At 2:30, the gunfire of the Japanese army at Dajia Airport began to become sparse, and individual battles were still ongoing, but it did not affect the capture of Dajia Airport. "Report to the battalion commander, the chief of staff of the regiment, for you to get to the terminal quickly." A communications soldier from the regimental headquarters appeared in front of him on a Japanese-style sidecar. Meng Fei jumped on the motorcycle and arrived on the north side of the tarmac a few minutes later. "Battalion Commander Meng, the situation is very bad, the regiment commander was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun while parachuting, his injuries were very serious, and he has been in a coma. The deputy regimental commander died in battle. The division commander called, asking you to temporarily act as the regiment commander to command the operation! ”

The commander of the first battalion was handed over to Cheng Hao, and the second batch of airdrops arrived at 3:40, and the division commander decided to follow the second batch. It is estimated that the Japanese army has already reacted, and the Taiwanese army in the west and the Japanese army in the bowl may counterattack. "When he was in danger, Meng Fei did not give in. This kung fu Cheng Hao appeared in front of him with a disgraced face, "Haha, battalion commander, I thought I wouldn't see you anymore." Seeing that everyone had straight faces, Cheng Hao was a little confused. Deputy battalion commander Cheng, the regiment commander was seriously wounded, the deputy regiment commander died, and the division headquarters called to ask Battalion Commander Meng to take command instead of the regiment commander. The division commander ordered that the 1 battalion be commanded by you! ”

"Cheng Hao, time is precious to us now, and we must ensure that the airport is foolproof. You immediately led the 1st Battalion to guard the road northeast of the airport to intercept the Japanese reinforcements in the bowl. "Yes!" Cheng Hao was ordered to go. "Immediately bring in the commanders of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th battalions, and I will deploy them as soon as possible." Soon the situation was reported that the commander of the 2nd and 4th battalions died. Meng Fei ordered the commander of the 3rd battalion to lead the men and horses of the battalion to quickly deploy defenses on the west side of the airport to prevent the puppet army on the western coastline from attacking. The 2nd and 4th battalions remained at the airfield, on the one hand, to receive the follow-up airborne troops, and on the other hand, to serve as reserves, ready to support the operation.

Mon Feild's deployment proved to be the best choice after the war, because he had two battalions of reserves in his hands, and bought valuable time to stop the Japanese troops emerging in the south. Cheng Hao's whole battalion quickly pulled to the northwest side of the road for fortification. The soldiers dug trenches on the spot, but thirds of the trenches were dug before a flash of light appeared on the road in the distance, and soon the roar and the sound of the earth shaking were mingling. "Battalion commander, it sounds like a tank unit of the Japanese army. Damn, the Japanese army reacted very quickly! One of the subordinates shouted. The bazooka detachments of the companies were ordered to enter combat readiness. ”

The soldiers quickly set up their defenses, and the commander of a company came to the front with a bandage wrapped around his head, "Report to the battalion commander, there are still 362 officers and soldiers in the battalion." The commander of the 2nd company was killed and the deputy company commander took over the command, and the commander of the 4th company was seriously wounded and took over the command by the deputy company commander. We even suffered the largest casualties, with 42 people. "You're fine!" "No problem, just scratched skin." "Your company is a reserve and ready to support the operation." After the commander of the first company left, the instructor said: "Seeing that the enemy army has dispatched an armored regiment in this position, a fierce battle is inevitable. The communications corps has set up a telephone line, and you report the enemy situation to Battalion Commander Meng. ”

The instructor waved his hand, and a telephone soldier brought the phone to him. At this time, the Japanese tank guns began to fire and carry out fire reconnaissance. Cheng Hao reported to Meng Fei that a Japanese tank unit appeared in the northwest highway from the bowl in the opposite direction, and it was judged to be an armored regiment. In the headquarters of the airport terminal, Meng Fei put down the phone and said: "The Japanese army really reacted quickly, Cheng Hao reported that an armored unit came from the direction of Wanli, with a strength of about one regiment. It seems that the Japanese have guessed our intentions and want to recapture the airfield. Against the armored forces of the Japanese army, we did not have heavy weapons and could only rely on anti-tank barrels. ”

Meng Fei continued: "The Japanese army must be attacking desperately, and I am worried that the 1st Battalion will not have enough anti-tank weapons. The regimental chief of staff said: "I immediately transferred the 3rd battalion anti-tank detachment to support the 1st battalion. "The artillery fire of the Japanese army on the road northwest of this kung fu suddenly intensified, and it was obvious that the Japanese army had discovered the blocking force, which also meant that the Dajia airfield had been occupied by the enemy. At this time, Meng Fei looked at his watch at exactly 3 o'clock, and the second batch of short troops arrived at 3:40, with 40 minutes to go. The fire of the explosion in the direction of the north-western highway grew brighter and brighter, and there was no doubt that the Japanese armored forces launched a fierce attack.

The sudden change in the battle situation was suffocating, and the atmosphere in the Japanese army headquarters in Taipei was extremely tense. After receiving the report of a sneak attack on Dajia Airport, contact was lost in only half an hour, which made Commander Yamashita Fengfu break out in a cold sweat. "Your Excellency, the enemy airborne troops must have cut the telephone line, but why didn't Captain Kawada send a report?" The chief of staff of the Japanese army was puzzled. "Report, the independent armored regiment of XX, approaching the Dajia airfield, was stubbornly blocked by the enemy." This surprise was not trivial, and the generals hardly believed that it was true, and it was obvious that the Dajia airfield had been captured.

"The fact that an integrated brigade was wiped out in an hour shows that the enemy's airborne troops have at least two regiments of strength, while Captain Kawada has no preparations, and it also shows that the enemy's airborne troops are well-trained and have strong combat effectiveness." "Order the Independent Armored Regiment to be dispatched immediately to recapture the Dajia Airfield at any cost!" Yamashita could no longer keep his composure. After the operational staff officer left, Yamashita asked: "Where did the vanguard of the 41st Division arrive?" "Report to the commander, the vanguard of the 41st Division arrived in Changhua and arrived at Dajia Airport at about 4 o'clock."

Yamashita Fengwen was a little anxious and walked back and forth. "Do you want to order the 12th Division of the Taiwan Army to return to the airport from the coastline?" "At such a critical moment, a group of minions cannot be counted on, and the combat effectiveness of the Taiwan army is simply unreliable. Or let them stick to the coastline. The 18th Division was ordered to quickly send reinforcements to the bowl, the enemy's intention was already very obvious, and the enemy's main force must not be allowed to land in the bowl. "Report, Commander Gangcun telegraphed that Dajia Airport is the main point, and it must be recaptured at any cost!"

On the road northwest of Dajia Airport, after the battle began, the Japanese tanks quickly got off the road and attacked in a scattered state, and the armored fighting vehicles attacked along the road. The fierce battle was staged in an instant, and it entered the white heat. A tank had just climbed a mound when a rocket hit the front, and after a violent explosion, the Japanese tank caught fire. The Japanese Type 97 light tank weighed 15 tons and could not withstand a fatal blow at all. The rocket launchers of the Airborne Forces are designed to deal with heavy tanks, so they are more than capable of dealing with light tanks. Japanese armored vehicles advanced at high speed on the highway in an attempt to break through the interception as fast as possible.

Suddenly, a rocket fired accurately into the side of the forward-rushing armored vehicle. I saw that the Japanese armored vehicle was blown away by the air wave of the explosion, flew to one side, and was wrapped in fire after continuously flipping on the side of the road. In the past, when the Japanese army encountered this situation, it would choose to stop the offensive and then adopt a safe method of warfare. Synonymous with cunning. This time, the Japanese army received an order to recapture the airport at any cost, and time was of particular importance to the Japanese army. A shell exploded next to Cheng Hao, and the guards pounced on him. After the smoke of the explosion, Cheng Hao shook off the dust and found that the guard and a bazooka player beside him had died.

The right side of his face was on fire, and blood was running down his cheek. At this time, a tank rushed over, and the distance was less than 60 meters. Cheng Hao held back the pain, raised the bazooka to aim and launch, and at the moment he fired it, the tank's machine gun bullet hit the shoulder. The impact of the bullet knocked Cheng Hao to the ground, and the rocket was also discharged. The rockets hit the turret directly, and the turret of the Japanese tank was completely torn off. Cheng Hao endured the pain and tried to reload the rocket, but his right arm refused to obey. Just then, another Japanese tank roared over.

"Battalion commander, you're wounded!" A soldier crawled over and shouted. "Leave me alone, take out the Japanese tanks!" The Japanese tanks were so close that it was too late to reload the bazookas. The soldier rolled forward, and when the Japanese tank came to him, he immediately rolled on his side and stood up, flying and jumping onto the tank. The soldier pulled a grenade into the turret through the lookout hole, and the bullet hit the soldier. There was a dull explosion, smoke came out of the tank turret, and the Japanese tanks of the two days stopped advancing.

The situation was extremely dangerous, and the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles attacked desperately despite the danger of being destroyed. The defensive position was precarious, and at this time, the rocket launcher support detachment came up, dozens of rockets formed fireballs, and Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were shot one after another, and almost within one minute, 8 tanks and 3 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, and the Japanese offensive suddenly weakened. Seeing the support of the bazooka detachment, Cheng Hao breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, there was a roar in the sky, and the second batch of airborne planes appeared over the airfield. The commander of the 1st company, leading a group of bazookas, came to the front.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese armored regiment has retreated, how are you?" "I don't have a problem, you clean my face and bandage my shoulder." "Battalion commander, the instructor has died! Battalion Commander Meng sent two companies to support us. "Look, the flowers in the sky are so beautiful, they have never looked so good." Cheng Hao felt a trace of dizziness and fainted. When the 2nd group of airborne troops arrived over the airport, a bunch of bonfires were lit in the open space of the airstrip and apron, so the 2nd group of airborne troops could reduce the altitude and calmly parachute.

When the second batch of reinforcements was parachuting, it was located 5 kilometers south of the road on the south side of Dajia Airport, and a garrison detachment sent by Meng Fei appeared here, with a strength of about one squad. They arrived in a Japanese truck. As soon as the truck stopped, a soldier standing on the truck shouted: "Squad leader, there is a situation in the south!" The squad leader boarded the car from the cab to check, and saw lights appear on the road to the south. It's Japanese reinforcements! The squad leader immediately made a decision and sent one person to drive back to report the situation, while the others stayed behind to stop the Japanese army.

The soldiers who had returned to report had just left for five minutes when the Japanese convoy roared. The vanguard of the Japanese army was a brigade, all in trucks, and the follow-up troops were half an hour's distance apart. "I didn't expect Japanese reinforcements to appear in the south, and we want to stop the Japanese army here. After a while, I will use a grenade to hit the cab of the Japanese army, and you will throw grenades together, and you must blow up the first car, understand? "Understood!"

The Japanese trucks were loaded with soldiers and moved at top speed. Suddenly, there was a flash of fire on the side of the road, and a grenade hit the glass of the cab of the Japanese army's leading car accurately, and there was a violent explosion, and the high-speed truck deviated from the road and rolled over in the ditch next to the road. When the Japanese soldiers were bruised and swollen, more than a dozen grenades fell from the sky, and most of the Japanese soldiers in a truckload were killed and wounded.

The trucks behind stopped advancing, and the Japanese soldiers jumped out of the trucks and attacked. A squad of soldiers was outnumbered, but they had all died and stopped the Japanese army for half an hour. Meng Fei received the report of the soldiers at the airport and said to the chief of staff: "There are Japanese reinforcements on the south side, but we did not predict it before the battle. Chief of Staff, you go to report the situation to the division commander, the Japanese army is coming up on the south side to reinforce the troops, and I will lead the reserve to intercept and buy time for the fortification of the large army. ”

Before he had time to think about it, Meng Fei led his men to the south side, and a fierce battle began to be staged.