Chapter 295: Attack on Xinzhuang
Zhang Wei and the three company commanders discussed for a long time, and several people did not argue much, and after listening to the opinions of the three people, Zhang Wei made a decision.
Qiu Wei's first company attacked from Xinzhuang's left flank, Mu Chao's second company moved with Zhang Wei and attacked from the front, and Zheng Yiqun's third company attacked from Xinzhuang's right flank.
In the temporary attack plan, each company was reinforced with one heavy machine gun in terms of firepower, and three of the four machine guns of the battalion's heavy machine gun company were transferred to provide fire support to the troops after the attack of each company.
After the company commanders clarified their tasks, they returned to their respective companies to give orders and receive ammunition, while Zhang Wei came to the place where the combat vehicle was parked with a flower machine gun and a German-style M35 steel helmet.
Six combat vehicles were waiting quietly, and there was also a battle defense artillery platoon behind two 37 battle defense guns, all of which were on standby behind the position of the preparation battalion.
The leader of the team was the platoon commander of a chariot platoon, and the battle defense artillery platoon was also led by the platoon commander, and Qiu Maniac ordered them to be assigned to Zhang Wei's command, and Zhang Wei told them word for word the deployment of the chariot and the battle defense artillery.
Six tanks moved forward, stopped at a safe range, and before the infantry, fired at Xinzhuang with the tank's 45mm tank guns.
First attack the peripheral visual buildings, and then raise the elevation angle to open fire on the village, the battle defense artillery platoon advanced to 300 meters outside Zhuangzi and then stood on the spot, after the preparatory battalion attacked Zhuangli, the combat defense artillery platoon quickly followed up and provided necessary fire support according to the order of the preparatory battalion.
After giving the order, the six tanks took the lead and drove in the direction of Xinzhuang, Zhang Wei returned to the position of the preparatory battalion, the first-line position was already full of soldiers, and three companies were on standby in the trenches on the first line, one company was on the left, the second company was in the middle, the third company was on the right, and Zhang Wei was in the center.
He will act with the second company, the heavy machine gun company drew out three heavy machine guns, which have been converted to a marching state and disassembled, the shooter carries the gun, and several soldiers carry the bracket and ammunition box and water tank respectively, accompanying the infantry of each company to attack.
"Are you all ready?" Zhang Wei said, and the three company commanders gathered around him and sat down for the final preparations.
Qiu Wei nodded: "Ready, everyone's grenades have been reissued, and they will definitely be able to be used in a while." ”
"No problem!"
"It's all set." Mu Chao and Zheng Yiqun said separately.
"Good! Remember, you must fight and rush, we don't have a first strike now, we can only fight with them, do the best tactics, and strive for a one-time attack! ”
"Let's go back!" After Zhang Wei finished his final advice, Qiu Wei and Zheng Yiqun returned to their company, finished talking to the officers, and then looked at the soldiers behind them, the rifles were all loaded with bayonets, because they were fighting in Zhuangzi, each of them was issued three more grenades.
The grenade bags were bulging, and some soldiers even pinned the grenades to their belts. Zhang Wei looked at the expressions of the soldiers.
Most of them are very stable, after all, most of them are veterans who have fought bad battles, and there are old people in the preparation battalion in the team, as well as newly incorporated defeated soldiers, this is the first battle after they come to prepare the battalion.
Zhang Wei took off the flower mechanism behind him, raised it, and looked at the soldiers behind him.
"Brothers, Little Japan is in the Zhuangzi in front, you say, what should we do?" Zhang Wei held the flower mechanism high and shouted at the top of his voice.
"Kill!" From the three company commanders to the soldiers below, all shouted in unison, and some of the defeated soldiers in the team who were beating drums in their hearts were also infected by this atmosphere of imminent battle, and their emotions gradually became positive, and when the majority of people in a group were fearless, other people who were uncertain were also infected.
Zhang Wei mobilized the morale of the veterans of the preparation battalion, which also drove the morale of the entire preparation battalion.
"Louder!"
"Kill!"
"Okay, the dog's day is in the Zhuangzi, if we can't get into it today, we have to plant it, so, brothers, give me all the best to fight, and strive to hit the village as soon as possible!"
"Kala." As soon as Zhang Wei finished speaking, he opened the safety of the flower mechanism and loaded the gun with bullets.
"Copy guy!" This was followed by the sound of hundreds of rifle machine guns pulling bolts and reloading.
Zhang Wei lay on the trench, and the soldiers were half-squatting, which was the preparation for the action before the charge. He was waiting for the chariot to fire.
The six tanks overtook the position of the preparatory battalion, drove forward for more than 200 meters, dispersed and stopped, and the muzzles of the black holes went straight to Xinzhuang, and the whole battlefield was very silent.
In the T26b tank, the platoon commander's command vehicle uses radio communication to direct other vehicles, assign targets, and the gunners of each vehicle load the 45mm tank gun on the turret and wait for the order to open fire.
"Boom!" The platoon commander's car fired first, and the command vehicle fired the artillery, which was the signal for all the tanks to fire, and the six scattered combat vehicles fired one after another, and one 45-millimeter tank shell was fired at Xinzhuang.
The Japanese army occupied Xinzhuang, of course Zhang Wei would not be stupid enough to directly use the infantry to rush their positions, there was no good cover artillery, mountain artillery and field artillery, and even 82 mortars, only 45 mm chariot guns were used as fire preparations.
The explosions continued to sound, the gunners in the tank kept firing, and several houses on the outermost side of the Xinzhuang facing the position of the preparatory battalion were collapsed, and the collapse of the houses produced a large amount of smoke, and the tank guns continued to shoot, while hitting the visible target, while adjusting the elevation angle, and hitting as many shells as possible into Xinzhuang.
The Japanese army will not invest too much firepower on the outside, and will definitely make a fuss in Zhuangzi, and the more shells they shoot at Zhuangzi, the more damage will be done to the Japanese defense.
The six tanks maneuvered from time to time, and since it was impossible to determine whether the Japanese troops in Shonai had anti-tank weapons, they made a certain amount of maneuvering to prevent possible Japanese tank artillery attacks.
Zhang Wei and the soldiers of the preparatory battalion stayed in the trenches, looking at the Xinzhuang in front of them, which was bombarded by artillery, and almost all the houses facing the position of the preparatory battalion were destroyed, and the civil structures and thatched houses where these people lived could not block the direct fire of the 45-mm tank guns, and there were explosions in the Zhuangzi, which were caused by the shells falling in the village.
Zhang Wei did not know the arrangement of the Japanese army in Zhuangnei, and could only hope for the killing and destruction of tank guns.
"Boom!" Another earthen house was blown up by a tank shell, and the house that had lost its load-bearing structure completely collapsed, rolling up a cloud of flying sand and rocks, and the frequency of fire from the tank gun gradually decreased, which was the signal for the infantry to charge.
"All ready!" Zhang Wei waved his hand and shouted, the soldiers behind him were ready to charge, and the tank guns changed from high-frequency firing to low frequency, and then the number of shots became less and less.
Zhang Wei lay on the trench, watching the six tanks gradually cease firing, the smoke rising in Xinzhuang, this round of high-intensity firing, the six vehicles fired at least more than 100 shells.
"The chariot is back!" Qiu Wei said.
The six tanks stopped firing and retreated, clearing the way for the battalion to charge, Xinzhuang had just been covered by tank shells, and the time had come to charge.
"Attack!" Zhang Wei raised the flower trap and threw it, shouting to attack.
"Kill!" The officers and men of the preparatory battalion shouted murderous shouts and rushed to Xinzhuang, where smoke rose......