"You idiots, speed me up a bit...," a Japanese officer in a Japanese uniform shouted to his men after digging twice with a shovel in his hand.

The officer had just received news that a large group of Chinese troops was approaching in his direction. Although he has always been proud of being loyal to the emperor when facing his superiors and subordinates, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun peace talks with the Chinese government―――――― and if he dies at this juncture he will really die...

"That bastard—" saw that the officer shouted there, and then dug twice with a shovel and then did not move, and a soldier who was only twenty or thirty meters away from the officer muttered. It's just that maybe it's afraid of being heard by the officer, and the voice is very quiet, just like I said before, just muttering...

The group of soldiers belonged to an infantry wing and was stationed twenty or thirty kilometers away from Longkou Town in a place called Mujia Village, but it seemed that another name had to be added to it now, because the villagers had moved out of the village long before the Japanese landed in Longkou Bay. Of course, it doesn't matter, because as long as there are still people, this is Mujia Village. As for the Japanese, their task was very simple, that is, to organize a line of defense here, stop the advance of the Wehrmacht, and protect the flank of the Japanese army.

Not long ago, the Japanese government had already made a decision to send a fleet to withdraw the Japanese troops in Shandong to the mainland. After all, this is tens of thousands of people, and counting the two divisions that have been lost before, if they are also lost this time, the blow to Japan will be too great.

In the case of the loss of most of the capital ships of the Navy. The loss of another 150,000 troops would be absolutely unbearable for Japan, which had only 500,000 troops after mobilization...

Even with Japan's capabilities. It is completely possible to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people after this, but the combat capability must not be compared with these standing divisions―――――― you must know that Japan has a total of only 19 standing divisions, and this includes the Guards Division (the 21st Division system was only introduced in the fourth year of Taisho, that is, in 1915, and it was the end of December 1915, which was almost equivalent to 1916, when Japan only had 19 divisions from the Guards Division to the 18th Division).

But the Chinese seem to be well aware of this. Therefore, in addition to the frontal breakthrough, a large number of troops were also sent to outflank from the flank, wanting to eat all the Japanese forces in Shandong in one bite.

Masaki Terauchi is clear. Nowadays, it is impossible to retreat directly. After all, at present, the domestic fleet is still being organized, and the fleet will be withdrawn directly before it arrives, so it is estimated that there is no other choice than being driven into the sea by the Chinese.

Even if the flotilla really came. Problems such as not organizing well. I'm afraid it will be impossible to escape the end of annihilation. Therefore, the temple has already formulated a plan to resist step by step, and such a small place around Longkou Bay has almost been covered by trenches and other fortifications. No matter how powerful the Wehrmacht is, it is not easy to break through these lines in a short period of time without tanks and other armored arms, after all, the Japanese are most famous for their extreme character, of course, it can also be called crazy.

But...

"Can we really hold on?" I saw that the trench under my feet was almost dug. A soldier, who still looked immature, whispered to a companion beside him.

This guy is one of those troops that came in from the Japanese mainland not long ago, and he can be considered a lucky one. Because most of the troops who came from the Japanese mainland with him had sunk to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish, he was indeed lucky to survive.

But because of this, he has also experienced a very terrifying scene.

When he first stepped on the ship, he looked at the people who saw them off and his own family in the crowd, and the young soldiers had the 'invincibility of the Imperial Army' that many other Japanese officers and soldiers had, but the cruel reality destroyed his thoughts, and after encountering the scene at sea, he suddenly realized that the war was not as simple as he imagined, and after landing, he found that what the government said when he was at home was only a little rough wartime...

Now, the Chinese, who were originally portrayed as vulnerable, have begun to prepare for the final offensive, and he really doesn't know whether he can hold this place or survive...

"Who knows—" Standing next to him, another older soldier sighed.

When he came, there were two divisions, but now there is only one brigade left, and there is not much confidence left in his heart.

"Let's work hard, the deeper we dig the trench, the better the chance of survival..."As if trying to give himself some confidence, the older soldier began to dig harder, and after a while, the trench under his feet was actually a little deeper.

The young soldier nodded when he heard him, and got busy with his hands.

Not far away, several officers also heard their conversation, but they didn't say much, just stood there with a complicated expression, smoking cigarettes between their fingers.

I don't know how long it took for the trench to be dug and the soldiers began to enter the trench, and at the same time put some of the technical equipment they had, such as grenades and other weapons, especially machine guns, in a more important position.

In the days when the Wehrmacht was fighting, the Japanese had clearly discovered how powerful and useful the machine guns were in combat. Sometimes they are already at a disadvantage, but at this time, even a machine gun can help them kill and injure a large number of enemies, and sometimes it can even save them and turn the tide―――――― of course, this is the same for the Wehrmacht, and since the Wehrmacht has a significantly higher number of light and heavy machine guns than the Japanese, the chances of creating such a situation are usually much greater than theirs.

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The war horse galloped quickly on the meadow, noticing the scene. The Japanese soldiers in Mujia Village were all shocked. If it weren't for the fact that the cavalry uniforms of those horses were Japanese soldiers, I am afraid that they would have already fired, but even some sensitive soldiers immediately grabbed their guns. And after those cavalry rushed into Mujia Village, they also hurriedly came to the front of the wing commander.

"Your Excellency, a large number of Chinese figures have been found ahead..." quickly turned over from the horse, and the cavalry led by him said with a dusty face.

"How far is the distance..."In fact, when he saw them so wolf, the wing captain had more or less guessed, but after hearing their words, the wing captain still sat up nervously from the ammunition box―――――― he didn't know when he was sitting on this ammunition box full of grenades. Have you ever thought about what will happen to him if this thing explodes, maybe you don't care too much? After all, there are no surprises, this kind of thing is very difficult to happen.

"More than 30 kilometers to go," the cavalryman began. It looks like an infantry regiment..."

"An infantry regiment..."Hearing this, the wing commander was a little relieved.

Generally speaking, in a one-on-one situation. Most of the Wehrmacht soldiers were not yet able to compare with the Japanese army. After all, the time gap between each other's training is too far. And although the training and tactics of the Japanese army were very rigid, it was still during the First World War, and no matter how rigid it was, it was the most mainstream tactic of this era. Although the Wehrmacht is stronger than the Japanese army, it is only for the purpose of matching equipment, and it is actually not much different from the Japanese army.

But if the size of the two sides reaches the class level, the situation changes dramatically.

Because in the Wehrmacht sequence, each infantry squad is equipped with a machine gunner and a Madsen machine gun. Even if it's just a light machine gun. On the Japanese side, it is usually only the infantry wing that is equipped with a squadron of machine guns (machine guns). And there are only 16 of them, which is pitiful...

In the case of one-on-one, each other's soldiers use rifles and grenades, and the coat color G98 may be stronger than the 38 type, but it is very much stronger, I'm afraid it is a little unrealistic. The wooden-handled grenades equipped by the Wehrmacht are much stronger than the Japanese horsetail grenades, especially in terms of use. But when the scale is raised to the squad level, the superiority of the Wehrmacht in firepower will emerge.

Despite this, the defending side still has some advantages over the gong side after all, and when the number of each other is relatively small, the co-captain is more confident that he can hold it.

"Anyway, you must hold this place...", with his hands folded, the wing commander prayed quietly in a place where his subordinates could not see. As much as I miss my dead companions, I wish I could have seen them later, if possible..."

While the wing commander was still praying there, the Japanese soldiers in the wing had already jumped into the trenches and entered a state of combat readiness.

After a while, the Japanese soldiers, who had been hiding in the trenches and guarding carefully, saw that a large number of Wehrmacht troops were appearing...

The battle, began ...

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Although there is no artillery support in hand, the other side is the same. So the whole battle completely evolved into a positional war.

Because the Japanese army only had 16 machine guns, and all of them were born from the French Hazikaise machine guns. In contrast, the Wehrmacht was equipped with not only one Madsen light machine gun per squad, but also as many as 18 heavy machine guns in a company, and the advantage in firepower was very obvious.

Moreover, when the charge was launched, the officers and soldiers of the Wehrmacht were also fearless of death, especially after rushing into a distance of 30 meters, the grenades fell like raindrops, which brought great pressure to the Japanese soldiers in charge of defense.

"Hell...", after slapping the dirt off his head, a Japanese soldier pointed his gun at a Wehrmacht soldier who was charging on the way, and watched with some envy at the simple movements of these people as they threw grenades.

Although the Japanese army has also begun to equip a large number of hand grenades, they have never been as convenient to use as the Wehrmacht's wooden-handled grenades, which makes the Japanese soldiers envious.

"But no matter how good your grenades are, being hit by my bullet is not dead," he muttered, pulling the trigger, and soon he saw a bloody flower bloom on the soldier's chest, and then the man fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the faces of the Japanese soldiers. But before he could show his teeth hidden under his lips, he saw a black rumbling grenade fall in front of him, and a large amount of white smoke was rising from the end of the wooden handle of the grenade.

"No !!" See this grenade. The soldier looked horrified.

He hasn't lived enough, and he's going to keep living.

Just as he was about to pick up the grenade and throw it again, the grenade exploded in the next second. The extreme distance, the huge power, caused almost the soldier's head to be blown away. And some of his companions next to him, although they found this scene a little scary. But under the offensive of the Wehrmacht, they did not have the time to mourn their companion, let alone study the cause of his death...

"Fire. Fire! ”

The officer, who had been lazy in digging the trench, stood in a relatively safe trench and ordered the machine gunner next to him.

A large number of bullets swept up, knocking down a field of Wehrmacht soldiers.

However, in return. It didn't take long for more than a dozen machine guns to be eyed here. The Heavy held out for only a few moments before being beaten into a hornet's nest, and the soldiers who came in from behind did not escape the disaster.

Originally, it should have been the time for the officer to go up, but looking at the few corpses lying next to the machine gun, he was not considered a young Zhuang faction, but he didn't know that he had a chill in his heart.

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That is, when the Wehrmacht was launching an offensive against Mujiacun, the Wehrmacht also launched a fierce offensive in several other positions on both flanks of the Japanese army. The fierce offensive soon caused many Japanese troops to panic. While Terauchi Masatsuki was resisting the Wehrmacht head-on, he also had to draw some troops from the reserves to the two flanks to reinforce them.

Gradually. The Japanese forces in Longkou Town were emptied. At the same time, Liu Guangyuan's fleet was getting closer and closer to Longkou Bay.

However, Liu Guangyuan did not directly land in Longkou Bay, although due to the harassment of submarine forces, most of the naval ships originally stationed in Longkou Bay have been evacuated, but there are still a considerable number of ships that were damaged in Longkou Bay but did not sink, and there are still some other ships left inside.

The fleet that escorted Liu Guangyuan alone was no match for them at all.

Fortunately, Shandong is China's territory after all, not to mention Cai Yi, they have already guessed that Longkou Town will be the best place for the Japanese army to land. Therefore, before the Japanese army landed, Cai Ye and Jiang Baili had already conducted a survey of Longkou Town and the area near Longkou Town, and they also had a more detailed map in their hands.

On the map, Longkou Town is indeed a very good port, but it seems a bit unreasonable to say that only Longkou Bay is nearby to make landing. Before setting off, with the help of Bu Zigao, Cai Ye and the others had already selected a few most suitable landing sites, and then Liu Guangyuan only needed to cross the blockade line of the Japanese Navy, and then land in these places.

Although there is no port or pier, the only way to land is by boat.

But with limited conditions, it seems that this can be done very well.

"It looks like we're in good luck..."Looking at the place in front of him that seemed to be called a bay, but there was not even a single figure in sight, Liu Guangyuan muttered.

Along the way, he was very scared, for fear of being bumped into by the Japanese.

As a result, not to mention the Japanese along the way, he didn't even touch a ship, which inevitably made him feel a little bit about his luck.

How did he know that this was entirely because after the heavy losses, the Japanese fleet could still use a pitiful number of ships, and some of the old ships that were no longer suitable for this kind of task should be deducted, and the number of ships that the Japanese could use for ordinary purposes was pitiful, and the loopholes in the naval blockade line were naturally much more.

"Anyway, if it is too late, it will change, so let's do our best to act..." Seeing that the destination had been reached, and there was no trace of the Japanese fleet around, the chief of staff hurriedly built a road. At the same time, he secretly touched the railing twice with his hand, and when he took his hand away, he could clearly see that the railing had been completely wet with sweat.

God knows how nervous he was along the way, even his palms were sweaty.

No way, who called his mission so dangerous, if it was from the road, even if there were three times as many Japanese troops to deal with, he would not be worried, but now it is at sea, no matter how brave they are, it is useless, as for the machine gun that was originally used as a trump card?

You can't expect a machine gun with a caliber of only a few millimeters to work on a warship with armor hundreds of millimeters thick...

None of this mattered, the most important thing was that he couldn't stand the feeling of not being accused of his fate in his own hands, this feeling was just too bad.

Obviously, Liu Guangyuan felt this way, but he obviously did not forget his duty, and soon, a large number of wooden dinghys were thrown into the water, followed by Wehrmacht soldiers who were about to be put into the battlefield.

At this moment, there are still two wings in front of Longkou Town, and the Japanese army under the command of Terauchi Masashi is resisting day by day, and in order to be able to hold Longkou Town before the arrival of the fleet, Terauchi Masashi even divided part of the reserves in his hand to the front line.

It's just that I'm afraid he couldn't have imagined that while he was resisting the Wehrmacht offensive, behind his back, another Wehrmacht was planning to sneak up on his lair... (To be continued......)