After Qiu Qingquan personally led reinforcements to reinforce the preparation battalion, the 155th and 58th divisions were beaten by the Japanese for nearly two days. X launched a counterattack on the Japanese army on the whole line, the officers and soldiers who had been shelled by the Japanese artillery jumped out of the trenches and launched an attack on the 15th Wing, the 155th Division cooperated with the 58th Division under the cover of mountain artillery to launch a strong attack on the 15th Wing, the shouting of the first squadron covered the Japanese artillery, and the 15th Wing was not small in the previous operation, plus the battle in the past two days, it can be called a tired division, and it is indeed quite tricky to face the squadron with more than two divisions.

The 3rd Brigade of the 15th Wing, which was holding back the attack on the 155th Division and the 58th Division, was forced to shrink and defend, while the 2nd Brigade, which was mainly attacking Zhang Wei's Reserve Battalion, suffered heavy casualties, and was followed by reinforcements and chariots led by Qiu Qingquan during the retreat.

In the headquarters of the 15th Wing, Wing Commander Morita Fan is holding the protective tube of the artillery mirror in front of him, and the soldiers and adjutants around him are urgently sorting out the files and supplies, and the shouts and guns of the squadron in the distance are getting louder and louder, which means that the squadron is attacking closer and closer.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, is incompetent and has not been able to capture the enemy's left flank position."

The first thing the captain of the second brigade did after retreating was to go to the wing headquarters to ask the wing commander Morita Fan Masa, after all, he failed to open the way for the whole wing with the strength of a reinforced brigade, and at the same time, the troops suffered heavy casualties.

Morita Fan Zheng didn't have the anger he imagined, but just sighed helplessly while looking into the distance.

"You failed to capture the position, the responsibility is not yours at all, the enemy army is indeed surprisingly tenacious this time, according to you, the enemy reinforcements also dispatched chariots when pursuing, the enemy must be elite, there were mistakes in the previous reconnaissance, specific problems, wait until the battle report is submitted, look at the decision in the brigade."

"Yes!"

Morita Fanzheng's own plan to outflank and defeat the squadron was not realized, in this regard, he was not extremely angry, as an officer who had been silent in the army for many years, he would not be angry because his tactical intentions were not realized, his tactical conception was based on the fact that the second brigade was able to capture the enemy's position, and the root of the failure was the wrong judgment of the combat strength of the opposite squadron, to be precise, due to the underestimation of the combat effectiveness of the squadron, resulting in the inability to conquer the enemy position, and ultimately unable to complete the tactical intention.

The attack failed, the 15th Wing could still defend and retreat, the two armies were entangled in the north of Longhai Road, and they could not defeat the squadron in front of them, and it was no problem to protect themselves.

Morita Fan Zheng ordered someone to put away the artillery team mirror and came to the side of the captain of the second brigade.

"I heard that your brigade has lost two squadron leaders, go back and quickly arrange the acting personnel and prepare to continue the battle." The captain of the second brigade glanced at Morita Fan Zheng gratefully, and then left the wing headquarters.

Morita Fanzheng's mind turned to the defense, the current 15th Wing still has two brigades left, of which the third brigade is basically complete, the second brigade suffered heavy casualties in the attack and retreat, only more than 400 combatants remained, and only two infantry guns were brought back, as for the first brigade, after crossing the river, it was the first brigade of the 15th Wing to fight and use the most frequently, and then defended the Luowang Railway Station in the case of considerable losses, and was conquered by Zhang Wei and them in one fell swoop, and the first brigade was almost lost. This brigade suffered a lot of losses before entering the train station, otherwise Zhang Wei and their attack on the station would not have been so smooth.

The available forces on hand can barely make up two brigades, the artillery shells are about to bottom out, but they can still be used for a while, and the two villages of Luowangzhai and Shizhai are still in their own hands, and they can rely on the two stockades as a basis.

"Order, the 3rd Brigade is to hold back the enemy troops in place, the artillery will increase its firepower, and do not care about the shells. After delaying the enemy's army, they quickly retreated, and the whole wing relied on Luowangzhai and Shizhai to re-establish the defensive line, and the soldiers left a part of their troops to contain the enemy in the village and cover the retreat of the whole wing. ”

Morita Fanzheng's meaning is to alternate cover twice, let the third brigade with little loss cover the rest of the wing to establish a temporary defense line with Luowangzhai and Shizhai, and then the third brigade retreats, and the whole wing concentrates its firepower to repel the incoming squadron, leaving a small number of troops in the two stockades to contain the squadron, so that the whole wing retreats.

On the forward position, the 3rd Brigade is fighting hard against the tide of Chinese soldiers.

The light and heavy machine guns spat tongues of fire at the Chinese soldiers who came from the counterattack, and the covering artillery fire from the rear did not care at all that the shells were about to bottom out, and carried out artillery bombardment on the attacking squadrons, and the brave Chinese soldiers fell one by one, but they unyieldingly launched a ** impact.

From time to time, mortar shells and a small number of mountain artillery shells fired by the squadron hit the positions of the Third Brigade, and in addition to all kinds of bullets, the casualties of the Third Brigade also increased sharply.

The rest of the 15th Wing on the other side retreated, while beware of possible flank attacks and chariots, gunfire, and shouts of killing that shook the sky.

The battle between the two sides fought fast, and ended quickly, after the fierce counterattack of the squadron, the fifteenth wing paid the price of two hundred casualties, under the cover of artillery fire, out of contact with the squadron, from the perspective of the squadron, after the counterattack, it was considered to have achieved the purpose of expelling the Japanese army, and caused a lot of casualties to the Japanese army in the process of counterattack, and the small number of troops left by the fifteenth wing in Luowangzhai and Shizhai were surrounded by the counterattacking long China, and most of them were eaten by the squadron. The Japanese threat to the Longhai Line was also partially lifted with the distance of the 15th Wing.

The counterattack on the entire front was carried out by the 155th and 58th divisions, and for most of the assault columns, it had little to do with them. On the position of the preparatory battalion, the officers and men cleaned up the corpses everywhere and carried them out of the trenches, and the Japanese soldiers piled up together at random, and the bodies of their own brothers were placed in the open space with care according to the system, and all kinds of weapons and ammunition scattered on the positions were also sorted out and piled up next to them.

Zhang Wei sat on the trench, looking at the battlefield that had just been fought hard, after this bloody battle, the loss of the preparation battalion was not small, the first company in the front line of fierce battles and hand-to-hand combat there are more than 80 people who can continue to fight, the second company and the third company have many recruits, in the hand-to-hand combat casualties are very large, after the two companies are counted after the battle, there are still more than 70 people left in each company, and the casualties of the heavy machine gun company are not large.

The casualties of the whole battalion were more than 200, the dead were registered and buried on the spot, the wounded soldiers were evacuated, counted, and counting the machine gun company, and the whole battalion still had more than 300 forces that could participate in the battle.

After the battle of the preparatory battalion, although the attack of the Japanese army was defeated, he was almost disabled, Zhang Wei was calm on the surface, and he was very distressed in his heart, these recruits were trained by Zhang Wei and them a little bit, and those veterans of the company, even if the injured and the alive were added together, the company could breathe only half of the rising troops, and they were all old brothers who fought all the way.

For the rest of his life, Zhang Wei, as a commander, couldn't be distracted, calm down, and the troops would continue to fight.

Wiping the blood stains on his face, Zhang Wei glanced at the three guards behind him, all three of his guards were injured in the battle, but fortunately there were no dead or seriously injured.

"Let Company Commander Qiu count the number of corpses of the Japanese army and report it to me quickly!" r