Tianjin, the headquarters of the army dispatch army in September China, autumn has been fully revealed.

The commander of the Tianjin Dispatch Army, Yoshinori Shirakawa, dressed in a traditional kimono, sat on a tatami mat with two things on a small table in front of him.

A white document marked top secret, which he had just received from the military department.

A flat-lying saber, a great shogun given by His Majesty Emperor Hirohito of the Showa Emperor, symbolizes the imperial power and places great hopes on the emperor.

Looking at these two things, Shirakawa Yoshinori's thoughts flew farther and farther, as if he had traveled through time and space, going against the tide of time, and came to a long, long time ago.

“…… You're a coward, you filthy bastard. ”

"Stay away from us, you coward."

"You're an idiot......"

Childhood memories,That period of weak time seems to reappear in front of his eyes.,As the third son of the Matsuyama clan Shirakawa Keio.,But for various reasons, he was looked down upon.,The miserable childhood.,Being spurned by classmates is just one of the trivial things.。

Subsequently, he seemed to see himself studying hard, and finally entered the Imperial Army Teaching Corps, becoming a team attached, he clearly remembered that it was a sign of his career taking off, the 21st Infantry Wing. In 1890, he graduated from the first infantry section of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and was known as the "Three Masters of the First Infantry of the Land Soldiers" along with the newcomers to the empire, Ugaki Kazunari and Suzuki Shoroku.

Then, he seemed to have returned to the First Sino-Japanese era, participated in the war against the Chinese people, dragged the long pigtails of the Chinese people were vulnerable, after the big victory, he was sent to the Army University for his excellent performance, and then returned to the Imperial Army, and then was ordered to be promoted to major general...... Scenes of the past are all in Shirakawa Yoshinori's heart, and his life for more than 60 years is so wonderful and emotional. From an ordinary citizen of the Empire, step by step to the position of a general of the Imperial Army, he thought he was perfect in this life.

However, this war with the Chinese is destined to draw an imperfect end to this perfection.

"The sky in China is getting colder and colder......"

Shirakawa Yoshinoshi tightened the kimono on his body, reached out and picked up the secret telegram of the military department that he had read many times, and he could almost memorize the contents of it, but he still opened it and looked at it in detail.

"Every time I touch you, it's like hearing the first prince in the palace, old friend, what should I do......"

Slowly closing the secret telegram and picking up the phone, Shirakawa Yoshinori called Ishihara Waner, the deputy chief of staff of the Tianjin Dispatch Army Headquarters, a soldier who had been promoted to the Imperial Army's chief of service, and could always give him some different help.

Many times, Shirakawa Yoshinori has the illusion that perhaps, this person named Ishihara Waner will really be the first military strategist of the empire in the future as his old friends say.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Ishihara bowed and took his seat at the behest of Shirakawa Yoshinori.

"Old man, I'm old, and I can't stand the autumn of Zhina. Come, have a drink and clear the bar. Shirakawa Yoshinori had something to say, and poured a glass of wine for Ishihara Waner.

"Thank you, Commander." Ishihara bowed his head, took the wine, and shared a drink with Shirakawa Yoshinori. He thought he had seen the thoughts of His Excellency the Commander very clearly.

The war in Shina has already reached this point, and if he is the commander of the dispatch army, maybe the only result will be to break the jade for the emperor. Fortunately, he did not hold any actual position, and as a deputy chief of staff, he would not be affected by this imminent war, but would have a bright future.

Perhaps the worse the defeat of the Empire this time, the more important the military officials would be able to listen to the advice of an 'outstanding military talent of the Empire who is infinitely loyal to the Emperor'.

"The old man is getting old and confused, tell me what you think of this war in China. Many old friends praise you as the first military person in the future of the empire, and the old man also wants to see and understand. If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it directly, you are also from the Kwantung Army, and you can be regarded as my old subordinate. Shirakawa Yoshinori smiled heartily, as if his mood had returned to normal, and he was no longer shrouded in the haze of failure.

"Hello!" Ishihara nodded in greeting, sat upright, and briefly stated his opinion, "The current situation in the Jinjing battlefield is not optimistic. Encouraged by the victory in the Battle of Baoding, the people of China became more determined to fight.

Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing again organized five divisions to move north, while Zhang Shusheng in the southwest completed the logistical deployment.

According to our intelligence, the Southwestern Army of the Chinese has a total of about 1,000 guns of 75mm caliber and above. And the most worrying of them is the 105mm field guns, which occupy more than half of the number. Your Excellency, Commander, this 105mm field gun is extremely powerful, and according to the analysis of the previous combat situation, its power is comparable to that of the 122mm heavy guns equipped by the Empire.

In addition to the fact that a large number of superior artillery will form an artillery group that poses a fatal threat to our Imperial Army, there is also sufficient intelligence to show that in the last two months, at least one or two tank regiments of the Southwestern Army will move north. They are equipped with a kind of combat vehicle that we are very unfamiliar with, although the combat surname can not be clear, but according to the intelligence, it seems to be related to the German tank, and the combat surname can be very strong.

In addition to the superior artillery and chariot regiments going north, the southwestern political axe of the people of China also completed the forward deployment of the air force. According to the information sent back by the imperial spies, the Chinese built a total of four runways at Daxing Airport, and concentrated at least 200 fighters of various types and corresponding reserves of fuel and ammunition sufficient for them to complete the Jinjing Campaign. Chiang Kai-shek also dispatched 120 aircraft, mainly fighters, to Beiping Airport, in contrast, in the face of more than 320 Chinese aircraft of various types, the imperial air force was limited to the air force of the task force.

Just yesterday, at dawn, during a sneak attack on Daxing Airport that we launched, the carrier-based aircraft formation was unexpectedly discovered by the Chinese, and the aircraft group was intercepted by the superior fighters of the Chinese, including the planes destroyed by the new anti-aircraft guns of the Chinese people, and the entire group was destroyed except for two planes that had landed in the occupied areas of the empire. Judging by the information provided by the pilots who escaped, the Empire's carrier-based aircraft had lagged behind the main fighters of the China people on all fronts. Whether it's grappling grappling or pursuit-and-run, it's no match for them. ”

Shirakawa Yoshinori nodded, he also knew these things, but this was not what he wanted, "Ishihara-kun, tell me your opinion on this war, I want to hear your opinion on the next war." ”

Ishihara raised his head and drank a large glass of sake, his expression was also a little excited, although the defeat of the empire, although it was likely to make him rise to the throne more smoothly, but it also made him feel a great shame and burden.

"I think that the general offensive of the Chinese will be launched within a week, and the four divisions of the empire shrinking back to the vicinity of Tianjin are completely insufficient to fight the combined forces of the Chinese people. And due to the presence of superior air forces in the southwest of China, our sea supplies will also be completely cut off soon. Tianjin will become an isolated city. ”

"Ishihara-kun, the order of the military department is to hold on to Tianjin and wait for reinforcements." Shirakawa Yoshinori was displeased and drank a large glass of wine with hatred.

"Your Excellency, Commander, although it is difficult to change the combat order of the military headquarters, the result of holding Tianjin with four divisions will inevitably be the annihilation of the whole army."

"The empire is already mobilizing more reinforcements, maybe in two to three months, they will be able to land in Tianjin."

"Daxing Airport is only a little more than a hundred kilometers from Tianjin, and under the superior air force of the Chinese, even aircraft carriers can be sunk, and this sea supply line will be completely cut off by the Chinese air force sooner or later. Their aircraft, the combat radius will easily cover the entire coastal waters of Tianjin. ”

"We can dock at night."

Even so, the Empire could not afford to sustain the war, and it needed to send reinforcements and supplies from its homeland while holding on to an isolated city on Chinese soil. In the words of the Shina people, it is called more than worth the loss. ”

"We can negotiate and force the Chinese to submit."

"It's useless, Your Excellency, with all due respect, we may well not hold out until there is progress in the negotiations. Chiang Kai-shek may agree to negotiate, but what they want to do is to annihilate us! ”

"Alas! Ishihara-kun, your view of the war is really unique, and it didn't disappoint me. ”

Shirakawa Yoshinori let out a long sigh, it was impossible for Ishihara to know the order of the military headquarters, but Ishihara's analysis was much the same as he thought.

The Fifth Division was lost in Baoding, and until the day when the Emperor's [***] team was forced to abandon the attack on Beiping, retreat outside Tianjin, and build strong fortifications, Shirakawa Yoshinori, as the commander, had already foreseen today.

Tianjin, which was heavily surrounded by more than 20 divisions of the Chinese people and an army with a total strength approaching the 300,000 mark in a straight line, had no choice but to wait for reinforcements or to wait for negotiations, and had no choice but to find a way out as soon as possible.

"Your Excellency, my friend in the homeland told me that the Empire has sent a negotiating mission to Nanjing."

"Not bad." Shirakawa Yoshinori nodded, this person still has a certain network, "Unfortunately, the latest development is that as soon as the secret minister arrived in Nanjing, it was exposed by the newspapers in the southwest, and Chiang Kai-shek refused this negotiation for fear of sabotaging the War of Resistance and unilaterally conducting traitorous negotiations." ”

"Baga, the people of China are really excessive. In their words, it's called unforgiving. ”

Shirakawa Yoshinori smiled at this and was noncommittal: "Ishihara-kun, I would like to hear your other opinions on the war, such as other ways out for the Imperial Tianjin Dispatch Army. ”

Ishihara Wan'er stared at Shirakawa Yoshinori for a long time before he said ruthlessly, "Your Excellency Commander, I think the army should immediately abandon Tianjin, quickly go north to Shanhaiguan, and attack Zhang Xueliang in front and back. As long as we act quickly, even if we cannot break through Zhang Xueliang's defense line, after we are far away from the Chinese Daxing Airport, we can bypass the Ningjin defense line and make a detour from the northwest of Jinzhou into the northeast under the condition that the Kwantung Army pins down Zhang Xueliang's troops. In this way, the Emperor [***] team will be able to keep the main force. ”

"Ishihara-kun, Tianjin, which the empire has made great sacrifices, cannot be easily abandoned." Shirakawa Yoshinori sighed and said, in fact, as the commander of the dispatch army, when the battle on the Jinjing battlefield was not going well, he thought that if the military headquarters and the emperor did not insist on occupying the entire area north of North China, but only landed behind the Ningjin defense line and completely took the northeast outside the Guan, maybe the war would have gone much smoother.

As a member of the Empire, he understood the desire of the entire Empire for a large part of China's territory, but as a general of the Imperial Army who led the battle on the front lines, he was calmer.

Ishihara Waner: "Your Excellency Commander, there are no outsiders here, please forgive me for saying that the appetite of the military department is too great, according to my previous plan for China, it should be to gradually annex China, first stabilize the Northeast, and with the help of the rich Northeast of China, solve the domestic economic crisis, and develop and strengthen the imperial army and navy." You know, for the sake of the entire Northeast, the empire has fought with the Chinese and the Russians for decades. In my opinion, the vast area of China north of Jinkyo was not the first priority of the empire compared to the stable occupation of the entire northeast. ”

Shirakawa Yoshinori shook his head: "Ishihara-kun, the war you and Itagaki-kun launched in the northeast not only encouraged the empire, but also made the empire's decision-makers get carried away by victory. Even once, including me, believed that the Tianjin-Beijing line would be a more important lifeline for the empire after the Manchurian and Mongolian lifelines. ”

"Death of the Empire!" Ishihara had nothing to say, only drinking.

"Ishihara-kun don't be discouraged, maybe when the war in Tianjin worsens again, you will take on a heavy responsibility."

"Haiyi, Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, Ishihara is ready to make arrangements!"

On September 15, 1932, the battle of the Chinese coalition army to attack the Yue army in Tianjin officially began.

In the command room of the Southwest Army, Chen Jun received the operational order letter handed over by the chief of staff, and on it was the general offensive operation order personally signed by Zhang Shusheng, the supreme commander. After the two of them confirmed that everything was correct, the combat staff officer handed over a red phone.

"Commander-in-chief, I am Chen Jun, the southwestern departments of the Jinjing battlefield have made final preparations, and the [***] departments have also made final preparations and can start the general offensive at any time. Please give the order. ”

In fact, according to the regulations of the southwest, such a large-scale battle could be carried out after Zhang Shusheng personally issued an order, but in order to respect him, Chen Jun and Jiang Baili unanimously decided to telegraph Zhang Shusheng again and let him personally order a general attack.

After Zhang Shusheng agreed, he immediately ordered a general attack to be launched at the original time. He also personally dialed the telephone number of the Air Force Command Center of Daxing Airport and the commander of the Jinjing Battlefield Artillery Cluster, Xia Hai. Although the timing of the take-off of the air force and the firing of the artillery cluster were also precisely determined, it was also ordered by him personally, because it would be a turning point in the war that changed the fortunes of China. He values it very much.

Daxing Airport" Deputy Commander Li, Southwest Chief Zhang phone! ”

Li Xianghong, deputy commander of the Air Force, who had been waiting for the red phone for a long time, quickly picked up the phone almost reflexively and took the right path.

"Chief, I'm Li Xianghong!"

"The general offensive begins, and your unit will take off combat planes according to the predetermined combat plan!"

"Yes!"

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"

The piercing sound of the combat siren resounded throughout the entire Daxing airport.

After four months of finally completing the four field airfield runways, the air force will finally usher in the mission of the key surname, and the air force, as an offensive force one step ahead of the artillery, will launch the most fierce air raids on all important strongholds of the army.

The planes parked at the airport have already been filled with fuel, loaded with heavy aerial bombs or aviation machine gun bullets, and the planes in the front take-off position of the runway are ready to take off.

"01 calls the tower, 01 checks up, everything is normal, request to take off."

"The tower received it and took off immediately."

"01 Roger!"

The J-1-2 fighter numbered 01 finally slid up, and in the rapid rotation of the propeller, the plane became faster and faster, and finally pulled up the nose and rushed into the blue sky.

Almost at the same time, three fighter jets took off from the other three runways at the same time, and the four fighters quickly formed the first air formation, circling and waiting to carry out the escort mission.

The Daxing Airport, which has been repaired day after four months, already has all the conditions of a large-scale field airport, and the conditions for taking off from the airport are very good, and it can meet the rapid take-off of the aircraft fleet.

Soon, the first wave of bomber formations completed the air formation, and under the escort of fighter planes, three types of bomber groups, including the H-2 bomber, even the latest semi-metallic bomber, and the C-31 modified bomber, formed a bomber formation. In addition, there are a small number of dive bombers with verified surnames, which are similar in combat characteristics to the dive torpedo planes equipped by the Navy, and will become a new favorite of the Air Force.

The C-31 transport plane, as the carrier aircraft, is responsible for the safety of the entire fleet of two radar planes, which are equipped with the latest airborne radar in the southwest, and the C-31 transport plane, as the carrier aircraft, will provide short- and medium-range air warning for the entire air raid.

"Report to the Commander, Commander-in-Chief call."

Like Li Xianghong, Xia Hai also grabbed the remote intercom on the table for the first time, and said uprightly: "Chief Executive, I'm Xia Hai." ”

"Order all artillery groups to immediately start shelling according to the predetermined battle plan!"

"Yes!"

In the plan to attack the Tianjin army, the artillery group composed of 1,000 guns of various calibers was mainly divided into five positions, and the 75mm caliber artillery group was the most cutting-edge artillery group. The 105mm guns consisted of artillery groups of subsequent batches.

As soon as the order was issued, the artillery pulled out of the temporary bunker in advance had been prepared for a long time, and not only had the shooting Zhuyuan been adjusted, but the soldiers were holding the shells and ready to load them at any time.

"Fire!! Five minutes of rapid fire! ”

At the sound of the summer sea, five artillery groups opened fire almost simultaneously. 1,000 guns of all kinds roared at the same time, and one after another large-caliber shells flew out of the chambers.

The sky with dark clouds was stirred by countless flying cannonballs, and the sky over the small Tianjin battlefield seemed to be full of flying cannonballs.

In this land of China, there had never been so many cannons roaring at the same time, and at that moment, all the artillerymen were almost crazy when they looked at the flashing fire on the artillery position, and the monstrous roar.

Where is this the roar of artillery, this is obviously the roar of a suffering nation that has been bullied for nearly a hundred years, in a moment of crisis.

This is the roar of national awakening.

This is a clarion call for national rejuvenation!!

"It's really intoxicating, Chinese, this is the voice of the Chinese themselves."

Although Zhang Shusheng was far away in the southwest, he still sat in front of the phone, listening to the roaring cannon sound from the unhung microphone, as if he had come to the Jinjing battlefield thousands of miles away, and witnessed this turning point in the fate of the nation.

He clearly knew that after this battle, the Chinese would truly embark on the road to rejuvenation, and the Yue Army would only be a stepping stone to China's rise.

After a long time, he picked up the phone again and dialed a secret number: "He An, the general offensive has begun, pay attention to my own actions, and be ready to fight at any time!" ”

"The general offensive of the people of China has begun!"

Standing in front of the window, looking at the sky in the distance outside the castle that was almost red by artillery fire, Shirakawa Yoshinori seemed to feel the whole earth beating. Although the Chinese did not shell the city of Tianjin, they concentrated a thousand cannons to carry out high-intensity artillery bombardment of the fortifications outside the city that the army had worked hard to build for a month.

The air and dust from the explosion had drifted into the city, and from the fire reflecting the red sky and the slightly shaking ground, he could imagine how fierce the Chinese shelling was.

Soon, Shirakawa Yoshinori received another call, saying that the Chinese planes had begun to attack various defense points, and under the focused care of the Chinese planes and artillery, the only remaining artillery positions, although well hidden, were still destroyed at the first time, except for half of the artillery wing hidden in the residential area of the city, which had continuously lost artillery since the beginning of the war, and now, the Imperial Army has lost all other 75mm caliber artillery on the Tianjin battlefield.

The fierce air raids launched by the Chinese air force, although they were resisted to the death by the Empire's specially strengthened anti-aircraft fire, were still covered by their cluster artillery fire and aircraft air raids, and were destroyed after a short time. Driven out of Tianjin like a duck by the squadron, although a solid position was built, but it was trapped in this small space, lacking strategic depth, the four divisions of the army, except for the troops hiding in the city, the others could only hide in the trenches, or hide in the anti-artillery fortifications trembling, or by the dense artillery shells and heavy aerial bombs, or even the red Vulcan incendiary bombs that can burn dozens of meters of fortifications with a single shot.

After heavy artillery fire and air strikes, the offensive on all fronts finally began. Nearly 200,000 Chinese [***] teams formed several offensive clusters, and on a front more than eight kilometers long, they selected several offensive points and launched a fierce attack on the Yue army.

The battle went very smoothly, and although the Syrian army had local supplies, the Southwest Air Force dispatched reconnaissance planes to monitor the sea almost every day, and as soon as a ship docked, it would immediately attract an air raid, and the ships that were blown up in the waters off Tianjin had already reached a total displacement of nearly 100,000 tons.

Relying on supplies that secretly docked at night, the logistical tension of the entire army's nearly four divisions and regiments was terrifying, and some combat squads even reached the point where two people shared a rifle. The four-month-long defeat not only drained the fighting spirit of the army, but also greatly consumed guns and ammunition.

Food and supplies can be grabbed from the Chinese, but there is nowhere to grab guns and ammunition.

Even so, the Yue army also relied on fortifications to defend stubbornly, but they faced a squadron with superior artillery groups and absolutely superior air support.

On several Chinese attack points, the effect of the frenzied encirclement of the Yue army was very limited, and often the more fierce the resistance, the easier it was to attract a fire cover.

The in-depth system fortifications built by the army were broken through one by one, and at the fastest time, it took only 40 minutes for the main division of the southwest to break through a defensive line.

This was a non-stop battle, and after Shirakawa Yoshinori presented to the emperor that he would abandon Tianjin and move north to the northeast was ruthlessly rejected, and was severely reprimanded, the outcome of these four divisions was already doomed, that is, to 'live and die' with Tianjin. The army could not retreat, let alone evacuate, and the only thing they could do was to resist stubbornly.

And the more than 200,000 [***] squadrons, also had no choice, even if some troops suffered heavy losses when attacking the fortifications, they also had to advance, and by this time, the battle had no distinction between the southwest army and the Kuomintang army, and everyone had only one idea, to defeat Yue himself and recapture Tianjin, which belonged to the Chinese.

In fact, there is another reason why the general offensive began at this time.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, are you sure?"

"Yes, Ishihara-kun, I'm sure, this is a secret message from the military department, only for me and you! According to the orders of the military department, once the war does not go well, it is necessary to carry out disciplinary actions against the Chinese. ”

Shirakawa Yoshinori did not stay in the combat command room, it was enough to have people from the military department there, he just needed to be here and wait for the final result.

He was accompanied by a secret telegram from the military department, a saber given by the emperor, and Ishihara, the future star of the empire.

The secret telegram was given to Shirakawa Yoshinori, and now, he gave this order to Ishihara Wanji.

"Yo Xi, let me Ishihara serve the prestige of the empire, even if the people of China take back Tianjin, it will be a dead city!" After reading that page of commands, Ishihara lit a match and lit it, he already knew how to do it.

"Ishihara-kun, this matter is very important, you must be more prepared, especially careful not to leave too much evidence, if the people of Houzhi provoke the incident, the empire will say that these civilians were killed by their own artillery and planes. You will have plenty of time to evacuate Tianjin while the other Emperor [***] troops retreat into the city. Shirakawa Yoshinori admonished.

"Very well, Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, I know what to do." Ishihara Wan'er, who is very good at intrigue and trickery, where would he not know how to do it, nodded at the moment, and now, he finally understood why there was always an Imperial Army brigade in the city that did not look like a reserve at all and did not move, it turned out that it was to carry out the punishment mission.

Ishihara did not leave immediately, but gave a military salute and asked, "Your Excellency Commander, I have one last question before I act. ”

"Say it!" Shirakawa Yoshinori said without looking up as he wiped his beloved saber.

"Why did the empire resolutely refuse to go north, but chose to let the imperial army of four divisions be shattered in Tianjin."

Shirakawa Yoshinori shook his head and said in a self-talking tone, "The four divisions that fled back to their homeland because of the defeat are far less important to the military headquarters and the emperor than the four divisions in Tianjin. Four divisions that sacrificed for the dream of the Imperial Continent are nothing, and we will arm fourteen, or even forty more powerful divisions.

The military department and the emperor have prepared enough propaganda and excuses for this defeat, and there will be special people to blame for this defeat, and I am one of them, and the defeat will not only not shake the position of the military department, but will strengthen the hearts of the people of the empire.

The defeat in the war had already made the economic crisis in the country even more serious, and only with this defeat could the people of Japan see the rise of Shina, and the military department and the emperor could more smoothly carry out the line of militarization. And only by successfully diverting attention will the emperor and the military remain safe and continue to prepare for the great cause of the empire. Only an empire at full power will be able to compete with the people again in the next few years.

By the time you return to Japan, perhaps His Majesty the Emperor has already issued an emergency decree. ”

After the battle entered the evening, the army outside the city had lost many lines of defense in succession, and since the outbreak of nearly 10 hours of fighting, the army has retreated one after another, and many positions have been lost.

There is no accident, it will be difficult for the army to hold out until noon tomorrow, and the entire battle in Tianjin may end in about 20 hours.

When the night was approaching, a brigade of the army was divided into three squadrons, and they carried out secret operations in the city. They went door to door and drove the poor and helpless people into the street.

"Quick, listen to Taijun, and those who don't want to die are fast."

Amid the hoarse roars of the Han translators, more and more people were driven out of their homes, and seeing that Tianjin was about to be liberated, these civilians were driven out of their homes overnight, and a terrible ominous shadow hung over everyone.

"Wow......"

The screams of babies in the night sky were heard far away.

The barbaric army carried out the annihilation of silver on the spot for some young women who refused to go out of the house, and those children who could not move were stabbed to death with bayonets on the spot.

As more and more people were driven from their homes to a nearby street, the Yue army stood in a line on both sides of the street, pointing guns at the Chinese who were shivering in the night sky.

"Taijun, the people on this street have been gathered."

Han Jian walked to the shadows and bowed to Ishihara Waner, the person in charge of the operation.

"Soga, you are a great good citizen, and you cooperate very well, you will go to the empire with the imperial army to enjoy the glory and wealth." Ishihara Waner nodded in approval, and then ordered: "Let's start." ”

"Da Da Da ......"

The heavy machine guns placed at one end of the street opened fire suddenly, and the Yue troops on both sides of the street shot or stabbed to death those who tried to escape, and the Yue army seemed to have foreseen the defeat after dawn, and the Yue army did not drive these Chinese to be killed in secret places to kill them uniformly, but shot them on the street nearby.

However, at this critical moment, two muffled gunshots, different from the sound of heavy machine guns and ordinary rifles, rang out abruptly.

"Smack......

With a snap, the heavy machine gunner of the Yue Army, who was strafing, suddenly exploded his whole head and was shot in the head on the spot.

"Enemy attack!!"

The squadron began to cause chaos, while civilians took the opportunity to rush out of the open streets, and although the scattered fire of the Japanese army caused some casualties, at least a considerable number of lives were saved.

"Damn it."

In the attic in the distance, He An slowly adjusted the muzzle of the gun, he was already angry to the extreme, the hand holding the sniper rifle had turned white because he was too hard, and the whole face was even more bloodless, and the whole person was murderous and restrained, but it revealed an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

The shot just now exploded the head of the heavy machine gunner in the night sky.

The people of the Southwest Special Intelligence Department received secret information that the army would have a top-secret operation before breaking the city, codenamed "Zhina Atonement".

After learning of this important information, the southwest not only quickened the pace of the general attack, but also made many preparations, one of which was the special forces that secretly entered the city, and the second was the captain of the ......, and the other two teams also succeeded, and the army thought that we had mixed in, and were busy searching for our people who entered the city. There were civilian casualties, but most of them rushed out. ”

A special forces member next to him reported to He An.

There are only four members of the Dragon's Tooth Special Forces who entered the city this time who have the ability to snipe at night with shimmer, and Major General He An is one of them. At the last minute, the operation unit received a detailed plan of the army's operation sent by the intelligence officer, and was able to arrive and urgently arrange sniper positions. Just now, He An, with his absolutely superhuman ability to act in the dark at night and his super dark sniper ability, hit the machine gunner who was shooting civilians in two consecutive shots just now.

"We alone can't hold the whole brigade back." He An fired a few more times, knocking down the most active soldiers in several places, and at this time, he could only hope that civilians would take advantage of the chaos to run away. "Let's go, let's do the next mission."

Although they knew that this night would be full of killing, He An had no choice, because there were more important things waiting for them.

Near the West City Gate of Tianjin, there is an old Yangji soup shop.

Near Lao Yangji, several commanding heights and hidden points have been controlled by the special forces led by He An, although this is not the focus of the patrol of the army, but on the eve of this defeat, you can still see the scurrying army.

Either chasing civilians, or getting drunk, or changing the squad of guards, as long as they pass by this street, no one can get out.

"It's time."

In the old sheep's record, He An looked at his watch, knew that it was time, walked behind the counter, pushed open a hidden secret door, and revealed a hole in the ground that could only be climbed up by one person.

"Goo-Goo......

Under the vigilance of several special combat personnel, He An sent a signal.

The same signal of "Goo ......" actually came from the dark hole.

From time to time, a Southwest Army with a flashlight crawled out of the hole, followed by two and three ...... "Salutes, Kang Tianke, the commander of the second battalion of the first regiment of the Southwest Tunnel Army. ”

"Dragon's Tooth, He An!"

"General He, our mission is accomplished." Kang Tianke was in charge of the tunnel excavation plan at the same time as the infiltration plan, and after the [***] team drove the Yue army back to Tianjin to set up defenses, He An saluted and said with a rare smile, "Your hard work for more than a month will have a significant impact on the victory of the entire campaign." ”

They are really hard, these tunnel corps people were originally southwest miners, because they have the advantage of professional instinct in digging tunnel fortifications, in 1929, Zhang Shusheng issued an order, the establishment of the Southwest Tunnel Corps.

In the previous repeated battles, the tunnel corps did not have the opportunity to play a real combat role, but only followed the main forces, participated in the excavation and construction of some underground bunker fortifications, and at the same time prevented the enemy from infiltrating the underground dug fortifications.

In this battle of Tianjin-Beijing, the tunnel corps in the southwest paid a lot of blood and sweat for the construction of the fortifications, and some complex positions and supporting underground fortifications were also built smoothly and quickly with their participation.

Because the geological structure of the North China Plain was suitable for this kind of underground fortification operation, at the beginning of formulating the campaign plan, in view of the characteristics of the occupation of Tianjin by the Yue army, Zhang Shusheng had a whimsical idea that a more alternative combat action might be adopted.

And when the army was forced to retreat step by step to dig strong fortifications outside Tianjin, they held Tianjin, and the purpose of fighting against the city was very clear, so Zhang Shusheng ordered the tunnel corps to prepare for underground excavation operations.

Especially when he received the major information that the army might carry out a massacre on the eve of defeat in the city, Zhang Shusheng even sent an order, asking Chen Jun to send the commander troops to cooperate with the tunnel corps to dig this secret underground passage.

In order to make the sudden surname of the plan strong enough, this plan was only known to the troops on the mission and Chen Jun and Jiang Baili. After the Southwest Army deliberately captured a high ground very close to the fortifications of the Yue Army, the tunnel corps carrying professional tools officially began to dig tunnels leading to the west gate of Tianjin. For 40 days, they dug the tunnel night and night, working in three shifts, and dug this tunnel several kilometers long with a strong will.

Subsequently, about a battalion of the Southwestern Army came out of the tunnel, merged into the night, and began to carry out the plan to save the civilians. They have no combat mission, they are not going to capture any war criminals, their only mission is to stop the massacre that takes place in the night.

Behind them, a steady stream of soldiers began to emerge from the narrow tunnels, increasing in number, and then began to lay out fortifications on the houses and streets, which would prevent the troops from retreating through the west gate into the city.

"Commander-in-chief, the entire battle plan is being carried out normally, and it is expected that at noon tomorrow, it will take 21 hours, and we will achieve the final victory in this Tianjin campaign."

Su Yuren, chief of the Operations Section, was reporting to Zhang Shusheng on the decisive battle of the Battle of Tianjin.

Zhang Shusheng's mind seemed to fly to the city of Tianjin, maybe others didn't understand, obviously he could wait for the main force to enter the city, just a few hours late, why bother digging an extra tunnel.

After all, the army of this era did not know what street fighting was, and they had neither training nor corresponding equipment for urban street fighting. With the combat style of the army, if it is defeated outside the city, it will definitely retreat into the city, kill and burn, and do the last rampant.

These are not the most important things, the most important thing is that Zhang Shusheng cannot accept to sit back and watch the Yue army carry out a pre-dawn massacre. Yes, perhaps this massacre that took place under the shady curtain will only kill one or two hundred thousand people, far less than the Nanjing Massacre in the original history. But for him, the death of any innocent countryman is a heart-wrenching thing.

If you can save them, you must do your best to save them, and what you spend is only a little financial and human resources, but what you save is a living surname, and their family, which has become crumbling because of the war.

This night, Zhang Shusheng couldn't sleep all night, he locked himself in the office, he didn't go home for the first time, but Lu Yunyan didn't go back, He Ning also came to the office temporarily, and the two confidantes silently accompanied this man who was becoming more and more lonely and silent, waiting for the dawn of victory after dawn.

At 11 p.m., there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Zhang Shusheng raised his head from the countless scientific and technological materials, although he didn't sleep all night, he was still full of energy, and the two women slept too late and rested in the back of the office.

As if realizing something, Zhang Shusheng put down all the work at hand, rubbed his palms a little apprehensively, and waited for the long-awaited but somewhat worried ending.

Mao Yisheng gently pushed the door in, saluted a civilian who could have been disrespectful, and said a very simple sentence; "Dean, Beiping Commander Chen's phone!"

Zhang Shusheng nodded, didn't let him go out, but directly picked up the red No. 3 phone on the table, "I'm Zhang Shusheng." ”

There were no extra words on the microphone, Chen Jun stayed quietly in the command room, nodded to Jiang Baili next to him, and then whispered a word.

"Teacher, we have won!" ――

(To be continued)