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    From August 10 to 17, 1914, the northern land was filled with smoke.

    At noon on August 11, the central government of the Republic of China issued an ultimatum to Germany, requiring that German assets in China, including the Qingdao and Jiaoji railways and concessions in various places, be immediately handed over to the jurisdiction of the National Defense Forces.  As soon as the news came out, the Japanese government became more urgent. That night, after the reinforcements of the 2nd Division arrived one after another, Terauchi Masaki ordered the attack on Jiulian City and Haicheng again. The Japanese 20th Division transferred many puppet troops from North Korea and braved intensive artillery fire to cross again.  After paying heavy casualties, they managed to cross the river and successfully recaptured the Andong-Sinuiju Bridge. However, due to the severe damage to the bridge, heavy equipment could not get across, so they had to stick to Andong and wait for the bridge to be repaired.

    Upon seeing this, Masaki Teuchi knew that it was impossible to break through the Jiulian City and Fengcheng front lines, so he simply asked the 20th Division to attack the Dagushan Fortress and Xiuyan along the west coast in an effort to open up the road from Andong to Jinzhou, and he personally led 20,000  The Japanese army and more than 4,000 Japanese troops attacked Haicheng, but they were stubbornly blocked by three infantry divisions in the Northeast Theater outside Yingkou. In addition, Xiuyan behind was never captured, so he had to stop again and fell into a trap.  A chaotic battle.

    At the same time, Otani Kikuzo finally captured Jinzhou City after repeated attrition. However, because the Japanese army began to focus on attacking Shandong, almost all of the originally weak shipping force was invested there, resulting in a serious lack of support. He could only rely on  The city held on, and finally on the 5th, it was surrounded by a total of four brigades from the 4th Division coming down from Shanhaiguan and the 16th Division led by Chen Huan.  Although the railway line was cut off, it did not stop the continuous flow of reserve divisions from the National Defense Forces into Fengtian. From the 12th to the 16th alone, people walked to Fengtian via Jehol in four days.  After occupying the east of the Jiaodong Peninsula, Chuanyoshi joined forces with three regiments of the Japanese Guards Division to attack Laiyang and Jimo. At the same time, the 18th Division, which landed at Longkou, also detached a regiment to cooperate in an attempt to completely cut off the peninsula and the Jiaoji Railway.

    Kamio Mitsuomi also stepped up his attack on Qingdao. The main force of the 18th Division and an infantry regiment and an engineer regiment of the 6th Division that arrived first, with a total of more than 20,000 people, launched a fierce attack on Qingdao with the support of the fleet and two siege heavy artillery brigades.  Different from taking Qingdao at a very small cost in the parallel world, in order to take Qingdao before the Wehrmacht and Germany reached an agreement, this time the Japanese army rushed up almost at any cost.

    Since the German troops stationed in Jiaozhou Bay deployed hundreds of mines in total at the entrance of Jiaozhou Bay and the inside of Dagong Island, and Cai E later ordered a full 300 mines to be dropped, the Japanese fleet had to use heavy artillery to launch long-range mines in the waters off Dagong Island.  Strike: Although the power of the artillery shells was amazing, the hit rate was not high after losing the observation balloons and reconnaissance aircraft. Instead, the Germans, who had the advantage of the fortress's thick cement bunker, used the fortress's heavy artillery group to sink and damage two Japanese observation destroyers and a cruiser.  , a total of KO 280, 240 and 210 heavy guns, plus 6 150 and 8 120 long-range cannons and mine arrays, plus the harassment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Empress Elisabeth armored cruiser, which has been operating in the bay and was used as a temporary fort.  , so that the Japanese navy, which was given hope of victory, did not dare to get too close.

    Faced with this situation, the Japanese army began to lay simple moving rails for two 240 Army siege guns in the Licun area, trying to use Army heavy artillery to solve the war.

    The most intense competition in this round of offensive is Sifang Mountain and Taiping Town Fortress (called the Fourth Infantry Fortress by the Germans), especially Sifang Mountain because the German army lacks fortifications here and only more than 100 people are stationed there.

    Looking from the Ilqis Mountain Fortress, the direction of Sifang Mountain, which is flanked by the Maartik and Bismarck Mountains, is full of corpses and blood. Heavy artillery shells have completely changed the landscape!  In the rumbling explosion, the Maxim heavy machine gun made a unique clicking sound and waved its death drill. The dense rain of bullets blocked waves of charging Japanese troops on the hillside, but the situation was still not optimistic.  "Boom" An earth-shattering explosion sounded from a distance. The Ilqis Fortress bunker, which was covered with more than one meter of cement, was filled with smoke and dust.  Waldeck had changed into a military uniform, and the originally sparkling major general epaulettes were now much darker.

    "General, this is Infantry Fortress No. 4."

    Under the guidance of the officer, Waldeck shook off the ash and walked to the observation window. He saw that the two-layer barbed wire fence on the east side of the No. 4 Infantry Fortress two kilometers away from the left wing of Sifang Mountain had been torn open by the 5mm artillery shell. A large gap.  Centered on this gap, shells from the sea began to fall rapidly. In just ten minutes, the Dongda Mountain where the fortress was located seemed to have been gnawed by dogs. There were deep and terrifying craters everywhere, and several thick bunkers were damaged by shells.  blown away.  After the heavy artillery fire ended, the densely packed Japanese infantry carried bullets across the gap and spread to both wings, trying to flank the crucial No. 4 Infantry Fortress.  Seeing that the fortress was in danger, the German soldiers stationed here pushed in again - Maxim machine guns. At the same time, the two 120mm guns hidden in the bunker also lowered their muzzles and fired violently.

    But there were too many Japanese soldiers. Without barbed wire to stop the troops from quickly dispersing, the firepower of the six heavy machine guns was diluted. The 120 heavy artillery was originally used to defend against long-range targets, and was actually not very effective in this kind of close combat.

    ? ??Why not launch the mines?  "As soon as Waldeck finished shouting, the officer holding the phone behind him shook his head in pain: "General, the generator was destroyed just now, and Captain El is leading people to repair it. But he said that the possibility of detonating a mine has been eliminated.  very small.  "

    Seeing that the mine array preset on the hillside was ineffective, Waldeck stomped his feet angrily: "Tell El to hide! Tell Major Alec to bombard the hillside of Fort No. 4 in five minutes. Don't be stingy with ammunition. Our time is  not much!"

    Shortly after Waldeck issued the order, the heavy machine guns on the No. 4 Fortress gradually ceased fire. When the soldiers took the heavy machine guns and hid back in the bunker, the coastal fortress, Ilchis Fortress, and Bismarck Fortress were fully opened with light and heavy fire, especially the two  The 150-meter heavy artillery and four 75-meter rapid-fire artillery that turned around kept hitting the hillside that had just been ravaged by the Japanese navy. A large number of Japanese infantry were suppressed on the hillside in the fireballs and could not move.  Shortly after the Ilchis Fortress launched the artillery bombardment, the Japanese fleet on the sea also threw dozens of artillery shells at the fortress. Especially the 356mm naval gun on the battlecruiser King Kong was so terrifying that in just a few minutes, the entire mountain seemed to be deep.  Trapped in the center of the earthquake zone, the German military officers in the command post rolled on their backs and screamed in agony.

    "Would it be better if Shi Pei was still here?" Waldeck, who was knocked down again, suddenly had this idea, but quickly rejected it.  The two heavy cruisers of the Far East Fleet staying here may only add military medals to the Japanese fleet, so it is better to take a risk and see if they can return to the Atlantic Ocean.

    "I'm afraid the General's Fortress No. 4 cannot be defended." The officer closed his eyes in pain, and saw the Japanese troops all over the mountains and plains. With the help of naval guns, they began to charge towards the No. 4 Fortress. Due to the special location of the No. 4 Infantry Fortress, it was the only one.  Once the high ground inferior to the Bismarck Fortress is lost, the Sifang Mountain behind it will also be lost. At that time, the Japanese army can easily mount heavy artillery on the top of the mountain to bombard various fortresses and fortresses!  "General! Sergeant Busen's call, the Japanese bastards near Li Village are deploying 240mm siege artillery!"

    "God!" Waldeck immediately spread out the map. Since the guide rails used by the fortress heavy artillery slid, they could only face a 180° sector, so Licun, located east of Qingdao, became a blind spot!  If these two 240s are allowed to fire, the nearest forts No. 4 and 3 are likely to be destroyed immediately, causing the entire fortress group to collapse.

    Just when everyone was at their most pessimistic, two bolts of lightning suddenly pierced the sky, and large raindrops fell violently after brewing for several days. The heavy rain blocked the sight of the Japanese infantry's attack. The sophisticated German army took this opportunity to launch all 7 missiles again.  Heavy machine gun.  At the same time, the two 77mm rapid-fire cannons on the nearby Fortress No. 3 were dragged by the soldiers and finally turned their muzzles and aimed at the eastern hillside.

    Rumbling shelling and machine guns intertwined, and the entire Taiping Town No. 4 Infantry Fortress seemed to have turned into a hell. The flesh and blood were easily torn apart by the bullets, and the shells even tore up the dead bodies. The tenacious German army took advantage of the heavy rain to burst out.  The fighting power shocked Europe. When night fell, the Japanese army had to abandon hundreds of corpses and once again retreated to Li Village in disappointment.

    Waldeck breathed a sigh of relief, and the exhausted officers slowly sat down and thought deeply. Suddenly, a crisp ringtone interrupted the calm. Shortly after the staff officer hurriedly picked up the phone, he brought a message: "  General, this is the call from Minister Traun. His Majesty William has agreed to exchange the Qingdao and Jiaoji Railway with a design coordinator and new aircraft."

    In the deep dusk, Fang Yuqiu hid in the Tibetan soldiers' bunker that was almost buried in the ground. He opened the cigarette, dug out the shredded tobacco, put it in his mouth and chewed it.  Meiyuan is less than a kilometer away from the nearest fortress in Taiping Town. The slightest spark will be discovered by the Japanese army, so all we eat these days are hard woofou, and smoking is even more impossible.

    "Damn! What are you waiting for? I would rather be blown up by a cannonball than nest in this mouse hole anymore." The rain poured down on the raincloth, and the bunker had long become a quagmire. No one liked this kind of lurking, so the opportunity  The gunman also chattered.

    "Just bear with it a little longer, I guess it will only be the next two days." As the company commander, Fang Yuqiu knew the importance of the responsibility at this moment, so he comforted everyone and said with a smile: "Didn't you hear this cannon? The Japanese carrot head is probably not as high as the cannonball.  , Haha. The Germans really took their lives seriously. To say that Germany is still better, I went to a meeting yesterday. Do you know what the brigade commander said? "

    Fang Yuqiu drew the attention of the soldiers away, and deliberately bought it off before gently slapping his thigh: "Damn it! Five days, just five days! Belgium, which built the Beijing-Hankow Line for us, will be destroyed."  !" "What! The country will be destroyed in five days!" "Nonsense, the brigade commander said it himself, will it be a lie? Damn it, this is a war! If we win this time, my brothers will simply submit a letter and go directly across the sea.  I also want to taste the taste of destroying a country." "I heard that Japanese kabuki tastes good, why don't you eat it first and then destroy it?" "What a fool, I miss women all day long! I'm not afraid of killing you." "Haha."

      The soldiers' attention gradually turned away from the lurking complaints. Fang Yuqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but he still showed anxiety in the corners of his eyes as he looked at Qingdao. If this kind of lurking lasts too long, even if the troops pull up, it will probably be too long.  Not much fighting power left.  Just when he was wondering whether to go back to the regiment headquarters and propose a strong attack, the sentry posted on the front suddenly rushed in.  "Company Commander, go and have a look!"

    Fang Yuqiu jumped up almost without thinking, and rushed forward in the heavy rain. Before anyone arrived, he heard a series of tiny footsteps, and then saw groups of German soldiers with their heads lowered.

    The sound of footsteps alarmed everyone, and more and more soldiers emerged from the awnings and cellar-like bunkers and surrounded them.  The German army also said nothing. The two armies with different beliefs passed by each other slowly, and there was no dialogue between their eyes.  A moment later, a stretcher appeared, and moving with the stretcher team were thousands of pale-faced German expatriates.  When Fang Yuqiu saw the wounded German soldiers on the stretcher who were biting and biting in order to hide themselves from the pain, something suddenly entered her heart and she saluted them.

    The protecting German soldier looked at him silently, and after a moment he also raised his right arm. The words of the soldiers began to spread quickly, and after a moment everyone saluted each other.

    It has nothing to do with nationality or interests. It is just a brief exchange between soldiers.  Looking at the endless German column in the darkness, Fang Yuqiu waved his arms fiercely!

    "Brothers, it's up to us! Let's go"

    On August 18, at the last moment, after receiving a telegram from Wilhelm II and the domestic General Staff agreeing to abandon the Qingdao and Jiaoji Railway, Traun immediately reached an agreement with Yang Qiu using the fortress and railway, plus 50 tons of gold (  Raised by Germany buying from the market) in exchange for Triton and Shooting Coordinator.  After learning the news, Waldeck immediately ordered more than 3,000 defenders and 11 ships, including the Austro-Hungarian armored cruiser Empress Elisabeth, to surrender to the Wehrmacht.

    That night, under the guidance of German guides, the two vanguard regiments hiding in Meiyuan during the pouring rain went upstream and quickly took over the Qingdao Fortress and various fortresses.

    ps3400 words, everyone understands, keep everyone waiting, hippo is a good character

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