After the order to attack was given, the battalions of the independent column attacked from north to south, and the melee began. The 9th Brigade of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info arrived at Nakamura at midnight and encountered a group of Japanese troops retreating eastward. This Japanese force was the 65th Wing Logistics Brigade.

The two field brigades of this department alternately blocked the pursuing 4th Brigade and the 5th Brigade, the logistics brigade and its affiliated units, and naturally retreated first. There is no doubt that the battle broke out in an instant, and the Japanese soldiers realized the danger and launched a series of attacks, and then the Japanese troops arrived one after another to attack.

Just when the pressure of the 9th Brigade was intensifying, the 17th Brigade arrived, and the Japanese army's offensive in turn was contained, and it was impossible to break through. The battle lasted until midnight, and the commander of the 65th Wing of the Japanese Army, Yusuke Ohashi, knew that the breakthrough was fruitless and that there was no rescue, so he ordered stubborn resistance on the spot in Nakamura and fought until there was a single soldier. Accompanied by Wen Biao's 4th Brigade and Hu Wannian's 6th Brigade, the 65th Wing of the Japanese Army was surrounded by regiments within less than 3 kilometers of Zhongcun, and it was difficult to escape.

Now our camera turns to the encirclement and annihilation operation in the north, and the 29th Brigade, led by the brigade commander Matsumoto Asami, hastily withdrew from Pingdu and fled north. It can be assumed that if Matsumoto had been more sober-minded and had led his troops to flee directly to the east, he might have been able to escape. But this is impossible, usually the Japanese commanders will not be flexible, they will resolutely carry out the order to retreat to Longkou. Due to the hasty escape of the 29th Brigade from Pingdu, a large number of military supplies, weapons and ammunition were abandoned, and there was no time to destroy them.

The brigade commander, Matsumoto Asami, knew in his heart that the simple fortifications built by the headquarters in Pingdu were mainly aimed at infantry shocks, and could not be prepared for artillery strikes. No matter how strong the warriors under his command were, they could not withstand the fierce bombardment of the artillery, and a hasty retreat was inevitable.

The 29th Brigade of the Japanese Army ran wildly all the way, eager to give birth to three heads and six arms away from Pingdu. At dusk, the brigade commander Matsumoto Asami led his troops to Xuli, an inconspicuous village, when they were suddenly met with a head-on attack. At first, Matsumoto Asami thought that a small force was blocking the attack, so he ordered the forward troops to break through quickly.

A round of attacks was quickly repulsed, and Matsumoto Asaami, realizing that it was not good, immediately ordered to expand the range of the attack, and to break through the enemy interception at any cost. The view is clear before dark. In a trench, heavy machine gunners fired wildly, Japanese soldiers went one after another, one fell and one came up again, and death was fearless for the Japanese soldiers. However, the Japanese did not expect that the enemy's blocking forces would be so strong and the striking fire would be so ferocious.

When the Japanese stormtroopers approached the trenches and saw hope, dense grenades fell from the sky, accompanied by violent explosions, and the frantic attack was contained. Seeing this scene, Matsumoto Asami remembered to flee eastward, but it was too late, and Wang Jiefang's 1st Brigade had already outflanked him.

With the pockets tightened, the 29th Brigade of the Japanese Army became a turtle in the urn. Matsumoto Asami knew that he was in a dead place, so he ordered his troops to form a circular defensive position and hold on to it. He sent a telegram to the commander Mitsutomi Kamio, and Mitsutomi Kamio called to inform him that the 17th Division would arrive at Longkou in 2 days.

It was about 120 kilometers from Longkou to Heidu, and Matsumoto Asami had to hold out here for three days before reinforcements from the 17th Division could arrive. Three days is like 30 years for Matsumoto Asami, and he knows in his heart that the enemy has a powerful artillery unit, and whether the warriors can hold out for 3 days is to pray for the blessing of Amaterasu. At midnight, the gunfire on the battlefield stopped, and the enemy did not attack again after tightening their pockets, and the enemy surrounded but did not attack, and the ordinary soldiers knew that they were waiting for the artillery unit to pull up.

In the blocking position on the northern front, the brigade commander He Zhi came to the forward position to inspect, and a battalion commander accompanied him: "Brigade commander, the Oriental devils are simply not human, and the hands of several machine gunners in our battalion are weak, frankly I can't bear to witness it!" He Zhi looked at the shadowy figure in front of him, and knew that the soldiers were clearing the corpses and wounded soldiers of the Japanese army. The Japanese army even threw its own wounded soldiers on the battlefield, which shows how crazy the Japanese army is, we are not executioners, and we are doing our best to rescue the wounded Japanese soldiers. ”

At the headquarters of the 1st Brigade on the southwest side, Zhu Ming, commander of the artillery division, walked into the headquarters in a dusty manner. "Master Zhu, it's so fast!" "Brigadier Wang, is it interesting to eat such a big meal without our participation? We're bone-gnawers! The two sides ridiculed for a while, and Wang Jiefang said: "Division Commander Zhu, the 29th Brigade of the Japanese Army has become a turtle in an urn, and it is impossible to break through, so you can only hold on and wait for reinforcements." The Overseers ordered us to settle the battle within 3 days, and the Japanese army was trapped and would fight to the death. ”

The Overseer's call made it a point to avoid heavy casualties and therefore the need for artillery units. In the telegram, the Overseer demanded that the Japanese brigade headquarters and headquarters at all levels should be bombarded, and as long as the Japanese command organs were eliminated, the Japanese army would collapse. The Japanese formed a 5-kilometer circular defensive position, and we carefully studied it to determine where the Japanese headquarters was roughly located. "At night, one cannon after another entered the position, and the dark barrel revealed a ghostly atmosphere.

Terrifyingly quiet, Matsumoto Asami sat in the temporary headquarters, motionless like a statue, and his subordinates did not dare to say anything. The enemy's supernatural and lightning-like encirclement made Matsumoto Asami strongly dissatisfied with the command of Mitsutomi Kamio and even the War Department, but he couldn't show his heart in the face of his subordinates. "Major General Matsumoto, the commander is calling." The chief of staff handed over the telegram. I saw that the telegram read: Your unit will go all out to break through to the north, and the 17th Division will arrive at Longkou the morning after tomorrow. ”

Matsumoto Asami really wanted to tear the telegram to shreds, he looked around at the generals and said, "It is impossible to break through, we can only hold on and wait for help." Now we have to face a strong enemy, the Chinese army in front of us, the strong combat power does not belong to us at all, and the next time is to test the warriors of the empire. The Chinese have a saying that if you fight against the water, you will die and then live. I believe that the warriors of the empire will be favored by Amaterasu, and for the sake of the emperor and the honor of the empire, I will fight to the end! ”

At dusk that day, in the presidential palace of Yuan Shikai in the capital, Yang Du walked in. "Chenzi, you're back, how is the situation in Shandong?" Yang Du put down his briefcase, took a sip of tea and said, "My lord, Ge Yunfei is commanding on the front line, not in Jinan. Song Shiyuan met me, and he repeatedly stressed that the Shandong government did not betray the government of the Republic of China, and their purpose was to defend the homeland and the country. According to the information provided by Song Shiyuan, the soldiers of Ge Yunfei's troops greatly exceeded our imagination. ”

"Ge Yunfei commanded 6 infantry brigades, each infantry brigade 6 regiments, 6 brigades except for the 6th brigade located in Hefei, the rest all participated in the battle. His artillery unit was not a regiment, but a division with 3 regiments. The most terrifying thing is that he used the police from all over the country to form an independent column of 20,000 people and ambushed them in the Wulong River area. Ge Yunfei is not simple, he has a great appetite, and he wants to eat all the Japanese landing troops. Yuan Shikai seemed indifferent and looked gloomy.

Yang Du continued: "Before I came back, Song Shiyuan provided me with a few photos, you see this is a photo of a Japanese deputy captain who died on the Zibo platform. Yuan Shikai took the photo and looked at it: "Ge Yunfei has money in his hands, and it is not surprising to secretly expand the troops, otherwise he would not have the courage to fight against the Japanese." News came from the northeast that attacks broke out on the Liaodong Peninsula and in northern Korea, and I guess it was also Ge Yunfei's doing. However, what do you know is that the Japanese military government has already sent a note to our country that it will continue to increase its troops on the Shandong Peninsula. ”

"Ge Yunfei is brave for a while, and there will be no good results. After consultations with Britain, the United States, Russia, and other countries, several countries urged the Japanese government to confine the war to the Shandong Peninsula, which finally gave me a breath. Ge Yunfei is such a hero, the world's attention depends on his creation. "My lord, Japan does not dare to start an all-out war with China, even if Ge Yunfei is defeated in the end, it will greatly weaken Japan's strength. This time I went to Jinan and learned that Ge Yunfei was very well prepared, and it was impossible for the Japanese army to defeat Ge Yunfei in the short term. ”

In fact, Yang Du knew where Yuan Shikai's worries were, and he was afraid that in the future, the great powers would join forces to invade China and repeat the tragedy of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Yuan Shikai's cowardice is attributed to his lack of understanding of the world, sitting in a well and watching the sky, all he sees is a narrow sky. In fact, Ge Yunfei has the power to fight, why not Yuan Shikai. Even if the Japanese army defeated Ge Yunfei, Japan would lose its troops and exhaust its national strength, and the pressure on the government of the Republic of China would be sharply reduced in the future.

At midnight, Mitsutomi Kamio led his headquarters to Mt. Katsuko, where he met the commander of Koichi Yamada's brigade, who was directing the retreat of the forward. "General Kamio, the enemy attack is very fierce, and our forward troops have converged at the well digging detachment. According to the well digging report, the main force of the station has retreated from the Fushan defense line in Qingdao and built fortifications along the coast of Yangshan Bay to create conditions for the main force to retreat to the sea. "Commander Kato has already prepared the ship, and your brigade will arrive at the shore and board the ship quickly, without delay!" "Yes!"

The commander of the Yamada Brigade was ordered to leave, and Mitsutomi Kamio looked at the night sky in the north lit up by the light of the explosion, and he couldn't see his expression clearly in the darkness. "Your Excellency, the commander of the 23rd Brigade, Kojima, personally commanded the troops to block the attack, and his rear troops have lost contact with the 65th Wing. The radio called repeatedly, and there was no response from the 65 Wing. "The last telegram from the captain of the bridge wing was one hour ago, and the location was in Zhongcun, and it was obvious that the 65th wing was intercepted in Zhongcun." The chief of staff said cautiously when he saw that Mitsutomi Kamio did not express his words.

"The 29th Brigade was surrounded north of Pingdu, and the 65th Brigade was blocked at Zhongcun, while the enemy attacked fiercely from the north and west, and it was fortunate that the main force could safely retreat to Yangshan Bay. At present, we have lost a large number of weapons and ammunition, and our soldiers are extremely tired and have no ability to fight again. Immediately send a report to the War Department and report the battle situation in detail! After Mitsutomi finished speaking, he shook the reins of his horse and walked forward. Kamio Mitsutomi knew in his heart that the 29th Brigade and the 65th Wing were no longer able to escape.