Chapter Ninety-Seven: Prelude to the Counteroffensive (3)
Jin Tian and his subordinates all focused on the attacking troops of the third battalion, and the mortar fire made them feel unprecedented pressure, but they didn't know that on the other side, Zhang Wei and more than 100 people under his command had already dug a hole of more than 100 meters.
In the trench, the first squad digs the earth, and the excavated soil is handed over to the people behind it, and it is passed down in turn with a dustpan.
Zhang Wei tried to restrain his desire to vomit, he gave an order, digging must be careful, not let the dust fly, if it is discovered, it will be wasted.
"Hurry up, dig another fifty meters and you'll be there!" The digging squad heard Zhang Wei's order, hurriedly speeded up, they themselves didn't want to suffer this living crime, the infantry behind them, the rifles were all flat on the ground, moving forward, Zhang Wei was afraid of misfire, ordered everyone's guns to be withdrawn, not a single shot was allowed in the magazine, such a small space, if the ignorant fire went away, the consequences were unimaginable.
Next to Zhang Wei was Dong Erli's mortar squad, he accepted a reinforced 82 mortar, and when he arrived at the place, he had to rely on this guy to fire the first shot.
"Hurry, prepare, prepare!" Zhang Wei ordered in a low voice, now that the Japanese army was all attracted by the attack troops of the third battalion, there was no time to care about this side, so Zhang Wei asked the people in front to dig quickly, and the rear to speed up the march.
As baskets of soil came down, in Zhang Wei's eyes, the humble dock fort became closer and closer, a little further, a little more. Zhang Wei did not order to stop, because he had overestimated the strength of the Japanese army before, and because the Japanese army was insufficient, he had no time to take care of other places, Zhang Wei felt that he might as well dig a little further and dig to 150 meters. The soldiers in front were sweating profusely, and the shovels in their hands fell down faster, and then, digging to a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, with the "kicking of the buttocks" of the comrades behind. ”
The groundhog in front finally stopped. Zhang Wei used the most primitive way to stop the team.
"Two forces, cannons." The surrounding soldiers consciously retreated to the back and sides, and the squad in front also lay on the ground, trying to leave the mortars with a firing range.
"Don't be stunned, prepare, the bullet is loaded." Zhang Wei reminded the soldiers, and the surrounding soldiers passed Zhang Wei's orders to the people behind them one by one, and the soldiers lifted the rifles that were originally lying flat, pulled the bolt, and prepared to reload.
The Light Machine Heavy was also loaded into the magazine, just waiting for the order to attack.
Zhang Wei raised the binoculars, almost all the Japanese troops on the dock fort gathered, the side of the three battalions attacking the troops, on the wall on Zhang Wei's side, only a few careless stragglers were standing guard, and their heads were all turned to the side of the fierce battle, and the sound of guns attracted their attention.
The soldiers of the mortar squad soon began to set up artillery, and Zhang Wei was also on the side.
The soldiers first attached the gun body to the seat plate with cap screws, and then put the copper hoops on the mortar gun mount on the barrel, and the general assembly was completed.
The next thing is to be handed over to Dong Erli.
"Erli, blow up the city wall. Dong Erli responded, first visually measured the distance, for an experienced veteran gunner like him, this kind of thing is not difficult. ”
With the crank and crank of the hand, the gun body slowly rises with the rotation of the high and low machine, and the base and lifting screw of the high and low machine also change their position.
Two minutes later, Dong Erli completed the general aim.
"Bring the shells, don't need to attach a medicine bag, give me the naked bullets directly." At such a close distance, mortar shells do not need to increase the range of the cartridge.
The mortar squad completed the preparation for firing and waited for Zhang Wei's firing order. Looking at the Japanese soldiers on the city wall, Zhang Wei slowly raised the Zhongzheng rifle, and the rifles in the hands of the other soldiers also slowly raised.
"Erli, hit!", the shell fell into the barrel, almost at the same moment, Zhang Wei's gun rang out, hitting the careless Japanese soldier, the mortar shell had not yet hit, and the Japanese soldier was sent to the west by Zhang Wei's bullet.
Boom-82 mortar shells smashed on the city wall, followed by the second and third rounds, the shells raged on the rudimentary city wall, fragments rolled in the body of the Japanese soldiers, after the shelling, it was machine guns and rifles that were fired, the soldiers no longer had to hide themselves, all kinds of firearms desperately greeted, a round of shots, the Japanese guard posts were all extinguished.
"Go up, take down the door of the building!" Zhang Wei led the soldiers out of the trench, and at this time, Jin Tian, who was in the fierce battle, heard the sound of gunfire from the side, oops! The Chinese army launched a surprise attack on the Lin side, but he couldn't deal with Zhang Wei and them, because when Zhang Wei and they attacked, the troops of the three battalions were not shooting at each other, and they all launched a charge, and what was even worse was that on the position of the 23rd regiment on the opposite side, a black crowd pressed over.
"Hit, don't panic, shoot them!" Jin Tian said not to panic, but in fact, he was more panicked than anyone else, and in the face of so many enemies, no one could do anything. Zhang Wei and the others attacked the building gate of the dock fort at this time.
"Throw grenades." Three grenades exploded through the improvised temporary fortifications and rushed inside, Zhang Wei only saw a dozen Japanese soldiers guarding a 92 infantry gun, looking at Zhang Wei blankly. "Kill me!"
Zhang Wei shot at a Japanese soldier in front of the artillery, and the gun rang out, and the continuous gunfire of the officers and soldiers of the independent company sounded behind him, and those dazed Japanese artillerymen were sent to the west without even touching the rifles on the side.
As soon as Kaneda, who was standing on the city wall, turned around, he saw a man who looked like an officer holding a rifle, standing below facing him, and then ...... He had no more thoughts.
The 23rd Regiment and the Independent Company attacked inside and outside, and soon attacked, and the soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief in the face of the Japanese army, and fought and killed, and a squadron of the Japanese army was completely annihilated. On the other side, the 24th Regiment also captured the predetermined position, and the 24th Regiment had suffered small losses in previous operations, so it adopted a more brutal approach, lining up the regimental mortar companies and bombarding them one after another, while the heavy machine guns of each battalion also advanced forward with the assistance of engineers, and under the cover of riflemen, they fired suppressively at the Japanese positions.
The infantry charged under the cover of artillery and machine-gun fire, although they were fiercely returned by the Japanese and were repulsed for a time. But the arm could not twist the thigh, and the Japanese finally lost their position. At this point, all the positions on the periphery of Lanling were occupied by the 4th Division, and the Japanese army in Lanling was already in a state of encirclement. Zhang Wei and the people of the 23rd Regiment are now cleaning up the battlefield, this battle, Zhang Wei was lucky to be loaded with a group of stupid 92 infantry artillery detachment, a detachment of people, without even picking up weapons, was sent to the west by Zhang Wei and the officers and soldiers of the independent company.
This also fully illustrates the importance of equipping artillery with infantry weapons and strengthening vigilance. Zhang Wei is now fiddling with this 92 infantry gun with great interest.
PS Before 1939, the infantry regiment of the National Army had one lieutenant colonel and one major regiment, and at this time there was no such title as deputy commander.