After a night of scuffle, the defenders of Xinzhuang were the first to retreat, and the two battalions in Zhuangzi failed to hold Zhuangzi, and the casualties of the troops were not particularly large, and the main reason for the loss of Zhuangzi was because of the Japanese raid, and the impact of the air raid was not fully recovered.

Although the defenders of Xinzhuang lost their positions, the defenders of the open area on both flanks of Xinzhuang were extremely tenacious, and they still held on after the loss of Xinzhuang, and attacked each other with the Japanese troops on the flank, and still maintained their positions in the early morning.

The preparatory battalion and the Japanese army also fought for half a night, after the defenders of Xinzhuang retreated, Zhang Wei ordered heavy machine gun fire to attack it, and then the Japanese army also began to fire back, the two armies fired at each other in the dark night, because the distance between the preparatory battalion and Xinzhuang was too far, no one could see anyone, just hit each other randomly.

All the rifle machine guns in the front-line positions of the preparatory battalion joined the battle, and the Japanese did not dare to show weakness, and even fired a few grenades in front of the preparatory battalion position, and the melee lasted for most of the night, and the casualties were not large.

At dawn the next day, Zhang Wei's Xinzhuang had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army, and on the road between the prepared battalion position and Xinzhuang, there were scattered corpses of the national army, and the corpses on the left and right flanks of Xinzhuang were the most, Xinzhuang was raided last night, and the defenders in the open area on the left and right wings reacted very quickly and quickly counterattacked.

However, due to the lack of troops and firepower, it was not able to attack in the end, and in the second half of the night, the battalion deployed on the left and right flanks of Xinzhuang also withdrew, and Xinzhuang had been lost, and it was of little significance to hold on.

The casualties of the withdrawn Xinzhuang defenders were not too large, and the two battalions counted them, and a total of 200 casualties were lost.

Xinzhuang was lost, and what was originally a preparatory battalion position on the second line has now become a direct confrontation with the Japanese army.

From the mouths of the retreating friendly troops, Zhang Wei roughly knew the battle situation of the surprise attack on Xinzhuang last night.

Last night, the Japanese army lurked in the village, and by the time it was discovered by the defenders of Shonai, it had already broken through most of it, and the national army had lost the opportunity at the beginning.

According to the description of the friendly forces, Zhang Wei learned that the Japanese troops who attacked the raid were very fierce, equipped with a large number of grenadiers, and the melee fire was also extremely fierce.

The Japanese army was divided into small units and infiltrated the village from different directions, and the national army was not well garrisoned, so the progress was extremely smooth, and by the time the battle came, the national army had lost its advantage and had to withdraw from the village.

What should the battalion do now, Zhang Wei told Qiu Wei to be optimistic about the troops, and he took the opportunity to send friendly troops to find a way to borrow a phone from a regimental headquarters of the 78th Division, and hung it directly to Qiu Maniac, asking Qiu Maniac what to do next.

He was a unit of the assault column, and the friendly troops who were supposed to be the first-line troops retreated, and his own reserve battalion, which was originally deployed on the second line, became a first-line force.

After a night of attack, the two battalions of the friendly army will not launch a counterattack on Xinzhuang in a short time, and Zhang Wei's preparation battalion cannot just hang in front of the Japanese army.

What to do next is to ask Madman Qiu.

Talking to Qiu Maniac, it turned out that last night it was not only the Xinzhuang defense line that was attacked, but also the commanding heights of Longshan on the left flank of Xinzhuang were also attacked by the Japanese army, and the defenders of Longshan resisted desperately, and the Japanese army repeatedly tug-of-war, and Longshan changed hands many times.

Qiu Maniac is directing the chariot troops to cooperate with friendly counterattacks, and he can still hear the sound of gunfire around him when he talks on the phone.

Qiu Madman's order to Zhang Wei: Zhang Wei was allowed to launch a counterattack and counterattack with friendly forces, Zhang Wei gave that the Japanese army had occupied Xinzhuang, and the preparation battalion itself lacked firepower.

Zhang Wei asked Qiu Maniac to strengthen his firepower, and when Qiu Maniac learned of the situation near Xinzhuang, he transferred two T26 tank platoons from the tank battalion of the assault column, and another platoon of battle defense artillery from the battle defense artillery battalion, which was reinforced to the preparation battalion.

Zhang Wei clarified the task and situation, immediately returned to the position of the preparatory battalion, ordered it down, and allowed himself to attack, then there is nothing to say, and Zhuangzi is to be defeated.

The six T26 tanks and two 37 combat guns that came in for reinforcements were in place within half an hour after Zhang Wei asked for instructions, and the combat vehicles and battle defense guns were parked behind the position of the prepared battalion.

Zhang Wei returned to the position, and the three company commanders saw Zhang Wei's hot appearance and knew that it was time to work, and the three of them realized the arrival of the attack battle.

Zhang Wei immediately agreed on a battle plan with the company commanders.

"Chief Qiu's order has come down, cooperate with the friendly forces to repel the devils in front of you, and retake Xinzhuang!"

"Battalion commander, you just give the order."

Zhang Wei and the three of them walked to the front-line position, observing the Xinzhuang in front of them, there was no movement on the surface, and they could not see the Japanese army.

"Now that Zhuangzi is in the hands of the Japanese army, they must have occupied it overnight and built fortifications, and if they want to fight it, they have to come from different directions." Zhang Wei pointed to Xinzhuang in front of him and said.

"Fight separately?" Qiu Wei asked.

Zhang Wei nodded: "Three companies attacked from different directions and attacked the inside of Zhuangzi. ”

"But we can't figure out the Japanese firepower, and the casualties are ......"

Looking at Mu Chao's sad face, Zhang Wei glanced back.

"Commander Qiu has reinforced our chariots under my command, before the attack for a while, I will let the chariots fire first, this place, the chariots can't be used as sharp knives to break through, but it's good to be a firing point and a fort."

"After a while, we will use the chariot to suppress Xinzhuang's firepower, and we don't know the Japanese army's firepower deployment now, so we will bombard him with artillery, destroy his fortifications, and bomb them as much as possible!"

Madman Qiu transferred two platoons to Zhang Wei, with a total of six chariots, this time it was a village battle, and the chariots could not drive inside.

The Japanese army held the village, and the tanks could not enter at all, so Zhang Wei meant that in the preparation stage of the attack, these tanks should be used as mobile batteries, advance a certain distance, and shell Xinzhuang within a safe range.

The T26 is equipped with a 45mm chariot gun, which can effectively attack the buildings in Xinzhuangzhuang, and the outermost houses in Xinzhuang can be fired directly.

You can also raise the elevation angle, shoot the shells diagonally into the village, and carry out a certain shelling of the village, of course, he does not know where the shells land.

If the preparatory battalion takes Zhuangzi and the Japanese retreat, these chariots can also carry out strafing pursuits.

Zhang Wei's positioning for them was that if the mobile batteries in the offensive preparation stage were to take Zhuangzi, they would be transformed into mobile operations, strafing and pursuing the rout of the Japanese army.

"I'll contact the chariot, now plan the direction of attack of your three companies, my plan, one company each on the front, left flank and right flank."

Zhang Wei said to the three company commanders that he was fighting around three queyi.

"Give it to us head-on, and give us hard bones to gnaw."

"No, battalion commander, let's come together, the second company will definitely be fine!"

Everyone knows that the firepower facing the front of the preparation battalion must be the strongest, and now the first company commander Qiu Wei took the initiative to take over the work, and the second company commander Mu Chao immediately grabbed it.

Striving for the direction of the main attack, Zhang Wei is still happy to see his subordinates like this, grabbing the main attack represents vigor and enterprising, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is not much worse.

Zheng Yiqun, the commander of the third company, didn't speak, and it would be a bit confusing for him to interject at this time, not to mention that he has always been one of the three company commanders with poor combat performance and qualifications.