"What's the situation?"

Zhang Wei rushed to the front-line position, Qiu Wei's first company and Mu Chao's second company had all taken their weapons and made a defensive posture in the position.

Qiu Wei and Mu Chao were also in the position, Zhang Wei picked up the telescope and looked at the firelight. Explosions and gunfire filled the Xinzhuang, and then looked at the open ground on both wings, there was no movement at all, Zhang Wei had imagined that the Japanese army would play cards out of common sense, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

The Japanese army completely ignored the weakly defended flank positions and smashed into Xinzhuang, which was full of explosions, gunfire from the two armies, and shouts of killing.

Obviously, the Japanese had already stormed into Zhuangzili, the defenders of the 78th Division and the Japanese had a scuffle, and there was a faint sound of gunfire on the left flank of the prepared battalion position.

"Battalion commander, it's Longshan!" Qiu Wei said in a low voice, the commanding heights of Longshan are on the left flank of Xinzhuang, which is a crucial place, and the Japanese army took advantage of the dark night to launch a comprehensive raid on the entire defense line.

"What now?" Mu Chao asked eagerly, the battle in front was very fierce, but the position of the preparatory camp was very quiet, the soldiers were lying on the position with guns, and the position was full of an extremely quiet atmosphere, Zhang Wei did not answer immediately, nor did he give an order.

At the time of Mu Chao's words, the guns in Xinzhuang became louder and louder, the trajectory of the bullets was twisted and crooked, and it was extremely chaotic inside, the two sides fought for a while, and the defenders of the 78th Division tried to launch a counterattack, but unfortunately the Japanese army had rushed into Zhuangzi too much, and the defenders in Zhuangzi had just been bombed during the day, and suffered a lot of losses, and the Japanese army was good at night battles and close combat.

There were even a large number of soldiers who had been beaten out of Xinzhuang, some of the soldiers in the Zhuangzi were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army house by house, and some soldiers lost their organization and command and ran out of the Zhuangzi in a disorderly and commandless situation.

The muffled grunt characteristic of the grenadier gradually increased, and from the gunfire from the Zhuangzi, the crisp sound of the 38 rifle firing gradually overshadowed the dull 79 rifle.

In just ten minutes, the Japanese army took advantage of its unpreparedness and defeated most of the Zhuangzi.

The defenders of the front-line trenches on both flanks drilled out of the trenches and supported Xinzhuang respectively.

Before it could be touched to the edge, a burst of fierce fire shot out from the outermost building of Zhuangzi, and the explosion of the 38 big cover and the 11-year-old light machine gun, and the continuous sound of grenadiers, quickly organized the reinforcements of the national army on the open ground on both wings, and the national army on the two wings added up to only one battalion, and they were stationed on the left and right wings respectively, and they were unable to break through the Japanese firepower network.

As soon as Mu Chao's words were finished, all this happened.

"Standby!" Zhang Wei said.

Mu Chao looked surprised: "Battalion commander, if you don't go up, the Zhuangzi in front will be lost!" ”

"It's useless to go up, it's all explosions, and the sound of grenadiers, bullets are hitting everywhere, and you can't tell who is who, even if you rush in, you can't tell who is who!"

"Then that's how they fight?"

Zhang Wei looked at Qiu Wei: "What about the heavy machine gun?" Qiu Wei led Zhang Wei to the nearest heavy machine gun.

"Now there are a lot of soldiers in Zhuangzi who have run out, judging from the Japanese army's surprise attack on the defenders on both flanks just now, most of Zhuangzi has been in the hands of the Japanese army, and the heavy machine gun is aimed at the place where Zhuangzi's firepower is the most fierce, and now it must be the Japanese army who can organize powerful firepower! Engage them with heavy machine guns, and cover the friendly troops in our Zhuangzi as much as possible! ”

Zhang Wei said loudly.

"What about Zhuangzi?" Mu Chao came to ask.

Zhang Wei sneered: "Don't worry, you have a way to deal with them tomorrow!" ”

Judging from the battle situation, the Japanese army that raided was very strong in combat, and I am afraid that they lurked in Zhuangli in advance, and after exchanging fire with the defenders in Zhuang, they attacked the defenders with strong firepower, and then captured most of Zhuangzi, almost as soon as they attacked.

The attack was preceded by no warning, and the Japanese tactics were quite well concealed, and almost silently penetrated into the Nationalist defensive line.

The first cannon shot just now was in Zhuangzi, indicating that the Japanese army not only penetrated outside the defense line, but also directly touched into Zhuangzi.

"The heavy machine gun fired, aiming at the place with the most fire and the most concentrated firepower in Zhuangzi! Don't be afraid of accidental injury! Zhang Wei gave an order, and the heavy machine gun next to him immediately fired.

The loud sound of heavy machine gun explosions resounded through the positions of the preparatory battalion.

The four heavy machine guns fired one after another, forming a net of fire, shooting at the place with the densest gunfire and the most muzzle flame in Zhuangzi.

A heavy machine gun is ejected from the chamber, and the shooters still need to change positions, but they do not need to change as often as in the field, and they can completely switch after a box of water is boiled.

Qiu Maniac replenished the light and heavy machine guns of the preparation battalion with a batch of ammunition, many of which were machine gun shells drawn from the tanks of the tank battalion.

The battalion-affiliated machine gun company of the reserve battalion now has only four Soviet-style M1910 heavy machine guns left, which are divided up, and the ammunition reserve for each machine gun is very rich.

There were a lot of tracer bullets in the machine gun shells equipped on the tank, so after the heavy machine guns of the preparatory battalion fired, after a few ordinary rounds, there was a tracer bullet, and the tracer bullet pierced the night sky and hit Xinzhuang. Taking advantage of the situation, the Japanese army attacking Shonai expelled the national army in Shonai and divided it into several parts, and engaged the resisting national army in Shonai and the national army reinforced from both flanks.

The four heavy machine guns of the preparatory battalion fired continuously, knocking down many Japanese troops who had gathered together to open fire on the periphery of Zhuangzi.

In order to block the Nationalist troops rushing from the open on both wings, the heavy machine gun bullets that suddenly hit swept down many Japanese troops who were shooting at the Nationalist army outside Zhuangzi in an instant.

The heavy machine-gun fire of the preparatory battalion was the most intense fire since the Japanese attack, and many Japanese soldiers were attacking the Nationalist soldiers on the outskirts of Zhuangzi and near the open field, and the machine gun bullets coming from their own side knocked them down.

The Japanese casualties began to increase, the offensive was contained, the machine gun fire also suppressed the Japanese firepower, and the national troops from the left and right flanks of Xinzhuang, as well as the national troops still resisting in Zhuangzili, got a chance to breathe and began to retreat.

The two battalions of the 78th Division guarding Xinzhuang withdrew one after another, and the battalion that tried to counterattack on the two flanks of Xinzhuang also took advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was suppressed and retreated to its original position.

"Someone's coming!" Qiu Wei heard the noise in front of him, it was the two battalions of soldiers who had retreated from the Xinzhuang position, because they were raided, the retreating were also very unorganized, and they also brought a lot of wounded soldiers, wailing while retreating.

Zhang Wei vaguely saw the figure, quite helpless.

"Machine guns fire a few shots in front and let them get around!" There were too many people who retreated, and Zhang Wei didn't want them to rush to the preparatory camp position, because he was afraid that there would be Japanese soldiers mixed with them.

The four heavy machine guns lowered their muzzles, tracer bullets fired at the ground, and formed a dividing line on the ground, and the soldiers of the 78th Division who retreated from Xinzhuang only thought about retreating.

The row of bright tracer bullets of the preparatory battalion was fired, and when the retreating team saw the machine gun shells, there was no need to harden the position of the preparatory battalion, and immediately bypassed.

Behind him, what was left was the devastated Xinzhuang position......