Last night, when Jiang Haidong attacked the Japanese puppet army and its strongholds in Tianjin, the various units of the Longya Column also launched several night attacks, but the attack was met with stubborn resistance from the Japanese army.

Although the Dragon's Tooth Column was in an advantageous position in terms of firepower and experience, the devil relied on the existing fortifications and organized the suicide countercharge of the death squad, and fought an evenly matched match with the Dragon's Tooth Column, resulting in the Dragon's Tooth Column not making the expected progress.

The reason why the devils were able to block the attack of the Dragon's Tooth Column was entirely because they had obtained a large number of troops to replenish them, and of course, they also paid the price of casualties more than twice as much as the Dragon's Tooth Column.

After the fierce fighting, most of the residential areas in the west, north and south of the city near the city wall have been turned into pieces of ruins and ruins, and the choking smoke of gunpowder wafts from here to the streets and alleys of the entire city of Tianjin.

The whole city was under the roast of war, and the citizens of Tianjin who were forcibly controlled by the Japanese devils and forbidden to enter and leave were suffering.

A new round of attacks began with the sound of earth-shattering artillery explosions, and tens of thousands of Dragon's Tooth infantry, under the cover of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, launched attacks from the three main directions of the city: west, north, and south of the city.

Flooding through the ruined and ruined walls and gates strewn with bullet marks and blood, they once again launched a swarm attack on the area where the Japanese were holding the city.

The devil's resistance forces relied on the ruins of inconspicuous buildings, and opened fire one after another, stubbornly resisting the attack of the dragon's tooth column.

New bloodshed and sacrifice begins again.

The former enemy headquarters of the Dragon's Tooth Column in Wuqing Town.

Qiao Youhua didn't sleep well all night last night, his eyes were a little black, and his eyeballs were bloodshot.

Chief of Staff Zuo Quan was no better than him, for the simple reason that last night's night attack did not achieve the expected goals and results, and the enemy's tenacity exceeded their expectations.

If this continues, the Tianjin offensive has really become a war of attrition.

Qiao Youhua smoked a few cigarettes in a row, making the command room smoky, Zuo Quan frowned slightly, and persuaded: "Youhua, smoke less, you are so young, and your addiction to smoking is greater than mine." ”

Qiao Youhua didn't seem to hear it, but stared at the combat map in front of him, and said to him: "Chief of Staff, everyone and everything has its weaknesses or weak points, you said that in this Tianjin Campaign, as our enemy's little devils, where are their weaknesses?" ”

Zuo Quan glanced at the combat map and said, "Actually, it's very simple to know the weaknesses of the devil. With that, he pointed his hand to the map and continued: "This is it, the sea. ”

Qiao Youhua's eyes showed a look of understanding, and he nodded: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"The reason why the Japanese defense capability can still maintain such a high level of strength is very simple, that is, they can get a steady stream of reinforcements from the sea, whether it is weapons, ammunition, various equipment, or the most valuable soldiers.

In fact, as far as the Japanese army has been operating in Tianjin for so long, they will not lack weapons and ammunition in a short period of time, and the only thing they lack is troops.

However, now they have received a steady stream of new reinforcements from their homeland, and they have always maintained a certain number of troops, although not necessarily more than us, but they are still enough to defend a city within a radius of tens of kilometers.

Therefore, the weak point of the Japanese defense line in Tianjin was in the east of the city, to be precise, in the sea in the east! If we have the ability to blockade the port of Tianjin, cut off the Japanese army's supply and transportation lines by sea, and strategically truly achieve the encirclement and blockade of the Japanese army in Tianjin, then we will be able to take Tianjin in less than a month, or even sooner.

If you don't know it, the devil will take the initiative to give up and flee, and the progress of the war will accelerate rapidly.

However, the reality is that we now have no navy and no air force, and we are powerless to blockade the Japanese army from the sea, and even if the main force of the devil's naval fleet has left, leaving only a small number of escort and transport fleets, it is beyond our reach. ”

Qiao Youhua was silent, what Zuo Quan said made sense, the weak point of the devil actually obviously exists, just because he does not have a navy and air force, and this weak point is almost invulnerable.

Navy and Air Force? Wait a minute! Qiao Youhua suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, who said that the Dragon Tooth Column has no air force? Aren't he and Jiang Haidong, Wu Ming, and Ma Biao the best pilots in the world today?

Aren't the dozens of captured Japanese fighters and bombers at Wanjiazhuang Airport ready-made?

Thinking of this, a bold plan came to Qiao Youhua's heart, and he said to Zuo Quan at the moment: "Chief of Staff, if I have a way to make the captured combat planes in Wanjiazhuang Airport fly, how much impact do you say it will have on the devil?" Or how much of an impact it will have on the whole situation. ”

Zuo Quan was stunned, although he looked at Qiao Youhua in surprise, he still replied: "The impact will be great, because both the Japanese army in Tianjin City and its transport fleet at sea think that we have no air force fighters, and it is conceivable that under this premise, even if we only have three or five aircraft, we can take it by surprise and cause great damage and deterrence to the enemy." ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "That's right, Ma Biao, Wu Ming and Jiang Haidong and I will fly planes, and I decided that the four of us will pilot the fighter planes to carry out air strikes on the enemy, especially focusing on attacking the enemy's military depots and transport fleets." ”

"What? Will you all be? Zuo Quan's face was full of surprise, and he said, "Really? ”

"Chief of Staff, of course it's true, do you think I'm going to make a joke about it?" Qiao Youhua said with a serious face.

"However, the runway was badly damaged, and the ammunition and oil depots were destroyed." Left Authority.

As for the oil depot and ammunition depot, I remember that when the forward troops reported to me before, when these fighters were captured, the enemy had already filled them with fuel and ammunition, but our attacking troops were attacking rapidly, and they did not give the devil pilots a chance to take off and evacuate.

In addition, we were only fighting in the airspace near Tianjin, and the flight range was very short, so the ammunition and fuel on board were enough for a sortie, and after completing this air raid, we flew the fighter plane to Beiping Airport. After getting replenishment there, we can continue to attack the enemy until we win the Battle of Tianjin! Qiao Youhua said.

"Well, that's a good idea, I'll immediately have people organize forces to repair the runway!" Zuo Quan nodded.

"Send another urgent telegram to Wan Hu and tell him to find a way to escort Jiang Haidong out of the city!" Qiao Youhua added.

"Okay!" Zuo Quan nodded happily.