The command post was not as chaotic and busy as imagined, except for the guards and the newspaper soldiers, there was only one colonel and one lieutenant colonel left, and Zhang Wei directly presented the picture drawn by Qiu Wei to the two officers.

"Sir, this is the general defensive configuration of the Japanese army, our battalion organized a feint, the Japanese defense is very tight, a large number of foxholes and a large number of fortresses have been built on the basis of the original position, it is difficult to defeat the Japanese position with the strength of our battalion and the two battalions of friendly troops."

The lieutenant colonel took the map, and the colonel looked at it for a while, and was silent for a long time before speaking: "This picture is very messy, but it seems that the Japanese army's defense is not very tight, and a few temporarily built fortresses are so difficult to fight?" The colonel's expression was full of suspicion.

Zhang Weixin said badly, Qiu Wei's picture is good, but the firepower configuration on the Japanese fortress and position is not marked, from the sketch map, the Japanese defensive position is indeed a little "unsightly." Hurriedly explained.

"Sir, the Japanese pillboxes are equipped with more than two machine guns, and all the pillboxes have more than one firing port, and the fire is very fierce, and the 82 mortars and a few grenadiers in the hands of our battalion cannot hit these forts at all. Foxholes and reserve firepower are also perfect, grenadiers, rifles, and infantry cannons are available, and we don't have decent offensive firepower at hand, no flat-fire guns, and the infantry alone can't eat the Japanese positions at all. ”

"Our battalion belongs to your regiment, and the little devils must fight to the death, but this work sent to death in vain can't be done, and there are also your two battalions with our battalion, I used to teach the corps, and I can't use the lives of those brothers to feed the machine guns of the Japanese."

The lieutenant colonel's eyes changed when he looked at Zhang Wei: "You used to teach the corps?" ”

"Yes, sir, I was a platoon commander in the Third Infantry Regiment of Commander Li Xikai in Nanjing, and then I broke up, so I followed Chief Qiu." The 46th Division was adapted from the Teaching Corps, and Zhang Wei deliberately said that he had done something in the past, and he also wanted to see if he could meet the people of the original Teaching Corps, so that it would be easy to talk.

"Regiment commander, listen to him in detail, this preparatory battalion of their assault column is assigned to our regiment to coordinate the attack, and they have fought very hard before." The lieutenant colonel gave himself a look and said to the colonel.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, it is still useful to climb the relationship, although this lieutenant colonel has never seen it, listening to the meaning of his help to speak, he estimated that he was also an officer of the teaching corps before, and the teaching corps suffered heavy casualties in Nanjing, and some of the surviving officers were reorganized into the 46th Division with the rest of the corps, and the other part went to serve elsewhere.

"Then you can talk about the defense of the Japanese in detail." The words of the lieutenant colonel officer worked, and the colonel was going to listen to what Zhang Wei wanted to say.

"Two commanders, the defense of the Japanese army, with the fortress as the core, is equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, in each of which there are two or even three firing ports, which can shoot in different directions, forming a crossfire network in front of the position, the material of these fortresses is basically logs, reinforced with various materials and sandbags, which maximizes the resistance to shrapnel."

"The fortress is surrounded by foxholes and standing firing trenches, which echo each other with communication ditches between the forts, and the Japanese troops in the foxholes are mainly rifles, with light machine guns and grenadiers, and the role of the foxholes is to cooperate with the fortress, resist our infantry, and fill in the gaps in the fortress's firepower."

"The Japanese fortifications were built in a field emergency, not permanent fortifications or semi-permanent fortifications, just relatively strong temporary fortifications, but we did not have enough offensive weapons, grenadiers and 82 artillery could not smash the fortress, suppress the foxholes, the number was not enough, to hit the fortress must be flat-fire artillery, the infantry to attack and advance also need fire cover, artillery suppression, these are not available in our battalion and the two battalions of friendly forces!"

Zhang Wei said that the expressions of the two officers became more and more serious, if they still felt that Zhang Wei had a certain suspicion of avoiding the battle just now, then after listening to Zhang Wei's words, these two officers gradually felt that the Japanese army's position was indeed difficult to fight.

In particular, the colonel, after a general understanding of the position configuration of the Japanese army, found that one of his infantry regiments could not find a suitable weapon for attacking the fortification, and he did not even have a single battle defense gun, and he also felt that what the friendly major in front of him said was reasonable.

"The fortifications of the Japanese army are not remarkable, but we don't have any weapons in our hands!"

"As you said, this little Japanese position is indeed not easy to gnaw, what do you want?" The colonel commander could see that Zhang Wei was asking for something on this trip, and he could hear it from his words, and he did not mention the meaning of postponing the attack and not attacking it, but repeatedly mentioned weapons, obviously asking for something, and also piggybacking on the "friendly army", that is, the first and second battalions under his command, it seems that his subordinates also feel difficult to attack.

"Sir, in fact, it is not difficult, to cover our advance, attack and advance, we need to suppress the Japanese stragglers, otherwise we will not be able to touch the main position of the Japanese army at all, this must be suppressed by artillery fire, and it is best to be reinforced by mountain artillery fire."

"Mountain artillery? I can go and talk to the teacher about this, it's not a big problem, is there anything else? ”

"Flat-range guns!"

"I'm afraid there is nothing we can do about this thing, we don't have flat-fire guns in the whole division, where can I find this thing for you?"

"Sir, we have an assault column, I would like to borrow your radio and phone to contact the rear and apply to Chief Qiu for reinforcements from the battle defense artillery."

The colonel nodded: "Yes!" ”

The military situation was urgent, after the negotiation, Zhang Wei and them immediately took action, two officers needed to apply to the 46th Division headquarters for artillery support, and Zhang Wei needed to apply for assistance from Qiu Qingquan,

At present, the national army has two infantry brigades and four infantry regiments in one division, and there is also a brigade headquarters above the field infantry regiment, and the wired field telephone can be reached to the brigade headquarters and the nearby combat battalions, and the division headquarters and higher-level units can only be contacted by radio.

So, Zhang Wei was hung here, and the two officers drafted a telegram separately to send a telegram to the division headquarters and the military headquarters of the 27th Army, applying for artillery bombardment and anti-aircraft artillery support, among which the telegram applying for reinforcement of anti-aircraft artillery mentioned Zhang Wei and the preparation battalion, Zhang Wei could only wait in addition to waiting, and it was really uncomfortable to stay in the command post, so he simply walked to the courtyard and waited.

Zhang Wei, who was helpless, squatted outside the command post, with the efficiency of the national army's contact, the complicated command organization, and the backward communication and dispatching capabilities, I am afraid that it will not take a long time, and in the morning, the T26 tank that cooperated with Zhang Wei and them has been transferred, maybe Qiu Qingquan concentrated the tank troops and personally commanded the tank troops to participate in the front-line attack, if that is the case, it will be even more unlucky!

As long as there is no order from a higher level, the temporary transfer of all parts of the assault column must be approved by Qiu Qingquan, and if he is fighting on the front line and not at the command post in the rear, the mobilization of the battle defense artillery will be even more troublesome.

"Alas! It's grinding. ”