Chapter 1216 Okamura Neji wants to die and survive
Seeing that the deputy chief of staff had not caught up with his thoughts, Okamura Neiji did not have time to explain to him, and directly ordered: "Let the baggage regiment stationed at Tianjin Pier quickly take over all defensive positions around the wharf, and the navy will provide firepower to the baggage regiment.
support."
"The remaining two infantry brigades, one regiment of the Imperial Army, half of the artillery brigade, and half of the chariot brigade, set off immediately and marched to Bazhou, where they will have a decisive battle with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army heading north to Pingjin."
"Beiping City will dispatch another heavy artillery brigade, an infantry brigade, and half a tank squadron..."
"The remaining half of the chariot brigade from Beiping Airport will also be sent out together to march urgently to reinforce Bazhou."
"As long as the elite troops sent by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army are blocked in Bazhou, both Peking and Tianjin will be safe."
"If we fail to stop them in Bazhou, not only the Tianjin dock may suffer a devastating blow, but Peiping, where our headquarters is located, will also be attacked by the enemy. Even if there is no ground loss, our North China Front Army will lose face."
"The last order is for the Chief of Staff..."
"Let them kill the guerrilla brigade immediately and return to support Pingjin."
"I assigned him four infantry brigades, an artillery battalion, and half a tank squadron... The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla brigade only has about 2,000 people at full strength. It should be possible to win the battle almost at the expense of consumption."
"The Eighth Route Army wants to use the guerrilla brigade to disperse our forces and buy time for them to raid the Tianjin dock."
"As long as we kill the guerrilla brigade in time, all the problems faced by the Pingjin garrison will be solved."
The deputy chief of staff suddenly had a sentence in his mind: "Throw yourself to death and survive..."
Okamura Neji's method is very risky.
Once implemented, not only Tianjin Wharf will be empty of troops, but Peiping Airport and Beiping City will also be in a dangerous situation of insufficient troops. If an Eighth Route Army suddenly appears in the Pingjin area, these places will be in danger.
But there are so many eventualities in the world.
Moreover, the deputy chief of staff could not think of any other way to break the situation except to risk his life and survive.
After all, the Eighth Route Army of the more than 4,000 troops heading north to Pingjin were all truly elite.
Once they are allowed to enter the Pingjin area, the Tianjin Terminal will definitely suffer a devastating blow.
In this case, it is better to go all out and fight directly with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army in Bazhou, blocking them there so that they can no longer threaten the security of Pingjin.
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Peking Airport.
The attack time agreed upon by Tang Lin and the assault company was one o'clock in the morning.
It is now nine o'clock in the evening, and there are only four hours left before the final attack.
The ten transport vehicles captured in advance by the assault company are ready.
Except for the front end of the car, which remained motionless, the entire carriage was wrapped in canvas.
There was a circle of sandbags around the carriage, and two machine gun teams hid in the sandbags, ready to attack Japanese and puppet troops who wanted to get close to the car.
"Rumble..."
Just when Huang Yu was about to take a nap and wait for the final moment of attack, a roar of engines suddenly sounded inside the airport.
Huang Yu was so startled by this sudden accident that he thought he had been exposed.
He quickly raised his binoculars and looked at the Japanese military station at the airport.
More than 20 tanks and armored vehicles were all activated, with their lights on, and headed towards the airport entrance in a mighty manner.
"What's going on? Has the assault company been exposed?" Huang Yu asked with a frown.
Then he objected to himself: "It's impossible..."
"Even if the assault company is exposed, there is no need for the airport garrison to dispatch so many armored vehicles to deal with them. There must be other problems."
After Huang Yu finished speaking, he raised his telescope and stared at the fast-moving tank troops in the airport without moving.
"Deputy Chief of Staff, there is an urgent call from Commander Wang of the Unique Regiment..." The operator suddenly bent down and touched Huang Yu's side, reporting in a low voice.
"Captain Wang, isn't he responsible for the raid on Tianjin Wharf? Is there something wrong with Tianjin Wharf too?" A bad premonition flashed across Huang Yu's face.
The result was a telegram. After stepping back more than ten meters, I took out a flashlight and carefully read the contents of the telegram.
"Three to four thousand Japanese puppet troops left Tianjin Pier with a large number of artillery and tanks, destination unknown..." Huang Yu was confused after reading the contents of the telegram.
If only two tank squadrons were dispatched from Peiping Airport, it would be possible that the assault company would be exposed. Although this would be a bit overkill, it is not impossible.
After all, the Japanese troops in the Pingjin area are currently stretched thin and no accidents can occur.
If they found the Eighth Route Army at Peiping Airport, they would definitely want to send out heavy troops to eliminate them as soon as possible.
But now that three to four thousand people are dispatched from Tianjin Pier, it is not as simple as the assault company being exposed.
The total number of Japanese and puppet troops stationed at the Tianjin Pier was more than 5,000, and three to four thousand troops were dispatched at once, which meant that the Tianjin Pier was directly in a dangerous situation with no troops to defend it.
No matter how much the Japanese army tried to eliminate the assault company, they could not put the Tianjin Pier in danger.
"Deputy Chief of Staff..." Before Huang Yu could figure it out, the radio operator came to him again and reported with a serious face.
"Our scouts lurking outside Beiping City reported..."
"An infantry brigade and a chariot brigade just came out of Beiping City. Their destination is unknown."
Hearing this, Huang Yu was completely troubled.
The total number of Japanese and puppet troops dispatched from the three places has exceeded 5,000. There is also a tank brigade and an artillery brigade and a half to assist the battle, including a brigade of heavy artillery. This kind of firepower configuration is used to attack the two or three main regiments of the Eighth Route Army.
No problem.
At this moment, an observation post that was continuing to observe the airport suddenly ran over: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"The Japanese chariot troops have left the airport and headed southwest. The assault company is not in that direction. It's probably not because they were exposed."
"Southwest direction..."
Huang Yu immediately spread out the map, studied the direction of the Japanese tank troops, and then stopped at Bazhou.
Then a look of realization appeared on his face: "I understand..."
"The target of these Japanese and puppet troops is the deputy commander, not us..."
"The deputy commander led the divisional heavy artillery regiment, special forces regiment, baggage transportation regiment, and two cavalry battalions to attack the Pingjin area in a mighty manner."
"That old devil Okamura Neji must have wanted to keep them out of Pingjin and prevent them from entering the Pingjin area."
"Otherwise, even if we cannot capture the Tianjin Pier, we can use the heavy artillery regiment to destroy all the weapons, ammunition and supplies they have stored at the Tianjin Pier."
"This is really God helping me..."
"Without the tank troops that just left, the pressure on us to capture Peiping Airport will definitely be greatly reduced."
"As for Tianjin Terminal..."
"Excluding the four thousand elites who have just been withdrawn, there is only one baggage regiment left on the battlefield in Noda."
"The combat effectiveness of the baggage regiment is not as good as that of the Japanese infantry. Now let them take over the defense of Tianjin Wharf. It will be absolutely easy to take them down."
"This old devil Okamura Neiji never expected that in addition to the heavy artillery regiment and special forces regiment commanded by the deputy commander, I have already brought three thousand veteran veterans to lurk under his nose in advance."
"His decision seems to have saved Pingjin, but in fact it has turned Tianjin Pier and Peking Airport into a piece of fat on our lips, which we can eat as much as we want."
