It seems that the commanders at the top also took into account the physical strength of the soldiers, Zhang Wei and they actually stayed in the position for two hours, at about four o'clock in the afternoon, the defenders in the position received the order to attack, more than two hours of rest time is really rare in wartime, this attack will still be supported by the fire of the Shishan artillery battalion.

For the coordinated attack of the three battalions, Zhang Wei also needed to discuss with the other two battalion commanders, and there were three infantry battalions in the defense line to attack the Japanese defense line, and it was impossible to pull them all up.

"Tell me, two, how are you going to fight this time?" After Zhang Wei repelled the Japanese attack last time, the combat effectiveness and combat achievements of the preparatory battalion had already enabled Zhang Wei to take the lead among the three, and he was relatively strong in his speech, and there was nothing to shy away from.

The commander of the second battalion, who answered first, shook his head: "Our battalion is not good, the casualties are too great, and if we attack hard, the troops will not be able to hold on at all." "One company of the second battalion was completely disabled in the defensive battle just now, and all kinds of casualties added up to the bones, which is already a broken muscle, if this battalion is allowed to launch an attack and fight, it will not achieve any good results.

The commander of a battalion next to him looked a little indifferent: "Our battalion has no heavy casualties. The first battalion commander meant that he could participate in the attack or take on part of the mission.

"The devil has at least one brigade, it's not easy to gnaw." The commander of the first battalion sighed, the first and second companies of the second battalion launched a feint attack, and were soon beaten back by the Japanese, and many soldiers were killed and wounded. The number of supporting firearms is not much weaker than an infantry division of the national army, and it is not easy to deal with three battalions if a division can fight all?

"The Japanese army on the other side was repulsed by us once just now, and the strength at hand should not be so strong, they also have casualties, and they are also tired." The second battalion commander said thoughtfully, although his words were reasonable, but at this time, it sounded like the meaning of self-comfort was greater.

"That's reasonable, we should think about how to fight." After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he thought about the current countermeasures with a solemn expression.

At least one brigade on the opposite side, the previous battle process, the first was a company of the second battalion The Japanese position launched a feint, was repulsed, and then the Japanese launched a counterattack on their own position, the two sides have been deadlocked until now, and now the defense of the Japanese army on the opposite side is very likely to change, if Zhang Wei rashly launches an attack, it will be a big loss, out of insurance, Zhang Wei still feels that he should launch a tentative attack.

"Now the situation of the devils is not clear, we have been fighting with them for so long. The defenses and firepower of their positions have probably been strengthened, and I suggest that we continue to use the old rules and launch a feint. ”

Zhang Wei's approach is more secure, neither of them has any opinions, the above wants to attack, and the "feint" is naturally considered an attack, and it is better to be careful than to suffer a loss.

Indeed, when a brigade of the 59th Wing in the main position had previously launched a counterattack on the Nationalist defensive line, the Japanese were not idle, and other units of the 59th Wing urgently repaired the fortifications vacated by the forward positions, which had previously been bombarded by the 75 Mountain Artillery of the 46th Division and were somewhat destroyed.

The infantry brigade in the front was attacking, and the troops in the rear reinforced the vacated fortifications, and the Japanese army operated quite efficiently, using local materials, plus the engineering units reinforced by the engineering wing of the 14th Division, further repairing the forward fortifications, and the Japanese positions after being shelled by mountain artillery were further strengthened.

The core of the defense of the Japanese forward positions is the pillboxes and hidden bunkers, these forts are composed of trees obtained from local materials and the construction logs transported from the north bank of the Yellow River, with sandbags and vegetation attached to them, and the Japanese sappers repair and strengthen them with various operating tools to make these field emergency fortifications, these bunkers form a fire group with two or three, each pillbox is a fire support point, and two or three pillboxes can form a group of fire points.

Around the pillbox, on the basis of the original position, a large number of one-meter-deep foxholes were built, and the pits were arranged with Japanese individual riflemen, as well as light machine gun groups, grenadier groups, etc., and the main fortifications were connected to each other by communication trenches.

The core of the Japanese defense was these reinforced pillboxes and pillbox groups, which, together with foxholes and original defensive positions, together with infantry guns in the flanks and rear of the pillboxes, formed a network of fire in front of the positions.

There were one or two machine guns in each pillbox, and all the pillboxes had different firing directions, forming a network of crossfire, and the Japanese attacked the defeated brigade, and after retreating to the original position, they immediately took advantage of these fortifications, although the brigade failed to attack the defense line of the national army, but did not think that the Chinese army on the opposite side could take down this strengthened position, and with the combat effectiveness and firepower of the Chinese army, it was quite difficult to attack the ordinary civil fortifications.

This brigade under the 59th Wing retreated to its original position, received ammunition and supplies from the rear, and replenished a certain number of troops, and after replenishing a certain number of troops, it was ready to use these fortifications to withstand the possible attack of the Chinese army and regain the face of the failure of the counterattack just now.

Since it was a feint proposed by Zhang Wei, the troops who launched the feint had to prepare to battalion out, and a friendly battalion had previously carried out a feint, attacking the Japanese position with a company-level unit, and dozens of casualties were killed and wounded in the attack, in hindsight, the strength of the feint was really a lot, and a complete infantry company pulled up to feint, in order to find out the situation of the Japanese army, it was obviously a bit wasted, and the price was a large number of casualties. It's really more than worth the loss.

Zhang Wei ordered to launch a feint attack by a platoon of a company, a company of veterans, rich combat experience, the action before the enemy and the experience of deploying in front of the enemy are very rich, in the process of impact will not be like those soldiers who lack combat experience and weaker panic may occur, so as to affect the tactical action.

Considering that the Japanese army's defense might have been strengthened and changed, Zhang Wei ordered the commander of the first company, Qiu Wei, to take this platoon to carry out a feint attack, which could suppress the position, and Qiu Wei fought relatively steadily and had a more accurate understanding of the enemy's situation and firepower during the feint.

A platoon of three squads, the equipment in a company of adjustments, to this platoon to transfer two 89 heavy grenadiers, respectively assigned in two of the squads, the grenadier of each grenadier group of special grenades to supplement them, reducing the launch time of the grenadier (the 89 type grenadier needs to pull out the safety pin when firing the 91 grenade, the operation is time-consuming, and the volume is large, the range and accuracy are not as good as the special grenade)

After the deployment, this feint platoon can have a certain amount of covering fire when it engages the enemy on the front line, and the light machine guns of each squad are equipped with sufficient ammunition, and the whole platoon is in the trench to prepare for the attack.