If the commander of the Kumamoto Division had calmed down and carefully analyzed the current battle situation, perhaps the 7th Division would have been able to break through at least half of its strength. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At this time, the 9th Army was gradually entering the designated position on the north side, and the pocket mouth was not tightened. If the commander of the Kumamoto Division decisively ordered all troops to be lightly armed, throw away all the light and heavy, and resolutely break through to the northeast, there would be no problem in escaping half of the troops. However, he chose to go to Laiyang and rendezvous with the 9th Division, which caused the 7th Division to fall into a catastrophe.

The commander of the Kumamoto Division retreated according to the textbook method, without any problems, the flanks were on guard, and the rear was blocked step by step. However, the mode of operation was not carried out according to the wishes of the Japanese army. The Japanese retreat stretched for miles and was in disarray. At this time, a large number of fighters appeared in the sky, bombers dropped bombs one after another, fighters strafed at low altitudes, and the battle sequence of the Japanese army suddenly got out of control. The smoke of the explosion filled the canyon, and soon the retreating Japanese troops were intercepted head-on, and fierce fighting broke out.

The commander of the Kumamoto Division had no other choice but to desperately escape. On the one hand, he reported to the headquarters, and on the other hand, he ordered the troops to launch a decisive attack. Commander Yamamoto Nokawa, the commander of the Weihai Japanese Army Headquarters, received a report that the 7th Division was encircled, and he did not recover for a long time. "Your Excellency General, the commander of the Kumamoto Division has called, and the headquarters is surrounded by several times the enemy army, and it is impossible to break through. The 9th Division had been ordered to rescue with all its might, but in front of the 9th Division, there were also heavy enemy troops to intercept it. ”

"Order the Kumamoto Division to move closer in the direction of the 9th Division with all its might. The Reserve 6th Division, which was located in Laixi, was ordered to advance quickly in the direction of Haiyang and make every effort to rescue the 7th Division. A few hours later, the 6th Division, which was supported by Lacey, was intercepted by two divisions of the 11th Army, and the scale of the battle began to escalate. By noon, the Japanese 7th Division was divided into several sections in a long and narrow valley. The Japanese soldiers in the encirclement, because of the excessive density of personnel, invisibly added a terrifying weight to the fierce aerial bombardment.

The fierce battles do not have to be elaborated on, because there is no suspense in the battles. As the battle progressed, the will of the Japanese soldiers to resist collapsed.

At dusk, the battle came to an end, and the gunfire began to disperse. In this battle, there was a scene that had never been seen before. The Japanese soldiers, who claimed to be unyielding to death, chose to surrender on a large scale. In particular, after the desperate suicide of the commander of the Kumamoto Division, most of the Japanese officers and men who were leaderless, except for a small number of stubborn officers and soldiers who fought to the death, lost the will to resist and laid down their arms and surrendered. Cai Ye in the Zhaishan Command Department said excitedly: "I didn't expect that the invincible Japanese army would actually lay down its arms and surrender in formation, which greatly exceeded my expectations." ”

Cai Ye was very excited and continued: "Immediately report to the Jinan Command that after 10 hours of fierce fighting, the battle of encircling and annihilating the 7th Division of the Japanese Army has come to an end. At present, there are still small groups of Japanese troops who are resisting stubbornly, and all departments are making every effort to eliminate them. "Report, the 23rd and 24th Divisions of the 8th Army, which served as blockers, reported that the Japanese 9th Division has stopped attacking and there are signs of retreat." "Immediately inquire about the interception of the 31st and 32nd Divisions of the 11th Army." Soon after, the 31st and 32nd Divisions, which were responsible for interception, called, and the Japanese 6th Division attacked for an afternoon, and the Japanese troops withdrew from the battle at dusk and retreated back to Laixi.

The night was shrouded, and the silence in the Weihai headquarters was terrible, and the sound of ticking telegrams seemed to disappear. At this time, Commander Yamamoto sat in his chair, his eyes staring blankly at the ground, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, the red light of the radio station began to flash, and Nagawa Yamamoto's eyes quickly fixed on the radio. Soon after, the chief of staff took the telegram from the translator's hand and reported: "Your Excellency, General, a call from the base camp. Nagawa Yamamoto took the telegram and closed his eyes in pain.

At dawn, the sporadic gunfire completely disappeared, and the battle to clear the small Japanese army ended. Cai Yi rode a war horse surrounded by guards and patrolled along the valley. Military supplies discarded by the Japanese troops on both sides of the road abounded and were in shambles. In the distance, on the mountain, many soldiers are burying the bodies of Japanese soldiers who have fallen in battle. In particular, a large number of Japanese prisoners of war sat on both sides of the road with a depressed expression, which was particularly eye-catching. At this time, Li Jing, the commander of the 8th Army, who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield, saw Cai Ye coming and greeted him.

The two sides exchanged military salutes Li Jing said: "Report to Commander Cai, after preliminary statistics: 18,000 Japanese officers and soldiers were captured, about 4,700 Japanese soldiers were killed, and about 5,000 wounded soldiers. "Commander Li, your 22nd Division fought very tenaciously in the blocking battle, but the losses were also very large. The 23rd and 24th Divisions intercepted the 9th Division of the Japanese Army and completed the task brilliantly, but at a great cost. After research, it was decided that your army would bring back Jimo to rest and be responsible for the custody of prisoners of war. "Yes!" Li Jing knew in his heart that he would not be able to participate in the next battle.

On the west side of Haiyang, in the headquarters of the 7th Army, Wen Biao said loudly to the generals: "Ladies and gentlemen, just now Commander Cai called, our main army has cleanly and completely wiped out the 7th Division of the Japanese Army in the morning. When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but cheer. It's time to see us, Yu Deshui! "Here!" The commander of the 7th Army, Yu Deshui, replied loudly. "Attack in half an hour, and be sure to take the Japanese outlying positions at noon." Soon, the artillery began to roar, and Wen Biao stared at the military map and secretly cheered.

At this time, the phone rang, and an operational staff officer answered the phone and said: "Report, forward position report, the situation of the Japanese defensive position is not right, and it is preliminarily judged that the Japanese army has retreated." Wen Biao's face turned red when he heard this. Immediately stop the shelling, tell Yu Deshui, and immediately find out the situation in the forward positions! The news quickly came back that the Japanese army had quietly retreated last night. It's a shame to lose your home. Wen Biao angrily reprimanded Yu Deshui fiercely.

At noon that day, Wen Biao led his troops into Haiyang City without bloodshed. At dusk, a regiment of the department entered Rushan. It is self-evident why the Japanese army abandoned Haiyang and Rushan. The core content of the telegram from the Japanese army headquarters to Commander Yamamoto is; In view of Ge Yunfei's growing military strength, the military-strategic objectives of the Imperial Expeditionary Force on the Shandong Peninsula could not be achieved. The headquarters ordered Yamamoto Nagawa to safely withdraw all troops to Liaodong and even the Korean Peninsula.

Yamamoto Nagawa did not dare to slack off after receiving the order of the base camp, and immediately ordered the 11th Division located in Haiyang and Rushan to quickly withdraw to the front line of Wendeng for fortification. The Japanese army was ordered to retreat to Laiyang with 4 divisions in Laizhou, and the 2nd and 5th divisions in Laiyang were ordered to serve as the rear interceptors. The 11th Division of the Japanese Army in Haiyang, after receiving the order to retreat, reacted the fastest, and evacuated Haiyang and Rushan at midnight that day.

At the Jinan Headquarters, Jiang Fangzhen said excitedly: "The Japanese troops on the front line of Laixi began to withdraw, and this morning Wang Jiefang led his troops into Laixi City. It seemed that the Japanese army was going to withdraw from the Shandong Peninsula, and it did not occur that the Japanese army would collapse after eating a division of the Japanese army. "Eating a division of the Japanese army hastened the collapse of the Japanese army. As long as we take Haiyang and Rushan, the heavy troops of the Japanese army on the northern front will also collapse if they are attacked in the belly, but earlier than we expected. "He Zhi and Cai Yi jointly asked for orders to carry out a large-scale pursuit operation!"

Ge Yunfei shook his head and said, "Poor Kou Mo Chasing, since our strategic goal has been achieved, there is no need to force the Japanese army to break the boat. He Zhi was ordered to take Penglai first, and then march to Yantai. He ordered Cai to take Wendeng and Rongcheng, and formed military pressure on Weihai, forcing the Japanese army to accelerate its retreat. "The commander is right, our strategic goal has been achieved, and there is no need to increase battle losses. The officers and men will become the cornerstone of the country in the future after the experience of the great war, and I am ready to form two more corps on the basis of the reserve corps. ”

"Not 2 armies, but 4 armies were rapidly expanded. Next, we have to focus on domestic affairs, Shan Feng came with news from the capital that Yuan Shikai was bedridden. A few days later, Chief Duan Qirui secretly came to Jinan. Once Yuan Shikai dies, we will send troops to the capital quickly to control the situation. I have a preliminary idea: In the future, the Central Group Army of the Republic of China will be formed on the basis of the Shandong Independent Column, so as to deter the Quartet with powerful armaments and put an end to the situation of scattered sand in the country as soon as possible. ”

"Great, we are like children without a mother, we can finally be on the big stage in a grand manner, and the name is not justified, which always makes people's hearts blocked." "We control the situation by force, that is, to form a centralized power as soon as possible, so that we can implement the second step of the strategic plan and start a full-scale war against the Japanese army. If domestic affairs go well, an attack will be launched on the Liaodong Peninsula next summer and the Korean Peninsula in the summer of '18 until the Japanese government submits. ”

Ge Yunfei continued: "In wartime, the treatment of stubborn diseases in the country, the promulgation of new laws, and the things that cannot be done in peacetime, can be implemented smoothly in wartime. The establishment of a sound republican system and the development of the domestic economy by leaps and bounds are many thorny and contradictory problems. will be covered by war. I can assert that a new China is rising in the flames of war, and no force can try to stop us from moving forward. In the next step, facing a bigger stage, the difficulties are even more unimaginable, so we must be mentally prepared. ”

"Commander, who would have thought that we would shoulder the heavy responsibility of countering aggression without hesitation. Who would have thought that we would not be weakened on the battlefield of anti-aggression, but would rapidly grow and stand out from the crowd. Jiang Fangzhen's blood boiled. Ge Yunfei seemed to remember something and said: "Brother Jiang, the Japanese army is retreating with all its might, and the vigilance at sea will inevitably be relaxed. When the time is ripe for our ship-seizing plan, you will go to Qingdao in person, and this kid from the sea wolf has called me several times and asked to be dispatched. You tell him a thorough plan of action, just succeed and don't fail! ”

Capturing the Japanese warships and making small fights was not Ge Yunfei's style, he set his sights on the battleships of the Japanese Navy, once the ships were successful, the blow to the morale of the Japanese Empire was like an even worse one.