Glorious Mission 1937

() Since its opening in the late Qing Dynasty, Tianjin has played a very important role in Chinese history.It was once used as the residence of the governor of Zhili, and also became the main base for Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai to launch Westernization and develop Beiyang forces. In 1860, the British and French allied forces occupied Tianjin, and Tianjin was forced to open up. The foreign powers successively set up concessions in Tianjin. In July 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces attacked Tianjin, and Tianjin fell.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Tianjin played an important role in the political arena. Hundreds of down-and-out bureaucrats and veterans of the Qing Dynasty took refuge in the Tianjin Concession and tried to restore it, including the President of the Republic of China Li Yuanhong and the former Emperor Puyi of the Qing Dynasty. In June 1928, the National Revolutionary Army occupied Tianjin, and the Nanjing Nationalist Government established Tianjin as a special city. In June 6, Tianjin Special City was changed to Tianjin City under the direct jurisdiction of Nanjing National Government Executive Yuan. In November, as the capital of Hebei Province was moved from Beiping to Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality was changed to a provincial city. In June 1930, the provincial capital of Hebei Province was moved to Baoding, and Tianjin became a municipality directly under the central government.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, the Japanese army sent heavy troops to besiege the Pingjin area. At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 29th, the squadron launched an attack on the Japanese bandits at the Haiguang Temple Japanese barracks, the railway station, the Dongjuzi Airport, and the Japanese Concession in the urban area.This was the last battle before the fall of Beiping and Tianjin, and it was also the only battle in which our army took the initiative to attack since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Therefore, historians of the War of Resistance call it "Tianjin's big attack."

After the battle started, Li Wentian set up the general headquarters at the Southwest Outpost, and listened to the battle report with Liu Jialuan and Li Zhiyuan at any time.The battle went well at first.At dawn, our army attacked Dongjuzi Airport.And burned more than a dozen Japanese planes; the enemy in the Japanese Concession was surrounded on three sides, and the Japanese nationals were also pushed onto the battlefield; The Japanese army at East Station was forced to retreat into a warehouse.

The Consul General of Japan in Tianjin exclaimed in a telegram to the Japanese Embassy in Beiping: "From about 29:2 am on the 2000th, due to the attack from the Chinese side, we are in a very dangerous state." Ten Japanese planes bombarded East Railway Station, Tianjin Main Station, Municipal Government, Telephone Office, General Post Office, Nankai University and other places indiscriminately.

On the evening of the 29th, a large number of Japanese reinforcements came from Peking one after another.The squadron was forced to withdraw from the urban area and go to fight in the Jinghai area. July 7th.Tianjin fell.

After occupying Tianjin. The Japanese army transformed Tianjin into a large-scale military port in a very short period of time. Every day, the ship flowed continuously, sending weapons, equipment and soldiers produced in Japan to the Chinese battlefield in a steady stream. The property and resources looted by China were shipped back to Japan itself.It has become a transit point for the Japanese army to plunder the wealth of the Chinese people.

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It is also the luck of the cavalry group. The Pingjin area is impenetrable in the eyes of the Japanese army, so there are not many garrisons in the two major cities.In addition, this time the North China Front Army aggressively attacked the territory of the 61st Army.A lot of garrisons in the Pingjin area were transferred away.And after Chen Feng besieged Beiping City, General Si Nei Shouyi had no choice but to continue to transfer troops from Tianjin, so when the cavalry group arrived in Tianjin, there were only regular troops in Tianjin city that could not reach an infantry brigade, plus a squadron of port and coast guards.

Although the Japanese army in the city is very alert, after all, Beiping is only a few tens of kilometers away from Tianjin, and it will take two hours to get there quickly. Therefore, since the 30th Brigade reinforced Beiping, all Japanese troops in Tianjin City were cancelled. In the absence of vacation, everyone sticks to their posts to prevent the Chinese army from attacking Tianjin.

But despite this, when the cavalry group suddenly launched an attack, the defenders in Tianjin were still stunned. More than 2 cavalry were divided into 9 routes to attack, and the defenders in Tianjin were immediately overwhelmed. The defenders of more than [-] people were divided into nine places, and each place was not even enough for a squadron.

There was a huge difference in troop strength. As soon as the battle started, the cavalry group broke through many Japanese defense lines and broke into the urban area.Half an hour later, except for the battle in the direction of the port, the defenders in other places were basically wiped out.At eight o'clock sharp, the 6th Cavalry Regiment came to report, the port was successfully captured, and a squadron of the defenders was wiped out.

After occupying Tianjin, Yehelina immediately sent a report to Chen Feng on the front line in Beiping, and at the same time ordered Tianjin to immediately martial law.

After receiving Yehelina's telegram, Chen Feng handed over the command of the Beiping front line to Wang Hansheng, and he himself, under the protection of a cavalry battalion of the Jingwei regiment and a small team of special forces, rushed to Tianjin overnight, accompanied by Chen Feng There are more than 400 vehicles going south.

It was already twelve o'clock in the evening when Chen Feng arrived in Tianjin. After a hasty dinner, Chen Feng held an emergency military meeting in the Tianjin Garrison Headquarters of the Japanese Army. All officers above the cavalry regiment attended the meeting.

The last time I met Yehelina was when Xilinhot was attacked a month ago. At that time, because I was worried about Tana's safety and busy avenging the massacre of the tribe of the Fourth Prince, the two of them just met in a hurry They separated again without saying anything at all.So after seeing Yehelina this time, Chen Feng's first feeling was that this girl had lost weight, and she was very thin.

Seeing Chen Feng frowning and looking at her, Yehelina couldn't help being startled, not knowing where she made Chen Feng angry.

"What's wrong, is there something wrong?".Yekhlena asked carefully.

"Why are you so skinny, and your face is so narrow that it almost becomes a strip?" Chen Feng said.

"Ah! None of that, probably because I've been busy for the past few days!" Yehelina couldn't help feeling warm in her heart. It seemed that she didn't have any status in the heart of this forced husband, and he was still thinking about herself. Whether her body has lost weight or not, Yeherina suddenly felt that all her hard work in the past six months was worth it.

"After this battle, give the troops to Grandma Sha to take care of them for a while. When you go home, Mother said that she misses you a lot, and that I was too cruel, so she left you alone on the prairie." Chen Feng said.

"I know you didn't do it on purpose. Only Uncle Andre and I understand cavalry in the army, so only Uncle Andre and I can take the cavalry, but it's much better now, Daddy Sha, Ye Baoguo, Li Haihan, Li Yisheng , Uzam, Battelle, and Bazat have all grown up, and I will go back to accompany my mother after this battle is over." Yehelina said with a blushing face.

"Okay, let's not talk about our family's affairs, everyone is almost here, let's have a meeting first, how is the situation in the city now?" Chen Feng said.

"There is chaos. Some remnants of the Japanese army have not been cleared. In addition, some gangsters took advantage of the fire to loot. Several stores have been smashed and robbed. The Second Cavalry Regiment is maintaining law and order." Yehelina replied.

"This won't work, we must maintain the basic order in Tianjin. Li Haihan, this task is entrusted to you, the Second Cavalry Regiment, and I will issue a kill order for you: [-]. Those who harm the citizens by Japan's puppet and cruel enemies, kill them! [-]. Those who destroy the normal order in the city by beating, smashing, looting, kill! Three, those who rape women, kill! Four, those who cover up and hide the puppet Han Jian, kill! Five, those who obstruct military affairs, kill! Just follow these five prohibitions, don't It doesn't matter if it is the Japanese puppet army or not, as long as they dare to make trouble at this time, they will all be executed." Chen Feng said coldly.

The five killing orders made all the officers in the conference room feel the boundless murderous aura lingering on the military seat. Compared with Mrs. Yehleina's sternness, the military seat is the real domineering.

"Are all the important military departments in the city under control?".Chen Feng asked again.

"It's all under control. The train station, military port, gendarmerie headquarters, city defense headquarters, airports, prisons, barracks, etc. are all under the control of our army. Now the army is counting the spoils." Andre said.

"You don't need to count. There are so many trophies in Tianjin City that we can't count in a short time. Instead of wasting that time, we should think about how to transport all the trophies back to the administrative office." Chen Feng said. .

"The military seat is right. There are too many spoils. We can't count them all. Why don't we think about the reality of how to grab them?" Ye Baoguo also responded.

"This time I brought more than 400 cars. In addition, you should immediately collect all the cars in Tianjin. No matter whether they are military or pro-democracy, you can't leave a single one behind. In addition, there is such a strategy in rushing to transport spoils. Scrambling to transport those gold, silver and various currencies with high value, followed by seized weapons and industrial equipment, and finally food, cloth, cotton and other daily necessities, and finally antiques and cultural relics and other things that cannot be directly circulated. How long will it stay for us, we must seize the time to grab the luck."

"Now let's divide the work. The first and second regiments are responsible for the security and patrol tasks inside and outside the city. The third regiment is responsible for the security of the port. They set up the coastal defense cannons and load the shells to prevent them from being attacked by the Japanese army. The attack on the sea. The fourth regiment is responsible for detaining the Japanese nationals and confiscating their belongings. The rest of the troops are all turned into stevedores, and cooperate with the transportation team to rush to transport supplies overnight." Chen Feng said.

"Army, we captured three large warships at the port, what should we do?" Andre asked.

"Warship?" Chen Feng asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's a warship. It's an ironclad cruiser, two destroyers, and more than a dozen large ocean-going cargo ships." Andrei had served in the Russian Royal Cavalry Division, and he still has a general understanding of the types of ships in various countries. (To be continued..)