Age of Rebirth

Chapter 410

Liu Tiehan walked into the city of Tianjin, where the sound of guns and guns had subsided in the thin light of dawn. At [-]:[-] a.m. on July [-], Tianjin, an important industrial and commercial city in northern China, had completely fallen into the darkness. Hands of an independent division.

Although the troops took Tianjin on time according to the order of the division headquarters, Liu Tiehan was not very satisfied. In his prediction, the battle could be completely over before five o'clock in the morning.

However, the progress of the battle exceeded his expectations, especially the casualties of the troops, which greatly exceeded the bottom line he requested, and also made him see the shortcomings of the Northeast Army's old-fashioned troops. Urban street fighting, for the troops belonging to the Northeast Advance Command It is a whole new subject.

The casualties of the troops were all caused in street fighting. If it was the main force of the independent division, there would never be such a large number of casualties. As for the infantry and artillery coordinated operations, each brigade used it with a high degree of proficiency. Of course, it has its own The main reason was that he hadn't considered well before the battle, and the plan was not rigorous. He was already preparing to make a written inspection to the division commander and demanded punishment. [

Accompanied by several brigade commanders, Liu Tiehan came to the Tianjin Garrison Command of the Japanese Army. The huge basement still smelled of gunpowder smoke. The corpses of Japanese soldiers and officers were lying in a mess in the basement. Solidified, a pungent smell of blood, almost suffocating.

Kazuo Takashima’s body lay sideways on the tatami mat. On the desk was a bottle of sake, a snow-white handkerchief, and a command knife inlaid with gold flowers on the handle. They were thrown not far from his body. He was shot five times on the forehead and chest, and the blood splashed on the golden star of Lieutenant General Hua.

It seems that Takashima is going to kill himself by caesarean section when the city is broken, and use the unique method of Japanese samurai to end his life decently. The soldiers didn't give him a chance. The Japanese, with the correct tactics, caused great casualties to the troops.

Although he is a sworn enemy and an opponent worthy of respect, if he repeatedly competes with himself in the outskirts of Tianjin, the next battle in downtown Tianjin will be much simpler, and the time to occupy Tianjin will be greatly advanced.

Liu Tiehan dictated an order to the Communications Staff Officer: "The Division Headquarters, our Tianjin Attack Corps, will conquer Tianjin at [-]:[-] a.m. on the [-]th. The enemy's garrison consists of more than [-] people from the commander Lieutenant General Kazuo Takashima. , All were wiped out, our troops suffered more than [-] casualties, of which more than [-] were killed, and the troops are currently restoring order in the urban area, Liu Tiehan, commander of the Tianjin Attack Corps."

Tang Qiuli, who was at the Beiping Frontline Headquarters, received a telegram from Liu Tiehan. He was quite shocked by the heavy casualties of the troops. A battle in Tianjin, ten hours of fighting, disabled a field brigade in Dongzhi. The troops should not So many casualties?He wisely didn't go to the telegram to ask why, the old man will definitely give himself a satisfactory explanation.

After the troops took control of Tianjin, they immediately entered the Japanese Concession. According to Tang Qiuli's order, at the entrance of the concessions of other powers, apart from sending troops to protect them, not a single soldier entered. According to Tang Qiuli, There is no need to offend so many opponents at the same time.

The three detachments of the urban combat team occupying the port took a big advantage. The 230 coastal defense guns placed by the Japanese army on the fortress positions fell into their hands intact. A Japanese coastal defense squadron stationed here, Caught off guard, more than [-] people were wiped out before they could react.

Liu Chun, commander of the [-]st Artillery Brigade of the Independent Division, was so happy, his eyes were shining, and he surrounded the thick, solid, huge coastal defense artillery, and kept turning around, touching here and there, and kept saying "tsk tsk" "There is a voice, with envy on his face.

He is a big expert and knows the power of these big guys. They are used to fight warships. They all have a caliber of more than 240 mm and a range of more than [-] kilometers. The guns are like small drums, and it takes four strong men to carry them. As a matter of fact, as long as a warship takes a few shots, it will still be seriously injured if it does not sink.

He immediately transferred the fighters from his brigade, regiment and battalion, and assigned them to various artillery positions, under his command, he was familiar with the operation essentials of coastal defense artillery. He didn't know why he did this, he only knew that he would have a chance to learn I can't let it go, Liu Chun regrets that these big guys are too bulky to take down and can't be taken away, otherwise, he will definitely put these big guys in his brigade.

According to the old rules of the Independent Division, every time a city occupied by the Japanese army is conquered, a three-light policy must be imposed on the local Japanese-funded enterprises and Japanese expatriates.

To do this kind of work, Dongzhi's troops are obviously novice, rookie level, they are facing a huge city of Tianjin, with a population of nearly one million, they simply don't know where to start, there is a kind of tiger eating the sky, there is no place to bite Feel.

No way, Liu Tiehan sent the first and second brigades of Dongzhi to the front line of Beiping. On this condition, he exchanged for the third brigade of the independent division, the Korean Railway Department, and the fourth brigade, Wang Chengye Department. These two brigades are independent Teachers are old and basic troops. From the Northeast, this kind of work has been done very smoothly.

After the troops arrived in Tianjin, they first detained all the Japanese expatriates at home. There were as many as 8 or [-] Japanese expatriates in Tianjin. A Japanese Concession was like a small Japanese country.

The next step is to check Japanese counterfeit assets, confiscate property, seal all the machinery and equipment, raw materials in stock, and semi-finished products of Japanese-funded enterprises, requisition all trucks in Tianjin, confiscate Japanese cars, and form a transport team. Day and night non-stop transshipment to Huangyadong base in Taihang Mountains and Dingbian Special Economic Zone.

Except for the bricks and tiles that cannot be transported away, not a single nail is left behind. More than 500 vehicles travel between Tianjin and Taihang Mountain. All transport vehicles are under the command of the Transport Headquarters of the Independent Division. Commander Zhou Yushan So excited that he couldn't sleep at night, when did his troops become so prosperous?

As the most important port in the north where the Japanese have been operating for many years, Tianjin has accumulated countless arms and supplies. What excites Zhou Yushan most is that there are 10,000+ tons of high-quality steel and copper ingots. This is Huangyadong and Dingbian. What is urgently needed, with it, it is easy to make guns, robes, and tanks.

In order to speed up the transportation, the engineering unit under Zhou Yushan's transportation headquarters urgently built a simple road between Tianjin and the Huangyadong base in Taihang Mountains. The engineer commander was very smart. After obtaining Zhou Yushan's consent, he launched The common people along the line participated in the road construction army. [

One piece of ocean per person for three days, which was a sky-high price at the time, and farmers would never see a piece of white ocean throughout the year. What's more, the army still had a meal at noon, with snow-white steamed buns and fragrant fat meat slices. Enough to make.

All of a sudden, hundreds of thousands of people joined the army of road construction. What's more, this is a troop that fights devils. They pay money and take care of their food. Their temper is so kind that it makes you feel embarrassed. If you don't do a good job, I'm sorry for them. force.

In order to prevent the road from being used by the Japanese army in the future, Zhou Yushan set up explosion points in many dangerous areas and specially built many bridges. If the mechanized troops of the Japanese army drive along the road to the hinterland of the Taihang Mountain base, the bridges will be demolished and the dangerous places will be blasted , the Japanese army will become a turtle in an urn, unless it grows wings and flies away.

Zhou Yushan couldn't help being in a hurry. He knew very well that the army could not occupy Tianjin for a long time. Now he was competing with the Japanese to transport the supplies from Tianjin one day earlier, so that the army's safety factor would be greater. Later, he recruited many horse-drawn carriages , forming a separate transport team, specializing in transporting some necessities of life.

As a result, on the road from Tianjin to the depths of the Taihang Mountains, cars whizzed and horses neighed all day long, dust billowed, people came and went, and it was very lively. Zhou Yushan became cruel and determined to evacuate Tianjin and not leave it to the little devils. something.

The fourth detachment of the special warfare detachment and the fifth detachment of the urban combat team made a fortune this time. They sneaked into the Japanese airfield after the general offensive in Tianjin. A good player in the village knows how to fight this kind of battle.

Taking advantage of the attention of the Japanese airport guards, they were attracted by the surrounding battles. Under the cover of night, they lurked in quietly. When the Japanese army found out, the cold swishing sword light had reached the body, and a burst of knives and arrows shot to guard the airport. A Japanese brigade, the pilots and the ground crew, all fell in a pool of blood, and only a few shots were fired during the whole process.

On the airport, 36 fighter jets, [-] bombers, and [-] transport planes were neatly parked. Almost all of the air power of the Japanese army in North China was here, and they were connected by the independent division. Fortunately, this was the case. Otherwise, Zhou Yushan’s transport line , it will not be so peaceful, at least it will take a few bloody battles.

But Zhou Yushan was very worried, these baby bumps couldn't fit in the car, couldn't be pulled by the carriage, and no one in the whole army could get this winged guy into the sky, how could he get back to Dingbian?

There are still many people who have a way, came up with an idea, disassembled the plane and shipped it, it’s okay, this guy’s wings are put back together, a truck can barely fit a body, and all the instruments on the control tower, All the instruments were dismantled, all the fuel and accessories were transported away, and the cement blocks on the runway were useless, otherwise, Zhou Yushan would have to dig them down and pull them away. .

Zhou Yushan was busy between Tianjin and the Taihang Mountains, but Tang Qiuli was idling and panicking in the outskirts of Beiping. Xiangyue Qingsi did not fight against the independent division in the suburbs anyway, sticking to the main points in Beiping.

During this period, Chairman Jiang in Nanjing sent a telegram to Tang Qiuli, but tore up the agreement with him and said nothing about taking the initiative to fight. He just forwarded Xiangyue Qingji's protest telegram to him.

Chairman Jiang probably also understood that the reason Tang Qiuli agreed to sign the ceasefire agreement was to paralyze the Japanese and serve as a cover for the capture of Tianjin. He asked about the situation of the battle and the reaction of the Japanese.

Tang Qiuli's record was beyond his expectations. Just ten days after the July [-]th Incident, he killed half of the Japanese in North China. What else could he say other than congratulations? The chairman can't get in.

(To be continued)