To tell the truth, when Japan decided to attack, Qingdao has become the focus of the whole of Asia, under the situation that Europe has been fighting, the only place in Asia where war may break out is Qingdao, before the commander of the fortress in Qingdao, has announced that Germany will not give up any piece of land, and high-profile recruitment of migrant workers, ready to resist Japan with Qingdao, so reporters from various countries are also quite sensitive, after getting the news, especially the news of Qingdao's access, they have taken the train to Qingdao, What is the big news that made them come to Qingdao.

Among them, there are also Japanese reporters, some of them are real reporters, but more are secret agents, they are tasked with spying on Qingdao's intelligence, although in the eyes of the Japanese government, Qingdao is like a piece of cooked fat, which can be taken casually, after all, there is only one regiment of defenders, even if you add the expatriates, it will not exceed 5,000, but this time, Japan has mobilized 4 divisions, close to 80,000 troops, plus the combined fleet poured out, it is absolutely logical to take it.

In this case, it is not that the Germans saw that things were not right, and were ready to surrender, if so, it would be much easier to do, and the smooth acceptance of the whole Qingdao would be of greater benefit to Japan, and it would be possible to achieve results without fighting, which was expected by everyone, and it was even more good news for Japan, which was now lacking in national strength, which was equivalent to how much money it had saved.

On the train to Shandong, all kinds of people were mixed, and they were all full of interest in the news the day after tomorrow, and in the entire Jiaozhou Bay, the First Army had already arrived and had been completely launched.

Because the Northwest spent a lot of effort. In the entire Jiaozhou Bay, 7 large-scale forts were laid. Each fort can protect about 70 kilometers, which is enough to protect almost 500 kilometers of sea frontier. The First Army did not defend many places, that is, a few key landing sites.

It was not placed on the beachhead, and the beachhead built some firepower points with the help of high-grade fast-drying cement, and then went down one after another, forming a batch-like protection system, and the Japanese army at this time did not know that there were well-trained and most elite hundreds of thousands of troops. They had been waiting for them here for a long time, and they were not dealing with the German army, which numbered only a few thousand men, but the Northwest Army, which was armed to the teeth and had superior combat effectiveness.

The day passed peacefully, nothing happened, and there were no major twists and turns in the combined fleet of the Japanese army, but on the way, they had a round with the British and French fleets, and they stopped for a while. After completing a simple reorganization, the British and French fleets joined the combined fleet, and after forming a joint command, they headed for the open sea of Qingdao. At this time, there are still about 50 nautical miles away from Qingdao. It takes three or four hours at most to reach the outer side of Qingdao Port.

Because it's close to land. Although there is no radio, there are traffic speedboats that communicate with each other. Yamaya also knew that at about 8 o'clock this morning, there would be a large press conference in Qingdao, announcing a major event to reporters and diplomats from all over China.

With the British and French commanders, Germany knew each other the best, but unfortunately could not play the power of the Great Japanese Imperial warships, but the heart was extremely excited, the decisive battle at sea, has always been accidental, the strong side may win a great possibility, but no one can guarantee, the other side will not be lucky to hit a shot, Japan's small force, coupled with the rise of China and the cotton crisis, lost a lot of capital, any ship is precious, can lose less loss.

Japan's combined fleet is formed under such a mentality, although the tonnage is huge, the number is large, but the advanced is really poor enough, take the so-called battle cruiser Tsukuba, known as the battle cruiser in Japan, but whether it is from armor, to naval guns, to speed, that is, the level of armored cruisers, the others are similar, battleships are all former dreadnoughts, and the only one that is really advanced is the King Kong battle cruiser.

Therefore, even if the tonnage is piled up to a certain extent, the Japanese battleship is really nothing in the eyes of Britain and France, that is, a King Kong class is okay, and the rest are all made up, who still uses the former dreadnoughts in the home fleet, even if it is Italy, Austria-Hungary does not use it much, Britain and France are placed in colonies like the Far East, as a deterrent, this is also the confidence of the great powers, that is, Japan, until the King Kong class completes the localization, this is the former dreadnought into the era of dreadnoughts, and now, there is only one King Kong class.

The British and French admirals didn't think much about it, and they couldn't think of what kind of news Qingdao would release, and it would be better if it surrendered, it didn't matter if it ran for nothing, as long as the strategic goal was achieved.

At 8 o'clock, the square in front of the Qingdao Municipal Government, decorated with a red carpet, all the reporters and some diplomats were invited to the neat seats, everyone was very strange, it seemed that the posture was not small, why, those Japanese reporters, they spent a day, and they didn't get any news, the market in Qingdao was very calm, as if it was not like a war at all, they contacted the Germans they could contact, but there was no updated news, as if all the qiē were strictly controlled.

This made the hearts of Japanese reporters beat a drum in their hearts, if Germany was going to surrender, in the face of Japanese reporters, they would not be so secretive, right, at least the relationship would have to go.

At a quarter past 8 o'clock, when the Combined Fleet was still more than 20 nautical miles away, far off the coast of Qingdao, and was rapidly coming to Qingdao, Qingdao's press conference officially began, saying that it was a press conference, but rather a ceremony, on one side sat the commander of the fortress, Vice Admiral Spee, commander of the East Asian Fleet, and some high-level officials of Qingdao Municipal Government, but on the other side, it was empty, and there was no name written on it, who was it.

The secret was soon revealed, and Yang Yuanzhao, Cai Yi, and two high-ranking officials from the northwest walked out of the city hall and sat at the other end, and the scene was in an uproar.

The name Yang Yuanzhao has often appeared in the headlines of various newspapers recently, and his image is very familiar to reporters who often run in China, and his appearance represents the northwest, and Cai Ye has become the most well-known young general in China after shining in the war against Russia, and even in some teahouses, Dr. Tea has made up a lot of jokes for him, and the two of them appeared, representing the head of the northwest and the top of the military.

An ominous premonition arose in the hearts of all the Japanese, Germany had a close relationship with the northwest, and this attack on Qingdao, on the one hand, was to get Shandong, get Jiaozhou Bay, and further expand Japan's strength, but on the other hand, it was to contact the revolutionary party and Beiyang, and the goal of attacking the northwest was also the goal, and the development of the northwest was getting faster and faster.

Qingdao is in the hands of the Germans and follows the hands of the northwest, these are completely two concepts, not to mention the legal problem, the current Japan, is not worried about war with China, no matter how strong the northwest is, it is also an army, enough for Japan, then it needs a navy.

Qingdao fortress is very powerful, this point Japan has been investigated in detail, if there are enough soldiers, I am afraid it is another Lushun, Lushun of the year, how much effort did Japan use, how many people died to capture it, if Qingdao becomes Lushun, this is a nightmare for Japan, the strong northwest, at least can be filled with tens of thousands of people, or even hundreds of thousands of people, into the Qingdao fortress.

Countless thoughts flashed in the hearts of Japanese reporters, but for them, there was no way to stop them, not only they could see it, but the other parties also saw it, especially the representatives of the Beiyang side, whose faces were not ordinary black, that is to say, the Northwest directly bypassed them, leveled the Germans, and got such an enclave, and this territory fell into the hands of the Northwest, which was a nightmare for Beiyang.

Some anxious Japanese reporters came forward to organize, but the overall situation has been decided, the things discussed between the northwest and Germany are on the land of the northwest, this is not a hasty handover, but a project that has been handed over in almost a month, and has already been handed over, and now Qingdao is nominally in the hands of Germany, in fact, it has always been managed by the northwest, and a few security guards appeared, put the troublesome Japanese out, and then all of them were stable, in the case of foreigners, Beiyang did not dare to move, The others couldn't understand the situation, and almost watched the handover be completed, a few texts and symbolic things, where the handover was completed on both sides, German Ambassador Mümmer and Chinese representative Yang Yuanzhao both made enthusiastic speeches, and then it was officially over.

It looks very solemn, but in fact it is all blank Wen Jiàn handover, specifically said some key parts, in the end, the German flag in front of the city government was lowered, raised the flag belonging to the northwest, and a group of soldiers wearing northwest military uniforms, drove into Qingdao, they came in very early, but at that time they were wearing German clothes, and now they have changed into their own military uniforms, almost a division of the Northwest Army, occupying Qingdao and Qingdao fortress of various strategic points, The hearts of those Japanese reporters who have not yet been put out are sinking, thinking that it may be a ceremony of German surrender, but they went to the worst, they guessed the beginning, but did not guess the end, Germany is leaving, will not fight with them, but handed Qingdao into the hands of the Chinese, I don't know when they began to prepare, but it is clear that the other party chose this time, it was carefully considered, those troops were not hastily mobilized, maybe next, Qingdao can be taken, It's really a problem. (To be continued......)