Chapter 163: Bloody Battle to Stop the Enemy (1)

Twenty minutes of fighting? Zhang Wei fought this battle was really uncomfortable, the Japanese army dropped nine corpses, a crooked handle, preparing the battalion to rely on the fortifications, ten people were killed, four were wounded, this kind of painless fighting, the position of the 155th and 58th divisions in the distance, there was also the sound of fierce fighting, as well as the sound of shell explosions, it is obvious that the 155th and 58th divisions that were attacked used artillery. X

Hit and run? Zhang Wei knew that the Japanese troops on the opposite side were at a disadvantage, and their own side was in a state of attack, under normal circumstances, the Japanese army's small-scale attacks were all feints, tentative, the Japanese army did not have many troops, but they could not be unguarded, and then they might have to fight, and the group of crazy dogs on the opposite side jumped over the wall in a hurry It was not impossible to do it. What's more, there is a wing on the other side, and in terms of the comparison of troops, a counteroffensive is not unavoidable.

"All companies hurried to build fortifications, mortar platoons quickly built firing positions, and one company also assisted in digging trenches!" Zhang Wei first gave orders to the entire battalion, and then sent guards to report to Qiu Qingquan about a possible Japanese attack, and to apply for ammunition supplies and reinforcements.

Zhang Wei guessed correctly, in such a short period of time, the 15th Wing was intensively planning the attack plan.

Wing Commander Morita Fan Zheng synthesized the reports sent by various troops, in the tentative attack, the left flank and the center were subjected to the intensive fire of the squadron and a large number of troops, and even used a considerable amount of mortars and mountain artillery bombardment, while the squadron on the right flank did not use any artillery, and the tactics and counterattacks were good, but they completely used rifle machine guns and grenades to return fire, and the firepower of the troops was indeed not very fierce. After synthesizing the intelligence of all parties. Co-captain Morita made the final decision.

"Order the whole wing, all of the second brigade, and subordinate to the infantry artillery squadron of the wing, concentrate on attacking the weak point of the enemy's left flank troops, all of the third brigade, disperse against the enemy's right flank, and launch a feint attack on the enemy's central main force, the mountain artillery and rapid-fire artillery of the wing, all cover the third brigade, shell the enemy, confuse the enemy, the first brigade can still fight the soldiers scattered to fill the vacancies of the second and third brigades, and the wing headquarters and the rest of the directly subordinate units are ready to attack and advance at any time to break through!"

This operational order not only enabled the Japanese army to take an offensive, but also shifted the direction of the main attack to the left flank of the squadron, that is, the position of the assault column, with the strength of a brigade, with an infantry artillery squadron, concentrating half of the combat strength of the whole wing, dealing with the assault column alone, to be precise, it was a preparatory battalion, on the other side, the third brigade was dispersed, pinning down the 155th and 58th divisions, and the strength was stretched, but Morita Fan Zheng put the rapid-fire artillery squadron of the wing, the artillery squadron of the wing, and the field artillery squadron strengthened by the division. Almost all artillery fire.

The number of this artillery is also the number of artillery of the ** squadron on the opposite side, after the first squadron starts the war, only a few units have mountain artillery battalions at the division level, equipped with mountain artillery of varying numbers, and the rest of the troops have support artillery at the army level It is already quite good, even if Zhang Wei was in the teaching corps before, there is only a 12-gun mountain artillery battalion in the corps headquarters.

These two artillery squadrons will take part in the shelling of the 155th and 58th Divisions, using artillery fire to compensate for the lack of forces to contain the attack. Hold back until the offensive breakthrough on the side of the assault column crushes the squadron, and at that time, the whole wing will stop the containment attack and rush out along the hole torn at the assault column, if it can take the opportunity to cause a big rout of the squadron, it will be even better.

In Chinese terms, this is called the sound of the east attacking the west, Morita Fan Zheng has to think of the example of Xuzhou, during the battle of Xuzhou, a brigade of the Fifth Division in the direction of Linyi contained the 59th Army of the squadron and the first division of Pang Bingxun, and the transfer of the main force to advance and contain the main force blocking troops.

According to the report, the Japanese troops in the center and on the right flank are very strong, and the left flank is fierce, but the estimated strength is not even a regiment, and there may be only two battalions of the squadron stationed there.

On the side of the squadron, the 155th Division and the 58th Division repelled the Japanese attack, and they didn't think much about it, nor did they doubt it much, they were in the mentality of attacking, of course, it would not be too sloppy, Li Hansoul and Feng Shengfa ordered, the troops at the front began to build fortifications seriously, one is to be prepared, and the other is to serve as a starting position for the attack, plus it is not clear whether the specific strength of the Japanese army is attached, a wing? Or two wings? Or is it a split of the strengthened detachment? Therefore, the vigilance of the troops at the front was also increased by the attack of the Japanese army. The troops in the rear were ready to be in place one after another, preparing for the attack and preparing for the attack of the Japanese army.

After Zhang Wei reported to Qiu Qingquan, Qiu Qingquan was very vigilant, and quickly sent a large amount of food and ammunition supplies and some reinforcements, but there was only one platoon, and the assault column lacked infantry, Qiu Qingquan simply ordered the engineer platoon to carry all the equipment to the position of the preparatory battalion to help the battle, the position of the assault column was not facing the Japanese army, although the vigilance was raised, no one thought that this small position would become the most fierce battlefield in the future.

Immediately after Morita Fanmasa's order was issued, the communications squadron immediately transmitted the combat order to its subordinate units by radio telephone and manpower, and the Japanese army began preparations before the attack, and the infantry brigade received ammunition and supplies from the baggage squadron, six or five caliber infantry machine gun rounds, seven or seven caliber heavy machine gun rounds, 50 mm caliber grenades, and 70 mm caliber infantry artillery shells. A steady stream of them was delivered to the front-line infantry.

The remnants of the 1st Brigade were dispersed and replenished into the other two infantry battalions, and the Japanese soldiers entered the forward positions, replenished, put the final maintenance of their weapons, and at the same time began their last meal before the attack

The Japanese army's food supply was a combination of self-carried and on-the-spot self-living, rice balls, canned food, plus hot water and hot food sent by the baggage squadron and the cooks, and the Japanese army enjoyed a rare meal before the attack.

Chewing the freshly made rice balls, eating canned food and stews made from canned food sent from the rear, accompanied by a little pickled side dishes, drinking vegetable soup and hot water, except for the vigilant soldiers, the rest of the people were allowed to chat and talk during the meal, in the battlefield where death may be killed at any time, such conditions are rare, and the counterparts on the opposite side only eat coarse grains and very little meat and vegetables, and sometimes, even eating enough is a problem.

There was a rare silence on the battlefield, neither side took action, and in this atmosphere, the attack of the fifteenth wing,