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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 408 Xiangyue Qingji¡¯s Mistake

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    Chapter 408: Xiangyue Qingji¡¯s mistake

    The moment Liu Tiehan attacked the corps and bombarded the Japanese positions outside Tianjin, Kozuki Kiyoshi, the commander of the Japanese North China Garrison in Peiping, immediately received an urgent telegram from the Tianjin defenders and sat down on his chair.

    What does it mean for the main force of the ** Division to suddenly attack Tianjin?  This means that his overall plan has completely failed. Xiangyue Qingji has always believed that Tang Qiuli would compete with him for Peiping, for no other reason than what the Chinese call "face."

    With Tang Qiuli's current status, the issue of face is particularly important. Xiangyue Qingsi also read the reactions of newspapers across China to Tang Qiuli's abandonment of Peiping, which further strengthened his judgment and the next target of the Japanese army's attack.  , must be Peiping, which is in the hands of the Imperial Army of Japan. At the military meeting, Xiangyue Qingji said so.

    His subordinates asked why the commander was so convinced that Tang Qiuli would attack Peiping. He smiled reservedly and said: "You don't understand the Chinese. They are very proud of themselves. The more powerful they are, the more powerful they are."  "The more we pay attention to this," therefore, he transferred all Tianjin's troops to Peiping in order to compete repeatedly with the Japanese Division on the periphery of Peiping. Relying on solid city defenses, he gave the Japanese Division vitality and a large number of casualties.

    If Xiangyue Qingji thinks about it in reverse, on July 8, when the Japanese army occupied Peiping, was there a large-scale battle for the city and was there any fierce street fighting?  Did you encounter stiff resistance?  None. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops who were beaten and bruised outside Peiping could be said to have occupied Peiping without a single blow or a single shot being fired.

    In addition, he believed that the ceasefire agreement on the Peiping front line was absolutely binding on the Chinese Communists. From the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 to 1898, when playing games with the Chinese, all the rules were formulated by the Japanese. It was war or peace.  People have the final say.

    Although there was a Tang Qiuli who wanted to overthrow the rules of the game, he finally signed the ceasefire agreement under the pressure of their government. If only he, Xiangyue Qingji, would not give up so easily, and with the power of victory, fight in one go.  If you don't go down and turn North China upside down, you are not a general of the Japanese Empire. The Chinese will never have this spirit.

    The agreement is for the Chinese to abide by. Wherever the soldiers of the Japanese Empire go, the agreement is made. In addition, in the heart of Xiangyue Qingji, he really hopes that Tang Qiuli will come to fight for Peiping, so that he can win the war.  The main force of the * Division is firmly attracted to the outskirts of Peiping. It only takes two weeks for reinforcements from all walks of life to arrive.

    Nearly a million imperial troops, even with their feet, could grind Tang Qiuli, who was called the China Devil by the timid Japanese soldiers, into a pulp. To this end, Xiangyue Qingji specially formulated a plan.  When the Japanese Army began to attack Peiping, it deliberately gave up some non-important strongholds to give him some sweetness.

    Now, the game has begun. Xiangzuki Qingji painfully discovered that instead of being able to formulate the rules of the game, he felt like a rookie being brought into the casino. When he realized it, he had lost all his jacket and only had a pair of pants left.

    He was very aware of the fate of the Tianjin garrison. The telegrams contained unprecedented bombardments, unprecedentedly violent artillery fire, the most ferocious blows the Imperial Army had faced since they entered China, countless enemies, etc.  Waiting for words that made him tremble with fear.

    Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, is a villain who does not abide by the agreement. It is not the soldier's fault. He dares to openly tear up the agreement. This job is the specialty of our Japanese soldiers. We raise the strongest protest to the Chinese government against this kind of indiscretion.  Xiangzuki Kiyoshi himself feels funny about the people and behaviors of public international law. Whenever a Japanese has ever thought of public international law, he is probably the first one. His mouth can never be as tough as his fist. This is the public international law in the minds of Japanese people.

    He ordered his secretary to immediately submit a letter of protest to the Nanjing National Government. The superficial article had been taken care of, and the matter in Tianjin still had to be resolved with fists.

    Xiangyue Qingsi ordered the 8th Division, 11th Division, and 15th Division stationed in Peiping, with a total of more than 100,000 troops, to be assigned to the Xiaozhao Chariot Regiment to form a reinforcement Tianjin Corps, commanded by the Deputy Chief of Staff, and  Langfang, emergency reinforcements to Tianjin.

    He did not dare to invest all the troops in Peiping in the direction of Tianjin, to keep Tianjin and lose Peiping. Xiangyue Qingsi would not do such a stupid thing. He knew very well the Chinese tactics of "making claims in the east and attacking in the west".

    At the same time, he sent an urgent telegram to the southward marching corps of the Kwantung Army headed by the Itagaki Division, claiming that the China Army suddenly tore up the armistice agreement and attacked Tianjin. The situation in Tianjin was critical. He hoped that the southward marching corps of the Kwantung Army would enter the customs immediately and join in quickly.  To the Tianjin battlefield.

    Before the Japanese reinforcements in Peiping were fully assembled, Liu Tiehan's regiment had already broken into Tianjin. After an hour of saturation bombardment, the Japanese troops outside Tianjin had been wiped out, and all trenches and bunkers were wiped out.The bunkers, fortifications, and firepower points were all razed to the ground.

    The soldiers who belonged to the Northeast Advance Command imagined that they would face the muzzles of flames and fight repeatedly, with corpses lying on the ground, and blood staining the ground under their feet. This did not happen, and they encountered almost no resistance.  Under such circumstances, he easily broke into the city.

    The remaining Japanese soldiers have not yet woken up from their semi-coma state. The shelling just now destroyed not only their lives, but also their will and spirit. They were lucky enough to escape the roaring shrapnel and the deafening shock wave that knocked them away.  He was so shocked that he almost lost consciousness.

    I had just woken up and my eyes could barely see clearly. The sharp bayonet of the Chinese had already pierced the chest. The screams and occasional resistance of the Japanese soldiers before their death seemed insignificant in front of the angry waves of attacking troops.

    Less than an hour and a half after the general attack on Tianjin started, more than 35,000 Japanese defensive troops outside Tianjin were submerged in the fierce volcanic eruption of artillery fire and the tide of attacking troops. They were wiped out and no trace could be found.  Less than.

    As soon as the Tianjin Peripheral Battle started, Lieutenant General Takashima Kazuo, the commander of the Japanese Tianjin garrison, listened to the thunderous sound of artillery in the headquarters. Pieces of dust were shaken from the ceiling of the headquarters from time to time. He was in pain and despair.  He closed his eyes and sighed secretly, the more than 30,000 defenders on his outer position were finished.

    As a senior Japanese general, Takashima had already judged from the density of artillery sounds that the Chinese army attacking Tianjin had used at least four artillery regiments and the artillery power of more than a thousand artillery pieces. In such a ferocious attack,  Under the attack of artillery fire, any fortifications and fortresses in the wild are as vulnerable as pieces of paper.

    Contrary to Kozuki Kiyoshi's view, Takashima Kazuo did not think that Tang Qiuli's attack target must be Beiping City. As a personal experiencer of the July 7th Incident, he knew very well how the imperial army occupied Beiping City.  An empty city.

    Since Tang Qiuli had no intention of holding on to Peiping, what reason did he have to take him back?  Kazuo Takashima had raised objections to the Supreme Commander's decision to concentrate most of his forces in the direction of Peiping. However, he was not the top decision-maker in North China, so he had no need to follow the orders of Seiji Kozuki and move Tianjin to  The defenders were all placed in outer positions.

    ¡°Moreover, he also ordered the Military Police Headquarters to surround the Chinese police forces in Tianjin. Once there is a war in Tianjin, these Chinese policemen may be a serious problem. If they cooperate inside and outside, it will be enough for him to have a headache and must be solved.

    Takashima Kazuo stared at the lights that were flickering by the artillery fire, and issued an order. The troops in the city were not allowed to reinforce the outer positions. They built barricades on the spot, resisted step by step, and went house to house with the Chinese troops.  In the battle, every street and every house must become a battle fortress.

    Use the densely packed buildings in the city to offset the artillery superiority of the Army Division, allowing Tang Qiuli's troops to chew them piece by piece. Each step forward will cost them a price, and they will engage in a street battle with the Chinese Army.  Hold on until reinforcements arrive.

    Takashima's deployment is absolutely correct. Facing the overwhelming artillery superiority of the Japanese Army, even ten times more troops cannot fill the defensive holes in the field fortifications. This old devil's battle command ability and military literacy must not be underestimated.  .

    The deployment of Gaodao brought a lot of trouble to Liu Tiehan's attack corps. The offensive was frustrated, the speed of advancement immediately slowed down, and the troops also suffered casualties.

    Wang Mancang, captain of the Second Detachment of the Tianjin Urban Combat Team of the **Division, was ordered to lead more than a thousand local team members familiar with Tianjin's terrain and a guide team composed of the **Division's Third Special Warfare Team to appear on time and be the first to rush into the city.  The ** Division advanced northeastward in front of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade.

    Soon, the guides were dispersed to various troops. Under their guidance, the 90,000 troops were divided into countless small troops in battalion units and rushed towards their respective goals.

    The regiment and battalion of the second brigade advanced from the northeast, turned around a road, and rushed into the Danan River area. Suddenly they encountered fierce firepower. On the street, thick sandbags were piled up into a fortress, and the gun holes were filled with spray.  There were tongues of fire, and in the dark night, the roar of the crooked light machine gun and the Japanese 92 heavy machine gun was particularly harsh.

    On both sides of this sandbag fortress, there are two buildings with more than ten stories high. Behind each window, dense rain of bullets is sprayed out, forming a crossfire. The bullets hit the hard road and spattered little sparks.  Ricochet's screams gave people goosebumps all over their bodies.

    If the troops want to pass, they must take down the sandbag fortifications and two buildings in front. Upon seeing this situation, the commander of the avant-garde company immediately ordered a platoon to prepare cluster grenades according to the combat method of attacking fortresses, and the entire company provided fire cover to blow up the fortress.  Rush into the building and open the way forward.

    Under the cover of fierce firepower, a platoon of more than 30 soldiers braved the dense rain of bullets toWith skillful tactical moves, the fortress held by the Japanese army approached.

    It should be said that after Tang Qiuli changed his equipment several times, the firepower of the troops advancing in the northeast had been greatly strengthened. The light and heavy machine guns were blowing like wind, causing dust to rise in the sandbag fortifications. Sparks were shooting out of the windows of the building. According to the company commander's idea, they gathered together  Use grenades, take out the sandbag fortifications, rush into the building, and fight for it floor by floor, that's another way to play!

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