Chapter 441 Second-line tug of war 4 A round of attacks by the Japanese scouts of the teaching brigade was brought down, and the thirteen devils in front of the position were all revenants under the gun, and the explosive fire formed by a few grenades made the Japanese unable to hide and were forced out.
What followed was an accurate strike by a platoon of rifle machine guns and grenadier fire, and the Japanese troops were so close that there was no way to live, and these Japanese troops who came with reconnaissance missions were truly "dedicated to the emperor".
The teaching brigade paid nothing more than a dozen 28-gun grenades, 27-type grenades, and more than 100 rounds of 79-caliber rifle machine gun bullets.
Only one platoon-sized unit of the 1st squadron was fired, and the ZB37 heavy machine guns of the heavy fire squadron of the brigade, the 82 mortars, and the other squadrons did not open fire.
On the position of Zhou Pu's battalion on the right, although the sound of gunfire was greatly reduced, it was still very intense, and it was also the fire reconnaissance of the Japanese army, and the first battalion of Zhou Pu's 65th Regiment was really to give face to the devil, and the light and heavy machine guns were greeted vigorously.
In front of the position on the right, the crossfire composed of Type 24 heavy machine guns, Czech light machine guns and rifle machine guns formed a dense network of firepower, probably under the order of Zhou Pu, the grenadiers and grenade canisters of the battalion stopped firing, and the sound of the explosion came from the long-handled grenades thrown by some soldiers of the first battalion of the 65th Regiment to the front of the position.
Under the fire of the 1st Battalion of the 65th Regiment, seven or eight Japanese soldiers fled backwards, leaving an equal number of corpses along the way, and were hit as they ran.
For this group of Japanese soldiers, the purpose of fire reconnaissance has been achieved, but the small life is over, and under such strong firepower, the retreat of the remaining Japanese soldiers is actually useless.
Under the fierce fire of the Type 24 heavy machine gun, seven or eight Japanese soldiers were hit and fell one after another, leaving a cloud of blood mist in the air, and only two soldiers who fled back were hung with colors.
These soldiers, who carried out fire reconnaissance, fulfilled their "loyalty" to His Majesty the Emperor with their lives. ” When the Zhou Pu battalion sprayed fire, the observers of the Takeda Brigade recorded the observed second-line position firepower points, summarized them, and reported them to Takeda Masayuki.
"Captain, according to fire reconnaissance, the enemy's positions are distributed on the left and right flanks, and on his right flank, there are no less than six heavy machine guns, a considerable number of rifle machine guns and grenadiers, and the enemy troops in the left flank position have not exposed their firepower, and only one infantry detachment-level unit has opened fire, equipped with explosive firearms."
The adjutant of the brigade reported the recorded data of the observation troops to Masayuki Takeda.
Takeda Masayuki hoped that through this fire reconnaissance, he would be able to judge the general strength of the enemy's forces.
Six Type 24 heavy machine guns, Takeda Masayuki knew that this was a battalion of the Chinese army, and an infantry battalion of the Chinese army belonged to a heavy machine gun company, which happened to be the configuration of six heavy machine guns, and it could be equipped with six, indicating that it was an elite Chinese army.
The teaching brigade of the Chinese army on the left flank did not fire all of them, and compared to the fierce fire of the troops on the right flank, it was a drizzle.
"Captain, the enemy's left flank defense unit didn't all fire, it's very cunning."
Said the brigade adjutant.
Takeda said: "The fiercest firepower in the surprise attack last night was the defenders of the enemy's left flank, and I am afraid that they were deliberately hiding their firepower. ” The right flank troops, roughly the strength of a battalion, the left flank defenders' strength and firepower are unknown, but in last night's raid, Takeda was impressed by the left flank position.
The strength of the two defenders, combined, should have two infantry battalions, which was about the same as the forest division of the Deng army that Takeda fought in the village.
"Captain, these enemy forces should be the 'Sixty-Fifth Regiment' that fought with us in the village and was defeated. ” All circumstances indicate that the enemy army in front of them and the 65th Regiment that had exchanged fire in the village should be the same unit.
The mistakes and the timely battlefield handling of the teaching brigade, as well as Zhang Wei's ambush plan, directly led to the Takeda brigade recognizing the teaching brigade and Zhou Puying as the "Deng Junlin Division" they had been pursuing. ” The results of this fire reconnaissance further confirmed the judgment of Takeda and the officers of the Takeda Brigade.
Completed fire reconnaissance and the attack is imminent.
The officers of the Takeda Brigade gathered together to receive the arrangement and attack adjustment of the group leader Takeda.
Originally, the battle formation was arranged with equal wings, but after fire reconnaissance, Takeda decided that it was necessary to make adjustments.
The two infantry squadron leaders of the Takeda Brigade, the leader of the heavy machine gun squadron and the leader of the infantry artillery platoon, the leader of the baggage squadron rushed to the temporary brigade headquarters, listened to it, adjusted the offensive tactics.
The Takeda Brigade is a standard infantry brigade with a brigade headquarters of thirty men, a squadron of baggage of one hundred and ten men, and three infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron, and an artillery squadron.
After repeated fierce battles, the infantry squadron leader has been killed, and even more miserable is the captain of the baggage squadron, although it is a symbolic listening to the order, the poor baggage squadron leader, most of the original more than 100 soldiers under his command have been transferred to the infantry squadron road, and there is less than a squad of soldiers left pulling the baggage truck.
All this is proof of the heavy losses of the Takeda Brigade, which now has only a little more than 600 men left in the infantry brigade of more than 1,100 people when it set out from Nanning "The enemy's firepower matching, you have seen it in the fire reconnaissance just now, the enemy's left flank position is very cunning, does not expose any heavy firepower, the right position firepower is completely exposed, it is estimated that there is an infantry battalion of the Chinese army."
An infantry squadron leader said: "Last night's fire raid, the enemy's left flank position was quite fierce, at least with mortars and heavy machine guns, similar to the enemy troops we were crushing and pursuing in the village. ” Takeda nodded: "It is very likely that this enemy army, the number is the 65th Regiment, the number is about 1,000 people, the tactical change is very fast, and it can even adjust the formation and build a position during the pursuit." ” It seems that the mood of being strong is coming, and the Japanese officers became angry: "Captain, please give the order to attack" The Japanese officers, who had suffered several setbacks, still maintained high morale.
"All of the 1st Infantry Squadron and most of the 2nd Infantry Squadron are to attack the enemy's position on the right and cover it with artillery squads, and one infantry squad of the 2nd Squadron, and most of the heavy machine gun squadron, to attack and pin down the left flank of the enemy's position."
Takeda concentrated the main force of the brigade on the right position, that is, the position of the first battalion of the 65th Regiment of Zhou Pu's department.
Takeda's intentions are also very well understood, the position on the left flank does not expose firepower, and the firepower shown last night is fierce, it must be a strong enemy, and the defenders of the right flank position will open fire as soon as they are tested.
This shows that either there is a gap in the tactical literacy of the two sides, or there is a gap in the quality of the commander, and the performance of the defenders on the right position must be a little worse.
After the continuous loss of strength, the Takeda Brigade no longer dared to make a move to "break the strong enemy", and could only honestly attack the weak enemy army.
The decline in strength has led to the daily tactical changes of the Takeda brigade.
"Captain, is the strength of the left flank position somewhat weak," asked the leader of the heavy machine gun squadron.
Most of the heavy machine gun squadron had to be thrown into the left flank position facing a strong enemy, and the infantry attached to it was only a small squadron of the 2nd Infantry Squadron.
"Focus on suppression, supplemented by attack, the right side of the enemy army is the weak point."
Takeda said with a not very good face, the existing combat strength, only to do this.
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