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Chapter 34: The end is when the flowers are blooming

When the bullet hit his body like a fly, Huang Yida just felt a numbness in his chest, and the heart-wrenching pain did not follow. But when the blood gushed out from the mouth, he found that the power in his body was rapidly disappearing. He wanted to support his body, but gradually he could not feel his parts. The solid land under his feet had turned into soft cotton at some point, and his feet seemed to sink deeper and deeper in this ball of cotton.

The legs, hands, mouth, ears, and finally the eyes began to betray him. Huang Yida was surprised to find that he was already extremely moved. Many soldiers surrounded him and were shouting something loudly. Huang Yida knew that they were calling him the commander, but he couldn't hear anything. The battlefield, which was once filled with shouts and guns, became silent at this time. The whole world became so calm for the first time. This was a complete tranquility and nothing could disturb him.

Suddenly, Huang Yida seemed to hear that sad tune again, which was the Japanese folk songs sung by the Japanese people more than two hours ago. The gentle and low voice reminded people of his childhood and his relatives in his hometown. At that time, the pincer attack on the outer edge of the defense line was about to end, and the battlefield there had basically calmed down, and only the occasional gunfire sounded through this silence from time to time. He stood in the middle of the battlefield, watching his soldiers surrounding the last group of soldiers in yellow uniforms in a small area.

Hundreds of Germans were surrounded by layers of hundreds of German soldiers, and the Chinese Allied Army soldiers surrounded these dozen Japanese soldiers who had run out of ammunition and food. The bullet boxes on the Japanese belts were empty, and the bayonets on many people had broken off. This was the only remaining people in the first batch of Japanese attacking troops, but they did not intend to surrender. Germany and the Chinese Allied Army soldiers did not rush to force them up, but watched them not far away. Several German machine gunners set up two "firebird" light machine guns on the side. With the crisp clicking sound, the machine gun bullets were loaded.

The dozen or so Japanese soldiers snuggled together, and they hummed a low Japanese folk song. The sad tune echoed over the battlefield, causing many soldiers who had lost their comrades and brothers to burst into tears.

Dada dada dada...

The German machine guns rang out, and the sad singing suddenly became known.

The past scenes began to be screened in Huang Yida's mind like slides. The blurred faces of his childhood friends in memory became extremely clear at this time. The deceased relatives seemed to appear in front of him again. Things that once made him proud or sad were dull at this time. He, a local warlord from Shandong, used a bayonet to destroy more than 60,000 Japanese troops in four divisions, and then severely damaged Yamamoto's division in the field, and finally invaded the Japanese camp surrounding Qingdao.

Like Nelson, Huang Yida fell in front of him.

Nelson is the pride of a country and nation, and a person respected by the world, but what about him, Huang Yida? He has won the greatest victory in China's foreign enemies in a century, but how many people will remember him? These Germans, those Japanese, but their own people?

Huang Yida suddenly realized that he had such a clear understanding of the world for the first time. The Xiangma Army won, but their victory did not represent the rejuvenation of this nation. They were not a regular government army, but they only held the hatred of hundreds of millions of Chinese people against the Japanese invaders. After the end of this battle, the Chinese people would only talk about the largest defeat that the Japanese army suffered since the Nai-Name Restoration after dinner. The ones encircled and annihilated them were the German Far East Task Force and a warlord armed force in Shandong, China. The German army is really powerful! But why did that warlord armed force help the Germans? Many small citizens, businessmen and politicians would answer without hesitation: Money can make the devil push the mill!

The little dog's honest face was already wet with tears. Huang Yida wanted to comfort him very much, but unfortunately his hands had no strength at all, and his body seemed to fall into an ice cave. This autumn was obviously full of warm sunshine, but it was still cold in the winter of Changbai Mountain.

"I have been fighting all my life, struggling among the dead, but I didn't expect to die here!" Huang Yida wanted to make a rough voice as always. His lips moved a few lightly, but no faint sound was made. Seeing the soldiers of the coalition forces rushing into the last Japanese camp, he suddenly felt that he was worth dying. Not only did he avenge the suffering Chinese people, but he also won the respect of another group of invaders, although this respect exuded a faint helplessness.

His body has gradually lost all his consciousness, but his brain is still working hard. Even Huang Yida doesn't know when his thinking will stop. It's best not to stop. Then one day, he will be able to see all the invading troops leaving this land with respectful eyes.

The previous close-range bayonet battle was really enjoyable. Huang Yida felt that all his soldiers were good. In front of the two armies of the Japanese and Germans, the strongest army in Asia and Europe, the Chinese proved the strength of this nation with their actions. If every Chinese soldier was like these warriors, how could the invaders dare to step onto this land? Unfortunately, in this era, people care about their own redundant interests in the country, and the armies fought over each other and fought against the enemy. How could a person's death awaken so many ignorant souls?

Huang Yida remembered again that after the battle under the German defense line, his mood was as refreshing as the autumn wind, the heroic spirit of riding horses and looking at the battlefield, the arrogance of looking at the corpses of countless enemies in cold eyes, and the sadness of facing the death and injury of thousands of companions, his mood seemed to have been sublimated by more than one level. Unfortunately, when the little bit of great temperament appeared on him, the god of death and death were aimed at him jealously.

When the Yamamoto Division, which was temporarily commanded by Colonel Qianshu, appeared in the sight of the coalition soldiers, the coalition soldiers began to gather. According to the arrangements of the commanders of both sides, German soldiers were in front and Huang Yida's soldiers were in the back.

Even in this wild encounter, Huang Yida was still at the forefront with his soldiers, while Lieutenant Colonel Arens stood on the defensive position and watched from afar. This was due to the character of the commanders of the two armies, and it was also the very different fighting styles of the two nations. As a commander with this habit, Huang Yida knew that he would have such a day sooner or later, but this day really came.

Despite his very brave and powerful troops, Huang Yida still had a deep envy of the German weapons and equipment. Although the German secretly stored aviation bombs before the war had been exhausted and there was little flight fuel left, given that this battle was almost the last battle, German planes flew to the battlefield again without hesitation. After patrolling the entire battlefield, German pilots threw earth bombs from the arms factory autonomous on the soldiers of Yamamoto Division. The Japanese soldiers still dodged helplessly, and a small number of machine gun bullets rose weakly from the Japanese army. After firing back and forth several times, the German planes began to hover over the Japanese heads, leaving noise and depression to these Japanese.

Under the interference of German planes, it took Yamamoto's division more than ten minutes to reorganize the team. Although the buzzing sound above their heads upset them, the Japanese soldiers continued to move forward in neat steps.

Huang Yida silently looked at the Japanese soldiers driving ahead. The number of the other side was only about 15,000, and there were more than 30,000 Chinese soldiers and more than 4,000 German soldiers on his side. In normal times, if the Japanese did not have heavy artillery support, his soldiers could easily wipe them out. But now, after a hard battle, his combat effectiveness has dropped greatly in a short period of time. As a revenge division, the Japanese soldiers of that division looked not only energetic, but also more oppressive than usual. After the battle began, Huang Yida was worried about the result of the battle for the first time. If the two sides engage in close combat in this case, they may not have much advantage. Even if they can win, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.

For Huang Yida and his soldiers, this was the first time they fought side by side with the German army. Before, they did not cooperate much with each other when they attacked the Japanese army. At this time, the German army chose to stand at the front of the queue, giving Huang Yida and the Chinese soldiers a very unique sense of security.

The German officers shouted out commands in an orderly manner. The German soldiers looked very calm, and the rapid-fire cannons and mortars were all preparing in an orderly manner. More than a dozen rapid-fire cannons and more than thirty mortars were placed behind the German infantry ranks, and hundreds of light and heavy machine guns were neatly placed in front of the German ranks. Three German soldiers were squatting behind a heavy machine gun supported by a tripod, while the light machine gun supplied by the ammunition chain was lying on the ground, and two German soldiers were lying behind it. Judging from the boxes next to the machine guns and artillery, the German ammunition was still very sufficient.

The Japanese division opposite was moving forward lightly, with only a small number of cavalry protecting their wings, and more than 20 infantry artillery and artillerymen pulled by the horses were closely following the infantry. Before these Japanese infantry had even entered the range, the Japanese artillery positions in the rear began to pour shells into the coalition.

At the beginning, Huang Yida's troops were a little messy, but when he saw German soldiers digging out simple single-person bunkers on the ground, Chinese soldiers also learned to protect themselves in this most convenient way. Single-person bunkers actually digging a small pile of soil on the ground, and soldiers lie behind the pile, a combat method that is very quick and can avoid the opponent's bullets and artillery shells when encountering wars in the wild.

Before the Japanese infantry rushed forward, there were not many casualties in the coalition, only some rapid-fire artillery and heavy machine guns of the German army were damaged during the artillery attack. After the artillery fire on the Japanese artillery positions stopped, the field artillery of the Japanese infantry began to show its power, and the German artillery fought back without showing any weakness.

The Japanese soldiers began to advance in a scattered formation, and at the forefront of the German army, light and heavy machine guns were pouring out a series of bullet belts at any cost. In contrast, the Japanese were attacking forward regardless of their lives. According to their combat dogma, the two teams of soldiers moved forward alternately, but the bullets fired from their rifles seemed too thin in front of the German machine guns. The shells on both sides came and went, and the sound of machine guns like fried beans was endless.

After half an hour of defense, the coalition forces successfully reduced the number of Japanese troops and morale. When Colonel Qianshu decided to launch defense on the spot, the coalition forces began to attack.

Under the cover of German machine guns, the Chinese and German infantry quickly advanced into the Japanese army, while the German soldiers used light machine guns and mortars to support infantry tactics at close range. This tactic is more advanced than the Japanese rifle cover rifles, and its actual combat effectiveness is significantly better than the other party. Huang Yida was very impressed by this tactic. He originally planned to ask the Germans for some light machine guns and mortars after the battle, so that the combat effectiveness of his own troops could be greatly improved. If he meets him next time, he will definitely be able to easily wipe out them.

Behind the German soldiers, a large number of Chinese soldiers also bowed their feet and advanced. In front of the coalition forces with the number of people, Yamamoto's division began to retreat, and finally joined the Miyamoto's direct brigade to organize defenses after meeting at the departure position.

When the coalition soldiers followed Yamamoto's division here, the real hard battle had just begun.

This position not only contains fortifications such as trenches, but also concentrates most of the Japanese machine gun firepower. Miyamoto's direct brigade is waiting for labor.

Before the German rapid-fire artillery was transported, Huang Yida's troops launched a tentative attack on the position. This was also the first time that the coalition forces encountered the Japanese intensive machine gun fire. The brave Shandong man rushed forward without hesitation, but eventually fell under the Japanese machine gun bullets.

Huang Yida remembered that he said the last swearing words of his life at that time: "His grandma! These Japanese devils actually hid the machine guns here!"

Behind the Japanese defense line, the artillery positions and the Japanese camp were fully visible. All of this made Huang Yida feel itchy, but he was unwilling to use his soldiers' lives to fill in the Japanese machine gun bullets. In his life, he was calm and waited for the support of the German artillery for the first and last time in his life.

After the coalition soldiers fired at the Japanese army on the defense line for about a quarter of an hour, the German artillery troops finally arrived. Rapid-fire cannons and mortars concentrated on bombarding one of the Japanese defense lines. Under the cover of artillery fire, the coalition soldiers launched a large-scale charge in the rain of bullets.

Huang Yida felt that although this scene was not the most grandest he had ever seen, it was definitely the most spectacular. Perhaps this kind of scene would never happen again from now on: the yellow, white and black people in various costumes rushed forward side by side. Although the shouts in their mouths were different, everyone had a common goal at this time, that is, to attack the Japanese positions in front and kill the Japanese soldiers inside without leaving any armor.

This is the scene Chen Tian most hopes to see, but unfortunately he has no way to visit the scene in person. He can only imagine the scene at that time from the black and white photos of the battlefield photographer.

In contrast, Huang Yida seems to be more lucky.

The Japanese positions were covered with corpses of coalition soldiers, which further aroused the blood of the living, including Huang Yida, the commander of the Chinese army. In the end, the coalition broke through the Japanese defense line and followed the Japanese defeated troops to advance to the Japanese camp. Huang Yida also came to his own Trafalgar.

Huang Yida never expected that when the coalition forces rushed into the Japanese camp, the remaining Japanese soldiers inside were still fighting desperately. When he and the first coalition soldiers entered the camp, a Japanese soldier shot evil bullets at him from a dark corner.

After seeing his commander-in-chief being hit, the Chinese soldiers were furious. Although they killed the remaining Japanese soldiers without leaving any left, they could not save the commander's life.

In a gorgeously decorated tent in a corner of the camp, Major General Miyamoto Hide, known as the "Flower of the Imperial Army", inserted a samurai sword into his abdomen, his eyes full of despair.

When the soldiers carried Huang Yida's body away from the Japanese camp, everyone, including the German soldiers, took off their hats and paid tribute. The battle was over, and the sound of mourning guns echoed over the battlefield for a long time.

Without Kemal's strategic and political talent, nor Lenin's ideological ability and strong party, Huang Yida was just a bloody Chinese man. Even if he did not die in this war, with his character and ability, it would be difficult to reach the peak of the country. Death here may be the best ending.

Just like Nelson, ending at the most romantic moment of life!

In the end, this Chinese army quietly embarked on the way home with their beloved commander. Many years later, this horse army that had left an indelible mark in China's history of fighting against foreign enemies disappeared into the tide of mutual struggle and revolution, just like other warlords.

Qingdao was defended, and more than 30,000 Sino-German coalition soldiers sacrificed their precious lives. The huge sacrifice not only brought about the results of killing and wounding more than 100,000 Japanese troops, but also forced the Japanese military to reconsider Qingdao's strategy.

"I really can't explain the lives of 100,000 soldiers to His Majesty the Emperor!" The elderly Prime Minister Okuma looked depressed.

"Yes, it's more than the losses we suffered from attacking the Lushun Fortress back then! You must know that there were 100,000 Russian troops in the Lushun Fortress back then, and the small Qingdao was only 10,000 German defenders. This is really the sadness of the imperial army!" Army Minister Yusaku Uehara also looked sad. As a veteran army general, he knew very well that the strength of the army was declining in the hands of these young and strong officers. Unfortunately, he had no way to say that the young and strong officers with great power in the army were just letting himself be their spokespersons. Without their consent, he, the army minister, said it in vain.

"I'm sorry, our Navy did not help! Without planes, it would be difficult for us to fight against the Germans!" Navy Minister Saiten Shi did not accuse the Army, but on the contrary, he was a little bit self-blame. The two Navy and Army ministers rationally chose to unite in the face of huge losses.

Uehara Yusaki quickly put away his bitter face, "Germany is already unstoppable on the European battlefield. I think our country should get rid of this war as soon as possible and turn our attention to the Northeast! Whether Russia is the leader of the revolutionary party or the new Tsar, Russia's strength will be greatly damaged, so we can take the opportunity to drive the Russians out of the entire Northeast!"

"Your Excellency is saying to hold peace talks with Germany and then withdraw from the war?" Foreign Minister Kato Gaoming was a little surprised.

"This is a very good idea!" Okuma swept away the frustrated expression just now, "I also feel the need to make up for the losses we suffered in Qingdao from other places! As Churchill said, Germany is likely to sweep Europe in a short time, and their tentacles will sooner or later extend to Asia. Instead of fighting against the entire Europe with the power of our country, it is better to change this hostile relationship. Russia is different. They have just undergone a huge change. The current position of this country is still unclear. It is possible to continue to maintain the status of the Allies or withdraw from the war! A country is the weakest after a civil war. After we occupy Northeast China and consolidate there, even if they recover their vitality, they will be helpless against us!"

"High! It's really high! Prime Minister is really admirable!" Everyone who was kneeling bowed deeply to Okuma.

"What should we do if the Chinese army that helped the German army? Do we need to put pressure on the Chinese government to punish the murderer severely?" Uehara seemed to be still thinking about the battle.

Okuma smiled and waved his hand, "It is necessary to put pressure on it, but it is not to severely punish the murderer, but to get more benefits from the Chinese government! For example, railway mines, etc., let the cabinet discuss in detail! As for the Chinese army, it is said to be just a local armed force, to be precise, a bandit, what's the use of destroying them? With a wave of gold from the Germans, who can guarantee that other bandits will not be moved!"

"What the Prime Minister said!" Uehara Eye said.

"Prime Minister, then we withdraw from the Allies and make peace with Germany?" As the Foreign Minister, Kato needs to figure out his position before the action. "What should we do if the 100,000 soldiers who died at the hands of the Germans in the Battle of Qingdao? How can we explain to the people? The Germans also lost a lot of troops. Will they agree to negotiate with us?"

"Kato, this is wrong! Those soldiers died for their country, and the people should be proud of them! The strength of the Germans in Qingdao has been greatly damaged, and I think they don't want to fight against us anymore. As for peace talks with Germany, I still need to report to His Majesty the Emperor, but I think His Majesty will not object!" Okuma narrowed his eyes, and his face looked like an old turtle. "We are not withdrawing from the Allies to negotiate peace with Germany, but we have secret talks with Germany, and we will withdraw from the Allies as a condition for peace between the two countries! When necessary, we can also consider joining the Allies!"

"High! It's really high!" Everyone bowed again.

Oh hohohoho!
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