Looking at the dilapidated position, Zhang Wei further confirmed his judgment.
The Japanese defenders in the position were at least the main force of the brigade.
Now it seems that it is indeed true.
In order to win this position, his preparation camp was indeed bleeding heavily. open Wei did not order statistics, but he could also imagine how much it would cost to attack a position where the main force of the Japanese army was stationed.
He began to advance against the machine gun fire of the Japanese army.
The casualties in the subsequent group charge would definitely not be small.
His plan was generally accomplished.
The only deviation was that he had to let the whole battalion charge in the end.
The resistance of the Japanese army in the final stage was beyond his expectation.
Zhang Wei felt that the Japanese commander reacted quickly and he was about to retreat.
Strength, the commander of the Japanese army pulled all the main force and reserve forces behind the foxholes.
This reaction speed and judgment have to be said to be extremely fast.
If it were not for the high combat quality of the preparation battalion and Zhang Wei's quick response, the Japanese army's position It may not be lost.
Taking a step back, if Zhang Wei did not carry out a group charge with the whole battalion and attacked with company and platoon units, the final stage would most likely fail.
Zhang Wei had always strongly rejected group charges in the past, feeling that group charges were only used by no-name troops and troops with insufficient training. tactics.
Today, I feel that large-scale group charges are still useful.
In the stalemate stage of the battle, or when facing an enemy whose firepower and strength are inferior to your own, carry out a large-scale group charge and use more manpower and firepower to defeat the enemy.
The line of defense may not be a useful method.
After the battle, Zhang Wei first ordered 20 minutes to clean the battlefield and clean up the fortifications, and then asked the troops to quickly enter the position and set up defenses.
As soon as it got dark, the Japanese army was very likely to counterattack.
The company commanders of each company led their troops into the remains of the Japanese army.
In the foxholes and standing fire trenches, defenses were deployed in reverse, and the unusable fortifications were used to pile up corpses.
The casualties of each company will be counted after the troops have stabilized.
The positions have just been taken.
To ensure stability, the defenses are deployed first and then other issues are studied.
"Battal Commander, why don't you let the brothers clean the battlefield together?
The battle just ended."
After occupying the position, the whole battalion cleaned the battlefield for twenty minutes.
Most of these twenty minutes were spent cleaning up the fortifications and carrying the wounded and corpses.
During the time, not many weapons were found on the battlefield.
The troops entered the trenches and deployed their defenses.
As soon as Zhang Wei sat down in the trenches, He Kun came over.
Zhang Wei understood the meaning of He Kun's words.
He thought he didn't clean up much in the twenty minutes just now.
Of course, Zhang Wei would not be stupid enough to send all the troops out to clean the battlefield.
"Batalion Commander, look, the friendly troops have carried away all the cannons."
He Kun pointed at the friendly battalion.
A group of friendly soldiers were pushing a 92 infantry cannon dropped by the Japanese army and walking back, carrying the dropped shells. and gun barrel.
"Don't worry about it.
They also suffered a lot of casualties.
We should let them seize some trophies."
In the final stage, the two friendly battalions cooperated with the preparation battalion to invade the position and fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese.
They had many recruits and were at a disadvantage when fighting the Japanese face to face. , the number of casualties is not a small number, and it is appropriate to give some seizures to others.
"The cannons were all carried away.
We conquered the position," He Kun said angrily.
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"You can sell or use that cannon.
Why do we need that thing?
We don't have many cannon shells.
We can't use it ourselves, and we can't sell it."
The Japanese left behind the infantry cannon and a batch of artillery shells.
This thing is not needed by the preparation camp, and it will not last long.
Now the assault column has combat defense artillery and tanks, why do they need this infantry cannon?
It is difficult to carry around and it is conspicuous. , Zhang Wei didn't intend to keep it in his hands.
If he had the space and time to raise the cannon, he might as well seize more rifles and bullets.
"You take a platoon and clean the battlefield.
Don't fight, don't grab.
Pick up rifles and bullets, and look for more grenades for grenade launchers."
The Japanese rifles and bullets are the most useful, both for annihilating the enemy.
The proof is useful when you need to hand over the loot.
It is also convenient to secretly "dispose" it and give it to the troops to subsidize your life when you are short of money.
Weapons and equipment flowed to the black market, and the most sought-after ones were infantry light weapons.
This thing can be used with a little practice.
He Kun looked at the infantry cannon with jealousy.
Zhang Wei thought it was complete nonsense.
Zhang Wei and the others could not use this cannon for their own use. , and no one wants it for sale.
This gun is far inferior to a starting machine gun on the black market.
He Kun got the order, led a platoon out of the position, and began to clean the battlefield.
According to Zhang Wei's order, he mainly used rifles and machine guns.
The Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns were mostly placed in bunkers, so most of them were damaged.
The main target It was transferred to the rifles.
The Japanese army still lost a lot of 38-guns.
The soldiers cleaning the battlefield first touched the armed belts on the Japanese corpses, opened the bullet boxes, checked the bullets inside, then gathered up the bayonet covers and belts, checked whether the rifles were intact, removed the remaining bullets in the chamber, and removed the bullets that had been ejected.
Reload it into the cowhide bullet box, and remove the bayonet into the bayonet scabbard.
The friendly forces were also cleaning the battlefield.
After talking with Zhang Wei, He Kun knew what he was doing and told the soldiers cleaning the battlefield to try to avoid fighting.
Fortunately, the friendly officers were also reasonable and gave in to the preparation camp when cleaning the battlefield. , after all, the position was taken by the preparation camp, and grabbing things from the preparation camp is unreasonable and unethical.
It was already dark.
Cleaning the battlefield and fortifying the fortifications were proceeding very quickly.
He Kun found Zhang Wei with the results and numbers of the cleaning.
In the end, a total of fifty-four intact 38-type rifles were cleared from the position, and A large number of 65-caliber bullets, two crooked light machine guns, a batch of grenades, grenades and five-piece grenades.
After Zhang Wei learned about it, he ordered He Kun to replenish grenades and Type 91 grenades to the grenade group of the first company to supplement the battle losses.
The remaining rifles, machine guns, grenades and ammunition were sorted out and prepared for evacuation.
The rifles were equipped with hemp.
The ropes and bundles were tied together, and when the time was right, they were sent over and mounted on the pack horses of the heavy machine gun company.
In addition to the number of seizures, the casualties of each company also came out.
Qiu Wei, Mu Chao, and Zheng Yiqun personally reported the losses to Zhang Wei.
There were more than a hundred people in the first company before the battle.
The number and organization were the most complete.
In this battle, the first company was the absolute backbone. , the battle pillar will inevitably bring tragic casualties.
The entire company suffered more than 60 casualties.
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The second company suffered 30 casualties.
Although the third company entered the battle last, it also had the most recruits, resulting in more casualties than the second company.
The entire company suffered more than 40 casualties.
The entire battalion Pure combat attrition reached more than 160 people, and the casualties were quite heavy.
In addition to the preparation battalion, friendly forces also suffered heavy casualties.
This was the fiercest battle that the preparation battalion had fought since it joined the war in eastern Henan, and it was also the battle with the most tragic casualties.
Due to the heavy casualties, many of the infantry platoons and infantry squads under the three companies had been beaten and lacked personnel. , the organizational structure was incomplete, some classes only had a few people or even one person left, and some platoons had less than 20 people in total.
Zhang Wei had to readjust the organization.
After this battle, each company suffered heavy casualties, and the number of remaining soldiers was about the same.
Zhang Wei ordered each company to temporarily reduce its number to two infantry platoons, and the skirmishers were enriched into larger units.
Each company was restored from three platoons to two.
A fully organized infantry platoon is the best way to maintain combat effectiveness when each company has less than a hundred men
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