The infantry platoon that feinted to attack withdrew its position under the cover of mortar fire from the preparation battalion.
During the probing attack, nine people were killed and three others were wounded.
The main attacking infantry squad lost half its strength, and an assault rifle group was all killed.
In front of the Japanese position, an infantry platoon of a company initially tested the Japanese defense at the cost of nearly one squad of casualties.
The remaining 30 people in the platoon returned to the position along the original route.
Zhang Wei quickly picked them up.
The three injured soldiers were dragged back to the position by their comrades.
Two of them were not seriously injured. , the most seriously injured one was carried all the way to the position by two soldiers, and the soldiers in the trench immediately surrounded him.
Zhang Wei leaned over and took a look, and saw that the seriously injured soldier's chest was covered with blood.
A bullet had hit his chest, and the badge on his uniform was also smashed.
His face was pale, and he fell to the ground with only weak breathing.
"Let's see how it goes" "It's probably enough.
I was shot in the chest when I charged, and was bitten by a 38-gun when I withdrew."
The sergeant next to the wounded soldier said while checking the soldier's injury.
Several people around him said People were also assisting him, tearing open the military uniforms at the wound.
Behind them were Platoon Leader Liu and the panting Qiu Wei.
Several of them collapsed in the trench.
Zhang Wei took off the helmet and hat of the wounded soldier to reduce the pressure on the soldier's head.
The sergeant who was examining the wounded soldier seemed to be the wounded soldier's squad leader.
The sergeant tore off the wounded soldier's bloody uniform and cut it open with a bayonet.
The wounded soldier's exposed chest was only weakly trembling in the coarse cotton military uniform that was adhered to flesh and blood.
A Japanese bullet opened a hole in his chest, and he was also shot in the back.
Blood flowed out from the wound.
Zhang Wei looked at the wounded soldier again, his face was expressionless and pale.
Zhang Wei stretched out his hand to touch it, but he was no longer breathing.
The sergeant also stopped moving and shook his head at Zhang Wei with a sad face.
"Sir, we are finished."
"Okay, carry it down, report the list, and send the lightly wounded soldiers to the back."
Zhang Wei sat down in the trench and said in a deep voice.
There was silence all around.
Everyone had just witnessed the death of a soldier, and they all looked at the body and remained silent.
"Stop sitting here, break up, beat up those idiots on the other side, and avenge the fallen brothers."
The most despicable thing on the battlefield is human life.
Zhang Wei, who has seen too many deaths, will not be too affected. , let the surrounding soldiers return to their fighting positions, and send the corpses and wounded soldiers down.
Zhang Wei asked for a kettle from the ordering soldier and threw it to Qiu Wei, who was leaning against the trench and gasping for air.
From his performance, Zhang Wei could also imagine the intensity of the battle just now.
Qiu Wei drank water and threw the kettle away.
It was given to Platoon Leader Liu not far away.
"Batalion Commander, this position is not easy to attack."
"I just saw it from behind.
There are many fortresses with heavy firepower.
Please tell me the specific situation."
Qiu Wei's face tightened: "We launched an assault as a squad and attacked more than a hundred meters in front of the Japanese position.
We didn't charge very far.
The Japanese firepower was also fierce.
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The number of light and heavy machine guns was obviously strengthened.
In the foxhole There are also grenades.
The position is completely different from before.
Fortresses and a large number of fortresses were built on the basis of the original trenches.
The foxhole, the fort should be made of large logs, very strong, with sandbags around it, and grenade launchers are of no use.
There is more than one firing port in the fort, and there are at least two or three light and heavy machine guns inside.
In front of the position There was no blind spot, and all the forts were reinforced with sandbags and soil."
"The fortress is built of logs."
"Yes, it is very strong.
There are logs and sandbags.
Some of them are semi-hidden with floating soil.
There are not many exposed parts.
There may be dismantled beams for reinforcement.
The August 2nd mortars smashed them down.
It’s no use either.”
"The Japs probably built the fortifications while their infantry was attacking us.
When their infantry retreated, there would be complete solid fortifications available.
This was a good plan," Zhang Wei scolded.
"Battal Commander, what are you doing?"
Qiu Wei looked at Zhang Wei.
The order from above had been issued to attack.
They had to fight anyway.
The Japanese fortifications were strong.
If they rushed forward, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties and they might not be able to defeat them.
If they didn't fight, the order from above would be in place.
Leave it there.
Not attacking would be disobeying orders and wasting the opportunity to fight.
Zhang Wei did not reply.
Through Qiu Wei's description and his own observations, he could roughly determine that the Japanese army's defense was based on fortresses and semi-hidden bunkers, supplemented by foxholes and trenches, forming a relatively solid defensive position. , the fortress is equipped with a considerable number of light and heavy machine guns.
Each fort has at least two firing ports, and the firepower is flexible.
The Japanese army in the foxholes is mainly composed of riflemen, with a small number of light machine guns, and a considerable number of grenade launchers.
This is only the firepower of the Japanese army on the position.
If Zhang Wei's estimate is correct, there are infantry artillery behind the position, and the Japanese defenders can also apply for artillery cover from the regiment.
This defense is indeed difficult to attack.
The Japanese defense system has front and depth, and its firepower has been strengthened.
As long as the infantry of the Chinese army rush up, they will be attacked by rifles, a large number of machine guns, grenade launchers, and even possible An intensive fire attack consisting of infantry artillery and mountain artillery, direct and side-firing cross-fire nets, explosives and machine gun fire.
If the infantry of the national army attacks a certain fortress, the surrounding fortresses and foxholes will concentrate their firepower and launch a multi-directional attack on the attacking infantry of the national army.
At that time, the two battalions of their own preparation battalion and friendly troops will The little capital I have is simply not enough to fight.
In the previous attack, the preparation battalion also broke through the Japanese fortress positions.
Li Changgui's platoon of the second company solved them bit by bit, but those fortresses were not as good as the ones in front of them in terms of quantity and quality.
Not to mention that Zhang Wei and the others still had The tanks were strengthened, and the defensive strength and firepower of the Japanese army were no match for the enemy in front of them.
Is there no way Zhang Wei can knock down the Japanese position?
Of course there is.
Although the bunkers and fortresses of the Japanese army were built solidly, they were far from impregnable.
After all, the materials used to construct the fortresses were logs, sandbags, floating soil, plus beams and various reinforcement materials used by engineers, rather than stones and concrete.
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Made permanent and semi-permanent fortifications.
Can Zhang Wei capture the Japanese position?
Of course it is extremely difficult.
To deal with this kind of position, the premise is that the infantry unit has enough firepower.
When you rush up to attack the fortress, the first thing that attacks you is the Japanese troops in the foxholes, and then the machine guns in the fortress.
The function of the foxhole is To provide cover for the fortress, if you want to take it down, you must first suppress and clear these foxholes.
After that, concentrate the main force of the attacking infantry unit and the various firepower attached to attack these fortresses.
Only then can you capture this position. .
If it were an army of a Western power, Zhang Wei would be able to launch an attack even with the level of equipment of the Japanese army.
But the preparation battalion and the two friendly infantry battalions next to it had two 82 mortars and a dozen of them with limited mobility.
Water-cooled heavy machine guns, six grenades and dozens of light machine guns, the rest are hundreds of bolt-action rifles, and there are no usable direct-fire guns on hand.
The grenades and the direct-firing 82 mortars did not do much damage to the Japanese bunkers.
They could only deal with the infantry in the foxholes, and only two mortars were unable to suppress the infantry in the foxholes on a large scale.
Japanese army.
Apart from the simple infantry weapons, Zhang Wei's most powerful weapon is flesh and blood.
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