Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 407 General Attack

Various preparations for the Tianjin Campaign were being prepared in an orderly and intensive manner. At 4:38 pm on the 16th, Feng Jiwu sent a telegram stating that all the troops had arrived at the designated positions, and that the Forward Fourth Brigade and the First Regiment were engaged in occupation operations.

Preparations for battle at Shanhaiguan.

Tang Qiuli had a heart in his stomach. As long as Feng Jiwu's troops were in place, the Battle of Tianjin could proceed according to the original plan. What surprised him was that an hour ago, the artillery units of the three brigades commanded by Li Honggang,

You have reached the designated location.

He really wanted to send a telegram to ask how the cannon wheel could outrun the soles of human feet when walking on mountain roads? What's the secret?

At six o'clock in the afternoon on the 16th, Tianjin Police Chief Liu Feng was studying the map of Tianjin city in his office and making careful preparations for the evening operation.

The adjutant brought in two people. Liu Feng was overjoyed. One of them was very familiar to him. He was Wang Zhanqun, a member of the Tianjin Joint Operations Command and the leader of the Tianjin Urban Combat Team. After the police station was surrounded by the Japanese army, external liaison and

Communication had long been cut off by the Japanese army. Liu Feng was also very anxious and could not contact other members of the headquarters. Why couldn't they have horizontal contact with the police station's radio station?

After introduction, the other one was Li Shan, the captain of the Third Team of the Special War Detachment of the ** Division. Both of them were wearing military uniforms with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Japanese Army. Liu Feng understood how they got in. Li Shan brought the instructions of the division commander and judged according to the situation.

, Tianjin Police Combat Force, the current situation should be very dangerous.

After the Tianjin general offensive began, the eight detachments of the Tianjin Urban Combat Team cooperated with the police forces on the periphery to firmly hold back the Japanese troops. Remember, holding back the Japanese troops means victory. Flexible tactics should be adopted to avoid causing heavy casualties to the troops.

Liu Feng felt a lump in his throat. Although he did not report the situation of the troops, the division commander also anticipated it and deployed corresponding measures. Originally, he was determined to die. The eight city combat detachments, which were nearly 9,000 troops,

By cooperating with his own troops internally and externally, it is very possible not to mention holding back the more than 8,000 Japanese troops surrounding him, but even to annihilate them all.

Subsequently, the three people re-examined the combat plan. The police force used various terrains to hold on. When the battle with the Japanese army was at its fiercest, five urban combat teams suddenly joined the attack on the Japanese army. Three urban combat detachments were responsible for occupying the port.

, Liu Feng also issued new combat orders to the troops everywhere.

In addition, some team members who are familiar with the terrain in various parts of Tianjin were selected from the eight urban combat teams to form a guide team with the special operations team three, responsible for guiding the attacking troops, quickly breaking into the urban area, and instructing the artillery targets, focusing on the Japanese artillery positions.

, barracks and defensive positions.

At 6:30 p.m. on July 16, Liu Tiehan's attack corps on the outskirts of Tianjin had all entered attack positions and artillery positions, with more than a thousand artillery pieces, in the southwest of Tianjin, along Hangou, Shuangkou, and Liqizhuang.

The front line of the pipe shop was spread out, and the muzzles were tightly arrayed. The long barrels were pointed directly at the Japanese positions outside Tianjin.

The artillery command staff added the coordinates of the latest Japanese target sent from Tianjin to the tense coordinate map, and adjusted the shooting elements. The communications staff was nervously debugging the call frequency, creating a tense atmosphere.

Careful soldiers discovered that on the night of the July 7th Incident, the "Lugouqiao Steel Company" fought bloody battles by the Yongding River and captured twelve 150-caliber cannons from the Japanese Ono Regiment Heavy Artillery Battalion. They also appeared in the artillery position.

Above, these dozen big guys are obviously much thicker than other artillery pieces. The barrel of the cannon can be inserted into the head of a child. The soldiers stuck out their tongues at the sight.

Compared to the busy artillery unit, the attack starting position of Liu Tiehan's regiment, which participated in the attack, was quiet and tense. The soldiers nervously clenched their guns and tensed their bodies, waiting for the order to attack at any time.

It's no wonder that the soldiers were nervous. This was the first time that this old Northeast Army unit had a face-to-face confrontation with the Japanese army. Although they were the first unit in China to have come into contact with the Japanese army and exchanged fire with them, what they were fighting was

What battle?

Hundreds of thousands of men and horses, followed by more than 20,000 little devils, chased and beaten, ran into the prison for six years, and the time has come to take this breath.

Tang Qiuli's order to Liu Tiehan's troops was to capture Tianjin in ten hours, which meant that the Battle of Tianjin must be over before six o'clock in the morning on July 17. He was full of confidence in this.

The hat on the Northeast Army's head has been worn for six full years, which makes these Northeastern men unable to lift their heads. He also hopes that Brother Hanqing's old army can make a turnaround. There must be a place for this feeling in his heart, right?

As the saying goes, "a sad army will win", this is why Tang Qiuli used Liu Tiehan's troops to attack Tianjin.

At seven o'clock in the evening on July 16th, the setting sun on the horizon put away its last ray of afterglow, and the earth became dim. The huge shadow of Nuruer Tiger Mountain swallowed up the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan, the tall and majestic towers of Shanhaiguan, and the moist sea breeze blew.

, bringing the salty smell of the sea, night falls on the land of eastern Hebei, Shanhaiguan at the junction of eastern Hebei and Northeast China, where the Shanhaiguan garrison of the Security Corps of the Eastern Hebei Anti-Communist Autonomous Government is stationed.

In such weather, no one wants to stay outside. The whistling sea breeze is filling their stomachs. Shanhaiguan garrison captain Zhang Lixiang, nicknamed Captain Dog Meat, is in the house at this time, surrounded by several captains.

I was enjoying a pot of fragrant dog meat casserole with boiling broth.

Captain Gorou is quite satisfied with his current position. Since 3 or 4 years, when the ** Division troops swept across this place like locusts crossing the border, there has never been a battle. His life is very comfortable. Outside Shanhaiguan, there are nearly a million people.

The Imperial Kwantung Army of Japan is backed by hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in Pingjin and Tianjin. Shanhaiguan is a place of double insurance.

It was also thanks to my brilliant mind that I dedicated my girl to His Majesty the Commander-in-Chief, and I was able to get this good job. The businessman in the past did not take care of himself, but ate dog meat, drank soju every day, had money in his pocket, and had money in his pot.

Meat, hey, this little life is so damn moist, I wouldn’t trade it for a god.

There was movement outside the door, which was not like the sound of the sea breeze blowing against the window. Zhang Gorou said nonchalantly to several captains who wanted to check, "Look at the bears of you guys. The slightest movement makes your farts freeze with fear. Our hands

Is the guy in there a fire stick?"

"It must be that blind boy. He smelled the dog meat and got greedy. He hid outside the door and smelled it. Find out who it is. Beat him with fifty army sticks first. Treat his greediness well. Come and have a drink.

, how about calling it two punches?"

The door was wide open, and the strong sea breeze came in. The fire under the casserole shook a few times and almost went out. Captain Zhang Gorou was furious and opened his mouth to curse: "Are you fucking blind? Didn't you see that I was busy?"

He cursed and reached for his gun.

Immediately, he froze. A group of soldiers broke in from outside. The weapons in their hands were flashing with cold light. He was no layman. He knew immediately that all the bullets were loaded and ready to shoot at any time.

Looking at several of his subordinates, they all stayed there like clay sculptures. Captain Zhang Gorou, who had a gun pointed at his head, secretly glanced at the badges of these soldiers, and there was a "bang" in his head, and the sweat on his face fell.

Oh my god, it’s those people from the North China Army Corps. My predecessor’s predecessor just threw his life into their hands.

Why are the people of the Japanese Army targeting Shanhaiguan again? Captain Gorou, who was escorted outside, looked at his more than 1,500 men, none of whom were left squatting against the wall.

On the road leading to the outside of the pass, countless troops and artillery carts poured out of Shanhaiguan like a tide and rushed towards the land of Guandong. Captain Gorou rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot. He had never seen such a scene in eight lifetimes.

Before losing consciousness, he still had a question: Could the Japanese army be going to fight the Kwantung Army?

One regiment of the Fourth Brigade captured Shanhaiguan without a single shot. The whole process took less than twenty minutes. More than 1,500 garrison troops were all trapped in bed. It’s funny to say that such an important event took place.

At the pass, they didn't even post a sentry, they all hid in bed and slept.

Immediately, the troops moved to Yong'an Fort outside the pass, advanced to the front line, and built a position to warn the Japanese southbound troops from the direction of Jinzhou. Everything was ready. Feng Jiwu telegraphed to the division commander that Shanhaiguan was successful and ready.

No one thought that the general attack on Tianjin would first start from Shanhaiguan, far away from Tianjin. It can be seen that the blocking troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan were important to the Tianjin campaign.

At eight o'clock in the evening on the 16th, the urban area of ​​Tianjin was already brightly lit, and the nightlife of dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, and businessmen had just begun. There were gradually more and more customers in various happy and joyful places.

Except for a few searchlights, the Japanese military positions outside Tianjin emitted pale beams of light in the night, scanning the surroundings aimlessly. The rest of the place was as silent as a cemetery, with only the faint light like will-o'-the-wisps coming from the bunkers.

, proving that there are still a group of animals panting somewhere.

Three red signal flares rose slowly in the night sky, drew a graceful curve, and then slowly fell. Then, the earth shook violently as if it was cracking, and countless fireballs suddenly flashed out in the dark night.

, dragging dark red tail flames, roaring across the sky, and landed on the Japanese position opposite.

The Japanese army's position was immediately covered by artillery fire. Barbed wire fences and deer firewood flew into the air. Bunkers were overturned and trenches were flattened. In the darkness, the bombing points were connected one after another. It was soon difficult to distinguish the number of them. The Japanese army

The position is like a furnace of boiling molten iron.

In the trenches, the eyes of the soldiers of the attacking force were wide open. These soldiers of the old Northeast Army had never seen such a scene of bombardment by more than a thousand artillery pieces. The ground under their feet was shaking violently, and there were groups of people above their heads.

The flying artillery shells, if it were September 18th, we had so many cannons and more than 20,000 little devils, it would not be enough to fill our teeth!

The bombardment lasted for a full hour. The Japanese position opposite and the five-kilometer-deep front had been completely modified by artillery fire. The soldiers of the attacking force suddenly became anxious. With so many shells, how many little Japanese soldiers could still breathe?

Damn it? We won’t be able to get anything by then?

While I was thinking about it, three flares, one red and two green, rose into the night sky again, and the commander's order came to my ears, and everyone went out.

Ninety thousand soldiers, stepping on the Japanese positions that were soft and warm from the shells, poured into urban Tianjin like a tide.

(To be continued)