There were more than 300 people in the preparation battalion, plus the combat defense artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, totaling more than 800 people.
After a brief rest, they set off and marched in a direction facing away from the battlefield.
Marching along the direction from Xinyang to Zhengzhou, although it is a retreat, it is also a military operation, not to mention that Crazy Qiu is pressing hard.
Zhang Wei also understands some things.
Crazy Qiu is not urging him, but what he is really urging is.
Chief Du in Hunan.
East and South Henan were beaten into a pot of porridge, and no one knew how many troops filled it.
The assault column's heavy weapons, combat artillery, and anti-aircraft machine guns are all treasures.
Even if the 200th Division is rich and wealthy, losing them will be very painful.
Just that battalion of combat artillery cannot afford to lose it.
This is one-third of the combat artillery firepower of the 200th Division.
On the contrary, the hundreds of infantrymen under Zhang Wei are not as valuable as those heavy weapons.
Zhang Wei naturally became the commander of the marching team, marching in accordance with the marching sequence with the preparation battalion in front and the combat artillery battalion behind.
As for the dozens of people from the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, they were stuffed into the preparation camp, together with the preparation battalion.
Gone.
There are still a lot of people fleeing on the road, but compared with when the preparation camp retreated from Lanfeng to Xinyang in southern Henan, it is much smaller.
The Japanese army has been advancing for some time, and the wave of refugees has passed, but there are many people on the road.
Many corpses were found, most of them starved to death.
The march formation of the preparation battalion was arranged very sparsely by Zhang Wei.
There was a considerable distance between each company, platoon and even each squad.
The Japanese bombing left a deep impression on Zhang Wei, so he arranged the march.
At that time, he specifically emphasized the marching distance between the troops so that they could respond quickly if they were attacked by air.
The only major road from Xinyang to Zhengzhou has good road conditions and traffic.
The disadvantage is that it is prone to air raids.
If you don't take the main road and take an easily concealed road, there will be no problem for the infantry in the preparation camp.
But this defensive artillery battalion just couldn't do it.
There were so many cannons and horses to pull the cannons.
If we didn't take the main road, we couldn't do anything else.
Since we have taken the main road, we must be careful, as the distance between the troops and the length of the team are stretched extremely long.
"Battal Commander, the air defense sentry behind and the combat defense artillery battalion have been arranged through consultation."
Qiu Wei, who had just arrived from the combat defense artillery battalion behind, said.
In order to take further precautions, Zhang Wei decided to place air defense posts in the team to stare at the sky and pay attention to air defense issues.
He also warned the combat artillery battalion at the end of the team.
"Okay, send more messages to the brothers and pay attention to air defense."
"Yes" evacuated the team and provided air security.
Zhang Wei basically did everything he could.
The anti-aircraft machine gun platoon that followed the retreat was also made nervous by Zhang Wei.
He installed the sights of the two anti-aircraft machine guns and fired the gun.
Put yourself on the pack horse and carry it.
If there is a situation in the air, you can mount the gun and shoot.
"Commander, has Captain Mu arranged for the vanguard search team and the rearguard team?"
After the air defense issue is over, there is also the issue of alerting the troops as they march.
We need to guard against aircraft in the sky and plainclothes on the ground.
These are all lessons learned along the way.
Zhang Wei ordered Mu Chao's second company to mobilize troops and deploy an advance search team and a rearguard team.
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The forward search team was composed of one or two capable squads, dispersed two kilometers in front of the marching formation, and launched search and reconnaissance.
Zhang Wei gave them three fancy machine guns that the messengers had in hand to strengthen their close combat firepower.
If they really fought with the Japanese plainclothes soldiers, they would not suffer any losses in the fight.
The mission of the avant-garde search team is to clear the way for the troops, search and investigate, and closely guard suspicious persons.
At the end of the marching formation, a platoon from the Second Company was dispatched.
They could not focus on their heads but their buttocks, and kept watch at the back to see if there were any Japanese plainclothes soldiers following them.
Both the vanguard search team and the rearguard team were issued a large number of grenades, the vanguard team was issued additional submachine guns, and the rearguard team used basic weapons to provide security for the front and rear of the marching troops.
"Report to the battalion commander.
Company Commander Mu has already arranged the situation.
The brothers who spread the seeds in front have been sent out and are now setting up security behind the team."
The messenger replied.
"Good" air defense and plainclothes defense, the two biggest threats to the troops on the march, are now considered to be properly arranged for defense.
I hope his arrangement will not have any effect, Zhang Wei thought silently in his heart.
"Battal Commander, we have arranged everything that should be arranged.
If something goes wrong again, it will be out of our control."
Qiu Wei saw Zhang Wei's worry and said from the side.
In fact, Qiu Wei was also beating the drum in his heart.
He was most worried.
It was still a Japanese air raid.
The plainclothes preparation battalion can handle it, but if more than a dozen fighter jets and bombers come, they really can't handle it.
If the troops encounter it, it will basically be over.
Zhang Wei nodded: "I understand, but the way the Japanese army fought this time is really scary.
Not to mention the bombing, the plainclothes who infiltrated our rear are terrifying.
They can harass our troops at any time and create chaos for us. , we have almost no countermeasures, and if we attack in multiple places, the cumulative effect will affect the operations of our large corps."
"Japanese raids are quite annoying.
Like the Xinzhuang we took back, there were not many Japs inside, but in one night, they relied on surprise attacks, infiltration, and concealment to defeat two friendly battalions," Qiu Wei lamented. road.
It was urgent for the preparation battalion to retreat.
After the Xinzhuang battle, they cleared out the captured equipment and set out urgently.
The dead bodies of the Japanese troops were not counted, and the number of enemy annihilations was not accurately calculated.
However, Qiu Wei and Zhang Wei based on the battle progress and the preparation battalion's Judging from the casualties, there were not many Japanese defenders in Xinzhuang.
The preparation battalion captured Xinzhuang and suffered more than 130 casualties.
By some calculation, the Japanese defenders in Xinzhuang Zhuangzi were only half a brigade strong.
In this way, taking advantage of the night, they captured Xinzhuang and repulsed two battalions of the 78th Division that were almost fully equipped.
They attacked with unexpected surprises and succeeded every time.
The Japanese army's tactics of surprise attack, infiltration, and then paving the way for the deployment and attack of large forces really suffered a big loss.
"The Japanese are strong, so we can't show weakness.
Apart from other things, if our troops can implement comprehensive defense and do every detail well on plainclothes and anti-sneak attacks, it will be very easy for the Japanese army to succeed."
It’s difficult,” Zhang Wei said.
"Two friendly battalions, with nearly a thousand people, were invaded by others.
Hmm, there must be a problem with the defense and security.
When we heard the gunshots, the Japanese army had already penetrated the inside of Zhuangzi.
With the attack like this, it is our own problem.
Afraid of more” Qiu Wei also agreed.
When communicating with friendly forces, he did not say anything out of respect for the sake of face.
Two complete infantry battalions were defeated by others, and the first shot was fired in the village.
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Anyone with a little bit of brain can figure out what's going on.
It is nothing more than lax security, insufficient tension of the soldiers, and lax sentries.
They cannot see the shadow of the Japanese infantry during the day, so they think they can sit back and relax at night.
The final result of top-down laziness can only be death and loss of positions
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