After knowing that it was about the Shandong operation and the Japanese army in Tianjin, especially when I heard that two brigades had disappeared, and almost 30,000 troops disappeared from Tianjin City at once, even if Yang Yuanzhao didn't know anything about the military aspect, he also knew that this was definitely a big event, and at this time, there must not be any delay.

In terms of military affairs, Yang Yuanzhao didn't know much, and after listening to the phone call, he didn't say anything, and he couldn't say anything, if the blind command made a mistake, it would be a disaster for the war situation in Shandong.

Out of the dry rest house, before I knew it, it was already noon, the sun in early spring, not too hot, shining on the body slightly hot, very comfortable, Yang Yuanzhao sighed deeply, and said: "Go, go to the staff headquarters!" ”

The driver quickly got into the car, stepped on the accelerator, the courtesy car jumped forward violently, at a speed of about 40 kilometers, turned out of the trail, went straight to the outer elevated, the staff is next to the second ring road, go directly to the city, although it looks a lot closer, but at 12 o'clock in the rush hour, through a distance of more than 10 kilometers, it may take more than 1 hour, but it is not the same to go outside the elevated, from this side of the overpass, there is a direct second ring expressway, go around, about 30 kilometers or so, But it only takes 15 to 20 minutes at most, which is not much faster.

Along the way, Yang Yuanzhao returned to the staff headquarters for the first time, he was already the latest to arrive, there had been movement in Japan before, even if the war had not yet started, the staff still pulled up a yellow alert, which is second only to red and orange warnings, at least two batches of leaders and staff officers. After the tactical duty in the staff was discovered, two brigades were missing. The main leaders were notified as soon as possible, except for a deputy secretary general of the Military Council. At present, he is far away in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and he cannot come back, and almost none of the remaining military high-level officials have been pulled.

In the war room, the military top brass had already arrived, and he greeted Feng Yuxiang and asked, "Have you found those two brigades, and what is going on with them?" ”

Feng Yuxiang shook his head and said, "No." Shi Lei has already sent someone there, and I believe that he will get the news soon! ”

Feng Yuxiang only said about the two brigades, but did not say that after receiving the early warning, Cai Ye had been directly notified, and at present, in Shandong, Cai Yi's First Army was already on red alert, and all personnel verified the ammunition and were ready to deal with possible battles at any time. And the reconnaissance team has been completely scattered, looking for traces of the Japanese army in the vast plains and hills.

Yang Yuanzhao sighed, and his eyes fell on the wall of the war room, on the huge military map. The total strength of the Japanese army is clearly marked, and there are almost 37 divisions and 54 brigades concentrated in Tianjin. With a total of about 1.4 million troops, they are a relatively loose way. Distributed throughout Tianjin and parts of Hebei, of course. In the past 3 months, it has harassed the areas of Tianjin and Hebei, and Tianjin, an important town in the North Ocean, has almost been broken by the Japanese, which may be part of the reason why Yuan Shikai decided to withdraw, Japan has made no secret of its ambitions for China, in the absence of the ability to deal with Japan, and the northwest has shown that in addition to the premise of strong capabilities, it is better to take a step back and open the sky under the premise that there are wolves and tigers.

In the dynamic display of the military map, 12 divisions and some brigades were divided into 6 directions and rushed to Shandong, and the intelligence personnel, who had not been able to observe at close range, boldly entered the core area, only to find that two brigades were missing, the 9th Brigade and the 18th Brigade. These two were set up almost at the same time as the permanent divisions, and every year there was news that they would be upgraded to divisions and regiments, and they disappeared mysteriously, and they couldn't find their location, and I was afraid that something big would happen.

The Japanese had been in Tianjin for a long time, and they were constantly mobilizing troops from the mainland, and now the Japanese troops concentrated in Tianjin were large in size, and in winter, they were not very suitable for action, and on the one hand, they adapted to it, and on the other hand, they mobilized resources and weapons and equipment from the country, especially the artillery that was waiting for American support.

After the outbreak of the European War last year, the outbreak of the Battle of Qingdao in Shandong, from a certain situation, showed the strong strength of the northwest, several divisions were left in Qingdao, and the combined fleet was also wiped out, which made Japan unbearable, if it were not for the support of Britain, France and the United States for Japan, maybe they would not be able to hold on, send out all the troops, retaliation against the northwest, it was a desperate gamble, but before it could be fully started, it was interrupted by something else.

Britain, France, and the United States have come to new support, especially the huge loans from the United States and a number of weapons resources, especially heavy artillery, after the United States in the northwest military exercises, after discovering that the northwest has a large number of heavy artillery, it feels that Japan may not be the opponent of the northwest, in order to drag the northwest, at least after the United States enters the war, so that the northwest has no time to act in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, so from its own army equipment, it supports Japan 120 heavy artillery, of which 48 are 108, 48 are 155, and 24 are 180.

Among them, 108 and 155 are the standard artillery of the United States Army, representing the production capacity of the American military industry, and 180 are part of the equipment produced by the United States for Russia, so that Japan can overwhelm the northwest in firepower, so 180 artillery pieces are provided.

Originally, just after the Spring Festival, around March, Japan was preparing to attack, because the army stationed in China also required a lot of consumption, and they were deeply influenced by China, and they understood the truth of one drum, then decline, and three exhaustions, but a large number of equipment supported by the United States, especially those heavy artillery, even if the Japanese believed that they could defeat the northwest and win, but with heavy artillery and without heavy artillery, the level of casualties was not the same, and the current stay in Tianjin was relatively comfortable, so they simply continued to stay.

The Americans are really moving a little fast, the world's first industrial country, moving out hundreds of cannons, this is not a problem for the United States at all, in order to be faster, only a small part of these artillery pieces are new. About March 15th, the 108 and 155 parts dismantled from the Philippines have arrived in Tianjin, these artillery pieces are the equipment of the Philippine US military, knowing that there are a large number of Chinese in Borneo at present, but the Philippines is still safe, but the lack of strategic firepower, the Philippines also has a large number of shore defense artillery, enough for the army to have a certain combat effectiveness.

The U.S. military is equipped with 108 and 155, the real 180, but it is an imitation of Russia, as part of the support for Russia, fortunately, in this part, the coast near the Pacific Ocean has production capacity, which is pulled directly from the warehouse, and it does not use merchant ships, merchant ships can't run so fast, and a special fleet composed of 7 destroyers and 12 cruisers is used to directly put things on the warships, transported over, and crossed the entire Pacific Ocean, but it is more than 20 days, March 29, The 180 and the remaining artillery that were transported from the United States to Tianjin at the fastest speed were also in place, and the Japanese did not even have a drill, so they were impatient to start the allocation.

Not to mention, the direction of 6, the first army has been prepared, and some of the troops transferred up later, a total of 400,000 people, relying on the core area and the fortifications built later, it has been almost 2 months, so long, permanent fortifications can be built, not to mention field fortifications, field fortifications near the node, have been repaired three times, with the help of excavators, even more than 120 kilometers of tunnels have been built, connecting the three nearest nodes and strategic points outside the city.

There is enough ammunition, relying on a strong defense, the northwest defense is almost insoluble, and in history, the trench warfare in the late stage of World War I, the defense of both sides is far stronger than the attack, if you want to attack the trench armed to the teeth, the three-dimensional arrangement, do not fill in several times the personnel, don't want to break through this defense, several large-scale, many dead, just a few days, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of casualties, are fought in the trench battle, the attacking side, is really heavy casualties.

After several years of innovation, especially under the premise that the northwest has a large number of new equipment, the northwest has also quietly changed for civil fortifications and trenches, more scientific, more reasonable, and the protection capacity is also greater.

The waiting time is not long, Yang Yuanzhao still has leisure, watching the military high-level and staff officers, discussing a small part of the strategic layout, it seems that it is just for a battalion of troops, a fierce battle, all the officers are reasonable, the only thing to consider is whether the casualties are acceptable.

Outside the door, the footsteps were hurried, Shi Lei came in in a hurry, when he received the information, he almost didn't stay, he was always in contact with the outside world, he knew very well what the situation of the two brigades represented, in an unguarded situation, entering any area, whether it was the northwest, or the Beiyang, or even the revolutionary party, there would be a series of questions, almost a net of inquiry, now finally a little harvest, hurry up.

Seeing Shi Lei, Yang Yuanzhao asked, "How is it, have you found the ninth and eighteenth brigades?" ”

"No?" Shi Lei shook his head, and Yang Yuanzhao's face showed a disappointed expression, but Shi Lei's words gave him hope, because in the eyeline observation of Tianjin and Hebei all over the intelligence bureau, there was no indication that the ninth and eighteenth brigades left on land, that is, there was no trace of these two brigades along the way from Tianjin to Shandong.

This is a good discovery, although he has not yet recruited where the two brigades are, but he is not on land, that is to say, the front line in Shandong, there is no need to think about the problem of being attacked, which can put some of his heart down. (To be continued......)