The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 199 The Violent and Heartless Cannon

"Zi Yu, you have been working very hard these days. Not only have you been self-studying the infantry textbooks of the Beiyang Military Academy, but you have also been willing to use your brain. I will leave you a topic. You must think about it carefully. Once you have thought it through, write it in the form of an article and hand it to me."

"The first topic I'm going to give you is, 'Heavy firepower at the front and light at the back, light manpower at the front and heavy at the back.' What does this mean and why is it so? And in what circumstances is it most necessary? This is the first topic I'm going to give you as a teacher."

Seeing Wu Peifu was a little surprised, Teng Yuzao patted Wu Peifu on the shoulder and said kindly, "Don't be like Zhao Kuo who used military tactics on paper, and don't just follow what others say and do what the book says. That would be reading too much. You should always figure out the reasons for everything yourself, and even innovate. It would be best if you can be original."

"In the future, we teachers and students should do this more often. Give me your thoughts and articles for me to review, and we will study them together in the future. Maybe in the future, we teachers and students will compile your articles into a book and publish it. The name of the book will be "Jade Marshal's Art of War." "

Relying solely on personal instruction would not necessarily be of much benefit to Wu Peifu's growth. Even if he gave his all, the results might not necessarily be the best. This was still very similar to rote learning.

Teng Yuzhao believed that Wu Peifu was different from ordinary military officers, and his foresight made him very clear about Wu Peifu's potential.

Therefore, Teng Yuzao decided to teach Wu Peifu in the way that later mentors taught graduate students. He would constantly give Wu Peifu some modern military tactics and strategies, allowing him to study and comprehend them on his own.

Teng Yuzhao had high hopes for Wu Peifu. He hoped that Wu Ziyu would eventually become a man of both literary and military talents whom he could rely on and who could stand on his own.

When Wu Peifu heard Teng Yuzao's words, he was stunned at first, and then a mist quickly filled his eyes. Wu Peifu, who was born as a scholar, naturally understood the meaning of Teng Yuzao's words. His teacher wanted to cultivate him carefully, and the teacher hoped that he could become a powerful commander.

To Wu Peifu, who had just escaped from the status of a private, the kindness of his teacher could no longer be described as heavier than Mount Tai, but rather higher than the sky and deeper than the sea!

Wu Peifu said nothing, but bowed deeply to Teng Yuzao, then straightened his body and shouted loudly, "I will respect your teachings, teacher. I, Wu Peifu, will live up to your expectations!"

At this moment, Wu Peifu had secretly made up his mind in his heart that he would repay his teacher's kindness with his entire life!
Teng Yuzhao did not expect that his sudden idea would make Wu Peifu so emotional, but this was exactly the result he hoped to see. He was just thinking of taking advantage of the situation to completely win over Wu Peifu.

"Boom, boom, boom," amid the deafening artillery roar, a series of dull artillery firing sounds suddenly came from near the assault brigade's position.

"Zi Yu, pay attention to the effect of our heavy artillery bombardment."

Teng Yuzhao didn't have time to say more. He turned around, raised the telescope, and shouted to Wu Peifu.

Wu Peifu, who was still thinking about how to repay Teng Yuzhao in his life, hurriedly raised his telescope and pointed it towards the ruins.

The direct sunlight at noon is very strong, and the bright sunlight illuminates everything.

In Wu Peifu's telescope field of view, more than thirty small millstone-like things suddenly appeared. These small millstones kept rolling in the air, staggering towards the ruins where the remnants of the Allied Forces were hiding, and then fell into the ruins in different postures.

Wu Peifu even saw through the telescope that a small millstone bounced on a few feet of ruins before falling to the rubble-covered ground. Just as Wu Peifu was about to continue tracking this strange small millstone, he suddenly saw a flash of white light in the telescope, followed by a thunderous explosion.

The sudden and loud explosion frightened Wu Peifu, who had fought on the battlefield before, so much that he trembled all over and almost dropped the telescope in his hand.

Following the earth-shattering explosion, the view of Wu Peifu's telescope was suddenly completely blocked by a cloud of dust that rose into the sky and blocked out the sun. The field of vision was gray, as if everything in the world was tightly covered and obscured by this dust curtain that seemed to be rising straight into the sky.

"Crouch behind the sand wall and protect your head with your arms."

Before Wu Peifu could think more, he heard Teng Yuzhao's urgent call.

Wu Peifu's ears were buzzing from the vibration, but he could still hear Teng Yuzao's anxious shouts nearby. Although he was still a little confused about the intention of Teng Yuzao's words, Wu Peifu, who had completely accepted Teng Yuzao in his heart, hurriedly squatted down close to the sandbag wall as Teng Yuzao instructed, then lowered his head and tried his best to protect his head with his arms.

Wu Peifu had just made preparations when, within a few breaths, he heard the sound of bricks and stones falling on the roof. Even his forearm that was protecting his head was hit hard. Wu Peifu, who was squatting behind a sandbag with his head in his hands, couldn't help but grimace in pain.

Wu Peifu tried to feel it and found that the bones were probably not broken. Wu Peifu, who was filled with shock, finally felt a little relieved.

After a long while, the broken bricks and tiles falling like raindrops finally stopped.

Wu Peifu, still in shock, hurriedly opened his eyes to check on Teng Yuzhao, only to see that Teng Yuzhao had already stood up and was leaning against a sandbag breastwork, staring blankly at the direction of the ruins.

Wu Peifu also hurriedly stood up, but he did not check himself first. Instead, he first nervously checked Teng Yuzhao who was facing him sideways. Seeing that Teng Yuzhao looked a little embarrassed, there was nothing unusual about his body, he felt relieved and looked towards the direction of the ruins.

However, this sight also made Wu Peifu stunned.

Because, the area of ​​the ruins is now gray, and the entire ruins are shrouded in the slowly falling gray dust.

What surprised Wu Peifu was that the faint shouting and killing sounds coming from the dust were gradually getting louder as his hearing recovered. Although the soldiers of the assault battalion could not be seen charging in the dust, it clearly showed that the assault battalion was attacking the remnants of the Allied forces in the ruins after the explosion.

He had originally suspected that the shocking explosion was caused by the shells carried by the heavy artillery squadron that came to cooperate with Liu Shijiu's Assault Brigade. At this moment, Wu Peifu finally understood that it was the power of the explosion of more than thirty strange-looking shells that looked like millstones!

However, the shouting and screaming in the smoke and dust only lasted for a short while before it became silent.

Wu Peifu did not even hear a single gunshot in the smoke. He looked at Teng Yuzao in surprise.
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