The attacking Japanese troops were fully deployed in front of the ** position within five minutes, the infantry scattered in front of the position, rushed forward, and the Japanese infantry that directly launched the attack was enough for the strength of two squadrons, and there seemed to be a follow-up heavy machine gun group in the rear of the Japanese ranks.

** in the trench, has been ready for battle, in the position except for the friction of the bolt, there is no other sound, all the people are staring at the Japanese army in front, the position of the preparatory battalion is in the center, the two wings are the two battalions of the 276 regiment, now the Japanese army rushing over is spread out in several skirmish lines, spread out in front of the position, the Japanese army is still more than 100 meters away from the position, every moment, the distance between the two armies is constantly shrinking, there is no change in the position of the preparatory battalion, at this time, when it is one hundred and thirty or forty meters away from the Japanese front, Suddenly shots rang out on the left flank positions.

"Bang!"

There are always accidents on the battlefield, the preparation battalion under the leadership of Zhang Wei's strict training and distribution of veterans, the shooting discipline on weekdays is quite strict, for the early release of guns such a thing, the preparation battalion rarely happens, now the two armies are still far apart, just at this juncture, there are soldiers on the friendly positions on the left flank who have released their guns in advance.

The sound of gunfire made Zhang Wei extremely uncomfortable, the situation of indiscriminate gun placement was already very unfamiliar to Zhang Wei, the training of the preparatory battalion was sufficient, the second company and the third company, the two newly formed companies, each company's infantry squad can guarantee three veterans or non-commissioned officers.

The training instructions given to the recruits of the preparatory battalion during training were: they would rather shoot late than release their guns early, and these peasant soldiers from Hunan carried out Zhang Wei's instructions very well under preferential treatment and strict training, and in addition to the actual combat of the Battle of Eastern Henan, the soldiers of the preparatory battalion could not be said to be skilled in combat skills, but they would not make such low-level mistakes.

Friendly forces are different, the stalls are too big, there are too many recruits, and at this time there are still soldiers who let go of their guns when they are not given the order to fire.

Fortunately, after the soldier opened fire, the people around him did not follow the shot, and there was a chain reaction, which was quickly stopped by the officer's bullet.

After all, the 46th Division is a unit based on the 4,000 veterans of the 4,000 Teaching Corps to break through, and in addition to the actual combat in eastern Henan for so long, it is still not a big problem to suppress the bullets and fire the guns indiscriminately.

"Ready!"

After the gunshot, the Japanese were closer and about to come within firing range, and the soldiers began to pull down the trigger and focus on their targets.

"Fire!" Zhang Wei shouted.

The positions of the preparatory battalions and the friendly positions opened fire almost at the same time, and the defensive positions of the three battalions produced fierce firepower, and more than 500 rifles and dozens of light machine guns formed a firepower network, which dealt a severe blow to the Japanese troops who attacked, and the Japanese troops in the forward were almost half defeated, and the Japanese troops quickly adjusted their attack posture, organized suppression and counterattack fire, and the assault group and the light machine gun group performed their respective duties, either attacking forward, or firing on the spot to cover the attack after trying their best to move forward.

The attacking Japanese troops had a large number of troops, and there were more than 300 people exposed in front of the position, and the defenders in the position had only one goal, that is, to hold the position, and on the position where the battalion was prepared for defense, except for the mortar platoon attached to it, which had not received the order to open fire and was still on standby, the rest were all fighting hard, Zhang Wei's temporary command position was in the center of the first company, and the Japanese troops in front of him were blocked by the fire of the three battalions, and their advance was blocked, and they all advanced at a distance of less than 100 meters.

"Onward! Grenadiers fire! "The Japanese soldiers Cao and the squad leaders who led the attack immediately organized to suppress the fire, and the Japanese grenadiers fired at the defenders' positions behind the light machine guns, and the first bullets began to fall in the trenches.

"It's a grenadier!" Two grenades fell into the trenches of the preparatory battalion, and after the explosion there was a brief pause in the fire on the position, and the Japanese infantry who were assaulting rushed forward, and the first company was also equipped with six grenadiers, and after being bombed, they were ready to return fire with grenadiers.

"Don't fight back with a grenadier so early, stop, and bring the devil closer." Zhang Wei stopped a company of grenadiers from firing, and now the distance of the Japanese army is not close enough, and the distance of throwing grenades is not even enough, Zhang Wei plans to use only rifles and light and heavy machine guns to fight back, and put the Japanese troops within 50 meters, that is, within the distance of grenade grenades, and then grenades, grenadiers, plus two 82 mortars behind the position, concentrate firepower, plus the steel nails attached to those grenades, to ensure that the devil can drink a pot.

"Pass my order to each company, wait until within 50 meters to see the signal and throw grenades in a unified manner, and the grenadiers of one company will fire together with the mortars behind when the time comes." Zhang Wei said to the three heralds around him, in the absence of walkie-talkies and field telephones, verbal transmission of orders is the only available way, the three heralds have been following Zhang Wei for a long time, the three of them have tacitly assigned the tasks in Zhang Wei's order, one went to the mortar position in the rear, told them to wait for the front to throw grenades before firing, the other two bent down, bent down, and walked around the position while repeating the order, informing the order to the platoon commander of each company, and at the same time, the repetition in the position can also let the soldiers know the instruction.

The soldiers of the preparation battalion only used rifles and machine guns to shoot at the Japanese army, the Japanese army's shooting skills were high, but the shooting skills of the soldiers of the preparation battalion were also growing, the two armies fired at each other at a distance of seventy or eighty meters, the Japanese army was exposed to the position, and the casualties of the shooting were not small, the Japanese army's light machine guns and grenadiers covered the infantry assault, and from time to time there were grenades thrown into the position.

The Japanese troops who attacked the preparatory battalion quickly noticed the shooting skills of the enemy in front of them, and in the past, this style of play was their favorite, shooting at each other, and the quality advantage of the Japanese army could be greatly brought into play, but in front of the position of the preparatory battalion, the Japanese army took advantage of the shooting but it was not very large, and the veterans in the preparatory battalion were not even equal to the Japanese army, at least they could fight back and forth, although the recruits' skills were poor, but they also had a certain accuracy.

"Baga, speed up the assault and suppress the enemy position with grenadiers!" A Japanese squadron leader witnessed the death of a soldier next to him, they attacked the position that the preparation battalion was responsible for, a bullet from a veteran of a company of the preparation battalion accurately hit the soldier's chest, the Japanese squadron leader was keenly aware that the squadron they attacked, shooting skills and combat quality should be more important, so he immediately ordered to speed up the assault, with the shooting technology of the "imperial army", even if the opposite shooting is good, the casualties will not be greater than the imperial army, but he does not want to increase casualties in vain, and it is good to step up the capture of the position.

"Speed up the assault!"

"Boom" several grenades flew towards the positions of the prepared battalion.

After a grenadier group of Japanese troops opened fire, it happened to be targeted by a turntable machine gun of the preparatory battalion, and a series of machine gun bullets killed the shooter, and wounded the loader in the process of transferring the grenadier group.

The distance of the Japanese troops continued to approach, perhaps due to the heavy fire of the infantry machine guns of the prepared battalion, and the grenadier firing effect in this round was not good, and most of the grenades hit the outside of the trench, and the damage to the personnel inside the trench was not large.