Chapter 88: The situation is critical
The signal soldier got Sun Weiguo's order and hurriedly ran outside, and Sun Weiguo talked with Chang Cheng Zhan of the second company on the phone for a while, and then he hung up the phone.
Looking at the map of Nanzhuang Village spread on the ground, Sun Weiguo had a solemn expression on his face, and he felt that the attack of the Japanese puppet army was extraordinary.
"The puppet cavalry is feintting, the Japanese army should be the main attack, I have studied the tactical characteristics of the Japanese troops, they like to break through on the flanks and weak defensive points, and the Japanese troops are very bold, as long as they can open the breakthrough, even if it is a squad of the Japanese army, they will attack in depth." Shen Wei said softly.
"The little devils are not good at coming this time, but they are going to take our actions seriously, political commissar, you immediately get in touch with Chief of Staff Wang of the military sub-district and Huang Company Commander and Company Commander Dong of the 386 Brigade, so that they are ready for battle, and their peripheral troops must act, otherwise the pressure here in Nanzhuang Village will be very great."
Sun Wei said in a solemn Chinese tone, even if he did not understand the number of troops and tactical deployment of the Japanese army, he still felt a very oppressive atmosphere.
Shen Wei nodded and agreed, she immediately called the communication soldiers, and began to let the communication soldiers go out of the tunnel and get in touch with the peripheral troops.
Sun Weiguo asked Wang Erzhu to report to the radio, and he quickly sent a telegram to Brigade Commander Chen of the 386 Brigade to report on the situation in Nanzhuang Village.
Wang Haitao's cavalry division was constantly swimming in front of the frontal position in Nanzhuang Village, and the cavalry fired at the trench from time to time.
The gallop of thousands of cavalry brought up patches of dust, and the ground seemed to tremble with the horses' hooves.
The soldiers of the second company and the fourth platoon who were responsible for defending the frontal position had angry expressions on their faces, but without the order of their own squad leader, the soldiers did not dare to shoot at will.
Cheng Zhan held the telescope to watch the movements of the puppet cavalry, his brows furrowed tightly, when he was on the phone with Sun Weiguo just now, Cheng Zhan heard Sun Weiguo judge that the direction of the Japanese army's main attack might be on the flank, which Cheng Zhan himself also believed.
For so long, the puppet cavalry never had the intention of attacking, and although Japanese artillery appeared, the Japanese infantry did not show up for a long time.
This means that it is likely that the Japanese troops have been assembled on the flanks and are also preparing for the attack.
The second company was responsible for the front and left positions in Nanzhuang Village, and a platoon and company headquarters of the machine gun company were assigned to the second company.
Cheng Zhan's biggest fear at the moment is that the Japanese army will attack on the flank, in which case he will face a lot of pressure.
And Cheng Zhan also knew that if he wanted to resist the attack of the puppet cavalry, the heavy machine gun had to stay in the front position.
Kenji Suzuki made a lot of calculations, and the puppet cavalry division made a feint attack in the front, but it had to contain many defenders.
The fear of not fighting seems to be somewhat superfluous, because the direction of the Japanese army's main attack is on the right flank of Nanzhuang Village.
"Company commander, look, the cavalry is on the offensive." One of the fighters exclaimed.
Wang Haitao had already dispatched more than a hundred cavalry and quickly rushed towards the trench.
At the same time, the sound of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" mortar fire continued to sound, and this puppet cavalry division was equipped with mortars.
Just to confuse the soldiers of the county brigade, Wang Haitao's cavalry kept rushing back and forth, kicking up a lot of dust and covering the actions of the artillerymen.
AT THIS TIME, TWELVE 150MM CALIBER MORTARS HAD BEGUN TO BE DEPLOYED AT A DISTANCE OF TWO KILOMETERS FROM THE TRENCHES, AND THE ARTILLERYMEN BEGAN TO ATTACK THE TRENCHES.
THE 150MM CALIBER MORTAR EQUIPPED BY THE CAVALRY DIVISION IS THE JAPANESE 96 MORTAR, WHICH IS A BATTLEFIELD SUPPORT MORTAR AND HAS GREAT DESTRUCTIVE POWER.
Japanese equipment is rarely distributed to puppet army troops, but the Mongolian army has a lot of Japanese equipment, which can be regarded as the Japanese army's reward for these puppet soldiers who assisted in the battle.
With twelve mortars firing grenades at the same time, loud explosions began to sound in front of and behind the trenches.
Fortunately, the shooting technology of the puppet artillery was far less accurate than that of the Japanese artillery, so it did not bring too many casualties to the soldiers.
Under the cover of artillery shells, more than a hundred puppet cavalry were already less than three hundred meters away from the trenches.
Cheng Zhan calmed down, he still did not give the order to shoot, as the puppet cavalry was less than two hundred meters away from the trench, Cheng Zhan immediately gave the order to shoot.
Thirty rifles and three light machine guns from the second company and four platoons began to fire, and the bullets quickly fired towards the puppet cavalry.
At the same time, three heavy machine guns in the back, as well as six grenadier canisters, also began to fire.
The three Maxim heavy machine guns emitted a series of bullets that formed a network of fire without any dead ends.
One by one, the puppet cavalry fell from their horses, and the grenades fired from the grenadiers made the horses scream in pain.
With the fire interception of light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers, more than 100 puppet cavalry were confined to more than 100 meters of the trench.
No matter how fiercely they charged, they could never reach the trenches.
After paying more than 60 cavalry casualties, the remaining cavalry retreated, abandoning their fallen comrades in front of the trenches.
AS THE CAVALRY RETREATED, FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND TWELVE 150MM MORTARS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY BEGAN TO SHELL THE EXPOSED LIGHT AND HEAVY MACHINE GUN FIRE POINTS.
One after another, the shells streaked through the air, quickly hitting the fire, and some of the soldiers who did not have time to retreat began to suffer casualties.
There was a skirmish on the frontal position of Nanzhuang Village, but Sun Weiguo, who was in the headquarters, quickly dialed the phone on the position of the third company.
The phone rang for a full minute before it was answered.
"Hey, this is Sanlian." The voice of a warrior was heard.
"I'm the headquarters, Chen Yang, the commander of the third company." Sun Weiguo hurriedly asked.
"Battalion commander, the company commander is commanding the battle in the trench, the little devils are here, they are dark, there are many people, and these little devils are escorting the people to the front of the trench, they are less than three hundred meters away from the trench." The warrior reported in a somewhat anxious tone.
"I'll go right over." Hearing the situation faced by Sanlian, Sun Weiguo immediately said, and then he put down the microphone.
Wang Erzhu saw Sun Weiguo's face heavy, and he hurriedly helped Sun Weiguo up.
Liu Qian went to take care of the seriously wounded, and if she was here, Sun Weiguo would definitely have to go to the front line with her promise.
"The direction of the Japanese army's main attack is on the right side of the third company, political commissar, you stay at the headquarters, I will go to the third company immediately, and you send someone to inform the captain, so that he must protect the safety of the seriously wounded and the people." Sun Weiguo said a word to Shen Wei solemnly, and with the support of Wang Erzhu and others, he hurriedly ran towards the position of the third company.
The situation faced by the Third Company is very critical, even if it is Chen Yang, who was born in the Whampoa Military Academy, I am afraid there is no way to solve it.