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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 422 The Battle of Tianjin

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    Chapter 422 Battle against Tianjin

    At the beginning of 1936, when the Blood Hand Regiment, the predecessor of the *** Division, moved south to enter the Pass, it swept across the Liaoxi Corridor and captured Jinzhou in one fell swoop. This was the last battle before entering the Pass, thus curbing the Kwantung Army's pursuit for thousands of miles.

    A year and a half later, Tang Qiuli led troops and strength far exceeding those at the time to reoccupy Jinzhou. Could it be another reincarnation of history?  Jinzhou City is still the same, but after Tang Qiuli's "Three Lights" policy, it is far from regaining its former vitality.

    There are quite a few Japanese expatriates, but their net worth is much thinner than before. When the citizens knew that the Blood Hand Group was back, they poured into the streets, blocking Tang Qiuli's style.

    Knowing that the northern front troops had occupied Jinzhou, Zhou Yushan, the commander of the ** Division's transportation headquarters, was very excited. This was another good place similar to Tianjin. He quickly sent his transportation troops over. After entering the city, they took the same measures as those in Jinzhou.  The same method was used in Tianjin, disassembling and assembling the car, and it was very busy.

    The Japanese expats in the city cried out that they were unlucky. Last year, their homes were confiscated by this hateful Chinese, and today they came again. They had just exploited some of their wealth from the Chinese, and gained some strength. This is great, and again.  It was prepared for him. Fortunately, he knew the rules and how to avoid losing his life. His absolute cooperation saved Zhou Yushan's troops a lot of energy.

    The original Japanese garrison headquarters has now become Tang Qiuli's headquarters. The troops moved forward to the Qilihe, Jincheng, and Linghai lines to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army.

    The generals who were full of fighting spirit were eager to fight and screamed one by one. According to their ideas, taking advantage of the lingering power of victory, the troops continued to fight and went straight to Shenyang, connecting Fengtian and Guannei, and connecting the entire Northeast.  Maybe even the Kwantung Army will be killed.

    The Itagaki Division, which is known as the most capable unit of the Kwantung Army, is nothing more than that. More than 50,000 people were wiped out. Even when we hit Jinzhou, there was no response. Besides, we are not the original Blood Hand Regiment.  The strength at that time.

    Tang Qiuli was not as optimistic as them. The annihilation of Banyuan's division was because he caught Banyuan's arrogant and arrogant mentality and poked at his weak point, which was why he achieved such a record. The subsequent battles also took him by surprise.

    There are nearly one million Kwantung Army in the Northeast, known as the flower of the Japanese Army. They are the elite troops of the Japanese Army. If it weren't for the vast land and rich resources of Far East Siberia, which is greedy for the Russians, the Kwantung Army would be all pressed on the North China battlefield. **  The division will face extreme pressure and can only take a defensive stance.

    If you have one million troops in your hands, you can compete with the Kwantung Army in the Northeast, but now your strength does not allow it. Occupying Jinzhou is only a temporary success, and the Kwantung Army will counterattack sooner or later.

    Shenyang, Kwantung Army Headquarters, Itagaki Division was completely wiped out, and the ominous news that Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro was killed in battle was finally confirmed. Commander Nanjiro could not believe it. Itagaki Division, which was said to be invincible, had 50,000 soldiers.  More than 6,000 troops disappeared in two days, and two divisions of more than 70,000 troops were beaten to pieces. They were defeated and suffered heavy losses. Jinzhou, the bridgehead in and out of the pass, was lost.

    That bloody-hand Qiu Li, who grew up in Manchuria, has surprisingly grown in strength in more than a year. Looking at his current situation, he has an attempt to occupy Jinzhou for a long time. This is something Nanjiro will never tolerate.

    The entire Kwantung Army was gloomy and panicked because of the destruction of Itagaki Division and the defeat of the second echelon of the southward corps. Even the most courageous and adept Itagaki Division, which was invincible and invincible, was collectively shattered and bloody.  Are there any imperial troops that dare not fight?

    Nanjiro was even more worried. For the Itagaki division's collective defeat, he was severely questioned by the headquarters and the staff headquarters, claiming that he should give a reasonable explanation. He spent all his words to settle the matter, Jinzhou  He absolutely couldn't afford to throw it away while it was still in Tang Qiuli's hands.

    Nanjiro held a meeting of all senior generals to discuss ways to deal with the situation in western Liaoning. The large military map of Manchuria on the wall, representing the black arrows of the ** division, was shockingly displayed in front of the senior Japanese generals. The direction pointed by the arrow was exactly Manchuria.  The hinterland, Shenyang City area.

    The senior Japanese generals present at the meeting unanimously believed that the presence of Chinese troops in Manchuria at present is absolutely intolerable. This is tantamount to a great shame and humiliation for the Kwantung Army, known as the flower of the Japanese Army, and *  The position occupied by the * division is too important.

    Jinzhou guards the only important channel inside and outside the pass. The Japanese Army's occupation here is to cut off the connection between Manchuria and North China. Its advance can threaten the hinterland of Manchuria and attack Shenyang City. It can retreat into North China and advance and retreat freely. However, the Kwantung Army can only  It is also not in line with the strategic interests of the empire to use most of its troops to guard against attacks launched by the Soviet Union at any time, and how much energy is left to fight against the Russians.

    The final conclusion is that Jinzhou must be recaptured, and the Japanese army mayThe answer is annihilation, and the worst result is to drive them out of Manchuria and restore normal order in Manchuria. The generals' ideas are in line with Nanjiro's wishes. He bears the greatest stake and responsibility in the current situation in Manchuria.  What he was worried about was that with the shadow of Itagaki's division being collectively shattered, the generals would not dare to fight.

    On the second day of the military meeting, the Kwantung Army's highest headquarters issued combat orders to troops throughout the Northeast to annihilate the Chinese army under Jinzhou City at any cost. Immediately, the Kwantung Army took action, consisting of infantry, artillery, and cavalry.  The attack corps, which was a mixture of corps, armored corps, engineering corps, flying corps and other arms, reached a huge force of 350,000 men and was pressing towards Jinzhou with great momentum.

    The four leading divisions of the Japanese army have reached the Shishan and Xietun lines in Panjin and exchanged fire with our security force against the fifth brigade. The Japanese army carried out several large-scale exploratory attacks. According to the instructions of the division headquarters,  The order was given to the Fifth Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had crossed the Linghe River and retreated to the Linghai line. The Japanese army stayed on the east bank of the Linghe River and did not pursue it.

    Tang Qiuli assessed the situation. Nanjiro had spent a lot of money this time and used about half of the Kwantung Army. Jinzhou was in his own hands. He felt like he had a problem in his throat and could not sleep or eat well. The troops stayed in Jinzhou area, which was useless and could not fight.  The old man is at odds with the superior Kwantung Army.

    At nine o'clock in the morning on July 30, he issued an order for the entire army to withdraw through Shanhaiguan and withdraw into the customs. The fourth and fifth special operations teams continued to stay in the Jinzhou area to closely monitor the movements of the Kwantung Army.

    When he was about to retreat, he did not take advantage of the vanguard of the Kwantung Army. Three artillery brigades suddenly bombarded the vanguard of the Kwantung Army of four divisions on the west bank of the Ling River. The bombardment lasted for a full hour, and then suddenly stopped.  When the army's large forces crossed the Linghe River, the artillery of the Japanese Army had long disappeared. The Japanese army did not know the effect of this sudden bombardment, and the Japanese army kept it secret. They only knew that the Japanese army, which was supposed to enter Jinzhou on the afternoon of the 30th, did not wait until March 3rd.  On the morning of the 11th, we entered Jinzhou City.

    When all the troops on the northern front of the ** Division were withdrawing, the anti-landing battle at Tianjin Port was in full swing. Liu Tiehan commanded several troops temporarily assigned to his command, more than 100,000 people, and they were carrying 350,000 troops from the sea.  , the Japanese army with warships and cannons launched a crazy attack, and he had bought Tang Qiuli three days to completely annihilate the Banyuan Division in the Shanhaiguan area on the northern line.

    The Tianjin Port beachhead has become unrecognizable. After three days of almost non-stop shelling, the port is almost in ruins. The 280mm caliber cannons from the Japanese warships plowed every inch of the dock.  Under these circumstances, the ** division troops withstood the Japanese attacks again and again.

    Of course, the casualties paid were also huge. In the three-day anti-landing battle, the Tianjin defenders had suffered more than 8,000 casualties, almost all of them injured by the heavy artillery on the Japanese warships. Fortunately, there were many people storing goods on the dock.  In the basement, the casualties of the troops were reduced to a minimum.

    The Japanese troops landed from Beitang and East Dagu. After the warship bombardment, a large number of landing craft swarmed towards the dock. Several times, the Japanese troops had already landed, but Liu Tiehan personally led the troops to counterattack.  Tianjin port is burning, and Liu Tiehan is facing unprecedented pressure.

    This group of Japanese troops coming from Japan to reinforce the North China troops, with a ferocious aura of a new force, may have received a death order, regardless of casualties, extremely ferocious, withstanding the intensive firepower of the troops, they rushed up desperately, every time  After the counterattack, the beaches were littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers and Japanese Army soldiers, and the rippling seawater was dyed reddish.

    Thanks to the foresight of Zheng Yong, commander of the First Artillery Brigade, the eighteen large-caliber fortress coastal defense artillery played an important role in this anti-landing campaign. On the first day of the war, Zheng Yong commanded the coastal defense artillery.  It unexpectedly sank two Japanese warships within the range of artillery fire, scaring the Japanese warships into hiding far away from the sea.

    The first attack ended hastily. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army mobilized four large-tonnage warships to deal with Zheng Yong's coastal defense artillery. After three days of fierce fighting, at least nearly 10,000 large-caliber naval gun shells fell on the fortress position.  Eight coastal defense guns were blown up, and the soldiers operating the artillery brigade and one battalion suffered more than 400 casualties, staining the fortress with blood.

    The Japanese army did not take advantage. In three days, as many as twenty-six Japanese landing craft were sunk by the fortress's coastal defense artillery. Thanks to the presence of these big guys, the Japanese army's short-range heavy weapons could not be dispatched.  When used, Liu Tiehan's pressure was relatively relieved.

    When Tang Qiuli led his troops to withdraw to the vicinity of Beijing and Tianjin, he did not send troops to reinforce Liu Tiehan. Instead, he had his troops pass through the Beijing-Tianjin Corridor and withdraw south to Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Hengshui, Laiyuan, and Yu County.  With his back to the Taihang Mountain base area and facing Beijing and Tianjin, he rested and was on standby. He sent more than 13,000 recruits recruited in Jinzhou back to the Huangyadong base area, where they were trained by the recruit supplementary brigade. He himself led the guard brigade into theThe city of Tianjin is in turmoil.

    In Tianjin, the market was sluggish and there were only a few pedestrians. Who would have the heart to do business under heavy gunfire? However, the order was in order and the security forces were patrolling seriously. Tang Qiuli was very pleased. Brother Tiehan's abilities were beyond compare.  Don't worry.

    At the pier, at the Tianjin garrison headquarters, Tang Qiuli saw Liu Tiehan, who was obviously thin, with a tired look on his face, and bloodshot eyes. He felt a surge of enthusiasm in his heart, and the tough bones always made him chew.

    (To be continued)
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