The Lin family army attacked Qingdao had about 8,000 troops, while the Qingdao defenders had only 1,700 troops, and most of them were sailors, and the army was only a battalion. Faced with several times the enemy, Li Heyi did not dare to be careless and asked Chief of Staff Wu Canglei to take charge of Qingdao himself.

Wu Canglei was called "the best chief of staff in the entire division", and his talent can be imagined. Therefore, although he was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, he did not want to be trapped.

When he was the deputy regiment commander, he dared to launch a battle with the six infantry companies in his hands and two regiments of the Hubei Army. The battle was thrilling. Wu Canglei's six companies entered and exited Shangqiu Station three times, and rushed repeatedly, waiting until the reinforcements arrived. Afterwards, Liu Jingxiao read the battle details and praised the battle for its wonderful and beautiful battle. He was promoted from the deputy regiment commander to the chief of staff of the brigade.

Although he has been in the position of the Chief of Staff for more than two years, it is generally believed that this position is just for him to be gilded. As long as there is a lack of brigade commander, the position of the brigade commander will definitely be between him and Sima Kan.

During the first two days of battle, Wu Canglei was impeccable in both the troops' mobilization, command and final withdrawal. The Third Division of the Lin family suffered more than 400 casualties, but he did not even see the shadow of Qingdao.

On the third day, the Lin family army made a lot of money and tried to defeat Wu Canglei's troops with strong troops. Wu Canglei cleverly used two strengthened infantry companies to alternate covers to lure the Lin family army to the beach.

When the Lin family army was about to wipe out the Wu army, a giant warship suddenly appeared in their sight. When dozens of cannons of the naval warships roared together, they beat the Lin family army to run away in a panic and fled in a panic.

The entire Lin Family Army's division only had two divine cannons made by gold in front of the gate. Not to mention the inconvenience of carrying, the power was too bad to die. It was not the opponent of the new naval cannon. After a burst of bombardment, the Lin Family Army left more than 200 corpses and more than 400 wounded soldiers on the beach.

Although the absolute loss was not serious, it gave a fatal blow to the morale of the Lin family army. At this time, Wu Canglei obtained support forces from two naval battlefields from the sea, and he led the two battalions to land on the Lin family army from the side and counterattack.

But the enemy was far more stubborn than Wu Canglei imagined. Although he achieved a complete "glorious" battle, both battalions suffered considerable casualties in the battle. Under the attack of Wu Canglei's troops, the enemy always maintained a fragile but quite strong front.

Wu Canglei also admired the opponent's commander's skills, but the luck of the Lin family army ended here. When the Lin family army tried every means to retreat all the way, they were about to enter the territory controlled by the four Jiaodong masters. The orange battle flag and khaki formation suddenly appeared in front of them, which made many officers and soldiers of the Lin family kneel down and cry in pain. After the third regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the 17th Division, which was waiting for two tentative attacks of the Third Division, facing the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, the commander of the Third Division made his last choice after painful considerations and took the initiative to hand over the weapons to Wu Canglei's troops.

The Third Division was the unit that made the 17th Division pay the greatest price. The casualties of more than 600 people made Wu Canglei very depressed, which was almost equivalent to all the casualties of the remaining troops. However, Wu Canglei looked at the enemy commander who was crying and still fully reflected the demeanor of a soldier, allowing the other party to retain the guards, self-defense pistols and sabers, and comforted the other party: "You have fully fulfilled your duties as a soldier. I really hope you can fight with you!"

However, the surrender of the Third Division sounded the death knell for the fate of the four Jiaodong masters. The troops of the three routes all lost their territory in Jiaodong, and the four Jiaodong masters had only one place left.

However, the battle to attack Pingdu County did not start smoothly. The troops advanced extremely rapidly, causing many artillery soldiers from the troops to be pulled in the rear.

On the towering walls of Pingdu County, the sixteen general guns made by the former Jin Dynasty caused quite trouble for Liu Jingxiao's troops. Although the six-pound guns of a few regiments had a fast firing rate, their power was still relatively small. After two days of artillery battle, although the gunners of the sixteen generals suffered nearly 30% of their casualties, they continued to fire shells at the 17th Division troops under the city, causing considerable damage.

All these changes changed with the arrival of heavy artillery. Hundreds of mules and horses dragged dozens of heavy artillery. The rumbling sound was accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, and the formation of giant artillery that could not be seen at the tail gave the attack and defense a great visual impulse and psychological shock to both sides. In particular, the two largest giant artillery in the artillery group were dragged by sixteen tall and slender horses with huge cannon mounts. The huge black gun barrel penetrated straight into the sky. The barrel bore was almost as big as a washbasin, which greatly enhanced the morale of the attackers. The officers and soldiers of the 17th Division were talking loudly about the new heavy artillery.

"Sixteen horses pulled cannons..."

"It's great to have this helping fight!"

"I'm afraid I can't break such a small county town..."

"Platform leader, what kind of cannon is this? The barrel is so big?"

"This is the division commander's treasure, the 72-pound siege cannon..."

"At the time in Guide, this thing was shocked even if the ground was hit, and only the sound like thunder was heard in his ears... "

"Yes... It's this thing... Only with this thing can there be that bloody battle in Xishan..."

Just as the giant cannon group built a position on the hillside outside the city, the four masters finally made a painful choice. Lin Baihe and more than a dozen elders of the four masters tied themselves out of the city and apologized to the winner of the war.

The purple military flag that had been flying for thirty years in Pingdu County fell quietly, and the rule of the four Jiaodong masters ended.

Accompanied by the intense military music, the 17th Division taught the local buns in Jiaodong again at the entry ceremony. The officers holding orange battle flags at the front walked into the county town majestic, followed by two flag bearers holding rifles, followed by two horses with swords hanging on their waists, snow-like white horses, horse hooves, savages flashing, and indescribable majestic. Following them were more than ten horse-drawn cannon cars rumbling, and behind them were the officers and soldiers of the Liu team from four columns. The neat steps made a sonorous sound. The khaki army was equipped with a strong body, which was really a military posture.
Chapter completed!