The surprise attack on the capital of the special service battalion was successful. A supporting infantry regiment arrived, and the two forces merged into one and launched an attack on the airfield.

The commander of the Japanese forces stationed at the airport, Takashi Masao, called for support and resisted vigorously. The sound of cannons kept coming, and the sound of gunshots like popping beans was also endless. Hearing these voices getting closer and closer, Masamao Hashitaka was anxious.

Qiao Takashi was woken up by the attack in the middle of the night, after the capture of the airport, he ate and lived in the command post, and did not take off his armor, this time when he heard the dense gunfire outside, he immediately turned over and got up, and unbuttoned the 98-style military uniform on his body to make lapel treatment, the weather in Myanmar is too hot, and there are more mosquitoes, especially in the past few days, even the rough-skinned and thick-skinned Hashitaka Masao is unbearable, coupled with this bad war situation, he is irritable.

"What will the reinforcements be able to reach?" Hashitaka Masao yelled at the communications soldier in a hoarse voice.

The signal soldier was reprimanded and did not dare to answer, and Saito, the staff officer of the brigade next to him, came over and said with relief: "Our army came to attack the airfield through a small road, and now the small road has been discovered by the Chinese army, and the main road to support the airport has been blocked by their troops, and it may be difficult for reinforcements to arrive." ”

Saito said this fact, Takashi Masao Hashi was aware, but he was not willing to give up his hard-earned victory. After capturing this airport, they suffered a lot of casualties, and when they attacked, they encountered strong resistance, and the charging soldiers fell one by one, and now this airport has been in hand for less than 48 hours, so do they have to give it up?

"I'm going to talk to the Liaison Captain in person." After half a ring, Hashitaka Masao slowly stood up.

"Hayi!" The communications soldier with the headset snapped the switch up and began to call the communication of the wing where he was located. After a while, the messenger wearing the ear-covering military hat stood up and shouted, "Connected!" ”

Hashitaka Masao walked over quickly, picked up the walkie-talkie and complained to the other side, "Your Excellency, Captain?" I'm Masao Hashi. Yes, we are now under attack by the Chinese army, they are attacking from three directions, the strength is above us, when will the reinforcements arrive......"

Before he finished speaking, the roar of the co-captain on the opposite side came from the earpiece: "No reinforcements!" ”

"This ......" Hashitaka Masao was stunned when he heard this, and he stammered for a while.

"Hashitaka-kun, your mission is to capture Tonggu Airport, and now your mission has been completed. Because the airfield was in the rear of the Chinese army, it was far away from our department, and the reinforcements could not arrive for a while. Now that your mission has been completed, the counterattack of the Chinese army is already expected. His Excellency the division commander meant very clearly, if he couldn't hold it, he would destroy it. Do you understand? ”

"Hayi! It's just that if we occupy Tonggu in the future, wouldn't it be ......" The meaning of the wing captain has been expressed clearly enough, and Hashitaka Masao naturally understands.

On the other hand, if they can't hold on to the airfield after capturing it, they will destroy the airfield so that the opponent can't use it properly. But an important purpose of their attack on Tonggu was to seize the airport here, and if they bombed the airport into a mess now, wouldn't they lose an advance airfield when they occupied Tonggu in the future?

The voice on the other end of the wing captain slowed down a lot, "Hashitaka-kun, our most urgent task at the moment is to occupy Tonggu. But this Chinese army is really a headache, we have been attacking for seven days in a row, and we have not made any progress for seven days, but we have paid a lot of casualties. Do you know what that means? ”

Masao Hashitaka didn't speak here, but he already understood.

"Remember, the first task is to capture Tonggu. If the Tonggu airfield can be destroyed in this operation, the enemy will lose the air supply channel in the near future, and air support will also become difficult, so the destruction of the airfield will not be a major victory. Do you understand? ”

"Hayi!" Hashitaka Masao snapped upright, and then repeated the order: "If you can't hold it, destroy it!" ”

After ending the call, Masao Hashitaka picked up an oil lamp in front of him and walked quickly to a table with a map of Tonggu Airport. He leaned down, squinted his eyes and began to study.

Masao Hashitaka worked as a sapper and was very knowledgeable about explosives, so he didn't need to consult with others, and he was able to determine important blasting points by himself.

Looking at this map, the structure of the airport was all displayed in front of his eyes, and Takashi Masao Hashishi called out to his engineer captain, pointed to a series of important construction points such as the runway and the tower, and said: "Bury here, here, here, all of them*, and start detonating before we evacuate." Also, destroy the roads around here, and if there is a bridge, be sure to blow it up. ”

"Hayi!" The engineer captain took the notes and asked, "What is the *equivalent, please?" ”

Masao Hashi's eyebrows were twisted, "All! ”

……

The battle started in the middle of the night, and the surprise attack turned into a surprise attack, and the Japanese officers and soldiers hurriedly put on Type 98 military uniforms and steel helmets to rush to their own defense line.

The expeditionary force's assault on the airfield continued, and the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army caused heavy casualties among the attacking special service battalions and reinforced infantry regiments, but the division headquarters had already issued an order to recapture the airfield before dawn.

This is a death order, and the commander of the infantry regiment and the commander of the special service battalion both went to the front with *. The battalion commander and regiment commander all took their guns, and the brothers below naturally had nothing to say, and under the cover of heavy machine-gun fire and armored vehicles behind them, the charge was wave after wave. However, the Japanese army of more than 1,000 people did not back down, and the barrels of the guns on both sides were still fighting to the death, and after several hours of night fighting, many corpses of officers and men on both sides fell on the position.

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At the headquarters of the 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force, Division Commander Dai, many military commanders, and staff officers of the division headquarters stayed up all night, and various battle situations of the attack on the airfield came one after another, and although the progress was somewhat slow, it was generally smooth.

Zhu Bingwen, a staff officer at the division headquarters, used a pencil to work on the map around the airport, and after a while, Division Commander Dai came over, and he leaned over and asked, "How is it?" Where are you now? ”

Zhu Bingwen drew a circle on the map with the pencil in his hand, pointed to the circle and said, "This is it." The outermost line of defense of the airport has been cleared, and now it is left to gnaw on the hard bones in the back. ”

Master Dai leaned down and looked carefully at the large-scale map of the airport, the incandescent light above his head attracted a lot of moths, he pulled the light line forward, and the moths began to fly wildly.

"It's not a big problem to capture the airport before the early morning, but I'm afraid of ......," Zhu Bingwen wanted to say but stopped.

"Afraid of what? Can't you say it in front of me? Master Dai changed a map around Tonggu and observed.

Zhu Bingwen and Lu Zhaoshan, the deputy division commander next to him, glanced at each other, and then Lu Zhaoshan lifted the glasses on his face and said bluntly: "I discussed with Staff Officer Chen just now, and I am worried that this group of Japanese troops will destroy the airport if they can't hold on. We've thought about these issues before, but we've never thought of a solution. If the Japanese destroy the airfield, even if we take it, it won't be of much significance. ”

"Nonsense!" Master Dai slowly stood up, he pinched the pencil in his hand, and the two sword eyebrows were tightly together.

Lu Zhaoshan and Zhu Bingwen looked at each other, and Division Commander Dai leaned down and looked at the map: "The airport is considered the rear of our army, even if it can't be used, it can't fall into the hands of the Japanese army. There is really no solution to the problem you are talking about, and for now we can only inform the troops to speed up the progress. ”

After speaking, when Zhu Bingwen was about to give the order, Division Commander Dai stopped him again and said: "In addition, I asked the headquarters of the expeditionary force in Lashio to let the air force get ready, and if the airport cannot be captured in the early morning tomorrow morning, I will ask the air force to bomb the airport." ”

At the end, he added, "We can't afford to wait!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the staff officers and officers present all looked at each other a few times, and they wanted to say something but stopped saying it.

When everyone went to their respective jobs, Lu Zhaoshan, the deputy division commander, came over and said, "What is the idea of the headquarters on the Tonggu side?" ”

Division Commander Dai shook his head and said, "Nanjing's previous plan was that Tonggu only needed to hold on for a few days, and the main force of the expeditionary force would assemble here and start a battle in the Tonggu area. But now there is something wrong with the British, and now you know the situation, the British army has begun to retreat on all fronts, and the Allied command means that our army may have to disperse the direction, so the current situation has been created. ”

"What does Commander Sun mean?" Lu Zhaoshan also knew that the current situation was very entangled.

Senior Commander Dai turned his head and took out a pack of camel cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Zhu Bingwen, "I'll talk to Commander Sun later, what he means is, let's hold on for some more time." ”

"What about the exact time? The brothers on the front line have suffered a lot of casualties these days, although we are well equipped, but after all, there is a division of the Japanese army on the opposite side, and the strength is four or five times that of us. Zhu Bingwen said with some anxiety.

"Let go of the ambition and the clouds, and change the source of living water." Division Commander Dai said softly but firmly: "When I joined the army, I had already held the horse leather shroud, and if the situation in Myanmar today can be improved because of our sacrifice, then my sacrifice will be worth it." ”

"This couplet has been hanging in your study for a long time, and at first I understood the meaning of you hanging this couplet, but today, I understand." Zhu Bingwen sincerely exclaimed in his heart, "Yangong, no matter what the situation, Bingwen will follow you!" ”

Zhu Bingwen is older than Dai Shichang, although he is only a staff officer, so they still call each other in private, and today's love is deep, the two of them are naturally heartfelt, and the cannon outside is rumbling.