"Captain, we're out of bullets." The Heavy ran out of bullets after a frenzied burst of strafing below.

"Then let's go back!"

Among the 10 attack planes, one after another the planes returned after shooting out of bullets, and the soldiers below were already strewn all over the field, and when the 10 Junkers attack planes flew away, these soldiers hurriedly stood up from the field and assembled into a long line again.

Kamio Mitsutomi didn't count the casualties anymore, he made a visual inspection, and at least two or three thousand people were killed and wounded. At this time, he could no longer care so much, so he could only continue to ask the troops to speed up the march.

However, what Kamio Mitsutomi didn't expect was that they were head-on in the direction where the Second Army was located.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, just as Kamio Mitsutomi was traveling quickly to the mountains north of Pingdu, a burst of smoke and dust suddenly appeared in front, and a huge convoy appeared in front of him.

The East China Army is advancing towards the Yue Army in the field!

"Sir, we're surrounded." An officer hissed and shouted to Mitsutomi Kamio, "There are people on both sides and in the rear. ”

"Ahh Kamio Mitsuki looked up to the sky and roared, the hatred in his heart!

Knowing this, it would be better to fight to the death with the people of China in Weifang than the current situation.

"Sir, what should I do?"

"There is only one battle, my lords, and you will be loyal to the emperor!" Mitsutomi Kamio drew his sword and pointed forward, "Fight for the Emperor!" ”

However, as soon as Kamio Mitsutomi shouted the slogan, a dense cannonball sounded in the sky, and the cannonballs rained down on their area.

The four divisions of the Second Army had already laid pockets here, and as soon as the army got in, they were immediately surrounded by the Second Army on three sides.

The second army's howitzers, rapid-fire guns, and mortars opened fire one after another at the Japanese army in the field.

Boom Boom Boom Boom ...... Shells rained down from the sky, and the army was killed and wounded by the dense cannonballs.

The howitzer brigade of the Second Army struck the Japanese army in a desperate manner, with no intention of saving shells, but in comparison, the 60mm mortars of each infantry platoon were even more frenzied, raining shells at the Japanese army at a rate of more than 25 rounds per minute.

Each platoon had a mortar, the mortar was named the Type 12 mortar, and although the weight of 21 kg was still a bit heavier, it was the most advanced in this era, and it was also much lighter than the infantry guns, which were used by Britain, France and Germany in this era.

Not only bulky, but also low rate of fire.

The Yue army in the field was directly blinded by this overwhelming artillery fire, and when the artillery fire passed, the East China army pounced on it from all directions.

More than 13,000 Yue troops were surrounded by the more than 50,000 Second Army, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of equipment, physical strength, and morale.

Shortly after shouting the slogan, Mitsutomi Kamio was killed on the spot by a mortar shell.

The battle of annihilation lasted about two hours before it ended, and the rows of soldiers were escorted down with their hands raised, but there were not too many who surrendered, only more than 2,000, and the others were killed and wounded on the spot.

Faced with the corpses and wounded in one place, the East China Army was very cautious. They cleaned the battlefield in groups as taught in the infantry manual, and some soldiers were responsible for keeping an eye on the situation around them, and if a wounded soldier from the fallen army wanted to let go of the cold gun, they immediately swept the bullets from the submachine guns and light machine guns.

The rest of the soldiers are responsible for cleaning up the battlefield.

"Sir, what about the wounded soldiers?" The staff officer of the Second Army asked Lin Chenggui, commander of the Second Army, that Lin Chenggui, the commander of the Second Army, was temporary, and although he had no education, after four years of study, his cultural deficiencies had also been greatly improved, and at least he would not make any mistakes on tactical issues.

Lin Chenggui is a pure person, and Xia Jun is very important to this old subordinate. Besides, as a military commander, there is a group of staff officers to assist, as long as these staff officers are not dry meals, Lin Chenggui's command will not have any problems.

"What else can be done, out of humanitarianism, we should end their suffering as soon as possible." Lin Chenggui replied smoking a cigarette.

"Ah~! Oh! ”

The staff officers quickly understood what Lin Chenggui meant, the so-called humanitarian spirit, just didn't want to waste medicine, although the medicine was as much as it wanted, but with a group of wounded soldiers also made Lin Chenggui feel troublesome.

The Second Army quickly cleaned up the battlefield north of Pingdu, buried the corpses of the Yue army in a ditch in Pingdu, executed the wounded, and threw them into the ditch together.

This detail was later revealed, when China explained that the order of Lin Chenggui, the commander of the Second Army at the time, was to end the suffering of the wounded soldiers in a humanitarian spirit, but some of the soldiers below misunderstood this order, which led to this result.

The Second Army settled Pingdu's army and soon moved north to join the First Army.

At this time, the First Army was confronting the Yue Army on the front line of Laizhou, and according to the report of the reconnaissance plane, more than 10 large warships of the Yue Army were discovered in Laizhou Bay. This forced the First Army to stay ten kilometers away from the coastline, otherwise it would be shelled by warships once it entered that area.

…… On the afternoon of September 8, a large pair of items were sent to Zhucheng.

These were sabers, firearms, and some personal belongings seized from the exterminated soldiers, as well as piles of corpses of officers of the army.

The East China Army neatly placed these trophies on the ground, and then hundreds of Chinese and foreign reporters poured into the area, picked up their cameras and took wild shots.

The corpse of the supreme commander of the 16th Division, Mitsutomi Kamio, became the focus of reporters' photographs, but Mitsutomi Kamio had been blown up beyond recognition, and his face was covered with blood, and he could only be judged from his military uniform that his identity was the supreme commander of the 16th Division.

According to a staff officer of the East China Army, the total number of troops annihilated this time reached more than 30,000, while the East China Army itself suffered very few casualties and more than 100 casualties.

The revelation of the staff officer, who did not want to be named, shocked everyone.

At the same time, in the Zhucheng Headquarters, Xia Jun and the staff were mobilizing submarine and bomber formations to prepare to bomb the warships of the Yue Army.

The bomber formations in Zhucheng hung torpedoes and heavy bombs and flew to the temporary airfield in Shahe Town one after another. The submarine forces stationed in Dalian and Lianyungang have also successfully assembled in Jiaozhou Bay, and a total of 26 Type VIIB submarines have been assembled, and these submarines are lurking under the water three kilometers away from the warships, waiting for combat orders at any time.

"It is expected that the supply convoy will arrive at the temporary airfield in Shahe Town in two hours, and if everything is ready, the bomber formation can carry out two rounds of bombing of the warships."

After careful calculations, the General Staff calculated that the warships were fleeing at a speed of 20 knots per hour, and the bomber formation took off from the temporary airfield in Shahe Town to bomb the warships.

However, the premise is that the reload speed is fast.

"The bombing plan will not be ready until at least a day later." The General Staff drew conclusions.

"Then wait a day." Xia Jun nodded and said, "Let the submarine force not take the lead, so as not to startle the snake." ”

…… The mutual declaration of war between the East China Autonomous Political Axe and the Soben Political Axe has aroused widespread concern at home and abroad, but Western countries still focus on the European battlefield.

On the European battlefield, the German army and the Anglo-French army were fighting fiercely, and Germany was already approaching Paris.

On 8 September, reporters from the Shandong battlefield sent back the good news of the East China Army.

After two days of encirclement, pursuit, and interception, the East China Army eliminated 15,000 Japanese troops in Pingdu on the morning of 8 September, and together with the previous annihilation of the Japanese army, it had reached an astonishing 30,000, and it suffered very little damage of its own.

30,000 people is nothing for the European battlefield, but the East China Army, a new army, actually defeated the Yue Army on the battlefield, which makes people feel incredible.

And in China, when the news of the victory of the East China Army came, the provinces immediately boiled. The prestige of the autonomous political axe in East China has once again increased, reaching a level that even the central government cannot match.

Nor did the provincial warlords expect the situation to evolve like this.

When Yuan Shikai heard that the East China Army had won a great victory over the Yue Army on the Shandong battlefield, his first reaction was to be suspicious, but after reading the newspaper, he had to believe it.

The East China Army did seize a large amount of military equipment on the battlefield, and the photographs of the corpses of the officers were published in the newspapers.

There is no doubt that the East China Army did achieve a great victory.

Yuan Shikai couldn't help but hesitate, the central political axe was neutral, but let the local political axe fight against Yueben, which greatly damaged the prestige of the central government.

However, Yuan Shikai soon put the idea of declaring war on Yueben behind him, because there was news from Yueben that they would send the first division to support the Shandong battlefield.

When the 1st Division arrives in Shandong, the number of troops will be increased to 120,000, which is basically the same as the strength of the East China Army.

The previous victory of the East China Army was probably just shit luck, and now they are really focused on fighting this war, but they have more than a dozen divisions and regiments!

Under such circumstances, it was basically impossible for the East China Army to win the war.

Maybe the East China Army will be hit hard!

This is also what Yuan Shikai is willing to see, and this is a great opportunity for Beiyang Political Axe. If the power of the East China Autonomous Axe is weakened, it will be a good opportunity for the central government to reverse its current disadvantageous position.

At the same time, it can be said that the political axe is like thunder.

Kamio Mitsutomi became the target of the spurning of the Masaaxe, and in the eyes of the Masaaxe, their army was not defeated, but the air force was defeated.

At the same time, it was also because of the stupid escape of Kamio Mitsutomi that 30,000 troops were annihilated by the Shina people.

It is said that the Imperial Army cannot be defeated!

If the Imperial Army is defeated again, the international status of the Imperial Army will plummet.

For this reason, he not only openly dispatched the 1st Division to support Shandong, but also sent the 2nd Division to support Shandong.

(To be continued)