"Hurry, hurry, speed up!" On a raised mound in Sujiatun, a bonfire was nodded every once in a while, and under the light of the fire, the faces of the brigade were full of vicissitudes of life, and the farmers were carrying bricks, cement and other things to repair the fortifications on the mound.

The square building on the mound looks low, but the walls are very thick, at a 45-degree angle, with shooting holes, machine gun muzzles, etc., and the mound on the other side is raised hundreds of meters away, and there are several long trenches in front of the pillbox.

Two men with a general on their shoulders inspected the fortifications in the trench under the escort of soldiers.

One of them is Huang Xiansheng, and the other has neatly combed hair, the military uniform on his body looks much newer than ordinary people, and his body is slightly fat, it is Zou Zuohua who rushed over from Xing'an Tun. The large force of the Tunken Brigade was still in the rear, and the first batch of men and horses who accompanied Zou Zuohua into Fengtian City was less than 1,000 people.

Zou Zuohua's thick palm patted on the cement wall of the anti-artillery hole, and there was still some moisture on the cement, which was obviously newly repaired.

"It's well repaired, the combination of Ming Fort and Dark Fort is also very solid, and the anti-artillery hole is also very solid, there are not many people in the Northeast Army who can arrange this kind of position, the previous Guo Devil is counted as one, I didn't expect that now there is such a capable person, who can build the framework of the fortifications in such a short time." Zou Zuohua said with great admiration.

"This is also the support of the people, there are more than 200,000 laborers from Fushun, there are enough manpower, as long as they are given food, they are willing to work, these jobs seem to be a lot, and there are really so many people who do it together. The trenches were made according to the instructions of Brigadier Jiang and the German military attache stationed in Mukden saw it,

full of praise and said that these trenches were well done,

Compared to the war in Europe 20 years ago,

Not much worse. Huang Xiansheng said with a smile.

"Well, trench warfare was really brought to its peak in the last European war, and with the rise of European armored vehicles, trenches are less useful." Zou Zuohua shook his head and said.

With the rise of armored forces, the new trenches can no longer play such an important role in World War I, but at this time, the Japanese army did not have any advantage compared with the Western powers in World War I, and even in artillery was much worse, and the perfect trench system was enough to make the Japanese pay a heavy price.

"Now Fengtian City's means of responding to the enemy are too limited, after all, both the strength and the elite are far inferior to the Japanese army, before we knocked the Japanese army's stick, so that the Kwantung Army was almost completely annihilated, after the Japanese army suffered a big loss, it is unlikely that they will be fooled, without the help of these fortifications, how can they stop the fierce Japanese army. The other is the arrangement of the artillery, as well as the training of the artillery later, Brother Yue Lou is fully responsible. Huang Xiansheng shook his head and said with a smile, Huang Xiansheng agreed very much with Jiang Li's ability to be so cautious, meticulously and fully train the army, and strictly supervise the repair of the fortifications after Jiang Li defeated the Kwantung Army.

"I can save this. However, with the artillery background of Mukden City, it can give the Japanese army a lot of surprises. Zou Zuohua smiled loudly, he was not dissatisfied with Huang Xiansheng's arrangement, and he was not likely to do anything else except artillery.

"This is natural, with the Fengtian Arsenal in hand, there will be no shortage of artillery or anything, but there are too few suitable artillery. What Jiang Li and I meant was that Brigade Commander Zou would train a few more artillery regiments to come out, and this time the Japanese army might not be small. Huang Xiansheng said in agreement. The two artillery regiments of the 7th Brigade were reorganized after annexing the artillery battalions of the 2nd Provincial Defense Brigade, a condensed version of the 36-gun system. ALL OF THEM ARE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND FIELD GUNS. In addition, the artillery battalion of the 20 Brigade of Chang Jingwu and 24 75-caliber guns were detained. PLUS THE CANTONMENT BRIGADE BROUGHT BY ZOU ZUOHUA, 18 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS.

The recruit brigade does not have an artillery battalion, and Huang Xiansheng's garrison brigade has a 36-gun artillery regiment. There are a lot of artillery in the middle that are driving ducks to the shelves. IN ADDITION, IT IS EQUIPPED TO THE REGIMENTAL LEVEL, 12 150MM MORTARS AND 6 37MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR EACH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 7TH BRIGADE. With the arrival of Zou Zuohua, as well as some sporadic teams from Jilin who heard that Jiang Li had defeated the Kwantung Army, they all rushed to support, all of whom had been veterans for several years, and within a few days, the strength of the defenders of Fengtian City would further climb to nearly 40,000 people like a snowball, and nearly 40,000 people could have these artillery pieces are already very good equipment. But in the face of the large-scale invasion of the Japanese army, it was not enough.

"I'm in charge of the training of the artillery." Zou Zuohua nodded and said. Zou Zuohua also knew that the defenders at this time looked like there were a lot of artillery, but the large-caliber artillery was almost blank, and the artillery of the two divisions and regiments of the Japanese army in Korea, as well as the allocation of heavy artillery, added up to more than 100 guns, not to mention that the Japanese troops who landed from the brigade company were even more powerful, and this battle was not very easy to fight.

While a few people were talking, another group of men were digging a pit in front of the trench with something to bury it. Zou Zuohua asked again in surprise, "Laying mines?" Arsenal didn't make this stuff before. ”

"This is what Brigade Commander Jiang proposed, arranging a certain minefield in front of the position to delay the momentum of the Japanese army's offensive." Huang Xiansheng explained.

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"Director Mao, I heard that your brother-in-law is here, why don't you bring it to my restaurant to entertain you?" The guy at the restaurant greeted a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt with a smile.

"My water conservancy bureau is a clear water yamen, how can I often go to the restaurant, and the one who sells newspapers didn't come today?" Mao Yisheng shook his head and asked again.

"Leper Zhang, there's an accident at home, and the newspapers are stacked here." The guy snorted on the table where the newspaper was placed on the side, and said with a smile, "It's also that Director Mao is too incorruptible, and he is also a bureau chief, if he stretches out his hand a little, how can he be so poor." ”

"In this troubled world, compared to those who don't have enough to eat, I'm already much better." Mao Yisheng shrugged his shoulders, now Nanjing's money and wealth have been misappropriated for military spending, foreign debts have been repaid, and there have been major wars at home for many years, how can Chairman Jiang of Nanjing have spare money to invest in water conservancy, he is engaged in civil engineering, although he is a foreigner, but it cannot be compared with those who can write articles, and the major of civil engineering is not popular now.

Mao Yisheng smoked a newspaper and threw a horn trumpet to put down, and then walked on the way home. When I walked to the door of the house, I met a middle-aged man wearing a black top hat, who was holding a piece of paper in his hand and glanced at the door of Mao Yisheng's house, as if confirming the address.

"Which are you looking for?" Mao Yisheng stepped forward and asked.

"I was entrusted by Professor Zhu to come to find Director Mao."

Huo Zixiang said.

"I am, what's the matter with you?" Mao Yisheng asked strangely, he didn't know the middle-aged man in front of him.

"It turns out that you are Director Mao,

Fortunately, fortunately! Huo Zixiang's face was happy,

hurriedly said, "I don't know if it's convenient to go inside,

It's an important thing. ”

Mao Yisheng nodded and led the middle-aged man inside.