On November 28, Luo Yue commanded the first battalion of the New Army of the People's Army to launch an attack on the German army's Laoshan Hualou Peak, which also officially opened the curtain of the Qingdao Campaign.

Although the German army was not large in number, did not build strong fortifications at the Hualoufeng position, and did not equip artillery and other heavy weapons, but after all, it occupied favorable geographical conditions and was condescending, so the commander of the German army, Lieutenant Colonel Nedwitz, was not worried about the attack of the KPA and calmly commanded the German army to hold the position steadily, and with the help of simple bunkers, opened fire on the attacking KP.

Although the KPA was lightly armed, it also brought a small number of long-range suppression weapons, namely two PP89 100 mm mortars, two QJZ89 12_7 mm heavy machine guns, and two QBU88 sniper rifles. Because after the formation of the KPA, the crossing army disbanded a total of three marine companies, a machine gun company and a mortar company. However, the crossing fighters assigned to the KPA still use their own weapons, while other machine gunners and mortars have also replaced QZ95 rifles, so they have replaced some long-range suppression weapons. This time, Luo Yue also brought some, in case of contingency, because it is a PP89 100 mm mortar, which can basically be regarded as a heavy firepower weapon, and it is light and flexible, easy to carry, and there are three warrior vehicles in the army, which will definitely not drag the speed of the troops.

However, at the beginning of the battle, Luo Yue did not use mortars to bombard the German positions, but ordered two companies to attack the German positions in turn. However, both attacks were defeated by the Germans with fierce firepower and advantageous terrain, leaving the corpses of more than 20 soldiers on the battlefield.

Seeing that the German position was tightly guarded, Luo Yue did not continue to attack, but ordered the soldiers to use the protection of stones, woods and other bunkers to shoot at the Germans on the high ground.

After the Battle of Tianjin, the soldiers of the People's Army were equipped with German Mauser 98 rifles, after all, the Mauser 98 rifle is one of the best standard rifles of this era, and the performance is far better than the Japanese 30 Murata rifle and Hanyang 88 rifle equipped by the previous recruits, and after defeating the German fleet, the traverser captured a large number of Mauser 98 rifles, which can completely replace all new soldiers with this better rifle. Therefore, the two sides used the same type of rifle, but the German army was well-trained and had a geographical advantage, while the People's Army was outnumbered and sandwiched with a small number of QZ95 rifles, and the firepower was intensive.

However, the commander of the German army, Lieutenant Colonel Nedevitz, breathed a sigh of relief, although the two sides did not fight for a long time, but with his experience, it can be seen that although the enemy army is more numerous than himself, and the morale is also good, but it is obviously a lack of training, and the quality is average, far from being comparable with the trained German army, so even if there are more troops, the German army has no problem holding the position.

According to Nedwitz's experience, such an army often fights with a sharp spirit, which can be brave and unstoppable when the war is going well, and when it is in an unfavorable situation, it will immediately collapse completely. Therefore, as long as the German army can hold its position, repel several more enemy attacks, and wait until the enemy's vigor is exhausted, the German army can even launch a counterattack against the enemy, not only holding its position, but also defeating the enemy army in one fell swoop and winning a great victory, then it will play a major role in boosting the morale of the whole army and even enhancing the German state's right to speak in China. After all, since the emergence of overseas Chinese, they have fought more than a dozen battles with the Eight-Nation Alliance, and have not lost a single battle, if the German army can be the first to defeat the army of overseas Chinese, this will naturally be a different victory, and he can also write a brilliant page in his military career.

But at this moment, only a sharp whistling sound was heard, which was still clearly audible in the dense gunfire, and Nedwitz listened to it, and his face could not help but change greatly, and shouted: "Quick, get down, get down, get down, cannon......"

Before he could say anything, he heard a "boom", and a shell fell into the German position and exploded, killing four or five German soldiers and wounding several others. Nedwitz was shocked that there was artillery in the enemy's army, and he was in trouble at this time, and at the same time he was very annoyed that the reconnaissance team had reconnoitred and told himself that the enemy army did not have artillery, misleading his own decision.

In fact, Nedwitz really wronged the reconnaissance team, because the People's Army used PP89 100mm mortars, which were usually disassembled and placed on the warrior vehicles, and of course the reconnaissance team could not find out.

And now Nedwitz has no time to pursue these things, because the sound of "boom boom" sounded continuously, and the opponent's shells still continued to fall on the German positions and explode. However, the German soldiers were well-trained, and most of the soldiers had actual combat experience, and after knowing that the enemy had artillery, they did not panic, and when they heard the sound of falling shells, they immediately fell to the ground.

In addition to the impact of the explosion, scattered shrapnel is also an important means. The caliber of the army artillery is not large, the impact of the explosion is limited, so the scattered shrapnel is the main means of killing, but the scattered shrapnel needs to have a certain angle, when the shell falls, lie on the ground, can maximize the bottom of the scattering shrapnel of the killing, as long as it is not a bad character, just lying near the landing point of the shell, the probability of survival is still very large, experienced veterans know this method.

In fact, the lethality caused by several shells falling in succession to the German troops was not great, and only more than 10 German soldiers were killed or wounded, but Nedwitz was a little anxious in his heart, although the enemy's artillery did not have great lethality to himself, but it greatly interfered with the German defense; after all, they were all lying on the ground to hide from the shells, so how could they defend their positions? In this way, the enemy troops could rely on the cover of artillery bombardment to launch an attack on the German army's position. Therefore, Nedwitz also began to consider whether he should abandon his position and retreat to Qingdao, after all, he decided to hold his position, and a big reason was that he learned that the enemy army did not have artillery, and now that it has been confirmed that the enemy army has artillery, then there is no need for him to continue to hold his position.

But at this moment, Nedewitz heard a burst of gunfire from Ken, and Nedwitz looked back, and it turned out that at some point, an army in dark green uniforms had been killed from the back of the German position, exactly the same as the enemy army at the bottom of the mountain, only 4 or 500 meters away from the German position.

And Nedwitz's heart couldn't help but sink, and he immediately understood the enemy's tactics. The attack on the frontal battlefield at the foot of the mountain was nothing more than a feint to distract the enemy, and at the same time they sent an army to attack behind them. The shelling just now was probably also a tactic to contain oneself on the frontal battlefield, and at this time, the enemy troops below the mountain had stopped shelling, but instead launched another attack on the German army's position with their rifles with bayonets attached.

At this time, Nedwitz also understood that this battle had been completely lost, and the position would definitely not be able to be held, and it was necessary to take advantage of the fact that the enemy's front and rear armies had not yet formed an encirclement, and immediately break through and withdraw from the battlefield, otherwise his own army might be completely annihilated.

However, after all, Nedwitz had received a rigorous and systematic military education and had rich experience in actual combat, and although he was defeated, he did not mess up, and quickly made his own judgment, ordering the whole army to immediately load bayonets, turn around and attack the enemy troops who were killing from behind, and strive to break through the enemy's line as soon as possible and withdraw to Qingdao. Because according to Nedwitz's battlefield experience, it is generally the main force of the enemy army that attacks on the frontal battlefield, and the army that kills from behind and wins by surprise is often a small number of elites, so it is easier for the enemy army with weaker troops to break through the opponent's line and kill the opponent's flank encirclement.

And the facts also proved that Nedewitz's judgment was correct, although the KPA army that came up from behind became the winner or loser of this battle, but only one company of troops, more than 100 people, not as many as the German army on the front. Moreover, although the first battalion of the New Army is the strongest army in the People's Army, there is still a considerable gap between it and the well-trained German Army, both in terms of individual combat effectiveness and the ability of squad and platoon to coordinate operations. Because of the white-knuckle fighting ability of the two sides, it is even more different. The Germans were originally tall and large, strong and long-armed, and had undergone systematic training, and they were far from being comparable to the soldiers of the People's Army who had only been in the army for more than two months, so a German soldier was often capable of defeating two or three soldiers of the People's Army in a white-knuckle battle.

In addition, in this local battlefield, the German army still had a certain advantage in numbers, so the German army counterattacked and engaged in white-knuckle combat with the People's Army, and those who were stabbed to the ground by bayonets were often soldiers of the People's Army.

Fortunately, in this company, the chief and deputy platoon commanders of each platoon, as well as the chief and deputy company commanders, and the company instructors are all served by crossing soldiers, and their individual ability is not under the German soldiers, and they still use QZ95 rifles.

It was precisely by relying on the courageous fighting of these nine crossing soldiers that the situation of the People's Army was maintained, and although it was beaten back again and again by the German army, it was not yet a complete rout.

However, it did not take long for the frontal People's Army to kill the German army position on the hill and launch an attack from behind the German army, forming a situation of encirclement and encirclement of the German army. The German superiority immediately collapsed, and the KPA was scattered and fled. However, despite this, the German army still relied on its excellent individual soldier ability and small group coordination ability, and many people still broke through the encirclement of the KPA and escaped from the battlefield.