Sword life

Chapter 139 Jiaozhou Base Area

On the night of January 1th, WF station.

Shen Honglie walked off the train with his entourage, feeling relaxed all over, looked up at the telegraph room at the station, and said softly: "Go and see, how is Qingdao going?"

"What else is there to do? Commander Zhang is brave, but compared to the Japanese fleet, it is far inferior. Now he must have abandoned his armor and was chased by the Japanese navy." Secretary Shen Hongru said with a little anger.

"That's right, a wise man doesn't fight uncertain battles, so he goes over and confronts the naval guns as soon as his head gets hot, isn't he a fool!"

Shen Honglie waved his hand and said with a smile: "Commander Zhang is from the army, so he doesn't know how powerful naval guns are, but after this small setback, he will naturally know the choice."

Everyone nodded together, and after a while of flattery, the personal guard ran over from the telegraph room with disbelief on his face.

"Has the result come out?"

"More than 5000 people were killed or injured, two heavy cruisers were sunk, one was severely damaged, one was captured, five destroyers were sunk, six were seriously injured, and one battleship aircraft carrier was severely damaged."

Shen Hongru smiled and said: "This General Zhang is indeed brave in battle, but facing the absolute firepower of the Japanese navy, the more brave you are, the more damage you will suffer."

After he said these words, he originally thought that everyone would follow the trend, but after he finished speaking, he found that no one answered. When he looked carefully, the eyes of the people around him were wide-eyed and dumbfounded.

A naval officer who had always been on good terms with him teased Shen Hongru, and said in a low voice, "The one who was killed or injured was the little devil, not General Zhang. We have won this battle!"

"What!" Shen Hongru's eyes widened, how did he win, how did he win!
Shen Honglie suddenly sighed, the ruddy face turned gray, and looked towards the east: "Hey, since ancient times, heroes are born in youth, this is true, we are all old, General Zhang, heroes too!"

In Dagang, Qingdao, Zhang Gang sneezed, and immediately hugged Gu Shunhe: "Good boy, let me kill so many little devil battleships in one fell swoop, tell me how I want to reward you!"

The cheers subsided immediately, everyone looked at Gu Shunhe, Gu Shunhe was a little embarrassed: "Commander, killing little devils is my job, I don't want rewards!"

"Okay, what a noble character, you don't want a reward, I have to give it, starting tomorrow, you will be the commander of the Third Fleet, within five years, I will keep and buy you a fleet ten times stronger than the old Third Fleet! "

Gu Shunhe was overjoyed and said with a smile, "I would like to die for Zhang Junchang!"

"That's right, let's not fix these things. We fought for our parents, wives and children, for the [-] million people, not for me alone. Today, except for the security guards, we drink fine wine and don't go home until we're drunk!"

The atmosphere in the port climbed to the strongest moment.

In an inconspicuous corner, two famous men burned sweet potatoes and chatted while drinking.

"Old Zhang, after the battle of Qingdao, what do you think next?"

"There are a lot of ideas, but the latest one is to give the little devil a hard time. This old boy, Itagaki, always stabs me in front of me. Sooner or later, he will be pulled out. Old Zhao, what are your plans?"

"Land reform, divide the fields, and then establish base areas."

"Old Zhao, we don't have enough people here, so we have to apply to the higher-ups. Students from Kangda University and Junda University, three thousand first."

"Old Zhang, you have such a big mouth. With just one mouth, you are a student of the twentieth period. You are not afraid to hold on."

"Old Zhao, you don't understand. If you ask for a lot of money to pay back the money on the spot, even if you get [-]%, it's still a profit. Besides, our place is so big that we don't want to hold it. Are we going to give it to **?"

"It's true, if this place is done well, we'll be awesome, Lao Zhang, what are you going to do next?"

"I didn't think too much about it. I think that since we have occupied the Jiaozhou Peninsula, we have to occupy it all. Old Zhao, what do you think, Old Zhao?"

Zhao Gang snored and dropped the wine glass in his hand.

Zhang Gang laughed loudly: "Old Zhao, you are much worse than drinking."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine, looked up to the north, the end of the waves is his hometown!
On February 1938, 2, the Japanese navy invaded Qingdao for the second time. Although it took Qingdao, it paid a price of more than 12 people, and Qingdao was also blown into ruins.

Qingdao's machinery and equipment, as well as related personnel and materials, were all transported to the Jiaozhou base by Zhao Gang.

Relying on these equipments, more than [-] cotton mills, three power plants, two oil refineries, two rubber factories, the largest locomotive repair shop in the north, and the largest arsenal in the north have been established in the base area of ​​the border area, continuously producing many anti-Japanese supplies.

In addition, hundreds of kilometers of the Jiaoji Railway have been demolished without even a single paving stone left, and thousands of ravines have been dug 100 meters around the railway, which cannot be repaired in the short term.

On February 2, after more than a month of tug-of-war, the Japanese Tenth Division finally conquered Jining, and the Third Army retreated to the Teng County area to continue to organize resistance.

On February 2, a brigade of the Japanese Fifth Division invaded ZB, was defeated and returned to Jinan after being hit head-on.

On February 2, the Fifth Division went south, intending to join the Tenth Division and open up Jinpu Road. Zhang Gang sent the 25th Brigade to attack Jinan, and the 56th Brigade to attack Dezhou, successfully containing the Itagaki Division.

The Japanese No. 13 Division, which was heading north from Pukou, was blocked by Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, and it was difficult to make progress and had to return to Pukou.

The situation in Shandong is now stable!

During this period, hundreds of Kangda graduates and thousands of cadres crossed the blockade and rushed to the Jiaozhou base area. The Jiaozhou base area had a population of more than 1000, more than 30 million, and more than [-] militiamen.

In terms of the number of troops, the Tenth Army still maintained the establishment of three divisions and six brigades. In fact, it also organized two independent brigades and one cavalry brigade. The whole army has a total of nine regular brigades with 5000 people.

In a flash, the time has come to the end of March
(End of this chapter)