I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

Forced into a corner by more than a dozen pilots, Chen Rongwei sent a telegram to Mengshan and explained the situation in detail. The response he received was still that take-off was strictly prohibited. The Japanese still had dozens of planes, and the warships of the aircraft carrier battle group had gone back for protection. It would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to penetrate the frigate's firepower network and dive-bomb the aircraft carrier while being entangled with the planes.

Hasegawa Tsuyoshi stood on the battleship's tower without saying a word. The headquarters gave him all the rights to attack Qingdao. Five kilometers southeast of his fleet, there were rows of troop transport ships, and 50,000 brave warriors were ready to fight.

Hasegawa Tsuyoshi was still thinking that after two rounds of bombing, he could land after another hour of shelling. What should he do now? Landing by force would definitely be a dead end. Should he stop fighting? Should he retreat? Wouldn't that be a joke? The mission given by the headquarters was to capture Qingdao City.

Deng Deng Deng!

Footsteps were heard and someone was coming up. Hasegawa Tsuyoshi did not look back. The only one who dared to come up and disturb him at this time was the Chief of Staff Matsumoto Hosoyasu.

"Sir, we need to change the landing location for the landing attack force."

Hasegawa Tsuyoshi did not look back, still holding the telescope to check the situation of several damaged ships.

"No matter where we go, the farther away from Qingdao City, the harder it will be for them to get close to Qingdao City. Shen Honglie's tactics are completely a cold-shooting routine. He only has 50,000 troops. If more than one-third of them are lost on the way, how can he attack Qingdao City?"

"Your Excellency General, Qingdao's coastal defense and air defense are tight. As long as they have enough ammunition, it will be difficult for our fleet to break through. But we still have to attack Qingdao City. This is a death order from the headquarters. If it doesn't work, just leave it to Jiao County! Across the Jiaozhou Bay, we can circle it with a surprise attack in one night."

"Stupid, a raid at night, have you thought about the special forces' cold guns? Have you thought about their artillery attacks everywhere?"

Hasegawa put down the telescope and pointed at the troop transport ship behind him and said:

"Let them drop anchor near Lingshan Island, rest on the boat for one night, and land in Jiaoxian tomorrow night."

Matsumoto Hosoyasu breathed a sigh of relief. Landing in Jiao County was the best option. He was really worried that the general would still stick to his strategy.

"Sir, shall we continue tomorrow?"

Hasegawa looked at the chief of staff with dissatisfaction, saying, "Do you have a brain to say this? Why continue? We still have more than 30 planes and six warships that are intact and can fight. How can we continue?"

"Generate electricity for the Qinghe and Sakura, stay outside Qingdao to protect the troop transport ships, and the fleet will raise anchor and return to Shanghai!"

"Send a telegram to the Minister of the Navy and the headquarters to explain today's situation. It's not that we don't want to help, but we are currently powerless."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese Third Fleet withdrew, leaving only two cruisers. The two cruisers escorted dozens of troop transport ships to Lingshan Island and dropped anchor, and would launch a landing operation tomorrow.

The last wave of Japanese planes flew away, and the two warships of the Jiaolong Regiment finally stopped circling. How many planes have they shot down today? Everyone is waiting for the statistics. It's so exciting. The little devils are really cruel! They dived and hit after being hit. If it weren't for the large-caliber heavy machine guns on board, they might have succeeded with only anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

"Captain, the statistical results are out."

Wang Dalei was exhausted today and sat in the command room not wanting to move at all.

"Tell me! I'm listening."

"The cruiser shot down eleven Japanese planes and damaged seven, while the destroyer shot down eight and damaged thirteen."

"What about our casualties?"

"There were no casualties, except that a Japanese fighter plane was shot up right above our cruiser. The falling debris made several holes in the deck and almost hit the M2 machine gun position."

"Send it to the captain! Use the walkie-talkie to contact Chen Rongwei and ask him about the situation at the airport. It seems that there are as many planes there as here."

"I've already contacted them. Three hangars were hit by aerial bombs. Two bombers and one fighter were scrapped. The artillery shells at the airport were intact, and the rest of the fighter planes were intact. However, there were casualties. A Japanese aerial bomb exploded next to the machine gun position. Two machine gunners were killed and two were seriously injured. There were seven lightly injured people in the rest of the positions."

"Don't go to the harbor when it gets dark. Go to Baisha Bay and hide there. Notify the team members to take turns to rest. There may be a fierce battle tomorrow, so they must get enough rest."

"Yes"!

Daya left the command room with a very calm look on her face, but there was still a fire burning in her heart. She didn't have the chance to serve as a machine gunner, but she felt it was satisfying just to watch it. The fireworks from the explosion were so dazzling, more beautiful than any fireworks she had ever seen.

The bombs dropped by Japanese planes whizzed into the sea, close to the hull of the ship. The towering water column from the explosion soaked my body, but it still couldn't extinguish the fire of anger burning in my heart. I really wanted to send a telegram to Sister Yunyan and Sister Zihan to share my joy!

When the fleet was attacking, the Japanese army's army attack sequence was also assembled. Forty thousand troops were assembled in Nanjing, and thirty-five thousand troops were assembled in Beijing. Together with the defenders drawn from the Jinpu Line and the Longhai East Line, a total of 100,000 troops would be assembled in Lincheng. After taking over the mining area, they would advance step by step towards Xiong'er Mountain.

The plan was disrupted. The north and south of the Jinpu Line were damaged. The Peking Front Army got off the train in the north of Jinan. The railway bridge was bombed, so they could only enter Jinan via a pontoon bridge, and then had to march hundreds of miles on foot.

The Japanese troops participating in the attack on the Jinpu Line and the Longhai East Line were better off. After all, they were close and it only took less than a day to reach Lincheng.

The troops assembled in the south also encountered difficulties. The Guzhen railway line was interrupted, and 40,000 people had to get off the train in the south of Guzhen and walk to Lincheng.

Lieutenant General Susumu Fujita, commander of the series of armies who had already arrived in Lincheng, and Chief of Staff Sadatsuki Nakayama were very embarrassed. They had thought that they could launch the attack tomorrow, but the attacking troops were still on the way and had to rest and adjust after arriving. Now it seems that it would be good enough to start the attack on January 1.

On January 1, the special operations team of the Guard Regiment reported a news from Lincheng that the Japanese garrison camp in Lincheng was under martial law, and it seemed that an important figure had moved in. The news immediately attracted the attention of the regiment commander Lin Chuan, who ordered the special operations team to continue observing and investigating and report immediately if there was any news.

Lin Chuan judged that it must be the Japanese officers who attacked the Yimeng guerrillas. The captain had judged that the Japanese might launch an attack from Lincheng, and he had also made arrangements in the mining area. The mining area certainly could not be defended, and it was impossible to leave it to the Japanese for mining, so the only means was to blow it up.

Thousands of kilograms of explosives were placed in the mining area. Once the Japanese army leaves the Jinpu Line, the special forces will set a time bomb. The explosion in the mining area half an hour later may cause a collapse. It is not known how many Japanese troops will enter. It would be a pity if only a few enter.