Previously, the commander of the siege wing had sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 6th Division, detailing the whole story, and Fukuda Hikosuke was furious and directly sent a brigade of Japanese troops to support. Before, he was still caught in the artistic conception of returning home for the expansion of the territory of the Great Japanese Empire, and the original good form directly made a 180-degree turn, and his field artillery wing was captured, and he was still shelling his siege troops. Originally, I wanted to take Jinan with a wing to show the might of the imperial army. Now he can't be calm, if the field artillery wing is snatched away, it will be his own treasure, and he usually takes care of it. is now in the hands of others, how can this not let him burst beans.

It was supposed to be another two hours of marching, but at the urging of Hikosuke Fukuda, it only took an hour.

When the brigade commander who led the team saw that the artillery was still there, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the artillery was still there.

When he saw the corpse again, he scolded angrily: "Baga, a group of stupid pigs." The Northern Expeditionary Army is bald, you wait! ”

At this time, no one knew that the paratroopers from the southwest had arrived, and Fukuda Hikosuke and his men believed that the Northern Expeditionary Army had done it. This was also the beginning of the tragedy of the bald head.

At this time, when the brigade commander swept a cannon, he saw two thin wires entangled under the cannon, and he thought that he had misseen it, so he couldn't help but walk over. At this point he believed that he was not mistaken, there were indeed two lines, one under the cannon, and the other extending into the grass in the distance. Seeing the two silk threads, he had a sense of foreboding.

Just as he was about to shout something, one of the three special forces hiding on the side of the mountain turned the detonating device in his hand. The detonation line of the explosives installed under the cannon is connected to a detonator, and when the detonator is opened, all the explosives explode together, along with the shells next to it. There was a loud bang, and the Japanese troops around the cannon disappeared into the world with their brigade commander and all the artillery, and the only evidence that they had just existed was the minced meat.

The Japanese soldiers who began to collect the corpses were taken aback, but fortunately they were collecting the corpses and did not approach the artillery, so they survived.

Two hours later, Hikosuke Fukuda arrived in person, and the whole scene was like a hell of Morira, with broken corpses and pieces of iron everywhere.

Hikosuke Fukuda's face was terribly gloomy, and in just a few hours, he lost a wing of infantry, an artillery wing, and a garrison brigade. Even one of the brigade commanders under his command was killed. One major general, two big Zuo, and a lot of middle and young people. When have I ever suffered such a loss? Even if he can take Jinan City this time, I am afraid that he will not be rewarded, but directly enter the military court.

Now I must atone for my sins, and taking Jinan is my greatest credit, and only by taking Jinan can I have hope.

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Tokyo Base Camp.

Shortly after Emperor Hirohito took the throne, they were discussing the so-called declaration of war in the southwest.

They are all familiar with this southwest government, familiar with their leader Chen Shao, but they know very little about the specific situation in the southwest. Over the years, many agents have been sent over, but with little success. Basically, I didn't get any strong information, I only knew that there were quite a few factories there, but I didn't know anything about the scale. Not to mention the spying on the army, except for being able to see the patrolling armed police, it is impossible to approach the barracks at all.

I am familiar with Chen Shao because of the last Kanto earthquake, Chen Shao's strong actions, and some policy news announced by Chen Shao over the years.

The final result of the discussion in the base camp was to ignore it, continue to expand the results of the war against China, and force the bald head to sign the contract.

Just as they were about to break up, news came from the base camp about Hikosuke Fukuda.

When it was learned that the Sixth Division in Shandong had lost several thousand casualties and a major general's brigade commander and two commanders, the War Department was in an uproar, Hirohito was even more unhappy, and the Admiralty was a little gloating.

The Minister of War said fiercely, "Your Majesty the Emperor, you must severely punish Shina and hold Fukuda Hikosuke accountable. ”

At this time, Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka spoke: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we are not ready, the soldiers have not been trained, and we cannot invade China on a large scale now. ”

The Minister of the Navy looked at the Minister of War contemptuously and said: "The defeat in this battle fully demonstrates the incompetence of the Army, Your Majesty the Emperor, I implore that the Navy and Marines be dispatched to land directly in Shanghai and teach Shina a lesson." ”

Before the Minister of War could speak, Yoshiichi Tanaka said, "The occupation of China still requires the Army. "You can't blame Tanaka Yoshiichi for opening his mouth, he was the land minister before he became prime minister, he was born in the army, and he has always been a little at odds with the navy, so he naturally wants to help the army. It's just that now it's not too obvious that he is prime minister, after all, Hirohito is still watching from above.

Hearing Tanaka Yoshiichi's words, the Minister of the Navy said in a strange manner: "That's good! Is it that there will be no need for naval escort in the future, so that we can also worry about it. ”

Just when Tanaka Yoshiichi was about to say something, Hirohito directly stopped the two from arguing about the ensuing one: "The army is not ready, the prime minister is right about this, but the words of the Minister of the Navy are also reasonable, I can promise you to send troops to Shanghai, but you must pay attention to the impact, there are many leases there, and it must not cause international disputes." ”

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May 8th

At this time, the bald head also had a big headache, and the Southwest Army attacked Hubei, and now the Hubei front is erosive, and it is impossible to form an effective defense in the face of the Southwest Army. Moreover, when he learned that the Japanese were besieging Jinan with heavy troops, he was so frightened that he was about to order the two divisions guarding Jinan not to fight back.

At this time, a radio broadcast spread all over the country, and the news of the broadcast was the telegram sent by the Sixth Division that the soldiers had burned and looted after entering the city. At the same time, Chen Shao also mentioned on the radio that if the bald head does not guard Jinan, once the tragedy happens, your bald head will be the biggest sinner of the Chinese nation.

There was no way for the bald head, the top hats were all buckled, and the troops could only be ordered to return fire. However, of the original two divisions, only one regiment remained, and it was the regiment that was originally half-crippled.

At this time, the bald head was in Hubei, and he had to supervise the Northern Expedition, but now he can only face the southwest. It was very simple to be fed, and an army from the southwest arrived and was directly released. Zhang Zuolin is now almost unable to parry the Northern Expeditionary Army, and he does not dare to provoke the southwest. However, it will be interesting when the Southwest and Northern Expeditionary armies fight.

As Zhang Zuolin thought, Fang Tian was unwilling to accept the move of the southwest, and the strength of the two group armies was in the way of the southwest army. But under the offensive in the southwest, it could not be blocked at all, and it was very unbearable, so it could only retreat quickly.

Chen Shao shook his head in disappointment when he learned that his bald head blocked his attempt to enter Shandong, and that he had left only one crippled infantry regiment of the two divisions in Jinan.

At this point, he didn't have a choice.

A regiment of Xu Shiyou was directly ordered to resolutely hold Jinan.

Subsequently, the eight armies of the army formed four front armies and launched an offensive against Nanjing.

The First Front Army marched out of Hunan to attack Jiangxi and Fujian.

The Second Front Army and the Third Front Army marched out of Hubei to target Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu.

The Fourth Front Army and an army in Hebei converged, took Hebei and Shandong, and killed all of them, whether it was the Feng Department or the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The reserve forces and the armed police force quickly took over the results of the four front armies.

Now the bald head has a weak defense in the south, and most of the forces are concentrated in Hebei, and in the face of the powerful offensive of the People's Army, it can be regarded as a collapse. The first, second, third, and three front armies did not seem to be going to attack, but rather directly to take over the territory of Nanjing, which made the soldiers who originally wanted to show their hands very much annoyed.

Facing the four large arrows in the southwest, the bald head remembers to be like an ant on a hot pan. All kinds of bad news from the south made him scratch his head in a hurry.

The Northern Expedition, which was originally in a good situation, has now become the southwest of all the battles, why did I bother in the first place! What's the use of killing Sun Chuanfang, and later Jiangxi and Fujian will become someone else.

Regarding the actions of the southwest, he could only send a report to scold Chen Shao for taking advantage of the fire to rob and disregard the people's lives.

Chen Shao was much more simply, and said directly on the radio: The bald head is in vain as a leader, afraid of the Japanese, regardless of the comfort of the people of Jinan, and withdrawing the troops defending the city of Jinan, this is disregard for the people, you are not qualified to come to me at all. I said before, if you resist Japan, I will provide weapons and equipment, if you don't resist Japan, just let our Southwest People's Army go over, and we will fight Japan ourselves. The Feng army allowed our people's army to leave, and you bald man actually sent two group armies to block the advance of our army. I would like to ask you what kind of heart you have. You know that the Japanese beasts are going to commit atrocities again, and you are still coming to stop me. Do you want to be Yuan Datou's second? What benefits does Japan give you? Can you help them so much to invade China. Originally, I didn't want to fight you now, I just wanted to fight against Japanese aggression, but I didn't want people like you to rule the people. As the chairman of the southwest government, I have the obligation to crusade against unrighteous people like you for the sake of the Chinese nation.

When the people knew that this was the case, they immediately greeted the bald family. Even within the Northern Expeditionary Army, there were various voices. Many of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was still fighting with the Southwest People's Army, laid down their arms. Some units also revolted in response to the KPA offensive.

The bald head could never have imagined that things would not develop like this. At this time, it is too late to regret it, I knew that it would be good to put the southwest into Shandong, but I don't want Shandong, and now I not only have Shandong, but even all the territory is about to be lost. From the front, there were reports that some troops had turned against each other and surrendered directly to the Southwest People's Army, which made him feel even more desperate.

Why didn't the bald head at this time think about why he didn't accept the weapons of the southwest and fight the Japanese?

So he can only be considered a politician, not a good leader.