Chapter 8: The Night Attack (1)
As it grew dark, the Japanese shelling gradually stopped, and only a few wing guns were still firing jamming at the defenders' positions.
Zhang Wei hurriedly inquired about the casualties, and he was afraid that the attack just now was a big loss.
"One squad was killed, three were wounded, and one was seriously wounded."
"Two people were killed and one wounded in the second shift."
"Two were killed and two wounded in the third shift".
The three squad leaders surrounded Zhang Wei to report the casualties. "Old squad leader, how is your heavy machine gun squad," Zhang Wei asked with concern. The old squad leader sighed: "Alas, the deputy squad leader let people be killed, and one of the drivers was also injured."
Zhang Wei patted his head, not counting the heavy machine gun squad, 5 were killed and 5 were injured in one game, and the seriously wounded soldiers had to be sent away later, and 6 were reduced at once, although more devils were killed, but the next consumption would sooner or later exhaust the combat effectiveness of a platoon, at this time, it could only fight. Zhang Wei stopped He Kun: "He Kun, you will take someone to send the seriously injured one to the regimental health center." He Kun answered and left with someone.
Not long after He Kun left, the company commander Wu Zhong came over with his waist bent: "Zhang Wei, I see that your platoon is quite fierce, how about the loss?" "5 broken, 5 wounded". Wu Zhong continued: "Your platoon is okay, Qiu Wei and them in the second platoon, a few shells fell down, and half of the squad is gone", "It is estimated that if you fight again, you will have to transfer the third platoon of the reserve team, let's rest."
Zhang Wei sat for a while, but decided to go to see the wounded soldiers, and the lightly injured had been dealt with, so they sat in the bunker together to rest. Among the 5 lightly wounded soldiers, there was a machine gunner in the second squad, and Wu Qian, the deputy of the second squad. Zhang Wei walked over: How are you guys?
The deputy of the second shift spat out a puff of smoke rings and quipped: "Platoon leader, it's okay, the devil will come and overturn him later." The big machine gunner also laughed and said, "That's it, if you still beat him, the Czech style in the class will depend on my big one." Zhang Wei didn't expect that his soldiers would be so optimistic.
At night, in the Tibetan Soldier Cave, Zhang Wei and the soldiers were gnawing on dry food and drinking cold water, and there was silence in the position, and the Japanese artillery bombardment had stopped after the night, and after four or five hours of bombing, they were also tired. The faces of the officers and men in the first platoon were depressed, and it was unbearable for anyone to hide in the shells for four or five hours, and the dull sound of the artillery and the oppressive atmosphere made everyone suffer physically and psychologically.
Zhang Wei took a bite of dry food, took a bayonet and drew a line on a piece of wood that had been scratched, the oppressive atmosphere made Zhang Wei have to go out to breathe, the full moon was high, and the cold wind blew on his face like a knife. "Good platoon commander"! The observation post left on the position said hello to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" Platoon commander, there has been no movement so far.
Zhang Wei took his rifle, "You drink saliva and rest for a while, I'll stare at it for a while." The observation post answered, did not leave, and sat where he was, drinking water and eating dry food.
Zhang Wei looked at the hillside covered with corpses, the haze and burning smoke blurred the vision in front of the position, and suddenly, with a pop, a corpse on the hillside moved, and a broken deer also rolled down, and then a shadow kept moving forward. Zhang Wei raised his rifle and took a look, pulled the trigger, and shouted: "Devil! Hurry up and call them out, and the observation post will run quickly towards the cave. The Japanese army attacked at night"!
At this time, there was no need for the Japanese troops on the hillside to hide, the light machine guns spat out tongues of fire in the direction of Zhang Wei, four or five infantry jumped up and rushed towards the position of a platoon, and the hidden grenadier group also began to shoot, and the sound of the board filled the front of the position
Da da da, it was the machine gun of the second platoon of friendly neighbors supporting the fire. Zhang Wei killed a devil who rushed to the front, and the footsteps of the devil behind immediately slowed down, and two of them had already fallen down to shoot, covering the other few impacts. A platoon of soldiers had already rushed out, entered their respective positions and began to return fire, grenades flew sideways, Czech machine guns spewed tongues of fire in the dark night, the Japanese also began to risk throwing grenades, a Japanese soldier jumped up and threw a Type 91 grenade, the grenade exploded on the position of the platoon, and the flying shrapnel wounded two soldiers. The Japanese soldier was also shot through the chest by a light machine gun at this moment, and fell to the ground weakly.
The night attack of the Japanese army has lost its suddenness, Zhang Wei looked at the muzzle flame on the hillside, I am afraid that the Japanese army of the night attack is not even a small team.
"Dog's day! Such a few people dare to come and touch Lao Tzu's position, brothers, work harder, and drive away the dogs." Zhang Wei threw out a grenade. Boom, after the grenade exploded, another mortar shell was supported, it was the 82 mortars commanded by Wu Zhong who were supporting, the fire of the Japanese grenadier group and machine guns also suddenly stopped, and the riflemen who were about to charge on the hillside also began to retreat wildly, dropping two corpses under the fire of a platoon and mortars, and disappeared into the night.
"Count the casualties and see if there are any dead," Zhang Wei shouted as he watched the soldiers.
"No, platoon commander in the first shift", "Two people in the second squad were slightly injured and there was no major problem", "There was no fault in the third shift". Zhang Wei nodded: Fortunately, the soldiers sat on the ground panting, Zhang Wei looked at the sleepless soldiers, and suddenly had a bold idea in his heart.
Putting away the rifle and twenty rounds, Zhang Wei walked over and patted the shoulders of the three squad leaders, "The three of you come with me, and He Kun, you also come over." Zhang Wei squatted down, and the four of them surrounded Zhang Wei.
"You three squad leaders, go back to the squad, each pick a group of capable soldiers, the first and second squads out of the rifle group, the third squad out of the machine gun group, He Kun, you go and get a light machine gun for me, and then you take the rest of the people to answer on the high ground." "Everyone smeared the bayonets with mud, the steel helmets with mud, everyone brought enough 5 grenades, and the kettle and everything were unloaded, understood." The four of them also understood Zhang Wei's purpose at this time, and Mr. Hao, the leader of the first squad, shook his head; "Platoon commander, the devil just finished beating us, let's go steal his position now, isn't it too difficult." Yes, there must be a strict vigilance, and the third squad leader Gao Yigong also echoed.
Zhang Wei said to the four of them: "From Shanghai to now, when did the devils really put us in their eyes", yes, "They just finished sneaking up on us, but they were arrogant", "I never thought that we would kill us immediately, without further ado, prepare immediately", it will be difficult to get it late. After listening to Zhang Wei's explanation, the four of them didn't think much about it anymore and immediately went down to prepare.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Wei looked at the disgraced night attack troops, and he was exactly sixteen people, all of whom had taken sufficient measures according to Zhang Wei's instructions to prevent reflections and noises at night. Zhang Wei said in a low voice: "Sixteen of us, we will touch his little devil's position later", "Remember, climb down the hill from the side, and then follow me forward to touch", "When I see the sentry, use a knife to solve it first, and if you can use a gun, you don't need it",
"In short, all actions are under my command".
Under the vast moonlight, sixteen nimble figures crept out of the bunker, and the targets were those Oriental devils on the opposite side, who let themselves be injured and bleeding, and had no peace.