The defense system of the Japanese army in Xinzhuang was light on the outside and heavy on the inside, and more stragglers were arranged in the civilian houses on the periphery, carrying rifle machine guns, to block the attacking preparatory battalions layer by layer, but its real defensive core was not here.

The building in the center of Xinzhuang Zhuang is several courtyards, these courtyards are built of stone, quite strong, the Japanese army put the main force here, several courtyards through the courtyard wall, connected, light and heavy machine gun grenadiers, the main force is all arranged here.

The three companies of the reserve battalion fought with the Japanese periphery troops little by little outside, slowly compressing the Japanese army's defensive circle.

"Dadada"

The Soviet-style heavy machine gun fired a string of bullets, the target was the civilian house in front, two Japanese light machine guns were firing fiercely in the house, the infantry of the second company who went up to assault had already knocked down seven or eight people, the heavy machine gun bullets hit the civilian house, suppressed the Japanese troops in the room, the infantry took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army to return fire, rushed forward, outflanked the past from two directions, threw bombs to attack, and blew up this Japanese stronghold with grenades.

"Rush!" Another private house was knocked out, the soldiers of the second company took advantage of the situation to attack, Zhang Wei looked ahead, no longer a private house, but several courtyards, compared with the previous private houses, not at all on a level, the courtyard wall is high, and it is built with stones and green bricks, which is the core of Xinzhuang.

The second company finally killed those annoying houses, and the soldiers who rushed to the front took advantage of the situation to pursue, Zhang Wei looked at the brothers who rushed forward, the second company just knew that the houses on the periphery of the Japanese army, and it was a foregone conclusion to attack the core courtyard of the Japanese army, and it stands to reason that it should be carefully planned.

After all, Zhang Wei didn't know the Japanese defense in the big courtyard at all, and these brothers were equivalent to a tentative attack.

"Kill!" Suddenly there was a shout of killing from the right flank, and another group of soldiers from the preparatory battalion attacked from the right flank, and the number of people rushing to the courtyard was more than that of the second company.

"It's a three-in-a-row!" Mu Chao said that after the battle, the three companies of the preparation battalion basically broke into the core courtyard of the Japanese army, rushed over, and after the second company, the soldiers who filed the case also attacked with full strength. Zhang Wei didn't speak, the courtyard wall guarded by the Japanese army was much higher than the people, it was an absolute high-walled compound, the second company and the third company, a total of more than 30 soldiers rushed over from the two wings, Zhang Wei looked at the compound, couldn't help but shudder, no matter how you look at it, how do you feel wrong, more than 30 people get together more and more, close to the courtyard wall, more and more dense.

These soldiers had been attacking at the forefront just now, and they were rushing fiercely, almost charging forward with a bloody and brave spirit.

"Mu Chao, let them come back!"

Zhang Wei felt that the situation was not right, and immediately shouted. The soldiers who rushed to the courtyard wall could not climb up, so they simply erected a human wall and climbed upward.

As soon as Zhang Wei's words fell, a whirring sound came, and the wall where the soldiers were located burst into bursts of fire, and several grenades were shot out of the courtyard and projected under the wall. More than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground and died.

"It's a grenadier, go back!" Someone among the soldiers said.

The soldiers who had not been killed were just about to retreat back when the courtyard wall in front of them was suddenly pushed open, revealing a hole that was not too small or small.

Patches of muzzle flames erupted from the holes in the wall, and the eleven-year-old light machine guns opened fire frantically, and the remaining soldiers were hit and fell in a pool of blood......

"Damn!" Zhang Wei clenched the telescope and slammed it into the air.

"Heavy machine gun, hit me at the courtyard wall! Heralds, and the first company and three companies are in contact, no impact! Zhang Wei said.

Knocked out the officers and soldiers who rushed forward, and then the firepower of the Japanese army increased exponentially, a large number of machine gun firing ports appeared, and the grenadier barrels began to extend, hitting the main force of the reserve battalion, and the preparation battalion was not to be outdone, and fired at the Japanese with rifle machine guns.

"Battalion commander, the devil's firepower is too fierce, it's not a matter of fighting like this now, why don't you let the brothers rush again?" Mu Chao lay on the ground and asked.

The Japanese firepower was very fierce, and the firing ports were opened in the solid walls overnight, and the grenadiers were hidden in the courtyard, and the whole courtyard was a large pillbox, and the main firepower was all in it.

"Can't rush! Our firepower can't help them at all, and letting the brothers rush hard is to send them to death! Zhang Wei shouted.

Before the herald sent out arrived, half a squad of soldiers from the three companies on the right threw grenades and wanted to fight again, but they were beaten back, Zhang Wei now completely understands that the elite main force of the Japanese army is all in this courtyard.

The fire was extremely fierce, all light and heavy machine guns were fired from the firing ports, and the grenadiers fired very frequently, the number of grenadiers was very large, and the three companies of the preparatory battalion, each of which was attacked by a dense number of grenadiers.

Machine gun shells and grenades flew around. The soldiers of the preparation battalion had no choice but to rely on the ruins of civilian houses to shoot at the Japanese army, whose machine guns were protected by the courtyard wall, and were immune to almost all rifle machine gun bullets.

"Battalion commander, the wall of this courtyard is not easy to beat, the opening of the main gate is blocked, there must be devils guarding behind."

"There's no way, if we don't open the broken wall of this dog's day, let's not want to get in! Go and drag the anti-aircraft guns! "Now the preparation battalion is equivalent to fighting indiscriminately, and all the bullets fired are blocked by those courtyard walls, and they can't play the role they should kill at all.

If you want to break in, you have to blow up this broken wall, so that the Japanese army has no bunker, the preparation battalion has no firepower, and if you want to break through the wall, you can only rely on the two battle defense guns in the back.

The preparatory battalion surrounded the core position of the Japanese army from three sides, Zhang Wei knocked on these annoying walls with artillery, and then three companies launched a meeting attack from three sides at the same time, and entered it in one fell swoop, destroying the Japanese defenses, driving them out, or even annihilating them all!

The herald went down to inform the anti-aircraft artillery platoon to move forward, and the rest of the officers and men of the battalion were on the spot to shoot at the Japanese army, the Japanese army had a solid bunker, and the intensity and accuracy of the fire were very high.

Zhang Wei knew why the 78th Division suffered such a big loss last night, judging from the firepower of the Japanese army in the courtyard wall now, after the 78th Division discovered the Japanese army last night, it must have been attacked by extremely strong firepower, so it lost Zhuangzi so quickly.

This kind of high-walled compound, the guns in the hands of the infantry can't deal with it at all, and at worst, it takes a mortar to blow down the courtyard wall.

The 37 battle defense gun of the assault column is a Soviet-style battle defense gun, imitating a German-style war defense gun, this thing has the title of a stepping stone, and it is no problem to use it to hit the courtyard wall.

The battle turned static again, the Japanese and the reserve battalion fired at each other in their respective bunkers, and after the initial casualties of the reserve battalion, the officers and men all calmed down and obeyed Zhang Wei's order to find cover.