mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 270 One word can retreat one hundred thousand soldiers

The train from Seoul to Jemulpo was packed with people.

But there were no ordinary passengers, and this tram was carrying a Japanese army squadron with live ammunition.

Outside the tram, two daring snot-nosed kids with high skills pulled on the window of the back door, stepped on the steps of the back door, and hung on the tram.

Because there is a certain distance, the tram track and the train track are parallel, so this behavior is very dangerous.

A Japanese soldier saw the snot-nosed baby's smug face and yelled through the window, "Baga, hurry down."

Another Japanese soldier said: "You stupid and dirty children, when the train comes, you will die miserably."

Not only were the two snot-nosed babies unafraid, they stuck out their tongues at them through the car window to make faces.

Simply, this tram did not intersect with the train.

These two snot-nosed babies have done this before, and the speed of the tram and train is not fast, so they are very courageous.

When the train arrived at Jimulpo, the hands of the two snot-nosed babies were a little numb from scratching.

Jumping out of the car, I didn't care about moving my hands and feet to let the blood flow, and ran away.

……

Martial law by the Japanese army was limited.

At least the streets are still bustling.

The snot dolls at the pier are rotated every day.

This is a good job, because Mr. Zhao goes ashore from time to time, there are always benefits to be gained from doing things for him, and Zhao Chuanxin's move is rich enough for them, and at the worst, he will bring them a good meal.

"Xiao Rong'er ate the scones bought by Mr. Zhao yesterday. When they just came out of the kiln, they were crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, steaming hot, and delicious."

"What is this? Mr. Zhao also said that the workhouse will take us in, so that we will have a place to live and food every day in the future."

"Will Mr. Zhao come today? Don't let it be our turn, Mr. Zhao won't come ashore."

"It will come, I'm always lucky."

Just as Zhao Chuanxin was talking, Zhao Chuanxin boarded the pier.

In the whole world, the easiest thing to buy is children.

A piece of candy, a piece of meat, a bowl of soup, a piece of pancake, or even just a word of encouragement, they can go through fire and water.

It doesn't get any cheaper than this.

The two children were indeed lucky today. Zhao Chuanxin asked after he landed: "What's going on, tell me?"

"Mr. Zhao, a man named Li Xiuji was captured by the Japanese."

"Do you know where you caught it?"

"He was taken to Kaihua Island, where the Japanese troops were stationed."

Zhao Chuanxin's secrecy work was meticulous, he didn't tell anyone about Zhanshen Island, he just asked everyone to come to Jimulpo, and then his pervasive "eyes and ears" could find them.

The reception work is carried out in an orderly manner these days, and various tricks of deception emerge in endlessly.

He wasn't afraid that Li Xiuji would reveal anything to the Japanese army, because Li Xiuji didn't know anything.

Li Xiuji is a person who can be said to be big or small.

It doesn't matter whether he is saved or not, but Zhao Chuanxin wants to play a trick of "buying horse bones with thousands of dollars" like the Japanese army this time, and show off his muscles in the God of War team and the volunteer group represented by Li Xiuji.

Zhao Chuanxin sat on the pier, waiting for the God of War team to arrive.

He asked a child next to him with sores on his face: "What's wrong with your face?"

"Mr. Zhao, my face is frozen in winter."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded, and had an extra bottle of "Shiseido" cream in his hand, and handed it to the child: "This is the skin care product for the little devil. You can rub some on your face every morning after washing, and it may be cured."

This is an ancient brand that appeared in the last century, but the research on "cosmeceuticals" is a matter of this century.

Moreover, it does not belong to the scope of "daily chemical", it is a skin care product blended with Chinese herbal medicine.

The snot-nosed baby held the exquisite small iron box in the palm of his hand, feeling extremely rare.

His little friend winked, and the two of them opened the box, and one of them used a dirty fingertip to carefully dab some on his equally dirty face.

In fact, people who have never wiped this thing will find it uncomfortable to stick the oil on the face.

But as long as you look at the exquisite and beautiful small iron box, and the pattern of a woman with narrow and long eyes drawn on it, a high-end feeling emerges spontaneously, and your face doesn't feel uncomfortable.

The other child seemed to feel that his companion had benefited, but he was still empty-handed, so he was a little depressed.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a small book that he found by scanning the goods in the Lantern House. Inside the book was a thin piece of peony petals that had lost moisture as a bookmark. He didn't know which spring the dried flower came from.

In this way, both of them are smiling, have something to compare with each other, and discuss how to show off the reward in front of other snot-nosed babies.

Not long after, members of the God of War team circled the sea and came to this small pier with oars.

After going ashore, they quietly went to an inconspicuous place nearby, or squatted or stood, trying not to show their sharpness.

After waiting for the boats to send the people away, Zhao Chuanxin got up and patted the heads of the two snot-nosed children: "You guys are playing here, I'm leaving."

He beckoned, and hundreds of people emerged from the corner one after another, standing in front of him silently.

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Sheng Lie, you will lead the team to ambush at the entrance and exit of Kaihua Island in a while. I will pick up people. If the Japanese army chases them, cut them down!"

Park Shengyeol nodded, turned his head and said to the members: "Did you hear that, this is our God of War team, and it's the first time to show our face in front of the people of Korea. Who the hell dares to delay and embarrass the God of War team, don't blame me for being rude."

Seeing the prudent but not fearful faces, Zhao Chuanxin nodded: "Okay, I'll take a step first. You will divide into several groups and arrive one after another. Try not to attract the attention of the Japanese army."

Going to Kaihua Island, passing through the bustling streets of Jemulpo, Zhao Chuanxin changed his clothes several times, sometimes wearing traditional Korean white shirts, sometimes wearing suits and leather shoes, and occasionally wearing long gowns and gowns from the Qing Dynasty.

The Gwangjin Fish Market, full of fishy smell, and the train Fuyu Station under construction, Zhao Chuanxin went around and went to Kaihua Island.

Kaihua Island has coal and copper mines, and will become a heavy industry center in the later stage.But at this time, it is only the first clues, mainly developed by the Japanese, as a military garrison.

There is a landmark building here - Kaihua Symbol Tower.

This tower is a typical wooden structure lighthouse of Bangzi, which can be traced back to the Silla period.

Later, it was reinforced several times and increased to three floors.

I don't know how many ships have been guided to the port safely in the long years.

After a long period of wind and rain, he became a survivor in the torrent of history.Standing on the golden sandy beach on the east coast, it is low-key but cannot be ignored.

Zhao Chuanxin boarded the lighthouse, and there was a lot of dust inside, obviously it had lost its original function for a long time.

From the lighthouse, Zhao Chuanxin took a rough look at the terrain.

There are not only Japanese military garrisons here, but also villages of local Korean people.

In this village, every household is drying painted wood carvings at the door, and the air is filled with the natural sour smell of lacquer.

Zhao Chuanxin stole the armory and stole the experience.

Of course he didn't know where Li Xiuji was taken, but he spotted the Japanese army's arsenal at a glance.

Japan is mountainous and forested, and their buildings are usually made of wood, which is very easy to catch fire.

Therefore, since the era of thermal weapons, their awareness of fire prevention is particularly important.

First of all, the armory is definitely very low-key, without any features, it looks unremarkable.There are no large windows to allow direct sunlight, but there must be vents.Buildings are generally double-storey buildings, also for fire protection.

Where the arsenal is located, multiple fire barriers are usually set up by taking advantage of the difference in terrain height.

Generally, there are not many defenders, because too many will clearly tell the enemy that this place is very important.

When they invaded China, they also built a lot of underground military facilities, with vents, fire-fighting facilities and escape routes all available, roughly following this idea.

Various characteristics made Zhao Chuanxin discover this arsenal at a glance.

Zhao Chuanxin grinned: It happens that there are more people and less weapons, so we can replenish the ammunition again.

Then, temporarily forgetting Li Xiuji, he sneaked into the back of the Japanese arsenal...

Lee Soo Ji is tough.

The Japanese interrogated him why he was looking for Zhao Chuanxin, and he said bluntly: "It's not for anything else, just because he admires him to stand up for his compatriots and resist public enmity, so happy."

This public enmity is naturally the Japanese.

Therefore, the interrogator was furious, slapped the table and said, "Do you know where you are?"

"Hehe, I, Li Xiuji, dare to say that even in front of your emperor."

"Hmph, do you know where Zhao Chuanxin is? Do you have any accomplices?"

"I don't know, and I don't have any followers. It's just because I personally admire it, so I'm looking around."

"If you don't eat a toast, you'll be punished. Come and punish me!"

The methods of punishment are simple and crude. One is to be hung up and flogged, and the other is to water torture with a silk bag dipped in water.

Li Xiuji gritted his teeth, but he had no accomplices, and he didn't know where Zhao Chuanxin was.

However, he was also in pain, blushing and shouting thickly: "I refuse to accept it, I want to appeal, you are abusing lynching!"

The interrogator seemed to be looking at a fool: "What you are going to contact is the number one public enemy of our Great Japanese Empire. He has never given us a chance to appeal."

Li Xiuji: "..."

He was silently speechless.

At this moment, chaos broke out outside the interrogation room.

The chaos was loud, and the urgency of the situation made them ignore the fact that the prisoners were still being interrogated.

"Someone stole the armory."

"Someone called in."

The interrogator frowned and glanced at Li Xiuji who was hung up. The interrogation was interrupted, and the effect was greatly reduced, which would give the prisoner time to rethink and construct a lie.

He left the interrogation room without saying a word, grabbed someone and asked, "What happened?"

"I don't know. I heard that when someone went to the arsenal to get a weapon, they found that the arsenal was empty."

"Hey, can't you keep your voice down? I'm interrogating prisoners."

"You may not know the seriousness of the matter. The more than [-] people in Jimulpo's reserve team have no weapons and ammunition. If there is an enemy attack, do you want us to fight with leather whips and silk bags dipped in water?"

"Ah this..."

Just as he was talking, gunshots rang out suddenly.

The complexion of the two changed suddenly.

In the interrogation room, Li Xiuji also heard gunshots from outside through the thick walls.

In fact, he was already desperate, and it was a great gift for him to get a normal trial.

Hearing the gunshots didn't cheer him up.

It's just that the gunshots gradually became louder, piercing through the thick walls, and the sound echoed muffled in the interrogation room.

Suddenly, the interrogation room was pushed away.

Li Xiuji narrowed his sealed eyes and looked at him.

He was a little short-sighted, and at this moment, he didn't know where the glasses had been discarded.

I just vaguely saw a tall figure slowly emerging under the dim electric light.

His spirit was in a trance, until he heard a familiar, cynical, and reassuring voice.

"Grass, so you are here."

Zhao Chuanxin kicked away the shiny interrogation chair worn by his buttocks, took out the elf carving knife, his wrist shook steadily, and the knife tip cut across the rope with precision.

Li Xiuji's legs were weak, and he couldn't support his body, so he knelt down suddenly.

Zhao Chuanxin took a step back: "I'll thank Lord Long En when I get out, come with me now, don't wait for me to help you, it's disgusting to be bloody and muddy."

The corners of Li Xiuji's mouth grinned, Zhao Chuanxin's tone was unmistakable.

This shows that I am not dreaming because I was beaten and confused.

"Miao...Mr. Zhao, I really didn't expect that you would break into the Japanese army base to rescue me."

Zhao Chuanxin didn't talk nonsense, and walked out of the interrogation room first.

When Li Xiuji went out, he saw a Japanese man tied up next to the door, looking at Zhao Chuanxin with hatred.

He said, "Now that you have found someone, can you let me go?"

Zhao Chuanxin imitated the Japanese's hypocritical and solemn appearance, nodded slightly with a stern face, and then said: "You are a Japanese, you are very bad. I, Zhao Chuanxin, I am sorry today. Because, I will break my promise .”

He raised his hand and shot.

To death, the Japanese had an expression of astonishment on his face.

Li Xiuji: "..."

A man with lofty ideals who is generous and elegiac like him will never be able to do something like Zhao Chuanxin.

In the enemy's lair, there is still such a joke, maybe no one else in the world can do it except him, Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin packed some sand in the secret realm.

At this time, he held the gun with one hand, and put on a mud trowel in his left hand, mixed out the sand, condensed a stone wall, and pushed it towards the stairs.

Even though he was short-sighted, Li Xiuji was still stunned by this move.

There were guards rushing up ahead, and they fought fiercely with Zhao Chuanxin at the stairs.

Li Xiuji was behind Zhao Chuanxin, listening to the fierce impact of bullets hitting the rock, his heart beat violently.

He has courage, but after witnessing a serious war today, he found that this courage is not much.

When a shuttle of bullets empties, the Japanese soldiers in front will either die, or hide themselves and dare not show their heads.

Zhao Chuanxin boldly pushed it straight, and shouted: "I am Zhao Chuanxin outside the customs, who dares to fight to the death with a certain one?"

The arrogant voice is approaching, and the Japanese soldiers are under great pressure.

After looking at each other, someone said, "Let's get out first..."

They don't lack the courage to fight to the death, but they have to divide their opponents.

If they were in line with a group of Russian soldiers, they even dared to fight bayonets head-on.

But in the small group battle, facing the legendary Zhao Chuanxin, it was purely one-sided death.

Therefore, Li Xiuji saw a shocking scene.

He is familiar with "Three Kingdoms", and the most exciting part is not Zhuge Liang's tongue-in-cheek battle with Confucians, but Zhang Sanye on the Dangyang Bridge who shouted back [-] Cao soldiers.

Today, he saw that Zhao Chuanxin drove off the Japanese army intercepting him just by "I am Zhao Chuanxin".

This kind of boldness made his hair stand on end and his skin got goosebumps.

Zhao Chuanxin accepted Shiqiang: "Go, let's go out first."

Outside the building, there were Japanese soldiers intercepting them. They used bags filled with sand as cover, and waited for Zhao Chuanxin to come out.

Zhao Chuanxin took a look with his eyes and took out the Krupp 75 field gun.

In the hall of the building, he first took out the field gun, and then surrounded the gun barrel with a stone wall to resist bullets, because the Krupp 75-caliber field gun at this time had not yet installed a bullet baffle.

Slowly adjust the angle of the field gun and load the shells.

boom……

Li Xiuji covered his ears, and white smoke was all in front of his eyes.

The high-explosive shells of the field artillery were triggered by contact seals. When they collided with the Japanese bunker, as the flames flared, the shock wave pushed away the sack, and the fragments of the warhead splashed, causing all the surrounding Japanese troops to suffer.

The flame retardation effect it produced also ignited the dry sack pieces, causing a small spark.

Zhao Chuanxin opened the back hall, took out the shell casing and threw it aside, and fell on the marble floor, making a pleasant clanging sound.

The bullet casing bounced at Li Xiuji's feet, and he looked down, his brain buzzing.

It turns out... this is called war!

Zhao Chuanxin stuffed another shell, reloading it as quickly as possible, and adjusted the angle a little.

boom……

Two shells passed, and the Japanese soldiers intercepted outside were either killed or injured.

Only a few escaped from the range of the explosion and ran away without looking back.

Waiting for the roar of artillery fire to gradually subside in the ears.

Zhao Chuanxin shouted to Li Xiuji: "Follow me, or don't blame me if you die."

Li Xiuji followed step by step, so naturally he didn't dare to stay away.

He saw the broken limbs outside, flesh and blood flying everywhere, his chest was churning violently, and he tried his best to hold back the desire to vomit.

Looking at Zhao Chuanxin again, he seemed to have been used to it for a long time. He took out his cigar, lit it in the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and took a puff.

Thanks to Zhao Chuanxin's advances in the Japanese army's arsenal, the Japanese reserve team was unarmed at this time, and they dared not come over to die at all.

Not many people were intercepted outside.

However, when he brought Li Xiuji to the ambush site of the God of War team.

The God of War team is fighting with a Japanese army that doesn't know where it came from.

The opponent used the French Hotchkiss heavy machine gun to suppress the firepower of the God of War team.

Zhao Chuanxin has played with many kinds of machine guns, and is very sensitive to the rhythm and gunshots of various machine guns, and can directly hear what kind of machine gun it is.

In the secret realm, he also has a Hotchkiss heavy machine gun eating ashes in the corner, which was seized from a French retired soldier in Fengtian.

Li Xiuji became nervous: "Mr. Zhao, give me a gun, and I can fight."

Zhao Chuanxin handed over a Mosin Nagant rifle loaded with bullets: "Take it and play."

Li Xiuji held the rifle in his hand, not knowing where to start.

He had only ever played with a revolver.

Zhao Chuanxin did not teach him how to use it, and took out the field cannon again.

It is far away from the heavy machine gun positions of the Japanese army, 1000 meters away.

It might be tricky to switch to another gunner.

The effective range of the Krupp 75-caliber field gun can reach 1 meters.

The theoretical accurate range of the high-explosive bomb is almost 3 kilometers away.

However, with the naked eye, people 3 kilometers away are like ants.Standing upright, throwing marbles at ants on the ground may not be able to hit them, let alone field artillery?
After Li Xiuji stumbled to load the rifle, seeing how far away he was, he stopped shooting. Even if he could shoot that far, he was not that accurate.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin "changed" into a field artillery again, he wiped the cold sweat off his brow: "Mr. Zhao, can this be hit?"

Zhao Chuanxin raised his head slightly, visually measured the distance and elevation angle, raised the field gun and moved it, and calibrated the trajectory of the field gun.

With a cigar in his mouth, he said calmly, "Please remove the 'what'."

Li Xiuji: "..."

Zhao Chuanxin fired.

boom!
The Japanese heavy machine gun positions burst into flames.

The heavy machine gun stopped abruptly.

Li Xiuji was dumbfounded: "..."

(End of this chapter)