In the dark, Kamio Mitsutomi stood next to a small hill, saying that it was a small hill, not more than 300 meters, but his face was gloomy, he knew very well, this is probably the most terrible time since the army, they were surrounded, the previous few tentative attacks, is his handwriting, he is very familiar with the terrain on this side of Shandong, he is very clear about these three places, are three main points, if there is an enemy in these three places, it is almost impossible for him to go out.

When dividing the troops, he knew that the direction chosen by the 18th Division was the most likely to escape, where it was the farthest from Qingdao, and even if the northwest was prepared, it was the weakest, with China's mobility ability and road conditions, if it could be fortified in the north, it would have been able to catch up with them a long time ago, it would take time to cross them, it would take time to set up a position, and it would take time to dig a defensive line, and when he attacked, he felt the strength of the opponent's defense, and it was not a front built in a short time.

Because of this, he did not understand, now here in the north is not only not weak, but very strong, this is a very strange place, the three places he chose to probe are the three key points of this area, there are a large number of enemy troops surrounded, in the night, he can not tell how many enemy troops there are, but he does not dare to attack hard, in the night to attack the enemy's solid defense line, this is not advisable, not only will not have any effect, but will lose the army.

Why this is happening, Kamio Mitsutomi can't judge, but one thing is certain, the northwest definitely didn't accept Qingdao rashly, maybe it had been prepared before this, otherwise, even if there were so many troops, it would not be evenly distributed in all parts of Jiaozhou Bay. The north, which was supposed to be a weak point, has become a relative strong point.

Kamio Mitsutomi thought about it seriously. How to find the weak spots, the soldiers are already very tired. Since the attack on the ship, it has lasted for more than ten hours, and there has been no rest, and if it continues like this, it will definitely not be able to withstand it, even if it is his descendants, it will not work, and he must find a safe place to rest.

But it was safe there, just the temptation troops he had sent out. The enemy has been encountered in all directions, and the other side is quite well prepared, there may be 10,000 or 20,000 people around, or even more, and the 18th Division may not be able to escape, so it must make the worst preparations.

Under the light of the oil lamp, Kamio Mitsutomi kept writing and drawing, he sighed helplessly, and issued a series of orders. One by one, after the temporary adjustment and personnel were transferred, they disappeared into the night.

Kamio Mitsuchen did this, so that the entire Jiaozhou Bay. For the next few hours, there was no fighting, not a single gunshot. Or something else, this not only confuses the front-line commanders. When the information was gathered in the base camp, it was just rested. Not yet asleep, Cai Ye was awakened again.

Washing his face with cold water to keep his brain relatively clear, Cai Ye asked the staff officer on duty: "Are you sure that there was a firefight on the three positions?" ”

"That's right, according to the report on the position, the intensity is not large, it may be hundreds of people, or the impact of thousands of people, with a little contact, it will retreat!"

Cai Yi frowned, this is unreasonable, looked at the telegram, and asked casually: "Telegram ahead, let them send a reconnaissance force to conduct a reconnaissance!" ”

At this time, it was more than 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, it was the darkest and coldest time of the night, after the telegram was sent, it only took a few minutes, and it came back, it turned out that the commander at the front also felt very strange, at first did not dare to move, maybe it was a conspiracy of the Japanese army, but then, there was still no movement, waiting for the commander who was in a hurry, he ordered his soldiers to conduct a reconnaissance, these have been partially trained by the special forces, and the scouts who have mastered stealth and reconnaissance soon reconnoitred the area about 3 kilometers ahead, No one, the Japanese army had already left, and it seemed that they were in a hurry, and many things were not cleaned up, including some seriously wounded and corpses that were inconvenient to carry.

What the hell is going on? Cai Ye couldn't figure it out, tens of thousands of Japanese troops disappeared like this, didn't they break through from the north, but in the dark night, it was inconvenient to continue to send scouts to continue to search, and the night became their best cover, so that tens of thousands of Japanese troops disappeared.

All night, Cai Ye didn't even sleep for a moment, waiting for the battle report from the front line, the whole night passed, and there was no battle report, which made the suspicion in his heart more and more serious, did Kamio Mitsutomi give up and escape? Or he took advantage of the gap in the line of defense and left the encirclement.

Cai Ye has this self-confidence, the encirclement arranged by the Northwest Army is tight, and it is impossible for the Japanese army to escape, but where is the 18th Division, with the character of Kamio Mitsutomi, will he admit defeat at all?

The sky finally dawned, when the sun rose, the light sprinkled to the earth, Qingdao began to act, the airship that went back to rest at night, once again appeared in the sky, the high-speed airship quickly ploughed the battlefield, only 12 kilometers of semicircle, 6 airships, with 2 kilometers as an interval, carpet to the encirclement to a thorough search. Except for a few corners or wildernesses, some sporadic Japanese soldiers were found, most of the Japanese troops disappeared, and even the thousands of old and weak soldiers disappeared after the break, which is too strange, almost 30,000 Japanese soldiers disappeared all at once, did they grow wings and ran away?

Cai Ye frowned, one after another news came, it seemed to represent some kind of fact, but Cai Ye did not believe in evil, ordered the airship to continue to investigate, and soon the news came, an airship found the traces of the Japanese army, they were at the landing site, gathered in large numbers, and were digging fortifications.

didn't escape, what did they do when they ran to the landing site, not only Cai Ye was strange, but Yang Yuanzhao was also very strange, didn't they want to break through? The curious Yang Yuanzhao asked Cai Ye directly.

Cai Yi pondered for a while and said, "It's not that they don't want to break through, but this is the best way!" ”

"The best way?"

"That's right, our encirclement is extremely tight, Kamio Mitsutomi already knows something after the temptation, even if he tries his best, he may not be able to break through our encirclement, he finally chooses to hold on."

"Is it okay to stick to it?"

"It's definitely not okay to stick to it, that's a dead end, but it's okay to guard against it for a few days!" Cai Ye seemed to have figured something out, nodded suddenly, and said, "If my guess is correct, the location of those landing ships should have changed, right?" ”

Cai Yi's words made Yang Yuanzhao at a loss, he knew too little about the military things, so he simply put them aside, since Shenwei Guangchen did not run away, and he brought his subordinates together, then there is nothing to worry about, and the military ones naturally have Cai Ye and them to deal with.

Cai Ye used the radio to command, let the airship continue the reconnaissance, if possible, take a photo to confirm.

Camera, in this era, has just appeared, or old-fashioned, the kind of flash that suddenly lights up after smoking, it can be said that the technology of photography is extremely backward, Yang Yuanzhao does not know much about these technologies, but with him crossing, there is a copycat apple, 11 million pixel camera is still there, with the help of this, after being produced with an all-in-one machine, it is a good reconnaissance tool, and it is also used in the airship reconnaissance force.

Soon, about half an hour, the airship came with first-hand information, with the help of the camera, the photos taken by the airship, the photos were sent back, sure enough, at that time, there were also those ships that ran aground in the shallows, almost all of them changed their appearance, most of them were washed on the shore, the 10,000-ton giant ship, it was simply a steel peak, wrapped together in a ring, forming a dog-tooth staggered structure, it seemed that throughout the night, the Japanese army did not stop building a defensive line, based on those ships, a defensive formation, It is beginning to take shape by the sea.

Yang Yuanzhao doesn't understand military affairs, but looking at the staggered defense line, especially those 10,000-ton merchant ships, last night, what kind of effort did the Japanese army spend to move so many merchant ships to this position, but the solid defense line looks like a hedgehog, and the most important thing is that in the center of the entire defense line, there are still some artillery guns fixed on the merchant ships, which look difficult to break under the clever arrangement.

Cai Ye looked at those photos carefully, and after reading them, he said with a long sigh: "Sure enough, what I expected was right, Kamio Mitsutomi was for defense, so he didn't attack our defense line, and chose to return to the landing site to build a defense line, ready to fight a defensive battle with us!"

"Defensive warfare, is it useful, isn't this self-defeating?"

"Of course it works, if my estimate is correct, after Mitsutomi Kamio tested last night, he must have sent some squads, in the night, through our defense line, their purpose is to pass this information to the Japanese base camp, they chose to use the protection of the fleet to form a relatively solid position, in order to gain time and survive in a desperate situation."

Can it be like this, desperate survival, Yang Yuanzhao had such an idea in his heart, it seems that after being linked to the military, he can't figure it out, when he was in Baotou, he had more powerful combat power than bandits, but he introduced the bandits to Baotou, if it wasn't for Feng Yuxiang arriving in time and taking a group of officers, maybe, tens of thousands of bandits really broke through Baotou, he might be able to escape with armored trucks, but Baotou's foundation was completely ruined, his reputation, and even the next road, It won't be so smooth.

This time Qingdao is the same, he just put forward his opinion, the military affairs, naturally completed by Cai Yi and them, he did not speak in it, but looking at Cai Yi's dignified appearance, countless questions flashed in Yang Yuanzhao's heart, can defense really make the 18th Division of the Japanese Army survive in a desperate situation? (To be continued......)