The Japanese Prime Minister's Office has been ongoing for three days on the major discussion on whether to declare war. Originally, in the early days of the outbreak of the European war, according to the previous agreement with Britain, Japan needed to declare war on allies such as Germany. On the one hand, it was the British-Japanese alliance, and Japan needed to declare war. In addition, the many bonds and support from Japan purchased by Britain, which is a political aspect. △￠, and on the other hand, it is practical interests. Not to mention anything else, Jiaozhou Bay is a place that makes Japan salivate. The narrow Japan always strives for the land and China with vast land and wealth has become the primary choice for expansion.

In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan gained a lot of benefits in the past few decades. Now, a god-given opportunity is that they must take over Shandong and expand Japan's strength. By then, the entire Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, and even the East China Sea will be under the control of Japan. Under the premise of fully controlling maritime power, no matter how powerful the army in the northwest is, it will only be able to dominate the road.

Of course, what is slightly different from history is that China is not a China that is in chaos in history and is messed up by various revolutions and ideologies. Since 1911, mainland China has not stopped. The rise of the northwest has put China's development on another road. The Northwest Revolutionary Party formed a situation of opposition between the three countries. Under the deliberate control of the northwest, Yuan Shikai did not dare to be emperor or dictatorial, nor did he take action against the Kuomintang. The 1912 general election was not carried out. The three aspects maintained opposition and balance, which kept China alive.

Among the three groups of forces, Japan is the most vigilant and worried about. It is always the northwest. The northwest is too far from Shandong. Japan will never dare to make a decision about Shandong. But now, things have changed a little. The war has been going on for 10 days, but the situation of the Allies in Europe is not good. Britain and France are chased by Germany. Russia's promised second battlefield on the Eastern Front has not been opened for a long time. Britain and France, who are desperate to seek medical treatment, directly put their ideas on Japan. Japan has a very strong naval fleet and 18 divisions.

The permanent army. This is a considerable support for the Allies. Various promises and conditions are coming almost continuously. Britain and France not only recognize that Japan's interests in Northeast China, but Shandong also defaults to Japan. At the same time, the orders of 120 million US dollars and the long-term use of 700,000 tons of freight, and 120 million orders can almost obtain 60% of the profits. As for the long-term freight contract of 700,000 tons, it is a net profit of about 14 million yuan per year. This direct support gives Japan a shot in a boom.

The changes in the war were not good for the Allies, but the rear of the Allies were almost the entire world, whether in terms of land area, resources, or population. Whether it was the previous relationship, strength, or immediate interests, they were destined to belong to Japan, which was three days later than the plan. On November 16, 1913, the Japanese Foreign Ministry finally declared war on Germany.

On the day the declaration of war was released, Japan and Germany entered a state of war. Hundreds of warships of the joint fleet were urgently mobilized 80%, while the 18th Division and the permanent Ninth and Eighth Divisions were also mobilized together. Compared with the history of only 45,000 people, Japan mobilized 110,000 troops at once, and the corresponding ships were also in coordination.

The declaration of war is an important node. Yang Yuanzhao does not remember the time when Japan officially took action against Qingdao. Besides, even the outbreak of the war was because of Yang Yuanzhao's big butterfly, which broke out for almost a year in advance. Even if he knew, it was useless. He could only continue to keep a close eye on Japan. As for the information obtained from Japan, Japan did not set out directly after the declaration of war, but was still preparing. Such a patient Japan was more or less beyond the expectations of the Northwest. On the one hand, it ordered the Intelligence Bureau to monitor closely, especially the coastline of Shandong to prevent Japan from landing casually. On the other hand, it increased its investigation efforts in Japan itself, so as to strive to obtain breakthroughs in intelligence and obtain conclusive information.

It has been 7 days since the return of Qingdao. It has been spent several years in the northwest and invested huge amounts of money to build a huge railway network throughout China, which has also made it much easier to increase troops from the northwest to Shandong. After careful selection, the First Army, as the vanguard, set out first. They will be the vanguard of the entire battle and the first batch of troops to fight against Japan.

The First Army was born from the former First Division. It not only participated in the war against Beiyang and Russia, but also the first batch of dress-ups. It has six permanent divisions, the first, ninth, twelfth, thirty-three, 78th and 79th Divisions. Among them, the first three are permanent divisions with good traditions, all participated in the battle against Russia, and the latter several have also participated in the backbone forces of various wars as the basis. After supplementary and rigorous training, they finally formed. All the 6 divisions are Class A, and are organized in the Northwest, with a full 27,000 people, plus an independent unit directly under the army of nearly 30,000 people. The entire First Army has nearly 200,000 people, and is the most powerful army in the army, the ace army.

These personnel have been moved to the position by train. At present, the First and Ninth Divisions are stationed in Qingdao. As the main battlefield, the remaining four divisions are distributed in port cities such as Yantai and Rizhao. With the help of fortresses and shore-based forts, they are enough to protect this coastline airtight.

The cannons only prevent the opponent's warship from getting too close and easily attacking land fortresses or defensive positions. Yang Yuanzhao has long determined that it is an aircraft, which is also the strongest attack force in the northwest.

A few months ago, when civil facilities were handed over, preparations were already started. The construction of 12 field airports and 3 permanent large military airports, which were densely distributed throughout Jiaozhou Bay, had already been secretly constructed in the name of the factory, and now they have been basically completed. Today, the largest, that is, the most important Qingdao Airport, will also be fully military-industrial and accepted. This airport with a maximum capacity of 700 aircraft, with 21 standard runways and 6 ultra-long runways, will be the Dinghai Shenjian for Qingdao's defense.

Airports are strange things for most people in this era. When aircraft are still toys for enthusiasts, most of them take off on grass or flat land, the northwest airport has been professionalized, and the specially developed high-grade cement has been applied above the airport. Under specific circumstances, the runway can even be laid with armored steel to enhance the runway's resistance to bombing. It is referred to the huge take-off weight and take-off length of some civilian large passenger aircraft in later generations. It has made reservations early. In the future, when the research of 4 or even 8 heavy transport aircraft and bombers in the northwest is completed, it can be used directly here.

In addition to Qingdao Airport, Rizhao, Yantai and Weihai all have the same large professional airports, which can accommodate at least 2,000 aircraft at the same time. The 12 field airports have a slightly smaller number of aircraft, but they can provide ammunition and gasoline supply, emergency landing and marshalling flights and other capabilities. In short, for this battle, almost more than 90% of the aircraft produced in the northwest will be concentrated in Shandong.

The groundbreaking ceremony of Qingdao Airport is today. Cai E of the First Army and Yang Yuanzhao, the founder of the Northwest, were invited to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Both of them happily went there. The army was basically ready. The 200,000 army spent several days under the support of the Yongguo position that was simply built before, and built a large number of protective groups. Now, a total of more than 20,000 kilometers of various trenches have been dug up, plus roadbed turrets, various train cannons and aircrafts, the protection system is equivalent to three-dimensional.

After the airport was officially cut today, it will be put into use directly. More than 600 aircraft flew from the northwest, and will fly directly from Shanxi. Following these aircraft, there are also a large number of personnel and accessories. The Northwest Air Force gathered on a large scale on its first large-scale assembly, and even carried out combat missions alone in an independent unit, which is also an unimaginable innovation.

The wide airport and the endless runway look very desolate. Under the witness of the core personnel, Cai E and Yang Yuanzhao cut the ribbon together. After the ribbon is cut, the command tower will issue signals to the aircraft group that has taken off. The planes that cover the sky and the sun are already within 100 kilometers of Qingdao. According to the plane's flight speed, the planes will land in order in 20 or 30 minutes at most.

Sure enough, the neat fleet covered the sun in the sky. The Northwest No. 1, which was originally a light aircraft, and the Northwest No. 2, which had a larger circle, lined up into a neat camp and began to fly to Qingdao Airport. Under the command of 7 command towers, landed on 21 runways. The design of the runway took into account the requirements of actual combat. The airspace was almost divided quite accurately and had little influence between them. In an emergency, the planes could be landed throughout the journey. It is not in a hurry now, so the landing speed is not fast. It can only land about 12 aircraft at a time. It is estimated that once every 2 minutes, it can all land in an hour and a half.

The ground crews who arrived in the early stage have skillfully operated various facilities at the airport. Those who accept aircraft and landed aircraft entered the 12 semi-submersible permanent hangars according to their guidance. This is the most time-consuming to build the airport. It is completely a Yonggu Fortress-style hangar. This design does not take into account the current situation, the enemy has reduced the number of aircraft without aircraft. Instead, it has been strengthened a lot because of Yang Yuanzhao's forward-looking nature. These hangars have a reinforced concrete structure of at least 2 meters, which is enough to withstand the direct attack of bombs over 1,000 pounds. In addition, the semi-submersible structure, some are also based on stone mountains for excavation, and the protection is first-class. (To be continued...)
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