Chapter 97 only succeed, not fail

The battalion and company commanders estimated that the Japanese army did not move, not because they did not want to attack, but because they were adjusting their deployment, and they might attack with all their strength that night. Sure enough, from dusk onwards, the Japanese army bombarded them violently with artillery, and a lot of shells fell near the forward command post.Amidst the sound of rumbling guns, the Japanese army charged Zhou Beichen's fifth company, and there was a sudden burst of guns and guns on the position. Who wins and loses on the Qingyan battlefield depends on the night battle.Zhou Beichen commanded calmly, and the troops defeated three charges in a row.The intervals between these three Japanese charges were very short, and each time was more ferocious, but the morale of the defenders was also stronger each time, and the opponent did not find any advantage.

Accompanied by Xiao Zheng, the commander of the machine gun company, Shi Shengrong, the deputy battalion commander, went to the front line to inspect and asked Zhou Beichen how the situation was.Zhou Beichen replied emotionally: "It doesn't matter, we can handle it." In fact, the fifth company suffered heavy casualties, and the reserve team has been increased to the front line.After Du Ding, the head of the regiment, learned about it, he immediately dispatched a platoon from other positions to reinforce. The fourth charge launched by the Japanese army was even more ferocious.In view of the fact that the previous offensive was repelled one after another, they were frightened, and they used machine guns to shoot at the defenders' positions from two hundred meters away, while shouting and screaming.

The defenders became more courageous and experienced as they fought. Everyone followed a principle, that is, the Japanese army would not shoot easily if they did not enter the firepower net. Flank shots in particular inflicted significant damage on the enemy. The infantry platoon sent by Du Ding arrived at the forward command post. After discussing with Xiao Zheng, Shi Shengrong and Xiao Zheng decided not to send this platoon directly to the front line, but to attack from the side, trying to detour to the rear or flank of the Japanese army. Battalion Commander Li Zhongliang fully agreed, but demanded: "Hurry back to the position before dawn, only success is allowed, no failure is allowed!"

Xiao Zheng led the reinforcement platoon to leap forward, forming a flank ambush circle in front of the position.At this time, the enemy and our positions were completely silent and silent, which almost made people think that the Japanese army would not attack again.However, in less than ten minutes, under the hazy moonlight, a group of people in the enemy's formation could be seen moving towards the main defender's position. According to the discipline, those who participated in the ambush were not allowed to speak, and they were not allowed to shoot indiscriminately. Everyone held their breath and lay motionless on the ground, closely monitoring the movement of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was getting closer, more numerous, and denser. When it was about 150 meters away from the main position, it had surpassed the ambush line, and at the same time, the reinforcement platoon actually surrounded the Japanese army on the right. Suddenly, the Japanese army launched a charge.The ambush soldiers who were ready to shoot immediately opened fire, and machine guns, submachine guns, and grenades fired and threw violently. The enemy was beaten dizzy and jumped around. According to the original attack plan, Xiao Zheng used the flashlight to send out one long and two short signals to extend the range of the main position.Then he ordered the platoon leader to cover with a light machine gun on the spot, and the rest of the soldiers either held a submachine gun or a bayonet-mounted rifle to countercharge the Japanese army.

The vigorous officers and soldiers rushed all the way to the right front of the fifth company's position, killing the enemy until they were routed.The remaining enemy soldiers couldn't resist, and fled back to the enemy's position. Seeing that the attack was successful in the main position, Shi Shengrong quickly sent a long and short signal with a flashlight, commanding the reinforcements to withdraw to the original position before dawn. Compared with the "pre-emptive strike" attack, the results of this battle are more abundant: five crooked light machine guns were handed over, more than 20 of the 38 big guns, and a command knife...

The next day, Du Ding, the head of the regiment, arrived at the front line, and when he saw Xiao Zheng, he praised him repeatedly; "You fought beautifully last night, you machine gun company commander, haha!" Later, Xiao Zheng was awarded a Cancheng Medal for his meritorious service, and the platoon leaders in the two sorties were each promoted to a rank, from second lieutenant to lieutenant. In the Battle of Qingyan, Zhou Beichen, the commander of the Fifth Company, was the one with the heaviest responsibility.One time when the Japanese army sneaked into the main position at night, Zhou Beichen fired with a light machine gun himself. During the interval between reloading, a Japanese soldier touched the vicinity and dragged his machine gun while wearing gloves.

Zhou Beichen felt something was wrong, so he shouted: "Deputy Battalion Commander! My machine gun was held back by devils." At that time, Shi Shengrong happened to be patrolling the front line, and he was not far from Zhou Beichen. When he heard it, he yelled: "Guild son, wait for me to deal with him!" After finishing speaking, the deputy battalion commander held a submachine gun Jumping out of the trench, a shuttle of bullets swept over, sweeping the Japanese soldiers with machine guns into Ma Feng's nest, and scared away all the Japanese soldiers behind. Unable to succeed at night, the Japanese army launched an offensive during the day regardless of casualties in order to break through Qingyan as soon as possible.When the battle was at its most intense, Zhou Beichen, commander of the fifth company, fired machine guns while commanding the soldiers to fight tenaciously.The planes of the Chinese and American Air Forces kept circling in the sky. Wherever the Japanese troops rushed, they dropped bombs there.

Before the 171st Regiment took over the defense, the Japanese army's infantry coordination was better than that of the defenders, and its artillery had a clear advantage in offense and defense.After receiving the defense, Wang Jiyou, the platoon leader of the Guantong platoon, was ordered by the division's mountain artillery company to specially lead two mountain artillery into the front line to assist the infantry in combat.