That night, Zuo Quan, Liu Jianhua, Zhao Tiezhu and others led the guard regiment from Beiping to Wuqing Town to meet Qiao Youhua.

It was night, and the headquarters was brightly lit and cheering.

"Commander, we're not late, are we?" Zuo Quan asked with a smile.

Qiao Youhua's hearty laughter came out: "Of course it's not too late, now that Little Japan has increased its troops, I need you here, with the guard regiment and the chief of staff by your side, I can only be sure when I start a battle in my heart." ”

Zuo Quan: "Haha, listen to what the commander said!" However, in terms of military command ability, I am afraid that few of our senior generals of the Eighth Route Army can be stronger than you! ”

Qiao Youhua hurriedly waved his hand and said modestly: "The chief of staff can't say that, some of the generals of our army are very outstanding generals, and their current performance is not as good as Qiao's, that's because they don't have the right opportunity now, otherwise they will all be excellent military talents." ”

"Okay, you and I don't want to praise each other, let's discuss the current battle situation and discuss how to use troops." Zuo Quan knew that Qiao Youhua was being modest, so he smiled and waved his hand.

Qiao Youhua shook his head and said: "No, today I will reward the three armies, you must be very tired all the way from Beiping, you all have a good night's rest, and we will talk about military affairs tomorrow." ”

Zuo Quan just wanted to persuade the military to be important, suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, and when he looked back, it was Liu Ruhan, the director of the Confidential Division, who walked in quickly, and when he saw Zuo Quan and the others, he just nodded slightly, and then stood up and saluted Qiao Youhua and said: "Commander, Chief of Staff, I just received an urgent telegram from Wan Hu from Tianjin City, saying that they have received a definite good news."

The Japanese naval fleet anchored in the Tianjin military port has all been withdrawn. ”

"Really? So how are Haidong, how are they doing? Qiao Youhua was a little surprised, but he didn't forget to ask about his brother's whereabouts, it had been nearly a day and a night since Jiang Haidong and their successful attack on the Japanese naval fleet.

Zuo Quan and the others also looked at Liu Ruhan with surprise and expectation on their faces, and they were also very concerned about the safety of Jiang Haidong and the others.

Liu Ruhan met everyone's eyes and said with a sweet smile: "There is also good news, that is, Commander Jiang, they successfully broke through the encirclement of the Japanese puppet army, and under the response of the elites of the Dragon Shadow Guard, they retreated into the French Concession.

Moreover, the news of the Japanese fleet's withdrawal from Tianjin was also brought by Division Commander Jiang. ”

"Really? That's great! Qiao Youhua couldn't help but pat the conference table next to him, and immediately said to Zuo Quan: "Chief of Staff, I originally planned to let you and the officers and men of the whole army rest well, recuperate, and by the way, study how to deal with the threat of the devil's navy and air force."

Now that the naval fleet on which the little devils rely most has withdrawn, then what do we have to worry about, what did we not say, gather all the troops and artillery fire, attack with all our might, and be sure to break through the Japanese defenses and advance the battle line to the city of Tianjin before all the Japanese reinforcements arrived! ”

Zuo Quan also nodded in agreement: "Well, the devil has no strong support from the navy's naval artillery group and carrier-based aircraft group, it is indeed good news for us, without further ado, we should organize an attack immediately." ”

Qiao Youhua immediately said: "Okay, Director Liu, immediately send me an order, the first division, the second division, the 4th division, and the tank armored brigade will all attack immediately, and give me to attack the enemy at all costs."

The air defense brigade continues to stay at Wanjiazhuang airfield! ”

After a sudden pause, Qiao Youhua turned his head to Zuo Quan and said: "Chief of Staff, and all the reinforcements of the brothers of the Eighth Route Army who have rushed to us at present, they must also be put into the attack immediately, if there are too many people, let them be reserves, and when our front-line troops are exhausted, they will make up for it and take our weapons and equipment."

In a word, take advantage of his illness and kill him! Take advantage of the fact that the little devils are now weak, attack with all your strength, and defeat them at any cost! Strive to recover Tianjin as soon as possible! ”

Zuo Quan nodded solemnly and said: "Well, okay, please rest assured, I will personally convey this combat mission to all regiments, battalions, and guerrillas of all sizes." ”

Qiao Youhua was busy directing and deploying a full-scale attack, and selectively ignored the relevant information of Jiang Haidong and the others, in fact, he also guessed how much hard work and effort it would take to successfully break out from such a complex and difficult environment full of dangers.

It's just that he is now entangled in military affairs, and he can't allow himself to think about this, no matter what, Jiang Haidong and they are still alive after all.

However, Jiang Haidong and they were able to successfully break through, and they really paid a very heavy price, and the thirty-one people before the expedition, in the end, Jiang Haidong and Xiao Wu were the only ones left alive to return to the French Concession, and Xiao Wu was also seriously injured.

In addition, all the rest of the team members died heroically in the breakout, martyrdom, no one was captured due to injuries, even if some were injured and lost their combat ability, they also chose to pull the grenade and die with the enemy, or save the last bullet for themselves.

When some soldiers lost their ability to move, they begged their comrades-in-arms to give them a shot before leaving, to show their loyalty and patriotism, and their unyielding spirit of preferring death.

Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan's orders were quickly issued, and the front-line soldiers who had just eaten and drunk and rested for a while roared angrily after receiving the order, and once again charged the enemy.

All kinds of artillery fire responsible for cover fired in a volley, shaking the mountains for a while, filling the air with gunsmoke and blazing into the sky.

Tens of thousands of reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army, who had just arrived not long ago, also moved forward quickly and advanced to the rear of the attacking units of the Dragon's Tooth Column, serving as a reserve for them.

For a while, outside Tianjin, which had just calmed down for less than a day, there was another rumbling of cannons, flames soaring into the sky, and shouts of killing resounded in the sky.

Hundreds of thousands of dragon tooth troops, from outside the city at the same time launched a fierce attack, from a high altitude from a bird's eye view, only to see the ground densely packed with fast-moving human figures, from time to time there will be a group of eye-catching fire and smoke in the endless crowd of people rising in the air, that is the devil defense force counterattack artillery fire,.

But more explosions and fires came from the gates and walls.

After receiving the order, the tank armored brigade immediately left Wanjiazhuang airfield, and with the coordination of a certain infantry unit of the 1st Division, joined forces with the main force of the 1st Division, and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army in Tianjin from the west and north of Tianjin.

Hundreds of tank guns fired at the same time, bombarding the city walls and gates in the west and north of Tianjin, and the powerful artillery fire blew up the Japanese puppet army above crying and shouting for their mothers, and the dead and wounded were in pieces.