A few minutes passed quickly, and as soon as the waiting time reached 4 o'clock, the officers and men of the 3rd Company, who had already been prepared, immediately ran towards the front of the airport. Although the night before dawn was the darkest, it was impossible for the hundreds of people to be covered, and the sound of footsteps alone could not be helped.

So they were spotted when they were still 200 meters away from the gate, and the glare of searchlights illuminated them in their original form. Although the sentries didn't see what kind of troops they were wearing at the first time, they were completely different from the uniforms of the British army, and they also rushed over with weapons in a menacing manner, and the fool knew that there was a problem.

"Enemy attack!"

After the sentry shouted, he continued to shine his searchlight on them. He wants to create opportunities for his comrades.

And Krull, who was also well aware of this, immediately gave the order. "Quick, knock out the searchlights."

The searchlight is the most threatening to night raiders, and while it does not pose a direct threat, it magnifies the damage of other weapons.

It was clear that Krull was also aware of this, and after a few crisp gunshots from his voice, the searchlight that had spotted them was killed.

"Spread out, attack!"

As Krull's words fell, the soldiers of the 3rd Company immediately dispersed. Everyone knows that huddled together will be the priority target to be shot, so no one cares about their own lives, and not being afraid of death does not mean that they should be sent to death.

At this time, the machine guns on both sides of the gate opened fire, but fortunately the searchlights were knocked out at the first time, otherwise the consequences would have been too serious. And the gate was not the two machine guns observed before, but four machine guns, which made Krull quietly touch a cold sweat.

The four machine guns in the doorway kept firing, but they were affected by the field of vision, which limited their lethality. But they didn't stay confined for long, and another searchlight was turned on, just in time to illuminate a few soldiers who were making their way to the gate. Immediately, the strafing from the machine guns caused several people to be hit without even screaming, and each of them received multiple bullets, and their flesh and blood were blurred.

Krull's eyes turned red at the sight of such a terrible image, and then he erupted into a roar. "Knock out that searchlight, isn't the machine gun ready yet?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a machine gun swept towards him, and it was obvious that the person giving the order was an officer, and naturally he was in the priority range of strikes. But fortunately, he hid behind a dirt slope and escaped by lying on the ground as soon as possible.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Krul's words clearly had a bearing on the effect, and several gunshots knocked the searchlight to shreds. Moreover, the sound of counter-attacking gunfire makes the firing machine gun intermittent, and at night, when the shooter's vision is restricted, the machine gun that continues to fire will become the enemy's priority target.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

At this time, Krull's long-remembered machine gun also fired, and they burst into their own fire on the defenders' machine gun position, and the sound of the ripper boosted the confidence of the three companies.

That's right, the G42 machine gun has a very encouraging effect on the officers and soldiers at the bottom of the army, no matter what kind of enemy it faces, its firepower can suppress the opponent's machine gun. This time was no exception, and the machine guns of the defenders were no match for them, and they were quickly dumbfounded.

Seeing such a good opportunity, how could the officers and men of the Third Company give up, and they did not need to be mobilized by others, and rushed to the defenders one after another.

A distance of two or three hundred meters, not a minute is needed. Don't take advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers at the airport have no reinforcements to come, when will we do it.

There were many figures in the darkness, which made it even more difficult for the defenders who lacked machine gun cover. This situation is worrying to watch, and some people are desperate to carry machine guns and try to suppress the onrushing enemy.

"Da, da, da." The machine gun, which had not fired a few shots, was muted again, and the suppression from the G42 made it unable to exert sustained firepower at all.

It's just that his sacrifice also aroused other courage, and the fire on the machine-gun position was immediately restored, but the intermittent firepower could not suppress the attacking paratroopers at all.

This, naturally, made a lot of paratroopers rush over.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

"Bah, Bah, Bah!"

Rushing paratroopers duel with their own G33 semi-automatic rifles and Enfield rifles. The results speak for themselves, in close combat, even the fastest manual rifles are no match for semi-automatic rifles, and the defenders do not have a numerical advantage.

The approaching machine-gun position was naturally difficult to support alone, and a few grenades completely made it dumb.

And in just a few minutes, the defenders of the gate were emptied by the officers and soldiers of the third company. Facing the closed gate, it was not difficult for them, but two soldiers carried a box and placed it on the gate, and then pressed the button on the box and ran away. After the two of them ran a few dozen meters, a violent explosion destroyed the gate.

Seeing all this, the officers and men of the third company did not have to wait for the company commander Krull to order, and naturally rushed into the airport where the alarm had already sounded. Only three platoons stood at the gate and waited for subsequent reinforcements.

The battalion commander, Major Saltu, witnessed all this with his own eyes and was naturally very satisfied with the clean performance of the third company. And now he immediately gave the order.

"Immediately let the first and second companies also attack it. The fourth company was fortified on the road connecting the airfield to the city, preventing possible enemy reinforcements. I'll give you fifty mines. ”

Major Saltu was most worried now that the enemy reinforcements would make it impossible to take the airfield for a long time, delaying them in getting reinforcements. You know, they can now be called absolute light infantry, and their only heavy firepower, in addition to guns, is 4 60-mm mortars.

So it's very important for them to get control of the airport.

On the airport side, at the very first moment of the gunshots, the sirens sounded, and Major Doyle, who was the head of the airport, was awakened.

"We are under attack by the enemy."

"What!"

The guard's words startled Major Doyle. "How many enemies are there?"

"It was too dark to see clearly, and it was estimated that there were two or three hundred people, and there were no heavy weapons."

The guard's words made him no longer care, and he now had to send a telegram for help immediately, because the garrison of the airport was only three hundred men and two companies.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

The phone did not work, and he felt that the attack was not simple, and at this time, another bad news came.

"Report, the enemy has broken through the gate and is attacking the airfield."

"Immediately order the troops to stop them."

After Major Doyle gave the order, he chose to use the radio to send the announcement. "Immediately send a report to the city that we have been attacked by enemy paratroopers, that the situation is very dangerous, and that we are in urgent need of support."

"Drip ...... DiDi ...... Drip ......"

The radio quickly sent out his telegram calling for help, but outside the gunfire became more intense and getting closer.

Just as he was about to ask what was going on, a soldier who had reported the news arrived. "Major, our company commander asked you to withdraw first, and we can still block it. The number of enemies is too large, at least the size of a battalion. ”

This sentence made Doyle feel even more incredible, in the core of the island, there was actually an enemy army attacking the airfield, and they could not stop the enemy.

"How so?"

Just as Major Doyle was puzzled, another burst of gunfire was heard from behind the airport, mixed with several explosions.

The phone rang immediately. Doyle's eyes were clear, and he immediately picked it up.

There was a cry for help from the other end of the telegram. "We are defending the 2nd company and 3rd platoon behind the airfield, and at present we are encountering a sudden attack by the enemy, and the size of the opponent is about one battalion, and we urgently need support, urgent support!"

"Smack!"

The call for help slipped out of Doyle's hand, and he couldn't care about the words in the microphone for help. There has to be a way, there has to be a way.

Major Doyle, who was spinning around and not thinking, now he lacked the strength to change the situation, even if he had one more company in his hand.

It's just that the battle situation will not change because of his hesitation, if the front battle situation is a gradual defeat and retreat, then the back battle situation is a complete defeat. Now the attacking enemy in the rear has broken through to the airfield and is constantly encroaching on their territory.

"Now we have to retreat, even if we want to die at the airport, at least we have to transfer the ground crew and pilots."

In front of Major Doyle, an unwell-dressed officer, was loudly speaking out his advice. He was one of the company commanders of the defenders, and now this one could tell how angry he was in his heart when he looked anxious.

He was disdainful of the panicked Doyle in front of him, and with his family background, he became a major and an airfield commander within a few years of coming out of the military academy. And he has been training hard in the army for more than ten years and is still a captain, just because he is a civilian.

Doyle, who was yelled at for a while, seemed to grasp the last straw and immediately came back to his senses. "Yes, these people need to be evacuated first. Immediately let the ground crew and pilots evacuate first, and then we will prepare to evacuate. ”

And the captain, who realized what he wanted, finally let Doyle go. He needs to hurry back to the army and tell the soldiers that they have something to look forward to, otherwise the soldiers who have not been waiting for the results will retreat on their own.

That's right, now they can't stand it. Having a calculating or unintentional in the middle of the night has put them at a disadvantage, and the size of the troops is at an absolute disadvantage, and it can be regarded as heroic and good at fighting until now.

With the order of the head of the airfield, Doyle, the airfield personnel began to leave from the side. Led by officers and men who knew about the minefield, they quickly passed through here.

Their actions, naturally, were felt by the attacking Romanian soldiers.

"Don't attack them, let them run."

After waiting for the information that the airport personnel were being evacuated, Major Saltu decided to leave them alone. Because now the first priority is to seize the airfield, not to annihilate the defenders, everything needs to serve this goal.

As the attacking soldiers did not shoot at those retreating, the morale of the airport defenders was even lowered. Many times they find that their comrades are gone, which makes it more difficult for the defenders to resist the attack of the paratroopers, and it becomes a vicious circle.

Finally, after dawn, the last British soldiers escaped through here.

Now the paratroopers have finally captured this airfield, and it took them almost two hours to take it in one fell swoop.

However, before they had time to breathe, the fourth company that blocked the attack sent a telegram that enemy reinforcements had arrived. A new battle will begin again.