Chapter 461: Battle of Jinan (4)

Many years later, military scientists condemned Yuheng Yicheng as a pig, otherwise why not organize troops to break through to Qingdao and move towards Jinan?

In fact, everyone misunderstood, the real situation was that Yuheng Yicheng urgently telegraphed Tokyo, in addition to reporting the fiasco of the Ninth Division, he asked himself to lead the Second Division and the Ninth Division to Qingdao, while the Eleventh Division continued to hold on to Jinan and wait for reinforcements. Yuheng Yicheng was still frightened by the new weapons of the Chinese army, the combination of aircraft, tanks, and submachine guns. But unfortunately, this request was rejected by the Tokyo side, they scolded Yuheng Issei for being a waste, and then ordered Yuheng Issei to maintain the dignity of the imperial army, and the whole army moved to Jinan and stood by for help. Although Yuheng Yicheng was also the first time to lead troops to fight, he also knew that going to Jinan at this time was no different from sending him to death, but the characteristics of Japanese soldiers still made him have to obey the decision of his superiors and move to Jinan. It is said that this suggestion was made by Sadao Araki, on the grounds that the army was gathered in Jinan, and what could the Chinese army do?

On December 14, with the 30th Division stationed in the position, 60,000 horses of the three Japanese divisions in Jinan were firmly trapped to death. Then the bureau has become a dead end, Bai Chongxi waved his pen and reported the victory!

On December 15, the front pages of the National Daily, the Youth Army Daily, and the Declaration used a large headline: "Shandong Victory."

Huang Yuansheng, who was already the press spokesman of the National Government, wrote again: "...... Beginning on December 11, the officers and men of our heroic young Northern Expedition launched a continuous onslaught against the Japanese army under the command of General Bai Chongxi, General Jiang Fangzhen, and General Liu Xing. In this battle, the soldiers of our army all rushed to the death, fought for their lives, and the Japanese soldiers who were killed were defeated and retreated, and the battle until yesterday, the Japanese army was annihilated more than 10,000, and the remnants fled into Jinan. Our army of 300,000 has surrounded the remnants of the Japanese army and 60,000 in the city of Jinan, and this battle is the first major victory since the First Sino-Japanese War, and the century-old humiliation of our Chinese nation has been washed ......away today."

Wang Zhenyu was already excited because he could grasp the battle report at any time, and he was in a good mood and rarely slipped from the Standing Committee building in the round sky to the office area of the Admiralty, and together with Chen Shaokuan, who had just returned to Wuhan, made a brief speech to the Admiralty, encouraging them to make meritorious contributions in this war. Then Wang Zhenyu suddenly had a whim, called Wang Chenhao and Chen Bui and drove to Wang Jingye's school.

Along the way, there were crowds of people celebrating the victory, and almost every merchant on the roadside put up lanterns and hung the five-color flag of the Republic of China. Wang Zhenyu smiled at Chen Bui: "Our national flag is really accepted by everyone at this moment, but Bray, this flag is going to be changed, Sun Wen and they came up with this banner because of the needs of the republic of the five ethnic groups, and now let Mr. Liang Qichao's definition of the Chinese nation be so difficult to explain the five ethnic groups, there is only one Chinese nation left." So, you will take the lead in organizing a national system and political system research society for me, including Yang Du and Yang Yongtai, I will personally serve as the president, and make a bunch of famous people serve as vice presidents, study and study well, ponder and ponder, this issue of the national system of government, national emblem and national anthem, there is no need for the central government in Beijing to continue to exist! ”

Chen Bui has followed Wang Zhenyu for more than three years, and now he has begun to learn to analyze, canceling the five-color flag designed by Sun Wen and them, does the commission mean that Sun Wen will also be canceled. However, as a secretary, he didn't dare to ask more, and he carried out what he ordered, and what made Chen Bui excited was this research meeting, for him personally, this was the first essence since he became a secretary, according to his understanding of Wang Zhenyu's character, this is the rhythm of letting himself out of his side.

In Beijing, the central government, which has already been sentenced to death by Wang Zhenyu, has no intention of going to work for civil servants in various ministries, and now fools know that the unification of the southern national government is unstoppable. Everyone admires people like Cao Rulin, after Duan Qirui's defeat last time, he and Xu Shuzheng and others took refuge in the national government in the south, and their power will inevitably remain in the future. And now that I didn't go south, I have become a little panicked, and I have been inquiring about news in these forty-nine cities all day long.

In Jurentang, Zhongnanhai, it seems that overnight, Zhang Zuolin is dozens of years old, his hair is half white, and his spirit is gone. The whole person sat on the small steps in front of the desk and looked at the snow scene outside the door motionlessly. It is said that it will be good to watch Bai Xue, but Zhang Zuolin is more and more cold. Although the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command are still there, and although his territory has not been reduced by an inch, the fool knows that he has lost the bet, and he has lost completely and cleanly.

Yang Yuting and the others were standing outside the door at the moment and secretly looking at Zhang Zuolin, to be honest, no one could have imagined that the Japanese who were usually bullish and coaxed would be so vulnerable in front of Wang Zhenyu's army.

Although the battle situation on the front line spread to Beijing one after another from the 12th, the contents were vague at that time, and the only clue that could be seen was that the Japanese legation was lit up almost every night, and it was obvious that something bad had happened.

When the exact news came this morning, Zhang Zuolin, who still had a trace of luck in his heart, completely collapsed. But what can be done about this, even the Japanese can't kill Wang Zhenyu. And Yang Yuting also received news that a violent quarrel broke out in Japan over this war. It is said that Tanaka Yoshiichi's plan to send troops to reinforce Shandong was not approved, and Prime Minister Hara Kei was inclined to end the Shandong War with dignity and at the same time organize the Feng army to retreat outside the Guan, in a word, Japan now intends to maintain its interests in Manchuria.

In fact, at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Yoshiichi Tanaka angrily told Prime Minister Kei Hara: "If we can't achieve a fundamental victory in Shandong, then don't talk about Manchuria, the whole continent has nothing to do with us." Who are you Wang Zhenyu? Is it a warlord? Did he just want a place to meet his needs? No, this man is a real Chinese man, a nationalist. He is not a bandit like Zhang Zuolin, nor a bureaucrat like Yuan Shikai, he is a person with ideals, just like you and me. What he wanted was the rise of the whole of China, which was precisely what the Great Japanese Empire could not tolerate and allow. ”

Yuan Jing slapped the table angrily and said: "So according to what you said, the army has long known the strength of the Youth Army, but it deliberately deceived the emperor and the cabinet to send troops to Shandong, and deliberately only sent three divisions, which led to this defeat?" The intention of appointing Yuheng Yicheng is also here, if it is replaced by other imperial generals, they will definitely not venture into being surrounded when they find abnormalities, right? ”

Yuan Jing really complicated Tanaka's thoughts, Tanaka knew that the Youth Army also had aircraft and tanks, and he thought that Yuheng Issei would fight like this, and he originally planned to get war merits, didn't he?

But now, even if he has a personal friendship with Yuheng Yicheng, he can't take care of it. Yoshiichi Tanaka suddenly stood up and said, "Yes, the speed of development in South China in the past few years has scared the entire army, while you and your colleagues are still obsessed with the so-called ** system. Japan needs living space, not votes, and it is time to correct this mistake. I ask your Excellency to withdraw our troops from Siberia at once, Kolchak has been defeated, and we should cooperate with the Bolsheviks, the victors of the Russian Civil War. Then gather the full strength of the imperial state to nip South China in the bud. As for me personally, I am willing to resign from my post as land minister and take full responsibility for this failure. ”

Silence, the room fell into unprecedented silence, as if everything had stopped, as if the air had frozen. After a long time, Yuan Jingtian sighed: "Tanaka-kun, why do you soldiers always think about things so simply, a full-scale war, Britain and France will not agree, and we have no spare strength to take care of the two battlefields, it is time to end this war with dignity." As for the reunification of China, as long as the government of South China recognizes the interests of the empire in China, then what does it matter? ”

Tanaka looked at the old man in front of him, and he was furious: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, please consider the consequences, choosing to give up the interests of the empire in China at such a moment is tantamount to betraying Japan, that is, a national thief!" ”

Yuan Kei was also angry when he heard this, he looked at Tanaka without fear and said, "Don't scare me, Tanaka-kun, what the Japanese people need now is rice instead of bayonets." The empire has not had a day of rest since the Russo-Japanese War, how can you warriors satisfy your own ambitions to the detriment of the interests of the entire nation? Stand down, I'll meet with Your Excellency Shanxian County. ”

Tanaka was so angry that he stomped his feet but left helplessly......

Although Hara Kei wanted to end the war with dignity, the two old guys from Yama County and Dongxiang who were about to die did not agree. Although they also believed that it would be detrimental to the empire if they continued to fight, they also insisted that once the empire lost the war, it would be too much of a blow to the morale of the people, and more importantly, Tanaka's analysis was not completely undesirable, at least one thing was certain, Wang Zhenyu would definitely take advantage of the great victory to unify the country. Dongxiang, who has always supported Yuan Jing, is obviously a little confused, and he said with some excitement: "Shandong is a peninsula, as long as I have my invincible Imperial Japanese Navy, we have no reason to give up this rich place, the jujube there is delicious, and I broke a tooth last time......"

In this way, the Japanese top brass began to quarrel frequently, and then they came to a strange result, neither planning when to send reinforcements to China, nor saying when to urge Britain and France to end the war with dignity.

The 60,000 Japanese troops besieged in Jinan seemed to be forgotten by the bigwigs in Tokyo at this moment