The ranks of the 1st battalion were halfway through, the 1st company had passed, the 2nd company was in the center, and the 3rd company had not yet arrived.

In the private house of Li Village, two crooked handles were facing the middle of the second company, and at the same time, they were also the middle of the entire battalion.

"Be ready to fight at any time, Dong Erli, put the cannonball into the cannon and fire the cannon at any time!"

Dong Erli pushed the cannon up with the mortar squad, and Zhang Wei, just in case, ordered him to load the ammunition first and be on guard at any time.

The two platoons of the independent company were converted from a combat readiness march search formation to a combat formation after the first battalion and three companies.

"Qiu Wei, Hao Zhong, He Kun, order your respective platoon grenadier groups to find a good position and prepare to launch, this village should be careful, we suffered a big loss when we came out of Nanjing last time."

"Understood, company commander, these boys are very good!" He Kun said very confidently that his recent victory had boosted his confidence, and he was not doing things the same way as before.

The two crooked handles in the civilian house had already been aimed, and the co-shooter had set up a five-round bridge clip for reloading on the side, and the machine gunner, one of whom was a non-commissioned officer, and the other was a corporal who had served for many years.

The squad leader stared gloomily at the Chinese army not far away.

"Ready!, hit!"

The originally quiet village chief's room suddenly boiled, and two fire dragons shot out of the house, and the bullets pierced the windproof window paper on the windows. With confetti flew to the battalion.

The first battalion was on the march, and the second company, which was walking in the middle, was suddenly hit by fire, and nearly half of the platoon fell in a pool of blood at once, and the formation was also disorganized.

"Enemy attack!"

"The company commander is finished!"

The troops of the second company were thrown into disarray, the machine-gun fire in the village was exchanged fire, strafing the disorganized ranks, and the company in front also suffered losses. Some of the soldiers couldn't find the indiscriminate shooting from the north, and the relieved veterans finally found the fire from the village. Turn the muzzle of the gun and try to return fire.

"Lie down, the whole company lie down, the search squad will pass the word, don't let the troops behind go, tell them to stop the march immediately!"

Sure enough, Zhang Wei's vigilance was not wrong, once the Japanese army was scattered or fought alone, it would definitely look for the most favorable terrain and shelter, looking for an opportunity to attack the Chinese army.

In the ranks of the first battalion, the commander of the second company was killed on the spot, the commander of the first platoon was also killed by stray bullets, only two platoon commanders remained, and with the sound of machine gun guns, the casualties of the whole company reached 50 people, and the company that walked in front also suffered casualties, and a squad at the end of the first company was swept into the fire net.

"Don't mess around! Fight back!" The platoon commanders of the second company shouted that the troops were now in a state of chaos, and the squad and platoon leaders shouted for a while before they could barely control the troops, and the first company discovered the source of fire at this time and was ready to return fire with the second company.

It seems that the situation has improved. Zhang Wei and the officers and men of the independent company lay on the ground, and on the side, Dong Erli's mortar squad surrounded the 92nd infantry gun.

"Company commander, do you want to fight now?" Dong Erli saw that Zhang Wei and several platoon commanders did not give orders and moves, and he also understood that something seemed to be wrong, and he still felt that Zhang Wei should be asked.

In Li Village, there were only two light machine guns that fired, and now they are still killing and injuring the first and second companies in front, Zhang Wei feels that something is wrong no matter how he looks at it, if the Japanese army only has such firepower, why does it have the courage to challenge a regiment-level unit? That is, it is likely that there will be more Japanese troops in the village.

"Don't act rashly, don't fight, there are ghosts in this village."

On the road, more than 60 corpses fell to the ground, and there were wounded soldiers wailing, this is the casualties brought by the Japanese strafing to the first and second companies, and the third company has no losses, and is now trying to launch a counterattack.

The third company arched forward, naturally pushing the remnants of the first and second companies forward, and the chaotic counterattack began, and some soldiers began to shoot at the house where the machine guns were located, and the continuous sound of rifles came and went.

Behind the earthen wall of Li Village, two grenadiers and more than a dozen rifles were prepared, and after aiming at the target, it was the remnants of the first and second companies, and the two light machine guns in the private houses were also reloaded, aiming at the remnants of the first company and the second company.

The squad leader looked at the Chinese troops who were getting closer and closer, his firing just now was more of an attraction, the grenadiers did not fire, this time as long as there was a salvo, the Chinese army would collapse nine times out of ten!

The remnants of the first company and the second company slowly advanced, and then the first battalion and three companies followed, and the remnants of the first company that walked in front searched and advanced in an orderly manner.

Rifle gunfire rang out one after another, some firing at the houses where the light machine guns were hidden, and some indiscriminately hitting other areas.

In the light machine gun house, several grenade shells entered the house, but fortunately only one of the secondary shooters was wounded, and the rest of the bullets were all in the sandbags.

The squad leader himself took out the Wang Ba box and aimed out the window, the forward of the remnants of the company, away from the private house where he was. It's less than fifty meters away.

"Fire!"

The machine guns sounded again, and this time the first and second companies were much better, and there was no large-scale chaos.

"Up, take turns to launch a surprise attack, don't mess around." With the organization of the officers, the soldiers were finally stabilized and rushed forward.

The light machine gun fire was the signal for grenadiers and rifles to fire behind the earthen wall, two grenadiers threw grenades, a dozen rifles fired, and the platoon guns fired in a dense line of fire.

The sudden explosion hit the junction of the 1st and 2nd companies, two of which had previously suffered losses and were now under fire from grenadiers, light machine guns and rifles.

Some of the soldiers could no longer endure the dense rain of bullets and began to run around. The battle line of the first battalion collapsed, and dozens of remnants ran around and disrupted the entire team, even disrupting the still intact third company.

"Fire, hit hard!"

Captain Takeda watched all this, everything was as expected, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of Takeda's mouth.

Zhang Wei looked at the earthen walls and private houses, the Japanese army really played this hand, the three platoon commanders around him looked at him, and several people knew that it was time to start fighting.

"The whole company is ready to assault, leaving no reserves, ready to block the rout, and the infantry artillery will be fired at my order."

"Don't move, follow me in a row!"

Zhang Wei wanted to attack, one was to cover, the other was the follow-up troops, and now the battalion in front had collapsed, and he had to block them first.

The rout is sandwiched by the overwhelmed soldiers, and the soldiers are overwhelmed with the rout, and the situation is so chaotic. Almost following the same path, it collapsed backwards.

Zhang Wei held a Czech-style, and a row of soldiers behind him took the initiative to form a human wall. The defeated soldiers gradually pushed down, and the ranks of several hundred people stretched into hundreds of meters.

Zhang Wei aimed at the rout at the front, and the Czech-style short-point shot, and the two routs fell in a pool of blood on the spot. Then he lowered the muzzle of the gun and fired a burst of fire, and the bullet knocked a trail of dirt on the ground.

Seeing the dead man and the machine gun, the rout finally stopped, and the leading soldier raised his gun.

"Give us a way to live, there are a lot of devils in it, don't force us!"