Kamio Mitsutomi had red eyes, and he and his 18th Division did not have any rest all night, from the temptation after 12 o'clock to the difficult decision to retreat, he has been trying to find the last chance of life, until now, he is a little more stable.

At this time, it is already the most critical juncture, the people below are very clear, at this time, any slightest laxity, bring a catastrophe, those ships, some are under the efforts of the crew, opened, some are simply pulled to the current position with various tools, of course, this is not the best position, 50 ships, only about 20 ships are used, it will be better if a little more concentrated, but the ship alone, can not resist the attack of the army, must use the protection system.

30,000 Japanese troops are the best laborers, these Japanese soldiers with a variety of tools, strengthen the defensive line, until just dawn, can be regarded as the initial fortifications, with the cargo ship as the center, circle an area of about 2 square kilometers, and then dig trenches, connect the defense system, these are the subjects of the Japanese Army training, whether it is the 18th Division, or others, they are all very good.

People are not machines, it is impossible to do it endlessly, Kamio Mitsutomi also knows, if he has been ordered to do this all the time, maybe before the Northwest Army arrives, the entire Japanese army will collapse first, almost in the early morning, when the sun is about to rise, the Japanese army has not rested for a day and a night, and began to rest in batches, and now in front of the position, it is the elite force of the entire 18th Division and Tachibana Koichiro's subordinates, especially Tachibana Koichiro's department. After they divided their troops, there was no back and forth march. Rather, it just stopped and rested, among all the Japanese troops. It is best to belong to the body.

Everyone else can rest, but Kamio Mitsutomi can't, the first wave of the defensive battle is the most important, and it is also the most violent, and it can't withstand the first wave of attacks, a qiē Xiuti, the Japanese army has been exhausted for 24 hours, and it is absolutely impossible to resist the wolf-like Northwest Army, and it will be over by then. Not to mention the support that supports the base camp, they are completely finished.

At about 7 o'clock, an airship flew through the sky, did not stop, and swept over directly, and Kamio Mitsutomi was glad in his heart, the Northwest Army used airships, but they suffered a big loss, no matter what they did. They can't hide from each other's eyes, but it seems that they are well hidden, and it seems that the airship is flashing from above. No trace of them was found.

Kamio Mitsutomi knew that once it could be an oversight of so many of them. No matter how well it is hidden, it cannot be completely traceless. It was only a matter of time to find out, sure enough. Almost half an hour later, another airship arrived, and this time instead of escaping, they stayed in the air, and they were discovered.

But fortunately, if the enemy had not left the position, he was some distance from here, and looking at the soldiers who had already fallen asleep, he did not wake them up and let them rest for a while.

On the high mast, an observation post was automatically formed, and there were nimble soldiers, holding binoculars to observe on it, and in the daytime, with a good line of sight, you could see more than ten miles away, and Kamio Mitsutomi ordered a few soldiers to go up and monitor the surrounding movements.

"Report to the division commander, the enemy has appeared and is rapidly advancing here!" Half an hour later, a report broke Kamio Mitsutomi's musings, and he sighed, the rest was over.

There is no rest for almost 24 hours, and his subordinates are not iron men, so they hurry up and rest, but after hearing the news of the enemy's coming, Kamio Mitsutomi still issued an order, asking all to get up and prepare for battle, the first wave of attacks, you need to go all out to be able to resist.

At the moment of life and death, even if it is an ant who is still stealing life, let alone a soldier, even if they slept deeply before, they all sat up, entered their position, and looked ahead nervously.

Looking at the actions of his subordinates, Shenwei Guangchen was slightly relieved, the main force here is the 18th Division, which he personally brought out, and the combat effectiveness is very clear, those eighty or ninety regiments and recruits have been put in unimportant places by him, as long as they hold here, no matter how strong the northwest is, it should be no problem to hold it for a few days.

The speed of the other party is very fast, the uniform clothing, the momentum pressed up from all directions, it is shocking, a simple count, there are at least more than 30,000 troops, Kamio Mitsutomi sighed, it was correct not to attack last night, with more than 20,000 people, attacking the defense line of tens of thousands of people, or even more people, that is not bravery, but death.

Preparing for battle, the voice was lowered, passed among the soldiers at the bottom, the 18th Division was ready, from yesterday to today, they don't know how much they have suffered, and now they must repay with iron, fire and bullets, maybe they can avenge their comrades and robes.

Standing in the middle of the defense line, Kamio Mitsutomi picked up the telescope, the telescope could clearly see five or six kilometers ahead, the Northwest Army appeared in his field of vision, but there was no continuous impact, the troops of the first division crossed a large open area, and stopped at a distance of 6 kilometers from the coastline, this position was exactly no more than 5 kilometers away from Kamio Mitsutomi's defense line. 、

From a semicircle of 12 kilometers to a semicircle of 6 kilometers, in terms of the circumference of the semicircle, it has been reduced by half, the defense line has been reduced a lot, and 42,000 people are lined up to stand in a row, and after being able to encircle this circle, the commander of the first division slightly regretted that in the process of advancing, the Japanese army did not provoke or attack, which was more or less disappointed, and it was impossible to get a battle.

Disappointment to disappointment, but the first division did not take the initiative to provoke the Japanese, such as feints to attack the opponent's position, or ** what, steel-like discipline, so that the Northwest Army was combined into a whole, even if it was a militant officer, they did not dare to disobey the military orders above, and after they left the necessary guards, they began to divide half of the men to dig trenches and defensive lines.

In the second line, that is, after 800 meters away from the first line of defense, the remaining 6 regiments of personnel are intensively digging fortifications here, and they will form a second line of defense, as for the next, the three corps of the production and construction corps promised by Yang Yuanzhao to Cai Ye will be directly mobilized from the northwest control area around this evening, and with them, there will be a large number of building materials and reinforced concrete needed to build the defense line, and they will be on top of the defense line of seven to eight kilometers. Build a multifunctional semi-permanent defense line of more than 10 kilometers, and if necessary, even some 15-inch artillery batteries.

Kamio Mitsutomi looked at this in amazement, a large number of Northwest Army rushed up, and the Northwest Army, which had almost absolute superiority, not only did not choose to attack, but instead built fortifications outside, and in front of them, built a defensive line in an orderly manner, completely locked Kamio Mitsutomi and the more than 30,000 people inside into the encirclement.

Kamio Mitsutomi was very speechless, and some senior officers next to him were itching with hatred, this was a naked provocation, and some of the officers who were anxious even shouted that they wanted to rush over and give those Northwest Army a little color.

"How to fight, it's hard to send you to death directly!" Kamio Mitsutomi said coldly, the current state of the 18th Division, 5 kilometers is not a problem, but next, the progress of the opponent's trenches is very fast, maybe an hour later, when they arrived, a preliminary defense has been formed, plus those light and heavy machine guns, laid down early, with the help of sandbags, formed a number of firepower points, maybe for the total victory period, the 18th Division without any damage, there is no big problem, it may be a rush, but now, under the premise of losing part of the heavy firepower, The attack used to be a little more likely to send you to death.

Kamio Mitsutomi's words were like a basin of cold water, poured down on the heads of all the officers from head to toe, they were not the 18th Division that was strong and strong at the beginning, and no one was afraid of it, it was the 18th Division that had lost some of its heavy firepower and logistical supplies, and even added a large part of the recruits, facing the other side far more than their soldiers and complete arrangements, and there was no way to countercharge.

"Or, with artillery!" An officer, tentatively, said.

"That artillery is enough, our artillery still needs to stabilize the defensive line, and we can't afford to lose the slightest."

The officer next to him didn't say a word, some things, once they were explained, there was nothing to say at all, 5 kilometers, the division's heavy firepower might be able to reach it, but most of them sank, and only two of them were fished out, and they were placed in the most core area like the treasure of the god tail Mitsutomi, which was used to top it at a critical moment, and the remaining artillery, the farthest range, could not cross this distance and hit the other party. As for the counter-charge, it was really a death, the other side had more people than them, when digging the fortifications, the other party did not put all the troops into it, it was half alert and half digging, it was obvious that some of his ideas had been taken into account, and being guarded and not being guarded were completely different things.

30,000 people, facing the almost endless Northwest Army, he does not occupy any upper hand, if even this number is lost to a certain extent, it will be over, even now, a square kilometer of defense line can not be guarded, since the other party does not want to attack, 5 kilometers away, can not come up in a short time, Kamio Guangchen simply does not think about it, anyway, he does not have the strength at present, more annihilation of the Northwest Army, can defend day by day, let the soldiers below also rest, so maybe it will be better.

Kamio Mitsutomi ordered some of the soldiers to be on guard, some to continue to rest, and the rest to continue to build positions, and now whether their 18th Division can escape depends on the support of the base camp and the navy. If that support is in place, maybe he can withdraw after resisting for two or three days, and he has already lost 2 divisions and a brigade, and I think that the base camp will not lose more than 30,000 people of the 18th division in vain.

In this way, on the seashore of Qingdao, on the landing site of the Japanese army, there was a very strange scene, the hostile sides, actually relatively digging trenches and fortifications, and more and more intense, large-scale earthworks, very rare in the history of the world's military, both sides tried their best to strengthen the defense, no one attacked, the whole day, not a single shot sounded. (To be continued......)