The night wind blew on the soldiers' faces, and the weather, which was neither hot nor cold, gave the officers and soldiers the best rest.
The soldiers lived in the position and set up accommodation using simple tents and canvas.
Except for the guard post, everyone else had fallen asleep peacefully, including Zhang Wei.
After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army lost many troops.
At least for now, they were unable to launch a counterattack.
The Chinese soldiers slept peacefully, while the Japanese army opposite them was in panic all day long.
The one who couldn't sleep was Tang Enbo, the commander of the 20th Army Corps.
According to his deployment, all the troops had arrived at the predetermined combat positions after large or small fierce battles.
Tomorrow, just tomorrow The commander of the 21st Wing, Katano Sadami, was sitting in the temporary headquarters with dinner that had just been spilled on the table.
Chaos, all chaos.
According to the detachment’s intelligence and aerial reconnaissance reports, the Chinese army’s new 20th Army Corps and other units have surrounded the Sakamoto Detachment and Setani Detachment.
In today’s daytime battle, Aiqu and The three infantry squadrons on the front line of Lanling only returned a few lightly wounded soldiers.
This shows that the Chinese army has begun to compress the defense line and prepare for a general attack.
"Guards, go and pack up the food.
Send everything you can to the seriously wounded soldiers."
Katano Sadami was very helpless.
Since being surrounded these days, the army's ammunition and supplies have begun to run short.
This situation is not only Unique to his wing, Sakamoto detachment and Taierzhuang direction This is true for the Segu detachment, especially the 63rd Regiment under Taierzhuang.
It has already spent a lot of money in the siege.
In recent days, it has been counterattacked by the defenders, which has made it even worse.
Not to mention anything else, just those caterpillars Type tractor and 150mm heavy artillery, it is estimated that they cannot be pulled away.
The balance of the war has turned to the Chinese army.
On the morning of April 3, the Chinese troops who had had a hasty breakfast gathered in the trenches and prepared to attack.
Zhang Wei had slept all night and was in high spirits, as were the officers and soldiers of the Independent Company behind him.
Zhang Wei had just received the news.
Just now, the 20th Army Corps issued a counterattack order to its subordinate units.
In other words, a full-scale counterattack was about to begin.
On the opposite side from Liu Zhuang to Xiao Guoli is the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army.
The bayonets had long been loaded onto the rifles.
Zhang Wei and the others fought together with the 23rd Regiment.
The target was the infantry cannon in a Japanese position near Liuzhuang.
Zhang Wei had already taught Dong Erli the specific method of use.
When the attack began, it would Become a powerful fire support.
The sound of dense artillery booming came, and then the Japanese position on the opposite side was covered with flying sand and shrapnel.
The effect of concentrated use of artillery was undoubtedly revealed.
The fire from the regiment's mortars was naturally much less powerful than the barrel artillery.
After more than a dozen rounds, it stopped.
The cessation of artillery fire also meant that the attack had begun.
The "charge" troops poured out of the trenches and rushed forward.
Zhang Wei raised his Zhongzheng gun.
The bayonet on the gun looked so dazzling under the reflection of the sun, and he raised it high above his head.
"Kill, kill them, take back our territory."
Kill, the troops rushed out, following behind the 23rd Regiment.
The sand and rocks kicked up by the charging troops made the Japanese troops on the opposite side tremble with fear.
The forward troops rushed very close, but the Japanese army was not in a hurry to fire.
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It was not because they didn't want to fire, but because they really lacked ammunition, so they had to put in fire.
The Japanese army opened fire, and the bullets hit the crowd of forward troops, knocking down one soldier after another.
The Chinese officers and soldiers were not frightened, but continued to attack.
The Japanese army became anxious and used heavy machine gun grenades and mortars.
Everyone started to hold fire, and the Chinese army's attacking team finally slowly came to a halt.
On the road were more than fifty corpses, and the soldiers could only fire where they were.
Zhang Wei followed the main attacking force, and the independent company suffered no casualties.
Seeing that the attack was blocked, Zhang Wei did not want to be vague about what to do and mount the artillery.
"Dong Erli, come here, fire a shrapnel, the target is the Japanese position."
Dong Erli led the mortar squad to push the cannon over.
The old method, the soldiers held the gun mount and auxiliary hoe, and the shrapnel did not need to be aimed too far. , if you beat it, you will win.
Dong Erli followed Zhang Wei's method, loaded the shells, and adjusted the barrel and angle.
"One shot of shrapnel, target, Japanese position, good" "Hit" The artillery shot ejected and hit the side and rear of the Japanese trench.
It was enough.
Fragments and steel balls killed the Japanese infantry.
The Japanese firepower and rifle shooting were obviously weak.
After landing, the officers and soldiers of the 23rd Regiment saw the Japanese firepower weakening and took advantage of the opportunity to move forward.
After advancing for more than 20 meters, they fell into a stalemate.
Without him, the Japanese mortars began to show their power.
The shells were fired desperately, and the 81 shrapnel produced by the rapid fire almost hit Zhang Wei's independent company.
"Grenade groups in each squad, use the maximum firing range and cover the brothers in front of me."
Upon hearing the order, the four platoon leaders hurriedly separated the grenade groups, adjusted the firing range to the maximum on the spot, and conducted covering fire. "92 artillery, grenade, target, Japanese depth and Japanese position, one shot each, rapid fire" "Okay, two rapid fire" Dong Erli withdrew the cartridge case just now, reloaded a blasting bomb, pulled the gun rope, Then he opened the breech again and repeated the action again.
The second round was ejected.
The explosive shells hitting the position and depth clearly caused chaos to the Japanese army.
Coupled with the cover of the grenade, shrapnel and artillery shells set off waves of floating soil on the Japanese position.
"Fight it."
An officer from the front rushed forward, and the soldiers followed closely behind, following the officer to kill.
When the grenades were most useful, dozens of people threw them at the Japanese position.
Continuous explosions and stray bullets hit, and a gap appeared in the Japanese position.
Zhang Wei saw the soldiers of the 23rd Regiment rushing in and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.
Obviously, it was only a matter of time before the Japanese position fell.
"Company commander, let's rush forward too," Xu Yi said.
As soon as a good boy was about to exit, Zhang Wei took it back.
Seeing the desperate defense of the Japanese army and the strong firepower just now, Zhang Wei almost forgot his common sense.
The Japanese might have hidden people and mortars behind them.
"Don't move, 92-step gun, two rounds of grenades, extend back fifty meters, two rounds of rapid fire" "Extension" Dong Erli was confused and didn't know what it meant.
Zhang Wei grabbed the cannonball and muttered while operating the cannon.
"Extension is to increase the range, to depth, that is, to places further away from the enemy's positions, such as concealed areas and enemy detachment artillery positions."
Zhang Wei lowered the angle of the barrel and loaded a shell.
The shell hit a dozen meters behind the Japanese trench, causing chaos in the Japanese position.
Some Japanese soldiers who tried to participate in the counterattack and retreat were killed.
After the first shot, Dong Erli fired the second shot.
Because he did not adjust the angle, this shot hit next to the first shot.
Zhang Wei stood up and picked up his rifle.
Now that the Japanese army's position has been breached, he must be the last straw that breaks their fate.
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"Everyone, follow me."
The officers and soldiers of the independent company rushed towards the Japanese position with their rifles in hand.
The officers and soldiers of the 23rd Regiment who were originally fighting with the Japanese army on the position saw friendly forces coming to help, and their morale was boosted.
Zhang Wei pulled the trigger and killed a Japanese soldier who rushed towards him.
He had always been able to use a gun without a knife.
The other officers and soldiers of the independent company were still looking for the Japanese troops to fight as assigned by the combat group.
The remaining Japanese troops on the position were killed and more than ten people were killed.
Finally abandoning their position, the remaining troops retreated crazily.
Zhang Wei raised his gun and fired, and the officers and soldiers on the position fired a barrage of guns at the retreating Japanese troops.
"Kill, rush over."
An officer of the 23rd regiment became red-eyed and rushed out of the trench with a shovel.
He took forty or fifty soldiers with him.
Dozens of people wanted to hunt down the remaining Japanese soldiers and rushed out.
Zhang Wei stopped the others and shouted: "Come back quickly and consolidate the position."
Sure enough, the Japanese army opened fire.
The regiment's 75th Mountain Artillery and 92nd Infantry Artillery provided fire-interruption cover on the way the remaining soldiers retreated.
The troops of the 23rd Regiment were covered by fire and half of them were killed or wounded.
The rest could only run back, with less than 20 people coming back.
Zhang Wei shook his head.
This Japanese shelling also taught the Chinese officers and soldiers present a lesson
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