The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 61 Entering the night again

After the attack was frustrated, the Japanese army did not launch a second attack until nightfall. In this case, today's battle can basically be declared over. Company commander Fu Chen rushed before nightfall, and He Wei sent a cook to cook it. Hot soup, steamed buns and pickles.

Of course, there are additional soldiers. These soldiers still come from the disabled fourth and fifth companies. The current combat mode is that once He Wei's platoon has battle damage and various attrition, then it will immediately start from the fourth company. The company and the fifth company recruited troops to add troops. Although it was essentially a way of replenishing the troops by poaching flesh and mending sores, it did ensure that the He Wei Platoon, which was on the front line, would be fully staffed at any time and at any time.

As soon as the staff was full, each class began to complete the grouping and assignment of the team leader system according to the grouping principles formulated by He Wei.

The battle was temporarily over at the Yanzhuang position guarded by He Wei. The battles in other places in Xinkou were still fierce even at night.

Especially in the central highlands of Xinkou, the sound of artillery shelling, the Japanese charge, and the Chinese army's shouts of killing during the counterattack were all mixed together. The sound of charge horns, trumpets, and whistles were mixed together and it was difficult to distinguish. The Japanese heavy machine guns fired tracer bullets. The ballistics shot from bottom to top, and the tracer bullets fired by the Chinese army's heavy machine guns shot back from top to bottom. The red trajectories of the tracer bullets directed by both sides crossed and overlapped with each other.

Occasionally, there were red or green flares flying into the sky. The flares hit the sky one after another. From time to time, the position was illuminated like daylight. The artillery shells launched by the Japanese army and equipped with delay fuses continued to hit the center of Xinkou. On the high ground, they penetrated into the soil and exploded, sending up smoke and dust into the sky. Grenades equipped with instant-fire signal tubes and shrapnel shells with timed fuses wreaked havoc on the heads of the national army infantry. When the gun exploded, it was a pool of blood.

Although the artillery fire of the Chinese army is not as good as that of the Japanese army, it does not show weakness. The [-]nd mortar and the mountain artillery of the Jinsui Army also joined the battle group. The fierce fire battle between the two sides even caused many accidental injuries. The artillery of the Jinsui Army was fired at night. The technique was not good, and from time to time, missed shells landed on our own positions, and many of the shells fired by the Japanese artillery equipped with instant-fire signal tubes hit the branches on the high ground that could not be observed in the dark night. Even a small leaf detonated the artillery shell above the heads of the Japanese soldiers (the prompt signal tube is extremely sensitive, and a slight collision can cause an explosion, such as touching a piece of paper or even a leaf).

The silence here is in sharp contrast to the tragedy over there. Many soldiers in He Wei's platoon are looking at the Xinkou central position, praying in their hearts for their comrades fighting in the central position. Guarding there is Hao Mengling's ninth The No. 40 Seventh and Fourth Divisions under the army, as well as Li Xianzhou's No. 20 First Division, and part of the 35th Army of the Jinsui Army also participated in the battle.

To be honest, the brutality of the melee in the central highlands of Xinkou was one level higher than the intensity of the battle here in He Wei.

"An inch of mountains and rivers is an inch of blood."

Looking at the center of Xinkou, He Wei secretly sighed in his heart. He had experienced many battles in this era, coupled with the tragic scenes he witnessed at this moment, he understood the true meaning of these seven words.

Just as He Wei was sighing in his heart, he suddenly saw company commander Fu Chen walking along the traffic trench with Fang Jing and Hu Zhaowu, Chen Xinsheng and Huang Decai. Seeing He Wei, Fu Chen pointed out the purpose of his visit. It turned out that he was discussing tomorrow's battle plan. And the combat plan proposed by Fu Chen was actually an annihilation plan!
What a big appetite!
No wonder so many people were brought here.

"You have built a diagonal position, so you must take your platoon up. I plan to have the second platoon take over your platoon's main position, and the third platoon will hide in the anti-tank trench. When the Japanese army attacks, we can start from The front, diagonal, and side anti-tank trenches form crossfires on the Japanese troops from four directions. If the Japanese troops attack our front-line positions, we can annihilate them!"

Company commander Fu Chen spoke with great enthusiasm. Fang Jing and Hu Zhaowu were also very excited. He Wei estimated that his results in severely damaging the Japanese army during the day gave them great confidence. Now they are probably all eager to make a move, as if they have changed. Became a group of militants.He Wei smacked his lips and said: "Company Commander, this idea is good, but the risk is very high. Mainly for the brothers in the anti-tank trenches. If they hide in it, they must first not be discovered by the Japanese army. This is not bad. Once the Japanese army Crossing the anti-tank ditch and extending deep towards me, these brothers were involved with the Japanese army. When the fire started, if the battle went smoothly, it would not be a big problem. But if it got out of hand, the Japanese troops who had invaded would retreat, and the Japanese troops outside the position would If the Japanese troops continue to provide fire support, they may be attacked by internal and external firepower."

He Wei had indeed built many hidden cat-ear holes in the anti-tank trenches before, and the function of these hidden cat-ear holes was what Hu Zhaowu said, but He Wei did not want to use it easily because it was too risky. It is said that relying on these fortifications will definitely achieve great results, but the risks are also extremely high. The risks faced by soldiers deployed here are much greater than those in other trenches.

In addition, He Wei had another consideration, that is, when he built the hidden cat-ear hole in the anti-tank trench, his priority was to use infantry to deal with tanks, but he gave less consideration to dealing with infantry. If he wanted to fight For infantry, the best way is to build forts on the cliffs at both ends of the anti-tank trench to form vertical firepower into the trench. The problem is that there is no time to build it now.

And the excited look on Hu Zhaowu's face next to him seemed to be that he wanted to lead his men to fight in the anti-tank trench.

Sure enough, as soon as He Wei finished speaking, Hu Zhaowu said anxiously: "First Platoon Commander, you are not honest. The cat's ear holes in your anti-tank trenches are used for all the purposes I told you, and you made them in the first platoon." Well, since we have meat to eat and our faces are exposed, we have to let us have some soup."

The third platoon leader Fang Jingyi said: "Yes, our two platoons have not had a serious fight with the Japanese until now. It's time for us to go up and have a go!"

In the end, it was the company commander Fu Chen who made the decision: "He Wei, it's settled. We can't just let you fight in a platoon all the time. Just arrange it as I said. I'm going to ask Chen Tuan to try to get as much from the fifth and sixth companies in Zhuangzi as possible." A platoon from the remaining troops will be selected as a reserve team, and our entire company will move forward."

Seeing that Fu Chen had made up his mind, He Wei couldn't say much. In that case, let's have a good fight!

When He Wei was about to continue discussing command and liaison issues with a few people, Fu Chen looked dissatisfied again. He came over and said to He Wei: "You are quite capable now. Look at what we have in our company's position." On top of that, what new tricks can you come up with to increase the lethality?"

Fu Chen was obviously "spoiled" by He Wei's abnormal and excellent performance in the past few days. He actually wanted He Wei to continue to come up with ideas to enhance the so-called lethality of the position. This suddenly stumped He Wei. The position was used for defense, and its lethality relied more on various firearms. He Wei had no idea for a while, so he had to walk around in the trench and think carefully.

Looking at the long trenches, He Wei suddenly had a plan in mind.

(End of this chapter)