The reason why Zhang Wei did not send troops to directly launch a counterattack stemmed from the purpose of setting up the second-line position, which was to block the attack first, and to focus on attrition and delay, so Zhang Wei would not easily use his troops to launch a counterattack, and even if he used it, it would have to be used at the last critical moment.
Although the friendly positions on the right are endangered, they have not reached that point of being out of control, Zhang Wei through his own observations, combined with the report brought by the forward mortar platoon, although the trenches on the first line of the friendly army have been fought very badly, but they have not been completely lost, and the second-line position is still in the hands of the friendly army, which means that the friendly army still has the capital to counterattack.
Fire support is the best help for allies at this time.
Zhang Wei believed that Zhou Pu would not sit idly by, and the machine gun and artillery support he gave was also a reminder to him to rely on his own strength to launch a counterattack as soon as possible.
The 82nd mortar platoon was ordered to increase the intensity of firing to further block the Japanese assault, and after receiving the order, Dong Erli, the commander of the 82nd mortar platoon, ordered to fire at full speed, risking the danger, and continued to fire at a rapid pace.
On the other side, Zhang Wei transferred two heavy machine gun platoons from the second position, and one machine gun platoon went to the highway and stationed in the highway position.
The other platoon was arranged longitudinally to the right of the position of the teaching brigade, facing the positions of the friendly forces, at an oblique angle to the Japanese attacking formation, and the bullets were fired through, and there was enough killing area.
These six guns, the three arranged on the road, have a smaller killing area, after all, they are diagonally facing the enemy, and the three heavy machine guns placed on the right side of the position of the teaching brigade have the largest killing area.
With the range of the ZB37 heavy machine gun, it was enough to hit the Japanese troops outside the first-line trenches of friendly forces.
Mortars and flat-firing heavy machine guns, complementing each other, can inflict greater damage on the Japanese army.
"Tell Squadron Leader Li of the heavy fire squadron not to be there for mortars, and let him go and bring the machine gun platoon deployed on the right side of the position."
Before the signal corps left, Zhang Wei instructed him again and asked Li Shaoyan, the leader of the heavy fire squadron, to take the machine gun platoon deployed on the right side of the position.
The mortar platoon has platoon commander Dong Erli there, and Li Shaoyan is not very useful there, so Zhang Wei won't let him stay there.
He is a student from the communications department, it is better to go and take a heavy machine gun platoon to supervise the battle command, heavy machine guns, rifles, and light machine guns are things that students must learn to use regardless of that subject in the military academy, and let Li Shaoyan lead a heavy machine gun platoon, which is much more useful than him going to the mortar platoon.
At this time, except for the soldiers of the first squadron and some soldiers of the second squadron in the first-line trenches, the brothers in the second-line trenches were very idle, and many people took guns to make a defensive posture, but there were people watching the excitement of the first squadron, the guns in front were fired one after another, and the people behind were watching the excitement, and some machine gunners and grenadiers who were itching to open fire were all stopped by the officers.
"Machine 1 platoon, machine 2 platoon, lower position" On the position of the 3rd Squadron, Li Shaoyan, the leader of the heavy fire squadron, had just received an order to rush back from the mortar position, came to the position of the 3rd Squadron, and gave orders to the two machine gun platoons.
The brothers in the 1st and 2nd platoons of machine guns immediately set about shifting positions.
The two machine gun platoons were scattered and deployed on the positions of the third squadron, and Li Shaoyan first called the two machine gun platoon commanders to explain Zhang Wei's orders.
The squadron leader of the heavy fire squadron is the same as the commander of the heavy machine gun company of each battalion of the national army, he is responsible for management in peacetime, and he is very idle during the battle, but Zhang Wei asked Li Shaoyan to go to the mortar platoon first to strengthen the command, and asked him to take the machine gun platoon to supervise the battle.
Especially for an officer like Li Shaoyan, who has little battlefield experience, every command on the battlefield and the use of troops are very valuable experiences.
Indeed, Zhang Wei had the intention of honing Li Shaoyan, and his war experience and battlefield experience were indeed not much.
Li Shaoyan said: "The first platoon of machine guns and I went to the right side of the position, the second platoon of machine guns went to the road, and the infantry converged on the road position, set up machine guns, and opened fire to support friendly positions. ” "Yes" The two machine gun platoon commanders received the task and quickly went to the various machine gun squads under their subordinates to urge the soldiers to move their positions.
The ZB37 heavy machine gun equipped by the heavy fire squadron was maintained in a state of readiness on the positions of the third squadron, the machine gun was loaded, and the cartridge chain was stuffed into the supply port.
The soldiers of the machine gun squad directly carried the tripods of the heavy machine guns, carried spare ammunition and repair tools, and quickly moved their positions by carrying them in battle.
Compared with the Maxim system of the mainstream equipment of the national army, the ZB37 is lighter in weight and easy to carry in combat than the water-cooled heavy machine guns such as the Guozao Min24 and the Soviet-style 1910.
"Hurry up, follow me to the right side of the position, and the second row will go to the road" Li Shaoyan led two machine gun platoons and shuttled through the fortifications, trenches, and communication trenches of the teaching brigade, and six heavy machine gun squads carried six heavy machine guns to follow in turn.
When they arrived at the right side of the brigade's position, the team was divided into two units, one platoon and Li Shaoyan were on the right side of the position, and the brothers of the other platoon drove straight to the highway position.
The road position was sandwiched between the teaching brigade and the friendly position, and the Takeda brigade attacked the friendly position fiercely, but the road position was not covered by attack and fire, and an infantry platoon of the teaching brigade was safely and steadily stationed in the position that was blown up on the road.
"Quick Rack Gun" Naturally, the right side of the position that was closer was the first to arrive, and Li Shaoyan and the first platoon of machine guns were the first to release their guns when they arrived at the position, and immediately built improvised machine gun fortifications.
Before the battle, the teaching brigade did not have full-fledged machine-gun fortifications on the right side of the position, and there were only infantry trenches on the right side of the position.
The brothers of the machine gun platoon hurriedly took out the workmanship tools, built sandbags on the basis of the infantry trenches, dug and reinforced the heavy machine gun tripods, and finally carried the heavy machine guns to the position.
"Sir, the whole platoon is ready" The action of the first platoon of machine guns was fast, and it took only five or six minutes to be ready for fire.
"Look over there, according to the mortar fire, there are quite a few devil infantry who are assaulting the friendly positions there, blocking it with machine guns, and by the way giving a guide to the second platoon of machine guns."
"Yes" The heavy machine guns of the 3rd Battalion of the first platoon of machine guns were deployed on the right side of the position of the teaching brigade, and under Li Shaoyan's order, they opened fire at the breakthrough of the first-line position of the Zhou Pu battalion.
Three heavy machine guns spat out tongues of fire, and the three heavy machine guns with sufficient ammunition fired at the Japanese troops at the breach a few hundred meters away with a rate of fire of 700 rounds per second.
A few minutes later, the second platoon of machine guns, arranged on the road positions, also opened fire, firing at the angles of oblique fire according to the firing target of the first platoon of machine guns.
Six heavy machine guns, under the fire and smoke of the mortar platoon, shrapnel, fired from different angles at the breakthrough of the front-line trenches ：。
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