Chapter 210: Rushing to Build Fortifications

After the preparatory battalion and friendly forces captured the Japanese detachment position group, they took a short rest, most of the Japanese troops in the scattered positions were annihilated, a small number fled back, and the Japanese troops who were killed, together with the results of the capture of the first line of positions, added up to at least one squadron of troops, which is quite rare in the attack battle, under normal circumstances, the attack battle can take the Japanese position, it is a great victory for the national army, just this battle, not counting the wounded, just killed a squadron of Japanese troops, It cannot but be said that the morale of the attacking troops was extremely high.

The results of the battle were good, but the cost was also a lot, Zhang Wei's reserve battalion had direct shelter from the chariots, and the casualty figures were good, the two battalions of the friendly army suffered large casualties, all of them suffered more than 100 casualties, and the physical exertion of the soldiers in hand-to-hand combat and attack was also large.

The 59th Wing of the Japanese Army lost two peripheral positions in a row in the battle just now, and the frantic offensive of the Chinese army made it impossible for them to hold their positions as before, not only the 59th Wing, but also the Japanese troops everywhere were fiercely attacked by the Chinese army, and the 74th Army and the 27th Army all attacked without their lives.

The commander of the 59th Wing of the Japanese Army, Ryoichi Itanishi, was outside the Sanyi set, looking at the lost positions in the distance with a telescope, the Chinese army's attack was rarely so sharp, and he actually knocked out his two peripheral positions in a row, although these positions themselves were used to delay the Chinese army, and they were ready to sacrifice for a long time, but the speed of this loss was too fast.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander. The enemy's offensive was very fierce, covered by chariots, and the charge was completely disregarded for casualties, even in hand-to-hand combat, and our troops were far inferior to the enemy. A disgraced Japanese captain said, who was the supreme commander of the first line of defense, who had lost his position and retreated backwards, and led his troops back under the cover of skirmishers, and they were withdrawn, and the second line of defense covering them was almost completely annihilated.

"Although you are the outermost line of defense, and the enemy army is strong, you should not lose so quickly." ,

"Your Excellency Wing Commander, I have embarrassed the wing and failed to hold it, please be sure to take strict precautions against the enemy army, the morale and attack intensity of the enemy army are completely different from before, it seems that the morale has become very high in one day yesterday."

Itanishi Ryoichi symbolically reprimanded a few words, and then played the captain and left, Itanishi Ryoichi was not surprised that the captain lost his position, according to the Chinese army's artillery preparations and attack process, Itanishi Ryoichi has been sensitively aware of the changes in the Chinese army.

Before the attack, the artillery fire was fierce, and the heavy artillery shells flew extremely far, and even a few shots hit the regimental headquarters of the Sanyiji Core Division, killing many Japanese soldiers. In addition to artillery preparation, the infantry also attacked with much more force than before, and was equipped with chariot cover.

Although Ibanai Ryoichi didn't know what was going on, but since the Chinese army's offensive intensified, his defensive operations were more careful, and Ibansai Ryoichi didn't think that a wing of the imperial army could be treated by the Chinese army in a defensive battle, it was nothing more than to strengthen the defense and be more careful.

"Someone, order all the front-line departments, Zeng Qian to defend, and closely monitor the attacking Chinese army."

"Immediately observe the current movements of the Chinese army!"

When Ibansai Ryoichi ordered someone to observe Zhang Wei's situation in the headquarters, Zhang Wei and his three battalions originally planned to retreat into the first line of Japanese defense in order to conceal, but when they thought that if they retreated, then the second line of defense they captured would be abandoned in vain.

When the Japanese counterattacked, the distance between the first and second lines of defense was wasted, and they had to pay for casualties again, increasing the distance of the attack, which Zhang Wei didn't want to do.

Zhang Wei discussed with the other two battalion commanders, and simply used the remaining fortifications of the Japanese army as the basis to dig trenches on the spot, connect the dots into a line, and build a complete defense line.

In the busy crowd, Zhang Wei and the other two battalion commanders observed the movements of the Japanese troops on the opposite side in the little fortifications that had just been dug up.

"The little devil is probably hurt by us, and now he is licking his wounds." A battalion commander of the 276th Regiment of the 46th Division said that the two battalion commanders who fought with Zhang Wei were both from the teaching corps, and they were originally company commanders and battalion commanders mentioned during the reorganization of the Nanjing Breakout.

"Not necessarily, maybe what action is being made, although we said that we have laid down two positions of the Japanese army, but the Japanese army has only been defeated, not dispersed, and we have only one squadron killed by us, according to the intelligence from the regiment, the Japanese army guarding Sanyi is at least two wings, and we will not do anything to them at this time."

Another battalion commander was more sensible and sensed that the apparent inaction of the Japanese army was not necessarily true.

Zhang Wei looked at the Japanese position in the distance, it was indeed very quiet, and the words of the two battalion commanders also reminded him that the attacking troops had just begun to dig fortifications, except for the people who were on guard, many people were almost exposed, and if the Japanese suddenly launched a counterattack or artillery bombardment, eighty percent of these people on the position would have to take a break.

"What the two of you said makes sense, we are working now, if we are attacked or shelled, the troops can't prevent it at all, even if it's a simple shelling, our casualties are not small, I suggest, let's ask the above to cover the shelling, shell them first, so that the Japanese army has more concerns, and they don't dare to hit us easily, and at the same time, we must also let the troops be sent to occupy the first line of positions we fight, just in case, what do the two brothers think?"

The two battalion commanders didn't think much about it, Zhang Wei's preparatory battalion played a leading role in the attack, and they had a lot of reinforcements for their troops, and Zhang Wei's consideration was indeed reasonable, the two naturally agreed with Zhang Wei's idea, and immediately sent a group of heralds back, the heralds were friendly troops, and rushed back to the 276th Regiment headquarters to apply for shelling, and then the 276th Regiment uploaded it all the way to the 46th Division, so as to contact and apply for shelling.

"Hurry up and get done, dig it up."

"The guard keeps an eye on the devil's movements."

The fortifications that belonged to the Japanese army just now are now in full swing, and the men of the three battalions used the remaining fortifications of the Japanese army to dig and repair the bunkers, and the position was dusty, and some people did not have to work, so they went forward for a distance and stared at the Japanese position. After each squad is dug and the people of the class are together, after the fortifications of each squad are dug and the friendly neighbor class is together, and so on, a temporary defensive position is gradually dug out.

After the fierce battle, the two armies did not act rashly, after the defenders of the Japanese outlying positions were defeated, they retreated, and the Japanese army carefully judged the movements of the Chinese army while preparing the retreating outer defenders, and the same as the commander of the 59th Wing, Itanishi Ryoichi, said that today, all the attacking Chinese troops are crazy, and the Japanese have to be careful in this situation.