In the early morning of the 27th, General Terauchi was not happy to receive the 18th Division's occupation of Laizhou and the inability of Chinese planes to dispatch due to weather conditions. Just an hour earlier, the Second Fleet, which had launched an artillery bombardment to cover the landing of the 3rd Division, was again hit by submarines! A transport ship carrying 700 army warriors was sunk with heavy casualties. Unable to suppress the anger in his chest any longer, Terauchi severely reprimanded Vice Admiral Kato Dingyoshi, "Can the navy safely send the army ashore?" One torpedo from the China Navy reimbursed one of my brigades! This is a crime against the Empire, a crime against His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Lieutenant General Kato was so ashamed that he could only apologize to the senior general of the temple again and again, promising that a similar situation would not happen again.

The continuous blows of submarines and planes cast a shadow on the Shandong strategy in the temple's heart.

Now, accompanied by a large number of staff officers, Teranachi went to the command bridge and observed the situation of the landing battle with a telescope, and the landing site was shrouded in smoke and fire, and it was not clear at all. The battleships and cruisers of the Second Fleet violently spat artillery fire onto the land, and every salvo of the main guns in front of the Zhou Fang made Temple's heart tremble once, and he felt the displacement of the huge warship.

"It's mighty." Masaki Terauchi, who had just reprimanded the navy, had envy for the navy in his heart.

An hour later, the enemy's shore artillery fire against the fleet had been muted. In the telescope, a large number of soldiers have been covered with the beachhead, but there are still explosions on the beachhead, and every shell will take the lives of the army soldiers, and the temple can't help but curse again.

"Your Excellency, Commander," Rear Admiral Onishi came to command the bridge. "The 6th Division on the Northern Front has begun to land."

"Yo Si." Terauchi nodded, "Order Lieutenant General Umezawa to act according to the predetermined plan." ”

"Hay!"

"Tell Lieutenant General Taro Senba about the progress of the northern front." The temple added.

The 3rd Division needs to be stimulated, and after the elite 6th Division comes ashore, the Northern Front China Army will be crushed. Now it depends on the progress of the southern line after the landfall of Jiaozhou Bay.

The landing avoided the range of the artillery of the Qingdao fortress and chose a more southerly position, and the artillery counterattack of the Chinese army did not come from the fortress, but the army artillery, and it was necessary to seize the beachhead and quickly penetrate into the interior with a swift tactic, otherwise it would suffer greater losses. The temple continues to observe with a telescope, and this common sense does not need to be reminded. But the temple still wants to remind me.

"Your Excellency, General!" A staff officer ran onto the bridge. "The 18th Wing was suppressed by the heavy artillery of the Chinese army, Kono Shaosa was killed in battle, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, and the navy was asked to suppress the artillery of the Chinese army......"

"Yaga! Location? ”

"In Area 9."

"Notify that bastard Kato immediately!" Terauchi's resentment against the navy has intensified.

The strongest feeling for Terauchi Masashi is that the China that was once rubbed by the empire has changed. Turned into a hedgehog. Porcupine. Or the Tigers. They show their fangs, and whether they are at sea or on land, they have a fighting spirit. There are also means of counterattack.

The 18th Wing of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division was the first wave of troops to land in Jiaozhou Bay, and at 9 o'clock, as the troops developed in depth, the troops began to suffer casualties, and the artillery deployed by the Chinese army in the depth began to dense, severely striking at the 18th Wing, its forward.

The 24 heavy guns of the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Central Military Region fired more than 100 rounds of heavy ammunition within half an hour, dealing a heavy blow to the 3rd Brigade of the 18th Wing in front of the assault and killing the commander of its Shaozuo Brigade. Before the Japanese guns covered it, the heavy artillery regiment had received an order from its superiors to retreat, and forty trucks dragged the artillery and shells out of the position and moved westward. Ten minutes later, a huge shell from the Japanese ship's artillery covered the artillery position just now. Looking at the constantly rising fireworks, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment was glad that the order of his superiors was timely, otherwise his artillery would have been reimbursed here. But he knew that with the retreat of the artillery, the infantry brothers would not be able to hold out for long, and with the opening of this line of positions, the southern flank of the Qingdao fortress was completely exposed.

The rain finally started. Sitting in the cab of the bumpy car, "Commander, you can't let the devils surround Qingdao, right?" ”

"It's not something you're thinking about." The head of the regiment said to the driver who asked the question.

The road was full of sappers, and it was easy to tell from their badges that some sections of the road had been destroyed, but had been filled with loess, and cars could barely pass. The regimental commander estimated that explosives had been planted under the excavated lots. After the 41st Brigade is withdrawn, the road will be completely destroyed.

"How can there still be ordinary people?" The regiment commander suddenly saw a group of people on the highway, some with oil-paper umbrellas, and some in the rain.

"Stop the car, take them in." The regimental commander gave the order.

The east of Jiaoxian County is already a war zone, and the military region has explicitly ordered the evacuation of all the people.

"Thank you, sir," a man in a straw hat helped a girl climb into the car, "they don't want to go, they're hiding, it's a fool!" Thankfully, the village office found them. It is said that the Japanese are inferior to beasts, even children and old people, I don't know if it's true? ”

Without waiting for the head of the regiment to answer, the big-eyed girl asked loudly, "Isn't it that the Japanese devils have already called?" Why are you leaving? ”

"Girl," the head of the regiment laughed, "you don't understand this. We're going to put them in and fight. Although the regiment commander smiled, he was still not angry in his heart, this is all because of the weakness of the navy, if there is a strong navy, can it be used to make the people abandon their homes and take refuge?

"Why did you put it in? They should never have been brought ashore at all. "The girl seems to have read a book, and she speaks in a screeching manner.

"Erya! How do you talk to the chief? An old man reprimanded, "If you put it in the past, who cares about the life and death of the common people?" Look at our artillery, the Japanese soldiers can't please us. ”

"Sit inside, uncle." The regimental commander opened the door to the cab, "You're right. When did our Mengshan army lose a battle? In less than a month, you'll be back. ”

But now it is time to retreat. The 41st Brigade of the 14th Division reported to the division headquarters and headquarters at 4 p.m. on the 27th, "The Japanese 3rd Division has landed in Jiaozhou Bay and is expected to occupy the Fengmengpu line tonight." Our brigade has withdrawn from the first line of positions as planned and completely destroyed the road, and our unit will continue to resist on the west bank of the Yanghe River. ”

On the evening of September 27, Jinan, the headquarters of the Central Military Region.

"Now the situation is generally clear." Xue Xiaocai, chief of staff of the Central Military Region, reported to Feng Guozhu, "The Japanese army on the southern front is the 3rd and 9th divisions, of which the 3rd division has occupied Fengmengpu on the east bank of the Yanghe River, and it looks like it will continue to advance westward. It is estimated that the task of this division is to expel our troops and ensure the safety of the flank of the 9th Division to seize Qingdao. Obviously, their first target was Jiaoxian. After the Japanese army occupied Laizhou on the northern front. About the strength of a brigade was turned to the east. There are no regular troops of our army in that area, and Yexian will be lost tomorrow, and then the direction of the Japanese army in this area can be determined. The operational department of the military region judged that the brigade should be the unit attacking Qingdao on the northern front. There will be a division and a half pressing towards Qingdao. The Japanese army on the northern front consisted of the 18th and 6th divisions. A total of one and a half divisions of Japanese troops were to break through to Weifang along the Jideng Avenue. ”

Feng Guozhu did not say anything. Leaving the map, he returned to the sandbox and continued to meditate.

This morning, Chief Szeto Kwan was recalled by the president. Feng Guozhu sat in the headquarters, and the president had made it clear that Feng Guozhu was the supreme commander of the Shandong Campaign, and Situ was assisted. Even if Situ is here. In the end, it was him, the commander, who made the decision.

Feng Guozhu didn't speak, staring at the huge sand table in the room of the War Department, thinking in his heart, one and a half divisions on the northern front, and one and a half divisions on the southern front, which way to fight first?

"What do you think about the enemy's next move?" Feng Guozhu asked Xue Xiaocai.

"It is judged that the north and the south will move together, and the northern front will be dominated by the 6th Division to attack Weifang to the west. The direction of attack of the 3rd Division on the Southern Front was Gaomi. ”

"What about Qingdao?"

"They will not occupy the Gaomi line and will not launch an attack on Qingdao."

"This is the judgment of the General Staff." Feng Guozhu said dissatisfiedly, "Don't be the echo worm of the General Staff. What if the Japanese army abandons Qingdao, or monitors Qingdao without attacking, and presses the north and south lines towards Jinan? ”

"After calculation, they must get the port, otherwise it will be difficult to support the supplies of the army to fight. The Navy agrees with our judgment. ”

"Logistics," Feng Guozhu snorted, "can't there be a war without a port and railway?" Who does the provisions? ”

Xue Xiaocai understood that the commander was worried about the safety of Jinan. Jinan must make sure that the commander is worried that if the Japanese army concentrates the main force and rushes to Jinan with its current strength, it will not be able to stop it, "Why don't you order the 18th Division to come up?" ”

"Nope! I'm not worried about Jinan, but I'm worried that I won't be able to clench my fists and fight a war of attrition with the devils, even if I win, it's not interesting...... The 18th Division did not move for the time being. Feng Guozhu made up his mind, "closely monitor the movements of the Japanese army." ”

At this moment, Situ Jun's special train had arrived at Qianmen Station, and Situ Jun braved the slightest drizzle to get into the car that drove up the platform, "Chief Executive, the president went to watch the ball, and he wants you to go too." The general staff officer who came to pick up the station said to Situ Jun.

"Football? Well, then watch the ball go. He smiled silently, "Who are the two sides of today's game?" ”

"It's the Beijing Police Department against the garrison."

When Szeto arrived at the stadium in Fengtai, the game was almost over. The cries of the thousands of spectators who braved the rain to watch the game shook the earth, because the president was on the stadium in person, and the spectators (half of whom were soldiers) were even more excited at this special time. Football has taken root in Beijing, more and more people are falling in love with this sport full of men's blood, from the military to the people, football stars are becoming household names, and commercial advertisements are printed with photos of football stars.

"Who's ahead?" Situ Jun's eyes were not good, and he asked the staff officers beside him.

"Garrison 3:1 ......"

"Admiral," the audience spotted Situ Jun walking up to the stands. There were a total of six generals in the republic, and the audience was thrilled to see the "living" generals appear.

"I don't know which general ......" Another spectator in a raincoat saw the neatly dressed Situ Jun walking towards the box under the escort of two officers, "It seems that the battle in Shandong has been won, otherwise how could the president and the general come to watch the game?" ”

"Of course. Do you think it's still the year of Gengzi? An older audience member sighed.

"It's Chief Situ......" An officer recognized the Chief of the General Staff.

Situ Jun strode to the box in the middle, which was the army's stadium and was also open to ordinary people, and the ticket was only two cents, and it was difficult to find a ticket for every official match.

"Did Shandong win the battle? Otherwise, how can the president and the chief minister have the leisure to watch the game? The officers of the garrison whispered.

The box is very simple, but it is added to prevent it from raining. Seeing Situ Jun coming in, Long Qian smiled and patted the chair beside him, "Sit down." I missed the wonderful scene and kicked out the upside-down golden hook, which is really wonderful. ”

"Madame is well, Vice Premier Song is well." Situ Jun took off his military hat and bowed slightly to Chen Shu and Song Jiaoren who were sitting next to Long Qian, "Does the president want to learn from Xie An?" I'm sorry for the subordinates' gaffes. How can Shea Ann compare to the president? ”

"That's what the chief said. Where is Xie An better than the president? "Song Jiaoren was pulled by Long Qian to watch the game, but where can he see his heart?

"You've learned to pat yourself on the back, too. Guozhu is still calm, right? While you are on the road, the strength of the Japanese army on the southern front has been completely exposed. Long Qian still turned the topic to the Shandong war.

"I already know. All was expected by the president. Situ Jun said in a deep voice.

"There is no urgency in this battle. I guess tomorrow the newspapers in the capital will criticize me for not doing my job. Haha"

"That's what the ages are talking about. Did the president call me back because something was wrong with South Manchuria? Situ Jun is most worried about the variables in South Manchuria.

"It has been determined that the Japanese army has increased its troops in Lushun, and the number is the 12th Division. In addition, the 7th Division will be used in North Korea. Long Qian held a newspaper in his hand, "Based on your intuition, do you think they will do it in the Northeast?" ”

Situ Jun thought for a moment, "I don't think so." The addition of a division can be interpreted as a defense, but it will be wrong if the number of troops continues to increase. ”

"Don't be careless. I have already ordered Zhang Yulin to go to the Northern Military Region. You preside over a preventive program. In case there is a complete showdown, we have to accompany us. ”

"Is the information reliable?"

"I'd rather believe it. Jiang Yun and Tian Shubang reviewed it to me, but it was already good. ”

"Then the subordinate retired." Zhang Yulin went to the northeast, and there was only one Jiang Fangzhen left in the general staff, who had just taken office, and Situ was a little worried.

"It's not a little bit of time. The game is over soon. Let's go together. Long Qian's gaze returned to the court. (To be continued......)