Chapter 181

"The latest battle report of the Kluk Army actually made a detour to the east, thus exposing the flanks to the French army. Generals, as far as possible, must report this discovery to the General Staff. Bob opened the map in his hand and spread it out on the table. A huge hole arose between the German First and Second Armies, which were pursuing the French Fifth Army. The right flank of the First Army was exposed to the French.

"Damn, how could such a mistake be made!" Ludendorff saw the problem at a glance, immediately grabbed his military hat and left, running to the telecommunications room. Within an hour, Moltke Jr., the German General Staff, issued an order for the German First and Second Armies to defend on the east side of Paris, and the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies to move south, and to join forces with the Sixth Army, which was attacking from the east, to encircle the French army south of Verdun.

Faced with this order, Ludendorff was silent for a long time, and Bob said in disbelief: "What's going on?" At this time, we should concentrate on attacking Paris, and not to encircle the French army at Verdun. ”

"Okay Bob, you're a soldier, carry out orders." Ludendorff could not do anything about it, and the German system made it impossible for him to make a move to change the situation at this time.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I request that the troops be dismounted." Bob puffed up his chest and said loudly. Ludendorff looked at the fortitude on the young man's face, nodded and said, "Since you insist, then go." ”

What happened next, the enormous inertia of history rolled forward. Kruk refused to carry out Moltke Jr.'s orders and continued to pursue the French Fifth Army eastward. The French launched a counterattack, attacking the flank and rear of the First Army. Kluke met with the 3rd and 9th armies, exposing the flanks of the 2nd Army (Commander Biro) and leading a 20-kilometer rift between the 1st and 2nd armies. The German and French armies fought fiercely on the outskirts of Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was visible to Kluke's First Army. In the midst of the fierce battle, two turning points appeared. Cloc focused on dealing with the forces of the French army in Maunuri. At the first turning point, when Maunuri was about to lose his bearings, he asked Galleri to send reinforcements from within Paris. This demand inspired Gallieri to organize the first motorized column in the history of warfare, the Marne taxi team. Gallerien ordered the Paris police to recruit about 600 taxis to transport a division of troops to the battlefield. So that Maunuri was not defeated by Kluke in the end. At the second turning point, French led the three armies of the LinkedIn Army to quietly climb into the gap between the German First Army and the Second Army, separating the German First Army from the Second Army, and putting Kluke and Biraud in danger of being divided and surrounded. Under Ludendorff's command, Biro ordered the Second Army to retreat. Kluke had no choice but to order a retreat, and the Germans' plans for a quick victory were shattered.

At the same time as the German army suffered setbacks in the European theater. The Japanese government sent reinforcements to the Shandong battlefield. Reinforcements were the 3rd Division. In this way, the total strength of the Japanese army reached three divisions. The 3rd Division, also known as the Nagoya Division, was led by Anman.

The Japanese government did not seem to want to conceal this increase, and the major newspapers in Tokyo published a statement from the Japanese government: The Third Division was marching into Qingdao, and the Gainchina government refused to use the Imperial Army to attack the German army in Qingdao, and sent troops to stop the Imperial Army. In the event of an engagement between the Japanese army, the Chinese army was responsible for the consequences.

The government of the Republic of China once again made a strong statement: the Japanese army had disarmed the German army in disregard of Qingdao, and Qingdao was in the hands of the Republic of China. Ignoring the sovereignty of the government of the Republic of China, he insisted on sending troops to Qingdao. This act of playing with fire will definitely play with fire**. The Wehrmacht will deal the most merciless blow to anyone who dares to invade. A few days ago, in Ye County, after a day of hard fighting, the Wehrmacht repelled the Japanese attack. The government of the Republic of China once again appealed to the Japanese government. Stop the precipice in time, don't lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot!

With the landing of the 23rd Mixed Brigade at Laoshan Bay and the departure of the 3rd Division from Korea, the battlefield war between China and Japan seemed to be expanding.

The original strength of the Japanese army was the 18th Division and two mixed brigades, the 3rd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment (150mm howitzers) and the 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Regiment (120mm howitzers). 1st Separate Siege Heavy Artillery Battalion (150-mm howitzers). 2nd Separate Siege Heavy Artillery Battalion (200, 240 mm howitzers), 3rd Separate Siege Heavy Artillery Battalion (100 mm cannons), 4th Separate Siege Heavy Artillery Battalion (280 mm howitzers), Separate Heavy Artillery Battalion (150 mm cannons). There are also some engineering units.

With the addition of the 3rd Division, it seemed that the Japanese army, whose artillery superiority was infinitely magnified, sent an additional 150 artillery wing.

The arrogance of the Japanese army spread to China, and once again set off an anti-Japanese wave. Students from all over the country took to the streets to demand that the government declare war on Japan. Sun Baoqi, President of the Republic of China Government, personally met with the student representatives to appease the students. On September 11, the 24th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, after joining forces with the main force, continued to attack Ye County. And the 23rd Brigade (Horiuchi Detachment), which landed at Laoshan Bay, did not send immediately

attacked, but patiently waited for the arrival of the 3rd Division.

It can be seen that the Japanese army has become much more cautious due to the previous losses.

The Japanese army increased its troops, Fang Jianxiong and Cai Yi were a little big, but they didn't expect a bombing and a blockade to cause this effect, isn't the Japanese army crazy? The two of them got together, each holding their chins and thinking, and a group of staff officers were still deducing endlessly.

At present, there are about 150,000 people concentrated in the ten first-class divisions, and it is not impossible to win this battle. The problem is that with two to one troops, defense is not a problem, and it will be difficult to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army. In addition, the Japanese army has a powerful navy, a very strong transportation capacity, and a relatively mature domestic mobilization mechanism.

"If you triple the troops, you can still be sure to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army." Cai Yi walked up to Fang Jianxiong and lowered his voice to speak. Fang Jianxiong nodded: "The Japanese spies have penetrated deeply into China, and the A Seed Division must be within the scope of their key investigations." Transferring troops from Bengbu and Nanjing, He Haiming, Yao Yuping, Qu Tongfeng, Sun Shulin, Fu Liangzuo, plus these five B divisions, should be enough. ”

"In terms of time, it will take at least a week to complete the deployment and deployment. Let Li Daxiong go to Liushutai, the Germans have a stronghold in Liushutai, which can be used as a barrier to hold. Cai Yi made an adjustment, Fang Jianxiong shook his head and said: "No, the Jiaoji line is more important, and it is not allowed to transfer troops lightly." Xu Chongzhi of Zhaoyuan is not obvious now, let him hurry to Liushutai, no matter what, he can't let the Japanese army turn lightly. This campaign should be adjusted to concentrate superior forces and encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops who landed from Longkou on the enemy's left flank. As long as this Japanese army group can be surrounded, the Japanese troops who landed from Laoshan Bay will be passive, can they be saved? If you save it, our army can send reinforcements, but if you don't save it, then you can be at ease and slowly surround the Japanese army as a bargaining chip. When the time comes, I am afraid that the Japanese Government will take the initiative to hold peace talks. ”

"In that case, although we are ready for an all-out war, we must not fight a full-scale war if this battle can not be fought big." Cai Yi nodded in approval, fighting is not a joke, the money is spent quickly. Cai Ye knew in his heart that the government of the Republic of China did not have much money, and the expenditure of the entire national defense force, relying on the little money from the government's finances, could only maintain the normal operation of the existing troops. Now it's a war, where does this money come from, Cai Ye doesn't know.

On September 15, after a period of rest, the Japanese army in Longkou began to set out from Huangxian and approached in the direction of Yexian. On the same day, the 29th Brigade of the 3rd Division landed at Yangkou in Laoshan Bay, and after the 23rd Round was mixed into a brigade, it advanced to Liushutai, and the Japanese army's operational purpose was very clear, the Japanese army that landed at Longkou occupied Jimo and used it as a base for advance, and the Japanese army landed in Laoshan Bay took Liushutai as an advance base and attacked Qingdao from the rear by two routes.

After resting, the Japanese army was menacing, and it seemed that the shadow of being bombed had disappeared. On the afternoon of the 15th, the Japanese army entered the position of our army on the outskirts of Ye County, and after a slight adjustment, used large-caliber heavy artillery to bombard the position outside the city of the 12th Division of Shen Tongwu.

This time compared to the last one, it can be regarded as a really severe test. The Japanese shelled for a whole hour, and the position of Sun Chuanfang's regiment was bombarded in a mess, the fortifications were damaged, and most of the obstacles set up in front of the position were cleared.

It was the 24th Mixed Brigade that launched the attack, and this time the 24th Mixed Brigade came out.

The position that Li Zongren's battalion was responsible for defending was hit by the Japanese artillery fire, and under the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army, the casualties gradually increased, and it was far less relaxed than the last time. After Li Zongren waited for the artillery to stop, he immediately rushed out of the anti-artillery holes and ordered the three companies of the reserve to immediately go to position, and the other companies to hurry up to their positions.

The losses caused by the shelling were not small, with nearly 100 casualties and 55 casualties or casualties.

As soon as they took the position, the Japanese attack formation appeared, and the telescopes were full of human heads, which were already about 500 meters. Li Zongren let the mortars belonging to the battalion company open fire, and the Japanese army was not very dense this time, and it was a bit of a shadow of a straggler formation. Probably because the last mortar was injured, this time it was improved. After the mortar fired, a blast point was hit, and the Japanese began to trot under the artillery fire, and this was not the time to exert force, and it was not good to rush until about 200 meters.

As the mortars began to suppress, the Maxim heavy machine guns also began to fire. There were too many Japanese troops, at least one brigade, Li Zongren did not dare to be careless, if he was allowed to fight within 200 meters, in case the Japanese army rushed to the position, the Beiyang veterans and later recruits of the white-knuckle war would definitely not be able to defeat the Japanese army.

The Japanese machine guns also fired, and the suppression was very accurate. Without Li Zongren ordering a mortar, he took the initiative to find it, and it was like a talisman. It was only a dozen seconds of work, and a Japanese machine gun went into the sky. At this time, the Japanese army had also rushed into the area of 200 meters, and an officer held a war knife and shouted: "Half a load!" Rush! ”