The airship force is a capable force, but it is not the focus of the development of the northwest, but this time, Yang Yuanzhao would rather take the risk of sending Sanhai, a relatively weak sea force, than send planes, in order to maintain secrecy and maintain China's air superiority.

Under such circumstances, the airship once again stepped onto the stage of war, which made the airship troops feel great comfort, and they also knew that the future of the aircraft was far from being comparable to the airship, and the northwest had already manufactured a twin-engine bomber that could be put into actual combat under the premise that the large airship was slow and the shortcomings of insufficient protection capability were undoubtedly revealed, and this was probably the only time they went out, and they had to do it beautifully.

10 kilometers is the limit of the optical reconnaissance system, and it is already about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still more than two hours before it gets dark.

Since the Japanese army came ashore, the Northwest Army has sentenced them to death, in order to completely annihilate them, a large number of troops have been mobilized, the south is the first division from Qingdao, and the north, from the other units of the First Army, each of the six regiments, they are following the order, from the west and north, quickly rushing to this side, a few hours, enough time for them to turn from the railway to the road, along six directions, towards the main force of the Japanese army, and the Japanese do not know it.

Jiaozhou Bay has always been paid attention to in the northwest, and for the sake of Jiaozhou Bay, even the Qingdao shipyard was built for the first time. Nearly 600,000 tons of warships were sent out, eliminating the purpose of strengthening the German army. The cost alone is also quite large for this area. It was cultivated as a future Binhai New Area, a military base for heavy industry and a base for the maritime industry, and it was impossible to allow the Japanese to wreak havoc here.

From the beginning of the agreement with Germany, the First Army quietly broke up into parts, opened the Guò railway, and entered Shandong, and more than 99 percent of the railways in the whole of China were built in the northwest. Even in the revolutionary party and the Beiyang region, the management power is also in the northwest, and the revolutionary party and the Beiyang only have power in name, at most only dividends, and the rest cannot be controlled at all.

In this way, the 200,000 troops of the First Army were completely stationed in Jiaozhou Bay, and because they did not know where the Japanese troops landed from, it can be said that they were fortified everywhere. The Japanese army still regarded Qingdao as if it had been before, and they simply underestimated Qingdao.

With the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, the reason why such a large number of troops were mobilized was to prevent them from harming ordinary villagers. Even the more than 200 square kilometers of land around Qingdao have been temporarily cleared, but it is a little farther away. There are still villagers who are unable to leave their homeland, and the northwest has too little time to take over Jiaozhou Bay. A lot of things are not money and power can be solved, high-pressure policies. There will be a backlash, which is not conducive to future construction and rule.

In the northwest, more than 100 miles away from Qingdao and more than 50 miles away from the place where the Japanese army landed, the three regiments of the Northwest Army were marching rapidly, all of them were lightly armed, only more than 20 large trucks carrying 7 tons, carrying logistical supplies, and the rest were on foot, and the rapid march was also an important subject of the Northwest Army's daily training, according to the requirements, they needed to march 12 kilometers in an hour and a half to enter the target area to ensure the safety of 27 villages and 13,000 people in the northwest part.

In the same way, in the north, there are also 3 regiments on a rapid march, relatively speaking, their task is a little heavier, they must march 15 kilometers in 2 hours to reach the designated area, otherwise, 47 villages in the north, close to 30,000 people, there is a certain danger.

The first purpose of the Northwest Army is to compress them into this semi-circular area, and then if they can be compressed to a small enough position, they will be compressed.

Only as much as possible compression, can play a considerable effect, the early days of the Japanese made a mistake, want to attack the Qingdao defensive battery, there is a well-designed, not only artillery machine guns numerous, but also some elite forces to protect, not to mention his several half-crippled divisions, even if the Japanese army presses, there is no more than 100,000 soldiers, may not be able to take, but also need the help of the navy, now the Japanese combined fleet is about to be wiped out, how can they give direct support.

In the base camp, Cai Ye looked at the schematic diagram of the battlefield, the addition of radio, the role of staff officers, on the original basis and improved, before there were generals outside the military orders are not subject to, after all, the base camp in the rear can not grasp the overall situation on the battlefield, many times, the commander of the front line must make a decision, but now, the radio in the northwest can contact any unit above the company in the theater of operations, especially airships and reconnaissance troops, they can detect the results, can be directly sent back to the rear command, In this case, the rear command has much more information.

After the preliminary reconnaissance of the airship, it has been found that in the naval battle, the Japanese army's losses were at least about 20,000 people, that is, about one division, and the blocking battle on the 353.7 heights killed almost 10,000 people, and the remaining Japanese army was about 50,000 people. There are about 3,000 people, which is hardly worth mentioning.

The location of the Japanese army is very clear on the map, and even the current speed, the Japanese army, who realized that they were in a desperate situation, burst out with unimaginable excitement, their speed has reached about 7 kilometers per hour, but from the landing site, to the south, and then to the north, it is equivalent to wasting 4 hours of time, it is expected that after 2 hours, at most to the area of about 4 kilometers north of the landing site, has not left the area of about 10 kilometers away from the landing site, and has not left the area of about 15 kilometers from the landing site, and has not left the scheduled deployment.

"Contact the 117th, 118th and 119th regiments and see where they have arrived!" Cai Yi looked at the map and calmly gave the order.

Soon, the radio waves were staggered in an area hundreds of kilometers away, and the new positions of the three regiments appeared on the map, and the three regiments were a little faster than expected, maybe at most 1 hour and 15 minutes, and they could arrive at the predetermined location.

Next, a series of orders were issued, and the three regiments in the west were ordered by him to move forward about 3 kilometers further, which was equivalent to compression, and the north maintained its original destination, while the reconnaissance regiment of the 1st Division in the south, after handing over the position, immediately pursued, and must meet with the 117th regiment within one and a half hours to form a relatively stable defense line, so as to block the passage of the Japanese army to the west and south.

If the predetermined goal is achieved, the first division, 3 regiments in the west and 3 regiments in the north, a total of 40,000 people, will compress the Japanese landing force in a narrow area of 12 kilometers wide and 28 kilometers long, forming a stable encirclement, as for the Japanese army to break through, this possibility Cai Ye has never thought about, the troops responsible for outflanking are all well-trained troops of the First Army, and they have participated in military training for at least 1 and a half years, not the new army that has just been established, and the lowest unit in each combat area is the regiment, But a regiment of 3,000 people, equipped with all light and heavy firepower, the combat effectiveness of these troops, at least more than 4 times that of the Japanese army, such combat effectiveness, even if the Japanese army is pressed by the whole army, it is impossible to defeat them in a short period of time, not to mention that there are friendly troops next to it, within one or two kilometers, in Cai Yi's plan, the 50,000 people in Japan are already the turtles in the urn.

The 117th Regiment in the west, after receiving the order, the regiment commander directly ordered the first battalion and the second battalion and the third battalion of two sharp knife companies, a total of more than 1,400 people, to form a commando team, and move forward quickly, they are all veterans, and they are relatively good in body and military literacy, but they carry some light weapons and light machine guns, and carry up to 30 or so 50 light mortars, their task is to enter the position 20 minutes earlier than the order, and dig fortifications on the spot.

The same order was also issued among other troops, the First Army, as the main combat unit in the northwest, had uneven military quality and combat ability, and because of the selection of special forces, among the troops, there has always been a part of the fighters whose personal qualities are above the other fighters, and this part has been consciously organized, either a reconnaissance battalion, or a sharp knife company, in short, they are the strongest troops in the body, and these troops are obviously faster than others in the rapid march, and they enter the battlefield a little earlier, which is very advantageous for building a position.

At a distance of less than 30 kilometers, the four teams were moving forward rapidly, and unlike the Northwest Army, which had a purpose and always grasped the movements of the Japanese army, the Japanese army had always been kept in the dark.

But at about five o'clock, the sun has been tilting westward, and the golden sunlight is shining on the airship, coating the airship with a layer of golden brilliance, the golden light is shining, even the Japanese army in the rapid march also saw the airship in the sky, Kamio Mitsutomi realized that they have been under the monitoring of the airship, what does this mean, Kamio Mitsutomi knows very well that there is still an hour to get dark, and they must come up with a countermeasure before it gets dark, otherwise they really can't escape. (To be continued......)