At eleven o'clock in the evening, more and more trenches began to be completed.

Li Hao also touched a position less than 300 meters away from the village under the cover of the trenches.

"Report to the battalion commander, the mountain artillery company was ordered to come and report, all six mountain artillery pieces have been brought, please give the battalion commander a combat order!" Yuan Qingfeng, the commander of the mountain artillery company, rushed over and began to ask for battle.

As the company commander, Yuan Qingfeng is more anxious than anyone else, he doesn't want this anti-sweeping mountain artillery company to be treated as a spectator again, and run in vain.

Li Hao pointed to the trench under 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 that there was a task, so he immediately replied: "Yes, widen the trench a little, build a half-meter-high retaining wall with sandbags in front, and just send the mountain artillery to the back."

"That's good!" Li Hao did not hesitate and directly began to give orders.

"I'll give you twenty minutes to set up six mountain guns for me here, all the guns are aimed at the entrance of the village, and the independent company will help you, can you do it!"

Yuan Qingfeng hurriedly replied: "The mountain artillery company guarantees to complete the task, please rest assured that the battalion commander!"

In the village, a large number of door panels and bed boards were dismantled by the Japanese puppet army and sent to the entrance of the village.

A total of ten shooting holes have been dug out, around which dozens of puppet armies are building forts with wooden planks.

Layer by layer, after confirming that it is firm, two layers of sandbags are piled on top of it.

Seeing the completion of a dark fort, the adjutant immediately complimented: "The chief is wise!"

"The wooden planks of the bunker are nearly a foot thick, and there are two layers of sandbags pressed on it, even if the cannonballs from the Eighth Route Army are directly smashed on it, it can withstand it!"

"Unless several shells hit a bunker at the same time and exploded continuously, it would definitely not be able to threaten the Imperial machine gunners hiding in the bunker."

"But this kind of chance is too slim, unless all the shells from the Eighth Route Army have eyes, it is impossible for several shells to hit a dark bunker at the same time!"

Watanabe Shaoza also showed a very satisfied smile on his face, looking at the dark castle slowly forming in front of him, and the confidence to defend the village became more and more sufficient.

Then he ordered: "After the ten hidden forts here are completed, five of the other three directions will also be built!"

"Now the main direction of attack of the independent battalion is here, but no one dares to guarantee that they will not attack from the other three directions."

"They are so cunning and intriguing that we must nip all accidents in the bud!"

The adjutant immediately replied: "Don't worry, sir, these bunkers are related to whether we can defend the village or not, and I know his importance." I will personally supervise the construction of them in person, and ensure that each bunker can withstand more than three mortar shells! ”

The speed of the mountain artillery battery was faster than expected.

Because Watanabe's cannon was gone, the soldiers didn't think much about building artillery positions.

After digging a piece of flat ground with a length of 1.5 meters each and half a meter deep next to the trench, three rows of sandbags half a meter high were piled up in front, leaving a shooting hole, and a gun emplacement was completed.

The mountain gun was mounted on the flat ground, and the barrel of the gun protruded from the firing hole, pointing directly at the entrance of the village a few hundred meters away.

At this time, the trench closest to the village had been dug more than half a meter deep, and with the mound of earth forming outside the trench, everyone had no problem squatting and walking inside.

"The offensive position has almost been dug up, and then we will start the next step and continue to shorten the offensive distance through civil engineering." Li Hao looked at the subordinates in front of him and ordered!

There was a puzzled look on everyone's faces.

In their minds, the offensive position was less than two hundred meters away from the entrance of the village, and the next thing everyone needed to do was to attack.

Under the cover of all the light and heavy firepower of the troops, an offensive battle was fought, and the troops went directly into the village.

But Li Hao didn't do that.

Hong Linfeng was the first to react, chased after Li Hao and asked, "Battalion commander, do you mean that we are repeating our old tricks!"

"Light and heavy firepower are all fired, and the cover reconnaissance platoon continues to assault forward, digging individual bunkers first, and then connecting individual bunkers into trenches, and then digging all the way to the edge of the earthen fence defended by the devils?"

"No!"

Li Hao shook his head and replied: "This time we have to change the way!"

"The devils are not vegetarians, we are too close to Tuweizi, even if all the light and heavy firepower is fired, they can hit the reconnaissance platoon from the shooting hole on 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 puppet army." ”

Li Hao drew a big circle on the edge of the straight line to represent the Japanese puppet army, and then drew five or six curves in the middle with the straight line as the starting point and the Japanese puppet army garrison as the end point, and then continued to introduce after finishing.

"We chose five points on the position, took the curve and dug in the direction of the village, two fighters and a digging team, at first we only had to dig a small ditch where people could hide, and then the follow-up troops followed, widening and deepening into a trench.

"At the same time, some fighters were selected as substitutes, and the first two fighters continued to dig forward every ten meters, and then changed a group of fighters to continue to dig forward until the trench extended fifty meters near the earthen fence, and then changed direction and dug separately to both sides, connecting the five trenches together and becoming a new offensive position."

"In this way, the distance of our attack is shortened to fifty meters."

"As long as the offensive firepower is strong enough, the troops don't need to lose too many troops to successfully enter the village!"

"Good way!" Peng Yunfeng's eyes lit up and he shouted.

Then there was an expression of sudden realization on his face: "I finally understand why Battalion Commander Li, you are so confident that the Japanese puppet army will definitely come out of the village to launch a counterattack against us, and the reason is here." ”

"When the troops dig forward, the devils will definitely find a way to stop it."

"The best way is to use artillery, but the devil has no artillery, so there is only one last way: armored vehicles cover the troops to kill the troops out of the village and kill the troops we are digging trenches."

"And after we arrange the mountain artillery and light and heavy machine guns in advance, those Japanese puppet troops who rush out will become live targets, and we can kill as many as we come!"

Li Hao nodded approvingly: "Yes, let's fight like this!" ”

"The first and second companies of the independent battalion, 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 fast as possible."

"Two fighters start in a group, and they only need to dig half a meter of body, and they can dig ten meters at a time for up to half an hour."

"As long as we dig about 120 meters from the attack position to the entrance of the village, we will definitely be able to dig out all the trenches at dawn, and then we will launch an attack and strive to end the battle before the little devil planes arrive at the battlefield."

In the village, more and more bunkers were erected.

Although it has a rough appearance and looks very ugly, it can withstand mortar shells after all.

Looking at them, Watanabe Shaosa has more confidence to defend the village.

The worry on his face had disappeared unconsciously, and he smiled confidently again.

There was even a very bold idea in his mind, after the Eighth Route Army began to attack for a while, he could not immediately expose these hidden forts, but should show weakness to attract more Eighth Route Army to attack him, and then use the dark fort to kill them.

If you're lucky, you definitely have a chance to hit the independent battalion through defensive battles tonight, and then launch a counterattack against them under the cover of planes after dawn, turn defeat into victory, win this sweep, and kill the independent battalion.

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