After some preparations, the Japanese began shelling the other side of the river, while the sappers began to prepare for the construction of the bridge. Mitsutomi Kamio ordered the 24th Brigade to march south along the Dagu River to find a more suitable crossing point. The squadron on the opposite bank has at least one artillery regiment, and according to the establishment of the Chinese army, it is at least a so-called A division. It is likely that the army that was in Ye County before retreated here to defend. Although he suffered a small loss at the landing ground and in Ye County, Kamio Mitsutomi was still very confident, believing that although the squadron could fight, the will to fight was weak and the combat effectiveness could not last. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the absence of a fight in Ye County and Pingdu. Of course, there is another possibility, and that is that it is a trap. At this possibility, Kamio Mitsutomi just laughed it off. What are you kidding, a division with a brigade and so many artillery units, the squadron wants to encircle and annihilate it, isn't that a joke? So this possibility was naturally ignored.

The Japanese army who went out to fight silently ate rice balls at the starting place, the supply of the Japanese army was tight these days, and they could eat two rice balls, that was because they were going out to charge, and there was only one rice ball at a normal meal these days, and there could be a salted fish at night. The trouble caused by the fortified wall Qingye to the Japanese army was really not small, and if it were not for the fact that they had to continue to drink the water from the well, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to even drink clean water.

The Japanese people are poor, and so is the country. It's such a poor country, bent on fighting and expanding. It is also a misfortune for China to have such a neighboring country. Of course, there is also a country that has invaded the territory of China the most, and this country is even more rogue and scoundrel. In the era when ideology was in charge, many things were artificially covered up.

The effect of the bombardment of more than a hundred cannons was spectacular, but also expensive. The Japanese army, which was struggling to replenish, was not very heroic this time by artillery bombardment. It's like there's something wrong with the prostate, it's intermittent. Taking advantage of the shelling, Japanese sappers began to build bridges. The Dagu River swelled, and the Japanese could not wade across it. Even if you can wade across the water, the premise must be to be able to suppress the firepower from the opposite side. It is clear that now the Japanese army cannot do this, because the squadron seems to be gone. The Japanese did not dare to take risks, so they could only wait for the sappers to build the bridge.

The Dagu River is about 100 meters wide, and the speed at which the Japanese army built the bridge was very fast, and the door panels were all dismantled from Pingdu County, and there was no shortage of materials in this regard. As the pontoon bridge reached the center of the river, heavy artillery fire suddenly erupted from the silent opposite bank. In just a minute or so, the Japanese sappers who were building the bridge could not dodge and suffered heavy casualties. This shelling was like a flash of lightning, which came and stopped quickly, and the Japanese artillery could only blindly retaliate with fire. Mortars hiding in trenches and firing from multiple positions have no practical effect at all. After a round of bombardment, the artillerymen picked up the mortars and ran, ran wildly along the communication trenches, and hid in the dug anti-artillery holes.

How to use the existing divisional artillery to deal with the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, Li Qianyu made his artillery think of a lot of ideas. Around the core of how to hit and run, a lot of ways have been come up. In fact, this is also a very helpless thing, the Japanese army has more than 100 heavy artillery, and it is not at all that Li Qianyu's artillery can compete head-on.

As a result of the shelling, dozens of Japanese sappers were killed and wounded, and a large section of the pontoon bridge was damaged, so they had to find a way to continue building the bridge.

When Li Qianyu hid at the observation post and watched the activities of the Japanese army, and was somewhat regretful that there was no heavy artillery, the director of the telecommunications section sent a telegram that the 1st and 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiments of the National Defense Bureau had been ordered to come to reinforce and had arrived in Jimo. Li Qianyu was overjoyed when he heard the news. Soon he received an urgent telegram from the front finger of Weifang, asking Li Qianyu to block the Japanese army on the west bank of the Dagu River at any cost. The three divisions and two tank brigades in the west, as well as the volunteer heavy artillery units, set out from Changyi and Weifang respectively to form an encirclement of the Japanese army. The task of Li Qianyu's division was to hold out until the Laiyang troops arrived.

When the Japanese army fell into the trap, an article entitled "Analysis of the Military Strength of China" written by the Japanese military attache in China, Ishina, was intercepted by the Japanese Minister Ijiin. And with this report, I found Shizhong without dividing.

"Shi Zhongjun, how can you write such a report? According to your report, isn't it a joke that the Chinese army will complete the encirclement of the imperial army in Qingdao? When did the Chinese army have such combat effectiveness? This report cannot be turned in! Ijiin's face was pale, and he danced wildly with the manuscript in his hand. Shi Zhong's face was grim, and he pursed his lips slightly, without the intention of justifying.

After the Ijiin finished speaking, Shi Zhong bowed vigorously and said, "Your Excellency the minister, I have copied two copies of this report, one of which has been sent back to China through the channels of the intelligence department. In the battle of Qingdao, the Imperial Japanese Army was already in crisis, and it was necessary to make adjustments as much as possible, otherwise it would be too late. Thank you Mr. Minister for your love, but for the sake of the empire's hegemony, my future and fate are only trivial matters. I would like to ask your Excellency the Minister to forward it to the Ministry of War. ”

In the current political atmosphere, Japan is applauding the great exploits of the imperial army in the Battle of Qingdao, and suddenly a person splashes cold water and is scolded as a national thief.

"Do you really want to do this?" Hearing that he was so resolute, Ijiin also hesitated a little. Once the Japanese army was defeated in Qingdao, the responsibility of Ijiin was not small. The omission of intelligence work is not only a problem of the intelligence department of the military department, but also the minister.

"Yes, be sure to do your best! Please! Shi Zhong bowed again, and Ijiin hesitated for a moment before nodding.

Sending away Ijiin, Shi Zhong held the knife in one hand, looked at the direction of the sea in the east, and looked melancholy. In the entire Japanese military circles, if you want to understand the combat effectiveness of China's elite army today, only Shi Zhong is not divided into such a person. The Japanese army units have penetrated deeply into China, but the army pulled up by the other side Jianxiong does not have a deep understanding. Marshal Fang, who was naturally wary of Japan, spent a lot of money on guarding against the infiltration of Japanese intelligence personnel. The Military Intelligence Bureau and the Political Intelligence Bureau, the two major intelligence bureaus, were most concerned about the defense of Japanese intelligence personnel. Fang Jianxiong's old background, the top ten A divisions, the Japanese can't understand it at all. With the expansion of the Wehrmacht, the intelligence officers in Shizhong, regardless of the leadership, had the opportunity to learn about some equipment and training of each division. Combined with this information, coupled with the feedback from Japanese advisers in various units of the Beiyang Army during the civil war, Shi Zhong gradually grasped the combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht's A division.

By the time he basically grasped the situation, a local war in Qingdao between China and Japan had already broken out. Shi Zhong sent a number of reports in an urgent manner, analyzing the combat effectiveness of the squadron. These reports went to the Japanese military headquarters and did not attract attention. The traditional concept of the Japanese army was the result of the deduction of the General Staff, and the ratio of combat effectiveness between the Japanese army and the Chinese army was 1:10.

It was precisely under such a nonsense analysis that the Japanese Government dared to launch the Qingdao War, otherwise the Japanese Government would certainly have to be more cautious on this issue with the hard-line attitude that the Chinese Government has repeatedly expressed.

The result of the analysis of Shizhong is the combat effectiveness of the squadron, which is roughly divided into three levels. The first level is the elite of the elite, including a special operations brigade, and the ten A divisions in the top ten, which are the expansion of Fang Jianxiong's starting troops. Its officers are all from the Wuhu teaching team, and the other party Jianxiong is absolutely loyal. The troops were well-equipped, lightly armed and trained to be rigorous, and most of the officers were trained by the Germans, and there were a large number of German advisers. The second level is the A division with the serial number after the ten, these troops are composed of veterans of the original Beiyang Army and the provincial people's army, and the equipment is compared with the previous serial number, and the equipment of the A division is unified, which is the main force of the Chinese army, and the combat effectiveness of the first level of the A division should be equivalent to the Japanese army in defensive warfare, and the second level is worse, roughly three or seven ratios. The third level is the so-called B division, which has fewer personnel than the A division, and the equipment is also very miscellaneous, with both moral and Japanese weapons. The combat effectiveness of Division B is roughly a little worse than that of the previous Beiyang Army, which has nothing to do with equipment, but because Fang Jianxiong does not have so many officers in his hands. In particular, the lack of grass-roots officers has affected the combat effectiveness of the second division of the Chinese army.

The reality was that the Japanese army launched the Qingdao War, but only sent about three divisions and a certain amount of artillery. The total number of troops in the army is less than 90,000, which is undoubtedly invincible in front of the 24 Division A divisions in China, not to mention that the government of China cannot fully devote itself to its Division A. Shi Zhong did not predict that as long as half of the troops were invested, that is, twelve Division A, plus some Division B, and twice the strength of the troops to defend Qingdao, the Japanese army would not be able to win this war with its current strength, and would even fail.

What will happen to such an analysis report when it is sent back to China? Shi Zhong is very clear in his heart, but as a sober emperor, personal honor and disgrace can only be put aside.

What if the Imperial Army was really defeated? Whenever this thought came to mind, Shi Zhong felt a chill all over his body. China is a big country, once the people's morale rises, will Japan, as a small country with few resources, still have the possibility of conquering the mainland? The conclusion is obvious, so the empire cannot fail, even once.

How to regain the level is a difficult problem. The requirements of the front command are very clear, the action must be fast, and it is necessary to recapture Pingdu and block the retreat of the Japanese army before the main force of the Japanese army returns. Shen Tongwu didn't have too many good solutions to such a problem. I had to call a group of subordinates to a meeting to discuss, and by the way, I asked people to call Li Zongren, a high-achieving student of Lu University. This young man has a lot of ideas for fighting, maybe there is a way.

All the officers above the regiment commander attended the meeting, and there was a Li Zongren in the middle. At the beginning of the meeting, Shen Tongwu announced the order of the previous finger. The 12th Division, which was lurking in the mountains west of Pingdu, rushed to Pingdu for only half a day. It's easy to walk, but how to play is a problem. When this question was raised, the officers expressed their opinions one after another, and the tone was basically the same. That is, the soldiers divided into two roads, all the way along the avenue to the Lai River, to seize the pontoon bridge. The other way attacked the county seat of Pingdu.

Li Zongren had the lowest position, and he didn't speak, sitting there silently with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.