Chapter 243 Aoki Ryutsu

In addition, Yuan Shikai also sent a small group of troops to attack the Zhenguo Army's camp, claiming that the battle had begun and was ready to launch a large-scale operation at any time. The Zhenguo Army continued to maintain a defensive posture in accordance with Li Tiancheng's instructions.

The port terminal located in Dongying, Shandong is a military terminal expanded by the Japanese in Shandong. The originally dilapidated and narrow terminal has been expanded by the Japanese into ten berths, including two docks that can be parked at 20,000 tons of ship berths.

The reason why the Japanese built a large-scale construction here was because the better Qingdao Port wharf had been occupied by the Germans. They had to build another dock in Dongying that can be anchored in large warships. After several years of construction, a medium-sized fleet could be stationed here and a large Marine warship landing could be provided. Japanese merchant ships were mostly anchored in Dongying at this time, and this place had developed into another medium-sized port in Shandong.

On the dock, two huge troop transport ships were mooring on the long waveproof wall. Japanese soldiers lined up on the deck and walked up the shore along the long cement road of the dock. This time, Japan secretly transported the forces of two divisions to Shandong, making the Japanese troops in Shandong reach more than 60,000.

On another landing battleship, there was a Japanese officer who boarded the dock, the newly appointed commander of the Chinese theater, Nobusu Aoki. He came here to inspect from the Japanese headquarters in Tianjin.

After Aoki Ryuchun came down at Dongying Port, surrounded by a group of officers, he inspected the naval base and put forward some opinions on the construction here. Then he rushed to the camp division headquarters of the 12th Division in Binzhou.

The 12th Division was originally stationed in Beijing and was a unit that came to Shandong for defense half a year ago. They were recently stationed in Dezhou, and like the 22nd Division, they were also one of the elite troops of the Japanese army, just like the 18th Division.

It was already afternoon when Aoki Ryuchun's convoy arrived at the 12th Division Division headquarters... After a long time, two people were standing at the entrance of the division. They and more than a dozen people applauded at the door to welcome Aoki Ryuchun's arrival.

One of the two main officials is Kazuichi Noda, the commander of the Marine Division of the 12th Division. He is also the highest rank among the division commanders, with the rank of lieutenant general. A man with a thin face stood beside him. He was Okamura Nishi, who had just been promoted to major general, was about to go to Texas 22nd Division to replace the outgoing former division commander.

"Welcome to the 12th Division to inspect." Kazuichi Noda walked up and saluted Aoki Ryutsu with a smile.

Okamura Yasuji also walked up to salute. Okamura Yasuji had been a subordinate of Aoki Nobusu. The two worked together for a while, so they were very familiar with each other. Without too much courtesy, the three of them entered the division headquarters military camp.

"What instructions does the commander have to come this time? I will definitely follow it?" Noda Kazuichi's military rank is the same as Aoki Ryutsu, but his position is still one level lower, so he is very respectful to Aoki.

At this time, the Marine Corps of Japan was still under the command of the Army Department, so Noda was also a subordinate of Aoki.

"This time I was ordered by the General Staff Headquarters to come to Shandong to supervise the war. The General Staff Headquarters asked us to judge whether we could take the initiative to attack the garrison of the Zhenguo Army based on the current situation. The Yama County Governor gave us a lot of freedom and let us act according to the opportunity, but the Japanese army's actions in China must be temporarily limited to the Shandong front line." Aoki Ryukuzu's expression was serious, the beard on the corner of his mouth trembled a few times, and immediately said in a deep voice.

"What does the commander mean? Is it to continue to maintain the status quo or to expand the scale of war on the continent?" After hearing Aoki's words, Kazuichi Noda seemed to smell the smell of war. He had been waiting for the day for three years and immediately asked.

"I communicated with the military headquarters. They agreed to take further military action in China. This time I came to urge you to launch an attack on the Zhenguo army immediately." Aoki Ryuchun's eyes flashed with a sharp look and said coldly.

"There are still 50,000 German troops in Shandong. Is the commander not concerned?" Noda also guessed that Aoki must have a major military action plan when he came, but he was still worried about the German troops in Shandong, so he asked again.

"The Germans are like trapped beasts in Shandong. They will never dare to move around. As long as we restrain the 18th Legion of the German army and do not take the initiative to attack, the Germans will never come out to fight without any trouble." Aoki said disdainfully.

"Although China and Germany are all ally countries, the German troops have insufficient weapons and strategic material reserves and difficult supply. They only seek peace in the Far East, but not for progress. I think the Germans should have been considering withdrawing their troops in Shandong, because they will definitely not be able to protect their territory in Shandong. Both us and the Chinese will eventually occupy Qingdao, so they must give up, so why waste manpower and financial resources here to fight against Japan." Aoki Nobusuka continued.

When Okamura Yasuji, who had not spoken, frowned slightly when he heard this, he suddenly said, "We understand the commander's meaning very well, but I suspect that the Zhenguo army is likely to transport weapons, equipment and ammunition to the German army in secret to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the 50,000 German troops. The Germans will not withdraw for a day, which is a huge restraint on the Japanese army's actions. If they go rashly, the plan to attack the Zhenguo army will be very difficult. Maybe they will lose a lot of rice if they steal the chicken and lose a lot of money."

"My brother Gangcun doesn't have to worry too much. The Zhenguo army has the support of the Germans, and we also have Yuan Shikai's 70,000 troops to assist. Compared with their local European troops, the German troops in Shandong are of the second and third ranks. Compared with the troops of the Chinese Empire, they are not much better. Besides, they will never desperately defend the territory for the Chinese people. Then they will definitely change their minds, wait for an opportunity to escape from the Far East, and withdraw from the local area." Noda Kazuichi immediately waved his hand and said disapprovingly.

Aoki Ryusu was not moved by Okamura's words. He thought that Okamura, who was only thirty years old, was still too young and needed to continue his experience. So he turned to Okamura Yanji and said, "You have just come to China not long ago and are not familiar with the form here. You must learn more about Noda's combat experience from Noda in the future."

"But the commander..." Okamura Yasuji wanted to speak, but he couldn't say why, so he stopped again.

"Due to the urgent time, I won't talk much nonsense. Let's just decide. Who will take the lead in this first battle?" Aoki Ryutsu had already thought of an offensive plan and would not give up because of the opposition of a young subordinate. He immediately glanced at the two of them and asked firmly.

Okamura Yasuji didn't want to be in charge of the battle, and he was vaguely worried that the mysterious brigade of the Shinguo Army would suddenly show its amazing power, which caught the Japanese army off guard. So when Aoki spoke later, he kept his head down and did not agree.

Noda knew that Okamura did not want to go out to fight, so he glanced at him, so he immediately turned his head and said, "Then let our 12th Division fight the vanguard. I have sent someone to reconnaissance the camp of the Zhenguo Army. They only have one brigade troops stationed in Yucheng. The large troops are all behind Jinan. We can send large troops to attack Yucheng, capture Yucheng in one fell swoop, and move the position outside Jinan City. As long as we win this first battle, our army's morale will be greatly boosted, and the next battle will be easy to fight."

"Well, since you know the best about Shandong's geography and humanities and the deployment of the Zhenguo Army, this battle will be left to you. We must win this key first battle and boost morale for the large-scale naval war that our army is about to launch. If we defeat an enemy brigade in one battle and force the enemy to retreat to Jinan, it will be a great encouragement to the morale of the Japanese army and the Allied Army." Aoki nodded in agreement.

"I originally wanted the 22nd Division to take on the main attack mission, but considering that Okamura had not been in China for a long time and was not very familiar with the Chinese army, this arduous task was left to the commander of Noda Division." Aoki said again.

"General Noda must be careful to arrange troops and arrange troops, understand the defense situation of the Zhenguo Army and their firepower equipment, and then take action. Do not fall into the trap of the Chinese people. They caused great trouble at sea, so the military headquarters believed that the first battle on land must show the momentum of Japan, which is a revenge on the Chinese people's attack on the First Fleet at sea, and must let the Chinese people know that the power of the Japanese Imperial Army is not desecrated."

"This battle is of great significance. You must not be careless. You must win or fail." Aoki Ryutsu continued to increase his tone.

"Hey, please go to the commander. I will definitely let the Chinese people spit out all the advantages that the Japanese army had taken from the sea. I will definitely give the military headquarters a surprise in this battle. Please wait for the 12th Legion of the Earth." Noda Kazuichi seemed confident and said firmly.

However, Okamura Yasuji kept lowering his head and didn't say anything. He had different opinions on Kazuichi Noda, believing that this person seemed a bit arrogant, but at this time, Nobusu Aoki and Noda agreed with each other, and they had a lower status and were not easy to interrupt.

"You can go to this battle with confidence. This time we have sent two additional divisions from the local area to Shandong to assist, and they will assist you in completing this battle. In addition, I promise you one thing. If you can take Yucheng this time, I will hand over the command of the five divisions in Shandong to you and let you serve as the commander of the Shandong Legion that will be formed." Aoki nodded slightly and changed his mind.

When Noda heard this, he was overjoyed, his eyebrows raised, and he grinned and said, "Thank you for your cultivation, I will definitely live up to expectations."

Noda then glanced at Okamura Yanji, who was still lowering his head, and thought that he had asked for the fight just now. I'm afraid the commander would have a good impression of you. Maybe he would also propose the conditions for you to be promoted and promoted. Now you regret it...

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