A fierce battle broke out in just a few minutes, and with his command experience, Zhang Wei immediately judged the general intention of this group of bandits and made a decision.
The current situation of our side is that the whole regiment is divided into three parts, the regimental headquarters and the first battalion advance together, the second battalion searches and advances alone, and the third battalion and the regimental engineer company advance together, and the three units are attacked almost simultaneously with a difference of less than five minutes, which clearly means that the three parts of the regiment will be besieged at the same time.
The telegram sent by Ye Zhenhua, the commander of the third battalion, shows that the third battalion has been attacked more fiercely than the second battalion, which shows that the bandits' attacks are not disorderly, but light and heavy, especially the third battalion of Ye Zhenhua that was beaten ruthlessly, the third battalion carried the baggage of the whole regiment, and the bandits of the dog day obviously discovered this and increased the siege of the third battalion.
The marching columns of the second battalion and the third battalion were all besieged and were in the midst of fierce fighting, and the regimental headquarters where Zhang Wei was located and the first battalion and the first battalion of the avant-garde unit sent by the marching column Zhang Xitong also exchanged fire with the bandits.
Zhang Wei's intuition told him that the regimental headquarters and the first battalion, which were still in no situation, were afraid that they would have to face bandits who were stronger and more powerful than the second and third battalions.
Without further ado, Zhang Wei decisively gave Qiu Wei an order, the rear team of the first battalion and the regimental headquarters changed to the front team, and marched to Huangcun in the direction of the side and rear, the safest way now is to enter the village, defend according to the village, observe the changes in the situation, hang on the main road, and if you don't make a quick response, you can only look for death, once a large number of bandits come from all around, even if the regimental headquarters and the troops of the first battalion can fight again, they will pay a lot of casualties, and Zhang Wei, who values the lives of his soldiers, feels very unworthy.
The position of the regimental headquarters and the 1st battalion, the marching search column, was not at all a suitable location for defense and firepower.
It was impossible to maximize the quality and firepower of the 2nd Regiment and the organizational superiority.
Therefore, the marching column composed of the first battalion, the regimental headquarters, the regimental communications company, the regimental artillery company, and the regiment's special service platoon quickly completed the change of the direction of the march on the main road At the same time, the battalion and company at the forefront also received Zhang Wei's retreat order.
"Boom" An 82 mortar shell hit the road surface of the main road, kicking up a burst of loess, slag and dust, covering the corpses of five officers and soldiers of the first company on the main road, and the first battalion and one company in charge of the avant-garde were fighting fiercely with bandits several times their size, and the first company served as the avant-garde company, and now it is also fighting in accordance with the name of the avant-garde company.
After firing, a large number of bandits drilled out of the field on both sides, and the bandits even had 82 mortars in their hands, and began shelling a company, and the firepower in the hands of the bandits was not very weak, even light machine guns, therefore, the company suffered certain casualties, and the besieging bandits drilled out of the fields on both sides, and closed the siege in opposite directions, trying to encircle the company on the main road.
After the sudden attack, the officers and men of the whole company quickly dispersed, withdrew from the main road, and resisted the bandits besieging on both sides in the field on both sides of the road, and the besieging bandits fought against a company equipped with nine light machine guns, thirteen grenadiers and twelve gun grenades.
Recruits were organized to resist in an orderly manner.
The attacking bandits, after taking advantage of some advantages, suddenly felt the attack of strong firepower, and the continuous bombardment of a neat row of rifle platoons of guns, or single-shot precision rifle fire, light machine gun point and chain cross-fire, grenadiers, and gun grenades, caused this group of bandits to suffer heavy losses, and in only five minutes of fighting, they paid eight or nine times the casualties of a battalion and a company.
"Bang" Zhang Xitong, the commander of the first company, held a rifle from the center of the fallen soldier, pulled the trigger, and burst the head of a bandit nearly 100 meters away, pulled the bolt, and pushed the shell, Zhang Xitong pressed another row of bullets into the magazine, just now, he had already killed five bandits, threw away the bridge clip of the seventy-nine pointed step bullets, Zhang Xitong pulled the trigger, and knocked down another bandit.
"Rough, bastard."
Zhang Xitong looked at the more and more bandits, and cursed, he didn't expect that his company would suddenly fall into an ambush and fire without warning, Zhang Xitong, who was used to the Japanese army, suddenly felt ashamed, and while organizing and commanding the company to resist, he looked at these bandits a little bit in his heart.
The bandits who can be silent, not discovered by the officers and soldiers of a company, and also beat a company of ambushes, do have some ability in their hands, and have some tactical literacy and tactical thinking.
"Herald, tell the platoons, retreat and alternate platoons to cover" Zhang Xitong squatted on the left side of the road and yelled.
Zhang Xitong naturally did not choose to fight the bandits on this road, and it was the best policy to disengage from the bandits after beating them twice.
"Yes" The herald neatly rushed to the combat position of the soldiers of the whole company Half a minute later, Lieutenant Li Xubin, the leader of the platoon, quickly rushed to Zhang Xitong's side with a shell gun, and with a neat tumbling crawl, Li Xubin fired two shots at the bandits.
"Company commander, the soldiers who went to report to the regiment headquarters and the battalion commander have returned, the regiment commander told us to retreat and shrink to Huangcun, the second platoon commander and the third platoon commander are ready, and the company will take the small artillery squad and our platoon third squad to cover, and we can withdraw now."
Zhang Xitong held the steel helmet and said, "Okay, let's go, don't go around with them, retreat" After speaking, Zhang Xitong picked up his rifle, turned around and retreated, shouting the retreat command while retreating along the soldier's combat position.
The soldiers of the first company also took up their weapons one after another, bent down and retreated, and the officers and men of the first company withdrew alternately in an organized and orderly manner.
Most of the brothers in the first company were quickly evacuated, leaving only the small artillery squad of the company and the third squad of the first platoon, led by the lieutenant company, to serve as cover.
More than 100 officers and men of a company wearing gray-black military uniforms retreated in an orderly manner, and the besieging bandits suddenly boiled over, rushing with a roar, and looking like they were "pursuing by victory."
"Brothers, give it to Lao Tzu" The bandits ran wildly and chased after the company.
"Hmph, looking for death" The lieutenant of the first company looked at the bandits rushing in the telescope with a look of disdain.
"Artillery squad, three rounds of five-zero grenades rapid fire three squads, free fire" The company attached an order, and a company of artillery squads and a platoon of three squads, equipped with four grenadier canisters, immediately opened fire.
"Boom Boom" The four Type 27 50-mm grenadiers of the company's artillery squad fired continuously, and 12 grenades smashed on the heads of the attacking bandits.
Under the cover fire of grenades and bullets, the bandits stopped the pursuit in a pool of blood.
Twenty minutes later, the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the avant-garde successfully retracted and retreated and reached Huangcun. ：。
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