Rest assured is relieved, but these two brigades are still a huge loophole, which may detonate at any time, no matter how powerful the northwest is, it is impossible to completely ignore them, Jiang Baili, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, etc., all came to ask Shi Lei about some information, Shi Lei knew everything he knew, and he said everything.

Although the northwest did not exert all its strength in Shandong's war against Japan, the Japanese side went all out, and the intelligence bureau also gave considerable support to this war, not only dispatching intelligence personnel to Tianjin as much as possible, but also arranging a large number of personnel one by one on several key roads and key bayonets from Tianjin to Shandong.

Shi Lei came late before, just to determine the information of these bayonets, these are two brigades, is a large force of more than 30,000 people, not every soldier, is familiar with Chinese civilization, understands the Chinese language, which means that they can not be broken into zero, through these bayonets, more than 100 points, one by one confirmed, there is no sign that there are a large number of Japanese troops through, you know, in order to confirm the safety, the intelligence bureau has adopted a bright and dark layout method, unless it is a three-light policy, Keep all living creatures restless, or there will be a message coming.

Jiang Baili and others carefully confirmed the information, and marked the location of each point on the map, poured a lot of effort into the investigators, almost every channel was clearly marked, and after putting every point of the intelligence department on it, everything was clear at a glance, speaking of more than 100, in fact, that is, more than 20, these more than 20 points are extremely cleverly stuck on most of the roads from Tianjin to Shandong, and there is no omission at all.

Jiang Baili frowned, and asked Shi Lei a few more secrecy measures, no wonder he was so careful, 2 brigades. If you enter the hinterland of Shandong unexpectedly, it may not have devastating consequences, but it is always an instability, and if you are not careful, you will suffer a big loss.

After repeatedly confirming that it was correct, Jiang Baili reluctantly recognized this information. Anyway, Cai Yi's scouts confirmed it again, this is a double insurance, and basically there will be no problems, and then briefly discussed it with other high-level officers, and after a long time, it was discussed, and Jiang Baili said.

There are generally several possibilities for the two brigades that disappeared, one is that they did not get off the ship at all. Although I was in Tianjin at that time, I observed that these two brigades had arrived in Tianjin, but there was no way to see it on the spot, and when I watched it up close, it was a banner and a small number of personnel, and there were still other soldiers who replaced it, in more than one million. Among the Japanese troops, which were at least a few dozen units, such mistakes were bound to occur. If the Japanese army had concealed it, it would have been more likely to appear, and it was also part of the suspicious formation.

Another possibility is that they disembarked and were transferred elsewhere for some reason, perhaps at night. Maybe it was a secret journey, so it was not discovered on the northwest side.

Based on the above analysis, the latter is very likely, because the two brigades are among the million-strong army currently gathered in Tianjin. It is not remarkable at all, 30,000 people is only one-forty or fifty-tenth, there is no need to set up a suspicious formation, if you want to deploy it, it is also several divisions and regiments, more than 100,000 people, so it is useful.

Since the possibility of the first one is not very large, then the possibility of the latter one has greatly increased, maybe Japan really has some secret mission, quietly with the help of the cover of the army, and the Japanese troops of the two brigades are thrown out.

No matter which possibility it is, it is impossible to track them for the time being, for example, these two brigades are simply on the mainland, and they have not come, with the current strength of the Northwest Intelligence Bureau in Japan, there is no way to search for these two brigades in a carpet way, and find these two brigades, or, come and go, to carry out secret missions, before entering the vision of the northwest, it is unlikely to find them, rather than spending effort on them, it is better to think about something else, for example, how to fight this battle, and for example, under the noses of the Japanese, Accepting Beiyang, by the way, cut off the back road of the Japanese, if done well, is no less than annihilating a third of the Japanese army.

The Japanese waited too long in the northwest from sending troops to the official dispatch of troops, although it is said that the more time, the greater the chance of victory, but the fatigue and waste of time brought about by this are more or less tiresome, and now the war is finally about to be fought.

Speaking of the missing two brigades, everyone is solemn, trying to find out their location, but when it comes to the 12 divisions sent by the Japanese, close to 350,000 people, everyone is relaxed, even if this is about one-third of the strength of the Japanese army, but familiar with the combat effectiveness of the first army, the ratio of various weapons, and even training, even the youngest staff officer, do not think that 350,000 people can raid the first line of defense, the reason is very simple, the first line of defense is almost impregnable, Even if the elite of the Northwest Army attacked, attacking with two or three times the number, it would be a result of losing both.

Shandong's first line of defense is 3 node cities that show a zigzag shape, each city is about 15-32 square kilometers, stationed 3 divisions of troops, almost more than 70,000 people, but has about 2,000 large and small caliber artillery, of which the new 155 artillery is full of 213 guns, this is definitely a big killer, with the current 250 mm or less artillery used by the world's mainstream countries, there are few more than 155 range, which means that any army encounters the entrenched Northwest Army troops, They all had to attack under the suppression of the heavy artillery of the Northwest Army, which used advanced anti-personnel shells.

If this is the case alone, fill with human lives, 350,000 people, half of the cost of death, may be able to break through the city defense, but the northwest defense area is a railway node, itself has an intersecting railway line, the northwest for the sake of insurance, but also mobilized 21 armored trains to pass, that is with 12 350 mm artillery, more than 50 other types of artillery big guy, once the Japanese army is close to both sides of the railway, by the dealer train fast attack, no matter how strong, no matter how strong, no matter how strong, can not block the impact of the armored torrent, 50 artillery pieces, hundreds of machine guns, and more than 200 machine guns, the armored train in the northwest, is simply a well-arranged armed hedgehog, not only to protect the above, to achieve the protection of the battleship, the average equivalent of 40 centimeters of homogeneous armor, this is not the army firepower can deal with, exquisite design, as long as you enter the local area, you can tilt a large amount of firepower in an instant, harvesting life, powerful.

Concentrate 350,000 people, it is not enough, not to mention the division of troops in six ways, it seems that the range of attack is large, in the northwest for 2 months, there is no idleness, large depth of fortifications, the ability to ensure mobility at any time, the average deployment of several divisions in the rear, may not be able to annihilate them, but they can gradually consume their strength, the field is different from the node, the node is too important, if there is no accident, it is easy to not give up, but in the field, under the premise that most of the Chinese have withdrawn, they can be abandoned at any time.

After listening to the arrangements of the front line, especially after connecting with Cai Yi, I used the radio to go back and forth, understood the layout of the other party, and showed it on the military map, the movements of the Japanese have been very clear, in addition to the junction of Hebei and Shandong, the other roads are near the direction of Henan, Shandong, along the direction of Jiaozhou Bay, and other minor directions, and Cai Yi's response, in each direction, there are enough personnel, probably only about one-fifth of the Japanese army, but there are the same number of reserves, It was foolproof.

For Japan's actions, the war has not yet been fought, it has become settled, Yang Yuanzhao did not ask too much, the military above, handed over to the military above, thinking of what Yuan Shikai said when watching the elevated highway today, it is almost a matter of course to ask: "How is the Beiyang side?" ”

From the arrival of Yuan Shikai, the end of Beiyang is already doomed, after the basic confirmation, the main thing in the later stage is to discuss, how to resettle Beiyang, how to maximize their interests, Wu Peifu and other people who have a heart, they began to contact, hoping to have a better home,

Any negotiation always has a clear goal, and the result is clear and easy to achieve, even if Beiyang has a lot of interests, the northwest is very sincere, and there is absolute strength as the backing, the two sides quickly reached a consensus on a series of things.

At this time, on the Beiyang side, except for Xu Shichang's delegation, which continued to stay in the northwest, and continued to participate in the plenary meeting of the northwest, the remaining military leaders only stayed in the northwest for 10 days and went back, they must stabilize the remaining Beiyang army, and the army and acceptance group sent by the northwest will not blatantly take over Beiyang, and the Japanese will still stay in Tianjin. The Northwest could not accept such a loss either.

Fortunately, the Japanese have already moved, and when the time comes, in addition to leaving a small part of the troops in Tianjin, the rest will be sent to Shandong, and this is the opportunity for the northwest, with the cooperation of Beiyang, to take out his rear Tianjin.

In the next month, the Northwest will gradually send a small number of troops and administrative personnel to Beiyang, temporarily according to the original method of Beiyang, everything will not change much, until most of the cities are handed over, especially Tianjin, quietly transfer two divisions of the Northwest Army, and then with the cooperation of Beiyang, secretly Chen Cang entered Tianjin, annihilated the Japanese stationed in Tianjin, and then announced to the whole country.

Because of the need to ensure sufficient security, this process will last for a considerable period of time, conservatively estimated to be about 20 to 35 days, and in this way, the impact can be minimized as much as possible, as long as it is smooth and excessive, not only North China and Northeast China will become the territory of the northwest, even if the Japanese army has already gone to Shandong to participate in the war, it will also be hit by the ideological side, and it will basically be in danger. (To be continued......)