Chapter 226: Besieging the Enemy Who Broke In

The veterans of the two platoons joined the battle group, the battle situation near the breakthrough improved, almost a group of five or six people against one or two Japanese soldiers, the veterans of the preparation battalion and the veterans of the second battalion fought head-on with the Japanese army, the recruits of the second battalion waited for the opportunity behind the veterans, and looked for an opportunity to rush forward when the veterans were entangled with the Japanese army, and the stabilized second battalion began to be able to attack the Japanese army, and the original chaotic position order was also restored. Troops were no longer drawn from other positions, and the defensive posture of the various positions returned to normal.

There are still about 30 Japanese troops left who are fighting in the position, and the national army against them has reached more than 100 people, the absolute superiority of the troops, the Chinese army is more and more courageous, and the Japanese army is getting fewer and fewer, the mortar shelling makes it difficult for the Japanese follow-up troops to rush up, the Japanese army in the position can only fight alone and the national army, the Japanese army faces the Chinese army with extreme strength superiority, especially the combat group with the veterans of the preparation battalion as the backbone, it is indeed difficult to parry.

The Japanese commander who commanded the attack in the rear also saw the dilemma of the attacking troops rushing into the position, and the shells continued to explode in front of the position, making it clear that they were trying to block the passage of the troops to attack the Chinese army, and most of the troops who rushed in would be killed by the Chinese troops in the position.

The purpose of suppressing mortar fire was to prepare to charge again, continue to attack the position, the retreating Japanese infantry units regrouped, lay on the ground, and waited until the infantry artillery suppressed the mortars before launching a charge, the 92 infantry guns stopped firing at the other positions of the 2nd Battalion, and turned to fire at the rear of the preparatory battalion position, the target was the 82 mortar position behind the position.

"Boom, boom, boom" The two 92 rifle guns raised the elevation angle of the artillery and fired two rounds of rapid fire at the rear of the preparatory battalion position, and the observers of the Japanese infantry artillery squadron had already determined the approximate position of the mortar position through the trajectory of the mortars, and the several rounds of shells fired out all fell near the mortar positions, and one shell directly hit the communication ditch between the two mortar firing trenches, and two mortar platoon ammunition soldiers who were maneuvering in the communication trenches were killed in the communication trenches. Shrapnel from the explosion also wounded the firing crews who were firing in the gun emplacement.

After being shelled, the mortar platoon could only stop firing, drag away the corpses in the traffic ditch, dismantle the mortars in the firing position and hide them in the anti-artillery holes, and the personnel also braved the shelling into the anti-artillery holes in the positions to hide, and for a while, the blockade shooting against the former Japanese troops stalled.

The mortar position was shelled, Zhang Wei could also feel the violent explosion from the rear on the position of the first company, and the falling shells of the infantry guns also spread to the trenches of the preparatory battalion, and a small amount of shrapnel hit the position of the preparatory battalion.

"Let a company of grenadiers shoot me that way and take over the mortars." In desperation, Zhang Wei could only let the Type 89 grenadiers of the first company shoot in front of the second battalion instead of mortars, and at the same time ordered the rifle machine guns on the left flank of the first company to concentrate fire and cooperate with the grenadiers to fire in the same direction, trying their best to stop the Japanese charge.

As soon as the 92 infantry artillery bombardment was successful, the Japanese troops lying on the ground began to charge, and as soon as they hit more than 10 meters, the grenades and rifle machine gun shells that came from the direction of the position of the company on the left flank overturned the seven or eight people who rushed forward, and the Japanese did not expect that the preparatory battalion still had the captured 89-type grenadiers in their hands, and a bunch of grenades covered them, and their killing effect was not much worse than that of the 82 mortars, and the Japanese troops who were just about to rush over were pushed back, leaving behind seven or eight corpses.

Zhang Wei discerned the intentions of the Japanese army; Due to the blockade of the preparatory battalion, it is difficult for the troops outside the position to break in, and the Japanese army just wants to solve the suppressive firepower, and then continue to break into the position, expand the results, defeat and defeat the second battalion, and even the entire national defense line.

If you want to stop the Japanese army, you must solve the Japanese army in the position as soon as possible, clear the position, and increase the strength of the troops in a quick battle, Zhang Wei transferred a platoon from the second company to reinforce He Kun and others who were fighting with the Japanese army, and at the same time try to suppress the Japanese army outside the position.

"Go to the heavy machine gun position, let them bring a heavy machine gun, set it up on the trench, and block the devils outside the position."

A heavy machine gun squad was dispatched, Zhang Wei asked them to shoot directly on the trench, temporarily reinforced the firing position with sandbags, hurriedly set up the gun, and the heavy machine gun began to fire at the front of the position of the second battalion on the left flank, with a company of grenadiers and rifle machine guns, with intensive fire to block the advance of the Japanese army.

The Japanese troops outside the position organized several charges, but they were blocked by the fire of the preparation battalion, failed to rush into the position, and suffered many casualties, the rapid response of the preparation battalion after losing mortar fire, did not give the Japanese too much time to attack, the Japanese officers under the command could only let the infantry artillery attack the position of the preparation battalion, and the rest of the light and heavy machine guns continued to fire at the position of the second battalion.

The infantry artillery fire was transferred to the position of the preparatory battalion, but the pressure on the position of the second battalion was reduced, the second battalion that got a respite reorganized the defensive line, and the positions that had not been broken through resumed organized resistance, and the second company sent out Li Changgui's platoon, and the whole platoon was also a veteran of the original 106th Division who had just joined the preparatory battalion, and the combat strength may not be as good as the veterans of the first company, but they are also veterans for the rest of their bloody lives.

Another platoon of troops joined the hand-to-hand combat, and in the face of superior Chinese troops, the Japanese troops in the positions finally showed signs of collapse.

The two platoons of the first company and one platoon of the second company had more than 100 people, plus the troops of the second battalion, after continuous stabbing efforts, the recruits of the second battalion who had not undergone systematic training gradually stabilized in actual combat, waiting for the opportunity to attack with guns behind the veterans, and the Japanese troops in the position were constantly stabbed down, and some were even stabbed into a hornet's nest by the soldiers of the second battalion who swarmed up.

"Retreat!" The remaining more than 20 Japanese troops were unable to hold it after all, and the Japanese troops in the outermost part began to retreat outside the position, and the undead military Cao also shouted the retreat order to organize the retreat, but except for a small number of Japanese troops, most of these 20 people were already trapped in the ranks of the national army and it was difficult to get out.

The sporadic Japanese retreat also boosted the morale of the national army, and all the Japanese troops who were trapped in the position and could not get out were stabbed down, and the sporadic Japanese troops who ran out of the position were waiting for them to be blocked by fire from the position of the preparatory battalion and the fire pursuit from the position of the second battalion.

"Don't pursue! Shoot on the spot! He Kun organized the veterans of the first company to stabilize the team, stopped some of the recruits of the second battalion who wanted to rush out in pursuit, and ordered everyone to pursue the scattered Japanese troops who ran out in the trenches.

No matter how fast the Japanese ran, they couldn't outrun the bullets, and most of the Japanese troops who withdrew fell under the tail pursuit fire of the second battalion's position, and the remaining few failed to break through the blockade fire from the direction of the preparatory battalion, and almost all the Japanese troops of nearly 40 people were lost.