The second-line position, the Takeda Brigade and the defenders of the second-line position, maintained a confrontation, from the departure of the engineer platoon to the present, it has been more than two hours, and it will be almost time to eat after a while.
Fastest updates In this kind of confrontation, neither the Japanese nor the Japanese fired a single shot, and no one released a single shot, and they all stood in their own fortifications and stood ready for battle.
On the road two kilometers behind the confrontation area between the Takeda Brigade and the second-line position, six trucks, loaded with a squadron of Japanese troops, slowly drove towards the position of the Takeda Brigade.
Under the command and guidance of the infantry of the Takeda Brigade, the six trucks made the proper attitude of entering the combat area, slowed down, moved along the road little by little, and stopped a kilometer away from the Takeda Brigade.
The car is a vehicle, which will become a live target when it gets close, and there is no protection, so it cannot directly drive the car to the position of the Takeda brigade, and the Japanese infantry must enter the battlefield on their own, which is already a rare treatment for the Japanese infantry loaded on the car.
The car that is usually used to pull artillery shells and materials can be sat on at this time, which is a rare treatment.
Most of the time, the Japanese infantry moved in the same way, relying entirely on their feet.
"Get off, get off" The Japanese officers got out of the co-pilot's seat, urged one truck after another, and shouted to the soldiers, telling them to get out of the car and prepare for battle.
After the six trucks stopped on the road, the Japanese soldiers in the car jumped out of the car and carried the weapons and ammunition from the car, the truck was loaded with ammunition in addition to the infantry, part of the ammunition was for the combat consumption of this Japanese infantry squadron, and a small batch of infantry artillery ammunition was used to replenish the ammunition loss of the infantry artillery squad of the Takeda Brigade.
Takeda Masayuki had previously abandoned some of the ammunition baggage, and he also truthfully reported this situation to Miki Yoshinosuke in the telegram, but did not complain.
On the contrary, Miki happily called a car and pulled a batch of infantry shells to supply the Takeda Brigade, but the Takeda Brigade is not short of ammunition as a whole now, and the Takeda Brigade throws a lot because it has more confidence to bring more.
Following the ammunition box to get off the car, there were also several Japanese corpses killed by the ambushed squadron, the blood on these corpses was almost dry, belonging to those who were seriously injured in the ambush just now, and died on the march, and could not be thrown away during the journey, so they could only get out of the car and dispose of it.
The Japanese infantry squadron quickly assembled after getting off the car.
Except for an ambush they were caught in a car ride, the Japanese troops from this group of Miki troops had not gone through a battle, and they were full of lean air from top to bottom from their uniforms, and within two minutes of getting off the bus, they completed the work of carrying ammunition, sorting out corpses, and lining up.
Led by the handover personnel sent by the Takeda Brigade, the squadron got off the road and drove to the position where the Takeda Brigade and the second-line positions were facing each other.
The Takeda Brigade and the Teaching Brigade were not idle when they confronted the second-line positions garrisoned by the friendly Zhou Pu Battalion, most of the men and horses were resting, but a small number of people were taking turns to build improvised fortifications, and Takeda waited anxiously in the temporary command post, actively contacting the Miki troops in the rear.
The current battle situation has made Miki look forward to the reinforcements in the rear.
"Report to the captain, reinforcements are coming," said the lieutenant of the Takeda brigade as he ran to Takeda's side.
"Reinforcements are coming" Takeda, who was studying the enemy's situation in his mind, was surprised and delighted.
"It's the strength of an infantry squadron" The adjutant of the brigade also had uncontrollable joy on his face.
"Okay, let's check it out" The troops are in urgent need of reinforcements, Takeda can't care about the identity of a Shaozuo captain, and personally went to the back of the position to meet with the infantry squadron that came to support, for the current Takeda brigade, the whole brigade is less than 600 people, and there is an urgent shortage of combat strength, and the reinforcements of a squadron are undoubtedly a big blood transfusion and a shot in the arm.
With the reinforcement of this squadron, the strength of Takeda Masayuki will be restored to three infantry squadrons, and the total strength of the whole brigade will also rise to more than 700 people, and the combat strength will be greatly improved.
Takeda walked quickly to the rear of the position, and looked behind, and he could already vaguely see the Japanese soldiers along the side of the road into the field.
The adjutant of the brigade followed Takeda Masayuki and said, "Captain, this group of soldiers is pulled by car, there are six trucks, and a batch of infantry shells. ” "What is the use of infantry shells, the combat soldiers are the most needed."
Takeda Masayuki has to sell cheaply, this batch of reinforcements, from soldiers to ammunition, from ammunition to cars, is actually all under his command when they arrive here.
The infantry squadron reinforced by the Miki unit is subordinate to the second brigade of the 21st Infantry Wing, Takeda Masayuki's brigade is the first brigade of the 21st Wing, and the Miki unit is a unit formed on the basis of the second brigade of the 21st Wing, and has strengthened a squadron of Type 94 37 anti-aircraft artillery, a squadron of Type 41 mountain artillery, and a truck. as well as the headquarters of the Baggage and Twenty-first Wing Commander Miki Yoshinosuke, one each of the entourage staff and direct soldiers.
Among the more than 1,500 people in Miki's troops, the main force of the combat infantry was the second brigade of the 21st Wing, and in order to reinforce it, Miki transferred an infantry squadron of the second brigade, which was the group of Japanese troops that Takeda received.
Takeda met the infantry squadron that rushed to reinforce it, led by an army captain.
"Report to the commander, the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 21st Wing was ordered to report on reinforcements, and the inferior position is the Captain Furugen Masao, the leader of the 3rd Squadron" The Japanese captain saluted Takeda Masayuki and reported his name and number.
Takeda returned the salute and nodded in satisfaction.
"Your Excellency Captain Miki sent you here."
"It's Sir, Captain Miki has six trucks assigned to us, just to get quick reinforcements."
Takeda asked again, "What's going on along the way?"
"It's not a big deal, in the process of marching with a group of squadrons, I was ambushed, and the losses are not big."
Gu Yuan Zhenggang replied quite confidently that the process of being ambushed by the Fifth Army Supplementary First Regiment was a bit dangerous, but the loss was not great.
Takeda exchanged a few polite words with Gu Yuan, and the two quickly shifted the topic to the current war, Gu Yuan's squadron was arranged by Takeda's people to have a garrison and fortifications, and now there is no fighting, and the newly reinforced squadron got the first rest after the march.
An infantry squadron close to full capacity was assigned and reinforced to the command of the Takeda brigade.
After serious losses, the Takeda Brigade finally received strong combat support, and six mobile trucks were also given to the Takeda Brigade, and the Takeda Brigade, which had suffered heavy losses, recovered its strength and fattened up again.
This also shows that the tranquility between the second line and the position will not continue to last long
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