The battle at Tianzhu Mountain Airport in the early hours of August 17, 1938,

immediately escalated into a fierce and intense conflict.

Within five minutes of the battle's commencement,

the meticulously crafted outer defenses of Major Taichi Nasukawa crumbled entirely.

The twenty-four bunkers positioned around the runway,

along with the seven Japanese soldiers (guizi) inside each,

collectively constituted a company of Japanese infantry.

These soldiers,

never even detected their opponents,

and could only fire haphazardly towards the open areas deliberately cleared outside the barbed wire fence.

The sounds of gunfire and cannons filled the air,

but their effect was completely negligible.

Instead, the Japanese soldiers inside these bunkers,

were being sent to their maker one after another, along with their fortifications.

Now, that entire company had been wiped out.

When the soldiers in the bunkers died,

they still didn't understand where the enemy had come from.

And this wasn't the only formed unit lost by Major Taichi Nasukawa's battalion.

Inside the trenches that connected the bunkers,

he had also deployed an infantry company.

This company's mission was to reinforce the bunkers,

and was commanded by Captain Yugawa Rikuzen.

Unlike the soldiers in the bunkers, who only had firing and observation ports facing outward,

Captain Yugawa Rikuzen's company had a 360-degree view from the trenches.

His company was the first to detect the situation,

and was also the first Japanese unit to open fire.

Their reaction was undoubtedly swift,

and their counterattack was undeniably fierce.

However, Captain Yugawa Rikuzen's company of just over a hundred men,

had a defense line stretching a full three and a half kilometers.

This long defensive line,

was facing the elite troops of the Special Operations Brigade, numbering over two thousand.

From the moment the first warning whistle blew,

the entire company of Japanese soldiers was alerted.

Some ran towards the direction of the whistle,

while others began to nervously survey the area in front of the position.

They initially assumed that the enemy was still outside the barbed wire,

and their first instinct was to look outwards.

Petty Officer Ichiro Nakatani was one such soldier.

When he looked up and peered outside the trench,

he immediately screamed:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

He saw that the attacking force was less than ten meters away from the trench.

Petty Officer Ichiro Nakatani only had four soldiers beside him.

Hearing their petty officer's panicked cries,

they quickly looked outwards,

but all they could do was watch.

The most they could manage was to raise their rifles,

to parry the thrusting bayonets.

With no chance to properly defend himself,

Petty Officer Ichiro Nakatani was stabbed to death with two blades.

The soldiers beside him,

died just as quickly.

The suddenness of the attack

meant that very few of the defense force in the trenches managed to retaliate,

and they fell into the pool of blood.

Captain Yugawa Rikuzen's entire company,

had barely put up a fight before it was declared ineffective.

In less than five minutes, two entire infantry companies were annihilated by the attacking forces of the First and Tenth Regiments.

During those five minutes,

the reinforcements from Major Taichi Nasukawa's battalion and the puppet troops of Major Chao Chongwen's battalion,

with the quickest of them had just reached the runway.

In fact, among all the Japanese soldiers at Tianzhu Mountain Airport,

the fastest to react from those who were off-duty were the pilots of the Flying Corps.

Flight Commander Yuki Uehara,

began to move the moment he heard the whistle.

These pilots lived four to a room,

but as the Flight Commander, Yuki Uehara,

had his own private room.

As he got up,

he loudly ordered the soldiers next door to get up immediately.

No matter what kind of force was attacking,

as long as these pilots could take to the skies,

and soar through the air, they would no longer fear any ground forces.

Furthermore, they could effortlessly inflict the most devastating blows on the attacking National Revolutionary Army.

Commander Yuki Uehara stood outside his room,

loudly berating his pilots.

He urged them to hurry,

and hurry even more!

Because by this time, the whistle had stopped,

and was replaced by countless gunshots and explosions.

Under the illumination of countless flares, the entire runway was as bright as day.

The tallest buildings at Tianzhu Mountain Airport were only two stories high,

and the pilots all lived on the second floor.

Being higher up,

meant they could see further.

Flight Commander Yuki Uehara could now see figures everywhere on the runway,

the figures of National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

This was not a good sign!

The more he saw, the more he felt that the planes needed to take off as soon as possible.

One by one, the Japanese pilots rushed out of their rooms,

and nearly thirty of them had already emerged.

Commander Yuki Uehara stopped waiting,

and shouted loudly at the rooms that were still closed:

"You lazy pigs, move it!"

Then, turning to the soldiers standing before him, he yelled:

"Quick! To the apron!

Get the planes in the air!"

Having just climbed out of bed, the Japanese soldiers,

had quickly assessed the situation in the midst of their busyness.

The runway was swarming with National Revolutionary Army soldiers,

and if they didn't get the planes airborne soon,

the ones on the apron would be blown to smithereens.

The same worry had also surfaced in Major Taichi Nasukawa's mind.

He believed that the main objective of the attacking National Revolutionary Army force,

was to destroy the planes and sabotage the airport.

As the protector of Tianzhu Mountain Airport, he certainly couldn't allow such a thing to happen.

Major Taichi Nasukawa ordered:

"The Iori Ogura Company and the Ming Liu Company are to immediately reinforce the apron.

Under no circumstances can we let the enemy destroy the planes!

The Yugi Mizushima Company and the Kai Katsura Company are to immediately charge onto the runway.

Clear the runway and remove any obstacles for the Flying Corps to take off."

Upon receiving the orders, the four companies immediately took action.

Many members of the First and Tenth Regiments had already charged onto the runway.

Although the Japanese bunkers had proven unexpectedly resilient,

the attacking side had maintained the initiative throughout the battle.

The First Regiment had seven companies, and the Tenth Regiment had six.

At this time, all of them were on the runway,

charging towards the assembled Japanese soldiers.

Nearly eight hundred Japanese soldiers and puppet troops from the four companies,

plus the members of Yuki Uehara's Flying Corps,

along with the support staff of the Flying Corps,

nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers rushed onto the runway.

This flat surface with no cover,

was perfect for the Special Operations Brigade's "earth tanks" to unleash their power.

At least fifteen companies were charging on the runway,

and their heavy machine guns, which had previously only been able to target the Japanese machine gun emplacements on the roofs of the two-story buildings,

had now discovered a new target,

and one that was much larger in number.

First Company Commander Yewei Lu of the Tenth Regiment had just led his company onto the runway,

but upon seeing such a large group of Japanese soldiers charging towards them,

the company's momentum had to be slowed down.

Using the five heavy machine guns at the front as cover,

the rest of the soldiers lay prone on the runway,

and opened fire fiercely on the approaching enemy.

They, along with the First and Second Companies of the First Regiment, were the closest to the Japanese soldiers.

The two sides were less than two hundred meters apart.

Yewei Lu shouted loudly:

"Machine guns, rocket launchers, infantry guns, mortars,

give it everything you've got!"

Seeing so many Japanese soldiers charging out,

he was anxious!

Although so far,

no Japanese soldier had gotten close to the planes,

he still couldn't rest easy as long as the apron wasn't in their hands.

Less than three minutes after First Company,

the Third and Fourth Companies arrived.

Company Commander Wenwei Gu of the Third Company shouted:

"Company Commander Lu! You go to the apron.

We'll provide the fire suppression!"

The mission of the First and Second Companies was to seize the apron.

Everyone in the entire Tenth Regiment knew that this was the most important task.

Although the company commanders had all fought to get this assignment when the tasks were assigned yesterday,

now that the task had been clearly assigned,

the Third Company Commander was only thinking about how to help Company Commander Lu complete his mission.

"Alright! All members of the First Company,

charge towards the apron!" Commander Yewei Lu stood up and issued the order.

He saw that the combined firepower of the Third and Fourth Companies,

was far greater than that of his own company alone.

Without further delay,

he led the First Company towards the apron.

Dawn was indeed breaking,

and with each passing minute,

Tianzhu Mountain Airport became brighter.

This wasn't due to the flares,

but because the eastern sky was turning a pale gray,

with hints of red.

The rising sun was slowly climbing over the mountains,

and at this time, the other companies of the Tenth Regiment had also arrived,

all opening fire on the Japanese forces at the other end of the runway.

The companies of the First Regiment, which had entered the airport from the right side, had also gradually reached the end of the runway,

and were also firing at the Japanese forces who had just stepped onto the runway.

The Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, who had previously had the upper hand,

were now unable to lift their heads under the barrage of fire.

The Japanese firepower was three-dimensional.

Not only had they concentrated nearly a thousand men on the side of the runway,

but there were also many machine guns firing from the rooftops along the runway.

Of course, this could not be allowed!

Several companies of mortars and infantry guns opened fire on the Japanese soldiers on the rooftops.

Company Commander Yewei Lu once again led his troops towards the apron.

Flight Commander Yuki Uehara, who was observing the battlefield, immediately recognized their intent.

He was alarmed,

and loudly ordered, "The Iori Ogura Company and the Ming Liu Company are to immediately attack the apron!

The Flying Corps will follow!"

The two companies he named,

were the ones Major Taichi Nasukawa had designated,

to defend the apron.

Commander Yuki Uehara could also see clearly,

that the planes on the apron were currently safe,

and that the National Revolutionary Army was attacking the bunkers surrounding the apron.

Fortunately, those bunkers were still holding out,

unlike the outer bunkers of the airport,

which had been destroyed by the National Revolutionary Army as soon as the battle began.

The two company commanders who had been called out by Commander Yuki Uehara,

had also wanted to charge forward,

but the barrage of bullets in front of them was too intense,

making it impossible for them to get up.

What made Company Commander Iori Ogura even more uncomfortable, was that:

as time passed, second by second,

the firepower directed at them was increasing instead of decreasing.

He loudly reported to Commander Yuki Uehara:

"Commander Uehara, it's not that we don't want to charge,

but the National Revolutionary Army's firepower is too intense.

Charging at this time

is simply a suicide mission!

There will be no other outcome."

Commander Yuki Uehara also had eyes,

and of course he was aware of the situation.

Commander Yuki Uehara stared coldly at Company Commander Iori Ogura:

"So you're just going to let the empire's planes be destroyed by the National Revolutionary Army?"

Company Commander Iori Ogura ignored the artillery shells falling around him:

"Commander, please look,

if they wanted to destroy those planes,

they could have done so by now!"

"The National Revolutionary Army wanted to destroy the planes and sabotage the airport,

they could have done so by now!"

Major Taichi Nasukawa watched the ongoing battle on the runway.

He also saw the fight for the runway,

and that the Yuki Uehara Flying Corps couldn't even get to the apron.

How could they take to the skies?

"Tank Company, attack!"

This was Major Taichi Nasukawa's last hope.

"All reserves, attack!"

This time, Major Taichi Nasukawa had deployed all the forces at the entire airport.

He had only one thought:

"Get the planes in the air first!"

And then figure out how to defend the airport!

After issuing the order,

he ordered again:

"Issue guns to all support personnel,

organize them,

and prepare to defend the airport!"

He was betting everything he had at the entire airport.

With the forces organized in this way,

there would be more than four thousand armed personnel.

His entire force,

had only lost less than a thousand soldiers so far,

and could still withstand it.

Thinking of this,

Major Taichi Nasukawa felt a slight sense of relief.

Following Major Taichi Nasukawa's order:

The twelve tanks of the Yuji Mizushima Tank Company drove out.

As soon as they appeared,

they immediately charged towards the apron.

The soldiers of the Iori Ogura Company immediately followed behind the tanks.

With the tanks leading the way,

the soldiers of this company could charge towards the apron through the hail of bullets.

The puppet troops of the Ming Liu Company only followed fifty meters after the tanks,

a little too far behind.

The shield's effect was minimal,

and this company of puppet troops had to lie prone again.

Si-Chuan Chen saw that there were more and more Japanese soldiers at the beginning of the runway,

and that tanks had also been deployed.

He immediately ordered: "Notify all the companies at the front, maintain firepower,

retreat!

We're going to use rocket artillery."

Rocket artillery targeted an area,

and was not precise.

Therefore, the front-line troops needed to maintain some distance from the Japanese soldiers.

Upon receiving the order, Company Commander Yewei Lu,

immediately relayed it: "Retreat!

Let the Japanese have their way for now!

Commander Chen is going to use rocket artillery."

Major Taichi Nasukawa, who was watching the battlefield from the second floor, was the first to notice that the attacking force was retreating.

Company Commander Iori Ogura also noticed it,

since he was only focused on Yewei Lu's company.

Seeing Yewei Lu and his men retreating,

Company Commander Iori Ogura excitedly shouted:

"They're retreating!

They're running away!

Don't let them get away!"

With his reminder,

the other Japanese soldiers on the battlefield noticed:

The attacking force was retreating!

Major Taichi Nasukawa suddenly noticed a new problem:

"The National Revolutionary Army soldiers nearby are retreating,

but the ones further away are still charging forward!"

"What is this?"

Si-Chuan Chen ordered the rocket artillery company:

"Fire at the Japanese soldiers on the runway!

Including the Japanese buildings!"

"Yes!" Company Commander Binwei Si responded loudly.

When Company Commander Si saw his brother units charging forward,

he and his men had long been eager to fight.

Company Commander Binwei Si didn't want to come all this way,

just to run through a drill and return.

Last time, his company had been on the city walls of Anqing,

and had taken down an entire Japanese squadron of planes with one strike.

This achievement had been circulating within the Special Operations Brigade.

In reality, the four rocket artillery pieces of the rocket artillery company,

had already adjusted their parameters,

and loaded their ammunition,

and were just waiting for the order.

Company Commander Binwei Si loudly ordered:

"Target! Japanese soldiers!

Fire!"

The ground shook,

and smoke suddenly rose,

forty-eight rockets landed simultaneously on the Japanese soldiers.

In an instant, smoke and dust filled the opening of the runway,

making it impossible to see anything.

The Japanese soldiers around the blast points were torn to pieces,

and three tanks were immediately shattered.

Company Commander Binwei Si did not stop,

and continued to issue orders:

"Reload!

Ready!

Fire!"

The orders were given one after another, decisively and powerfully!

When the second round of rockets landed,

five tanks charged out from the smoke.

The Japanese infantry, who had been firing wildly,

had all stopped.

On the other hand, dozens of infantry guns from the First and Tenth Regiments,

were now all firing at the five tanks that had just charged out,

simultaneously.

At the same time,

the rocket launchers of the First Company also fired at the tank leading the charge.

After receiving Major Taichi Nasukawa's order, Company Commander Yuji Mizushima drove his tank onto the runway with great confidence.

Seeing so many National Revolutionary Army soldiers on the runway,

the bloodthirsty excitement in his heart made him unable to stop.

He slammed on the accelerator and charged towards the soldiers.

On this flat runway,

with no trenches, no cover,

and no obstacles,

it was perfect for their mechanized units to advance,

and perfect for tank combat!

In this environment,

even if there were ten times more National Revolutionary Army soldiers,

they would have nowhere to run.

In his eyes, the National Revolutionary Army soldiers on the runway were already fish on a cutting board.

He would be able to slaughter them at will.

Therefore, when he saw the First Company retreating,

he sneered and said, "Watch you run!

Can you outrun me?"

On this flat runway,

feet could never outrun a Japanese tank.

However, Yuji Mizushima and his entire tank company were celebrating too early.

Likewise, the Iori Ogura infantry company following behind his tank company was also celebrating too early.

The appearance of the tank company,

made Flight Commander Yuki Uehara the happiest.

They had been blocked here just now,

and the pilots who had been a step slower had now caught up.

All seventy-nine pilots of the entire Flying Corps were present.

Some of the Japanese pilots were only reserves,

but if there were any unexpected events on the battlefield,

these pilots would need to step in.

Just as all the Japanese soldiers were celebrating,

the dense barrage of rockets that fell from the sky,

immediately caused death and injury to these Japanese soldiers.

For Company Commander Yuji Mizushima,

he only felt the ground shaking and the vibrations transmitting to the tank.

His tank was shaking violently, like a small boat sailing in the waves.

There was a dense clanging sound on the metal skin of the tank.

From time to time, powerful shrapnel would pierce the side armor,

and fly inside.

The loader in his tank, Sergeant Akio Shirakawa,

was struck by a piece of shrapnel,

that happened to cut off the large artery in his neck.

Blood spurted out like a tire losing air, making a "hissing" sound,

spraying throughout the enclosed space of the tank.

Like a high-pressure water hose,

the blood sprayed onto Company Commander Yuji Mizushima's face,

and was still warm.

A thick, bloody smell filled the inside of the tank.

Company Commander Yuji Mizushima wiped the blood splashed on his face,

unconsciously stuck out his tongue and tasted it,

enjoying it and saying, "Shirakawa-san!

Your blood is a little salty, but very fresh!"

Another soldier in the tank heard the company commander say this,

and looked at the company commander's current appearance:

His company commander's face was now covered in blood,

his hands were covered in blood,

and when he spoke,

his teeth were stained with blood.

It was less like tasting,

and more like drinking blood!

Although there was one less soldier in his tank,

Company Commander Yuji Mizushima did not stop.

Instead, he made the Japanese soldiers press down on the accelerator,

to charge forward sooner.

His tank became the first to charge out,

and became the most eye-catching tank in the entire airport.

Then, it became the target of most of the artillery fire,

and less than ten seconds after charging out of the smoke,

Company Commander Yuji Mizushima and his tank were destroyed.

This time it was truly destroyed.

The tank had been hit by at least ten artillery shells,

and four-fifths of it were unable to describe the extent of its destruction.

The four tanks that had been following behind it,

were also blown up one after another.

The Iori Ogura infantry company, which had been following behind the tanks,

had been unable to keep up with the tanks,

when the first round of rockets exploded.

These were 120mm rockets,

and their power upon explosion was immense.

Furthermore, these were weapons developed by the Special Operations Brigade themselves,

and the warheads contained two thousand eight hundred iron pellets.

When these iron pellets were blasted out,

they became two thousand eight hundred randomly, high-speed flying shrapnel.

In an instant, the shrapnel caused devastating casualties to the Iori Ogura infantry company,

who were holding their rifles,

and following behind the tanks with their bodies bent over.

It also caused

heavy casualties among those Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in the area,

who had been excited when they saw the Special Operations Brigade soldiers retreat.

All the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops who had excitedly stood up,

and chased after the retreating National Revolutionary Army, had been rewarded.

The only difference was that some had been hit by dozens of pieces of shrapnel,

while others had only been hit by one or two.

Those who had been lying on the ground,

had not received anything good either!

If the Japanese soldiers who had stood up had received a "gift" from the Special Operations Brigade,

then these Japanese soldiers and puppet troops who had remained lying on the ground, who had been a step slow,

all had one thing in common:

their faces were all pale, and they looked like they wanted to vomit but couldn't.

When those artillery shells had exploded together just now,

the ground seemed to have come alive,

shaking violently,

like waves,

one wave after another, surging violently,

one wave after another, never-ending.

This gave the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in close contact with the earth,

a feeling of seasickness.

This was not over yet.

After the first time,

there was a second time.

When the second round of rockets landed,

the Japanese puppet troops who had been hit by shrapnel in the previous round, whether dead or alive,

were all lying prone on the ground.

They didn't want to be hit by shrapnel again.

On the other hand, those Japanese puppet troops who had been lying on the ground,

did not want to experience the feeling of seasickness again,

nor did they want to be hit by shrapnel.

These Japanese soldiers could only squat on the ground,

hoping that this would achieve both goals.

There was never a perfect solution in this world.

The rockets sent by the Special Operations Brigade,

did not allow them to refuse.

These half-squatting Japanese puppet troops,

were also showered with shrapnel,

and those wounded lying on the ground,

now only felt that it would have been better to die.

Company Commander Binwei Si's attack was not over yet.

The third round of rocket bombardment was already on the string,

and ready to fire.

However, this time the bombardment position moved forward slightly,

enveloping Major Taichi Nasukawa's headquarters,

as well.

The four companies of the First Regiment, who were attacking the main gate,

also retreated after receiving the message.

After retreating three hundred meters,

they heard the sound of an airplane engine in the air.

The morning sun rose,

and red light filled the earth.

Wenxing Mao flew his plane,

bathing in the morning sun, and appeared over Tianzhu Mountain Airport.

He immediately saw the rocket artillery bombarding the ground,

and immediately contacted Company Commander Binwei Si,

detailing what he had seen.

The rocket artillery bombardment area could be moved forward three hundred meters towards the gate.

With his guidance,

Company Commander Si immediately ordered the adjustment of parameters.

When the fourth round of rockets landed,

the Japanese bunkers that Company Commander Gu had been unable to take down finally fell.

The 120mm rockets,

finally blasted open the solid fortifications built by the Japanese soldiers with reinforced concrete.

Company Commander Yewei Lu of the Tenth Regiment on the runway,

had already notified Company Commander Si:

"Stop bombarding the Japanese soldiers on the runway,

we have already begun to charge!"

On the other side, several companies of the First Regiment on the runway,

were all notifying Company Commander Si:

"We have begun to charge!

Don't worry about the Japanese soldiers on the runway!"

A force of thousands of people shouted as they charged into the smoke.

Company Commander Yewei Lu of the Tenth Regiment finally led his troops into the apron this time.

As soon as they entered the apron,

Company Commander Lu ordered: "First Platoon, immediately destroy the Japanese bunkers!

Second and Third Platoons, establish defenses."

The entire company immediately took action.

Platoon Leader Yuhang Wu of the First Platoon led his fifty or so men,

pointed to the Japanese bunkers and said, "Liangcai An, you take three men and blow up that bunker.

Yu Luo, you take three men and blow up the second bunker.

Tian Fu, you take three men and blow up the third bunker.

Yuanhua Yu, you take three men and blow up the fourth bunker.

De Mei, you take three men and blow up the fifth bunker.

Lai Hu, you take three men and blow up the sixth bunker.

..."

The Japanese soldiers had built a total of nine bunkers here in the apron,

and Yuhang Wu had assigned each of them to a group of men.

He charged to the front himself,

nervously watching the progress of each group.

If anything unexpected happened,

he would be able to make amends immediately.

After fighting till now,

the Second Company had been attracting the fire of the Japanese soldiers in the bunkers on the front line.

Company Commander Mingcheng Fu had been organizing his troops,

holding back the Japanese soldiers in the nine bunkers in the apron.

The Second Company's infantry guns had fired at least fifty shells,

and the three rocket launcher operators had used up all eighteen of their rockets.

However, these had only caused damage to the Japanese bunkers,

and had not been able to completely destroy them.

Major Taichi Nasukawa had put his heart and soul into these bunkers.

If not for the cost,

he would have liked to have built them even more securely.

In fact,

Major Taichi Nasukawa had originally planned to build a bunker complex.

However, the Central China Expeditionary Army had been urging him urgently,

asking him to complete the airport as soon as possible,

as the front line was waiting for the use of this airport.

Another reason was that:

the ground at this airport was not high,

and digging underground would cause water to seep out at less than three meters.

It was also impossible to build bunkers.

Major Taichi Nasukawa had given up on this idea.

The Second Company of Mingcheng Fu,

had been in a firefight with the Japanese soldiers in the bunkers,

but when they finally saw their own people appear behind the Japanese bunkers,

they stopped.

They no longer needed to worry about these Japanese soldiers who were doomed to die.

The bunkers protecting the apron were destroyed,

and the Second Company quickly charged onto the apron,

strengthening the defense of the apron.

Company Commander Lu watched as the Japanese bunkers were destroyed one after another.

Only then did he notify the flying team in the rear:

"The apron has been occupied!

The flying team can enter the area."

Upon receiving the notice, this flying team, which had only arrived from Jurong the night before,

immediately set out from their hiding position.

They charged forward along the safe passage opened up by the First Company.

The smoke on the runway was slowly dissipating under the morning breeze.

The thousands of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops on the runway had no ability to resist at this time.

These Japanese soldiers and puppet troops were gathered together,

and had been bombarded by the rocket artillery of Company Commander Binwei Si for three rounds.

Each of them was either dead or injured.

Now, they were facing the nine companies that had charged in,

and had no fighting spirit left.

The battlefield here was being cleared.

The various companies of the First and Tenth Regiments,

according to the pre-arranged plan,

quickly charged towards the airport's fuel depot and parts depot.

The Japanese soldiers in these places had not yet been attacked.

The main force of the Japanese soldiers guarding Tianzhu Mountain Airport had already been crippled.

How long could these remaining Japanese soldiers struggle?

Major Taichi Nasukawa had just ordered all the troops to gather together,

and go to defend the apron,

and had already withdrawn the guards from all locations except the fuel depot.

Now, there were only two Japanese soldiers guarding the fuel depot.

Kazuki Uchisawa and Yu Miyamoto,

stood on high ground and saw the situation on the battlefield.

"What do we do?" There were only two of them here,

and the National Revolutionary Army soldiers charging towards them numbered a company.

"Run!" Neither of the two soldiers spoke.

But that word was in their eyes.

So they immediately rushed downstairs,

and charged towards the outside of the airport, recklessly.

For them,

igniting the fuel depot was something that could not be done under any circumstances.

This was because the fuel was valuable,

but the underground fuel depot was even more valuable.

The two Japanese soldiers were still praying:

"Take all the fuel!

Just leave the oil depot!"

Regardless of what the charging National Revolutionary Army soldiers,

wanted to do,

they now only wanted to escape for their lives.

The two soldiers had also clearly seen the path to escape:

They had to escape along the path the Special Operations Brigade had charged in.

It wasn't that they were so bold,

but the outside of the airport was covered in mines.

They didn't dare to step on them.

Major Taichi Nasukawa had just been standing on the building looking at the scenery.

He watched as the main force of his men were bombed by artillery shells time and time again.

Now: these soldiers did not think that they were hit by artillery shells.

They were not aware that the Special Operations Brigade was using a new weapon.

However, their understanding was not wrong either.

Anyway, they were all being bombed,

so what was the point of making it so clear?

The current Major Taichi Nasukawa,

had also become one of the scenery.

The house he was in,

was not a bunker,

and of course it was not as sturdy as a bunker.

It had only been hit by one rocket,

and half of it had already collapsed.

There were still Japanese soldiers being crushed in the room,

but the current Major Taichi Nasukawa could not care about that.

He was calling the Japanese brigade stationed in Anqing for help.

When the battle had just begun,

Major Taichi Nasukawa had absolute confidence in his strength:

Two infantry battalions, an armored company of twelve tanks,

and a flying squadron of thirty-six aircraft.

With such arms, he was sure to win.

However, things on the battlefield,

could not be decided simply by both sides showing their strength.

You never knew what the other side's trump card was,

and Major Taichi Nasukawa did not expect that the attacking National Revolutionary Army would have such powerful artillery.

So many artillery pieces firing at the same time,

and with such a large caliber,

this must have been at least a heavy artillery regiment!

When did the National Revolutionary Army move a heavy artillery regiment to the rear?

All the questions were not important now.

His first call was to Major Goro Utada stationed in Anqing.

After urgently asking him for help,

he immediately sent a telegram to Nanjing.

Anqing was not far from Nanjing.

Commander Roku Jyunei Umezu of the Central China Expeditionary Army had learned from the lesson of the annihilation of the North China Front Army during the last drill by the Special Operations Brigade.

He had learned a lesson: he would not leave Nanjing unless there was an emergency.

Commander Umezu in Nanjing was shocked when he received the telegram for help.

"These guerrillas are too daring.

They actually dared to attack the heavily guarded airport on Tianzhu Mountain."

Despite his shock,

he had to send reinforcements immediately!

He immediately ordered the air force here in Nanjing to set off.

At the same time, he thoughtfully informed the 11th Army of Major Taichi Nasukawa's predicament.

He asked Commander Neiji Okamura to see if there were any troops around Tianzhu Mountain Airport,

who could immediately go to support them.

What else could Commander Neiji Okamura do?

He could only send an air force unit from Jiujiang.

After all, in this era, airplanes were the fastest.

In addition, Commander Neiji Okamura immediately ordered the Goro Utada Brigade stationed in Anqing,

to immediately assemble and reinforce Tianzhu Mountain Airport.

Anqing County was fifteen kilometers away from Tianzhu Mountain Airport.

The mechanized unit of the Goro Utada Brigade,

could arrive at the scene in half an hour.

When he had just received the call for help from Major Taichi Nasukawa,

he had already ordered the troops to assemble.

Knowing that an infantry brigade located in Anqing,

would arrive on the battlefield in half an hour,

Commander Roku Jyunei Umezu of the Central China Expeditionary Army was relieved.

Half an hour should be enough!

The problem of reinforcements had been solved,

but the problem of the guerrillas he had just been thinking about had not been solved!

The guerrillas of the National Revolutionary Army had developed to the point where they could directly attack the heavily defended Tianzhu Mountain Airport.

What was he supposed to do?

If things continued to develop like this,

and every strategic point,

needed to be guarded by an infantry brigade,

they would have to conscript all the people of the empire to become soldiers.

What's more,

Tianzhu Mountain Airport, had a Japanese brigade and a puppet brigade.

With such formidable strength, they still could not guarantee the safety of the airport.

What was he supposed to do?

At this time, he thought of the ongoing Battle of Wuhan,

and Commander Okamura's strategy of large encirclements and small encirclements.

If it really succeeded,

how many brigades would he have to send to guard the newly occupied cities?

But: if the cities that had been captured with countless wealth and the lives of many Japanese soldiers,

were only used for a trip, killing, burning, and plundering once,

it would be completely unprofitable!

What should the empire do now?

As Commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, Roku Jyunei Umezu,

of course he had to consider these things.

Major Taichi Nasukawa, who was currently on the battlefield,

was only thinking about how to escape from the airport.

He hid behind the ruined building,

watching helplessly as one plane after another soared into the sky.

Only now did Major Taichi Nasukawa understand:

The goal of those who attacked Tianzhu Mountain Airport today,

was the planes from the very beginning.

The guerrillas of the National Revolutionary Army had actually taken the planes.

This was too incredible.

Although Major Taichi Nasukawa could not accept it,

he still had to report this situation.

The current Major Taichi Nasukawa knew that he should die.

Neither the National Revolutionary Army, who were surrounding him,

nor Commander Roku Jyunei Umezu, who was far away in Nanjing,

would allow him to continue living.

Commander Roku Jyunei Umezu, who was still considering how to strengthen his rule in the occupied territories after occupying Wuhan,

received another telegram from Major Taichi Nasukawa.

He saw in the telegram that the thirty-six planes parked at Tianzhu Mountain Airport,

had all been taken away by the guerrillas.

"Are these still guerrillas?"

Commander Roku Jyunei Umezu began to doubt his life.

Even the regular army of the National Revolutionary Army was not this fierce!

He was too weak to get angry.

He simply sent an inquiry telegram to Major Taichi Nasukawa, who could not survive:

"Which unit is attacking Tianzhu Mountain Airport?"

He had a strong interest in this unit.

When he had received the first telegram from Major Taichi Nasukawa,

Commander Roku Jyunei Umezu had only thought that the defense of the airport was somewhat difficult,

and was only amazed at the courage of the guerrillas who were attacking the airport.

Now that the airport had fallen, he was not so amazed.

What disappointed Roku Jyunei Umezu was Major Taichi Nasukawa'