Hundreds of mortar shells made the Qing army's offensive stalled again, but such a long city wall, mortar shells did not stop the Qing soldiers for long, seeing that the mortar shells falling down the city wall became less and less, countless Qing soldiers began to carry the ladder again, directly on the corpse of the Qing soldiers under the city wall, and rushed towards the city wall.

Just when Wang Qiang was almost desperate, dense gunfire rang out from the flank and rear of the Qing soldiers, and Ma Yingkui finally arrived with the garrison.

With the help of tens of thousands of people in Jinan, the Qing soldiers who had climbed the city wall were finally cleared again, and the people of Jinan also paid the price of more than 2,000 people.

The familiar sound of gunfire also made Tan Tai's heart sink to the bottom again, and the soldiers around him helped Tan Tai who was sitting on the ground, Shi Tingzhu ran over and hurriedly said to Tan Tai: "Let's withdraw quickly!" Their reinforcements have arrived! ”

Just when the guns of the garrison division rang out, Wu Sangui had already quietly retreated with the Guan Ning army, which had only more than 30,000 people left.

Tan Tai's eyes were no longer focused, and he only muttered in his mouth: "It's over, it's completely over!" ”

Shi Tingzhu still led the Qing soldiers to fight and retreat, 6,000 Manchu cavalry and the remaining more than 10,000 cavalry escorted Tan Tai to take the lead in the direction of Dezhou, and the more than 20,000 infantry troops under the city of Jinan were no longer cared for.

Ma Yingkui also failed to annihilate more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, and the long-distance rapid march made the physical strength of the Hangzhou garrison division reach the limit, although Ma Yingkui wanted to surround and eat more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, but the soldiers really couldn't run.

More than 20,000 Qing soldiers panicked and ran in the direction of Tai'an.

Ma Yingkui was stunned to see the countless corpses of Qing soldiers and siege equipment everywhere under the city wall, and the officers and soldiers of the garrison division were all stupid.

"Old horse! We're going to open the gates and let you in, old horse. Wang Qiang had already seen Ma Yingkui, standing on the city wall and began to shout.

Wang Qiang didn't expect Ma Yingkui to appear under the city of Jinan, he knew that Ma Yingkui was the commander of the Hangzhou garrison. As for how he got to this Jinan city, Wang Qiang was a little confused.

Wang Qiang's shout woke Ma Yingkui up, and he hurriedly responded, and took the garrison to finally remove the corpses of the Qing soldiers piled up in front of the city gate, and then entered the city.

"Xiao Wang, are you okay? Is a lump okay? Ma Yingkui hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Wang Qiang and looked carefully.

"It's fine. I didn't even hurt a single hair, old horse, why are you staring at me all the time? The casualties are a bit large, and it is estimated that they are almost halfway. Speaking of this, Wang Qiang's voice was a little low.

"You killed so many Qing soldiers outside the city? That's tens of thousands, right? Ma Yingkui's voice trembled a little, and the corpses of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers were piled up under the city wall, even Ma Yingkui, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, felt a little uncomfortable.

"Yes, there are also the people of Jinan City, and the casualties of the people today are not small. Xie Kui! A regimental leader! Wang Qiang agreed, turned around and began to look for Xie Kui. He hadn't seen him in a while.

After a while, Xie Kui, whose left arm was hanging, rushed over, it turned out that his left arm was slashed by the Qing soldiers, but it was not injured, and after the battle, he went down to bandage it before hurrying to find Wang Qiang.

"It's good that you're still here, I thought I'd never see you again." Wang Qiang saw that Xie Kui was only slightly injured, so he let go of his hanging heart.

On this day's siege, the Qing soldiers left more than 23,000 corpses under the city of Jinan. It took Ma Yingkui's garrison and the people of Jinan City more than two days and more than 1,000 carts from Jinan City to transport the corpses away.

Until a dozen years later. The people of Jinan were less than a dozen people, and they didn't dare to go to the city wall at night.

The first regiment of the Seventh Division suffered more than 1,600 casualties in this day's battle, and more than 1,200 people were killed, more than half of the casualties had already been lost, and Wang Qiang's guards also lost more than a dozen people, in addition to Wang Qiang's pistol and two bullets. All ammo is depleted.

"Old horse, if you come a little later, we will probably all have to meet Marx."

In the government of Jinan Mansion, Wang Qiang said to Ma Yingkui.

"What do you think? What does this mean? Ma Yingkui thought that what Wang Qiang said was that he was going back to "heaven".

"Haha, that's wrong. It's time to see Lord Yama. Wang Qiang snorted, realizing that he had said the wrong thing.

"I said you're too bold! Just 3,000 men and horses dare to capture Jinan, and you kid can't do such a dangerous thing in the future. Ma Yingkui was also scared when he said it.

"It's a pity that we ran out of ammunition, otherwise no matter how many Qing soldiers were, they would have come to die." Wang Qiang said nonchalantly.

"But I really didn't expect the Qing soldiers to be so desperate." After Wang Qiang finished speaking, he added.

"I brought you the ammunition, and I have already handed over to Xie Kui, but then again, if we occupy Jinan, the situation in the entire Shandong will completely change, and it is probably only a matter of time before we take the entire Shandong. The fact that the Qing soldiers were so desperate to recapture Jinan also shows how important Jinan is to them. ”

"What do we do next?" Wang Qiang asked, Ma Yingkui's combat experience is far richer than his own, and Wang Qiang is still relatively modest in front of Ma Yingkui.

"I'm afraid it's hard for us to make a big difference, my logistics baggage hasn't arrived yet, the Qing soldiers withdrew in such a panic, that is, they don't know how many people we came, if they know that I only brought less than 10,000 garrisons, I'm afraid the siege of Jinan will not be so easy to solve."

Wang Qiang knew that Ma Yingkui was telling the truth, in fact, the Qing soldiers were on the verge of collapse under the city of Jinan, and the arrival of Ma Yingkui's garrison was just the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Then let's wait for Minister Huang and them to arrive, and it's time for a good rest. Your garrison is tired enough to rest for a few days. ”

The 20,000 unfortunate Qing infantry were not able to escape into the city of Tai'an, and they were caught up by the Seventh Division that had arrived in a hurry less than fifty or sixty miles from Jinan.

More than 10,000 Qing cavalry who harassed the Seventh Division fled into Tai'an City along the way, and the Seventh Division did not pay attention to them, Ma Qianjun ordered the whole division to continue to advance rapidly in the direction of Jinan, but did not expect to encounter a large number of infantry troops of the Qing army fifty or sixty miles away from Jinan.

Ma Qianjun thought that the Qing soldiers had come to intercept him, and Ma Qianjun, who was getting more and more angry, ordered the Seventh Division to meet him, and the artillery deployed on the spot behind and began to shell the Qing soldiers.

Ma Qianjun didn't expect that this Qing army was completely vulnerable, and after the artillery bombardment, a charge of the Seventh Division broke down more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, and a large number of Qing soldiers began to kneel on the side of the road and raised their hands.

Soon I learned from the captives that reinforcements from the Wehrmacht had rushed to Jinan and that the siege of Jinan had been lifted. Ma Qianjun no longer refused to let go of the more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, and chased them out for more than ten miles, and only a few dozen of the more than 20,000 Qing soldiers and infantry fled to Tai'an City.

Annihilated the more than 20,000 Qing soldiers, the Seventh Division did not stop, and continued to march towards Jinan with the prisoners, and Ma Qianjun did not forget to send people back to report to Huang Degong.

Huang Degong, who was already not far from Tai'an, saw the messenger sent by Ma Qianjun. At this time, Lao Huang's heart really fell from his throat to his heart.

There were still more than 20,000 Qing soldiers in Tai'an City, and Huang Degong decided to solve them.

Without waiting for Huang De's fourth and sixth divisions to surround Tai'an City, the Qing soldiers in Tai'an City had already abandoned the city and fled, they already knew the news of the defeat outside Jinan, Tan Taidu had already run away, Tai'an had become a lonely city, and there was no need to defend it.

occupied the empty city of Tai'an, which made Huang Degong very dissatisfied, and ordered the fourth division to chase in the direction of Liaocheng for most of the day. In the end, he did not catch up with the Qing soldiers, who were basically cavalry.

Three days later, Huang Degong saw Wang Qiang and Ma Yingkui in Jinan City, stepped forward and hugged Wang Qiang, Huang Degong's old eyes were full of tears, Lao Huang was really emotional this time, there was only a line of separation, he almost couldn't see Wang Qiang.

So far, the line from Yizhou to Jinan in Shandong has been fully recovered, but in addition to the more than 10,000 Qing soldiers in Weifang, Jiaozhou, and Qingdao, there are only sporadic Qing soldiers. The Sixth Division has already swept in this direction, and it won't be long before it. Most of Shandong will be recovered.

Nanjing received the complete battle report six or seven days after Huang Degong arrived in Jinan, and Luo Jian looked at the battle report for a long time without saying a word, there was no joy of victory, only full of fear.

Shi Kefa's feelings are similar to Luo Jian's, as one of the "angels" who came to Yangzhou, Wang Qiang's importance is not only because he is the commander of a main division. If Wang Qiang really sacrificed in Jinan, even if he took the whole of Shandong, the blow to the Nanjing government would far outweigh the gain.

The detailed battle report of the Battle of Jinan was published in the newspaper in its entirety, and the brilliant victory once again made the people of Nanjing ecstatic, and Wang Qiang once again became the god of war in the hearts of the people of Nanjing.

A beautiful young woman with a newspaper in her hand came to the door of the Governor's Palace. It's just that the eyes that are red from crying do affect the image. The guards at the door all recognized that this was the apricot girl.

"Sister, why do you think he just wants to die?" Xing'er cried and ran to Liu Lan lying on the sofa, and there was also a "China Daily" next to the sofa.

"Xing'er, don't cry, I'll clean him up when this kid comes back!" Without Liu Lan speaking, Liu Weimin, who was sitting across the sofa, had already spoken.

Xing'er found Liu Weimin and Li Yue sitting on the sofa opposite Liulan.

"Okay, don't be like this, this kid doesn't make people worry, but have you thought about it, if this kid hadn't raided and occupied Jinan, I don't know how long this battle would last, maybe more soldiers would be sacrificed."

Of course, Liu Lan was also afraid, but she knew that she could no longer follow Xiao Liu and Xing'er to say that Wang Qiang would not want to go to the battlefield again in the future.

"There will always be danger in a war, didn't Brother Luo almost disappear in Tianchang at the beginning? In the Guazhou Steelmaking Plant, didn't the supervisor and Xiao Liu almost sacrifice? This kid was there that time, right? I think that this kid can achieve such a big victory at such a small price, this kid is a great contribution! ”

"Liu Lan said this well! We only think that Wang Qiang is too bold, in fact, this is a sign that he has matured, have you carefully read the battle report? If it weren't for the mobilization of the people of Jinan City, this Jinan City would really not be able to hold it, and from this point of view alone, Wang Qiang would be able to stand alone in the future. ”

Luo Jian, who had just come in, heard Liu Lan's words and took it and said.

Shi Kefa followed Luo Jian and walked in, and he also heard the words of several people.

"Xinghua is right, you go to the street to listen, now the people in Nanjing City talk about Wang Qiang, which one doesn't give a thumbs up?"

"Let's talk, Brother Xian, let's go to the study, Xiao Liu, you come over too." Luo Jian greeted and walked towards the study.

"Although the battle of Shandong has won a great victory, I have been thinking about it for a long time, we have to stop the offensive operation now, we have to think about how to arrange the next step, let's think about it first."

When Shi Kefa and Liu Weimin sat down, Luo Jian said. Today is a rest day, Luo Jian went to the General Staff Headquarters and went home, calling Shi Kefa, who was also in the General Staff, to his home to think about his next plans. (To be continued.) )