After Liu Jianguo took the guard company and the main force of the second battalion to rescue the remnants of Gao Chu, he quickly used the automatic fire of the guard company as a cover and began to fight and retreat towards the airport.

Seeing this, Seishiro Itagaki on the east bank was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his troops to pursue immediately and strive to take the East Tower Airport in one go, and at the same time ordered the more than 1,000 feint troops to immediately launch a real attack in order to prepare for the main force to capture the East Tower Airport.

When Liu Jianguo led his troops to withdraw to the position of the first battalion, the main force of the first battalion, which had already been prepared, had already exchanged fire with the feint attack troops of the Yue army.

Liu Jianguo ordered Gao Chu to be brought into the airport to treat his injuries, and he commanded the second battalion and the guard company to defend and block on the spot.

When the pursuing army saw that the Dongta Airport was in front of them, they immediately shouted excitedly, and they rushed to attack a defense line without fear of death.

At this moment, the officers and men of the machine gun company of the Reading Force Garrison Battalion who remained at the airport suddenly opened fire, and more than a dozen antiaircraft machine guns and several antiaircraft guns roared one after another.

The dense rain of bullets suddenly enveloped the charging devil crowd, and in the dark night, everywhere the scarlet and dazzling tongues of fire went, the devil soldiers all fell to the ground.

For a time, the devil soldiers wailed all over the place, and there were heavy casualties.

The sudden dense and powerful firepower blinded the nearly 2,000 devils, and the outside of the airport were all plains and wilderness, and under the dense fire of the defenders, they had nowhere to hide.

In just a few minutes, the army that was still clamoring to capture the Dongta Airport just now left hundreds of corpses behind, and the queen retreated.

Seeing that the opportunity could not be missed, Liu Jianguo immediately ordered the troops to take advantage of the situation to counterattack, and nearly 2,000 officers and men of the second battalion, the guard company, and the reading force garrison battalion and the third battalion in the airport rushed out of the trenches and fortifications one after another, and launched a pursuit of the army with a roar.

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Outside the airport, after a bloody battle, the defenders' victory was imminent, and inside the airport, Gao Zhihang was in an extreme contradiction at the moment.

Not long ago, he, like Zang Shiyi, received a secret order from Zhang Shaoshuai from Beiping.

Regarding Zhang Shaoshuai's order to lead all the air force fighters to Jinzhou by himself, Gao Zhihang did not immediately carry it out.

He knew that once he withdrew, Zhang Xinghan's defenders would lose air support and air supremacy, and would become more passive, and the battle to defend the city would become much more difficult, and the casualties would also increase, which he did not want to see.

Thinking that Zhang Shaoshuai was sitting on hundreds of thousands of troops in the three eastern provinces, and wanted to abandon the three eastern provinces without a fight, Gao Zhihang was extremely indignant, and after thinking about it again, Gao Zhihang still made up his mind.

He wants to stay, and he wants to assist Zhang Xinghan in holding Fengtian City.

However, although Gao Zhihang made up his mind to stay, he still recruited all the pilots, and he wanted to ask their opinions, after all, he was disobedient.

Once he had made a decision, there was no turning back, and he didn't want to decide the fate of these pilot comrades on his own, and their fate should be chosen by themselves.

Looking at the hundreds of comrades-in-arms, Gao Zhihang said straight to the point: "Brothers, I came to you overnight because I have something important to announce to you. ”

Gao Zhihang said and took out the telegram order sent by Zhang Xiaoliu, and continued to everyone: "The young marshal just called, he asked us to abandon Shenyang Airport and drive all the fighters to Jinzhou. ”

"What? The young marshal wants us to retreat? Gao Zhihang's voice fell, and the pilots were shocked and moved.

"We withdrew, what should Shenyang do? Don't you keep it? ”

"Yes, the brothers of the city defense army outside are fighting bloody battles with the little devils in order to protect us, brothers, listen, their shouts of killing, their guns, are we going to abandon them and retreat alone?"

Looking at the subordinates who were talking, Gao Zhihang did not speak.

Until the vice-captain asked him: "Captain, what do you think?" Are you planning to take your brothers and evacuate to Jinzhou alone, abandoning hundreds of thousands of military and civilian compatriots in Shenyang? ”

Gao Zhihang took off all the major medals on his shoulders and a medal symbolizing the honor of the Air Force, slapped them on the table and said: "Gao Zhihang will never be the one who is greedy for life and afraid of death, as long as I still have a breath, my fighter plane and I will not abandon Shenyang, abandon the fathers and villagers of the three eastern provinces, I would rather die than retreat!" ”

The pilots were infected by him, and after being slightly stunned, they took off their armbands one after another, and swore in unison: "I'd rather die than retreat!" ”

"Okay, from now on, we are no longer Young Marshal Zhang's aviation team of the three eastern provinces, we are the Shenyang City Defense Army Air Force Death Brigade, and we swear to live and die with Shenyang!" Gao Zhihang raised his arms emotionally and shouted.

"Swear to live and die with Shenyang! Swear to live and die with Shenyang! The young pilots shouted their oath with all their might.

Good and evil are a thought, and choice is also a thought, Zang Shiyi, Song Dexian and Gao Zhihang's choice tonight determines the fate of their lives.

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On the east bank of the Niujiatun section of the South Canal, Seishiro Itagaki had not yet sat on the hot shoulder, and he had not had time to celebrate the substantial progress of his own troops' offensive.

One of his own soldiers came panting and galloping, and before he could salute, he reported to Seishiro Itagaki: "Your Excellency, commander, it's not good, our attacking force has been defeated by the Shina people, and now the Shina people have launched a counterattack on all fronts, and the situation is extremely critical, please make a quick decision Your Excellency Commander." ”

"What? Defeated? Itagaki Seishiro stood up suddenly in shock, and said with a face full of disbelief: "What's the matter? How so? ”

"The defenders of the China airport suddenly used extremely powerful anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns to fire on our attacking troops, and our attacking troops suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat, and the Chinese took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack." The soldier explained quickly.

"Bagaya Road." Itagaki Seishiro was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth, and at this time, he had already seen that his own troops on the other side were retreating in disarray.

The Northeast Army took advantage of the situation to pursue behind, the situation was extremely critical, and in the panic, Itagaki Seishiro had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately said to the soldier: "Immediately inform the attacking troops, there is no need to cross the river to the east and retreat, retreat directly to the south of Shenyang City, and meet the main force of the imperial army there." ”

"Hay!" The devil soldier bowed his head suddenly, and quickly took the order away.

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Shenyang Chengnan, City Defense Headquarters.

After Guo Zhong received Zhang Xinghan's instructions, he strengthened the surveillance of Song Dexian, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to be vigilant just in case.

Not long after, several cars suddenly drove to the entrance of the city defense headquarters, and the first to get out of the car was Jin Yuhuang, who went and returned.

Seeing this, Guo Zhong led someone forward and asked, "Secretary General Jin, are you here again?" What's the matter? ”

Jin Yuhuang did not answer Guo Zhong, but walked to a car behind him, opened the door, and greeted Zang Shiyi inside.

Guo Zhong was shocked when he saw that it was Zang Shiyi, and looked around again, about a dozen men in suits walked down from several cars one after another, they were all sturdy, powerful, and obviously not ordinary people.

Guo Zhong stepped forward and saluted, "Governor of Tibet, I don't know what happened to you coming to our city defense headquarters late at night?" ”

"The governor of Tibet came to you Commander Zhang to discuss important matters, what about Commander Zhang?" Jin Yuhuang asked knowingly.

"The army is on the offensive, and our commander is supervising the battle outside the city." Guo Zhong replied truthfully.

"Oh, then hurry up and inform him, just say that the governor of Tibet has an urgent matter to find him." Jin Yuhuang said.

Guo Zhong nodded, and then turned sideways to give way.

Zang Shiyi and Jin Yuhuang were about to walk towards the commander with their people, but Guo Zhong dodged and stopped them when he saw this.

"Captain Guo, what do you want to do?" Jin Yuhuang scolded dissatisfiedly.

"I'm sorry Governor Tibet, the commander of the city defense is a military stronghold, and you can't bring so many people in without the order of our commander." Guo Zhong said with a dark face, and as he spoke, the dozens of guards guarding the door were ready for battle and aimed their guns at Zang Shiyi and his party.

Seeing this, Jin Yuhuang immediately pointed angrily at Guo Zhong and the guards behind him and shouted, "What are you doing here? Dare to point a gun at the governor of Tibet, do you want to rebel? ”

"Secretary-General Jin, please forgive me for the duties of Guo and the soldiers of my guard company." Guo Zhong did not give way at all.

"You?!" Jin Yuhuang was furious.

"Secretary Kim, forget it." Seeing that the situation was a bit deadlocked, Zang Shiyi immediately waved his hand to signal Jin Yuhuang to shut up, and said to Guo Zhong with a smile: "Captain Guo is very good at doing his duty. ”

After speaking, he bricked a brick to the dozen or so guards accompanying him and said, "You are all waiting for me outside, Ah Jiu, you just bring two people in." ”

After speaking, Zang Shiyi took the lead and walked towards the compound, Guo Zhong did not intercept again, but sent someone to quickly inform Zhang Xinghan to go.