Courtyard House: Home Alone

Next, he went to the dock where the warships were moored, where two gunboats, four patrol boats, and two old destroyers were docked.

Although these two destroyers are old, the naval guns they are equipped with are quite powerful. Each ship has two 150mm main guns and six 120mm secondary guns, and their anti-aircraft firepower is also quite strong.

He first boarded the destroyer, sending the officers and men on duty to their doom. Then, he stored all the ships in his spatial dimension, thus making the entire Tanggu Wharf like...

Like a toothless tiger, even if the Japanese came from the sea, they couldn't organize a landing and reinforcements from the dock. Lin Yifan put away the last patrol boat, confirming that the Japanese command system in the entire Tanggu port was completely paralyzed.

They had just found a secluded spot to rest briefly, waiting for the North China Military Region troops to launch a general offensive at dawn the next day.

At that time, he will drive the Type 022 missile boat 200 nautical miles ahead and use the search radar on the boat to monitor the situation on the sea surface in order to prevent the Japanese from sending naval support from Lushun.

Meanwhile, two armored regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment from the North China Military Region had quietly crossed the buffer zone and concealed themselves two kilometers from the Japanese outposts, signaling the approaching time for the general offensive.

It was five o'clock in the morning when Commander Chen gave the order, and two armored regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment rushed toward the Japanese outposts set up behind the buffer zone.

Leading the way were three Type 44 (59) medium tanks, each weighing 36 tons, with a crew of four and a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

It has a 100mm rifled cannon on its round head with a maximum rate of fire of 7 rounds per minute, a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun on top, and an MG42 general-purpose machine gun on each side.

The only difference between it and the later Type 59 is that it lacks an infrared night vision device, but this shortcoming does not affect its effectiveness at all when launching daytime attacks.

The Type 44's armor thickness meant that most Japanese tank guns and field guns couldn't penetrate its frontal armor in this era; they could only send sparks flying, unable to cause any effective damage.

Three tanks charged ahead and bombarded the Japanese outpost fortifications. Within minutes, they blasted the Japanese reinforced concrete bunkers into pieces. The advancing infantry followed the tank tracks and captured the outpost with little effort, thus beginning the spring counter-offensive.

The Type 44 tank charged forward at full speed, smashing through the roadblocks set up by the Japanese. The T34/85 and T26 tanks followed behind, penetrating deep into the Japanese defense line through the gap.

In less than two hours, they advanced more than 30 kilometers, cutting the Pingjin Highway in two and separating the Japanese troops on both sides of the highway into two groups.

The Japanese troops on the periphery had not expected the North China Military Region to launch a sudden counterattack. Their defenses were quickly shattered, and many Japanese companies were scattered and annihilated by armored forces before they could even regroup. Their heavy firepower was rendered useless as they became targets for tank guns.

By eight o'clock in the morning, nearly two hundred tanks, armored vehicles, and one hundred trucks had arrived in the northwestern suburbs of Tianjin.

Lin Yifan had already boarded the Type 022 missile boat when the general offensive began, and was sailing into the depths of the Bohai Sea. Around 8:00 AM, shortly after the radar was turned on, it detected three Japanese destroyers and one light cruiser approaching from the direction of Lushunkou. They were rushing at full speed towards Tanggu, intending to reinforce the besieged Japanese forces in Beijing and Tianjin.

Currently, the main force of the Japanese navy is engaged in a fierce battle with the United States in the Pacific, leaving only outdated warships near the Chinese coast. However, even these warships are invincible along the Chinese coast.

Although they lost a fleet off the coast of Jeju Island, they assumed it was an attack by American submarines and never suspected that Lin Yifan was behind it.

They never imagined that their ships would be attacked by missiles they had never seen before.

At a distance of 100 kilometers, Lin Yifan grinned and pressed the missile launch button. Two subsonic YJ anti-ship missiles shot out, trailing plumes of fire. In less than ten minutes, they hit the two leading destroyers. The violent explosions blew the ships in two, and they sank to the bottom of the sea in less than ten minutes.

Before the remaining Japanese destroyer and light cruiser could react, the second wave of missiles had already hit them, striking their engine rooms and causing them to sink quickly.

Having dealt with this wave of reinforcements at sea, the Japanese naval forces in northern China will be almost wiped out. Moreover, with two armored regiments as the vanguard, the Red Army's troops will soon be able to occupy Tianjin. At that time, relying on the coastal defense fortifications and large-caliber coastal artillery at Dagu Port, they will be able to hold the coastal defense line of Tianjin.

Lin Yifan turned the boat around and sailed back, directly docking at Tanggu Wharf. At this time, the vanguard of the North China Military Region had already taken over the entire wharf and was clearing and collecting the spoils of war.

Seeing Lin Yifan return in a speedboat, they quickly came up to meet him and told him that the main force was clearing out the remaining enemy in the city, and that another artillery battalion had gone to Dagukou to take over the coastal defense.

Unexpectedly, they acted so quickly. Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Yifan couldn't very well put 022 back into his spatial storage. He could only smile and say, "I didn't expect your attack to be so fast. Alright, you guys keep going. I'll go check out the coastline again."

As soon as he finished speaking, he restarted the speedboat and headed towards Dagukou along the coastline. At the same time, he released his mental energy and "looked" towards the fort, where he saw that an artillery battalion heading towards Dagukou was still about two kilometers away.

So, with a thought, he quickly put the coastal defense guns back in their original positions and put the large-caliber shells into the ammunition depot under the gun emplacement.

After doing all that, he drove the speedboat to a deserted beach, teleported ashore, put the speedboat away, and then released the Ford sedan, heading towards Tianjin.

Upon arriving at the city gate, he inquired with the guards and learned that Kong Jie had placed his command post at the headquarters of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army. So, he got back into the car and headed towards the temporary command post.

He parked his car outside the temporary command post, got out, glanced at the wall with several large gaps, and walked inside.

As soon as I entered, I heard Kong Jie's loud laughter coming from the main building: "Damn those little devils, still trying to put up a stubborn resistance here? I took down their command post with a barrage of artillery fire. Those bastards couldn't even hold out for five minutes."

Lin Yifan walked into the operations room with a smile and saw Kong Jie standing in front of the sand table with his hands on his hips, his face full of excitement at winning, and his military uniform still covered with a lot of gunpowder dust.

Seeing Lin Yifan enter, Kong Jie hurriedly strode forward and grabbed his hand: "Young Master Lin, you've finally arrived! What's the situation at sea? Have the Japanese sent any warships?"