Originally, according to Japan's plan for North China, after this bacteriological warfare unit moved to Tianjin, it was located in the northwest suburbs of Tianjin, which was also a key location in the outer defense circle of the Japanese army in Tianjin. For this reason, in the first half of this year, the Japanese army spent a lot of money and built a large number of fortifications in Beicang.

It's just that taking into account the anti-coalition forces, they have already controlled the Jireliao border area, which is not far from Tianjin. Therefore, the Japanese army forcibly recruited Zhonghe Hospital and Renai Hospital as alternative locations in the Japanese concession area with the most tightly controlled Japanese concession in Tianjin. A considerable number of laborers were recruited, and in each of the two hospitals, a small basement was built, and the two hospitals were rebuilt.

However, these two hospitals, which were only used as backup locations, were not put into use at the first time. After all, Tianjin was the logistics supply base of the Japanese in the entire North China battlefield, and there were not only a large number of army and navy garrisons in the city, but also the largest Japanese expatriate settlement in the whole of North China.

Once the bacteria are infected or leak out, you can't recognize that one is Chinese or that one is Japanese. It's not just the Chinese who are unlucky, but the Japanese as well. In the event of a large-scale outbreak of infectious diseases, no one can control whether it will spread to Japanese settlements.

In order to protect the safety of the Japanese expatriates and garrisons in Tianjin, it was also to keep the secrets of this bacteriological warfare force. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the Japanese expatriates and garrisons, the Japanese army was first set up in the suburbs of Tianjin, far from the city, and the security was extremely strict in Beicang.

But after the battle began, in the face of the offensive of the Anti-Japanese Union against Tianjin. The Japanese army urgently relocated this bacteriological warfare unit from Beicang to these two Japanese hospitals in Tianjin and the Japanese concession. These two hospitals, which were originally used to treat diseases and save people, were turned into bases for cultivating murderous demons.

The reason why the Japanese army chose these two hospitals was as a backup station for this bacteriological warfare unit. In addition to using the hospital to hang a sign for scientific research, it can be effective as a cover. It is also close to the railway line, so you can get on the train immediately if you need it.

And the most important point is that it is very close to Haihe, the best place to eliminate criminal evidence in Tianjin, and you can go directly to Haihe Japanese Wharf directly north along a few roads without turning around. Once Tianjin is in danger of not being able to defend itself, the cultivated virus and all the equipment and equipment can be thrown into the Haihe River to destroy the stolen goods.

As for whether these bacteria that were thrown into the Haihe River will spread on a large scale and cause malignant infectious diseases in Tianjin, that is beyond the control of the Japanese. How many Chinese die and what kind of aftermath these bacteriological weapons will leave has nothing to do with them Japanese. As long as you don't get infected and return home, that's the best outcome.

The stronghold that Liu Guanghua's battalion held after crossing the river was only two streets away from the two hospitals. It can be said that it has formed the most direct threat to the biggest secret of the Japanese North China Front. This is also the reason why the Japanese army, after Liu Guanghua's unit crossed the river, ignored the frontal threat of the Japanese concession and concentrated its forces to eliminate Liu Guanghua's unit in the shortest possible time.

At present, Liu Guanghua's department was not eliminated, but suddenly came to the vicinity of these two hospitals that hid huge secrets. This was absolutely unacceptable to the Japanese army. In order to eliminate this threat, all the Japanese troops in the Japanese concession who could be mobilized were urgently mobilized and outflanked and surrounded by Liu Guanghua's headquarters.

Lieutenant General Yongyi Tsuchihashi, commander of the 48th Division, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Tianjin, ordered the defenders of the Japanese concession to completely solve this secret before the enemy force threatened at all costs. There must not be a single hidden danger left behind.

Under the strict orders of Lieutenant General Tsuchihashi Yongyi, for a while, around the interspersed troops led by Liu Guanghua, there were Japanese troops everywhere. In particular, between the former Japanese Concession Gendarmerie and the Azuma Street and Miyajima Street between Renai and Chungwa Hospital, the two main streets that run north and south of the Japanese Concession, the Japanese army was almost layer by layer. Yamato Park across Rong Street was also full of Japanese firepower.

The Japanese troops who surrounded them did not care about the limited role of flares in street fighting, and constantly fired a large number of flares around the interspersed positions of Liu Guanghua's troops. The intersection of the entire Sakae Street and the two main streets of Fukushima and Azuma is illuminated. Even ignoring the target instructions for the anti-United Nations assault force, all the street lights in this area were turned on.

Liu Guanghua, who didn't know that he had stabbed the hornet's nest, led his troops to face the Japanese troops who came up from all sides, and constantly took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain of Tianjin, rushing left and right to try to get rid of more and more Japanese troops around. However, in the face of the Japanese troops who quickly surrounded him, he had limited troops and could not disperse his actions, but he was never able to get rid of the repeated pursuit and interception of the Japanese army.

After two hours of fighting, the three platoons led by Liu Guanghua finally lost their ability to continue assault under the siege of the Japanese army on all sides. The superior forces mobilized by the Japanese army at any cost were encircled south of Changqi Street, at the intersection of Azuma Street, and less than 100 meters away from the former Japanese gendarmerie in the Japanese Concession.

Although Liu Guanghua's headquarters was surrounded by the Japanese army in the core area of the Japanese Concession, his left and right rush caused the Japanese army in the entire Japanese Concession to fall into chaos. It was given to the 11th Division, which was fighting head-on in the Japanese Concession, to create an excellent fighter. He Zhishan immediately seized this fleeting fighter plane and turned into a feint attack as the main attack, launching a large-scale night assault on the Japanese concession.

With the cooperation and support of a fully formed battalion of tank units and other fraternal units that were formed as companies and adopted the tactics of mercury to penetrate into the depth of the Japanese army, Ho Zhishan chose Fukushima Avenue as the main breakthrough point to launch an attack on the depth of the Japanese concession.

In order to intensify the attack, He Zhishan also threw the first battalion of the 32nd Regiment, which had been serving as a reserve, into the attack. The battalion was ordered to immediately move along Naniwa Street, cooperate with the 2nd Battalion, which was attacking along Miyajima Street with the company as the formation, and penetrate deep into the Japanese Concession. After the battalion was also put into attack, He Zhishan had no other reserves on hand except for one battalion.

However, the progress of these two battalions was not as great as Ho Shiyama imagined. Although the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment, which attacked along Fukushima Street, successively captured Honganji Temple, an important stronghold of the Japanese army, and the army cemetery, it was blocked by the Japanese troops on the front line of Fukushima Street and the line between Shishan Street and the Christian Church in the Japanese Concession.

The 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment, which attacked along Naniwa Street, was blocked by the Japanese army on the front line of Akashi Street, although it successively captured important Japanese strongholds such as Kannonji Temple, Inari Shrine, and Xilai Hotel. The progress of the two main attack battalions was almost completely blocked, far from being as large as in He Zhishan's quadrant.

Although the Japanese army in the Japanese concession almost exhausted its in-depth forces in order to encircle Liu Guanghua's headquarters. However, Fukushima, Azuma, Miyajima, Naniwa, and Akiyama, the communication lines running north and south of the Japanese Concession, still maintained sufficient troops. The troops attacking along the two main streets of Fukushima and Naniwa did not have an absolute superiority in numbers.

In order to intercept the offensive of these two battalions as much as possible, the front-line Japanese troops constantly adjusted their deployment. From other non-key combat areas, troops were dispatched to Fukushima and Naniwa Street for reinforcements. Although the attacking units of the two battalions made some progress, they still failed to make a decisive breakthrough as He Zhishan judged.

On the contrary, the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment was formed as a company, avoiding the Japanese defense on the main street, and taking multiple ways to infiltrate and attack from between Miyajima Street and Fushimi Street. From between Miyajima Street and Naniwa Street, the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment launched an attack. Taking advantage of most of the attention of the Japanese front, the opportunity to pass by the fierce battles on Ishiyama Street and Akashi Street was brought to an advanced level, and considerable progress was made.

The 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment, which attacked parallel north of Miyajima Street, successively captured a series of targets such as the Furong Primary School, the Fire Brigade, the Japanese Concession Police Station, and the former Japanese Consulate in Tianjin. After three hours of bitter fighting, the 3rd Company, which attacked on its far left, and a Japanese squadron that was holding the Tianjin Telephone Bureau, finally captured the Tianjin Telephone Bureau at the cost of two-thirds of the casualties.

The 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment hit this position, and it can be said that there is only a Yamato Park between it and Liu Guanghua's headquarters, and the sound of guns and cannons on both sides is already clear and audible. However, the battalion reached a position close to Liu Guanghua, but because of the heavy casualties, it was no longer able to continue the attack to the north.

The 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment, which launched an attack from between Miyajima Street and Langsu Street, rushed north across Fa Yuen Street in the area east of Yamato Park and entered Santai Yoko in the east of Yamato Park after seizing the Youth School and the Youth Association Hall in succession. The battalion was interspersed with the farthest company, and even hit Tongren Hospital, which was only one street away from Renai Hospital.

However, because the company was too far away, the brother troops on both flanks had time to keep up in the future, forming a situation of breaking through alone, and was immediately surrounded by the Japanese troops around Yamato Park, who were encircling and annihilating Liu Guanghua's department, and quickly transferred troops from the direction of Rongjie to surround Tongren Hospital. Although the company remained intact, it immediately fell into a bitter battle in the face of the superior strength of the Japanese counterattack.

After learning of the progress of the two battalions, He Zhishan did not hesitate. The reserve of the last battalion at hand, commanded by the deputy commander of the 33rd Regiment, was strengthened in the direction of the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment. He Zhishan's order to the ministry was to seize Yamato Park at all costs and join up with the fraternal forces north of Yamato Park. and with a force of not less than one company, they made a roundabout attack in the direction of the Christian Church, and planned to be held back by the 1st Battalion of the 33rd Regiment there.

At the same time, He Zhishan reinforced one company of the reconnaissance battalion and one company of the engineer battalion directly under the division, as well as two platoons of the guard company directly under the division, to the first battalion of the 32nd Regiment. He ordered him to attack Yamato Park from the east, and at the same time rush through Rong Street with a force and make a detour to reinforce the brother forces north of Yamato Park.

The order was to immediately speed up the movement of the troops of the attacking 31st Regiment along the junction of the Japanese Concession and the French Concession. With the strength of no less than one battalion, they crossed Akiyama Street in the shortest possible time and launched an attack on the flank of the enemy defending the Japanese Concession. Cooperate with the frontal assault force to speed up the settlement of the enemy defending the Japanese concession.

After all these troops were put into the battlefield, He Zhishan only had a company directly under the engineer battalion, except for a platoon of the guard company directly under the division around him, which could be regarded as a complete formed company. It can be said that he has put all his living forces into it.

There is no way, the general headquarters of the Tianjin battlefield is in Haiguang Temple behind him. If you can't make progress for a long time, you will lose face completely. Fortunately, the current battle situation has finally made decisive progress, so that the brother troops did not see their jokes. Otherwise, under the nose of the headquarters, he would still fight so hard, and he would really let his superiors and brother troops see their own jokes. I and my troops really can't hold our heads up in front of our brother troops.

Therefore, when a decisive breakthrough was made in the front, He Zhishan immediately decided to strike while the iron was hot, and immediately put all the vital forces at hand into it at the first time. Although he has not yet reached the step of breaking the kettle, He Zhishan has already begun to smash the pot and sell iron.