Chapter 465: No War in North China

From the beginning of the battle on the evening of December 31 to the early morning of January 1, both sides were exhausted, and the losses of the integrated 300th Division, which was the attacking side, were extremely heavy. Although the vast majority of the Japanese troops defending the city were not the elite of the Japanese army, with their strong fortifications and strong firepower, the Japanese troops defending the city still caused huge casualties to the integrated 300th Division.

Of course, after killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 themselves, the troops of the reorganized 300th Division suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese army did not have a good time, and the strong city fortifications could not stop the advance of the ancient military district. In just four or five hours, the 300th Division was reorganized and attacked Tianjin City by the internal strife of the Japanese puppet army, directly tearing a huge gap in the complete defense system of Tianjin City.

After Yoshikawa Neiren's order was given, Ueno did not dare to slack off, and a complete marine corps was quickly assembled, and under the leadership of the deputy captain Nagato Kojiro, they headed towards the western city of Tianjin.

But just two hours after Nagato Kojiro left, a large number of ships appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky in the distance on the coast of Tianjin, although a few small gunboats responsible for coastal patrol quickly discovered the abnormality, but in the face of the huge number, a few small gunboats almost did not play any role, and the heavy machine guns and mortars installed on the bows of those large and small merchant ships were overwhelming, and the small gunboats were different from the large warships with thick steel plates. These small Japanese gunboats were completely annihilated in the face of the huge firepower of the first brigade, and almost did not put up any resistance.

However, the role of those small gunboats was still very large, and with the warning of those small gunboats, the Japanese coastal defense troops quickly reacted, and for a while, the calm dock was full of figures shaking.

And Ma Jiayuan was not polite, although the fleet was still a short distance from the coast, but the mortars standing in the bow of the ship couldn't wait to fire at the shore. Although the landing point of the shells was very inaccurate due to the turbulence of the sea, the number of mortars could not withstand the large base, so the coast was soon covered by artillery fire.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was evading the bombing, Ma Jiayuan ordered the troops to hurry up the time to land on the beach. Since the troops were transported by small fishing boats this time, these boats could sail on the shallows, and some even washed directly onto the beach under the guidance of the soldiers, which Ma Jiayuan and others may not have expected.

After the Japanese army occupied Tianjin, it spared no effort to strengthen the fortifications of Tianjin, among which the coastal protection project was the focus of the Japanese army's reinforcement. Like the coastal fortifications of other countries in the world, the coastal fortifications of the port of Tianjin are also composed of bunkers and trenches. Just as Ma Jiayuan's troops rushed to the beach, the defenders of Tianjin City began to attack the beach-grabbing troops despite the artillery fire flying everywhere in the sky.

"Da Da Da"

"Da Da Da"

The bunkers built on the beach were facing the first brigade of steel bullets, and the soldiers who rushed to the beach fell to the ground one by one, while more soldiers continued to advance on the corpses of their comrades. Finally, an infantry company finally gained a foothold on the beach after great sacrifices, and used the corpses of its comrades to build a simple defensive position to attack the Japanese troops hiding in the bunkers.

Then more soldiers rushed ashore, and all of them formed simple positions in front of the Japanese pillbox positions. However, no matter how many squadrons came, they could not get close to the Japanese bunker group within fifty meters, and the Japanese army's jiā fork firepower hardly had any dead ends, as long as the troops in their line of sight would be knocked down by them at the first time. For a time, the beach-rushing landing was seriously blocked, and the two sides were in a stalemate along the beach.

Ma Jiayuan saw that the battle in front of him was not going well, and he was immediately anxious, he knew very well how serious the consequences would be if the troops could not land within half an hour. Now that the gunfire has sounded, and the landing on the beach has already broken the target, the Japanese troops in the city will definitely return to the coast, and the two warships in the distant sea will also return to the port as soon as they receive the order. At that time, with these 500 or 600 small fishing boats, how could they be the opponents of the Japanese army, and the 1st brigade of more than 10,000 people would be driven into the sea by the Japanese army to feed the fish in two hours at most.

"The troops who ordered the three regiments to go ashore will take that pillbox area at all costs, we are running out of time." Ma Jiayuan's voice became deep.

At the port position, the 300th Division 1st Brigade and 3rd Regiment were reorganized, and the commander of the 3rd Regiment, Hu Riletu, was just charged and broke his right arm by a Japanese heavy machine gun, and was seriously wounded, and he also fell into a coma. So at this time, the command of the position was taken over by Pan Shuangyuan, the political commissar of the Third Regiment.

After receiving Ma Jiayuan's order, Pan Shuangyuan immediately organized an attack, and at the same time sent the only demolition platoon in his hand.

The design of this bunker group of the Japanese army is very reasonable, and the combination of light and dark bunkers is very orderly, so if the first brigade wants to land smoothly, it must completely destroy this bunker group. The 3rd Regiment had already lost two demolition platoons in the landing battle just now, and if this demolition platoon could not make any further progress, the consequences would be quite serious.

Gunshots rang out, and under Pan Shuangyuan's order, all the combat-capable units of the three regiments opened fire at the same time, and the combat effectiveness of tens of thousands of people was amazing.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, more than thirty sturdy young men of the demolition platoon rushed out, bending down and running towards the Japanese pillbox group, each with a special time bomb in his hand. In fact, if this bunker group of the Japanese army was placed elsewhere, it would not cause much trouble to the 1st Brigade, but he was on the beach, and the most effective conscienceless cannon of the 1st Brigade was not suitable for use in this environment, so it also caused more than 10,000 people of the 1st Brigade to be blocked on the beach and unable to go ashore.

The fighters of the demolition platoon are the elite of all units and are the best. But in this environment, no matter how powerful the soldiers are, they can't withstand the consumption, and there are less than forty of the more than 100 men left until now, and all the rest are left on the beach, this is war.

Ma Xiaofu, the platoon leader of the demolition platoon, is Ma Jiayuan's nephew and the only male in the third generation of the Ma family.

But Ma Xiaofu is an assertive person, as soon as this kid heard that he was going to marry his daughter-in-law, his face turned pale with fright, and he packed a little luggage that night and ran out, and went to Saibei to join his uncle Ma Jiayuan.

Ma Jiayuan is a highly principled cadre, he did not promote Ma Xiaofu because Ma Xiaofu is his nephew, but deliberately sent Ma Xiaofu to the grassroots level to exercise, last year Ma Xiaofu because of his excellent performance on the battlefield, killed a Japanese soldier, and then was promoted to platoon commander. Later, because of his outstanding performance, he was transferred to the demolition team as the deputy company commander and the platoon commander of the first demolition platoon.

The company commander of the demolition company had died ten minutes ago, and the three platoon commanders had also killed two of them, Ma Xiaofu was the only remaining platoon commander of the demolition company, so his every move attracted much attention. In fact, the commander of the third regiment didn't know that Ma Xiaofu was Ma Jiayuan's nephew, otherwise even if he was unreasonable and stupid, he would not put Ma Xiaofu on the high-risk branch of the demolition company, let alone send Ma Xiaofu at this juncture.

Ma Xiaofu's skills are very agile, he led the remaining 30 or so soldiers of the demolition company to crawl towards the devil's bunker, and at this time, the Japanese machine gunners also discovered them, these uninvited guests, the machine gunners adjusted the muzzle, and concentrated the fire on the demoman's body, very ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］