At the airport tower headquarters, seeing the Eighth Route Army armored vehicles assisting the battle, my heart suddenly went cold...
The airport is not equipped with heavy weapons, making it difficult to destroy them from a distance.
Although the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns on the air defense positions could destroy armored vehicles, all four air defense positions were covered by artillery fire. The air defense squadron suffered heavy casualties and was unable to provide any fire support to the airport.
The only way is to send death squads, launch a counterattack, and destroy the armored vehicles with grenades and explosives...
But the vehicle-mounted machine guns and the Eighth Route Army behind them are not vegetarians. They will definitely block the death squads frantically and prevent them from getting close to the armored vehicles...
The three defensive positions that were attacked were also covered by artillery fire. The defenders suffered heavy losses. It is unknown whether soldiers can be spared to form death squads...
After such an analysis, Murakami Shaozuo could only watch the armored vehicle cross the barbed wire fence and enter the airport...
At the moment of desperation, the machine gun bunkers hidden in various positions suddenly came over. Crossfire stared at the Eighth Route Army behind the armored vehicles, killing a large number in an instant. The armored vehicles also had to stop because of the heavy casualties of the infantry behind them.
Murakami Shaozuo regained hope of holding the airport.
Fujita Zhongzuo was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground and said with excitement: "We blocked the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops..."
"The machine gun bunker continues to attack the infantry behind the armored vehicles. The three armored vehicles will no longer have infantry protection. The death squads will have the opportunity to rush to the armored vehicles and blow up the armored vehicles with gunpowder and grenades!"
"Murakami-kun, we can defend the airport!"
Murakami Shaozuo did not put all his hopes of destroying armored vehicles on the death squads.
The three defensive positions have been covered by artillery fire. The defenders must have suffered heavy casualties, and there are simply not many people available to form a death squad.
If there were not many soldiers launching a counterattack, the three armored vehicles would not need infantry protection at all, and the vehicle-mounted machine guns alone could kill them all.
Immediately ordered: "We cannot place all our hopes on the death squads..."
"Before the Eighth Route Army reaches the runway, you immediately order the two planes on the runway to take off..."
"It will be daybreak soon, and the sky above the airport is also brightly lit by artillery fire. Although it is dangerous for the plane to take off half an hour early, it must be overcome! In case the death squads' counterattack fails, the two planes can still attack from the air, destroy the armored vehicles, and cover The airport garrison will kill the Eighth Route Army attacking the airport!"
Fujita Nakazuo is good at aerial combat and has no experience in infantry command.
The Eighth Route Army has reached the outskirts of the airport and will soon be able to break through the defensive positions and enter the airport...
Facing the firefight and danger that was so close to Chichi, my heart was already in confusion and I had no clue in my mind. I could only place my hope of defending the airport on Murakami Shaozuo.
At this moment, he had forgotten that his military rank was higher than that of Murakami Shaozuo, and he was guarding Murakami Shaozuo like a little follower. He would do whatever Murakami Shaozuo asked him to do...
Just as he was about to give the pilot the order to take off, several larger fireballs suddenly rose into the sky from the defensive position, and the machine guns in the bunker misfired at the same time.
This scene stunned Murakami Shaozuo. When he reacted, he shouted in despair: "No...the Eighth Route Army attacking us is also equipped with mountain artillery and infantry artillery!"
"They are using mountain artillery and infantry artillery to clear the machine gun bunker on the position!"
"The two planes on the runway must take off immediately... The machine gun bunker cannot hold on for long. We must take off before all the bunkers are destroyed... Go faster, the enemy does not have much time left for us!"
Fujita Chuzuo did not dare to neglect and immediately rushed to the pilot's standby room...
When the independent regiment attacked the position, Kong Jie was so happy that he could hardly close his mouth when he saw that the machine gun bunkers on the Japanese defense position were being called out one by one by mountain artillery and infantry artillery...
While watching, he ordered: "The offensive troops must continue to advance, and they must attack steadily and do not advance alone..."
"The artillery battery will follow the troops closely. If the attacking troops encounter obstacles, I will bombard them with artillery!"
"The artillery shells we captured in Jinzhong can't be taken away anyway. It just so happens that all of them will be returned to the little devils in this battle..."
After giving the order, he looked to Huang Yu aside: "Xiao Huang, do you have anything to add?"
"The offensive forces haven't taken over the airport yet. I'm worried that the Japs will defeat us and let the plane take off in the dark to attack the attacking forces from the sky..." Huang Yu answered after thinking for a moment.
He remembered that such a scene appeared in later generations when he watched the movie of the Eighth Route Army attacking Yangmingbao Airport.
When the Eighth Route Army broke through the airport defense line and prepared to blow up the plane.
The Japanese pilot actually maneuvered the plane to take off in the dark... If the attacking troops hadn't reacted quickly and blocked them all on the runway, maybe the plane would have actually taken off smoothly.
Taiyuan Airport is much larger than Yangmingpu Airport, and there are many places where you can take off.
If the Japanese take off in the dark, the attacking troops will be unable to stop them even if they want to stop them.
"Use a heavy machine gun!" Kong Jie immediately thought of a solution to the problem.
"Heavy machine guns can destroy aircraft attacking us in the sky, and they can also destroy aircraft parked on the ground..."
"All three heavy machine gun platoons moved forward and blocked the airport runway at close range!"
"If there is a plane that really wants to take off in the dark, let me concentrate the firepower and hit it hard. I will never let a plane take off!"
"We finally have a chance to capture Taiyuan Airport. If we want to capture it, I'll cover all the planes in the airport!"
Each of the three main companies of the first battalion had a heavy machine gun platoon, with a total of nine heavy machine guns. After receiving the order, they rushed to the battlefield and finally set up the machine guns more than 100 meters away from the runway.
This is the optimal shooting distance for heavy machine guns. As long as any aircraft dares to get on the runway, nine heavy machine guns can sieve them all.
"Rumble... buzz buzz..."
The roar of the aircraft engine suddenly sounded at the end of the runway, and then I saw a plane rushing towards the runway...
The speed is very slow at first, and then it rushes faster and faster, and it takes more than ten seconds to reach take-off speed...
"The little devil really wants to take off in the dark and attack us from the sky!" Kong Jie said with a frightened look on his face.
"Open all the heavy machine guns and blow up the plane that I want to take off!"
After giving the order, he turned his attention to Huang Yu: "How on earth do you have such a big head? You can always think of things that others don't think of, so you can nip problems in the bud!"
"If heavy machine guns had not been deployed in advance to blockade the airport and allow the Japanese plane to take off successfully...a few aerial bombs would have blown the armored vehicle into scrap metal, and the attacking troops would have suffered heavy casualties!"
"Our troops are limited. If there are no armored vehicles to open the way in front, it will definitely be difficult to capture the airport!"
"Dongdongdong..."
The nine heavy machine guns started firing without receiving the order to fire...
Compared with the aircraft in the sky, the aircraft on the ground that is still accelerating is obviously much easier to fight.
It accelerates forward along the runway in a fixed direction and at a fixed height. The heavy machine gun only needs to calculate the advance amount and stare at the fuselage to fire.
Within five seconds of firing, hundreds of bullet holes were punched into the aircraft's fuselage, but none of these bullet holes were fatal.
The speed of the plane is still accelerating. It will be in the sky in three or four seconds at most. It will be difficult to kill him.
"Stare at the plane's fuel tank and cockpit and fire, give me a hard beating..." Several heavy machine gun platoon leaders became anxious, pushed away the machine gunners, and fired with their own hands on the machine gun handles.
"Rumble..."
A ball of fire suddenly rose from the tail of the plane and quickly swept through the entire fuselage...
Less than three seconds later, the fuselage that was completely enveloped in flames exploded and was dismembered into several large parts, scattered everywhere.
"There are planes about to take off from behind...immediately change the shooting target and kill him at all costs..." the platoon leader of the third company's heavy machine gun platoon suddenly shouted.
The nine heavy machine guns immediately turned their muzzles and aimed at the accelerating aircraft and opened fire.
With the experience of destroying the aircraft just now, everyone focused on the cabin and the fuel tank during this shooting...
"Rumble..."
Before the plane could even speed up, the fuel tanks were hit by bullets and the fuselage was blown to pieces...
"It's over..."
At the airport tower headquarters, just after witnessing the scene of two planes being blown up, Murakami slumped down on his chair and said with despair on his face.
Fujita Nakazuo became even more panicked.
The aircraft could not take off, and the aviation group was unable to provide any help to the infantry in the subsequent battle.
If the plane does not take off, it will be like a pile of scrap metal parked at the airport, with no effect. The Eighth Route Army only needs a bundle of grenades to blow it up...
Faced with this crisis, my mind became even more chaotic, like a lake of slurry without any clue.
We can only place our hope again on the equally desperate Murakami Shaozuo: "Mr. Murakami...the artillery shells were blocked by the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns, and they will definitely not be able to continue taking off...How can we break the situation next!"
"You are the backbone of our defense of the airport. We must cheer up and not collapse..."
"The remaining garrison troops and ground staff at the airport will all join the battle and slow down the Eighth Route Army's attack at all costs!"
"Now we can only hope that the reinforcements sent by Taiyuan will arrive at the airport quickly. It is possible to defeat the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops and defend the airport..."
On the road four miles southwest of the airport, more than a hundred soldiers from the cavalry company were waiting in full formation, looking at the company commander Zhang Dashan at the front of the team.
They already knew that the Japanese army sent more than 300 people to reinforce the airport, and decided to use the powerful assault capabilities of the cavalry to face the Japs head-on, defeat them, or even annihilate them.
"Old Zhang, the Japanese have already reached 500 meters in front of us..." the instructor of the cavalry company reminded...
"Don't be impatient...let them get closer. The closer the assault distance, the shorter the enemy's reaction time, and the easier it is for us to catch them off guard..." Zhang Dashan replied, patting the restless war horse on his crotch.
"There are still four hundred meters left..." the instructor reminded again.
"If we don't attack yet, the war horse won't have enough distance to accelerate!"
"Cavalry company..." Zhang Dashan decisively raised the submachine gun in his hand, knocked his feet on the belly of the horse and shouted: "Come with me..."
