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    The rain became thinner and thinner like the sound of gunfire, and a streak of fish white appeared on the horizon. The Qingdao Battle, which took 31 days since Japan and Germany declared war, has reached its end.

    A crater is still a crater.  Big, small, deep and shallow!  As far as the eye can see, the landforms of many places in Qingdao have been changed, especially those hundreds of kilograms of artillery shells that have become veritable "landform modifiers".  In addition to craters and ruins, the most numerous corpses on the short eight-kilometer road from Jingshan Fortress to Fushan were corpses everywhere!  Two journalists from Shanghai who were granted access to the war zone could not hold back their tears as soon as they stepped out of the fortress. A worker from the former German Qingdao sulfur factory, a corpse collection team member, could no longer work and sat in the mud crying.

    It is said that men bleed but not shed tears, but when you step into this Shura field, everyone can't restrain their excitement but extremely sad mood.  Chu Nan stepped on the bloody water and stopped in front of a corpse whose thighs were shredded by shrapnel, and slowly squatted down.

    Zhang Yuqiu, company commander of the 4th Battalion of the K503 Regiment.

    The first to lead troops into Qingdao, the first to climb the No. 4 Fortress, the first to lead troops to launch a night attack on Sifang Mountain, the first to shout slogans to launch a counterattack.

    This meritorious company commander has been fighting since Hubei. If he can persist to the end, he may become a battalion commander or even a regiment commander soon.  But now he was lying quietly in the mud, his face covered in mud, his body broken, his eyes widened, and his finger still on the trigger of the submachine gun.

    Chu Nan pushed away the workers of the corpse collection team, took out a white towel from his pocket and gently wiped Zhang Yuqiu's face clean. When he stood up, tears had already covered his cheeks, and repeatedly warned the corpse collection team: "Be gentle. Be gentle. Be sure.  The corpse must be patched up and buried intact." The corpse collection team nodded. In fact, there is no need to explain that these corpse collection team members who spontaneously came from various factories and local people in Qingdao will also be cautious, because these are their children.  They are their soldiers and the country's heroes!

    A hundred steps further, we will see the Japanese position that Zhang Yuqiu led his team to attack.  A Type 38 heavy machine gun tilted its head, the trench had been filled with corpses, and the mud was filled with blood and minced meat.  Many soldiers got involved with the enemy and died with bayonets stuck in their necks.  A total of 131 people from a reinforced company died on this position less than 500 meters away!  Along the way, all members of 7 companies and 2 battalions were killed in battle and completely lost their titles!  !

    The corpses of our own soldiers needed to be carefully cared for, and more Japanese corpses were piled on carts like garbage. No one cared whether it was against morality. Even the reporters had red eyes and spit out thick phlegm after taking the photos.  Go up.  The closer we get to Fushan, the more corpses there are. The mud is glowing with a terrible red color. The entire mountain is full of craters left by explosions. A 240mm howitzer in the mountaintop fort that was destroyed yesterday seems to be telling a story with its barrel hanging down.  What a brutal blow he had suffered.

    After boarding Fushan, you can see that only Li Village is still fighting. The navy, which Japan is proud of, has all evacuated. There are only two destroyers on the sea still trying to tow the armor of the Iwate, which is almost flattened by the sea water.  cruiser.  Kamio Mitsuomi had taken off his ill-fitting military uniform and was sitting cross-legged, staring blankly at the unsheathed saber with an ashen look on his face. He already knew from the sudden attack on the fleet at sea last night that this would be his final outcome.

    The outside fortifications have been completely destroyed by artillery shells, and the thousands of Japanese troops in the trenches all look ashen. Although the navy still sent destroyers and several transport ships to help after suffering heavy losses last night, how could a small fleet take away so many people?  A group of heavy artillery (120mm and 160mm mortars, the Japanese considered them heavy artillery) appeared on Fushan Mountain. The road home was completely cut off!

    Machine guns are still raging, and waves of Wehrmacht troops are still charging.  But this has nothing to do with Kamio Mitsuomi. Wushan was cut off and Fushan was lost. All the troops entering Qingdao were killed. A regiment of the 18th Division and the 6th Division had many elite soldiers fighting hard for Qingdao for 29 days. Only less than one person was present.  Last night, the navy took the risk to pick him up and boarded the ship, and left the rest in Qingdao, where he originally thought he had a fleet to support him!  Coupled with the losses in Laiyang, more than half of the two and a half divisions that landed in Shandong were lost, and they also lost 138 cannons of various types and countless supplies!

    Ten years!

    After the Russo-Japanese War ended, it cost 100,000 young lives, exhausted the national power and owed 2 billion in foreign debt. It took the empire ten years to accumulate this family fortune, but the total losses since the beginning of the war have been close to three divisions!  The Second Fleet of the Navy suffered heavy losses. The Subo sank, the Tsukuba sank, the Yakumo sank, the Iwami exploded and sank. Even if the Iwate was towed back, I don¡¯t know if it could be repaired. There were also destroyer losses!  Just rebuilding the Second Fleet will require hundreds of millions of national currency!  He knows the current domestic situation better than anyone else.  After such a heavy loss was reported back, it was almost impossible for the top management to send troops to Shandong again, and even the several regiments of the 6th Division that had not yet arrived would not come. If the Guards Division and Shirakawa Yoshinori gathered at Longkou could be  Just send it back to Lushun.?It's a blessing.  As for Jinzhou I. Otani Kikuzo has been surrounded in the deserted city, and the navy has suffered heavy losses. Whether he can suddenly return to Lushun depends on luck.

    "Gentlemen." Kamio Mitsuomi picked up the saber, looked back at the several regiment flag guards gathered behind him, and suddenly said in a high voice: "Jade is broken. I hope my soul can return to Japan!" In his last howl.  Amidst the sound, thousands of Japanese troops gathered in Li Village came to their end. They rushed out of the trenches and launched a death charge towards the National Defense Forces. Not to mention how much physical strength they still had after a night of fierce fighting to carry out such a jade-breaking sprint. Just two divisions were concentrated.  Hundreds of additional light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers would be enough to tear them all into pieces when they were exhausted.

    When the 47 mortars deployed on Fushan simultaneously erupted into their final roar, Yang Qiu stepped onto Qingdao Signal Mountain under the protection of soldiers.  In front of you is the Dietrich monument engraved with the German eagle symbol. The first and second monuments are engraved with von Dietrich's achievements in occupying Jiaozhou on November 14, 1897. The third monument is regarded as sovereign by Germany.  On the tablet, there is a line of German text engraved on it.  "He acquired this land here for the emperor and the empire. This rock is named the Dietrich Monument after him." In the parallel world, nearly half of these three monuments were destroyed by the war. After Japan occupied Qingdao, it was  The description of the Japanese occupation was engraved next to it in German, but now the three monuments have been completely preserved.

    Seeing Yang Qiu staring at the Dietrich Monument for a long time without moving his eyes, Zhang Xiaozhun thought he was dissatisfied as to why he had not demolished it earlier, and said: "The army was in a tense war some time ago, so it has not been blown up."

    "Blow it up?" Yang Qiu raised his eyebrows and shook his head: "Why destroy it? This is history! Not only cannot it be blown up, but it should also be well protected. History is history. Not only cannot it be whitewashed or tampered with, but it should also be actively opened to the public.  Everyone understands! In the future, when the world is at peace, the history that was tampered by the Manchus will be revised back! At least we must tell the people what kind of nation we are, where we come from, and that our nation has already survived on this land.  For five thousand years! Organize people immediately to build a better monument next to it! We must record in detail the entire process of our retaking this place, and engrave the names of every fallen soldier on it! Let our descendants know where we are going.  What a road we have passed, how many soldiers have died here fighting for the independence of the country and the nation, and for freedom."

    The officers did not know how to respond to the heavy words. Yang Du coughed twice to break the solemn atmosphere and said: "The Vice President is right. I don't know how much history has been tampered with by the Qing Dynasty after entering the customs. It is time to let them come to light."  The world, so that our descendants will not go astray in the future."

    Yang Qiu also realized that it was not good to talk about these heavy things during a great victory. At this time, the former Austro-Hungarian Queen Elisabeth, which had been huddled in the bay for more than a month, slowly sailed towards the mouth of the bay with several gunboats, and asked  : "What are they going to do?"

    "The remaining fleet of the Japanese Navy has retreated to Weihai. They went to pick up the submarine." Cai E took a deep breath and said: "After the second detachment succeeded last night, the No. 6 boat has never floated." As if to cooperate with his words, the surface of the sea  Suddenly large bubbles appeared, and a moment later two waves with great military exploits emerged from the water.  The sailors didn't have much joy, and they climbed onto the deck one after another and shouted something loudly. No matter how brilliant the record was, it still couldn't make up for the heartache after losing their comrades.

    "Report!"

    Li Zongren quickly walked up the cliff and handed over a preliminary statistical report: "The Battle of Qingdao is all over. This is a preliminary statistical report. Since the battle at the beginning of the month, our army has suffered a total of more than 110,000 casualties, and 6,100 people died last night alone.  In total, more than 250,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, more than 8,000 prisoners were captured, 370,000 guns of various types, and 107 cannons were seized. 4 enemy battleships were sunk, 1 was seriously damaged, 1 was slightly damaged, and 5 destroyers were sunk and injured.  3 ships, 1 troop transport ship, and the rest of the captured materials and ammunition are being counted In addition, the soldiers have just discovered Kamio Mitsuomi, and he and several flag guards committed suicide after burning the regiment flag."

    Amid Li Zongren¡¯s quick words, a song suddenly came from among the exhausted soldiers.

    "Wolf smoke rises, the mountains and rivers look north. The dragon curls up, the horse neighs, the sword and gun reflect the blood, and the heart is as iron as gall and full of tears. The Han family hero draws his sword and rushes, who can resist! The blood of the mountains and rivers, the eternal battlefield, how many loyal brothers and feet are buried in the bones  Why don¡¯t you die to serve your country in a foreign country!" One soldier stood up unsteadily to the singing, the second soldier stood up, the third, and the fourth. More and more soldiers  He stood up and looked at the sea and sang the military song of the National Defense Forces. In his hoarse voice, a crack suddenly opened in the hazy sky.

    Brilliant and eye-catching!

    "Who will be next, Germany or Japan?" Yang Qiu silently stared at the Dietrich Monument, silently recited it several times in his heart, and then suddenly stood up straight.

    "Clear code, the whole country is electrified! At 11 o'clock on September 1, 1914, our national defense forces regained the territory. Qingdao was a great victory!"

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