Chapter 210: The disparity in strength is huge
The attacking devil soldiers were suppressed by machine-gun fire, and they had to retreat and reorganize a new attack.
The attacking squadron at the front was repulsed, but there were still two infantry squadrons in the back, and they quickly took over the attacking position and launched a fierce attack on the position.
The Japanese army invested three infantry squadrons in Nanzhuang Village, and the three infantry squadrons attacked at the same time, which is the famous wave attack tactic of the Japanese army.
When a squadron is repulsed, the squadron quickly retreats and reorganizes, while the squadron behind it continues to take over, so that the Japanese units can create a never-ending attack on the position, and can also create the illusion that the defenders will never finish fighting.
As long as the willpower of the general defenders is not firm, in the face of the Japanese wave attack tactics, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of timidity, and even the troops will desert.
Moreover, such a non-stop attack by the Japanese army consumed a lot of mental and physical strength on the defenders, and it was difficult for the defenders to hold their positions in most cases.
THREE ROWS OF LIGHT MACHINE GUNS AND GRENADIERS WERE CONSTANTLY FIRING, BUT THEY ONLY HAD THREE LIGHT MACHINE GUNS AND THREE GRENADIERS, WHILE THE JAPANESE INFANTRY SQUADRON HAD NINE LIGHT MACHINE GUNS AND NINE GRENADIERS, WHILE THE JAPANESE ARMY ALSO HAD TWELVE HEAVY MACHINE GUNS AND FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS TO ASSIST IN THE BATTLE.
The pressure on the three platoons in Nanzhuang Village gradually increased, and the number of casualties among the troops began to rise.
Yue Wu, the commander of the third platoon, personally controlled a light machine gun to fire, although they brought a certain amount of casualties to the Japanese army, but their casualties were also not small.
The heavy machine guns hidden in the bunker began to fire, and at this time they had to enter the battle, if the heavy machine guns did not participate in the battle, the position would be dangerous.
TWO 90MM MORTARS KEPT SHIFTING THEIR POSITIONS, BUT IN THE FACE OF THE BLOWS OF THE JAPANESE FOUR MOUNTAIN GUNS, ONE MORTAR WAS SOON DESTROYED.
One of the remaining mortars was carefully hidden, and only when the situation was critical, they dared to fire grenades to assist the infantry in defending their positions.
The fierce battle in Nanzhuang Village continued, and when the battle lasted for half an hour, the commander of the third brigade of the second infantry wing of the Devil's Garrison Corps gave the battle order again.
An infantry squadron, reinforced with a machine-gun squadron, and an artillery squad formed a roundabout unit, which began to make a detour from the flank of Nanzhuang village.
The roundabout troops chose the defensive position on the section from Nanzhuang Village to Tianjing Village, and as the battle order was issued, the Japanese roundabout troops launched their actions.
The Japanese troops, of more than three hundred men, began to set off, and they began to march towards the flanks.
The captain of the Japanese army thought that he had sent the main force to attack Nanzhuang Village, and the troops of the Independent Regiment must have been transferred to Nanzhuang Village for defense.
But he didn't know that the ninth platoon was equipped with two heavy machine guns and three mortars were stationed on the flank positions, and their main task was to defend the distance from Nanzhuang Village to Tianjing Village.
The battle on the flanks took place at half-past nine, and the roundabout troops and the ninth platoon soon engaged in an exchange of fire from the positions.
Relying on the cover of twelve heavy machine guns and two infantry guns, the Japanese carried out a continuous onslaught on the ninth platoon, and both sides suffered casualties, but the position was always in the hands of the soldiers of the independent regiment, and they held their positions without the slightest retreat.
The 1st and 3rd Companies successively received information that Nanzhuang Village had been attacked by the Japanese army, and Yin Jin and Fu Tao immediately asked the regiment headquarters to reinforce Nanzhuang Village.
However, as soon as their call reached the regiment headquarters, the Japanese troops who set out from Guanshan Town and Suochun Town respectively began to appear in Tianjing Village and Nantou Village.
Starting from Guanshan Town was the First Infantry Wing of the Devil Garrison Corps, led by Wing Commander Hasegawa Ki two infantry brigades and the troops directly under the wing, after they came to the north of Chengguan Town, they quickly captured several villages, and their main force quickly approached Tianjing Village.
After discovering that there were independent regimental troops stationed in Tianjing Village, Hasegawaki immediately transferred an infantry brigade to the wing artillery squadron, and the infantry artillery squadron launched an attack.
MORE THAN 800 DEVIL SOLDIERS, UNDER THE COVER OF FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND FOUR 70MM INFANTRY GUNS, BEGAN TO STORM THE POSITION OF TIANJING VILLAGE.
A company of troops stationed in Tianjing Village began to fall into a bitter battle.
And the range of Japanese troops from Suochun Town was the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Wing of the Garrison Corps and the 4th Brigade of the Independent Mixed 4th Brigade Regiment, they had an infantry artillery squadron and a tank squadron to assist in the operation.
After this Japanese unit came to the south of Chengguan Town, when they found that Nantou Village was garrisoned by independent regimental troops, this Japanese army began to storm Nantou Village with 12 tanks of the tank squadron as the lead.
The independent regimental troops of Nanzhuang Village and Tianjing Village were facing the onslaught of an infantry brigade, but the third company of Nantou Village was facing the onslaught of two infantry brigades and a tank squadron, and their situation was not very optimistic, especially the twelve tanks, which brought a great threat to the third company.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, all the troops of the Devil's Garrison Corps, which was responsible for encircling and annihilating the independent regiment, arrived at Chengguan Town, and the Japanese army transferred two infantry wings, another infantry brigade, an artillery wing, and two tank squadrons into the operation.
The Japanese troops attacked from four positions: Nanzhuang Village in the east, Tianjing Village in the north, Nantou Village in the south, and Naozhai Mountain in the west, and they had completed the encirclement of the independent regiment.
The participating units of the independent regiment had only one infantry battalion and one artillery battalion, and the units of the independent regiment participating in the battle suffered heavy casualties.
It can be said that the troops under Sun Weiguo's command have been expanded from the district squad to the independent regiment, and they have never faced such a crisis, nor have they suffered such losses.
"There is only one infantry squad in the third platoon of Nanzhuang Village that can continue to fight, and the ninth platoon has lost one infantry squad, and the platoon commander is killed."
"Tianjing Village has lost two squads of fighters at present, and they can still hold on there, but after a long time, they may not be able to withstand the Japanese attack."
"Deputy regiment commander, the pressure on the third company in Nantou Village is too great, the seventh and eighth platoons have suffered heavy losses, and they have no way to deal with the Japanese tanks."
In the regimental headquarters of the independent regiment, news from the front line was constantly transmitted here, and the signal soldiers quickly reported the information they got to Sun Weiguo.
Sun Weiguo stood in front of the map, the expression on his face was calm, but if you looked closely, you could see that Sun Weiguo's hands were clenched into fists.
He was calm on the surface, but there was unspeakable anxiety inside, but he was the commander of the troops, and he couldn't show any anxiety in such a situation.
"Immediately contact the artillery of Naozhai Mountain, and let the artillery immediately concentrate shells to support the operation of the third company in Nantou Village." Sun Weiguo immediately gave the order.
When Shen Wei heard Sun Weiguo's order, she couldn't help frowning tightly, and after hesitating, Shen Wei came to Sun Weiguo's face.
"Defend the country, artillery support can't solve the problem of the third company, let the reserves go up." Shen Wei looked at Sun Weiguo and said in a solemn tone.