Not long after Jiang Haidong and his soldiers left the alley, they came head-to-head with a Japanese puppet army that was searching for them, and the two sides immediately engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.

However, Jiang Haidong and the others moved a little faster, fired first, and knocked down more than a dozen Japanese puppet troops on the spot, occupying the upper hand and the initiative.

As soon as the guns rang out here, the devils and puppet soldiers in the surrounding streets all moved one after another, gave up the search for the current area, and quickly rushed towards them.

Xiao Wu hid on the roof of a private house, waiting for the devil and the puppet army to rush over, so he took the opportunity to break out of the encirclement and quietly jumped out of the encirclement of the devil.

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Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Tianjin.

Okamura Ninji's face was already black like a lump of soaring at the moment, the defense line outside the city was under fierce attack, and the small group of Shina attacking troops in the city had not been eliminated, and these bad news had already made him anxious.

However, just now, he received another piece of news that made him almost go berserk, that the Wanjiazhuang military airfield, located northwest of Tianjin, had also been attacked, and the defenders had only held out for less than one news before they were routed.

As a result, the defense line of Wanjiazhuang Airport collapsed, the airport was lost, and dozens of combat aircraft of various types and a large number of fuel, ammunition and other military materials were lost.

If it was just a simple loss of the airport, Okamura Ninji could still accept it, but now dozens of combat planes and a large number of fuel, ammunition and other materials have all fallen intact into the hands of the Dragon's Tooth Column, which is really unacceptable to him.

Even if we cannot take away all of these combat equipment and materials, we must not allow them to be used by the enemy, and this is an unacceptable dereliction of duty.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji, who was embarrassed and angry, directly ordered that a Japanese army who commanded the battle of the airfield defense line and several middle assistants should all be shot on the spot to set an example!

After executing several officers, Okamura Ninji said to Iizawa: "Immediately mobilize troops for me to counterattack the airport, and I must take back the fighters and war materials of the Imperial Army." ”

Iizawa Mamoru patiently persuaded him: "Sir, please take a break from the wrath of the thunder, the vanguard of our 50,000 reinforcements has arrived in the waters outside the Tianjin Military Port, and now because the naval fleet in the port has been attacked, the Kaga aircraft carrier is still sinking, and it is temporarily impossible to enter the port and land ashore.

And the forces in our hands are now used to resist the Chinese army from the west of the city, and the whole line of attack in the south of the city is already a little stretched, so we really can't draw enough troops to counterattack the airport.

At the moment, we should coordinate the naval fleet as soon as possible to make way for the army reinforcements to enter the port and sea, so that the imperial reinforcements can land immediately and be put into the battlefield to make up for the lack of imperial troops, otherwise, once the Chinese army organizes troops from the airport to storm over, our city defense troops in the northwest of the city may be difficult to resist! And once the city defenses were breached, the Chinese army entered the city.

If we try to repel it again, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky, and once the enemy and us form a battlefield situation with dogs and teeth, the superiority of the imperial army's navy and air force will be wiped out, and then Tianjin will probably not be far from being completely lost. As for the fallen combat planes and combat materiel at the airport, it was suggested that air force fighters could be dispatched to bomb and destroy them. ”

Okamura Ninji was so smart, because the anger of the airport loss suddenly disappeared without a trace because of Mamoru Iizawa's words, he quickly calmed down, muttered for a moment, and said to Mamoru Iizawa: "Well, it makes sense. Iizawa-kun, you immediately rush to the port, coordinate the naval fleet to pick up our landing force ashore, and then immediately dispatch two infantry wings to the northwest of Tianjin to block the attack of the Chinese army. ”

"Then, we will send follow-up troops into the city to assemble, concentrate our forces, and prepare to deal a fatal blow to the enemy when the enemy's offensive weakens, and strive to recapture the positions we have lost outside the city. I immediately ordered the army aviation units on the airfields in Jinzhou, Huludao, and other places to prepare air support and, by the way, prepare for an air attack on Wanjiazhuang airfield. ”

Iizawa Mamoru said: "Although the naval fleet has suffered heavy losses, there are still dozens of sea-based combat aircraft and dozens of large warships, and if they are willing to provide air and naval artillery fire support again, it will be of great advantage to our counterattack." ”

Okamura Ninji frowned and said: "I understand that the bastards of the Navy have now been attacked, and now that there has been an attack on the Kaga aircraft carrier and other warships, they must be full of opinions about us, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to provide support to us in the future, but now, the senior officials of the Ministry of the Navy are already impeaching us to the Cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor."

Therefore, this counterattack, they are willing to provide support is better, and we are not forced if they are not willing, and now that our 50,000 reinforcements have arrived, our strength has increased greatly, and finally we don't have to take a completely defensive position anymore, it's time to launch a counterattack and give the enemy some color to see. ”

Iizawa Mamoru nodded: "Hai, I understand, I'll do it, I'll try my best to persuade the naval fleet to provide us with another fire support." ”

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Outside the city, in Wuqing Town, inside the former enemy headquarters of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

Liu Ruhan saluted Qiao Youhua and said: "Commander, I just received a call from Brigade Commander Liu Jianhua of the Tank Armored Brigade, they successfully captured Wanjiazhuang Airport, and captured dozens of enemy fighters, bombers, and a large number of oil, ammunition and other military combat materials.

Now they are following the defeated Japanese army and launching an attack on the enemy's city defense in the northwest section of Tianjin. ”

"What? Captured dozens of combat aircraft? Qiao Youhua was taken aback when he heard this, and when he saw Liu Ruhan nodding in confirmation, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "Okay, great, we don't lack anything now, we just lack combat aircraft!" Immediately give me an order to the air defense brigade to immediately rush to the vicinity of Wanjiazhuang Airport to deploy defenses in case the devils carry out air raids and sabotage the airport.

Tell Liu Jianhua that no matter what, you must keep these combat planes for me, which is very important for us to form an air force, although they are only a group of Japanese planes with backward performance, but they are better than nothing.

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Now our pilots are all being trained in Germany, and I believe that it will not be long before they can return from their studies, but combat aircraft will not be able to produce in a moment and a half, and it will be extremely difficult to transport them from Europe.

As long as our pilots come back, they can fly these fighters into the sky at any time, form combat effectiveness, and give the enemy a fatal blow at any time! ”

After speaking, Qiao Youhua felt that one air defense brigade was not enough, and added: "Send me another infantry battalion to cooperate with the air defense brigade and Liu Jianhua to strengthen the ground defense forces around the airport." ”

Liu Ruhan said: "Commander, I also got a good news just now, our 200,000 reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army, several vanguard troops have rushed over, and our troops are all attacking the Japanese defense line on the frontal battlefield, and the strength is somewhat insufficient.

Is it possible to give the task of guarding the airport to these reinforcements who arrived first? ”

"Really? Are reinforcements already arriving? That's great, just do as you say. Qiao Youhua said overjoyed.