After fierce fighting on April 25, 1928, the First Army of the Nationalist Government occupied Tai'an and Feicheng. The First Front of the Second Army marched from Pingyin to Changqing. In the afternoon, the Northern Expeditionary Army approached Jinan, and the sound of artillery could be heard in the city.

!Zhang Zongchang urgently ordered the only 20,000 troops in Jinan City to go to the front line! However, Zhang Zongchang’s troops were so weak that they were scattered by the Northern Expedition as soon as they entered the battle! By noon, the troops of more than 20,000 troops were actually

More than 10,000 people were beaten and scattered.

Only less than 7,000 people retreated to Jinan in panic. Fukuda Hikosuke gloated and laughed as he watched the continuous defeat of Zhang Zongchang's tribe. At this time, Zhang Zongchang listened sadly to the rumble of artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jinan City.

There was a loud noise, so we had to arrange for people to pack up their belongings and prepare to evacuate.

At this time, the Nanjing Guo Min Party Central Committee appointed nine people, Yu Enbo, Cai Zisheng, Li Chengzhi, Ge Tan, Wang Lizai, Zhang Pijie, Liu Ziban, Zhang Quanyu, and Zhang Weizhong, to form the Shandong Provincial Party Affairs Steering Committee to replace the original Shandong Provincial Party Affairs Reorganization Committee.

, and the nine people left for Jinan immediately after the meeting.

The Japanese army began to build barricades and erect electric grids at the north end of each Wei Road in the commercial port (first in Weijiazhuang), and set up self-defense boundaries to prohibit the passage of Chinese people! This behavior caused panic among the citizens of Jinan, but Zhang Zongchang could no longer protect himself.

Not so many, so we had to let the Japanese do what they did.

At 11 o'clock in the evening on April 25, Zhang Zongchang led the remaining troops to evacuate Jinan in a state of panic. However, Tian Youwang and Jiang Huan used the excuse of preventing the National Army's economic advance from north to south and waiting for an opportunity to make Zhang Zongchang return to Jinan.

He led the three thousand stragglers gathered under his command and stayed behind.

After Zhang Zongchang left, Tian Youwang and Jiang Huan immediately rushed to the Jiaoji Railway Hotel to meet Fukuda Hikosuke! Seeing the two people arriving and informing him of Zhang Zongchang's departure, Fukuda Hikosuke couldn't help but look at them with satisfaction and said: "

You two are indeed good friends of the Empire! Don’t worry, the Empire will not treat its friends badly!”

Tian Youwang and Jiang Huan were overjoyed when they heard this. They bowed deeply to Fukuda Hikosuke and said loudly: "Hi! It is our honor to serve the empire!"

Fukuda Hikosuke nodded, and then ordered his brigade leader Saito Ryu to enter Jinan City and gather in the "Jinan Daily" newspaper office to set up warnings, fortifications and power grids! Others were prohibited from passing on the grounds of protecting overseas Chinese. And a thousand dollars were allocated.

Ten thousand rounds of rifles and ammunition were handed over to the troops of Tian Youwang and Jiang Huan, tasked with provoking and assisting in the defense of the coming Northern Expeditionary Army.

Little did they know, there were two pairs of eyes watching their movements coldly. Then they turned around, changed several sets of clothes and routes, and then quietly entered the fortifications of Zhonggong Town!

"Password!" Only a cold shout was heard in the darkness. The two black figures paused and immediately replied: "Destroy the Japanese pirates! Return the order!"

"Kill Zouzi!" After hearing the command, several people suddenly appeared from the seemingly deserted fortification and said to the dark figures with smiles: "Lin Bao, Shang Dinan, how are you?!

Have you gained anything?!"

Lin Bao looked at a few veterans of the Fourth Battalion and sneered: "Yes! Of course there is, I have opened my eyes this time! What does it mean to fall out faster than a book, and what does it mean to be shameless! We have seen it, hehe...

…Jinan City…”

Shang Dinan pulled Lin Bao and said, "Why don't you leave quickly! Be careful that the battalion commander waited for the news for too long and scolded your mother! Leave quickly." Lin Bao was pulled by Shang Dinan and immediately woke up! Follow Shang Di quickly

Nan scurried left and right in the traffic trench, and soon arrived at an extremely hidden command tunnel.

In the tunnel, a tall figure held an oil lamp and flickered it on a map. Although the figure was a little blurry, it gave people the feeling of being aggressive! Shang Dinan and Lin Bao stood at the door and shouted loudly

Said: "Report! Guard Shang Dinan (Lin Bao) directly under the commander of the fourth battalion reports to the commander!"

The figure did not stop what he was doing when he heard this, but continued to look at the map and said: "Come in!"

Following his words, Shang Dinan and Lin Bao respectfully performed a military salute to the figure with his back to them. Then they solemnly entered the command tunnel. The figure turned around after they entered!

This man turned out to be the commander of the fourth battalion, the number one guard of the Third Army Corps of the Anguo Army—Tu Qianjun! Tu Qianjun casually threw the pencil in his hand onto the map, picked up two glasses of water and handed them to them, and then

He looked at Lin Bao and the others with burning eyes and said, "How is the situation?!"

Lin Bao and Shang Dinan respectfully took the water and took a sip, and then Lin Bao reported back to Tu Qianjun: "As soon as Commander Zhang left, Tian Youwang and Jiang Huan took the remaining three thousand troops under their command and defected directly to the Japanese.

Japan also provided them with a bunch of guns and ammunition. I estimate there are about a thousand rifles and tens of thousands of bullets."

"Bump!" Tu Qianjun heard Lin Bao's words and slammed the table, saying in a cold voice: "Tian Youwang! Jiang Huan! You deserve to be killed!!"

Lin Bao and Shang Dinan did not dare to say a word after hearing Tu Qianjun's words. After a while, seeing that Tu Qianjun did not continue speaking, Shang Dinan asked cautiously: "Batalion Commander, what should we do now?!"

Tu Qianjun sneered and said: "What to do?! Cold! What we have to do now is to wait for the Northern Expeditionary Army to come. After all, our troops are too small now, and we don't know how to fight the Japanese equipment and firepower?!"

Lin Bao and Shang Dinan nodded when they heard this, but then Shang Dinan asked: "What if the Northern Expeditionary Army attacks us first?!"

Tu Qianjun looked at Shang Dinan with the eyes of a useless person and sneered: "Do you really think that my training these few months and the fortifications I spent here for many months were in vain?! Even if they are fully armed,

There are no teeth that can chew through my Zhonggong Town!"

Shang Dinan slapped his head! He was a fool. Even if the Northern Expeditionary Army tried to chew down the fortifications in Zhonggong Town, they would still shed three kilograms of blood! This is no joke, those piled up in Zhonggong Town

A single blast from dozens of cannons can cause heavy losses to them! The light and heavy machine guns and machine guns deployed on the front line are a direct hail of bullets!

"Inform all companies that the platoon will go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!" Tu Qianjun left Shang Dinan and Lin Bao to look at the map again. After a while, he slowly gave instructions. After hearing Tu Qianjun's instructions, Shang Di

Nan He and Lin Bao didn't dare to neglect! He said loudly "Yes!" and ran out of the command tunnel, making announcements everywhere.

On April 26, 1928, the Northern Expeditionary Army captured the city of Jinan. The First Army surrounded Jinan from the left, center, and right. In the early morning of that day, the First Army, Liu Zhi's Ninth Army, and the First Army

Enter the city first!

After the Fourth Army Corps' Fang Zhenwu Division repelled the Dashiqiao Zhilu Army, it also entered the Jinan Commercial Port. On the same day, the Second Army Corps' Chen Tiaoyuan Division's 26th Army and 37th Army invaded Jinan along the north and south areas of Jiaoji Road.

; After intercepting the Zhilu Army in Feicheng, He Yaozu's troops from the Third Army moved into the suburbs of Jinan. In the afternoon, the remnants of the Zhilu Army crossed the Yellow River to the north, and the entire city of Jinan was occupied by the Northern Expeditionary Army!
Chapter completed!