The battle was fiercer than expected.

There were a large number of casualties every minute, there were three battalions, and there were also Japanese puppet troops.

Artillery shells flew back and forth over the battlefield, trying to kill the opposing artillery and then go to support the infantry in battle.

If a cannon is destroyed, the gunner who is waiting for it will surely be killed or wounded, and will fall to the side.

The attacking troops rushed for twenty minutes and then retreated, and at least 400 corpses fell in front of the blocking position, some devils and some puppet soldiers.

The trenches were also littered with corpses and wounded.

None of the soldiers in the three battalions who were still able to move were idle, some were transporting the bodies of their comrades in the back, and some were assisting the health workers in rescuing the wounded......

Tan Weiqi stood on the commanding heights, his expression was very heavy.

If memory serves, at least two hundred corpses have been transported back to the position.

Looking inside the trenches, there are still many corpses and seriously wounded who have not been transported out.

In this way, the three battalions suffered at least 300 casualties in the battle just now.

In the course of the battle, the three battalions were small and large, and dragged three times the number of artillery of the Japanese army with obviously weak artillery, but the advantage in strength was still on the side of the devils.

The Japanese army is notoriously arrogant, and under normal circumstances, they are not afraid of one dozen or three, not to mention that there are many of their own people.

Therefore, even without artillery support, the attacking troops were confident that they could take Chentouling.

When attacking, they rushed forward with a completely desperate posture, as if victory had been trampled under their feet.

In the end, the enemy and the enemy even threw two rounds of grenades and grenades at each other.

The third battalion was covered by trenches, and the threat was small unless a grenade happened to be smashed in.

The attacking troops of the Japanese puppet army were different, completely exposed to the ground, and the rain of grenades fell from the sky and smashed down, which could definitely be called a large explosion.

If the Japanese insist on not retreating, these grenades alone will kill them all.

Unless their artillery entered the battle in time, inflicting a large number of casualties on the three formations with shells during the exchange of fire.

But at that time, their artillery was being dragged by the artillery of the third battalion, and they could not distinguish between them, and they would definitely not be able to participate in the battle in a short time.

In order to avoid greater casualties and leave more troops and the main force of the garrison regiment for a decisive battle, the chief of staff decisively gave the order to retreat.

The instructor hurriedly came over, and his expression was more solemn than Tan Weiqi: "Battalion commander, I counted the battle damage just now, it is very large. ”

"Both mountain guns were destroyed, the 120 mortars lost two and one remained, and the 81 mortars lost six and there were four left!"

"In order to protect those guns and hold out the artillery battle a little longer, the losses of the gunners exceeded eighty percent."

"The infantry lost 259 people, 38 were seriously wounded, the remaining half were lightly wounded, and less than a hundred were intact."

"Four of the six heavy machine guns were lost, 18 light machine guns were lost, and 10 remained."

"Although the Japanese offensive troops suffered heavy losses, the losses of artillery and heavy machine gun units were very small, and at least seventy percent of the equipment and combat effectiveness remained."

"If the Japanese army launches another new attack, we will definitely not be able to hold it."

This is also Tan Weiqi's biggest concern.

Staring at the instructor, he affirmed, "Keep going on the offensive for sure." ”

"The devil's target is the bait prepared for them by the regimental commander, and they will definitely do their best to break through our blocking position."

"Order the soldiers to prepare for the worst."

"As long as there is one person alive in the whole battalion, we can't let the devil pass through Chen Touling."

"Instructor, you take out all the extra documents, heralds, guards, and cooks from the battalion headquarters, and transfer the recruit company and baggage company to supplement the front-line combat units and ensure their combat effectiveness."

The instructor nodded, and replied with a farewell expression: "Don't worry, battalion commander, I will personally go to the battlefield to command in a while." ”

"The main force company is formed into a platoon, the company commander is the platoon leader, and the squad is formed into a squad, and the platoon commander is the squad leader."

"No one can abandon their positions without an order."

Tan Weiqi nodded, perhaps to ease the increasingly depressing atmosphere in the headquarters, and hesitated for comfort: "Instructor, you don't have to worry too much. ”

"The regiment commander will definitely not watch our three battalions annihilated."

"The troops of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and the Laishui Independent Regiment are behind us, and after they are in place, we will not only turn the corner, but also launch a counterattack against the devils and eat them."

"So there is still hope for our third battalion."

As soon as he finished speaking, the telegraph operator suddenly ran over and reported with a happy face: "Battalion commander, instructor, good news. ”

"The troops of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and the Laishui Independent Regiment are all in place, and the regiment commander is also here......"

said that Cao Cao and Cao Cao would arrive, Tan Weiqi waited for less than five minutes, and Li Hao's figure appeared.

Unfortunately, as soon as the regiment commander climbed to the commanding heights, before he had time to catch his breath, a new round of Japanese attacks began.

Mortars, infantry guns, mountain artillery, desperately firing shells at the blocking positions.

Japanese offensive position: Two infantry squadrons and a battalion of the puppet army are using the same offensive method as just now, taking advantage of the artillery bombardment to slowly approach the blocking position.

Tan Weiqi's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

There were still six guns left in the third battalion, and they couldn't hold back so many Japanese artillery pieces even if they tried their best.

The next battle will definitely be more tragic than just now, and the devil artillery will definitely free up their hands and use infantry artillery to coordinate a large number of kills and damage blocking troops, so as to reduce the combat pressure of the attacking troops.

Veterans are afraid of machine guns, and recruits are afraid of artillery.

He had just replenished a large number of recruits to the blocking position, and in the face of such fierce artillery fire at the beginning, it was possible that they would be blown up and collapsed.

Tan Weiqi hurriedly reported his concerns to Li Hao, so that he could be prepared.

Li Hao snorted coldly: "Camp Commander Tan, don't worry, I won't give the devil a chance to coordinate with the rifle." ”

After speaking, he ordered the three unfamiliar faces who memorized a radio station next to him: "Send a telegram to your battalion commander." ”

"First kill the Japanese artillery units, then extend the fire to bomb the infantry, fire twenty shells per gun, and then move after the fight, and continue to lurk and stand by."

The radio operator crouched next to him and began to send a telegram.

The other two held binoculars to observe the battlefield, recording as they watched.

Li Hao ignored them and continued to order: "Zhou Liang, you immediately send a telegram to the troops of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and the Laishui Independent Regiment. ”

"Our shelling continues to approach the battlefield after it begins."

"The artillery bombardment is over, and the whole army will attack and fight a decisive battle with the Japanese puppet army."

"The three battalions also went up, killed them from the blocking position, and condescendingly counterattacked the attacking troops of the Japanese puppet army."

When the Japanese puppet army left the city, Li Hao received the news that it was exactly four hours now, enough for the heavy artillery battalion to move near the battlefield.

In an open space four kilometers away from the battlefield, sixteen heavy guns were already set up on their gun positions, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed straight to the sky.

There were more than a dozen gunners busy next to each heavy gun, some fusing the shells, others waiting for the artillery, adjusting the firing crews according to the latest data provided by the observers, busy and orderly.

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