When later generations of military historians studied the Battle of Jinan, which determined the national fortunes of China and Japan, they all expressed great surprise at the Japanese army's support.

First of all, in terms of troops, the Japanese army invested the 2nd Nakajima (Shomu) Division, the 9th Matsuura (Kanwei) Division, and the 11th Shojo (Traditional) Division.

A total of six infantry brigades, twelve infantry companies, three cavalry companies, three mountain artillery companies......

The total number of troops was about 70,000, which was strictly speaking, a new record for the Japanese invasion of China.

The troops invested by the Youth Army were Zhang Zizhong of the 1st Division, Yu Zuobai of the 5th Division, Dai Yue of the 6th Division, Gu Pinzhen of the 15th Division, Tao Jun of the 21st Division, Zhu Jiande of the 28th Division, Liu Mingzhao of the 29th Division, and Shi Sheng of the 30th Normal Division, plus Gu Zhutong of the 1st Tank and Armored Brigade, totaling 200,000 people. Among them, the 1st Division Zhang Zizhong and the 30th Normal Shisheng Division were stationed in Boshan, controlling the upper reaches of the Zihe River, and the tank brigade was also transferred to them. The fifth, sixth, fifteenth, and twenty-first divisions are currently around Jinan, and they are looking at the Honzhuang Fan Division. And Honjo Shigeru's regiment was obviously aware of the danger, although the two armies were only less than five kilometers apart, Honjo Shigeru still tightened his defense according to Yuheng Issei's order, although Honjo Shigeru largely disagreed with this order.

Xue Yue's division of the 25th Division and Zhu Peide's division of the 27th Division set out from Rizhao, and their task was to cooperate with the navy to seize Qingdao, and as for how the navy would deal with the Japanese fleet in Jiaozhou Bay, it was not for them to consider.

Historians have commented on this data and arrangement as follows: "I really can't understand where the self-confidence of the Japanese came from, and they think that the youth army, which has already made a name for itself in Europe, with 200,000 men, cannot deal with their 70,000 horses. Could it be that the ratio of military strength between China and Japan has reached 1:3, even 1:5, or even 1:10? What is even more amazing is that Yu Heng Yicheng, in the face of the Chinese army's obvious intention to encircle, he did not actively advance to break through, but set up a battle line, making a look of waiting for the Chinese army to come up and send him to death, did he plan to use intimidation to scare the Chinese away? ”

We don't know what Yuheng Yicheng thought at the time, the war is originally a mistake, the side that makes more mistakes dies, and the side that makes fewer mistakes wins, there is no need to be harsh, and there is no need to pursue extreme perfection, it's as simple as that.

At the same time, since Yuheng Yicheng put on such a posture of hoping for a decisive battle, Bai Chongxi was naturally not polite. He immediately set a tone, in Linzi, we want to avenge the dead compatriots, here, we want to crush the two main divisions of the Japanese army and force them into the city of Jinan. The troops participating in the battle were immediately mobilized, and the cold materials were distributed one after another, and now even the men of the various companies knew that a big battle was about to be fought.

On December 10, the day before the scheduled time of the attack, Bai Chongxi braved the snow to visit Boshan to inspect the tank brigade, and arrived with the German Guderian, the armored adviser of the Youth Army. After inspecting the brigade together with Gu Zhutong, Wang Zhenhua, Jiang Dingwen, Qian Dajun, Liu Zhi and other high-level leaders of the tank armored brigade, Bai Chongxi pointed to the brigade's 28 Tiger Min-7 light tanks and 220 Min-7 armored vehicles and asked Guderian: "There is really no need for infantry to clear the way for these iron guys?" Can you really succeed in using them to directly impact the Japanese army......"

At the Lianyun Naval Base in central Jiangsu, Navy Minister Chen Shaokuan secretly arrived here and took advantage of the night to see off the naval submarine formation, he held Chen Shiying's hand and said: "Originally, it was planned to let you stay at the mouth of the Yangtze River and not come out, but it is really the trend of the times, our navy is such a trump card for you, and we must be careful in Jiaozhou Bay." We must not only show the prestige of our navy, but also try to preserve our strength, and immediately after we succeed, we will withdraw to Shanghai with 20 X submarines to defend the mouth of the Yangtze River......"

At the air force's wartime airfield, 30 kilometers away from Jinan, Yang Xianyi, director of the Air Force Department, commander, and commander of the 1st Flying Division, was making the final combat mobilization against 200 pilots of 40 Huolong-1 bombers. Because intelligence shows that the air force that the Japanese army has just begun to form did not participate in this war, behind the Japanese people's lack of attention to the air force and submarines is the selfish interests of the original faction, and their selflessness is only a little better than the selfishness of the Chinese in essence, so in World War II, Japan stopped eating when it encountered Westerners.

"Our Air Force is an independent new-style branch of the armed forces, and it is a glorious unit personally named and established by Chairman Wang Zhenyu. And tomorrow will be our first battle, our meteorological squadron has already calculated, tomorrow the heavy snow will stop, suitable for flight operations. According to the order of General Bai Chongxi, chief of staff of the Northern Expeditionary Army, when our army launches an attack, our air force will attack unconditionally. Focus on attacking the Japanese artillery positions and command and logistics systems, and if necessary, conduct deterrent operations against their defensive positions......"

As soon as the order came out, the three armies were exhausted to death. In the eighth year of the Republic of China, on the night of December 10, 1919, all the young officers and soldiers on the battlefield in Shandong entered an unprecedented state of tension. The quartermasters of all units were nervously distributing all kinds of war materials, except for basic ammunition, scarves to protect against the cold, drinks and everything that could help soldiers withstand the cold in the field were delivered to the soldiers little by little. This is also the proudest part of the youth army, their combat effectiveness may not be the first in Asia, but their logistics support has definitely reached the European level. And all the soldiers who attacked the army were all people who had no faith, and no one had the time to pray to the gods and Buddhas to bless them for survival, and at this time everyone was busy looking for the clerks or political cadres of the army and asking them to write letters to their families. Although most of the soldiers received literacy education at the recruit base, it was only limited to literacy, and it was still extremely painful for them to write a letter home.

The troops who have not yet arrived at the designated launch site for the operation have already begun to organize their belongings, and they are expected to go on foot, and then rest at the launch site and wait for the battle to begin. This time, in order to inflict a shocking blow on the Japanese army, within five kilometers of the Japanese position in the Linzi area, the youth army did not build any fortifications, which was also a major factor in Yuheng Yicheng's non-stop wavering, and he even came to the conclusion that the South China army had not yet completed preparations for the attack.

History just played a big joke with Yuheng Yicheng, Bai Chongxi is a crazy person at all, he doesn't play cards according to the routine at all. There was no need for a solid offensive position, because he had a big trump card in his hand.

The hardest part of the night was the technical maintenance staff of the tank brigade, where every tank and armored vehicle was under strict inspection. In view of the severe cold weather of the Northern Expedition, all vehicles were switched to a new type of antifreeze oil. All parts are inspected and oiled, and no hidden danger is missed, especially for the Tiger light tank. This was also repeatedly requested by German advisers, after all, it would be a joke if the tank was lying on its stomach in a fight, and it was impossible for the soldiers to push it with manpower......

More than a month after the outbreak of the war, China and Japan are finally about to fight a decisive battle.

At this time, with the loss of Jinan, Sun Wen, chairman of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, openly jumped out and put forward a proposition that China and Japan should be peaceful, end the war, and punish the culprits. This proposition, also known as the twelve-character policy, immediately caused an uproar in the market.

Xiong Xiling, Premier of the State Council of the Nationalist Government, was the first to send a telegram to criticize Sun Wen: "Sun Wenming is a patriotic person, but in fact the head of the traitors, at this time when China is in danger, he does not use the honor and disgrace of national righteousness, and colludes with foreign countries to seek personal gains, how is his behavior different from that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" ……”

Sun Wen then issued an order in the name of the chairman of the Nationalist Government to remove Xiong Xiling from the post of premier of the Government Council of the Nationalist Government, and submitted it to the National Congress to appoint Wang Jingwei as the premier of the Government Council of the Nationalist Government. Xiong Xiling was not easy to mess with, and immediately resigned and went to Wuhan, but he did not resign, because he took away the seal with him, and when he arrived in Wuhan, he also sent a telegram accusing Sun Wen of being a traitor, and his position as chairman of the National Government automatically expired in accordance with the provisions of the "Organic Law of the National Government", and he no longer had the right to appoint and dismiss the premier of the State Council. It was lively at this moment, and public opinion was in an uproar for a while, causing a huge shock.

This is a news that makes the enemy excited all night and inevitably makes others panic. However, what is strange is that Wang Zhenyu, who was called the culprit by Sun Wen, did not express any opinion on this matter from beginning to end. And Sun Wen, under the persuasion of Hu Hanmin and Liao Zhongkai, also resisted issuing an order to dismiss the chairman of the Military Commission.

However, Wang Zhenyu didn't speak, it didn't mean that he didn't know about this matter, he finally got rid of his son Wang Jingye's entanglement, sighed and said to Xiong Xiling: "It seems that the Kuomintang really doesn't plan to cooperate with my Wang anymore." ”

Without waiting for Xiong Xiling to say anything, Wang Zhenyu directly instructed the secretary Chen Bui: "Let Minister Zhou and Minister Yang come to me, and let Secretary General Zhao fly to Nanjing to fight, and let Wang Yaqiao and Du Yuesheng cooperate." The southeast cannot be chaotic, and everything must wait until this battle is over. Alas, Old Xiong, this is really a lack of people's hearts and swallowing elephants! ”

On the Shandong front, in Bai Chongxi's temporary headquarters, Jiang Fangzhen was carefully checking the implementation and reporting of each combat strategy. And Bai Chongxi looked at the map without saying a word, it was impossible for him not to know what happened in Nanjing, but this time he was very resolute and did not pay attention to Wang Jingwei's contact, not because he was not ambitious, but in his opinion, the Kuomintang group of people could not succeed. In this case, why should I go to the troubled waters of Nanjing, it is better to fight the national war in front of me honestly.

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi suddenly asked, "Brother Baili, is there any change over there in Fengzhang?" ”

Jiang Fangzhen was stunned for a moment and smiled: "What actions can there be, they are all the owners who want to be both ** and want to set up the archway, it is estimated that they are all watching the fire on the other side of the strait now, the latest information, Zhang Zongchang went to Beijing this morning, and all the weapons and ammunition have not been issued to the troops." ”

Bai Chongxi nodded and said, "That's good, this time Little Japan is dead, and he dares to pretend to be a big ...... in front of us."