After the Japanese army landed at Longkou, it made rapid progress, and in less than 10 days, about 30,000 troops were assembled in the area around Jimo, and dozens of siege artillery and heavy artillery had already reached the front line, and when they were about to attack, the "backyard" suddenly caught fire. In the face www.biquge.info of such changes, Mitsutomi Kamio was a little confused at first, and if the Chinese army entered the war without hesitation, the strategic plan to seize Qingdao would inevitably fail.

Soon, Lu Commander's Department called that the sudden attack by the Chinese army was an unauthorized use of troops by Ge Yunfei, the overseer of Shandong, and that the Nationalist Government remained neutral, and that the outbreak of large-scale resistance in Shandong was an act of civil strife, and the Japanese army had the obligation to quell the rebellion.

The Japanese army sent an internal telegram to Mitsutomi Kamio to postpone the attack on Qingdao, send troops north to quell the riot, and inform the 17th Division that it had assembled on the mainland and supported Longkou by sea. The situation was clear, and Kamio Mitsutomi breathed a sigh of relief. However, he was taken by surprise by the enemy's strong counterattack.

At the headquarters of the Japanese army in Jimo, a Japanese combat staff officer reported: "Your Excellency, it has been confirmed that the enemy army concentrated superior forces and ate the 252nd Field Brigade in Zhoucun and Zibo respectively. Due to the unknown enemy situation, the 120th Wing reinforced Zibo was surrounded and the whole army was annihilated. The 29th Brigade encountered stubborn resistance on the front line of the Lai River, and the 29th Brigade has now retreated to Pingdu. “

The subordinate continued: "At midnight, the 31st Logistics Brigade of the 18th Logistics Wing in Gaomi was suddenly attacked by a large number of Chinese troops. The Chinese troops who blocked the attack before dawn retreated to Gaomi, but it was confirmed that the Chinese troops had occupied Gaomi and that the 31st Logistics Brigade was unlucky. The number of the enemy army in Gaomi is unknown, and intelligence analysis may indicate that it may be the 4th Brigade of the 5th Division stationed in Taierzhuang. “

Kamio Mitsuchen said: "The intelligence department is like a rice bucket, Ge Yunfei has already started to prepare, but we don't know it. Such an arrangement of troops indicates that his troops numbered at least 30,000 men. "Your Excellency General, the Intelligence Headquarters has always believed that Ge Yunfei is a businessman and not a soldier, so it has ignored this person. Now it seems that he accurately predicted our military operations and made careful arrangements. The 120th Wing was completely annihilated, and the easy eating of the 31st Logistics Brigade was caused by the surprise attack on its unpreparedness. ”

An operational staff officer said: "Your Excellency General, according to the report of the 29th Brigade, Ge Yunfei's troops are not under the imperial army in terms of weapons and equipment, combat effectiveness, and soldier quality. ”

Kamio Mitsutomi said angrily: "Ge Yunfei's troops adopted a surprise attack tactic and paralyzed the entire transportation line in the north. Laizhou, Zhaoyuan, and Longkou were all attacked to varying degrees, which was obviously intentional by Ge Yunfei. If our troops give up attacking Qingdao, they will inevitably lose the best opportunity. In addition, our troops will go north, and even if we defeat Ge Yunfei, we will pay a heavy price. If Ge Yunfei continued to retreat westward, and adopted the tactics of resistance, the battle would inevitably be protracted. ”

Kamio Guangchen took a few steps and continued: "Although Ge Yunfei is fighting alone, but the time and place are favorable, the people of Shandong will fully support the operation, if we cannot eliminate Ge Yunfei, the Chinese mainland will inevitably form an anti-Japanese wave, if Ge Yunfei receives assistance, our strategic plan will be aborted." I decided to take Qingdao as soon as possible, and only by capturing Qingdao can we prevent Ge Yunfei from joining forces with the Germans and obtaining the strategic points of Qingdao, and it will be easy to capture Shandong in the next step. ”

Mitsutomi Kamio decided to refuse to carry out the orders of the War Department and continued the attack on Qingdao according to the original plan. The Japanese army responded to all changes with the same change, which greatly surprised Ge Yunfei's expectations. Ge Yunfei held that the Japanese army's strategy was to seek the interests of Shandong, and it would inevitably aim at itself. In view of the fact that the Germans could only shrink to Qingdao and could not pose any threat, it was easier for the Japanese to occupy Shandong first and then deal with the Germans in Qingdao. Therefore, Ge Yunfei's counterattack and even military deployment were targeted.

If the Japanese army moves north, it will inevitably recapture Gaomi, and then use Wen Biao and Hu Wannian's headquarters to block the Japanese army with high intensity and frustrate its sharpness, and then retreat to implement a continuous blockade. When the Japanese army's ammunition and logistical supplies were seriously depleted, Jiang Fangzhen led his troops to launch a sudden attack, and the exhausted Japanese army was bound to collapse. Ge Yunfei did not move the air team, the purpose was to deal with the Japanese reinforcements. The aviation team was used to delay the landing of Japanese reinforcements at Longkou to ensure that the main force ate the Japanese 18th Division. However, Kamio Mitsumi did not implement the normal routine, which frustrated Ge Yunfei's plan.

At the same time, he ordered the commander of the 24th Brigade, Major General Koichi Yamada, to concentrate his forces and launch an attack on the line of Lijia'an, Shimen Mountain, southeast cliff, and Shuangbu Village in the north of Qingdao. Seize the German outlying fortifications as soon as possible and join up the Japanese troops who landed at Yangshan Bay. The German army took the line from Fushan and Xiaogushan to Li Village as the core fortifications, and the central battery as a strong fortress. The Japanese concentrated on attacking artillery, heavy artillery and mountain artillery, and first launched a fierce attack on the outer defense line.

The Japanese siege artillery was very terrifying, with thick barrels, heavy bodies, and a caliber of 300 mm, and every bombardment would bring a strong shock, and every shell would produce a devastating nightmare. The heavy artillery of the Japanese army was specially used against the strong fortifications of the German army to support the offensive operations. The Japanese soldiers braved the dense bullet rain of the German army, and seemed to repeat the scene of the siege of Arthur City, and seemed to launch a fierce attack at any cost.

There is a village behind Lijia'an, and the Japanese army shelled the small village in 20 minutes, and the more than 100 villagers in the village almost did not survive. After a day's onslaught, the Japanese captured Lijia'an in front of the sudden attack at about dusk. It is not so much that the Japanese army captured Lijia'an, but that the Germans deliberately gave it up. In this direction, the Japanese would face the permanent fortifications of Shimenshan, where the German defense would be supported by artillery fire from the North Battery.

The German defense center of Qingdao City came from the fort of Bismarck Mountain (now Qingdao Mountain). Bismarck Mountain is a naturally raised peak, with Baguan Mountain on the south side and Taiping Mountain on the southeast side. On the north side, it faces the Chushui Mountain, and on the northwest side, you can also see the Fulong Mountain, which is interlocking to form the central battery of Bismarck, and the guns of the central battery can rotate 360 degrees, and its fire strikes can be taken into account in all directions. The central fort is far from the coast of Jiaozhou Bay on the west side, but this direction can be restless because Jiaozhou Bay is blocked by mines.

The central fort at Bismarck, after 6 years of construction, was built into a solid defensive system and formed the north and south forts. The battery has an artillery headquarters, artillery positions, sea and land observation posts, and an underground command center. The Germans were equipped with strong searchlights in the North Battery, which could observe the enemy at night at a depth of several kilometers, and were also equipped with reconnaissance balloons that could be lifted into the air at any time to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Since the Chinese team was mainly defending the Fushan defense line in the east, and the German army had deployed heavy troops on the front line of Shuangbu Village and Shimenshan, with artillery support, it was difficult for the Japanese attack to achieve the expected results.

On the first day of the attack, the Japanese captured Li Jiayi, and for the next two days they were helpless in the face of the strong German fortifications, especially the artillery attack of the central battery. Because the German artillery was in the mountains, it had an excellent geographical advantage and a long firing range, and the Japanese heavy artillery could not pose a threat to the central battery, so the all-round support efficiency of the German artillery was extremely high. Later, the German army held out in Qingdao for 18 days, and due to the excessive consumption of German artillery shells, it could not be replenished before it was finally captured by the Japanese army, which shows how great the role of the German central battery was.

At this time, the Jimo Japanese army headquarters, the commander Kamio Mitsutomi, had a very ugly face. "Your Excellency, the 65th Wing has continuously launched a strong attack on Gaomi, and the enemy's stubborn defense and ineffective attack have been made. After the 29th Brigade retreated to Gaomi, the enemy did not take action against Pingdu for the time being. According to the report of Major General Koichi Yamada, the offensive was contained due to the effective blows of German artillery fire on the attacking troops. "Order the 65th Wing to continue the offensive against Gaomi, and order the well-digging detachment that landed in Yangshan Bay to immediately launch an attack on the Qingdao Fushan defensive line."

Mitsutomi Kamio decided to let the 29th Brigade stay in Pingdu, which could attract the enemy's main force, and ordered the 65th Wing to involve the enemy in Gaomi, so as to ensure that the main force could rest easy and attack the city. Let the well-digging detachment that landed from Yangshan Bay launch an attack, the purpose of which was to mobilize the German defensive forces and reduce the pressure on the direction of the main attack. In addition, if the well-digging detachment could effectively break through the Fushan defensive line, the core defense line of the German army would also collapse.

Now, the biggest problem facing Mitsutomi Kamio is logistical supply, since the northern transportation line is cut off, so he orders the logistics troops to obtain food around Jimo to ensure the food supply of the main force.

At this time, the German army in Qingdao did not know that Ge Yunfei had led his troops into the battle. It can be said that Qingdao is completely isolated from the outside, and Ge Yunfei did not want to tell the Germans the news of the war.

At this time, in the Weifang headquarters, Chief of Staff Guo Binghui reported: "Overseer, the aviation team has been secretly stationed in Dongying, and it can attack Longkou at any time. After the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade completed the encirclement of the 120th Wing of the Japanese Army, they outflanked the west and south sides of Pingdu after a day's rest. The 2nd Brigade has set up an ambush north of Pingdu! ”

Guo Binghui continued: "The first and second regiments of artillery have reached the west of Pingdu, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Pingdu tomorrow evening!" "Report! Wen Biao called, the Japanese offensive suddenly weakened, and the situation was unknown. According to Wen Biao's report, the vanguard unit of the 6th Brigade Hu Wannian has arrived in Gaomi! "Overseer, the main force of the Japanese army did not wave its troops north, but launched an attack on Qingdao, is it confusing us?" Chief of Staff Guo Binghui was a little worried.

Ge Yunfei said: "The Japanese army has always attacked the east and the west, and we can't be fooled. Jiang Fangzhen was ordered to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army and not to attack for the time being. "Overseer, did you tell the Germans about us?" "No, the Germans are more confident than ever in defence, they won't accept us. Only if we defeat the Japanese army will the Germans succumb. However, Ge Yunfei made a mistake in judgment, because Kamio Mitsutomi did not play his cards according to common sense at all, and did not plan to wave his troops north, and the battle situation was confusing.

"Overseer, has the plan of attack on Pingdu changed?" "If you don't change, you will telegraph to Wang Kun and Wang Jiefang, and launch a feint attack on Pingdu the morning after tomorrow, and you must mobilize the main force of the Japanese army to go north." In fact, Kamio Mitsuchen dared to put a lone army of the 29th Brigade in Pingdu, one was to believe in the combat effectiveness of the 29th Brigade, and the other was that Ge Yunfei's troops were limited, and the 29th Brigade could completely retreat. Third, the 17th Division, reinforced by the Japanese army, will soon continue to land at Longkou.

But Shenwei Guangchen didn't expect that Ge Yunfei had an ambush in the east, eyeing him. There were major miscalculations on both sides, so much so that there were major variables in the Japanese army's wishful card counting and the battle plan for the total annihilation of the Japanese army.