"Damn, no, I can't rush up too!!"

With the earth-shattering sound of artillery as the background, Zhang Xun walked into the headquarters with a disgraced face.

However, at this time, the people in the headquarters were all busy, so even if Zhang Xun came in loudly, few noticed him.

However, others don't pay attention, but Cai Yi, the commander, can't help but pay attention. So when Zhang Xun walked in with great fanfare, Cai Yi, who was still looking at the map, had already raised his head and said with a smile.

"Brother Shaoxuan, you're back..."

"Ah, Commander, I'm back..."

Saying that, Zhang Xun walked to Cai Yi's table, then picked up a glass of water on the table and drank it "gurgling", and only spoke after half a ring.

"Commander, no, I really can't rush up..."

Although Zhang Xun's words meant something like that, Cai Yi didn't blame him.

Because Cai Ye had been watching the battle just now, although Zhang Xun did not overcome the defense line of the Yue army, Zhang Xun's division was indeed desperate. The reason why the position of the Yue army was not captured was actually because the firepower of the Yue army was more fierce, so it was not obedient.

But... Looking at Zhang Xun with a bald head, Cai Ye always felt a little intriguing.

Since Zhang Xun was forcibly shaved by Yan Guang, Zhang Xun reinstated his division after a period of silence, as if nothing had happened.

But it is precisely because of this that Cai Ye feels a little strange.

Speaking of which, Cai Ye actually has a very deep relationship with Zhang Xun. But even so, Cai Ye had heard of Zhang Xun's loyalty to the Qing family. And these words were told to Cai Ye by Jiang Baili, since it was Jiang Baili, Cai Ye was even more convinced.

But now Cai Ye is not acting at all... It seems that he doesn't care about anything, which really makes Cai Ye have to guard against it... However, the most important thing at the moment is the war against himself, and Zhang Xun's troops are not strong in combat effectiveness, at least not as good as several divisions in the old Beiyang, but they are also about the same as the combat effectiveness of the new army in the late Qing Dynasty. In terms of strength, it's still good. In addition, Zhang Xun's troops, like Jin Yunpeng's division, are all troops that have been stationed in Shandong, and they are quite familiar with the terrain of Shandong, so Cai Ye is really useful to Zhang Xun, so even if he is a little suspicious of Zhang Xun, Cai Ye has to use him..."Brother Shaoxuan, how is it?" I'm not so easy to deal with! ”

Saying this, an orderly had already walked over with a wet towel at Cai Yi's signal.

Zhang Xun was not polite, so he took it directly, and then wiped the dirt on his face.

waited until the old face was almost wiped before Zhang Xun spoke.

"It's true that these little devils are really hard to deal with, and I don't know how you drove these little devils back in the first place."

When he said this, Zhang Xun was obviously still a little distressed about the casualties of his troops.

In the final analysis, although it has been reorganized, and some people from the Sichuan Military Academy and the Baoding Military Academy have been placed in the troops, Zhang Xun's division is after all a unit brought out by him himself. And there were so many losses in the battle just now, there was really no reason not to make Zhang Xun feel distressed.

After listening to Zhang Xun's words, Cai Yi just smiled and didn't say anything else.

Of course, Zhang Xun will find it much more difficult, in fact, Cai Ye himself feels that it is difficult now.

It's not because of anything else, although the current Yue Jun has been pushed to the edge by Cai Ng, it seems that he is only one step away from being pushed into the sea by Cai Ng. But there is a problem, that is, although the Yue army is already like this, they have received a strong support, that is, the fire support of the expeditionary fleet... On the main ships of the expeditionary fleet, almost every ship is equipped with a large number of large-caliber naval guns, some of which have reached 356mm, and the secondary, and at the same time the more advanced ones, have reached 305mm... Moreover, he also brought some 150mm cannons over to provide a large degree of fire support to Terauchi Masatsuki.

Meiji 45 Type 150mm heavy cannon ... This kind of artillery is mainly used for coastal defense and suppressive firing purposes, and is equipped with the heavy artillery wing of the fortress of the army.

Although the caliber is only 150mm, the length of the barrel reaches 50 times the diameter, and the firing range reaches a rather impressive 20 kilometers. Of course, this is in the wild, and if the battery is fixed, it can reach the point of 22 and a half kilometers.

You know, the German 150mm cannon of the same caliber has a range of only about 12 km, and the double diameter is only L40 ... Of course, to achieve such a range, the sacrifice is not small, for example, when the battery is fixed, the weight reaches almost 23 tons, and when it comes to the field, it reaches 26 tons with the addition of artillery shields ... More than 20 tons... The 210mm howitzer produced by the Germans in 1910 weighed only seven tons, and the 150mm cannon produced in 1916 weighed only ten tons at a range of nearly 23 kilometers... Such artillery, although it is said that it can also be used for field purposes. But in terms of the traffic of this era, his only fate was to install it on the turret and use it against those incoming foreign warships.

Originally, their fate was to place it on a certain turret, and then spend their whole lives waiting for an enemy who may never come in their lifetime.

But now... In view of the fact that the expeditionary force is too weak in heavy firepower, Okuma Shigenobu can only transfer all the 150mm heavy guns deployed in the fortress artillery wing—————— anyway, now Terauchi Masatoshi has been forced to the beach, so there is no need to worry about the weight of these guns.

Originally, when the artillery group of the army was facing the artillery group of the Wehrmacht, it was not without the ability to fight a war, and with the naval guns on the expeditionary fleet, the two were already difficult enough to deal with. At this time, with the addition of these 150mm heavy cannons, you must know that generally speaking, the range of the shore defense run used in the fortress is longer than that of naval guns and ordinary field artillery, because they are used in the fortress, and there is no need to consider the problem of moving places, so they can be built very heavy.

Now, they don't have to worry about moving places... But the problem is that there is no artillery gun in the Wehrmacht that has a range that exceeds it. Even the 210mm and 240mm cannons that the Sichuan Arsenal once tried to produce are the same, not to mention howitzers ... Therefore, Zhang Xun's troops can be regarded as his bad luck, and he happened to meet the time when he was at his most horizontal.

——————————, "Commander, what do you think we should do now?" These people are like a hedgehog, and now they are cowering on Huangxian, we, we really can't do anything about them..."

After handing the wet towel to the orderly, Zhang Xun spread his hands and said with a sad face.

"Yes..."After listening to Zhang Xun's words, Cai Ye also felt very embarrassed. It's really troublesome..."

In the past, it was always the Wehrmacht's artillery group that pressed others to fight, but now it is good, although it is said that there are only a dozen 150mm cannons, it still makes the Wehrmacht's artillery group feel a lot of pressure.

After all, they are no different from them under their noses.

Fortunately, his planes were almost blocked, and it was impossible to conduct aerial reconnaissance at all, and the Wehrmacht's artillery positions were also repaired very completely, and they could continue in a different place after a single artillery call. Otherwise, the artillerymen would not know what to do.

Fortunately, even if the artillery is suppressed, it is not impossible to fight.

After all, in later generations, I don't know how many troops were suppressed by heavy firepower, but later it was not the same charge as no one.

"Commander, do you have a solution in mind?"

Seeing that Cai Yi's face seemed to be a little loose, Zhang Xun hurriedly leaned over and asked.

Cai Yi shook his head, he didn't have much to do, he just wanted to open it.

In any case, at this point, it is not easy for the Wehrmacht to win, but it is impossible to lose. And for the current Wehrmacht, to this point, even if you don't win, you can be considered a win, but for me, not losing is equivalent to losing... If that's the case, why should he be in such a hurry?

"Now it's a step to take a step, a step to see!!"

In a later period of ——————————, several infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht took turns to go into battle, first, to hone these infantry divisions, and to prevent excessive casualties in a certain infantry division, which completely affected the combat effectiveness.

However, after these words, Cai Ye really tried out a hidden danger of the army.

That is, there are too few ammunition reserves ... Not only the original army field artillery group, but even the newest ones, the dozen or so 150mm cannons with the longest range, were also lacking in ammunition.

Whenever the army launched an attack, the artillery group of the army looked like it was weak to follow-up.

In comparison, although the ammunition of the Wehrmacht's artillery group was also a little tight, compared with himself, it seemed to be good and did not know what was going on.

And not only artillery shells, but also other ammunition seems to be lacking according to the officers and soldiers on the front line..."

Such a good opportunity, if you don't launch a few more attacks, you will really be sorry for yourself.

And after a few attacks, Yue's ammunition reserves have also dropped significantly—————— you can also say that you are using the soldiers' surnames to consume your ammunition, but if no one consumes it, you can't wait for your ammunition to run out by yourself, right?

What's more, if my ammunition is not gone, will you not fight this battle?

As for Terauchi Masatsuki, he saw that the Wehrmacht was attacking day by day, and the telegrams sent to Tokyo were also more and more day by day, and day by day.

Terauchi Masashi is still very grateful for the more than ten shore defense guns sent by Tokyo, but the problem is—————— when you send artillery, you always send a little more cannonballs, and you can send so many cannonballs for one cannon, how do you ask people to use it?"

Moreover, the troops and other aspects that Terauchi Masashi urgently needed were only helped by Tokyo. Troops, thousands, and a reserve that has just been mobilized, as for ammunition supplies or something... And after a certain Okaichi Nosuke privately brought a message to Terauchi Masaki, Terauchi Masaki also replied quite directly.

"Is the surname of 100,000 soldiers important, or is the glory of the army important?"

At this point, Terauchi Masashi also saw that without the strong support of Tokyo, the hope of winning this war was too slim. If this continues, the possibility that all the remaining 80,000 or so army troops will die here is even greater.

At that time, even if the glory of the army does not want to be defeated, it will be defeated.

It is better to return to China at this time and regroup, although the prestige of the army will definitely plummet if this happens, but it is only a matter of time before it plummets if it goes on like this. It is better to withdraw the army earlier, so that at least a lot of men and horses can be lost.

You must know that the more than 80,000 army troops currently in Shandong are not comparable to the hundreds of thousands of reserves mobilized in Shandong. Although these more than 80,000 people are all defeated soldiers, they are all elites who have experienced bloody battles, and they are all well-trained, and they are definitely stronger than the so-called "elites" and "reserves" in China who have not seen blood for a long time.

If such a force loses more than 80,000 at a time, it will also be a huge blow to Yueben, not to mention that the Yue army in Shandong still has so much heavy equipment in... As the saying goes, people are good at dying, and for the first time in his life, Terauchi Masayi disregarded his personal honor and disgrace, and made such a statement to Okaichi Nosuke. However, Okaichi could not accept it, because if he did so, the glory of the army would be ruined, and the people of his country would not accept it, and at that time... As for Okuma Shigenobu, although Okuma Shigenobu also felt that there was no way to fight the war, he also felt that if a defeat befell the army that was becoming more and more untamed, it would not be a good thing for the current country and the current Okuma Shigenobu himself.

So although there were constant disputes in Tokyo, things were delayed.

It's just that Tokyo is dragging it, but Cai Ye won't drag it, after all, now in Shandong, millions of people have to be fought almost every day, and the reserves of ammunition such as artillery shells are gradually decreasing. Although the armament expenditure on the political axe's side has now been transferred to Yan Guang's private funding (the political axe has no financial balance), Cai Ye must also consider whether the matter can be ended as soon as possible.

Of course, compared to the Terauchi Masashi opposite, Cai Ye himself is still relatively relaxed.

Because here in Cai Yi, there is the support of the whole country. On the other hand, not to mention the dispute between the army and the navy—————— it was clear that the army urgently requested fire support, and the navy sometimes delayed for a few minutes or even more than ten minutes before starting to support, and Terauchi Masayi had to ask for support more than ten minutes in advance every time.

There are also constant disputes within the political axe, and now, thousands of mobilized soldiers have been sent over... In comparison, Yan Guang is easy to talk about, no matter what he asks, it is a green light all the way.

If that force is crippled, withdraw directly to the rear, and then Yan Guang will transfer another division from elsewhere.

Zhang Xun's division was transferred because an infantry division was disabled, and as for the place where Zhang Xun's division was originally stationed, it was replaced by troops from another area.

In such a situation, coupled with the fact that the Wehrmacht already has an advantage in equipment, it will not be too inferior to the army in terms of training. It's strange that Masaki Terauchi doesn't lose.

After all, it is not at any time that the Chinese army will be as strange as the Manchu Qing Dynasty...—————————— the current temple is trapped in Huangxian, and it is impossible to advance, to advance, and to retreat. On the other side, although there are some problems with ammunition supply, the situation is much better than that of Terauchi Zhengyi.

Coupled with the abundant troops on hand, several troops that were originally disabled in Laiyang have now been sent to the rear to rest and replenish. Now the ones in their hands are all new troops that have just been transferred, although their combat effectiveness is a little inferior, but they have a complete lineup and abundant troops.

As a result, Cai Yi's offensive against Zhengyi in the temple on the Huangxian side did not stop for a day at all, and it did not stop almost all the time... After some time, the only 150mm heavy cannon that could suppress the Wehrmacht artillery group was also stopped, and the Wehrmacht artillery group, which had been aggrieved for a while, also vented all the ammunition that had not been used up to the position of the Wehrmacht Army.

In the end, in just five days, the army lost two positions on the outskirts of Huang County.

Although the remaining positions are still in the hands of the army, they are also precarious... At this point, Shigenobu Okuma and the others over there in Tokyo couldn't drag it out even if they wanted to.

However, Okuma Shigeshin was also a little incredulous about this result.

Although they both expected Takuma Shigenobu and Okaichi Nosuke to have anticipated Terauchi Masatoshi's defeat, they didn't expect Terauchi Masatoshi to be in a precarious situation so soon—————— anyway, they always waited until we made a scapegoat for defeat............ Ahem, cough, always wait for us to quarrel with a result, are you like this?

But in any case, there is one thing that must be moved to the table, that is, the —————— of peace negotiation is wrong, and it should be negotiation.

Then, in the process of negotiation, seek a more decent ending.

Of course, before that, Shigenobu Okuma and they will have to argue for a while in Tokyo, and they will have to fight for a scapegoat who can bear the full consequences. After all, if the war is lost, a scapegoat must always be introduced, otherwise... You know, this war is not trivial.

At present, in Shandong, the 100,000 expeditionary force has already spent more than 100 million yuan, and the navy has also lost one-third of its capital ships, and the two together 200 million yuan are absolutely enough.

What's more, it is still a great power, and now it has lost to an uncivilized country in the war, which is by no means something that the people of this country can tolerate—————— Pingli worked hard to squeeze out a little money, and then supply the political axe, in order to be able to make his country a powerful country, and now this country that he has worked so hard to support has lost to a country that he has begun to look down on, how can this make the people willing?

At this point, if there is no scapegoat to vent the anger of the people, the political lives of all members of the Okuma cabinet will be "clicked" down—————— as for the fall of the Okuma cabinet, this is expected by Shigenobu Okuma and others.

But it doesn't matter if it falls, it's a big deal that they will come up in two years, as long as they don't carry all the black cauldron in this storm, they can make a comeback.

But if you carry the black cauldron of defeat by yourself, then you won't want to get up again in this life.

This is also the reason why at this point, Okuma Shigenobu and they are still arguing, after all, no one wants to carry the black cauldron. Especially the people of the army like Okaichi Nosuke, the political life has been "clicked" is nothing to them, and they are infamous as "national thieves", but this is not something that Okaichi Nosuke can afford...—————————— In Yanjing's presidential palace, Yan Guang is looking at the good news that has just been transmitted.

On the good news, Cai Ye has once again won a defensive line on the periphery of Huang County. By this time, there was very little left of the outer defense line that could continue to protect Huang County and the Huang County Inner Expeditionary Force.

And when these lines of defense were "clicked" off, he was left with only two choices, one was to be completely annihilated in Huangxian, and the other was to be pushed into the sea by the Wehrmacht. As for escaping by boat or something, there doesn't seem to be a ship that can carry more than 80,000 people near Longkou Bay, no, it should be more than 70,000, and there are more than 10,000 people less in these words... The good news on the front line is naturally worth celebrating, and Yan Guang and Song Dinghan are also quite happy. Because no one in the newspapers now calls them "Huizong" or "Qin Hui". Although it is not called imposing, it is already good in comparison.

Of course, compared with the title, Song Dinghan is more happy that the war in Shandong lasted for nearly three months, and the military expenditure of nearly 200 million silver dollars was spent in these three months, of which more than half was reimbursed by Yan Guang himself, and the other half was reimbursed by the political axe—————— The power of the miscellaneous weapons of the National Defense Force is amazing, but the cost is not small. Don't look at the fact that now in Shandong, the general said that he was on the ground and cleaned up, but the military expenditure was more than twice that of himself, which can be regarded as the price of winning the war... In any case, for Song Dinghan, the Minister of Finance, there is nothing more pleasing than this matter... Of course, when Yan Guang took the money, he said that the money was lent to the state, and it was still interested. However, Song Dinghan is sure that after a period of time, he can not only remove this interest, but also remove the word "borrow", but this is not enough for outsiders... Just when Yan Guang was still in the president's office looking at the praise of himself in the newspaper, Yue Chang suddenly walked in from outside.

"President, just now Minister Gu from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just sent a message that he wants to negotiate with us!"

"Oh?!"

Hearing this, Yan Guang stood up.

"It's finally time to wait, let's go, let's go to Minister Gu!!"

(To be continued)