Chapter 18: Fight to the Death

A soldier of the reinforced company was hit by shrapnel scattered by a grenade and fell to the ground. The soldier next to him pushed away his corpse and continued to shoot in the middle of the day, and the reinforcement company played this round of shooting with a clear eye, after all, they were all real veterans, plus the Japanese grenadiers they got together. The pressure on the main position of the three battalions was suddenly reduced.

Zhang Wei aimed at a machine gun group, the distance was about 150 meters, and it looked like a small black dot to the naked eye, and whether it could hit or not depended on his fate. Pulling the trigger, seventy-nine bullets came out of the chamber, but the heavy machine gun on the opposite side was still firing as usual.

"Uncle, I forgot to adjust the ruler, the bullet flew out of an arc, and I couldn't even hit my feet if I didn't adjust the ruler."

Zhang Wei re-pushed a bullet into the chamber, adjusted the ruler to one hundred and fifty meters, wrapped the strap backhand around his arm to increase the stability of the shot, held his breath, and fired!

The machine-gun fire stopped for a moment, and after the Japanese stormed the main position, it was discovered that considerable casualties were caused by the Nationalist troops in the western highlands. Immediately increased the number of troops to attack the western heights, and seven or eight grenadier groups managed to advance ten meters under the cover of machine guns, but also paid the price of three killed. Seven or eight grenadiers opened fire at the same time, and one by one the special grenades exploded on the western high ground of the reinforced company, Zhang Wei spat out a mouthful of dirt in his mouth, and he saw that more than a dozen of his own people were killed and wounded, and the wounded soldiers were wailing in the trenches. Zhang Wei immediately asked people to help the wounded soldiers down and called Dong Erli.

"Erli, let's throw the grenade first, and after the explosion, we will hit the devil's grenadier, they have so many grenadiers organized together, we will definitely be able to defeat them."

Zhang Wei shouted: Brothers, listen to my orders and throw grenades together!

Zhang Wei took out a grenade and lifted it, opened the cap, and the other soldiers were also ready to do the same, Zhang Wei pulled the fire rope, this is the signal, more than 60 grenades smoked, aimed at the Japanese grenadiers under the mountain and smashed over. Even if the explosion didn't hit, the smoke from the explosion of more than 60 grenades made the Japanese troops below the high ground lose their accuracy.

At the same time, Dong Erli, who had been loaded, also threw the first grenade, and then there was no time to adjust, Dong Erli fired the second and third grenades with the help of the secondary shooter, and the smoke for a moment made people unable to see the results of the battle at all, but it also hindered the Japanese attack and the attack of a large number of grenadiers.

The soldiers regained their arms and fired indiscriminately at the bottom. The smoke and flying rocks cleared, and the Japanese grenadiers did straighten up their design, and five or six bombed corpses were piled up on the ground. The scattered Japanese troops who had been arching on the high ground also retreated.

Boom, five or six shells exploded under the high ground, it was the mortar of the third battalion and the reinforced infantry artillery of the regiment that were reinforced, and looking at the position of four or five guns, the Japanese infantry artillery and wing guns also began to return fire. However, the Japanese troops in front of the main position and the western highlands were in decline.

Zhang Wei called Qiu Wei nearby and asked him to take a few people to the main position of the third battalion to see how it was.

"Qiu Wei is also willing to carry out Zhang Wei's orders, after all, Zhang Wei is the actual boss, and he is also convinced."

Qiu Wei led a squad along the trench to the connecting department, while Zhang Wei picked up his rifle and continued to direct the operation, killing and wounding as much as possible the living forces of the Japanese army.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese retreated in an orderly manner, retreating without chaos, and the 75 mountain guns of the wing and the 70 mm 92 infantry guns of the brigade became more and more fierce in order to cover the retreat. It directly hit a light machine gun group of the reinforced company, and the company flew into the sky with machine guns, and it rained blood. The main positions of the three battalions were also hit continuously, and the heavy machine guns in the main positions stopped firing in an instant.

The Japanese troops gradually retreated, and the sound of return fire on the positions of the Nationalist troops gradually weakened. In the end, only the explosion of mortar shells remained. The Japanese cover artillery fire began to turn from cover to interference, and the infantry attack troops retreated to the advance shelter not far from the national positions, and the artillery fire interfered with the national positions, and everyone knew that the next round of Japanese attacks would soon begin, and the national troops would be exhausted in this exchange of fire. But the commanders had no choice but to do what the Japanese wanted, otherwise they could still lose their positions?

Qiu Wei came back with people, and in addition to his soldiers, there was also a captain battalion attached to the third battalion, and the captain's battalion attached first expressed his gratitude to Zhang Wei for his desperate support just now and relieved the pressure on the main position. Zhang Wei asked about the losses again, it turned out that the three battalions had suffered nearly 60 casualties in the defensive battle just now, and now they had to shrink the defensive line.

Zhang Wei sent the battalion away, and his own troops had lost nearly 30 men just now, and if this momentum continued, if the Japanese attack came twice, the position would probably be lost. And now, he can only hold one step at a time.

Putting down the gun in his hand, a large group of people came from behind the mountain, led by the regimental attachment of the third regiment, that is, the one who spoke during the reorganization.

After chatting a few words, it turned out that the regimental attachment took the danger to bring the regimental transport company to send rough steamed buns and supplementary ammunition, but this time there was a lot of ammunition, and it took two platoons for the transport company to carry it.

"Let's fight, let's fight, it's really clean after the fight." The regiment relayed the original words of the quartermaster to Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei could only smile bitterly. Zhang Wei asked again: "Sir, if you say that the Japanese come twice again, I'm afraid our soldiers will all die, is there any way for the regiment commander, how many reinforcements will be made" The regiment shook his head, leaned into Zhang Wei's ear and whispered: Let me tell you the truth, Nanjing is enough to choke, the defense line of the Second Army and the 87th Division is about to collapse, the 88th Division is also fast in Yuhuatai, and the sergeant battalion of the corps has pulled up to reinforce the position of the 87th Division, you kid knows how many people survived, and half of a sergeant battalion has not even come down.

Zhang Wei was taken aback and said: Ah, why is it so miserable?

The regiment patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder: "The general team can't draw troops anymore, the blood is running out, if you continue to fight, the soldiers of these transport companies will have to be pulled up if they don't do well, you should also think about what to do, think about it for yourself."

The words attached to the regiment really made Zhang Wei startled, he didn't expect the situation to be so bad, he had to think about the way back for these brothers in advance, after the breakout order was issued, the captain Gui Yongqing would leave the troops and escape, and the troops would be chaotic at that time.

"It's better to retreat to the area of the Fuguishan Headquarters first, not only to bring more people to break through, but also to have a chance to find a way to find the Guangdong troops who broke through, Zhang Wei's memory of his previous life told him that the 66th Army and the 83rd Army broke through head-on, and rushed out, although the losses were huge, but it was better than lying on the edge of the Yangtze River and waiting for death."

Firming up the idea in his heart, Zhang Wei called the four platoon commanders. Zhang Wei told them to tell the soldiers to bring more dry food and more ammunition. He Kun, Qiu Wei, and Zhang Wei, who were not familiar with the four platoon commanders before, all agreed. Hao Zhong asked puzzledly: "Company commander, isn't the bullet enough, what are you doing with him, and the steamed bun, why do you want to keep it, isn't it good to eat enough now?"

Zhang Wei went up and gave him a brain pat: "Do whatever you want, you won't always want to nest in this place and wait for death, so you can think about it for the future." ”

Hao Zhong nodded as if he didn't understand, Zhang Wei glanced at the four platoon commanders and said: "Let you do what you do, just do it, if the people below ask, don't say anything, in short, it's right to prepare early, do you understand!" ”

"Understood," the four replied in unison. At this time, the fourth platoon leader asked: Sir, what if the devil comes next?

What to do? Beat Lao Tzu to death!