How the sapper platoon will come back is a question.
The third platoon commander who almost scared Zhang Wei out of the heart just now, his original task was to pick up the engineer platoon, but there were only two soldiers in the engineer platoon, and the people were picked up, but the engineer platoon did not come back.
It was impossible for the Japanese army not to react, their flanks were raided, and they lost men and horses, no matter which commander they were, they must strengthen their vigilance, so He Jinhai and the engineer platoon, who had not yet returned, would have to face a Japanese cordon that strengthened the firepower of the troops.
Moreover, it was the vigilance of the Japanese army, which had a great sense of precaution.
This is easy to go out and difficult to come back, the Takeda Brigade has received reinforcements from a squadron or so, and the strength in hand has increased, and the intensity of increased vigilance will also become greater, and the exchange of fire when the third platoon of infantry rescued two veterans of the engineer platoon has reminded the Japanese army that the engineer platoon will come back, and what awaits them must be more numerous and tighter Japanese alert.
In any case, the task of responding to the engineer platoon will continue, and Zhang Wei is sure of this, although the engineer platoon is elite, it may not be able to take advantage of the Japanese army, which is already prepared and has an unknown strength.
In response to the significance of the engineer platoon, in addition to the elite veterans of the engineer platoon, the current engineer platoon also carries the situation of bombing the road and the second batch of Japanese reinforcements, if He Jinhai and his engineer platoon are abolished, Zhang Wei really doesn't know anything about the second batch of reinforcements of the Japanese army.
It remains to be seen how many additional alert forces the Japanese will have.
However, the commander of the third platoon who came back told Zhang Wei that the Japanese soldiers who were annihilated by them had enough Japanese infantry detachment, and they also brought back a few 38 large covers and dozens of 65 bullets in an emergency. was eaten by a detachment, this number of troops is not much, but the Japanese army has been exploited, and the level of vigilance on the edge of the flank must be raised to a higher level.
Zhang Wei thought that when He Jinhai's No. 40 people returned, it was basically impossible to achieve the kind of lurking that would not be detected without casualties when they set off, and only by teaching the response and cooperation of the brigade's position could the engineer platoon be rescued.
Zhang Wei counted the troops in his hands, Zheng Yiqun's third squadron stuck to the second-line trenches, the task was not heavy, the soldiers of the third squadron were the most leisurely in the position of the teaching brigade, so that the first and second squadrons could not take a break, and this task of continuing to respond to the engineer platoon must be carried out by the third squadron.
The firepower also needs to be strengthened, and the Japanese army has to add some fierce medicine to ensure that the engineer platoon is brought out, and the heavy machine gun of the heavy fire squadron is best to bring it, and the Czech-made ZB37 heavy machine gun is not a civilian second or fourth, and it is much more convenient to bring it, and it is a good choice to fight fire support.
The third infantry squadron, plus a heavy machine gun platoon of the heavy fire squadron, was used to cover the engineer platoon, and Zhang Wei set the strength to go up to cover in his heart.
Zhang Wei also had no idea what the engineer platoon was doing now, and whether it had encountered an accident, and when the engineer platoon could reach the opposite side of the position, without any communication equipment, Zhang Wei did not know at all.
"Go tell Squadron Leader Li of the heavy fire squadron to transfer a heavy machine gun squadron to me, you don't need to take too many bullets, and then give the order to Captain Zheng of the third squadron, so that the third squadron can prepare for battle and prepare to go" Zhang Wei said, picked up the steel helmet and buckled it on his head, and walked out of the brigade command post after the herald Zhang Wei's purpose was to use a squadron to cover and surprise the engineer platoon to bring back the engineer platoon in close proximity, and at the time of planning, on the opposite side of the position of the teaching brigade, the edge of the position of the Takeda brigade that had just passed through a small battle, things were developing towards Zhang Wei's expectations.
On the battlefield just now, in the potholed field, fifteen Japanese corpses fell to the ground in all directions, all of them were Japanese soldiers killed by the three platoons of infantry rescuing the veterans of the engineer platoon, and fifteen Japanese soldiers, all of whom were in a pool of blood, weapons, and bullet casings, were scattered around their corpses.
An 11-year-old light machine gun was blown to two ends, the body of the machine gun shooter was covered in blood with grenades thrown on his back, and the barrel of the light machine gun that was blown up was still hanging on the ground by the commander of the Japanese detachment with the barrel of the gun, and he died before he could close his eyes, and his chest was full of bullet holes made by seven or nine bullets.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers, cleaning up the mess in the pile of corpses, carried the corpses.
"Report to the captain, the vigilant infantry detachment, plus a reinforced light machine gun crew, were all wiped out, were raided in two directions, lost four 38 rifles, and found 79 caliber bullet casings of Chinese troops in the field."
After listening to the report of the adjutant of the brigade, Takeda Masayuki's face trembled slightly, and the time was pushed back, and the Japanese sentry found two veteran engineer platoon veterans and opened fire, this shot alarmed not only the third platoon of the first infantry squadron of the teaching brigade that was ambushed, but also the Japanese troops of the Takeda brigade.
As soon as the gunshots rang out, Masayuki Takeda, who was making battle plans, quickly ordered his troops to launch a counterattack.
But before the order to counterattack was heard, the gunfire suddenly increased, and it was a dense burst of gunfire and explosions, which became louder and louder.
The gunfire lasted less than five minutes before it ended, and by the time the Japanese reinforcements arrived at the scene of the incident, they were left with only the corpse of an infantry detachment, and the attacking Chinese troops had already run back to their positions.
Takeda Masayuki personally came to the right side of the road of the Takeda Brigade on the right side of the road, and on the other hand, the battle scene on the left side of the road of the Teaching Brigade, and got a report that he had lost a detachment, and at the scene of the battle, not a single abandoned body of the Chinese army was found.
The traces left by the Chinese army are only bullet casings in one place.
With his eyelids down, he was eaten by a squadron, how could Takeda feel comfortable, he had just received reinforcements from a squadron, and he was in a much better mood, but it turned out to be this kind of thing again.
The battle was a bit strange, with sporadic gunfire, then massive gunfire, and then a stop.
"Is anyone next to the vigilant troops seeing the battle clearly?"
asked Takeda.
The lieutenant adjutant nodded: "There are troops on the right side to support, some soldiers said that the sentry found the hidden Chinese army, opened fire, and exchanged fire with the hidden Chinese army behind the position, the fierce gunfire was hit by the enemy army, this part of the enemy army was hidden in the field not far from the position, the fire was very fierce, and the enemy troops were encountered one after the other, so the vigilant warriors went to all the martyrs." ” First engaged the enemy troops who were hiding behind the position, and then were attacked by the Japanese troops in front of the position Takeda was keenly aware of the seriousness of the problem, and the fact that enemy troops were firing on both sides of the alert force at the same time meant something The Chinese troops, in a planned, passed through the weak points on the edge of the position, and even annihilated one of their own infantry detachments by surprise attack.
What the intentions of the Chinese army were, what they did by exploiting the weak points on the edge of the position, he has no way of knowing now.
The loss of a detachment after a surprise attack in both directions, with a focus on two directions, indicates that there were Chinese troops who evaded the alert, lurked and infiltrated the other side of the position.
A sense of crisis suddenly surged into Takeda's heart. ：。
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