Just when Zhang Xinghan led the cavalry and armored soldiers to kill the Japanese army, they were defeated and blood flowed into rivers.

Liu Jianguo also arrived with a regiment and pursuers from the airport garrison battalion. Without any hesitation, they immediately joined the battle group.

With the addition of more than a thousand infantry, the Japanese army, which was already overwhelmed and suffered heavy casualties, instantly collapsed and it was only a matter of time before it was completely wiped out.

At the same time, on the east bank of the South Canal, Itagaki Seishiro was commanding his thousand partial divisions to storm the defensive position of the first battalion outside the airport.

Seishiro Itagaki, an old Japanese soldier who was indeed a cunning and cunning man, took advantage of Liu Jianguo's main force to pursue his defeated troops and led a thousand partial troops to cross the river quietly at Niujiatun.

A sudden attack was launched on the 1st Battalion's position. The 1st Battalion's guard platoon and 1st company suffered almost all casualties in the previous battle. The remaining two companies also suffered a lot of casualties in the battle to block the Japanese division.

Now we were suddenly attacked by more than a thousand Japanese troops, and we were gradually unable to hold on.

When the situation became extremely critical, Gao Zhihang led hundreds of pilots and rushed out of the airport holding self-defense pistols.

After joining the defensive position of the first battalion, the pilots were unable to use their pistols, so they picked up the rifles of the fallen soldiers and fought back.

At the same time, some pilots also set up several anti-aircraft machine guns in the airport, imitated a regiment of officers and soldiers and leveled them, and started shooting at the attacking Japanese crowd.

The anti-aircraft machine guns fired extremely fast, several of them fired at the same time, and dense bullets rained down on the heads of the attacking Japanese crowd.

Under the powerful firepower of anti-aircraft machine guns, the Japanese soldiers fell in pieces like wheat.

A battalion of defenders and most of the pilots also opened fire vigorously, and the Japanese offensive was immediately frustrated.

Before long, the Japanese troops could no longer withstand the huge cost of casualties and retreated hastily like a tide.

When Seishiro Itagaki saw that the attack failed, he became furious and ordered fiercely: "Bagaya Road, use poison gas bombs! Quickly."

A dozen Japanese artillerymen immediately moved out several boxes of poison gas bombs and began to set up mortars.

Not long after, several mortars fired one after another, and poison gas bombs fell into the first battalion position with a whistling sound.

The poisonous gas spread quietly in the dark night. When Gao Zhihang saw this, he immediately covered his nose and reminded loudly: "No, it's a gas bomb. Put on a gas mask quickly."

As early as when Zhang Xinghan moved out the poison gas bombs from the Shenyang Arsenal and prepared them for use, all units of the city defense army received gas masks.

But as the Air Force, an air force unit, Gao Zhihang and other pilots were not equipped with gas masks.

When the situation was extremely critical, the commander of the second company of the first battalion found Gao Zhihang: "Sir, you don't have a gas mask, retreat to the back quickly."

"We are withdrawing. You can't stop the Japanese attack." Gao Zhihang was not stupid. On the contrary, his mind was very clear at this moment and he did not shout any slogans about "I will not drive".

"The Third Regiment is in the city. You retreat to the airport and immediately call the Third Regiment to request reinforcements. Then use anti-aircraft machine guns to give us fire support. We should be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive," said the Second Company Commander.

Seeing that Gao Zhihang was still hesitant, the second company commander immediately urged: "Sir, don't hesitate. You are the air force. It is not easy to train an air force. If you have three shortcomings, our aircraft will become a fucking decoration. Hurry up and retreat."

Go back, positional warfare is our army's business, your battlefield is in the sky, you can't just sacrifice yourself like this. Go quickly!"

Gao Zhihang glanced at his subordinates who were choking on the poisonous gas and coughing, gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw!"

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The former enemy headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Sujiatun.

An assistant officer ran in in a panic and reported to Ishihara Wanji: "Sir, it's bad, Chief Itagaki's main force attacking the airport was defeated by the Chinese."

"What? Defeated?" Ishihara Wanji said in disbelief: "How is this possible?"

"Sir, when our offensive troops retreated south along the South Canal in an attempt to get closer to our main force, a cavalry and armored unit of the Northeast Army suddenly appeared in the city. Our offensive troops were attacked on both sides and suffered heavy casualties. A total annihilation could occur at any time.

The army has been wiped out, the situation is extremely critical, sir, please send reinforcements as soon as possible." The assistant officer said anxiously.

"Cavalry and armored troops?" Ishihara Wanji frowned and said immediately: "Immediately order the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the 16th Infantry Regiment of the 15th Brigade to attack quickly to rescue the main force of Itagaki's command."

"Hai!" The Japanese sergeant suddenly lowered his head and responded, then turned around and quickly took the order and left.

Itagaki Seishiro's three thousand troops were composed of two ** brigades and the 29th Infantry Regiment, except for a partial division (a ** brigade) left by Itagaki.

The remaining main force components are mainly the 29th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division. In the previous battle, the 29th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses, but it was difficult to replenish a group of troops and restore its combat effectiveness.

This time the attack on the airport failed miserably, and now under the joint siege of Zhang Xinghan and Liu Jianguo, the entire army was almost wiped out.

Fortunately, just when the new commander of the 29th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Yasuhei Higashiguchi, was about to commit seppuku, reinforcements from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment directly under the division arrived first.

In the light of the fire, more than a thousand Japanese cavalry swarmed in. Zhang Xinghan's face changed drastically when he saw this, and he hurriedly ordered the armored company to come forward to attack. At the same time, he led the cavalry company to start re-arrangement, preparing to meet the enemy.

With the addition of cavalry, the hundreds of remaining soldiers of the 29th Infantry Regiment were able to retreat unscathed.

Twelve Renault tanks and ten armored vehicles collided head-on with the Japanese cavalry regiment.

When the Japanese cavalry, waving their sabers and riding tall horses, rushed towards tanks and armored vehicles, they were greeted by the roar of vehicle-mounted machine guns.

"Da da da..." Tongues of flame spurted out from the muzzle of the machine gun, and the Japanese cavalry suddenly fell off their horses in pieces.

What's more, the Japanese cavalry who rushed at the front were beaten into a hornet's nest, including their men and horses.

The 37MM tank gun of the Renault tank also opened fire one after another. High-explosive shells fell into the group of Japanese cavalry, bursting out with astonishing lethality. The raging shrapnel in the center knocked down the surrounding Japanese cavalry in groups, including men and horses.

As one's own cavalry kept being shot and fell from their horses, the horses lost control and trampled and collided with each other.

The Japanese cavalry's charge came to an end, but the twenty-two tanks and armored vehicles did not stop. Machine guns and tank guns formed a terrifying fire blockade.

At the same time, a group of light machine gunners also opened fire, and the riflemen also opened fire.

Bullets suddenly enveloped the Japanese cavalry like a rain. In just over ten minutes, more than a thousand Japanese cavalry suffered casualties of two to three hundred.

The rest were in chaos. At this moment, the cavalry company led by Zhang Xinghan had completed its formation and assembly.

With a wave of Zhang Xinghan's blood-stained sword, more than a hundred cavalry lined up and accompanied Zhang Xinghan's brave and fearless Japanese cavalry to launch an assault.

Twenty-two tanks and armored vehicles led the charge, their machine guns firing wildly at the Japanese troops.

"Kill!" Zhang Xinghan led his cavalry towards the Japanese cavalry who were in chaos from both wings. He raised his sword and dropped his sword. A Japanese cavalry was hacked by him and fell off his horse.

The quality of the Japanese cavalry was not as good as that of the Northeastern Army's cavalry. Coupled with the presence of the armored company, the cavalry nemesis, the Japanese cavalry was unable to organize a decent counterattack because it cared about the head rather than the tail.

By the time Zhang Xinghan led the surviving cavalry to break through the formation again, more than half of the more than a thousand Japanese cavalry had been killed or wounded and finally fled.

Zhang Xinghan didn't hesitate at all, waved his sword forward and shouted sternly: "Chase me!"

"Kill!" More than 80 surviving Northeastern Army cavalry roared fiercely and followed Zhang Xinghan, waving their sabers and following Zhang Xinghan.
Chapter completed!