Zhang Wei, who took the initiative to apply to go to the front line, achieved his long-cherished wish.
At the order of Division Commander Dai, the staff officer of the command post patiently explained to Zhang Wei the specific situation of the 200th Division, and the staff officer who gave Zhang Wei a good hand in explaining things, and he was all familiar with the attack configuration of an infantry division, from the deployment of various regiments, to the specific distribution and use of each company of the baggage battalion and mortar battalion, and the erection and use of the communication system.
This posture seemed to regard Zhang Wei as his own, and the staff officer used both hands and mouths to explain to Zhang Wei the attack deployment of the 200th Division on the map.
Zhang Wei took this opportunity to learn in detail about the situation of the 200th Division.
Subsequently, under the leadership of the staff officer, Zhang Wei went to the front-line position of the 200th Division, and the troops he went to were the 598th Regiment of the 200th Division, that is, the infantry regiment that Zhang Wei saw with his own eyes and failed to attack the Luotang Heights.
To the position of the first-line infantry regiment means that it is one step closer to the enemy, and the closer it is to the front of Kunlun Pass, the closer it is, and it is said that the frontal attack on Kunlun Pass is miserable, and Division Commander Dai also said that the number of casualties is large, and it is not until Zhang Wei enters the front-line position of the 598th Regiment that he knows how fierce the first-line troops are.
As soon as Zhang Wei walked into the trenches, he first saw the soldiers of the 598th Regiment who were disgraced and dirty, deployed in the trenches, and inspected, many of whom were wearing gauze and sticking to their positions, and some of the soldiers swimming in the trenches also had gauze tied to their heads, which showed that the 598th Regiment had entered a state of being slightly injured and unable to get out of the line of fire, which also meant that the combat soldiers of the regiment were currently suffering heavy losses, and the protracted siege had caused casualties and losses to the regiment's living combat forces one after another.
These friendly brethren also occasionally looked at Zhang Wei and the well-equipped officers and soldiers of the teaching brigade behind him with curious eyes.
Then, there was a smell of gunpowder and burning, mixed with the stench of corpses, and the smell rushed down the Luotang Heights in front, and if you look up while walking, you can really see the corpses and stumps rolling down at the bottom of the heights, the shells of the Fifth Army, and the aerial bombs dropped by Japanese planes, which blew up the surrounding soil boiling hot.
More than 10 meters behind the departure trench of the officers and men of the 598th Regiment, Zhang Wei saw that the four 82 mortars were arranged at intervals of more than 10 meters, equipped with corresponding mortar fortifications, which was the configuration of a mortar company and the only artillery firepower of the 598th Regiment, which was more than 2,000 people in the entire regiment.
The leader of the team is still a senior staff officer who talks about the deployment of the war situation, this senior staff officer covers his mouth, his expression is very distorted, although Zhang Wei also feels uncomfortable, but Nanjing, Taierzhuang's corpse mountain and sea of blood are spelled out, and it will not be unbearable, this senior staff officer who is very good at explaining the war situation, Zhang Wei guessed that he was a person who had never been on the battlefield.
"Captain Zhang, let's hurry up, there is the regimental command post of the 598th Regiment in front, and at the division command post, I have already notified Regiment Commander Gao by phone."
Staff Officer Gao covered his mouth and nose and said in a strange tone.
Zhang Wei smiled: "Take me away this experience, you must bear this sin." ” Staff Officer Gao still shook his head bitterly: "I have been a staff officer since I graduated, from second lieutenant to lieutenant, I have never been on the front line, I can't stand this smell." ” After speaking, Staff Officer Gao involuntarily sped up, Zhang Wei didn't say anything, and followed Staff Officer Gao all the way to the regimental headquarters of the 598th Regiment.
In the regimental command post, the senior staff officer took Zhang Wei and the others to them, and simply handed over to the officers in the command post, and left the front-line position as if they were facing a great enemy.
Zhang Wei met Colonel Gao Jiren, the commander of the 598th Regiment, at the command post. and his soldiers have a virtue, and the Gaoji people are also disgraced.
After saluting each other, Gao Ji took the initiative to speak.
"Captain Zhang, the division commander asked me to try my best to cooperate with you, this is the position of my regiment, what I want to see and ask, I will know everything."
How dare Zhang Wei put on a score: "What the commander said is too much, I came to learn more about the enemy situation and break the Japanese army." ” Gao Jiren spoke a little straight because of the new defeat, but when they saw that Zhang Wei was really coming to investigate the battle situation, there was no trace of arrogance, and he was an officer with military achievements, Zhang Wei and Gao Jiren quickly entered the state.
Walking out of the command post, you can see the Luotang Heights, the front of Kunlun Pass, and the far Jieshou Heights, all of which are the main offensive positions of the 200th Division.
The Gaoji people led Zhang Wei along and stopped in the trench facing the Luotang Heights, negotiated with Zhang Wei, and introduced the battle situation.
"Today's attack battle, a total of two, the first attack was in the early morning, the whole regiment just attacked, the main force has not yet been launched, the Japanese plane flew overhead, against my soldiers is a bomb, fortunately the main force did not rush out, the casualties are not very large, after the Japanese plane withdrew, our regiment infantry immediately launched a charge, attacked half of the high ground, suddenly encountered the enemy's side fire and artillery fire, as well as the attack of incendiary bombs, defeated, the second attack you also saw, this day down, I almost disabled a battalion of troops."
Gao Jiren pointed to the Luotang Heights angrily and said.
From the expression of the Gaoji people, Zhang Wei believed that the first attack of the 598th Regiment was most likely detected by the Japanese army on the high ground in advance, so the planes would arrive at the attack in time, resulting in the first attack of the 598th Regiment was weakened before it began.
Without air supremacy, launching a large bombardment during the day was indeed a great constraint on the officers and men of the 200th Division, and the Japanese army had a favorable location on the high ground, and Zhang Wei believed that the 598th Regiment would be exposed to the Japanese army in the preparation stage for the attack.
Zhang Wei: "Senior Sir, what about the frontal attack battle at Kunlun Pass?"
Zhang Wei looked to the east side, next to the Luotang Heights, is the front of the Kunlun Pass, and Luotang, the head of the boundary and other large and small highland points constitute a system, closely connected, the terrain is flat, the highway runs through the entire pass, the importance of the pass can be seen.
"That is not the focus of our regiment's attack, today it was the 600th Regiment that attacked the front of Kunlun Pass, and it was not a good fight, it approached 200 meters in front of the pass, and was ambushed by the Japanese army hidden on the east side of the road, and the casualties were also very large, and the troops were defeated."
In the distance, a flat land, Zhang Wei raised the telescope, the Luotang Heights attacked by the 598th Regiment, and if it is postponed, it will be connected to the front of Kunlun Pass where the 600 regiments attacked by the Gaoji people.
The terrain there is flat, attacking Luotang, the first and other highlands, in the end is to seize Kunlun Pass, and the flat terrain there, although it is easy for the Japanese army to exert firepower, but also has the advantage of better breakthrough than the highlands, Zhang Wei looked at the front of the pass in the distance, and slowly thought in his heart, reconnaissance, maybe you can start from here. ：。
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