In the Japanese concession on the east bank of the Haihe River in Tianjin, in the Japanese military camp built on the site of the former famous temple Haiguang Temple, in the military conference room that was temporarily opened up as a command room, Dohihara was holding a phone and talking to the commander of the front line, Kawabe Shozo.

The battle started at nine o'clock in the morning, and the reason why Tu Feiyuan chose this time to start the battle was because he knew that the Cadet Division would hold a promotion celebration meeting at nine o'clock today.

There is no doubt that he chose to start the battle at this hour in order to create a psychological deterrent to the officers and soldiers of the cadet division - for this battle, or in order to gain control of Tianjin, Nanjiro and Tu Feiyuan can be regarded as having invested enough. Minamijiro not only transferred two squadrons of 24 Kawasaki-92 bombers, but also allocated all the 54 "Quirrells" newly transported from the Japanese mainland to Dohihara, and was stunned to reorganize the 108th Division from a second-rate division into a first-class division.

At nine o'clock, with the order of Tu Feiyuan, who was staying at the headquarters, an artillery unit of the 108th Division was the first to attack, first eight heavy guns of 150 mm caliber rumbled, and then hundreds of large and small caliber cannons were fired at the same time, and the front-line fortifications exposed by the 38th Division were completely shrouded in fireworks.

The confrontation between the 38th Division and the Japanese army began a week ago, and it is interesting that perhaps neither side wanted Tianjin to be in ruins after this battle, so it was quite tacitly agreed to place the battlefield near the "Qilihai" barracks of the 38th Division in the eastern suburbs outside the city. The two sides deployed no less than 60,000 troops there, including about 20,000 Japanese troops and 40,000 troops in the 38th Division. However, in Tianjin, the Japanese army, which was mainly garrisoned in Huabeitun, and the attached troops of the 38th Division, which was mainly composed of military police, used the Japanese concession as a staging place, and the two sides laid heavy troops around the border line of the Japanese concession.

In terms of the 108th Division, the 25th Brigade was still responsible for the first attack, but the difference was that the commander was not the brigade commander, Major General Nakano Naozo, but his subordinate Takaki Kadaiichi.

In the first battle of Wen'an, although the 108th Division finally had to return in vain because of Zhang Zizhong's stab in the back, it was already a victory for Gao Shu Kaichi, because of his calm and excellent command ability in this battle, he was rewarded by the Kwantung Army Headquarters, not only promoted his rank by one level from Zhongzuo to Dazuo, but also got a signed photo from His Majesty the Emperor.

It's a bit unbelievable to say, it's just such a palm-sized black and white photo, and the person on it is neither a beauty nor a star, but Gao Shujiayi and these guys saw him, like an addict seeing opium, his eyes lit up, and the hot-blooded one couldn't wait to immediately rub the knife into his stomach to be comfortable, which was enough to show his loyalty......

After the battle began, the advance artillery bombardment was carried out in accordance with the operational plan drawn up by the command, and the purpose of the first artillery bombardment instead of the aircraft bombing was to draw out the opponent's artillery team and then destroy it with the air force. Once the limited heavy weapons of the 38th Division are destroyed, then under the cover of the triple weapon of aircraft, artillery, and tanks, it will be much easier for the infantry of the 108th Division to take the "Qilihai" and capture Zhang Zizhong alive.

When the 150 mm caliber heavy artillery took the lead in firing at the 38th Division's defensive ground, Gao Shu picked up the telescope and began to check the effect of the artillery fire.

Part of the fortifications of the 38th Division were built before, and the materials used for this part were cement, thick wooden piles, and sandbags, so they were built relatively firmly, and as long as they were not directly hit by heavy artillery shells, they could be well preserved; The newly built parts were not so lucky, most of them were piled up with sandbags, and because they were not reinforced with cement, no matter how large the caliber of shells hit, they often collapsed immediately or scattered in all directions.

"Well done artillery units!" Putting down the binoculars, Gao Shujia said to Hai Lao Mingrong: "Hai Lao Dazuo, wait a minute, will our Akita United go first, or will your 132 United go first?" ”

Hai Lao Mingrong said respectfully: "You are the commander of this battle, it is up to you to give this order," and bowed slightly after speaking.

Gao Shujia smiled reservedly, and his hand habitually reached out to his left chest and touched the pocket of his shirt, where the emperor's autograph photo happened to be lying neatly. He secretly thought in his heart: The honor of having the emperor's autograph is really extraordinary, not only can he command a brigade to fight as a big sa, but even someone as arrogant as Hai Lao Mingrong is now respectful to me. He said: "Then let's let Akita United play first." ”

"Hello!"

Suddenly, there was a roar of artillery from the opposite side - the artillery unit of the 38th Division finally appeared, Gao Shujia was overjoyed, and quickly picked up the binoculars and looked ahead.

The commander of the artillery unit of the 38th Division is obviously a good hand, the artillery brigade of the 108th Division has only fired about 100 shells, he has accurately calculated the opponent's guard according to the landing point of the shells, and then, hidden in a mountain forest about ten kilometers away from the "Qilihai" military camp about 60 or so cannons roared angrily, and later, the unprepared Japanese artillery positions were accompanied by bursts of rumbling ammunition explosions, people shouting and neighing horses (heavy artillery is generally pulled by horses).

"The cannons of the people of China are very accurate!" Gao Shujia's face turned a little pale, and he snorted. When the artillery of the 38th Division first appeared, he was relatively happy. Because in this way, the air force of the other side will soon attack, and then it will be time for their infantry to come out. He originally thought that in this way, the process of this battle would be accelerated, but who knew that after the other party's cannon was fired, it would bring such a bad result to the other side. The artillery units of the 38th Division were unforgiving, and after two rounds of concentrated fire, there was a quarter-hour of free fire, and after these two rounds of firing, there were not many artillery pieces left on the Japanese artillery positions that could be fired.

"How so?!" When Tsuchihara first learned this information, he immediately went crazy, and even forgot to send the air force out.

Why is this happening, perhaps, Zhang Zizhong can help him answer this question. It's very simple, before this, he asked the surveyors of the artillery unit to measure and mark the shooting elements in various parts of Tianjin, so it is no wonder that the artillerymen of the 38th Division can become marksmen.

Speaking of which, the artillerymen of the 108th Division did not complain at all. So, after there is no artillery, how will the Tianjin strategy of the little devil be adjusted? Next, in the face of the little devil's plane and tank, what is Zhang Zizhong's good way to deal with it?