"God of General, Huyi believes that it is unlikely that we will defend Qingdao by relying on the naval power alone without strengthening the army's strength on the Jiaozhou Peninsula!" As soon as Sugiyama Soto finished speaking, Seishiro Itagaki stood up regardless of Yamashita's stop.

"Oh? Itagaki, why do you think that the Imperial Japanese Army of the Imperial Empire cannot defend Qingdao? With the empire's huge naval and air force power and tens of thousands of army warriors, can't I still defend a small Qingdao?" Sugiyama Moto said in a cold and reproachful tone.

Seishiro Itagaki was fearless and immediately said: "First of all, after the Battle of Xuzhou, the divisions on the front line had suffered heavy losses. Due to continuous combat, the morale and the physical strength of the soldiers fell sharply, and the reserves of weapons and ammunition were not sufficient."

"The most important thing is that the disparity in forces is too large. At present, the total number of troops of the Imperial Army on the Jiaozhou Peninsula is only 70,000 to 80,000, and there are many wounded soldiers in the middle. With these forces, they have to defend the Jiaodong Peninsula centered on Qingdao, which is obviously a bit stretched.

The Chinese, Qiao Anbang's 11th Army and Li Zongren's Fifth War Zone troops, had a total strength of more than 500,000, especially Qiao Anbang's 11th Army, which was well-equipped and had strong combat power."

"Even with the same force, the Imperial Army's active weapons and equipment are no longer enough to compete with it, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Fifth War Zone of China for their wings."

"Hmph! Itagaki Seishiro, don't forget that you are an imperialist, the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire is invincible!" Sugiyama Moto stood up and scolded with anger.

"God of General, I am just a matter of fact. The facts of the defeat of the Imperial Army in the Battle of Xuzhou and the Huainan Battle tell us that the Imperial Army must learn lessons and experience, otherwise we will not only not be able to conquer China, but may also be completely defeated by the Chinese people!"

"Baga!" Sugiyama Yuan was so angry that he roared in anger: "Shut up, I think you are no longer suitable to serve as the commander of the Fifth Division!"

"Hmph, if the empire does not undergo weapons reform, it will fail sooner or later! And it will be a miserable defeat with heavy consequences!" Itagaki Seishiro said glaringly, and after speaking, he turned around and left.

Sugiyama Yuan, who was left with difficulty, roared with a pale face: "Bagaya Road, I want to announce that I will immediately remove the position of commander of the Fifth Division of Seishiro Itagaki. The Chief of Staff will immediately report to the base camp!"

"General!" Yamashita Tomoto was about to persuade him, but Sugiyama Moto waved his hand and said, "Execute the order immediately!"

Yamashita Fengwen had no choice but to bow his head: "Hay, go and do it right now?"

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In this way, Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the North China Front Army's most capable division, was removed from the position of commander of the Fifth Division by the newly appointed Front Commander Moto Sugiyama, and was replaced by Lieutenant General Ando Rikishi.

In fact, Seishiro Itagaki was dismissed not only because he had disagreements with Sugiyama during this meeting and contradicted his immediate superiors. It was mainly because of the second Xuzhou battle, Seishiro Itagaki lost, which caused the situation in North China to take a sudden turn for the worse.

This is the biggest reason why Seishiro Itagaki was dismissed. Otherwise, with its outstanding achievements among Japanese generals, Sugiyama Moto could not directly decide to remove his military power, because Seishiro Itagaki's Fifth Division was a unit directly under the North China Front Army, and is a strategic unit like the First Army and the Second Army. If you want to remove Seishiro Itagaki's post, you must obtain the approval of the base camp.

It can be seen from this that the Japanese base camp was really dissatisfied with the performance of Itagaki Seishiro in this battle.

After Seishiro Itagaki was dismissed, he did not return to Qingdao. Instead, he received a free ticket to return to China.

At the same time, Sugiyama also ordered the agents to start looking for opportunities to provoke the relationship between the Hu Ben Army and Chongqing, in an attempt to incite the Qiao family army to fight with Chongqing.

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The Longshan Arsenal of the Pigeon and Jihu Ben Army.

After burying his father, Qiao Anbang quickly began to prepare for the next battle in Qingdao. Through the news from the front, the Japanese army had already increased its troops on the Jiaodong Peninsula, especially the Japanese navy. In the small Jiaozhou Bay, three fleets of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet were gathered.

As the situation develops to this point, Qiao Anbang knows that the battle to capture Qingdao cannot be delayed anymore. It must be carried out as soon as possible, and the faster the better, otherwise the longer the time delays, the stronger the Japanese army's defensive strength will be.

This time I came to Longshan Arsenal to inspect the assembly lines of each factory and encouraged to visit the arsenal workers who worked day and night to produce weapons and ammunition for the soldiers on the front line.

After inspecting the assembly lines of each factory, Qiao Anbang couldn't help but stop when he passed by his second brother Qiao An's office where he was originally located in the factory.

When he pushed the door open, the decorations in the office were as old as before, but the second brother who had been greeting him with a smile was no longer there. Things and people changed, which made Qiao Anbang feel very quiet and lonely.

Thinking of the past, the little things that brothers and sons have been together day and night, Qiao Anbang felt a soreness: "Second brother, my father is gone, I hope you can take good care of our father on behalf of me and my elder brother. The battle in Qingdao is about to begin. You and our father's spirit in heaven must bless our army to win the battle!"

"Master, Deputy Li called!" Yali's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Oh, I understand!" Qiao Anbang calmed down, looked at the furnishings in the office like nostalgia, and immediately turned around and left.

"What's wrong?" When Yali arrived at the door, she was already waiting outside the door, and Qiao Anbang asked head-on.

"President Li called to say that the Japanese reinforcements are increasing in a steady stream, and the defense of the Jiao County defenders is becoming increasingly perfect. Deputy Li asked the general to return to the front line as soon as possible to preside over the military and launch an attack as soon as possible. If it is late, it will be unfavorable!" Yali replied.

"Yes!" Qiao Anbang nodded as he walked, "Brother Heling is the same as I thought! In this way, you can arrange it immediately and we will set off to the front line of Jiao County immediately. I will go to the front line in person to command this battle in Qingdao!"

"Yes!" Yali quickly stood up and asked in a low voice: "Do you go on an aircraft or take a car by land?"

"Time is tight, take a plane vehicle and special operations battalion transports it in batches!" Qiao Anbang said.

"Oh, I understand!" Yali nodded and followed Qiao Anbang toward the outside of the arsenal.

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**The sun is scorching on the Jiaodong Peninsula, with the temperature as high as 30 degrees Celsius, and the earth seems to be shrouded in a stove, making it hot and hot.

On the front line of the Huben Army located on the front line of Jiaoxian County, the Huben Army soldiers who had been confronting the Japanese army for nearly half a month were lying or sitting in the trenches with guns in their arms. Some even took off their military coats and pressed them on their heads to block the scorching sun.

The only similarity is that all the officers and soldiers were wrapped in a piece of white cloth on their arms, not only the front-line troops, but also the more than 100,000 soldiers of the 11th Army divisions.

This is caused by the spontaneous organization of senior generals of the Hu Ben Army to wear mourning for Qiao Siyuan's three armies to show respect.

"Everyone is more energetic. When you get up, you will be more energetic!" A rough urging and scolding suddenly came from the trenches.

The soldiers in the trench stood up quickly when they heard this, and their eyes turned to the people.

A captain officer walked over with his head held high and his chest raised and strode to the meteor. This person was nothing but someone else, Zhao Quan, a famous tiger general of the Tiger Division, and the company commander of the First Infantry Company of the Second Battalion of the First Regiment.

Zhao Quan brought two guards, shouting at his subordinates to get up to cleanse the military appearance, and announced: "It's all for me to listen to me. The chief officer will come to the front line to inspect it later. I'll give me some energy. Whoever is embarrassed in front of the chief officer will smear us? I will never forgive him easily! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" When the commander-in-chief Qiao Anbang was coming, the group of big-headed soldiers became energetic and extremely excited.

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Walking in the fortifications of the frontier positions, Qiao Anbang looked at the soldiers wrapped in white cloth on his arms in surprise, turned his head to ask Li Pinxian, Li Yifeng and others, "Brother Heling, what's going on with Yifeng?"

"You don't know what the chief is. Mr. Qiao passed away. All the soldiers of the army felt deeply regretful and sad. After discussion and decision, our 11th Army will wear mourning for Mr. Qiao's entire army. We will never take off this filial cloth unless we take Qingdao!" Li Pinxian explained.

"Oh!" Qiao Anbang was very moved and said, "How can my father be so loved by the soldiers? Anbang is so grateful!"

"You are so frustrated with your words. Mr. Qiao is not your father alone, he is also the father of all the soldiers of our Hu Ben Army. I still say the same thing. If you speak now, our army will immediately turn around and avenge the old man!" Li Jupeng, commander of the Third Division of the Hu Ben Division, spoke up.

"Ju Peng, I understand the feelings of my brothers, but I won't mention the matter of avenging my father for the time being. I still say the same thing. At present, our main opponent is the Japanese. National hatred is greater than personal grudges! If you don't attack Tokyo, it will be difficult to comfort my father's spirit in heaven!" Qiao Anbang said.

"The chief is right. Now in the face of national crisis, we should temporarily put personal grievances, put national affairs first and national interests first. As long as the Japanese invaders are destroyed, we can take revenge at any time!" Li Pinxian nodded and echoed.

After inspecting the frontier positions, Qiao Anbang took the commanders of each division back to his temporary frontier command center.

After entering the command center, orders prepared tea and seats for everyone, and even staff members hung up the combat map.

After sitting around the conference table in the main and second place, Qiao Anbang pressed his hands on the table and looked around and said earnestly to everyone: "Dear colleagues, brothers, after more than ten days of separation, I miss you very much, and the soldiers who are standing on the front line."

"In these ten days, I have experienced the most painful time in my life. To be honest, my father's death has hit me a lot. If I hadn't thought that the Japanese pirates had eliminated and the mountains and rivers had not yet recovered, Qiao really wanted to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests and live a few years of quiet and inaction. However, when I thought that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line were still confronting the Japanese invaders, and when I thought that the oath we made when the Hu Ben Army was founded, Anbang would not be able to sleep or eat."

"The few words my father said before his death shocked Anbang. When a man is promoted to the world, he should raise his three-foot Qingfeng to build an immortal achievement, be famous for his eternal reputation, and be remembered and commemorated by future generations and descendants forever. This will not be in vain for this life! Now, I and all the brothers here are born in a chaotic world, which is our misfortune and our great blessing. Because of this chaotic world, we can have the opportunity and more ability to change our country and our nation's current situation, and create a peaceful, happy, democratic and prosperous country for our descendants, so that they can be proud of having us ancestors and ancestors, and proud of being a Chinese!"

"If our Chinese nation wants to rise, we must first destroy Japan, which always wants to destroy my race and our country. The battle to destroy Japan begins with the current Qingdao Battle. I am confident that sooner or later we can ride a horse side by side and enter Tokyo City as a victorious! At that time, we will drink with you and the foot of Mount Fuji!"

ps: Thank you to Brother Yoneze Bing and Brother Nkj8084 for the rewards, especially nkj8084. It seems that I have been an old reader who has been with me since Qiu Feng's first anti-Japanese book. The eunuch who experienced the anti-Japanese tiger bench in the middle and has always supported Qiu Feng to this day. It is really touching. Although he doesn't give much reward every time, this is really a silent encouragement, which continues to give Qiu Feng motivation. Thinking about the support of so many readers, it's really a kind of eunuch. I'm really sorry to be a eunuch.

In addition, thanks to the leader of the Daqin Alliance, who insisted on reading books, gjfjmj and other brothers for their monthly ticket support. Because the monthly tickets are refreshed quickly, many brothers’ names cannot be listed one by one. I hope everyone forgives you. Qiufeng really thanks you for your support and love!
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