By this time it was already dark, and the sound of guns and cannons had not stopped, indicating that the fierce battle was still going on.

However, in the conference room of the Temporary Jiaoao Governor's Palace in Germany, there was smoke, and a strong smell of smoke could be smelled outside the conference room. Because the German officers present were all pulled up at about four o'clock in the morning, and it has been more than four hours now, and the German officers present are no longer young people, so they all need to smoke a few cigarettes to refresh themselves.

The battle reports of the battlefield on both land and sea were constantly transmitted back to the Governor's Palace, so that the officers could understand the situation on the battlefield in a timely manner. In the battle at sea, the armored cruiser Count Bismarck, the battleship Elector, and the protective cruiser Fairya and Empress Augusta were all sunk, but the three large ironclad ships Strasselsen, Byrne, and Baden, which were stranded on the beach, played the role of fixed batteries and held the line of defense at sea; on land, the Germans had already abandoned their positions and took the initiative to attack, and at this time they were engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy in the area of the Jialing Mountains, and for a time the battle was stalemate, and it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. The latest news received by the German officers was that the German reserve army had been put into the battlefield, which meant that the battle had entered the time of construction.

Although judging from the current war situation, the situation in Qingdao is still not optimistic, the defensive positions set up by the German army have basically failed, and the German army no longer has any reserve troops. But at present, each battlefield can hold out for at least a certain period of time, and it will not collapse immediately, so although the German officers in the conference room are a little dignified, they are not nervous, the guards bring bread and coffee, everyone is still in the mood to eat and drink, and some even make a joke.

But at this moment, only a dense burst of gunfire was heard. Vadesy was drinking coffee, and when he heard the gunshots, he couldn't help but be stunned, because it seemed that the sound was not far from the temporary Jiaoao Governor's Palace, so he was about to ask where the gunshots came from. I saw the adjutant hurriedly walk into the conference room and said, "Marshal, I have found that an enemy army has been forced into the Governor's Palace, less than a thousand meters away, and now Major Link is directing the army to resist their attack. ”

When Wadsey heard this, his heart couldn't help but sink, and the other officers also showed shocked looks, because this news was really amazing, and now the news that the German army had not failed in Jialing Mountain and Qingdao Bay came from, so where did this army come from? Moreover, it was less than a thousand meters away from the governor's palace, and it could be said that it was imminent.

Wadsey immediately asked: "This is the army from there, it is difficult to see if the battle at Jialing Mountain has failed, or the enemy has landed from Qingdao Bay." ”

The adjutant shook his head and said, "It's not clear, there is no new news from Jialing Mountain, and no army has been found to land in Qingdao Bay, and from the direction, this army is coming from the west, not from Jialing Mountain or Qingdao Bay." The enemy who landed was about 400 people, and I am afraid that we will not be able to resist it for long. ”

Wadsey was stunned for a moment, but now that he was very clear about the topography of Qingdao, he immediately understood that the enemy must have landed from Jiaozhou Bay, and although he had made a tight defense, he still ignored the Jiaozhou Bay area.

In fact, it is not that Wadsey really ignored the Jiaozhou Bay area, but that the German army is really insufficient in strength, and it is impossible to cover all aspects, so it has to focus on defense, and the relatively less important coastal areas of Jiaozhou Bay can only give up the deployment, the original plan of Wadsey is that if the enemy lands in Jiaozhou Bay, then the reserve army will be dispatched to resist, but with the war into service, now the German army will put the reserve army into other battlefields, leaving only more than 100 soldiers to guard the governor's palace, and basically are drawn from the warships of the navy, although the enemy's combat effectiveness is not strong, but relying on the existing army, want to block the enemy's attack, it is really unrealistic。

At this time, Vadsi looked at the others present, stood up from his chair, and said, "Everyone, it's our turn to go to war. ”

Everyone was stunned at first, but immediately understood what Wadsey meant, now the enemy army has been killed in front of them, and the German army has only such a small number of people left, Qingdao Bay is also blocked by the enemy's warships, and they can't escape, at this time, they can only go into battle in person, and they can't sit in the governor's palace and arrest it. Therefore, they all stood up one after another, saying that they would go to the battlefield in person. So Wadsey instructed his lieutenant to prepare rifles for the officers.

Waldexi was not wrong in guessing that the army approaching the Governor's Palace had landed from Jiaozhou Bay.

Originally, when the People's Army was attacking Qingdao on both land and sea, the landing fleet consisting of three warships, the Changbaishan, Yueyang, and Sanya, entered the Jiaozhou Bay area, and the marine battalion carrying the Changbaishan warship landed in Xiaoxiang Bay.

The Germans did not set up defenses in Jiaozhou Bay, and at this time their attention was focused on the battlefields of Qingdao Bay and Jialing Mountain, so the crossing army successfully landed, and then went straight to the Governor's Palace, and did not encounter any resistance along the way, until they approached the Governor's Palace, and only encountered the German army guarding the Governor's Palace.

However, the crossing army is not comparable to the new recruits of the People's Army, in the old time and space, they have all received strict military training, only from the perspective of training, they are not inferior to any army in this time and space, and in this time and space, they have gone through several actual combat experiences and made up the shortest plank. In addition, the weapons they used, as well as other auxiliary equipment, far exceeded the armies of this era, and they also carried mortar companies and machine gun companies, and their firepower was powerful, so not to mention more than 100 German troops, even 1 or 2,000 German troops were probably not opponents.

As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the German army was killed and wounded by the powerful fire of the crossing army, and the rest of the soldiers were also scattered and fled, and the crossing army defeated the German army with almost no effort, and rushed to the front of the governor's palace, and at this time there were only a dozen German soldiers guarding the governor's palace, all of whom were shooting with rifles on the courtyard wall of the governor's palace.

Such a resistance force, of course, could not stop the attack of the crossing army, the crossing soldiers immediately set up mortars, with only two cannons to blow up two large gaps in the courtyard wall of the governor's palace, the other soldiers swarmed in, and soon took control of the entire governor's palace, and the resisting German soldiers were either wounded or killed, and there was no resistance at all.

At this time, in the conference room of the Governor's Palace, Waldsea and the others had just decided to go to the battlefield to fight, but before the adjutant could prepare rifles for them to use in battle, they only heard a "bang", the door of the conference room was slammed open, and dozens of soldiers wearing steel helmets and gray-blue camouflage uniforms rushed in with rifles in their hands, and shouted loudly in German: "Surrender your guns." Or, "You have been taken captive." Before they could react, soldiers rushed to them, holding them all down or holding them all down, or holding them all against their bodies.

At this point, there was no point in resisting any longer, and although the Germans were brave and belligerent, they would not do pointless and resistance, so Vadsch did not resist, and could only let the crossing warriors capture him. When the others saw it, they didn't resist. However, the crossing soldiers could also see that these people in the room were probably high-ranking officers in the German army, and seeing that they did not resist, they did not move, and while watching them, they sent someone to inform the commander.

After a while, the commander of the landing force, ***, received the report, came to the conference room, looked at the captives, and first came to Wadsey and asked about his identity. And Waldsey did not hide it, and reported his name and position to ***.

After listening, *** couldn't help but be overjoyed, and asked others, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, this is not just catching one or two big fish, but all the big fish caught in a net, because the prisoners included the commander of the German fleet, Field Marshal Waldsee, deputy commander, Major General Falkenhaith, Rear Admiral Falkenhaith, Quartermaster Gel, Major General Gel, chief of staff, Major General Schwarzhofer, etc., except for the German Governor of Jiaoao, Ye Shike, almost all the high-level of the German army were wiped out.

However, although *** was excited, he was not yet carried away, because the battle was not completely over at this time, so *** immediately ordered to take the captured German officer down, find a small room and lock him up, and send a squad of soldiers to take care of it, and immediately contact the situation of the other two battlefields. At the same time, a marine company was assigned to occupy strategic points throughout the Governor's Palace and take full control of the Governor's Palace.

At this time, the battle at sea was over, and after the Kunming ship used self-guided shells, it destroyed the main guns of the three large ironclad ships one by one. After losing the main guns, although the German soldiers on the three ironclad ships still returned fire with secondary guns, the Xiangyang and Huaihua ships approached the three ironclad ships and launched another round of heavy bombardment, although they could not penetrate the thick armor of the three ironclad ships, but the deck was almost completely washed, and as a result, the German soldiers who fought back on the deck were killed and wounded, and the corpses of the German soldiers and the remaining limbs could be seen everywhere on the entire deck. At the same time, these three large ironclad ships were completely extinguished.

Seeing that the German counterattack had stopped, the Kunming, Xiangyang, and Huaihua ships sailed into Qingdao Bay, while rescuing the German soldiers who had fallen into the water, and on the other hand, they shouted to the three large ironclad ships, as well as the remaining German troops on the armored cruiser Count Bismarck and the battleship Elector, asking them to lay down their arms, stop resisting, and surrender immediately.

Seeing that the current situation on the battlefield had gone, the German soldiers on these warships could only choose to surrender, put down their weapons, stood on the deck, and waited for the enemy to board the ship and surrender......

However, although the battle at sea was over, the battle on land was still ongoing, and at this time, the German governor of Jiaoao, Ye Shike, had already commanded the reserves into the battle, and the six battalions of the People's Army that rushed to support also joined the battle group, so neither side could break the balance of power on the battlefield, and the battle was still in a stalemate.

After receiving the news of the battlefields of all sides, *** immediately dispatched a marine company and a mortar platoon to reinforce the Jialing Mountain battlefield. In addition, a marine company was sent to Qingdao Bay to assist the navy in accepting the surrender of the Germans.