Originally, according to Japan's plan for North China, after moving to Tianjin, this germ warfare unit was located in the northwest suburbs of Tianjin, which was also a key location in the Japanese army's peripheral defense circle, Beicang. For this reason, in the first half of this year, the Japanese army spent
At a high cost, a large number of fortifications were built in Beicang.
However, it was also taken into account that the Anti-Japanese Forces already controlled the Hebei-Reliao border area not far from Tianjin. Therefore, the Japanese army forcibly recruited Zhonghe Hospital and Renai Hospital as alternatives in the Japanese Concession area, which was the most tightly controlled area in Tianjin.
location. A considerable number of laborers were recruited to build sizable basements in each of the two hospitals, and the two hospitals were renovated.
However, these two hospitals were only used as backup locations and were not put into use immediately. After all, Tianjin was the Japanese logistics supply base for the entire North China battlefield. There were not only a large number of army and navy garrisons in the city, but also the entire North China
The largest Japanese expatriate community.
Once bacteria become contagious or leaked, it is difficult to tell which one is Chinese and which one is Japanese. It is not only the Chinese who are unlucky, but also the Japanese. Once a large-scale infectious disease breaks out, no one can
We can't control whether it will spread to Japanese-inhabited areas.
In order to protect the safety of the Japanese expatriates and the garrison in Tianjin, and also to keep the secret of this germ warfare unit. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the Japanese expatriates and the garrison, the Japanese army first set it up in the suburbs of Tianjin, far away from the city, and the security was extremely tight in Beicang.
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But after the battle started, facing the Allied offensive against Tianjin, the Japanese army urgently moved this germ warfare unit from Beicang to the two Japanese hospitals in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin. The two original hospitals were moved to Tianjin.
The hospital used to treat illnesses and save people has been transformed into a base for cultivating murderous demons.
The reason why the Japanese army chose these two hospitals was to serve as a backup location for the germ warfare unit. In addition to using the hospital to hang a scientific research sign, it can be effectively used as a cover. It is also very close to the railway line, so you can get on the train immediately if needed.
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And the most critical point is that it is very close to Haihe, the best place to eliminate criminal evidence in Tianjin. You can go directly north to Haihe Japan Terminal by following a few roads without turning. Once Tianjin is in danger of being unable to defend, you can
Throw the cultured virus and all instruments and equipment into the Haihe River to destroy the stolen goods and eliminate traces.
As for whether these bacteria thrown into the Haihe River will spread on a large scale and cause malignant infectious diseases in Tianjin, that is beyond the control of the Japanese. How many Chinese people will die, and what will these bacterial weapons leave behind?
The future troubles have nothing to do with the Japanese. As long as they don't get infected and return home, that's the best result.
The stronghold that Liu Guanghua's battalion held after crossing the river was only two streets away from the two hospitals. It can be said that it posed the most direct threat to the biggest secret of the Japanese North China Front. This is why the Japanese army left Liu Guanghua's camp after crossing the river.
, regardless of the frontal threat from the Japanese Concession, the reason why they concentrated their forces to eliminate Liu Guanghua's troops in the shortest possible time.
Now, instead of being eliminated, Liu Guanghua's troops suddenly arrived near these two hospitals that concealed huge secrets. This was absolutely unacceptable to the Japanese army. In order to eliminate this threat, all the Japanese troops that could be mobilized in the Japanese Concession were mobilized.
They were all mobilized urgently to surround Liu Guanghua's command.
The supreme commander of the Japanese army in Tianjin, Lieutenant General Dohashi Yugi, the commander of the 48th Division, ordered the defenders of the Japanese Concession to do whatever it takes to completely eliminate this enemy force before it threatens this secret.
There must not be any hidden danger left.
Under the strict orders of Lieutenant General Dohashi Yuuichi, Japanese troops were everywhere around the intervening troops led by Liu Guanghua. Especially the former Japanese Concession Military Police, Azuma Street and Miyajima between Renai and Nakawa Hospitals.
Street, between the two streets that ran through the north and south of the Japanese Concession, the Japanese army was fortified almost layer by layer. The Yamato Park opposite Rong Street was also full of Japanese firepower.
The surrounding Japanese troops, regardless of the limited role of flares in street fighting, continued to fire a large number of flares around the location where Liu Guanghua's troops crossed. The entire intersection of Sakae Street, Fukushima Street and Azuma Street was illuminated brightly.
.Even ignoring the designated targets for the anti-alliance assault troops, all the street lights in this area were turned on.
Liu Guanghua, who had no idea that he had stirred up a hornet's nest, led his troops to face the Japanese troops who were encircling them from all sides. He constantly took advantage of his familiarity with Tianjin's terrain and rushed left and right to try to get rid of more and more Japanese troops around him. But in the face of
The Japanese troops quickly encircled him, and although his troops were limited and unable to disperse, he was still unable to escape the repeated pursuit and interception of the Japanese troops.
After two hours of fighting, the three platoons led by Liu Guanghua were besieged from all sides by the Japanese army and finally lost their ability to sustain assault. The superior forces mobilized by the Japanese army at all costs were surrounded south of Changqing Street and intersected with Azuma Street.
It is less than 100 meters away from the former Japanese military police in the Japanese Concession.
Although Liu Guanghua's troops were surrounded by the Japanese army in the core area of the Japanese Concession, his left and right conflicts caused the entire Japanese army in the Japanese Concession to fall into chaos. This created an excellent situation for the 11th Division fighting head-on in the Japanese Concession.
He Zhishan immediately seized this fleeting fighter opportunity and turned it into a feint attack as his main attack, launching a large-scale night assault on the Japanese Concession.
With the cooperation and support of a fully organized battalion in the tank unit and other brother units organized as companies, He Zhishan adopted the mercury-dropping tactics to penetrate deeply into the Japanese army. He chose Fukushima Street as the main breakthrough point to launch an attack deep into the Japanese Concession.
In order to increase the intensity of the attack, He Zhishan also threw the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment of the reserve into the attack. He ordered the battalion to immediately go along Naniwa Street to cooperate with the 2nd Battalion, which was organized as a company and was attacking along Miyajima Street.
, penetrated deeply into the Japanese Concession. After the battalion also launched the attack, He Zhishan had no other reserves except one battalion.
However, the progress of the two battalions was not as great as Shishan imagined. The 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment, which attacked along Fukushima Street, successively captured Honganji Temple and the Army Cemetery, important strongholds of the Japanese army, but was defeated by Fukushima.
The Japanese troops on Dao Street blocked the line from Shishan Street to the Japanese Concession Christian Church.
The 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment, which attacked along Naniwa Street, successively captured important Japanese strongholds such as Kannon Temple, Inari Shrine, and Xilai Hotel, but was blocked by the Japanese army on the Akashi Street front line. The progress of the two main attack battalions was almost all
The obstacles are far from being as big as those in the He Zhishan quadrant.
Although the Japanese army in the Japanese Concession almost exhausted all its troops in depth in order to contain Liu Guanghua's troops, Fukushima, Azuma, Miyajima, Naniwa, and Akiyama, the transportation lines that ran through the north and south of the Japanese Concession, still maintained sufficient strength.
The troops attacking along Fukushima and Naniwa streets did not have an absolute advantage in strength.
In order to intercept the offensive of the two battalions as much as possible, the front-line Japanese troops continued to adjust their deployment. Troops were mobilized from other non-key combat positions to reinforce Fukushima and Naniwa Street. Although the attacking troops of the two battalions have made certain progress,
But it still failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough as He Zhishan had judged.
On the contrary, the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment, which was organized as a company, avoided the Japanese defensive forces on the main streets and adopted multiple penetration attacks from between Miyajima Street and Fushimi Street. From Miyajima Street and Naniwa Street
In the meantime, the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment, which launched the attack, took advantage of the fact that most of the Japanese army's frontal attention was attracted by the fierce battles on Shishan Street and Akashi Street, and made considerable progress.
The 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment, which formed a three-piece chain and attacked north along Miyajima Street, successively captured a series of targets such as Furong Elementary School, the fire brigade, the Japanese Concession Police Department, and the former Japanese Consulate in Tianjin. On its far left
After three hours of hard fighting, the attacking third company and a Japanese squadron defending the Tianjin Telephone Station finally captured the Tianjin Telephone Station at the cost of two-thirds of the casualties.
The Second Battalion of the 33rd Regiment reached this position. It can be said that there is only Yamato Park between them and Liu Guanghua's headquarters. The sound of gunfire on both sides was clearly audible. However, the battalion reached this position and was already within easy reach of Liu Guanghua.
position, but due to excessive casualties, they were no longer able to continue the attack to the north.
The 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment, which launched the attack from between Miyajima Street and Langsu Street, after successively seizing the youth school and youth hall, the whole battalion rushed north through Huayuan Street in the area east of Yamato Park and entered Yamato Park.
Santai Yangxing in the east. The battalion penetrated the farthest company and even hit Tongren Hospital, which was only across the street from Renai Hospital.
However, because the company protruded too far, the brother troops on both wings had no time to catch up, forming a situation of breaking in alone. They were immediately surrounded by the Japanese troops surrounding Yamato Park who were annihilating Liu Guanghua's troops. Troops quickly transferred from the direction of Rong Street surrounded Tongren Hospital.
.Although the company still maintained its organizational integrity, it immediately fell into a hard fight in the face of the superior strength of the Japanese counterattack.
After learning about the progress of these two battalions, He Zhishan did not hesitate. He strengthened the reserve team of the last battalion at hand, commanded by the deputy commander of the 33rd Regiment, to the direction of the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment. He Zhishan gave the department
The order was to seize Yamato Park at all costs and join up with the brother troops north of Yamato Park. With no less than one company of troops, they would attack in a roundabout direction toward the Christian Church to respond to the 33rd Regiment that was blocked there.
One battalion.
At the same time, He Zhishan strengthened the division's directly-affiliated reconnaissance battalion, one company each of the engineer battalion, and two platoons from the division's directly-affiliated guard company to the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Regiment. He ordered it to launch an attack from the east towards Yamato Park, and at the same time, use
One force rushed through Sakae Street and detoured to reinforce the brother troops north of Yamato Park.
The troops of the 31st Regiment, which were attacking along the junction of the Japanese Concession and the French Concession, were ordered to immediately speed up their actions. With no less than one battalion, they would cross Qiu Shan Street in the shortest possible time and launch an attack on the enemy flank guarding the Japanese Concession.
Cooperate with the frontal assault force operations to speed up the solution of the enemy defenders in the Japanese Concession.
After all these troops were put into the battlefield, He Zhishan only had one company directly under the engineering battalion, except for a platoon directly under the guard company of the division around him. It was still a complete organic company. It can be said that he had already used all his effective forces.
Everyone was invested in it.
There is no way, the general headquarters of the Tianjin battlefield is at Haiguang Temple behind him. If he is unable to make progress for a long time, he will lose his face completely. Fortunately, the current battle situation has finally made decisive progress, so the brother troops are not let down.
It's a joke on you. Otherwise, if you fight so hard under the nose of the headquarters, your superiors and fraternal troops will really see a joke on you. You and your troops really can't hold your head high in front of your fraternal troops.
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Therefore, having obtained a decisive breakthrough in front of him, He Zhishan made a decisive decision to strike while the iron was hot, and immediately invested all the effective forces at hand into it. Although he had not yet reached the point of burning the boat, He Zhishan had already begun to sell the iron.