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Didn't Lieutenant General Araki Sadao still keep saying that as long as there are 10,000 bamboo guns, he can defeat the [-]+ Kuomintang troops outside the city and the bomb-throwing planes overhead?

And those young staff officers simply suggested that the three divisions of the Shandong Dispatch Army take the initiative to attack one aspect of the Kuomintang army besieged on three sides.Either win big, although the odds of that are slim.Or let the [-] soldiers of the Imperial Kingdom wither like cherry blossoms, and live their lives without regrets!Of course, this possibility is great!

Only this Ishihara Waner, a spoiled fellow, said something: "I would rather lose this insignificant war, but also preserve the three elite divisions. Even if you don't get compensation and retreat from China, it's better than losing the troops for nothing!" "This remark... Does it sound like a Japanese samurai?A samurai lives like a summer flower, and dies like an autumn leaf.There is absolutely no reason to live by idling. If Jinan is abandoned without a fight, it is tantamount to letting [-] warriors flee in front of the Chinese!What's the point of living like this?

Besides, even the guidance of the General Staff Headquarters also requires the Shandong Front Army to stick to Jinan.This instruction is naturally justified.

It is now the most critical moment of Sino-Japanese negotiations. If Jinan is captured by the Kuomintang army, then Japan will have no bargaining chips to use.In that case, this costly war will be fought in vain again, which is very unfavorable to Japan, which is currently in economic depression, and even more fatal to the cabinet of Yuyuki Hamaguchi, whose support is in jeopardy.

Based on the above reasons, Nobuyoshi Muto and the Japanese dispatched troops from Shandong have no choice but to fight their last battle in Jinan City on the bank of the Yellow River!As for whether to win or not, it is another consideration... Even if you are defeated and then abandon the city, you have finally tried your best, and you have explained to the domestic military department and His Majesty the Emperor.

"Ishihara." Nobuyoshi Muto turned his head, squinted his eyes and gave Ishihara a smile: "How is the situation of the Fourth Division? Where did they go?"

"Oh." Shi Yuan hurriedly stood at attention and reported loudly: "Your Excellency! The Fourth Division has all crossed the Yellow River before twelve noon today, and is now approaching Qihe County along Jinpu Road. The vanguard of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment There has already been a small-scale exchange of fire with the Chinese army near Qihe County. The enemy retreated towards Qihe County after a little resistance. You can reach Qihe County, and you can take down Qihe in one night at most."

Nobuyoshi Muto let out an oh, and walked a few more steps with his hands behind his back.Suddenly standing still, he turned his head and said to Shi Yuan indifferently: "Shi Yuan, now I have a task for you, to transfer all the wounded and non-combatants accompanying the army to Qihe County to join the Fourth Division."

"Your Excellency!"

Hearing this somewhat inexplicable order, Ishihara Wanji looked at Muto in surprise.

Nobuyoshi Muto just smiled faintly, moved closer to Shi Yuan, and lowered his voice: "Go to Qihe County and give me a first stop... I'm not old-fashioned yet, and I still know when to retreat. It's just... I can't be an army Minister, your Manchurian plan can only be completed by someone else, I'm sorry."

"Your Mightiness!"

Ishihara took a deep breath, bent down and bowed deeply to Nobuyoshi Muto.

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Outside Tai'an City, Shandong Province, Tai'an Airport.

Front Army Commander Bai Chongxi and Chief of Staff An Sihua were walking side by side on the runway of the airport, half a step behind them was Lieutenant General Li Shunen, Commander of the First Aviation Division.There are 290 A-1 light dive bombers and A-1A reconnaissance planes neatly parked on both sides of the airport runway.Surrounding the airport are teams of officers and soldiers of the First Aviation Division Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment and Guard Regiment in charge of duty.A tense atmosphere of impending war has shrouded this newly built airstrip.

According to the plan of the Shandong Front Army, at six o'clock tomorrow morning, 120 four A-1 bombers of the First Air Bombing Regiment of the First Aviation Division will take off from here to provide air support for the Jinan battlefield 1 kilometers away.The First Aviation Combat Regiment, temporarily re-flying the A-[-] bomber, will take off in an hour and a half to go to the Jinan battlefield to take over the First Aviation Bombing Regiment... and so on, the two aviation regiments will take turns to provide supplies for the Jinan battle. Powerful aerial fire support!Tomorrow's one-day battle, these planes will be dispatched as many as four times, which will be a severe test for the performance of the planes, the skills of the ground crew, and the physical strength of the pilots.

"Fengming (Li Shunen), we will fly five times tomorrow, are these planes okay?" Bai Chongxi glanced at the precious planes on both sides of the runway, his eyes narrowed, as if he saw the gleaming general rank beckoning to him .

Li Shunen just smiled lightly: "There is no problem with the plane. The quality of the Germans is still excellent, and the engine has spare parts that can be replaced in time. Even the plane has dozens of spares. The problem is that our pilots are not good enough to fly four times." , two hours at a time, and eight hours a day in the sky! But after this battle, our Army Air Force has been tempered. These pilots are all treasures! We will choose some of them as soon as the war is over The elites are going to form aviation school divisions..."

"This time, you Army Aviation is making a big splash. I heard that it is possible to form a formal air force after the war, right?" Bai Chongxi lowered his glasses, and gave Li Shunen a slightly envious look.With the contribution of the aviation division in this battle, this lieutenant general who is also Luo Yaoguo's brother should be promoted to general after the war, right?And if the Air Force is to be established... the throne of the Director of the Air Force Directorate must belong to him, and the future Minister of the Air Force will definitely be in his pocket.

Li Shunen hummed lightly, without showing any expression: "The air force must be a big deal. After this war, Japan will probably pay more attention to the air force, right? We are actually not many ahead, don't hurry up, next time We should be beaten."

"That's right! In modern warfare, without an air force, you will be beaten. It's a pity...the aircraft ten years ago were not as powerful as they are now, otherwise Germany would not have been defeated." An Sihua lowered his glasses. The half-breed who has spent his entire teenage and youth in the middle age seems to be a little melancholy.He smiled heavily: "In just ten years, aircraft have become the decisive factor in the victory of wars. I don't know how to fight wars without air supremacy in another ten or twenty years."

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Six o'clock in the morning on April 17, [-].

After two days of preparation and adjustment, the 18st, 12th, [-]th, [-]th, and No.[-] divisions of the National Revolutionary Army, a total of [-] troops from five divisions, all arrived at the designated location outside Jinan City.

A total of 270 105mm or 150mm howitzers belonging to the five artillery regiments of the five divisions were arranged on the artillery positions in the east, south, and west of Jinan's periphery.The cannons shook slowly, pointing their muzzles at the distant sky.The gunners are all in place, and the shells have been pushed into the barrel.Just wait for the bombers of the aviation division to fly over Jinan, and then start bombarding the Japanese positions.

According to the plan of the Shandong Front Army, the attack on Jinan will be launched from three directions: east, south, and west.Among them, the east and west lines are the main directions of attack.Li Zongren will be in charge of the unified command of the fourth division and the fifth division, two powerful Guangxi divisions, to attack Jinan Commercial Port and Liulishan Highland, which are defended by the main force of the Japanese Sixth Division (owed to the No.13 regiment).

The Sixth Division and the No.18 Division, the two equally powerful divisions, will attack the Maoling Mountain, Yanchi Mountain and Xiaoqing River on the east front of Jinan.And defending the eastern front of Jinan is the main force of the most elite Sendai Second Division in the Japanese army (owed to the Fourth Wing).

On the Qianfo Mountain line on the south line of Jinan, the First Division commanded by Lieutenant General Li Jishen confronted the Ninth Brigade of the Hiroshima Fifth Division of the Japanese army. However, this route was a diversionary attack, and they were not required to take Qianfo Mountain.

In the north of Jinan, there was no single soldier of the National Revolutionary Army, and it was completely opened for the Japanese to escape.Since it is now the critical moment of the armistice negotiations between China and Japan, Jinan's gains and losses are more due to political factors.Therefore, the guidance given by the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army to the Shandong Front Army in this battle was to "only seek victory, not perfection", and required the Shandong Front Army to capture Jinan City.It is enough to expel the Japanese army of the three divisions in the city and cross the Yellow River, instead of pursuing total annihilation. In fact, if these little devils really want to fight for their lives, the Shandong Front Army may not be able to win in a short time.

Chapter 0434 Surrounded by Points to Fight Aid ([-])

Southwest of Jinan City, Qinglong Mountain Highland.

Li Zongren strode into a shelter built by civil engineering. This shelter is located on the top of Qinglong Mountain. It is only more than 3000 meters away from the main position of Liuli Mountain held by the Japanese army on the opposite side. There is no shelter in the middle, and the entire battlefield can be seen without a telescope. .

There are already many senior officers waiting in the bunker, full of people.Seeing Li Zongren coming, they all stood at attention and saluted.Huang Xuchu, the commander of the Fourth Division, Xia Wei, the commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant Colonel von Kluge, the German adviser, and several staff officers were all waiting for the order to launch an attack.

Today's weather, needless to say, is another sunny day. As the sun gradually rises, the little mist that originally floated on the battlefield has completely dissipated.

In this era, there is no such thing as an all-weather aircraft, and satellite guidance and laser guidance are not even in science fiction.Killing people with airplanes all depends on the eyes of the pilot. Only those who can see can be bombed.Of course, sometimes the infantry on the ground needs to use signal flares and colored smoke bombs to point out the direction for the pilots, and even let the infantry wear white shirts lying on the flat ground behind the position to form eye-catching arrows, but this kind of orientation is a bit funny The method is still quite useful.

However, no matter what method is used, good visibility is always the foundation. Aircraft in this era really mean to watch the sky.If it rains heavily today, the attack will probably be delayed... It seems that the Kuomintang army will no longer fight a war without air supremacy!

At 25:41, there was a faint buzzing sound on the quiet battlefield. Li Zongren raised his binoculars and looked at the southern sky.The 1 that came into view were A-[-] dive bombers called "Thunder" by the Kuomintang infantry officers and soldiers!Seeing these small planes, Li Zongren didn't know why, but suddenly felt a little bit lost.The current war seems to no longer need the genius minds of military strategists!No more than a machine based on the precise calculations of modern industry and staff personnel.Those aircraft and cannons are the parts of the machine, the staff are the engineers, the soldiers are the workers, and the commanders at all levels are the foremen, workshop directors, and factory managers.And he, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, is a general manager who has nothing to do all day long. The people below will take care of everything, and then send the battle plans that he doesn't quite understand to his eyes for him to sign.This former enemy commander-in-chief seems to be able to do it as long as he can write his own name...

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at the same time.

In the living room of "Beilu" in Luo Yaoguo Mansion on the bank of East Lake in Wuhan.

"Luo Jun, the Imperial Army once fought bloody battles in Manchuria to help your country resist the invasion of Tsarist Russia. 11 Emperors of the Emperor sacrificed their lives for this! Therefore, the Empire's request for special interests in Manchuria is completely reasonable. If the Without the sacrifice of the imperial army, Manchuria must now be part of the Soviet Union. Now the sovereignty of Manchuria belongs to your country entirely thanks to the empire. In return, you only pay a little special rights, do you think it is too much?"

It was Tou Shanman who spoke. After the banquet at Sun Yat-sen's Moshan mansion the day before yesterday, this old Japanese man was arranged to live in Luo Yaoguo's house.For the past two days, Luo Yaoguo had discussed with this old man about the "Secret Treaty of Traitor", and even temporarily left the work of the General Staff to He Yingqin.

Hearing Tou Shanman's reasoning, Luo Yaoguo nodded noncommittally, and just sipped the coffee made by Natalie there.To be honest, if there were no 9.18 Incident and the war of aggression against China in the future, it would be reasonable for the Japanese to only want a part of Manchuria's resources.After all, without them risking their lives to fight the Russo-Japanese War, this Manchurian custody is a sacrosanct part of the Soviet Union's territory!It's just that Luo Yaoguo still can't forget the "hatred of subjugation" in his previous life. In his view, in another time and space, the KMT's world was not so much lost to the Communist Party as it was in the hands of Japan.If there was no 9.18, there would be no eight-year war of resistance...so the "gratitude" of the Russo-Japanese War is nothing compared to the "hate" of the subjugation of the country in the future.

And if this time the Kuomintang and the Japanese make any kind of secret deal about Manchuria, Wang Jingwei or someone else goes to Manchuria to be the ruler.I am afraid that the high hat of a traitor and traitor will be firmly buckled down again.At that time, once the righteousness and fame are gone, the situation that everyone shouted after 9.18 in the previous life will come again.

As for the status of Manchuria, it has no value at all, it is not even considered tasteless, and it may even be a poison.Putting the flag of the Kuomintang there now, if there is something good or bad in the future, it won’t be the Kuomintang who will be scolded and lose popular support?Instead of this, it is better to continue to let the old Zhang family stand there, and they will be fully responsible for anything.

"... Right now, the various factions in North China are negotiating for an alliance. With the rich resources of North China and Manchuria, if they once unite and adopt the same policy as the South, within five years, your advantages may be gone. Save it! At that time, will the Kuomintang still have a chance to unify China? Maybe it will be unified by others? In the history of China, it is rare for the south to unify the north.”

Toushan was stroking his beard, and there was a peaceful smile on his face, as if he had a plan in mind.But my heart was about to die of anxiety. A master of the Japanese underworld known as the "Shogun" like him naturally knew that something was wrong in Jinan.If the talks fail in the next few days, Jinan will be defeated by the Kuomintang again...not to mention Manchuria, even Qingdao will have to be spit out!Therefore, at the beginning of today's secret talk, the old man has already discounted the amount of compensation from 3000 million silver dollars to [-] million!

Luo Yaoguo gently put down the coffee cup in his hand, shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, and said with a smile, "It is beneficial for both of you and us to have a unified and stable situation in the north of our country? Why does the Kuomintang have any need to oppose it?" Is it true that the warlords in the north must fight in chaos and the lives of people will be destroyed? Therefore, we, the Kuomintang, fully agree with the Communist Party, the Feng faction, and the Jin faction seeking to form a coalition government in the north. And...we have never thought about unifying by force north."

Tou Shanman felt like throwing the cup.This Luo Yaoguo really doesn't change his expression when he tells lies, you don't want to unify by force?So what did you do in Shandong during this time?The Japanese army only went along the Jiaoji Railway. Didn’t Duan Qirui’s rule in other parts of Shandong be overthrown by force?

Before Toushanman could think of any words to refute, Luo Yaoguo immediately spoke with eloquence: "As for Manchuria, we also don't have any ambitions. It is now the territory of Vice President Zhang and has nothing to do with our Kuomintang. What do you want?" What rights should be discussed with Vice President Zhang... If he can agree, and the people of the whole country do not object, our KMT has no objection. In addition, the issue of compensation, uh, we do not agree. Your 10,000+ army broke into our for no reason Burning, killing and looting on the land, it seems that we should be the ones who want to ask for compensation? How can there be any reason for us, the victims, to pay compensation?"

Toushanman's old face was blue and white for a while, and finally he calmed down, and snorted coldly: "We, the Empire of Japan, are the victors in this Shandong battle! Jinan, the provincial capital of your Shandong province, is now in the empire. It is in the hands of the imperial army! It is only right and proper for the defeated to pay the victor!"

Luo Yaoguo laughed a few times, and waved his hands: "Mr. Toushan really knows how to joke. The losers in this war are not us, but Duan Qirui and Feng Yuxiang. If you want compensation, go to them. We are the winners." , and... Jinan will soon be ours!"

Tou Shanman remained silent, the muscles on his face trembling slightly.An ominous premonition and a feeling of powerlessness emerged from the bottom of his heart.He is now a "diplomat", and diplomacy is based on strength.If Jinan really can't hold on, what else is there to talk about?But on the side of Jinan, he just couldn't use his strength... Why are those so-called invincible Japanese Imperial Army always worrying people now?Shouldn't we really be losing the battle?

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Speaking of Jinan, it borders the Yellow River in the north and Mount Tai in the south, and is surrounded by mountains in all directions, so it can be said to be dangerous.But when they really wanted to fight, they found that this dangerous terrain was full of loopholes.For example, the northeast and northwest sides of Jinan are like two open gates, and the entire terrain is flat without any ups and downs, which is definitely a typical example of being easy to attack and difficult to defend.These two open doors are destined to become a sad place for the Japanese army on April [-], [-] AD!

At 120:[-] in the morning, when [-] four planes with bombs hung over Jinan City were waiting for the Japanese artillery to take the lead, the five heavy artillery regiments of the Kuomintang on the east, west, and south lines also started a day's "exercise".Uh, because there will definitely not be a counterattack, the atmosphere on the artillery position is relaxed at the moment, and there is no trace of tension, and it looks like it is an exercise.

The 180 Min-105 150mm light field howitzers and ninety [-]mm heavy field howitzers deployed in three directions shook almost simultaneously.The flames spewed out first, followed by deafening roars, and the smoke filled the air. In a blink of an eye, the Japanese troops deployed in various positions around Jinan, and pillars of smoke, earth and rocks rose up.

When the gunfire sounded, Colonel Yang Yuchun, commander of the 70th Infantry Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army and a graduate of Whampoa Phase III, was lying in the trench at the starting point of the attack. The trench was full of soldiers and officers.Hearing the sound of the cannon, both officers and soldiers stood up straight from the trench and looked forward, with excitement on everyone's face.Like them, Yang Yuchun didn't worry too much about the upcoming "bloody battle".Because they are the most elite No.18 Division in the Kuomintang Army, they once smashed the entire Soviet Far East Red Banner Special Group Army within a few hours!With such an impressive record, what are these short Japanese devils in front of them?