That night, there was a gloom in the headquarters of the North China Front.

After receiving the account of the Eighth Route Army's attack on Qingdao, Tadajun's mood suddenly changed from the hesitation of gathering a large army to encircle and suppress the Hebei and Lu borders, and he made a sharp turn, and slipped from the top of the peak to the bottom.

My heart is cool and cool.

Although the chief adviser, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, is old, but in the end, he has a military vision as the commander of the notorious Ninth Division. He knew that this time, the Eighth Route Army had caught the death of the Japanese army again.

The Fourth Fleet of the Navy reported that the Eighth Route Army had begun to erect pontoon bridges over the Yellow River, and that because the lower reaches of the Yellow River were wide and shallow, large warships were not allowed to go up the river to attack the Eighth Route Army. The Fourth Fleet could only watch at the mouth of the Yellow River as the Eighth Route Army built bridges to cross the river.

Tada sat down in his chair, his face as dead as ashes, and he didn't say a word.

Deputy Chief Adviser Hirata Masashi didn't seem to know that His Excellency the Commander was in a bad mood, and he was still showing off his military qualities: "Your Excellency Commander: The sudden attack on Qingdao by the Eighth Route Army shows that they have been hiding in the area around Qingdao, waiting for the Fifth Division, the Second Brigade of the First Guards Division, and the Heavy Artillery Brigade to leave Qingdao!" Now, Liu Yimin's troops have fled to the Jilu border, and the front army is about to gather a large army to encircle and suppress Liu Yimin's troops, and they have initiated an attack in Qingdao. Moreover, Liu Yimin actually crossed the river at this time. Once the Eighth Route Army captures Qingdao and the main force of Liu Yimin's army returns to the hinterland of Shandong, won't Jinan also be dangerous? It's a pity that the main forces of the imperial army are far away from Jinan, Qingdao and Liu Yimin's river crossing points, and it is too late to reinforce them! Especially in Qingdao, the defenders were originally not much, and most of the troops were transferred to the countryside to sweep, and even the Fourth Fleet was transferred to the mouth of the Yellow River. It is likely that the Eighth Route Army will be able to occupy Qingdao tomorrow morning. Liu Yimin is too cunning."

As soon as Hirata finished speaking, he heard a "poof", and Tada Jun spat out a mouthful of blood, and the person also fell back on the chair.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masashi panicked, and kept shouting that the military doctor and commander had fainted.

In fact, Tada Jun was just angry and vomited blood, but in fact, he was fine. By the time the medic arrived, Tada Jun was already awake, waved his hand away from the medic, stood up and staggered to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth.

Tada Jun rinsed his mouth and brushed his teeth, and sat alone in front of the map and stared for a long time, then turned around and said: "Yoshizumi-kun, Hirata Jun, Qingdao can't be defended, the North China Front has once again embarrassed His Majesty the Emperor, and the Great Empire has once again been embarrassed in the world." http://

As the commander of the North China Front, I was entrusted by His Majesty the Emperor to command such a huge military force, wasting so many war resources of the Empire, but in the end I was attacked by the Eighth Route Army to occupy Shimen and Qingdao. This commander has the great trust of His Majesty the Emperor, the Advisory Headquarters, the Ministry of the Army, and the General Headquarters of the China Dispatch Army, and I am sorry for the Yamato warriors of the jade shatter. I will submit my resignation to His Majesty the Emperor, His Excellency the Prime Minister, His Excellency the General Adviser, and His Majesty Lu Tongtong, and apologize for my guilt. ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Your Excellency Commander, it will never be possible, the situation is critical now, and it is not the time to compromise the commander-in-chief." Please cheer up Your Excellency, commander, and command the army to recapture Qingdao and eliminate Liu Yi's main force. Pleased! ”

After saying that, Yoshizumi Ryosuke held the command knife in one hand and put the other hand on his chest, and bowed 90 degrees to Terauchi Shouichi, looking extra reverent.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke said so, and if Hirata Masashi didn't appear quickly, he would be in trouble.

Hirata is judging this person to a low military rank, a lot of ambition, and a desire to climb up. When I was lying in bed at night, I always regretted that I came to the North China Front too late, and if I had been able to work with General Terauchi Shouichi and General Shanshan Yuan in the early years, it would be equivalent to hugging the rough tui. Shouichi in the temple and Sugi Sugi Yuan have all been land ministers in the end, and they have deep roots in the army. Compared with them, Tada Jun is obviously a notch behind. Later, he finally understood that the reason why he had been a deputy adviser to the North China Front for a long time was that he did not complain about the heavens and the earth, and complained that he would not be funny. Although Commander Tada Jun is politically inferior to General Terauchi Shouichi and General Sugi Sugimoto, it is not said that there is no chance, and this time when General Nobuyuki Abe formed a cabinet, some people suggested that Tada Jun should be appointed as the land minister, and the voice was high. Maybe one day Lieutenant General Tada will become a general, and he will stride to the throne of land minister and chief adviser.

Because of this kind of heart, Hirata Masato was very resolute in carrying out Tada's orders, but his organization was a little lower, and the ideas of the advisors were not so clever.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke has appeared, and Hirata is naturally going to be a toddler in Handan. I heard Hirata's voice shouting hoarsely: "Your Excellency, the responsibility for the defeat is not the front army, the key lies in the insufficient deployment of troops in the base camp, which cannot meet the needs of the operation. Your Excellency the Commander must not be discouraged, no matter how cunning and murderous Liu Yimin is, he is not an opponent of the Army. Qingdao is lost, and we can regain it. Liu Yimin jumped back to the hinterland of Shandong, and we can re-establish the net siege. Please cheer up, Your Excellency, hundreds of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers of the Imperial Army are waiting for your Excellency's order! ”

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirada Masaki's expression made Tada Jun very satisfied, but Tada Jun's mood at this time was more dull than this winter night, how could Yoshimi Ryosuke and Hirada Masaki be able to solve the two swords?

In the end, Tada Jun turned out to be the commander of the North China Front, and he still had to perform his duties, and he still had a heavy army, although he was a little passive, but it was by no means without a chance to turn the tables.

Tada Jun calmed down and continued, "Yoshizumi-kun, Hirata-kun, thank you for your encouragement and trust in me. However, the spirit of the samurai is to have the courage to take responsibility, and we lost the battle, which caused the loss of Qingdao again, and as the commander of the North China Front, I must ask His Majesty the Emperor for my guilt and be responsible for the cabinet and the base camp. But that's for later. At present, the battle still has to be fought, Liu Yimin must be annihilated, and the public security situation in North China must be restored! ”

The more these words were spoken, the more energetic they became, and the blue tendons on the forehead of Tada Jun, who had just vomited blood, jumped on his nose.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Hirata Masashi were like balls that suddenly filled with air, and they suddenly recovered their spirits from the shriveled up, and almost at the same time, they touched their feet and Hai screamed.

The sentence was too hasty, and he had to take a few breaths to calm down a little, and then he said: "Hirata-kun, record the order!" ”

Hirata Masashi hurriedly picked up the notebook and pen on the table and said: "1. Report on the enemy situation: At 6 o'clock this evening, the Eighth Route Army suddenly proposed an attack on Qingdao. At the same time, the main force of Liu Yimin's division of the Eighth Route Army began to shell our patrol boats and motorboats patrolling the Yellow River in Lijin County, causing heavy losses. The Eighth Route Army then began to build pontoon bridges over the Yellow River in preparation for river crossing. The front army judged that in this operation, Liu Yimin used a series of schemes, one ring after another, to lure the imperial army into being deceived. First, he initiated an offensive operation in Lunan to destroy the public security system in the occupied area of Lunan, and then wandered to southwest Lu, attacked the main force of the 38th Division, and mobilized the heavy army group of the imperial army to pounce on southwest Lu. When our heavy army group rushed to Shimen, Liu Yimin's army disguised the main force to confuse the imperial army, but the large army fled to the Jilu border. At present, the battlefield situation is extremely unfortunate for the front army, and the heavy army group is far away in Dexian and Shimen, exhausted, and urgently needs to make up for the rest: several divisions and regiments under the command of Lieutenant General Ji Yilang of Lunan Tongkou have fought continuously in Liao, and the battle losses have been extremely great. The armies north of the Jiaoji Road under the command of Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu carried out a sweeping mission far away from the Jiaoji Road defensive area, and there was no strong army around Qingdao that could prevent the Eighth Route Army from capturing Qingdao. On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army, due to its abundant military strength and the fact that it did not defend one city and one place, greatly enhanced its combat mobility, and won successive battles, and greatly compensated for its capture. In particular, once the Eighth Route Army captures Qingdao, the supply lines of the various armies of the Shandong Imperial Army will be completely cut off, and hundreds of thousands of troops will become tired and hungry soldiers with no follow-up combat capability, and the consequences will be very terrible. ”

Tada Jun is indeed more pragmatic, and his brain is also refreshing, and after a while, he can sort out the battlefield situation in Shandong clearly.

After explaining the battlefield situation, Tada Jun continued: "2. The front army is determined to quickly recapture Qingdao and restore the supply line. Zi ordered the Fifth Division, the 1st Guards Division, the 4th Cavalry Brigade, and the Taiwan Mixed Brigade to be fortified around Dexian County to the Jilu border under the command of Lieutenant General Jun Imamura, commander of the 5th Division, to urgently gather their troops this night and advance towards Jinan, and to arrive in Jinan at noon tomorrow, leaving the Taiwan Mixed Brigade to garrison the Jinan area, and Lieutenant General Jun Imamura led the 5th Division, the 1st Guards Division, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade to advance rapidly to Qingdao to carry out the task of recapturing Qingdao. The defense of the Jilu border was entrusted to the 41st Division and the 19th, 20th, and 21st brigades of the self-reliant mixed brigade on the Jilu border: the 32nd Division and the 36th Division under the command of the commander of the 12th Army, Iida Sadagu, were mixed into brigades with their own forces, suspended the fortification task to the Yellow River border, and contracted to the Jiaoji Road and Jiqing Highway overnight to ensure the communication line and ensure the safe passage of the Imamura Jun Group: the 28th Division in Jiaodong and the 29th Division in southeast Shandong quickly concentrated their main forces and marched to the target of Qingdao. The troops of the Eighth Route Army that blocked and captured Qingdao escaped to Jiaodong and southeast Lu: the 6th Division, the 2nd Guards Division, the 12th Division, the 15th Division, and the Heavy Artillery Brigade under the command of Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro in Shimen ended their rest and recuperated, and quickly advanced to the target of Jinan to recapture Qingdao: The Fourth Fleet, which was at the mouth of the Yellow River, quickly returned to the sea of Qingdao and threatened the Eighth Route Army to capture the Qingdao Army: ordered Lieutenant General Kinoshita to organize a large-scale group of aircraft to carry out high-intensity retaliatory bombing of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi and the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an, At the same time, all efforts were made to cover the heavy army groups of the imperial army to march to Qingdao and Jinan. ”

After speaking, Tada Jun looked at Yoshizumi Ryosuke and asked for advice: "Yoshizumi-kun, do you have any better suggestions or make up for it?" ”