A fierce battle ensued, and the Japanese were outnumbered, with a full infantry squadron of more than 180 men.

There were only seven platoons of more than 40 people guarding the trenches, but they relied on light and heavy machine-gun fire to intercept the Japanese attack.

After more than a dozen devil soldiers were killed, the remaining devil soldiers lay on the ground, and they held rifles to shoot at the soldiers exposed in the trench.

At the same time, a hundred meters behind, the Japanese 3rd Squadron quickly began to concentrate the fire of the whole squadron to suppress the trenches and cover the charge of the 2nd Squadron in front.

The nine Type 92 heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron quickly strafed the trenches, and bullets rained down on the position.

The bullets fired by the Japanese army could be said to be impenetrable, and more than a dozen soldiers were caught off guard, they were hit by bullets, and these soldiers died on the spot.

Grenades, light and heavy machine gun bullets, rifle bullets, the Japanese army showed its fierce side.

After the previous defeat, Kenji Suzuki summed up the lessons of the failed attack, and he took a hard-hitting approach to deal with the stubborn defense of the prefectural brigade.

Light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers were the mainstay of the defensive operations of the county brigade, and the Japanese army also adopted this method.

They also used these weapons against the county brigades, and they took advantage of their numerical superiority to suppress the defenders' firepower.

It can be said that if it were not for the mortar company fighting out eight Japanese guns at the cost of losing four mortars, if this artillery was almost erected under the noses of the soldiers of the county brigade could shoot, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even without the fire of these eight guns, the fire of two infantry squadrons and one machine gun squadron had already suppressed the fire of seven platoons.

The fighters had already taken refuge in the trenches, two of the six light and heavy machine guns had been lost, and three grenadiers were knocked out by the Japanese grenadiers at the first time.

Although there was a distance between the two infantry squadrons, the third squadron, which was the farthest from the trench, was only about 200 meters away from the trench.

This distance was the distance at which the Japanese grenadiers and machine gun shooters could show their best marksmanship, and they taught the grenadiers and machine gun shooters of the county brigade a lesson.

All nine grenadiers of the third company were destroyed, and one of the three light machine guns of the seventh platoon was blown up.

The second platoon of heavy machine guns lost four soldiers, who were in charge of a heavy machine gun, and the heavy machine gun was now completely furnished.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese firepower is too fierce, let's retreat to the second-line position." Chen Yang walked quickly to Sun Weiguo's side, and he said his suggestion.

Now that the fire of the seventh platoon was completely suppressed, and the third company did not have any reserves, if the trenches here were captured, the Japanese would be able to break through directly into the village.

Chen Yang wanted to retreat to the second-line defensive position at the head of the village, and use the strong fortifications of the second-line defensive position to inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese army.

Sun Weiguo glanced at the situation, he shook his head and refused, the trenches here must be defended.

Once the trenches here are abandoned, then the Japanese may attack the frontal trenches.

If the front-line positions on the periphery of Nanzhuang Village are lost, all the troops will be withdrawn to Nanzhuang Village.

Although there are strong fortifications in the village, it should not be forgotten that the Japanese army has a complete artillery brigade.

If all the personnel of the county brigade are crowded into the village, the lethality of the Japanese artillery shells will increase a lot, and the Japanese army will bring heavy losses to the county brigade by shelling alone.

Sun Weiguo was very aware of this, so he knew that the position here had to be defended.

"Immediately bring me up a company, and let the mortars company stones come here to see me at once." Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.

The signal corps immediately began to convey Sun Weiguo's orders, while the soldiers continued to stay in the trenches.

The shooting of the devil soldiers continued, and some of the devil soldiers of the second squadron took the opportunity to move towards the trench.

Two infantry squadrons, eighteen grenadiers, eighteen light machine guns, grenadiers and machine gun shooters fired wildly.

The sound of miniature grenades exploding came and went, and the bullets from the light machine guns poured like rain.

The Japanese riflemen lay on the ground, they took aim with their rifles, and even if the soldiers accidentally showed their heads, they would immediately pull the trigger, and the bullets would kill the soldiers.

Obviously, the Japanese army was very successful in this operation, and they used the advantage of weapons and numbers to suppress the fire of the seven platoons to the death.

Sun Weiguo didn't pay attention to the Japanese shooting, he found Zhao Wei, the company commander of the machine gun company, and whispered a few words to Zhao Wei.

Zhao Wei nodded immediately, and he quickly left the right position.

Kenji Suzuki, who was watching the battle from behind, had a smug smile on his face, he lowered his binoculars and yawned lightly.

It was already four o'clock in the morning, and in Suzuki's opinion, before the morning, his troops would definitely be able to attack Nanzhuang Village.

It's just that Kenji Suzuki doesn't know that there are more than 500 main troops on the periphery of Nanzhuang Village, and they can be thrown into battle at will.

What he didn't even know was that the troops of the 386th Brigade in Pingding County had begun to assemble, and the 386th Brigade, under the leadership of Brigade Commander Chen, had already begun to take action.

Kenji Suzuki has an obvious advantage in Nanzhuang Village, but looking at the overall situation of Pingding County, Kenji Suzuki is obviously at a disadvantage.

It's just that he won't realize this, and he is now looking forward to his troops entering Nanzhuang Village and annihilating all the local forces of the Eighth Route Army in Nanzhuang Village.

And he also knew that Sun Weiguo must be in Nanzhuang Village, and he wanted to personally cut off Sun Weiguo's head as a trophy.

"Order the front-line troops, after attacking Nanzhuang Village, try to capture Sun Weiguo alive, and I will personally cut off Sun Weiguo's head."

Kenji Suzuki, who put down the binoculars, held the handle of the saber in his right hand, and a grim smile appeared on his face.

"Hey, Co-Captain." The signal soldier bowed respectfully, and he immediately ran towards the front line.

The artillery brigade continued to fire explosive shells into the village, interfering with the mortar battery's operations.

The 94-type mountain artillery has a firing range of more than 8,000 meters, a distance that cannot be reached by mortars.

Artillery brigades take advantage of this, they interfere with the mortar battery operation, and as soon as the mortar is exposed, they will immediately and accurately hit the mortar.

The heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron seemed to be free of money, and when their fire did not stop, the barrels of the heavy machine guns had become noticeably red.

The two infantry squadrons began to cooperate in battle, the third squadron in the rear continued to shoot, and the second squadron moved towards the trench.

Nine infantry squads of the 2nd Squadron, which left grenadiers and machine-gun shooters in cover, and nearly a hundred riflemen advanced under the leadership of squad leaders and squad leaders.