Before the Japanese ground artillery and the anti-aircraft artillery positions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were awakened from the sudden heavy artillery input from the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Japanese naval ships on the Haihe River were hit with firepower like a storm. Just make sure that there are no Chinese anti-aircraft guns around.
Positions, and several mobile artillery positions of the Japanese army also dropped dense artillery shells.
Although the Japanese artillery fired back without hesitation, their Taisho 4-year-old 150mm howitzers had a maximum range of only more than 8,000 meters, which was higher than the German-made SFH Type 18 that had a maximum range of 13,000 meters invested by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
The effective range of the howitzer was more than five thousand meters shorter. No matter how they fired back, the Japanese artillery could not reach it.
As for the Meiji 38-type 150mm howitzer with a range of only more than 5,000 meters, the range is even more than half. Coupled with the 105 cannon made by the Japanese invested in the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Japanese army has to deal with even more
It's very difficult. If you want to fight back, there is no way at all.
Their hands were short and they couldn't reach them if they wanted to fight back. In the past, they only relied on the Anti-Japanese Alliance's anti-rat weapon, which allowed them to show off their ferocity. Several mobile artillery groups of the Japanese army could only look at the artillery deployed on their own mobile artillery positions, just like their naval colleagues.
He was beaten to ashes in a short period of time, but he was unable to fight back.
Weapons and equipment are indeed not the first factor that determines the success or failure of a war, but in many cases it is the key factor that determines the success or failure of a battle. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, domestic steel production capacity was limited, and Japan had to give priority to the navy. In order to cope with the war
needs and continues to expand.
By the end of 1942, it had completely stopped the production of its latest and best-performing Type 96-150 howitzer. Although the performance of this new howitzer is not inferior to the latest European and American howitzers of the same caliber.
But as a new type of artillery, the demand for raw materials is also great.
With the production of high-performance gun steel limited and the demand for artillery constantly expanding, the Japanese army stopped the production of this new howitzer, which required a lot of raw materials. Even the Taisho four-year-old howitzer, which had slightly inferior performance, also stopped
production. Instead, production of the 150mm howitzer was resumed in Meiji 38, which had been discontinued a long time ago and its performance had lagged behind. The maximum range was only more than 5,000 meters.
For the Japanese army, although this type of artillery has a shorter range, its power has not been reduced much. Fighting in the Pacific is a battle for islands. These Meiji 38-style 150mm howitzers have a short range.
The shortcomings are not very prominent. In the India-Burma battlefield, due to the special terrain, large-caliber artillery was not used much.
Therefore, the Japanese base camp, under the situation that the use of steel has been somewhat unable to make ends meet, stopped the production of new artillery, turned to the production of this old artillery, and increased the production quantity of mountain and field artillery. As for the new artillery that has been manufactured,
The distribution has been redistributed according to different battlefields.
The new Type 96 howitzers are mainly equipped for the Kwantung Army, which is facing the greatest threat at the moment, and the Australian battlefield. The Taisho 4-year-old 150mm howitzers, as well as some of the old Meiji 150mm howitzers, are equipped for the North China Front Army.
.As for the Pacific battlefield, except for Taiwan and the Philippines, the old Meiji 38-type howitzers are now the main ones.
The distribution plan of the Japanese base camp is based on the terrain of each battlefield and the opponents it faces. In the Southeast Asian and Pacific battlefields, it is basically a battle for islands. The area of the islands is limited, except for some long-range cannons used as shore
Except for anti-fire cannons, no matter how far the range is, they are of little use.
In the face of the increasingly powerful opponents of the Kwantung Army, and the North China Front Army, which is already under direct threat from the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it has become the main distribution direction of new artillery. However, compared to the Kwantung Army, the North China Front Army has a weak weapon configuration.
, the importance is still slightly less. Therefore, there is a situation where the Tianjin defenders want to fight back but cannot reach the long-range artillery fire of the Anti-Alliance.
This is also why the top commander of the Japanese garrison in Tianjin placed all the mountain field guns and some 150 howitzers in the open area, in addition to some large-caliber artillery units used in conjunction with naval guns as mobile artillery groups.
due to densely populated areas.
Because he knew very well that the gap between the artillery performance of the two sides was too big. In an artillery battle, his troops had no chance of winning. And without the support of artillery fire, he would not be able to complete the mission of the base camp and the front army headquarters to stick to Tianjin for at least one
month, waiting for the request for the enlightenment of Bohai Bay.
In order to defend Tianjin and wait for the reinforcements from the base camp, the top commander of the Japanese defenders in Tianjin worked very hard. But no matter what his thoughts were, it was necessary to maintain a mobile artillery group with a certain wide range of fire. Those artillery units placed in residential areas, although
Because it is safer to use the Chinese as human shields, but the shooting range is quite narrow, and it can only provide point or area support.
Once an artillery group is destroyed by the enemy on the battlefield, it is equivalent to a gap in the fire defense circle. Ensuring a certain number of mobile artillery to make up for the gap when necessary is also necessary for the Tianjin defense war.
Therefore, no matter how he calculated, he still had to choose a position for some artillery units with a wide range of fire and the ability to fire at 360 degrees.
The long-term estrangement between the army and the navy made him still have low trust in the navy. Although he also knew that Dagukou had been lost, and the Bohai Bay was currently in the ice period, leaving the navy on the Haihe River.
The fleet is basically trapped in a lonely city, and it is impossible not to cooperate fully, but his trust in the navy is still very low.
Coupled with the enemy's air superiority, he did not dare to place all his hopes on the naval fleet. And these mobile artillery positions did cooperate with the naval fleet in the battles in the past few days to contain the resistance.
The offensive has played a huge role. But now without the support of naval guns, these short-handed artillery groups have suffered a tragedy.
In just over an hour of shelling, the artillery units participating in the Anti-Japanese War fired out more than two dozen shells. In addition to the Haihe River and the anti-aircraft artillery positions on both sides of the bank where it was determined that there were no Chinese as human shields, thousands of shells were dropped.
In addition, the Japanese ground artillery mobile artillery group positions also dropped thousands of rounds.
After more than an hour of shelling, the Japanese artillery lost almost all mobile firepower and 80% of its large-caliber artillery. For the rest of the battle, they could only rely on deployment in Chinese-inhabited areas and rely on
The Chinese fought from fixed artillery positions with human shields.
It's just that it's not easy to convert these fixed artillery into mobile artillery. Because it's not easy to get those artillery into residential areas, but it's also not easy to get them out. The Japanese army took some advantages after painstaking efforts, but they didn't.
When he thought of turning around, he restrained his hands and feet.
Throughout the entire offensive, the Japanese mobile artillery group that threatened the Allied attack forces the most came to Xitianhou. Each unit participating in the battle adopted small-scale, multi-pass penetration attack tactics, like mercury pouring down the ground. With the cooperation of engineers, they dug holes through
Wall used alleys and residential areas to directly launch new offensives against the Japanese positions.
The tank troops participating in the war also used their own armor to forcefully open a passage in the small residential area and launch intersecting attacks on the fixed artillery positions of the Japanese army. For the Anti-Japanese Alliance, how to end this bitter battle as quickly as possible?
This is already the first condition. As for the damaged houses, we can only find ways to make up for it after the war.
The Anti-Alliance artillery entered the city and carried out fire strikes on the Japanese ships on the Haihe River. Especially after completing the fire strikes on the Japanese ships and mobile artillery, the two Anti-Alliance heavy howitzer battalions began to enter the city.
Only Tianjin residents with small arms in the United States knew that the Chinese army also had artillery that was more powerful than the Japanese artillery.
It was not used before because it took into account the safety of the Chinese people in the city and was worried about causing a large number of casualties. But it was definitely not unused. The people who had been evacuated from the war zone saw that they were being pulled by half-track vehicles and were entering the city to join the war.
The large-caliber howitzer battalion finally showed a smile on its numb face.
Although many ordinary people are also worried that although they are poor, they still have a shelter from the wind and rain, and their homes will be razed to the ground in this war. But for more ordinary people, their homes can still be rebuilt. But
If this frightening war does not end, I don't know if there is any hope of returning to Tianjin City again, and I am even more concerned about the safety of my relatives and friends who have not yet evacuated from Tianjin City.
This battle has been going on for three days. Under the unscrupulous Japanese artillery fire, the people in Tianjin suffered heavy losses. Many people who could only wait at home because of the Japanese ban were killed or injured by the Japanese artillery fire.
.Whether the people inside the city are still suffering, or the people outside the city who have been evacuated, they are undoubtedly looking forward to the early end of this bloody battle.
I can go home early, and my relatives and friends who are still trapped in the city can be safe and sound. Of course, it would be best if the home can be preserved. But no matter whether the people in Tianjin or outside the city, they all have a concept, that is, the outbreak in Tianjin
The sooner this bloody battle in Tianjin is resolved, the better.
Compared with Peking, which is an adjacent historical and cultural ancient capital but does not have much status in industry and commerce. Since its opening as a port, Tianjin has become a bridgehead for Western powers to penetrate into northern China. In just a few decades, Tianjin has become the economic center of North China.
It is the largest industrial and commercial city in North China and the economic center of the entire North China.
Tianjin has developed industry and commerce, as well as huge shipping and river terminals. This naturally means money in vain for both Chinese and foreigners. Even warlords from all walks of life will not be stupid about this money bag.
Let's open fire here. If Shanghai in the north is destroyed, wouldn't it be a problem for our own money?
Besides, there are so many foreigners in Tianjin City. What if that bullet doesn’t have eyes and injures one of them? Wouldn’t it cause a big trouble for yourself? In addition, the foreign concessions in Tianjin City are the first choice for retired warlords in the north.
.The Emperor Xuantong at that time also settled in the concession in Tianjin after being kicked out of the palace.
This prosperous city of Tianjin, which occupies the nearest seaport from Peking, is home to high-ranking officials and dignitaries. In the late Qing Dynasty and the Beiyang government, the mansions and shops of frustrated warlords and politicians were built one after another. It is a large building in the east of the river.
Factories, large and small, are also lined up in rows.
The docks on the Haihe River are also increasingly busy with shipping. The construction of Tanggu Port has not been delayed at all. Because no one wants to have their money bags broken, even in the most intense stage of the warlord melee in northern China, the city of Tianjin is still
It was safe and sound, not a single shell fell.
Of course, as an important town and economic center in the north, Tianjin was also a battleground for various princes and kings during the warlord wars. However, all the wars that year were basically carried out in the Yangcun and Junliangcheng areas on the outskirts of Tianjin. They were sheltered by foreign guns and cannons.
Tianjin, as it is known, has basically not been ravaged by war. Compared to Peiping, where the King's Banner changes all the time, Tianjin can be called a paradise.