"Captain, do you want to send troops to reinforce the defense line?" The deputy captain's reminder brought the captain back to reality, and then he stared at him with a worried look on his face, waiting for his answer.
The captain asked angrily: "How to send..."
"We only have one garrison brigade left at such a large airport. Eight squads are deployed around the airport. There are only four squads left at the station. The enemy's offensive is so fierce. What effect do you think sending four squads to the battlefield will have?"
The deputy captain asked with a look of reluctance: "Then we will just watch the enemy rush into the airport and occupy the airport..."
The captain was silent for a moment and replied: "If the enemy is determined to take over the airport..."
"With just a few of us, we can't hold on even if we try our best..."
"I decided to concentrate my forces and retreat to the apron..."
"Save the plane first."
"The aviation force of the entire North China Front Army only has this little money left. If it is destroyed by the Eighth Route Army or captured by them, our losses will be huge."
"If the apron cannot be defended..."
"Let the pilots forcefully take off the fighter planes. Every one that can fly will be blown up. All the ones that can't fly will be blown up. Not a single plane will fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army."
"The headquarters once reported that the Eighth Route Army seized a large number of aircraft at Taiyuan Airport and established its own aviation regiment."
"Today's Eighth Route Army has no shortage of pilots..."
"As long as you give them a plane, they can fly away immediately."
"So we must not let a plane fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army..."
The deputy captain asked with a face full of shock: "You mean, the unknown enemy attacking us is the Eighth Route Army..."
"But they clearly haven't reached Bazhou yet. The guerrilla brigade operating in Fangshan was also dragged by the chief of staff to the Fangshan battlefield. There is no way they can attack Beiping Airport. Then where did the Eighth Route Army surrounding us come from."
The captain frowned and cursed: "How do I know..."
"If I had known that the Eighth Route Army was attacking us tonight and where these Eighth Route Army troops came from, I would not have agreed to the Front Army Headquarters transferring the tank troops."
"If there are tank troops stationed at the airport, our chances of blocking the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops will increase by at least 40%."
"As for the judgment that the enemy is the Eighth Route Army..."
"Do you think there is anyone in the entire Pingjin area besides the Eighth Route Army who can organize such a large-scale military operation?"
"Inform all pilots at the airport to move to the tarmac."
"All airport ground staff were issued with combat weapons, and together with the soldiers staying at the headquarters, they established a defense line around the apron and defended the apron..."
"Call the front army headquarters immediately."
"Beiping Airport was attacked by the Eighth Route Army and has been captured. Our troops are defending the tarmac and requesting reinforcements..."
As soon as the captain's order came out, the exclamations from his subordinates sounded behind him: "Sir..."
"Our telephone contact with the front headquarters has been interrupted."
The captain thought for a moment and made a judgment: "It must have been the Eighth Route Army that attacked us."
"When the phone line is cut, use the radio. They can't possibly cut off our radio contact as well..."
"Faster..."
"Judging from the Eighth Route Army's offensive, even if we retreat to the tarmac, we won't be able to hold on for too long..."
"Everyone else followed me and evacuated. Except for weapons, ammunition and important documents, I gave up everything else and went directly to the tarmac."
"If we can't defend the tarmac, everyone will die here."
"Rumble..."
As soon as the captain rushed out of the command tower, the huge roar of the engine reached his ears. When he looked up, he saw a row of troop carriers rushing towards him.
His first reaction was reinforcements. It must have been some force operating near the airport that heard the sound of firefights at the airport and immediately rushed over to provide support.
As a result, the eight troop carriers did not drive directly towards the control tower, but were lined up in a row between the airport station and the apron.
At this time, the troops and ground staff who had received the order to retreat to the apron were running towards the apron with equipment and ammunition, and happened to crash into eight transport vehicles lying between the two places.
Before the captain could react to the surprise, the canvas covering the eight transport vehicles was suddenly lifted.
The carriages facing the station were all piled with sandbags, and two light machine guns were mounted on the sandbags of each transport vehicle. They aimed at the airport garrison and ground staff who had rushed in front of them and pulled the trigger.
The flying bullets were like death scythes, killing a large number of people quickly.
Because the ground between the apron and the station was all hardened and very flat, the soldiers did not even have a hiding place. Faced with the sudden fire attack, they would either be passively beaten or retreat.
And even if you want to retreat, it depends on whether the machine gunner on the carriage agrees.
They mounted the machine gun on the bunker of the carriage and fired from a high position. Even though the soldiers under their command had fled two to three hundred meters away, they were still within the effective killing radius of the machine gun.
"Enemy... how can there be enemies inside the airport? Has the airport defense line been broken through by the Eighth Route Army?" The Japanese captain's eyes quickly widened and he shouted with disbelief on his face.
"Impossible..." the adjutant on the side immediately denied.
"The battle on the airport's defense line is still going on. If an enemy breaks through the defense line, there will definitely be no gunshots."
"There must be other circumstances that we don't know about..."
"Captain, what should we do next?"
"Continue to retreat to the tarmac..." the captain replied firmly through gritted teeth.
"The Eighth Route Army suddenly stood in front of us and prevented us from approaching the apron. They made it clear that they did not want us to approach the apron. They wanted to seize all our aircraft parked on the apron..."
"As the airport garrison, we must not let their conspiracy succeed."
"Pass my order..."
"The troops continued to fight towards the tarmac... There were not many Eighth Route Army troops standing in front of us, at most there was only one reinforced company."
"We have a reinforced squadron and thousands of ground crews. Although they have little combat effectiveness, they are all equipped with weapons and ammunition. Even if we risk our lives, we can kill them."
"Even if only one person rushes into the tarmac and blows up the plane above, that is still a victory."
When the vice-captain thought that this was really what happened, he could only accept the order: "I will make arrangements now and fight to the apron at all costs."
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of explosions suddenly sounded around the eight cars, and one of the fireballs soared into the air right in the car. The two machine gun teams hiding in the car were instantly blown away, and the bunker was blown over.
Duan Peng was shocked and quickly ordered: "Everyone evacuates the carriage and hides behind the carriage to continue blocking the enemy..."
"Ten minutes, as long as we persist for ten minutes, the deputy chief of staff will be able to kill us, and we will win."
