If the Eighth Route Army really had the ability to spread the beans into an army, the Imperial Army would not have been victorious in sweeping the battlefield, leaving them unable to fight back.
Immediately shouted to the chief of staff: "Contact Major General Miyazawa immediately to find out what happened when they besieged the independent group before?"
"Didn't he say that the Independent Regiment had lost its troops and its total strength had dropped sharply to a few hundred, and that it was not far away from being destroyed? Why did thousands of Independent Regiment soldiers, including armored vehicles, suddenly appear outside Jinzhong City!"
"Let him investigate this matter immediately. No concealment is allowed, otherwise military law will be engaged!"
The chief of staff quickly wrote the contents of the telegram, asked Yoshio Shinozuka to sign it, and handed it over to the communications staff to send the telegram. He stayed in the war room to continue studying the intelligence that the intelligence department had just found.
"Commander... intelligence says that Jinzhong has fallen... the troops reinforcing Jinzhong have also encountered mishaps, so we must protect Taiyuan Airport at all costs, otherwise Taiyuan City will be completely exposed to the independent group."
"Except for the frontline mopping up troops, we have almost no means or troops that can threaten the independent regiment!"
"Order..." Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the sand table and made a decision.
"Didn't you deploy two brigades from the surrounding areas to reinforce Jinzhong and plan to encircle the independent regiment outside Jinzhong City?"
"Jinzhong fell, and the plan to encircle the independent regiment was shattered before the battle even started..."
"It's pointless for them to go to Jinzhong again. Contact them immediately, and the two brigades will turn around and head towards Taiyuan Airport..."
"I will surround the independent group at Taiyuan Airport, gather together and annihilate them!"
"Contact the airport garrison again and tell them to hold on and not give up even if the battle ends with only one soldier left!"
"All ground crew members of the aviation group participated in the battle and were under the command of Major Murakami!"
"All planes that can take off will take off. As long as it helps to defend the airport, we will not hesitate to destroy a few planes."
"Two infantry brigades are marching urgently to reinforce the airport, please hold on!"
"Rumble...dong dong dong..."
Three armored vehicles spitting out black smoke opened fire as they advanced, covering the three main companies as they advanced little by little toward the runway.
The machine gun bunkers in front of them had been destroyed, but there were still many Japanese who managed to survive the artillery fire and refused to retreat. They held up rifles and light machine guns and shot at the armored vehicles desperately...
But these bullets only left a small dent and a string of sparks on the armored vehicle, completely unable to harm the soldiers inside...
"Boom boom boom..."
The infantry following the armored vehicle suddenly took action, leaping over the armored vehicle and throwing a round of grenades towards the Japanese position.
Compared with artillery shells, there were more grenades. They exploded together, and the flying fragments immediately created a death storm in the defensive position!
Some grenades exploded in the air. Even if there were Japanese soldiers lying on the ground and huddled behind the bunker, the rain of fragments flying down from the sky would still kill them.
After the explosion ended, the gunfire coming from the defensive position was reduced by at least 70%, leaving only a few sporadic gunshots.
"Comrades, charge with me...kill the remaining Japanese soldiers in front..." The commander of the second company who was following the armored vehicle suddenly took action, passed the armored vehicle with a submachine gun, and went straight to the Japanese defensive position in front.
After rushing more than ten meters away, the submachine gun in his hand suddenly opened fire, and all the bullets hit the smoke-filled defensive position.
The submachine gunners, machine gunners, and riflemen who followed closely behind them all joined the battle.
The small defensive position was hit by three to four hundred rounds of bullets in an instant. The remaining ten or so Japs had not yet recovered from the explosion, and the sudden firepower killed them all.
At the Japanese headquarters in the tower, Major Murakami was already sweating profusely.
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army, under the cover of three armored vehicles, was overwhelming, it quickly penetrated the first line of defense of the airport and went straight to the runway. He had exhausted all his means and had no solution, so he could only watch helplessly...
The radio operator suddenly ran over: "Sir... the airport is rescued..."
"There was a call from the military headquarters... They deployed two more brigades from surrounding garrisons to reinforce us, asking us to defend the airport and cooperate with the reinforcements to encircle the independent regiment and eliminate them around the airport!"
"The military also requires all ground crew members of the aviation brigade to participate in the battle...all planes take off, and even if a few planes are destroyed, the airport must be defended!"
As if grasping a life-saving straw in despair, Major Murakami looked at the operator and asked with expectation: "How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive at the airport?"
"The fastest reinforcements will take two hours!" the operator replied!
"Nani?" The hope on Major Murakami's face was once again covered with despair, and he shouted, slapping the table.
"Wait until they arrive at the airport in two hours... The troops stationed at the airport have already been killed by the Eighth Route Army... What's the use..."
"Call back to the military headquarters immediately... The Eighth Route Army has broken through the first line of defense at the airport and entered the airport... The airport garrison can hold on for half an hour at most!"
"The airport runway has been blocked by the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns...the plane cannot take off..."
"Go and send a telegram now..."
After breaking through the first line of defense of the airport, three companies of offensive troops directly entered the runway under the cover of armored vehicles. It was as if the buildings and defenses in the airport had been stripped naked and completely exposed to the attacking troops.
The artillery company commander Chen Daliang followed the second company and immediately stared at the tower where the Japanese headquarters was located.
It's so high that it's hard not to attract attention!
His eyes lit up, and he pointed at the tower and gave orders with bright eyes.
"Stop the artillery... That seems to be the tower that Staff Huang mentioned. The Japanese command headquarters is probably located on the tower. Take it down... hurry up and don't let the little Japs inside escape!"
The four mountain cannons were immediately lined up in two rows. Chen Daliang personally operated and adjusted the firing positions in less than half a minute.
"Load the shells... a little faster..."
"Three rapid fire shots per gun...fire..."
"Rumble..."
The four mountain cannons roared at the same time. Major Murakami, who was more than 200 meters away, did not know that he had stepped into the door of death. He had just signed a reply to the military headquarters and asked the telegraph operator to send the telegram quickly.
"Boom boom boom..."
A dull explosion sounded in my ears, and the periosteum was shattered by the shock wave.
By some random fate, a shell flew through the glass window and into the tower headquarters before exploding.
The impact point was less than three meters away from Major Murakami. The moment the fireball rose from the ground, Major Murakami was blown up like a paper toy, and then hit the outer wall of the tower heavily.
Under the dual effects of the shock wave and the impact, Major Murakami didn't even have a chance to scream and died immediately.
Fujita Nakasa had slightly better luck. His body was blocked by an overturned table and he survived by luck.
But he was also shocked by this sudden accident. His face instantly turned pale, his ears were buzzing and he couldn't hear anything.
He was sitting behind the table as if he had been blown away.
"Sir, the tower is being targeted by the Eighth Route Army artillery... You must leave here immediately!" The guard rushed into the headquarters and started looking for survivors. When he saw the dumbfounded Lieutenant Colonel Fujita, he reminded him anxiously...
"The commander was knocked unconscious...take him away immediately, faster!" a second lieutenant among the guards ordered.
"Boom boom boom..."
Several people had just set up Fujita Nakasa, but before he could move, the sound of artillery shells exploded again.
All four shells hit the building downstairs. Lieutenant Colonel Fujita and the guards who were upstairs were not in any danger, but the explosion was so loud that it hurt their ears.
"Sir, get out of here quickly!" the second lieutenant ordered hurriedly...
"No, the tower is going to collapse!" As soon as he finished speaking, the ground beneath his feet began to shake.
The second lieutenant was anxious and ran towards the stairs regardless of the situation.
But the crumbling tower did not last until he left...
"Rumble..."
The tower, which was more than ten meters high, instantly fell to the ground and turned into a pile of ruins more than three meters high. The smoke that was rolled up was ten meters high.
Lieutenant General Fujita, who was lucky enough to survive the bombardment, and the airport, Taiyuan's telegraph machine, and telephone... were all buried in the rubble.
All the devils know that the airport headquarters is in the tower. If the tower was bombed and turned into a pile of ruins, the airport headquarters must be finished as well.
Seeing this scene, the Japanese fell into a state of chaos without a leader, and their military morale fell to the bottom.
Although there are still some low-level officers who continue to cheer up their subordinates, organize troops to build defense lines on the spot, and fight on their own, the overall morale and combat effectiveness of the airport garrison have dropped significantly.
The three main attack companies did not miss this good opportunity to beat the drowned dog.
As if on stimulants, hundreds of soldiers rushed and fought fiercely under the cover of armored vehicles. They quickly occupied all the runways and hangars, forcing the remaining more than a hundred Japanese soldiers into oil warehouses, ammunition depots, and barracks...
There was a large amount of aviation fuel and aerial bombs stored there. In order to prevent the troops from detonating them during a firefight and damaging the fish pond, the attacking troops had no idea for a while and were blocked outside several warehouses.
"Chen Quan, what are you doing? Why is it not conducive to attacking and completely seizing the airport!" Kong Jie came after hearing the news, and when he saw the hesitant Shen Quan, he cursed.
"The warehouse contains a large amount of oil and aerial bombs. I'm afraid bullets and grenades will detonate them!"
"Don't you have a brain?" Kong Jie became even more angry after hearing this.
"Aviation fuel is for planes, it's useless if we seize it...Aviation bombs are also for planes, but they're of no use if we take them...If they're destroyed, they're destroyed. They belong to the devil anyway, so we don't feel sad.
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"Move over the mountain artillery. Since the Japanese want to keep company with the oil and ammunition in the warehouse, then I will help them..."
"Bomb both warehouses for me..."
Under Kong Jie's watch, the two mountain cannons fired only four shells, and the oil and aerial bombs in the warehouse were detonated. The raging flames were twenty meters high, and the explosion of the aerial bombs was louder than thunder.
The Japanese hiding inside still wanted to break out, but as soon as they went out, they were forced back by four heavy machine guns, and finally disappeared in the sea of fire.
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