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    "Logged in!"

    "The enemy began to land on the Wangjiatai coast of Laoshan Bay, and at least two brigades have already landed."

    "The 3rd Regiment of Jimo 29th Brigade has received the enemy! Confirmed, Laoshan has started!" Three pieces of news came one after another, sweeping through the entire city of Nanjing like a whirlwind.  Even though the whole country knew that the Qingdao War was inevitable, when the news spread that the Japanese army had sent three divisions to attack Shandong, there was still unavoidable worry and tension.

    Song Ziqing in the Ministry of National Defense opened the door to his office. Almost no one at the top of the army did not take a look. However, they were soon disappointed. From the face of the second-in-command in the military, who was known as Yang Qiu's shadow, they could not see that  Regardless of any tension or uneasiness, on the contrary, I would laugh and chat with the officers who went to report from time to time.

    Is he really not nervous?  That's fake.

    In fact, he knows better than anyone how serious the current situation is. Now that the Battle of Qingdao has begun, whether the National Defense Forces can intervene forcefully between Japan and Germany, and whether they can hold on to the end under the threat of the terrifying heavy artillery group on the sea, I am afraid so far  Even Yang Qiu was unsure.  There is another thing that everyone is very worried about. From Qingdao south to the Jiangsu coast, there are loopholes in the coastal defense almost everywhere. Since the Japanese army can land in Longkou and Laoshan, will they continue to land in places like Jiaonan, Rizhao and Lianyungang?

    With the same worry, Zhang Wenjing knocked on the door.

    "Wen Jing?" Seeing him, Song Ziqing quickly stood up to greet him, and deliberately looked at the sky and joked: "You are a rare visitor, why are you free to come to my place today? Isn't it lunch time?

    Unexpectedly, he still had the intention to joke now, and Zhang Wenjing was also amused: "You are so excited and you can still laugh." The two have known each other for many years, and they are both confidants who came out of Hanyang with Yang Qiu, so Song Ziqing was in front of him  There was nothing to hide, and he smiled and said: "If you don't laugh, how can you cry? No matter how difficult it is for us people, it is not as difficult as Cai E and the Vice President. Besides, in my position, I must at least stabilize the morale of the military even if I don't help, right?"

    People outside who don¡¯t understand the situation say that Song Ziqing is a puppet and a lackey, saying that it is his existence that allows Yang Qiu to continue to hold military power and implement personal and party dictatorship.  He never refuted this. What Yang Qiu implemented was indeed a party dictatorship under the cloak of democracy, but so what?  Without a strong government and an army with absolute control, even the King of Heaven will not be able to secure his position.  Therefore, in the past three years, Song Ziqing has taken over almost all major and minor matters in the army, from troop formation to new equipment distribution, support and logistics base construction, etc., and has never had a day off. Even now, although Yang Qiu is in charge of the war and is personally based in Beijing,  He is also in charge of the deployment, logistics supply, tactical changes, etc. of the five reserve divisions.

    In Zhang Wenjing¡¯s eyes, Song Ziqing is definitely the kind of person who works hard without complaining. To be honest, he is not the only person in the army who can sit in this position, but he is Yang Qiu¡¯s best complement and arm.  So I poured myself and him a glass of water and sat down. Because the door was open, I lowered my voice a little: "Ziqing, there has been a lot of noise in the government these days. I'm worried that the Japanese army will continue to move south to Rizhao and Lianyungang. If that happens  The words" He paused for a moment before continuing: "Once the Jiangsu coast is also mobilized and evacuated, it will inevitably affect the entire southeast coast, and some people may have their own thoughts."

    Zhang Wenjing is indeed a little nervous. Although the Ministry of Finance made a lot of money during this period, the consumption was also extremely huge.  Military expenditures alone cost tens of thousands per month. The largest expenditures are ammunition and various combat allowances. In addition, the purchase of raw materials has also increased sharply, so as the Minister of Finance, he still lives a life of left-hand in and right-hand out.  .  Song Ziqing also knew his difficulties. If he really wanted to evacuate the people along the coast of Jiangsu, it would probably be an astronomical amount of money. He comforted him: "From a tactical point of view, it is not impossible for the Japanese army to continue landing in Rizhao and Lianyungang, but I personally speculate that in Qingdao  They have no power to restart the war before they win it. However, if Qingdao loses one, then the possibility of jumping over the wall and harassing the entire coastline north of the Yangtze River cannot be ruled out. But the matter is not impossible to solve. First of all, Japan currently has insufficient troops and domestic economic difficulties.  , after we implemented the Qianqing wall field tactics in Fengtian and Shandong, the Japanese army has basically been unable to obtain supplies locally. Now the price of raw materials around the world has begun to rise because of Europe. If everything is shipped domestically, Japan cannot afford it for long. They  Arrogantly proposing a three-month solution is actually hiding our own weakness.

    Cai E has also deployed a main infantry division and three reserve infantry divisions from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi between Jiaonan and Lianyungang. Commander Xiao Anguo has also deployed four National Guard brigades to reinforce the direction to patrol the coast day and night. The 3rd Division and the 104th Division have also  We are ready to go north to support the Jiangsu coast at any time. As long as the landing scale is not one division, we can basically ensure that we can at least hold on until the main force arrives to implement the encirclement.  In addition, the vice president has prepared to abandon all defenses in Laizhou, Laiyang and northeastern Jimo, and use space to attract the main force of the Japanese army here so that it cannot move.After Qingdao determines the outcome, we will choose an opportunity for a decisive battle.  "

    The last sentence made Zhang Wenjing frown. Shandong does not need to be outside the Guan. These days, many people in the Guan are still thinking that the Northeast is a barren land. Therefore, when the Kuomintang originally wanted to build a country based on the eighteen provinces in the Guan, and give up the benefits of the Northeast, Mongolia and Xinjiang, it would not have much.  People care.  But the Northeast is a large province within the customs. I couldn't help but worry: "Is it too risky? Shandong is not outside the customs. Suddenly giving up such a large area of ????land will definitely lead to criticism from above and below!"

    "What's the point of blaming?" Song Ziqing took off his hat and brushed his short hair, his eyes gradually turned cold: "The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. This is an eternal rule! Think about it again, has Hanyang had a break in the past three years?  After Chongqing was built, three shifts worked day and night. Why did the commander do this? To fight Beiyang, we need to reserve 3 million artillery shells. Do we need to be able to produce a division's equipment every month? Do we need to spend hundreds of millions to purchase so many heavy artillery and machine guns? Don't worry! Commander, lead  It took us three years to get here! Do you think he would allow failure?¡±

    "I firmly believe that we will not fail this time!" When several staff officers walked in with documents in their arms, Song Ziqing said with clear eyes.

    ¡°Boom boom boom¡§.¡±

    The fireballs rising steeply off the Wangjiatai coast of Laoshan Bay seemed to be responding to the conversation in the Nanjing office. Shang Anbang from the 103rd Division Artillery Regiment ran back and forth between the 12 artillery positions to check.

    This gunner who was single-handedly promoted by Wu Zhaolin during the Wuchang Uprising and used a 57mm over-the-mountain cannon to blast open Admiral Zhang Biao¡¯s Yamen on the night of the uprising is now the deputy brigade commander of the 103rd Guard Division Artillery Brigade and the commander of the 2nd Regiment.  Unlike other divisions, the KB Division is the first infantry division to establish an artillery brigade organization. It is not that Yang Qiu and the Ministry of National Defense care about this unit that made the greatest contribution in the Northern Expedition, but they want to use this to test the large organization of the artillery brigade.  Whether it meets the needs of the army.

    The division artillery brigade has a total of 2 regiments and 6 battalions, including a 150 howitzer battalion, a 105 long-range suppression battalion, two 105 howitzer battalions and two 160 mm heavy mortar battalions. Now he is commanding a 160 heavy mortar battalion.  Artillery battalion.

    The 160mm mortar is a new type of long-range heavy suppression force that was only equipped to the army in May. The reason for the emergence of such a large caliber is actually very simple, because after the mass production of mortars, Hanyang and Chongqing have successively studied increasing the caliber to achieve mortar attacks.  The gun became long-range and heavy-duty, but no breakthrough was made in the manufacture of the gun barrel and how the army carried it. After Yang Qiu learned about it, he immediately handed over the drawings of the Type 56 160mm mortar that became popular in the Vietnam War to Chongqing for special study.

    At first, due to the lack of seamless steel pipe extrusion equipment, Chongqing could only use the old method of forging. As a result, the price of gun barrels that did not require too high requirements could not be lowered until the American seamless steel pipe equipment ordered by Dangtu began to be put into production at the beginning of the year.  Chongqing immediately ordered a batch of special 160 gun barrels, using rubber tires and double-horse towing. The weight is slightly heavier than the prototype, and the towing capacity is also relatively poor, but it is not a big problem under the current severe restrictions on roads and trucks, so this year  At the end of March, the 14-model 160 heavy mortar named Zhenlei began to be put into small batch production.

    Yang Qiu¡¯s reason for supporting the development is even simpler, because the suppression level of the 160 mm mortar is equivalent to that of the mm howitzer, and the cost is only one-fifth of the Japanese Type 38 150 howitzer and one-seventh of the German SFH13 150 mm howitzer.  In addition to the accuracy and the fact that the barrel needs to be leveled first for each reload, opening the connection port results in a sustained speed of only one round per minute. The range of up to 150 meters is nearly 2,000 meters longer than that of the Meiji 38-type 150.  Just thinking that for the money that Japan spends on building one, they can build five of them, and the power and range are still slightly exceeded, it makes anyone want to stop.  What's more, it can also make up for the current shortcomings of the slow manufacturing speed of domestic 5 howitzers.  The only regret is that there is no optical sight manufacturing capability in China. Before the war, 258 sets of sight accessories were ordered from Germany, and only 116 sets arrived. It is no longer possible to replenish them.

    The equipment of the Zhenlei 14-type 160 mortar also means that the millimeter mortar will gradually be lowered to the brigade and become the main suppressive firepower of the brigade.

    At this moment, Shang Anbang still didn¡¯t know that he commanded and led the artillery battalion to fire the first shot of the Qingdao War. The reason why he was running back and forth panting and hunched over was because he was equipped with this mortar. Except for him and a few gunners,  During the Chongqing experiment, I was familiar with the artillery and had never used it before, so I taught them while fighting to prevent accidents.

    In the No. 3 gun position, which was almost obscured by branches and bales of hay, the mortar barrel was laid flat. After the upper barrel was pulled open, the two loaders struggled to slowly push a 41-kilogram high-explosive bomb to the bottom.  At the same time, the assistant gunner stuffed the propellant pack at the bottom, and when everything was ready, the artilleryman connected the barrel and slowly raised it.

    "Launch!"

    Amidst the squad leader¡¯s command, the muzzle smoke and flames were far smaller than those of a howitzer, and the shell drew an arc visible to the naked eye across the ridge and disappeared from sight.  And when the sea breeze blew away the thin smoke, the moment the artillerymen rushed out of the bunker, the shells had already hit the beach.  The power of ph kilogram cast iron shells is amazing, although fineIt can play a buffering role, but there is still no surviving object within a radius of 30 meters after the shell explodes. A Japanese assault boat that just rushed within the radius was hit by the shock wave without even shouting from the dozen Japanese infantrymen on the boat.  It was overturned and fell into the water, causing heavy casualties.

    "Have you not found the enemy's artillery position yet?"

    Facing the green, deep and endless mountains, the escort fleet and Kamio Mitsuomi's staff all shook their heads. The Japanese gunners on the escort fleet who had opened their gun jackets early and waited for orders were even more dumbfounded. The 150 heavy artillery actually had no fire or smoke. Even if it was hidden,  There should be thick smoke over the mountain col, right?  !

    "Balloon, let the reconnaissance balloon go!" Seeing the infantry being suppressed on the shore and unable to fight back, Kamio Mitsuomi turned livid with anger, but before the balloon took off, two Sparrows and a Kaito Aoi ordered all Japanese officers to  Covered his eyes.

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