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    ps: Sorry, this chapter was actually written before 12 o'clock last night, but after I finished posting it, I forgot to click publish and went to bed. I only realized it when I got up now

    One hundred kilometers away, armored vehicles and light cavalry chased and intercepted him under the scorching sun, laughing wildly.

    At the starting point of 100 kilometers, fierce explosions also sounded over Qingdao where heavy rain fell again.  As if they had a premonition of something, the Japanese naval artillery support formation completely ignored the loss of gun barrels and ammunition, and frantically threw heavy artillery shells at Qingdao, covering even the urban areas that had been basically untouched in the past few days, and patches of houses trembled in the artillery fire.  collapse.

    If the former Bismarck Fortress was the brain of Qingdao, then the Ilchis Fortress (Taipingshan Fortress) among the Germans is a heavy ax to the sea.  The Huiquanjiao Fort and Taipingjiao Fort in front of it are two long guns that came out of the mainland, two 240mm Krupp heavy guns, four 210mm coastal cannons, six German-made 150mm long-range cannons, and four with fixed protection.  The shield's KD mm naval gun, six 90 mm field guns, four 88 mm field guns, seven 77 mm wheeled field guns, and four 50 mm rapid-fire machine guns form a tight and powerful sea defense firepower.  In addition, the Tuandao Fort located at the entrance of Jiaozhou Bay also has four 210mm heavy guns and four 150mm cannons to provide support.

    For the purpose of His Majesty William's world domination ambition, German engineers worked hard and ingeniously to design. Not only did they hollow out the Taiping Mountains and build several kilometers of underground fortifications, they also considered the threats from behind, so all the cannons can rotate 360¡ã in all directions.  , also added thick steel helmet caps to all coastal heavy guns above 150 mm.  In the end, they even rigorously calculated the impact points of the artillery shells when attacked, and found the areas with the lowest probability of being hit. Although it cannot be said that the bombs are 100% avoided, the Japanese Navy spent thousands of large and small artillery shells in half a month without causing much damage.  The combat effectiveness shows the power of its design.

    In the tunnel deep in the mountain, the artillery team was busy running back and forth. However, the infantrymen took the opportunity to take a nap while leaning on the cold rocks with their guns in hand.  The electric lights above the head flickered on and off during the explosion. Because the drainage channel was damaged and no water pump was sent from behind, this large mountain fortification that could accommodate two regiments was filled with sewage and garbage.  After working like rats for half a month, the soldiers had become accustomed to the scene of shells being dropped outside and pebbles flying inside. Many of the brave ones simply set up temporary high beds and slept in the dark to replenish their strength.

    Sun Chuanfang walked along the tunnel to the fort on the top of the mountain. Heavy gunners from the navy were bombarding targets on the sea with 210 mm heavy artillery. Heavy shells flew thousands of meters away and landed on the sea, splashing water dozens of meters high.  beads.  The power was astonishing, but the effect was not great once it was launched. This was not because the Japanese navy was well-trained, but because the minefields densely scattered on the coast deterred them. In the past half month, five Japanese trawlers were sunk by shore artillery groups just to clear mines.

    "Why is the King Kong missing?" Although Sun Chuanfang is from the Army, he can still distinguish the appearance of some warships after fighting for half a month.  The naval gunner who accompanied the inspection scratched his head: "We are also surprised. Early this morning, the observation post reported that the King Kong and the Kurama were missing."

    Sun Chuanfang had tasted the power of the naval guns of the two battleships King Kong and Kurama. The current injuries in the fortress were basically caused by them. When he heard that his whereabouts were unknown, he immediately frowned and said worriedly: "Oh no!  Will it go south?"

    The gunner could not predict, saying: "We have reported to the superiors that the command has sent planes to the sea at this time, but they said that it is unlikely to go south, and it is very likely to go to the Tsushima Strait and North Korea." said  At this point, the gunner's expression suddenly became excited: "Our navy's submarine detachment is making a big fuss over there. I heard that Major Chen was having a great time killing there. Seven Japanese merchant ships have been confirmed to have been sunk. Now the distance from North Korea to Japan is  The waterway is almost completely cut off, I guess the Japanese are anxious."

    Sun Chuanfang didn¡¯t understand the navy, and had only heard a little about submarines, but no matter what, being able to divert the two most threatening battleships was a great help to him.  However, he really admired Yang Qiu's methods. Only those who have personally experienced these fortresses can understand that if he hadn't deliberately squeezed the Japanese, forced them to attack Qingdao, and offered many good things to seduce them, he would have taken over the German army before Japan.  ¡€I¡¯m afraid that even if you take tens of thousands of lives, you may not be able to win.

    Of course, most of this is also luck, because no one knew before that Europe would actually open up, and as soon as they took action, millions of people mobilized the country and refused to give up.

    As the former battalion commander of Beiyang Second Town and now the commander of the 57th Brigade of the 18th Division, Sun Chuanfang believed that he had not caught up with the good opportunity.  Like Wu Xiucai, the current commander of the Sixth Division of the Northwest Army, he also has the world in mind.  Wu Peifu got a division commander when he was in Xinyang, and his sneak attack on Tongguan caught the attention of others. Although he was beaten up and sent to the recruit camp for more than half a year, he was promoted to major general and division commander in the end.

    Although he realized after the Xinyang WarYang Yang was no longer able to survive, but he was only a battalion commander at that time, and he could only wait for others to fall like everyone else.  When recruiting, he made many inquiries and carefully thought about it and discovered one thing. Almost all the main officers of the National Defense Force had the experience of studying in the National Defense University's crash course, and Yang Qiu didn't seem to like Japanese-style officers. This was because all the officers from the National Defense University were European military officers.  The instructor could see that, so after being recruited, he simply gritted his teeth, followed Feng Guozhang's path without even taking any soldiers, and applied for the crash course for military officers at the National Defense University to further his studies.

    After entering the crash course to understand the mode of modern warfare for the first time, he understood why Beiyang, which imitated the Japanese army, failed miserably. This was not the fault of the soldiers, nor was it the weapons that were too different, but the huge gap in the thinking and tactics of the officers.  For the sake of his own future, he gritted his teeth, put down his airs, and studied hard with a bunch of boys every day, and completely abandoned Japanese things.  After graduation, he was assigned to the 18th Infantry Division as deputy infantry commander. He was promoted to regimental commander at the beginning of the year, and was promoted to commander of the 57th Brigade three months ago. His hard work paid off.

    The 18th Division was basically the Third and Fourth Towns of Old Beiyang, and the division commander was Jin Yunpeng. However, he always felt that Jin Yunpeng became the division commander because Yang Qiu deliberately betrayed Duan Qirui.  Now that Duan Qirui has fallen, his position as division commander may not be stable either.  Although he didn't think highly of Jin Yunpeng, he was of Beiyang origin after all.  Nowadays, Beiyang is a thing of the past. Apart from Wu Peifu, Chen Huan and Xu Shuzheng, who have basically forgotten about Beiyang, only Jin Yunpeng is left in charge of the 18th Division and Wang Chengbin is in charge of the 17th Division.  Originally there was Li Chun in the 5th Division, but after he consciously retired with the rank of general at the end of last year, the 5th Division fell into the hands of Li Gengen of the Yunnan clique.  In addition, Sa Zhenbing's navy can barely be regarded as the Beiyang branch, and they are the only ones who are still supporting Beiyang's face, so he is particularly active in this battle, hoping to make a name for himself and not lose the old Beiyang.  His reputation should at least not be lost to that of Chen Huan and Wu Xiucai, letting people know that there are still people like him in Beiyang.

    After Sun Chuanfang said a few words to report the movements on the sea at any time, he was just about to go to see the infantry again when the guards came to report that Jin Yunpeng had arrived.  This made him very strange. Since the terrain of Qingdao was narrow and the men and horses of the two divisions could not be spread out, they basically took turns to station during this period. The two division commanders spent most of the time in Jiaozhou City conducting remote control. Why did they suddenly come to the front line?  ?

    Sun Chuanfang thought as he walked and quickly arrived at the command post deep underground. As soon as he entered the door, he saw division commander Jin Yunpeng and a major general officer about his own age standing in front of the map and pointing.

    "Xinyuan is back. You have worked hard during this period."

    "Thank you, sir, for your concern." Sun Chuanfang saluted Jin Yunpeng.  Now Comrade Xiao Sun has not yet become addicted to smoking. After half a year of crash course training for officers and half a year of standardized training in the defense force, he looks like a front-line ace officer.

    Because the teacher Jin Yunpeng was involved in Duan Qirui, people have been poking at his spine recently, so he is not treated as a fair person, but after all, there is real material.  In addition, both Yang Qiu and Cai E trusted him not only to put him in charge of the Qingdao fortress, but also to send him back to personally direct the counterattack in the direction of the fortress.  He took Sun Chuanfang and introduced him: "This is Major General Qin Zhangshu, the commander of the k brigade. Xiaochen (zi Qin Zhangshu), this is Sun Chuanfang (zi Xinyuan), the junior Zhuge of our 18th Division who I mentioned to you just now. You are all on the front lines of the division.  Officer, please stay close to me."

    ¡°I¡¯ve met Brother Xinyuan.¡± Qin Zhangshu stretched out his hand and looked carefully at this officer who had recently risen the fastest in the old Beiyang Department.  Sun Chuanfang also recalled that he had made great military achievements in Xiaocang Mountain and blocked the continuous attack of more than 10,000 people in Wang Zhanyuan's Fourth Town.  During this period, there were often rumors that the only brigade commander with the rank of major general in the 2nd Division would replace He Xi, who was not in good health, as the division commander after the war. Seeing him standing next to Jin Yunpeng now shows that this rumor is not true.  Out of nowhere.

    With this idea, he immediately wanted to make friends, held hands, laughed and chatted a few words, hoping to get closer to each other.

    Although Qingdao is not big, the enemy and we are now in a stalemate, and the positions are intertwined. Apart from supplies and rotation and rest, it is basically a nail and a hole. The communication between the troops relies entirely on bombing and repairing the bombed telephone lines, so in the past half month, everyone has really had nothing to do.  We met several times and exchanged a few pleasantries.

    At this time, officers from all levels of the 57th Brigade who received the order and the 4th Brigade who were ordered to support came in one after another. Jin Yunpeng glanced at Qin Zhangshu and then turned back to the map and said, "Filial minister, why don't you tell me." Although Qin Zhangshu had  He might be promoted to division commander, but his current rank is lower than him, so he said humbly: "Commander Jin, you are the commander, so let's make the decision."

    "Hehehe is my brother."

    Jin Yunpeng laughed and suddenly realized that these sentences were inconsistent with the strict concept of hierarchy of the National Defense Forces. He laughed dryly and let everyone sit down to get to the point: "I got a telegram this morning and Laiyang took action."

    "Really! How was the fight?" Sun Chuanfang was the first to jump up.  Laiyang is the key to the Qingdao battle!  In order to ensure safety, Cai E not only assigned the 103rd Guard DivisionThere, Jimo, who was still behind, deployed the 102nd Guard Division to prevent accidents. So when they learned that Laiyang was the first to start the counterattack, everyone had a premonition that the winner of this meat grinder battle would be decided within a few days.

    Neither Jin Yunpeng nor Qin Zhangshu knew how Laiyang was currently fighting, and said: "The details are not clear yet, but this time Commander Cai was cruel. In addition to the 103rd Division being responsible for holding back, he also mobilized the 9th Division, 15th Division and reserves.  The 27th Division attacked from three sides. The commander-in-chief also went to Jiaozhou City to take charge personally, and also transferred the personal guard armored company there. I think Shirakawa Yoshinori may be in danger this time."

    "Great! If we can knock out a few regiments of the Japanese Emperor's Guards Division, let's see how rampant they can be."

    "Come on, the Japanese Guards Division is just a showman. If we really want to fight, Shirakawa Yoshinori's 9th Brigade is more powerful. If we can defeat him, the Japanese army will be in pain for at least a few months."

    After half a month of entanglement with the Japanese 18th Division and the 6th Division in Qingdao, whether it was the former North

    Especially after seeing them having a bloody encounter in front of the fortress and fortress that they were guarding, they became a little more angry, and they all discussed that it would be more cost-effective to eat that army first.  When Qin Zhangshu saw this situation, he couldn't help but think of why Yang Qiu had to desperately let the 1st Division pull out the 38th Regiment. The Japanese army's undefeated window paper was pierced, which indeed greatly improved the morale of the troops, especially when the front-line officers saw that the Japanese army would never be defeated again.  Afraid, from this you can see his methods and vision.  He smiled and said: "This time, Commander Jin was arranged by the Commander-in-Chief and General Cai, asking us to cooperate with Laiyang to launch a large-scale counterattack in Qingdao."

    Hearing that his side was also going to take action, the officers were even more excited.  Although they now have a fortress to defend and have a slight upper hand, who wants to crawl in and out like mice every day, watching the Japanese army's strength begin to decline, they have long been waiting for the counterattack to arrive.  So Sun Chuanfang immediately asked: "Brigade Commander Qin, Commander-in-Chief, can he tell us how to fight?"

    "The commander-in-chief does not care about the specific war. This counterattack is directly commanded by General Cai and our Bohai Theater Command." After Qin Zhangshu finished speaking, he took the initiative to give the right to speak to Jin Yunpeng: "The rest is for Commander Jin to tell everyone."

    Jin Yunpeng was very grateful that Qin Zhangshu did not steal his limelight, and said: "The initial plan is for our K, 57th Brigade and K to squeeze and attack in the direction of Yangkou, Sifang and Taiping Bay at the same time, attracting the surrounding Japanese troops and making them unable to escape.  , covering K's attack from Shuangfeng Mountain to the north slope of Fushan. Two regiments, the 55th Brigade and the 102nd Division, will also attack Wushan to contain the Japanese troops in Licun, and the 56th Brigade will serve as the general reserve. Try to lock the Japanese 18th Division in Wushan  and Fushan, and then cut off the coastal supply line in one fell swoop and drive them into the sea."

    Sun Chuanfang pondered for a moment, then touched his chin and slowly stood up and said: "Commander, I don't want to talk too much. We can rely on the fortress artillery support to squeeze the attack, but how to deal with the fleet at sea? Listening to the news outside, I'm afraid it will stop for a while.  No, we can rely on the fortress to hide in defense, but if we attack, the infantry must leave the bunker protection, and the casualties will probably be huge."

    Qin Zhangshu glanced at Sun Chuanfang and made a note of this person in his heart: "Brother Xinyuan is right. Commander Cai and the headquarters have also thought of this, so this counterattack will start after nightfall."

    "We'll go at night!" Sun Chuanfang nodded and said, "It's difficult for naval guns to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy on the sea at night, but in this way we may only have six hours to use."

    Qin Zhangshu smiled slightly and straightened his waist: "It's not six hours, it's four hours! It's the end of summer now, the days are long and the nights are short. Although there are heavy rains today, it is still dangerous to start too early, so the time set by the headquarters is  Let¡¯s start at eight o¡¯clock tonight! We must complete the encirclement and encirclement of the Japanese 18th Division before four o¡¯clock tomorrow morning. If we cannot complete it, we must immediately retreat to the nearest fortress and bunker defense!¡±

    "The Commander-in-Chief and Commander Cai asked me to tell everyone that this battle only lasts four hours! Be prepared for life or death!" Sun Chuanfang secretly praised Qin Zhang's comprehensiveness and proficiency in calculations, but he was also struck by the phrase "life or death."  A little nervous.  Although the Japanese army is not as good as before, their frenzy in fighting to the death is more fierce than before. At night, the artillery on our side cannot attack randomly, and can only rely on light firepower such as mortars and grenade launchers. What a fierce battle!

    As soon as he thought of this, there was a loud noise above his head, and then the whole mountain seemed to shake.

    "What's going on?" The officers who were discussing how to attack, the lines and firepower arrangements were all confused.

    Not to mention Sun Chuanfang, even Qin Zhangshu's expression changed. The army's heavy artillery was mounted on the top of Fushan Mountain?  Doesn't this mean that you can overlook the entire Qingdao fortress group from a high position?  Jin Yunpeng slapped the table hard: "Send the order, all fortresses and forts turn their cannons around, and they must be killed before nightfall!".

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