Zhang Wei's preparation battalion position, the fortifications have been formed, Zhang Wei in order to prevent a possible attack, ordered to further strengthen the fortifications, and ordered the reinforced engineer platoon to help build, the equipment of the engineer platoon, in fact, is no different from the infantry, but this platoon is equipped with rifles, no light machine guns, in addition, everyone carries a large sapper shovel or pickaxe behind their backs, and they also brought a large number of construction materials when they come. Ｘ

Sandbags were piled up on the perimeter of all the trenches to strengthen the positions, as were the communication ditches, which were partially reinforced with wooden planks, mortar positions were arranged behind the first line of defense and the second line of defense, two eighty-two mortars were arranged in two circular fortifications, connected with the line of defense by communication ditches, so that the infantry could support cover and transport ammunition, and the engineer battalion was followed by a large amount of ammunition.

There was silence in the position, the soldiers were lying quietly in the defensive line, the muzzles of the guns were pointed out of the trenches, Zhang Wei was sitting in the third line of defense and the concealment department, and the first company was still stationed here.

Obviously, this possibility is not very likely, that is, the Japanese army is trying to feint, but the next move of the Japanese army is to attack or defend can not be determined, out of insurance, Zhang Wei ordered to strengthen the fortifications.

"Battalion commander, you say, what kind of road was the devil just now? Let's retreat as soon as we counterattack, and the feint won't be like this, right? Qiu Wei said.

"I'm afraid it's either a feint, or I want to try to try a trick."

"What do you mean?" The expression on Qiu Wei's face also turned into hesitation.

"Do a good job of defense, and be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship." After Zhang Wei finished speaking, he picked up the Zhongzheng rifle beside him, and by the way, he pulled out the shell gun and put it on the chamber.

Artillery position, the Japanese army's eight mountain artillery are placed here in turn, the battle of Lanfeng, many Japanese units are acting alone, so the amount of shells carried is relatively large, boxes of shells are placed dozens of meters away from the artillery position, the rangefinder calculates the distance and angle, the Japanese gunner slowly lifts the barrel up to a suitable angle, the ammunition hand takes out a Type 94 blasting grenade from the knapsack three-round ammunition box, and in a few minutes, the grenade will be fired at a muzzle velocity of 35 per second to a distance of 5,500 meters, and the gunner loads the shell into the breech, The disconnected bolt was then closed. In order to unify the command, the Japanese artillery quickly determined the commander, and now it is long-distance shooting, not direct fire support, and naturally the more professional field artillery squadron leader will command it.

The 41 mountain artillery equipped by the Japanese wing artillery squadron is slightly different from the professional mountain artillery artillery, with more emphasis on direct support for infantry operations and direct firing, while the 41 mountain gun equipped by the infantry wing is thicker in the thickness of the gun shield and carries different equipment, and the squadron leader of the wing artillery squadron has slightly inferior experience in commanding intermittent shooting, so it is reasonable to let Xian give command to the squadron leader of the field artillery squadron.

Eight gun crews were placed in sequence, adjusting the high angles according to the data measured by the rangefinder, and two of the school guns were ready for fire.

"Fire!"

The order was given, and the school artillery fire was fired. The shells flew straight towards the positions of the 155th and 58th Divisions in the distance, and the effect of the shelling was reported by the observation posts at the front by telephone, and after the report, the corrected shots were carried out, and the revised Zhuyuan was quickly transmitted to the artillery, and the guns began to be corrected and adjusted, and soon the preparations were completed, and the eight guns were on standby.

"Fire!" This time all the fire was fired, and the shells flew out of the chamber and landed on the position of the squadron several kilometers away.

The positions of the 155th Division and the positions of the 58th Division were hit by falling shells, and the troops everywhere quickly entered the positions and made defensive postures, and some of the sentries and unlucky soldiers who were on guard were hit by the shells and were killed on the spot.

Hearing the sound of artillery, Li Hansoul, who was located at the command post, immediately raised his telescope to observe, and ordered the staff officers around him to retrieve the situation of the front-line troops, suddenly, Li Hansoul felt a violent shaking, smoke and debris poured into the observation port of the command post, Li Hansoul's mouth and nose were full of dust, and his body also subconsciously fell down, and the staff officer who had just run out was hit by shrapnel, and the whole person was blown away, and when he fell to the ground, he had become a pile of minced meat, and several guards also suffered.

"Sir!" The officers and guards in the command post hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Hansoul up and check whether the commander was injured, Li Hansoul got up and pushed away the people around him.

"It's okay, it's all up, Lao Tzu is fine, he fought so fiercely." Li Hansoul scolded, in fact, this drop was just an accident, the vast majority of the shells fell on the position of the first line, the recovered Li Hansoul ignored the persuasion of others, ran out of the command post to observe, only to see that the front line position was all dropped bullets, the same is true on the position of the 58th Division of the friendly neighbor, the assault column position on the left flank is not in any situation, the dense drop of bullets made Li Hansoul make a decision.

"Someone, use the radio to inform the troops, do a good job of defense, prepare for battle, the military artillery battalion is on standby, and you are not allowed to fire without my order! The troops only need to hold their positions and are not allowed to attack at will. ”

The 58th Division's position is also bombed again and again, in fact, such a dense drop does not mean that the Japanese artillery has a lot of guns, but the eight guns on the opposite side are bombarded with a high rate of fire, and the bombs are naturally dense, the commander of the 58th Division, Feng Shengfa, regardless of the danger, desperately rushed to the front-line position to stabilize the troops, supervised, and ordered the troops to do a good job in defense, and at the same time had the meaning of supervising the war.

After the Battle of Nanjing, the 58th Division suffered heavy casualties, and after the war, there were only 531 officers and 2,525 soldiers (the figure comes from the division history compiled by the Staff Office of the 58th Division of the Army).

The artillery shells exploded on the position, and indeed some recruits almost collapsed, but fortunately, the officers of the 58th Division were well organized, and Feng Shengfa arrived with the special service company of the division headquarters, and the ammunition was organized, and the troops quickly regained stability and were ready for battle.

"The cannon went off, the cannon went off, the anti-artillery!" On the position of the preparatory battalion, the veterans and officers heard the sound of artillery and shouted in unison, "Hidden trenches and improvised hiding holes have been dug in the first two positions, except for the observation posts left on the positions, all the rest of the men have been hidden, and the first company has also entered the hidden department in the rear.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no shelling, and the soldiers held their guns in the trenches, staring wide-eyed. Zhang Wei didn't hear any movement in the concealment department of the first company, so he simply took three guards out and ran to the first line of the second company's position, leaving four riflemen on the position as observation posts, and the rest of the people were all hidden in the concealment trenches and simple hiding holes in the position.

Zhang Wei observed in the position of the second company for a long time, and the fight was so fierce over there, but there was no movement on his side, but he could see a few scattered Japanese soldiers in the telescope.

"Battalion commander, it's full of shells, it's been blown up badly." Mu Chao got out, crawled to Zhang Weishen's side, and said impatiently.

There were only a few skirmishers in Zhang Wei's telescope, there was no shelling on the position, there was shelling from other troops, and the Japanese army had a tentative attack before again.

Tentative Attack!

A chilling thought suddenly came to Zhang Wei's mind, and he had to congratulate himself on the desperate reinforcement of the fortifications just now.

"Everybody, get ready to fight, all hurry!" r