The defensive positions of the 2nd Squadron on the right were fierce, and the Japanese attacking troops on the left flank were not idle, running and charging at the positions near the village.
Stationed in and near the village is the first squadron, the third squadron, a heavy firepower platoon, an engineer platoon, a heavy platoon, it can be said that the essence of the entire brigade is guarded here, the Japanese army is not clear about the strength of the defenders, but because of the existence of the village, Takeda Masayuki still sent more troops to attack here, and among the infantry who charged on the front line, the proportion of people attacking the left flank position was more.
The right side has been fighting for a while, and the left flank position is about to open.
Zhang Wei returned to the command post in the village and controlled the defense of the whole line, and Li Shaoyan, the leader of the heavy fire squadron, also returned to the command post with Zhang Wei.
Outside the observation port, he saw that the Japanese attacking troops were in an orderly manner, although the speed of the attack was obviously accelerated, but all the tactical requirements and tactical actions were completed in place, and several long skirmish attack lines approached the left position in an orderly and rapid manner.
The village is close to the road, on the left side of the road, and on the left flank of the village, is a preset position, garrisoned by Zheng Yiqun's third squadron, the preset position has a communication trench, and the village is directly connected with the village, the village and the preset position together form a defensive system, and the Japanese army attacked with a horizontal attack line.
Zhang Wei stayed in the command post, the surroundings were very quiet, only the sound of the radio, that was communicating with the 65th Regiment and the division headquarters in the rear, from the scale of the Japanese army's attack, Zhang Wei roughly estimated the strength of the Japanese army, the total strength used to fight the main force of the brigade and the second squadron was about 200 people, judging from the sound of the artillery on the side of the second squadron, the cannon of the second squadron was the 92nd infantry gun, which was the standard brigade gun of the Japanese army.
Zhang Wei said: "The mortar platoon can't fire without authorization, did you tell Dong Erli, the platoon commander of the 82nd mortar platoon, about this?"
Li Shaoyan snorted: "I've confessed." ” The big war was imminent, Li Shaoyan followed Zhang Wei's side, firstly, there was no one around Zhang Wei except for the signal corps, and he needed the help of officers, and secondly, the position of heavy firepower squadron leader could not command much, so Li Shaoyan simply left Zhang Wei to help.
This 82nd mortar platoon is the support artillery of the current teaching brigade, and the platoon commander Dong Erli is a veteran who followed Zhang Wei in Taierzhuang, and he is stationed in the village, and Zhang Wei must personally command this platoon, and it cannot be allowed to expose its firepower prematurely.
At present, among the defenders in the village, He Jinhai's engineer platoon and the 82nd mortar platoon, He Kun's baggage platoon is directly in the hands of Zhang Wei, He Jinhai's engineer platoon is used as a reserve, the baggage platoon can only be called up at the last moment, and the mortar platoon is the supporting firepower, the main force guarding the village entrance is the first squadron, and the garrison force of the preset position on the left side of the village is Zheng Yiqun's third squadron, these two squadrons are the main force of the garrison, and they are basically open land in front of them, and they are also the necessary road sections for the Japanese attack.
The Japanese infantry quickly followed up and soon advanced to a distance of 100 meters, Zhang Wei handed over the full force of the fire to Qiu Wei and Zheng Yiqun, and now there was not enough communication equipment for him to command the squadrons to fire, and the battle line was not short, and many situations had to be temporarily controlled by the squadron commanders.
"Charge" "Attack Forward" Qiu Wei was half squatting behind the low wall at the entrance of the village, half lying on sandbags, staring at them in the battle order of the Japanese army, a squadron and a small part were stationed in the village, and most of them relied on the village buildings to build fortifications near the village entrance.
The small number of soldiers stationed in the village of the first squadron also carried grenadiers and grenades equipped with grenadiers and grenades, climbed to the roof, and placed sandbags on the side of the roof with the back of the Japanese army, and hid them on it, ready to use the height advantage of the warp weapons and houses to attack the Japanese troops.
Qiu Wei's command location was arranged on a bunker renovated from a low wall, next to which was a small artillery squad directly under the 1st Squadron, and four Chinese-made Type 27 50 grenadiers were erected behind the low wall.
"Squadron leader, the devil has rushed to a hundred meters."
The squad leader of the small artillery squad directly under the first squadron cautiously crawled under the low wall and said.
Qiu Wei looked into the village, and then at the preset position of the third squadron, with a determined expression on his face.
"It's time, fight" Qiu Wei ordered to open fire, and the twelve soldiers of the small artillery squad pulled the hair drawers of the four grenadiers, and the four grenades were discharged one after another within ten seconds, and fell in the ranks of the Japanese army, firing the first shot of the first squadron.
As soon as the shells landed, the guns of the first squadron in the position were fired, and there was an intensive fire in front of the village, and Zheng Yiqun's third squadron, after the first squadron opened fire, also followed Qiu Wei's pace and launched an attack on the Japanese troops in front of the preset position.
In front of the position on the left flank, guns rang out.
Zhang Wei observed the movement of the Japanese army in front of the position, the moment he opened fire, the Japanese army was like a leek, swept down a piece, the garrison force of the two squadrons, the firepower was very fierce, there were six heavy machine guns alone, the standard configuration of a battalion of the national army was six heavy machine guns, and the teaching brigade because of Zhang Wei, there were a total of nine heavy machine guns, and now each squadron is equipped with a heavy machine gun platoon of three.
Here, the second and third squadrons were equivalent to blocking the defensive positions of two infantry company-level units with the heavy machine-gun fire of one battalion, and there was open ground in front, and the Japanese army naturally lost a lot of blood.
As soon as the battle on the left flank began, the Japanese army suffered a loss, and even if the attack of more than one squadron of the Japanese army had already spread out the formation, it was still inevitable that there would be many casualties, and this beginning fell into a bitter battle.
The Japanese officer in command gave the order to let the troops of this squadron charge against the fire of the teaching brigade, and let the heavy machine guns equipped with the 92 style desperately cover and fire suppressive fire at the position at the entrance of the village and the field trench position next to it.
"Dada" continued to explode with a heavy machine gun.
In the position at the entrance of the village, the heavy fire platoon equipped the ZB37 heavy machine guns of the 1st Squadron fired at the firing port of a reinforced house with sandbags and sheltered debris piled up near it, regardless of the risk of continuous fire.
The muzzle of the heavy machine gun was deliberately not exposed, but the body of the gun was placed in the house to ensure maximum concealment, conceal the muzzle flame, and transform the house into a low-level pillbox.
In order to facilitate the shooting, the heavy machine gun team hung the bullet box on the gun, and the sergeant who operated the machine gun firing adjusted the rate of fire of the machine gun to the maximum speed of 700 rounds per minute, and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops in front of the position.
The machine gunner regularly slides the muzzle of the machine gun from side to side, and these bullets will form a fan-shaped fire surface in front of the position.
The Japanese troops attacking the left flank, like the Japanese troops who were now fighting the right, had never felt such a strong infantry firepower of the Chinese army, and the battle was extremely difficult from the beginning.
The Japanese infantry detachment attacking the entrance of the village was completely under the heavy rain of machine guns, grenadiers, and grenades of a squadron, and within 100 meters, the accuracy and density of all kinds of firearms were not bad, and some people were hit after advancing two or three steps.
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