Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"In short, this matter is not simple. I need to report it to the division commander and ask him to make the decision." Ban Shangshanfu said with a serious face.

"Understood!" responded Kojiro Tanashita.

"You have to hold on to the airport for at least two hours. The enemy won't send reinforcements so easily. Do you understand?" Ban Shangshanfu prepared for the worst.

The airport is of vital importance, otherwise the division commander would not have specially arranged a regiment to defend it. But unexpectedly, the enemy was so rampant that they dared to attack the airport.

"Don't worry, brigade commander. Not to mention two hours, even holding on for a whole night won't be a problem!" Tanashita Kojiro vowed.

"Well, that's it for now. You go and command the battle." Ban Shangshanfu said and hung up the phone.

The first thing he did was to find Itakune Seishirō's room, but he was stopped by two soldiers at the door.

"The brigade commander and division commander are resting on the board. We can talk about it tomorrow if there is anything." One of the Japanese soldiers said expressionlessly.

Last time, the division commander was beaten up because someone came over to where he was resting. This time, no one can be disturbed no matter what.

"Baga, I have important things to tell you. The airport has been attacked by the enemy. If the airport is lost, can you take the responsibility?" Ban Shangshanfu cursed angrily.

"What?!" The Japanese soldier's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he dared not to stop him. He could not afford such a heavy responsibility.

"Division Commander, wake up quickly, something big has happened!!!" Ban Shangshanfu knocked on the door vigorously and shouted at the same time. He was worried that the division commander was sleeping too soundly and he would have to break in.

At this time, Itahune Seishirō, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened. He stood up angrily, put on his coat and opened the door.

"Division Commander!" Ban Shangshanfu saluted immediately after seeing this.

"What's the matter? Come in and tell me." Itagaki Seishirō had a gloomy face and turned to go into the house. Anyone could see that he was very angry but was just trying hard to hold back.

Banshangfu swallowed nervously and followed in.

"Division commander, the airport was attacked by the enemy. It was the Northeast Army who did it." Ban Shangshanfu quickly told the story.

"What did you say?!" Itaheng Seishiro stood up in shock, and his sleepiness disappeared in an instant!

"The airport was attacked by the enemy. I have sent people to provide support..." Ban Shangshanfu told everything he knew.

"Damn it, they actually dared to attack the airport!" Itahiro Seishiro's face turned green with anger. Before, the other party had launched a large-scale attack on their bunkers and checkpoints, and now they had set their sights on the airport.

Did the other side dare to bring people to attack Taiyuan that day? !

"Division commander, the enemy must be very confident to dare to attack the airport. I think we should send some more people over to provide support." Ban Shangshanfu suggested.

"Well, the enemy is not stupid. They don't have the guts to do this without any certainty. You should immediately pass on the order and have the regiments at the three city gates, south, north, and east, all go out to support.
This time, we will kill them all in one go. Oh, and give orders to Oki Ichiro of the Osaka Division to gather in the mountains immediately and block the enemy's retreat route! We must not let the enemy escape." Itakane Seishiro issued orders one after another.

The enemy's retreat route is very close to Laiyin City, so the garrison there should also be dispatched to intercept this group of enemies.

"I understand!" Banshangfu nodded quickly and turned to leave.

"Damn it, the enemy simply doesn't take me seriously!" Itaheng Seishirō couldn't help but curse again. This group of enemies was really too arrogant.

After he put on his clothes, he went to the operations room immediately and asked someone to bring out the map from the West City Gate to the airport!

Looking at the map, he always felt something was wrong. Thinking about it carefully, although this group of enemies was powerful, they never dared to cause trouble near Taiyuan. This time they were so bold as to attack the airport directly.

Could it be that the enemy's target is really the airport?! Could this be an illusion? Could it be that the enemy's goal is to surround the point and attack the reinforcements?!

But on second thought, Itahene Seishirō ruled out this idea. Besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements requires that the enemy has enough troops to set up an ambush. If the enemy has fewer people, it would be impossible to besiege a point and attack its reinforcements.

There are at least four to five thousand enemies attacking the airport. This shows that the enemy's real target is still the airport. Therefore, in order to capture the airport, the enemy will most likely choose to block reinforcements and buy time.

Itakune Seishiro thought for a few minutes, and at this time, Itakuneyamafu also ran in.

"Division commander, the order has been issued." Ban Shangshanfu said. He issued several orders at the first possible moment and did not dare to delay at all.

"Well, that's good." Itahune Seishirō nodded.

"Division Commander, I was thinking about this on my way here just now. What if the enemy is really sure they can take down the airport?! The preparations we are making now are all based on the premise that the airport is still there." Ban Shangshanfu expressed his worries.

If the airport is lost, the planes inside will inevitably be blown up by the enemy. The most crucial thing is that there are hundreds of pilots inside, and their value far exceeds that of the planes.

"The airport cannot be lost. No matter how strong the enemy is, they cannot take down a heavily defended airport in just one or two hours." Itahira Seishirō decisively chose to deny.

The airport's defense is still very tight, with a lot of fortifications. Even if the gate is breached by the enemy, the soldiers inside can still use the fortifications to resist. Therefore, he still doesn't believe that the enemy can take down the airport in such a short time.

"Division Commander, I think so too, but we have already suffered a lot in this unit.
So many soldiers died, what if the airport was really lost? ” Ban Shangfu continued, he didn’t want to think like that.

But just now, he had a premonition that the airport might be taken down by the enemy.

Upon hearing this, Itahene Seishirō fell into deep thought. Why did he think that an airport guarded by a regiment would not be captured by the enemy? They had lost more than 20,000 soldiers at the hands of the enemy.

"Division Commander, the planes at the airport will be bombed, but the pilots inside are very important. The cost of training so many pilots is much greater than those planes." Ban Shangshanfu pointed out the importance of pilots.

"So what you mean is that we just don't want the planes inside?! Just watch the planes being blown up by the enemy?!" said Itahira Seishirō. More than 200 planes are a very important air force.

Once it is destroyed, it will take more time to recover it, and the losses will be too great.

"Division Commander, that's not what I mean. I think that if the situation is not right, we can let the soldiers guarding the airport abandon the airport and protect the safety of the pilots first!" Ban Shangshanfu suggested.

If the airport can be defended, that would be the best, but if something is wrong, they need to abandon the airport immediately, even if all the planes are bombed, but the safety of the pilots must be guaranteed. As long as the pilots are still there, there is no need to worry about the lack of air force.

"Yoshi, what you said makes sense. It's good to stop the loss in time, but it's not good to lose everything." Upon hearing this, Itaheng Seishirō was also convinced. You can't have your cake and eat it too. When necessary, you have to keep one of them.

"Division commander, I will go and give the order." Ban Shangshanfu also breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that the division commander would let the defenders defend the airport to the death.

By then, not only will the airport be lost, but even the pilot will be killed.

Itahene Seishiro looked at the back of Itahiro Uesugi as he left, and couldn't help muttering, "This Itahiro-kun is really quite courageous!"

More than 200 planes, just want to get rid of them. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't even dare to think about it.

.........

In the communications room at the Japanese airport.

After Kojiro Tanashita hung up the phone, he took a deep breath, immediately left the communications room, and rushed to the airport gate with his men.

Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

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Boom boom boom......

The sound of gunfire continued, mixed with the screams of soldiers from time to time, and the battle was very fierce.

boom!
A shell landed less than twenty meters away from Kojiro Tanashita. A huge explosion was heard, and his ears were buzzing.

Several soldiers who were close to the explosion were killed on the spot.

"Captain, are you okay?!" Several Japanese soldiers ran towards Kojiro Tanashita, and one of them, a major, asked about the situation.

"What did you say?!" Kojiro Tanashita's ears were buzzing and he couldn't hear what the soldier said at all. It took him a long time before he could hear again.

"Captain, can you hear me now?!" the Japanese major said tentatively.

"Well, what's the situation now?!" Kojiro Tanashita was also cautious as he moved forward, fearing that a shell would fall near him and kill him.

"Captain, the situation is very bad. The enemy's artillery fire just now killed many of our soldiers, and many shells fell into the bunkers.

Their artillery is very accurate. I suspect the enemy had been lurking there for a long time, so they hit so many positions at once!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel quickly reported what happened.

If the enemy hadn't been waiting in advance, they wouldn't have been able to hit so accurately!
"What are the casualties?!" Kojiro Tanashita frowned. He just made a phone call, and within a few minutes, there were huge casualties.

"We can't be sure yet, but we estimate there are six or seven hundred people. Together with the previous casualties, we have lost nearly a thousand soldiers." The Japanese major gave a rough estimate. Although he had not calculated it carefully, the specific data should be similar to his estimate.

"What?! How is this possible?!" Tanashita Kojiro was shocked. It has been less than ten minutes since the enemy attacked, and they have suffered such heavy losses?!

"Captain, the enemy's strength is beyond our expectations. Moreover, for some reason, the enemy's rifles seem to have more bullets than ours. I suspect they are newly manufactured guns!" The Japanese major said another thing.

He is quite sensitive about this aspect. If the enemy can suppress them with one gun, even if the machine gun is changing magazines, the enemy can still suppress them, which is a big problem.

"New gun?! Impossible, there is no way their rifle can be more powerful than our Type 38 rifle!" Kojiro Tanashita didn't believe it at all.

The Type 38 rifle made by the Empire is the best rifle. How could the enemy possibly make a rifle more powerful than their Type 38 rifle?

Besides, how can the enemy make new guns?! Do they have the technology? If they did, they would have prepared troops long ago.

"Captain, I'm not joking. Please believe me. When we get to the door, you'll know what the situation is." said the Japanese major. He knew that the commander would not believe him, but that was the fact.

The enemy's rifle bullets were faster than theirs, and the enemy also had sharpshooters who specifically targeted their machine gunners, resulting in them being suppressed by the enemy. The situation was not optimistic.

"You'd better not lie to me." Kojiro Tanashita was half-believing and half-doubting. Soon, they came to the gate and climbed up the stairs to the city wall.

At this time, the aisle was filled with the smell of blood. Looking around, it was full of corpses of soldiers. When walking past the corpses, my feet were stepping on the blood and it felt sticky.

Seeing this tragic scene, even Tanashita Kojiro was horrified. In such a short time, they had lost so many soldiers. Were the enemies fighting against them really human?! He doubted his life for a moment.

"Captain, when will the reinforcements arrive? If we continue to fight with casualties like this, I'm afraid we will be wiped out in less than an hour." asked the Japanese major.

The casualties were increasing, and he felt that the airport could not be defended at all.

"It will take at least two hours for the reinforcements to arrive, because the enemy must have arranged people to block us on the way, so we have to hold on for two hours!" responded Kojiro Tanashita.

As he spoke, bullets whizzed past his head from time to time, giving people goose bumps.

"Two hours?! How can they possibly last that long?" the Japanese lieutenant colonel couldn't help but say. Let alone two hours, they might not even be able to last one hour.

"We have to hold on even if we can't. No matter what the cost, we have to stop the enemy! We must not let the enemy attack the airport!" Tanashita Kojiro said fiercely. He had already promised the brigade commander that he would hold on for two hours. Now they can't even hold on for half an hour. How can this be acceptable?

"Captain, why don't we retreat, taking the pilot with us. It doesn't matter if the plane is destroyed. As long as the pilot is still alive, we will not only be innocent, but also meritorious!" The Japanese major suggested. He felt that it was best to abandon the airport and choose to retreat now.

"You bastard, you are talking nonsense, I will shoot you immediately!" Tanashita Kojiro was furious. It had only been a short time since the battle started, and his officers were thinking of running away! If he hadn't needed someone, he would have shot the other party long ago.

"Hey!" The Japanese major was a little helpless. Since the regiment commander didn't listen, it would be useless no matter how much he said. He had a premonition that if they didn't choose to retreat, they would probably all die here.

(End of this chapter)