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    August 29, 1914, the former German Fushan observation post in Qingdao.

    Engineers are clearing the platform on the top of the mountain to build gun emplacements. Logs are being laid from the foot of the mountain to the top. Hundreds of soldiers are pulling two thick 240mm gun barrels.  This is the largest standard howitzer currently used by the Japanese Army, and it is also the key to whether it can completely capture Qingdao.  Originally, according to the plan, they should be placed on the Sifang Mountain with the best location, but for more than ten days, the Imperial Japanese Army, known as the strongest in Asia, never actually controlled it for more than two days, which made Kamio Mitsuomi very angry.

    What¡¯s even more angry is!  Now standing in the observation post, he still had to wear a large and ill-fitting military uniform, which made his back look a bit funny. The officers behind him had no intention of finding more suitable clothes for the lieutenant general. They were inspecting a complete army  50mm grenade canister.  It's not that Japan is so stingy that it can't even afford a general's uniform, but last night a commando team attacked Li Village, and his room was blown up with a grenade. Fortunately, he was not in the room at the time, but all his military uniforms and personal belongings were destroyed.  destroyed.

    The most unforgivable thing is that this assault team actually got into the tight defense circle because they got lost!  A lost assault team can hit the Licun headquarters located on the sea southeast of Fushan. How can the thousands of Japanese troops deployed on the periphery face it?  So he was angry and killed the wounded prisoners with his own hands, and also found this intact grenade barrel from his body. Unfortunately, the light machine gun was blown up by the machine gunner with a grenade before he died, so he could only remain the same as before.  The fragments were sent back for study.

    In front of the telescope was the Taipingshan Fortress, which had remained motionless for more than ten days. He had a headache when he saw the thick reinforced concrete and all-steel helmets, and he even scolded the German designer in his heart.  What kind of fortress is this?  The naval guns on the sea couldn't hit, the 75mm field guns on the ground just scratched the surface, the 5mm and 120mm were all white spots, and the 150mm howitzer was targeted and killed by the 280mm cannon before it was pulled over because the range was too close!  There are several kilometers of Tibetan bunkers on the mountain, including ammunition depots, medical rooms, etc. A regiment can't even see a single human being inside.  But when you think it's safe to get close, you will immediately turn into an angry hedgehog with dense rain of bullets all over your body 1.

    If they were facing the Far East German Army, they might have won a long time ago, because the German army only had about 5,000 people, and they would naturally collapse after consuming one or two thousand people. But the damn Germans gave up the fortress to the even more damn Chinese ** team. Not only did they play  After a few moves, the strength of the troops increased several times!  I have to compete with 40 million people in consumption. Is there anything more painful than this?

    A full division was deployed in the Shuangfeng Mountain area, making it impossible for the troops to cut off the Jiaoji Railway. In addition, during this period, the Chinese used fishing boats and speedboats, gunboats and even ferries handed over by Germany to provide water supplies from Jiaozhou City.  The strategy of encircling Qingdao also became a joke.  A group of fortresses that could not be completely surrounded turned into this bad war!  Those were more than 5,000 elite veterans of the empire, and they were all left here.

    Kamio Mitsuomi felt that his heart was bleeding. He made a rough calculation. The three main fortresses of Chushui Mountain, Taiping Mountain and Jingshan currently have 12 200mm heavy artillery, 11 150mm and 120mm heavy artillery, and 23 others.  Artillery, after the Canadian and Chinese ** teams were gradually replenished, each fort had more than 30 cannons!  Coupled with the luxurious transition of heavy machine guns and light machine guns, it is simply unpalatable.  The navy was blocked by the mine array and could not get closer. Now he could only count on the two 240 heavy guns that took ten days to lay the moving track to the foot of the mountain and were being transported up.

    "General, a telegram from China." The sergeant handed over the telegram, his eyes averted and he lowered his head: "General Kuroki Shizhen has already set off from Tokyo." The sergeant did not dare to look at Kamio Mitsuomi because of the rumors in the army during this period.  The country has been very disappointed with this lieutenant general, so it plans to replace him with General Kuroki Weizhen, who made great achievements in the Russo-Japanese War. Judging from this telegram, it should be true.

    The sergeant's words also attracted the attention of other officers. Japan is a country with a very hierarchical concept. As the commander of the 18th Division, Lieutenant General of the Imperial Army, and Commander-in-Chief of the Shandong Army, Mitsuomi Kamio is about to be dismissed from his post. In addition to the dissatisfaction at the base camp,  It shows how incompetent these officers are.

    "General, let me lead the troops to attack again! I promise to capture the Taipingshan Fortress before General Kuroki arrives!" Major General Hojoji Gojue rushed out. He is the commander of the 19th Brigade and a confidant of Kamio Mitsuomi.  one.  With his statement, several other brigade and wing officers jumped out and said that the attack should continue. Only Lieutenant General Yamanashi Hanzo shook his head.

    Yamanashi Hanzo was also a senior officer who participated in the Russo-Japanese War and was very popular in the Army Ministry. He said: "Your Majesty Lieutenant General, I think you should explain to Tokyo that this battle has exceeded their imagination. The Chinese Army will definitely get  Only with the help of the German army can the fortress be used so skillfully, and their firepower is more powerful than that of the Russian army. A fortress that cannot be completely surrounded. We need enough time and troops."

    "It's a pity that I don't have enough time, my Yamanashi-kun." After reading the telegram, Kamio HikaruChen stuffed it into his pocket with a disappointed look on his face: "There is great unrest in the country now. Although we have blocked the news, the returning expatriates and newspapers from various countries have revealed confusing information. There are rumors everywhere in the city that we have failed and that Chinese spies have failed."  They also began to spread the false news that Port Arthur had surrendered. Chief of Staff Hasegawa had already told me in a telegram that those hateful democrats were preparing to launch a nationwide march to end the war. If no good news is sent back"

    Yamanashi Hanzao did not expect that the domestic situation would be so bad, and said: "Then what should we do now? Our losses are too great. Laoshan Bay receives unidentified shell attacks every day. Supplies are beginning to be tight, and injured soldiers are also  Without medical treatment, the high temperature has caused the corpses and wounds to rot. Even if the next batch of reinforcements from the 6th Division arrives, it may cause a plague! We can't just wait here for Daifu Kuroki, right?"

    "Of course not!"

    Kamio Mitsuomi suddenly faded and raised his voice, his eyes sweeping across the officers like razors: "Starting this morning, Major General Shirakawa Yoshinori has led 20,000 reinforcements to launch a full-scale attack on Laiyang and Laixi in China! The Fifth Division and the Guards Division  The regiment is already doing its best. As the pride of the Empire, the Kurume Division, with the highest goal of liberating all of Asia, we should cooperate to attack! Major General Hoji Goro, Major General Horiuchi Bunjiro, and Major General Yamada Ryosui, mobilize your troops, heavy artillery  While roaring, I need you to rush to the fortress as soon as possible!"

    "Hi!" The three brigade leaders whose names were called nodded vigorously.

    Yamanashi Hanzo opened his mouth but didn't know how to say it. He didn't like this kind of war that was purely filled with life, just like he didn't like General Mu Nori Nishi's fighting style of immersing himself in the attack regardless of life and death, but he also knew that this  It was Kamio Mitsuomi's last self-rescue operation. If it failed, this officer who had great hope of being promoted to general would be swept into the grave of the reserve force.

    In fact, it is not just Kamio Mitsuomi who needs to save himself, but the entire Shandong Japanese army needs to save himself.

    The artillery shells around the 103rd Division position in Laiyang City were denser than raindrops. The explosions and gunpowder smoke almost filled the three layers of trenches that the pilot saw. However, the original sunlight seemed to have frozen at this moment. No one could feel the temperature inside, or in the fierce battle.  The soldiers have completely forgotten the temperature.

    In order to open the northern gate to Qingdao and realize the dream of cutting off the Jiaodong Peninsula and Jiaoji Railway, Shirakawa Yoshinori spent all his wealth!  Two artillery regiments with 72 75 field guns, a heavy artillery regiment with 6 Meiji 38-type 150mm howitzers, 6 Meiji 38-type 105mm howitzers, and a siege heavy artillery brigade with 2 240-mm heavy artillery and 4 that participated in Japan and Russia  The mortar of war.  A total of 90 cannons!  Even the Qingdao direction does not have such luxurious equipment!  Thanks to the increase in domestic steel production in the past few years, the Army has finally been able to produce a batch of heavy artillery. However, if the two crucial iron mines of Baofen and Anshan cannot be recaptured as soon as possible, one day soldiers may have to use bamboo poles to deal with the artillery.  .

    How could Shirakawa Yoshinori, who had deep-rooted artillery thinking, tolerate such a thing, so he vented all his anger on little Laiyang.

    The ground seemed to be covered with a carpet of flames, and the explosive Shimase gunpowder flowed throughout the trench like flowing lava.  The ground trembled violently, the sound of artillery far exceeded the thunder, and the scream of artillery shells tearing the air was endless. Even wearing a thick wet mask could not block the toxic smoke.  Hundreds of soldiers were killed by whirling shrapnel before they saw the enemy infantry rushing up.  Stones and sand were carried by the blast wave and covered layer by layer in the jagged anti-infantry trenches. The country the soldiers swore to defend was burying them bit by bit.

    What a spectacular scene this is!  The two Japanese cavalry regiments who were waiting for orders in the rear cheered Zhentian, who seemed to have seen the majestic military power of the Japanese Empire.  An excited second lieutenant suddenly drew his saber and waved it vigorously as he passed in front of the cavalry formation, just like the encouragement movement of the medieval cavalry before an assault. Every time he ran past the cavalry, they shouted "ladder".  This made the second lieutenant even more excited, as if he wanted to show off his skillful horseback skills, but before he could make any fancy moves, all the shouts were drowned by a more violent explosion.

    "This is that person's artillery?" The second lieutenant jerked the reins of his horse and stared blankly at the dozens of violent fireballs that suddenly appeared around his artillery position, and at the mushroom clouds rising into the sky.  The bottom is petrified!  Is this the Chinese artillery whose maximum artillery caliber was only 75mm?  Is this the China Army that is said to be unable to even pay its troops?  God Amaterasu!  There are at least 30 or more heavy artillery pieces there!

    "Playing with artillery with me? Suppress at full speed!" Qiu Wenbin raised his binoculars and looked coldly at the Japanese artillery position that was filled with smoke, and raised a finger backwards.  Mei Sheng, who was also feeling hot all over, didn't understand what this meant. He grabbed a staff officer and asked: "Hey, brother. What does your commander mean by raising one finger? Just one round?"

    One round?

      The staff officer rolled his eyes at the cavalry brigade commander who had been jumping up and down since coming to Laiyang and was given the nickname "Ma Hou". He coughed lightly: "It's not a round of coverage and suppression with a base number." "Oh, a base number.  "Although the cavalry only has mortars and infantry artillery, they still understand the word "base number". Now when the troops receive ammunition, they don't say how many rounds they give me, but the base number, such as the 80 and 120 mm mortars equipped by the cavalry brigade.  The base number of guns is 40.  Wait a .40? 40 coins!  12 150! 24 1012 160 heavy mortars!  Make a base!

    ¡°The base number of our infantry division¡¯s artillery is 60.

    60 rounds!

    Mei Sheng¡¯s eyes almost popped out of his head!  In the past few days, he got to know the two artillery company commanders after getting acquainted with each other, and learned that the Warhammer 14 Type A 105 howitzer they used had a range of more than 1 meter, and each shell weighed 17 kilograms.  Just counting the 24 105 howitzers, calculated at a constant speed of 4 rounds per minute, that is 96 shells per minute!  1600kg throwing capacity!  "You bastard, don't give me the telescope yet. Hurry up, little Japan will explode if it's too late." Mei Sheng's eyes twitched, he yelled and grabbed the telescope from the guard's hand, and rushed to the roof in a few steps.  He kept mumbling in his mouth.

    "A big drama is definitely a big drama!"

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