Chapter 666: Attack on Tianjin

North China everywhere, the independent division troops and the Japanese army engaged in various battlefields, the Ninghe on the periphery of Tianjin, Yu Guanghan's troops, after occupying most of the Ninghe, the troops continued to advance to the suburbs of Tianjin, he fought more hard along the way, and when he advanced to the area of Renfengzhuang and Lutai, he could no longer attack, the Japanese army's resistance was extremely tenacious, and the northwest attack group, in accordance with Tang Qiuli's order, temporarily held its troops and continued to hide in the periphery of Tianjin.

Lieutenant General Ono Ichiro, the commander of the Japanese army guarding Tianjin, commanded the troops, on the front line of the Ninghe River in Jindong, which could withstand the attack of Yu Guanghan's troops, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, he never believed that the Chinese army that attacked Tianjin only had a strength of tens of thousands of people, and the northwest of Tianjin, which seems to be calm at present, hides a killing opportunity, where are the hundreds of thousands of troops who captured Shijiazhuang and Baoding, and they will not withdraw to the Taihang Mountains, right?

Although the Chinese army attacking the direction of the Ning River did not have many troops, the ferocity of the firepower made Ono Ichiro break out in a cold sweat when he thought about it, artillery fire, overwhelming artillery fire, and he didn't know where the Chinese army got so many cannons, he had already put all the forces that could be used in his hands into the Jindong defensive battle, and the troops were in a state of hard defense under the artillery fire of the Chinese army, and it was only a matter of time before the defense line was broken through.

Ono truthfully reported the dangerous situation in Tianjin to Commander Okamura Ningji, and received the reply that the sweeping troops in the Taihang Mountains could not rush back to Pingjin in time at present, and the defenders of Tianjin must hold out for 72 hours.

Ono Ichiro also knows that far water can't quench his thirst, guarding Tianjin, he has determination, the key is that there are not many troops in his hands, more than 50,000 troops, scattered to the huge Tianjin, how many soldiers are there in one kilometer, the strength of the northwest of Tianjin, must not be mobilized, that is the key defense area, so, Ono to meet the strength of Yu Guanghan's troops, but about 15,000 people.

Tang Qiuli judged correctly, the Japanese commander would not give up the key defense of the northwest of Tianjin, he gave Yu Guanghan's troops three artillery brigades, that is, let him fight a special fight, play a momentum, open the way with artillery fire, force the Japanese commander, and constantly transfer troops from the northwest to support the direction of Jindong, and when the Japanese army was almost consumed, the northwest attack group suddenly killed, with the shortest time and the fewest casualties, to capture Tianjin.

Okamura Ningji did not return to the army in the Taihang Mountains, Tang Qiuli was worried that the Kwantung Army would go south and join the Tianjin battlefield, and the cavalry troops of Tong Batu and Bagena in Shanhaiguan would not be able to block the Kwantung Army for too long, so the battle of Tianjin must end with the fastest speed and the smallest casualties, and there would be time to meet the southbound troops of the Kwantung Army, or attack the Japanese troops in Xianxian and Suning.

Yu Guanghan's troops, the attack in the direction of the Ning River came to a standstill, which made Tang Qiu inevitably have a little headache, Xianxian and Suning had a lump of more than 100,000 Japanese troops, if the Kwantung Army went south again, he could only choose one direction, if he didn't get it right, he would be wrapped dumplings, he picked up the walkie-talkie, wanted to talk to Yu Guanghan, thought about it, and dispelled the idea.

Although Yu Guanghan has not served as the brigade commander of the main brigade, this is also the first time to independently command an operation in one direction, according to his own observation, this guy is a ghost in the war, during his tenure as the chief of staff, he is very optimistic about him, and Chang Feng is somewhat similar, but it is not the same, let it go to him, the current stalemate, he will have a way to solve it, not to mention, there are more than 7,000 troops lurking in to do internal response, even if Yu Guanghan's attack is stopped, the northwest attack group, it is just a little more time.

Yu Guanghan was not impatient, when the division commander assigned him an extraordinary artillery force, he had already vaguely guessed the division commander's intentions, but he was not reconciled to be blocked here by the little devil, and after staring at the map for a while, he immediately changed the deployment, and the troops of an infantry brigade and an artillery brigade continued to attack on the spot, pay attention, use more artillery fire, and aim to attract the Japanese blocking troops on the opposite side.

The remaining two brigades, each with an artillery brigade, divided into two routes, quickly moved to the area of Bamian City and Beitang, and launched an attack at the same time, Yu Guanghan changed his tricks, an attack arrow was divided into three, and the combat plan was reported to the division commander, Tang Qiuli nodded secretly, this guy is really not simple, he is also thinking like this, and immediately instructed, "Completely agree, with the most fierce offensive action, complete the task of consuming the Japanese army's troops"

Two hours later, the troops arrived at the designated position, Jindong Ninghe, Bamian City, Beitang three directions, at the same time, Ono complained bitterly, he defended Jindong's troops, if the troops were divided into three places, it was a disadvantage everywhere, how to block the artillery fire of the Chinese army, the east gate of Tianjin was opened, Tianjin also lost more than half, helpless, can only transfer a part of the troops from the northwest of Tianjin, rushed to Jindong to block the mouth.

Ono drew out 10,000 troops, divided into two ways to reinforce the direction of Bamian City and Beitang, because Yu Guanghan's troops attacked very suddenly, according to the Japanese troops guarding Bamian City and Beitang, but each has a brigade of troops, how is it more than 10,000 infantry, nearly 1,000 cannons of the main field brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps opponent, overwhelming artillery fire, instantly shrouded the Japanese position in gunsmoke.

When the reinforcements of 5,000 Japanese troops arrived, the troops of the Sulu Mobile Corps, which had already left Bamiancheng and Beitang behind, were attacking and advancing in the direction of Wuqing and Zhanggezhuang, and ran head-on into the reinforced little devil troops, how could there be anything to say, go up and fight, the soldiers put the Suomi submachine gun flat on their chests, and the light machine gun shooter hung the machine gun around his neck, when the submachine gun was used, the heavy machine gun was big and heavy, and he was not willing to be pushed back, 13 thousand to 5,000, behind is an artillery brigade, the result is conceivable.

The Japanese army, which was attacked head-on, retreated in defeat and retreat, retreated to the area of Dabaizhuang on the Qinglongwan River, and the area of the Zhonghe Army Grain City, and reinforced the Japanese army on two roads, only to barely gain a foothold, and hurriedly established a blocking defense line, the trenches had not been dug well, and they were just able to hide their buttocks, and then the Sulu Mobile Corps troops who arrived did not stop and immediately launched an attack.

Because this area is a water network area, the large-caliber artillery of the artillery brigade is inconvenient to move, and it is temporarily lagging behind, but the troops are equipped with four or five hundred mortars, as well as the 92-type infantry guns of the brigade artillery regiment that followed the attack.

Disrupted, the artillery shells repeatedly ploughed the Japanese fortifications, the light and heavy machine guns "clucked" and cheered, and the Japanese soldiers who were pressed could not raise their heads, and the troops of the independent division were able to achieve heavy results at a relatively small cost in every battle, and the excellent equipment and firepower superiority were indispensable, and as far as the infantry was concerned, the standard equipment of a field brigade of the independent division was several grades higher than that of a brigade of the Japanese army, and whether it was individual equipment or heavy firepower, it was stable and superior to several Japanese troops.

This also reflects a principle of Tang Qiuli's founding of the army, in terms of weapons, it must surpass the Japanese army, at least in the army, in the face of such a ferocious firepower attack, the dozens of poor mortars of the Japanese army, just spoke, they attracted a shell that split their heads and covered their heads, there is no danger to defend, the Japanese commander is not stupid, instead of being bombed, it is better to withdraw to favorable terrain, the Japanese army left hundreds of corpses, and retreated again, the soldiers of the independent division did not give the Japanese army any respite, and chased after the back.

The reinforcements on both sides were beaten to a pulp, defeated and retreated, Ono Ichiro was shocked, the battle started from Ninghe, and it has been fighting for most of the day, and there is still no movement in the northwest of Tianjin, is it wrong to judge that this is not the main direction of attack of the Chinese army? But where did the hundreds of thousands of soldiers go?

Ono Ichiro could not convince himself that he could no longer reduce the defensive strength in the northwest of Tianjin, and on the intercom, the Japanese commanders in the direction of Jindongninghe, Bamiancheng, and Beitang repeatedly told him that the Chinese army was attacking fiercely, and with more than twice the strength of our defenders, under the cover of a large number of artillery fire, launched an attack, and if His Excellency the commander did not send reinforcements, the Chinese soldiers would attack the urban area of Tianjin

Ono believed that his subordinates were not lying, and he also believed in the bravery of the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, and the indiscriminate cannon sound had already explained the fierce course of the war in eastern Tianjin, if it was not tight, they would not ask for help, but the troops in his own hands, he painfully issued an order to mobilize another 10,000 troops from the defensive position in the northwest of Tianjin, divide into three routes, gallop to aid the direction of Ninghe, Bamiancheng, and Beitang, and be sure to block the army of China in the periphery of Tianjin.

The order was given, Ono sat down in a chair, Commander Okamura Ninji asked to hold on for three days, but it didn't even arrive for twelve hours, Jindong was in an emergency, why was the Shina army so brave, with less than 50,000 troops, it dared to attack Tianjin, which was fortified with strong fortifications, and how long could it hold out like this?

By the way, the eastern part of Tianjin is backed by Manchuria, not the focus of defense, the defense facilities are not better than the northwest, very weak, the commander of the branch chose this direction, it is really very strategic, that is, the reason why he dares to attack Tianjin with more than 50,000 troops, Ono seems to have found the answer, but he is not easy in his heart, the defense line in the northwest of Tianjin, which is more than 100 kilometers long, is only defended by 15,000 troops, and the depth of defense cannot be established at all, and all the troops are on the front line.

As soon as Ono had a cold war, he immediately grabbed the phone and ordered all the police, military police, secret services, and all units of the Jing'an Army in North China, all Japanese nationals over the age of 16 and under the age of 50, regardless of gender, to be armed, and every 500 people were a combat team, with the gendarmes as the captain, to immediately go to the defense line in the northwest of Tianjin to assist the regular army in defending the city.

Ono estimated that about 50,000 to 60,000 armed men could be mobilized, which was enough to ensure the security of Tianjin's periphery and support the arrival of reinforcements.

(To be continued)