Romanian Eagle

A few minutes passed quickly, and when the waiting time reached 4 o'clock, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Company who had 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 up, not just the sound of footsteps.

So they were discovered when they were still 200 meters away from the gate, and the dazzling searchlights revealed their true colors. Although the sentinels didn't immediately see what kind of troops they were wearing, but they were completely different from the British uniforms, and they charged aggressively with weapons. Even fools knew there was a problem.

Enemy attack!

After the sentry shouted, they continued to shine their searchlights on them. He wants to create opportunities for his comrades.

And Krull, who also knew this, immediately issued an order. Quick, turn off the searchlight.

The searchlight is the most threatening to the troops attacking at night. Although it will not have a direct threat, it will magnify the damage of other weapons.

It was clear that Krull knew it too, and after a few crisp gunshots after his voice fell, the searchlight that found them was dead.

Spread, attack!

As Krull's voice fell, the soldiers of the 3rd Company dispersed immediately. Everyone knows that crowding together will be the first target to be shot, so no one ignores their own lives, and not being afraid of death does not mean that they want to die.

At this time, the machine guns on both sides of the gate opened fire. Fortunately, the searchlights were knocked out immediately, otherwise the consequences would be too serious. And the gate was not the two machine guns observed before, but four machine guns, which made Krul secretly feel a cold sweat.

The four machine guns at the door kept firing, but their lethality was limited by the impact of the field of vision. But it didn't take long for them to be restricted, and another searchlight was turned on, which happened to shine on a few soldiers who were touching the gate. Immediately, several people were hit by the machine gun's strafing without even making a scream. Everyone was hit by a lot of bullets, and their blood was blurred.

Seeing such a miserable image, Krull's eyes turned red, and then he let out a roar. Knock off that searchlight, isn't the machine gun ready yet?

As soon as the words were finished, a machine gun swept towards him. It was obvious that the person who gave the order was an officer, and he was naturally within the priority strike range. But fortunately, he was hiding behind a dirt slope, and he avoided the disaster by lying on the ground for the first time.

Crack, crack, crack!

Krull's words obviously had an effect, and the searchlight was smashed by several gunshots. And the sound of the counterattack made the firing machine gun intermittently,

In the end, it’s still night, and when the shooter’s field of vision is limited, the machine guns that continue to fire will become the enemy’s priority target.

Buck, blah, blah!

At this time, the machine guns that Krull had been obsessed with also opened fire. They exploded their own firepower against the defending machine gun positions. The sound of the tearing machine encouraged the confidence of the three companies.

Yes, 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 is facing, its firepower can suppress the opponent's machine gun. This time was no exception. The machine guns equipped by the defenders were also unable to compete with them, and were quickly stunned.

Seeing such a good opportunity, how could the officers and soldiers of the Third Company give up, without the need for others to mobilize, and rushed towards the defenders one after another.

A distance of two or three hundred meters takes less than a minute. Don't take advantage of the fact that the airport officers and soldiers don't have reinforcements, and when will you do it?

I saw a lot of people in the dark, which made it more difficult for the defenders who lacked the cover of machine guns. This kind of situation is worrying. Some people are desperately carrying machine guns and trying to suppress the rushing enemy.

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

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

Naturally, many paratroopers rushed over.

Crack, crack, crack!

Bang, blah, blah!

The rushing paratroopers used their own G33 semi-automatic rifles and Enfield rifles. The results are self-evident, in close combat, even the fastest manual rifles are not the opponents of semi-automatic rifles, and the defending soldiers do not have an advantage in numbers.

The machine gun position that was approached was naturally difficult to support alone, and a few grenades completely made it misfired.

In just a few minutes, the guards at the gate were emptied by the officers and soldiers of the Third Company. Facing the closed gate, it was naturally not difficult for them. I saw two soldiers carrying a box and placing it on the gate, then pressing the button on the box and running away. After the two ran out dozens of meters, a violent explosion destroyed the gate.

Seeing all this, the officers and soldiers of the Third Company didn't have to wait for the command of the company commander, Krull, and naturally rushed into the airport where the sirens had been blaring. Only three rows stood at the gate waiting for follow-up reinforcements.

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

Let the second and second companies attack immediately. The fourth company fortifies the road connecting the airport to the city to prevent possible enemy reinforcements. I will give you fifty mines.

Major Sartu was most worried that the enemy reinforcements would prevent the airport from being captured for a long time, delaying the time for them to obtain reinforcements. Know that they can now be called absolute light infantry, their only heavy firepower other than guns is 4 60mm mortars.

So gaining control of the airport is very important to them.

At the airport, at the first moment of the gunshots, a high-pitched siren sounded, and Major Doyle, who was in charge of the airport, was awakened.

We were attacked by the enemy.

what!

Major Doyle was taken aback by the guard's words. How many enemies are there?

It's too dark to see clearly. It is estimated that there are two or three hundred people, and there are no heavy weapons.

He couldn't care less about the guard's words, and he wanted to send a telegram to ask for help immediately, because the airport guards only had a size of more than 300 people and two companies.

Hey Hey hey……

The lack of access to the phone made him feel 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 airport.

Immediately order the troops to block them.

After Major Doyle gave the order, he chose to send the message by radio. I immediately sent a report to the city, saying that we were attacked by enemy paratroopers. The current situation is very dangerous and we urgently need support.

Drip...drip...drip...

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

Just when he wanted to ask what was going on, a soldier who reported the news rushed over. Major, our company commander told you to withdraw first, and we can block it. There are too many enemies, at least the size of a battalion.

This sentence made Doyle even more incredible. At the core of the island, there was an enemy army attacking the airport, and they couldn't stop the enemy.

how so?

Just when Major Doyle couldn't understand, there was another gunshot from the rear of the airport, mixed with several explosions.

The phone rang immediately. Doyle quickly picked it up.

A cry for help came from the telegram. We are 2 companies and 3 platoons behind the defense airport. At present, we have encountered a sudden attack by the enemy. The size of the opponent is about one battalion. We need support urgently and urgently!

Snapped!

The call for help slipped out of Doyle's hands, and he couldn't care less about the call for help in the microphone. There must be a way, a way.

The confused Major Doyle now lacks the strength to change the situation, even if he has one more company in his hand.

It's just that the battle situation won't change because of his hesitation. If the previous battle situation is a steady defeat, then the latter battle situation is a complete defeat. Now the offensive enemy from the rear has burst into the airfield and is constantly encroaching on their territory.

Now we have to retreat. Even if we want us to die at the airport, at least the ground crew and pilots must be transferred away.

In front of Major Doyle, a poorly dressed officer was shouting his advice. He is one of the company commanders of the defending army, and now this name can see how anxious he is in his heart.

He had a look of contempt for Doyle, who was panicking in front of him. With his family background, he became a major and an airport commander within a few years of leaving 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 have grabbed the last straw, and immediately came back to his senses. Yes, these people need to be evacuated first. Let the ground crew and pilots evacuate first, and then we will prepare to evacuate.

And the captain, who knew what he wanted, finally let Doyle go. He needs to hurry back to the troops and tell the soldiers, so that they have some hope, otherwise the soldiers who have been waiting for the result might be about to retreat on their own.

Yes, now they can't stand it anymore. In the middle of the night, they are at a disadvantage, and the size of the troops is at an absolute disadvantage. It is heroic and good at fighting until now.

Following the orders of Doyle, the head of the airport, the airport personnel began to leave from the side. Under the leadership of officers and soldiers who knew the minefield, they quickly passed through here.

Their actions naturally made the attacking Romanian soldiers feel it.

Don't attack them, let them run.

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

The airfield defenders were even more demoralized as the attacking soldiers didn't fire on the retreating men. Many times, I found out that my comrades were gone, and this made it more difficult for the defenders to resist the offensive of the paratroopers. As a result, this became a vicious circle.

Finally, after the sky was getting brighter, the last British soldier escaped through here.

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

It's just that before they had time to breathe, the four companies that were blocking them sent a telegram, and the enemy reinforcements came. A new battle will begin again.