Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 594 Miracle

The city of Guangde was not attacked by thieves, it was caused by a "military disaster".

Lei Xiong led the main force of the Independent Battalion to establish a blocking position three kilometers west of Guangde City. His head was not ordinary.

Looking at the various tunnel drawings Tang Dao drew for him, he once wondered if Tang Dao wanted to exhaust him and the main force of the independent battalion to death.

Tang Dao took away two infantry companies, leaving him with a total of less than 900 people. It might be okay to dig a few trenches within 900 hours with these 24 people alone, but if it is what Tang Dao said, It is simply a fantasy to dig a tunnel on the mountain that can protect against heavy artillery and aerial bombs.

However, the problem of manpower was greatly alleviated very quickly. Leng Feng returned quickly with a company, and even brought two Sichuan Army infantry battalions to report to Lei Xiong. The manpower suddenly increased by a small 1000 people.

But the manpower of 2000 people is still insufficient.

In the afternoon, Tang Dao on the front line of Jiepai sent a report to Lei Xiong through the field radio carried by the second company, saying that the Sichuan army on the front line was determined to fight to the death on the front line to buy 36 hours for the Mouse Mountain position.

Lei Xiong was also an extremely decisive person, knowing that these 36 hours were hard-won, and they were all obtained by the officers and soldiers of the 145th Division of the Sichuan Army in exchange for their lives.

It's understaffed, isn't it?Then recruit.

The people who retreated from Guangde City did not run far, basically scattered in the nearby mountains, and they all wanted to escape the war before returning home. The special team scouting near the Mouse Mountain had already reported that it was 5 miles away. In the big mountain, many people are hiding in shacks. They don't know that this place will soon become a battlefield.

Perhaps, it is the most intense battlefield in Guangde's entire defense line.

Originally, Guo Shouzhi meant to send several infantry squads to the surrounding mountains to persuade these civilians fleeing the war to leave. If they ran farther, they might be covered by artillery fire at some point.

Lei Xiong was thinking about it, isn't it that we don't have enough manpower now?These people can come in handy.

Of course, it will not be forced to recruit labor, but the employment system.

The [-] cash that the independent battalion headquarters originally used to distribute to the soldiers for meritorious service was placed in front of the temporary battalion headquarters built of wood.

Nearly a hundred soldiers sent out in the mountains informed that all the common people who came to participate in the construction of the positions had 24 hours of working time, eating and drinking. Young adults received 2 yuan plus a catty of rice noodles, and women and children received 1 yuan plus a catty of rice noodles.

This treatment is not generally good. The return on labor in this era, even in the most economically developed cities in China, such as the north and the south, a factory worker can only work hard for a month, let alone seven or eight oceans, let alone Guangde In this kind of small town located in the mountainous area of ​​southern Anhui, there may be many ordinary families with two oceans in a month.

Although it is to build a position, the war may start at some point, but the reward is amazing, and there is still a catty of rice and noodles available for women and children. Food is even more precious to the fleeing people.

In just 3 hours, more than 6000 people had poured into the Mouse Mountain position, plus the original nearly 2000 officers and soldiers.

More than 10,000 oceans were sent out, and the original sufficient logistical materials were much reduced, but the mighty crowd gave Lei Xiong enough confidence.

However, the first military order he issued was not to dig tunnels on the spot, but all the soldiers and civilians to log.

Cut down all the trees and shrubs facing the direction of Guangde City on Mouse Mountain, guarding the simple road from Guangde to Wuhu.

There are many people and strength, but within a few hours, the east-facing slopes of several high grounds in the Mouse Mountain area became bare. Not to mention Tibetans, even a rabbit hidden on the mountainside can be clearly seen standing on the top of the mountain.

While logging, all living creatures that can be seen have become food for people to replenish energy. No matter whether hares, pheasants or cute little squirrels, they have become protein for sweaty soldiers and civilians to replenish their physical strength.

In a state of war, human life is at stake, let alone animal protection.

Protecting the environment and caring for animals can only occur in peaceful and prosperous times.The peace dove soaring into the sky is nothing but a dish in the war years.

When the soldiers and civilians swept away the logs and shrubs, and then set fire to the weeds, there was a dark and dead silence on the east-facing hillside.

There are two reasons for Lei Xiong to log. First, he has no reason to leave any shelter for the Japanese army that is about to pounce. It will only make him feel uncomfortable; support.

There are mostly miscellaneous trees on the mountain, and it is still not enough to just cut them off, so we have to dismantle the ready-made ones.

The empty county is the best place to provide wood. Thousands of soldiers and civilians whose lives are threatened are like locusts crossing the border. It took half a night to dismantle any useful wood or steel in the small town of Guangde. Clean and tidy is even more miserable than being infested by bandits.

Demolishing their own homes in this way, the people of course have resistance in their hearts, but Lei Xiong's words speak to their hearts.

"If everyone is distressed and has to tear it down, the position will not be built, and our army will have to defend Guangde City. Under the artillery fire, our entire army and Guangde City will be reduced to ashes."

That means, the demolition at this moment is just the removal of doors, windows and beams, but if we are forced to use the small city walls of Guangde as a line of defense, there will be nothing left of Guangde City.

The people are just ordinary people. They hid in the mountains because they were afraid of the Japanese killing people and setting them on fire. But that doesn’t mean they are willing to leave their hometown where their ancestors lived for generations. They always want to wait for the war to pass before they can return home. Listening to this, it’s better to listen to the officer It is better to order the demolition, so that at least some brick walls can be left, which is better than leaving a pile of ruins.

With this thought in mind, he demolished more actively than the soldiers, for fear that the 'vicious' Chief Lei would lead his troops into Guangde City.

And the enthusiasm for digging trenches and building tunnels is a bit stronger than before, not just for the sake of having Yinyang and rice noodles.

It was supported by the desire to leave a shelter for the elderly and children.

It's a very simple wish, but unfortunately, it is destined to be just a dream in the cruel war.

In the Japanese war zone, even being alive is humiliating and humble.

But this kind of unrealistic psychology is extremely effective for Mouse Mountain to build a position.

In fact, at night, Tang Dao rode a mount borrowed from the Lieutenant General of the Sichuan Army to go back to the 'big construction site' that was in full swing.

In the entire Mouse Mountain, there are three mountains, like a character shape, surrounding the simple road that winds forward.

If these three mountains were not captured, the Japanese infantry might still be able to climb the mountains to Wuhu, but their cannons and supplies could only be parked in the distance to bask in the sun.

And what can pure light infantry do when they walk out of the mountains in southern Anhui?Are you going to send heads to the Chinese army around Jinling City?

In fact, the Japanese themselves know in their hearts that Japan is strong in this battle against China. It does not mean that the army is mostly composed of veterans, but how strong the combat effectiveness is, but the current industrial and economic strength of China and Japan.

Japan, which has learned from the Western world for nearly a hundred years, has caught up with the second industrial revolution, and has a well-established industrial system in Japan, which can build aircraft, tanks, artillery, and even battleships and aircraft carriers.

And what about China at that time!There is no heavy industry, and even light industry is lackluster.

The so-called dimension reduction strike is just that the Japanese army has one more weapon than the Chinese army-artillery.

Without the God of War, the Japanese army is actually just that bad, even if it is strong, it is not strong enough.

Therefore, these three highlands named No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 by Tang Dao are the must-attack places for the Japanese army who want to advance westward.

The officers and soldiers of the Independent Battalion have gone through the battle of Songjiang and the defensive battle on the front line of Jiaxing, and they are already considered veterans.

However, it was their first experience in a mountain defense battle, not to mention they were novices, but it would be too much to say they were proficient.Including Lei Xiong, they all still use the same old style, building trenches along the mountain, and they still stay in the impression of Tang Dao's constant mention of the life reverse slope tunnel battle in the past two days.

Therefore, Tang Dao had to take this trip, otherwise, when the Japanese planes, tanks, and artillery attacked, let alone more than 2000 people in his hands, even if it was several times more, it would not be enough for the Japanese to kill.

For the three highlands, a trench was first built in the 50 meters area below the top of the mountain according to the traditional method, and then another trench was built on the ridgeline.

Of course, compared to the two main battle trenches, what is more important is the tunnel behind the ridgeline.

Because of the shooting angle, the artillery of the Japanese army can only cause damage to the soldiers in the trenches at most. It is useless to the infantry balls hidden behind the ridge, but the Japanese army still has bombers. behind the mountain.

At this time, we have to look at the tunnel.

That is the essence of the most classic anti-slope tunnel warfare developed in the Battle of the Ice Field more than ten years later. It is those seemingly inconspicuous tunnels that protect the Chinese soldiers from being dropped by the countless American cowboy planes. The bomb was killed.

The two defensive trenches each have several traffic trenches leading to the tunnels on the top of the mountain and behind the mountain.

The trenches in front of the mountain and the tunnels behind the mountain that have already started construction are basically being excavated according to the meaning of Tang Dao.

However, when Tang Dao came back after inspecting the entire line of defense, he saw the prototype of the trench dug by the soldiers on the main positions on the top of the three highlands in full swing, not only shook his head.

Although it is not a straight line, the soldiers chose the simplest arc trenches in order to save labor and time.

But what's the use of that?If the Japanese used heavy artillery, as long as one shell fell into the trench, the air wave would sweep tens of meters, and an infantry squad or even half an infantry platoon would be finished.

Such trenches will only become a soldier's nightmare.

They still have too little understanding of field fortifications. If they see Chinese soldiers more than ten years later on the Five Sacred Mountains criss-crossing trenches where unfamiliar people will get lost, they will definitely be ashamed.

No matter how you are in a hurry, you can't make it shoddy.

(End of this chapter)