However, although they were in Yucheng, when they received Qiao Anbang's invitation telegram, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi specially rushed back to Xuzhou from Yucheng, and from Xuzhou they arrived in Qingdao on the transport plane of the 11th Group Army.

When Qiao Anbang and his entourage arrived at the wharf military port, Jiang Jun, commander of the Fifth Division, Liang Haoyao, chief of staff, and Tian Jin, commander of the first regiment, who were personally responsible for the garrison of the military port, hurriedly greeted them.

After saluting them symbolically, Qiao Anbang shook hands with them one by one, and then strode towards a transport ship anchored on the shore of the military port, surrounded by everyone.

Jiang Jun and Liang Haoyao and others followed respectively, and Liang Haoyao and Zhang Yi were ordered to return to China as early as when Qiao Anbang went to England, and was responsible for the translation and liaison between the submarine mercenary troops sent by Hitler and the 11th Army, and helped Qiao Anbang train submariners and other sailors.

When Qiao Anbang and his entourage all boarded the transport ship, the transport ship, which had already been started, slowly sailed towards one of the two battleships moored in the military port, which had a displacement of more than 54,000 tons and more than 51,000 tons respectively, and had only recently been "produced" by Qiao Anbang from its so-called Qingdao shipyard.

It shocked the German sailors and the British mercenary sailors who had just arrived in China, and also shocked the government and the opposition who were in the midst of military reform and made every effort to restore their national strength.

Of course, at this time, in addition to being shocked, the government and the opposition were still shocked, and for the shocking fact that the Qiao family army was about to form a navy and had a large-tonnage battleship, the government and the opposition were powerless to interfere with it at this time, let alone destroy it.

Because the agents of the Yue army had already learned that Qiaojiajun had deployed a large number of fighters in Qingdao and Xuzhou, if the combined fleet of the Chinese Navy dared to send sea-based air forces to carry out air raids, it would inevitably be fiercely attacked by Qiaojiajun's air force.

The Yue Jun Navy, which had long understood the strength of the Qiao Jiajun Air Force fighter group, naturally did not dare to attack rashly, because in addition to the Qiao Jiajun Air Force, there was also a large-scale air defense fire network deployed near the port of Qingdao waiting for them, so the commander of the Yue Army naturally would not send any more valuable pilots to carry out a suicide attack.

Regardless of whether the commander of the army and navy is willing or not, Ishihara Waner, who has already taken power in the new cabinet of the ruling party, will not agree with this stupid method of ending up together, because he is far from being exhausted, and when he fights to the death, Ishihara Waner is still ambitious at this time to recast the myth of the invincibility of the navy, army and air force of the Great Empire, so he must win every battle against the [***] team at the lowest cost.

To get back to the point, Qiao Anbang and the others successfully arrived at the battleship with a displacement of 54,000 tons on the transport ship, and then went to the wide deck surrounded by everyone, and immediately began to announce the official start of the founding ceremony of the navy.

Immediately afterward, the soldiers who had just joined the army began the flag-raising ceremony on the two battleships and other large cruisers and destroyers.

Looking at the brand-new and dazzling blue sky and white white flags rising all over the ground, the onlookers and the guards and soldiers on the shore of the wharf couldn't help but start cheering and shouting, and later, driven by some enthusiastic young people, they gradually began to shout loudly "Long live the Chinese nation, long live Commander-in-Chief Qiao" and other exciting slogans.

At this time, on the battleship, the orderly had already prepared the microphone for Qiao Anbang, Qiao Anbang forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said in a deep voice into the microphone: "Compatriots, fathers and fellow villagers, please be quiet and listen to Qiao!" ”

Qiao Anbang's voice resounded with the loudspeaker throughout the sky inside and outside the Qingdao Wharf Military Port, and the crowd on the shore who was still shouting like a tide just now quickly quieted down with extreme cooperation, and tens of thousands of people were silent on the dock, and everyone's eyes were focused on the battleship where Qiao Anbang was, and they were looking forward to Qiao Anbang, the greatest anti-Japanese national hero in their hearts, to speak.

Qiao Anbang cleared his throat, opened his throat and shouted loudly: "Compatriots, since the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, our Chinese nation has fallen into the misery of being humiliated and invaded without coastal defense and defense. The fact that not a single naval vessel of the 40,000,000 sons and daughters of China can fulfill its duty of protecting China's maritime frontiers is a shame for China and a shame for all the sons and daughters of China! ”

Qiao Anbang's words were like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of the people of insight present, thinking of China's repeated humiliation by foreign powers in modern times, and even the Oriental island countries that were not even worthy of carrying shoes for China thousands of years ago could ride on China's neck and, almost killing China and losing nearly half of its country, and the strong sense of humiliation made many people cry out with grief and indignation.

Some people also remembered their relatives who died in the war, and were affected by the emotions of other people at the scene, and they also cried bitterly.

At this time, Qiao Anbang's slightly hoarse and heavy voice sounded again: "Thinking of the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties, all the people of my generation are ashamed of themselves, if they don't work hard, rejuvenate China, and revitalize the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties, he said that under the nine springs, how can he see my Chinese ancestors and ancestors?" ”

"Fortunately, God bless China, with the support of countless patriotic soldiers and patriotic compatriots, we have successively recovered Suluwan and other large areas of land, and developed and produced our Chinese nation's own modern naval vessels, so I announce that from now on, the Chinese Navy has been formally established! History will remember this moment, the great Chinese nation will bid farewell to the title of the sick man of East Asia, and no ships of other countries will be allowed to sail in China's waters from now on! Long live the Chinese nation! Long live the Chinese Navy! Qiao Anbang's last two sentences raised his voice significantly.

As soon as Qiao Anbang's words fell, the soldiers on the navy ship began to fire their guns in celebration, and then the people and guards on the dock on the shore erupted in cheers and shouts like a tsunami.

After announcing the official establishment of the navy, Qiao Anbang personally named the two battleships, named the Yellow Emperor and the Yandi battleships respectively according to the tonnage, and his intention is self-evident.

In the end, most of the generals of the 11th Army, including Qiao Anbang, took a group photo on the battleship, and then left the battleship and returned to the Qiao Mansion in Qingdao City.

The reason why Qiao Anbang returned to Qiao's Mansion in such a hurry was because he knew that there were still many things waiting to be dealt with by himself, although the navy was officially established, it was basically still in the period of recruit training, and if he wanted to form combat effectiveness, especially large warships such as battleships and large cruisers and destroyers, it would take a long time to train them, because it was estimated that he could not even drive a battleship with the hundreds of retired sailors and sailors he got from Britain and the hundreds of German troops that Hitler lent to him.

Therefore, the navy was only established in name, and the next day will be the beginning of large-scale and rigorous training for naval soldiers, and for this reason, Qiao Anbang recruited nearly 30,000 recruits with knowledge and a certain cultural foundation for the naval fleet.

Back at his mansion in Qingdao City, Qiao Anbang first came to an ancestral hall, put incense on the two photos and a batch of spiritual seats placed in the ancestral hall, and then said in a calm tone to the photos of his father Qiao Siyuan and his second brother Qiao Anjia: "Dad, second brother, let me tell you a good news, today, the navy of our Qiao family army was officially established, which means that my Chinese navy has been rebuilt in my hands!" ”

"Dad, you and your second brother should be very happy to hear the news, right? In addition, Er has already expanded his troops several times, and then I will carry out a counteroffensive to recover my Chinese mainland, first restore my Han family's rivers and mountains, and then wait for the completion of naval training, Er will fulfill your last words, lead the heroic division to cross the sea and the east, step on the four islands of Dongying, and capture Emperor Hirohito alive, in order to pay tribute to you and your second brother and the countless Chinese compatriots who died in this war! ”

After speaking, Qiao Anbang took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, and after taking a puff, he stepped forward and inserted it in front of the portrait of the second brother Qiao An's family and said bitterly: "Second brother, I know that you never smoked in your lifetime, but you have to smoke this cigarette, because he is a Chinese brand cigarette produced by our own cigarette factory!" ”

After speaking, Qiao Anbang saluted the spirits in the ancestral hall and said silently: "May the ancestors of my Qiao family bless me, Anbang's Northern Expedition can be successful, and after annihilation, I will restore my splendid rivers and mountains!" ”

With that, he turned and strode away, walking briskly towards his conference room.

In the conference room, Li Pinxian, Zhang Yichun, Jiang Jun, and Li Yifeng, commander of the First Division, and Zhang Xudong, commander of the armored division, who led their troops to guard the front line and confront Tang Enbo's troops, were all present.

Seeing Qiao Anbang coming, everyone stood up and saluted.

Qiao Anbang waved his hand at them and said, "Sit down, don't be rigid, time is important, let's talk about business directly, and other red tape will be exempted!" ”

Saying that, after everyone sat down, Qiao Anbang also took the first place, and said to Li Pinxian and Li Yifeng, who were sitting under him: "Brother Heling, Yifeng, what are you talking about the current actions of Tang Enbo's department?" ”

Before Li Pinxian could speak, Li Yifeng took the lead in standing up, still holding a document in his hand, and said to Qiao Anbang: "General seat, you don't know, during the period of your absence, Tang Enbo's subordinates and the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army confronted our department repeatedly provoked incidents. Almost all of the guns of several main divisions of his 20th Army Corps are aimed at us, and I think there will be a battle between us sooner or later! ”

Qiao Anbang nodded quietly, and after observing the changes in the faces of his subordinates present, he said earnestly: "Don't hide it from you, the purpose of convening all of you to come to the meeting today is to break the current strategic containment and encirclement of our 11th Group Army formed by the Yucheng Political Axe Army, so as to free up his hands to wave his army north, recover the four provinces outside the Guanwai, and drive all the Kwantung Army, which is known as one million, into the sea to feed the fish!" ”

"Chief, do you mean to go to war against the Townenburgh?" Everyone present was surprised and asked.

(To be continued)