Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 26: Stand Alone Against the Enemy
May 14, 1935, Pucheng.

Location: Pucheng, a small county town in the Fujian area.

Event: Warlord Cao Ying is about to massacre Pucheng!
In Pucheng, Wang Yi went to the Tieniu Noodle Restaurant near the county gate to check in as usual. The reason was simple: the Tieniu beef noodles made by the owner Tieniu were really delicious.

As for Wang Yi, who saved his life, the lives of his cousin and a group of students, his boss Tie Niu also repaid him with the utmost sincerity.

They would always reserve a table by the window for Wang Yi in the store. Every time Wang Yi came to eat, they would always add enough ingredients and increase the portion, but they would only charge Wang Yi for a normal portion.

If possible, he didn't even want to take the money from Wang Yi, but Wang Yi insisted on giving it to him, and he had no choice. After all, with Wang Yi's means, he could send the money to any place on his body.

Compared to the helplessness of the boss Tie Niu, the cousin who was taken in by him and the students he brought with him welcomed Wang Yi. For these students who had suffered from the war at a young age, Wang Yi was just like the heroes in the vernacular novels and storytellers, who was chivalrous, skillful, and could even catch bullets. To these children, he was a legend.

Wang Yi was also very happy looking at these energetic children.

'The world is ours, and yours, but ultimately, it will be yours.'

The children were full of vigor and their eyes were full of curiosity about everything. They kept pestering him and asking all kinds of fantastic questions. Wang Yi understood the weight of these words and how much expectation these words had for young people.

Thinking of this and looking at the eyes of these children, Wang Yi knew that his coming to this era was meaningful.

'call out! ’

The sound of breaking air broke the slightly lively daytime, followed by two deafening explosions that shocked the people in Pucheng.

Less than a moment after the explosion, the people of Pucheng who had reacted began to flee in all directions.

"Cao's army! It's Cao Ying's army coming! Mother, run!"

Chaotic and flurry of voices and footsteps were heard on the streets of Pucheng, while Wang Yi drank the noodle soup in the bowl slowly, then stood up and looked at the boss Tie Niu and the female teacher Bai Ling who were protecting the children at this time.

"Just take care of the children. They are the future of this country. Leave the rest to me." Looking at the female teacher Bai Ling who was hesitant to speak, he turned his gaze to the students who were also in a panic because of the sound of artillery fire, but who had hopeful eyes for Wang Yi.

"When my brother was walking outside, he heard a gentleman say this: We scholars should study for the rise of China. I hope you remember this sentence. The world will change. It will become something we never imagined. I hope you can study hard with Teacher Bai, and don't let your children in the future encounter things like Cao Ying."

Wang Yi spoke in a soft voice, not caring at all about Cao Ying who was so close outside Pucheng.

He couldn't give these children too many big truths. Having lived in this world for fourteen years, he already understood that in this world, most of these educated children were precocious. They might not understand what he said now, but as they grow older, they will understand more and more why Wang Yi said this.

These words will also plant a seed in the hearts of these children, which will take root, sprout, and grow into a towering tree in the near future.

After saying that, Wang Yi turned and walked out of the noodle shop. He seemed to remember something, and five copper coins flew out of his arms and fell on the table one by one.
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Outside Pucheng, warlord Cao Ying's troops had already assembled. Looking at the blockhouse at the Pucheng gate that was destroyed by his two artillery shells, Cao Ying seemed somewhat proud.

Pucheng is a small county town. It does not have such things as moats or city walls. The only watchtower was built by Mr. Liu, a wealthy man in Pucheng.

But this blockhouse is really useless in the face of artillery bombardment.

Cao Ying looked at his own work and felt very proud.

Although I know that Zhang Yi and the alien next to him will not lie to me, the young alien named Wang Yi is very powerful and can catch bullets. But he has tens of thousands of people, thousands of guns, and five mortars. No matter how powerful you are, you are still a person. You can hide, but can't the people of this county behind you? I really don't believe that you are a heartless guy.

Cao Ying thought he had grasped Wang Yi's psychology. A young man of his age, and an extraordinary master, thought that all these were empty things of chivalry. As long as he grasped this point, it didn't matter whether Wang Yi could block bullets or artillery shells, he would become Cao Ying's prisoner!
It was a good idea, but Wang Yi had given up this fantasy a long time ago, so Cao Ying's idea was doomed to fail.

Wang Yi appeared at the foot of the burning blockhouse.

There was clearly only one person walking there, but it made people feel like there were thousands of troops behind Wang Yi.

Seeing Wang Yi appear, Cao Ying immediately raised his hand to signal, and everyone, including Zhang Yi, ordered their soldiers to raise their guns and aim at Wang Yi.

At a distance of about a hundred meters, even if his shooting skills were not accurate, with so many bullets fired at once, there would always be a place where Wang Yi could not escape.

Seeing Wang Yi's actions, Zhang Yi, the traitor who had made up his mind to stab Cao Ying together with Wang Yi, felt nervous.

Because Wang Yi never plays by the rules!

It was fine to break into the enemy camp alone before, but now you have to fight against thousands of troops alone? Are young people so fierce now? If you put Cao Ying in, it would be better to use the terrain advantage of Pucheng to assassinate than to challenge the army in the open terrain like now.

Although the army was made up of ruffians and bandits, they were familiar with aiming their guns and shooting to kill people, not to mention the courage that came from their numerical advantage.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi's heart was also hanging in the air.

"Are you Wang Yi? I really can't tell what methods you have."

Cao Ying looked at the young man standing a hundred meters away, thinking of what Zhang Yi and another extraordinary expert said before, and what the soldiers said, he was half-believing and half-doubting. There was no other reason, he was too young, too young to be an expert.

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. Just like I didn't expect that Cao Ying, the dog warlord who established his authority by killing people and raised a son who was addicted to killing people, would be an unattractive middle-aged man."

Wang Yi responded loudly.

"Oh, you have a sharp tongue. I'll give you a chance. Bring my son out and let him work under me. Otherwise, I will kill everyone in Pucheng!"

Ha, Wang Yi didn’t expect this kind of development, so he lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked back.

"I have a question. Even if I bring your son out, are you really confident that I will work under you? No, you shouldn't be a fool."

This is the good thing about being an alien. You don't need a big speaker to talk to others even if they are a hundred meters away. You can just breathe out and speak like a human megaphone. Wang Yi's voice was so loud that even the soldiers aiming their guns could feel the real doubtful tone in Wang Yi's words, which made them unable to hold back even when they were aiming their guns.

"Damn it! Let go!"

Being mocked by Wang Yi in such an ironic tone, Cao Ying could no longer bear it and gave an order.

The troops who had been on standby would naturally not disobey orders, and Zhang Yi had no choice. Hundreds of soldiers formed a formation of three in front and three in back, following the steps of their usual drills. In a moment, more than a thousand bullets were fired at Wang Yi.
Of course, it is impossible for all these more than a thousand bullets to be fired at Wang Yi alone. This is unrealistic, but at least hundreds of bullets were distributed to Wang Yi's area.

However, Wang Yi had made preparations early on. The invisible true Qi representing the human body's magnetic field was activated, forming a force field with a radius of three meters around Wang Yi.

All bullets fired into the area where Wang Yi was located began to have their force absorbed and transferred as they entered the range of this force field. As a result, the bullets, which were usually invisible to the naked eye, became visible in full view of everyone and moved in Wang Yi's force field along incomprehensible trajectories.

This scene, which shocked Zhang Yi and a group of soldiers that night, once again shocked Cao Ying, the dog warlord, and his troops.

But compared to Zhang Yi's performance that night, Cao Ying was, after all, a ruthless man who had killed countless people, so he continued to give orders.

"Where's the machine gunner! Shoot at him! Gunner! Shoot from behind him. I want to see how he can block it!"

With Cao Ying, the backbone giving the order, many soldiers who were shocked by Wang Yi's move also reacted and began to take out their most powerful weapons.

Taisho Type 11 light machine gun.

This is a light machine gun that appeared frequently in the East Asian battlefield during the Second World War that started six years later. It was born in 1922. In this land, if a warlord has a few of these, he can indeed be regarded as a small leader.

Not to mention that Cao Ying also has five mortars, which makes him more confident.

The strafing of the light machine gun, combined with the second round of volleys, instantly brought great pressure to Wang Yi, who used his human magnetic field to block the bullets.

In the modern future, although Li Muxuan of the original timeline wasted his time in his later years, he was able to protect the protagonist group by reversing all directions, and withstand the automatic rifle fire and rocket launcher bombardment of a modern armed force.

However, at that time, Li Muxuan did not truly transform the Reversal of Eight Directions into the human body's magnetic field. The power he displayed was nothing more than unloading force, but he failed to control the warhead and turn it into his own weapon.

Even so, the 100-year-old Li Muxuan still protected the protagonist group and advanced dozens of meters under the barrage of fire from such a modern armed force, giving the protagonist group an opportunity for close combat before he vomited blood, collapsed and fainted.

Wang Yi is naturally not a practitioner like Li Muxuan who has cognitive obstacles. In Wang Yi's hands, the Reversal of the Eight Directions is truly transformed into the human body's magnetic field.

But facing such firepower coverage, although the equipment is not as good as the modern armed forces of later generations, quantity makes up for quality. The light machine guns plus the continuous volleys of these soldiers made Wang Yi, who was now opening the force field defense, retreat continuously. The kinetic energy brought by these bullets is not so easy to eliminate, not to mention that the opponent did not give him time to breathe.

But Wang Yi is not a reckless person. He will not be so stubborn as to use force fields to defend against bullets and consume his own true energy.

He raised his hand and sucked towards the blockhouse next to him that had a hole in it. The bluestone bricks scattered on the ground flew towards Wang Yi and turned into a city wall in front of Wang Yi.

With this wall as a buffer, the bullets would only hit the bluestone bricks first, and then some would pass through the wall and hit Wang Yi's force field. With this one blocking, Wang Yi's pressure was much less. He also fixed his eyes on the mortar gunner who, under Cao Ying's order, was about to pass over him and directly bomb Pucheng behind him.

With one hand he opened a force field to defend himself, and with the other hand he controlled the bullet that was controlled by his force field and swung it violently.

Hundreds of bullets formed a wall and flew straight towards the mortar gunner's position.

Logically speaking, a soldier unit like a mortar gunner would not be placed directly at the front on the battlefield, and would basically fire from trenches or behind sandbags. However, this time they were facing Wang Yi alone, and Cao Ying did not have much experience in fighting against aliens, and neither did they.

It was just like he was firing cannonballs in front of people, without any military qualities at all.

This gave Wang an opportunity.

With the help of Wang Yi's human magnetic field, these hundreds of bullets had a faster initial velocity and penetration than when they were fired, and instantly turned the gunners into a hornet's nest. Incidentally, even the mortars in front of them became riddled with holes and could no longer be used. The only flaw was that they did not hit the shell box, which would have caused a gorgeous explosion for them.

Several gunners fell, but that wasn’t important. What was important was that the mortar was destroyed by Wang Yi.

Just a counterattack in defense made Cao Ying's scalp tingle. At this moment, he really hated his son for hitting such a wall.

But the more this happened, the more Cao Ying knew that one of him and Wang Yi had to die. After all, Zhang Yi had said that what Wang Yi wanted was the death of himself and his son.

"Ignore the mortars and keep firing. I don't believe he can hold out!"

Wang Yi naturally couldn't hold on forever. Human power is limited. Although the human body's magnetic field is exquisite, Wang Yi is ultimately just an ordinary man. His true Qi will eventually run out. It's just that the special nature of the human body's magnetic field greatly improves the utilization rate and recovery speed of his true Qi.

He also knew that if he continued like this, it would be Cao Ying who would be unable to hold on.

The reason is very simple. These soldiers do not have such firm beliefs and ideals as he does, but this is not what Wang Yi wants. It is time to let Cao Ying feel that he has the illusion of being superior.

As Wang Yi thought this, he couldn't stop retreating, and the wall in front of him that was used to block the gunfire began to peel off.

As the city wall peeled off, Wang Yi's slightly pale face and the deep red in his mouth made Cao Ying overjoyed.

"I knew you couldn't handle it! Shoot! Whoever kills him will get a hundred dollars!"

Driven by money, these soldiers and bandits who gathered under Cao Ying because of money and power were eager to convert their bolt-action rifles into automatic rifles.

But all this was part of Wang Yi's plan.

As the bluestone brick wall continued to fall, Wang Yi retreated to the gate of the county town. Looking at Cao Ying's troops who continued to shoot, Wang Yi became ruthless and fired all the warheads controlled by his force field at these soldiers, engaging in a direct bombardment with them.

But this time Wang Yi's action had a pre-swing. No matter how uneducated these soldiers and bandits were, they knew that they had to hide when bullets came.

In this round of shooting, Wang Yi caused casualties of over a hundred people.

Wang Yi also pretended to be at the end of his strength, turned around and ran towards the county town. In order to make the scene more realistic, he even let a bullet hit his shoulder, splashing blood. He staggered and ran towards the county town.

"Haha! He's been shot! Charge in! This city and this man's head are mine for Cao Ying to take!"

At this moment, warlord Cao Ying really felt that the advantage was in his hands.

Even if you, the alien king, have all the magical powers, you still failed at the hands of my army, didn't you?
With Wang Yi's defeat, warlord Cao Ying's troops captured Pucheng at the cost of nearly 300 casualties.

(End of this chapter)