Wuqing Town is not far from Wanjiazhuang Airport, so the devil plane's air raid is such a big move, so naturally it can't be hidden from Qiao Youhua and other command personnel.

Qiao Youhua has been paying close attention to the battle situation at the airport, and soon news came back, and Liu Ruhan, who was in charge of communications, personally reported to him: "Commander, the airport has called, the enemy has really increased its troops, and has used ground troops and air power to carry out a counterattack on our defense line, especially the enemy's fighter group, which is even more vain trying to destroy the entire Wanjiazhuang airport."

Fortunately, you were able to deploy the air defense brigade in time, which not only contained the enemy's air raid plot, but also inflicted heavy damage on them. The ground forces also achieved good results, thwarting the enemy's offensive, and the defense line of Wanjiazhuang airfield is now as solid as a rock. ”

Qiao Youhua couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "Well, it's very good, give me a telegram to reward all the soldiers who defended Wanjiazhuang Airport, and when this battle is over, I will personally award them military merit medals." ”

As soon as Liu Ruhan wrote it down, a communications soldier walked in from the outside and saluted Qiao Youhua and the others: "Commander, director, I just received an urgent telegram from the chief of staff from Beiping, and the chief of staff said that a reinforcement force has arrived in Beiping City along the Pingsui railway line.

The chief of staff meant that this reinforcement force would take over the defense of Beiping, and he and Regiment Commander Zheng Yunshan led the guard regiment to the front line to reinforce it, which could be regarded as adding a new force to our army. ”

Qiao Youhua nodded after hearing this: "Well, the chief of staff has a good idea, let's do it, now we really need the addition of the Tiger Guards of the Guard Regiment, because the reinforcements of the devils have also arrived one after another, and the next battle will be even more brutal, and we need an elite force as a reserve to be in order." ”

"Yes, I understand." The messenger saluted and turned to leave.

Qiao Youhua turned his head and asked Liu Ruhan: "Ruhan, how is the battle situation of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th divisions progressing?" ”

"All of them have good results, the 4th Division even broke through a section of the Japanese army's city defense, however, the devils in the city seem to have received reinforcements, and for a while, the battle formed a stalemate near the city wall." Liu Ruhan said.

"It seems that a large number of reinforcements from the devils have arrived, and our reinforcements are about to arrive one after another, so let's order all the troops on the front to suspend the attack, retreat to a safe place, build fortifications, and prevent the enemy from counterattacking, especially to strengthen the defense in the direction of Wanjiazhuang Airport." Qiao Youhua thought for a while and said, "After the chief of staff arrives with the guard regiment, we will discuss how to use the troops." ”

The reason why Qiao Youhua changed his battle plan at this time and postponed the offensive was that in addition to the arrival of the devil's reinforcements and the continuous high-intensity combat of his own troops, which were already very tired, the main reason was that he was afraid of the Japanese naval artillery firepower, which was too powerful, and the threat to his own attacking troops should not be underestimated.

Qiao Youhua still didn't know that the Japanese naval fleet had decided to evacuate the port of Tianjin and would not participate in the defensive battle of Tianjin.

After all, after the attack of the Tianjin Military Port, the devils have imposed martial law on the military port and its surrounding vicinity, and the Japanese puppet army and traitors in Tianjin City are also three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.

The activities of the Dragon Shadow Guard agents have been greatly constrained, so they have not been able to spy.

Liu Ruhan bowed his head and said yes, turned around and left, and went to the confidential room to convey Qiao Youhua's latest order.

The sky was gradually getting dark, and the sky and the earth were gradually filled with the color of twilight, mixed with the fire and smoke after the fierce battle, which made people feel very depressed.

With Qiao Youhua's order, more than 100,000 dragon tooth troops successively stopped the onslaught in their respective directions, and temporarily retired and waited for reinforcements to arrive.

The fierce battle around Tianjin, a thousand-year-old city, has finally come to an end temporarily, and the bullet marks left after the fierce battle can be seen everywhere at the head of the four gates of Tianjin, on the city wall, and the choking gunpowder smoke has not dispersed for a long time.

Some of the devils and puppet soldiers who survived the catastrophe, holding weapons, squatted or sat on the devastated city wall, gulping and greedy breathing air, calming their excitement of surviving the bloody battle.

The groans of misery and anguish of the wounded soldiers who were constantly being carried down the city? Moaning, deaf to the ear, at this time, no one can take care of anyone, it is good to be alive, and there is no other care.

The Japanese puppet army in the entire city of Tianjin was filled with an atmosphere of depression, fear, and despair, if it were not for the fact that at the most critical moment of the fierce battle, a new force of Japanese troops arrived in time.

The puppet army on the city wall may not be able to withstand the pressure to surrender or flee, and once they escape, it will inevitably lead to the other Japanese troops being unable to support themselves, and the collapse of the entire defense line is inevitable.

It can be said that if there were no Japanese reinforcements, Tianjin might have been broken by the Dragon's Tooth Column.

After receiving reinforcements, the morale and confidence of the vast majority of the Japanese troops were greatly boosted, and the puppet soldiers seemed to see some hope, and the restless mood in the troops was temporarily suppressed.

One-sidedly speaking, after the Japanese puppet army in Tianjin was reinforced, the morale recovered to a certain extent, if the dragon's tooth column could not cause greater damage and deterrence to it, then, with more and more reinforcements from the Japanese army, it was absolutely not impossible for the morale of the Japanese puppet army to recover as before, or even better than before.

And at that time, the devil's counterattack will be inevitable.

At that moment, Okamura Ninji had been looking forward to hope, and now the situation is a little calmer, but Okamura Ninji, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, is not happy at all.

Because the local battle of the Wanjiazhuang airport counteroffensive ended in a crushing defeat for its own troops, not only more than half of the original thousands of imperial troops were killed or wounded, but also more than 10,000 new troops who had just arrived also suffered one-third of the casualties.

This is an absolutely fatal blow to a unit that has just been formed and put into actual combat for the first time.

After getting angry for a while, Okamura decided to combine the new army, which had suffered heavy losses from the counteroffensive at Wanjiazhuang Airport, with the original crippled Imperial Army.

The reason is very simple, although the original defense troops in the northwest of the city have been crippled in structure, but the essence is still there, and the rest are all veterans with rich combat experience.

This is the only feasible strategy for this new force of the imperial army, which was defeated in the first battle, otherwise, it will be difficult for this force to exert its due combat power in the future, and may even have a natural fear of the Chinese army, so that when they meet on the battlefield, they will become vulnerable and collapse at the first touch.

After arranging the defense in the northwest direction of the city, Okamura Ninji propped his hands on the conference table and said: "Okay, strictly order all the defensive troops in the northwest of the city to be vigilant, although now that the Chinese army has stopped attacking, we can't relax our vigilance and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it."

In addition, the 50,000 imperial troops who arrived immediately ordered to quickly enter the southern, western, southwestern, and northern parts of the city in order to integrate with the local defenders as soon as possible, and make all preparations for the next battle. ”