The acceptance of Qingdao by the Northwest is already a certainty, whether it is true or not, Qingdao already belongs to the Northwest de jure in law, and this is a big deal, and the Japanese reporters and diplomats almost instantly thought of the purpose of the Northwest and the Germans, and they left in a hurry, and they must inform the Combined Fleet as soon as possible.

For the departure of these remaining Japanese, the Northwest Army did not do much to obstruct it, and it was at this time that the Northwest completely occupied the de jure advantage, and the sovereignty of Jiaozhou Bay and Qingdao had now been returned to them, which was announced in front of many reporters and diplomats, and the formal completion of the handover was in line with the norms of international law.

What's more, the Northwest also took a two-pronged approach, after completing the ceremony with Germany, at the same time, it was released to the whole world with a clear telegram, informing the entire world that the Northwest had taken back Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay.

It has to be said that in this era, the development and backwardness of information are intertwined, and the emergence of cable telegraph has completely changed the exchange of information.

This has formed an asymmetry in information, and the foreign ministries of major countries in the world have already received an earth-shattering diplomatic incident in Germany's formal transfer of sovereignty over Qingdao and Jiaozhou Bay's sphere of influence to northwest China.

The first thing that came to mind for Britain and France was the conspiracy, and it was the news that they jointly attacked Qingdao was exposed, otherwise. If you don't hand it over sooner or later, you don't hand it over later, but it's just this time to hand it over. What is the deeper meaning of him? After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't figure it out. Why did Germany do this, but at this moment, Britain and France thought that the battleship that was far away off Qingdao and was about to attack Qingdao would really hit the right one if Germany had this idea.

For Britain and France, China is nothing, nothing at all. If it weren't for the fact that there are too many countries and too many populations, it is not easy to control, I am afraid that China and India are on the same level now.

However, since 1908, the Northwest has gradually entered the world's sight, almost occupying the attention of the whole world, not to mention, the Northwest manufacturing industry has become the world's factory. Ordinary people can see products made in China anytime and anywhere. Militarily, they can wrestle with Russia, an army power, and in a sense, their combat effectiveness will not be much worse than that of Turkey and Italy. Such a country, when the present war comes, must be valued by Britain and France.

In this case. As long as the Northwest does not clearly indicate that it wants to favor Germany, Britain and France will definitely not touch the Northwest. Whatever the German conspiracy, this time. Nominally, Qingdao belongs to the northwest, so a head-on conflict is absolutely unacceptable.

At this time, there is no way to notify ah, knowing that the battleship is about 20 nautical miles away, but there is no means of communication, the only thing that can be done is to let the speedboat go, but in this case, it can depart from Qingdao Port, at this time, when it encounters the opposite battleship, I am afraid that it will be the first time to attack, who dares to do this, that is not to die.

Could it be that this is the conspiracy between Germany and the Northwest, in order to be an excuse, as soon as I think of this, all the diplomats' faces change, is it possible that the Northwest has begun to lean towards Germany and is ready to join the Allies, this is not good news for Britain, France and Russia, especially Russia, originally with China, there is a very strict territorial dispute, Russia occupies a total of more than one million square kilometers of China's land, this seems to have never been recognized by the Northwest, once the Northwest joined the Allies, The entire Russian Far East will be directly threatened by the Northwest.

Russia's appearance on the Eastern Front is very, very bad, but the huge Russian war mobilization ability has always been valued by Britain and France, and if its power is completely dragged down by Turkey, Austria-Hungary and China, it will be very difficult for both countries to face Germany, and they do not have this strength.

All of a sudden, the diplomats were like ants on a hot pot, they didn't know what to do, time did not depend on anyone's will to transfer, smoothly and orderly forward, on the fort of Qingdao Port, it can be clearly seen that a huge group of warships is approaching Qingdao Port, they have already opened the battle camp on the open sea, divided into two obvious parts, and rushed to Qingdao Port at high speed. Japan had already declared war on Germany, and the two sides were already in a state of fighting, and they could attack directly without even much notice, which was customary.

Quietly, all the early warning signals have been pulled up, telephone and telegraph lines, all over Qingdao, to facilitate the communication between the commanders of each base, after stationed in Qingdao, all the army is in a state of first-class combat readiness, and now it is directly transferred to a state of war, all the gunners have entered the gun position, and the combatants have also entered the anti-artillery fortifications, no matter how to say that the open sea is a huge fleet of more than hundreds of thousands of tons, just four or five battleships, plus all kinds of installation, The largest caliber artillery on them is 14 calibers, and once it turns to land attacks, it is extremely powerful, and it cannot be resisted at all without protection or ordinary army protection, which is not at the level of power.

Of course, these are all actions in the dark, because after a long time of preparation, all the defense lines and batteries in Qingdao have been internalized, and on the surface, there is no difference from before, but in fact, the inside has been hollowed out, turning into underground passages and protections, and in the concealment and silence, all the fighters are in place.

Although the main agenda and handover of the press conference had ended, the meeting was not adjourned, except for those Japanese who left, the rest of the diplomats and reporters did not leave, some were watching the excitement, and some were exchanging information. And Mu Mo's eyes have never left the two British and French diplomats, he is very familiar with them, from the expressions of the British and French diplomats, you can see how they will suffer, although until now, he has not pulled the northwest into the camp of the allies, but this battle is a huge progress, as long as the two sides start fighting, Qingdao side sinks a few British and French warships, I am afraid that the rift will appear directly, maybe Britain and France will directly suppress the northwest or even declare war on the northwest.

Under the high speed of the combined fleet, it quickly approached the open sea of Qingdao, it did not go directly to Qingdao Port, they also knew that Qingdao Port has Qingdao Fortress, which can be said to be the most heavily protected place in Qingdao, rashly rushed to that place, only the head will be broken and bleeding, although the mountain house others are arrogant, but they are not an arrogant soldier, they will not take a battleship to storm the fortress, even if they want to attack, they need to wait until the army is in place, outflanking the position of the fortress, and attacking, sea to land, although there is a certain advantage, but it lacks the strength to make a final decision.

Yamaya others stood calmly in the command room, according to the agreement, the British and French warships will attack on the second line, the first to attack is the capital ship belonging to Japan, the thought of the capital ship suppressing the Qingdao fortress and covering the landing of the army, Yamaya others are very excited, this is his merit, as long as he takes Qingdao, he can go further, and a bright future awaits him.

According to the information obtained before, the German army in Qingdao had only one regiment of troops, and they also chose the farthest and most difficult place to defend from the German fortress, and first suppressed the opposite battery with naval guns. The naval guns are all more than 11 inches, and the batteries on the opposite side are only about 210 mm, a gap of more than 100 mm, and in terms of range, they have an absolute upper hand, and the most important thing is the number, there are only 2 guns at most here. The five capital ships of Japan began to prepare first, they were at a distance of about 15 kilometers, and they began to aim at that side, and the speed slowly decreased.

At this moment, on the opposite side of them, on a hill about 3 kilometers from the sea, all the warriors began to prepare. At this point, it is one of the most important points in Qingdao, this mountain is also a rare location, just about 1000 meters behind the fort arranged by Germany before, not to mention concealment, the height is enough, in order to defend, the northwest has arranged a total of a main battery and 17 sub-batteries here, 65 large-caliber 15-inch naval guns and more than 100 large and small caliber guns and machine guns, carefully constructed permanent fortifications, at least 2 regiments of troops are stationed here, in the bay, has accurately drawn the shooting Zhuyuan, This is calculated by optical and field measurements, after up to 10 days, each sea area has a special position, as long as according to the drawings, mark the position, the artillery can hit through, the accuracy will be more than several times that of a skilled gunner's direct aim.

From the stationing here, they are looking forward to the Japanese coming, but they are very uncertain, Qingdao is so big, there are many possible attack locations, the staff has made many plans, this is just a more likely one, similar batteries, a total of more than a dozen have been set up near Qingdao, this is only one of them, and it is also the least follow-up plan, because this sea area is more suitable for submarine operations, once the Japanese army chooses here, the submarine surrounds, and the ship guns on the shore are fired, which is enough for them to stay for most of them, As a killer weapon to prepare for the bombing of the air force, it can even be omitted, or used sparingly, which is what the Northwest has been trying its best to conceal, especially under the premise that the airship front has a strong and necessary combat effectiveness, the Northwest is more willing to release the planes later, so that the powers can go more and farther on the wrong road.

Now that the opportunity has fallen into their hands, it depends on how they grasp it, watching the area covered by their artillery fire, getting closer and closer, and becoming more and more concentrated, the gunners can't help but hold their breath, they have been preparing for such a long time, maybe they will open today. (To be continued......)