In the face of the sudden attack of the guerrillas, the Japanese airfield garrison seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and the response was very quick and quick. Could it be that the Japanese garrison was aware? Not really. The reason for this was that the Japanese garrison at the airport had received an order that a special plane would carry out a special mission tomorrow morning, so it is not difficult to understand that the garrison was on high alert. When the machine gunners on the Japanese tower were killed, the Japanese quickly dispatched armored vehicles and launched a fierce attack on the guerrillas.

The commander of the Japanese garrison at the airfield believed that the sudden attack on the airfield by the guerrillas must have something to do with a special mission. It was not that the Japanese army looked down on the guerrillas, but that in the eyes of the Japanese army, the guerrillas were inadequate. After a large explosion on the western side, the commander of the airfield, aware of the danger from the air, immediately ordered the lights to be controlled and ordered the air defense squadron to enter combat readiness. At this moment, there was a roar over the airport, and Shangguan Yun ordered the flares to be fired immediately.

According to the battle plan, the guerrillas arranged for a detachment to fire flares as part of a careful plan. Instead of firing flares into the air, they fired them into the airfield, with the aim of burning the flares on the ground inside the airfield and directing the target for the airdrop. The group of planes in the sky circled to reduce the altitude, and Shangguan Yun ordered the commando team to attack the Japanese air defense squadron with all its strength to slow down the threat of airborne. The commandos bravely rushed forward, they had no heavy weapons in their hands, but they were armed with a lot of grenades.

When the Japanese commander saw a large number of planes flying over the airfield, he thought that enemy planes were carrying out large-scale bombing and immediately took measures. However, the Japanese commander soon woke up to the fact that the enemy planes were not bombing at all, but carrying out airborne operations. The commander of the Japanese army was in a hurry and immediately ordered his headquarters to defend against the air. Soon, umbrella flowers appeared in the night sky, like heavenly soldiers descending from heaven. The guerrillas went all out to deal with the anti-aircraft squadron, and the Japanese found that the signs were not right and tried their best to intercept them. In the face of the rain of bullets and bullets from the Japanese troops, the guerrillas rushed forward one after another, approaching and firing grenades at the Japanese air defense positions.

After all, the guerrillas had poor combat skills and literacy, and in the face of a dense rain of bullets, the commandos were constantly shot and fell to the ground. Seeing that the anti-aircraft machine guns of the Japanese air defense squadron posed a fatal threat to the airborne troops, and seeing that the commandos were constantly knocked to the ground by the Japanese machine guns, Shangguan Yun was in a hurry to kill a Japanese machine gunner in an instant, and then jumped up and led the team members around him to quickly support the commando. Shangguan Yun picked up the grenade gun of a fallen commando, aimed it at a Japanese anti-aircraft machine gun position, and pulled the trigger. The grenade hit the target accurately, but the officer was shot and fell to the ground.

An urgent call sounded in his ears, Shangguan Yun opened his eyes and said, "Leave me alone, shoot out the Japanese anti-aircraft machine gun!" With that, she fainted. Shangguan Yun's bravery and fearlessness aroused the bloody nature of the guerrillas, and the grenades suddenly formed a dense explosion point in the Japanese air defense positions, which greatly curbed the efficiency of the Japanese army's anti-aircraft shooting.

A transport plane was hit by ground artillery fire, the engine suddenly stopped, and the driver, without hesitation, drove the plane straight down the runway. The transport plane successfully landed on the runway, and before the transport plane could hear about it, the soldiers jumped off the plane and went into battle. Another plane was also hit and the pilot attempted to make a forced landing, but the forced landing site landed outside the airport.

At the moment when the plane hit the ground, a sudden explosion fireball rose, and all the airborne soldiers and crew members in the plane were killed. After all, the Japanese air defense force was too limited, and the airborne soldiers kept landing on the ground, and the resistance of the Japanese army gradually weakened. Not long after Meng Fei landed, a large explosion occurred at the Japanese army's oil depot, and the skyrocketing fire was illuminated again. Meng Fei did not let the explosion interfere with the command of the operation, he knew that the Japanese had blown up the oil depot, which meant that the resistance had failed. "Report to the brigade commander, the airfield is basically controlled, some Japanese troops have fled, and the radio station has been set up."

Meng Fei glanced at his watch, and only 40 minutes had passed from the start of the airborne landing to the control of the airport. Although there is still sporadic resistance at the airport, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. "Send a report immediately, Majiagou Airport is under my control, and the troops are currently deploying." When the operator made an urgent report, an operational staff officer reported: "Brigade commander, two of our transport planes were shot and wounded and successfully forced to land, four transport planes crashed, none of the people on board survived, and the commander of the 3rd regiment and the regimental headquarters were all killed. ”

"Order the commander of the 8th battalion to take command of the 3rd regiment!" Meng Fei knew in his heart that the price he paid was inevitable, and he had no time to take care of it at the moment. "Report, the head of the guerrillas wants to see you!" "Let him in." "Traffic officer Lao Li walked in!" "Thank you for your great support, how is it going!" Meng Fei shook hands with Lao Li. "Shangguan Yun was seriously wounded, and several captains were killed." "How many of you still have now, more than 300 casualties, and more than 100!" Lao Li cried bitterly. "Comrade, now is not the time to be sad, the Japanese army will soon surround you from all sides."

"You lead your men to immediately light a bonfire every 10 meters on both sides of the runway to welcome the arrival of the follow-up troops." Traffic officer Lao Li wiped away his tears and left. Meng Fei quickly unfolded the map, his eyes aimed at the barracks south of the city. Because this barracks is the closest to the airport, it is natural to strengthen the defense in this direction. However, Meng Fei did not expect that the first to arrive at the airport was the Japanese 237 Brigade and took the lead in launching an attack on the northwest side.

The delicacy of the Japanese army is reflected in all aspects, so the train arrives very punctually at the station, and the train rarely misses unless there are special circumstances. At about 8:05, two military columns slowly entered the station, one after the other. Almost at the same time as the military train entered the station, a violent explosion was heard from the southwest side. The explosion was accompanied by the skyrocketing fire, so that the Japanese officers and soldiers who entered the station instinctively jumped out of the carriage to hide, and there was no doubt that it was an enemy plane carrying out the bombing. The commander of the 237th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Takashima Aritake, received an order before he got out of the car, and the enemy airborne troops suddenly launched an airborne operation against Majiagou Airport, allowing the headquarters to quickly reinforce the troops.

The 237th Brigade was part of the 13th Division of the Kwantung Army's Border Garrison Force and served as a border garrison at Suifenhe. Due to the tight war and the shortage of troops, especially the clumsy elite troops, the Japanese army base camp ordered Okamura Ninji to recruit the 237th Brigade of the 13th Division, which had an easy defensive task, to return home quickly. The 237th Brigade of the Japanese Army, as a division of the Kwantung Army, has no doubt about its combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment.

The 237 brigade regiment has an infantry wing, an artillery wing, of which the artillery wing has a heavy artillery brigade. However, nowadays artillery is mounted on a truck, and it is not easy to unload it quickly. Brigade commander Takashima Nagatake did not dare to slack off when he received the order, and he knew why the enemy had launched an airborne operation. Immediately, Takashima Yutake ordered the infantry wing to rush to the airfield for reinforcements. The Japanese soldiers received the order and ran quickly in the direction of the airport, and they were the first to rush to the airport for Japanese reinforcements.

About half an hour after the airborne troops launched the airborne operation, chaos broke out in the headquarters of the Japanese army in Mukden. The Japanese staff officer Zhang said with a pale face: "General, the enemy attack is sharp, the commander of the Harbin city defense and the commander of the 21st Garrison Division, Takaji Muranaka, reported that the Majiagou airport garrison has lost contact, according to the report of the airport garrison force, the enemy army uses guerrilla attacks to cover airborne operations, and the enemy airborne troops have invested at least one brigade of troops. ”

Okamura Ninji said depressedly: "I didn't expect the enemy to make such a dangerous move, and he didn't play cards according to common sense at all. If Lao Jiang can't play this card, it must be the masterpiece of the Communist Party. If the enemy captures Harbin, our carefully constructed northeastern defense line will be shattered. The enemy took advantage of my negligence and weakness to lay down such a deception. The Harbin garrison was far away from the battlefield and had been on guard for a long time, and it was easy for the enemy's airborne troops to take the Majiagou airfield. ”

"Strictly order the village to take advantage of the fact that the enemy army has not gained a firm foothold and must recapture the airport at any cost, and order the 237 Brigade to launch a round attack on the airport at any cost." Okamura Ningji walked a few steps and continued: "Order, the 2nd Tank Division stationed in Manchuria will quickly reinforce Harbin, and the 201st Division and the 208th Division of the Changchun Garrison will be ordered to reinforce Harbin as soon as possible." All warplanes at Changchun, Jilin, and Mudanjiang airports were ordered to be dispatched in the early morning of tomorrow to paralyze the Majiagou airfield. ”

At this time, Okamura Ninji realized the great danger, and at the same time understood that the 1st Corps of the Eighth Route Army was holding its ground in Tianjin, and it was originally for the purpose of fighting across the airspace. The enemy's strong air superiority is fully capable of continuously transporting the enemy's main forces to the northern hinterland. If a north-south flank attack is formed, the defense of the Shanhaiguan line will lose its meaning. And the well-planned decisive battle in the northeast basically came to naught. Okamura was in a very bad mood, and the only thing he was looking forward to now was whether the troops in Harbin could recapture the airfield, which was the key.

The news of the capture of Harbin Majiagou Airport reached the temporary headquarters of Tianjin Binhai Airport, and Peng Dehuai, including all the generals, breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone knew in their hearts that in the face of the Japanese army's crazy counterattack, it was not so easy to gain a firm foothold, and the brutal battle was still to come. "Mr. Peng, I just got the news that when the 40 transport planes were airborne, two were injured and forced to land successfully, and four crashed. Unfortunately, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Airborne Division, including the deputy commander, political commissar, chief of staff, etc., and all the personnel of the regimental headquarters died. At the moment the transport fleet is on its way back. Chief of Staff Peng Xuelan reported.

It was acceptable to pay the price, but it was indeed unacceptable that the entire regiment headquarters, including the regiment commander, political commissar, deputy regiment commander, chief of staff, and all the divisional personnel, had sacrificed all of them. Peng Dehuai's expression was solemn and sad: "Report this news to the headquarters." The 2nd echelon was ordered to rise into the air and quickly reinforced. "The 2nd echelon is dominated by 10 large transport aircraft, including 20 transport aircraft, 50 fighters.

10 large transport aircraft, mainly responsible for the transport of tanks. Eight of them are large transport aircraft, carrying 16 tanks (each large transport aircraft can only transport two tanks at a time), and the other two transport aircraft are all transporting fuel. Before the war, it had been estimated that the Japanese army had blown up the oil depot, so it was necessary to transport oil. The Eighth Route Army's flying wing, with a total of 60 medium-sized transport planes, was put into operation this time. Previously, 40 transport planes were put in, and the remaining 20 transport planes were to carry the officers and men of the 2nd Airborne Brigade to continue to carry out airborne landing in Harbin.