Chapter 209: Fierce Battle in Nanzhuang Village
When Sun Weiguo heard the sound of artillery in the direction of Naozhai Mountain, he immediately ordered the communication troops to get in touch with the position of Naozhai Mountain.
The communications corps immediately called the Naozhai Mountain position, and Sun Weiguo directly talked to Liu Xi, the commander of the second company.
When he learned about the Japanese army's movements, Sun Weiguo encouraged Liu Xi on the phone, and after hanging up the phone, Sun Weiguo immediately came to the map.
Zhao Lerong, chief of staff of the Independent Regiment, immediately marked the approximate number of Japanese troops in the direction of Naozhai Mountain on the map, and he couldn't help but show a solemn expression on his face.
An infantry brigade and an artillery wing are enough to wipe out the artillery and infantry on the Naozhai Mountain position.
"Deputy regiment commander, the Japanese troops were found in Nanzhuang Village, and the number of them was about two thousand."
The telephone at the regiment headquarters rang again, and the communications soldier immediately picked up the microphone, and after hearing the other party's report, the communications soldier hurriedly told the situation.
"Tell Hong Zhiqiang, hold the position, and report to the regiment headquarters immediately if there is a situation." Sun Wei said solemnly in Chinese.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the main force of the 2nd Infantry Wing of the Chinese Garrison Corps, which departed from Zhixi Town, arrived at Nanzhuang Village.
Wing Commander Okazaki Kiyozaburo set up a wing headquarters in Xishengling Village, about two kilometers away from Nanzhuang Village, and immediately held an operational meeting in the wing headquarters.
Most of the 2nd Brigade that had previously suffered losses was left in the wing headquarters as a guard unit, and the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Wing was responsible for attacking Nanzhuang Village, and in addition to the units belonging to the 3rd Brigade, the machine gun squadron, the artillery squadron, and the artillery squadron of the 2nd Brigade were all reinforced to the 3rd Brigade.
In order to quickly capture the village of Nanzhuang, Kiyozaburo Okazaki personally drew up a battle plan at the operational meeting.
He ordered the 3rd Brigade to storm the village of Nanzhuang with its main force, attracting the troops of the Independent Regiment, and at the same time outflanking it in a detour to the south.
After receiving the order, the commander of the 3rd Brigade immediately began to deploy his troops, and ten minutes later, the Japanese troops arrived in Nanzhuang Village.
EVEN THOUGH THE POSITION IN NANZHUANG VILLAGE WAS BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES IN A CARPET WAY, THE CAPTAIN OF THE THIRD BRIGADE OF THE JAPANESE ARMY STILL GATHERED FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND FOUR 70MM INFANTRY GUNS TO SHELL NANZHUANG VILLAGE AGAIN.
After a round of shelling, three infantry squadrons, under the cover of a machine-gun squadron, quickly began to launch a fierce assault on the village of Nanzhuang.
The remaining infantry squadron and the machine gun squadron and artillery squad of the second brigade were formed into roundabout units by the group commanders, and they were on standby nearby.
Hong Zhiqiang's battalion headquarters was stationed in Nanzhuang Village, and originally Nanzhuang Village was only garrisoned by two infantry squads from Yue Wu's third platoon.
WHEN HONG ZHIQIANG SAW HUNDREDS OF JAPANESE TROOPS RUSHING TOWARDS NANZHUANG VILLAGE, HE IMMEDIATELY CONCENTRATED YUE WU'S THREE PLATOONS IN NANZHUANG VILLAGE, AND DISPATCHED TWO TYPE 92 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS AND TWO 90MM MORTARS TO HELP IN THE BATTLE.
Hong Zhiqiang is currently in command of two infantry platoons, a machine gun platoon, and a mortar platoon, but the area he is responsible for defending is very large, and he is responsible for defending the distance from Nanzhuang Village to Tianjing Village, which is nearly two kilometers away.
According to the defense routine of the US army in World War II, an infantry platoon is needed for defense every 200 meters or so.
The nearly two-kilometer area from Nanzhuang Village to Tianjing Village requires at least nine infantry platoons, that is, one battalion, to defend.
The U.S. military's equipment is very powerful, and one platoon of them can only defend a range of 200 meters.
But the independent regiment did not have such powerful equipment, let alone so many soldiers.
There are only two platoons to defend the two-kilometer range, that is, one platoon can defend an area of nearly one kilometer, and of course it is actually only seven or eight hundred meters.
But even if it is seven or eight hundred meters, a platoon of more than 40 people is responsible for defense, which is obviously a lot of pressure.
However, the independent regiment has no troops, no weapons, and no weapons, so Sun Weiguo can only arrange it like this.
Hong Zhiqiang assembled Yue Wu's three platoons in Nanzhuang Village, which meant that the area of nearly two kilometers between Nanzhuang Village and Tianjing Village was completely borne by the nine platoons alone.
Once the Japanese broke through this distance, they could attack directly to the independent regimental headquarters in the center of the three villages.
Even if the Japanese did not attack the regimental headquarters, they could still detour back to the flank of the front-line troops and carry out outflanking operations.
The Japanese army had enough numbers, so they had a great advantage, and in the face of hundreds of Japanese troops attacking Nanzhuang Village, Hong Zhiqiang's approach was also helpless.
"Da-da-da-da." Heavy machine gun bullets rained down on the Nanzhuang village position.
The soldiers took refuge in the fortifications that had been repaired, and they waited for the arrival of the Japanese infantry.
Occasionally, some fighters were hit by heavy machine gun bullets and lost their lives before they could shoot.
A squadron of devil soldiers rushed first, and when they were still two hundred meters away from Nanzhuang Village, the Japanese troops quickly began to set up light machine guns and grenadiers.
These machine gun shooters and grenadiers began to frantically attack Nanzhuang Village, bullet after bullet, miniature grenades, as if they didn't want money.
The position in Nanzhuang Village had already been bombed by Japanese planes and shelled by Japanese shells, and most of the fortifications had been destroyed.
After the blows of Japanese light machine guns and grenadiers, these fortifications began to crumble.
Hong Zhiqiang, who was holding the shell gun, couldn't help but look at the two dark forts worriedly, and he was relieved to see that the dark forts had not been hit for the time being.
The heavy machine guns in the two bunkers are the heavy firepower of the defense, and these bunkers are reinforced with reinforced concrete, but they are very strong.
If the dark forts are all defeated, Nanzhuang Village will have no defense to rely on.
After a frenzied fire from light machine guns and grenadiers, hundreds of riflemen began to charge.
The devil soldiers covered each other with their rifles, and they looked around vigilantly.
Light machine guns and grenadiers followed slowly, while heavy machine guns in the distance provided cover for fire.
Twelve heavy machine guns continued to fire at suspicious places, and bullets continued to attack the position of Nanzhuang Village.
"Hit!" When the Japanese troops were a hundred meters away from the position, Hong Zhiqiang gave the order to shoot.
Three grenadiers from three platoons fired rapidly, focusing on suppressing the Japanese grenadiers and light machine guns.
TWO 90MM MORTARS ALSO BEGAN TO FIRE GRENADES, AND THEY CARRIED OUT STRIKES AT THE JAPANESE HEAVY MACHINE GUNS.
Three light machine guns from the ninth platoon began firing at the charging riflemen.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Light machine gun shooters fire three rounds in one spot, and often after the shooter fires two bursts of six rounds, they must move quickly.
If they stayed any longer, they would have been fired at by Japanese grenadiers.
The heavy machine guns in the bunker hadn't fired yet, and it wasn't time for them to shoot yet.