For Tao Jingfei, these anti-aircraft firepower groups along the Haihe River should be destroyed as much as possible as long as they can be knocked out. Because these positions can not only conduct fire blockade in the air, but also have amazing lethality when shooting on the ground. During the withdrawal of the Anti-Alliance Aviation
After leaving the battlefield, these anti-aircraft artillery groups and anti-aircraft machine gun groups turned their guns and joined the Japanese battlefield fire support group.
During the battle, it also caused considerable losses to the attacking troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. If the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower points in the main attack direction could be knocked out, the pressure on the front-line combat troops could also be reduced. However, in Tao Jingfei's order to the ministry,
It has also been repeatedly emphasized that only single-gun direct-aiming and precise shooting can be used, and coverage shooting tactics are not allowed.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance itself is an expert in using anti-aircraft weapons to shoot flatly and support ground operations. It is equipped with a variety of small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft weapons and plays a very important role in ground support in almost every combat operation. For the Japanese army, these
The threat of flat-firing anti-aircraft weapons does not require you to pay for it with blood on the battlefield. You already know the pros and cons.
Therefore, these anti-aircraft weapons groups must be eliminated as much as possible. Because a 13mm anti-aircraft machine gun or a pair of 25mm anti-aircraft cannons can block a thousand-meter-long street. And this kind of street is in
Within the urban area of Tianjin, the number is quite limited, and it is basically the main attack route of the attacking troops. Knocking out these anti-aircraft firepower can reduce the pressure on the attacking troops.
After adjusting the deployment, Tao Jingfei immediately launched a new offensive without any hesitation. However, whether on the Hedong battlefield or the Hexi battlefield, decentralizing the organization does not mean that the troops must be completely disrupted. If the attack is completely dispersed,
The troops will have no adaptability.
Therefore, he required two directions. Each division of all participating troops must retain a fully formed regiment and not be dispersed. Each front-line combat unit must retain at least one complete organic battalion for each regiment. The first-line combat troops and the second-line
The distance between combat troops cannot be too large.
At the same time, the organization of the troops at Jintang Bridge was not disrupted, and the battalion was still used as a combat organization to maintain sufficient pressure on the front line of Jintang Bridge. While maintaining the integrity of the attacking troops on the front line of Jintang Bridge, he gave each company in the unit,
They were all equipped with two 76mm cannons as direct firepower. All anti-aircraft machine guns and twin 23 anti-aircraft guns were also mobilized by him into the city to participate in the battle.
Except for the troops originally attacking the front line of Jintang Bridge, all tank troops were organized as companies and distributed to each regiment. The focus of the attack, except for Jintang Bridge, was the exposed Japanese troops within the combat range of each unit.
Artillery position. He only gave one sentence of orders to the commander of the tank unit, and he made every effort to move towards the location of the Japanese artillery position.
Tao Jingfei's order to the tank troops was just that. There was no battle plan or scope of operations. Of course, there was another sentence, that is, I only want the Japanese artillery positions. However, considering that we were fighting in an unfamiliar urban environment, it was difficult for us to fight in an unfamiliar urban environment.
It is crucial to have a guide who is familiar with the city where the battlefield is located.
He distributed a submachine gun, four magazines and four grenades to each of the dozens of Tianjin underground party workers gathered in his headquarters. They learned how to shoot a surprise shot and dropped the bombs.
A steel helmet is placed on each person's head, and whether they are willing or not, they are strengthened to serve as guides for the frontline combat troops.
As a result, the Secretary of the Tianjin Underground Working Committee in his headquarters at the moment only has a Propaganda Minister, the Secretary of the School Committee, and a few underground traffic officers. In response to Tao Jingfei's actions, local comrades have repeatedly protested. Even
After the secretary learned that Yang Zhen had arrived at Haiguang Temple, he repeatedly asked to meet Yang Zhen for negotiation.
The secretary believed that the Tianjin Underground Working Committee has now mobilized a large number of party and league members who are familiar with the situation in Tianjin to serve as guides for various Anti-Union forces. These people who stayed at the Haiguang Temple Anti-Union Headquarters are all the backbones of the Tianjin underground party and
Cadres at all levels. If the losses are too great, the entire Tianjin Underground Working Committee will be completely paralyzed.
In particular, many of them have secret intelligence channels with single-line connections. Among them are not only the Japanese army, but also Chongqing and the Wang Puppet regime. It can be said that the entire Tianjin Underground Working Committee and even the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Social Bureau have secret relationships
and intelligence resources are all in the hands of these people. Once a large number of sacrifices occur, it means that many intelligence resources will lose contact.
In order to ensure the safety of these personnel who have a large amount of intelligence resources and united front relations, as soon as the Anti-Japanese League entered the urban area of Tianjin, except for a few people who could not be contacted, the Tianjin Underground Working Committee immediately dispatched all of them
We must say that the Tianjin Underground Working Committee took great pains to protect these cadres.
Tao Jingfei's actions made this veteran party member who joined the party during the Great Revolution very dissatisfied. He has been tested for a long time and has rich experience in underground work, but he does not know that the Anti-Japanese League has adjusted its tactics. What is this? I have already found a way to mobilize it for you.
With so many guides, you can basically satisfy each of your attack battalions. Each attack camp is equipped with one or two guides. Why don't you think it's enough? Do you really have to kill all the members of the Tianjin Underground Working Committee in this battle to satisfy you?
needs.
However, in response to the protest of the party secretary who was about the same age as himself, Yang Zhen just said sorry and did not stop Tao Jingfei's actions. Because Yang Zhen knew that Tao Jingfei, who was a political commissar, could make such a big decision, which meant that he had already decided
It's all over the place.
Otherwise, the comrades of the Tianjin Underground Working Committee would not have chosen and sent out so many guides, but they still felt that there were not enough guides. So in addition to saying sorry a few times and saying that he would tell the troops to protect these people, Yang Zhen also
He did not interfere in any way with Tao Jingfei's actions.
Even though the Secretary of the Underground Working Committee, and the then Secretary of the Academic Committee of the Tianjin Underground Working Committee, and his classmates at the Peking University School of Law, spoke sincerely about the interests and benefits, Yang Zhen did not complain about it. For Yang Zhen,
Nothing is more important than the current battle situation in Tianjin.
If the Japanese army in Tianjin is not dealt with as soon as possible, and the current war situation continues, the number of civilian casualties will become larger and larger. Moreover, once the city of Tianjin, which has a large number of light industries, is destroyed, the losses and costs will be too great.
It is easy to destroy, but difficult to rebuild.
Yang Zhen held down the position for Tao Jingfei, while Tao Jingfei in front adjusted the deployment as quickly as possible. Although Tao Jingfei made the most thorough adjustments during the redeployment. But after the tactical adjustment, what kind of fight can it look like?
I still have no idea in my heart. This gossip-like urban structure of the entire Tianjin city is really a headache.
In fact, this Tianjin battle has been very troublesome for Tao Jingfei from the beginning. Although the Japanese resistance in the peripheral battle was quite tenacious, various key points such as Yangliuqing, Junliangcheng, Xiaozhan, Dagukou, and Beitang were also fought over repeatedly.
The ownership was finally determined. But for Tao Jingfei, this was not really a headache for him.
Although the fighting on the periphery is a bit more difficult, compared with the ongoing street fighting, it can be said that it is in the sky and on the ground. What really gives him a headache is the difficulty and uncertainty of the entire battle after entering the street fighting stage, especially
It's a lack of information.
The Japanese commander in Tianjin was very cunning. Although he repeatedly fought for every key point during the battle on the outskirts of the city, he always firmly controlled a certain rhythm in the use of troops. At the same time, only part of the artillery support in the city was used.
Artillery hides the main force of ground artillery. It is not until entering urban areas that its true artillery strength is fully displayed.
The entire city is surrounded by Japanese artillery, and the scales have been set up long ago. Each artillery group has its own fixed combat direction. Coupled with the cooperation of the mobile artillery group, the attacking troops from all directions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance have to move forward every time they move forward.
He was covered by a large amount of artillery fire. Having fought with the Japanese army for so many years, this was the first time that Tao Jingfei encountered the Japanese army on a local battlefield with such intensive firepower.
This is not the most difficult thing that Tao Jingfei has encountered. The most fatal problem is the lack of intelligence. From the beginning of the battle outside Tianjin, the Japanese army carried out a tight blockade of Tianjin. All including puppet troops and puppet government personnel
No Chinese, not even high-ranking officials, were allowed to leave the city.
All senior commanders of the puppet army in the city, as well as all staff of the puppet government who have access to military issues, were gathered in one place for strict supervision. All puppet soldiers and police officers were disrupted and organized into Japanese garrison units.
The city troops are fighting. Not only the living are not allowed to leave the city, but the dead are not allowed to leave the city.
During this period, Chinese people who died for whatever reason were not allowed to leave the city for burial. The corpses and coffins were either temporarily stored at home, or sent to the crematorium opened by the Japanese in Tianjin for cremation and then taken home. Anyway, in one sentence, not only were the living not allowed to leave the city,
The dead are not allowed to leave the city.
The Japanese army's blockade was too tight, resulting in the inability to send out intelligence inside the city, and the reconnaissance personnel outside the city could not get in at all. Many secret radio stations of the underground party in Tianjin were also blacked out in turns by the Japanese military police, and the sale of batteries was banned in the city. All were destroyed and lost.
All contact with outside the city was eliminated.
Even though the front line has advanced to the urban area of Tianjin, the Tianjin Anti-Japanese Frontline Command still has a limited grasp of Tianjin's city defense structure and defense situation. Even the location of the Japanese army's headquarters in Tianjin has not yet been clarified.
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Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance mobilized a considerable number of intelligence and technical departments to participate in the battle, they were still unable to locate the location of the Japanese military headquarters. This was because since the start of the Tianjin offensive, the Japanese military headquarters in Tianjin had been in frequent contact with many high-power radio signals, as if
It's like everything has disappeared.
There are more than a dozen 15-watt radio stations found, but they are distributed almost all over Tianjin. It is impossible to determine which one is the location of the Japanese military headquarters. As for the five-watt and two-watt tactical radio stations below 15 watts
There are more of them, so it is difficult to find out exactly what level of Japanese command used them.
After entering the urban area, all the troops could only feel the battle like a blind man trying to figure out an elephant. Even at the beginning of the campaign, the few maps of Tianjin urban area used by his command headquarters were still civilian versions. If they were not captured on the Haiguang Temple battlefield,
There are several military maps of Tianjin urban area used by the Japanese army, but I am afraid that he does not even have a detailed map of Tianjin urban area.
Although civilian maps are also maps, they are two different things from military maps. The clarity of everything on civilian maps cannot be compared with military maps. For a battle of the scale of capturing Tianjin, this kind of preparation is undoubtedly
is quite inadequate.
Like the capture of Tianjin, there was not much tactical information, and it could even be said that it was pitiful. This was the first time that Tao Jingfei, who had been on the battlefield, encountered it. In a city like this where a large number of residents live together, it is like this
The chaos of war forced him to make every deployment adjustment only after careful consideration.