Don't worry, but these two brigades are still a huge loophole and may be detonated at any time. No matter how powerful the northwest is, it is impossible to completely ignore them. Jiang Baili, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and others all came to ask about Shi Lei's situation. Shi Lei knew everything he knew and said everything.

Although the Northwest did not do its best in the battle between Shandong and Japan, Japan was doing its best. The Intelligence Bureau also supported this battle quite well. Not only did it send intelligence personnel in Tianjin as much as possible, but it also arranged a large number of personnel at several key roads from Tianjin to Shandong and key checkpoints one by one.

The reason why Shi Lei came late before was to determine the information of these checkpoints. These were two brigades, which were large troops of more than 30,000 people. Not every soldier was familiar with Chinese civilization and knew Chinese. This means that they could not break the whole into pieces. After confirming these checkpoints one by one, there was no sign that a large number of Japanese troops had passed. You should know that in order to confirm safety, the Intelligence Bureau adopted the arrangement method of one light and three dark. Unless it was the three light policy to make all living things uneasy, information would be transmitted.

Jiang Baili and others carefully confirmed the information and marked the location of each point on the map, pouring into the efforts of a large number of investigators, almost every channel was clearly marked, and after putting every point in the intelligence department on it, everything was clear at a glance. To put it more than 100, in fact, there were more than 20 points. These more than 20 points were cleverly stuck on most of the roads from Tianjin to Shandong, without any omissions.

Jiang Baili frowned and asked Shi Lei for some confidential measures. No wonder he was so careful. If two brigades accidentally enter the hinterland of Shandong, they may not have devastating consequences, but they are always an unstable one. If you are not careful, you will suffer a great loss.

After repeated confirmation, Jiang Baili barely recognized the information. Anyway, Cai E's scouts confirmed it again, which was double insurance. There was basically no problem. Then he briefly discussed with other senior officers. After a long time, he discussed it and asked Jiang Baili to talk about it.

There are generally several possibilities for the two brigades that disappeared, one is that they did not get off the ship at all. Although they were on the Tianjin sidelines at that time, they observed that these two brigades arrived in Tianjin, but they could not watch them in the field and close range. There were still some flags and a small number of personnel, and other soldiers were replaced by more than one million. Among the Japanese troops with at least dozens of units, such mistakes would definitely occur. If the Japanese army concealed it, the possibility of it would be greater, and it was also part of the old suspicion array.

Another possibility is that I got off the boat, but was transferred elsewhere for some reason, maybe at night or secretly, so I didn't find it here in the northwest.

Based on the above analysis, the latter possibility is very high, because the two brigades, among the million troops currently gathered in Tianjin, are inconspicuous. The 30,000 people are only one-four or fifty-tenths of the 40th of the 50th of the 50th of the 40th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50th of the 50

Since the possibility of the first one is not high, the possibility of the latter one is greatly increased. Maybe Japan really has some secret missions, and quietly took advantage of the army to cover the Japanese troops of the two brigades.

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 local land and have not come. With the current power of the Northwest Intelligence Agency in Japan, it is impossible to find these two brigades in a carpet-like search, or they come and go to perform secret missions. Before entering the Northwest's vision, it is unlikely to find them. Instead of spending time on them, it is better to consider something else, such as how to fight this battle, and, under the eyes of the Japanese, accept the Beiyang and by the way, cut off the Japanese's retreat. If this is done well, it is no less than annihilation of one-third of the Japanese army.

The Japanese waited too long from sending troops to formally sending troops. Although the more time, the greater the chance of victory, the fatigue and waste of time brought about are more or less annoying. Now the war is finally about to go.

Speaking of the two missing brigades, everyone looked solemn. They wanted to find their location. But when talking about the 12 divisions sent by the Japanese, nearly 350,000 people, everyone looked relaxed. Even if this was about one-third of the Japanese army's strength, they were familiar with the combat effectiveness of the First Army, the ratio of various weapons, and even training. Even the youngest staff officer did not think that 350,000 people could raid the first line of defense. The reason was very simple. The first line of defense was almost a wall of iron. Even if the elite troops of the Northwest Army attacked and used two or three times the number to attack, it would be a loss.

Shandong's first line of defense is three node cities with a shape of a product. Each city has about 15-32 square kilometers. It has troops of 3 divisions, with about 70,000 people, but it has about 2,000 artillery pieces of large and small caliber. Among them, there are 213 new 155 artillery pieces, which is definitely a killer weapon. With the artillery below 250 mm used by mainstream countries in the world, there are fewer than 155 ranges. This means that when any army encounters a defending Northwest Army unit, it will attack under the suppression of Northwest Army heavy artillery using advanced killer bullets.

If this is the case alone, 350,000 people will be filled with half of the price of 350,000 people, or half of the death, may be able to break through the city defense. However, the area where the northwest deploys defense is a railway node, and it has intersecting railway lines. To be on the safe side, the northwest also mobilized 21 armored trains over. It was a big guy with 12 350mm artillery and more than 50 other artillery types. Once the Japanese army approached both sides of the railway and was quickly attacked by the banker train, no matter how powerful it is,

No matter how strong the will is, it cannot withstand the impact of the armored torrent. 50 artillery, hundreds of machine guns, and more than 200 machine guns. The armored trains in the northwest are simply carefully arranged armed hedgehogs. Not only are they protected, but they have achieved warship-level protection, which is an average equivalent to 40 cm of homogeneous armor. This is not something that the army's firepower can deal with. With an exquisite design, as long as you enter the local area, you can tilt a large amount of firepower in an instant, harvesting life, and powerful.

It is not possible to concentrate 350,000 people, let alone divide the troops into six groups. It seems that the attack range is large. During the two months in the northwest, there is no idle. The fortifications in the deep and maneuverable ability is guaranteed at any time. The average defense of several divisions in the rear may not be able to annihilate them, but their strength can be consumed step by step. The field is different from the nodes. The nodes are too important. If you don’t expect it to give up easily, but in the wild, under the premise that most Chinese have evacuated, you can give up at any time.

After listening to the arrangements of the front line, especially after connecting Cai E, he used radio to and from the other party to understand the arrangements of the other party, and showed on the military map that the movements of the Japanese were already very clear. In addition to the junction of Hebei and Shandong, the other routes pointed to Shandong, which was close to Henan, along the direction of Jiaozhou Bay, and there were other secondary directions. In Cai E's response, there were enough personnel in each direction, which was probably only about one-fifth of the Japanese army, but there were also the same number of reserve troops, which was foolproof.

Before the Japanese movements were fought, they had already become settled. Yang Yuanzhao did not ask too much about it. The military was handed over to the military. Thinking about what Yuan Shikai said when he was watching the elevated road today, he asked almost for granted: "How is the Beiyang side?"

Since Yuan Shikai arrived, the ending of Beiyang was already destined. After basically confirming it, the main thing in the later stage was to discuss how to place Beiyang and how to maximize their interests. Wu Peifu and other interested people began to contact each other, hoping to have a better destination.

Any negotiation always has a clear goal, which is easy to achieve with clear results. Even if Beiyang has a lot of interests, the Northwest is very sincere, and with absolute strength as a backing, the two sides quickly reached a consensus on a series of things.

At this time, the Beiyang side, except for Xu Shichang's delegation, who was still staying in the northwest, continued to attend the plenary meeting of the northwest without knowing it, the remaining military leaders only stayed in the northwest for 10 days before returning. They must stabilize the remaining Beiyang army, and the troops and acceptance teams sent by the northwest would not blatantly take over the Beiyang, and the Japanese remained in Tianjin. At this time, if Beiyang announced directly, the Japanese would not be in a hurry to jump over the wall. If they forcibly occupy Tianjin and attack Beijing, the Northwest would not be able to accept such losses.

Fortunately, the Japanese have moved. At that time, except for leaving a small number of troops in Tianjin, the rest will be sent to Shandong. This is the opportunity for the northwest. With the cooperation of Beiyang, he will take away his rear Tianjin.

In the next month, the Northwest will gradually send a small group of troops and administrative personnel to Beiyang, and temporarily manage according to the original methods of Beiyang. Everything has not changed much. Until most cities have been handed over, especially in Tianjin, the Northwest Army of the two divisions has been quietly transferred, and then with the cooperation of Beiyang, Chen Cang secretly entered Tianjin and annihilated the Japanese stationed in Tianjin before it will be released to the whole country.

Because we need to ensure sufficient safety, this process will last for a considerable period of time. It is conservatively estimated that it will be around 20 to 35 days. In this way, some of the impact can be minimized. As long as it is too stable, not only will North China and Northeast become the territory of the Northwest, but even the Japanese army that has already joined Shandong to participate in the war will be hit by the idea and will basically be in danger. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!