Chapter 240: Night Of Boiling Fury
Zhou Wenhua promised to dispatch the German-equipped troops, who had long ago disguised themselves and all infiltrated into the Foreign Public Concession in Tianjin City, so when batches of Mosquito NF Mk.II night bomber groups, Do 215B night fighter jet groups, and “Lancaster” heavy bomber groups continuously carried out night air raid bombing operations against all the Japanese Troops guarding the Japanese Army’s Dongjuzi Airport,
these German-equipped clone soldiers also quickly left the Foreign Public Concession, assembled inside Tianjin City at the factory buildings and enterprises belonging to Zhou Wenhua’s industry chain, to gather and prepare to assist all the soldiers of the First Battalion under the 38th Division’s Independent 26th Brigade and the Security Team Second Company in carrying out the next round of offensive operation,
and after the night raid on the Japanese Army’s Dongjuzi Airport succeeded,
it immediately caught the Japanese Troops deployed in Tianjin City off guard,
especially making the Japanese Army’s commander Kinuta Jin’go increasingly shocked and panicked,
because after the Japanese Army’s airport was destroyed, the 29th Route Army 38th Division’s troops were also under the personal supervision of Deputy Division Commander Li, trusted direct subordinate regiment commander Guo Jingming, trusted brigade commander Chen Jintian, Security Team’s commander Li Haishi, and others,
these troops surged forward all the way to assault the Japanese Army’s Haiguangsi Barracks, preparing to strike straight at the Japanese Army Garrison Headquarters; meanwhile, another force of 29th Route Army troops also assaulted toward the Tianjin East Station and North Station already occupied by the Japanese Army, and the surrounding area controlling the railway line, to prevent the Japanese Invaders’ subsequent reinforcements from coming to support the invasion operations in Tianjin City!
So the destruction of the Japanese Army’s Dongjuzi Airport was merely the fuse of this night operation and the detonator to fully initiate the battle.
Amid a series of earth-shattering explosion sounds, at the Japanese Army’s airport where the fire was becoming increasingly uncontrollable, thick smoke mingled and drifted into the night sky, attracting the attention of all citizens in the Foreign Public Concession and the foreigners after,
the battle at the Japanese Army’s Haiguangsi Barracks, and the railway line area around Tianjin East Station and North Station occupied by the Japanese Army, also erupted at the same time.
Suddenly, the entire Tianjin City was filled everywhere with the sounds of guns and cannons from the battle, shouting and killing sounds, all kinds of shouting sounds, sounds of those killed in action, screams of agony, cries for help, continuously and endlessly.
In response to this,
all the citizens in the Foreign Public Concession of the entire Tianjin City were in a sleepless night,
many people stood in the night on their house balconies or at the boundary areas close to the Public Concession, observing how the war outside the non-Public Concession was going?
Because this war that suddenly broke out was related to their future fate, even their own lives, especially since they had heard of the Japanese Army’s brutality, they became increasingly afraid that the Japanese Army would also come to kill their way into the Foreign Public Concession side.
“Sigh! What do you think this war that suddenly broke out will be like? Will it be occupied by the Japanese Army like Beiping? I’m so afraid of those Japanese Troops!”
“That’s hard to say! I don’t know the current situation either, especially since it’s a night operation and not in our Public Concession here, who can see clearly what kind of battle situation is happening on the opposite battlefield?”
“Unless like the foreigners who can dispatch reconnaissance airplanes for reconnaissance, or ride airships to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the battle situation, otherwise there’s really no way to know more information. Of course, maybe tomorrow we can learn the true battle situation from the foreigners’ newspapers! For such a major warfare, I believe those foreign newspapers should soon take action and report it as front-page headlines!”
“That’s of course, because this battle also concerns the interests of the Foreign Public Concession, so those foreigners will definitely closely pay attention to the Japanese Army’s movements!”
“I’ve already seen the foreigners’ troops gathering more and more at the entrance and exit side of the Public Concession, with armored cars and tanks coming along, it seems the foreigners here are also very nervous and worried that the Japanese Troops might suddenly invade over!”
“Hey! I now actually hope these foreigners and the Japanese Army have a battle, then once the foreigners intervene, those damned Japanese Army won’t be able to carry out invasion operations so rampantly, and it might even force these foreigners with advanced industrial technology to give them a thrashing!”
And as the time since the outbreak of the war grew longer and longer,
the citizens rushing over to watch the distant battlefield also increased more and more,
whether the citizens observing from the Foreign Public Concession side or the citizens in the areas right in the midst of the war, they were all trembling with fear, constantly inquiring about the external battle situation, wondering exactly what it was like.
So for a moment, the entire Tianjin City was full of all sorts of human expressions, with all kinds of emotions vividly on display.
