It was only after a tentative attack the next morning that the defenders were determined to have abandoned the first line of defense. Wing Commander Oda Ichiro Osa, Wing Commander of the 20th Infantry Wing, was also very excited when he received the report. Although his wing suffered several hundred casualties in the two-day offensive, it always made progress in capturing the first line of defense of the Chinese people.

When Oda Ichiro Osa stood on the first line of positions he had captured, holding up his binoculars and looking at the second line in front of him, there was no smile on his face. Through the binoculars, he saw that the fortifications on the second line of defense of the defenders were not less than those of the first, but rather denser. The first line of defense itself has to pay a huge price to capture, and won't this second line of defense have to pay an even greater price? If this kind of consumption continues, it is really difficult to say whether or not one's own wing will be able to capture this Jiangzhou town in front of it.

Thinking so, the offensive still has to continue. Oda Ichiro directly asked the field artillery wing to shell the defenders' second line of defense, and in the rumbling artillery bombardment, the Japanese attack on the second line of defense began. During the Japanese shelling, the officers and men of the first battalion, under the leadership of the battalion commander Wei Dalin, were hidden in the anti-artillery holes, except for the observation posts left in the bunkers.

Listening to the continuous explosions on the outside position, Wei Dalin was thinking about the explanation of the regiment commander Wei Huang. His own battalion had to hold the position for three days, and how to exchange the smallest losses for three days was something Wei Dalin was thinking about. Chu Xifeng, the commander of the second battalion who was withdrawn, said that the attacking little Japan was not easy to deal with, not only because of its good marksmanship, but also because of its individual quality.

Seeing that the second battalion only held for two days, and there were only about 100 officers and soldiers left in one battalion who were still fighting power, Wei Dalin knew that small Japan was not easy to deal with, but the first battalion was the sharp knife battalion of the whole regiment, and its combat effectiveness was also the strongest in the whole regiment.

Soon twenty minutes passed, the explosion of shells on the position became sparse, Wei Dalin knew that the Japanese artillery bombardment was coming to an end, he glanced at the soldiers in the anti-artillery hole, and said loudly: "Brothers, prepare to enter the position. As Wei Dalin's shout sounded, the officers and soldiers in the anti-artillery shelter were ready to attack. When the observation post reported that the Japanese infantry had been assembled, Wei Dalin gave an order, and the officers and men of the first battalion under the leadership of Wei Dalin entered the position along the communication trench.

The Japanese artillery fire on the position did not seriously damage the fortifications and bunkers, the heavy machine guns entered the bunker, and the light machine guns were also erected on the sandbag bunkers, and Wei Dalin began to observe the Japanese troops preparing to attack. The Japanese attacked from the first line they had just occupied, and one after another Japanese soldiers crawled out of the trenches of the first position, and from the binoculars, Wei Dalin was sure that it was a Japanese infantry squadron that was attacking.

The Japanese infantry squadron, 300 meters before advancing to the second line of defense, suddenly dispersed into dozens of battle groups, covering each other, and taking advantage of the various terrain on the position, to touch the second line of defense. This change in the Japanese army's offensive mode made Wei Dalin, who was observing the situation of the Japanese army with a telescope, frown.

This kind of attack method of the Japanese army Wei Dalin is the first time to encounter it, but this attack method of the Japanese army is very similar to the attack method taught by Tuanzuo. During the usual offensive and defensive training, the attacker will also use the form of a battle group to attack the defender's position. It's just that in the Japanese offensive, there are too many loopholes, and they are far from being comparable to the level of training of their own troops in peacetime.

The officers and men of the 1st Battalion, who had already experienced this offensive method many times in offensive and defensive confrontation exercises, would not have difficulty coping with the specious attack of the Japanese army. There was no need for Wei Dalin to be verbose, and the officers and men of the first battalion had consciously divided themselves into squads, selected their own targets, and made preparations for a counterattack. More than a dozen heavy machine guns in the battalion were also ready to suppress the Japanese army.

Because the Japanese army only came up with one infantry squadron, and there was no need to show all the strength on the position, Wei Dalin ordered that only four heavy machine guns should be used, and the combat members were only allowed to fight back with one and two companies. After the Japanese attack group entered the first 200 meters of the position, the order for Vedalin to open fire was transmitted. Suddenly the guns of the counterattack rang out from the position.

The gunfire was not dense, that is, the light machine guns were fired in three bursts, and only four heavy machine guns kept firing bullets, suppressing the attacking Japanese troops. However, the fire was not intensive, but it brought great pressure to the attacking Japanese army. The proportion of veterans among the soldiers of the first battalion is extremely high, and all of these veterans are good marksmanship, and at a distance of 200 meters, it can be said that they can fight wherever they want.

Although the marksmanship of the Japanese soldiers was also good, the difference in terrain caused the Japanese shooting to cause little damage to the defenders, but the bullets fired by the defenders continued to make the attacking Japanese soldiers scream and fall. Ichiro Oda, who was observing from the Japanese position, was also very surprised by the defenders' accurate marksmanship and effective counterattack methods.

When attacking the first line of defense, he used this attack method, and the defenders of the first line of defense obviously blocked their attacks with a strong firepower advantage, but the defenders of the branch on this line of defense were not very strong, but the accurate marksmanship made his men fall constantly. It seems that he can only use some means. Ichiro Oda, who had an idea, ordered the attacking troops to withdraw first.

When the infantry squadron of the Japanese attack dropped more than a hundred corpses and withdrew, Wei Dalin also left several observation posts on the position and withdrew to the anti-artillery hole with his troops. After more than an hour of fighting, the first battalion also lost more than a dozen fighters, and more than a dozen fighters were wounded. Some of the tired soldiers sat down in the vents, resting, or checking their weapons and equipment.

The Japanese artillery shells on the position fell again, and Wei Dalin didn't understand why Little Japan knew that the effect of the artillery bombardment was not great, but he still stubbornly carried out continuous shelling, but since Xiao Ri was willing to waste the shells, he could only go. Wei Dalin lit himself a cigarette and thought about how to deal with the Japanese attack next.

From the battle just now, Wei Dalin knew that the way to deal with the Japanese attack was still relatively effective, but just now the Japanese army only used the strength of an infantry squadron, and if the Japanese army used more troops this time, then the strength of one of his own battalions would be somewhat insufficient, and in this way, the strength of each battle group against the Japanese army could only be reduced.

Thinking of this, Wei Dalin called several company platoon commanders under him together and began to arrange the following battle tactics. Twenty minutes passed, the Japanese artillery bombardment ended, and Wei Dalin once again returned to the battlefield with a battalion of fighters. In the bunker, Wei Dalin used a telescope to observe the Japanese troops who jumped out of the trenches of the first line of positions a few hundred meters away, and as the number of Japanese troops jumping out continued to increase, Wei Dalin's fears arose.

This time, the Japanese attacked no longer an infantry squadron, but an infantry brigade of more than 1,000 men, and set up not only a heavy machine-gun position but also a rapid-fire gun position on the side of the trench. This kind of 37 mm caliber rapid-fire gun, Wei Dalin has also encountered before, it not only has a fast rate of fire, but also has a strong penetrating power after use, and at a distance of 500 meters, the concrete wall of the bunker can be pierced by it.

The best way to stop the threat of the Japanese rapid-fire artillery is to take him out. Wei Dalin looked at the Japanese rapid-fire artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions 500 meters away, and asked the guards around him to give orders to the heavy fire company, ordering the heavy fire company to concentrate mortar fire and destroy the Japanese rapid-fire gun positions and heavy machine gun positions as soon as possible.

At this time, the assembled Japanese troops began to attack forward, and when they were still 300 meters away from the second position, more than 1,000 Japanese troops scattered at once, forming battle teams, and each battle team contained several battle groups, and then used the ground to attack forward. After the Japanese army began to form a formation, the twelve Type 92 heavy machine guns on the Japanese heavy machine gun positions began to fire coveringly.

The frontal width of the second line of defense is also about 100 meters, more than 1,000 Japanese troops pressed up, although it has been dispersed, but the density is still very large, after Wei Dalin ordered to open fire, the heavy machine gun in the bunker first spit out more than ten tongues of fire, so that the Japanese troops who rushed in front fell down at once. The Japanese troops behind advanced more cautiously, and the heavy machine guns and rapid-fire guns on the heavy machine gun positions joined the ranks of cover.

The penetration of the Japanese rapid-fire guns was indeed not small, neither the concrete walls of the bunkers nor the sandbag fortifications could stop its shells, and under the attack of the rapid-fire guns, several light machine gun positions were destroyed, and more than a dozen fighters fell in pools of blood. Seeing the Japanese rapid-fire artillery power, Wei Dalin was a little anxious, and when he was about to send someone to inquire about the situation of the mortar position, the sound of mortar firing came from behind him.

Watching * explode on the Japanese rapid-fire artillery position, and then one rapid-fire gun after another was blown into a pile of scrap metal, and a Japanese gunner was blown up into the air, Wei Dalin's face showed a smile. But after a while, the sound of artillery was also heard from the rear of the Japanese position, and with the sound of artillery, shells flew towards the position, and the target was obviously their own mortar position.

A smile froze on Wei Dalin's face, and when the Japanese artillery shells exploded behind the position, Wei Dalin's face was already nervous and angry. It turned out that Oda Ichiro knew that the defenders had a large number of mortars, and in order to deal with the defenders' mortars, Oda Ichiro hid his mortar squadron, and when Wei Dalin ordered the mortars to fire, Oda Ichiro also aimed at the mortars of the first battalion and ordered his own mortar squadron to fire.

Although the number of mortars in the mortar squadron of the Japanese army was only 18, all of them were 120-caliber heavy mortars, and the power of the shells even exceeded that of 75-caliber field guns.