"Kill..." Several shells were fired and a cry of kill soon sounded.
More than a hundred cavalrymen rushed into the Japanese defense line. With their swords raised and dropped, the living Japanese soldiers turned into corpses. No matter how ruthless and brutal they were before, their faces were pale at this time, and they still had the signs of death.
expression of fear and despair.
The captain of the Japanese garrison on the tower also looked pale at this time and murmured to himself: "Cavalry, there are actually cavalry on Tubal Road! They must want to occupy the airport and destroy it!"
"All the troops who can still move at the airport will fall on it. We must stop them at all costs. The airport must not be destroyed!"
"Contact the military headquarters and ask for reinforcements. If we don't get reinforcements, the airport will be destroyed."
At the First Army Headquarters, as soon as the gunfire sounded outside the city, Yoshio Shinozuka rushed to the war room.
"The sound of gunfire came from the direction of the airport. Chief of Staff, find out what's going on immediately. The counties around Taiyuan City are still in our hands. How could the Eighth Route Army appear here? Find out for me immediately!" Xiao
Tsuka Yoshio stared at the sand table in front of him and shouted dissatisfied.
The chief of staff came back less than five minutes after leaving, looking very ugly.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the airport was attacked by at least one regiment of the Eighth Route Army. They were equipped with field artillery and their firepower was very powerful. The airport garrison suffered heavy losses. We are requesting reinforcements!"
"Nani? A regiment of the Eighth Route Army, how did they get into Taiyuan City? What do the intelligence departments and reconnaissance troops do? We don't even know that there are so many Eighth Route Army troops hiding under our noses!" Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio said first.
He was stunned, and then he turned into an angry lion, stared at the Chief of Staff, Major General Tanaka, and cursed loudly.
Tanaka was also so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
But as the chief of staff, he could only endure it, and when he knew the commander was furious, he had to remind him of the seriousness of the matter and let him make a quick decision.
"Your Excellency, Commander, I will definitely investigate the matter after I go down!"
"The garrison in several battles was not equipped with heavy weapons. Under the Eighth Route Army's field artillery attack, it was definitely no match. We have stockpiled a large amount of fuel and aerial bombs at the airport, as well as a wing of combat aircraft. We must not have any accidents. Otherwise, we would not have
Explain the method to the North China Front Army Headquarters and ask the commander to send troops to reinforce the airport as soon as possible!"
"Baga! This must be a premeditated action by Tubal Road!" Yoshio Shinozuka had already vaguely felt something was wrong. However, he did not connect the attack on the airport with the war that occurred around Taiyuan, and even more
He never thought that the Eighth Route Army, which he had always looked down upon, would attack Taiyuan City.
At this moment, another communications staff officer rushed in.
"Your Excellency, Commander, our telephone contact with Taiyuan Airport has been interrupted. The garrison sent an urgent message. The Eighth Route Army has entered the airport and requested reinforcements!"
The chief of staff immediately reminded: "Your Excellency, Commander, if we don't get reinforcements, it will be too late!"
"Deploy a cavalry squadron, a chariot squadron, an infantry squadron, and the infantry squadron will deploy car transportation to reinforce the airport immediately!" Under the urgent situation, Shinozuka Yoshio could only temporarily put aside his worries and ordered with a frown.
The reinforcements moved very quickly, rushing out of Taiyuan City in less than ten minutes.
The cavalry was in front, the tanks were in the middle, and the infantry was in the rear. With a huge roar, they rushed towards the airport with murderous intent.
"Captain, the Japanese reinforcements are coming out!" Zhang Qing, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade, was staring at the gate of Taiyuan City with his telescope when the chief of staff next to him immediately reminded him.
Although the chief of staff tried his best to suppress the excitement inside, Zhang Qing could still hear the chief of staff's desire for the next battle.
"I saw that there were cavalry and tanks, and the infantry were all in cars. It seems that the airport has a high status in the hearts of the Japanese in Taiyuan City!" Zhang Qing analyzed.
"The old regiment leader still has a vicious vision. This move of attacking the airport first may not seem like much, but it allows us to easily eat so many Japanese!"
"Go down with the order and get ready for battle. The mountain artillery battery, the thunder artillery battery, keep an eye on the Japanese tanks. I will destroy at least half of the tanks in one round of shooting."
"The heavy machine gun company and the guard company are responsible for the Japanese cavalry. The others are responsible for the Japanese infantry. Try to kill all the Japanese in one attack!"
The battle started quickly and ended very quickly. In less than ten minutes, the Japanese reinforcements were completely wiped out.
Outside the small north gate of Taiyuan City, Wang Ping kept staring at Taiyuan Airport, which was a few kilometers away and the artillery fire had turned the sky red.
Just as Wang Ping became more and more anxious, Chief of Staff Yang Xiong rushed over with excitement: "Captain, good news, Brigadier Cheng has successfully entered the airport. The Japanese reinforcements were also destroyed by Commander Wang, and three vehicles were also seized.
Cars and two tanks!”
"Brigadier Cheng and several regiment leaders asked for instructions: Can we start the attack? After all, there are many checkpoints and gun towers of the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city. It will take time to fight all the way to the wall of Taiyuan City!"
Wang Ping did not speak, but stared at Yang Xiong and asked, "Did you just say that Zhang Qing also captured two tanks?"
"Are two tanks still good? Can they be used?"
"It should work!" Yang Xiong replied after thinking about it.
"The telegram said that these two tanks were not hit by artillery shells, but that explosives exploded next to the tanks, killing the Japanese inside the tanks, and then they were captured. On the surface, they were intact, because no one in the group knew how to drive a tank. I
I guess they don’t know if the tank can be used!”
Wang Ping, who just now was thinking about how to break through the north gate of Taiyuan City with minimal casualties, immediately shot out two rays of light from his eyes.
The unexpected harvest of two tanks made him think of the simplest and most direct way to break through the north gate of Taiyuan City.
The key to this method is that the two tanks must be intact, at least in terms of power.
After confirming the feasibility of this method, Wang Ping immediately replied: "Send telegrams to each regiment and start the attack!"
"Chief of Staff, I will give you the task of attacking the gun towers outside Taiyuan City. In two hours, you have to lead the troops all the way to the north gate of Taiyuan City."
"Gather the guard company and follow me to the airport. If two tanks can still be used, no, as long as one tank can be used, the casualties we have to pay to capture the north gate of Taiyuan City will be much smaller!"
Each regiment has six mountain guns or field guns, at least nine mortars, and at least six thunder cannons. Coupled with sufficient ammunition, this means that each regiment's attack will become sharper than ever.
Less than five minutes after Wang Ping issued the order to attack, violent artillery fire rang out from all four directions of Taiyuan City.
Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, who was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai even though he was anxious just now, immediately panicked. He stood up from his seat and shouted loudly.
"What's going on? Why are there gunfire everywhere outside the city! Chief of Staff, find out immediately!"
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