Recently, Beijing has been rumored again. The President may hold a military meeting in Beijing on this year's Double Tenth National Day. I don't know where this news came from, but at first it was only circulating among the people in Beijing, but then even newspapers joined the discussion.

If there is no Shandong crisis, the President would have held a National Defense Forces meeting in Baoding in September, so it is reasonable for the public to speculate. As for the media to get involved, it is understandable. Since the Sino-Japanese firefight in Shandong, although the two countries have not declared war with each other so far, all classes in the country have generally become confused about the bleak national trend and future. This emotional change is more clearly expressed in this capital city.

Japan launched a war of aggression against China with a strong navy and enough army, and forced itself to seize the rights and interests of Shandong. The rising democratic people, mainly young people, are as enthusiastic as ever. Young representatives fearlessly represent immaturity. They do not understand much about war. They only know that now is the most important time for China. If the country wants to rise and the nation is prosperous and strong, iron and blood are indispensable. But there are always some rationalists who are worried about Zhongzhong's analysis that 50,000 Japanese troops and Japanese navy are difficult to deal with, and if they are not good, it is another big loss in the Sino-Japanese War-like Sino-Japanese War! Most people in this category believe that the best solution to the Sino-Japanese conflict in Shandong is to maintain restraint, accelerate the pace of moving closer to the Allies, and use Britain, the United States and other countries to try to solve the Shandong issue with political and diplomatic means.

This view could only be spread privately before the Sino-Japanese fire exchange before the war. After the war started, it gradually became louder and even made a fuss in the newspapers. They were a group of anti-war people, and their opinions were nice, saying: "Now when the political situation is newly established and the country is in a state of chaos, there are benefits from Europe outside. China should seize this opportunity to develop industrial and mining industries. Japan is also an Asian power. The situation between China and Japan is obvious. Once the war starts, our country will not have a chance to win. This time, the Japanese are coming in a fierce manner, so it is better to avoid it first, wait until I slept on firewood and taste gall, and then fight back after the country grows."

Although this view slowly subsided as President Li announced his decision to fight to the end, the government still had to take some action to inspire the people's spirit and the national spirit that began to gather.

It’s not unreasonable to hold military exercises in the capital!

The government has not responded to this yet. A batch of troops traveled to the front line through the capital, and were each grandly bid by the residents of the capital. There were also troops heading to the Northeast. Since the war between mid-Japan in October, President Li has approved the addition of three new defense divisions to the Northeast, increasing the garrison in the Northeast to 150,000. And it seems that there is no intention to stop. The continuous stream of materials is advancing to the Northeast through railways and various channels. The government is warning Japan and China not to be afraid of a full-scale war, and has prepared for the full-scale fire between China and Japan.

On the positions near Laoshan Bay, Lieutenant General Wu Peifu, the commander of the newly formed 49th Division of the National Defense Forces, is inspecting.

During the National Protection War, Wu Peifu and Cao Kun's second division suffered heavy damage. The National Protection War finally ended with the bombing of Yuan Shikai, the leader of the Beiyang Group, being bombed and killed. However, according to the agreement between the North and South, the generals of the Beiyang Division who were captured or injured in the National Protection War were not held accountable. The Second Division was Feng Guozhang's people, and generals Wu Peifu and Cao Kun were both Feng Guozhang's direct troops. Therefore, after Li Han entered Beijing, Wu Peifu and Cao Kun were sent to Nanjing by Duan Qirui. The main second division, which was affiliated with Feng Guozhang's forces, suffered heavy damage. Of course, he felt uncomfortable. Therefore, although in order to appease Cao Kun, he dispersed Cao Kun's military power a lot, and directly helped Cao Kun's general Wu Peifu to the throne and became the commander of the 49th Division of the National Defense Forces formed by the remnants of the Second Division.

The 49th Division was the main force that Feng Guozhang was forced to send to the north after being pressured from the new president of Beijing. It is true that the 49th Division was indeed formed by the elite Beiyang Second Division, but the Second Division was severely damaged by the guards, and the remaining soldiers were less than four or five thousand soldiers. Then some were transferred away by Cao Kun, hoping to rely on the remaining remaining soldiers to complete the regular division of the National Defense Forces of the Third Brigade of the First Division. How much combat power can it save in just a few months?

Moreover, Feng Guozhang felt relieved when he was forced to send troops north by Beijing. Although the 49th Division is now equipped with 18,600 personnel, the quality of the new recruits supplied by Feng Guozhang in Jiangsu was obviously not as good as the National Defense Forces directly commanded by the central government after screening, and the training and military pay were not very sufficient. What Feng Guozhang was even more amazing was that when he sent the 49th Division to the north, he was worried that he was transferred to the front line by Beijing as cannon fodder, so he directly allocated more than 4,000 guns to the 49th Division on the pretext of insufficient military supplies. In fact, the 49th Division was still after the 49th Division arrived in Baoding, and the Army Department had enough combat effectiveness.

Wu Peifu knew very well that his 49th Division's combat effectiveness is not to mention fighting the Japanese, but the new recruit divisions of the National Defense Forces expanded their recruitment may be better than those of the 49th Division. Therefore, after the Shandong crisis, the Xianbei was incorporated into the East China Military Region and then transferred to the front line. He showed great duty and had no complaints. How to say that, at least for him, he is much better now than when he was in Jiangsu. The central government has enough military pay, and the military is equipped with brand new Type 13 rifles. Although the allocation of artillery and machine guns is worse than that of the Central Defense Forces, it is also much better than when he was in Jiangsu.

Compared with the current atmosphere of Beijing and the stinginess of Jiangsu Feng Guozhang, Wu Peifu, who was bright in his heart, was not without other minor thoughts.

As the saying goes, can a good bird chooses trees to live in!

In the battle of Laoshan Bay a few days ago, the Japanese fought so fiercely. Wu Peifu's 49th Division was sent to take over the 24-limit defense line from Gaojiazhuang to Qinggang section on the fifth day, but it really fought several battles with the Japanese army. Before the smoke of gunpowder had dissipated, four or five of their positions had been broken through by the Japanese. In recent years, few domestic troops have exchanged fire with the Japanese. Although the Japanese army was vicious in the Russo-Japanese War, they really started fighting and found that the Japanese were more difficult than they thought.

The Japanese army's soldiers are of high quality. In terms of training, morale, will, or shooting, individual soldiers are much higher than those of the 49th Division. Even with the assistance of the position and the second division next to them, in order to repel the Japanese in the past three days, the 49th Division still paid more than 700 people to be killed and more than 1,900 were injured. The heavy firepower of the Japanese made the 49th Division, which lacked firepower suppression, fight very hard from the Gaojiazhuang to Qinggang. Fortunately, this dilemma is being reversed bit by bit with the arrival of subsequent support. Yesterday, the Military Region Command issued a batch of arms to the 49th Division, which are the heavy firepower they need most, including twenty-four machine guns and thirty mortars, including six 75mm caliber American field artillery.

The Japanese obviously did not know that their position firepower had been enhanced. As a result, last night, they launched a counter-charge. Not only did they harvest several lost positions and fill the gap in the defense line, but they also accidentally killed and injured 300 Japanese troops. They drove the 114th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army and the 52nd Squadron of the 21st Artillery Brigade, which was placed in front of them, and retreated for two miles. This was a rare victory. Although it was still difficult to cover up the Sino-Japanese War ratio of 3.74:1.

The battle last night unexpectedly hit the Japanese, which not only made people feel relieved, but the morale of the 49th Division was raised to a new level. I heard that the Japanese were coming to take revenge. The officers and soldiers of the 49th Division were ready to fight, and they were very imposing to drive the Japanese into the sea. But Wu Peifu shook his head repeatedly, without any intention of underestimating the enemy. In his opinion, the Japanese army suffered a loss last night and was not clear about their firepower strengthening, and they were always suppressing them to attack. Obviously, they did not expect the 49th Division to launch a counterattack suddenly. If they come to revenge this time, they must be prepared. This second round of war is not easy to fight. On the one hand, he restrained the troops and did not be too excited. On the other hand, he sent several teams to investigate the intelligence of the 114th Infantry Regiment. At the same time, he requested the Land Airlines to dispatch planes to investigate and determine when the main force of the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division was on their front.

He also tried a lot to think about the arrangement of artillery positions. In the artillery battle a few days ago, the Japanese probably had touched their artillery positions. The artillery has been hitting more accurately in the past few days. Fortunately, there are many hills nearby, so they can rely on hills to cover independently. When conducting internal combat arrangements, he repeatedly emphasized: "The enemy's heavy artillery has strong firepower, and both range and power exceed our 49th Division. Since we cannot suppress the advantages of the enemy, we must make targeted arrangements. I have already given the command.

Apply to give up some positions that can be defended without any danger, and focus on the terrain to build arc positions in Daliuzhuang, Xiaowangzhuang, Dagu River, Jiaolai River, etc., and trap the Japanese in. At the same time, we must also be prepared to give up the second-tier position at any time to retreat to the third-tier position. The necessary strategic depth is the basis of this battle. Whether the front-line troops can put the Japanese in and lead our preset positions is the key. Don’t think that we will win the first time, and we can win again the second time as usual. The enemy is changing, and we also need to change!"

Under Wu Peifu's careful arrangement, the main force of the 49th Division was like a entrenched snake, ready to give the enemy a fatal blow at the most critical moment. General Ji Yulin, the Military Region Command, was very satisfied with the arrangement of the 49th Division's position. The General Staff of the rear, Jiang Fangzhen, and Cai E, who was only recently invited by the General Staff, all agreed and said that their talent was of great use.

Although the troops landing on the southern wing were suddenly attacked by the Chinese Navy, the progress has been very smooth since they were launched on October 5. The 41st Regiment of the 2nd Division stationed in Huangdao Port had tried to resist tenaciously, but they were all destroyed by the powerful artillery fire of the Japanese Navy. After paying huge losses, the 41st Regiment had to retreat to the second-line position in the rear. Before retreating, the 41st Regiment received the order to blow up Huangdao Port and destroy some of the still intact harbor facilities. If the Japanese ships wanted to use it, it would be difficult to use without a half month of maintenance and repair.

Under the command of Lieutenant General Umezawa Doji, the 6th Japanese Division first led the 45th Infantry Regiment of Kagoshima 36th Brigade to successfully land. Lieutenant General Umezawa Doji followed the first wave of the landing troops and captured the Huangdao Port landing in just one night. By the 6th, the 45th Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division had landed, and all the squadrons of the 6th Field Artillery Regiment were all squadrons of the 6th Field Artillery Regiment. During the retreat, the 41st Regiment of the National Defense Forces bombed the surrounding Huangdao Port into ruins, which made Lieutenant General Umezawa Doji very furious. He lost the port facilities and could not be used. The Navy's transport ships, destroyers, sea defense ships, etc. could not dock and rest, so he could only dock at the sea. In the following days, the 45th Regiment launched a strong attack on the positions of Xuejiawan and Huangdao Qianwan National Defense Forces, and fought desperately with the 23rd Division stationed in Jiaozhou Bay to fight for the excellent control of the inner port of Jiaozhou Bay.

On the other hand, the 13th Regiment of the Sixth Division landed in Jimo severely damaged the Jimo National Defense Forces defenders. Although the local defenders resisted tenaciously for more than seven hours, because of the large number of reefs in Jimo section, there were many beaches on the peninsula. Before the war, the National Defense Forces did not think that the Japanese ships would take the risk of landing in Jimo, so they ignored the defense here. This led to the lack of sufficient heavy firepower in the local area to suppress the Japanese army except for two 155mm heavy artillery artillery artillery batteries.

.After the Japanese naval ships ventured to approach the coastline to bombard the defense force positions, the defense force defenders that blocked the defense force suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese army's losses were not easy. In just a few hours of landing, the 13th Regiment suffered more than 900 casualties. In the following days, the 13th Regiment advanced very slowly on the Jimo line. In Baimiao Township and Fengcheng line, the National Defense Forces relied on the second-tier positions to defend the 13th Regiment once made the 13th Regiment difficult.

Lieutenant General Kanwei personally directed the 18th Division to land in Laoshan Bay and set up the command center of the 18th Division in a larger building near Laoshan Bay. This building should have been blown up when the National Defense Force evacuated. The entire village should have been a position of the National Defense Force. There were trenches and traps everywhere inside and outside the village, and the noise on the beach several miles away was endless. The officers and soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Regiment are now having to put down their weapons and do what the hard workers should do, and work hard to sort and transfer and concentrate the materials that they had finally transported. More than ten miles away from the command center, the 55th Regiment, which had just landed, was resting and being wary of the threat from the 49th Division opposite.

The nearby sky was full of the sound of Japanese people's unique rhythms. Because of the Chinese's strong walls and clear fields, they could not find a few living people near the beach. As a result, the Japanese army's plan to force the Chinese untouchables to do hard work for the Japanese Imperial Army had to announce a miscarriage.

After several days of war, Lieutenant General Mitsumon Kamio has basically determined the situation on three battlefields. The National Defense Forces have concentrated four divisions on three battlefields, and more than 70,000 Chinese troops defended along the coastline. It seems that they want to block the Imperial Army in the sea! But they are completely inferior to the powerful power of the modern navy and can only give up their positions close to the beach, which has led to the Chinese people having to retreat to the rear. At present, the Imperial ** team has successfully landed on the third line, and a steady stream of supplies are being transported from the sea to the land. However, because of the lack of sufficient labor, he has to leave nearly 10,000 soldiers to engage in a low-level profession like labor.

However, Lieutenant General Kamio Mitsumon frowned. So far, the Chinese people's planes inherited from the single people have not yet entered the war, and the Chinese army opposite is mostly defending. I don't know if it was his own illusion, but he always felt that the Chinese people were secretly operating some traps, and now they are waiting for him to jump in.

This feeling is very bad, really. Although he comforted himself again and again, these are just ridiculous delusions. The reason why the Chinese army was still passively counterattacked when its troops were dominant against the Imperial Team was just because it was afraid of the military force of the Great Japanese Empire, which was a manifestation of the cowardice of the Chinese people. He even tried to try to use the main force of the Chinese army to deploy along the coast with Qingdao as the center, to prepare to gather and defend and fight a "Lu Shun" battle with the Imperial Team, so that the Imperial Team would retreat.

But for some reason, even if he thought so, he occasionally thought of the soldiers who died tragically by the 23rd Regiment who were injured by the Chinese ambush and bombing of the Chinese people, and the torpedo attacks that night by the Chinese Navy, he felt a little chilling. He had already felt that the Chinese people facing the Imperial Team were different from the Japanese-Qing War and the Japanese-Lu War in his memory. That kind of viciousness and courage were completely sacrifices and arrangements that a army that wanted to win could make.

However, he was soon swept the restlessness behind him. Now he is commanding one of the two most elite divisions of the Empire. The one that was established for several months is mostly armed by new recruits. How can the imperial martial arts be achieved? The results of this in the past three days have been clearly shown. Since the landing of the Imperial Team, more than 3,000 soldiers have been killed or killed, but the National Defense Forces on the opposite side have definitely suffered several times more casualties than the National Defense Forces. At this time, in the three battlefields in the north and south, the landing forces of the Imperial Team had basically landed. If it weren't for the Chinese people's solid walls and clearance of the Imperial Team, the Imperial Team could not find enough Chinese untouchables to transport supplies, the elite troops of the 18th Division and the Sixth Division should have defeated the opposing National Defense Forces and advanced at least fifty to one hundred kilometers to the inland.

However, the Chinese people's small methods could only slightly lag behind the empire's martial arts. Kano Mitsumon breathed a little relieved. After the imperial team had sorted out and deployed for a few days, the army had already transported most of the supplies to the land, just waiting for all the supplies to be transported, and it was time to launch a large-scale attack!

But, for some reason, there was always a hint of uneasiness in his heart quietly climbing up!
Chapter completed!