The reserve battalion of more than 300 people, plus the anti-aircraft artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, totaling more than 800 people, set off after a brief rest and marched in the direction of the back to the battlefield.

Marching along the direction of Xinyang to Zhengzhou, although it is a retreat, but this is also a military operation, not to mention that Qiu Madman is also urging tightly, there are some things Zhang Wei also thinks clearly, Qiu Madman urges, not that he wants to urge, what is really urging is Chief Du in Hunan.

Eastern and southern Henan became a pot of porridge, and I don't know how many troops filled it.

The heavy weapons, anti-aircraft artillery, and anti-aircraft machine guns of the assault column are all treasures, even if the local tyrants of the 200th division are rich and wealthy, the loss is very painful, and the battle defense artillery of that battalion alone cannot afford to lose!

This is one-third of the anti-aircraft artillery firepower of the 200th Division.

On the contrary, the hundreds of infantry under Zhang Wei are not as valuable as the heavy weapons of the family.

Zhang Wei deservedly became the commander of the marching team, and marched in the order of the preparation battalion in front and the combat defense artillery battalion behind, and as for the dozens of people in the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, they were stuffed in the preparation battalion and left with the preparation battalion.

There are still a lot of people fleeing on the road, but compared with when the preparatory battalion retreated from Lanfeng to Xinyang in southern Henan, it was already a lot less, and the Japanese army had been in advance for a while, and the wave of refugees fleeing was also over, but there were a lot of corpses on the road, and they were basically starved to death.

The marching formation of the preparatory battalion was very sparsely arranged by Zhang Wei, and there was a considerable distance between each company, each platoon, and even each squad, and the Japanese bombardment left a deep impression on Zhang Wei, so when arranging the march, he deliberately emphasized the marching distance between the troops, so that they could quickly react when they were attacked by air.

The only road from Xinyang to Zhengzhou is that the road conditions and traffic are okay, and the disadvantage is that it is easy to be attacked by air raids.

But this anti-aircraft artillery battalion is not good, there are so many artillery and horses pulling artillery, if you don't take the main road, you can't play other roads at all.

Since you have taken the main road, you must be careful to take precautions, and the distance between the troops and the length of the ranks are stretched very long.

"Battalion commander, the air defense post and the battle defense artillery battalion at the back have been discussed and arranged." Qiu Wei, who had just arrived from the rear anti-aircraft artillery battalion, said.

In order to take further precautions, Zhang Wei decided to set up air defense posts in the team, specifically staring at the sky, paying attention to the problem of air defense, and also admonishing the battle defense artillery battalion at the end of the team.

"Okay, pass on more messages to the brothers, and pay attention to air defense!"

"Yes!" Evacuate the team, air alert, Zhang Wei basically did everything he could, followed by the retreating anti-aircraft machine gun platoon was also nervous by Zhang Wei, put the sights of the two anti-aircraft machine guns on, put the gun body on the pack horse to carry, once there is a situation in the air, the gun rack can be shot.

"Herald, has Company Commander Mu gone to arrange the vanguard search team and the guard team?" After the air defense problem is completed, there is also the issue of vigilance for the troops' march, and it is necessary to guard against airplanes in the sky and plainclothes on the ground.

Zhang Wei ordered Mu Chao's second company to draw troops and arrange the forward search team and the rear guard, and the advance guard search team was composed of one or two elite squads, dispersed two kilometers in front of the marching formation, and spread out the search and reconnaissance.

Zhang Wei transferred three machine guns from the heralds' hands to strengthen their melee firepower, and if they really got into plainclothes with the Japanese army, they would not suffer a loss in the fight.

The task of the avant-garde search team is to open the way for the troops, search and investigate, and keep a close watch for suspicious persons.

At the end of the marching formation, a platoon of the second company was released, and it could not look at the head or the buttocks, and stood guard in the back to see if there were any civilian clothes of Japanese soldiers following behind.

Both the avant-garde search and rearguard detachments were issued with a large number of grenades, the avant-garde units were issued additional submachine guns, and the rearguard units used basic weapons to provide alert to the front and rear of the marching troops.

"Report to the battalion commander, Company Commander Mu has already arranged and sent out the brothers who sprinkled in front, and now they are arranging a guard behind the team." The herald replied.

"Good!" Air defense and anti-civilian clothes, the two things that pose the greatest threat to the troops on the march, are now considered to be properly arranged. Hoping that his arrangement would not work, Zhang Wei said silently in his heart.

"Battalion commander, we have arranged everything that should be arranged, and if there is any mistake, it will not be something we can control." Qiu Wei saw Zhang Wei's worries, and said on the side, in fact, Qiu Wei was also beating drums in his heart, and what he was most worried about was the air raid of the Japanese army.

Plainclothes are ready to be dealt with by the battalion, but if a dozen fighters and bombers come, they really can't bear it, and if the troops meet, basically all the games will be over.

Zhang Wei nodded: "I understand, it's just that the Japanese army's combat methods this time are too frightening, not to mention the bombing, how terrible those plainclothes infiltrated into our rear are, they can attack our troops at any time and create chaos for us, we have almost no countermeasures, and if we attack and harass in many places, it can affect the operation of our large corps troops." ”

"The raid of the devils is quite annoying, like the Xinzhuang we took back, there are not many devils in it, but in one night, relying on raids and infiltration, concealment, and defeated the two battalions of the friendly army," Qiu Wei sighed.

The retreat of the preparatory battalion was urgent, after the battle of Xinzhuang, the captured equipment was urgently pulled out, the dead bodies of the Japanese army were not counted, and the number of enemy annihilation was not accurately counted, but Qiu Wei and Zhang Wei According to the battle process and the casualties of the preparatory battalion, the number of Japanese defenders in Xinzhuang was not much. The preparatory battalion took Xinzhuang and suffered more than 130 casualties.

Extrapolating it, the Japanese defenders in Xinzhuang Zhuangzi survived more than half a brigade of troops. In this way, he also took advantage of the night to capture Xinzhuang, repelled the two battalions of the 78th Division, which were almost fully manned, and attacked by surprise and surprise, and repeatedly succeeded.

This kind of surprise attack and infiltration of the Japanese army, and then paving the way for the deployment and attack of the large army, is indeed a big loss.

"The devil is strong, we can't show weakness, not to mention anything else, plainclothes and anti-sneak attack, if our troops can really achieve a comprehensive defense, every detail is done, it will be very difficult for the Japanese army to succeed." Zhang Wei said.

"Two battalions of friendly troops, nearly a thousand people, were touched by others, hum, there must be a problem with defense and vigilance, when we heard the gunshot, the Japanese army had already touched the inside of Zhuangzi, and if it was like this, I am afraid that there are more problems on my body!"

Qiu Wei also agreed, and when he contacted and communicated with friendly troops, he didn't say anything for the sake of face, and the two complete infantry battalions were defeated by others, and the first shot was fired in the village.

Anyone with a little brain can figure out what the situation is.

It is nothing more than that the vigilance is not strict, the soldiers are not nervous enough, the sentries are lax, and they can't see the shadow of the Japanese infantry during the day, so they think that they can sit back and relax at night, and they slack off from the top down, and the final result can only be the loss of the position.