The night breeze blew on the faces of the soldiers, and the weather was neither hot nor cold, which just allowed the officers and men to get the best rest.

The soldiers lived in positions and set up accommodation using makeshift tents and canvases.

Except for the guard post, everyone else had already slept peacefully, including Zhang Wei.

After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese lost their troops, at least for now, they could not launch a counterattack, the Chinese soldiers slept peacefully, and the Japanese troops opposite them were terrified. Unable to sleep, there was also the commander of the 20 th Army Corps, Tang Enbo, according to his deployment, all units had rushed to the predetermined combat positions after fierce battles of greater or less.

Tomorrow, just tomorrow!

The commander of the 21st Wing, Katano Tasumi, sat in the temporary headquarters with a freshly overturned dinner on the table. According to the detachment's intelligence and aerial reconnaissance reports, the 20th Army Corps and other parts of the Chinese army's new force have surrounded the Sakamoto detachment and the Seya detachment, and in today's daytime battle, the three infantry squadrons on the Aiqu and Lanling lines only ran back a few lightly wounded soldiers, which shows that the Chinese army has begun to compress the defensive line and prepare for a general attack.

"Guards, go and clean up the food, and send everything you can eat to the seriously wounded soldiers!" Katano is very helpless, since being surrounded these days, the ammunition and supplies of the troops have begun to run short, this situation is not only unique to his wing, the Sakamoto detachment and the Seya detachment in the direction of Taierzhuang are the same, especially the 63rd Wing under Taierzhuang, the siege has been spent a lot, and these days it has been counterattacked by the defenders, which is even worse, not to mention that those few tracked tractors and 150mm heavy guns are estimated to be unable to pull away.

The balance of the war has shifted to the Chinese army. On the morning of April 3, the Chinese army, which had hastily had breakfast, gathered in the trenches to prepare for the attack, and Zhang Wei slept for a long night, and at this time he was in good spirits, as were the officers and men of the independent company behind him. Zhang Wei just got the news, just now, the 20th Army Headquarters issued an order to the subordinate units to counterattack, that is, the counterattack on the whole front is about to begin.

On the opposite side of Liu Zhuang to the line of Xiaoguoli is the 21st Wing of the Japanese Army. The bayonet had already been loaded with a rifle, Zhang Wei and the 23rd Regiment fought together, the target was the infantry gun in a Japanese position on the edge of Liu Zhuang, Zhang Wei had already taught Dong Erli the specific use of it, and when the attack began, it would become a powerful fire support. Boom Boom - Dense artillery sounds came, and then the positions of the Japanese troops on the opposite side were covered with flying sand and shrapnel, and the effect of the concentrated use of artillery was undoubtedly revealed. By firing from the regimental mortars, the power was naturally much worse than that of the barreled artillery, and after firing a dozen rounds, it stopped, and the artillery fire stopped, which also represented the beginning of the attack.

"Rush!" The troops poured out of the trenches and rushed forward! Zhang Wei picked up the gun, and the bayonet on the gun looked so dazzling under the reflection of the sun's rays, and it was held high above his head.

"Kill, kill them, take back our territory!" Kill, the troops rushed out, followed behind the 23rd regiment, and the sand and gravel raised by the charging troops made the Japanese troops on the opposite side tremble.

The forward troops rushed very close, and the Japanese did not rush to open fire, not because they didn't want to fire, but because they really lacked ammunition, so they could only put it into the fight.

Whoosh - The Japanese opened fire, the bullets entered the crowd of the forward troops, knocking down one soldier after another, the Chinese officers and soldiers were not frightened, but continued to charge, the Japanese were anxious, heavy machine gun grenadiers and mortars began to fire, and the Chinese army's attack team finally came to a slow halt.

On the way, there were more than fifty corpses, and the soldiers could only fire in place. Zhang Wei followed behind the main attacking force, the independent company did not suffer any casualties, seeing that the attack was blocked, Zhang Wei did not want to be ambiguous, what should I do? Let's get on the gun.

"Dong Erli, come here, a grenade shotgun, target, Japanese position." Dong Erli took the mortar squad to push the cannon over, the old way, the soldiers held the gun carriage and the hoe, the howitzer does not need to be aimed too much, and hitting it is a victory. Dong Erli loaded the shell according to Zhang Wei's method and adjusted the barrel and angle.

"One shotgun, target, Japanese position, good!" "Hit!" Boom - the cannon was ejected and hit the side and rear of the Japanese trench, it was enough, the fragments and steel balls killed and injured the Japanese infantry, the Japanese firepower and rifle fire were obviously weakened, and the officers and men of the 23rd Regiment saw that the Japanese firepower was weakened, and they took the opportunity to touch forward, and after advancing more than 20 meters, they fell into a stalemate.

Without him, the Japanese mortars began to exert their might, and the shells hit unexpectedly, and the 81 shrapnel produced by the rapid fire even almost hit Zhang Wei's independent company.

"The grenadier groups of each squad, with the maximum range, give me cover for the brothers in front." When the four platoon commanders heard the order, they hurriedly divided the grenadier components, adjusted the firing range to the maximum on the spot, and fired covering fire.

"Ninety-two artillery, grenades, targets, Japanese depth and Japanese positions, one shot each, rapid fire!" Well, two rapid fires! Dong Erli withdrew the cartridge case just now, reloaded it with a blasting shell, pulled the cannon rope, and then opened the bolt again, repeating the action again.

The second shot shot out of the chamber. The explosive shells clearly caused confusion to the Japanese troops in their positions and depths, and with the cover of the grenadiers, shrapnel and artillery shells set off bursts of floating earth on the Japanese positions.

"Hit it!" One of the officers in front rushed forward, the soldiers followed closely behind, and the officers rushed to kill, and when the grenades were most useful, dozens of people were thrown at the Japanese positions. Constant explosions and stray bullets hit the past, and there was a gap in the Japanese position, Zhang Wei saw the soldiers of the 23rd Regiment rushing into it and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.

"Company commander, let's rush forward too!" Xu Yi said. As soon as a good son was about to exit, Zhang Wei took it back, looking at the desperate defense of the Japanese army and the strong firepower just now, Zhang Wei almost forgot the common sense, this Japanese may still be hiding people and mortars behind.

"Don't move, ninety-two rifle guns, two grenades, extending fifty meters back, two rapid fire!"

"Extended?" Dong Erli looked confused, and he didn't know what he meant. Zhang Wei snatched the shell and muttered while operating the artillery.

"To extend is to increase the firing range, to the depth, that is, to the farther of the enemy's position, such as the concealment and the enemy's detachment artillery positions." Zhang Wei lowered the angle of the barrel and loaded a shell.

Boom - This shell hit a dozen meters behind the Japanese trench, causing confusion in the Japanese position, and some Japanese soldiers who tried to participate in the counterattack and scattered and retreated were killed.

After the first shot, Dong Erli fired the second shot, and because the angle was not adjusted, this shot hit next to the first shot.

Zhang Wei stood up and picked up his rifle. Now that the positions of the Japanese army have been broken through, I have to be the last straw that crushes them.

"Everyone, follow me!" The officers and men of the independent company rushed to the Japanese position with rifles in hand, and the officers and men of the 23rd Regiment, who had been fighting with the Japanese troops hand-to-hand on the position, saw the friendly troops coming to help, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Zhang Wei pulled the trigger and killed a Japanese soldier who rushed towards him, he has always been able to use a gun without a knife. The officers and men of the other independent companies were still assigned according to the combat group, looking for the Japanese army to fight.

The remnants of the Japanese troops on the position were killed by more than a dozen people. Finally abandoned the position, and the remnants retreated frantically. Zhang Wei raised his gun to shoot, and the officers and soldiers on the position fired a volley of guns at the retreating Japanese army.

"Kill, rush over." An officer of the 23rd Regiment was red-eyed and rushed out of the trench with a shovel, and he took out forty or fifty soldiers.

Dozens of people wanted to chase and kill the remnants of the Japanese army, and rushed out directly. Zhang Wei stopped the others and shouted, "Come back quickly and consolidate your position!" Sure enough, the Japanese opened fire, and the 75th Mountain Artillery and 92nd Infantry Gun of the Wing gave fire cut-off cover on the way to the retreat of the remnants, and the exposed 23rd Regiment troops were covered by fire, half of them were killed and wounded, and the rest could only run back, and less than 20 people came back.

Zhang Wei shook his head, the Japanese artillery bombardment also taught a lesson to the Chinese officers and soldiers present.