Although military factories can produce large quantities of shrapnel, the artillery soldiers of the Fuxing Army, from Cheng Zhiwei to the artillery company commander at the bottom, had no good feelings about shrapnel. Especially after studying the artillery effects of the Russo-Japanese War, everyone was disdainful of shrapnel. It could neither break the trenches nor explode the barbed wire. The only thing they could do was to explode in the air to shoot shotguns, kill skirmishes without shelter, and this also required that the timing of the telecommunications tubes be accurate. However, in actual combat, because the shooting angle and distance of the artillery often change, the timing of the telecommunications tubes may not accurately explode in the air at fifteen meters. These aerial shotguns either exploded or exploded low, and some even did not explode after landing. Therefore, artillery soldiers who did not worry about shells have always liked grenades and did not like shrapnel.

During the battle for one morning, the division's artillery regiment did not fire, and it was not that they did not find any opportunity, but that the infantry commander stationed in this section asked to finish their mortar shells first. It was always troublesome for the infantry to transport these artillery shells that were hard-earned to be transported back. However, when they saw that the entire Japanese army was pressing on, the artillery regiment could not help it.

With Zhang Xianpan's words "Room!", the silent artillery position behind Shanling suddenly roared. According to the artillery training, the rapid fire of 75 cannons can fire eight shells per minute, but because of their high intensity, this shooting speed can only last for three minutes. If you want to shoot continuously for more than an hour like the Japanese artillery, no matter how high the maximum fire rate of the artillery is, you can only fire two shells per minute. This is actually the reason why the Japanese Sany Rapid Fire cannon is designed to have three shots per minute. Japanese military workers who are ignorant of modern artillery war believe that this speed of artillery is completely sufficient in actual combat.

Because the parameters have been calibrated in advance according to the area, there is no need for a test firing, accompanied by a sharp loud noise in the air. Within three minutes, 1,296 shells fell on the impact trench of the Japanese soldiers who had accumulated in the target area. Although the target area is 1,200 meters wide, according to the number of bombs falling in hectares stipulated by the Caodian. One hundred and seventy-five shells are required per hectare to kill half of the soldiers in the trench, the shelling still achieved good results. More than 1,000 Japanese who entered the frontier to impact the trench were immediately reimbursed 30%, and the remaining 70% were completely destroyed. Even the wing leader Sanyuan Saburo Sabu, who escaped by chance, was blasted and his face was pale and trembled. Although he was a veteran who had experienced many wars, this was the most violent artillery fire he had ever seen in his life. Compared with this, Lucia's artillery can only be regarded as firecrackers.

Could it be the new tactic of the independent country? Nakazo only thought about why the artillery fire of the Chinese army was so fierce and did not comfort the already panicked soldiers. In fact, comforting was useless. This artillery bombardment caused more than 30% of the casualties. Coupled with the casualties of the previous two shocks, the entire regiment had completely lost its combat effectiveness. If the Chinese army bravely attacked at this time, the entire regiment would collapse on the spot.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the 21st Regiment took over the position. The corps leader, Tsukimatsu Nakasa, did not communicate with Sato Sanyuan, and politely sent him away, and began to set up an attack. However, at this time, the Japanese artillery had learned from the previous lessons and the shelling was only concentrated in a small section of the enemy's trench in order to open the gap. After more than an hour of shelling, when the sun was completely set and the sky was dark, more than a thousand Japanese troops rushed out of the pig rush from the front to attack the trench and the back of the mountain edges.

The night was the biggest reliance for Nakasa Ozawa's Yuefeng to set up this attack, but he didn't expect that the dark sky was illuminated by flares as soon as the Japanese army rushed to halfway through the black sky. Under the joint strangulation of machine guns and mortars, the pig burst was tragic again. After waiting for three o'clock in the middle of the night, the Japanese army, who did not do any artillery fire, rushed into the enemy trenches on the west side of the Yalu River. However, at this time the enemy was gone, and there was nothing else in the trenches except mines.

Lieutenant General Otani Kikuzo, who had arrived on the front line, checked the enemy trenches and Ji'an County under the lights with great concern. He found that the Chinese army not only walked calmly, but also destroyed them thoroughly. There was no house with a roof in the county town. Even the Guandi Temple, which the Chinese people respected the most, was empty. Only Guan Gong, who was blushing, stood alone in the empty temple with a big knife, glaring at the invading army from afar.

"If the Chinese army deliberately retreats, our army will suffer greater losses!" said the division chief Shinji Shinji, the division chief, said that with just one daytime attack, one and a half of the registrars lost their combat effectiveness, and the enemy did not seem to have much loss. This kind of thing only happened when competing for the 203 Highlands.

"Sir, if the artillery of the Chinese army cannot be eliminated, then our army will suffer a lot of casualties. In the forest areas, as long as the artillery positions of the Chinese army are arranged behind the mountain edges, we cannot suppress them. This can only be achieved by rapid assault by infantry and seize or blow up their artillery when they have not completely withdrawn from the position," said Colonel Nagata Kame, the commander of the division's artillery regiment. "In addition, I requested to increase the number of light curved artillery. If the rear cannot produce in time, it is recommended that some of them be built first. This type of artillery is extremely effective in mountain warfare. Today, our army's several charges were killed and damaged by such artillery."

"Yoxi!" Lieutenant General Kikuzo Otani listened to the different opinions of the two subordinates and looked serious. As the main division of the 2nd Army, rapid advancement to occupy Tonghua is the established policy of the base camp. Even if the entire division is fully exhausted, he should not hesitate. "Nagata-kun informs the military headquarters immediately. As long as there are curved cannons, they will send them here."

"Order the 21st Regiment to rest on the spot, and the 9th Brigade is responsible for tomorrow's attack. We must pursue the Chinese army like in the Japanese-Qing War. As long as they can't breathe, they will not be able to set up artillery positions or withdraw their artillery. Our army's losses will be reduced." Lieutenant General Kirikazo said again. During the Japanese-Qing War, he was the chief of staff of the 6th Division. At that time, the 6th Division attacked Weihaiwei, but he knew the war on North Korea. At that time, the Qing army was defeated thousands of miles. What he had to do now is not to let them collapse thousands of miles, and it would be enough to collapse two hundred miles.

"Hay!" Chief of Staff, the 9th Brigade Commander and the Artillery Corps Commander all shouted in unison. A few people left after a while, leaving only Chief of Staff Shinjiro Ishisaka standing awkwardly.

"You go down too. Be sure to report the situation of today's battle to Commander General Kawamura." The division commander said, and sent the chief of staff.

The Fuxing Army began to retreat at noon. After that rapid fire, the artillery began to pack up and prepare to retreat. For a division, the most troublesome thing about retreating was the artillery regiment, and for an artillery regiment, the most troublesome thing about retreating was not artillery, but ammunition. A cannon of 300 shells requires six ammunition trucks, and one division requires more than 300 ammunition trucks. If it were in the past, these ammunition trucks required more than 700 horses, and the entire artillery warriors required nearly a thousand horses. But this was the past. From the year of Shenwu, the artillery regiments of each division began to remove horses and replace tractors. Although this thing was dozens of times more expensive than horses, the cost of use was low. The key was that the tractor was faster and more powerful than horses. As long as the motor sounded, no matter how big the slope was, it could immediately rush up without breathing. This was a fighter.

Amid the roar of the tractor diesel motor, the artillery regiment retreated first, but they only retreated for fifteen kilometers and stopped on the preset position in Jianqiangou. This will be the second line of defense in the direction of Ji'an. After knocking out several Japanese regiments here, the troops will retreat again, leading the Japanese army step by step into the deep mountains.

When Ji'an's troops were just settled at night, Qi Qingyuan in the Chenyang Command was not asleep yet. He was not concerned about the war on the front line, but was determined to understand the entire deployment of the Japanese army. Judging from the current situation, the Japanese army had already formed four armies. The direction of Ji'an was the 4th Army, and the commander was General Kyoyo Kawamura. He was under the jurisdiction of the 5th, 8th, 19th and 20th Divisions. The task of this army was to advance northward to occupy Tonghua. In the direction of Andong, the 1st Army and the 3rd Army of Japan should be the 1st Army and the 3rd Army of the 1st Army of the last time. The commanders were Kuroki Hae-jeong of the 1st Army and General Masahito of the Korean Governor of the Korean Governor of the Korean Army of the State Council. The division was not yet known, but there was no doubt that these two armies would have two attack directions. One was to attack Tonghua along the Tonghua Railway, and the other was to cooperate with the Japanese 2nd Army to attack Chenyang from Yingkou along the Anfeng Railway.

The Japanese army's strategic intentions are clear. Now there is nothing more than Tonghua than the Russo-Japanese War. And because of concerns about the threat of submarines, Japanese soldiers only transported through the Kyoi Line, while sea routes mainly transport combat materials. However, maritime transportation can only use North Korea and Ludao Wharf. The Andong Harbour, which was just occupied by the Japanese army, has been completely destroyed. Except for some key dock facilities that have been demolished, the remaining dock facilities have been blown up, and even the waterways have been blocked by shipwrecks.

"Didn't the navy move?" When you think of sea transportation, you think of submarines. Qi Qingyuan is not in the case of submarine combat plan, but logically speaking, submarines can still interfere with the enemy's ship transportation, especially the submarines have been stationed in the Huludao Military Port in Bohai.

"A telegram was sent, saying that the submarine sank four Japanese transport ships, but they were all British flags." Chief of Staff Major General Huang Fujin remembered the telegram during the day and shook his head as he said, "The British are going to be furious again."

Taking over the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway, occupying the Japanese concession, and sinking British merchant ships. These things combined made Jurden, who had always regarded himself as a gentleman, furious. However, he did not rush to the Prime Minister's Office alone, but asked the Belgian consul to lead all the ministers in Beijing to Yin'an Hall and unanimously protest to Yang Rui. Because there were more than one British railway taken over, the three ministers of France and Russia were also angry. In addition, forcibly occupying the Japanese concession and sinking British merchant ships also aroused the anger of the ministers of various countries. They all said that the Chinese government's move violated the Beijing Protocol and international law, especially the latter. The Chinese Navy submarines sunk the merchant ship money, did not check whether there were any prohibited items on the ship, nor did they properly arrange for crew members to escape. This was considered an inhuman and cruel act.

Yang Rui was not afraid of the siege of more than a dozen foreign envoys. He had known for a long time that these foreign Russians would make a fuss. He had to declare again that this was a war. No matter what the background of the railways such as Shanghai-Hangzhou, Shanghai-Nanjing, etc. must be controlled by military control. If there is any damage during the military control period, the government will compensate. The military will pay the transportation costs incurred during the period. If everyone is not satisfied, the government can redeem them in advance;

When occupying the Japanese concession, China and Japan have declared war on each other. Since they are in a state of war, why can't the concession occupy it? As for the final accusation of sinking British merchant ships, Yang Rui took out a note sent to various countries in the morning, pointing to the above articles to tell all the ministers that the waters near Lushun, Dalian and Andong are already war zones. Not only will submarines appear here, but mines will also be everywhere. Whether British merchant ships are sunk by mines or sunk by submarines, the Chinese government has fulfilled its obligation to notify all countries in advance. Now that they are sunk, he can only express deep regret.

If the eyes could be eaten by Jurden, Yang Rui had long been eaten by Jurden. China used the excuse of war and constantly offending Britain's dignity, which was never allowed in the past. It was just that China did not point its finger at Great Britain and once the war started, the vested interests of Great Britain would suffer significant losses. In addition, the situation in Europe was tense, so Britain just shouted and did not declare war. For the Japanese government, London, on the grounds that Japan attacked China rather than China took the initiative to attack Japan, the second article of the Alliance Treaty on the grounds that "if any country of the two contracting parties is attacked by one or several countries for the defense of the said interests, no matter where the attack occurred, the other contracting party should immediately use military aid to fight to peace."

If the railway is redeemed in advance, it can only be calculated based on the current income. This will not be profitable, and at most it can recover the capital. Britain, France, Russia and other countries will not do it at all. Railways can not only make money, but also grasp the lifeline of China's economy. Therefore, Yang Rui's redemption proposal was rejected by the countries. Although it was rejected, the ministers of these countries also requested compensation. They believed that military control caused damage to the commercial operations of the railway company; and Jurden also proposed that the sinking of British merchant ships also required China to compensate the owners for the losses.

Yang Rui agreed in principle and handed over to the Ministry of Revenue for processing; while the latter firmly did not object. Because according to international public law, it is a violation to sink a merchant ship without inspection and properly resettlement of crew members in the war. However, it is not illegal to sink a merchant ship. There is no evidence to prove that the merchant ship was sunk by a mine or sunk by a torpedo, so there is no way to discuss compensation for the merchant ship. In addition, merchant ships appear in the war zone and are originally subject to the risk of sinking. In this situation, the insurance company insured by the merchant ship can only be responsible for compensation, and the Chinese government is not responsible for this.

A huge protest. In the end, only the British minister was not satisfied, and Juerdian shouted was useless. The British troops in the Far East were only enough to protect the expatriates, trying to attack Beijing, and they were afraid that they would be defeated as soon as they left Tianjin. As for the navy, the fleets paraded along the Yangtze River and the Chinese coast were directly threatened by Chinese submarines, and the only thing they could do now was an embargo. After the ministers returned, Juerdian called everyone to a meeting and discussed the embargo of military supplies again to punish them.

The Chinese government violated the Beijing Protocol and international public law. Logically speaking, as long as Qingdao, Germany was opened to the Chinese government, there would be no way to talk about the embargo. However, German Minister Hahausen paradoxically agreed to the British's suggestion. Only the American Minister Rui Enshi opposed this proposal righteously. He believed that as an invaded re-government should be sympathized by the civilized world rather than embargoing it, but he was alone and the British proposal was fully agreed by the ministers attending the meeting.

The ministerial delegation's note on the embargo was quickly sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Xie Zhangtai hurried to the Prime Minister's Office with the note, "It seems that this situation is wrong? Did the Germans agree to the embargo?"

"Hasn't you discussed it before? What's the point of fearing for embargo? We are not an island country, we lack nothing, only nickel." Yang Rui said indifferently. He was not as sensitive as Xie Zhangtai's changes in the German minister.

"No, I'm not talking about the embargo, I'm talking about the attitude of the Germans." Xie Zhangtai said: "I just went to find a Hahausen. He said that this was because he didn't want to arouse opposition from the ministers of various countries. Now all countries believe that China and Germany have formed an alliance, so it can be just right that there is no secret agreement between the German government and the Chinese government. This is true. When did the Germans consider us like this? From the German standpoint and to create momentum, they will say that there is a secret agreement if there is no secret agreement."

"It's really that serious?" Yang Rui immediately understood what Xie Zhangtai said. Germany and France stood on the side. This is a strange story in the world. For so many years, it and France have been against each other in China, but now it has been put together. "The submarine we built in Germany has been built," Yang Rui said in a flash, and then rang the bell to the secretary: "Please come here."

Seeing Yang Rui's arrangement, Xie Zhangtai said: "Are you worried that Germany will sell us again?"

"Yeah!" Yang Rui replied dullly, "The submarine is back, but now there are a lot of technologies in Germany that are transferring to us. As long as Germany repeats itself, these things will be gone."

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Huafeng, the Minister of Works, came. Yang Rui sat down and said, "Is there anything unusual in Germany?"

"Exception?" Xu Huafeng said in surprise, "What abnormality?"

"Is there anything wrong with our scientific researchers in Germany accepting German technology?" Yang Rui said. He was used to lighting cigarettes when he was worried and thought. When Xu Huafeng was about to pass, he had already smoked two of them.

"I haven't received the telegram yet." Xu Huafeng didn't expect that he would come over quickly because of this. He looked at Xie Zhangtai, who was silent and Yang Rui who kept smoking, and asked, "Is there another problem in Germany?"

"I don't know. Chong'an feels that they are a little weird today, so I'm worried about the technology acceptance in Germany. We have bought so many submarines and spent so much money. We can't get any technology back, right?" Yang Rui replied.

"Do you want to send a message to ask about Germany?" Xu Huafeng also understood the importance of the matter and proposed immediately.

"Send it. Let the technical teams pay attention to speeding up the progress. You can put some minor things first." Yang Rui said. "And there is Xiao Xu. If you have time, let him visit German Emperor William once. Don't forget everything once you study abroad."

"I understand." Xu Huafeng stood up and wanted to leave, but he only stood up but thought of another thing, "It turned out. If the situation in Germany changes, what should we do with our spark plan? There is also a shortage of talents in the military industry in China. If you really send people but learn everything, then..."

During the European War, more than 2,000 scientific research and military personnel were sent to various factories and research institutes in Germany. This was the fire plan proposed by Yang Rui. These more than 2,000 middle and senior technicians accounted for the vast majority. What they had to learn was various techniques. Yang Rui did not think that even if he obtained technical materials, even if the formula mastered industrial technology, he could only be fully learned by continuous practice and solved the localization problem. For this reason, it was necessary to send two thousand people before the European War. These people might have only seen it before the war, but when Germany expanded production in the middle and late stages of the war, they would enter the main position to work, and there was no better opportunity than this.

Regarding China's plan, the German government and Krupp and other companies refused at first, but China repeatedly stated that these people were not workers, but interns, and did not require wages, etc. The plan was finally approved by the German Emperor. After all, China is equivalent to a quasi-ally of Germany. It is just that there is no contract. It is easy to send personnel, and it is not difficult to get the approval of Germany, but it is not easy to ensure the safety and food supply of these people during the war. For this reason, the Chinese Embassy in Berlin specially purchased a farm in the suburbs, and some people from the Ministry of Agriculture also sent them there, which was prepared to grow grain and raise pigs during the war.

"No! People must be sent. As long as Germany does not have a clear objection, all of these people must go there, and all of them will go there in the first half of the year." Yang Rui decided. "This is a seed. If we don't work in German factories for a few years, can our industry improve rapidly?"

"I'm worried that if the situation changes, these people will go in vain. Now in the war, our military industry is also nervous. Once these people are removed, the military industry output will drop." Xu Huafeng said.

"I would rather go down, I would rather go against the bayonets with the Japanese bayonets!" Yang Rui waved his hand and was very determined. After he said that, he felt that his tone was heavy and said softly: "Mr. Huafeng, I will say hello to the military. As long as I understand why the output has decreased, the soldiers will understand. Isn't it just to have a strong new China? Military defense and workers' construction are all for the strength of this country. Sacrifice is not terrible, but I am afraid that there is no chance of sacrifice."

"I understand." Xu Huafeng was not angry, but was heavy.

"There are also those engineering students in college, junior and senior, and those in senior, and those in science students will also go. It's time to make gold during the war." Yang Rui said, and instantly expanded the dispatched personnel by hundreds.

"I understand. I'll go back to discuss with Jimin." Xu Huafeng said again, and then left with heavy steps.

After arranging technical matters, Yang Rui immediately threw away the abnormality of Germany and asked Xie Zhangtai who was on the side, "Britain did not declare war without our expectations, but when we counterattack North Korea, will it declare war?"

"It's hard to say!" Xie Zhangtai said: "Britain can still regard the war in North Korea as a continuation of the war in Northeast China, and determine that it is not our active attack on Japan, but Japan's active attack on us, so that we can avoid the alliance treaty. In fact, Britain has too many interests in our country, and we have all attacked North Korea, which means that Japan has no chance of victory at all. It will lose its vested interests as it starts a war, which is unacceptable to Britain. However, he has another way, that is, actually sending navies to cruise North Korea and other waters, but in fact, it does not declare war."

"Then isn't the British-Japanese alliance treaty just becoming waste paper?" Yang Rui smiled, "The Saxons are indeed despicable and shameless, and they are cunning. Leo is right."

"The alliance treaty is only aimed at Russia. Now the dispute between Britain and Russia has eased, and Japan has no real value." Xie Zhangtai said. "It can be said that the Japanese were sold by the British. If we beat them back this time, even the food in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 will be vomited out. I think there will be a major earthquake in Japan's domestic politics, and then Emperor Taisho will probably be angry to death."

"If you are angry, you will be angry!" Yang Rui said disdainfully, "The Emperor is dead, let the chaebol rule, and you can surrender to us."
Chapter completed!