Chapter 198: Co-optation

"Stop fighting, no devils!"

I don't know which veteran shouted, there were corpses everywhere in front of the embankment, most of the squadron attacked by the Japanese army was annihilated, except for a dozen or so who fled back to the riverbank, the rest were all left here, the vicinity of the embankment was filled with smoke from grenade explosions and firearm fire, and the four heavy machine guns were all boiled because of the high-intensity continuous fire, and they could only blow up if they continued to fight. X

Zhang Wei's battle can be regarded as a complete annihilation of a squadron, the officers and soldiers of the preparation battalion did not cheer, except for the vigilant, the rest of the soldiers are silently cleaning up the position, moving the corpses of their comrades, the results are indeed good, but compared with the previous battle, the tragedy is far less than the counterattack, this time he can win, one is that the terrain of the embankment is beneficial to the preparation battalion, and the second is that Zhang Wei is well prepared, and the firing range and firing range of various firearms have all been divided.

The Japanese dared to use the strength of a squadron to cross the river and rush to the position, making it clear that they looked down on the squadron on the opposite side, since this was the case, Zhang Wei had to give them some hardship.

"It's all there, repair the fortifications, clean up the corpses, treat the wounded!"

Zhang Wei roared, patted the cannon fodder on his body, the platoon commanders of each squad cleaned up the position, counted the casualties, reported them level by level, and finally summarized it to Zhang Wei, not counting Li Changgui's people, a total of forty people were killed and more than a dozen people were injured, most of the casualties came from the casualties caused by the Japanese army when they fired grenadiers when they were closer, and the losses caused by the Japanese army's shooting technology was relatively strong.

Mu Chao and Zheng Yiqun reported to Zhang Wei, according to the casualty figures they reported, Mu Chao's second company suffered heavy casualties, with 19 killed, and the second company had only more than 70 troops before joining the war, and nearly 20 people were killed at once, losing nearly one-third of its troops.

"Battalion commander, after the battle of our second company, several squads have been completely empty, I can only make do with the disabled squads and put them together, the whole company is already crippled, and there are less than sixty combat soldiers left." Mu Chao said with a sad face.

Zheng Yiqun's third company suffered relatively light casualties, only ten people were killed, but he also empathized with Mu Chao: "Yes, after the battle of King Luo, Mu Lianchang's second company and our third company were crippled, and if we continue to fight, I'm afraid the two of us will have to be platoon commanders." Zheng Yiqun smiled bitterly and shook his head, they are less than seventy even now.

The three infantry companies under Zhang Wei, except for the first company, are still maintained at the scale of 100 people, and the second and third companies only have about half of the troops left.

The three of them stared at each other, and they couldn't come up with an idea for a long time.

"Okay, you two go back first, and I'll figure out a way to deal with the soldiers." Zhang Wei asked the two to return to the company, and he could only figure out his own way about the soldiers.

"Bang bang bang" The unique gunfire of the 92 heavy machine gun came, hearing the gunshot, Zhang Wei subconsciously picked up the rifle and looked out, the soldiers immediately put down the work at hand, and the cat was in the trench ready to fight.

The gunfire just now was fired by the 92 heavy machine gun, the gunfire of this thing and the gunfire of the 38 big cover, Zhang Wei's ears could hear the cocoon, the 92 heavy machine gun fired two rounds of point fire, and the one who fired was the machine gun position on the other side of the river, Zhang Wei thought about it, the Japanese would not shoot indiscriminately, and the right flank of the preparatory battalion was a little rioty.

Zhang Wei looked over, and Li Changgui's men were holding guns in the position, and many people seemed to want to rush out. Looking at the front of the position again, out of thin air, there were two more corpses wearing gray cotton uniforms, it was Li Changgui's person, and there was also a soldier who did not die, under the embankment, trying to climb up the embankment, his body was full of blood, and he couldn't survive at the sight.

"Can't go out!" Zhang Wei shouted at Li Changgui's people, and at the same time hurriedly sent a squad of the second company to stop the people rushing out and stabilize the situation

"Sir, sir......" Li Changgui carried the Liao Thirteen rifle and crawled along the trench.

"Changgui, what's going on with those brothers outside?" Zhang Wei asked eagerly.

Li Changgui replied with a crying voice: "Just now when I took my brothers down the embankment to rush the little devils, several brothers were hit and did not come back, and those three brothers wanted to go down to collect their bodies, and then ...... Then the machine guns of the little devils came, and there was not one of them who was not dead, and they wanted to go and pull him up. ”

"Damn!" Zhang Wei slammed the sandbag in front of the formation.

"Changgui, I let a squad of soldiers pass, and you also went over to persuade them, you must not go out, the two sides are separated by a total of several hundred meters, and the Japanese can see it if they move, and if you go down, you will die."

Li Changgui was still relatively rational, and went back to the people sent by Zhang Wei, and even persuaded him, but he finally persuaded him, and the one below did not die thoroughly, and there was no movement after climbing a few meters.

The Japanese troops on the opposite side did not fire again.

Zhang Wei ordered to speed up the cleaning of the fortifications, no one was allowed to go out of the position, and no one was allowed to go down to collect the bodies of the brothers who died under the embankment, as long as they went out, it would be a death, and the soldiers also understood the pros and cons, and continued to work to strengthen the fortifications.

After repairing the finished work, in order to prevent the Japanese shelling, Zhang Wei ordered the third company to leave a sentry platoon, and the rest of the people were all withdrawn to the hidden fortifications behind the embankment.

After the accident just now, Li Changgui and his subordinates were not in a high mood, this kind of thing is not comfortable for anyone to fall on, just won a battle, and lost three people.

In Zhang Wei's opinion, the three soldiers who were killed also had problems, their vigilance was too poor, and they went out to expose themselves to the Japanese army's firepower just after the battle, and they simply didn't take their lives seriously. However, Zhang Wei can't say these words clearly.

"Changgui, don't think about it too much, these three brothers, the death is a bit unjust, but if you fight, let's fight back sooner or later to take revenge."

Li Changgui is also a person who is accustomed to seeing life and death on the battlefield, Zhang Wei persuaded him a few words, and the stuffiness was gone, looking at Li Changgui and the nearly thirty people left under him, Zhang Wei had other thoughts, he was short of soldiers, but now there is a working soldier in front of him?

"Changgui, what do you think of this battle just now?"

Li Changgui didn't think about it: "Okay! It's a pleasure! After I left the Northeast, I had never fought such a happy battle in Rehe for two days, and I was able to kill so many little devils. ”

"And what about our troops?"

"It's still good! , everyone has a steel helmet, and the rifle is a 79 medium gun, which I don't think the general Central Army can compare. ”

After Zhang Wei knocked on the side, he no longer hid his thoughts: "Changgui, how about following me in the future?" You don't have to be looked down upon, you don't have to worry about useless, and the most important thing is that you can kill more devils in the future, fight more happy battles, and maybe you can go back to your hometown in the Northeast alive to see the devils finished. ”

Li Changgui didn't answer Zhang Wei directly, he looked at his subordinate brothers around him, Zhang Wei didn't rush to let him answer, this kind of thing, always have to think about it for a while.

Li Changgui thought about it carefully, there were a lot of behaviors of annexing and routing stragglers, which was considered a normal behavior. Zhang Wei, an officer, was able to talk to him calmly, which showed that he was a reasonable person, and more or less reflected the importance he attached to himself and his brothers.

After so many battles, today's one is the most enjoyable, Zhang Wei, Li Changgui thinks it's not bad, he doesn't have a fight, and he can command. No matter what Li Changgui thinks, there is no reason to refuse.

"Sir, my brothers and I did it with you!" r