Zhou Pu was preparing for a counterattack at the command post headquarters in the second line of defense, and the heavy machine gun company and the second infantry company of the Zhou Pu battalion were stationed in the second line of defense.
Of course, the artillery shelling of the infantry artillery was still very fierce, and the machine guns and 82 mortars of the teaching brigade could not effectively counter the 92 infantry guns of the Japanese army.
Zhou Pu prepared to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army with the infantry of the second company, and the soldiers of the second infantry company were relatively close to the first line in the second-line trenches, although they suffered many casualties in the Japanese army's artillery bombardment, but their strength and foundation were still there, and there was no close-range battle with the Japanese army similar to the first-line position.
In the second-line trenches, the soldiers of the second company of the Zhou Pu battalion leaned against the edge of the trenches, making the final preparations before launching a counterattack.
Thanks to the fire support of the teaching brigade, the Zhou Pu battalion had the opportunity to reorganize the troops, and the bombardment of the 82 mortars and the strafing of the ZB37 heavy machine guns undoubtedly told the officers and men of the Zhou Pu battalion that they were not fighting alone It's not just the Japanese who have artillery, but also friendly artillery and machine guns next to it After receiving Zhou Pu's counterattack order, the platoon commander and squad leader of the company ordered his soldiers to hide in the trenches, stop shooting, and count the number of people.
Most of the soldiers in the Zhou Pu battalion are recruits, and these soldiers have been fighting with the Japanese army in the second-line trenches, and the intensity of the engagement is not as good as the first-line trenches, after all, the firepower pillar of the second-line position is the heavy machine gun company, but the soldiers of this company have also fought to say that they have also fought.
With combat experience, the platoon commander's combat organization order has been much smoother, and the battle has been fought from the morning to the present, and the time is not short; most of the recruits have gone through the initial combat tempering, except for some people who are mentally fragile and have not been able to slow down, the brains of the vast majority of the recruits can finally sober up a little, and after seeing the blood, the efficiency of the combat organization can be said to have risen in a straight line.
"Report to the camp, there are still one hundred and seven people in the whole company, and the counterattack is ready" The company commander of the second infantry company reorganized the troops, counted the number of people, returned to Zhou Pu's position, and reported the situation of the troops to Zhou Pu, who was watching the enemy situation in the second-line trenches and received a report from the company commander of the counterattack force.
There are still one hundred and seven people in an infantry company, and the rest of them were killed or wounded in the battle, and the shelling of the Japanese 92 rifle guns threatens the heavy machine guns, and they will also fire grenade shotguns to kill and injure the infantry, and the combat strength of one hundred and seven people is not a big loss for this infantry company.
Zhou Pu heard this number, compared with the Japanese army strength that he had just seen in the telescope, the overall advantage was still superior, Zhou Pu's counterattack was aimed at the Japanese army that broke through the first line of trenches, Zhou Pu has been in the army for many years, and knows that the combat strength and combat effectiveness gap with the Japanese army, and his subordinates are mainly recruits, and the gap in all aspects is more obvious, so it is more important to use superior forces to counterattack.
In addition to the second company that was preparing for a counterattack in the second-line trenches nearby, there was also an intact infantry company on standby behind the second-line trenches, one battalion and three infantry companies, and Zhou Pu prepared two for counterattacks.
In addition, the first company, which was fighting the Japanese army in the first trench, was also a support force.
Zhou Pu said to the commander of the second company who had completed the preparation: "Your company, go out directly, kill the first trench and kill those devils in the trench together with the officers and soldiers of the first company" "Yes" The commander of the second company, who had been preparing for a long time, replied.
"Where are the machine guns and mortars of friendly troops, don't disgrace our battalion," "understood," the second company commander shouted.
The counterattack was about to begin, and the soldiers in the trenches had stopped firing, and the soldiers leaning in the trenches had already put their rifles on bayonets, and some of them had pulled out grenades.
Although these veterans know that it is useless to spend more words now, the recruits will not put these good experience and heroism in actual combat.
The infantry counterattack was about to begin, and Zhou Pu ordered the heavy machine guns in the second-line position to adjust the firing targets, aim at the breakthrough, and cooperate with the mortar and heavy machine gun fire of the teaching brigade.
"Up" After the Zhou Pu battalion used heavy machine guns to suppress the breach for two minutes, the 2nd Company of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 65th Regiment rushed out of the second-line position and launched a counterattack on the first-line trenches.
"Kill" The soldiers of the second company shouted for kill, most of them were new recruits, and rushed to the front-line trenches in some panic In the front-line trenches, the corpses of both sides once blocked the trenches, and the casualties on both sides were actually not very large, but several corpses were piled up, and the trenches, which were not spacious, naturally became very crowded.
The Japanese army broke through and still attacked an infantry platoon of the first battalion and a company of the 65th Regiment in the front-line trenches.
In the trenches, the Japanese army originally expanded the results of the battle in the trenches, and there were roughly two detachments and one part defending the breakthrough, and the Japanese troops who later ventured into the multi-detachment also joined the team that expanded the results.
"Boom" A 28-gun grenade was projectile into a trench occupied by the Japanese, and the grenade launcher was already emitting white smoke under the high-intensity firing.
Compared with the grenadier, the grenade has become a sharp weapon of the national army, in the hands of veterans, the grenade is much easier to use than the grenadier, the grenadier can not be used at this close range, and the Japanese army engaged with them At the same time that the soldiers of the Nationalist Army threw the 28-gun grenade, two Type 91 grenades also fell into the trenches of the Nationalist army.
Someone shouted: "Grenades are thrown out" The two riflemen immediately picked up the grenade and ran to the side of the trench, ready to throw the grenade, after the first grenade throw, under the brutal battle, and forced by the large number of grenades thrown by the Japanese army, the recruits of this platoon were forced to use the grenade counter-throwing tactics.
Two recruits picked up the grenade and threw the grenade thrown by the Japanese army out of the trench in the same way, one successfully threw the grenade, and the other soldier just made a bomb throwing gesture, his hand reached out in the air, and before he could throw it, the grenade exploded.
This grenade was obviously delayed by the Japanese army, and the scene was extremely tragic, and the grenade exploded in the hands of the soldiers.
The soldier was blown up alive to shreds, and although the other soldier who successfully threw the grenade out, the grenade explosion of his comrade next to him took him away, and the two of them were blown to pieces by this small Type 91 grenade ：。
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