Since the Japanese army fully invaded China, Tianjin, as the earliest large city to fall within the Chinese customs, has hardly encountered any war. Even when the 29th Army was in Tianjin, it also fought a battle with the Japanese army. But that battle continued
It didn't last long, and Tianjin didn't suffer much damage.
To say that the biggest battle fought around Tianjin so far has to be pushed back to the Gengzi Incident forty-four years ago, that is to say, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing. Such a huge war ravages today, for now
For people under the age of fifty, this is basically the first time in history.
When the battle started, many people saw it as a show of excitement, thinking that they would retreat after fighting for a while like the 29th Army did. However, they did not expect that after three days, the intensity of the battle not only did not decrease, but intensified.
The more intense the beating, the more cruel the beating.
After these days of bloody battles, the people of Tianjin, who have been living in peace, now have a taste of the cruelty of real war. The intensive sound of gunfire inside and outside the entire Tianjin city has been beaten into a piece of ruined streets.
The common people are looking forward to the bloody battle that is happening around them and will end as soon as possible.
Yang Zhen and Tao Jingfei had no intention of caring about what the people were thinking and how they were feeling in the past few days. But for the current war situation, knocking out the main mobile firepower of the Japanese army did not mean that the war would end.
It can be ended in a short time. Knocking out the mobile firepower of the Japanese army is just a means to speed up the war process, but it cannot be said that it can be effective immediately.
Although the Japanese troops in Tianjin have suffered quite serious casualties after these days of fierce fighting, they are still resisting desperately relying on their strong will and resilience. Although Tao Jingfei changed his tactics, the battle progress is still considerable.
Slowly. Each position must be repeatedly contested before its ownership is finally determined.
Although the tactics of flooding the ground with mercury disrupted the Japanese army's position to a certain extent, judging from the current changes in the situation, the Japanese army was not disrupted enough. The entire Japanese defense system was only partially disrupted. And these local areas were in chaos.
, far from reaching the point of affecting the overall situation.
The division that Yang Zhen transferred to Tao Jingfei from Jidong was not used by Tao Jingfei on the Tianjin battlefield. In Tao Jingfei's view, now that the perimeter has been cleared and the troops have entered Tianjin city, on such a narrow battlefield, the current
The force is already sufficient. Investing too much force will only result in too dense a force.
Therefore, he deployed the main force of this division at Dagukou and Xinhe lines to monitor the Japanese troops in Tanggu. He also cut off the Japanese troops in Tianjin City, the breakout route to Tanggu, and blocked Dagukou. In order to increase the firepower of blocking Dagukou, Tao Jingfei general
A 150 howitzer battalion reserved in hand was also strengthened to the direction of Dagukou.
At the same time, after completing the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese fleet in Haihe and the mobile artillery group, he will serve as the cannon battalion with fire blockade tasks, one of the two howitzer battalions, plus two 122 rocket launcher battalions attached to the headquarters, and four divisions
The 107th rocket launcher, two divisions belonging to the 105th howitzer battalion, and three 76mm cannon battalions were all transferred to Junliangcheng, Xinhe, and the Dagu and Beitang lines.
In the entire Tianjin battlefield, only one 150 howitzer battalion was left for deterrence. In the remaining street battles, he still focused on small and medium-caliber direct-aimed artillery. Of course, the one reinforced by his superiors was only used as a deterrent in the entire Anti-Japanese Alliance.
There were several independent battalions, but he still retained two companies of the 160-heavy mortar battalion.
In addition to being bulky, this thing is really easy to use against the fortifications of the Japanese army. Especially against the fortifications that the Japanese army used to rebuild small western-style buildings. One shot can completely solve the problem. It is a super weapon for demolishing houses. This is
This heavy mortar played a considerable role in the battle at Junliang City.
The reason for the deployment of firepower in this way is because Tao Jingfei knew very well that after the Japanese mobile artillery group was eliminated, in the remaining street battles, large-caliber howitzers and cannons had limited room to play. Although No. 1 had specially approved his own attack on
The Japanese fleet in Haihe used large-caliber howitzers and cannons, but still did not agree to use these powerful artillery in urban operations.
Under this situation, no matter how powerful these large-caliber artillery are, they are far less powerful than the 76mm cannon, direct-aiming artillery and anti-aircraft artillery. Although these artillery pose a greater threat and cause greater damage,
.But where are the orders from superiors? These artillery pieces are just a display on the battlefield in Tianjin. It is better to strengthen them to the fronts that need them more.
Coupled with a reinforced regiment he deployed in Beitang, as well as a regiment from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in Lutai and a regiment from the Jidong Military Division, he formed a key area around the entire periphery of Tianjin, starting from Beitang in the north and ending at Dagukou in the south.
defense. And using this newly arrived division, with the cooperation of a regiment from the Jidong Army Division, launched a general attack on Tanggu.
Although the Japanese army in Tanggu only has two infantry brigades, plus some engineers and naval personnel, Tao Jingfei is still very worried about these Japanese troops staying outside the Tianjin battlefield. It turns out that they cannot be taken care of for the time being, so he can only
Watch first with one force.
Since a division of troops has been mobilized on the 1st this time, what are you waiting for? What's more, there are not many residents in Tanggu except laborers. The artillery group that is useless because it cannot be used on the Tianjin battlefield can be rest assured in Tanggu
The terrain of Tanggu is not conducive to large corps operations and the large-scale use of armored units, but it does not pose any problem to the use of large-caliber artillery. The sooner you solve it, the sooner you can feel at ease.
Regarding Tao Jingfei's considerations, Yang Zhen did not interfere in any way. He transferred a division to Tao Jingfei to use as a mobile force. He did not ask Tao Jingfei to put this division on the battlefield immediately. As a front-line commander,
Tao Jingfei should have his own independent considerations. And Yang Zhen didn't think there was anything wrong with Tao Jingfei's plan.
Although Yang Zhen did not interfere with Tao Jingfei's specific command. After changing the tactics, the battle situation still did not fundamentally change within a short period of time, which put Tao Jingfei under considerable pressure. Although Tao Jingfei also knew that this kind of
The tactical adjustment may not have immediate results, but the pressure on his heart has not eased.
The most critical thing is that after the troops adjusted their tactics, from the original centralized assault to the penetration through walls, and multi-channel dispersed infiltration assault, he has now lost the original comprehensive grasp of the situation on the front line. But in
On the battlefield, opportunities in stalemate moments often appear in directions that are often not noticed.
Just when Tao Jingfei adjusted his tactics, there were still not many changes in a short period of time, and he felt extremely anxious. The Japanese army had been in Tianjin City, and within the original Japanese concession area in the entire Tianjin defense focus area, suddenly there was
It turned into a mess.
The Japanese Concession is located in the southwest urban area of Tianjin, between the original French Concession and the Chinese Concession, across the Haihe River from the original Concession. This is the entire urban area of Tianjin, except for the front of Jintang Bridge, which is the top priority of the Japanese defense. The entire Tianjin defends the enemy.
One-third of the troops were deployed in the Japanese Concession and the adjacent French Concession.
Originally, according to Tao Jingfei's strategy of eating meat first and then chewing bones, the Japanese Concession was not the focus of the entire battlefield deployment. The key attack direction in the southwest urban area was the original British Concession and the Wanguoqiao line of the French Concession. For the defenders of the Japanese Concession, it was
Use one force to suppress it, and use another force to exert pressure and feint attacks, so that it cannot be reinforced in other directions.
He was prepared to leave the Japanese army here to the final solution. So in the southwest battlefield of the city, after Tao Jingfei adjusted his tactics, although the Japanese army was a little nervous, they still maintained an orderly advance and retreat. But this situation no longer exists. It turns out that
The battle situation that always maintained a stable situation was suddenly thrown into chaos.
He Zhishan, the commander of the 11th Division who was in charge of the offensive in the southwest of the Hexi battlefield, did not know what happened deep in the Japanese Concession to defend the enemy, but from the depth of the Japanese Concession to defend the enemy, the sound of intensive gunfire came. He was also killing people from the pile of dead people with swords and shots.
When he came out, he immediately noticed that there was a problem in the depth of the Japanese army in front of him.
He Zhishan, who was keenly aware that there was a problem with the enemy's depth, immediately ordered the 33rd Regiment, which had been launching diversionary attacks in front of the Japanese Concession, to immediately invest a whole reserve battalion in hand to strengthen the attack on the Japanese Concession. At the same time,
The thirty-first regiment on its right wing was ordered to immediately join the battle.
Taking advantage of the British Concession on the front of the attack and its geographical location closely connected with the Japanese Concession, taking advantage of the Japanese army's deep wavering in the southwest, they immediately launched a general attack in the direction of Wanguoqiao, which was tightly controlled by the Japanese army, and opened up the three groups fighting Hedong as quickly as possible.
Ground connections between divisions.
Although He Zhishan did not know at this time what kind of problems occurred in the depth of the Japanese Concession. When he called the Third Division on the battlefield in Hedong, they did not know what problems occurred in Hexi. However, the commander of the Third Division also told He Zhishan that one of their three divisions had lost one
The camp we contacted is currently trapped in the Japanese Concession.
Just because of the loss of radio contact, the Japanese army had previously blocked the east side of the Japanese Bridge with fire, unable to use flags and bugles to communicate. The Ninth Regiment in front of them tried many times to send people across the Haihe River, but failed to restore contact with it. The battalion is now
The Third Division currently has no way of knowing what kind of situation and position it is in. It can only be judged by the sound of gunfire that the battalion is still resisting.
After getting the answer from the Third Division, it was not yet certain whether the chaos in the Japanese Concession was caused by the battalion's subsequent actions after being trapped. But He Zhishan was still very clear about taking advantage of your illness to kill you. He
They immediately adjusted their deployment and took advantage of the chaos the Japanese Concession defenders were in. They launched a focused attack on the Japanese Concession defenders who were originally just suppressing the enemy. As for the direction of Wanguo Bridge, leaving one regiment was enough.
However, in order to find out the reason why the enemy defenders in the Japanese Concession were in chaos, he instructed the 33rd Regiment fighting in the Japanese Concession to immediately select capable personnel to bring a radio station and find ways to penetrate deep into the enemy defenders and find out the real reason why the Japanese army was in chaos.
If it is indeed the troops of the Third Division that caused the chaos, find a way to restore contact with them so that they can cooperate in combat.
In fact, although it is not certain at the moment, He Zhishan feels privately that the reason why the enemy defenders in the Japanese Concession fell into chaos must have something to do with this battalion, and it has a lot to do with it. Otherwise, it is simply unexplainable now. As the focus of the Japanese defenders in Tianjin,
The area was not the main direction of attack before, and it is not the key direction of attack now. The strength of the Japanese concession is still largely intact to defend the enemy. Why is there such an unexpected situation?
He Zhishan believed that if he could establish contact with this battalion, the situation on the entire southwest battlefield would probably undergo an unexpected change. So while adjusting his deployment, he immediately issued an order to the 33rd Regiment ahead.
The order was to find a way to contact the battalion. Although he did not know why the company-level troops equipped with walkie-talkies lost all contact with their superiors.