Chapter 65: Retreat to the second line

Liu Qian glanced at Sun Weiguo with a complicated expression, she bit her lip lightly, and then followed the health team to evacuate the trench.

They still need to go back to treat the seriously injured, even if Liu Qian is worried about Sun Weiguo, she must rush back quickly.

Sun Weiguo's waist still hurts slightly, but now he can't take care of so many things.

After seeing Liu Qian leave, Sun Weiguo inspected inside the trench and saw that the soldiers had left nothing behind, so he immediately retreated along the communication trench.

The first line of trenches was abandoned, and the second platoon, led by Liu Xi, retreated to various fortifications at the head of the village.

At the head of each village in Nanzhuang Village, Sun Weiguo established a more solid second-line defensive position.

The second-line defensive position is different from the first-line defensive trenches, in the second-line defensive position, Sun Weiguo takes light and heavy machine gun fire points as the main fulcrum, and deploys a large number of foxholes around it, and the characteristics of the second-line defensive position are to concentrate light and heavy machine guns to shoot the enemy, and the infantry plays an auxiliary role.

The fighters of the second platoon were already hiding in their respective foxholes, which were very close to the first-line trenches, only fifty meters.

The three Maxim heavy machine guns, four Czech light machine guns, and two mortars of the machine gun squadron were all assembled in the frontal defensive positions.

At the same time, the four platoons that retreated to rest, Sun Weiguo asked them to leave grenadiers and light machine guns in their positions.

Four grenadiers and four crooked light machine guns were also deployed at various firing points, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese troops.

The two platoons had lost two grenadiers and two crooked light machine guns in previous battles, so they were left with only that possessions.

However, Sun Weiguo gave up the first-line trenches, but he gathered eleven light and heavy machine guns, three mortars, four grenadiers, and an infantry platoon in the second-line position.

Eleven light and heavy machine guns were the focus of this operation, and whether they could hold their positions or not depended on their performance.

"Weiguo, I just took a closer look, the infantry didn't carry rifles in the foxholes, what are you doing with so many grenades left for them. You won't be thinking about ......."

After the political commissar of the county brigade deployed the task, she came to Sun Weiguo, and she raised her own questions.

Fan Shuming followed behind Shen Wei covered in dust, he had been lying in the trench in the previous battle, and he found Shen Wei immediately after the battle.

Shen Wei knew that Fan Shuming had not participated in the battle, so she took Fan Shuming with her.

"Hmph, commissar, do you need to ask? He intended to sacrifice these soldiers, and he let the soldiers detonate the grenades and die with the Japanese army. No wonder he was able to annihilate so many devil soldiers, it turned out to be such a method. Fan Shuming looked at Sun Weiguo indignantly and said with a grim face.

"Smack" Sun Weiguo came directly in front of Fan Shuming, he raised his right hand and directly gave Fan Shuming a slap.

Fan Shuming's cheeks immediately became red and swollen, he looked at Sun Weiguo in front of him in astonishment, he almost couldn't believe that he was beaten by Sun Weiguo again.

"Political commissar, you have also been on the battlefield to command battles, how to deal with disturbing the morale of the army during the battle, you can do it yourself."

Sun Weiguo looked at Shen Wei coldly, he said in a cold tone, his right hand was already holding the shell gun on his waist.

"This ......," Shen Wei said with a complicated face.

She glanced back at Fan Shuming sternly, and signaled Fan Shuming not to talk nonsense.

Sun Weiguo snorted coldly, and he returned to the various fortifications to check the deployment of light and heavy machine guns.

After inspecting the fortifications, Sun Weiguo came to the foxhole again, and after condolences to the soldiers, Sun Weiguo came to a vacant foxhole.

"Squadron leader, it's too dangerous here, you better go to the back and command." Liu Xi, the second platoon leader, hurriedly came to Sun Weiguo, and he said nervously.

Knowing that Sun Weiguo was lying in the foxhole, the officers above the squad leader and above of the machine gun squadron immediately rushed over.

"Squadron leader, you are injured in the waist, it is better to go back to the command headquarters, leave it to us here, if you lose your position, we are willing to come and see you."

The officers of the machine gun squadron came to Sun Weiguo, looked at Sun Weiguo, and they said with a serious face.

After a while, the squad leaders of the second platoon also rushed over, they didn't want Sun Weiguo to be in such a dangerous place.

"My Sun Weiguo's life was also given by my father's mother, and the lives of the soldiers were also given by my father's mother, soldiers can take risks, why can't my Sun Weiguo take risks. Everything here is designed by me, the tactics are conceived by me, don't you have faith in me? Sun Weiguo sorted out the grenades in the trenches, and he said with a smile.

"Confidence, it's just ...... here," Liu Xi and Liang Tieniu said hurriedly, their faces full of solemn expressions.

"If you have the confidence, go back quickly, you are gathered here, do you want to be bombarded by the artillery of the devil soldiers, go back quickly, this is the order." Sun Weiguo said solemnly.

Liang Tieniu and the other officers glanced at each other, and they returned to their defensive positions.

Sun Weiguo was not persuaded by them to return to the rear headquarters, but Sun Weiguo's approach greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers.

Officers are the courage of soldiers, and only when officers play a leading role can soldiers give full play to their combat effectiveness.

The soldiers of the cannon squadron and the second platoon secretly made a decision in their hearts that they wanted to play to the best of their ability, because their commander was on the front line.

Shen Wei and Fan Shuming's eyes widened, they never dreamed that Sun Weiguo would fight in the foxhole with the soldiers.

"He ......" Shen Wei glanced at Sun Weiguo with a complicated face, she didn't know how to describe Sun Weiguo.

The Japanese army's operational meeting was over, and Kakuei Ueda readjusted the combat units.

After knowing that the puppet cavalry refused to give up his life, Ueda Kakuei deliberately arranged the puppet cavalry to attack in the front.

Kakuei Ueda still put the main attack on the front, and he felt that his troops had suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of the prefectural brigade would definitely be even greater.

This time, the Japanese invested very strong forces, and he threw the 1st Squadron, the 4th Squadron, the Machine Gun Squadron, and the puppet cavalry all into a frontal attack.

The 3rd Squadron was still responsible for the feints on both sides, while the 2nd Squadron, which had suffered heavy losses, remained in the brigade headquarters.

Two infantry guns attacked low, and at the same time he quickly armed his transport squadron of more than 100 men, ready to go into battle at any time.

Ueda Kakuei can be said to have worked hard with all his strength this time, and he must annihilate all the county brigades in Nanzhuang Village.

This is his task, and he feels that if he can't even annihilate the county brigade, he will lose face.

What's more, more than a hundred people have been lost at the moment, which already makes him very angry in his heart.