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Although it had been expected that the attack on Qingdao would be very difficult, and although it had been expected that the troops would admit great casualties, Chen Jingyun's face was still a little ugly after receiving the telegram from Xu Lishan of the Third Army. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info..

"Four thousand casualties in five days!" Chen Jingyun put down the battle report in his hand with a deep face: "In this way, wouldn't the three divisions attacking on the front line have to be injured if they attack again?" ”

Among the troops under the jurisdiction of the Third Army, three infantry divisions, one mixed brigade, and two artillery regiments, with a total strength of more than 50,000 troops, while the three infantry divisions fighting on the front line combined were nearly 40,000, but the Third Army had already suffered 4,000 casualties in the first five days of the offensive, and the casualty rate was as high as one-tenth. And this is still talking about the total strength of the three infantry divisions, if the baggage troops and artillery units that are sent to provide support in the rear, then simply calculate the losses of front-line combatants, then the casualty rate will become extremely terrifying, you must know that the vast majority of these casualties are front-line combatants, and even the total number of front-line combatants of the three infantry divisions is less than 30,000 people, if the total number of 4,000 casualties is evenly distributed among the troops, the attrition rate of the front-line combatants of each division will be close to 15 percent, and more importantly, These casualties were not evenly shared, and nearly half of the 4,000 casualties were those of the 28th Division.

You must know that although the casualties in the previous battles between the Nationalist Army and Beiyang were not small, there were also many casualties of tens of thousands of casualties in a large-scale battle, and the first large-scale battle with the Beiyang Army in the Southern Jiangsu Campaign, and the Jiangbei Campaign in the first few months of last year's crossing of the river, the casualties of the Nationalist Army reached tens of thousands. However, those were not small-scale battles, but large-scale battles that spread hundreds of kilometers, with a total of more than 100,000 troops on both sides, close to 200,000, and the battle lasted not only a few days, but spread for several months, and the casualties of tens of thousands of people were accumulated in the months before and after. It's not that it's just in Qingdao as it is now, and it's not that it's only a short five days.

Shen Gang on the side saw that Chen Jingyun's face was not very good, and immediately said: "President, although our army has suffered heavy casualties, the sacrifice of the front-line soldiers has also achieved considerable results. In this battle alone, our army wiped out at least 400 German troops, including nearly 100 prisoners! ”

Shen Gang knew that if he didn't say something about the results, he was afraid that Chen Jingyun would have to suspect that there was something wrong with the battle plan of the General Staff.

Shen Gang continued: "Coupled with the results on other fronts, our army will destroy at least more than 1,000 German troops in these days!" ”

This is a bit of a small water, the casualties of the national army itself are accurate, but the casualties of the German army have been determined several times, except for the 28th Division that conquered the German Xiaokanshan fortress and determined the results, the other results were reported by each unit itself, and there is no accurate number of how many German troops were really killed and wounded, Chen Jingyun made a small estimate in his heart, the results of the five hundred people in the Xiaokanshan Battle should be correct, and the other places should add up to two or three hundred people, and the total result of about 800 people is still there.

Their own casualties are 4,000, and the results are 800, so the ratio of casualties between the national army and the German army is about five to one!

Although Chen Jingyun felt that this number was a little low, it was still within his acceptable range, otherwise he would be furious when he received the battle report, and if the battle loss ratio on the front line reached ten to one, then he would have to remove Xu Lishan on the spot.

After putting down the battle report in his hand, Chen Jingyun said: "Since Xiaokanshan has been taken, then the front-line troops must continue to fight to increase the results!" In addition, the casualties of the Third Army are not small, and now the 9th Division, the 5th Division, and the 7th Division are all along the Jiaozhou Railway, and the General Staff must make good arrangements here, in addition to reinforcing the Qingdao front, it is also necessary to make necessary arrangements to deal with other changes! ”

Shen Gang nodded yes, he naturally understood what the other changes in Chen Jingyun's mouth meant, it was nothing more than saying, "Ben intervened, since China declared war on Germany, Ben also couldn't wait to officially declare war on Germany two days later, and sent a fleet and troops to seize the German islands in the Pacific, and at the same time, the 18th Division, the 3rd Division, and the heavy artillery troops for the siege of the city were mobilized in China, and this posture was clearly prepared for the attack on Qingdao."

"Now that the British fleet has also arrived off the coast of Jiaozhou Bay, and has launched a joint artillery bombardment of Qingdao with our special fleet, and more than 1,000 British army forces are about to arrive, in this case, I am unlikely to continue to meddle in the affairs of Qingdao, right?'" Shen Gang was puzzled: "After all, I also have to worry about the thoughts of the British!" ”

Chen Jingyun said: "No matter what the future development is, what we have to do now is to make the necessary preparations first, and no matter what happens in the future, we can deal with them one by one!" ”

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of a large-scale invasion of China under the pretext of the Qingdao incident has become very small, and the navy still has the upper hand in the country, and Prime Minister Yamamoto and other naval factions have firmly suppressed the army group, so the army and navy have no opinion on the declaration of war against Germany, but after the declaration of war on Germany, the navy is naturally bent on snatching the German colonies in the Pacific, so that the troops can not only increase the colonies of the army, but In addition to these two points, it is more important for the Navy to gain an extremely important naval base in the South Pacific and the Central Pacific, and once the Navy's influence in the South Pacific and the Central Pacific increases, the Navy will be more important to the Navy, and the support of the people for the Navy will be more, and these are of vital importance to the development of the Navy.

As for Qingdao, even if it can be defeated, it will not be of much help to the navy, because if Qingdao is to be attacked, then the main force must be the army, and the navy can only provide artillery support outside Jiaozhou Bay like the current Chinese and British navies, but it is not the main factor that determines the victory or defeat.

Moreover, if Qingdao is really conquered, then there will be no important interest factors for the future development of the navy, on the contrary, it may be because Qingdao has been conquered, and after the army has expanded its influence in Shandong, then the army will definitely garrison troops in Shandong, and when the time comes, the army will have to compete for more military spending, and the military expenditure is so much, and the more the army has, the less the navy will be.

Combined with many factors, this led to the fact that the navy was not interested in attacking Qingdao, but it was fully supportive of the invasion of Germany's Pacific colonies, especially German New Guinea, and even on the day that Austria-Hungary declared war on Salvia, it sent a fleet to the northeastern region of New Guinea, and then said that as soon as the navy announced war against Germany, it said that the navy could not wait to land in New Guinea.

This action was just like the Chinese side's preparation for an attack on Qingdao, and it was a long-prepared plan, and it was said that "the navy has sent a fleet to it in advance." The reason for the advance preparation of the two sides is also very consistent, that is, in order to prevent the intervention of a third country, Chen Jingyun is afraid of "I am meddling, and I am afraid of Australia meddling, you must know that New Guinea is now divided into three parts, the west is the colony of the Netherlands, and the southeast part is the new Ireland that originally belonged to France, and was later occupied by the Dominion of Queensland, and then accepted by the United Kingdom, and handed over to Australia in 1906." The northeastern part of the island of New Guinea was occupied by Germany and was known as Kaiser Wilhelm's domain. It also forms the administrative region of German New Guinea with other German islands in the nearby waters, including the territory of Kaiser Wilhelm in the northeast of New Guinea Island, adjacent to the islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Mariana Islands.

German New Guinea is also Germany's largest colony in Asia, and in addition to German New Guinea, there are only Qingdao and Western Samoa in Asia.

In order to rush ahead of the Australians and the British to seize German New Guinea, it was said that "the navy had been preparing for a long time in advance, so that it could attack German New Guinea as soon as the war was declared on Germany."

Now that the navy is going all out to seize German New Guinea, naturally it has no mind or interest in attacking Qingdao.

Therefore, although the group of people in this army was anxious, on the one hand, they said, "This army has not yet completed large-scale mobilization, and on the other hand, the main fleet of the navy has been sent to the South Pacific, and they have not promised to transport troops and provide sea cover for the army, and this army will never be able to swim across the sea and land in Qingdao."

In addition to the contradiction between the two factions of the navy and the army, the army itself was also uncertain whether to attack Qingdao, because the preparations of the army did not expect that the Chinese would take the initiative to attack Qingdao, let alone that the Chinese and the British would launch a joint attack, and now the British warships have joined the Chinese fleet in Jiaozhou Bay to jointly bombard the Qingdao fortress, and the British army has also arrived at the periphery of Qingdao, although the British army sent only more than 1,000 people. But whether it is Chen Jingyun, the British, or the saying, "I all know that the combat effectiveness of more than 1,000 people is completely negligible, and Xu Lishan, who commanded the front, did not expect these more than 1,000 British troops to be able to fight, and all China needs is the banner of the British army."

What is needed is only the name of the Sino-British coalition army, and the British are also very clear about their position, so these more than 1,000 British troops were stationed in the rear after landing, and they had no intention of going to the front line to participate in the war.

After so many changes, the army was a little hesitant in the face of the situation in Qingdao, but the reason why the army continued to mobilize troops to prepare for the attack on Qingdao was simple, that is, "I do not believe that the Chinese can capture Qingdao."

Based on the experience of the Ben conquering Lushun, without the presence of a large number of heavy artillery units, it is almost impossible for the infantry to conquer the fortress alone, and even if it can be overcome, the casualty figure is extremely terrifying. Through various intelligence, it was said that "this army can probably guess how many people there are in the Nationalist Army under Chen Jingyun, and a few days after the outbreak of the Qingdao Campaign, it has also roughly investigated how many people there are in the Third Army of the Nationalist Army in Shandong." And based on the past impression of the squadron in this army, many people said, "This general thinks that if the national army wants to conquer Qingdao, 50,000 people will not be enough."

Therefore, it is now said that many generals of this army are waiting for the news of the defeat of the Nationalist army, and once the Nationalist army is defeated, then it will be said that "it is not impossible to attack Qingdao with the acquiescence of the British when the time comes."

However, he said: "I underestimated Chen Jingyun's determination to take Qingdao, and even underestimated the determination of the young officers of the Kuomintang who were clamoring for the revival of China every day!"

In a temporarily dug trench outside the central fortress of Qingdao, a young captain who was only ten years old quietly looked at the pocket watch in his hand, and soon saw him close the pocket watch, and then pulled out the command knife on his waist! His already bloodshot eyes stared closely at the German position not far away, and then without any words, the command knife in his hand pointed forward, and in an instant, several officers on the front he was on blew a rapid copper whistle, and a large number of national army soldiers in brown-green military uniforms beside him began to shout: "Rush! "Kill!" Jump out of the trenches!

The bullets fired from the heavy machine guns in the German fortress were like the sickles of death that harvested the lives of the Nationalist soldiers!

After the young captain brandished his command knife and rushed out of nearly 100 meters, there was no screaming of his comrades beside him, and after a stumbling and falling, he glanced back, and what caught his eyes was the dense corpses of the National Army soldiers in green uniforms, he was the only one left on the battlefield, and the whole company had gone through half a month of fierce fighting, and today he was the only company commander left!

The young captain took a big breath, grabbed the command knife in his hand, took a deep breath, and after taking a heavy deep breath, he jumped up suddenly, shouted 'ah' in his mouth and continued to rush towards the German fortress, and a few seconds later, the land of Qingdao was mixed with the blood of a Chinese son!

"For the revival of China, my father should forgive myself for my unfilial piety!"

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