The mortars continued until the two attacking companies retreated.
As soon as the two attacking companies withdrew, the Japanese army launched a fire pursuit.
The distance between the two sides was already within a hundred meters.
As soon as the Chinese army retreated, the Japanese launched a fierce attack.
Fortunately, the mortar platoon in the position kept firing, which had a certain suppressive effect.
The troops of the two companies retreated from the front relatively intact.
The retreating troops hurriedly returned to the trenches, and basically grabbed all the wounded and wounded.
Seeing that the troops had completed their retreat, the mortar platoon stopped firing.
The Japanese army had already ceased fire on the position, and the front of the formation was twisted and twisted.
Lying were the bodies of the fallen soldiers of the attacking force.
Seeing the two attacking companies returning, Zhang Wei took three company commanders and another battalion commander to the right wing of the trench, where the troops who had just retreated were resting. .
The wounded soldiers who were carried back were temporarily piled in the trenches, while the battalion commander and company commander were organizing the troops to re-defense.
"We're back, how are the casualties?"
Zhang Wei walked over and asked the two company commanders.
Seeing that Zhang Wei wanted to ask about the battle situation, their battalion commander took the initiative to take over the task of stabilizing the retreating troops so that Zhang Wei and the others could learn more about it in detail.
Check out the battle situation.
The two company commanders were panting heavily and ran all the way.
They haven't recovered yet.
Their uniforms were covered with blood and soil, and their faces were gray.
When Zhang Wei saw this, he let them rest for a while.
They all suffered minor injuries in the battle.
Fortunately, they were not serious.
They were all flesh wounds and did not affect the battle.
So they called two soldiers to simply bandage them with gauze.
"The firepower of the Japanese was very fierce.
As soon as we rushed into the shooting range, light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers all came to greet us.
The brothers on the front line were not able to fight back."
"The little devil has at least two squadrons of infantry and five or six heavy machine guns."
The two company commanders conveyed the battlefield information learned during the attack to everyone, which was generally consistent with Zhang Wei's judgment, that is, the Japanese army's strength could basically be determined to be a large group.
"There are about two Japanese squadrons in the position, and there is another squadron serving as a reserve behind the position.
The Japanese in the position are probably a complete infantry brigade."
Another battalion commander next to Zhang Wei looked sad.
Said, Zhang Wei and several company commanders were also worried.
The complete defensive position of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army was so easy to chew.
Yes, a Japanese brigade has nearly a thousand troops, and now there are two-thirds of them in front of them.
In previous battles, a brigade of the Japanese army in the field could usually attack a division of the Chinese army.
Now The Japanese army used one brigade to rely on fortifications and three attacking battalions to face each other.
It was indeed not easy to capture the position.
In terms of military strength, the three battalions of the attack force have little advantage.
In terms of front-line firepower, these three battalions did not bring heavy machine guns.
The trenches were also temporarily constructed, so they were weak in terms of firepower.
This idea in front of us was very difficult.
"How many casualties did your two companies have?"
Zhang Wei asked.
"Our two families suffered more than 60 casualties combined."
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The two companies suffered more than 60 casualties, and the casualties were not very large.
"Ask for help from above."
The one who spoke was the first battalion commander of the 276th Regiment.
The two infantry companies of the second battalion of the 276th Regiment had just been attacked.
The second battalion commander was arranging to treat the wounded soldiers.
The first battalion commander thought that there was a brigade in front of him. , the idea of asking for help came into my mind.
"We have knocked down two lines of Japanese defense in succession.
It is normal to encounter nails.
It is time to ask for support."
Zhang Wei also agreed with the idea of requesting support.
The soldiers of these three battalions in our trenches and a complete infantry brigade of the Japanese army In a confrontation, one must be cautious.
He does not believe that his status as a time traveler can change the gap in hard power between the two armies.
"What I mean is that we first ask for a postponement of the attack.
We defeated two Japanese positions before and just staged a feint attack.
The brothers are also tired.
You can rest in the trenches.
If you attack rashly, you will only risk your death.
I will contact you again."
"Regiment, see if you can send some sandbags and building materials to strengthen the fortifications, and think of ways to add some firepower to us."
"No problem, I'll send someone to contact them and find a way to bring up the heavy machine gun company."
The first battalion commander replied neatly.
"Okay, it's enough to bring up one company.
Our position can't accommodate that many heavy machine guns."
The trenches of the attacking troops were in a front-line type.
The heavy machine gun companies of the three battalions were all placed in the rear and did not attack with the team.
In order to increase the firepower, heavy machine guns were prepared.
For the sake of concealment, Zhang Wei thought that one company was enough. , if all the heavy machine gun companies of the three battalions were mobilized, they would be too densely packed in the position, and the Japanese rifles would be able to hit them accurately every time they were pulled up.
"Sir, it's best to send our injured brothers down." said a company commander of the second battalion.
"good" After discussion, Zhang Wei and others decided to postpone the attack.
The troops captured two Japanese positions in a row.
Their vigor and energy were reduced, and their physical strength was also very high.
The Japanese army on the opposite side was strong.
It was time to make some adjustments and strengthen their strength.
The person who asked for assistance from the rear was the 1st Battalion of the 276th Regiment.
Before leaving, he picked up the wounded soldiers who had fallen from the attack.
The former Japanese army's first line of defense in the rear was It was now occupied by the advancing troops of the 46th Division.
When he saw someone retreating in front, he immediately sent people to respond.
The three attacking battalions sent away the wounded and ordered the soldiers in the trenches to take a short rest and stand by in place.
Some observation posts observed the movements of the Japanese troops.
Zhang Wei and the two battalion commanders settled the troops and took a short rest until reinforcements arrived. discuss further countermeasures.
In the Japanese position, the Japanese troops who had finished the battle had just counted their casualties.
"In the battle just now, after counting, our army killed 11 people and wounded 16 people.
Among them, Captain Cao was killed.
A light machine gun was blown up by a mortar of the Chinese army.
The corpses of the Chinese army in front of our army's position were about There are more than thirty, and the captain of the third squadron of the first squadron was injured by mortar shrapnel and needs to be evacuated for treatment."
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"Um" The Japanese captain snorted.
The small-scale battle just now was not very satisfactory to him.
Eleven people were killed, including a Captain Cao.
The corpses of the Chinese army were about thirty years old.
In terms of exchange ratio, It's not that good.
In the past, in Shanxi, this captain was used to being a weakling.
He witnessed the initial battle.
The Chinese army's offensive was quite fierce.
Three battalions of the Chinese army first captured the first line of positions, defeated two squadrons, and then captured the positions of the Japanese infantry detachment group.
The rapid and fierce offensive was also attributed to the captain.
Hard to see in previous battles.
Now both sides have ceased fire.
They have just repelled the attack of two companies of the Chinese army.
Zhang Wei and his three battalions have made new countermeasures.
After receiving the authorization from the captain of the defensive line, Ryoichi Itanishi, the captain of the front line of defense There is also a new plan, which was almost defeated by the Chinese military before.
The team kept fighting on the ground, losing two lines of position, and more than one squadron was killed.
The own brigade also suffered some casualties in the shelling, not to mention the depth.
It had just regained stability after being bombed by heavy artillery, and it is still being reinforced.
What about the fortifications and concealment units in the rear?
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