The mortars were hit until the two companies of the attack retreated, and the two companies of the attack retreated, and the Japanese army really launched a fire pursuit, and the distance between the two sides was within 100 meters, and as soon as the national army retreated, the Japanese were beaten fiercely, but fortunately, the mortar platoon in the position kept firing, which had a certain suppressive effect, and the troops of the two companies retreated from the front in good condition.

The retreating troops hurriedly returned to the trenches, the wounded and wounded were basically snatched down, the mortar platoon saw that the troops had retreated, stopped shooting, the Japanese position had already ceased fire, and the bodies of the dead soldiers of the attacking troops were lying crookedly in front of the formation, and seeing the two companies that attacked back, Zhang Wei took three company commanders, together with another battalion commander, and went to the right flank of the trench together, where the troops who had just retreated rested.

The wounded soldiers who were carried back were temporarily piled up in the trenches, and the battalion commander and company commander were organizing the troops to rearm.

"Coming back, how's the casualty?" Zhang Wei walked over and asked the two company commanders, their battalion commanders saw that Zhang Wei was going to inquire about the battle situation, and took the initiative to take over the task of stabilizing the retreating troops, so that Zhang Wei and them could understand the battle situation in detail.

The two company commanders gasped for breath, ran all the way, and now they haven't eased up, the uniforms are full of blood and mud, and their faces are also gray, Zhang Wei saw this, so he let them rest for a while, both of them were slightly injured in the battle just now, fortunately, there was no major problem, they were all flesh wounds, and they did not affect the battle, so they called two soldiers to bandage them with gauze and simply bandaged them.

"The Japanese firepower was very strong, and as soon as we rushed into the firing distance, light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers were all hailed, and the brothers on the front line never went up."

"Little devils have two squadrons of infantry, and there are five or six heavy machine guns."

The two company commanders conveyed the battlefield information they had learned during the attack to everyone, which was generally consistent with Zhang Wei's judgment, that is, the strength of the Japanese army could basically be determined to be a brigade.

"There are about two squadrons of Japanese troops in the position, and one squadron is behind the position as a reserve, and the Japanese are probably a complete infantry brigade on the position." Another battalion commander beside Zhang Wei said with a sad face, Zhang Wei and several company commanders were also worried, where is the complete defensive position of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, where is it so easy to gnaw, a brigade of the Japanese has a strength of nearly 1,000 people, and now there are two-thirds in front of him, in the past battles, a brigade of the Japanese army in the field can usually attack a division of the national army, and now the Japanese army relies on the strength of a brigade to rely on the fortifications and attack the three battalions, and it is indeed not easy to capture the position.

In terms of strength, the three battalions of the attack force have little advantage, and in terms of the firepower of the first line, the heavy machine guns of these three battalions have not been brought up, and the trenches are also temporarily constructed, and the firepower is weak, and this idea in front of them is very strong!

"How many casualties did your two companies have?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Combined, our two families suffered more than 60 casualties."

The casualties of the two companies were more than 60 people, and the casualties were not very large.

"Ask for help." It was the commander of the first battalion of the 276th Regiment who spoke, and it was two infantry companies of the second battalion of the 276th Regiment that had just been attacked, and the commander of the second battalion was arranging for the treatment of wounded soldiers.

"We have already defeated the two lines of defense of the Japanese army in a row, and it is normal to hit nails, it's time to ask for support." Zhang Wei also agreed with the idea of requesting support, the soldiers of these three battalions in his trenches and a complete infantry brigade of the Japanese army must be careful, and he did not think that his identity as a traverser could change the gap in the hard power of the two armies.

"I mean, let's ask for a postponement of the attack first, before the two positions of the Japanese army, just now there was a feint, the brothers are also tired, you can rest in the trenches, rash attack can only be said to send death, and then contact your regiment to see if you can send some sandbags and building materials, strengthen the fortifications, and by the way find a way to add some firepower to us."

"No problem, I'll send someone to contact and find a way to bring up the heavy machine gun company." The commander of the first battalion replied neatly.

"Okay, it's enough to transfer up a company, we can't put so many heavy machine guns in our position."

In order to increase the firepower and prepare to bring in heavy machine guns, Zhang Wei thought that it would be enough to transfer one company for the sake of concealment, and if all the heavy machine gun companies of the three battalions were to be transferred, it would be too dense to be placed in the position, and the devil's infantry guns would be accurate one by one.

"Sir, we'd better send our wounded brethren down." Said a company commander of the second battalion.

"Good!"

After discussion, Zhang Wei and others decided to postpone the attack, and the troops captured two Japanese positions in a row, and their sharpness and spirit were reduced, and their physical strength was also greatly consumed. The strength of the Japanese army on the opposite side was strong, and it was the time to make a slight adjustment and strengthen its strength, and the person who asked for help in the rear was the first battalion of the 276th regiment, and when he left, he pulled up the wounded soldiers who had attacked, and the first line of defense of the original Japanese army in the rear was now occupied by the advancing troops of the 46th Division.

The three battalions that attacked sent away the wounded, ordered the soldiers in the trenches to take a short rest, and stood by on the spot, while some observation posts observed the movements of the Japanese troops, and Zhang Wei and the two battalions took a short rest to wait for reinforcements to come in to discuss further countermeasures.

In the Japanese position, the Japanese who had ended the battle had just counted the casualties.

"In the battle just now, after counting, our army lost 11 people and wounded 16 people, including one member of Cao Chang, a light machine gun was blown up by the mortars of the Chinese army, there are about 30 corpses of the Chinese army in front of our army's position, and the leader of the third squad of the first squadron was wounded by mortar shrapnel and needs to be evacuated for treatment."

"Hmm"

The captain of the Japanese army snorted lightly, the skirmish just now was not very satisfactory to him, eleven people were killed, including a Cao Chang, and the corpses of the Chinese army were about thirty years old, which was not good in terms of exchange ratio, and in Shanxi, this captain was used to pinching soft persimmons.

In the initial battle, he witnessed the Chinese army's offensive was quite fierce, with three battalions of the Chinese army first capturing the first line of positions, crushing two squadrons, and then seizing the positions of the Japanese infantry detachments, which was also difficult for this captain to see in previous battles.

Now both sides have ceased fire, just repelled the attack of two companies of the Chinese army, Zhang Wei and his three battalions made new countermeasures, the captain of the defense line after getting the authorization of the wing commander Itanishi Ryoichi, also has a new plan, before almost being pressed to the ground by the Chinese army, the position lost two, the dead more than a squadron, their own brigade also suffered some casualties in the shelling, not to mention the depth, the heavy artillery bombardment has just returned to stability, and now it is still reinforcing the fortifications and concealment in the rear.