Chapter 508: The Last Fire
At the same time as the 3rd Squadron of the Teaching Brigade was stationed in the position on the right side of the road.
The 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment withdrew from the defenders of the entire second-line position on the battlefield, leaving only the Teaching Brigade, two squadrons on the left side of the road and one squadron on the right side of the road.
The busy scene of the retreat of the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment also took place at this time in the position of the teaching brigade on the left side of the road, and the rear of the position was not very lively.
At the rear of the position, He Kun, the platoon commander of the baggage platoon, shouted left and right, and the soldiers of the baggage platoon carried the ammunition boxes and supplies onto the carriage, and the heavy machine guns and mortars of the heavy fire squadron were saddled on the side.
The engineer platoon, which had been resting since his return, assisted the men in packing up the cooking utensils and ingredients.
A part of the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons were transporting the excess ammunition from the front-line positions down in preparation for a lightly armed retreat.
"The mortars and heavy machine guns of the heavy fire squadron were withdrawn for me, and the baggage platoon was carried out, and all the ammunition and supplies were loaded, ready to be withdrawn, and to stand by in the rear."
Zhang Wei said that in front of him were Qiu Wei, Mu Chao, and Li Shaoyan, and the three of them had just read the telegram sent by Deng Junlin, and only then did they learn the fact that the third squadron had gone to take over the defense.
The friendly troops have been withdrawn, and Zhang Wei also has to let his subordinates prepare early, he doesn't want to spend too much time here, so he first let the guys of the baggage platoon and the heavy machine gun mortars of the heavy fire squadron prepare first, these things have to be carried by mules and horses, and it is more troublesome to walk than the infantry.
"Li Shaoyan, the heavy fire squadron has two machine guns and the third squadron left, you don't have to worry about these two, the third squadron will help carry them."
Li Shaoyan nodded: "Understood." ”
"Captain, what's next? Do you want to withdraw when the heavy equipment is ready?" Qiu Wei asked.
This problem, Zhang Wei is not easy to grasp, but now it is definitely impossible to retreat, now retreat, the Japanese army on the opposite side must be aware of it and may also launch a pursuit, so it is better to fight another dozen before leaving, and beat them back once, the Japanese army did not dare to pursue rashly, and their hundreds of people also had time to organize a retreat.
It's useless to dwell on it, if you run away in another battle, you can still make the illusion of not being defeated and retreating, no matter from which point of view, it is the best choice to repel the Japanese army once and then leave.
"Look at the movement on the other side, if you come over, fight back decisively, you have to hurt them at least once, so that we can retreat with peace of mind, otherwise we will definitely stick to us." Zhang Wei said.
Mu Chao, the leader of the second squadron, also put forward his opinion: "Then what if the devil is suspicious?"
"This group of Japanese troops is the first batch to reinforce Kunlun Pass, and they have a task on them, as long as we beat them once before leaving, I don't believe they won't take the bait." Zhang Wei said.
Mu Chao nodded thoughtfully and agreed.
"The two squadrons on the front line, they can't relax, now the firepower is weak, under the same circumstances, to repel them, you must fight 120,000 points of energy, you two squadron leaders must keep an eye on it."
"Yes!"
The two squadron leaders, Qiu Wei and Mu Chao, did not dare to slack off, and quickly ran back to the front-line position and returned to their respective squadrons.
After Zhang Wei set up the heavy firepower squadron and the baggage platoon to stand by in the rear, he also went to the front-line position, and the engineer platoon after the rest was replenished with a batch of ammunition, and the soldiers' backs were filled with blasting canisters.
In the position of the teaching brigade on the left side of the road, the 82nd mortar and the heavy machine guns of the heavy fire squadron were removed, the most powerful firearm was the Czech light machine gun, the most powerful of the explosive firearms was the 27 grenadier that fired grenades, and the rest were rifles and pistols.
There were no 82 mortars, no heavy machine guns, and the firepower of the teaching brigade was even weaker than that of most infantry battalions of the National Army.
The whole brigade is going to meet the attack of the Takeda Brigade in such a state before retreating.
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The attack of the Takeda Brigade began after the preparation for the retreat of the Teaching Brigade.
Among the three squadrons under Takeda Masayuki, two infantry squadrons belonging to the Takeda Brigade rested for more than half a day, and their energy and physical strength were almost recovered.
The location of Takeda's attack was still the position of the Teaching Brigade, and in several encounters, Takeda had already found a lot of combat experience.
Moreover, Takeda's morale was the same as that of his soldiers, believing that only by capturing the position of the teaching brigade with strong combat effectiveness could the Chinese army be completely defeated.
The Guyuan squadron had just been defeated by the teaching brigade, and while it was still resting, Takeda did not let the Guyuan squadron attack, but let it stand by.
The attack was carried out by two infantry squadrons under Takeda, and one squadron of the two squadrons was drawn to launch a feint attack on the position on the right side of the road, which was now guarded by the 3rd Squadron of the Teaching Brigade.
The remaining one and a half infantry squadrons, plus the machine guns of the heavy machine gun squadron, were all used to attack the positions of the teaching group, and the battalion of the Takeda brigade was the 92nd Infantry Artillery Squadron to cover the attack.
"When attacking, you should pay close attention to the enemy's grenadiers and mortars, the distance between the infantry should be dispersed, the enemy's fire is too fierce, the heavy machine guns should be fired in, the infantry artillery should not advance too close, when the Guyuan squadron is attacking, the infantry artillery covering is attacked by the enemy's mortars, you must pay close attention!" Takeda said.
Tactics need to be improved, and Takeda Masayuki has suffered so many losses, he is not stupid.
…… Summing up the battles of the past few days, as well as the battle that the Guyuan squadron had just lost, he believed that the biggest advantage of the teaching brigade was its strong firepower (compared to the ordinary Chinese army) and the large number of grenadier equipment.
The 92 infantry artillery that cooperated with the attack of the Guyuan squadron was bombarded by the 82 mortars of the teaching brigade and was forced to withdraw.
During the attack, the infantry should pay attention to further dispersion, not gather too closely, avoid grenadier canisters and mortar bombardment, and prevent the attack of the 82 mortars by infantry artillery and heavy machine guns.
These are all freshly baked materials, which are just used by Takeda to improve tactics, and the people of the Guyuan squadron are not considered to have died in vain.
Gathered around Takeda were not only two infantry squadron leaders and a heavy machine gun squadron leader, but also the squad leaders of each squad, and even several Cao Commanders and Wu Commanders.
Takeda summoned almost all of his officers just to carry out the improved tactics.
"Your Excellency Captain, if my squad attacks the enemy's left flank position, if it is shelled by the enemy, do you still have to attack closely?"
The interrogator was a squad leader, whose squad was used to attack the left position, mainly responsible for containment, but he was still worried about the 82 mortar bombardment of the teaching brigade, after all, he only had a squad, and it was not good to be bombarded by mortar shells.
"You can't leave the battlefield, you must keep fire with the enemy troops in the left position, the enemy troops stationed in the left flank position are relatively poor in combat effectiveness, your squad must try to keep in touch with them."
"Yes!"
The officers of the Takeda Brigade understood the spirit of the captain and immediately returned to their respective units, and they needed to convey the improved tactics to their subordinates before the attack, and through the training of the battle, coupled with the combat experience accumulated by the soldiers of the Takeda Brigade themselves, the ability to resist attacks and the Takeda Brigade was quietly rising.
The infantry artillery of the Takeda Brigade cooperated with the infantry attack, and took advantage of the last break before the attack to carry ammunition and overhaul the artillery, the Takeda Brigade carried a lot of ammunition, and the Guyuan Squadron brought a lot of shells when it came to reinforce, for the brigade artillery squad with only two 92 infantry guns, there was no need to worry about the ammunition, what they had to worry about was how to avoid the 82 mortar fire of the Teaching Brigade.
However, the mortars of the Teaching Brigade that they feared had now been withdrawn, and Takeda Masayuki did not know that thanks to the perfect coordination and good connection between the 3rd Infantry Squadron of the Teaching Brigade and the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment, he did not know that the defenders of the Chinese army on the opposite side had been weakened by half.
Takeda also issued an order to the Guyuan squadron to enter the battle at any time as a reserve, and the entire Takeda brigade was preparing for an attack, the tactics were improved, the morale was greatly improved, and there was sufficient combat experience and preparation, just like a forged saber, which would immediately split into the body of the teaching brigade.
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Twenty minutes after Takeda gave the order to prepare for battle, the knife finally came out of its sheath and began the usual artillery bombardment with infantry artillery, and two 92 infantry guns were placed on the position, and a fierce artillery bombardment was launched on the position of the teaching brigade, and 70 mm infantry shells flew towards the position of the teaching brigade.
Takeda Masayuki personally went down to the starting position to cheer up his soldiers and personally gave the order to attack.
The shelling lasted for ten minutes, and the main Japanese infantry broke out of the trenches and officially began the attack, the Japanese infantry was divided into two parts, one squad rushed to the position where the third squadron of the teaching brigade took over the defense, and the rest hit the position of the teaching brigade. The soldiers of the Takeda Brigade shouted frantically and rushed straight to the position of the teaching brigade.
"Put!" The squad leader of the infantry artillery squad of the Takeda Brigade was red-eyed, and when his own infantry was getting closer and closer to the position of the teaching brigade, he still maintained a high-intensity fire and bombarded the position of the training brigade.
In order to reduce the casualties of being bombarded by grenadiers and mortars, the Japanese infantry had a clear echelon, and the heavy machine gun squadron attached to it jumped forward with the infantry.
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Zhang Wei was lying in the trench, a 92 infantry shell had just exploded in front of the position, and the sudden artillery bombardment and the tide of Japanese attacks shocked the defenders of the whole position.
"Captain, they rushed over, there were a lot of people!" Qiu Wei shouted loudly to Zhang Wei from a distance of seven or eight meters.
Zhang Wei didn't have to hesitate, the Japanese attack was obviously a force, he took a cursory look at the rushing Japanese infantry, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was most of the strength of a brigade.
"Call me when you get there!"
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