Judging from the movements of the devils, the devils are also marching in this direction at the same time, so it is very likely that a regiment will meet the devil troops from Wuhu, Wuhu has almost two brigades, that is to say, according to the lesser calculation, a regiment may encounter more than 2,000 devils, and this wave of devils is still the elite 18th division of the devils, so Zhang Cheng is very worried about the first regiment, because the three regiments behind the first regiment will take three to four hours to arrive, during this time, if the devils have more troops, it is enough to give a heavy blow to a regiment. Bayi Chinese Network ≠≥≥.≥8≠1≠Z=≈.≥C≥O≈M

Bowang Town, which is the middle of Wuhu and Liyang, was originally aimed at cutting off the devil reinforcements from Wuhu, but after Liyang was taken by Zhang Cheng, the strange movements of the devils immediately aroused Zhang Cheng's vigilance.

However, Zhang Cheng didn't know that the entire border area of Anhui and Jiangsu has now become a pot of porridge, and on some small battlefields such as county towns, the Japanese army, which was originally pressing the onslaught of the Chinese troops, was suddenly attacked by unknown forces, and the first hour was still full of artillery fire, and in the blink of an eye, the devils have begun to retreat frantically, and even the weapons on the ground, as well as the wounded soldiers, have not had time to take away, which shows how anxious they are going.

Such a scene is happening anytime and anywhere between Nanjing and Shanghai, and a number of devil squadrons and even wings are frantically converging towards the little-known small place of Liyang County, and Yanran is preparing to fight a general battle.

If Zhang Cheng knew about this situation, then he might not carry out his plan again, but immediately retreat, because the strength concentrated by the devils has reached as high as a division, and in addition to those troops that are fighting against the Chinese division, other squadrons such as guarding the county town, squads guarding road nodes, and so on are all being transferred here.

However, when Zhang Cheng came to the battlefield of a regiment, something that should not have happened had already been born, and the battlefield was unexpected by Zhang Cheng, and the situation of the regiment was critical.

A regiment of nearly 2,000 soldiers built a temporary trench in the field, thanks to Zhang Cheng's training in trench warfare, all the units of the independent brigade have strict training in trench excavation and civil engineering operations, Zhang Cheng so that they can quickly build their positions in the encounter.

The trench, don't look at it as just a deep ditch, but it is more effective than the defense of body armor and steel helmets, with trenches, then the lethality of the enemy's artillery can play a very huge role in resisting, greatly reducing the losses caused by the shelling.

There are no trenches, on flat ground, even a fifty mm caliber mortar shell can cause terrifying damage within a radius of ten meters, if the troops are dense, then it is enough to make more than a dozen soldiers die or be seriously injured because of this, thus losing their combat effectiveness, but if there is a trench, even if the devil's shells fall in the trench, then his effective damage area is only two or three meters away from the left and right.

The most standard trench is arc-shaped, not the one-line shape seen on TV, because the arc can minimize the range of explosion, the shell explodes in the trench, and when the shrapnel collapses to the left and right, it will not directly hit the other soldiers, but will hit the surrounding trench soil, so that the enemy's curve cannon will not cause terrifying damage to the trench.

For this kind of life-related training, whether it is Zhang Cheng or ordinary officers, and even some veterans who have participated in the battle are very clear, so they pay great attention to the construction of trenches, and strictly follow Zhang Cheng's arc design, and even in special areas can use U-shaped trench design, in short, it depends on the terrain, and the type of trench construction is selected according to local conditions, so as to seek to minimize the casualties.

"The Japanese army has failed to attack twice, and then they will definitely change their tactics, look for opportunities to seize the offensive forward position, and use the artillery advantage to suppress our position, and now they are driven back by us."

"We can't take it lightly, we have just arrived, the Japanese army's reconnaissance and understanding of this vicinity will pass us, we must be careful to prevent the Japanese army from sneaking attack, once they get a firm foothold, then we will not be able to fight."

"What the brigade said is that we have already carried out reconnaissance and deployment along the river bank, and once the current Japanese army has the intention of making a roundabout sneak attack, there will be news feedback immediately."

"Luo Shiyi played well over there. It is estimated that the Japanese army still does not know that they have changed opponents, so we have to make full use of this advantage and give the Japanese army two more blows, and wait until they understand it completely. It's not easy to fight. ”

"Yes, the little devil has harmed us in China, so we should teach it a hard lesson."

"Report the situation here to the Chief of Staff immediately, he should be waiting for our news."

"The Japanese are attacking, we are defending, normal blocking, and it is a big challenge for us." Zhang Cheng's eyes were fixed in the direction of Wuhu, "The Japanese army can attack from any point, but we can't defend all places, so the manpower and material resources are too expensive." ”

"yes, other factors aside. Once the Japanese army launches a full-scale attack at all costs, we really can't defend against it. Liu Zhongming said worriedly.

"Then let's fight,"

A cold wind blew, the smoke was blown away a little, the Japanese attack was repulsed, and the devil soldiers, who left dozens of corpses, retreated in a hurry.

Bang!

Zhang Cheng's eyelids jumped wildly, because he didn't expect the devil's troops to be so many.

It stands to reason that there will be no more than 1,000 devils in Wuhu, but if you take a closer look at this group of devils who surround a group, there are at least two or two brigades, that is, about 2,000 people, and they are also very elite in terms of equipment, with at least 24 mortars.

However, the counterattack of a regiment is very tenacious, they use the weapons in their hands to block the devils outside the trenches, due to Zhang Cheng's combat concept, each platoon must have at least one machine gun, each company must have at least five, and a battalion must have about 30 light and heavy machine guns, as well as this mortar platoon composed of five mortars, such an optimized design, so that the battalion-level combat units can organize effective counterattack operations in any location, rather than ordinary troops being chased by devils.

The continuous fire of light and heavy machine guns suppressed the devils, although the devils had more weapons and equipment, but the Chinese troops belonged to the defensive side, so the casualties were not as huge as the devils.

But having said that, Zhang Cheng can see clearly that the loss of a regiment of troops has been at least more than 300 people, and the devil has left a corpse in front of the trench, which shows that the battle between the two sides has been fought for a long time, but a regiment can not break through, in the face of the devil's superior forces, breaking through means a huge loss, both sides have reinforcements behind them, are waiting for the arrival of their respective troops, so the two sides have been holding on here.

The Devil's troops were divided into four directions, each with a squadron, and they formed an impregnable wall to block all the paths of the group, apparently preparing for a war of annihilation.

But Zhang Cheng did not know, the commander of the devil was also shocked at this time, they were the troops who had just returned from the Jiujiang front, where although the devil's troops were blocked by the Chinese troops, but in the local operations, the devils have always been overwhelming, like such a regiment of Chinese troops, they often a squadron of five or six hundred people rushed over to drive the Chinese out of the position, but now they stormed for several hours, lost a squadron of troops, but did not take this group of Chinese.

In the eyes of the devil commander, the Chinese troops are all people who fight desperately with their enthusiasm, but the commanders of these troops have no tactical education and cannot effectively command the troops, coupled with the poor equipment, a regiment may only have so many light machine guns, and even heavy machine guns can't be seen, but the Chinese troops in front of them are different, they have a lot of automatic firepower, and even artillery units that are rare in the Chinese troops, and what makes the little devil very angry is, Listening to the sound of machine guns, they also knew that the Chinese used the devil's Type 24 heavy machine gun, and from the telescope, they could see a crooked target of the devil roaring angrily on the position.

These are all the standard equipment of the devil, they did not expect to be captured by the Chinese in such a system, but this little devil still does not know, if he sees that Zhang Cheng's weapons and equipment of a brigade, especially the heavy weapons are sent by the devil, it is estimated that he will not be angry.

"Baga, order the artillery to continue the shelling and knock out the machine gun fire of the Chinese, they have brought too many casualties to the imperial warriors." The commander of the devil was a little helpless, originally thinking that he was coming to support Liyang, and thought that this was a guerrilla blocking, but when he came here, he saw that it was not at all a Chinese armed force behind enemy lines, but a professional unit that was well-equipped, brave in battle, and had proper tactical tactics.

The devils are very puzzled, where did the Chinese pull out such a force, if there are more such troops, they will not be able to gnaw at all, you must know that they have just fought until now, they have already lost five or six hundred people, if this group of Chinese is finally eliminated, then in the end they will not have many troops left.