Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Hero of 1911

Text Chapter 321 Japan and Germany go to war

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Jiaozhou City is located deep in Jiaozhou Bay. It is the first stop on the Jiaozhou-Jiji Railway from Qingdao to Jinan. The straight-line distance from Jiaozhou Bay to here is 36 kilometers. Unless the Japanese fleet breaks through the mine blockade and enters the bay, it will be right in front of the King Kong naval gun.  Out of maximum range.  In order to intervene in the battle for Qingdao at the critical moment, the 2nd Division and the 18th Division directly placed their forward bases here. Although it attracted protests from Germany, even they themselves felt that the protests were extremely weak at this moment.

    The entire Jiaozhou City has become a large military camp. The materials that have been stored in Xuzhou, Bengbu and other places have begun to be transported to the front line along the Jiaoji Railway. Although all kinds of heavy artillery are still covered with gun jackets, everyone knows that this is bullshit.  It's just a matter of time.

    Shandong is not as good as Fengtian. After the occupation of Lushun, the coastline is actually just that long. As for the northern part of Jinzhou Peninsula, it is all tidal flats. It is not until Yingkou in Gaizhou that we can barely reach the boat. The Yalu River and Tumen River are even more mountainous, so the Japanese army can only  Can go to Jiuliancheng and Jinzhou to land.  Shandong is in trouble. Not to mention the mouth of the Yellow River and the already occupied Longkou, Penglai, Haiyang, Jiaonan and Rizhao all have the conditions for landing, and they can even pounce directly on Jiangsu, so don't look at the first three reserve divisions  It has been replenished to the Bohai Theater, but in order to ensure the safety of seaports, nearly 90,000 troops, including 1 main division, 3 Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi reserve divisions, and 4 National Guard brigades, are still available in the theater.  The 2nd, 9th, 11th, 18th, 102nd, and 103rd divisions and a cavalry brigade were formed only last year, and the two second batch of reserve divisions coming from Sichuan will not arrive until at least mid-August.

    Looking at the opponents, after the successive defeats of Motianling and Jiuliancheng, the Japanese divisions have restored their wartime establishment. In addition to replenishing personnel from the reserves, they have also transferred some regiments from other divisions that have not been dispatched for the time being.  The three divisions that came to Shandong were all composed of four infantry regiments, three artillery and cavalry engineer regiments and some additional auxiliary personnel. At full strength, each division had more than 23,000 troops. Including the ninth brigade, it actually exceeded  70,000, not counting scattered troops such as the Marine Corps.

    War is all about attrition and counter-attrition. Those who want to kill their opponents with a stick will often be killed first. Therefore, after Cai E arrived here, in addition to speeding up the troops, he did not rush to launch a large-scale battle, but stepped up the evacuation of the war zone.  People, move supplies or simply burn them.  The conscripted civilian workers were leveling the land with the help of tractors. Two of the first Sparrow reconnaissance trainer aircraft to arrive slowly rose into the sky from among them. It was shocking to anyone who saw the aircraft for the first time, so many people were shocked.  He raised his head and stared stupidly at the war eagle disappearing in the direction of Qingdao.

    Governor Waldeck and Traun, who came here for discussion, soon saw the whistling sparrows, and their mouths were filled with bitterness and they were in a trance.

    "War has begun!" Traun held his hands on the cold concrete wall and looked at the sea with a somewhat frozen gaze: "I got a telegram last night. His Majesty William has declared war on France and Russia. Chief of Staff Moltke is attacking Belgium according to the Schlieffen Plan.  , it¡¯s only a matter of time before the British get involved. You are here"

    "Both Japan and China want Qingdao, and we are caught in the middle" Governor Waldeck, who had the Prussian Medal of Honor on his chest, looked at Traun and asked: "Do you have any news from His Majesty and the General Staff?  ?¡±

    Traun shook his head: "There is no reply yet. I guess His Majesty William is unwilling to give up Qingdao."

    "No one will be willing to accept it. Although Yang Qiu said that we can come back, do you think we will still have a place to stay after losing Qingdao?" Waldeck suddenly straightened up, and the old Prussian soldier suddenly raised his voice: "Your Excellency, Minister  , tell His Majesty William for me, at least I will not give it up to them easily."

    Traun understands that in fact, since the German army advocated order and brotherhood in the Bismarck era, Germany has not surrendered without a shot.  But he was worried that he would offend Yang Qiu too much and it would be difficult to explain. After all, Germany and he had not yet reached the point of conflict of interest, and the endless new technologies might be able to help Germany, so he said with care: "I have no right to tell him."  You give the order, but since there is no serious conflict between Germany and him, please make the most suitable choice."

    As soon as he finished speaking, the staff rushed over and shouted: "Your Majesty the Governor! Japan strictly ordered us to hand over the Qingdao and Jiaoji Railway within 6 hours"

    "I will make a choice for Germany." After Waldeck said, he smiled at Traun and then turned his head and his voice suddenly became much rougher: "Six hours? Why not 6 minutes? Go tell those yellow-skinned dwarfs,  I will pile their corpses on Mount Maultic and fill the reservoirs with their blood!¡±

    Just when the Japanese government issued an ultimatum to Germany, the Second Cavalry Brigade of the National Defense Forces dispersed from Laiyang and went to various townships and counties to ask everyone to evacuate.  "Mom, let's go! There's going to be a war here soon."

    "Uncle, you heard me right, the Japanese are coming! Let's go."

    "I kindly advise you,?Why curse?  Where is the Wanzhong Tomb in Lushunkou still standing today?  The Japanese soldiers are cruel and cruel, and it will be too late if they don't leave.  "In Qixia County, north of Laiyang, groups of cavalry are persuading everyone to leave. However, Chinese people who stick to their roots are not willing to give up such a big business all at once, so even if the soldiers say they are done, less than half of the people in the county have left.  .

    This situation made Mei Sheng particularly angry.

    Because of his meritorious service in the Northern Expedition and the defense of Dongying, he is now the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade.  Unlike the First Brigade, which came from the northwest, the Second Cavalry Brigade and the Third Cavalry Brigade, which was on standby in Jehol to defend Mongolia, were all selected from the Northeastern and Beiyang armies after the country was unified. Their quality and capabilities were not much worse than those of the First Brigade.  But that's war!  Now it was really a hard job to persuade the people to leave their things and evacuate quickly by talking, so he had to personally lead the officers to summon the gentry to persuade everyone to leave.

    In the county government, the newly arrived young county magistrate was already sweating profusely. The chairman was calling on millions of National Socialist Party members across the country to work together and cooperate with the army and the government to do a good job in overcoming the national crisis. But who would have thought that these people would still  The cooperative squire and land security guard heard that they were asked to abandon their land and property and evacuate, but neither of them was willing to leave.  It was also the first time for Mei Sheng to encounter such a difficult task. Unlike the gentle and gentle county magistrate who had just graduated from college, when he got anxious, he simply took out his pistol and slammed it on the table. Qiu Ba finally yelled: "Go! We must go."  , whoever the hell doesn¡¯t leave, I¡¯ll ransack the house with a gun first!¡±

    The country gentry and local protectors broke into a cold sweat. The reputation of the National Defense Forces for confiscating houses has long been known throughout the country. Starting from the southwest to the northern expedition to Henan and Shaanxi, how many uncooperative people ended up with nothing?  So everyone who had just been so aggressive and said they couldn't leave immediately turned 180 degrees, nodded and bowed, and said they would take everyone away immediately.

    Seeing that it finally made sense, even though the method was almost threatening, the county magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief and raised his thumb naughtily to Mei Sheng: "Chief Mei, it's you who can do it." "Haha, what's the point? I remember when I was in Dongying  " Just as Mei Sheng put away his gun and was about to show off his great achievements in killing everyone in Dongying, an explosion suddenly came from outside.

    ¡°Brigade Commander, Japanese Army!¡±

    "What!" The explosion frightened the county magistrate and crouched down in a hurry. Mei Sheng also jumped up like a rabbit. When he rushed outside, he saw a lot of Japanese infantry in the direction of Longkou in the northwest. Four field guns kept firing at the place.

    Mei Sheng did not expect that the Japanese army would attack so quickly, which meant that reinforcements from the other side had arrived. He quickly grabbed the county magistrate and shouted: "Retreat! Take everyone to Laiyang immediately! Burn all the food for me before leaving!"  We are here to cover you" Since the 2nd Brigade has all dispersed to various towns, Meisheng only has one cavalry battalion in hand, and the Japanese army almost has a brigade. If they defend the city and the enemy has artillery  He didn't have much advantage, so he simply ordered a charge to disrupt the enemy's position, and then defended the city to buy time.

    When more than 500 cavalrymen began to attack, the people who had been unwilling to leave just now turned into birds and beasts and ran wildly under the threat of falling shells. Many civilians who did not run in the right direction were killed by the shells. The blood finally made this place  The people clearly understood that war was coming.

    ¡°Spread out¡­.¡±

    Mei Sheng raised his saber, lowered his head and almost lay on the back of the galloping horse and rushed towards the enemy. Although he still had a submachine gun on his back, he preferred to use the traditional saber to solve the problem.  The distance of a few hundred meters was just two puffs of smoke for the war horses. Before the Japanese infantry fired the third shot, Mei Sheng's saber had already grazed the neck of an unprepared Japanese soldier.

    When the blood poured out wildly, the cavalry battalion had already penetrated the Japanese position, made a large circle, and then rushed up again from the back.  In just two charges back and forth, the newly arrived Japanese brigade was beaten to pieces. Originally, Mei Sheng wanted to do it a third time, but two Japanese heavy machine gun squads made him give up the idea.

    Artillery shells and machine guns intertwined once again, falling over and over again in the unprepared Qixia County. Hundreds of ordinary people who were too late to be completely killed were killed, but more people retreated from the west gate to Laiyang because of the tenacious obstruction of the cavalry.  Three hours later, the entire county was deserted. Before leaving, Mei Sheng simply set fire to everything that the Japanese army could use, and then left with the cavalry battalion.  Almost at the same time when Qixia encountered the Japanese army, Shirakawa Yoshinori, who had been reinforced by a brigade, switched from defense to offense and led the ninth brigade from Longkou to all parts of the peninsula. In addition to seizing the territory as soon as possible, he also hoped to seize food supplies and military supplies and open up the north-south route.  Cooperate with the attack on Qingdao.  But the result was not good. Due to the obstruction and destruction of the cavalry brigade that had started to organize the evacuation in advance, granaries in many places were burned down, so the Ninth Brigade did not collect enough food.

    Soon after the Japanese troops appeared in Qixia, Cai E got the news that Shirakawa Yoshinori was launching an all-out attack on the counties on the peninsula north of Laiyang, but at this time he had no time to care because a thunderous explosion had already been heard in Qingdao, just around the corner.??.

    At three o¡¯clock in the afternoon on August 2, 1914, the Japanese government declared war on Germany!  The Japanese Second Fleet, which arrived early, assembled four old battleships and began to bombard the Qingdao Fortress indiscriminately.  At this timethe British government, as an ally of Japan, has not yet declared war.

    !#

    {Piaotia Literature www.piaotia.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report