The scale of the battle was not large.
Those who fought Zhang Wei were only a dozen Japanese plainclothes soldiers.
The battle was small, but it must not be underestimated.
The large Japanese army could not catch up, but judging from this battle, the Japanese army had already sent out Penetration of capable small forces.
Its purpose is not difficult to guess, which is to cause chaos to the squadron, attack, harass the retreating troops or civilians, and do everything possible to cause trouble to the squadron, delay the march, and prevent the squadron from completing its tactical purpose.
"Battal Commander, we have counted them.
There are a total of eighteen corpses of those Japanese.
Five rifles were seized, five of which were medium-sized.
There was also a Czech light machine gun and five flower traps.
The corpses are all there."
Qiu Wei said.
After the battle, the soldiers of the first company cleaned up the corpses and equipment of the Japanese plainclothes soldiers and placed them together.
The same was true for the captured equipment.
Zhang Wei walked towards the pile of Japanese corpses.
These Japanese plainclothes soldiers were all wearing civilian clothes, some were coarse cloth, and some were better robes.
The clothes were all different, indicating that these Japanese soldiers were disguised as Chinese with different identities.
Zhang Wei squatted in front of a corpse dressed as a farmer. , the person died from a bullet, so the image of the corpse is pretty good.
"Tear off Gouri's clothes," Zhang Wei said, and two soldiers from the first company immediately went up and took off all the clothes on the corpse.
The corpse was not tall, but his body was very strong.
Zhang Wei looked at his teeth, hands and shoulders.
Compared to most Chinese farmers, the teeth were too clean.
There were calluses on his palms and shoulders, which was completely consistent with that of a long-time farmer.
After observing the characteristics of veterans in the battle formation, Zhang Wei once again determined that these were capable plainclothes soldiers of the Japanese army.
"They are all veterans, and you can see that when they play against us."
Qiu Wei sighed from the side.
"Yes, the tactics of this group of Japanese troops are indeed advanced, higher than those of ordinary Japanese troops.
After being attacked by me, they could quickly switch offensive and defensive positions, and their machine guns were accurate.
Not long after the fight started, two of my brothers were killed.
But if you think about it carefully, it's normal.
If you go to the enemy's rear to engage in harassment warfare, you must select elites.
"Zhang Wei said.
"Report, there is a whistle in the Japanese clothes."
A soldier who took off the clothes of the Japanese army presented Zhang Wei with a silver whistle.
"It must be for communication."
"Thinking really carefully," Zhang Wei said.
Zhang Wei went to inspect the captured Japanese equipment again.
The Japanese army used 79-caliber Zhongzheng guns, shell guns, Czech light machine guns, and flower machine guns.
Zhang Wei checked carefully.
Needless to say, the Zhongzheng guns were made in China.
There were also shell guns made in China and German origin.
The Czech light machine gun is also made in China according to its markings.
In addition to these commonly used equipment, there are also two fancy machine guns.
There are a lot of these guns, but most of them are in the troops of various local factions.
There are very few troops in the Central Army.
This gun is not a standard of the direct troops.
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Equipment, formal, Czech and shell guns are all standard weapons of the central main force, but this fancy machine gun is not.
The Japanese have even prepared traps.
This thing has a short range and poor accuracy, but it can project a large amount of firepower in a short period of time.
It is suitable for close combat and uses shell gun bullets.
It is also a weapon in the squadron's equipment list, which is very suitable for harassing troops, which shows that the Japanese army has considered it carefully.
All of their firearms were weapons captured from China.
When they seized the equipment, they also found straw mats left behind by Japanese plainclothes soldiers.
Those who used shell guns should have carried them with them.
Long guns, submachine guns and machine guns were all wrapped in straw mats and used when needed.
Take it out and use it again.
The weapons used can confuse the audience and the situation, making it easy to replenish ammunition.
This calculation and thought are really good.
In this small battle, five soldiers from the preparation battalion were killed and six others were slightly injured.
Zhang Wei ordered Qiu Wei to properly handle the wounded and bury the bodies of the fallen brothers.
As for the bodies of the Japanese soldiers, they simply found them on the roadside.
The ditch was filled.
The most serious casualties in the battle were civilians.
The Japanese plainclothes soldiers fired intensively with guns and grenades.
Nearly a hundred civilians were killed.
In the face of well-trained soldiers and automatic firearms such as machine guns and Czech machine guns, these fleeing civilians Like a lamb, a lamb waiting to be slaughtered with nowhere to hide.
All the people on the road were lying in pools of blood.
The fleeing people fled in all directions after being attacked.
The fleeing team, including the defeated soldiers, almost scattered in all directions.
On the main road, almost all the people were gone, which freed up a lot of marching space for the assault column.
"Qiu Wei, take away the captured equipment and let the brothers bury the bodies of the people."
"good."
Soldiers are more or less responsible for the deaths of these common people.
They failed to protect them during their lifetimes.
After their deaths, they must at least be given a slightly more dignified burial.
After clearing the road, the march of the preparation battalion continued.
This small-scale battle reminded Zhang Wei that the Japanese army had indeed launched a small-scale harassment battle.
Zhang Wei happened to encounter one today, but the Japanese army would only Send one?
The more Zhang Wei thought about it, the more he felt afraid.
The other retreating troops might also be harassed by the Japanese army.
So when he sent someone to report the battle situation to Crazy Qiu, he also reported to Crazy Qiu the details of the Japanese plainclothes soldiers and his own judgment.
Let Madman Qiu have an idea.
If possible, it can also be reported to other troops through the radio station of the column headquarters, so that other troops can be aware of it, which may reduce certain losses.
The fleeing crowd dispersed due to the surprise attack, but instead accelerated the marching speed of the assault column.
After cleaning up all the leftovers, the entire column stepped up their march.
The remaining distance was only more than 20 miles.
Without the obstruction of the crowd, the advance was quite smooth.
The distance of more than twenty miles was not far.
The entire assault column accelerated its march.
By noon, it finally reached the destination of this day and a half march.
Xinyang, located in the southernmost part of Henan, is a strategically important place.
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Its administrative agency is located in Huangchuan, and it governs Xinyang, Huangchuan, Guangshan, Gushi, Shangcheng, Xixian, Luoshan, Jingfu and other counties.
It is the destination of this assault column march.
The Japanese army launched an assault on the Shangqiu line.
The army is not far from Xinyang and other places.
The Japanese army's overall offensive direction will attack Xinyang sooner or later, but the march and attack along the way will take a long time.
You can't ignore the retreat everywhere.
Therefore, there is still a lot of preparation time in the important place of Xinyang.
When the general retreat order was issued, defensive arrangements were also made.
The first part of Hu Zongnan's 17th Army retreated and set up defenses here.
Crazy Qiu received the order to lead the troops to retreat to the line from Xinyang to Luoshan, rest and use tanks and other heavy equipment to cooperate with the troops of the 17th Army in defensive operations. .
The troops stationed in Xinyang are mainly the troops of the First Army.
The First Army is the main elite of the Central Army.
It fought desperately in the Battle of Lanfeng and suffered a lot of losses.
It was supplementing training while preparing for defense.
This time, the defense in the Xinyang area was handed over to the First Army
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