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Chapter 1290 Fighting Tianjin Again (2)

The sun was rising, and the entire long front was silent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that the first wave of attacks was a complete failure, and the assault of nearly 1,000 people almost did not cause any substantial damage to the Japanese army, Wan Fulin gritted his teeth: "Change the style of play and try again, since there is no flaw to follow in the assault on the whole front, let's simply concentrate all our strength and attack one point." This time, we took it by surprise and launched an attack directly from the Jinpu Railway Bridge, which was the most heavily defended by the Japanese army, and from both sides! ”

An Yi did not interfere with Wan Fulin's command, and when he saw him dispatch troops, he pulled over the communications director Li Yufu and asked in a low voice: "What was the harvest of the 40th Army in that wave of attacks just now?" ”

Li Yufu happened to receive the latest report on the battle situation of the 40th Army, and hurriedly reported: "They also repelled the enemy, but they innovatively used the method of covering their bodies with several layers of wet bedding to defend against the accurate shooting of the Japanese army, and threw a large number of grenades after arriving at the Japanese position, causing great casualties to the Japanese army." If it weren't for the timely reinforcement of Japanese artillery, mortars and grenadiers, it would not have been possible to say that the front-line positions would have been taken. ”

An Yi was very interested when he heard it: "Can the wet bedding be stacked to resist bullet shots?" Does this method work? ”

At this time, Wan Fulin had already made arrangements, and when he heard An Yi's question, he took the initiative to answer: "It works!" In fact, this method has been around for a long time, and in the past, when our Feng Army fought with the Northwest Army, they often used this trick to deal with us...... However, this method of warfare requires a high level of physical fitness, and if it is not a man with superior physical strength, it is difficult to drag such a heavy thing forward for hundreds of meters. It is not difficult for the 40th Army to select a group of strong men from the four regiments that played in the vanguard, but the follow-up is weak, and I think with this wave of failures, it will be difficult for General Chen to come up with the next wave of similar attacks! ”

Zhou Fucheng, commander of the 116th Division, put down his binoculars and returned to the center of the underground bunker from the lookout hole, with a solemn expression: "There was silence on the Japanese position...... What is the origin of this Fifth Division, which is so difficult to deal with? ”

Shen Fengdao explained on behalf of An Yi: "The Fifth Division is one of the first seven divisions to be organized, and it is also one of the seventeen standing divisions of the Japanese army, and the soldiers of this division are all from Hiroshima, Shimane, Yamaguchi and other places in the west of Honshu. It's no surprise that such an opponent has such a performance! ”

When everyone heard this, they all felt an invisible pressure rushing to their faces, and their hearts were heavy, and their confidence in the goal of winning Tianjin City in one fell swoop today was shaken for the first time.

Seeing the dull atmosphere in the headquarters, An Yi explained with a smile: "We must not only pay attention to our opponents, but also see their shortcomings. That's right, these standing divisions and regiments of the Japanese army naturally have many advantages, such as their tenacious style of work and their refusal to retreat in fighting to the death, and the fact that the soldiers are well trained, especially good at close combat and night combat, and that the command personnel at the grassroots level are well trained, and they are extremely resolute in carrying out the orders of their superiors, and so on, but they are not invulnerable, such as not paying attention to the coordinated firepower of all arms on the battlefield, and the middle and senior officers are rigid in their thinking, have poor initiative, and are accustomed to sticking to the rules, and so on.

"You might as well think about it, when the 20th Division of the Japanese Army first came to China, wasn't it just as high-flying and domineering? In Wuqing, a wing was used to attack the barracks of a brigade of the 29th Army, triggering a Sino-Japanese war! As a result, the troops led by Kawagishi Bunzaburo were defeated again and again, and in the end, even their own lives were lost...... Therefore, the key to fighting the Japanese is to find a way to restrain them, so that they will be beaten without temper......"

Feng Zhanhai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although the Japanese army has many shortcomings, we don't have the strength to force them to show their flaws. Looks like we're going to have to step up our attacks! ”

An Yi came to the lookout, pointed to the Japanese defense line, turned around and asked, "The Japanese artillery has been presumptuous for a long time, should we seize the opportunity to destroy it and determine their location?" ”

Wan Fulin, who followed to the lookout, said helplessly: "Soon after the Japanese artillery was powerful, we locked their position. However, unexpectedly, the Japanese artillery positions were out of the range of our artillery, and unless our artillery approached the front-line position to shoot, it would be difficult to destroy the Japanese artillery, and on the contrary, it would bring us a catastrophe. ”

An Yi understood as soon as he heard it, most of the mountain artillery and field artillery of the 53rd Army Artillery Regiment followed the Feng Army, half of which were products of the Shenyang Arsenal, which were originally far inferior to the cannons manufactured by the first class in various design standards, coupled with the frequent use over the years, they have long been dilapidated, and now they want to use such cannons to attack the artillery positions set up by the Japanese army in the rear, which is naturally difficult for some strongmen.

Looks like there's no other way around! An Yi did not hesitate, and quickly called Zhou Zhirou to dispatch air force support, and at the same time warned the air force: The Japanese army in Tianjin City has been equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft artillery, and the selection of fighters should be mainly new high-speed fighters and bombers to avoid unnecessary losses.

Ten minutes later, the bugle sounded again. This time, Wan Fulin invested more than 4,000 people on the front line at once, striving to take the Japanese position opposite the railway bridge in one go, and after gaining a firm foothold, the center blossomed, and quickly invested more troops to devour the surrounding Japanese defense lines, and then spread the war to the depth of the Japanese army.

The battle entered the white-hot from the beginning, and the Japanese army quickly sensed the intentions of the squadron, mobilized the surrounding forces to rush to help, and adopted a combination of grenadiers, light and heavy machine guns, and rifle accurate shooting, etc., to tightly guard the railway bridge and the nearby riverbank. Although the squadron also did its best to organize fire reinforcements, the assault force was still stubbornly suppressed at the bridgehead.

The 53rd Army mobilized a large number of mortars to concentrate on bombarding the Japanese positions facing the railway bridge, suppressed the Japanese firepower, and quickly attracted the Japanese mortars to return fire.

Fortunately, this time we learned from the experience of the last time, and the Japanese mortars did not bring any damage to the 53rd Army, and the light and heavy machine gun firepower sprayed on the Japanese positions gradually became thin, and the assault troops took the opportunity to launch an attack, and soon broke through the railway bridge and rushed towards the forward positions of the Japanese army.

Seeing this, Wan Fulin once again threw in the strength of a regiment, striving to take the enemy's position in one fell swoop with overwhelming momentum. At this time, the enemy's artillery, which had been withstanding for a long time, finally began to exert its might, quickly covering four or five hundred meters in front of the Japanese position, inflicting heavy casualties on the assault officers.

Just when Wan Fulin was extremely distressed, 26 fighters of the Central Air Force were killed, and they suddenly broke into the sky above the artillery position placed by the Japanese army behind the defensive line, and bombed indiscriminately. The Japanese ground anti-aircraft artillery fire sounded "bang", and smoke exploded next to the fighters, and the air force warriors were calm and alert, and while continuing to pour bombs downward, they quickly evaded, and never stayed in a certain place for a second longer.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army's position, Wan Fulin quickly mobilized the artillery regiment, aiming at the forward position of the Japanese army is a burst of fierce bombardment, in the violent explosion and thick gunsmoke, the assault troops stepped on the node of the shell, and finally rushed into the Japanese trench, and the Japanese army held on to the position to start a close hand-to-hand combat.

With the input of a large number of anti-aircraft artillery of the Japanese army, the situation of the Central Air Force became more and more dangerous, and finally a Martin B-10 bomber was hit by anti-aircraft guns and exploded in the air.

Seeing this, Wan Fulin once again threw two regiments of troops to the front line, and decisively ordered the mortar unit to follow the advance, and on the Japanese position, approached to carry out a precise attack on the stubborn Japanese army. At the same time, the artillery regiment quickly moved forward to suppress the Japanese reinforcements and block their contact with the rear, and at the same time, waited for an opportunity to find the firing site of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire to strike, and provided support to the officers and men of the air force.

The battle was extremely fierce, in order to regain the position, the Japanese army continued to increase troops to the front, a *** Japanese army bent on the waist, while shooting while moving forward, our army just captured the position has signs of collapse.

Zhou Fucheng, the commander of the 116th Division, couldn't sit still, and said loudly: "Military seat, let me lead my troops up!" ”

Wan Fulin groaned slightly, and immediately nodded: "Okay, remember to be flexible, I don't care what method you use, you must stabilize the battle line." ”

Zhou Fucheng quickly rushed out of the headquarters, and soon the 116th Division organized a forced crossing, quickly crossing the river from the railway bridge and the Liuli River, and a battalion in front of it was all equipped with submachine guns, and immediately opened fire on the fierce Japanese troops after entering the position.

Suffering from a dense rain of bullets, the Japanese offensive was choked, and the light and heavy firepower of the 116th Division was quickly deployed along the position, although the Japanese troops in the charge tried to distance themselves from each other, they still suffered heavy casualties, and had to retreat to the second line of defense in embarrassment, relying on fortifications to shoot at the squadron.

Wan Fulin saw it in the telescope and shouted a few hellos.

At this time, two more bombers of the Central Air Force were hit by Japanese ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, and seeing that the artillery positions of the Japanese troops on the ground had been completely destroyed by aerial bombs, the remaining 23 fighters broke away from the battlefield, circled over the still sea and then adjusted their direction and returned to Baoding Airport.

The distance between the first line of defense and the second line of defense of the Japanese army was about 250 meters, and all obstacles in the period had long been cleared by the Japanese army. After the squadron gained a firm foothold, several large-scale charges were strangled by the Japanese army's almost frantic firepower network. At the same time, the Japanese army mobilized a large number of mortars and grenadiers to bombard the squadron that was holding the first line of defense, and the artillery fire of the 53rd Army was desperately suppressed, almost plowing the Japanese position, and the losses on both sides were very heavy.

"No, it's not a way to go on like this. At present, the Japanese army has concentrated all its forces in the center, so it is better for us to go the opposite way this time and resolutely break through from both flanks! An Yi paid attention for a long time, and suddenly turned his head to Wan Fulin to suggest.

Wan Fulin immediately agreed, and immediately instructed the 116th Division to mobilize troops to launch a surprise attack from both flanks of the battle line while consolidating the defense on the central line. The sound of mortars sounded continuously, the shouts of killing were earth-shattering, and the Japanese army did not expect that the squadron suddenly changed the direction of the main attack, and was suddenly caught off guard, and the left flank defense line was the first to be torn apart.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese commander quickly mobilized troops to help, but under the extremely resolute blow of the 53rd Army, the casualties were huge, and the squadron successfully seized a foothold on the second front, and the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the squadron.