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You must know that the Kuomintang has not unified China yet!Even if it took only three and a half years to unify the southern half of China, such an army with powerful firepower has already been established.It seems that the potential of this country is definitely not comparable to that of an island country like Japan. If the potential of this country is fully tapped in a few years... It seems that after this war is over, the empire must rise up!Heavy industry must be strengthened, and heavy artillery, aircraft, and tanks must all be developed. If those chaebols can't do it, the country should do it. In short, we must maintain our leading edge.

"Your Excellency, General! Send an urgent telegram!" A deliberately lowered voice suddenly pulled Nobuyoshi Muto out of his thoughts, and a panic-stricken staff officer squatted behind Muto, holding a telegram in his slightly trembling hands. .

"That fellow Bai Chuan also lost the battle? How fast!" Muto Nobuyoshi smiled wryly, raised his wrist to check the time, the hour hand just pointed to the top of the Roman numeral nine!In just over four hours, the [-] army was defeated!

"Your Excellency!" There were a few tears in the eyes of the staff officer, and his voice was a little choked: "The right rear of the main force of the dispatched army was attacked by the mechanized troops of the Chinese Army, and it has been completely destroyed... Now the main force of the dispatched army has... Begin to retreat! General Bai Chuan asked us to break through quickly, don't wait any longer..."

"Understood..." Nobuyoshi Muto just replied lightly, then left the artillery mirror, walked towards the stairs of the city wall with his waist down.

At this time, the Daming Lake on the inner side of the city wall is full of people!The Japanese officers and soldiers of the brigade were crowded together, looked at each other nervously, and silently tightened their shoelaces and leggings.No one spoke, only the slight clash of bayonets and rifles could be heard.Everyone held their breath, waiting for the order to attack.

After avoiding the decisive battle with the Kuomintang army several times, Nobuyoshi Muto finally decided to put all his eggs in one basket!After learning of Commander Muto's determination, the staff of the Japanese First Army Headquarters completed all necessary preparations and plans in just a few days with the greatest enthusiasm and the highest efficiency.

According to the plan reported by the staff officers of the Japanese First Army, the direction of this breakout will be on the northern front.Of the twelve regiments of the three divisions of the First Army, except for two regiments used to defend the other three directions, more than 3 officers and soldiers of the other ten regiments will all be invested!All the artillery currently owned by the First Army, including twenty Taisho four-year-style 150mm heavy field howitzers are also concentrated in this direction!

That is to say, the Japanese First Army will put all their eggs in one basket in this direction, using a sea of ​​people and a sea of ​​fire to forcefully break through the defense line of the Kuomintang army!

After that, the headquarters of the First Army will abandon all the heavy artillery and attack in the direction of Luokou of the Yellow River completely lightly.According to the intelligence sent by the Japanese spies lurking in the Jinpu Railway Administration Bureau, the Luokou Bridge on the Yellow River was only blown up for a short section, about five or six meters.For this reason, the Japanese army engineers have already made a seven-meter-long shelf out of wood. At that time, as long as it is placed on the gap where the Luokou Bridge was blown up, the army can cross the Yellow River!

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44 officers and soldiers from the Second Brigade of the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army were defending the northern section of the Jinan siege, which was about to be attacked by Japanese fire and crowds.The brigade commander of this brigade is Mo Xiong Mo Zhiang, a mighty general in the Cantonese Army in the past. His current rank is Lieutenant General, the highest rank and oldest qualification among all [-] brigade commanders of the National Revolutionary Army!However, the current exclusion is obvious to all.A lieutenant general surrendered to the brigade commander, and the brigade commander's position was also precarious. If Sun Yat-sen hadn't said something, he would have been swept into the reserve by now.He, the brigade commander, was not welcome, and he was refrigerated with the Second Brigade of the First Division of the National Revolutionary Army.Not only was the main force unable to fight, but it was also thrown on a five or six-meter-high mound. It seemed that they could only wait for the war to end.

At this time, the brigade headquarters of the second brigade was located in a Christian church about 2000 meters away from the forward position, that is, the slope.Brigadier Mo Xiong doesn't care much about combat now.Just together with the adjutant director Liu Dumbuo, every day I invite some Cantonese regimental and battalion commanders from the Second Brigade to go to the tavern by the Yellow River for a high-level meeting with wine.

The two brigade chief of staff, Colonel He Shaozhou, and deputy brigade commander, Colonel Liao Yunze, were actually in charge of military affairs at the brigade headquarters. Both of them graduated from the first phase of Whampoa.Among them, He Shaozhou is also the nephew of He Yingqin, the deputy chief of the general staff. He just graduated from the first phase of the mainland university and was assigned to the second brigade as the chief of staff.This time, the overall defense of the northern section of the siege of Jinan is He Shaozhou's masterpiece, er, at least he thinks so.

The distance between the northern city wall of the outer city of Jinan and the inner city is very close, only 700 meters.Therefore, the earth slope formed after the collapse became the first line of defense. Behind this earth slope, the Second Brigade dug two trenches and a series of traffic trenches as a reserve position.Behind the reserve position is the Xiaoqing River, and the north bank of the Xiaoqing River is the artillery position and the rear assembly area, where all thirty 75mm mountain artillery pieces of the Second Brigade are deployed.Further north of the Xiaoqing River is the Yellow River... If the Japanese army wanted to break out to the north bank of the Yellow River, the Yellow River Bridge in Luokou, which was bombed for a short distance, was not far away.

To be honest, He Shaozhou really wanted to blow up this bridge!In this way, the way for the Japanese army to escape to the north will be cut off, but after the report is sent to Li Jishen, nothing will be heard... But fortunately, the victory on the eastern front of Jinan is now a foregone conclusion. Before dark today, there should be a division to strengthen the troops When we arrive at the siege line of Jinan, it will be impregnable by then.Thinking of this, He Shaozhou breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Liao Yunze who was sitting with him in the headquarters, his face was slightly livid, and said with a smile: "Brother Huichuan, what's on your mind? Are you worried about applying for the mainland university exam? Things? Actually, it's not that difficult."

Liao Yunze failed the first term of the mainland university exam last time, so he was busy studying all night before the battle!His current military rank is already a colonel, and if he can't get into Lu University, it will be very difficult to get a chance to be promoted to a general - this system is really a bit rigid!For example, after the Battle of Shandong this time, among the large number of Whampoa first-stage colonels who made meritorious service, those who graduated from the first-stage Lu University will become generals within two years of custody.And those who have not been to the mainland are mostly colonels. Of course, special arms such as aviation and armor are definitely exceptions at the moment.

"Brother Shaozhou seems to be too sure." Liao Yunze glanced at the chubby "Nephew Commander" He Shaozhou with a happy face, and said lightly: "It is very likely that the Japanese army will break through on the northern front soon! Relying on our brigade of 8000 Can many people stop it? There are at least 6 of them!"

"What are you talking about? It's broad daylight now! Our plane can..." But before He Shaozhou finished speaking, the sound of explosions exploded almost simultaneously across the entire front line!

boom!boom!boom……

The whole earth suddenly shook, and everything in the Second Brigade Headquarters was beating.The Christians where the brigade headquarters is located are being bombarded by the Japanese army!A 150mm shell just exploded in the open space outside the church, and the huge explosion sounded close to the ear, which sounded like the roar of death.All the glass was shattered in an instant, and all the people in the church were also knocked down at the same time.Regardless of the air superiority of the Kuomintang army, the Japanese army launched an unprecedentedly violent shelling!

The Japanese artillery group, which had been dormant for many days, finally began to show its power. A round of shiny brass shells was continuously filled into the barrel and then spit out.Above the defense line that the Kuomintang army worked so hard to build, huge columns of smoke suddenly rose, and they rose straight into the sky in various postures.At first, the smoke columns rose up almost simultaneously in rows, but later, they rose up piece by piece and completely covered the entire forward position of the Kuomintang army.

In just 15 minutes of bombardment, hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers from the three divisions of the Japanese First Army fired more than 5000 shells.Almost all the artillery shells stored in the entire First Army were shot out, and then the Japanese artillery according to the order stuffed explosive packets into the still hot barrels, blowing up all the artillery!

At 700:[-], the shelling stopped abruptly.All the city gates on the north wall of Jinan Inner City have been opened, and huge khaki-colored crowds of people poured out from the open gates.Those who rushed to the front were all junior officers of the Japanese army wielding command knives, followed by nearly [-] infantry from two regiments.The Japanese officers and soldiers pouring out from various gates finally merged into a huge wave, rushing towards the position of the third Kuomintang Infantry Regiment on the opposite side at the speed of a full charge.The heavy-duty machine guns erected on various parts of the northern city wall of Jinan's inner city also fired rattlingly, and the bullets were sent in one after another, and quickly spewed streams of hot fire towards the opposite side.Flying over the head of the huge wave of surging infantry, he rushed straight to the blocking position less than [-] meters away!

Above the blocking position, Lieutenant Colonel Li Liangrong, commander of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment of the Kuomintang Army, was stunned by the scene as soon as he climbed out of the artillery bunker.The opposite side was no longer a line of skirmishers, but a huge sea of ​​people rolling over quickly.Countless Japanese soldiers, holding rifles with long bayonets, seemed to be lined up in a square formation shoulder to shoulder!Howling all kinds of incomprehensible slogans, they rushed towards their positions quickly, and behind them, the Japanese troops continued to pour out, seemingly endlessly...

"Damn your old mother!" Li Liangrong cursed, straightened up and ordered: "Brothers, fire! Fire! Fire now!" Although the Japanese army had not entered the so-called best range, but faced with such a dense crowd, It's really not easy to miss the bullet.Moreover, facing the surging crowd tactics of the Japanese army, Li Liangrong did not have the guts to bring the enemy closer before fighting. He would rather consume more ammunition and keep the enemy as far away as possible.

"Fire...fire..."

With the shouts of officers at all levels, the infantrymen of the Kuomintang army, who were also shocked by the crowd in front of them, woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream. They picked up all kinds of weapons at hand and sprinkled all kinds of ammunition without hesitation. Japanese infantry charging.Hot bullets and shells poured down like raindrops.However, the approaching crowd accelerated instead, and they were about to rush into the trenches of the Kuomintang army!

Just at the critical moment, the artillery group of the Kuomintang army began to roar as if they had just woken up from a dream.Among the dense queues of Japanese troops, columns of smoke suddenly rose up.Every time a column of smoke rose and fell, there was a gap in the Japanese army's crowd, but it was filled up immediately.The artillery fire plowed from the front to the back of the team, and with every roar, a mass of flesh and blood rose up.It's just that the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army still went on and on, fearless of death...

This sudden attack seemed to have disrupted the position of the Kuomintang troops besieging the city.The heavy artillery regiment of the first division did not open fire to block the Japanese army's offensive route at the first time, but was busy suppressing the artillery group that had already been destroyed by the Japanese artillery itself.In addition, the dive bombers of the Kuomintang Aviation Force are still on the Eastern Front battlefield more than ten kilometers away.Although it was just a few small mistakes, the consequences were extremely serious for the [-]rd Infantry Regiment of the Kuomintang Army stationed in the blocking position.

Only relying on the firepower provided by the thirty 75mm mountain guns of the second brigade, although it is also violent, it cannot stop the surging sea of ​​Japanese soldiers.This wave of human offensive is actually using human lives to fight for firepower. As long as the density of people exceeds the density of firepower, they can break through... This is a war math problem, and it is also a gamble!If the heavy artillery group of the Kuomintang army dropped its firepower to the correct place, if the dive bombers of the Kuomintang army dropped those [-]-kilogram bombs into the crowd of Japanese troops in time... It's just that there is no if in the war!

In a corner of the city wall in the northern section of Jinan's inner city, Nobuyoshi Muto, Harumi Akai, and Mu Dazhi all held up binoculars and stared at the scene opposite.I watched with my own eyes that my super-dense crowd was killed piece by piece by various firepower of the Chinese army.No one seems to care about how many people died.As for whether these people died meaningfully, it is even less important.At least in Japan, no one will consider that the war is about to end. As long as a certain concession is made in the negotiations, the lives of these young people can be saved. Compared with them... Is the face of His Majesty the Emperor really that important?

Chapter 0442 Imperfect Victory

Although the dense firepower network of the Kuomintang army is still spraying all kinds of firepower, although the artillery shells flying from nowhere are still plowing the sea of ​​Japanese soldiers charging over and over again, although the screams of the Japanese assault infantry who suffered a large number of casualties Overwhelmed the sound of shell explosions!But in the end, some Japanese officers and soldiers rushed into the first trench of the Kuomintang army... and more Japanese officers and soldiers rushed out of several city gates and rushed towards the not too tall trench. The gentle slope, thus ensuring the absolute numerical advantage of the Japanese army on this front!

"Free fire! Throw a grenade! Throw a grenade!" The shouts of the officers of the National Revolutionary Army sounded in every trench as if they had exhausted all their strength.In addition to dozens of machine guns on the battlefield, which were still spitting fire, the other infantry did not shoot any more, but threw grenades frantically.Intensive explosions rang out right in front of the trench.The charge formation of the Japanese army suffered this head-on blow, and immediately screamed and fell down. Almost all the soldiers who rushed to the front were blown down!

The brutal hand-to-hand combat finally unfolded in various trenches.To be honest, the military quality of the Kuomintang army in this space-time has been greatly improved in all aspects, except for bayonet fighting!Well, the Germans themselves are not very good at bayonet fighting, and naturally they will not teach the Kuomintang army to be good at bayonet fighting.What's more, the current hand-to-hand combat is not one-on-one at all, but tens of thousands of half-crazy Japanese devils, howling and rushing forward!Most of those people are here to seek death!They basically only attack but not defend, fighting with the Chinese army on the ground with their lives for their lives.Judging from the population base of China and Japan, this style of play is irrationally doing stupid things, but as far as the battle for this position is concerned, it is still very cost-effective.After all, the Chinese are just a regiment, with more than 3000 people... Even if the Japanese exchange two for one, they can open up a way out if they lose 1 lives, plus those killed by the intensive firepower of the Kuomintang army, but That is, more than 4 people died in battle, and the remaining [-] people may all break out!

"Breakthrough!" Nobuyoshi Muto put down the binoculars and let out a sigh of relief: "This war...should be a draw, right?"

Akai Haruna also put down his binoculars and shook his head slightly: "The price of this draw is really too high! Eighty thousand loyal soldiers of the imperial army... I am afraid that only forty thousand can stand out! In addition to the five thousand killed in the Fourth Division, And...the loss of the three divisions on the Eastern Front is probably worth a hundred thousand! Your Excellency, the casualties are really heavy!"

Muto smiled slightly: "It's worth it." He pointed to the Kuomintang army position that was about to be broken through: "They taught us how to fight, and let us see their true strength. It is also for the future development of the empire. Pointed out the direction... and let His Majesty directly lead the army and navy! In the future, with His Majesty leading us, the day of revenge should not be far away!"

"The day of revenge?" Mu Dazhi on the side muttered softly, shaking his head.After winning this battle, he should retire in humiliation. Not only should he not think about the rank of general, but he also has to spend the rest of his life dishonorably as a defeated one.As for the revenge of the Japanese Empire... I'm afraid it's just talk.Does the empire have the courage to take the initiative to face such an enemy for the second time?At best, it's just a matter of pinching a soft persimmon like Zhang Zuolin in Manchuria, and you have to be careful not to provoke this behemoth in southern China!

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South of Jinan City, Thousand Buddha Mountain.

With the sound of artillery from the Japanese army, Bai Chongxi, Liu Fei, the deputy chief of staff, and Kluge, the German adviser, couldn't sit still.He ordered the communication staff to pull out the field phone, and the three stood on the roof of the main hall of Xingguo Temple, holding up binoculars to observe the situation on the front line.It is about five kilometers away from the battlefield in Beicheng, Jinan. When the visibility is good, the battlefield can be seen clearly with high-powered binoculars.Therefore, they also saw the Japanese army rushing towards the defense line of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment of the Kuomintang Army like a tide, and also saw that all kinds of firepower on the battlefield were intertwined into a huge fire net, knocking down the Japanese troops in front one by one, while the rear quickly replenished. Come up, and finally they also saw the defeat of the third regiment... The first position, which is also the most critical position, has been captured by the Japanese army!

Lieutenant Colonel Kluge put down his binoculars and shook his head slightly, and said to Bai Chongxi in English: "I seem to have returned to the Somme... At that time, we Europeans used our lives to consume the opponent's bullets! In that war, we fought against the British, France suffered a total of 1304 million casualties!"

Bai Chongxi watched his well-arranged defense line being destroyed by the Japanese army's crowd, but his expression was extremely calm. He smiled lightly: "This time we fought with Japan, and both sides paid a total of 7000 to [-] lives. But... …we have [-]-[-] million people and they have [-] million!”

Lieutenant Colonel Kluge understood what Bai Chongxi meant, and he nodded: "That's politics. Politicians are sometimes crazier and crueler than our soldiers. They don't hesitate to spend millions of dollars to achieve some seemingly ridiculous goals. Human life thrown into the crucible of battle and reduced to ashes... World Wars are like that."

"Boss, the Japanese army is attacking our second line of defense again!" The voice of Liu Fei, deputy chief of staff of the Shandong Front Army, seemed a little trembling.

"What's the matter with Li Renchao? Why didn't he use heavy artillery to bombard the Japanese army? Why did his heavy artillery fire into the city?" Seeing the chaos on the battlefield, Bai Chongxi couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Weizhang, hurry up and give Li Renchao called and asked him to bombard the front line of defense in the north of the city with heavy artillery."

Bai Chongxi gritted his teeth and watched the Japanese army begin to break through the second line of defense of the second brigade. The Japanese army's yellow crowd stretched from the corner of Jinan's inner city to the south bank of the Xiaoqing River, and they continued to surge forward.It looks like there are tens of thousands of people!And it simply ignored the fireballs and smoke pillars that were constantly rising.At this time, the Heavy Artillery Regiment of the First Division, which was ordered, also joined the battle to bombard the tide of Japanese soldiers. Unfortunately, the 54 artillery pieces of the Heavy Artillery Regiment had been firing continuously for more than half an hour, and the barrels were already hot. Right now, they can only bombard at a continuous firing rate of one shot per minute or one shot per two minutes... It seems that it is still difficult to kill those Japanese who are like a tide.

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At this time, the war on the eastern front of Jinan City has also won a complete victory, but it is a bit chaotic.

Under a series of blows, the three divisions directly under the headquarters of the Japanese Shandong Expeditionary Army have now been beaten dizzily.The spirit of most of the Japanese soldiers became hysterical.Morale... can't be called a collapse, it's just a little self-defeating.There were constantly desperate Japanese officers and soldiers who violated the orders of the commander of the dispatched army, General Shirakawa Yoshinori, and refused to flee the battlefield as soon as possible. Instead, they shouted all kinds of weird and incomprehensible slogans to launch a desperate charge against the slowly pursuing Kuomintang army!As a result, the Kuomintang army has gained a lot for nothing.

At the same time, some small and big weaknesses of the National Revolutionary Army are now exposed, that is, their actions are a little...slow.It seems that this army can't fight a real blitzkrieg, but just uses the impact of the tank to break through the weak flank of the Japanese army, just like the heavy cavalry in the European Middle Ages often did.The impact is strong, but not fast.Those small Renault tanks crawled slowly on the battlefield, not much faster than the infantry advancing on foot.

The three infantry divisions also moved slowly, mainly because there were too many heavy weapons, and the current road conditions in Shandong Province were too unsatisfactory.However, the Kuomintang army's current operations seem to rely too much on heavy weapons. It seems that the infantry will not be able to fight without large and small artillery. It seems that without a burst of precise and violent bombardment, they cannot take down any of them. The position held by the desperate Japanese army.Therefore, those small groups of troops who were sent to the rear or died by the top Japanese army actually greatly slowed down the pursuit of the Kuomintang army.

In addition, even the Army Aviation of the National Revolutionary Army, which shined brilliantly in this war, had problems at this time, mainly because there was no way to cooperate well between empty steps.Lacking effective means of communication, on the entire battlefield that had turned into a melee, the soldiers on both sides were wearing khaki military uniforms, and it was really indistinguishable from the eyes of the pilots in the sky... So the more than 200 dive bombers only It can circle and circle in the sky, and often there is no way to throw the bomb until the end.

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But in the afternoon, the weather had been sunny and sunny for the past few days, but suddenly it changed its face.A dark cloud was blown over Jinan by some gust of wind, and after a while, the drizzle started to fall.In the midst of the wind and rain, the small biplanes of the Kuomintang had no choice but to leave the sky reluctantly... before they even had time to drop a few more heavy bombs on the iron bridge of the Yellow River in Luokou!

Seeing the light rain falling, the commander of the Japanese First Army, Nobuyoshi Muto, who had already broken through the two blockades of the Kuomintang army and fled to the bank of the Yellow River, let out a long sigh.Before that, he had been worried that those Kuomintang small planes would completely destroy the Yellow River Railway Bridge, and at the same time completely cut off the livelihood of the remaining 3 people in the First Army.

"Your Excellency, Commander... We finally escaped, but the price was too heavy..." General Mu Tatsuchu, the commander of the Fifth Division, stayed with Nobuyoshi Muto during the entire breakout. The fifth division is responsible for the cover.At this moment, Mu Dazhi had just counted the losses of the troops, and he stood behind Muto with a livid face: "There are more than 2000 people in the Fifth Division! All the wounded who cannot move... In addition, there is a regiment in charge of the rear It has also been cancelled.”

Nobuyoshi Muto smiled wryly: "The numbers reported by the Second Division and the Sixth Division just now are similar. Our First Army lost at least 2 people in this battle! Including the previous battle losses, it has exceeded 10 Already! Counting the losses of the Fourth Division and the main force of the dispatched army, I’m afraid it’s around 11 people? The entire first Russo-Japanese War only cost [-] people! After I go back...I’m going to ask His Majesty for my sins.”