kingnovel Chapter 823 Attacking the Airport
Chapter 823 Attacking the Airport
The Japanese headquarters had just adjusted the direction of the battle, which was to launch an attack on the 38th Division of the 29th Army. Unexpectedly, regular troops of the 72nd Army appeared at the airport. They didn't know where they came from, and caught them off guard.
"The airport cannot be lost. Colonel Fujii, you must immediately lead your troops to fully support the airport. We absolutely cannot allow them to enter."
Chief of Staff Yamamoto marked it on the map. Although there are many troops guarding the airport, even airborne troops have appeared. Who knows what measures the 72nd Army will take here? We must be on guard.
"Hayi..."
Colonel Fujii glanced at Commander Terauchi and found that the commander did not say anything, which meant that there was no problem with the chief of staff's arrangement. He immediately gathered his own regiment and quickly supported the airport.
"Reporting to His Excellency, Commander, the airport runway has been lost. Two enemy transport planes circling in the sky have already landed. All twelve of our fighter planes at the airport have been destroyed. We are currently transferring the remaining aircraft, but the airport runway has been occupied by the enemy. We..."
The combat staff officer didn't finish his words, but everyone understood that the best way to transfer the planes was to let them fly to other airports, but the airport runway was in the hands of others at the moment. If you still want to take off, you have to try to see if you can get through the opponent's heavy machine gun fire network.
I guess this shouldn't be possible. When the plane is flying in the sky, it is difficult to be hit by machine guns on the ground because of its fast speed. But when you take off from the airport, the speed in the first half is very slow. Let alone multiple heavy machine guns, even if there is only one light machine gun, I'm afraid you can't take off.
"No matter what happens, we must retake the airport. Currently, they cannot support Tianjin from land, and this is the only airport they have."
General Terauchi finally spoke, instead of being silent just now. At this moment, this guy also felt that the initiative of the war was lost at the very beginning, and the series of combat plans they formulated seemed to be completely useless.
According to the original battle plan, the army had already fought with the 29th Army around Peiping, while separating the 29th Army from other places, and then defeating the 29th Army one by one, or forcing them to withdraw from Peiping and Tianjin.
But now the situation is far from that. Our troops from all over the country are unable to arrive at the designated location on time and have been disrupted by the enemy. Especially the fall of the runway of Tianjin Airport has made everyone nervous.
For other Chinese armies, the airport may not be that important. If it is lost, it is lost. Anyway, they don’t have that many planes. But for the people of the 72nd Army, this is probably different. With an airport here, they can create countless miracles.
At this moment at the Tianjin Airport, all the airborne personnel have been mixed with the ground assault teams. Ma Feng serves as the temporary commander, and he has more than a thousand people under his command. Ma Feng asks his men to go to the designated location to find heavy weapons immediately. We definitely cannot defend the airport with just a few of us armed with light weapons.
After losing more than a thousand people, the Japanese began to withdraw from the airport one after another. The main reason was that there were too many buildings inside the airport. We were no match for the 72nd Army in street fighting.
Japanese soldiers were holding Type 38 rifles, and they would pull the bolt after firing each shot. This was no problem at long distances or in field positions, but in some buildings at the airport, the surroundings were too narrow and the distance between the two sides was not far. Before you could fire the second bullet, the enemy would fire a volley of bullets at you. No matter whether you hit the target or not, as long as there were bullets left, the enemy's submachine gun would not stop.
Some Japanese soldiers were indeed very good at hiding, but if you can prevent them from hitting you, can you prevent yourself from ricocheting bullets?
It was simply impossible, so the Japanese commanders were not fools. Seeing that their men suffered such heavy losses, they knew that it would be of no benefit for them to continue fighting at the airport. It was better for them to withdraw first and wait for their heavy artillery brigade, and then bombard the entire airport. Anyway, our planes were all destroyed, so there was nothing to cherish.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way! A new plane is about to land. Push those useless things away!"
A voice came from Mafeng's earphones, and he immediately ordered his men to clear the runway.
According to the original plan, most of the people who were supposed to land had already landed, but why did another formation come over?
Although he was not quite sure what was going on, there was no problem in conveying the order, and his men quickly cleaned up. When the first plane landed, Captain Ma was dumbfounded. The plane looked a little familiar, but he had forgotten where he had seen it.
Handsome!
Suddenly someone remembered that this plane had appeared in the newspaper. Isn’t this the Marshal’s plane?
"Contract the defense, contract the defense, centering on the airport runway, contract the defense immediately."
Although he didn't know what was going on and was not sure whether Li Shaoyi was on the plane, Captain Ma immediately gave orders to the people around him. Looking from above, the army, which had already run to the periphery and established a defense line hundreds of meters away, began to prepare to retreat inward.
"I'm Li Shaoyi. I order you to immediately defend your positions. Captain Ma's previous order is invalid."
Just as these people were about to put away their guns, Li Shaoyi's voice appeared in the headphones, and the commanders everywhere really knew that the Marshal had arrived.
The Marshal is at the front line!
Although the brothers did not shout these words out loud, it could be seen from their eyes that everyone was full of energy at the moment, which was more effective than a shot of chicken blood.
There was a reason why Li Shaoyi went to the front line in person. Although Captain Ma and his men had stored a batch of weapons around, they were a bit far from the airport. By the time they got those weapons back, it would probably be too late. Without the Tianjin Airport, we would not be able to use it as a base to launch an attack on all the Japanese troops that landed.
So Li Shaoyi did not notify anyone, but ordered his private plane and led his escort team to arrive directly at Tianjin Airport.
Wherever he is, it is equivalent to carrying an arms industrial zone. Anything can be exchanged. As long as people continue to come, the Japanese want to take over Tianjin Airport. This place will be their meat grinder. No matter how many people come, we will take them all.