Since the full-scale invasion of China by the Japanese army, Tianjin, as the first major city in China to fall, has hardly encountered any war. Even when the 29th Army was in Tianjin, it also fought a battle with the Japanese army. But the battle did not last long, and Tianjin did not suffer much damage.

To say that the biggest battle fought around Tianjin so far has to be pushed forward to the Gengzi Incident 44 years ago, that is, when the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Beijing. The ravages of war of this magnitude today are basically the first time in the world for people under the age of 50 at the moment.

Where the battle started, many ordinary people used to watch it as lively, thinking that it would retreat after fighting for a while, just like the 29th Army did back then. But he didn't expect that after three full days, the intensity of the battle did not go down, but became more and more fierce and more brutal.

After the bloody battle in the past few days, the people of Tianjin, who have always lived in peace, have tasted the cruelty of what is called a real war at this moment. The dense gunfire inside and outside the entire city of Tianjin, and the streets that were smashed into ruins, all made these ordinary people look forward to this bloody battle that broke out around them as soon as possible and ended as soon as possible.

What kind of thoughts the people have, what kind of feelings they have in the past few days, Yang Zhen and Tao Jingfei have no heart to care at the moment. However, for the current war situation, knocking out the main mobile firepower of the Japanese army does not mean that the war can end in a short time. Knocking out the mobile firepower of the Japanese army was only a means of speeding up the course of the war, but it could not be said that it could be effective in one day.

Although the Japanese troops in Tianjin City, although the fierce fighting in these days, the casualties were quite serious. But relying on his own tenacious will and tenacity, he is still desperately resisting. Although Tao Jingfei changed his tactics, the progress of the battle was still quite slow. Each position has to be fought over and over again before the final ownership can be determined.

Although the tactics of mercury and mercury have also disrupted the Japanese army's position to a certain extent, judging from the changes in the current situation, the Japanese army has not been disturbed enough. In the entire Japanese defense system, the confusion was only partial. And these local areas are far from reaching the point of affecting the overall situation.

The division that Yang Zhen transferred to Tao Jingfei from eastern Hebei, but Tao Jingfei did not use it on the battlefield in Tianjin. In Tao Jingfei's opinion, now that the periphery has been cleared and the troops have invaded the urban area of Tianjin, the current strength is enough on such a narrow battlefield. Investing too many troops can only lead to too many troops.

Therefore, he deployed the main force of this division to monitor the Japanese army in Tanggu at the mouth of Dagu and on the front line of Xinhe. and cut off the Japanese army in Tianjin, the route to Tanggu to break through, and block the Dagu Pass. In order to increase the firepower of the blockade of Dagukou, Tao Jingfei also strengthened the 150 howitzer battalion reserved in his hand to the direction of Dagukou.

At the same time, after completing the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese fleet on the Haihe River, as well as the mobile artillery group. He transferred one of the two howitzer battalions, plus two 122 rocket artillery battalions attached to the headquarters, four divisions under the 107 rocket artillery battalion, two divisions under the 105 howitzer battalion, and three 76-mm cannon battalions to the military grain city, Xinhe, Dagu, and Beitang lines.

In the entire Tianjin battlefield, only one 150 howitzer battalion was left for deterrence. In the rest of the street fighting, he still mainly used small and medium-caliber direct-aim artillery. Of course, the one strengthened by the superiors, there were only a few independent battalions in the entire Anti-Japanese Federation, and the two companies of the 160 heavy mortar battalion were still left by him.

In addition to being a bit bulky, this thing is really easy to use against the Japanese army's strong fortifications. Especially to deal with the fortifications rebuilt by the Japanese army in those small western-style buildings, it is a super weapon to demolish the house with one shot. This kind of heavy mortar played a considerable role in the battle of the military food city.

The reason why it is so deployed in terms of firepower is because Tao Jingfei is very clear that after solving the Japanese mobile artillery group. In the remaining street fighting, large-caliber howitzers and cannons have limited room to play. Although No. 1 gave special approval to the use of large-caliber howitzers and cannons against the Japanese fleet in Haihe, it still did not agree to use these powerful guns in urban operations.

In this case, no matter how powerful these large-caliber guns are, they are far less powerful than 76-mm cannons, as well as direct-aim guns and anti-aircraft guns. Although the threat of these artillery pieces is greater, the damage they cause is also greater. But where is the order from the superiors, these artillery pieces are also an ornament left on the battlefield in Tianjin, and it is better to strengthen the front that needs them more.

In addition to a reinforced regiment he deployed in Beitang, as well as a regiment of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the Eastern Hebei Military Division in Lutai, he formed a defense of key areas from Beitang in the north to Dagukou in the south on the periphery of Tianjin. And using this newly arrived division, with the cooperation of a regiment of the Eastern Hebei Army Division, launched a general attack on Tanggu.

The Japanese army at Tanggu had only two infantry brigades, plus some engineers and naval personnel. But these Japanese soldiers, staying outside the Tianjin battlefield, were still very uneasy for Tao Jingfei. It turned out that he couldn't take care of them for the time being, so he could only watch them with a force.

Since No. 1 has transferred a division of troops this time, what are you waiting for? What's more, there are not many residents in Tanggu except for laborers. The artillery group that could not be used in the Tianjin battlefield and had no place to use it could be used with confidence in Tanggu. The terrain of Tanggu is not conducive to the operation of large corps and the use of large quantities of armored forces, but it does not have any problems with the use of large-caliber artillery. The sooner you solve it, the sooner you can rest assured.

Regarding Tao Jingfei's consideration, Yang Zhen did not interfere in any way. He transferred a division, which was used by Tao Jingfei as a mobile force. Tao Jingfei was not required to immediately put this division into the battlefield. As a front-line commander, Tao Jingfei should have his independent considerations. And Yang Zhen didn't think that Tao Jingfei's deployment was wrong.

Although Yang Zhen did not interfere with Tao Jingfei's specific command. After changing tactics, the battle situation was still within a short period of time and had not fundamentally changed, which made Tao Jingfei feel quite a lot of pressure in his heart. Although Tao Jingfei also knew that this kind of tactical adjustment might not be immediate, the pressure on his heart had not been reduced.

The most crucial thing is that after the troops adjusted their tactics and changed from the original concentrated assault to the breakthrough through the wall and the multi-channel dispersed infiltration assault, he has now lost his original comprehensive grasp of the situation on the front line. However, on the battlefield, opportunities in moments of stalemate often appear in directions that are often unnoticed.

Just after Tao Jingfei faced the adjustment of tactics, there was still not much change in a short period of time, and he was extremely anxious in his heart. It has always been the Japanese army in the city of Tianjin, and within the scope of the former Japanese concession in the entire defense area of Tianjin, it suddenly became a pot of porridge.

The Japanese Concession is located in the southwest urban area of Tianjin, between the former French Concession and the Chinese Concession, and across the Haihe River from the original Italian Concession. This is the entire Tianjin urban area, except for the front of the Jintang Bridge, the top priority of the Japanese army's defense. The entire Tianjin garrison, with one-third of its troops, was placed in the Japanese Concession and the adjacent French Concession.

Originally, according to Tao Jingfei's tactic of eating meat first and then gnawing bones, the Japanese concession was not the focus of the entire battlefield deployment. The key attack direction in the southwest urban area is the line of Wanguo Bridge in the former British Concession and the French Concession. For the defending enemy in the Japanese concession, it was to be pinned down with one force, and to exert pressure and take a feint attack with one force to contain it from being unable to reinforce other directions.

The Japanese army here, he is ready to put it to the end. Therefore, in the southwest battlefield of the city, after Tao Jingfei adjusted his tactics, although the Japanese army was a little nervous, it always maintained an orderly advance and retreat. But this situation no longer exists, and the battle situation, which has always been stable, has been stirred up in an instant.

He Zhishan, commander of the 11th Division, who was in charge of the offensive in the southwest direction of the Hexi Battlefield, did not know what accidents had occurred in the depth of the Japanese Concession defending the enemy, but the sound of dense gunfire came from the deep area of the Japanese Concession defending the enemy. It was also a knife and a shot that rushed out of the pile of dead people, and he immediately sensed that there was a problem with the depth of the Japanese army in front of him.

He Zhishan, who was keenly aware of the problems in the depth of the enemy's troops, immediately ordered the 33rd Regiment, which had been launching a diversionary attack on the front of the Japanese Concession, to immediately put all the reserve battalions in his hands into the area to intensify the attack on the Japanese Concession. At the same time, the 31st Regiment on its right flank was ordered to immediately plunge into battle.

Taking advantage of the geographical location of the British Concession in front of the attack and the close connection with the Japanese Concession, taking advantage of the wavering depth of the Japanese army in the southwest, it immediately launched a general attack in the direction of the Wanguo Bridge, which was tightly controlled by the Japanese army, and opened up the ground connection with the three divisions fighting east of the river as quickly as possible.

Although He Zhishan did not know what was wrong with the depth of the Japanese concession at this time. Call the 3rd Division of the Hedong Battlefield, they don't know what problems are going on in Hexi. However, the commander of the Third Division also told He Zhishan that there was a battalion in their Third Division that had lost contact with him and was currently trapped in the Japanese Concession.

It was only because of the loss of radio contact that the Japanese had been blockading the east of Nihonbashi with firepower, and they could not use the flag language and horn sound to communicate. The Ninth Regiment in front of it repeatedly tried to send people across the Haihe River, but it was unsuccessful to restore contact with it. What kind of situation and position the battalion is in now, the third division is also unknown. Judging by the sound of gunfire, the battalion is still resisting.

After receiving the reply of the Third Division, although it is not certain for the time being, the confusion in the Japanese concession was caused by the subsequent actions of the battalion after it was trapped. But the truth of taking advantage of your illness and wanting your life, He Zhishan is still very clear. He immediately adjusted his deployment and took advantage of the confusion in which the defending enemy in the Japanese Concession had fallen into a major offensive against the defending enemy in the Japanese Concession, which had only been pinned down. As for the direction of the Wanguo Bridge, it is enough to leave one regiment.

However, in order to find out the reason why the defending enemy in the Japanese Concession fell into chaos, he instructed the 33rd Regiment fighting in the Japanese Concession to immediately select capable personnel to bring a radio station and find a way to penetrate into the depth of the defending enemy and find out the real reason why the Japanese army fell into chaos. If it is indeed the troops of the Third Division that caused the confusion, find a way to restore contact with them so that they can cooperate in the operation.

In fact, although he can't be sure at the moment, He Zhishan privately feels that the reason why the enemy defending the Japanese concession is in chaos must have something to do with this battalion, and it has a lot to do with it. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why such an undeserved situation occurred in the Japanese concession, which was not the main direction of attack before, and is not the key direction of attack now, and the strength of the Japanese concession is still largely intact.

He Zhishan believes that if the battalion can be connected, then the situation in the entire southwest battlefield is likely to undergo an unexpected change as a result. Therefore, while adjusting the deployment, he immediately issued an order to the 33rd Regiment in front of him to find a way to contact the battalion. Although he did not know why the company-level troops equipped with walkie-talkies had lost all contact with their superiors.