The Japanese army's military operations in Shandong were infinitely exaggerated, which put the Japanese government and cabinet under tremendous international pressure, and for this reason, Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi specially recalled the Japanese minister to China to give him a face-to-face lecture and asked him to do his best to resolve this embarrassing political dispute. He can have no scruples about public opinion in China, but the opposition voices of the United States and Britain have come and gone, and sanctions and embargoes are hanging over his head like two swords of Damocles, which may fall at any time. This is the last thing he wants to see during his tenure, because once the United States and Britain turn around, his cabinet will not only face international pressure, but also face heavy attacks from domestic opposition forces.

When Yoshiichi Tanaka heard the name of the chairman of Shandong Province, he only felt very familiar.

"Wu Xiaoliang? How is the name of this Shina so familiar, and where do you seem to have heard it? Suddenly, he slapped his head suddenly, "Yes, the general who caused great trouble to the imperial government in Vladivostok back then is called Wu Xiaoliang, is he?" ”

The events of that year are still vivid, the flower of the famous general destroyed by him is still bearing the indelible shame in the northeast, and the warship destroyed by him is still docked at the port of Temple Street.

After returning to China, he rushed to Jinan, and although he was very unhappy with the appointment of a local provincial chairman by the central government in Nanjing as a negotiator, he was still ready to meet with him with the attitude of resolving the problem. Who knew that after he arrived in Jinan, he got the news that Wu Xiaoliang sent troops to attack Zhang Zongchang.

In his capacity as chairman of Shandong Province, Wu Xiaoliang sent a telegram to the whole country, strongly condemning Zhang Zongchang for provoking the war without authorization, colluding with the Japanese, slaughtering the people, demolishing houses and destroying fields, leaving millions of people homeless and tens of thousands dying of cold and starvation. One pile at a time, one by one, it is difficult to write. The situation in Shandong also began with Wu Xiaoliang's telegram, and it gradually became clear to the outside world, and the reason why the Japanese army brazenly launched a military attack on the Chinese defenders was entirely because Zhang Zongchang and Han Fuyu were defeated in the internal struggle and betrayed the country and took refuge in the company. Now that the Japanese army has been forced to rein in its behavior due to international pressure, the electrification of the Shandong Provincial Government has won the support of all walks of life throughout the country.

As a result, Wu Xiaoliang, who has always been inconspicuous, finally came to the front of the stage and became known to the people of the whole country. Taking Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao" as the case, it reported at length various deeds of Wu Xiaoliang, chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, in the past, and the media in various places also followed suit. Only then did people suddenly realize that it was the work of this inconspicuous general who came to Suidong to build a province and recover Outer Mongolia. People are full of confidence in the situation in Shandong, and with such a general in charge, whether it is Zhang Yi or the Japanese, the problem will surely be solved.

On November 20, the first heavy snow since the beginning of winter fell in Shandong, and the cold dripping water turned into ice. However, the battle in the southeast of Shandong was extremely hot, and the student regiment of the Shandong security force and the cavalry battalion raided Weicheng, Gaomi, and Jiaoxian with lightning speed like a sharp knife.

As a result, Zhang Zongchang's base camp was completely cut off from the army in the west. It was only a matter of time before the western army was annihilated, and not only that, but even the situation of the base camp was just as precarious. The headquarters in Jimo was already panicked and gloomy, and many officers had left the army and secretly fled for their lives. Zhang Zongchang lost his soul, and he didn't regard this old acquaintance as a considerable opponent from beginning to end. In his eyes, although this person is brave and strategic, he is just a bare-bones commander with no soldiers and no power, no matter how brilliant his achievements in Hunan were and how brilliant his achievements were in the northeast, it was all based on the fact that he had an absolutely excellent army.

He didn't believe that Wu Xiaoliang could lead a group of vigilante groups and students who had not yet shed their milk to confront him head-on. But the facts made him desperate, it was this milky student group that had not dried up, the elite of his elite, the 19th Mixed Brigade who lost their armor and defeated them all the way back to Jimo from Gaomi. In order not to annihilate his most elite troops, he should have ordered another brigade to take over the defense area of the 19th Mixed Brigade in Jiaoxian.

On the outskirts of Jiaoxian County, a knee-deep snow hindered the offensive pace of the Shandong Student Corps, as the first real YÀN motorized troops, equipped with trucks broke down one after another, and the soldiers marched forward on foot under the orders of commanders at all levels, and broke through the fortifications originally constructed by Zhang Zongchang's defenders without much effort, because the fortifications at this time had long been empty.

It was not until they approached the county town that a few gunshots were heard sporadically, and the artillery chose their gun positions to prepare for firing, and a large number of infantry launched an offensive formation in front of the city. The engineer company was also very good, and even dug a two-meter-wide passage on foot, and the sound of the jeep horn followed to the forefront of the position.

An officer wearing a thick tweed double-breasted military coat got out of the car, a star on his epaulettes was dazzling, and his hands with black leather gloves raised binoculars to carefully observe the state of the county's defense. 6 The battalion and company commanders came to ask for battle, and the soldiers' equally high morale seemed to warm the bitter cold of this harsh winter.

The major general was calm and firm, and the fiery enthusiasm of his subordinates did not seem to infect him in the slightest.

"Why waste troops, artillery preparation, two bases, cover the shelling!"

When the order was issued, the heavy artillery salvo that fired at Zhuyuan had already been adjusted, and the entire Jiaoxian city wall was submerged under the heavy artillery fire, and the gunfire that still rang out sporadically on the city wall was completely muted. The shelling completely reduced the walls and gatehouses to ruins.

After the shelling was over, the major general ordered people to shout at the head of the city.

"Listen, people in the city, as long as you lay down your arms and accept the adaptation, the provincial government can not be blamed for your previous crimes, and if you resist stubbornly, you will be severely punished after the city is broken......"

Soon the battle was in effect, and a flag made of white cloth was raised at the head of the city. A soldier shouted at the ruined top of the city:

"Don't open fire, our brigade commander has spoken, our whole brigade has surrendered to your department, and is willing to accept your department's reorganization ......"

Originally, this brigade was extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Zongchang for using them as cannon fodder, but now that they have seen the heavy artillery of the provincial army, they are already frightened. After thinking about it, the brigade commander had the heart to do it anyway, and he was working for others left and right, so why not put a big tree next to him?

The major general soon met with the representative sent by the brigade commander in the city.

"General, our brigade commander only asks to bring troops, and the rest is easy to discuss."

The requirements of the other party are not high, and even the redeployment of officers can be done. The major general agreed to his conditions without hesitation, and only proposed that a brigade of men and horses must be driven out of the county seat of Jiaoxian to accept the reorganization.

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