At eleven o'clock in the evening, more and more trenches began to be completed.
Li Hao also found the location less than 300 meters away from the village under the cover of trenches.
"Report to the battalion commander, the mountain artillery company has been ordered to report. All six mountain cannons have been brought. Please give the battalion commander the battle order!" Yuan Qingfeng, the commander of the mountain artillery company, rushed over and panted heavily and began to call for battle.
Until now, every company of the Independence Battalion has achieved great success and killed many Japanese. However, the mountain artillery company has not been able to do anything. As the company commander, Yuan Qingfeng is more anxious than anyone else. He does not want this rebellion to happen.
The mountain artillery company was once again treated as a spectator, a trip in vain.
Li Hao pointed to the trench at his feet and asked: "Can the mountain artillery company build an artillery position in the trench to ensure that all artillery can shoot directly at the earthen fence!"
Yuan Qingfeng's eyes lit up and he knew there was a mission, and he immediately replied: "Okay, widen the trench a little, build a half-meter-high retaining wall with sandbags in front, and put a mountain cannon behind it."
"Okay!" Li Hao didn't hesitate and started giving orders directly.
"I'll give you twenty minutes to set up six mountain cannons here. All the artillery can be aimed at the entrance of the village. The independent company will help you. Can you do it?"
Yuan Qingfeng quickly replied: "The mountain artillery company promises to complete the mission, battalion commander, please rest assured!"
In the village, a large number of door panels and bed panels were removed by the Japanese and puppet troops and sent to the entrance of the village.
A total of ten shooting holes have been dug out, and dozens of puppet troops are building fortresses with wooden planks around these shooting holes.
Cover one layer with another, and after confirming that it is firm, pile up two layers of sandbags at random intervals on top.
Seeing that a bunker was completed, the adjutant immediately complimented: "Sir, you are wise!"
"The wooden planks of the bunker are nearly a foot thick, and there are two layers of sandbags on top. Even if the artillery shells from the Eighth Route Army hit it directly, it can withstand it!"
"Unless several shells hit a bunker at the same time and exploded continuously, they would not be a threat to the Imperial Army machine gunners hiding in the bunker."
"But this chance is too slim. Unless all the artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army have eyes, it will never be possible for several artillery shells to hit a bunker at the same time!"
Major Watanabe also had a very satisfied smile on his face. Looking at the bunker slowly taking shape in front of him, he became more and more confident in defending the village.
Then he ordered: "After the ten bunkers here are completed, five earthen fences in the other three directions will also be built!"
"Now the independent battalion's main attack direction is here, but no one can guarantee that they will not attack from the other three directions."
"They are so cunning and have so many conspiracies. We must nip all accidents in the bud!"
The adjutant immediately replied: "Sir, don't worry, these bunkers are related to whether we can defend the village. I know their importance. I will personally supervise everyone to build them later to ensure that each bunker can withstand more than three mortar shells."
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The speed of the mountain artillery barrage is faster than expected.
Because Watanabe's cannon was gone, the soldiers didn't pay much attention when building artillery positions.
After digging a piece of flat ground with lengths of 1.5 meters each and half a meter deep next to the trench, three rows of half-meter-high sandbags were piled in front, leaving shooting holes, and a gun emplacement was completed.
The mountain cannon was set up on the flat ground, with the barrel protruding from the shooting hole and pointing directly at the village entrance several hundred meters away.
At this time, the trench closest to the village had been dug more than half a meter deep, and with the mounds of soil formed outside the trench, everyone had no problem squatting and walking in it.
"The offensive position has almost been dug. Next, we will start the next step and continue to shorten the offensive distance through civil work." Li Hao looked at the subordinates in front of him and ordered!
Everyone had a puzzled expression on their faces.
In their minds, the offensive position was less than 200 meters away from the village entrance, and what everyone needed to do next was to attack by force.
Under the cover of all the light and heavy firepower of the troops, an offensive battle was fought, and the troops rushed directly into the village.
But Li Hao didn't do that.
Hong Linfeng was the first to react and chased Li Hao and asked: "Batalion Commander, you mean we are repeating our old tricks!"
"Fire all light and heavy firepower. The cover and reconnaissance platoon will continue to advance forward. First dig individual bunkers, then connect the individual bunkers into trenches, and then dig all the way to the edge of the earthen fence defended by the Japanese?"
"No!"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "This time we have to change the approach!"
"The Japs are not vegetarians. We are too close to Tuweizi. Even if all the light and heavy firepower is fired, they can still attack the reconnaissance platoon from the shooting holes in Tuweizi!"
After speaking, Li Hao directly drew a line on the ground with his hand, and then introduced: "If this line is our trench closest to the village, this is the village defended by the Japanese and puppet troops."
Li Hao drew a large circle next to the straight line to represent the Japanese and puppet troops. Then he drew five or six curves in the middle with the straight line as the starting point and the Japanese and puppet army station as the end point. After finishing, he continued to introduce.
"We selected five points on the position and dug in the direction of the village along a curve. Two soldiers worked as a digging team. At the beginning, we only needed to dig a small trench where people could hide. Subsequent troops followed up and widened and deepened the trench.
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"At the same time, some soldiers were selected as substitutes. Every time the first two soldiers dug forward ten meters, a new group of soldiers continued to dig forward. They did not stop digging forward until the trench extended to fifty meters near the earthen fence, and then changed the direction.
Divide the troops and dig into both sides, connecting the five trenches together to form a new offensive position."
"In this way, our attack distance will be shortened to fifty meters."
"As long as the offensive firepower is strong enough, the troops can successfully enter the village without losing too many troops!"
"What a great idea!" Peng Yunfeng shouted with eyes shining.
Then an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face: "I finally understand why, Battalion Commander Li, you were so confident just now that the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely come out of the village to launch a counterattack against us. This is the reason."
"When the troops are digging forward, the Japanese will definitely find a way to stop them."
"The best way is to use artillery, but the Japanese have no artillery, so there is only one last option left: armored vehicles cover the troops and rush out of the village to kill our troops who are digging trenches."
"And after we have arranged the mountain artillery and light and heavy machine guns in advance, the Japanese and puppet troops who rush out will become living targets. We can kill as many as they come!"
Li Hao nodded with approval: "That's right, let's fight like this!"
"First Company, Second Company of the Independent Battalion, Commander Peng, your three infantry companies, each company is responsible for a trench, start digging now, and dig in the direction of the village as quickly as possible."
"Two warriors work in groups and only need to dig half a meter. It can be completed in half an hour at most by digging ten meters at a time."
"As long as we dig about 120 meters from the attack position to the village entrance, we will be able to dig out all the trenches before dawn. Then we will launch an attack and try to end the battle before the Japanese planes arrive on the battlefield."
In the village, more and more bunkers are being built.
Although it has a rough appearance and looks very ugly, it can withstand mortar shell attacks after all.
Looking at them, Major Watanabe became more confident in defending the village.
The worry on his face disappeared unconsciously, and a confident smile appeared again.
A very bold idea even came to his mind. After the Eighth Route Army began to attack, he could not expose these bunkers immediately. Instead, he should show weakness to attract more Eighth Route Army to attack him, and then use the bunkers to kill them.
If you are lucky, you will definitely have a chance to severely damage the Independent Battalion through a defensive battle tonight, and then launch a counterattack against them under the cover of aircraft after dawn, turn defeat into victory, win this sweep, and kill the Independent Battalion.
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