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Not only that, the soldiers stationed in these positions are also equipped with a large number of weapons assisted by the Fourth Army.
Including flamethrowers, anti-tank rocket launchers to deal with Japanese armored targets, a large number of newly equipped machine guns, artillery, etc.
The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had never been afraid of the Japanese army when their equipment was extremely poor, let alone now that they had to replace their guns with cannons.
After General He and the others made a careful assessment, they determined that they had been able to use the weapons and equipment in their hands, as well as the air fire support of the Fourth Army, to resist the Japanese army head-on.
However, in terms of defensive strategy, they still adopt the method of luring the enemy deep.
When the battle just started, the Japanese armored forces made the main force like a sharp knife, crazily advancing in depth.
The Eighth Route Army¡¯s defensive positions in the northeast of Tianjin were frantically attacked by Japanese troops in more than a dozen places, large and small.
They used weapons such as heavy artillery, incendiary bombs, and even poison gas bombs to constantly wreak havoc on the Eighth Route Army¡¯s defensive positions.
After these weapons took turns to attack, most of the defensive positions built by the Eighth Route Army on the plains were riddled with holes and had almost no defensive function.
After the long-range weapon bombardment is over, Japanese soldiers will launch an attack on these positions under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles.
I don¡¯t know if it was because the damage caused by the firepower was too serious. The Japanese offensive troops found that these Eighth Route Army positions basically abandoned their positions and fled to the rear after resisting for no more than half an hour.
The resistance of the Eighth Route Army was not as tough as the Japanese expected, which gave their commander the illusion that compared with the Fourth Army, these guys were as weak as old men.
This also allowed the Japanese army, which had been suppressed by the four armies for a long time, to find an outlet for their emotions.
The two Japanese divisions involved in the main attack mission directly invested the two main brigades in this attack.
The troops of the two brigades crazily advanced a distance of thirty kilometers towards Tianjin City.
However, just when they were about to see the Tianjin City Wall, they only needed to penetrate the Eighth Route Army in front of them to launch a direct attack on the Tianjin City Wall.
The Eighth Route Army troops, which were originally on the verge of collapse, seemed to have suddenly tightened their strings, showing unimaginable tenacity.
The first wave of Japanese attacks against this line of defense was launched at four o'clock in the afternoon.
The two regiments, with more than 5,000 troops, launched a fierce attack on the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions on a front that was ten kilometers wide.
The Japanese artillery troops launched incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs, poison gas bombs, etc. all onto the Eighth Route Army's positions.
They originally thought that after the bombardment of these artillery shells ended, this group of Eighth Route Army, mainly composed of guerrillas, would retreat directly after simply resisting for a period of time like the previous troops.
However, when these Japanese troops, relying on the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, approached the defensive positions little by little, they encountered the most ferocious blockage.
A regiment of the Eighth Route Army stationed here poured out its resentment over the successive abandonment of previous positions onto the Japanese offensive formation.
Those Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were quickly turned into piles of burning scrap metal under the flying cannon shells and anti-tank rockets.
The Japanese infantry, who were originally covered by tanks and armored vehicles, were stunned at first, and then angry.
They accepted being suppressed and beaten by the Fourth Army, and now the Eighth Route Army actually suppressed them in terms of firepower.
Therefore, the Japanese commander, who discovered that the situation was not normal, instead of letting the troops retreat temporarily, issued an order to charge.
The result was that, in just one hour, thousands of Japanese infantrymen were beaten into pieces by the Eighth Route Army's criss-crossing fierce firepower.
At the same time, the air force firepower of the Fourth Army also began to support this battlefield.
However, these aerial bombers and fighter jets were not intended to bombard the Japanese attacking troops in the front, but to launch a violent bombing of the troop camps in the rear.
The Japanese army did not expect that they would suddenly suffer such a violent attack.
Because the Eighth Route Army used to assist the main forces of the Fourth Army in combat more often.
Therefore, the senior commanders of the Japanese army did not take these Eighth Route Army troops seriously.
When they hear the word "Eighth Route Army", they will think more of words like "guerrillas", "rats everywhere", "cockroaches that can't be killed no matter what" and so on.
Some Japanese commanders who have participated in the security war in North China know that although these guerrillas are very difficult to deal with, they rarely launch frontal attacks.
But now it seems that they have to re-evaluate the Eighth Route Army's combat capabilities.
The Japanese attack on Tianjin City continued until after six o'clock, when the sun began to set.
They dropped thousands of Japanese corpses on the front, but there was no way to move forward.
At this time, some staff members of the Japanese army realized that something was wrong.
"Compared with the resolute resistance of the enemy's last line of defense, the previous defensive positions of the Eighth Route Army seemed more like they were voluntarily given up to them.
They felt that the two brigades, which were alone in the depths, should immediately retreat 20 kilometers.
¡°But the Japanese division commander believed that if they finally advanced to this area and retreated another twenty kilometers like this, wouldn¡¯t they spit out the meat they had eaten in their mouths?
What's more, they have already written in the battle report, saying that their troops are so powerful and invincible that the enemy can only flee and the troops have advanced to thirty kilometers.
¡°If Yamamoto Isoroku called me in the evening to inquire, I would report that I had actually advanced ten kilometers.
? Then aren¡¯t you lying about military information? And what would Yamamoto Isoroku think when he heard this? Treat him like a fool?
This is something a senior commander will never allow to happen.
Considering these factors, he decided to go deep into the two brigades ahead and set up camp in place.
In order to prevent possible military actions by the enemy, they also sent a brigade forward more than ten kilometers to support the two brigades at any time.
As the sun sets, darkness once again envelopes the city of Tianjin.
After a day of hustle and bustle, the land has returned to tranquility. You can only occasionally hear the cries of partridges and the rustling of summer insects.
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