After dealing with the Japanese army in the alley, the 23rd Regiment was finally able to successfully leave the city.
The situation was not good.
Chen Chunyi had just received a telegram from the division headquarters.
The Japanese army had begun to reinforce Zaozhuang, so the troops in Zaozhuang must retreat quickly.
All the troops had basically eliminated the Japanese troops in the city.
It was much easier to escape than to attack.
For a while, all the city gates were filled with dust.
The battle situation changed again.
The Japanese 63rd Regiment attacked Taierzhuang and was repelled many times by the defenders.
After the senior leaders of the Second Army learned of this situation, the Second Army ordered the Japanese troops in Linyi to try to reinforce Taierzhuang and Zaozhuang.
The Japanese troops in Yixian County reinforced Taierzhuang.
China also responded quickly.
Li Zongren ordered Tang Enbo's 20th Army to stop attacks in Zaozhuang and Yixian areas, shift its main focus to the Taierzhuang front line, and cooperate with the Second Army to "gather and annihilate the enemy forces" in Taierzhuang.
In response to Li Zongren's order, Tang Enbo quickly made response arrangements.
He ordered Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army to immediately move to the direction of Taierzhuang, while Wang Zhonglian's 85th Army was still responsible for containing the Japanese troops in Zaozhuang Yi County.
After receiving the order, Chen Daqing immediately ordered the troops of the 4th Division to break away from the battle and move to the Qingshan and Fushan areas.
Zhang Wei led his troops out of the city gate first, and was also the first to leave the city.
There were several soldiers from the 23rd Regiment staying to guard near the city gate, and not far away was the Third Battalion, which was setting up defenses.
"Are there any Japanese troops?"
Zhang Wei asked these soldiers.
"Sir, no."
A sergeant answered him.
"Okay, the main force is behind, you continue to meet them."
Zhang Wei looked at the dusty troops leaving the city behind him and thought that he had to lead the troops out of the city gate quickly, otherwise he would be in trouble if he blocked the city gate.
Furthermore, he had to be prepared for a Japanese attack.
The team ran all the way and soon arrived at the defense line of the third battalion.
After questioning the soldiers of the third battalion, nothing happened.
Zhang Wei still felt that they should continue to move forward and expand the search area.
After all, Zaozhuang has been fighting for so long. , with the consistent style of the Japanese army, reinforcements must be sent.
After explaining to the troops of the Third Battalion how to meet the follow-up troops, Zhang Wei led the independent company forward for one kilometer, which could serve as a warning and contact the follow-up troops without any delay.
The troops deployed in platoon units and stood guard on the spot.
In order to prevent a surprise attack, Zhang Wei sent a squad of Hao Zhong to search forward to prepare for unexpected events.
On the plain outside Zaozhuang, a Japanese search team is also advancing.
An infantry detachment of more than a dozen people is also the vanguard of the Japanese reinforcements for Zaozhuang.
In the grass, the soldiers of the independent company's forward squad hid calmly.
The squad leader was a veteran of the original teaching corps.
At this moment, he was observing the Japanese troops.
There were more than a dozen people, probably like flies in front of their heads.
There were Japanese skirmishers intermittently behind them, so there must be a larger Japanese army behind them.
The squad leader looked at the Japanese troops coming for reinforcements.
It was too late to send people back to report.
He could only fire shots.
Then he would kill this group of Japanese troops.
He used gunshots to warn the company commander that the Japanese troops behind him were still some distance away.
With this time difference, , the troops will be ready to respond to the enemy.
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The squad leader raised his hand to signal to the surrounding soldiers.
The soldiers under his command were hidden in different locations according to the distribution of each combat group.
The squad leader leveled the Zhongzheng rifle in his hand and pointed the Japanese soldier at the front in the crosshairs.
The distance is very close, almost to the nose, so there is no need to adjust the ruler at all.
The bullet hit the Japanese soldier accurately and tore a big hole in his chest.
After the squad leader's gunfire, others also started to fire.
The Japanese army unit that was suddenly attacked lost half of its troops in this moment, especially the burst fire of the light machine gun.
The Japanese army had rarely encountered such a Chinese army.
The machine gunners used short shots and single shots to kill most of the remaining Japanese soldiers.
The riflemen blocked the leaks from time to time, and finally ran away two Japanese soldiers.
When Zhang Wei heard the gunfire, he immediately ordered his troops to advance in battle formation, and he was still running at the front.
When he reached the place, Zhang Wei crawled on the ground and saw scattered Japanese corpses.
There were no casualties in the forward squad.
After asking the forward squad leader, Zhang Wei concluded that this was the Japanese search team, so there must be a large force behind.
Their purpose was to reinforce Zaozhuang, and they must be blocked, otherwise the 23rd Regiment and even the 4th Division would be in danger.
"Defend in place and dig trenches" Zhang Wei's shout was an order.
Each platoon spread out and began to dig simple individual soldier pits as a group.
At this time, it was too late to build trenches, and it was impossible to connect the foxholes.
We could only rush in before the Japanese army arrived.
I had dug a simple personal pit before.
The soldiers began to dig trenches in combat groups.
In each three-person combat group, only one person was on the spot to guard, and the other two were digging on the spot with small shovels.
Each foxhole was formed in this way.
Naturally, Zhang Wei had people digging his foxholes for him.
He took a telescope and looked into the distance, which was almost a flat plain.
Once this kind of terrain was attacked on a large scale, the entire national army in Zaozhuang might be destroyed.
The appearance of the Japanese army just now was very strange.
Normally, the distance between the forward search team and the main force was only one kilometer at most.
But now, except for the scattered Japanese soldiers in the telescope, no large force was seen at all.
Troops, that is to say, the Japanese troops just stretched their battle lines too long and were too far away from the main force, so the main force had no time to rush here.
Maybe those Japanese soldiers were on their way back to report the news.
Zhang Wei thought for a while.
This was a good thing for himself and the army.
Looking at the individual soldier pit that was gradually taking shape, Zhang Wei called the four platoon leaders.
"Take care of your respective platoons later, and fire again when you hear my gunfire.
The grenade groups should be placed at the back of each squad to provide support at any time, so as not to cause chaos."
"Company commander, what if there are too many Japanese?"
He Kun asked a useful question.
Zhang Wei put away his telescope: "The Japanese are now fighting too long.
They are fighting us in the Zaozhuang area, and they have to divide their troops to go to Taierzhuang.
Commander Tang still has troops and divisions here.
They don't have enough people at all." ” "The front is too long and there are too many battlefields.
The Japanese troops must be scattered.
They will not have many people, and it is impossible to use all their troops in the attack.
They must first carry out a wide-frontal search and then attack.
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We only need to withstand it.
Just let Captain Chen and the others prepare."
Several platoon leaders took Zhang Wei's reassurance and had an idea in their minds.
However, Xu Yi was still a bit drum-beating.
After all, he was fighting the Japanese seriously, and it had only been a few days.
They still had some understanding of what Zhang Wei said about frontal search.
Hard work.
Zhang Wei jumped into the foxhole dug for himself by the search team and placed his belongings on the edge of the hole.
The surrounding soldiers have basically made preparations, and a simple defense system consisting of dozens of foxholes has been formed.
Behind Zhang Wei, Dong Erli's mortar squad also dug a position.
Zhang Wei would personally command them.
During the battle in Zaozhuang, Dong Erli obtained three grenades and a batch of ammunition, and finally equipped them again.
Now, we have to wait for time and wait for the Japanese army to take action
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