"Is this really our warship?" , Shen Honglie, who boarded the battleship, touched here and there, and his expression was like a child getting the most beloved toy. However, it is no wonder that at the beginning, whether it was the Northeast Army Navy or the Navy of the Kuomintang Central Government, the largest warship had a displacement of two or three thousand tons, and compared with this battleship of twenty or thirty thousand tons, it was like a small boat, and it was no wonder that Shen Honglie, who loved the navy, was so out of shape

"That's right, it's our Chinese warships, this, that, these ten warships are all our Chinese warships! At least for now, but we can't hide the devil for too long, if these warships can't be saved, then all our previous efforts will be in vain," Hu Weidong replied while asking Shen Honglie, the old navy, for advice.

"Keep these warships?" Shen Honglie, who was well aware of the strength of the Japanese army, especially the greater superiority in the sea and air, subconsciously felt that it was impossible, but after listening to Hu Weidong's description of the strength of the North China Air Corps and the Air Defense Force of the 15th Army, he kindled a little hope, "If the commander-in-chief (Note 1) you are not exaggerating, then it is not absolutely impossible to keep these warships, although it is still very difficult."

"If the devils want to blow up and sink these warships, they will either send planes, surface ships, or submarines (if there are submarines, they generally do not choose to send torpedo boats), of course, they may also come together." Shen Honglie began to analyze seriously, "If the plane is allowed to drop bombs or torpedoes, it will be very dangerous, so we must intercept it as much as possible before it approaches our warship." It depends on the performance of the aviation and air defense forces. Both the fleet and the submarine had to come from the sea. If you haven't learned how to sail, you may not know that although the sea is vast, generally speaking, very few ships dare to run around at the risk of running aground, especially in the coastal waters, so there are only a few routes for the enemy to attack, and I have worked in Qingdao for many years, so I am very familiar with them, including those that can only be navigated at high tide. By the way, I wonder if your army has captured mines in Qingdao? As long as enough mines are laid. Even if the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet comes, it will take a lot of time to sweep it up, so that we will have more time to train naval officers and men."

Hu Weidong didn't know the role of mines, and he couldn't help but regret when he heard this. "It's not too many, it's only a dozen, maybe it's because they can't be used in the devil war, and these are probably just what they use to train mine-laying and minesweeping."

"In this case, only a small part of the shipping routes can be blocked, etc., and there may be a place where you can get mines!" , Shen Honglie pondered for a moment and thought of a way. It turned out that Weihaiwei, which was not too far from Qingdao, had a British fleet stationed (in history, it took more than half a year for the Japanese army to drive the British away after occupying Weihaiwei, and the invasion of China by this time and space devil was far less smooth than in history.) Naturally, they didn't dare to turn their faces with the British so quickly. Shen Honglie's suggestion was to spend money to buy some mines from them to use, although Weihai is now occupied by the Japanese army, and there are still devils' warships in Weihai's Weijun Port, but since Hu Weidong can easily take Qingdao, where the devil's defense is stronger, then Weihai may not be unable to take it

"It's not realistic to buy mines, and it's easy to leak rumors, but listen to you, the devils in Weihaiwei should also have some mines, if they can be captured. It should meet our needs. It seems that we have to use the Japanese column again, but there are British people caught in it, which seems to be a bit troublesome", although Hu Weidong, who has a strong sense of national self-esteem, wants to directly drive away those British troops entrenched on Chinese soil, but he remembers Snow's exhortation at the beginning. After all, I put up with this breath for the time being

Because of the outstanding performance of the Japanese column during the capture of Qingdao, Hu Weidong not only commended him. Moreover, it was decided to expand the establishment of the Japanese Column from the current less than 10,000 to 15,000 people, based on Hu Weidong's bad taste all the time, after the expansion, the Japanese Column still distributes troops according to the original establishment of devils, which is equivalent to the expansion of a brigade into a division. Although it was only a three-unit public security division, it still inspired all the officers and men of the Japanese Column, especially Shiraishi Tomohisa, who was unexpectedly promoted to division commander by Hu Weidong for his great contribution to the Battle of Qingdao (Note 2). In fact, he surrendered purely to save his life at the beginning, but gradually he found that there was nothing wrong with a counterattack, the Japanese column was the same as other troops of the Red Party, and the position was promoted to see the performance and the ability, but it was completely regardless of the background, Shiraishi Tomohisa had been in the Japanese column for less than a year, but he had been promoted to the position of a high-powered division commander, if he was still on the devil's side, he was afraid that he might not have this opportunity until he retired. Shiraishi Tomohisa also completely abandoned the distractions in his heart, and he now knows very well that a Japanese soldier like himself, who has no background and no background, can only get the opportunity to realize his personal ambitions under the hands of the meritocracious Commander Hu...,

Seeing that Shiraishi Tomohisa was a little overjoyed, Hu Weidong immediately reminded, "Comrade Shiraishi, you, the division commander, are only acting, and whether or not you can become official depends on whether you can complete the task below."

"Please rest assured, isn't it just to provoke devils to drive the British away, and then kill those devils and take Weihaiwei? We all won Qingdao with no experience at the beginning, let alone now with experience? Tomohisa Shiraishi's mouth was full of confidence, but his tightly knit brow still revealed his true thoughts

Note 1: After Hu Weidong marched into Shandong, he proposed to include Shandong Province in the first theater of operations on the grounds of convenient command, which was agreed by Lao Chiang, on the one hand, with the help of the 15th Army's Liliang to contain the Japanese offensive, and on the other hand, to let the 15th Army go to the front line to consume more strength. In any case, in this way, Hu Weidong, who is the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the First War Zone, has at least nominally the power to command Shen Honglie, even if this person's military rank is actually not lower than Hu Weidong (Hu Weidong is still a lieutenant general at this time, and Shen Honglie's exact military rank cannot be found now, but with his older qualifications and the position of commander-in-chief of the Third Fleet, he should have at least the rank of vice admiral, and maybe even admiral. ）

Note 2: The commander of the Japanese column reported to the Military Commission was still Matsumoto Shingo for the time being, but the military command had been transferred to Shiraishi Tomohisa, who was more military talented, and soon after Nakanishi Ko left the army to become the general secretary of the Japanese Communist Party Central Committee, Matsumoto Shingo took over as the political commissar of the Japanese Column, and Shiraishi Tomohisa officially became the commander of the Japanese Column, but the principle of "party command" remained unchanged from beginning to end. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )