Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 263 Goodbye Liang Ting
After a round of air harassment, the military train continued to advance towards Fengtian outside the Great Wall.

In the military train carriage, the accompanying disciples of the Trinity Sect and the three sorcerers of the Zhuge Family fell silent. They were all practitioners. Although the aerial encounter just now was safe, it also made them realize the gap between the aliens and industrial creations.

Now they need to digest the cognitive gap brought about by this encounter and also need to resolve their doubts.

Wang Yi stood in front, waiting for them to come to him for answers.

Soon, the three sorcerers of the Zhuge family and Shuiyun and Changqing, two senior brothers from the Sanyi Sect, also walked towards Wang Yi.

"Go ahead. You said before that we are not helpless in the face of this kind of aerial attack and the aircraft of this era. Do you mean that in the future, we will have less and less means to fight back against this kind of attack?"

"We three brothers also have doubts. The divine machine passed down by our ancestors has allowed us to stand firm in the alien world for thousands of years. The exquisiteness of the divine machine has been praised by many fellow practitioners until now. Why does Mr. Wang seem to imply that he is not optimistic about the divine machine of the Wuhou lineage being able to play a miraculous role on the battlefield?"

Turning around, seeing that both sides were seeking knowledge, Wang Yi also waved to the disciples of the Trinity Sect behind him, indicating that they should come over and listen to the lecture together.

"Let me answer the questions from Senior Brothers Shuiyun and Changqing first. Did you all understand how I handled the situation just now?"

All the Sanyi disciples nodded, and Wang Yi continued to explain.

"The reason why I emphasize this era is that the current attack methods of fighter planes are still relatively simple, requiring pilots to aim with their own eyes and lower the altitude and speed to achieve the requirements of air strikes. For ordinary people, even if the plane lowers its altitude, it is useless because they cannot hit or hit accurately with a gun. But for us practitioners, after years of hard practice, we have great strength and can run fast, which is well known.

So ordinary people are helpless, but it is not the case for us. As long as we make some arrangements, choose a relatively high place, throw the grenade one or two hundred meters, one is not enough, two, two is not enough, ten, twenty, we will always get something. But the times are moving forward. A hundred years ago, everyone never thought that ordinary people could fly in the sky in this way. In just a hundred years, the changes in the world are beyond your and my imagination, so who can guarantee that the current attack method of the aircraft will not change?
Maybe in five or ten years, instead of a hundred years, these planes will no longer strafe at low altitudes, but will directly drop bombs to bomb us? And in another twenty or thirty years, they won't even need to lower their altitude, but will directly drop bombs from ten thousand meters above the ground, or even from a hundred miles away. At that time, how will we cultivators cope with it? After a lifetime of cultivation, in the end, we don't even know where the enemy is or who they are. A hundred years of cultivation will be lost in a day."

What sounded like alarmist talk suddenly gained more persuasiveness after a dangerous aerial encounter.

For Wang Yi, this was not considered a leak of secrets. He did not directly point out the technology of beyond-visual-range air strikes. He just made a reasonable guess based on the historical background of a hundred years ago and today.

"So this trip outside the Great Wall, for you, I just want you to understand one thing, that practitioners cannot be conservative and look down on guns and cannons. If we ignore them now, we may not be able to afford them in the future, and we will have to cooperate with these treasures.

Seeing the battlefield and finding out our position in the battlefield can ensure the continuity of the Taoism and the future. As for the method of gathering and dispersing by the mind that I used just now, although it can only be studied in the third level, it does not mean that a good foundation cannot be laid in the second level. It’s just that this method still needs the consent of the master, and I have to make it clear to you first. In addition, there is the method of coping with air strikes, but I can’t guarantee that it will work every time. The best way is to solve the problem directly from the root and blow up their airport...”

After these words, Changqing and Shuiyun fell into deep thought. They looked at their fellow disciples around them who were also thinking, and then they spoke.

"Please give us some time to discuss this."

The king nodded and turned the topic to the three sorcerers of the Zhuge family.

"Three seniors, I don't underestimate the magic machine passed down by Zhuge Wu Hou, but there is always a trade-off in everything. Let me ask you three, if Wu Hou's magic machine, Mo Men, Tian Gong Tang and other sects related to the machine and magic machine are united, and all the strength of these sects and families is used, can we restore the battle machine we just encountered?"

As soon as the question was asked, the three sorcerers of Zhuge family fell into deep thought. The three brothers looked at each other and finally came to a conclusion.

“If the alien world and the aristocratic sects related to the divine machine and the mechanism join forces, it will not be difficult to create something out of nothing.”

"Oh? That really opens my eyes. Then I would like to ask you three, how many can be built and how long will it take?"

"A hundred or so crosses won't be a problem, but as for the time, it's hard to say for three to five years."

"But do you know how long it would take Japan to accomplish the same amount? In less than a year, we can reach the amount you mentioned, or even exceed it."

As soon as the words came out, the faces of the three Zhuge family sorcerers changed drastically. If this was the case, then there was no comparison between the two sides. But Wang Yi did not intend to let these three off like this, and continued to add pressure on them.

"And this is only the upper limit of a small country like Japan, but it is far from the limit. I have to say something unconscionable here. I am a little relieved in my heart that we are fighting the Japanese in this war outside the Great Wall, not the Russians in the north. If they had started, it would not only be outside the Great Wall, but the war would have already spread to the interior of the Great Wall, and it is still unknown whether it would have spread to the four provinces."

"How is this possible?! We are a great country, but we can't even compare to a tiny piece of land?"

"Being big but not appropriate, flashy but not practical, will naturally lead to big losses. The only good thing about us is that because we are big, we can bear this loss, even if the price we pay is very high and heavy, at least we can survive, but we can't bear the same loss again, our family can't afford such a toss. I have been overseas, to a country called the United States. If you have time to go there in the future, you will know that as a big country, we are far behind the world, so far that we are almost on the verge of national extinction if we are not careful.

This trip to the border areas is said to be to the north to fight against the Japanese and save the nation, but in fact, you and I, the young marshal of Fengtian, all understand that the border areas cannot be defended. If we cannot defend them, we can let them go. However, the Japanese pirates are ambitious and will never be satisfied with the fertile land of the three provinces outside the border areas. After this trip, I hope that you can think carefully when you return. It is time for our alien world to change. If we do not change, the orthodoxy will be lost and the inheritance will be cut off. "

These words of concern for the country and the people also silenced the many practitioners who were listening to them at the time.

Also silent were the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army who were accompanying them.

As soldiers, they understand better that if there is an absolute generation gap in weapons between two armies, the role that tactics and strategy can play will be very small.

Especially when the enemy has air superiority and they do not even have the most basic anti-aircraft firepower, even if the enemy can only use machine guns to fire at low altitudes, it will be a disaster for them.

Wang Yi did not continue speaking. He just sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest. He was also thinking about how to make use of the power of the aliens on the front battlefield.

Not to mention the Battle of Xifengkou and the bombardment of Wanping City that would happen later, there was also the Battle of Shanghai, which was the most ambitious battle, and the subsequent Battle to Defense of Nanjing.

In Wang Yi's opinion, in these two wars, even if he mobilized aliens to join the battlefield, they would not play a decisive role.

The gap between China and Japan was too big. On the Japanese side, bombs were dropping from the sky and naval guns were roaring on the sea. The Kuomintang's positions were often flattened by a single artillery fire before they could even stand firm, and both the people and the positions were completely wiped out.

No matter how many aliens he sent in, it would be useless. He could accept the defeat on the front battlefield, but he could not accept the demise of entire organizations and the heavy casualties among the people.

This is not the way to lose, especially the Battle of Nanjing.

There shouldn't have been such casualties, such a tragedy that shocked China and the world, but what should I do to achieve the greatest possible outcome of losing territory but saving lives?
The only thing he could think of was that there must be a squad of alien suicide squads who would exchange their lives for a tank, or even a suicide bombing by a small company to delay the enemy and buy time for the people to evacuate.

Not only on land, but also on water and in the air...
Thinking of this, Wang Yi subconsciously cast his gaze towards the disciples of the Trinity Sect who were accompanying him, and then looked at himself. After a long moment, he laughed at himself.

"Supernatural powers cannot defeat destiny. It is indeed so. However, if that moment really comes, I will just give up all my cultivation. China will not perish..."

Wang Yi's voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone.

They didn't know why Wang Yi said this, but when they thought about the comparison of the current military strength between China and Japan that Wang Yi had just made, they felt that he was just stating the worst possible outcome.

Just this last sentence ignited the fire in their hearts.

"What Mr. Wang said makes sense. Our great China will never perish!"

After hearing these words, the depressed mood of the crowd was relieved, and they began to communicate with each other to see if the Wu Hou Qi Men's formation combined with the San Yi Men's three levels of reverse life and the three methods of protecting the way could play a role in the current battlefield outside the Shanhai Pass.

The current situation is clear. The area outside the Great Wall is about to fall, and it will take time for the Japanese to digest and transform it into combat power.

The young marshal also transformed the 100,000 Fengtian troops into volunteers on the spot, cooperating with the secret plan left by the old marshal, and hid them in the white mountains and black waters.

In other words, in the next few years, even if there is another war between China and Japan, it will be temporarily confined to the areas outside the Great Wall.

For the aliens, this is the best place to train. Only by finding their correct position on the battlefield can the aliens, a new force, play a better role when the full-scale war of resistance breaks out in the future.

Wang Yi didn't want to be a bald man and do micromanagement, and he didn't want these alien sects who worked hard for the country to end up without even a legacy.

They are conservative and stand in opposition to the gentleman.

But this can all be discussed slowly and gradually. If in the end no one is left, the obstacle will be removed, but it will also be a huge loss for the strength of their own alien world.

During the discussion, even the 29 soldiers who were accompanying them joined in the discussion.

After all, everyone has their own expertise. They are not good at practicing, but they are soldiers after all. Even if they are veterans, in terms of experience on the battlefield, they may not be worse than these practitioners.

In this slightly relaxed atmosphere, the military train moved forward along the railway. As dawn approached, a whistle interrupted everyone's thoughts.

The military train slowed down and slowly stopped in front.

Soon, soldiers came back to report that the railway ahead had been bombed by the Japanese and the military train could not pass.

At this time, it was still dozens of miles away from Fengtian City.

It would be impossible to transport the supplies on the military train over this distance relying solely on these people.

At this moment, there were noises coming from the dense forests on both sides of the military column.

This time, the disciples of the Trinity Sect had learned their lesson. Including Shuiyun, Changqing and Zhuge, the eighteen disciples of the Trinity Sect who had cultivated to the second level formed a simple formation, each holding a wooden-handled grenade in their hands.

As long as they are sure that the other party is an enemy, they will directly use the power of dragon and tiger in the reverse life state to bless them with an airdrop explosion from a hundred meters away.

Under the tense gazes of the crowd, the sound of mechanical switches was heard in the dense forest. One by one, cows, horses and puppets that looked like living creatures stepped out, totaling to more than a hundred people, and approached the direction of the military column little by little.

In addition, there are gray-haired house mice everywhere, densely packed all over the ground, making rustling sounds that make people's scalps numb.

But no soldier dared to shoot easily. They also knew the legend of the immortals outside the pass. These were the descendants of the Gray Immortal among the Five Immortals. If they fired a shot, no one knew what would happen to them.

"This is... the mechanical puppets and mechanical beasts of the Mo family? There are so many of them, could they all be made by one person?"

A loud laugh was heard from the dense forest.

"One person can't do it, but with the strength of three people, we can still do it. Wang Yi, it's been a long time."

In the dense forest, Liang Ting, who had chosen to stay outside the Great Wall since they parted in Fengtian that year, led his men out. Now he was free of all worldly desires, and a year of baptism in war had made him more soldierly. Combined with his originally creepy face, he now had a kind of majesty that was intimidating without even being angry.

On both sides of Liang Ting, there was Liu, a face-man from Quanxing Sect, whom Wang Yi knew. He had chosen to stay outside the Great Wall with Liang Ting back then and was also the master from whom Wang Yi learned the art of transformation.

Ma Benzai from Tiangongtang, one of the future thirty-six thieves, came secretly to compare his attainments in the art of mechanisms with Liang Ting because of Liang Ting's reputation. Later, he chose to stay, and Tiangongtang let him do what he wanted.

I don’t know them, they are a man and a woman.

The man's eyes were shining. At his feet was a mouse about the same size as a dog, with fur as shiny as silk.

I think the swarms of rats surrounding here were the work of this person, a disciple who was sent out to perform rituals.

The woman had short hair and a heroic look between her eyebrows. Judging from her position, she seemed quite intimate with Liang Ting.

Seeing his old friend again, Wang Yi smiled, especially when he saw the heroic woman next to Liang Ting, he also clasped his fists and bowed to Liang Ting.

"Brother Liang, congratulations. When will we have a drink?"

(End of this chapter)