After pondering for a long time, Yang Zhen tapped the map and said: "I think that's the case. We can't do anything about the Japanese artillery positions for the time being. But we can knock out the Japanese ships on the Haihe River first, especially those equipped with 76mm or more
Ships with naval guns will destroy their main mobile firepower."
"I want to see if you can concentrate some of your forces and make feints along the lines of Jintang Bridge and Jingang Bridge to attract the Japanese warships to these two lines. Then concentrate your heavy artillery to cover the entire river section with firepower. As long as it is sunk
These warships knocked out their main mobile firepower and forced their artillery out of the dog hole."
"Having lost its main mobile firepower, the Japanese army must find ways to make up for this loss. Under the situation that the firing range of the original artillery positions is subject to certain restrictions, the Japanese army must adjust its artillery deployment whether it is willing or not. For us, this is also
It means opportunity."
"You have a 150 howitzer regiment and a cannon battalion. The divisions assigned to you are also equipped with German-made 105 howitzer battalions. These Japanese warships are small and medium-sized ships with heavy armor.
They are very weak, and some ships are even unarmored shallow-water gunboats. Although we lack armor-piercing ammunition to fight the ships, there is still no problem in destroying these ships."
"Also, you should contact the comrades of the Tianjin underground party again. Try every means to find out the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions on both sides of the Haihe River. If there are no large Chinese settlements around the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions, then I agree with you.
Use artillery fire to attack the Japanese air defense firepower points on both sides of the Haihe River."
"Both sides of the Haihe River are dominated by wharves and foreign banks, as well as the original concessions. There are not many private houses and Chinese people. The shooting accuracy of the German-made artillery is quite high. If we can figure out the location of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery groups on both sides of the Haihe River, we can
We can definitely deal with these anti-aircraft artillery groups as well."
"As for the use of artillery in the city, I have thought about it carefully and I can give you permission to use some field artillery and cannons in some areas to conduct direct fire attacks on enemy fortifications. However, you must use close-range shooting.
, shooting should focus on single-shot precision shooting.”
"I see that there are a lot of two-story buildings in Tianjin, and there are also a lot of high-rise buildings. I wonder if you can use the method of placing some light artillery on the buildings to carry out targeted clearing to attack the Japanese artillery positions.
?But I don’t care what you think, but there is one decision that I will not change. That is, in battles in residential areas, especially in densely populated areas, except for recoilless rifles and rocket launchers, artillery is absolutely not allowed to be used
.”
At this point, Yang Zhen hesitated for a long time before saying: "Unless your artillery can achieve the first hit and directly destroy the Japanese artillery position, you must not implement artillery counterattack during the battle. The problem of the Japanese artillery position
, I think it still needs to be solved from the ground."
"In this way, the war situation in Jidong is basically stable now. I will transfer another infantry division to you from the battlefield in Jidong. But when it comes to the use of tanks, you are still a little too cautious. You must dare to fight in the street, too.
Use tanks to boldly intersect in combat. As long as the infantry cooperates well, I think tanks can also be used in street fighting."
After Yang Zhen's words fell, Tao Jingfei did not answer immediately. Instead, he thought carefully for a while before making up his mind: "No. 1, it will be easier for me with your words. I will order the heavy artillery troops to enter the city.
Just implement your plan. Damn it, even if I can’t completely knock out these broken Japanese ships this time, I will still break out their teeth.”
"These days, I've had enough of these broken ships. If these broken ships hadn't blocked several key positions, I wouldn't have said that we could have captured half of Tianjin City in the past few days. At least we could have captured Jintang Bridge and
There is absolutely no problem in opening up the connection between the two sides of the Haihe River with the King Kong Bridge."
"Several cadres from the Tianjin Underground Working Committee are now cooperating with our actions in my headquarters. These people are serious local snakes. I will ask them to do research immediately. Let them find a way to find out the Japanese troops on both sides of the Haihe River.
The situation around the air defense positions. If possible, I will deal with their ships and their air defense fire positions this time."
"Also No. 1, can you transfer two squadrons of the special reconnaissance force to me? I know that their main force is now in the Northeast battlefield, and there are only a few squadrons in the North China battlefield. If you can transfer me one or two squadrons, it should be
It will not affect the battle situation in other directions."
Seeing Tao Jingfei gritting his teeth when he said these words, with even a ferocious expression. Yang Zhen shook his head and smiled, then clicked on the Haihe River on the map and said: "Old Tao, if I guessed correctly, you would have already
I have this idea. However, due to the headquarters' order strictly prohibiting the use of artillery, especially large-caliber artillery, when fighting in the city, there has been no action."
"Although you are a military cadre now, you are a political cadre. You know very well whether we can completely retake Tianjin and what it means to us now and in the future. You also know more clearly about the use of large amounts of artillery in densely populated areas like Tianjin.
What will be the consequences? So you have been hesitating and never made up your mind."
"Indeed, this determination is difficult to make. This is also the main reason why I firmly opposed the capture of Tianjin in a short period of time. Tianjin is different from Peiping. The battle in Peiping is mainly carried out on the periphery. Because Peiping is surrounded by mountains on three sides.
It is mainly mountainous, but the main urban area is located at the northernmost tip of the North China Plain, which determines that its main battles can only be on the periphery."
"Once the outer mountainous area is lost and we attack from a high position, Beiping City will not be able to hold it at all. No matter how thick the city wall of Beiping is, it will not be of much use to the current weapons and equipment. As long as the battle on the outer perimeter of Beiping is ended, in fact,
This is equivalent to eliminating the enemy's main force in Peiping."
"But the terrain here in Tianjin is flat on the Haihe Plain. Although there are many rivers around it, most of the rivers are currently in the winter dry season. If the periphery is used as the main battlefield, and our tank troops are at an absolute advantage, the Japanese army will simply not be able to
Counterbalance. Facing 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 siege the city."
"As your superior, I know better than you the significance of capturing Tianjin and Tanggu. However, the Japanese army gave up the decisive battle with our army on the periphery and retracted all surrounding troops into the city. As the largest industrial and commercial city in North China, Tianjin is also a
Densely populated cities. Such a battle is a very serious challenge for us."
"Once we actually attack the city and fight in such a densely populated city, how many civilians will be killed or injured by one shell? The Japanese can not treat the Chinese as human beings, but we ourselves can't. But when it comes to the situation, we have to fight.
Under this situation, 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 are issues we have to consider."
"Whether we can reduce the casualties of the people as much as possible is the key to the support of the people. If a large number of civilian casualties are caused, we front-line commanders will be stabbed in the spine, and we will be recorded in the history books. Moreover, Tianjin and Peking
The difference is that Peiping is an ancient cultural capital. Apart from a large number of cultural relics, 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 very few heavy industries, the light industry and textile industry are quite developed. If it is really destroyed, it will be very detrimental to our future development. Especially the light industry here.
If the chemical industry and chemical industry are really destroyed, it will affect the livelihood of the entire North China region."
"So, before the attack, I issued an order prohibiting the use of artillery in urban combat. But troops and water are not constant, and things on the battlefield are not static. The battle situation here is so complicated, why don't you report it as soon as possible?
If you can't make this decision, I'll make it for you."
Yang Zhen clicked on the map and marked the Haihe River where artillery was shooting at Zhuyuan. He sighed slightly and said: "Actually, I can see what I said very clearly. As a front-line commander, you, Tao Jingfei, can also see it quite well."
I understand. But as a political cadre, you still have principles."
"So even the Japanese fleet on the Haihe River and the artillery positions set up in residential areas brought great losses to your siege operations. You did not make up your mind to mobilize artillery to fight in the city. Although you already had it in your mind
There is no detailed plan, and there is no such determination."
"Although you, Tao Jingfei, have worked together with Du Kaishan before, and they work together quite well. But you are not Du Kaishan. You don't have his two-pronged personality that doesn't care about anything. You are still very calm at critical moments. Besides, you are not Du Kaishan.
In addition, you were born as a political cadre, but after you became a military cadre, your performance was still very outstanding, and you can be considered to be excellent in both military and political affairs. So after many considerations, I gave you the responsibility for the Tianjin battlefield, and even the political commissar was not given.
You send.”
"However, judging from the current battle situation, your fighting style is somewhat rigid and too mechanical. As a superior commander, I cannot say that your hesitation is wrong. After all, I gave you that order again and again. But
I have one thing to criticize you for: you hesitated for too long."
"Since you have marked the entire Haihe River section to shoot Zhuyuan, what is there to hesitate about? I did give an order to strictly prohibit the use of artillery except direct-aimed weapons when fighting in urban areas. Because the entire urban area of Tianjin
, all the Chinese people have no bunkers to rely on. If a shell is fired, the number of civilians killed will be much higher than that of the Japanese army."
"But there are no residential buildings, and apart from the Japanese warships, there is not even a Chinese fishing boat on the Haihe River. You are unwilling to use artillery fire. This is a bit too rigid. I know that the Haihe River is not wide.
There are many docks and commercial buildings on both sides of the strait, and the range of artillery fire has been greatly affected."
"If this artillery shell misses the target, I'm afraid it will cause unimaginable consequences. But can you think of ways to improve the shooting accuracy of the artillery as much as possible? In this regard, I think based on the quality of our artillery, it is not perfect.
There is no other way. The quality of our artillery is not that low."
"There are many things to make a fuss about here. Why do we rigidly rely only on aviation to attack enemy ships under the enemy's dense ground firepower network? The Haihe City section of Tianjin is only such a long river section.
Faced with such a big threat, you haven't come up with a targeted approach to solve the problem after so many days, and that's your fault."
"Even if you can't make this decision, can you ask the headquarters for instructions? Let me make this decision for you. You are afraid of taking the blame, but I, as a superior, are not afraid. I think as long as you think hard, there will always be more solutions than difficulties. Today
If I don't come, I just want to see if you are going to continue fighting like this?"