A few minutes passed quickly. When the waiting time reached 4 o'clock, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd company who had been prepared immediately ran towards the front of the airport. Although the night before dawn was the darkest, there was no way that these hundreds of people could
Being covered up, just the sound of footsteps can't help it.
So they were discovered when they were still 200 meters away from the gate, and the dazzling searchlights revealed their true colors. Although the sentry did not see what kind of military service they were wearing at the first time, they were completely different from the British military uniforms, and they were also
If you rush towards someone with a weapon, even a fool will know that something is wrong.
"Enemy attack!"
After the sentry shouted, he continued to shine the searchlight on them. He wanted to create opportunities for his comrades.
Krul, who also knew this, immediately issued an order. "Quick, knock off the searchlight."
Searchlights pose the greatest threat to troops attacking at night. Although they do not pose a direct threat, they will amplify the damage of other weapons.
It was obvious that Krul knew everything, and after he finished speaking, there were a few crisp gunshots, and the searchlight that discovered them was killed.
"Spread out and attack!"
As Krul's words fell, the soldiers of the 3rd company immediately dispersed. Everyone knew that huddled together would become the priority target to be shot, so no one did not care about their own lives. Not being afraid of death does not mean that they will die.
.
At this time, the machine guns on both sides of the gate opened fire. Fortunately, the searchlights were knocked out immediately, otherwise the consequences would have been too serious. Moreover, there were not two machine guns at the gate, but four machine guns, which made Crewe
I secretly broke into a cold sweat.
The four machine guns at the door kept firing, but their lethality was limited due to the impact of the field of view. However, they were not restricted for long, and another searchlight was turned on, which happened to shine on several people who were reaching for the door.
Soldiers. Immediately, several people were hit by machine gun fire without even letting out a scream. Each of them received many rounds of bullets, leaving them bloody and bruised.
Krul's eyes turned red when he saw such a tragic image, and then he roared. "Knock out that searchlight, haven't you equipped the machine gun yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a machine gun fired at him. It was obvious that the person giving the order was an officer, and he was naturally within the priority strike range. Fortunately, he was hiding behind a slope and lay down immediately.
He only escaped disaster on the ground.
"Pah, pah, pah!"
Krul's words obviously had an effect. Several gunshots smashed the searchlight into pieces. Moreover, the counterattack gunshots made the machine gun fire intermittently. After all, it was still night, and the shooter's field of vision was restricted.
, a machine gun that fires continuously will become the enemy's priority target.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
At this time, the machine gun that Krul had been obsessed with also opened fire. They exploded their own firepower at the defender's machine gun position. The sound of the tearing machine inspired the confidence of the third company.
Yes, the G42 machine gun has a great encouragement effect on the officers and soldiers at the bottom of the army. No matter what kind of enemy it faces, its firepower can suppress the opponent's machine gun. This time is no exception, and the machine guns equipped by the defenders cannot compete with it either.
, was quickly beaten into silence.
Seeing such a good opportunity, how could the officers and soldiers of the Third Company give up? They did not need anyone to mobilize and rushed towards the defenders one after another.
A distance of two to three hundred meters would take less than a minute. If we don't seize it when the airport officers and soldiers are not reinforced, we will do it at any time.
There were many figures in the darkness, which made it even more difficult for the defenders who lacked machine gun cover. This situation was heart-wrenching to see. Some people risked their lives carrying machine guns in an attempt to suppress the oncoming enemies.
"Da, da, da." The machine gun that had only fired a few shots misfired again. The suppression from the G42 made it unable to exert sustained firepower at all.
However, his sacrifice also aroused other courage, and the firepower on the machine gun position immediately resumed, but the intermittent firepower could not suppress the attacking paratroopers at all.
This naturally caused many paratroopers to rush over.
"Pah, pah, pah!"
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The paratroopers who rushed over used their G33 semi-automatic rifles to compete with Enfield rifles. The results are self-evident. In close combat, no matter how fast a manual rifle is, it is no match for a semi-automatic rifle, and the defenders are not
Take advantage of numbers.
The machine gun position that was approached was naturally unable to support itself, and a few grenades completely silenced it.
In just a few minutes, the guards at the gate were emptied by the officers and soldiers of the Third Company. Faced with the closed gate, this was naturally not a problem for them. They saw two soldiers carrying a box, placing it on the gate, and then pressing the button.
After pressing the button on the box, they ran away. After the two of them ran a few dozen meters, a violent explosion destroyed the door.
Seeing all this, the officers and soldiers of the third company did not need to wait for company commander Krul's orders, and naturally rushed into the airport where the alarm was already blaring. Only three platoons stood guard at the door and waited for subsequent reinforcements.
The battalion commander, Major Sartu, witnessed all this with his own eyes and was naturally very satisfied with the clean performance of the third company. Now he immediately issued the order.
"Immediately ask the first and second companies to attack as well. The fourth company will fortify the road connecting the airport to the city to prevent possible enemy reinforcements. I will give you fifty landmines."
Major Sartu is most worried about the fact that enemy reinforcements have prevented the airport from being captured for a long time, delaying their time to obtain reinforcements. You must know that they can now be called absolute light infantry. In addition to guns, their only heavy firepower is 4
60 mm mortar.
So it's very important for them to gain control of the airport.
At the airport, the first moment the gunfire rang out, a high-pitched siren sounded, and Major Doyle, the person in charge of the airport, was awakened.
"We are under enemy attack."
"What!"
The guard's words shocked Major Doyle. "How many enemies are there?"
"It was too dark to see clearly. There were probably two to three hundred people. There were no heavy weapons."
He couldn't care less about the guard's words. He wanted to send a telegram immediately to ask for help, because the airport defenders only had two companies of more than 300 people.
"Hey Hey hey……"
The phone failure made him realize that this attack was not simple, and at this time another piece of bad news came.
"Report, the enemy has broken through the gate and is attacking the airport."
"Immediately order the troops to stop them."
After Major Doyle issued the order, he chose to use the radio to send a report. "Send a report to the city immediately, saying that we have been attacked by enemy paratroopers. The current situation is very dangerous and we urgently need support."
"Didi...didi...didi..."
The radio station quickly sent out his call for help, but the gunfire outside became more intensive and getting closer.
Just when he wanted to ask what was going on, a soldier who reported the news rushed over. "Major, our company commander asked you to withdraw first. We can still block it. There are too many enemies, at least the size of a battalion."
This sentence made Doyle feel even more incredible. At the core of the island, there was actually an enemy force attacking the airport, and they could not stop the enemy.
"how so?"
Just when Major Doyle was confused, another burst of gunfire came from behind the airport, which was also mixed with several explosions.
The phone rang immediately. Doyle picked it up immediately.
A cry for help came from the other end of the telegram. "We are the 2nd company and 3rd platoon behind the defensive airport. We are currently under a sudden enemy attack. The enemy is about a battalion in size. We are in urgent need of support. We are in urgent need of support!"
"Snapped!"
The call for help slipped from Doyle's hand. He no longer cared about the words asking for help. He had to find a way, he had to find a way.
Major Doyle, who was wandering around without thinking, now lacked the power to change the situation, even if he had an extra company in his hands.
It's just that the battle situation will not change because of his hesitation. If the battle situation in the front is a steady retreat, then the battle situation behind is a complete defeat. Now the enemies attacking from behind have broken into the airport and are constantly encroaching on their territory.
"We must retreat now. Even if we want to die at the airport, we must at least move the ground crew and pilots away."
In front of Major Doyle, a disheveled officer was loudly speaking out his suggestions. He was one of the company commanders of the defenders. Looking at his anxious expression, one could tell how angry he was.
He had a look of disdain for the panicked Doyle in front of him. With his family background, he became a major and an airport commander just a few years after graduating from the military academy. And he had been training hard in the army for more than ten years and was still a captain, just because he was a
A commoner?
Doyle, who was yelled at for a while, seemed to have grasped the last straw and immediately came to his senses. "Yes, these people need to be evacuated first. Let the ground crew and pilots evacuate first, and then we will prepare to evacuate."
The captain, who knew that he wanted the result, finally let Doyle go. He needed to quickly return to the army to tell the soldiers, so that they had something to look forward to, otherwise the soldiers who had not been able to wait for the result might be about to take action on their own.
Withdrew.
That's right, they can't stand it now. Their calculations late at night put them at a disadvantage, and the size of their troops is at an absolute disadvantage. Being able to hold them back until now is considered heroic.
Following the order from Doyle, the airport director, the airport personnel began to leave from the side. Led by officers and soldiers who knew the minefield, they quickly passed through.
Their actions naturally made the attacking Romanian soldiers feel it.
"Don't attack them, let them run."
After receiving the intelligence that the airport personnel were evacuating, Major Sartu decided to ignore them. Because the first priority now was to seize the airport, not to annihilate the defenders, and everything needed to serve this goal.
As the attacking soldiers did not shoot at the retreating people, the morale of the airport defenders became even lower. Many times they found out that their comrades were missing while they were fighting. This made it more difficult for the defenders to withstand the paratroopers' offensive. As a result, this became
Vicious cycle.
Finally, as it got darker, the last British soldier escaped through here.
Now the paratroopers finally captured the airport. It took them nearly two hours to capture the airport in one fell swoop.
But before they had time to take a breath, the fourth company blocking the attack sent a telegram, saying that enemy reinforcements were coming. A new battle was about to begin again.
