He was in the land of China.

Originally, there was nothing in the land of China, but the problem was that he had no roots.

If it can run rampant, it is naturally not a problem to have roots or not, but the problem now is that he cannot run rampant, and once he cannot run rampant, then the difference between having roots and not having roots is big.

For example, the North China Dispatch Army, the besieged Fifth Division and the 109th Division do not count, no matter how bad they fight, at least there is no danger of annihilation of the whole army, and even if there is, as long as they are a little cautious, there will be no problems.

But he can't, his southern army can't, and once the north-south advance is blocked, then their situation is really too dangerous.

At present, there are only two ways for them to go, one is to join forces with the North China Army, and the other is to return to Shandong, take Qingdao, and withdraw from China by sea.

These two roads are closely related, and if the north-south advance is successful, it will not be a problem to capture Qingdao, but if the north-south advance is blocked, it will be extremely difficult to capture Qingdao.

Therefore, after this understanding, when I think of the battle situation in which the Shina army blocked the retreat of the Fifth Division and the 109th Division, the fear felt by the old devil Matsui Ishine was quite strong.

Now, if Matsui Shigen can decide, he must immediately order to return to Shandong, join the 100,000 troops left behind in Shandong, and then do everything he can to capture Qingdao.

However, he does not have that power.

Yes, the general who leads the army can ignore the military orders of the upper peak, but there is a premise for this, and the premise is to win the battle.

If you win the battle, everything is easy to say, and no one will hold you accountable for disobeying military orders, but if you ignore military orders and lose the battle, then it is two different things.

What's more, even if he is now for the sake of the overall situation and doesn't care about personal gains and losses, if he doesn't have an order from the base camp, he can't mobilize these division commanders under his command.

The control of the division commanders under his command is far inferior to the control of the division commanders over his subordinates.

The division commander can do whatever he wants the brigade commander under his command, they have absolute control, but he, the commander, cannot.

For such a major decision, if he did not have an order from the base camp, if he wanted to make any decision, he had to obtain the consent of the division commander under his command.

Matsui Shigen knew that there was no problem in stopping the war in Baoding, but if he wanted to give up Baoding, it would be very troublesome for the military to shrink to Cangzhou, and if he wanted to return to Shandong, it was basically impossible.

Therefore, the consent of the base camp must be obtained.

The reason why Matsui Shigen was so anxious was that he didn't have confidence, and he didn't believe that the base camp would agree with his opinion.

After a while, three days passed, and there was still no news from the base camp. Matsui Ishine could fully imagine what the base camp would be like.

Matsui Ishone's mood is getting worse and worse, because the generals under him are about to go crazy.

If they don't fight a bad battle in Baoding City, there will be no war to fight, but they have no war to fight, it doesn't mean that the Black God Army has no war to fight, and the Black God Army has been harassing them every night.

The way the Black God Army harassed them was by firing cannons in the green gauze tent.

The 75-millimeter caliber mountain artillery field artillery has an effective firing range of more than 8,000 meters, and the Black God Army hides in the green gauze tent and fires at them, and it is rich and surplus to hit them, but they have no way to do anything about the Black God Army.

At first, they were still a little interested in artillery counterattack, but it didn't take long for the attack on the Black God Army to simply ignore it.

Matsui knew that if the base camp did not agree to his suggestion in the end, then the Black God Army's strategy of provoking them would work, and the prospect would be unpleasant.

-- The truth of the war in China cannot be concealed, and the whole book is gloomy, and the temple family is the most bleak of this gloom.

Terauchi Shouichi became a disgrace to the entire family, but fortunately, Terauchi Shouichi was the parent, or he had to be beaten to the dust.

After being dismissed, Shou Yi Terauchi lived in a simple house, and he was at home, and he didn't go anywhere and didn't participate in any activities.

Although Terauchi Shouichi was low-key, he did not let go of the war against Shina at all.

After he was dismissed, the situation of the war not only did not change at all, but became worse day by day, and in this regard, although he was extremely unwilling to admit it, there was always a trace of joy lingering in the heart of this old devil.

Terauchi Shouichi was very angry, he was very angry with those comrades-in-arms who fell into the well, this old devil originally thought that with his merits, even if he went to Maicheng this time, the base camp would have to arrange a good position for him, but he never thought that he would become a broken drum beating by chaotic people.

In fact, Shouichi Terauchi also understands that officialdom is like this, there is a shortage, which affects a large number of people, and the affected people's eyes are red, no matter who is who.

However, it is clear that Shouichi Terauchi is still angry and can't swallow this breath. Therefore, the situation of the war continues to deteriorate, which is not good for the country, but extremely beneficial for him personally. It can be said that if you lose in the end, then everyone is responsible, and this means that no one is responsible. In this way, he has the opportunity to make a comeback and be ashamed.

In the house, Shouichi Terauchi was sitting precariously, holding a brush and writing, and he was writing the word "shame".

I wrote three paintings in a row, but each one, Terauchi Shouichi was not satisfied. Another piece of rice paper was spread on the table, and Shouichi Terauchi was about to write with a pen, when his nephew Terauchi Shigemitsu came in.

Shigemitsu Terauchi is the secretary of Shouichi Terauchi.

It's as if there is no one in the temple, and the temple Shouichi continues to splash ink and finish writing the word "shame".

Putting down the wolf's hair, Terauchi Shou took a look, and this time he was more satisfied.

At this time, Shigemitsu Shigemitsu in the temple said, "Uncle, His Royal Highness Prince Zaihito invites you to come over." ”

Squinting his eyes and thinking about it, Shouichi Terauchi nodded.

Through the time when Prince Zaihito summoned him, you can know how far Prince Zaihito has understood the battle situation.

Now it seems that Prince Jaehito is fully aware of the seriousness of the problem, and this means that he has a chance to make a comeback.

-- Prince Jae-in has less hair and deeper wrinkles on his face.

The war in China was fought like this, which he never dreamed of, and every time the war report from Shina came to him, he was shocked, but the previous shocks were added together, and he was not even more shocked by Matsui Ishone's suggestion to report this time.

It was because of this shock that he really thought about the predicament facing the empire in China for the first time.

Although the green gauze tent caused the empire to suffer greatly, it did not really mean anything, and the real problem was those endless trenches.

Actually, the boundless trench is not the real problem, the real problem is that the people of China are fully organized, and this is the core of everything, and the trench is just a problem derived from this core.

It was precisely because he realized this that he would be cautious about Matsui Ishone's advice.

Prince Zaihito was looking through Ishihara's report while thinking about the conversation he had just had with Terauchi Shouichi.

Ishihara and Terauchi were of the same opinion, they both believed that without tanks, the empire would not be able to defeat the Shina army, which fought on the basis of trenches, but due to the advent of bazookas, light tanks had been eliminated and it was necessary to move towards heavy tanks.

Ishihara further pointed out in the report that even if there were enough heavy tanks, it would not be the time to start a war against China until the Black God Army and [***] were effectively weakened.

Prince Zaihito understood that Ishihara was reiterating his previous assertion that the strategic center of gravity of the empire was Soviet Russia, and that if all interests in China except Manchuria were abandoned, the chances of a resumption of the civil war in China would be greatly increased.

Previously, like many others, he was dismissive of Ishihara's proposition, but now, without implementing the strategy advocated by Ishihara, his bowels were full of remorse.

As a result of the wrong strategy, the empire, which had been in a good situation, was turned upside down in just one year.

The empire is now facing an unprecedented crisis.

The battlefield of China can no longer be fought, and if it continues to increase its troops, then even if it wins in the end and occupies the entire North China, according to the current situation, the price is absolutely unbearable for the empire.

If nothing else, just these days, the country's reserve ammunition is decreasing at an alarming rate.

In fact, China is just a big piece of fat meat, and the problem of China is how to eat meat, and Soviet Russia is different from them, and Russia is fighting with them for meat to eat, and it is still the meat in their bowls.

Therefore, Soviet Russia has always been the number one strong enemy of the empire, if it fights with the Black God Army and [***] in North China, then Soviet Russia will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, and to what extent, no one knows.

Two months ago, the Russians suddenly sent troops to occupy Zhanggufeng, and they built fortifications on the mountain and erected barbed wire.

Zhang Gufeng's ownership is unknown, and the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Yuhun" signed in 1858 stipulates that Zhang Gufeng belongs to China in the Chinese version of the treaty, but in the Russian version of the treaty, it stipulates that Zhang Gufeng belongs to Russia.

Since there is a dispute, let it go first, but I never thought that Soviet Russia suddenly sent troops to occupy Zhang Gufeng.

Zhang Gufeng is a strategic location, and when Soviet Russia occupies Zhang Gufeng, it also has a strategic place to control Korea and Manchuria, which the empire cannot agree to under any circumstances.

It was easy to recapture Zhang Gufeng, and the Soviet army was driven away in three days, but then, the empire suffered an unprecedented defeat, and in the Ussuriysk steppe, the dignified Imperial Army was simply vulnerable.

The empire was defeated, not because the soldiers were not brave, but because the weapons were inferior to the Soviet army. Tanks, planes, artillery, Soviet Russia is called a torrent of steel, unstoppable. Compared with Soviet Russia, the empire is not a little bit worse.

Admitting defeat in Shina was something that Prince Zaihito did not want to die, but in the face of harsh realities, he had to admit it, and he had to do it according to the strategy advocated by Ishihara, because only in this way could the empire concentrate its forces and build a torrent of steel like Soviet Russia.

It is also extremely dangerous to change to the strategy of Ishihara Guan'er, because once the people of China have a chance to breathe, they will inevitably industrialize at a high speed, and China may turn from a piece of fat meat to be slaughtered by others into a tiger and wolf again.

It would be an empire's nightmare, but, there is no way, the situation is compelling, and now it is the lesser of two evils.

There is no regret medicine in the world, and what the empire can do now is to do it thoroughly, so that the people of China can no longer feel the danger of the empire, so that they can fight the civil war wholeheartedly.

In the future, the strategy for China is to do everything possible to provoke all forces in China so that the civil war in China will be fought as fiercely as possible and the more chaotic the better.

-- After receiving a reply from the base camp, Matsui Shigen breathed a sigh of relief, and the big stone in his heart was unloaded more than half, and the small half of the big stone that was still pressing on his heart was how to lead the army back to Shandong smoothly and capture Qingdao.

It is not difficult to capture Qingdao, but the difficult thing is how to return to Shandong and how to get to Qingdao.

At this moment, Matsui Ishone had no doubt that the Black God Army would never let him escape easily.

For this, if the opponent is not the Black God Army, Matsui Ishine will not worry at all, but the Black God Army's incredible means again and again make him unable not to be afraid, not afraid.

Although he knew that the speed of the Black God Army's mobilization of troops was incomparable to his, he still intended to be discovered by the Black God Army as soon as possible, so at the high-level military meeting, Matsui Ishine issued an extremely strict secret order.

The army retreated, and the most difficult thing to do was those cannons.

In order to blow up the trenches, especially to blow up the city of Baoding, in addition to drawing heavy artillery from other divisions and regiments, all the heavy artillery brigades, wings and brigades were pulled to the front line.

A 150-mm heavy gun weighed three or four tons, and a 240-mm heavy gun weighed thirty-eight tons.

Transporting these heavy artillery, there is nothing to attack and when you are forced to retreat urgently, the trouble can be imagined.

These heavy artillery pieces are indicators, and as long as they move, they mark their movements.

If the Black God Army had no intention of encircling them, it would be nothing, but if there were...... Therefore, before the base camp agreed to his suggestion, Matsui Ishine did not dare to move.

-- At 2:37 p.m. on 29 August, 10,000 cannons rang out in unison, and a great earthquake trembled.

The 10th Army was responsible for the attack on Baoding, and the commander was Yanagawa Heisuke, which had the 9th, 11th, and 13th Divisions under its command.

The headquarters of the Tenth Army was in Gaoyang County, which was 35 kilometers away from Baoding.

After receiving the report, Yanagawa Heisuke's sweat immediately came down.

This battle can't be fought, on this point, Yanagawa Heisuke's opinion is the same as Matsui Ishone's, but for Matsui Ishone's fear of his own danger, Yanagawa Heisuke is very disapproving, he thinks that Matsui Ishone was frightened by the Shina people.

But at this moment, Yanagawa Heisuke knew that he was wrong, Matsui Ishine was right, because as Matsui Ishine expected, if the Black God Army had this kind of plan, then it would never be easy for them to retreat.

All the troops between Gaoyang County and Baoding were fiercely attacked by the Chinese army, and what does this mean?

Green gauze tent!

Yanagawa Heisuke had a feeling of wanting to die again, if it wasn't for the green gauze tent, how could such a large-scale transfer of the Shina army be quiet?

-- As soon as tomorrow dawns, the army will begin to withdraw from Baoding, and tonight is very important, Matsui Shigen can't put his mind at ease, and he always pays attention to the news from Baoding.

The message flew like snowflakes, and Matsui Ishone's eyes turned black, and he had a premonition of extreme danger.

The danger he felt was so strong, all the more because the Black God Army had once again surprised him, he had thought that the Black God Army would block the road like besieging the Fifth Division and the 109th Division, and he was fully prepared for this.

But this time, the Black God Army did not do this, but directly launched an attack, launching a full-scale attack.

What does this mean?

Matsui Ishine's heart was so confused that he didn't even know how to deal with it!

If it were normal, what the Black God Army should do was not to launch an active attack of such a scale, but to cut off their retreat and retreat to Shandong.

The Black God Army was so unreasonable, Matsui Ishine had no doubt that the Black God Army must have a reason to do so, but he couldn't think of it.

That's why Matsui Ishone's heart is so chaotic, and the sense of danger is so strong, that he doesn't know how to deal with it, and he is afraid that he will take a wrong step and never recover.

Suddenly, Matsui Ishine was full of excitement, and in an instant, cold sweat soaked all the clothes on his body.

Cannon! Cannon!

Most of the cannons have been disassembled and loaded, and when the Black God Army first started shelling, they thought it was a routine harassment, but soon, the order came down and the cannons were set up again.

Rumble!

A huge explosion set off a monstrous wave.

The Black God Army's shells hit a cannonball cart, but fortunately, the artillery carts were well enough away that a cannonball cart would not cause a cascading explosion if it was hit.

Rumble!

The Black God Army's shells landed extremely accurately, and more artillery carts were hit, and each time a shell cart was hit, although it did not cause a cascade of explosions, the casualties were extremely high.

Moreover, what made the Imperial Army even more angry was that they still had nothing to do with the shelling of the Black God Army, because the Black God Army still had the same routine, and there were no artillery positions at all.

The Black God Army's cannons seemed to be everywhere, and cannonballs flew from the green gauze tents on the left and right flanks.

In this situation, artillery counterattack is almost useless, because it is aimless, there is no target at all, but it is useless to fight back.

Fighters, bombers came, but they, like artillery, were blind and useless.

-- Matsui Ishone's head is about to crack.

Counterattack and attack the green yarn tent, that may be in the hands of the Black God Army, and the Black God Army must have been prepared. Moreover, there is no doubt that the positions in the green gauze tent must also be those outside Baoding City.

Ignore it, retreat, it won't work, the artillery fire of the Black God Army is too fierce.

Moreover, it was clear that the Black God Army was moving extremely fast in the green gauze tent, and the artillery maneuvered much faster than they could withdraw.

If they retreat all the way, they will have to be bombarded by the Black God Army, and it is even more impossible for them to carry out artillery counterattack against the Black God Army on the way to retreat.

Withdrawing along the way, not to mention the casualties of the infantry, how much artillery can be left? And if there is no sufficient number of cannons, once the retreat is cut off by the Black God Army, what will they do to break through the Black God Army's resistance?

If you don't move, you are waiting to be beaten, and the Black God Army will cut their flesh one by one until they are killed.

Send troops to reinforce, don't attack the green gauze tent, reinforcements have a fart!

Calling every day should not be, calling the earth and the earth not spiritual, Matsui Shigen hit the wall with his head: why didn't he think of it earlier?

(To be continued)