Chapter 89: The Battle of Tianjin (2)
In modern warfare, when the infantry appears, the overall situation on the battlefield has already been decided, and at this time, there is a little bit of such a meaning.
Although the casualties caused to the Japanese army by the round of shelling just now were not too great, and the total number of dead and wounded Japanese soldiers was only seven or eight hundred, which did not have a painful impact on the strength of the Japanese army, the shelling disrupted the order of the Japanese army and plunged the entire Japanese garrison into chaos, without any organizational form at all. Many soldiers had just woken up from their sleep, not only with their bare hands, but also with only a pair of trousers on their bodies.
The individual weapons that crossed the army were originally suitable for fighting this and close-range melee, so after the soldiers suddenly entered the Japanese garrison, the situation was completely one-sided, and the rapid attack of the assault rifles, supplemented by various grenades and grenades, killed and injured countless Japanese soldiers.
The only advantage of the Japanese army now is its large number, and the passing army adopts the tactics of semi-encirclement, so the front is very open, and in a short time, it has not completely crossed the Japanese army. And after all, the Japanese army is also well-trained, the previous shelling made it impossible for the Japanese to fight back, but after the infantry rushed up, the Japanese army was at least able to fight hard, and in this regard, to the Japanese are the best at it, many bare-handed Japanese troops launched a near-suicidal charge to the crossing army, hoping to rush in front of the enemy and engage in close combat.
Although this blind charge of the Japanese army did not pose much danger to the crossing army, after all, in the face of automatic weapons, this kind of suicidal charge was really suicide, and there was no chance to rush in front of the crossing army and engage in close combat. However, it was able to hold off the crossing army, buying the other Japanese troops a precious time to set up for resistance.
First of all, Fujima Yasumasa commanded dozens of Japanese soldiers around him, with nearby houses, buildings, earthen walls, etc., as a simple arrangement, fighting and resisting the crossing army, and at the same time constantly recruiting other Japanese soldiers, so it didn't take long to gather more than 100 people, in a range of about 100 meters in length and width to resist, and there were some other Japanese soldiers, more than 50 or 60 people, as little as 178 people, all gathered into a small group, using all available cover to resist the attack of the crossing army.
In fact, such resistance of the Japanese army is impossible to stop the attack of the crossing army, because there are still a large number of bazookas in the crossing army, even in the old time and space, the bazooka is known as one of the three major artifacts of modern guerrilla warfare, the other two major artifacts are AK47 assault rifles and pickups, even if the United States imperialism has entered the satellite era, in the face of these three artifacts, it is also powerless, whether it is in Afghanistan, or Iraq, including Syria, they have been made disgraced, not to mention that in this era, the bazooka is an artifact among the artifactsγ
Its power is not under the general small-caliber artillery, the earthen wall wooden house of this era can not withstand its blow at all, and it is light and flexible, one person is to carry and use, and the accuracy is not comparable to small-caliber artillery. What's more, there are long-range weapons of destruction such as guns and grenades, so under the fierce fire of the crossing army, in fact, the Japanese army is simply powerless to resist.
It will take time to uproot the resisting Japan one by one by just passing through the army, and the goal of the Japanese army now is to drag along the time, because Fukushima Yasumasa sent a signal flare to the Japanese army on the north bank of the Haihe River, asking for reinforcements, and if you can wait for the Japanese army on the north bank of the navy to come to help, you can turn the tide of the war.
First, it is impossible for the enemy army to be defenseless against the Japanese army on the north bank of the Haihe River, and either the two fronts attack the Japanese army on the north and south banks of the Haihe River at the same time, or they set up blocking troops on the way to prevent the reinforcements of the Japanese army; second, even if the enemy army does not take into account the Japanese army on the north bank of the Haihe River, it will take a certain amount of time for the Japanese army to rush to reinforcements, because although the Haihe River is not wide, crossing the river is a rather troublesome thing and cannot be completed in a short time, and the current Japanese army may not be able to support it for such a long timeγ
It's just that Fukushima Yasumasa lacks experience in actual combat, and there are some Japanese soldiers who are accustomed to having a special head and tendons, and the situation is obviously unfavorable, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted, hoping to save the defeat, so he did not retreat at the right time.
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The Japanese troops on the north bank of the Haihe River, who were regarded as a lifesaver by Fukushima Yasumasa, naturally saw the distress signal they sent, and the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Haihe River naturally did not dare to delay, and hurriedly dispatched troops to cross the river to reinforce them. This time, the Japanese army attacked and brought a total of 56 boats, 26 anchored on the north bank of the Haihe River and 30 on the south bank, each of which could carry about 50 people.
The Japanese army only left 200 men to guard the position on the north bank of the Haihe River, and the rest were all transferred to support the south bank of the Haihe River, because the south bank of the Haihe River was the main force of the Japanese army, and the Japanese position on the south bank of the Haihe River must be maintained first.
However, after the Kunming ship stopped shelling the positions of the Yue army in Gegu, it has been paying attention to the movements of the Haihe River to prevent the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Haihe River from reinforcing Gegu. Although the Kunming did not start the ship-borne 346A phased array radar, but turned on the SR-64 X-frequency 2D air/sea search radar, the search accuracy of this type of radar is not as good as that of the 346A phased array radar, but it is better than saving electricity, the sea-to-air search range is large, and it is completely sufficient to monitor the movement on the surface of the Haihe River and both banks.
Therefore, the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Haihe River rushed to the river, crossed the river by river, and immediately showed it on the radar screen. As soon as Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, and Xiao Jianjun saw this, they immediately ordered the Kunming ship to launch an artillery bombardment of the Yue army crossing the river, and ordered the two 318 boats on standby by the Kunming ship to immediately attack, go upstream along the river, and intercept the Japanese army at close range. At the same time, he ordered the troops stationed on the north bank of the Haihe River to attack immediately, first attacking Li Zhuangzi, the Japanese garrison on the north bank of the Haihe River, and then marching to the bank of the Haihe River to attack the Yue army crossing the river.
Of course, the trio also has a lurking army in Lubeikou, which is originally a dark move through the army, at this time the overall situation has become clear, this move in advance will naturally play the greatest role, that is, to directly attack Tianjin, and strive to bring the entire Tianjin area under the control of the traverser in this night.
In addition, the trio informed Dagukou and ordered the helicopters and reserve combat units to be ready to attack and reinforce the battle. Because now crossing the army is equivalent to fighting on four battlefields at the same time, in order to cross the strength of the army, it is indeed a bit exempt, there will definitely be some battlefields that need support, and the use of helicopters can not only quickly send reinforcements to the required battlefields, but also provide air support to the troops when necessary.
And just when the trio gave orders to the troops, the main guns of the Kunming ship began to shell again, because the data of the firing unit had already been entered into the fire control system of the main guns, so they did not need much preparation, and they could immediately shell the surface of the Haihe River.
"Boom!"
The first shell from the Kunming ship fell into the Haihe River, stirring up a column of water several feet high, and then the shell exploded to produce a huge force, and through the squeezing and transmission of water, with the landing point as the center, as if scattered all around, a layer of turbulent waves was raised.
The two or three wooden boats closest to the landing point were washed up three or four meters high by the river, and the hull of one wooden boat was torn apart by the earthquake at that time, while the two wooden boats were turned upside down, and all the Japanese soldiers on board naturally fell into the water. The four or five wooden boats that were a little farther away did not capsize, but they also caused a strong shake, and many Japanese soldiers on board also fell overboard.
The other Japanese soldiers also hurried to stabilize the hull of the ship, and some rescued their comrades who fell into the water, and for a while the sound of screaming, shouting, scolding, and calling for help filled the river.
But as the second, third, and even more shells fell, the efforts of the Japanese soldiers were in vain, and after more than a dozen shells fell into the Haihe River, most of the wooden boats on the river either capsized or were shattered, and several bottoms shaped like turtle shells floated on the river, and then pieces of broken wood and planks floated on the river. In addition, there were countless Japanese soldiers struggling in the river, and the whole surface of the river was like a pot of boiled dumplings.
The Kunming also stopped shelling the river, and changed its artillery to the river bank to bombard the Japanese troops on the bank, because at this time there were still three or four hundred Japanese soldiers on the river bank and did not get on the boat and went down the river, and they still maintained a neat formation.
In fact, the surface of the Haihe River is not wide, the river is not deep, the current is very gentle, as long as it is a little watery, people can swim back to the shore, and Japan is an island country, most of the people can swim, and there is generally swimming training in the army, and now the Kunming ship has no more shelling on the river, so almost all the soldiers who fell into the water can rely on their own strength to swim back to the shore.
But at this moment, two 318 boats rushed to this water area one after the other, and immediately launched a merciless strafing fire on the Japanese soldiers struggling in the river.
The 318 boat is equipped with a twin 14.5 mm machine gun in the bow and a high-pressure water cannon in the stern. The 14.5mm machine gun was originally used as an anti-aircraft weapon to deal with helicopters, propeller planes or low-flying attack aircraft, but with the improvement of aircraft performance and the popularity of various RPGs, the anti-aircraft capability of the 14.5mm machine gun has been greatly reduced, so in the old time and space, it was mainly used to deal with some lightly armored targets.
The 318 boat was originally assembled by the coast guard to carry out offshore patrols, crack down on smuggling at sea, arrest and other tasks, and the 14.5 mm machine gun is quite suitable for dealing with the speedboats used by smugglers, but if it is used to beat people, it is really a bit of a knife to kill chickens, and it is overkill. Therefore, before this battle, the water cannons at the stern of each 318 were dismantled and equipped with a Type 86 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun on the left and right affords, which was just right for hitting targets in the water.
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