General Terauchi Shouichi was so tired that he overslept this sleep, and when he got up and saw that it was already noon, he scolded two words of Baga, washed up briefly, called Masako to bring food in, and waited for him to eat, and went to the war room in a panic.

After arriving at the war room, the staff officer on duty sent a thick pile of telegrams, and General Terauchi Shouichi flipped through them, which were basically telegrams from the eastern Henan front and Jinan.

General Terauchi sat down, picked out some major telegrams, and read them carefully, ready to reply one by one.

Last night, General Terauchi Shouichi had already made up his mind that no matter what, he would achieve substantial results in eastern Henan and eliminate part of Chiang Kai-shek's main force, so he wanted to make a gamble with Liu Yimin, betting that Liu Yimin's troops would not be able to storm Jinan after the Luzhong Campaign, so as to feign to Jinan to cover the main force and turn to rest, give him a time to eliminate the main force of the first theater in eastern Henan, and then return to the division to eliminate Liu Yimin's instructor after he annihilated the main force of the first theater in eastern Henan. The most critical factor in this is time, depending on whether he ends the war in eastern Henan first or Liu Yimin ends the rest first, if he ends the war in eastern Henan first and solves the main force in the first theater, then the battle situation will be alive, whether it is to return to Shandong to eliminate the instructor, it is okay to attack Zhengzhou and Luoyang in the west, or even seize the opportunity to go straight to Wuhan, he has the final say. If Liu Yimin finishes his rest first, Jinan can still say that there is a 08th Division guarding it, and Qingdao will be difficult to say, and the Qingdao garrison alone will be too weak.

At this time, because Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe led the main forces of the North China Front Army Headquarters to Jinan to form the Xuzhou Battle Headquarters of the North China Front Army, none of the staff officers of this headquarters dared to wake up General Terauchi Shouichi while he was asleep, so telegrams accumulated.

General Terauchi Shouichi first looked at the plane reconnaissance report, and there were three copies in total, one for almost two hours from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and it could be seen that the air force had strictly carried out his orders. However, the contents of the telegram terrified General Terauchi, and the first report said that there were corpses everywhere in the fields from the Li River to the Wei River, and since there were no military uniforms, it was impossible to distinguish whether they were the corpses of the Imperial Army or the corpses of the Shandong Autonomous Coalition Army. The second letter said that after careful searching, no escaped Imperial troops were found on the battlefield. The third letter was even more terrifying, and it even said that the plane had expanded the search area, and except for the imperial army troops stationed in Gaomi and Jiaoxian, there was no march of the Qingdao garrison.

At this moment, the heart of General Shouichi Terauchi began to fall straight down like a weighing hammer, and he hurriedly pulled a few times, wanting to find the telegram of the garrisons in Gaomi and Jiaoxian, and see if the Qingdao garrison would join them and camp in Gaomi or Jiaoxian. It turned out to be a great disappointment, and there was no telegram from them.

Shouichi Terauchi muttered in his heart, shouldn't Gaomi and Jiaoxian also be captured by the Eighth Route Army? Fortunately, the radio station quickly contacted the defenders of Gaomi, Jiaoxian, and Jimo, but the report of the defenders made General Terauchi scold Baga angrily. It turned out that Gaomi's defenders belonged to the third brigade of the Reading Mixed Brigade, and the main force had already gone to reinforce Weixian, leaving only a second lieutenant with fifteen soldiers and five gendarmes to lead the Gaomi security team to guard the county seat. The defenders of Jiaoxian belong to the Qingdao garrison sequence, but the situation is similar to that of Gaomi. These devils have too few troops, they don't dare to go out of the city at all, and it is impossible to complete the task of receiving the retreat of the Qingdao garrison, so they don't know where the Qingdao garrison has retreated, and they don't see it. However, they all said that the troops were too small and asked to withdraw to Qingdao.

Knowing that Gaomi and Jiaoxian were still in the hands of the imperial army, General Terauchi Shouichi finally felt a little more comfortable, but he still wondered, where did the Qingdao garrison go? In terms of distance, they should be between Gaomi and Jiaoxian at this time, but why didn't they contact the defenders of Gaomi and Jiaoxian?

One situation is that they are frightened and flee for their lives all the way, not stopping at all, just wanting to escape back to Qingdao. If this is the case, then why did the aviation not detect them? I'm afraid it can only be another situation, that is, they have been caught up and annihilated by Liu Yimin's department.

With the experience of dealing with Liu Yimin's troops, General Terauchi Shouichi had a gut feeling that there was a problem with the Qingdao garrison, but he did not give up, and quickly turned out Oshima Daisa's telegram, studied it for a long time, but he couldn't see anything wrong.

In desperation, General Terauchi had no choice but to send a report to the defenders of Jimo and Qingdao to ask if there was any news of Oshima Daisa.

In addition to the marines, the Qingdao garrison is the remaining unit of the Qingdao garrison. The commander of the unit reported that he had received a report from Oshima Osa, that he was heading for Qingdao, and that he would be able to return to Qingdao tomorrow. The defenders of Jimo were even more straightforward, directly reporting that the railway was not passable, and Oshima Dazuo's troops were running all the way forward, and it was impossible to enter Jimo County at this time.

General Terauchi Shouichi was puzzled, why did the defenders of Qingdao report that they were in contact with Oshima Daisa? Is there a problem with this? Originally, I wanted to contact the Qingdao Marine Corps, but then I had to go through the Admiralty to convey it layer by layer, which was very troublesome. Let's take some technical measures! Therefore, General Terauchi asked the radio to inform the commander of the Qingdao garrison who remained in Qingdao, and sent a special coded telegram to Oshima Osa, which was translated by Oshima Osa, to find out the authenticity of Oshima Osa's telegram. Of course, this time, the radio station of the North China Front Army Headquarters played tricks on its eyes and specially hired a telegraph operator who was particularly familiar with the Qingdao garrison to carry out the task of sending the news.

This time, things are a bit eyebrow-raising, but General Terauchi Shouichi's heart also fell into the ice cave, because more than an hour has passed, not only Oshima Daisa did not call back, but even the commander of the Qingdao garrison did not call back. This problem is too serious!

General Terauchi Shouichi deserves to be a famous general of the army, and if he did not return the call, the hairs on his whole body stood up, and he immediately ordered the North China Front Flying Group to immediately send planes to carry out a comprehensive reconnaissance of Qingdao and the entire Jiaodong Peninsula, focusing on Qingdao.

Shouichi Terauchi threw himself into command, and spent the whole afternoon telegraphing back and forth, not paying any attention to how much time had passed. As a result, the flight group reported that it was getting late and that it would be difficult for the plane to return safely after dispatching, and asked His Excellency the Commander for permission to take off tomorrow for reconnaissance.

Admiral Terauchi Shouichi had no choice but to send a telegram to the Admiralty, asking the Admiralty to send an order to the Chinese Fleet Command to send the Fourth Fleet, which was anchored in Lianyungang for transporting the Sixth Division, to quickly rush back to Qingdao to reconnoiter Qingdao and prepare for an attack. As a result, this order was rejected by the Chinese fleet because the Third and Fourth Fleets were carrying out the orders of the Chief of Staff, Prince Kanin Miyazahito, and could not carry out the orders of His Excellency the Admiral.

General Terauchi Shouichi didn't know what task Prince Zaihito had assigned by Prince Xianyuan Palace, but his affairs were so urgent that he couldn't delay for a moment, so he sent a report directly to Prince Zaihito of Xianyuan Palace, asking His Royal Highness to order the Fourth Fleet to sail back to Qingdao immediately to find out what was going on in Qingdao.

Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace was trying to send a telegram to General Shouichi Terauchi at this time, so after receiving the telegram from General Shouichi Terauchi, Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace immediately called back, informed the situation of the Imperial Meeting, and proudly told General Shouichi Terauchi that he had discovered the cargo ship of Ni Hua, the wife of Liu Yimin, and was heading for Qingdao, and asked General Shouichi Terauchi to immediately order the Qingdao garrison to pay attention to intercepting, capture Ni Hua, ensure the safety of the Americans on board, and let the Americans return to the United States with the ship after unloading.

After receiving the telegram from Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, General Terauchi woke up like a dream, ran to the map in three steps and two steps, staring at Qingdao with his eyes, eager to cut off the pattern and eat it!

Now that all the circumstances have been thoroughly clarified, Liu Yimin has a plan and a set of plans, not only letting the Eighth Division and Reading Power mix into the third brigade, but also taking advantage of the situation to attack Qingdao. His purpose in fighting Weixian was not only to save Chiang Kai-shek's troops in eastern Henan, nor was it only to seize Luzhong and eliminate the Eighth Division, but also to control the port to receive the materials that his wife got back from the United States. The action is so fast, it is the only time I have seen it in my life, how will this war in North China be fought in the future?

Shouichi Terauchi kept shaking the sun flag falling from Qingdao Port in front of his eyes, shaking the gold bars, silver dollars and banknotes of the fake bank, and he couldn't help but have a black eye, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell to the ground.

When I woke up, I opened my eyes and saw Seiichi Kita's round head.

Lieutenant General Kita Seiichi received a report that the commander had fainted, and immediately rushed to the scene and directed the military doctor to rescue him. Fortunately, it didn't take long for General Terauchi Shouichi to wake up, and just as he was about to say a few words of comfort, the damned confidential staff officer hurriedly ran in and opened his mouth and shouted: "Report to the commander, intercept the Eighth Route Army's radio call to the world, saying that the Eighth Route Army has captured Qingdao." ”

General Shouichi Terauchi, who had just woken up, tilted his head and fainted again.

I have to admire the development of medicine, and several military doctors were in a hurry for a while, and they just tossed General Terauchi to wake up. This old devil has completely lost his usual flying and domineering at this time, his face is sallow and sallow, and even his eyes taste a little like dead fish eyes. However, General Terauchi Shouichi was worthy of being immersed in silver since he was a child, and his willpower was extremely strong, and he lay down on the collapse and dictated several orders to Kita Seiichi one after another: 1. Order Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe, chief of staff of the North China Front Army, to lead the personnel of the command headquarters to immediately return to Beiping by plane early tomorrow morning, and temporarily replace General Terauchi Shouichi to undertake the combat mission of commanding the North China Front Army. 2. Order all units of the eastern Henan front to immediately stop offensive operations, and the 14th and 27th divisions must establish contact with the divisions and regiments of Xuzhou to the east, ensure the formation of a complete defense system, and wait for further orders. Among them, the main force of the 114th Division quickly returned to Yanzhou to hold on and open up contact with Tai'an; The 10th Division defended Xuzhou with all its might. 3. The 110th Division, which had been sent from the mainland to North China, cancelled its plan to go ashore in Tianjin, and the fleet immediately turned around and joined up with the Fourth Fleet to prepare for the capture of Qingdao and await further orders. 4. All troops on the Jinpu Line must abide by the order to hold the city, and must not attack out of the city under any pretext, waiting for further orders.

After giving the order, the extremely weak General Terauchi Shouichi closed his eyes and rested for a while, and the Eighth Route Army, which was about to be recorded by the confidential staff officer, telegraphed and read it, muttered a few baba, and then said to Kita Seiichi: "Kita-kun, please send a report to the base camp for me, just say that since I arrived in North China, although I have been conscientious and meticulously planned, and have done my best for the Great Holy War, my ability is limited, my age is on the older side, my body is weakening, and I am overwhelmed by heavy responsibilities. I hereby ask His Majesty the Emperor to resign from the post of commander of the North China Front of the Imperial Army, and ask the Ministry of War to send another capable general to take over, and I want to return to my homeland to recuperate for a while. ”

Kita Seiichi has recently been mixed up with General Terauchi Shouichi, and the lieutenant general has also become a lieutenant general, and he has long forgotten that General Terauchi Shouichi slapped him and humiliated him, and he is still thinking about relying on General Terauchi Shouichi to mix a better position, and he will also get a general in the future. My Commander is sad, my great incompetence! ”

The staff officers next to him saw that Lieutenant General Kita Seiichi was crying and slapping, and they couldn't help but start to follow suit, and the room was filled with crazy cries and crisp slaps.

In the end, it was General Terauchi Shouichi who stopped them, and Kita Seiichi called Miss Masako to come in, and served General Terauchi Shouichi to rest, and he was busy delivering orders.

When Chen Dayong entered Qingdao, it was already 11 o'clock in the night of the 28th.

At this time, in the hearts of the Yue army, Qingdao was their base, a large rear, and no different from Tokyo Bay. As a result, the vigilance of a brigade of the Qingdao garrison and the marines left behind was extremely lax, and some officers and soldiers even lingered in taverns and courtyards at 11 o'clock at night.

Wang Laohu's No. 1 Special Operations Squadron, which served as the guiding task, was a sharp knife trained by Liu Yimin, and it was far more elite than the cognitive level of military strategists in this era. Moreover, from Xinwei to Qingdao, Chen Dayong and his followers followed Liu Yimin to do the work of stealing the city and pulling out the village, and they were absolutely familiar with how to deceive the city, what to do in the first step after entering the city, and what to do in the second step. Before entering Qingdao, a lot of preparatory work was done, and the guides were assigned to each company. Therefore, it did not take much effort to teach the Seventh Brigade to enter Qingdao. After entering Qingdao, it was like chopping melons and vegetables, and soon cleaned up the puppet army, which did not have many people, and even those devils who were lying in the nest of the girl were picked up and temporarily imprisoned, and ordinary officers and soldiers of the army simply cut themselves in two.

After completely controlling Qingdao, on the morning of the 29th, Chen Dayong sent troops to disguise the puppet army and solve all the puppet troops in Jimo County. Due to the distance between Jiaoxian and Gaomi, Liu Yimin strictly ordered that these two counties should not be captured for the time being, and they were used to confuse the devils, so he did not send troops to clean them up for the time being.

The operation to capture Qingdao was originally perfect, but due to the layout of the special agent and the extremely strong judgment of General Shouichi Terauchi, it almost became imperfect.

First Ni Hua reported that the cargo ship was targeted by the devil's plane, and then the telegram operator sent by the North China Front Army for the commander of the Qingdao garrison could not decipher it, Chen Dayong immediately knew that the devil not only discovered Ni Hua's cargo ship, but also discovered the abnormality of Qingdao, and to hide it was to insult the wisdom of the little devil, so he hurriedly reported to Liu Yimin, and ordered the troops to strictly guard the coastal defense position and prepare to deal with the devil's warships and planes.

Like General Shouyi in the temple, Liu Yimin was also tired and sleepy, and he fell asleep as soon as he hit the pillow, and he didn't wake up until noon on the 29th.

After waking up, Liu Yimin used his mind for a while, and felt refreshed, so he washed and ate.

After eating, Liu Yimin had nothing to do, so he went to the First Brigade of Teaching, accompanied by Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin, to teach the First Regiment to inspect the study and training of the soldiers.

I haven't been here for a long time, and the soldiers naturally cheered when they saw Liu Yimin. Liu Yimin was not polite, and directly asked Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun to collect the soldiers' study books and prepare for correction.

This time is different from the past, Liu Yimin wants to see the learning situation of Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun. This unit is about to expand, Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun are naturally going to be brigade commanders and brigade political commissars, and they are the most elite infantry brigade commanders under their command, and Liu Yimin cannot but be strict with them.

After Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun took out the study book, Liu Yimin opened Wang Dahu's study book and looked at it, and his heart was full of joy. There are not only mathematical, physical and chemical assignments, but also summary experience after each battle. In particular, the summary of the infantry artillery and siege tactics when breaking through Taiyuan made Liu Yimin can't help but applaud after watching it, and feel that Wang Dahu has indeed grown up step by step.

However, Wang Dahu's last small note made Liu Yimin frown, Wang Dahu wrote like this: "Since I met the division commander in Xinwei, he has been my chief, teacher, brother-in-arms, and comrade-in-arms who shares life and death. If someone dares to hurt the division commander, I will block the bullet for him without even thinking about it, and I will not allow anyone to touch a finger of him even if I die a hundred times. However, I don't know what to say, Dr. Nee is coming back, and the soldiers and I are looking forward to her return, because she is the Red Bodhisattva of our Red Army. With her, the seriously injured have more hope of coming back to life. But as soon as Dr. Ni came back, what did Don Jr. do? What should Xiao Zhenghe do? How did the division commander deal with this matter? Will the leaders criticize the division commanders? Should I continue to call Brother and Sister Xiao Tang or change my name to Brother and Sister Dr. Ni? Can you call both of you brother and sister? It's a headache to think about this, and I'm really worried about the teacher. I don't want to, I don't have that level anyway, and I can't help the division commander. The division commander is so pitiful! Don Jr. is also pitiful! Xiao Zheng and even more pitiful! Dr. Ni is also very pitiful! But the most pitiful are Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing! ”

Wang Dahu didn't expect Liu Yimin to read his study book, and he read it carefully page by page, word by word, and he was already uneasy in his heart, standing motionless beside Liu Yimin, the more he went back, the more scared he became, and his head was covered with fine beads of sweat.

After Liu Yimin finished reading it, the joy he had when he first came was gone, his face was gloomy, and he was stunned for a long time with Wang Dahu's study book.

Gao Yuan didn't know what was going on, so he came to look at it, sighed for a long time, handed Wang Xinyun's study book to Liu Yimin, and replaced Wang Dahu's study book.

It wasn't until Li Chengyi came to Liu Yimin and said that there was an urgent military situation, and the political commissar asked the division commander to return to the division headquarters immediately, that Liu Yimin stopped correcting and left with a gloomy face.

As soon as Liu Yimin left, Gao Yuan yelled at Wang Dahu: "Wang Dahu, can you endure it?" As long as you can, as long as you and the teacher are close, you know and care about the teacher! What a fucking salty radish and a light heart! I'm telling you, that's a division commander's private affair, and it has nothing to do with commanding the war! It has nothing to do with whether or not you have the ability to lead the Shandong anti-Japanese base area! You have the ability to make so many excellent girls fall in love with you! How long has the division commander not come? The cadres and soldiers are waiting to talk to him! It's good for you, which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, no matter how good the mood is, you will be ruined! Do you know how much effort the division commander put into winning this battle? Originally, the division commander was in a happy mood after the big victory, and went back to the old army to see his comrades-in-arms, you are good, let the division commander leave with a black face! I don't think you should be the head of the first regiment, go to the first branch of the Anti-Japanese University to be the director of the political department! ”

Wang Dahu regretted it very much, and when he heard the roar of the plateau, he was so aggrieved that he wanted to bang his head against the wall.

Wang Xinyun saw that the brigade commander was angry, so he had to stand aside and accompany Wang Dahu for training. Cheng Cuilin took Wang Dahu's study book and read it, and said to Gao Yuan: "Forget it, it's not a big deal, Dahu also cares about the teacher sincerely." The division commander is not in a bad mood and does not blame us, it is his own business. As an old comrade-in-arms, it is normal to care about him. I think so, after these two days, Dahu went to the division commander and asked him to come to a regiment to finish correcting the soldiers' study books. ”

Gao Yuan was angry, and when he heard Cheng Cuilin say this, his eyes widened, and he yelled directly at Cheng Cuilin: "Think beautiful!" Don't say two days, you can't come in a year! There are more than a dozen brigades in the whole division, Shandong is so big, and there are armies on all sides, how many major things does the division commander need to consider, and where will he have time to come again? ”

Cheng Cuilin was immediately happy, pointed to the plateau and smiled: "I said Brigade Commander Gao, you are the brigade commander, what did you do just now?" What are you angry at me when the division commander is gone? Besides, you know better than me what the status of the first regiment is in the mind of the division commander, and you know better than me what the relationship between Wang Dahu and the division commander is! I also told you that you don't have to wait two days, the division commander will come in the evening. Don't believe it, wait and see! ”

Gao Yuan stopped yelling, thinking about it, what Cheng Cuilin said made sense, Wang Dahu was really not to blame for this matter, but it was Wang Dahu's notes that affected the teacher's sorrow. The study book was not corrected, and with the temper of the division commander, he at least had to finish the study book of the first battalion.

Gao Yuan figured it out and was in a better mood, and said to Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun: "You two take people to get some game, vegetables, and wine, and the division commander comes over in the evening, and a few of us will accompany him for a drink and let him relax." I can tell you, you can say anything when you drink, and you are not allowed to talk about it. It's taboo! Do you understand? ”

Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun hurriedly replied and made it clear.

Liu Yimin returned to the division headquarters to see that Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong were all in a mess, and hurriedly took the telegram in Luo Ronghuan's hand and looked at it. It was said that the planes were hovering over the cargo ship, and they could bomb at any time.

It may be that Ni Hua felt that he was going to say goodbye to Liu Yimin, and wrote at the end of the telegram, "Dear Min, I love you!" See you in the next life! ”

Chen Dayong's telegram said that he had received a report from Ni Hua that the cargo ship had been discovered by the aircraft and was in danger at any time, and that he had ordered the troops to enter the coastal defense positions and be ready to meet the aircraft and the ship at any time to meet Ni Hua.

Liu Yimin didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, he was in a bad mood, but then he was even more depressed, with a black face and a big smoking.

Cai Zhong said: "We were negligent, saying that I am the best at being a spy, Ni Hua has made such a big noise in the United States, I am afraid that he has long been targeted by devils." Knowing this, Ni Hua and the cargo ship should have been allowed to go separately, and if the devils bombed, the loss would be too great. ”

Zeng Zhongsheng said: "Judging from the telegram, the devils have just found them, and now it depends on whether the identity of the US merchant ship can scare the devils." If the devil breaks the kettle, it will be troublesome. However, the devil may not dare. ”

Luo Ronghuan saw that Liu Yimin was smoking very fiercely, and knew that he was more anxious than anyone else, so he thought about it and said: "The division commander originally said that there is a contradiction between the navy and the army, and the affairs on this sea are in the hands of the navy, and they must not know that Qingdao is occupied by us now, and it is very likely that they will use aircraft to monitor the movements of cargo ships, send warships to chase after cargo ships, and keep driving cargo ships into Qingdao Port." If they had bombed, they would have opened fire a long time ago, and they wouldn't have been monitored only by the planes! ”

Liu Yimin nodded, and ordered to send a report to Ni Hua, so that she didn't have to be afraid, the little devils just wanted to seize the cargo ship, intercept the supplies, and arrest Ni Hua, they didn't have the courage to directly attack the American ship now. The cargo ship was at full speed and headed for Qingdao Port. As long as you enter the port of Qingdao, it will be safe.

Then he sent a telegram to Chen Dayong, ordering him to mobilize all the forces he could mobilize and be sure to unload the cargo of the cargo ship by this night.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin sat in the division headquarters in a daze, and kept cursing for his negligence. What did Xiao Yue do, their spies were everywhere, and I am afraid that they even had several plans to assassinate or kidnap Ni Hua in the United States. Why are you so careless, if the little devil knows that Qingdao is occupied by our army, maybe he will really bomb the cargo ship. In that case, the cargo will naturally sink to the bottom of the sea, and the woman you love will probably say goodbye forever. Taking a step back, if the devil moves faster and sends a warship to catch up with the cargo ship, not to mention anything else, they will definitely not let Ni Hua go, and if they want to save her in the future, I am afraid that the only way to arrest Terauchi Shouichi will be to exchange with him.

Finally waited until it was getting dark, Ni Hua reported that the plane had left, Chen Dayong reported that he had seen the cargo ship, and the signal had been contacted, Liu Yimin didn't wait any longer, and immediately ordered the whole world to be electrified, and the Eighth Route Army recovered Qingdao!

(To be continued)