In the city of Tianjin, the original Japanese Concession Yamato Guild Hall, which was originally the office of the Japanese expatriate deer group, is also the de facto concession management organ, this is a three-storey building, at the beginning of the construction of the needs of the war was taken into account, the materials were selected are reinforced concrete, and a solid basement is built. \.М\\

The Yamato Hall is not located on the street, but in Yamato Park, the park at the moment is not prosperous, the cherry trees have grown a little green, in the past, there were always people who came to the park in groups, looking forward to the beautiful cherry blossoms, but now, the cherry blossoms are gone, and the park is densely murderous.

Trenches were dug everywhere in the park, a group of soldiers in civilian clothes were being trained in a corner of the park, seven or eight anti-aircraft guns were stretched out into the sky with their muzzles high, the guild hall was surrounded by sandbags, and every window was blocked by sandbags, leaving only the muzzles for external shooting, and on the roof, seven or eight anti-aircraft machine guns were facing the surroundings with murderous vigour.

The atmosphere in the guildhall was even more tense, and there were few people moving around the hallway, but all the doors were open, and the officers inside listened carefully to the sounds coming from outside.

Isamu Yokoyama was of short stature like most of the Japanese himself, but unlike most of the Japanese soldiers, he looked very thin and his eyes always seemed a little hesitant. Isamu Yokoyama never fought in Kannai, and during the Lugou Bridge Incident, he served as the head of the General Affairs Department of the Planning Institute at the base camp, and then went to the Kwantung Army as the commander of the 1st Division, and was promoted to the commander of the 4th Army of the Kwantung Army in the war against the Soviet Union. But those who know Isamu Yokoyama know that this guy is a very tough guy and very cunning.

"No! You have to attack and don't stop! Don't worry about the flanks and don't care about the back! Do you understand! You just have to keep fighting the Chinese army! They don't have a chance to fight back! After Yokoyama finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to answer. Chief of Staff Noboru Kinoshita looked at him with admiration, and the call was from Yoshitaro Hayashi, the commander of the 110th Division, who counterattacked.

The Chinese army approached Tianjin from three sides, and Okamura Ningji ordered five divisions and two chariot brigades to withdraw north from Tianjin to Qingyun Town to assemble, leaving three divisions and two mixed brigades to defend Tianjin, and there were about 30,000 soldiers in Tianjin City.

The five divisions marched north, and they had to be carried out under the ferocious attack of the Chinese army, and the difficulty of such adjustment can be imagined, and it was almost impossible. In order to accomplish this almost impossible task, Isamu Yokoyama sent the 110th Division from the front to counterattack in the east of the city.

The reason why it is in the east of the city is because the offensive of the First Group Army of China is extremely fierce, the First Army with the 55th Army as the vanguard continues to detour to the north, bypassing the military grain city and rushing to conquer Chishi, approaching the armor city, directly threatening the northern retreat channel, the temporary formation of the third army is storming the army grain city, in order to stop the action of the Chinese army, Yokoyama Isamu ordered the 110th Division to counterattack in the east of the city.

The 110th Division launched an attack on the provisional Third Army that was storming the military grain city, and the 0th Division counterattacked resolutely, defeating the 8th Brigade of the provisional third army, and then repelled the counterattack of the new 110th division and the tank division, approaching the army grain city.

In the face of the attack of the 110th Division, Lan Yundong was forced to transfer the 180th Division from the 55th Army to counterattack the flank of the 110th Division from the north, the counterattack of the 180th Division was very sharp, and it went all the way south from Shanlingzi, and the 110th Division was forced to send the 139th Wing to counterattack, and the two armies repeatedly killed in the area of Xiaodong Town to form a stalemate.

In the face of the counterattack of the 180th Division, Yoshitaro Hayashi felt a great threat, he attacked alone without follow-up reinforcements, there was no flank to protect the Shina Army to mobilize troops from all over the place to counterattack, the division was in danger of being surrounded, he didn't want to fight, but Isamu Yokoyama insisted that he continue the attack.

Hayashi Yoshitaro also had to continue the offensive, and under the army food city, Shi Guantao mobilized the new 110th Division and the new B Division to block the attack, reorganize the 8th Independent Brigade, and order it to counterattack on the flank. Hayashi Yosataro did not dare to touch this hornet's nest, turned the muzzle of the gun, adjusted the direction of the main attack, and used the 110th Wing to penetrate through the gap between the 55th Army and the newly formed Third Army, and launched a surprise attack on the 180th from the flank. Two regiments of the 180 Division were routed, and the entire front was shaken. Huang Botao was furious when he heard the report, and personally led the old division to reinforce him, and immediately removed Dong Shengtang, the commander of the 180th Division, from his post and left his post, and shot Cui Zhenfang, the commander of the 538th Regiment who had lost his position.

Huang Botao killed the generals in battle, shaking the whole army, the generals of all departments no longer dared to retreat without authorization, all fought to the death, and stabilized the battlefield, and then Huang Botao personally led the 18th Division 6-43 Brigade into a forest, and Lin Fangtaro's offensive was suppressed.

Lan Yundong was not idle, and ordered the new 108th Division of the new 6th Army to copy the 110th Division from the south, Lin Fangtaro could no longer bear it, and fully transferred to the defense, shrinking into Tianjin while fighting, this time Yokoyama Yong sent 16 mixed brigades out of the city to respond.

After a delay, Lan Yundong failed to detour to Wuqing on time and closed the north gate of Tianjin, and four of the five divisions drawn by Okamura Ningji from Tianjin withdrew north, but the 132nd Division that was blocked in Wuqing was bitten by Pan Wenhua and could not get out, and finally had to withdraw into Tianjin.

Around Tianjin, the sound of artillery did not stop all night, the citizens waited in nervous joy, the streets were inconspicuous, the soldiers patrolled the streets with guns, occasionally two military vehicles drove through the streets, the streets were full of barricades, buses were crossing the road, were converted into fortresses, garrison headquarters, gendarmerie, city government and other important facilities were heavily armed, and almost every room was transformed into a combat unit.

With the withdrawal of the 132nd Division into Tianjin, Tianjin has been separated from the territory of the Pingjin Operation, and has become a lonely city, surrounded by the ** team.

…… The 55th Army and the 47th Army met east of Wuqing, so far, our army has completely surrounded Tianjin, in the east, the Tanggu defenders puppet peace rescue ** Seventh Division announced that anyway, Commander Lan sent a regiment to take over. "In the middle group, in Langfang, Hebian Zhengsan led the main force to retreat north, and Commander Song commanded the troops to encircle and intercept and encircle Langfang. After the 22nd Army annihilated the defenders of Gu'an, the main force crossed the Yongding River and joined the attack on the 56th and 8th Divisions. ”

The General Staff judged that Okamura's goal in transferring troops from various battlefields was to relieve the siege of the 56th Division, and the General Staff suggested that "the 56th Division and the 8th Division be used as bait" to inflict heavy damage on Okamura's reinforcements. In order to achieve this goal, the General Staff suggested that the First Mechanized Army and the Fifth Army withdraw from the battle and assemble south of Pangezhuang, with the 23rd Army and the 7172nd Army undertaking the encirclement and annihilation of the 56th and 8th Divisions, the 22nd Army being responsible for blocking the Japanese troops in the Daxing area, the New Eighth Army and the Kou Army, the Second Army assembling east of Yufa, and the 2nd Independent Tank Division and the 3rd and 4th Independent Tank Brigades assembling in Lixian....... ”

With the siege of Tianjin, the atmosphere in the war room was filled with relaxation and excitement, and if it weren't for the presence of Zhuang Jihua and Bai Chongxi, these young officers would have cheered a long time ago.

Zhuang Jihua didn't say anything, under the dim light, his expression was not so excited, what he was most worried about was not the Japanese army in Tianjin, "but the Japanese army retreating north, Okamura Ningji shrinking the troops, what does he want to do?" The purpose of shrinking the troops is certainly not to escape, but to counterattack, and where are these troops going to fight back?

He Wei judged that Okamura Ning was secondary to relieving the siege of the 56th Division, "This is a possibility, but another possibility also exists, go north to attack Huailai, if the tank troops are withdrawn at this time, it will give the Japanese a chance to retreat safely."

Retreat is a very complicated form of battle, Zhuang Jihua has a deep understanding of this, "seven years ago, in the defense of Nanjing, the frequent retreat, the Sixth Division across the Taihu Lake" he had to adjust on the spot, that retreat at great risk" from beginning to end of his heart, he believes that Okamura Ningji is also like this now.

The retreat of the troops, rectification, assembly, and re-engagement into the battle will inevitably create chaos, and if they are hit at this time, the chaos of the troops will become even more chaotic and will most likely collapse, Zhuang Jihua wants to continue the offensive instead of waiting for the Japanese to attack.

Bai Chongxi didn't speak, he sat on the edge of the sand table with a cup of coffee in his hand, staring at the situation map of friends and enemies just marked on the sand table with a calm expression.

"How's it going?"

Zhang Lingfu's seizure of Huailai was unexpected by Zhuang Jihua and Bai Chongxi, and it also made them excited, and the capture of Huailai was equivalent to completely closing the door of the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou to flee eastward, and directly deterring the Japanese army in Beiping, which was equivalent to putting a machine gun in front of the north gate of Okamura.

This is also what Zhuang Jihua is worried about, Okamura Ningji transferred such troops from the southern front, is the purpose to counterattack Huailai? Rescue the Japanese troops on the Pingzhang Highway Well.

"The 105th Division repelled the attack of the 2nd Division, the Japanese Army's leading division, our army's new division, the guerrilla corps, and the 115th Division's special detachment rushed to the battlefield one after another.

He Wei said and pointed to the new security guard: "The battle of the new security is still continuing, our army failed to storm the city three times, Guo Xunqi made a military order, and the new security guard was conquered in 24 hours, and now there are still eight hours." ”

Guo Xunqi never expected that the 15th Mixed Brigade of the new security guard would be so tenacious, the 102nd Army rushed to the city three times, was knocked down three times, and when night fell, the troops still stopped under the city.

He Wei specifically mentioned the military order, not a mockery, He Wei used to be a general of the Red Four Fronts, and had fought with the Sichuan army, and the biggest battle was the six-way anti-siege, although the Red Army won that battle, it also suffered heavy losses, and finally had to give up the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area.

However, after arriving in the Fifth Theater, He Wei found that the performance of the troops composed of the Sichuan Army on the battlefield of resistance against Japan was completely different, and the 22nd Group Army, the 24th Group Army, and the 102nd Army were completely different from those in terms of fighting will and equipment and tactics. He even secretly thought in his heart that if he had such a will and spirit back then, the Red Army would probably have been expelled from Sichuan long ago.

"Sun Liren's command of the attack on Zhuolu is relatively smooth, and the Japanese strongholds on the periphery of Zhuolu have been cleared, Sun Liren called, and the attack will be launched in the early hours of tomorrow morning."

Zhuang Jihua glanced at Bai Chongxi, just met the other party's gaze, Bai Chongxi smiled: "Guo Xunqi, don't worry, I believe he can complete the task on time." However, Wencao, I suggest continuing the offensive, Okamura is too bold, just adjust the deployment in front of our million-strong army, I propose to use the new Eighth Army and the 112th Army to attack, the Second Army to follow, and Langfang to the 36th Army. ”！ ~！

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