"Send a telegram to the four brigade commanders involved in the attack, and the troops will continue to strengthen the offensive, letting the Japanese army feel that we are eager to rescue the troops who are being besieged by them outside Taiyuan City!"
"But all ministries must remember not to advance rashly. During the attack, try to take advantage of artillery fire, use artillery shells to deal with the enemy, and minimize infantry casualties!"
"Order Xiao Yunshan and the Independent Regiment to repel the Japanese attack at all costs!"
"It will be dawn in a few hours. The troops must be prepared for air defense!"
After someone went to give the order, Wang Ping stared at Zhong Chenggong and continued to ask: "Chief of Staff, what is the situation of the Japanese troops at Taiyuan Airport now?"
"The security is as tight as ever!" Zhong Chenggong replied.
"A brigade of kidnappers has guarded the airport so tightly that not even a fly can fly in. Unless we launch a forceful attack, there is no other way!"
Wang Ping frowned slowly and continued to ask: "Have the attacking troops returned to their positions in a roundabout way?"
"The fourth battalion, the newly formed fourth battalion, the independent fourth battalion, the two armored assault platoons of the armored assault battalion, and the two cavalry companies of the cavalry battalion are all in place and ready to launch an attack at any time!"
Wang Ping immediately responded: "At first, I was afraid of bombing the little Japs in Taiyuan City, so they would not come out and trap Taiyuan City."
"Now all the Japanese who should come out have left the city. Li Wen reported that the entire Taiyuan City now only has half a military police brigade and half a guard brigade. Many important warehouses and military facilities have been temporarily replaced by puppet troops for defense!"
"Since our goal of forcing the Japanese out of Taiyuan City and killing them has been achieved, there is no need to hide our strength anymore!"
"Order the commander of the fourth battalion to attack immediately and capture Taiyuan Airport for me before dawn!"
"Also, the troop assault speed must be fast. There are more than 30 aircraft of various types parked at Taiyuan Airport. Although many of the aircraft are not the most advanced, for our Eighth Route Army, those aircraft are treasures. Therefore, we must give
I captured a few more planes!"
"There is also the fuel and ammunition that the Japanese have hoarded at the airport, and everything that can be seized has been seized!"
"Lao Cheng, didn't Commander Liu prepare tens of thousands of local troops, guerrillas, and ordinary people for us? You can recruit 10,000 people and rush to the airport to stand by immediately. As long as we take the airport, I will use the shortest possible time to defeat them.
The airport was evacuated.”
"All the captured aircraft have been towed away. If we don't have enough time, we will drag them to a nearby place and hide them. We will continue to transport them to the base after dark tomorrow!"
"Rumble..."
The roar of the huge engine spread from far to near, slowly reaching the ears of the guard post of the Taiyuan Airport Guard Brigade.
"It's an armored vehicle. An armored vehicle is coming!" The Japanese guard post did not realize that they were enemies at first.
"No, I haven't heard that Taiyuan City sent us armored troops, and the Taiyuan City garrison has no armored troops at all!" A second lieutenant team leader at the security position frowned and analyzed.
Then his face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted out loud: "Baga~ They are not the Imperial Army, they are the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army is coming towards the airport!"
"Shoot a warning shot quickly and fight back immediately to stop them!"
Two light machine guns and a dozen rifles were on the security position, and they quickly fired in the direction from which the sound came.
"Da da da……"
The armored vehicle with a loud roar moved, and the heavy machine gun on the vehicle quickly fired back, and bullets flew towards the guard position like a rain of bullets.
The bullets fired by the Japanese hit the armored vehicle and shot out a string of sparks in the sky.
The bullets fired by the armored vehicles will have results as long as they fly into the enemy's guard position.
Of the more than twenty Japs, nearly half were killed or injured in the blink of an eye.
"Retreat, retreat to the position and defend!" the second lieutenant team leader panicked and ordered anxiously.
As soon as the man stood up, before he could turn around, another bullet flew over.
The two bullets hit his chest, and the strong kinetic energy knocked him to the ground. The two blood holes in his chest were spraying blood like a fountain.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese second lieutenant lost consciousness and closed his eyes in despair.
The top commander of Taiyuan Airport is a Japanese colonel who was a pilot and had little experience in positional warfare.
As soon as the battle began, the task of commanding the garrison brigade to launch a counterattack fell to the deputy, the captain of the garrison brigade.
If he completely lets go and trusts his lieutenants, a defensive brigade plus an air defense squadron, even if the airport cannot be defended, there will definitely be no problem in holding on for two or three hours.
However, this commander is a person who doesn't know how to pretend to understand.
He obviously has no experience in commanding army operations, but after the battle started, he still liked to point fingers and even directly intervene!
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has armored vehicles, and the offensive firepower is too fierce. We are only equipped with light weapons, and we are no match at all!" A second lieutenant communications officer rushed in and reported in panic.
"The outer defense line has been breached by them. The troops have suffered heavy losses and are in urgent need of reinforcements!"
The captain of the garrison frowned and ordered: "Ask the air defense squadron!"
"The air defense squadron's anti-aircraft machine guns have been changed to flat-fire, which will definitely destroy the Eighth Route Army's armored vehicles!"
Commander Major frowned and asked: "Can an anti-aircraft machine gun hit an armored vehicle?"
"We can fight! The Eighth Route Army did it before, using a machine gun to hit our armored vehicles. If they can do it, we can definitely do it too!"
The colonel still didn't quite believe it, so he added immediately.
"It's still too mysterious. For the safety of the airport, armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to enter the airport."
"To the east of the airport are Eighth Route Army armored vehicles, artillery, and even cavalry. This must be their main attack direction~"
"Order troops from other directions of the airport to immediately reinforce the eastern battlefield, leaving only one infantry squad in each direction to guard!"
The garrison captain's brows suddenly frowned: "Sir, the battle has just begun and we have to drain the troops from the other three directions. If the Eighth Route Army makes plans to attack from the east to the west, then we are doomed!"
"I suggest that troops from other directions stay put, gather airport service personnel, distribute equipment, and reinforce the battlefield!"
The colonel vetoed without hesitation: "No! Those service personnel are the logistics support personnel of the aviation force. Without them, the plane cannot take off. And they have no combat effectiveness. How can they fight against the Eighth Route Army!"
"Just follow the order I just gave, I trust my own judgment!"
The first level of officialdom suppresses people to death, and the deputy can only execute the order no matter how he thinks it is inappropriate.
"Da da da……"
The anti-aircraft machine guns of the Japanese anti-aircraft squadron soon joined the battle.
The two armored vehicles at the front flashed through a string of sparks and then stopped.
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