Chapter 439 Second-line tug of war 3 In the early morning, the mist near the second-line positions had not yet lifted.
The search soldiers of the Takeda Brigade took advantage of the dense fog of the early morning to slowly touch the second-line position.
In the previous counterattack battles, the Takeda Brigade rarely sent search troops, and basically launched direct attacks, but this time it didn't work, there was no way, it was really painful.
Before a wing-level attack, the Japanese usually conduct a frontal attack with an infantry squadron to test their firepower, and then launch an all-out attack.
The Takeda Brigade is a brigade-level unit, with subordinate squadrons and squads, and a three-level unit of detachment.
The two selected detachments of Japanese troops crawled forward, on the left and right flanks, respectively, and touched the defensive positions of the teaching brigade and the first battalion of the 65th regiment.
The task of these soldiers was to test the firepower of the defensive positions and the approximate ratio of forces, and after the battle last night, Takeda's vigilance was raised again, which directly affected his attack tactics.
Each infantry squad detachment of the Japanese army consisted of thirteen people, including a squad leader, four machine gun shooters and eight riflemen.
The two infantry squads, which were responsible for exploratory reconnaissance work, were equipped with this configuration and did not carry grenadiers, which made it easier to move lightly.
An infantry detachment on the left flank and an infantry detachment on the right flank crawled along the field, which was full of corpses, and the Japanese soldiers who had been shot and killed fell in the field.
The corpse represents the heavy loss of the Japanese army last night, but at this time it has become the best cover for the Japanese reconnaissance and search troops, and after a night, all the corpses have been stiffened, whether it is a complete corpse or a fragmented part, it has become extremely stiff.
On both sides of the road, there are also overturned baggage carts and military horses, the horses are very obedient grazing in place, staring at the Japanese soldiers walking through the pile of corpses, the Japanese military horses are mostly improved Anglo-Arab horses, Arabian horses, Anglo-Norman horses, Don Hippos, after training is very obedient, seeing a living person, did not chirp or run around.
Two detachments of the Japanese army crawled through the piles of corpses and horses of their comrades.
In front of the position of the teaching brigade, thirteen Japanese soldiers, each spaced five to six meters apart, began to advance.
After approaching, the 13 Japanese soldiers had approached 120 meters in front of the position of the teaching brigade, which was a very dangerous distance, light and heavy machine guns, 79 rifles and 82 mortars could hit, and in the infantry attack, this distance was almost the range of the fire attack.
Thirteen Japanese soldiers slowed down their advance, and the fire reconnaissance, to put it bluntly, was to hook the enemy to shoot, and risk their lives in exchange.
These dozen or so people are simply not enough to stuff their teeth, even people will be afraid of death, and they will hesitate no matter what, and these Japanese soldiers also know what this distance means.
"Quick, Forward" The captain of the Japanese army, a veteran with the rank of Cao Chang, waved his fist, with a vicious expression on his face, Cao Chang is equivalent to a sergeant in the national army, belongs to the non-commissioned officer class, and is an important source of combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.
In this situation or a rout, Corporal Wu Chang and Sergeant Cao may not be able to control the troops, and Cao Chang can force other Japanese troops to go up with an order.
When the other twelve saw this, they still crawled forward.
Thirteen Japanese soldiers, with corpses and geographical cover, quickly climbed to within 100 meters.
In the position of the teaching brigade, it was quiet, the soldiers who had eaten were resting, some were squinting and sleeping, and a small number of people were staring at the movement ahead in the position, and these soldiers in the trenches were unaware of the approaching Japanese soldiers.
The real warning function was the foxhole arranged outside the trenches, and the teaching brigade built several foxholes in the shape of plum blossoms, which were connected to the main position behind by a communication trench in the rear.
Two soldiers in a platoon of three squads of a squadron, lying in two foxholes, staring at the front of the position, the three foxholes were arranged in a plum blossom shape, the three soldiers each occupied a foxhole, and in the communication trench, there was also a group of light machine guns on standby.
The two privates' eyes widened, looking at the front of the formation, the mist had not cleared, and both of them cheered up.
They are not just fighting for their duties, but more importantly, the squad leader is watching them.
In another foxhole, the squad leader of the first squadron and the third squad of the first platoon was leisurely leaning against the wall of the foxhole, squinting his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep, but the other two privates knew that their squad leader had been staring at various situations nearby.
Just now, there was a private who wanted to be lazy, and what he was waiting for was a brain pat from the third squad leader and an insult from a Shandong accent.
Wang Weidong, the sergeant squad leader of the third squad from Tengzhou, Shandong, made a cameo appearance, sitting in the foxhole, with the Zhongzheng rifle at hand, and the foxhole where he was located was also connected to the traffic trench, and in the traffic trench was the Czech light machine gun group of the third class.
The sergeant rank of the third squad leader is naturally not for nothing, since the battle of Xuzhou, he fought under Zhang Wei at that time in Xuzhou, Lunan area, with the help of friendly troops to supplement a group of Shandong Zhuangding recruits, by the time the teaching brigade was established, it has been mixed into the position of squad leader.
This kind of veteran who has fought in the war is the most sophisticated, and now he is unhurried, and even some of them stay in the foxhole, sending the hardest work to the recruits with physical strength, and sitting in the back himself, in fact, he has been observing the movements around him.
A private was staring at the front of the position, and suddenly noticed that fifty meters in front of the position, a steel helmet had been pushed up.
The private's hand holding the rifle was a little flustered, and he remembered the squad leader's instructions and quickly squatted down.
"Squad Leader, Squad Leader" Wang Weidong, the leader of the third squad, heard someone calling him, opened his eyes, grabbed his rifle, and ran to the foxhole of the two privates.
"What's the matter?"
Wang Weidong asked with a Shandong accent.
Private pointed ahead, Wang Weidong turned his eyes and saw a nine-zero steel helmet, which was so conspicuous in the mist.
"Squad leader, do you want to fight?"
Wang Weidong shook his head: "There are ghosts, don't act rashly" Wang Weidong judged from the experience of veterans that there must be devils there, and everyone has used this method of adjusting steel helmets, so why hang steel helmets is not to hook the fire point and fire.
On this point, Wang Weidong did not immediately order a return fire, but sent a private to report to the higher ranks, and then transferred the light machine gun in the communication trench, and confronted the possible Japanese army.
This is indeed the case, thirteen devils touched it in front of the position of the teaching brigade, and the steel helmet was also made by devils.
One of the tasks of the thirteen Japanese troops was to attract the training brigade to open fire and test the firepower.
There were a lot of steel helmets left by the dead Japanese soldiers, so a Japanese soldier picked up the steel helmet on the spot, lifted it with a wooden stick, and it was in front of the position of the teaching brigade Read the URL: