The captain of the Japanese army garrisoning the front-line position got in touch with the commander of the 59th Wing, the two sides were in a stalemate, the first-line brigade had been reinforced by the commander of the wing, Ryoichi Itanishi, including a 94-type 37 rapid-fire artillery squad and two 92 infantry guns, which had been pressed and fought for a long time The 59th Wing, the current plan is undoubtedly to launch a counterattack against the Chinese army in front of him, Ibanishi Ryoichi as a wing leader, after rectifying the chaotic position of the wing, slowly sobered up from the panic, and the Chinese army after the shelling, Except for a small attack, there will be no large-scale attack, and the losses of the infantry brigades on the front line are not large.

"Send a telegram to the brigade headquarters and request fire support in front of our front-line positions to cover our wing's counterattack." Itanishi Ryoichi said in the wing headquarters, which had just returned to normal, that the artillery bombardment of the Chinese army was fierce, and now it was time for them to fight back, and Bannishi Ryoyi thought that even if he could not win the heavy artillery, he could win the mountain artillery of the division and regimental artillery.

Itanishi's request was quickly answered, artillery support was allowed, and the 38th field artillery of the divisional artillery wing was in charge, and the field artillery wing of the 14th division was already making artillery preparations.

After getting the permission of the brigade headquarters, Banxi Ryoichi issued an order to the infantry brigade on the front line of the Japanese army, which could launch a counterattack after the shelling, and the captain of the Japanese brigade in front of Zhang Wei was overjoyed, and the strength of a brigade, plus the infantry artillery and rapid-fire guns that had been reinforced, as well as artillery support, the counterattack was inevitable.

After receiving the order to prepare for a counterattack, the morale of the Japanese soldiers was also very high, and the 14th Division fought all the way over, and had not yet suffered such a beating, coupled with the fanatical mobilization of the Japanese officers and military officers, the Japanese troops in the position were all ready to swallow the Chinese troops on the opposite side.

The 59th Wing planned to launch a counterattack with an infantry brigade at the front after the artillery bombardment, using the group's infantry guns and increased rapid-fire guns as a cover to launch a counterattack on the positions of the Chinese troops, in an effort to regain positions from the Chinese troops.

In the position of the Chinese army, the fortifications of the three battalions were reinforced, the anti-artillery holes and heavy machine guns, and the mortar fortifications were also completed, and most of the soldiers hid in the anti-artillery holes, even if there were a few thorns who were unwilling to enter the anti-artillery holes, they were also driven into by veterans and officers, the heavy machine gun positions and the spare positions were all rested, and the only 82 mortar platoon on the position belonged to Zhang Wei's preparation battalion, Zhang Wei deployed the mortar position behind the trench, connected it with a communication ditch and the trench, and excavated two circular mortar fortifications, and the corresponding ammunition reserve fortifications, which were reinforced with sandbags on all sides.

To say that the troops of these three battalions have been attacking for a long time, the troops are indeed somewhat tired, and after fighting for such a long time, they will not be able to pull the bolts of their guns without resting, and their combat efficiency will be greatly reduced.

According to the situation of the Japanese army, the next ten or nine times out of ten is to counterattack, Zhang Wei and the two battalion commanders of the friendly army realized this, so they strengthened their defenses and gained a firm foothold, the Japanese also needed time to prepare for counterattacks or other tactical actions, their depth was bombed badly, and it usually took a while to restore command, Zhang Wei They just wanted to use this time to consolidate their positions, rest their troops, and then deal with the Japanese army.

The trench is relatively quiet, most of the soldiers have entered the anti-artillery hole to hide, Zhang Wei is very convenient to walk in the trench, except for a few sentries and officers on guard, the rest have entered the anti-artillery hole to rest, Zhang Wei sent his three heralds away, turned around to fight, these heralds got the order again, now there is no need to follow Zhang Wei to waste physical strength.

Zhang Wei walked for a while, and saw several people gathered together in the defensive position of the first company, chattering with their heads down, not knowing what they were doing.

"The first few don't understand the rules of not speaking loudly!"

Several people hurriedly stood up, and Zhang Wei took a look at it, it was He Kun.

"What are you guys doing, you don't pay attention to the rules when you become a company?"

He Kun walked over and leaned over to Zhang Wei's side: "Battalion commander, look, the brothers just found out that there is a bag of foreign nails here, and they are thinking about how to deal with it." After speaking, he pointed to the sandbag on the ground, Zhang Wei walked over and opened the mouth of the bag, which was full of half a bag of nails.

Zhang Wei grabbed a handful casually, and there were two kinds of nails in it, long and short, which were very finely polished.

"It's all nails." He Kun said.

"Why did you send this thing to us, you won't need it for the fortifications." Nails belong to the work equipment in the army, simply put, it is used when digging positions for fortifications, mainly used for the reinforcement of civil engineering structure fortifications, nailing wooden boards, fixing logs, constructing, and strengthening the structure of concealed bunkers.

Zhang Wei thought to himself, maybe the troops behind took it with the sandbags when they sent the construction materials, this thing is not needed now, it still seems redundant in the trenches, and it can occupy another person's place when put in the anti-artillery hole.

"Or throw it in the trenches, you can't throw it out." He Kun said.

"No, Lianfu, is that thing bad if it is hit by a cannonball, stubble flying around will kill people." A squad leader next to him said eagerly.

He Kun was right after thinking about it, so many nails were blown away, which was equivalent to shrapnel, and the people in the trenches would be unlucky.

Shrapnel? Zhang Wei patted his head and secretly scolded himself for being stupid enough, this thing can blow up his own people and the enemy, and those IED home-made bombs in later generations will not use these things, with the current conditions of the troops, it can be used even more, rather than putting it here to dry, it is better to use it in battle.

"Bring grenades and leggings!"

The squad leader took out a grenade from his waist, and took out a spare legging cloth from his arms, Zhang Wei took out seven or eight steel nails from the sandbag, and the squad leader tore off a small piece from the leggings and handed it to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei wrapped the steel nails with the leggings, wrapped the grenade, wrapped the bullet body a few times, and then tied it to death, and when the grenade exploded, these nails tied outside became additional grenade shrapnel.

"How?"

"Okay, it's a big bomb when this thing explodes." He Kun shouted.

"Find some of your brothers, make this grenade, tie all these nails with leggings, tie them tightly, and distribute them to the brothers."

"When throwing grenades, you can throw them a little earlier, divide a few into each squad, and use up all these nails."

Temporarily take nails to transform grenades, there is no way to use them in offensive warfare, and it is definitely a big killer in defensive warfare, Zhang Wei usually has some stereotypes about the various weapons equipped, if it weren't for the squad leader who reminded him to prevent accidental injuries from nails, he really might not be able to think of those home-made bombs in later generations, and then transform grenades.

Zhang Wei asked his subordinates to tie these nails to the grenade to increase the lethality of the grenade, if the Japanese army came over, when they were defending, this thing would be too easy to use, hiding in the trenches, finding the right opportunity to throw it out, and after the explosion, even the nails with shrapnel definitely made the attacking Japanese army suffer.