Chapter 157: The Battle of Jinan (20)
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I'm late to get up, forgive me. The 54 75mm guns of the directly subordinate division were quietly arranged on the artillery position, "exposed" the hideous muzzles, pointing directly at Jinan City!
Among the 54 guns, there were 30 75mm field guns of the 38th year of the Japanese dynasty and 24 75mm mountain guns of the 41st year of the Meiji period. Originally, the 3rd Division was full of more than 28,000 people, but because the cabinet and the general staff considered that it was an attack on Jinan, China, after all, if too many people went, it would arouse the vigilance and dissatisfaction of Britain and the United States, so they only gathered 15,000 men and started to leave. However, the equipment was still purchased according to the original equipment of 28,000 people, the proportion of light and heavy machine guns, the assembly of grenadiers, the ratio of field radios, and artillery...... And so on, the third division was all equipped with 28,000 men at full strength.
Therefore, the ratio of various firepower equipped in the Japanese army is extremely high! In other words, their combat effectiveness is more than a step stronger than the Eleventh Brigade of the dead ghost Saito Liu! At this time, the lieutenant general of this elite Japanese division, An Manqinichi, looked at the telegram sent from Tokyo with a pale face, and after a while, he said in a deep voice to his adjutant: "Your Majesty is angry because of the jade shattering of Major General Saito Ryu of the 11th Brigade!" Now the cabinet and the general staff have telegraphed that we must take the city of Jinan within three days, otherwise it will ...... I will have to apologize to Your Majesty! ”
The adjutant couldn't help but change his face when he heard An Manqin like this, and he lost his voice: "Division commander! The loss of Jinan City is the responsibility of the Sixth Division, why should you bear it?! And we've tried our best to get to Jinan City, what does the jade shatter of the head of Saito's Liu Brigade have to do with us?! It's unreasonable that the Cabinet Ministers should ask you to take responsibility for this!! ”
An Manqin's face turned cold when he heard the adjutant's words, and he said coldly: "This is His Majesty the Emperor's personal order!" It was conveyed by Prince Zaihito of Kanin Palace personally! How can you question His Majesty's orders?! This is very wrong! You have to get rid of all this false idea out of your mind! Do you understand?! ”
Hearing An Manqinyi's words, Na Fuguang couldn't help but turn white, and respectfully bowed his head and said respectfully: "はい! An Man Qinyi waved at the adjutant tiredly! Pass down the orders and telegrams and tell them to the ministries! This is an order from His Majesty the Emperor himself, we must take Jinan City within three days! Otherwise, let the emperor be thanked! ”
“はい!” The adjutant nodded again in agreement, then turned around and prepared to leave! Therefore, for the sake of Tu Qianjun's safety, Zhang Zuolin ordered him not to leave any video materials for Tu Qianjun. So when Aban tried to take pictures several times, he was stopped by Qi Muden, Shang Dinan and others. This also made Aban quite regretful, just when Aban wanted to ask Tu Qianjun to take a picture again, Shang Dinan suddenly walked in with a solemn face, came to Tu Qianjun's side, and whispered.
"Commander, there is something wrong with the Japanese army's position! It seems to be changing guards, but it doesn't look like it! Our reconnaissance team reported that a group of about 1,000 people was gathering towards their forward positions. Hearing Shang Dinan's words, Tu Qianjun's pupils couldn't help but shrink! Slowly said to Shang Dinan: "Let Tian Jixiang, that fat man, lead people to the city wall to assemble, and!" Transfer Zhang Damin's kid to the position of the Third Division for me, and spend all the machines and light machine guns to support me first! Tell Zhang Damin that this time the Japanese are much more fierce than last time! If he can't resist saying it sooner! I'm going to go in person!! ”
Listening to Tu Qianjun's orders, Shang Dinan also knew the seriousness of the matter, and did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Yes!" Then he left the office, and Tu Qianjun also said to Aban solemnly at this time: "Aban, you can't go to the battlefield this time!" To be honest, I was sure of winning this time, but I couldn't predict our losses. Even if it is victorious, it may only be a pyrrhic victory. As a friend, I suggest you return to the commercial port now. Take refuge in your American consulate, after all, the Japanese will not and may not dare to go there to find trouble......"
Just as Tu Qianjun was giving instructions to Aban, Shang Dinan also passed Tu Qianjun's words to Zhang Damin, who was squatting in the hospital to visit the brothers.
Zhang Damin heard Shang Dinan's words, and he was first overjoyed and then angry! I saw him angrily yelling at Shang Dinan: "I said Anan! Don't look down on people! They are all brothers who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and we don't have a bad seed here! The commander is still wounded, if he wants to go to the battlefield in person, our group of men must not stuff their heads into the crotch of their pants?! Didn't say anything! You go back and tell the commander that if the soldiers can set foot on Lao Tzu's position, it can only mean that Lao Tzu has died! ”
In the hurried preparations of the two sides, the midsummer of Jinan City has a little more coolness...... At this time, Britain, the United States, Germany, and France all received the photos of those documents sent from Jinan by their respective consulates! For a while, the storm was thunderous! The heads of state looked at the "exposed" language above with gloomy faces, and the feelings in their hearts were different......