April 23, 1919 at 3 a.m.

In the case that almost no one expected, all the elite of the Protector Army were dispatched, and the troops were divided into Cangshan and Weishan, and they all quietly came to the border line between Shandong and Jiangsu!

Cangshan Front.

Zhou Chaowu personally led the first mixed division here, quietly waiting for Li Chun's department to send a signal, the inside should be combined with the outside, break open the gate of Cangshan City, and take the whole Linyi by the way!

"Wu Shuai, what if Li Chun really takes refuge with the Japanese?" He Ruibing was a little worried.

"Even if he wants to, he

doesn't have the courage, the families of senior officers are all locked up in Huai'an City, even if he can abandon his wife and children, his subordinates will not be willing either, wait, we haven't received news within half an hour, it's not too late for us to think about rushing directly." Zhou Chaowu said confidently.

At this time, in Linyi City, it was the dead of night.

Li Chun received the military order issued by Zhou Chaowu, and did not dare to slack off for a moment, so he hurriedly gathered the army, quietly led his elite, and came to the communication base station of the Japanese army.

"Brothers, our first task is to cut off the communication channels between the defenders and the headquarters in the entire Linyi City! The Protector Army outside is ready to take action! We must assist them and delay the Qingdao Headquarters from knowing the news here as much as possible! We will also be the heroes of the national salvation! Chong!"

Under the slackness of the Japanese, the 8th and 9th Divisions were able to accomplish this basic task, destroying all the radio stations and other communication equipment in Linyi City

But this also woke up the nearby Japanese army, and Yoshida Shoichi, the military attache general of Linyi City, immediately angrily issued an order to mobilize the forces of the entire city and destroy Li Chun's Eighth and Ninth Divisions!

In Linyi City, in fact, there is only one brigade, about 6,000 people, which is even less than Li Chun's unit in number, but the equipment and combat quality are much higher.

"The goal is achieved, you can retreat and evacuate to Cangshan!" Li Chun looked at his subordinates, who were very embarrassed by the Japanese army, and hurriedly gave the order to retreat!

The destruction of the Japanese army is not his main task, and there is no need to fight to the death here.

On the Cangshan front, Zhou Chaowu received an urgent telegram from Li Chun.

It's already done!

"Ruibing, you can do it! Immediately let the First Mixed Division launch an attack on the Cangshan City Gate! It must be taken within half an hour!".

Zhou Chaowu said unambiguously.

"Yes, Wu Shuai!".

The soldiers who were on standby early in the morning, after receiving the order from their superiors, immediately launched an offensive!

It was still the artillery that took the lead, and after tearing apart the defense of the position, all the troops rushed into the city like wolves and quickly annihilated the living forces!

You must know that the guards in the entire Cangshan City are not even enough for a wing formed by the Japanese!

With only more than 1,000 people, how can they resist the Protector Army, which is far superior in number and quality to them?

In just ten minutes, this group of Japanese soldiers was crushed and all of them were killed!

"Inform the whole army that the troops will be divided into three routes, spreading from the two directions of Feixian and Tancheng, and be sure to take the entire Linyi City before dawn!"

"Yes!".

Weishan Front.

Kong Anshun personally served as the commander-in-chief of this operation, and as a professional talent from the system, Zhou Chaowu was very relieved to hand over the full authority to him!

"As the unit that consumes the most money in the Protector Army, our armored division must show our full strength in this battle! This time, our strategic task is not to destroy the enemy by surprise, but to wait for the artillery brigade to blast through Weishan, and then drive to Jinan as quickly as possible, and then turn east and straight down, pulling out a strategic depth of nearly 1,000 kilometers! Rendezvous with the headquarters outside Rizhao City to prepare for the final general attack on the Jiaozhou Peninsula! Are you confident? This battle has played the prestige of my 1st Armored Division, which will make people fearful in the future, we are the real ace division!".

Kong Anshun looked enthusiastic and issued a strategy from a professional point of view.

Shandong has many plains, and the route he chose is even more dangerous for the Japanese army to follow.

Let the armored forces draw a broken line in Shandong, and then the third and fourth divisions will be responsible for the task of recovering the city all the way, and one-third of the entire Shandong will be in the hands of the Protector Army!

Only the Jiaodong Peninsula, which is the most difficult to gnaw, will remain! It is also the core of the Japanese army and the most industrially developed occupation area!

"Defend the prestige of our 1st Armored Division!

When Zhou Chaowu led the main force of the infantry army to eat Linyi City.

Kong Anshun also ordered a general attack!

The Independent Artillery Brigade moved out a total of 500 guns of various types to strike at Weishan!

You must know that an ordinary Japanese division has only 100 artillery pieces!

And the artillery divisions of the Japanese army only have more than 300 guns!

The 500 guns of this 1st Artillery Brigade are almost equivalent to the two artillery divisions of the Japanese army!

This kind of firepower, can you imagine?

The continuous sound of cannons made the whole city shake!

The

cannon light illuminates the micro mountains in the early morning!

"Yaga Ya Road! Who is out there who dares to launch an attack on me on the territory of the Great Japanese Empire! Go out and take a look!".

After the captain of the seventh wing was awakened, he called his men and commanded angrily.

However, the

next moment, a shell from an anti-aircraft gun smashed into his barracks headquarters!

The cannon rang out, and everything turned to dust!

There was no frontal combat, only naked firepower, which completely reduced the city defense near the pass to ruins!

Subsequently, the 1st Panzer Division also began to march towards the city!

Along the way, they also participated in the harvest of the city, and in only a quarter of an hour, Weishan also fell into the hands of the Protector Army!

And still marching north, constantly expanding the results!

In an ordinary city, the defenders who can be equipped with a wing can be regarded as fully defended!

More in the city, plus the police of the Police Department, there are more than 1,000 people, how can they resist this torrent of steel?

I could only watch as an entire front was torn apart by the 1st Panzer Division!

The sky is getting brighter.

At noon on April 23, 1922.

The 1st

Panzer Division marched to the outside of Rizhao City to join up with the 1st Mixed Division, which had taken full control of Linyi City.

The rest of the artillery units and the 234th Division, which are pushing the isolated cities along the way, are expected to reach Yishui this evening

At this time, the Japanese military high-level finally knew the fact that Zhou Chaowu wanted to seize Shandong by force.

Qingdao, Consulate.

When Ikawahara Ken learned that the front line was under armed attack by the Protector Army, he angrily slapped the table and yelled.

On the surface, he was willing to be a partner of the Japanese Empire and ask us for benefits! I didn't expect to be so insidious and cunning, so bold! I actually openly acted against our Japanese army!

Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai, will we be able to defeat the Protector Army and will we need to ask for help from the mainland? In any case, Shandong Province must not be thrown out! That will be a shame that our Japanese Empire cannot accept!"

"Your Excellency Consul, please rest assured, the territories we have lost in Shandong are all very weak in the city defenses! The combat strength of their people is far from being comparable to ours! One of our divisions is even stronger than their two divisions! I have already ordered the 17th Division and the 19th Division to be deployed along the moat! After the armed forces of the Protector Army are clearly explored, we will launch a counteroffensive with the 28th Division and the 33rd Brigade and will fight all the way to Shanghai!" Takashi Sakai said about his strategic deployment, and he has absolute confidence in the army in his hands!

"Okay! Then wait for your good news, you must capture Zhou Chaowu alive, I will take off his head as a wine cup and give it to Emperor Taisho as a gift!" Ikawahara Ken said fiercely.

At the same time, Zhou Chaowu also issued a national power.

"The National

Protector Army officially launched an attack on Shandong in the early hours of this morning, and it is bound to defend our land with all its blood! At present, Linyi, Zaozhuang, Jining, Tai'an, Jinan, Laiwu and other cities have been recovered, and the follow-up progress will continue to be announced in the name of the National Protector Army!"

With the release of this telegram, the previous controversial remarks about Zhou Chaowu immediately disappeared.

Those who kept saying that they wanted to crusade against Zhou Chaowu were all dumbfounded, confessed their crimes on the street, and began to change their words to praise Zhou Chaowu!

In the eyes of everyone, Zhou Chaowu is a national hero who protects the country!

His prestige also came to its peak at this time!

The entire land of Shenzhou is full of praise for the righteous deeds and achievements of the Protector Army.

"The Protector Army is mighty!Zhou Chaowu National Hero!!".

"Take the initiative! The Japanese devils can defeat!!".

"Get the little devil out of here!".

“......"

Yenching government.

"Premier Duan, the boy of the Zhou family has really entered Shandong! It seems that he and Sun Wen are the people of the road! I am afraid that if this continues, it may cause a large-scale counterattack by the Japanese army! Not only will the boy of the Zhou family be repulsed, but he also wants more in the territory!"

Xu Shuzheng couldn't believe that Zhou Chaowu really dared to make a move against the Japanese and took such a move!

"It's a bit of Chinese blood, you see how much they are loved by the Chinese, but I don't know if they can resist the Japanese!".

Duan Qirui, who had always been calm and unwavering, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes.

"I think hanging, although he sneak attacked in the early morning and achieved certain strategic results, but these cities do not have much Japanese strength, if the frontal battlefield cannot be defeated, then they will have to spit out, and the situation at that time will not be what it is now!"

Xu Shuzheng obviously still didn't want to believe that Zhou Chaowu's tens of thousands of people could defeat the Japanese.

Otherwise, it will seem that their Anhui system is too useless!

Zhili Province, internal meeting.

"Brother Cao, the Protector Army is now trapped in Shandong and fighting a fierce battle with the Japanese, why don't we take the opportunity to go south and take Jiangsu back?

Wu Peifu analyzed that at this time in Jiangsu, the city defense must be empty, if you can lead tens of thousands of troops to attack, there will be achievements!

"Admire, this method is not bad, but I am afraid that the Chinese people will poke us in the backbone in the back! Now that he has become a national hero, wouldn't we be considered a traitor if we attacked his rear so openly?

Feng, the highest military and political council of the four eastern provinces.

"Fuck it, this week's kid is a bit of a species! Even the damn Japanese dare to fight! This is really going to take Shandong for him, and he will become neighbors with us! It seems that there will be a big change in the Guannai after such a fuss! At this time, we have to talk about the sophistication of the people, and we can't let Lao Zhang be like an outsider! Call me to Xiao Liuzi, go around the Guannai, visit the big man of the direct Anhui family, and finally go to get to know the boy of the Zhou family, and get to know some people, there is no harm in it. Zhang Zuolin spoke.

"I think what the commander-in-chief said is right, although our Feng Department is located outside the Guan, after all, it is still a domestic territory, and there must be some exchanges! Moreover, the establishment of friendship with some major domestic forces can also make the Kwantung Army restrain itself and dare not have too many plans against our northeast. Chief of Staff Yang Yuting said.

"I see that it's okay, and let my eldest nephew go out for a walk more and see a long way!"

“......"

Guangzhou.

Sun Wen led the original Cantonese army and the recruits recruited in Fujian, expelled the Gui faction, reoccupied Guangdong, Fujian and the two provinces, and was preparing for the establishment of the Guangdong National Government, when he received good news from Zhou Chaowu!

"Qingling, I'll just say it, I won't be wrong! Chaowu is indeed as dedicated to the country as you and me, and has no selfishness!" Sun Wen said happily.

"It's me who is narrow-minded! This time, he really played out the blood of my Huaxia people!" Song Qingling echoed, completely losing his previous suspicions.

...

Yishui, General Command of the Protector Army.

Zhou Chaowu is issuing the next strategic deployment!

His first strategic goal can be said to have been achieved perfectly, mainly because the Japanese army was the enemy in love, and he was completely unprepared to resist the Protector Army, plus the problem of timing.

But then, it's time for a tough battle!

The Japanese reacted and quickly built several lines of defense at the Rizhao moat.

Zhou Chaowu personally observed at the scene that the fortifications are indeed level, far stronger than some domestic grass teams!

Moreover, the

Japanese army demolished all the bridges across the river and set up machine guns and artillery, and wanted to step into the territory of the Jiaozhou Peninsula, especially the armored troops and artillery units, I am afraid that the casualties will be extremely heavy!

PS: I sent it in long form

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