The 18th Division, which had lost the protection of the Second Fleet's heavy artillery, was like losing all the bereavement dogs that could no longer run rampant. Even if he barely mustered up the courage to launch a charge, trying to break through the Chinese army's defense line and find a way to survive, under the tanks of the 47th Mixed Brigade and the artillery of the 1st Mixed Brigade in Hubei, he could only take advantage of the excitement and return in defeat.

What's more important is that even the god tail Mitsutomi doesn't know where the way to life is!

Ahead was a defensive line firmly surrounded by two mixed Chinese brigades, and there was no hope of breaking through, at least with the equipment and morale of the 18th Division. What's the use of breaking through even if you can break through? Can he still fight alone, all the way to Qingdao, four or five hundred miles away, to join the Sixth Division? It's whimsical when you think about it!

After that, there was a vast sea, and since the Second Fleet was frightened by bombers on the morning of 22 August, it has not been heard from since, and it is not even known whether it is still alive. And the departure of the Second Fleet also took away the hope of survival of the 18th Division!

Maybe it's a good idea to hold on to help at this point? However, on the night of the landing, Mitsutomi Kamio only cared about breaking through the defense line on the opposite side in the early morning, and unloaded all kinds of guns and ammunition from the warship, and did not care about food and drinking water at all. After being trapped on the beach, he realized how stupid his decision was, and he wanted to kill himself by cutting his abdomen!

Just when the northern front was in a dead end, Michiharu Umezawa on the southern front also began to fall into trouble, because the Shandong Frontier Command finally freed up its hands to rectify the Sixth Division.

On the one hand, the Frontier Command asked the Air Force to repeat its old tactics and sink the First Fleet that drove it away from the coast of Jiaozhou Bay. On the other hand, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Shaanxi Army, the 1st Division of the Hubei Army, and the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Shanxi Army near Qingdao were concentrated. The 6th Division, the 29th Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade were firmly surrounded, so that they had no way to advance or retreat, and could only operate in a small area.

In order to deal with the 4th Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade, which is the most threatening force, the Frontier Command chose the right time to activate the 1st Rocket Artillery Battalion directly under it, which had never been put into actual combat before. The "Autumn Wind" self-propelled rocket artillery system lived up to expectations, and achieved fruitful results in its first actual combat, destroying the heavy artillery that the Japanese army had worked so hard to carry for dozens of miles.

After that, the rocket artillery battalion took advantage of the characteristics of convenient truck transfer and flexible firing, and from time to time pumped cold to the Japanese troops in the encirclement. Every time you launch. In just a few tens of seconds, hundreds of shells can be fired, covering an area of thousands of square meters, and the lethality is huge. And it is impossible to prevent it, which is a headache for the Japanese side. Among them, the headquarters of the 29th Infantry Brigade was discovered by the Chinese side because of inadvertent exposure, and under the rocket artillery attack, the brigade commander, Major General Johoji Goro, was killed on the spot. Become the second Japanese general to be killed in Shandong after Oji Yasumi!

I thought I could take the opportunity to seize Shandong. To alleviate the domestic economic and political pressure, they did not succeed in stealing chickens and rice, but instead trapped the 6th and 18th Divisions in Shandong, and the 1st and 2nd fleets also suffered heavy blows and suffered a great loss of vitality. After the news came out by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (JBS), the whole country immediately fell into a state of delirium mania. Angry people took to the streets, denouncing the cowardice and incompetence of Shigenobu Okuma's cabinet and demanding a more severe "punishment of tyrannical spending." Make Shina pay the price of blood!

Seeing that the Okuma cabinet was crumbling, it had no choice but to convene another cabinet meeting to discuss the issue of war against China. Compared to the last cabinet meeting to discuss the issue of war against China. The atmosphere at the venue was a little dull.

The corners of Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma's mouth drooped more and more, and his expression was quite haggard, and after scanning the cabinet members, he said slowly: "You should all know that our Imperial Japanese Army was besieged by superior forces in Shandong Province. I don't know what your views are? Yashiro-kun? ”

Admiral Minister Yashiro Rokuro had no choice but to reply stubbornly: "Although the strength of our Imperial Japanese Navy is second to none in the Far East, the Shina planes are too powerful, and in the words of the Shina newspaper, they firmly grasp the air supremacy in the Far East and pose a serious threat to our navy. In the past few days, both the First and Second Fleets participating in the Shandong operation have suffered heavy losses, and the capital ships have either been sunk or damaged, and their strength has been greatly damaged. At present, the Ministry of the Navy is concentrating all its scientific research personnel to develop weapons to deal with aircraft, and I am afraid that it will be very difficult for the Navy to devote itself to the Shandong operation again before the weapons are put into use! ”

War Minister Okaichi Nosuke glared angrily: "Yachishiro-kun, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that your navy, in order to save their lives, abandoned the 80,000 imperial warriors of the 6th and 18th Divisions who were transported to Shandong, and allowed them to be besieged or even annihilated by the Chinese people? If the 6th and 18th Divisions really want to make any mistakes, they should certainly apologize, but I am afraid that Your Excellency will not be able to escape the punishment of heaven! ”

Yashiro Rokuro hurriedly said: "How dare you ignore the 80,000 soldiers of the army? I just feel that it is not wise to rush the naval fleet into the Shandong operation now, and as a result, not only will it be impossible to rescue the 6th and 18th Divisions, but it will also be easy to put the navy into it. Therefore, it is recommended to adopt the strategy of 'encircling Wei and saving Zhao' in the history books of China! ”

Okuma's spirit was greatly lifted, as if he had caught a life-saving straw: "Please also ask the eighth generation of kings to teach!" ”

Yashiro Rokuro bowed down and replied: "I don't dare to teach you, I just think that the fundamental reason why the Imperial Japanese Army is in trouble in Shandong and the reason why the Shina army is invincible is that Shina has aircraft to help, so as to gain an overwhelming advantage. If there were no planes to help, with the bravery of our Imperial Japanese Army, we would definitely be invincible. I don't know if you think so? ”

Shigenobu Okuma, Nosuke Okaichi, Takaaki Kato and others all nodded in unison.

Yashiro Rokuro continued, "Although we don't have the means to directly destroy or restrain the aircraft for the time being, we can avoid it. China has a vast territory, a limited number of aircraft, and is now concentrated in Shandong, so there will definitely be a defensive hole in the other. If our army launches an offensive in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia, the Third Fleet of our navy will attack Fuzhou, Guangzhou, and other cities in the area south of the mouth of the Yangtze River, and mobilize planes to go south and north. And to put pressure on the government of China, wouldn't the dilemma faced by the 6th and 18th Divisions be solved? ”

Okaichi couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Awesome! The eight generations of Jun are really powerful, it is simply the rebirth of Zhuge and the reincarnation of Kong Ming! ”

Shigenobu Okuma, Takaaki Kato, Kanetake Oura and others also nodded frequently. Secretly think about whether the plan is feasible. But the Minister of Finance, Reijiro Wakatsuki, was obviously a little worried, and couldn't help but pour cold water and said, "Is Yachishiro-kun preparing to launch a full-scale war against China?" But our finances—"

Okuma Shigenobu waved his hand and said: "Wakatsuki-kun, if there are financial difficulties, please overcome them, and if you can't do it, you will mobilize the people of the whole country to donate, because this battle is not only about the lives of 80,000 soldiers such as the 6th and 18th Divisions, but also about the century-old national fortune of our Great Japanese Empire, which must be fought no matter what." If you win. Naturally, all problems cease to be problems; If that fails, then let's all go to the outer double bridge to apologize! ”

Reijiro Wakatsuki suddenly felt a chill on his back.

In this way, Japan has fallen into a state of madness from top to bottom. First, the two Japanese divisions stationed in Korea immediately assembled on a large scale. In batches, they rushed to Jilin, Fengtian and other provinces. Subsequently, the Japanese escort army of one and a half divisions stationed in the northeast region under the pretext of guarding the South Manchurian Railway was also ready to move, intending to attack the Gyeonggi area.

Fortunately, Wang Shizhen, Cao Kun and others have been preparing for this for two or three months, and after the outbreak of the Battle of Shandong, they are even more prepared. Therefore, as soon as the Japanese escort division guarding the South Manchurian Railway made some moves, Wang Shizhen concentrated all the Beiyang Army under his command. The strength of the army consists of four integrated divisions and two mixed brigades. Launched a thunderous blow in the posture of a lion fighting a rabbit, causing the unprepared escort division to collapse. If the 19th and 20th Divisions stationed in Korea hadn't arrived in time, it is estimated that they would have been driven across the Yalu River by Wang Shizhen, who was eager to avenge his revenge!

Although the 19th and 20th Divisions arrived, they had just been formed, and they were not as strong as the other standing divisions in Japan. So the two sides started a brutal tug-of-war on the border between China and North Korea, and for a while, you came and went. If the Beiyang Army had the upper hand, Sun Yuanqi would stand by and watch; Once the Beiyang Army suffered a slight defeat, Sun Yuanqi would send the air force to support. Completely defeat the arrogance of little Japan. So in a short time the Japanese army did not see any hope of victory at all.

And this is not what Japan wants! Ignoring the crumbling domestic economy, Shigenobu Okuma sent three permanent divisions, including the most ferocious Second Division, into the Sino-Korean border from within the country. The Beiyang Army, which intended to completely annihilate the war, won a decisive victory, thus forcing China to spare the 6th and 18th divisions in Shandong.

However, the 18th Division, which was short of food and ammunition, could no longer support that time. On the last day of August, the desperate and exhausted soldiers formally surrendered to Jiang Zuobin and Zhang Huizan under the leadership of the chief of staff, Major General Yamanashi Hanzo, and before that, the division commander Mitsutomi Kamio had his head cut off by the wrong sword, which was regarded as fulfilling his promise of "not meeting in Qingdao, but meeting in Kudanzaka".

At this time, the Sixth Division has also reached the point of exhaustion, and now it is just a trapped beast fighting and struggling to the death, and its demise is only a matter of time, and the length of this time basically depends on Sun Yuanqi's mood. If you are in a good mood and don't want to kill, the Sixth Division will live longer; If you are depressed and want to find something to vent your anger, then the life span of the Sixth Division will be shorter.

However, at this time, the Japanese military did two things that made Sun Yuanqi very unhappy: First, it sent three permanent divisions, including the Second Division, to participate in the war in Northeast China, and second, the remnants of the Japanese First and Second Fleets joined forces with the Third Fleet to take advantage of the cover of night to launch attacks on Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen, and other coastal cities, resulting in a large number of civilian casualties, the destruction of houses, and heavy losses.

Sun Yuanqi was furious, and immediately ordered to intensify the attack on the Sixth Division and other units, and transferred Jiang Zuobin's Hubei 1st Mixed Brigade and Zhang Huizan's 47th Mixed Brigade to land in Lushun under the escort of the navy and participate in the offensive against the Japanese army in the northeast. In addition, he concentrated all his bombers at the naval airfield, aiming at Nagasaki, Japan, 800 kilometers away. You did the first year of junior high school, and I did the fifteenth!

Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust! (To be continued......)

PS: If that's right, this will be the last chapter of the official update. Thank you for your continued care and love, Uncle He bowed and thanked!