Chapter 243: Surprise Attack on Qingdao (Part II)
There's no way, if they continue to fight, they don't have any chance of winning at all, the Zuihou warehouse is either lost or blown up, and in either case they won't end well, it's better to surrender, anyway, it's not a shame to surrender in the civil war, and they may not be held accountable afterwards, if they take refuge in the victorious side, maybe it's still meritorious
"Is he really Chinese, commander? Even I, the Japanese, don't know so much about the psychology of these defenders", while the commander of the Japanese column, Matsumoto Shingo, sighed secretly, and did not forget to let these surrendered devils take them to support Shiraishi Tomohisa and them who had made their first contributions
It turned out that whether it was the remnants of the "9th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division" or a certain "infantry brigade" here, they actually came from the Japanese column under the 15 th Army, which was composed entirely of Japanese officers and soldiers, and Hu Weidong sent them to attack Qingdao instead of the Chinese troops, which was naturally well thought out
Hu Weidong knew for a long time that soon after the Japanese army invaded China, their largest logistics supply base changed from Fengtai to Qingdao, and until the end of the war, Qingdao was one of the most important logistics supply hoarding places for the Japanese army invading China. However, precisely because the amount of materials hoarded is too large, and the proportion of ammunition in it is quite large, it is very unrealistic to want to seize Qingdao's massive stockpile; as long as one devil is ruthless, the entire reservoir area will be blown up, and in the end, the 15 th Army will not only gain nothing, but will also lose the lives of countless commanders and fighters of the attacking troops, which is a huge loss.
But Hu Weidong did not give up. When he inspected the Japanese column one day, he suddenly moved in his heart, if he let the Japanese column, which was originally all Japanese, come out, the devils would definitely be difficult to distinguish, and there were still devils in the Qingdao campaign to use the contradictions of the navy and army, not necessarily unable to succeed in stealing chickens, besides, even if he missed, it was not us Chinese who died. As for whether these devils' traitors will take this opportunity to rebel again. Hu Weidong is not very worried, on the one hand, he believes in the steadfastness of Nakanishi Gong and the loyalty of Matsumoto Shingo, even the Shiraishi Tomohisa who has a bad stomach. has long been self-defeated; On the other hand, it is because even if they rebel back, for the powerful 15th Army, there will only be seven or eight thousand more enemies, which is only equivalent to a devil brigade. There is no need to worry at all. The potential benefits are so huge, but the risks can be bearable, if even this Hu Weidong doesn't dare to take it, then he must be an impostor pretended by others
Hu Weidong's original idea of Jihua was rather rough, and it was only after the cunning and resourceful Shiraishi Tomohisa made the necessary improvements to many details that it became feasible, but although the main force of the Japanese column has now successfully occupied the Qingdao reservoir area, it is not an easy task to safely transport all the materials piled up inside. Although Matsumoto Shingo is not a wise general, he is not stupid, and he is reminded by Nakanishi Gong. He soon sent some people with those "refuge" devils to support Shiraishi Tomohisa, the chief of staff of the Japanese Column, who only had more than 1,000 people at hand, and at the same time happened to completely take over this reservoir area, and sent a team of men and horses to take advantage of the chaos to take over the railway station in order to start shipping as soon as possible
Originally, the strength of the Qingdao Navy and Army was comparable, so the factor of the navy's naval artillery deterrence was taken into account. It is conceivable that the strength of the Qingdao Marine Corps is actually inferior to that of the devil army stationed in Qingdao, not to mention that there are now more than 2,000 elite soldiers in the army. "Helping the war", but also taking the lead. As a result, more than 20,000 Devil Marines stationed in the urban area of Qingdao were completely annihilated by less than 6,000 enemy troops. And because it was a civil war, the fighting will of these marines was worse than usual, and they surrendered one after another when they couldn't fight, and as a result, there were more than 15,000 prisoners, most of whom were not even injured at all, plus the seven or eight thousand devil army with stronger combat effectiveness, even Shiraishi Tomohisa, who has always been conceited and wise, couldn't help but sweat in his palms...,
If both sides are smaller, just find an excuse to gather those guys, and then directly control the machine guns, and if you don't obey, you will all burst out. But now there are so many people, and those thousands of army forces have weapons, it is impossible to do this, and the machine guns are simply not enough to kill so many people at once, and once they counterattack, the Japanese longitudinal with only more than 2,000 people here will not be able to stop it in any way, not to mention the warplanes in the two airports in Qingdao (one each for the navy and the army) and the warships in the port have not yet been solved! And Shiraishi has already found out that perhaps because the boiling blood is gradually cooling after the battle, some devils are already obviously a little restless, which is not a good sign, even in order to make them have no time to think, Shiraishi now has to find something for these guys to do
"What's the use of just bullying these garbage Marines? We also have to get rid of all the planes and warships that the Navy is proud of, and that's what we call it! ", Tomohisa Shiraishi impassionedly encouraged.
However, even though the officers and men of the Japanese Army were relatively simple-minded, they were not so easy to deceive, and some people questioned on the spot, "One is in the sky and the other is in the sea, how can we deal with it?" And now they are worried that they can't find a reason to do something to us, if you come in a mess, and people happen to shell and air strikes, aren't you instigating us to go to death? ”
"Do you think that if we don't look for them, the navy's planes won't come to bomb them, and the naval guns won't come to bomb? They are just waiting for orders from above, and if the navy decides to retaliate, then we will have to wait for death? Rather than sit back and wait, it is better to strike first, as long as we can control these planes and warships, we will have bargaining chips with the top brass of the navy. And the planes and warships just look terrible, as long as you do what I say, you can take it without blood."
In fact, there are now many devils who realize that they have caused a monstrous disaster, but the paranoid national character of the Japanese is fully manifested at this time, and the vast majority of them have deceived themselves into believing Shiraishi Tomohisa's pruning and followed him all the way to the dark. And Shiraishi Tomohisa's method is actually not unusual, to put it bluntly, it is the old trick that Hu Weidong is tired of playing, but the devil never thought that this strategy would be used in internal strife (welcome to your support, is my biggest motivation.) )