With 200 divisions in place, the Tonggu defenders began to concentrate on preparing for war, and the entire Tonggu ancient city, and even the suburbs of Tonggu, were crowded with Chinese soldiers wearing German-style steel helmets, and the national army soldiers carrying tools to build fortifications could be seen everywhere.

After Zhang Wei and Master Dai properly resettled these people, they wantonly "looted" in the ancient city, "the main target of the looting was the houses and courtyards in the city, the people ran out, and it was useless to leave these houses, rather than being blown up by the Japanese, it was better to use them as construction materials."

Zhang Wei and Division Commander Dai made a decision to organize a "demolition team" to pick up sturdy houses and yards to demolish, and the dismantled steel plates and stones were all sent to the position to strengthen the fortifications, and the iron wires in the gardens and western-style houses were all demolished, and the sappers were made up to use as barbed wire......

Anyway, this will be completely destroyed in the fight with the ancient city, and Zhang Wei is just speeding up the process.

In order to further strengthen the strength of the defenders, Commander Du put together a number of military columns, transported a large number of ammunition, and two battalions of the Fifth Army's engineering regiment, which were also transported to Tonggu under the leadership of Colonel Li Shuzheng, the commander of the engineering regiment, and the two battalions of the newly transported engineer regiment, plus one battalion of the Fifth Army Engineer Regiment that arrived in Tonggu with the 200 divisions, equivalent to the entire Fifth Army's engineer regiment to Tonggu.

So far, the total strength of the Tonggu defenders has reached more than 16,000 people.

Including: all of the 200th Division, the Fifth Army Engineer Regiment, Zhang Wei's Fifth Army Supplementary Second Regiment, the Fifth Army Battle Defense Artillery Battalion, and two companies of the Fifth Army Cavalry Regiment.

The defenders' infantry and artillery workers and cavalry are complete, and the vanguard and elite of the expeditionary force are gathered in Tonggu to step up the final preparations, and a test of blood and fire will soon come.

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Zhang Wei's second supplementary regiment was on the front line in the southern part of Tonggu, the three infantry regiments of the 200th Division were deployed in the center of the city, the defense in the northwest was handed over to the 600th regiment, the 599th regiment was responsible for the garrison in the west of the city, and the 598th regiment and the engineer regiment of the fifth army were arranged in the city as a general reserve to prepare for street battles, rest the fortifications and buildings in the city, and take into account the patrol tasks from the east of the city to the Xitang River.

From the moment the order was issued, the units worked day and night to build fortifications and prepare for battle.

Same as the northern part of the ancient city, Kjungan Airport.

Division Commander Dai listened to Zhang Wei's opinions, focused on strengthening defense, and built a position near the airport, and now, Zhang Wei and several senior officers of the 200th Division, as well as Li Shuzheng, the newly arrived commander of the Fifth Army Engineer Regiment, are inspecting the position with Division Commander Dai next to the airport in Keronggang.

Keronggang Airport is a military airport built by the British and Burmese troops in the suburbs of Tonggu, its geographical location is critical, the terrain is flat, and the fate of the main city of Tonggu is closely related, guarding the Tonggu Airport, indirectly guarding the Nanyang Station in the north of Tonggu, and then maintaining the external contact with the ancient defenders.

Division Commander Dai first wanted to put the reinforced engineer regiment of the Fifth Army in the position of the Keronggang airfield, but after consulting with Zhang Wei, he decided to withdraw the engineer regiment and instead let the 600 regiments of the 200th Division go up to take charge of the garrison of the Keronggang airfield.

After Division Commander Dai made the change, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in history, the garrison of Keronggang Airport was Li Shuzheng's Fifth Army Engineer Regiment, which was raided by the Japanese army during the garrison and lost its position in a short time.

Although the engineers of the Fifth Army have the function of infantry combat, their combat effectiveness is still inferior to that of the infantry regiment, and it is still not up to the level of Zhang Wei supplementing the combat engineer company of the Second Regiment.

Near the airport, the soldiers of the 600th Regiment are building fortifications, surrounded by a flat river, the soldiers dug a series of infantry trenches, machine gun positions, foxholes and anti-artillery holes, and used the steel plate building materials given by Zhang Wei to build a solid machine gun fire point and a bunker, an important command post and ammunition station, all with the same ancient city in the stock of steel plates, and the demolition of building materials from the houses to strengthen, in front of the position, also laid a large number of barbed wire and deer barricades and other barriers, Zhang Wei to the commander of the Dai Division, Let Commander Dai regard the garrison of Kronggang Airport as the top priority.

Several officers stood on the steel plate on the top of the command post of the 600th Regiment of the Keronggang position, overlooking the entire Keronggang position, and Liu Shaofeng, the commander of the 600th Regiment, pointed to the positions around and said.

"Division, the brothers in the regiment have repaired the defensive positions, the positions are connected to each other, foxholes, anti-artillery holes, the steel plates and steel handed over by Commander Zhang are all used to strengthen the fortifications, and the flat-firing guns and large-caliber heavy machine guns that have been strengthened to my regiment have all been built with a solid semi-permanent firing port, and the devils want to take it down, so they will exchange their heads, and the submachine guns and grenades given by Commander Zhang The brothers said that they were good, and they were very enthusiastic about fighting, and now these boys want to compete with the Japanese army."

The weapons and equipment allocated by Zhang Wei were all installed in the 200th Division, and the current 200th Division has also reached the standard of two Thomson submachine guns per squad, and its firepower has been greatly enhanced. The Bren light machine gun, which was supplemented by the soldiers of the 2nd regiment, also taught the soldiers of the 200th division how to use it.

Seeing the defensive position that had formed a system, Division Commander Dai also had a sense of pride in his heart.

"Okay, our boys, we should defend the country and fight the Japanese invaders here, I have been in the army for more than ten years, and since I took refuge in Huangpu, I have been determined to fight to the death with the foreign invaders, today, this wish will soon be realized, quickly." Teacher Dai said.

Zhang Wei: "We have guns and cannons, there are bullets, the success or failure of the battle with the ancient is tied to one, as a stubborn defender, we are already done, now, look at how the Japanese army plays cards, and the second look at how the commander's department uses the troops, this battle, not only our troops with the ancients, the main force behind is also essential, we are a stubborn corps, only to fight to the death, do your best." ”

Division Commander Dai: "Yes, I am worthy of my duty as a soldier." ”

In the scenery of the suburbs of the same ancient times, there is a strange beauty, iron-blooded soldiers, battlefield scenery, and murderous weapons...... Blended together, the officers felt a lot of emotion in their hearts.

Zhang Wei was very calm in his heart, in order to fight with the ancients, he had done his best within his ability, no matter what the future result was, he had a clear conscience, and the only thing left was bloody battles!

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