In less than a day, the squadron broke through most of the positions on the periphery of Qingdao, annihilating more than 3,000 soldiers, while the Chinese lost less than 500 people, this huge result shocked the world, and it took more than a month for the company to attack Qingdao defended by the Germans with ten times the force, and it also paid tens of thousands of losses.

Moreover, the defense of Qingdao of the Japanese army is far more crazy than that of Germany, the permanent fortifications are stronger, the depth is greater, and the number of people is larger, but in the face of the sharp attack of the Chinese side, the defense of Qingdao is completely incapacitated, that is, those desperate meat bullets can barely block it, but soon these most crazy soldiers have also become a pile of meat paste, which has not changed the situation on the battlefield at all.

All military observers have paid great attention to the battle in Qingdao, which is a test of the new weapons that appeared after the First World War, the war situation has begun to change, in the First World War, the defensive capability is to overwhelm the offensive capability, so that all countries have to fall into trench warfare, and with the emergence of the air force and armored forces, the offensive weapons are becoming more and more powerful, and the defense line that originally seemed to be insurmountable has become a paper paste.

How to fight the war is a problem that all military strategists must solve, and Germany, which was defeated in World War I, has already cooperated with China at this time, and the staff officers of the German army have worked out combat policies together with Chinese officers, feeling the terrifying power brought about by the new tactics.

In the war between the great powers, it is often the victorious side that is easy to be complacent, resting on its laurels, and completely losing in the next war, such as Germany and France, the old enemies, Germany defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War, and when it came to the First World War, Germany did not make much progress in strategy, and was finally dragged to death by France, and by the time of World War II, it was the French who were superstitious about the experience of the First World War and were easily crushed by the Germans.

Now the Germans are just the time to be ashamed and courageous, and the Germans are frantically learning the advantages of China, preparing to use these tactics in Europe, and completely defeat Britain and France in the next confrontation, and China's weight in the hearts of the Germans is getting heavier and heavier, and what follows is the deepening of the cooperation between China and Germany.

Of course, war is the best embodiment of strength, China's muscles in Shandong, naturally attracted the attention of the powers, especially the Washington Conference is about to be held, the main thing is to coordinate the forces of the powers in the Asia-Pacific region, the strength of China has changed from a piece of fat to a force that can restrict the regional balance, this quiet change makes China have the bargaining capital.

The Americans just want to curb the expansion of Yuben's power, and they are also trying to shake Britain's world hegemony, China can help the United States in this regard, China is demobilized extensively, it can threaten India on the southwest border, and North Korea can threaten in the northeast, although the navy is not enough, but the army can definitely give Yuben and Britain a headache, and the United States has another good card in its hand.

The effectiveness of this attack was not only surprising abroad, but even China was shocked, and now all the high-ranking generals in Yanjing City gathered together to discuss how to deal with the situation in front of them, and Jiang Baili personally explained the current situation.

"Our army broke through the three peripheral positions of Yuben one after another in one day, annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, advanced more than 10 kilometers, as long as we put more effort into Qingdao City, the situation is extremely favorable to us, and now according to our intelligence, Kamio Mitsutomi has asked for help in his own country, and now he is mobilizing troops, and the combined fleet has also entered a state of combat readiness, and he will be able to send troops to aid Qingdao immediately!"

"Prime Minister, since this is the case, we should speed up the attack, completely wipe out the Qingdao army, and recapture Qingdao when the reinforcements arrive!" Cao Kun said on the side, his face was also full of ruddy, "We in China have been bullied by Yue Ben for so many years, and now the prime minister can finally give Yu himself a blow, what a good start!" ”

What Cao Kun said is still very reasonable, Qiao Yu has just taken the throne, and being able to take back Qingdao is also an explanation for the people of the whole country, and Qiao Yu's political axe will definitely be more stable, but now is not a good time.

"I don't advocate taking Qingdao down as soon as possible, the current initiative of Qingdao is already in our hands, and it can be taken at any time, but the meaning for me is different, if Qingdao is still there, the power of the army and navy will be continuously attracted here, we will wait for work, how much to destroy, if Qingdao is captured by us, we will definitely attack China frantically, and even start a full-scale war, the gains outweigh the losses!"

Jiang Baili also nodded on the side, and agreed with Qiao Yu's judgment very much, so he also said: "Our goal in the Qingdao campaign is to strive for the strategic initiative and show strength, if we take Qingdao too quickly, we will lose this role, without Qingdao as a bait, in fact, it is to release restrictions for Yueben, they can use the combined fleet to attack our coastline, and they can also attack the northeast from the Korean side, as long as this happens, we will inevitably start a full-scale war with Yueben, and it will be difficult to clean up at that time!" ”

Jiang Baili and Qiao Yu's worries are reasonable, now that Qingdao attracts firepower, the power of Yue Ben will be contained here, as long as China can hurt Yue himself, plus the cooperation of the great powers, he can also let Yue himself return to the negotiating table, after losing Qingdao, Yue Ben will go completely crazy, once the coastline is blocked, it will be a fatal blow to China's economic development.

It would be even worse if there was a war in the Northeast, China's plan to recover the Outer Northeast would inevitably go bankrupt, and now China could only concentrate on dealing with one country, between Soviet Russia and Yueben, Qiao Yu would undoubtedly choose Soviet Russia, and the development potential of such an island country as Ben was limited, and the longer it dragged on, the less advantage it would have.

Russia, on the other hand, is still above China in terms of territory and has a majority party in power, so it is definitely a formidable opponent, and it is the best choice to solve the Far East problem first while the polar bear is weak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we hope to control the scale of the war, but once we go crazy, it is absolutely unreasonable, so we still have to prepare for a full-scale war, all the land forces are mobilized, the capital and Tianjin must strengthen vigilance, the arsenal must also step up production, the coastal provinces, especially the main ports and wharves, must be prepared for war, and when necessary, the coastal people must move inward in large numbers to guard against the crazy attack!"

Qiao Yu did not believe that Yue Ben would start a full-scale war against China at this time, Yue Ben's war machine was far from ready, and the United States and Britain and other countries were restricting it in every way, and the result of a hard confrontation between Yue Ben and China could only be a defeat for both sides, and China could still recover even if it was hit hard, especially China's current military industry is all concentrated in Sichuan, Hubei and other places, and it is simply out of reach, but as long as Yu Ben loses a war, the social wealth accumulated since the Meiji era will completely collapse, and Yu Ben will be removed from the list of foreign powers.

Of course, we must think from the worst point of view when we prepare, if we play cards according to common sense, then we are not talking about myself, and the military has also reached a consensus on this point, the army must be ready to fight at any time, and it is not compromise that wants to avoid war, but strong strength.

After receiving Qiao Yu's order, the Shandong side took the initiative to slow down the speed of the attack, but still relied on air superiority to continuously bombard the Yueben position, killing and injuring the living forces, and forming a huge pressure on the Qingdao army.

It is said that the country is also extremely concerned about the war in Qingdao, especially when Yuan Jingzheng heard that the army was beaten all over the field, he could not accept this fact, in their impression, the imperial army was invincible in the world, those guerrillas could only rely on cold guns and cold running to threaten the army, if they fought head-to-head, these cowards would definitely be crushed by the powerful army.

But the cruel reality has taught them a lesson, on the ground in East Asia has risen an army that can compete with the army, and it is impossible not to let the side of the country be frightened, and the two elders of the political arena, Yama Prefecture Youtomo and Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, finally sat together, how to deal with the current situation is no longer up to Prime Minister Yuan Jing can decide, it must be done by the elders.

At this time, Youpeng in Shan County was over eighty years old, and on the surface, he was just a bad old man in his last years, but a glimmer of light flashed in his cloudy old eyes from time to time, still declaring that even if this old thing only had one breath, he was also the most powerful person in the book.

"Xiyuan Temple-kun, you have been to China, and you have reached a plan with Qiao Yu to jointly carve up the Russian Far East, I believe you must know Qiao Yu's situation very well, that is an ambitious, and has a clear understanding of the world, it is the most dangerous to cooperate with such a person, especially the other party controls the fate of China, as early as the reign of the wise emperor, he has already established a plan to weaken China in every possible way, and eventually annex China, China is too big, no matter what injuries can be recovered, There are not many opportunities for Yueben, but it is your stupidity that has allowed Qiao Yu to develop and grow, and the interests of the Far East are far away, and we have tasted the bitter fruit now! ”

Cooperation with Qiao Yu is indeed advocated by Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, but it has also been supported by Shanxian County, this is a matter involving the fundamental strategy of the country, how can it not be approved by Youpeng in Shanxian County, this old guy is also Li Lingzhi, and now he has come to teach Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, but Xiyuan Temple is indeed a loss, so he can only listen.

"There is no way to change the past, let's discuss how to deal with the current situation, do you think we should give up the Far East now and concentrate on destroying Qiao Yu's forces?"

Shan County Youpeng's face was full of disdain, and he snorted softly: "We have invested 100,000 troops in the Far East, can we easily retreat, and the Far East is indeed the best entry point to solve the resource problem, since we have decided to occupy it, we can't let go, otherwise how can we explain it to Your Majesty!" ”

"As for a large-scale attack on China, we must also look at the meaning of the powers, don't forget that all our steel and oil must be imported from the powers, as long as the powers cut off the supplies, we will have no way to sustain it, now let the combined fleet strengthen assistance to Qingdao, and through the support of the sea, the people of China will be repulsed! The next step is not to start a war blindly, but to carefully study our opponents, know ourselves and know the enemy, we know too little about China! ”

The old thief of Shanxian County said so many words in one breath, his energy was also consumed a lot, and his face turned slightly flushed, he was able to become the most powerful patriarch of Yuben, and his knowledge was indeed good, but he still made the same mistake that he himself had always made, that is, he was greedy and couldn't see himself clearly, because he didn't want to give up the Far East, because he didn't have self-knowledge, and he wanted to change the situation on the battlefield with a few giant ships, which made Yuben's combined fleet suffer the first defeat.

(To be continued)