Before waiting for the Japanese ground artillery and the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions on both sides of the river, the Japanese troops suddenly threw in a large number of heavy artillery to wake up from the stormy fire blow on the Japanese naval ships on the Haihe River. As long as it was determined that there were no Chinese anti-aircraft artillery positions around, dense shells also fell on several mobile artillery positions of the Japanese army.

Although the Japanese artillery did not hesitate to return fire, their Taisho four-year 150-millimeter howitzers with a maximum firing range of only more than 8,000 meters were more than 5,000 meters shorter than the German-made SFH 18 howitzers with a maximum firing range of 13,000 meters. No matter how they fought back, the Japanese artillery simply couldn't reach it.

As for the Meiji 38-style 150-millimeter howitzer, which has a firing range of just over 5,000 meters, the firing range is more than half. Coupled with the 105 cannon made by the Japanese themselves invested by the Anti-Japanese Federation, the Japanese army had even more difficulty in coping. If you want to fight back, there is no way to do it.

The hands are short, and you can't reach people if you want to fight back. Before, they only relied on the anti-joint throwing rat trap, and only let them get away with several mobile artillery groups of the Japanese army. They could only watch as the artillery deployed on their mobile artillery positions, like their naval colleagues, was destroyed in a short period of time, but they were powerless to fight back.

It is true that weapons and equipment are not the first factor that determines the success or failure of a war, but in many cases they are the key factor in determining the success or failure of a campaign. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the domestic steel production capacity was limited, and priority was given to Japan, which had to come from the navy. In order to meet the needs of the war, the organization is constantly expanding.

By the end of '42, the production of the latest type of 96 type 150 howitzer equipped with the best performance had been completely stopped. This new howitzer, although its performance is not inferior to the latest European and American howitzers of the same caliber. But as a new type of artillery, there is also a large demand for raw materials.

In the case of limited production of high-performance artillery steel, the demand for artillery is constantly expanding. The Japanese army stopped the production of this new howitzer, which required a lot of raw materials. Even the Taisho four-year howitzer, which was slightly inferior in performance, was discontinued. In turn, the production of 150-mm howitzers in Meiji 38, which had long been discontinued, had long been outdated in performance, and had a maximum range of only more than 5,000 meters, was resumed.

For the Japanese army, although the range of this artillery is shorter, the power of the gun has not been reduced much. Fighting in the Pacific is a battle for islands. These Meiji 38-style 150mm howitzers have a short range, and the problem is not very prominent. In the Indo-Burmese battlefield, due to the special terrain, large-caliber artillery was not used much.

Therefore, the base camp of the Japanese army, under the condition that the use of steel was already somewhat unable to make ends meet, stopped the production of new artillery, switched to the production of this old artillery, and increased the production of mountain artillery. As for the new artillery that has already been built, it has been redistributed according to the battlefield.

The new Type 96 howitzer is mainly equipped with the Kwantung Army, which is currently dealing with the greatest threat, as well as the Australian battlefield. Taisho four-year 150-mm howitzers, as well as the department's old Meiji 150-mm howitzers, were equipped with the North China Front. As for the Pacific theater, with the exception of Taiwan and the Philippines, it is now dominated by the old Meiji 38-year-old howitzers.

The subordination plan of the Japanese base camp was based on the terrain of each battlefield and the opponents it faced. In the theater of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it was basically a battle for islands. The island's area is limited, and with the exception of some long-range cannons that are used as shore defense guns, no amount of long-range range is of great use.

In the face of the increasingly powerful opponents of the Kwantung Army, and the North China Front Army, which was already under the direct threat of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it became the main subordinate direction of the new artillery. However, compared with the Kwantung Army, the North China Front Army is still slightly less important in terms of weapon allocation. Therefore, there is a situation where the long-range artillery fire of the confrontation alliance is now under the United Nations, and the defenders of Tianjin want to fight back but cannot reach it.

This is also the reason why the supreme commander of the Japanese defenders in Tianjin placed all the mountain artillery and some 150 howitzers in densely populated areas, except for some large-caliber artillery guns that were equipped in open areas of the firing range and used as mobile artillery groups in conjunction with naval guns.

Because he is well aware that the difference in artillery performance between the two sides is too great. In an artillery battle, their own troops had no chance of winning. Without the support of artillery fire, he also did not have the ability to complete the requirements of the base camp and the front army headquarters to hold on to Tianjin for at least a month and wait for the Bohai Bay to be civilized.

In order to hold Tianjin and wait for reinforcements from the base camp, the supreme commander of the Japanese garrison in Tianjin took great pains. But whatever his intentions, it was necessary to maintain a mobile artillery group with a certain wide firing range. Although the artillery placed in residential areas is safer because they use the Chinese as meat shields, the firing range is quite narrow, and they can only play a point or surface support role.

Once an artillery group is destroyed by the enemy on the battlefield, it is equivalent to a gap in the fire defense circle of one face. Ensuring a certain number of mobile artillery to make up for the gap when necessary was also necessary for the defensive battle of Tianjin. Therefore, no matter how much he calculated, he had to choose a position with an open firing range and a 360-degree fire range for some of the artillery.

The long-term estrangement between the army and the navy has made his trust in the navy still very low. Although he also knew that the Dagu Pass had been lost, and the Bohai Bay, which was currently in the ice period, made the fleet on the Haihe River of the Navy basically sit in a lonely city, and it would not work without full cooperation, but his trust in the Navy was still very low.

Coupled with the air superiority of the enemy, he did not dare to pin all his hopes on the naval fleet. In the previous few days' fighting, these mobile artillery positions did cooperate with the naval fleet and played a huge role in containing the offensive of the anti-United Nations. But now without the support of naval guns, these short-handed artillery groups are tragic.

In just over an hour of shelling, the artillery units participating in the anti-coalition war fired out two shells with more than one base. In addition to the anti-aircraft artillery positions on the surface of the Haihe River and on both sides of the river, which have been determined to have no Chinese as meat shields, thousands of rounds have been dropped, and the positions of the Japanese ground artillery mobile artillery groups have also dropped thousands of shells.

After more than an hour of shelling, the artillery of the Japanese army lost almost all mobile firepower and 80 percent of its large-caliber guns. In the remaining battles, they could only rely on fixed artillery positions deployed in Chinese areas and relying on Chinese as meat shields.

It's just that these stationary artillery are not easy to convert into mobile artillery. Because it's not easy to get those guns into residential areas, but it's not easy to get them out either. Although the Japanese army took advantage of some painstaking efforts, they did not expect to turn around, but instead tied their hands and feet.

During the entire battle, the Japanese mobile artillery group, which was the greatest threat to the United Nations attack force, went to the west. With the cooperation of the sappers, they dug holes through the walls and used alleys and residential areas to launch a new offensive directly and multi-way against the Japanese positions.

The tank units participating in the battle also used their own armor to force a passage in a small residential area and launch a penetrating attack on the fixed artillery positions of the Japanese army. For the Anti-Japanese Federation, how to end this bitter battle in the fastest time is already the primary condition. As for the damaged houses, we can only find a way to repair them after the war.

The artillery of the Anti-United Nations entered the city and carried out fire strikes on the Japanese ships on the Haihe River, especially after the completion of the fire strikes on the Japanese ships and mobile artillery, the two heavy howitzer battalions of the Anti-United Nations began to enter the city one after another. Let the residents of Tianjin, who originally thought that the Anti-Japanese Federation only had light weapons, know that the Chinese army also has artillery that is more powerful than the Japanese artillery.

It was not used before, because it was for the safety of the Chinese people in the city, and it was not used for fear of causing a large number of casualties, but it was definitely not impossible. The ordinary people who were evacuated from the war zone finally showed a smile on their originally numb faces when they looked at the large-caliber howitzer battalion that was entering the city one after another to participate in the battle under the traction of half-track vehicles.

Although many ordinary people are also worried that their homes, which were originally poor but still have shelter from the wind and rain, will be razed to the ground in this war. But for more people, their homes can be rebuilt when they are gone. However, if this frightening war does not end, I don't know if there is any hope of returning to Tianjin again, and I am even more worried about the safety of my relatives and friends who have not yet been evacuated in Tianjin.

This battle has been fought for three days, and under the unscrupulous artillery fire of the Japanese, the common people in Tianjin have suffered heavy losses. Many civilians who could only wait at home because of the ban of the Japanese army were killed or injured under the fire of the Japanese army. Whether it is the people who are still suffering in the city or the people who have been evacuated outside the city, they are undoubtedly looking forward to the end of this bloody battle as soon as possible.

I can go home early, and my relatives and friends who are still trapped in the city can be safe. Of course, it would be best if the home could still be preserved. However, the common people in and outside Tianjin have a concept, that is, the bloody battle that broke out in Tianjin should be resolved as soon as possible.

Compared with Beiping, which is adjacent to the ancient capital of history and culture, but has no status in industry and commerce. Since the opening of the port, it has become a bridgehead for the penetration of Western powers into northern China, and Tianjin, which has become the economic center of North China in just a few decades, is the largest industrial and commercial city in North China and the economic center of the whole North China.

Tianjin has developed industry and commerce, as well as huge shipping and river terminals. Whether for Chinese or foreigners, this naturally means silver for nothing. For this money bag, even warlords of all stripes would not be stupid enough to fire here. If you smash this northern Shanghai, won't you be unable to get along with your own money bag?

Besides, there are so many foreign adults in Tianjin City, if that bullet doesn't grow and hurts one, wouldn't it cause you a lot of trouble? In addition, the concessions of various countries in Tianjin are the preferred retirement places for frustrated warlords in the north. The Emperor Xuantong of that year, after being driven out of the palace, also settled in the concession of Tianjin.

This prosperous and prosperous city of Tianjin, which occupies the closest outlet from Beiping, is full of dignitaries and dignitaries. The mansions and shops of the frustrated warlords and politicians of the late Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government are one after the other. Large and small factories in Hedong are also lined up.

The wharf on the Haihe River is also an increasingly busy shipping day. The construction of Tanggu Port has not been delayed in any way. Because no one wants to smash their money bags, even at the most intense stage of the warlord melee in northern China, the city of Tianjin is still safe and sound, and not a single cannonball has fallen.

Of course, as an important town and economic center in the north, Tianjin was also a place where various princes and kings fought during the warlord war. However, all the battles in those years were basically carried out in the vicinity of Yangcun and Junliangcheng on the outskirts of Tianjin. Tianjin, sheltered under the guns of foreigners, has basically not been ravaged by war. Compared with Beiping, which changes the banner of the king all day long, Tianjin can be called a paradise.