After pondering for a long time, Yang Zhen knocked on the map and said: "I see if this is the case, we are helpless against the Japanese artillery positions for the time being." But we can first knock out the Japanese ships on the Haihe River, especially those ships equipped with naval guns of more than 76 mm, and knock out their main mobile firepower. ”

"I see if you have concentrated some of your forces and made a feint on the line between the Jintang Bridge and the Konggang Bridge to attract Japanese ships to these two lines. Then concentrate your heavy artillery and carry out a fire cover on the entire section of the river. Just sink these warships, knock out their main mobile firepower, and force their artillery out of the dog hole. ”

"Having lost the main mobile firepower, the Japanese were bound to find a way to make up for this loss. Under the circumstance that the firing range of the original artillery positions was limited to a certain extent, the Japanese troops had to adjust their artillery deployment regardless of whether they wanted to or not. For us, this means opportunity. ”

"You have a 150 howitzer regiment in your hands, and a cannon battalion. Several of the divisions that are equipped with you are also equipped with the German 105 howitzer battalion. These Japanese warships were all small and medium-sized ships, and their armor was very weak, and some of them were even unarmored shallow gunboats. Although we lack armor-piercing shells to fight ships, there is no problem in knocking out these ships. ”

"Also, you can contact the comrades of the underground party in Tianjin again. Do everything possible to find out the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Japanese army on both sides of the Haihe River. If there are no areas inhabited by a large number of Chinese around the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions, then I agree with you to use artillery fire to strike at the Japanese anti-aircraft fire points on both sides of the Haihe River. ”

"The two sides of the Haihe River are dominated by wharves and foreign banks and the original concessions, and the number of private houses and Chinese is not large. The firing accuracy of German-made artillery is quite high, and if we can find out the location of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery groups on both sides of the Haihe River, we can completely solve these anti-aircraft artillery groups together. ”

"As for the use of artillery in the city, I have carefully pondered it, and I can approve you to use some field artillery and cannon in some areas, and adopt the method of direct fire to carry out fire strikes on the enemy's fortifications. However, it is necessary to shoot closely, and the shooting should be based on single-shot precision shooting. ”

"I see that there are quite a few two-story buildings and high-rise buildings in Tianjin, so I wonder if you can adopt the method of putting some light artillery into the house and carry out the method of targeted elimination to hit the Japanese artillery positions? I don't care what you think, but there's one decision that I won't change. Then in the battles in residential areas, especially in populated areas, artillery is absolutely not allowed to be used, except for recoilless guns and rocket launchers. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen hesitated for a long time before saying: "Unless your artillery can make the first hit and directly destroy the Japanese artillery position, you must not carry out artillery counterattacks in battle." In my opinion, the problem of the Japanese artillery positions still needs to be solved from the ground. ”

In this way, the current war situation in eastern Hebei has basically stabilized. I'll transfer another infantry division to you from the eastern Hebei battlefield. And in the use of tanks, you are still a little too cautious. To dare in the street fighting, the same use of tanks boldly interspersed with combat. As long as the infantry is well coordinated, I think it will also be possible to fight tank interspersed combat in street battles......"

Yang Zhen's words fell, Tao Jingfei did not answer immediately, but pondered carefully for a long time before making up his mind: "No. 1, I will be able to handle it with your words." I will then order the transfer of heavy artillery troops into the city, and it will be carried out according to your plan. Damn, even if I can't knock out these broken ships of the Japanese army this time, I'm going to break their teeth. ”

"These days, Lao Tzu is fed up with the anger of these broken ships. If it weren't for these broken ships blocking a few key positions, I wouldn't dare to say that I would have taken half of Tianjin City in the battles of the past few days. At least take the Jintang Bridge and the Jingang Bridge, and open up the connection between the two banks of the Haihe River. ”

"Several cadres of the Tianjin Underground Working Committee are now cooperating with our actions in my headquarters. These people are serious snakes, and I'll study them right away. Let them find a way to find out the situation on both sides of the Haihe River, around the Japanese air defense positions. If I can, I'll take their ships and their anti-aircraft fire positions together this time. ”

"There is still one number, can you transfer the special reconnaissance unit to me two squadrons. I know that their main forces are now all in the Northeast Battlefield, and there are only a few squadrons in the North China Battlefield. One or two squadrons can be allocated to me, and it should not affect the situation in other directions. ”

looked at Tao Jingfei gritted his teeth when he said this, and even had a somewhat hideous expression. Yang Zhen shook his head and smiled, nodded to the Haihe River on the map and said, "Old Tao, if I didn't guess wrong, you would have had this idea a long time ago." However, due to the order of the headquarters to strictly prohibit the use of artillery, especially large-caliber artillery, when fighting in the city, the action has been delayed. ”

"Although you are now a military cadre, you are a political cadre. You know very well in your heart what it means for us now and in the future whether we can recapture Tianjin completely. It is more clear what the consequences of fighting with a large number of artillery in a densely populated area like Tianjin will be. So you've been hesitating and never making up your mind. ”

Indeed, this determination is not easy to make. This was also the main reason why I was resolutely opposed to seizing Tianjin in a short period of time. Tianjin, unlike Beiping, fought mainly on the periphery. Because Beiping, which is surrounded by mountains on three sides, is mainly mountainous, but the main urban area is located in the northernmost part of the North China Plain, it is determined that its main battles can only be on the periphery. ”

"Once the outer mountainous areas are lost, we will be condescending, and Beiping City will not be able to hold it at all. No matter how thick the walls of Beiping are, they can not play much role in the current weapons and equipment. As long as the battle on the periphery of Beiping is over, it is actually equivalent to solving the main force of the enemy army in Beiping. ”

"But Tianjin is located on the Haihe River Plain, and although there are many rivers around, most of the rivers are in the dry winter season. If the periphery is taken as the main battlefield, under the premise that our tank forces are in absolute superiority, the Japanese army will not be able to resist at all. In the face of the superiority of our tanks, the Japanese army will not focus its defense on the periphery. Therefore, the core of the battle of Tianjin is to attack the city. ”

"The significance of seizing Tianjin and Tanggu, as your superior, I know better than you. However, the Japanese army gave up a decisive battle with our army on the periphery and reduced all the surrounding forces into the city. As the largest industrial and commercial city in North China, Tianjin is also a densely populated city. This kind of battle is quite a serious challenge for us. ”

"Once the city is really attacked, how many civilians will be killed and injured in such a densely populated city? The Japanese can not treat the Chinese as human beings, but we can't treat them ourselves. However, when it is no longer necessary to fight, how to avoid a large number of casualties as much as possible, and whether we can take back this industrial city as completely as possible, is a problem we have to consider. ”

"Whether or not we can reduce the casualties of the people as much as possible is the key to the people's will. If a large number of civilian casualties are caused, we, the front-line commanders, will be poked in the backbone, and we will go down in the history books. Moreover, Tianjin is different from Beiping, which is an ancient cultural capital, and apart from a large number of cultural relics and monuments, there are very few real industrial areas. ”

"But Tianjin is different, Tianjin is the largest industrial and commercial city in North China. Although there are few heavy industries, light industry and textile industries are quite developed. If it really breaks down, it will be quite detrimental to our future development. In particular, the light industry and chemical industry here will affect the livelihood of the entire North China region if it is really broken. ”

"So, before the attack, I gave an order to fight in urban areas and prohibit the use of artillery. But there is no impermanence in the army, there is no normality in the water, and things on the battlefield are not static. The battle here is so complicated, why don't you report it as soon as possible? You can't make up your mind, I'll do it for you. ”

Yang Zhen clicked on the Haihe River, which had been marked on the map with artillery shooting at Zhuyuan, and sighed slightly and said: "Actually, I can see what I said very clearly, and you, Tao Jingfei, as a front-line commander, can also see it quite clearly." But if you are a political cadre, you still have some principles. ”

"So even the Japanese fleet on the Haihe River, and its artillery positions in the houses, will bring great losses to your siege operations. You also did not make up your mind to mobilize artillery into the city to fight. Although I already had a detailed plan in mind, I didn't make up my mind. ”

"Although you Tao Jingfei and Du Kaishan have been together in the team, they have a tacit understanding. But you are not Du Kaishan, you don't have his two-pole character who doesn't care about anything, and you are still very calm at a critical time. In addition, you are from a political cadre, but since you become a military cadre, your performance is still very outstanding, and you can be regarded as a military and political excellence. So after several considerations, I handed over the Tianjin battlefield to you, and I didn't even send you the political commissar. ”

"But judging from the current battle situation, your battle is somewhat rigid and a little too mechanical. As a superior commander, I can't say that your hesitation is wrong. After all, that order was given to me again and again. But there is one thing I want to criticize you for, you have hesitated for too long. ”

"Since you have marked the entire section of the Haihe River to shoot Zhuyuan, what else is there to hesitate about? Indeed, I ordered that the use of artillery other than direct-aim weapons should be strictly forbidden when fighting in urban areas. Because in the entire Tianjin urban area, all the Chinese, there is no cover to rely on. If a shell goes down, the number of dead civilians is much higher than that of the Japanese army. ”

"But for the lack of civilian houses, at the moment, except for the Japanese warships, there is not even a single Chinese fishing boat on the Haihe River, and you are unwilling to use artillery fire, which is a bit too rigid." I know that the course of the Haihe River is not wide, and there are many wharves and commercial houses on both banks, and the firing range of artillery has been greatly affected. ”

"If this shell misses, I am afraid it will cause unimaginable consequences. But can you completely think of a way to improve the firing accuracy of the artillery as much as possible? I think that in terms of the quality of our artillery, it is not completely impossible to do so. The quality of our artillery is not so low. ”

"There are a lot of things that can be made about this, why do you rigidly rely only on aviation to attack enemy ships under the enemy's dense ground fire network? Tianjin Haihecheng section, a total of such a long section of the river, in the face of such a big threat, so many days you have not come up with a targeted way to solve the problem, this is your problem. ”

"Even if you can't make up your mind, can you ask the headquarters? Let me do it for you. You are afraid of carrying the black pot, but I, the superior, am not afraid. I think that as long as you put your mind to it, there are always more ways than difficulties. I'm not here today to see if you're going to just keep fighting? ”