At 5 o'clock in the morning, the earth shook violently, and nearly 500 artillery pieces of the two artillery divisions fired a salvo. Six integrated divisions of about 200,000 men were divided into three directions, southwest and east, and launched an overwhelming offensive. The shocking scene cannot be described with pen and ink, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army specially organized a photography team and war correspondents to record this precious historical footage. The eastern part of Tianjin was the weakest, and the Japanese army was bound to strengthen the defensive forces in the east. Su Yu's boldness and courage were enough to show Su Yu's boldness and courage by arranging his troops to do the opposite, allowing the attacking troops on the southern and eastern fronts to launch a feint, and to choose the western front, where the Japanese fortifications were the strongest.

Itako Seishiro really hit the move, and the Western Front Corps took the lead in breaking through the city fortifications at dusk, and broke the city on the southern and eastern fronts by midnight. Thirty hours after the break, the Japanese defensive positions retreated to the north of the city, and the headquarters of Itako Seishiro had to be forced to move to the north of the city. In the Japanese army headquarters in Yixingbu in the north of the city, Banheng Seishiro had a solemn expression, and the battle situation had returned to the sky, but there seemed to be no panic and nervousness on his face. During the period, the commander of the 7th Division was killed, the commander of the 61st Division was seriously wounded, and the 107th Division, which served as the city defense, was killed.

Perhaps Itayoko Seishiro had thought of this outcome a long time ago, and he never invested the main force of the 47th Division, but let the main force of the 47th Division be located on the north flanks of the city. One is to prevent the enemy from making dumplings in a detour to the north, and the other is to leave a way to retreat north. "General! The 61st Division lost more than half of its strength, the 7th Division lost four-fifths of its strength, the 17th Division lost two-thirds, and the 9th Division lost more than half. At present, all the troops have retreated to the north of the city, and it is necessary to reintegrate the defensive forces. The Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army reported.

"There is no need, I will take responsibility for the failure of the Tianjin defensive operation. Order the 47th Division to defend the two flanks, order the defending troops to retreat to the north, and you are solely responsible for the retreat of the various divisions, please. After saying that, Seishiro Itayoko got up and entered the discord, the chief of staff knew what Itayoko was going to do, but he couldn't stop it. About half an hour later, the chief of staff of the Japanese army walked into the corner and found that Ban Heng had committed suicide by disembowelment, leaving a letter on the table.

On the morning of August 14, the 1st Division of the 2nd Corps of the Eighth Route Army held a grand ceremony to enter the city. The people in Tianjin welcomed the people in the city, and the grand occasion was unprecedented. At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Su Yu, commander of the 2nd Corps, and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, stopped in front of the Japanese headquarters in a jeep. Su Yu and Luo Ronghuan got out of the car, "I heard that Banheng committed suicide by caesarean section, which was a little unexpected." Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan sighed. Brother Luo, Ban Hengrang has been defending the north flanks of the city with the main division, and he has already thought of the ending. He committed suicide by disembowelment in order to take responsibility, and at the same time saved half of his troops from being completely buried. ”

"Brother Su, is it so difficult that the Japanese army's base camp and Okamura Ningji can't see it? If we break through the outer positions of the southern front, the Japanese army should abandon Tianjin, and at least keep a few divisions intact. "The Japanese army chose to hold on to the defense line of Tianjin and the Bohai Bay, with the intention of fighting attrition, and on the other hand, using space to exchange time and wait for the situation to change. Therefore, Itako Seishiro must take responsibility for the defeat, even if he does not choose to commit suicide by disembowelment, he must go to a military court, and it is his personal act to give the order to retreat. ”

The two walked into the headquarters as they spoke, and at this time, Chief of Staff Peng Xuelan came over with a telegram in his hand and said: "The headquarters has sent a telegram to let our department rest and be on standby on the front line in Tianjin." "It's so hard that we don't go north!" Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan took the telegram in surprise. Su Yu suddenly realized: "I understand, why Lao Jiang let Chen Cheng's troops attack Tangshan and Wei Lihuang's troops attack Shanhaiguan, this is completely the veteran's intention." The Northeast is a treasure land and an industrial base in the north, and Lao Chiang's intention is not to let us get involved in the Northeast. ”

"Old Jiang is too naïve, how can the next Helong Corps launch a landing operation, how can it stop us from advancing to the northeast?" "The situation may have changed, the strength of Bai Chongxi's corps in Taiwan has doubled, what is the purpose?" "What do you mean by headquarters? Let the forest department enter Outer Mongolia, and the forest department can enter Outer Mongolia through Manchuria to enter the northeast? "The Ministry of Forestry is completely under the pretext of going through Outer Mongolia, but in fact, the Ministry of Forestry entered Outer Mongolia to deal with a big country in the north." "Is it so difficult that you will not hesitate to fight for the sake of Outer Mongolia and Soviet Russia?" "Anything can happen?"

"It seems that Japan is no longer an important chess piece, and all forces are planning for their own interests, no wonder Lao Jiang took the lead. What exactly does HQ mean? It would be nice if Chief of General Staff Ouyang was here, he has a pair of discerning eyes and can perceive everything. "Brother Luo, with Chief of Staff Ouyang's shrewdness, the headquarters must have a strategic plan, so we don't have to worry about it. I said that he is by no means hiding in Lanzhou, so let's wait patiently! "Brother Su, we are on standby in Tianjin, where is the next goal?" "It may be that it landed on the Japanese mainland, and the US military fought so hard in Okinawa, you can see the clues."

In a hospital in Tianjin, a large number of Japanese soldiers were captured and wounded. In one of the wards, Jiro Oda woke up, looked at the white, unfamiliar room, and realized that he was lying in the hospital. "You've been in a coma for 24 hours and you're finally awake!" A beautiful female military doctor of the Eighth Route Army greeted with a smile. Oda Jiro realized that he was wounded and captured, and a sense of shame came over him, and he glared angrily at the female nurse and tried to sit up, but there was a tearing pain in his lower body. When I reached out and touched it, I found that my left leg was gone, and my head suddenly went numb.

"Don't move, your left leg just had surgery." The young female nurse said softly. Jiro Oda reached out and pulled out the infusion needle, then closed his eyes. Wounded and captured, Oda Jiro decided to die to be ashamed, and never dishonored the glory of the Japanese samurai. A doctor gave him a needle anesthetic, and Oda lost consciousness again. The young female nurse pricked him with a needle again and said disdainfully: "I don't know what to do at a young age, is it not as easy as that to die!" ”

An American jeep enters the city through the east gate of the city, and a young officer drives the jeep at a rapid pace. Tianjin's urban area has recovered, but the traces of the ravages of the war are still clearly visible. Early in the morning on the streets, early risers start the day busy, and the appearance of a jeep does not attract special attention. Two days after the capture of Tianjin, Zhang Yusheng took leave to enter the city from the army garrison outside the city. Along the way, he was very worried, he had not heard from his family for 5 years, whether his parents would be alive, and whether his younger siblings would be well.

Zhang Yusheng is the eldest in the family, his father is a Chinese language teacher in a church middle school, and his mother is a housewife. He has two younger sisters and a younger brother, and the family is all counting on his father's Weibo salary to get by. Zhang Yusheng drove a jeep across the Jincan Bridge into Hexi District. Soon, the jeep entered an alleyway from the boulevard. As he got closer to home, he was both apprehensive and excited. A group of people appeared in front of them, seemingly shouting loudly. Zhang Yusheng stopped the jeep and found that the group had gathered in front of his house.

"Sir, please!" A man in a white silk coat shouted and stepped forward to curry favor with his black and yellow teeth. Zhang Yusheng said with some disgust: "What's going on, breaking into a private house in broad daylight." "Sir, the little ones don't dare. That's the case, the owner of this family surnamed Zhang died last year and had no money to bury him. Our lord took pity on the orphans and widows, so he took out the money to bury the man. The condition is that the daughter of the Zhang family will be a concubine for my lord, and the two parties have negotiated. However, after the army invaded Tianjin, the Zhang family woman ran back to her parents' house without authorization, and we were ordered by the master to take the Zhang family woman back. ”

Zhang Yusheng heard that his father was no longer alive. He controlled his feelings and said coldly: "I am the eldest son of the Zhang family, and now I am the first **** battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army, go back and tell your master that my sister will go home for a while for a while." When the big man in the white silk coat heard this, his eyes widened and his mouth widened, and he fled without even saying hello. Then the door opened slightly, revealing the face of a girl with shaggy hair, about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Second sister, don't you know me? I'm the big brother! The girl's eyes widened in surprise and said, "Big brother, is it really you?" "It's really me!" The girl's head quickly retracted, and a shout came from the yard: "Mother! Mother! My brother is still alive, and he's back, he's back! Zhang Yusheng hurriedly rushed in, only to see his mother revealed in front of him accompanied by his eldest sister and younger brother. My mother is only in her 40s, but there is a lot of gray hair on her temples and wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. "Mother! The unfilial son is back! "Zhang Yusheng knelt on the ground!

"Yusheng! Is it really you, I'm not dreaming! The mother stepped forward to carefully identify her son's face, and tears flowed silently. After paying homage in front of his father's tablet, Zhang Yusheng briefly described the situation of running away from home and defecting to Jiangxi to participate in the Eighth Route Army. The mother of the child is worried that her son has not only come back with all his beards and tails, but also participated in the Eighth Route Army to fight for the country, and is now the battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Yusheng unloaded the big bags and small wraps from the car, and had everything to eat and wear. The second sister and the younger brother surrounded themselves asking questions and pestering endlessly, and the eldest sister sat on the side, although there was a smile on her face, but a trace of melancholy between her eyebrows was exposed. Zhang Yusheng knows in his heart that the eldest sister has received a modern education and is definitely not satisfied with the current life. "Eldest sister, I heard from my mother that you are now a concubine for a person in her 50s, and if you want to choose a new life, you can leave that home!" The eldest sister sighed and said, "He treats me well, maybe this is my life!" ”

Zhang Yusheng was just about to say something when there was a noise outside.