The Japanese army entered Shandong along the train and caught up with the 12 divisions in front, but did not continue to move forward. Obviously, the Japanese were also quite alert. At least in Shandong, even if there were trains to travel and reduce fatigue, they still chose to walk in the enemy situation ahead.￠￡

Although the 12 divisions in the vanguard were divided into six groups, when they entered Shandong, they found that most parts of Shandong had already been cleared. With the help of the six-way army, the method of dispersing opponents was almost impossible. Instead, due to the different distances between each other, there were intertwined teeth. This intertwined teeth were fatal to the army. After the speed and combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army were shown to the Japanese, the Japanese reduced their distance between each other and began to gradually join in groups.

50 kilometers away from Texas, 12 divisions and the subsequent 15 divisions actually got along. The first battle between Dezhou and Hebei and Shandong was ahead. Obviously, Japan also had a peek at Shandong, knowing that Texas is a key. Since it has entered the war zone, it is impossible to go directly to the train and rely on walking and pulling horses to walk slowly.

Of course, the army of nearly 27 divisions has almost 700,000 people. Such a huge team is impossible to unfold in a node city like Texas. The 27 divisions have been simply reorganized and formed three parts, one in front and two in the back, and are in the shape of a font and moving forward.

The two sides had a slow contact. The Japanese army's front-line commander-in-chief was former Army Minister Keiki Kawamura. He led 9 divisions with 22,000 troops to approach Texas first.

Due to continuous losses, most of the officers of the young and strong sects died. The wounded and newly formed divisions were not allowed, which showed a large number of officers, most of whom were over 60 years old.

Kawamura Keiya is also an evergreen among the Japanese military. He was born into a Samurai family of Satsuma. He has been in contact with the military since childhood and has participated in most important Japanese wars, such as the modern Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, etc., and has outstanding military achievements. He was promoted to viscount in 1907, and was even a candidate for marshals who have been called for recently. You must know that Japanese marshals are not available in every era. They need to be considered from multiple aspects and can be given directly by the emperor.

It was precisely because of the battle in Shandong that they lost too much military strength. With the support of the Allies, Japan obtained a large number of arms and was able to form a large number of divisions and soldiers. It could be quickly filled with recruitment among the poor, plus military graduates and officers from the reserve force. However, senior officers were extremely important and had to be done. A large number of veterans, the Japanese military headquarters. I also hope that these veterans with outstanding military achievements could give them new surprises.

The Japanese army carried by Kawamura Jingming was huge in scale, with 9 full-sized divisions, with a total of 240 artillery pieces of more than 100 mm, with an average of 27 pieces of each division, and there were about 300 artillery pieces of more than 75 pieces. These were definitely advantageous to the Beiyang Army. The most important thing was that they urgently replaced the American artillery. Among the 240 artillery pieces, there were about 40 artillery pieces of more than 150 mm, and even 203 mm artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of artillery pieces of energy.

If their opponent is Beiyang and the revolutionary party, without artillery above 150 mm, it would be enough to overwhelm the opponent. Unfortunately, his opponent is Northwest and has made comprehensive preparations for their arrival.

The one stationed in Dezhou is only the second division of the First Army. When the special forces found out that when the opponent was in large numbers, Cai E took the initiative to adjust and let the third division come to Dezhou. The Texas node is only about 12 square kilometers, and one division can barely be stationed. However, in addition, the large number of defensive positions built on the periphery have been almost four or five floors, and it can barely accommodate two divisions. In Cai E's view, the northwest is known for its defense. As long as you defend well, two divisions are nearly 60,000 people, and it should be no problem to resist four or five times the enemy.

The northwest was deployed at a distance of 20 kilometers around Texas. When the Japanese saw the movements of the Japanese, they retreated backwards and 5 kilometers away from Texas. In the other two, they firmly defended their original positions. There were 6 regiments and 3 artillery regiments on the front, while on the side, there were a total of 5 regiments on the side, and only three regiments were placed in the reserve team in Texas City.

Obviously, Cai E's purpose is very simple, which is to completely annihilate the nine Japanese divisions. Only when they form superior forces in a certain area and have a full encirclement will it be considered effective.

With only 60,000 troops, I wanted to wipe out 220,000 Japanese divisions. This seems crazy. In fact, for the Northwest, it is still conservative. The Northwest expands its army quickly, but it trains a large number of low-level officers in the military academy. In other words, the Northwest Army is extremely strict in training. On average, every qualified soldier has to train 120 bullets per month. As for the gunner, at least 12 shells. This training scale is much higher than that of Germany, let alone Japan. Therefore, the soldiers' accuracy is quite high, and all kinds of technical and tactical levels are quite good. Besides, it is artillery. One division has 155 guns, 12 108 guns, and 24 96 75 guns. Such firepower is almost equivalent to several Japanese divisions. This is still a strengthened Japanese division, and it is not comparable before.

In addition to these long-range cannons, the mortars were almost placed at the first level of the platoon, with almost more than 1,000 artillery pieces of large and small caliber. In terms of traversal firepower, the Japanese army was definitely defeated. The most important thing is that a division was equipped with more than 1,300 machine guns, with an average of one of 20 people. It was almost at the first level of the squad, and the person in his hand was also a semi-automatic AK11 rifle. This kind of rifle can be shot in a row or a single shot, and the power of the firepower is far higher than that of the Japanese army.

Because of this, as long as the tactics are appropriate and the opponent's superior firepower is destroyed, with the advantage of artillery, it will definitely achieve great results. Besides, the civil fortifications in the northwest are also very powerful. The perfect position is buried directly, and it is not a pity at all. When the retreat is made, it is still complete and even more powerful. The owner of the northwest has strong enough production capacity to almost exert the trenches and defensive battles to the extreme, and he is really not afraid of the opponent's nine divisions.

Kawamura Keiya knew very well that he had to get a good start. After several losses in the battle between Japan and Northwest, he had lost all his morale. He shouldered the mission of boosting morale. Not to mention that there were iron walls in front of him, even if it was a sea of ​​swords and fire, he had to come and attack.

After a brief assembly in the north of Texas, the Japanese army formed an impact camp and rushed towards Texas City. It seemed that there were many people and were aggressive, but in fact, there was no system. At least compared to today, where automatic weapons are increasing.

The 2nd Division Commander Zheng Chunyun and the 3rd Division Commander Wang Haibo both shook their heads slightly. I really don’t know how the reputation of the Japanese was created. The tactical level is so poor and the troops are so poor that they can continue to go to the victory of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War.

Zheng Chunyun was surprised that the Japanese were not as good as Germany, nor as good as Britain and France, but they were similar to Russia. The fundamental reason why Zheng Chunyun said this is actually that their training in the northwest was partly derived from German training methods, but more of it was the training methods that Yang Yuanzhao learned from later generations.

In a century, the improvement of technical equipment has not only been a hundred times. With the improvement of artillery, aircraft, and missiles, the development of the army has almost reached its peak. Under such circumstances, only a stronger army can truly be peaceful.

Not to mention the simplest and dense charge of the Japanese army, even if Germany can barely make an attack with an air-to-ground integrated attack, it is not a problem. This is not an attack of the same level at all.

The Japanese army rushed up, first of all, a preparation for artillery fire. The Japanese seemed to be doing well in this regard, but when they encountered the fixed system in the northwest, even if it took more than ten days, the fortifications excavated did not have much effect. What's more, the perfect fortifications built in the last few months, letting the army of six regiments hide inside. These caliber artillery did not pose any threat to them at all. The power of Japanese artillery has not been improved yet, and it is still a generation of artillery, even American goods. They have only a range but no arc, and cannot be adjusted, and can only use the surface to kill.

After the artillery fire was prepared, everyone rushed forward. At this time, on the other side of Texas City, the strategic artillery of the Second Army, the new 155mm artillery, was ready to be launched. Although their caliber is larger than the size of the Japanese, their caliber is higher than that of the Japanese, and their more powerful shells are arranged more reasonably, so that their range is at least more than twice as high as the ordinary 155 cannon. In order to alert the enemy, the Northwest Army did not use the farthest extreme range to attack the opponent's artillery, but instead attacked the charge Japanese soldiers that rushed in like a tide. The shells used were also killer shells developed by many parties in the Northwest.

The killer bomb will make the shrapnel explode more scattered, and some also add special steel balls and explosives, which will make the artillery fire killing and killing high lethality within the radius and not much space.

The observer has begun to observe, and the air balloon has also flew up. On both sides, the chase troops composed of armored four-wheel drive vehicles are ready to go. The two divisions are very enthusiastic and are ready to eat the nine divisions that are the vanguard.

At this time, the five divisions and Kawamura Keimei did not feel that danger was coming at them. His rigid mind was still stuck in the Russo-Japanese War. At that time, their army won the Russo-Japanese War with such a fearless charge. This time, he also believed the same thing. (To be continued.)
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