[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1003: Bright Sword Tianjin (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

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"Division commander, just now the headquarters sent a telegram saying that Tie Xinlan had taken Tangshan City half an hour ago, annihilated more than 9,000 Japanese puppet defenders, and recovered the entire eastern Hebei region. The commander hoped that we would take Hengshui and then Tianjin in the short term, so as to force Wang Kemin and Wang Jitang to surrender to our army. Xue Zhiqiang, a member of the organization committee of the Fifth Division, said with a telegram.

Xu Hu didn't answer Ma Jiayuan's words, but thought for a while and asked, "Where is Liu Fengchi's department now?" ”

"Division Commander Liu and the Fourth Division have now captured Xinhe and are now attacking Nangong, and a telegram was sent half an hour ago saying that the Japanese army in Botou had taken the initiative to retreat north, and the Fourth Division and the 25th Division were pursuing forward."

"Order them to immediately march north to occupy Zaoqiang and Wangjiaji, and then capture Xiaozhang Town in the south of Hengshui, and not take Hengshui by the end of October at the latest." Xu Hu said in a deep voice.

"Lao Xu, let Liu Fengchi's department fight Hengshui, then what will our fifth division do?" Xue Zhiqiang asked in surprise.

Our target is here, saying that, Xu Hu inserted the pencil in his hand into a point on the map hatefully!

"Tianjin?"

"That's right, it's Tianjin. The commander's purpose is to force the little devils in Beiping City to surrender, and at the worst of all, to force those traitors to fall to us. I think that taking Hengshui alone will not achieve the strategic goal, and only by taking Tianjin can we deter the enemy to the greatest extent! Xu Hu analyzed.

"But how many people do we have now, excluding the troops left behind in Shimen, there are less than 40,000 people in two divisions, and it is feasible to besiege such an important town as Tianjin with 40,000 people?" Xue Zhiqiang asked unconfidently.

"Of course, although Tianjin is an important town in North China, the Japanese army can't even keep Beiping now, so it can still take care of Beiping. I estimate that Tianjin now has a maximum of 20,000 defenders, or even less, 40,000 to 20,000, absolutely no problem! ”

"Lao Xu, you can think about it, ten times surround it, although we are twice as strong as the enemy, but we are on the offensive, don't lose your wife and lose your troops in the end! Besides, we want to fight Tianjin without even taking Hengshui, be careful that the back road is cut off! Xue Zhiqiang said.

"Don't worry, if Liu Fengchi's department can't even fix these little devils in Hengshui City, then it's okay. When they take Hengshui, we will have tens of thousands of reinforcements, and even if we can't take Tianjin, there won't be much loss! Xu Hu said confidently.

"It's risky, but it's worth trying!" Xue Zhiqiang said.

"Hahaha, I just like your character of daring to try anything, okay, then let's try!" Xu Hu said with a smile.

"Lao Xu, you give the order!"

"Good! The 1st Brigade was ordered to immediately turn around and go north and secretly drive to the outskirts of Tianjin. At the same time, the special combat team was allowed to sneak into the city overnight to sabotage, and ordered the Tianjin underground organization to assist in the operation, and the other troops immediately moved closer to Tianjin. ”

Then Xu Hu said again: "In addition, order the troops to requisition one hundred and fifty large fishing boats from the nearby people, and this task must be completed within two days, is it okay?" ”

Xue Zhiqiang did not hesitate at all, and said loudly: "Resolutely complete the task!" ”

"Lao Xue, it is necessary to complete the task, it is to ensure the completion of the task, if this battle is fought well, the war in North China will basically be over, otherwise the consequences will be serious." Xu Hu said worriedly.

"Don't worry, the commander of this Daqi in North China has been in the market for three or four years, and it's time to close the net, even if we mess up here, it won't affect the overall situation. Besides, if we do, the rest of the battle will be much easier! Xue Zhiqiang said.

"Well, get ready!"

"Ready!"

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Tianjin, like Beiping, was a tough nut to crack, and because Tianjin was close to the sea and supported by warships and gunboats, the Japanese troops here were not worried about supplies and back roads.

Besides, now the mountains of materials piled up on the docks in Tianjin gave those Japanese puppet troops a lot of confidence, although they knew that the Eighth Route Army had reached Beiping and was about to descend on the city, but they still did not feel that it had reached the end of the world.

Anyway, with Tianjin's city fortifications, even if the Eighth Route Army comes with more than 100,000 people, it may not be able to take Tianjin City. Besides, isn't there a warship on the sea, if it really doesn't work, everyone will get on the warship and retreat, and there will be no problem with the way back.

No matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army is, it can't still carry a cannon to pursue them in the sea, so at this time, the fighting spirit of the Japanese puppet army in Tianjin City is still there, at least much stronger than the Japanese puppet army in Beiping City.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Hu knew that attacking Tianjin City was not as easy as he imagined, and he had to attack it unprepared.

Speaking of attacking unpreparedness, Xu Hu thought of the tactics of land and water attack. Although the Japanese navy is indeed very strong, there are still two large warships and more than 20 cargo ships in the port of Tianjin, while the Eighth Route Army does not even have a decent ship, let alone a navy, so judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, the Eighth Route Army has absolutely no possibility of coming from the sea.

After all, the Japanese army's coastal defense troops are not vegetarians, and the entire Tianjin coast alone has more than one infantry brigade, in addition to more than a dozen gunboats and dozens of shore defense guns.

However, after careful analysis and careful deployment, Xu Hu believes that there is still a possibility of success in the sea and land flanking attack. Although the Eighth Route Army did not have ships, it did not necessarily have no way to take the Japanese ships.

You must know that the more impossible things are, the more likely they are to happen, although Xu Hu's department does not have large ships, but it can recruit a large number of large fishing boats. Although there is almost no comparison between fishing boats and warships, fishing boats also have the advantages and advantages of fishing boats, fishing boats are not only small in size, but also extremely flexible, so if the Japanese army uses warships to fight fishing boats, it will be a lot of fun, and the hit rate will definitely make the Japanese naval officers hurt.

If these small fishing boats had taken advantage of the night to launch a charge on the coast of Tianjin, the success rate would have increased considerably.

Moreover, there was no need for troops and Japanese troops to contend with each other in the sea, as long as they rushed directly to the coast of Tianjin. As long as they went ashore, the Japanese warships and coastal defense guns were completely useless, and they could also use the coastal defense guns against the Japanese warships.

Therefore, as long as the time for the beach landing is controlled within half an hour, there is hope for success, and Xu Hu also plans to let Yang Chengwu's department and several other troops attack the Tianjin defenders from around Tianjin City, and contain the defenders of the outer city to reinforce the coastal troops.

However, all this takes time to prepare, and what the Eighth Route Army lacks most now is time, so whether the attack on Tianjin can be carried out smoothly, Xu Hu, the commander-in-chief, has no bottom at all.

On November 5th, after a week of preparation, everything was finally ready, only the east wind was owed!

At 11 o'clock in the evening, under the order of Xu Hu, the enemy of the 2nd Division and the 1st Brigade of the integrated 2nd Division and the artillery regiment from Beiping to Tianjin launched a full-scale attack.

Although the troops on the northern front had only one brigade and one artillery regiment, with a total strength of only more than 8,000 people, they still put tremendous pressure on the Japanese army.

At the same time, the 40,000 troops of the Fifth Division had also approached the city of Tianjin, and more than 40,000 people lined up to launch a full-line attack on the city. On the southern front, Xu Hu's headquarters concentrated more than 220 artillery pieces, more than 500 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 80 combat vehicles, and carried out an all-round attack on the Japanese puppet army in Tianjin with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain.

In addition to these, about two battalions of troops secretly assembled on the coast south of Tianjin, and more than 100 medium and large fishing boats were also collected on the coast, and at the same time as the battle outside the city began, more than 1,000 soldiers immediately boarded the ships and rushed straight to the coast of Tianjin.

For these soldiers, what they were carrying out was a battle without any certainty, and if there was a mistake, they would be surrounded by the Japanese navy at sea, and it was feared that none of the 1,000 men would make it ashore alive.

Despite the uncertainty of the future, and the possibility of staying in the sea forever, no one flinched. Under the commander's order, more than 1,000 capable soldiers jumped onto the fishing boats on the shore without the slightest hesitation and drove towards the unknown battlefield with high morale.