"We are still eight kilometers away from the dock, and we have fully entered the effective range of the naval guns...Do you want the alliance to continue to move forward..." the subordinate asked respectfully.
The captain frowned and replied: "Continue to move towards the dock..."
The deputy captain on the side immediately stood up and reminded: "Sir, think twice..."
"The latest enemy situation report from the North China Front Army Headquarters shows that the Eighth Route Army captured the dock and captured a large number of heavy losses, and has equipped the troops with many heavy artillery..."
"If they establish an artillery position on the dock and we continue to approach the dock, we are likely to enter the range of heavy artillery strikes..."
"In case of attack, the three ships here are definitely no match for us..."
The captain answered confidently: "Because we only have three ships, the number is limited, and the number of naval guns is probably not comparable to the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army, so I asked the three ships to approach the dock as much as possible..."
"Only by shortening the shooting distance, the secondary guns on the ship can join the battle..."
"Even if the Eighth Route Army sets up twenty or thirty heavy artillery pieces on the dock, we will still be able to fight..."
"Instead of being beaten down by them with heavy artillery..."
The deputy captain's face was full of confusion. He couldn't understand what the captain was thinking. He frowned and continued to ask: "But if we stop outside the effective range of the heavy artillery and use the main gun to attack the dock, even if the Eighth Route Army sets up heavy artillery on the dock, they will
It can only be far behind, and it cannot threaten our safety..."
"Why should we approach the dock further and send it to the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery unit to be bombed?"
"I can't understand my humble position..."
The captain sighed and replied: "Do you think I don't want to stop outside the effective range of the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery, use the main naval gun to attack the dock from a long distance, and kill the Eighth Route Army there?"
"But our superiors don't allow us to do this..."
"The North China Front Army Headquarters also doesn't agree with us doing this..."
"The main naval gun is too powerful..."
"No matter where it hits the dock, it will bring a devastating blow to the military port..."
"Firing from a long distance can indeed avoid the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery attacks, but it also reduces the hit rate of the main ship's guns!"
"Not one of the ten naval gun shells may hit the dock warehouse..."
"What if the dock is destroyed..."
"Do you think the North China Front Army Headquarters will let us go?"
"Maybe our superiors will punish us..."
"Why?" The vice-captain still couldn't figure it out. His mind was still full of questions, and he frowned and continued to ask.
"Because the Tianjin Terminal is too important to the North China Front..."
"Replenishment troops, supplies, weapons and ammunition sent to the North China Front from China must be logged in from Tianjin Wharf."
"In case the Tianjin Wharf suffers a devastating blow under our attack, the logistics supply of the North China Front Army is interrupted, causing the North China Front Army to suffer heavy losses on the battlefield. Not only will we not get the credit for destroying the wharf warehouse, but we will also have to bear the responsibility of destroying the wharf.
culpability..."
The deputy captain understood, and said with a look of enlightenment: "So we must not only destroy the dock warehouse, but also blow up the supplies, weapons and ammunition stored there by the North China Front Army, so that the Eighth Route Army will gain nothing at the Tianjin dock..."
"We still need to find a way to keep Tianjin Terminal..."
The captain nodded: "Only by firing at close range can we ensure the hit rate of the naval gun and only destroy the dock warehouse without causing damage to the dock!"
After explaining to his deputy, he ordered the subordinates on the side: "The fleet continues to move forward..."
"The observation post must be on heightened alert..."
"If the Eighth Route Army really deploys heavy artillery units at the dock, we must take a preemptive strike and destroy the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery units, and then shell the dock warehouses..."
"Hayi..."
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Headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping.
Okamura Neji's face was very heavy.
Since noon, he has not received any good news.
"Commanders... their humble posts have contacted all the support troops heading north that they can contact... The results are very bad..."
"Although we issued a withdrawal order immediately, asking them to return to their respective stations and abandon their support missions... six reinforcements still lost contact..."
"Three of the reinforcements are of brigade size... plus the Imperial Alliance Army cooperating with the operation, the total strength is about 1,200 to 1,500 people..."
"The strength of the other three reinforcements is a bit too much..."
"One of the reinforcements has more than 2,500 people... One reinforcement has more than 3,200 people, and the last reinforcement has more than 3,600 people..."
"They were all attacked by the Eighth Route Army Air Force before they disappeared..."
"The humble post also specifically contacted the locations of these six reinforcements..."
"None of the supporting troops have returned to their base..."
"One of the stations lost contact with the support troops heading north..."
"Bagya Road..."
Okamura Neji slammed his clenched fist on the table in front of him, his face turned red with anger, and then he suppressed his anger and asked...
"Exactly how many troops did we lose?"
"More than 13,000 people...6,000 of them are imperial troops..." the deputy chief of staff reported bravely.
"According to reports from our intelligence personnel lurking near the airport..."
"In order to intercept our support troops heading north...the Eighth Route Army dispatched a total of 106 aircraft sorties..."
"Each aircraft carries six aerial bombs... The Eighth Route Army airdropped a total of more than 600 aerial bombs to our support troops heading north..."
"If one aerial bomb kills ten of our soldiers, these aerial bombs alone can kill six to seven thousand of us..."
"Coupled with the Eighth Route Army interception troops encountered along the way... it is not surprising that the support troops heading north lost more than 10,000 people..."
"What I'm worried about right now is that the Eighth Route Army will continue to send out planes to bomb us tomorrow..."
"Because we lost Peiping Airport, we almost lost all air superiority in the battlefields around Pingjin..."
"Beiping Airport also reserves enough aerial bombs for the Eighth Route Army to consume..."
"If they continue to send out aircraft to attack our troops from the sky..."
"Not only will the support troops heading north be severely damaged... our scattered garrisons may also be attacked... Then our losses will be huge..."
Okamura Neiji frowned more and more, and after a minute of silence he replied: "We must find a way to regain air supremacy as soon as possible and destroy all the planes that the Eighth Route Army snatched from Peking Airport..."
"Air control on the North China battlefield must be completely in the hands of the imperial army..."
After Okamura Neiji finished speaking, he turned his attention to the sand table, slowly moved north along Beiping, and finally stopped in the Shenyang area...
The deputy chief of staff asked with understanding: "Your Excellency, Commander..."
"You want to ask the Kwantung Army to borrow troops?"
