The battle at sea came to an end, but the land was lively, those who rushed to the shore of Qingdao Port in spite of the danger, and even frantically rushed to the shore of the ship, successfully sent at least 2 divisions and 1 brigade soldiers to the shore, these soldiers of the Japanese permanent divisions and brigades are the essence of the army, each of them has undergone more than 5 years of training, although the losses are heavy, and a third of them went to the sea to swim around, lost a lot of heavy equipment, and even more than half of the artillery and machine guns were not taken down.

However, the long-term training of soldiers, their discipline and collection are quite strong, after temporary integration, the most important thing is that there is no problem with several division commanders and brigade commanders, they have sorted out a little, and launched the military situation on the spot, in their opinion, the navy does not matter, even if the navy is completely wiped out, and the army they rushed to the shore, the First Sino-Japanese War, if there is no army, the navy still has no problem with the Beiyang Fleet, and the two ships in Dingzhen are not the Japanese navy that year can deal with, That is, the army captured the base camp of Beiyang, which had the might to capture Zhenyuan.

Kamio Mitsutomi looked at the temporary camp with a little blankness, this is a small bay, there were at least 12 troop carriers at that time, washed up on this beach, and built a temporary safety zone, most of the ships of the 18th Division, not seriously damaged, at this time have completed the assembly before disembarking, a large number of military supplies and artillery, are being transported up and down, as one of the 18 permanent divisions, one of the most elite divisions, the reaction of the 18th Division, makes Kamio Mitsutomi slightly proud.

Mitsutomi Kamio was the commander-in-chief of the Qingdao campaign this time, on the one hand, based on the entire attacking force. It is the 18th division of the main group, and on the other hand. It was also because of his experience, as early as 30 years ago in 1882. As soon as he joined the army as an officer, he was sent by the Japanese General Staff Headquarters to China, and from Yantai, he traveled to the Shandong Peninsula, the Liaodong Peninsula and the west coast of the Korean Peninsula. Not only did they carefully observe the garrisons of the forts in various places, but they also used a jack of pounds to test the depth of the water every time they traveled about 100 kilometers from the ocean surface, and collected in detail the geographical and hydrological numbers needed for the operation. It can be said that China is very familiar with Shandong.

Behind the military tracks. The first half of the more than 30 years of time was almost inseparable from China, and among the division commanders of the permanent divisions, he could be said to be the most familiar with China, but today's China and today's Qingdao made him unable to understand.

Coastal defense artillery, which is not widely used in Japan, and is not even accessible in strength, is easily arranged near Qingdao. In the direction of the Combined Fleet's attack, from his strategic point of view, it is not an important location, and I am afraid that no one else will choose this place. It was also chosen randomly, but it was precisely the case that a large number of naval guns were arranged there.

It was the intelligence that leaked. Still is? In the case of Kamio Mitsutomi, he would rather believe the former than the latter. The former represents the top echelons of the Army and the General Staff Headquarters. They were countered by the Chinese and revealed their important goals, and the latter was that the northwest was far more powerful than they imagined, and a large number of fortifications and batteries were arranged in almost all important places around Qingdao, so no matter which location the mountain house and others chose to attack, the final result was the same.

The reason why the latter is not chosen is because, with such a big spend, the northwest has reached a certain level in the manufacture of naval guns and capital ships, and even in terms of production capacity, I am afraid that it will surpass the United Kingdom, which is currently the first in the world, which makes Japan, which has been struggling to catch up behind it, feel embarrassed.

However, Mitsutomi Kamio is a rational person, as far as his understanding of the current Japan is concerned, the possibility of leakage is extremely small, as the army commander of the combat side, when he boarded the ship in Tokyo, he did not get the location and battle plan, the landing site was close to the outbreak of the war, and it was passed to him by the others of Yamaya, that is to say, this battle plan may only be the temporary intention of the Yama no others, so that except for the surrender of the Yama no one, otherwise such a bad situation would not occur.

As the temporary commander of the Combined Fleet, the future is bright, besides, if he really defects, he has more ways than this, and it is not impossible to send the Combined Fleet to the other side covertly, and even capture a few capital ships, why choose such a method, it doesn't make sense.

Both possibilities made it difficult for Mitsutomi Kamio to decide, and while he was pondering, the adjutant reported that several other division commanders had come.

This time, the army was composed of the eighth, ninth, and eighteenth divisions, and two wings, one wing, and one brigade of recruits were temporarily transferred from other divisions and regiments, and together they formed an independent brigade, led by Major General Tachibana Koichiro, which can be said to be strong and strong.

However, the elite soldiers, encountered the sea-crossing operation, was sunk at sea, and lost a lot of soldiers and equipment, this is not a matter of calculation, this is not just a firm foothold, Kamio Mitsutomi asked the correspondent to inform the commanders of several other divisions, fortunately, very lucky, the division commanders are all on the troop transport ship in front, lucky landing, except for Koizumi Masato suffered a little slight injury, there is no other problem.

The first to come in was Sogoro Kawamura, he was the division commander of the Ninth Division, and he was older than Mitsumi Kamio in terms of seniority, and when he saw Mitsutomi Kamio, he quickly stood up and saluted, followed by Koizumi Masahōho, he hung his shoulders with a bandage, and he could vaguely see blood stains, and the last one was Tachibana Koichiro, whether it was official position, age, or military rank, Tachibana Koichiro had a huge difference compared to the three people in front, and he didn't dare to say anything more, standing behind.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the current situation is very dangerous, our navy's combined fleet, under the sudden blow of Qingdao, has lost most of it, it's time for the army to create a miracle!"

"That's right!" Koizumi Masahsu nodded and said, they are all aware of the current situation, and they also know that only by taking the fortress with large-caliber naval guns that attacked the combined fleet, as long as they can capture it, the entire Qingdao will be under the absolute control of the battery, and those Qingdao will be logical, with their troops, it should not be a problem to take it.

After the commanders of the three divisions decided, the entire landed Japanese army began to move up, the 18th Division because it was the main force, plus the heavy firepower and supplies were not unloaded, temporarily as a general reserve, continued to unload materials, and the rest, on the basis of Tachibana Koichiro's brigade, the independent brigade was the most lossy, at most only one wing could be pieced together, plus the 2 brigades of the 8th Division and 1 brigade of the 9th Division, together formed the vanguard of half of the division, A full 12,000 men, with some of the heavy firepower and half of the supplies, came towards the fortress.

The Japanese army's idea is right, the range of this fort can really control the entire Qingdao within the range of the fort, with the power of 15-inch naval guns, the surrounding 40 kilometers range, more than 2,000 square kilometers will be affected, but it is a fortress built in the northwest, the strength of the northwest in defense, even Germany has to bow down, under the unified protection of heavy artillery, artillery of various calibers, plus heavy machine gun barbed wire, and fortifications, it can be captured by several Japanese divisions of tens of thousands of people. Or lost most of the heavy weapons and logistics of the division.

This plan was a failure from the very beginning, not to mention, the Northwest Army was also mobilizing at this time, and they would not let the Japanese army reach this shore-based heavy artillery battery.

There are 10,000 people, mighty, a huge team of 12,000 people, spread on the seaside, it is really a big piece, the earthy yellow military uniform, in this era is particularly obvious, itself Kamio Mitsutomi can also use the aircraft to reconnoitre, the Japanese army in this aspect, is closely following the trend of the times, came to Qingdao among the troops, carried a number of aircraft, although it is similar to a light aircraft, only has the ability to reconnoitre, but it is a little faster than ordinary scouts and horseback.

It's a pity that most of the planes are in the combined fleet, along with the combined fleet, sunk to the bottom of the sea, the few surviving two, but they can't take off, the beach they landed on is not a flat beach, the canine teeth are staggered boulders, making it difficult to walk, not to mention the plane, no matter how light the plane is, there are hundreds of kilograms, huge wooden guys, there is no way to lift it at all, to transfer from the shore to the flat field, it takes at least two or three hours. Several division commanders are experienced, and they know very well that at this time, let alone 2 hours, 20 minutes of waste is fatal, and they must act quickly, so they put aside the plane and rushed forward.

There is no reconnaissance, how can it be useful to rush forward blindly, this part of the Japanese army that rushed to the shore, it is impossible to ignore it in the northwest, after all, it is tens of thousands of Japanese troops like wolves and tigers, and some people have quietly moved around Qingdao because of the relationship in the northwest, and at this point, to the west and to the north, there are densely populated villages and cities, if they rush over, it will be a big trouble.

Yang Yuanzhao knew very well what happened during the Battle of Qingdao between Japan and Germany during World War I, not to mention the Germans, not to mention the Chinese as people, casually conscripted Chinese as cannon fodder, and with the help of Chinese, a large number of fortifications were built, and even in the war, let Chinese be cannon fodder, and the Japanese were no better there.

It is impossible for Yang Yuanzhao to pin his heart on the conscience of the Japanese, and at once he has killed the entire United Fleet and tens of thousands of land forces, and it is impossible for them not to retaliate. After the beginning of the naval artillery battle, when the batteries were constantly attacking the combined fleet at sea, large-scale military movements were also being carried out, and the main force of the First Army stationed in Qingdao mobilized a division, and several nearby troops were also transferred to six regiments, and they surrounded the place where the Japanese landed in the shape of an encirclement, and the first battle of Qingdao began to be prepared more than a year ago, or even two years ago, and the purpose was to decide the victory or defeat in the first battle, and it was necessary to kill all the main naval and army forces that came to Qingdao. (To be continued......)