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This is a race against time, both the Japanese army and the Saibei Corps are rushing for time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Okamura Ninji judged that the supplies and Prince Fushimi Palace were not transported out of Tianjin City, so he gave a death order to the Matsuda fleet, no matter what the price was, even if the entire fleet was wiped out, he must attack Tianjin City and snatch His Royal Highness the Prince out.

Of course, Okamura Ninji also means that it doesn't matter if you can't save people, it's acceptable if you can let His Royal Highness the Prince break the national jade.

And Ma Zheng now knows that the Japanese army has jumped over the wall in a hurry, so he must be prepared to fight a big battle and a tough battle. At this time, the Japanese army in northwest Shandong had begun to assemble, and a major war was about to break out.

Ma Zheng never doubted Okamura Ningji's determination and ability, and the reason why Okamura Ningji repeatedly suffered losses was not because of his ability, but because of a certain kind of familiar historical trend, Okamura Ningji had natural shortcomings in the grasp of the overall situation. In addition, Ma Zheng relied on advanced tactical ideas from later generations, which also made Okamura Ningji complain.

However, Okamura Ninji is still a fatal threat to the Saibei Corps, and although he has taken advantage of it this time, it is not easy to firmly hold on to the fruits of his victory.

At this time, the Japanese navy vigorously attacked the coast of Tianjin, and due to the lack of defensive weapons and mines, it was difficult to repel the Japanese attack with shore defense artillery alone. In the end, even if the battle is really won, the loss of Tianjin City is distressing, and the gains outweigh the losses cannot be lost.

After two hours of bloody fighting, Li Mingda's artillery unit gradually found its senses, one of the four large Japanese warships was sunk, one was seriously wounded and withdrew from the battle, and the remaining two also retreated five nautical miles.

However, the Japanese army's destructive shipborne artillery also inflicted huge losses on the city of Tianjin, with more than 500 civilian houses collapsing, a field hospital being hit, more than 40 wounded being buried in collapsed houses, and two attending doctors dying.

In addition, fires broke out in many places in the city, and the most hateful thing was that the Japanese spies actually instigated the hooligans and ruffians in Tianjin to smash and burn and loot on the streets at this time, which made the already chaotic situation in the city even more chaotic.

After Ma Zheng received the news, he immediately telegraphed and ordered the special combat team and guard brigade of the military region to immediately enter the urban area to enforce the law, all ruffians and hooligans were immediately shot on the spot, and all spies identified as spies were all shot on the spot.

Ma Zheng's iron-blooded policy was still very effective, and it only took less than an hour for the originally chaotic situation in Tianjin to come to an abrupt end.

In addition, a gang under the control of the Tianjin Station of the Military Administration of the Nationalist Government, not knowing whether it was instructed by the Nationalist Government, actually took advantage of the fire at this time to loot several large shops and grain depots on Dongdajie. Ma Zheng immediately made a decision and instructed: "Except for it."

In front of the regular troops, these indiscriminate things are nothing more than a bunch of local chickens and dogs, which cannot withstand cleaning up at all.

As night fell, the battle in the port was still going on, counting the battle during the day, Ma Zheng's department had been fighting hard with the Japanese fleet for more than 8 hours.

Under the heroic counterattack of the defenders, the plan of more than 4,000 Japanese marines to try to land on the beach was also forced to be aborted, because Xu Yinghui's carefully arranged unconscionable artillery group blocked all the roads for the Japanese to charge.

In the 8-hour battle, Ma Zheng's troops suffered a lot of losses, but the Japanese army also suffered heavy losses. In particular, the marines, even though they lost more than 2,500 men, still did not reach the coast, and even Yamamoto Daisa, who was so hard-hearted, had to order the troops to suspend the attack.

By now, this battle has no meaning, whether it is Okamura Ninji or the Japanese army base camp, it is clear that 8 hours is enough time for the Chinese to rush Prince Fushimi Palace and the batch of gold relics to a safe place, even if they successfully land on the beach, there will be no result.

At this point, the battle can no longer solve the problem, and the next thing is probably put on the negotiating table. Therefore, the base camp overstepped the order and ordered the Japanese troops to stop the attack on all fronts and immediately withdraw from the disputed area.

At the same time, the base camp sent a telegram to Okamura Ninji and ordered him to immediately send someone to contact Ma Zheng's subordinates, and to exchange for Prince Fushimi Palace at all costs, even if it was to pay for the equipment of an armored division.

The Japanese army retreated, but the tense atmosphere of the Saibei Corps was still not eased in the slightest, because Ma Zheng personally ordered the troops to immediately take advantage of the situation to carry out a "sweep" of Tianjin and its surrounding counties.

Any individual or organization that shows signs of reaction, or has evidence of working for the Japanese, shall be immediately arrested. When the evidence is conclusive, traitors and traitors should be killed, and those who should be sentenced will be sentenced, and they must not be soft-hearted.

Although the Japanese fleet's attack on the Tianjin port caused huge losses to the Saibei Corps, it also reminded the Saibei Corps that this time it was only four destroyers and cruisers, if there was a battleship or a more terrifying aircraft carrier, I am afraid that no one would have to take action, and those jumps in the city would annoy the Saibei Corps for a while, so Ma Zheng thought that it had reached the point where it was impossible to clean up.

The only thing that made Ma Zheng happy was that there was news from Mo Shaoyan's side, saying that they had successfully escaped the bombing of Japanese planes and successfully boarded the train back to Guisui, and now the train had passed Zhangjiakou.

After receiving the news, Ma Zheng's heart finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Under Ma Zheng's deliberate promotion, Xinhua Daily and other newspapers and media rushed to report the great results of the Saibei Corps' march into northwest Shandong for the first time, and at the same time, they also reported on the deeds of the Eighth Route Army in rescuing the allied nationals and capturing the prince and marshal of the Japanese army for thousands of miles without fear of hardships and dangers.

As soon as this report was published, it caused a nationwide shock, and the matter had already spread in a small area, and as for Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin, and others, they had already received the exact telegram, so they were not too surprised when they saw this report.

But ordinary people don't know, anyway, there are wars everywhere now, and they don't know who wins and who loses, in short, the little devil is still at home.

From 37 years to the present, every day the government's Central News Agency has boasted about how many good results the troops have achieved, how many great victories they have won, and how many Japanese devils they have annihilated. However, as soon as the Nationalist Government announced the results of the war, the Japanese army would refute it, and there was a reason, so that people did not know who was telling the truth and who was lying, or that both sides were cheating.

But this time is different, some things can be faked, but some things cannot be faked, especially this kind of capturing the enemy's senior commander, which cannot be faked at all. As soon as they heard that the Eighth Route Army had captured a Japanese prince alive, the people's emotions were ignited.

In particular, Ma Zheng deliberately arranged the personal resume of Prince Fushimi Palace and the things he has done in the past few years in the form of a list, and also attached a photo of Prince Fushimigong in full uniform before he was captured and now after being captured, the effect is really nothing to say, even Chiang Kai-shek pinched his nose and sent a commendation order.

At the same time, Lao Jiang euphemistically expressed the hope that Ma Zheng's ministry could hand over the Prince of Fushimi Palace to the government, and privately the Nationalist Government sent someone to contact Ma Zheng, hoping to buy back Fushimi Palace with the number and equipment of the two reorganized divisions and 200,000 oceans.

Ma Zheng is actually very tempted by this transaction, a bad old man who is about to die, and even has entered the coffin from the neck down, can exchange so many weapons and equipment, Ma Zheng is still very satisfied.

But thinking of the importance of Fushimi Palace to the military region and the entire Chinese nation, Ma Zheng finally dispelled this idea. However, he didn't say anything to death, but only said that he couldn't be the commander of a corps to buy and sell such a high-ranking official of the Japanese army, and he had to consult the central government.

The implication is obvious, I can't sell it to you now, but it doesn't have to be a chance at all, and I'll wait until I've consulted my superiors before making plans. Ma Zheng's attitude made the representatives of the Nationalist Government very satisfied, and he left a word of good news and went back satisfied.