The battle on the battlefield in eastern Henan, as of now, that is, on the 28th, the main attack of the Hendong Corps of the Nationalist Army has made great progress, and the 14th Division of the Japanese Army was attacked by the Hendong Corps of the Nationalist Army for several days, with heavy casualties, and the overall situation was very embarrassing, but the losses of the Nationalist Army were also quite heavy.

Take Zhang Wei's preparatory battalion as an example, from the beginning of the war to the present, the preparatory battalion is not counted as a heavy machine gun company, but only the main force of the whole battalion, three infantry companies, from nine basically fully equipped infantry platoons to only six complete infantry platoons left, counting the loss of more troops than an entire infantry company, the second company and the third company have suffered heavy losses of recruits, Qiu Wei's first company has also suffered heavy losses of veterans, there are still two infantry platoons in the whole company, and a whole platoon of more than 30 veterans have been killed or injured in the battle.

Most of these more than 30 people were killed in battle, and less than 10 were wounded and lying in the field hospital of the 27th Army.

More than 20 veterans who fought with Zhang Wei all the way in Nanjing, Taierzhuang, Xuzhou and other places gave their lives to the land of eastern Henan. The reserve battalion can now be called a heavy casualty, although the results are also very good, but the reserve battalion is indeed a real loss of nearly half.

After resting for less than an hour, the whole battalion embarked on the journey again, the marching route was along the 276th Regiment headquarters all the way to the 27th Army headquarters, most of the troops of the assault column were assigned to the 27th Army to fight, most of the troops in the column and the column headquarters, the column leader Qiu Maniac was there, Zhang Wei asked the troops to adopt a brigade march method with less pressure on the troops, and arranged a small number of guards.

The rest of them carried weapons on their backs and advanced normally, which was regarded as the deep rear of the Chinese army, and there was no need to engage in war-ready marches, and it was also a rare rest for the soldiers.

The first company took the lead, followed by the battle defense artillery company, the second and third companies at the end, the whole battalion marched to the military headquarters of the 27th Army at the normal speed of the brigade march, the soldiers gradually moved away from the battlefield, and the fatigue was also shown when marching, and when the battlefield was fiercely fighting, people's nerves were in a state of high tension, and no one knew whether they would touch the Japanese in the next second, but as soon as they were far away from the war zone, the nerves became relaxed, and the physical fatigue caused by the high tension on the battlefield would follow.

"Battalion commander, the brethren don't look good." Behind the first company, Zhang Wei and the three company commanders were walking together, Qiu Wei saw the problem of the troops, and said to Zhang Wei.

"I'm so tired, one by one, I can't hold the straps of the guns tightly, you see the ones over there, the steel helmets and ropes are not tied."

"After a few days of hard fighting, you will be tired if you change to an iron man, not to mention them, we are also tired, everyone didn't close their eyes last night, and they stared at the Japanese position for a night, who can stand it." Mu Chao followed.

Zhang Wei could see the fatigue of the soldiers, their steps were a little irregular, and the whole team was very quiet.

"I'm tired, keep walking, it's better to walk than to stand up to the Japanese bullets on the position, wait until you get to the place, let the cooking teams of each company send the friendly troops those pork and vegetables, and then take out some pork jerky stored by our battalion, and stew it for the brothers!"

"Good!" Zheng Yiqun responded.

"The intensity of the fighting in the past few days is too high, and I have hardly rested well, so I will apply to Chief Qiu when I go back, and don't assign combat tasks first for the time being."

The three or four days of the preparation battalion were one battle after another, day and night, and if they continued to fight, they would really be overdrawn, and when they met Qiu Qingquan, Zhang Wei must give the soldiers time to rest.

"Battalion commander, can we still have a fight?" Qiu Wei took off the steel helmet and said as he walked.

Zhang Wei didn't answer him immediately, to be honest, he didn't know how to answer this question, according to the memory of his previous life, although Lan Feng's battle was very brave and fierce.

But in the end, it seems that the battle goal was not fully achieved, judging from Zhang Wei's battles in the past few days, the national army is desperately attacking the 14th Division in the front, and the progress is not small, but it is too naïve to want to swallow the 14th Division.

After a few days of fierce fighting, his own reserve battalion was already tired, and the losses were not small, and the situation of other units was probably even worse; because it was a unit directly under the 200 Division, the level of pre-war training and replenishment of soldiers in the reserve battalion was already very high among the national army.

The vast majority of other troops, whether central or local, are inferior to their own.

After several days of attacking, the losses of their troops can be imagined, and taking into account various circumstances, Zhang Wei felt that the huge plan to annihilate the 14 th Division would eventually come to an end, the offensive momentum of the national army had declined, and it would be difficult to carry out an effective attack in the future, and the battle would soon turn into a tug-of-war and confrontation.

Comparing the strength and firepower of the two sides, no matter from which point of view, the national army will not succeed, and the battle Qiu Wei said, other troops may continue to fight, but the preparation battalion, most of them will not have a big war.

"I'm afraid there is no big battle, the main combat equipment of our assault column is combat vehicles, and the purpose of this reinforcement is to use armored units to flank the infantry troops, and the infantry of our preparation battalion has fought a few good battles, but after all, it is not the protagonist."

Qiu Wei nodded, and Zheng Yiqun on the side didn't quite understand. "Battalion commander, haven't we been attacking fiercely these days, and the heavy artillery doesn't need money to fight, so why don't we fight."

Zhang Wei snorted: "Third Company Commander, what do you think of the current state of our brothers in the preparation battalion?" ”

Zheng Yiqun glanced at the soldiers marching in front of him and replied decisively: "Not good! "Do you think that the national army in eastern Henan has been fighting for so long, and the replenishment and equipment are not as strong as ours, what do you think of their current state?"

Zheng Yiqun hesitated for a while, and slowly understood what Zhang Wei meant.

The offensive of the national army reached its peak a few days ago, and many units were personally led by battalion and company commanders to rush to kill with the brave troops shouting slogans, which really hurt the 14th Division.

However, courage and attitude cannot make up for the gap in equipment and firepower, and the current national army is like the end of a strong crossbow, which cannot shoot through the target in front of it, and this target is hard and big.

The battlefield situation, which was dominated by the attack of the Nationalist army, would soon evolve into an attack between the two armies, and in the end, perhaps a counterattack by the Japanese army against the Nationalist army.

"It's good to figure it out! Go back to your respective companies and tell the brothers that when you get to the place, the whole camp will have dinner and pork stew. ”

"Yes!" In these years, it is not easy to eat meat, and it is even more difficult for soldiers to eat meat.

After arriving at the station, the news of the whole battalion's "big dishes" and "stewed meat" was transmitted to the ears of the soldiers through the commanders of each company, and everyone's mental state changed.

It seems that the aroma of the stew mixed with vegetables has come from the destination.

In the early morning sun, the whole preparatory camp slowly moved forward thinking about the destination.