However, the 12 mountain artillery pieces that had just been captured by the Yue Army were indeed not polite in the hands of the soldiers... At the same time, in order to prevent the counterattack of the artillery units of the army, 12 mountain artillery guns, almost a shell, change an artillery position, so that the artillery of the army, every counterattack, as if hitting cotton, can not play any role....just like that, sporadic shells, on the position of the little devils, continue to kill and injure their living force... At this moment, the column directly under Ezhou, which has completely occupied Ezhou, except for leaving two infantry regiments, while collecting the assets looted by the puppet army in the city from the hands of the common people in the past few years, and destroying the remnants of the hostile armed forces in the territory. The remaining two brigades, as well as a heavy artillery regiment, two armored battalions, two anti-aircraft regiments, a force of almost fifteen thousand people. Under the personal leadership of Commander Liu Hua, they marched towards Tianjin, preparing to enter the city of Tianjin, which had been completely occupied by the First Regiment of the Guard Brigade... In the end, after a five-hour rapid march, the mighty marching army finally arrived in Tianjin, and met with Huang Zhengqing, the head of the First Guard Regiment, and Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the Special Operations Brigade, who came to greet them. The group drove in, and at this moment, the city of Tianjin, which had been completely occupied by the first guard regiment..."Commander, chief of staff. This turned out to be the headquarters of the little devils. I've asked the soldiers to clean up again, I mean, let's set up this place as a temporary headquarters of our army..."Entering the city of Tianjin, I came to a rare reinforced concrete building in the city. Huang Zhengqing, the head of the first guard regiment, pointed to the three-story building in front of him and said.

Under the leadership of Huang Zhengqing, the group walked into this building, which symbolizes the headquarters of the army... Although, the entire building has been completely cleaned up by the warriors. However, the fact that this building has just experienced war cannot be erased... The bullet holes in the walls and the smell of gunpowder smoke in the building, without exception, show everyone that this place, not long ago, had just experienced a brutal war....

"Commander, Chief of Staff. The three-storey building is 15 meters high, which is arguably the highest point in the entire city of Tianjin. The headquarters was arranged here to facilitate the installation of radio stations by the communications troops. In addition, this is a very sturdy concrete building, except for the bombshells of the army, other types of aerial bombs, even 150mm heavy artillery shells, can not do any damage to it... When this headquarters was occupied at the beginning, if it weren't for the help of the special operations team, the soldiers would definitely pay a huge price..."Pointing to the bullet holes in front of him, Huang Zhengqing introduced to everyone..."Okay, since this is the case, the headquarters is placed here. The chief of staff, immediately inform the staff office, the headquarters is directly under the guard battalion, and in the shortest possible time, the command headquarters will be arranged ... In addition, Commander Huang, Captain Liu, the two of you, immediately give me and the chief of staff a report on the results and losses of the troops last night, especially the situation in the port..."Regarding the headquarters selected by Huang Zhengqing, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered.

Two minutes later, with all the commanders and fighters of the guard battalion and the staff office directly under the headquarters, they quickly entered the building and began to arrange the headquarters in the entire building... Commander Zhang Hua, Chief of Staff Li Qing, Commander of the First Guard Regiment Huang Zhengqing, and Captain of the Special Operations Brigade Liu Xiaogang were sitting in a small room. There were a total of 1,645 puppet soldiers in the entire city of Tianjin, and after a night of fighting, except for 258 Imperial Cooperative Army troops who were captured, the remaining little devils, together with their commanders, were wiped out by us... In addition, in the course of the battle, the 1st Guards Regiment lost 386 commanders and fighters, and the Special Operations Brigade lost 39 people. Of these, 259 people were directly killed. As for the results achieved by the troops, they are now being counted..."Huang Zhengqing first took out a list from his pocket and said to the commander and chief of staff in front of him..."With less than one battalion of casualties, the total annihilation of more than 1,600 puppet troops was carried out. Commander Huang, when the battle is over and you return to the base area, I will personally give your guard regiment a credit, and it is a great merit..."For the victory of the guard regiment, Liu Hua couldn't help but slap the table in front of him excitedly, and shouted loudly....

"Commander, most of this is the credit of the special operations team, and if you want to make meritorious contributions, you will also be credited to the special operations team. Without the help and support of the Special Operations Brigade, even if I were given another regiment of troops, it would have been difficult to break through the heavily defended city of Tianjin in such a short period of time with such small casualties. Huang Zhengqing said modestly..."Okay, Captain Huang, you are welcome... Captain Liu, how is the situation at the port? I've heard that the sky over the harbor was red with fire throughout the middle of the night yesterday. Tell us what happened at the port last night..."Liu Hua smiled and looked at Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special operations team next to him, "Report to the commander, political commissar." With the cooperation of the battalion directly under the guard brigade, the entire sneak attack plan was successfully completed, and nothing else appeared. It's just that when attacking the military camp of the Yue army, the degree of resistance of the Yue army was beyond our expectations, and it caused certain casualties to the battalion directly under the attack... In last night's battle, all 879 soldiers in the port, including all the naval units, were wiped out. In addition, we also blew up 13 gunboats and three tanks that were stationed in the harbor, and in general, we successfully completed the task assigned to us by you, commander..."Liu Xiaogang stood up and said..."Okay, another big victory.......However, although the gunboat of the little devil was blown up by you. But after all, the main force of their fleet is still there, how about it, in the course of the battle, did the warships of the Yue army shell the land, and also, did the air force units reinforced by the Yue army react any big? Liu Hua continued to ask.

"Commander, this is your credit, according to your request, we put all the little devil expatriates in Tianjin City at all strategic points in the two places, and act as a meat shield for our army... So far, although military planes have continued to fly over us, they have not launched any attacks when they see a large number of expatriates on the ground. The warships of the little devils only carried out constant patrols around the harbor and did not launch artillery bombardments..."Liu Xiaogang continued.

"Okay, let's call it, with the way of others, and the body of others... The little devil expatriates no longer stay in their own country, they come to our China, bully our people, and deserve their crimes... Commander Huang, you remember, to deal with these little devil expatriates, as long as you don't let them die. The other is their assets, my request is very simple, that is, when we retreat, they have nothing on their bodies except a set of clothes, let the little devil soldiers care about their life and death..."Liu Hua's eyes showed a trace of murderous energy, and he ordered fiercely.

"Yes, Commander, guarantee the completion of the mission. At present, the first guard regiment, except for one battalion responsible for guarding these little devil expatriates, the remaining two regiments have begun to act separately in the county town to collect all the assets of the puppet army in the city. So far, we have millions of incomes, and this number is still rising sharply..."Huang Zhengqing said..."Well done, deal with the little devils, it should be like this, don't show any mercy... Commander Huang, Captain Liu, you go back first, go back to your position, and I still have something to discuss with the chief of staff. If there is any task, I will inform you immediately..."In response to Huang Zhengqing's answer, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and said.

As the two left, Chief of Staff Li Qing spoke: "Commander, I didn't expect that the progress of the troops would be so smooth. In one night, I successfully won the city of Tianjin and the port, which was beyond my expectations. Now that the hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials hoarded in the port have already arrived in our hands, I think we must seize the time to carry them and strive to transport all the strategic materials hoarded in the port back to the base area before the arrival of the reinforcements of the Japanese army..."

"But, Lao Li. This is hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials, and now we have less than 20,000 troops in our hands, plus less than 50 vehicles. Even if all the troops are fully involved in the transportation, it will take almost a month to transport all these hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials. And the little devils, will they give us a month to transport these strategic materials back to the base area little by little? Liu Hua shook his head and said... Listening to Liu Hua's words, Chief of Staff Li Qing immediately fell into thought. However, a few minutes passed, and the frowning brows on Li Qing's face still did not show any relaxation. Obviously, no solution has been thought of yet... Looking at the chief of staff in front of him, with a frowning expression on his face, Liu Hua continued: "Lao Li, I think that in order to solve this problem, we must start from two aspects... First, in the shortest possible time, we should strengthen our transportation capacity, that is, in the vast rural areas in Tianjin and the surrounding areas, mobilize all young and middle-aged people and means of transport to participate in the transportation of materials. ”

"Woe to the East? Commander, I couldn't agree more with your first thought. However, so far, what else can be more important to the army than the hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials hoarded in the port of Tianjin? How can we give the little devil a curse? Chief of Staff Li Qing showed a puzzled look on his face and asked tightly.

"Hehe, Lao Li, if nothing else, the telegram from Bruce Lee of the Guard Brigade should be coming soon... You must know that Beiping, which has been the capital of China since ancient times, has a very important position in the hearts of the Chinese people and in the world. If we concentrate our forces and take back Beiping from the hands of the army. How much impact will this incident have on the whole country and even the world? With the little devil's heart and surname, and the strictness of their losses after the incident, they will never tolerate it, and Beiping will return to our hands..."Liu Hua said confidently..."Ah, Beiping..."The eyes of the chief of staff quickly swept to the map, Beiping, which was less than a day's journey away from Tianjin, with a shocked look on his face. Then, I slowly fell into thinking, recalling Liu Hua's words just now.

At this moment, a report interrupted the chief of staff Li Qing, who was in deep thought: "Report to the commander, chief of staff." I just received a telegram from the Guard Brigade..."A communications staff officer, holding a telegram, stood in front of two people, and reported loudly..."Lao Li, the telegram from the Guard Brigade is coming..."As he spoke, Liu Hua had already taken the telegram from the communication staff officer and began to read it quickly. As time passed, Commander Liu Hua's face slowly showed a long-lost smile. Then, he handed the telegram in his hand to Li Qing, the chief of staff with an expectant face..."Commander, as you expected... The little devil is really concentrating his forces and preparing to defend Beiping City... Originally, the purpose of letting the guard brigade carry Beiping on its back was just to contain the living force of the Beiping army and confuse the eyes of the little devils. It seems that we now have to change the original battle plan and concentrate our forces to attack Beiping, and in the Beiping area, we will have a big decisive battle with the army... Around this Beiping, there will be a big decisive battle with the Yue army..."After reading the telegram in his hand, the chief of staff looked at Liu Hua in front of him with admiration and said affirmatively.

"Well, according to Bruce Lee's telegram, it can be seen that the strength of the Yue army stationed in Beiping has been very insufficient after the loss of an infantry wing last night, and even the armed expatriates have been used. However, this situation is not bad for us at the moment. If nothing else, if we concentrate our forces to launch an attack on Beiping, we will definitely not be able to hold out for long by relying only on the army in Beiping City. Liu Hua nodded and agreed.

And until this moment, the two of them still don't know that their actions now are not only in the eyes of the army, but also in the eyes of the center of Yan'an. Even the heads of European and American countries, at the same time, a pair of eyes, all gathered in the east, symbolizing thousands of years of imperial power in Beiping. Everyone's eyes were all focused on this life-and-death decisive battle between the Reading Force Division and the North China Garrison Army....

At this moment, the [***], Vice Chairman Zhou and the Commander-in-Chief of Yan'an, once again gathered in the small war room and began to smoke cigarettes in a cloud of mist. And on the table in front of them, there was a thick stack of telegrams. As for the specific content of the telegram, it is the intelligence personnel of [***] the whole country, the forces of all parts of the country that have just been detected, and even various countries in Europe and the United States, for the idea of the reading division led by [***] to march into the Pingjin area..."Chairman, I think that this battle is a decisive battle in which we [***] enter the eyes of the heads of state of the world and find a certain say in the international community... If we fight this battle well, let the countries know our [***] true strength. To a certain extent, we [***] have the same voice as the Kuomintang in the international community..."Vice Chairman Zhou said.

"Militarily speaking, the remaining troops of the North China Garrison Army have been firmly trapped in the vast North China region by the other three main divisions of our Eighth Route Army, and they cannot draw any troops to return to help. Therefore, judging from the current situation, as long as Liu Hua is determined to launch an attack on Beiping, according to the combat effectiveness of the directly subordinate column and the equipment they are equipped with, there will be absolutely no problem in taking Beiping? The commander-in-chief looked at the map in front of him, showing the latest layout of the enemy and us, and said confidently..."It seems that the two of you and this Liu Hua want to go together... This is the telegram that Liu Hua has just sent to ask for war. They plan to concentrate their forces, attack Beiping, and give the army a disaster to move eastward... When everyone's eyes were attracted to Beiping, they would give the army a dark warehouse, and all the hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials hoarded by the army in the port of Tianjin would be transported to the base area... Old guys, this is hundreds of thousands of tons of strategic materials, if all of them are used to equip the troops, it is enough to equip hundreds of thousands of elite troops....If the whole plan can really be implemented, our [***] strength can make a qualitative leap. When the time comes, we will truly have a million-strong army in our hands, and we will be able to drink the million-strong army of the army to fight each other..."The chairman smiled and took out a telegram that he had just received. In a tone of swallowing mountains and rivers, he replied affirmatively to the two partners in front of him who had been with him for more than ten years.

"Chairman, you mean, you agree to the column directly under the Reading Division to attack Beiping?" After listening to the chairman's words, the faces of the two people immediately turned red, and they replied excitedly. After all, a million elite troops, which two people did not dare to think of before. However, as long as this campaign ends smoothly, this dream will become a reality..."Yes, not only did he agree with the Reading Force to fight this battle. At the same time, in order to cooperate with the readers to successfully complete their strategic ideas, our central government must also cooperate to a certain extent. That's it, Enlai, boss. When the time comes, in the name of the Central Committee, we will write an editorial to the Xinhua News Agency, and make a big report to publicize the news that our teacher is about to recover Beiping..."

(To be continued)