The infantry guns and heavy machine guns of the Takeda Brigade also tacitly stopped attacking the Teaching Brigade after the opposite side was quiet.
On the battlefield, silence returned.
Zhang Wei was in the command post, the position again entered silence and darkness, and in the trenches of the teaching brigade, light and heavy machine guns and mortars were emitting smoke after firing.
Even in the dark of night, drifting smoke and particles could still be seen, and the familiar smell of gunpowder filled the air.
Zhang Wei barely commanded much just now, except for ordering the mortar platoon to attack the road, the rest of the battles were mostly commanded by the soldiers themselves or grassroots officers, in fact, this kind of battle did not need Zhang Wei's command very much.
After all, shooting on the spot is the mainstay, and the combat organization relies entirely on front-line officers, non-commissioned officers, and veterans.
As soon as the battle stopped, there was no major movement on the position, except for the shouts of some officers and soldiers, as well as the wails of the wounded soldiers due to the pain of the battle wounds, they were still firing a moment ago, and now no one dared to act rashly, Zhang Wei did not hear any major movements, and the same was true of the battle line of the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment of the friendly army on the right.
Zhang Wei estimated that there was no situation over there, and during the attack, the firepower of the teaching brigade was much stronger than that of the friendly troops on the right, and the attention of the devils was mainly on the teaching brigade, and the shelling was directed at the teaching brigade, and Zhang Wei did not see the fire of the bomb explosion in the friendly position at all.
It is a fact that the overall strength of the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment of the friendly army is not as good as that of the Teaching Brigade, and now there is no accident over there, and the second-line position is stable.
Zhang Wei still sent a signal corps to communicate with friendly forces, but he himself was still nailed to the command post.
"Signal soldiers, go to the friendly army to see" After the signal soldiers left, the position still maintained the original defensive posture, soldiers, officers, each held the battle position, the ceasefire did not last long, and the defense should be strengthened, some recruits in the position, seeing that the gunfire stopped, put down the weapons in their hands, and were quickly reprimanded by the squad leader.
The Japanese army is capricious, although they were beaten badly just now, but they have to counterattack, that is, it is a matter of minutes.
In the process of waiting, Mu Chao's second squadron opened fire for a while, a wounded Japanese soldier kept howling in the field, and Mu Chao's soldiers didn't care about him, first, they didn't want to waste bullets on a wounded soldier who was about to die, and second, the brothers didn't want to give the devil a good time.
As a result, the devil soldier didn't know where to find the grenade, threw it over, and threw the grenade into the edge of the trench of the second squadron, injuring two soldiers.
Zhang Wei and the 3rd Squadron of the 1st Squadron thought that the devil had launched a counterattack, and asked the mortar platoon to fire two artillery to support the 2nd Squadron, and the other two squadrons carried out a certain amount of fire reinforcement.
After this round of fighting, the position entered a state of static defense again, this kind of post-war defense, lasted for 20 minutes, after 20 minutes, there was no movement in front of the position, the front-line position came into contact with a part of the guard, began to treat the wounded and prepare the work, the heavy fire squadron 82 mortars and ZB37 heavy machine guns still maintained vigilance in front of the position.
The preparation of the front line was handed over to the platoon commander and squad leader, and the squadron leaders rushed back to the command post one after another.
"What happened just now, the devil came up" As soon as the three of them came back, Zhang Wei immediately asked what the second round of gunfire was, it was quite quiet, but after a grenade exploded, it was a random shot, Zhang Wei was confused, and only thought that the Japanese army had launched a counterattack.
Mu Chao touched his nose and looked helpless: "There was a dog's wounded soldier who didn't die completely, and he threw a grenade, and the brothers who were guarding the position thought that the devil had touched it, and the whole squadron exploded." ” Zhang Wei said: "Okay, it's okay, how about the casualties?"
After a battle, the teaching brigade was the main attack unit, and it was shelled by the Japanese army in the later period, and the casualties were not non-existent, after all, the Japanese army fired a howitzer shotgun, and one shot was also done in front of Zhang Wei's command post.
"Eight of our squadrons were killed and three wounded" "The second squadron lost four killed and two wounded."
"One of the three squadrons died, one was not wounded, and one Czech light machine gun was broken."
Three combat squadrons, thirteen dead, five wounded, and a heavy fire squadron and an engineer platoon, the casualties of the baggage platoon are unknown, Zhang Wei estimated that the total number would not exceed too much, the heavy fire squadron was dispersed, the engineer platoon and the baggage platoon were not on the first line, and there was also a platoon on the road, the casualties of these three teams should not be large, Zhang Wei from the approximate battle loss ratio, the raid was quite successful, the casualties of the Japanese army could not be determined, but it was definitely much more than the teaching brigade that was waiting for work.
The fighting strength of this Japanese army was once again partially consumed.
"Fortunately, there were not many casualties."
"Captain, the devil was beaten badly, these people are monkeys looking for a group without a striker, and they will run away as soon as they fight."
Mu Chao said excitedly, and at first glance, he was "cool" just now.
Zhang Wei didn't answer, and Qiu Wei stepped forward.
"Captain, the devil has been beaten, what should I do next" After such an encounter, it is impossible for the Japanese army to launch a counterattack in a short time, their mess has not been cleaned up yet, Zhang Wei has already had a countermeasure, and the second-line position is a sluggish effect, in other words, play slowly, not in a hurry.
Besides, the news from Zhou Pu on the right side of the highway has not yet come, and it is better to be safe and stable now, anyway, it is the devil who is in a hurry now.
Zhang Wei's tone was much more relaxed: "Let the brothers rest and recuperate, just look at the position, compare the consumption, the devil can't consume us, the friendly army has to contact us, the wounded soldiers will be sent to treatment as soon as possible, build fortifications, if the brothers are tired, let the brothers of the engineer platoon come up to replace for a while." ” Having learned of the next course of action, the three squadron leaders quickly returned to their respective positions.
Zhang Wei actively liaised with the friendly positions and maintained the stability of the second-line positions, and the signal corps sent out also returned soon after, bringing news of the friendly positions, and the position on the right side of the road of Zhou Pu's camp was not attacked with much intensity, the firepower was not as good as the teaching brigade, and the force to attract the Japanese army to fight back was naturally not enough, and the casualties were even smaller than the teaching brigade.
Apart from the loss of ammunition, there were not many casualties, and the combat force was very complete.
This round of attacks was quite accidental, and the purpose of Zhang Wei's second-line position was originally to carry out a wide frontal blockade, and the planned battle should be a serious offensive and defensive battle.
As a result, the Takeda Brigade did not send the top soldiers and troops to search and advance in the fields on both sides, and relied too much on the road in terms of tactics and marches, lacking control over the two wings, and was caught by the teaching brigade.
The main force of several hundred infantry was blocking the road, and it would be unreasonable not to suffer losses against the teaching brigade that had built a position in advance.
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