eyes, so he replied without thinking.

He frowned and looked at the Katsura Army's position for a moment.

"Bypass the elite defense position of the Katsura Army, attack from the left wing, and increase the strength of two squadrons." Oki put down the telescope and said loudly.

"Hey!" The captain of his subordinates received the order and rushed down.

After giving the order, Oki rushed out of the command post, drew out the command knife, and shouted hoarsely: "Warriors of the Empire, the sea city is ahead. As long as you enter the sea city, China's women and China's wealth will become yours. Cut off the heads of the enemies blocking the front, charge!"

The fighting spirit of the Japanese was ignited by this sentence. One by one, their eyes glowed green, waving their rifles, shouting "kill, kill, kill", and swarmed up like locusts.

This time the momentum was even more amazing, and the soldiers of the Guizi Army all turned pale.

"General Wei! General Wei!" Zhang Meng rode over on a horse, and when he saw Wei Jichen, he started shouting from a distance.

Wei Jichen was delighted, turned around and asked loudly: "Is Pinqing ready?"

"Yes, General Wei, our army has arrived at the designated location. Wang Shizhen, that dog, is really good. He found an excellent artillery position in a moment, and it was well hidden. He told you that you can let the Japanese cross the river." Zhang Meng did not wait for the horse to stop, and then he did a beautiful pigeon flip, jumped down from it, and finished speaking in one breath without panting or blushing.

Jiang Guiti also saw Zhang Meng's arrival. Although he didn't understand his words very well, he knew that his Guizi Army could retreat.

"General Wei, can we retreat?" Seeing that the Japanese offensive was getting closer and closer, Jiang Guiti asked Wei Jichen anxiously.

Wei Jichen nodded and laughed, "I didn't expect the army to arrive half an hour earlier than I expected. Brother Jiang, order the whole army to retreat."

Jiang Guiti had been waiting impatiently for a long time. Hearing this, he stopped waiting and gave an order, and the horn of retreat sounded.

The Guizi Army soldiers who heard the order were stunned at first, and then they were very surprised.

"Go, the commander let them run away."

"Run, the Japanese are coming soon."

The Guizi Army soldiers in various parts of the trenches scattered in a hurry, and the chaos was like the end of the world. Not only did they turn around and run, but they also threw away their armor and weapons and ammunition all the way.

Not only did Wei Jichen look dumbfounded, but Jiang Guiti's old face was red enough to drip water. He didn't know where to put it, and cursed, "Damn it, I must train these guys well in a few days."

Wei Jichen didn't have time to listen to his chatter. He got on his horse, took a deep look at the Japanese who were following closely behind him, raised his whip, shouted, and turned back to run.

Oki, who was commanding the battle, smiled faintly when he saw this situation, and then looked happy. The time must have not yet come, and turned to his guards and said: "Go and report the good news to the brigade commander, and say that I, Oki, have completed my mission."

Before the guards moved, Nogi Nogori, who heard the movement, had already walked out on his own.

Seeing the Guizi Army fleeing hastily on the battlefield, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "A group of militiamen dared to block the pace of the imperial soldiers."

Oki raised his telescope with a smile on his lips and looked towards the Qing army's position. Suddenly his expression changed. It turned out that he saw a huge army coming from a distance across the Ququgou River and on the avenue.

The flags were spread out in all directions, the figures looked longingly, and the momentum was very great.

"Your Excellency, it seems that Wei Jichen's army is coming?" Oki's face darkened slightly and he pointed to the other side of the river.

Hearing this, Nogi Nogi raised his telescope and saw that although a large army was approaching from a distance, it was far away from the river bank.

"Is Wei Jichen finally here? Today I want to see if he is really powerful enough to control the empire's headquarters with applause. His legend will end in the hands of Nogi Nogi."

Nogi Nogi's face was flushed. The more powerful the opponent, the more excited he was and the more he felt a sense of accomplishment.

"Oki, you lead the vanguard to pursue the Guizi Army, stand up on the other side of the river and cover our army across the river. I will personally lead the army and arrive shortly afterwards. I want Wei Jichen to see with his own eyes how those Chinese soldiers were strangled by our army. Screaming." Nogi Hidenori didn't pause at all and immediately gave the order.

Oki saw that the soldiers of Katsuraji Army had fled above the river, and they were running away in a hurry. Due to the slippery ice, some people fell to the ground from time to time, and then continued to run away while rolling and crawling.

Some of his own soldiers had already caught up with the river. Seeing this, Oki no longer hesitated. If he waited until Wei Jichen's army arrived before crossing the river, it might cost a certain amount of money. After all, the river was too slippery to move forward.

"Hey Yi!" Oki lowered his head slightly, turned around and hurried forward to direct the forward team to cross the river.

On the river, Wei Jichen's horse raised its front hooves and almost slipped and fell on the ice.

Wei Jichen had no choice but to dismount and lead the horse forward. As he walked, he carefully looked inside the ice. Due to the heavy snowfall last night, the ice was first covered with snow and nothing could be seen.

Only where the men and horses passed by did some of the ice surface appear. Wei Jichen secretly checked and found out after much effort that there seemed to be light-colored explosive packets in the ice.

These explosive packets were wrapped in tarpaulin, and then the soldiers of the engineering team dug a small ice hole, buried it in the middle of the ice, and then covered it with crushed ice. When heavy snow fell on it again, everything was covered up.

Even Wei Jichen, who knew the inside story, found out the mystery with great effort. However, none of the Guizi soldiers who fled in a hurry noticed these foreign objects.

Presumably the Japanese who were eager to cross the river would not notice it. In this way, Wei Jichen felt reassured and his steps became much lighter.

Jiang Guiti, who was running next to Wei Jichen, said with some annoyance: "Shuai Wei, if our Gui Zi Army can resist for a while longer, when your army reaches the river bank, the Japanese will have to pay a price if they want to cross the river again. . Alas, the Japanese are chasing after them, and Wei Shuai’s army is still far away. I’m afraid our army won’t arrive until they gain a foothold on the river bank.”

Wei Jichen thought to himself: I am afraid that he and I will attack each other with cannons across the Qugou River. Let a small part of his army cross the river first, which is exactly what I want.

Of course, he said: "It doesn't matter, I will defeat Nogi Nogi Nogi head-on today."

Not long after, except for some unlucky ones who were overtaken by the Japanese, all the Gui Zi army crossed the river. After seeing their own army, they fled in droves.

Oki led the vanguard across the river and pursued them for a distance until they were almost within the rifle range of Wei Jichen's army. Then he calmly retreated and stood guard on the river bank to cover Nogi Nogi Hunseong. Most of the brigade crossed the river.

"Wei Jichen was able to keep his composure. He moved forward slowly and without any hesitation. The formation was not chaotic at all. It's a pity that you came a little late." After Oki led the army to provoke him, he found that Wei Jichen's army ignored him. I couldn't help but say in my heart.

"Let the brigade commander lead the Chinese army across the river. With me, Oki, guarding this place, Wei Jichen can't even think about taking a step forward." Colonel Oki said to the signal soldiers with confidence.