Chapter 224: Reinforcements of Friendly Forces

Compared with the fierce battle of the second battalion, the Japanese army in front of the preparatory battalion was much more honest, shooting at the preparatory battalion from a distance, and the two sides were fighting each other like this, Zhang Wei was on the position of the first company, and clearly heard the explosions and shouts of killing on the position of the second battalion of the friendly army, the fierce battle of the second battalion can be imagined, and the Japanese attack in front of Zhang Wei was very weak. No matter how stupid Zhang Wei is, he can know what the situation is on the second battalion.

Judging from the strength and firepower of the Japanese troops on the opposite side, Zhang Wei judged that the Japanese army had transferred a part of its strength and most of its heavy firepower, heavy machine guns and infantry guns to attack the position of the second battalion.

According to this situation, eighty percent of the positions of friendly troops cannot be withheld, and it is inevitable that the battalion will be prepared to reinforce, and he must not only reinforce the second battalion, but also defend the position of the preparatory battalion, Zhang Wei does not dare to guarantee that the Japanese army will not suddenly increase the intensity of the attack on his position, so he cannot send too many people to reinforce, and the number of reinforcements needs to be judged according to the specific situation of the second battalion.

When Zhang Wei was thinking, he and a few soldiers who went with him witnessed the whole process of the second battalion's position being broken through, and immediately ran back, because of the Japanese artillery bombardment, delayed for a while, Zhang Wei's several signal soldiers are also veterans who fought all the way, and they have rich battlefield experience, otherwise they would not have been transferred by Zhang Wei to be a signal soldier, and soon reported the battlefield information they witnessed to Zhang Wei.

"Battalion commander, the position of the friendly army has been breached, the artillery bombardment of the devil is too fierce, there are many grenadiers, there are more people, the friendly troops are desperately defending, but they are still bombarded by the artillery, and they are fighting hand-to-hand."

The position was indeed broken through, and Zhang Wei then asked, "Is the mouth big?" ”

"It's almost a platoon's position that has been breached."

"Rest." Zhang Wei patted the signal corps' shoulder, and immediately rushed to the position of the first company commander Qiu Wei, judging from the report of the signal corps, the position of the second battalion was indeed broken through, and the breakthrough was not light, a platoon-level position was attacked by someone, and it was bombarded by infantry artillery to break through the position, and the situation can be said to be more critical.

Qiu Wei and a company were shooting at the Japanese army, the veterans took the opportunity to shoot at the Japanese rifles, and from time to time someone threw grenades to cover, Zhang Wei called Qiu Wei, and the two of them squatted down and hid in the trenches to discuss the battle situation.

"The position of the second battalion of the friendly army has been broken through, and it will not work without reinforcements, and now the bayonet is spelled, so you can only go to the company." Zhang Wei said that the two armies began to fight hand-to-hand, if you want to repel the Japanese, there is no doubt that the requirements for reinforcements are very high, the two sides are mixed together, hand-to-hand combat, and stabbing are indispensable, Zhang Wei's subordinates, the only troops who can do this job well are Qiu Wei's company.

"How many people have passed?"

"You draw two platoons and let them pass, you take the rest of the platoon to continue to control the position, and the people can't go out."

"Okay."

After the two finished negotiating, Qiu Wei transferred two platoons of the first company to reinforce, and handed over the work of leading the team to He Kun, He Kun and Hao Zhong served as the deputy company commanders of the first and second companies respectively after the establishment of the preparation battalion, a company should be attached in addition to the deputy company commander, and the positions attached to the first and second companies were all vacant, and the officers in the company headquarters of the first company were left with He Kun in addition to Qiu Wei, although He Kun did not help Zhang Wei resell goods on the black market, but he was also a veteran oilman, and he was attached to the sergeant platoon when he taught the corps, and he was also a platoon commander when he was in Taierzhuang, Having commanded the troops and fighting with the Japanese army, it is no big problem to bring two veteran platoons to reinforce now.

Zhang Wei called He Kun and explained to him the specific situation of the position of the second battalion, Qiu Wei organized the transfer of a company and a platoon and the second platoon, and issued an order to them to reinforce friendly forces, the veterans of the two platoons received the order without saying a word, and immediately made preparations, each platoon only brought one light machine gun, and the rest were all equipped with rifles and grenades, the rifles were loaded with bayonets, and the excess things on their bodies were removed.

"The situation has told you, take these two platoons, wait first, listen to my orders, help the friendly troops push the Japanese army out, you kid don't just know how to do business, forget the job of fighting." Zhang Wei said.

He Kun picked up the shell gun: "Don't worry, camp." ”

"Go ahead."

He Kun walked forward to two platoons ready for battle, everyone squatted in the trenches, waiting for Zhang Wei's attack order, Zhang Wei asked them to wait, picked up a telescope, and tried to observe the battle situation on the left flank, let them wait is to wait for the best opportunity to attack, the Japanese army on the left flank fought with the troops of the second battalion on the breakthrough position, and the second battalion also fought hard, and did not let the Japanese army further expand the results of the battle to cause a comprehensive breakthrough.

The Japanese attacked by the Japanese was basically the platoon-level section, and then looked back, the Japanese infantry artillery stopped firing, only the heavy machine guns and grenadiers were attacking the other defensive positions of the second battalion, and the follow-up Japanese troops were constantly pouring into the broken section, the second battalion could hold it for a while, and it would definitely not be able to carry it for a long time, and the second battalion drew troops from other defensive areas to block the breakthrough, and the defensive strength of other sections would definitely decline.

"Order the mortar platoon, give me a shot in front of the breach to prevent more Japanese troops from pouring into the position!" Before the troops went to reinforce, they used mortar fire to block, delay the attack of the Japanese in front of the position, prevent the Japanese from expanding the results of the battle, and then increase the support of the troops, so as to repel the Japanese troops rushing in at the minimum cost.

Because it was firing at the left flank, it could not be fired immediately, the mortar platoon commander personally came to observe before organizing the shooting, the mortar turned the muzzle and the direction of firing, the two guns took turns firing at more than ten meters outside the position of the second battalion that was broken through, the Japanese troops who broke into the position and the officers and men of the second battalion fought hand-to-hand combat, in order to capture the position as soon as possible, the Japanese troops who followed the assault continued to rush into the position of the second battalion along the breakthrough, the soldiers of the second battalion fought desperately to the Japanese troops in one position, and the follow-up Japanese troops would rush into two, and so on, The first to collapse must have been the second battalion.

Rounds of mortar shells fell more than 10 meters outside the breakthrough of the second battalion and exploded, and the Japanese troops rushing towards the position of the second battalion were suddenly bombarded, and more than a dozen people who rushed to the front were killed on the spot, and the soldiers of the two armies who were fighting hand-to-hand in the position were also knocked down by shrapnel, and there were also several soldiers of the second battalion who were accidentally injured by mortar shells, but there was no way, at this time, a certain sacrifice was necessary.

"Retreat, retreat!" In front of the position of the second battalion, they were preparing to launch a new round of assault, and the Japanese troops who broke through the position of the second battalion were shelled.

After the first round of firing of the mortar platoon, extended firing was carried out, which further pushed the scope of the artillery bombardment to the Japanese troops who were preparing for the assault, increasing the time for delaying the Japanese troops, and one by one the shells gradually expanded to the distance of the second battalion position, and the Japanese army was killed and wounded by the artillery fire that continued to extend the fire and compressed to a farther place, widening the distance from the position of the second battalion, and the time for the charge had come.

"He Kun, rush up!"