Soon, the flat ground in front of him quickly turned from a small dirt pit into a half-meter-deep individual bunker. Coupled with the mound of dirt piled in front of the individual bunker, it was enough to squat in it by yourself.

Of course, such a one-man bunker is only the beginning. The fighters crouched in such bunkers, did not stop at all, and continued to dig down. After digging again for less than ten minutes, the individual bunker had been deepened to a depth of one meter by itself, and the mound of earth piled up in advance was enough for him to walk in the individual bunker with his body bowed. Finally, the first step of digging for good traffic has been completed.

With the cover of individual bunkers, these fighters no longer have any worries. Begin to quickly carry out lateral excavations, so that the individual bunkers are connected into trenches. The fighters at the front dug trenches, and the fighters in the rear were not idle, and several people took turns and began to dig traffic trenches forward.

You know, in order to allow a mountain cannon and field artillery to enter the trenches and drive to the front line. The width of the entire traffic trench requires a distance of at least 2 meters. In the face of a large workload, not a single fighter complained. Because everyone knows that with these communication trenches, with the support of artillery battalions. In the next battle, your own safety will be more guaranteed. So, on cold nights, the warriors were almost shirtless, digging forward with all their might

Finally, about an hour after the soldiers began to dig, the louder and louder sound finally broke through the cover of the little devil's song and reached the ears of the sentinels.

"There is movement in front of the Baga position, fire flares" Soon, the commander of the army, who noticed that something was wrong, shouted an order to the soldiers around him.

With the launch of a flare, the Japanese troops guarding the position finally saw the scene in front of them clearly. I saw that only fifty meters away from my position, countless mounds of earth had been piled up. And just behind the mound, shovels of dirt were being lifted out, and shovels were struck on the mound to reinforce it. It is clear that behind the mound there must be their own enemies, digging bunkers.

"Baga, it must be the Eighth Route Army, what do these Eighth Route Army want to do. Hurry, go and report to Your Excellency the Wing Commander, order all troops to enter the combat position, the Eighth Route Army has surrounded us, hurry "Through the telescope, it was found that countless mounds of earth had appeared in the three directions of the entire defensive position. The captain of the army couldn't help but be surprised, and roared at the herald beside him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Squad Leader," he said, seeing countless mounds of dirt, trenches that were already stretching. The herald was also frightened into a cold sweat, and his eyes stared at the enemy who was moving not far away. After receiving the order of the squad leader, he did not dare to slack off, and quickly spread his legs and ran towards the supreme command of the defensive position.

And just when the fighters began to dig trenches in hiding. It is said that the commander of the army wing, Yuichiro Nagano, the captain of the heavy artillery brigade, the captain of the heavy artillery brigade, the chief of staff of the wing, and the captains of the two infantry brigades. A few people were gathered around a table at the headquarters, chatting and laughing, drinking sake and thinking about each other's boasting about what they had seen in China. In the entire headquarters, it was so lively. Unbeknownst to them, danger had slowly descended upon them.

"Report, report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army has surrounded us" The herald ran to the door of the headquarters out of breath. Seeing the group of officers around the table, they didn't care about their military appearance, and shouted loudly to the people next to the table.

"Bage Yalu, what are you panicking about, as an excellent imperial army of the Great Empire, why don't you pay attention to your military appearance. Look at you, what have you become now? Baga, immediately tidy up your military uniform" Seeing a herald, he interrupted his interest very disappointedly, and the wing commander Yuichiro Nagano was unhappy for a while, and scolded loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Wing Commander, but, the military situation is urgent," the herald quickly explained, seeing the Wing Captain with an angry face on his face.

"Bage Yalu, as an excellent soldier of the Great Empire, no matter how big the military situation is, you must pay attention to your military appearance. What did you just say? Did the Eighth Route Army surround us? Although the wing captain was unhappy, he quickly calmed down and began to ask rhetorically.

"Hi, Your Excellency, I must have taken to heart His Excellency's teachings. Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, that our defensive position is now surrounded by the Eighth Route Army of nearly 10,000 men. Now that a trench is being dug in front of our position, please give a quick order to the battle from His Excellency the Wing Commander. The herald hurriedly sorted out his military appearance and reported immediately.

"Nani, dig the trenches, is the Eighth Route Army trying to trap us? Hehe, gentlemen, please come with me to the forward position to have a look and see what the Eighth Route Army wants to do. Chief of Staff, immediately order all combat units, immediately enter their combat positions, and everyone is ready for battle. After speaking, the wing commander, with the help of his own orderlies, slowly put on his military uniform and took a group of officers. Slowly walked towards the forward position.

And the commander of the army, Yuichiro Nagano, didn't know that it was his slow and confident psychology that provided the Eighth Route Army on the front line with about half an hour to dig trenches again. And the little devils lying in the fortifications on the front line are indeed because they do not have the order of their own wing commander. I could only lie there in a daze, seeing the Eighth Route Army raging in my forward position, but I couldn't do anything.

And in just half an hour, the fighters have simply connected their individual bunkers. More importantly, in order to prevent the little devils from launching a counter-charge. A very heavy machine gun, light machine gun, and mortar were carried by the fighters to the position that had already had a certain tendency.

"Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Eighth Route Army is only 50 meters from the front of our army's position. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night and the time for our army to eat, a trench was suddenly dug out. And a large number of weapons and troops were brought in. Now they are reinforcing and widening their trenches. "I saw that the commander of the wing commander and his party finally came to the position in front of them. A squadron leader, who had been guarding the position in fear, finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ran to the front of the wing commander to report.

"Nani, just 50 meters in front of our position? Baga! Give me flares, binoculars, quick! Hearing that the Eighth Route Army had built its own trenches, which were only 50 meters wide from their defensive positions, the wing commander suddenly reacted. couldn't help but be taken aback, and ordered loudly to the officers around him.

Immediately, three flares were shot into the sky. The bright three flares illuminated the front of his position clearly at once. Even the heavy machine guns erected in the trenches of the Eighth Route Army clearly appeared in their binoculars.

"Bageya Road, how did you patrol, why did the Eighth Route Army touch our face, but you didn't find anything. Eight grid tooth road, all dead, dead" Seeing the scene in front of him, the wing captain scolded the squadron leader in front of him?

"Hey, Your Excellency Wing Commander, what should we do now?" The squadron leader said aggrievedly. However, seeing the angry face of the wing captain, he didn't dare to complain, and asked in a low voice.

"Baga, bastard, immediately launch a counter-charge against the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, and be sure to drive them out of the trenches in front of them. Let them return to the range of our heavy artillery, and use our artillery to destroy the Eighth Route Army in front of them. Co-Captain Yuichiro Nagano roared.

"Hey, Your Excellency Wing Commander, I'm going to organize the troops to launch a countercharge. Drive these Eighth Route Army out of their trenches. After the squadron leader finished speaking, he quickly fled from the already angry wing captain and began to organize the charging troops.

Soon, the little devils of a squadron, under the command of the squadron leader of the Yue Army, were assembled and ready for a counter-charge. Of course, everything that happened on the position of the Eighth Route Army was also reflected in the eyes of the commander on the position of the Eighth Route Army when they fired the flares.

"Battalion commander, the little devil is gathering troops. If nothing else, it should be a counter-charge," a company commander saw the movement on the position of the Japanese army and hurriedly reminded the battalion commander beside him.

"Hehe, I've seen it, the army is divided into three assault squads. Tell all the machine gunners on the position to open fire as soon as the army rushes out of their position. Don't save me bullets, when the bullets are gone, there are a lot of them on the little devil. The battalion commander smiled and confidently ordered to several company commanders beside him. Because, since the beginning of the entire campaign, Dao has basically not exceeded the commander's estimate so far, and it is developing completely according to the commander's ideas.

"Yes, battalion commander, you can rest assured. Let the little devils have a good taste, let's read the power of the main force of the 1st Division of the Force. Several company commanders also said confidently.

Just as the soldiers were ready to meet the enemy, the heavy machine guns on the enemy position began to spit out tongues of fire. The dense rain of bullets was dusty on the position, and the sound of heavy machine-gun gunfire was followed by the howl of the little devil's charge. Under the reflection of the bonfires on the defensive positions of the army, the three squads of the army formed three directions. Under the command of their respective commanders, they quickly rushed through their defensive positions and rushed towards the trenches that had just been dug by the Eighth Route Army.

"Well done. Order all the machine gunners, don't save me ammunition, open fire," the battalion commander shouted to the machine gunners on the position.

In an instant, dozens of light and heavy machine guns hidden in the position suddenly appeared in front of the army. The dense tongues of fire spit out by dozens of light and heavy machine guns suddenly formed a dense fire network in front of the position, which was even denser than that of the Japanese army. Not only did it suppress the defensive firepower of the front of the army at once, but it also killed and injured the little devils who were charging.

"Kill and give" Maybe these little devils have been sentenced to death by their own commander before they set off. In the face of such a dense tongue of fire, not a single soldier stopped charging or retreating. The soldier in front was shot and fell, and the little devil in the back stepped on his corpse and continued to charge.

One by one, they are like little devils who have taken stimulants, under the command of their own commanders, one after another. In less than a few minutes, almost all of the three squads of the little devils who attacked fell under the guns of the fighters. More than a hundred little devils, in an instant, were left with corpses everywhere and a dozen wounded people who were seriously injured and squirmed on the battlefield.

"Bageya Road, my soldier Baga, heavy artillery brigade, immediately shell me, I want to blow up the position of the Eighth Route Army in front. I'm going to wipe out all the Eighth Route Army and leave them with no bones left. "I saw with my own eyes that the soldiers of one of my squadrons all fell under the guns of the Eighth Route Army in just a few minutes. In addition to shock, the co-captain's eyes were full of anger. Roaring at the captain of the heavy artillery brigade beside him, he could no longer see the confidence he had just now.

"Report to Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the position of the Eighth Route Army is less than 50 meters away from the distance of our army. The power of the heavy artillery of our heavy artillery brigade is too great, if the positions of the Eighth Route Army are shelled. Our positions will also be threatened, hit by shells. "Listening to the obviously irrational order of the wing commander Yuichiro Nagano, the captain of the heavy artillery brigade did not go to convey the order and explained.

"Baga, cunning Eighth Route Army, they must have seen this. They knew that at a distance of 50 meters, neither our grenades nor heavy artillery would pose a threat to them, which is why they dug trenches at such a distance. Eight Grid Tooth Road, the cunning Eighth Route Army. The co-captain yelled.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, although our grenades and heavy artillery pose no threat to the Eighth Route Army in the trenches, the grenadiers in our hands can shoot grenades directly into their trenches. If we can concentrate all the grenadiers of the entire wing, make a single covering shot at the enemy's trenches. Then, the Eighth Route Army that stayed in the position would definitely be blown to pieces by our intensive artillery fire" Just when the wing commander was troubled, the chief of staff behind him suddenly reminded.

"Yo Xi, the chief of staff is very right, we will use grenadiers. In any case, it was necessary to drive the Eighth Route Army out of the trenches in front. Now I order, gather all the grenadiers of the entire wing, and carry out indiscriminate artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army trenches in front of me, and we must drive these Eighth Route Army out for me. The Wing Commander commanded loudly, his face once again regaining his former confidence.

"Hi, Your Excellency Wing Commander" Hearing the order, the Chief of Staff hurriedly took the order and left.

That's it. In less than ten minutes, more than 50 grenadiers were placed in front of the wing commander.

"Yo Xi, after such a dense bombardment of grenadiers, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite position will definitely be bombarded by our artillery fire, and there will be no bones left." Wing Captain Nagano said confidently. However, he didn't know that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was not unprepared.

You know, in order to protect against the blow of such a grenade. The trenches dug in the first division were not in a straight line, but in an S-shape, constantly bending. Therefore, even if a grenade accurately falls into the trench, only a direct hit can cause damage to the fighters.

More importantly, in order to counter the enemy's grenadiers, Sun Xingbang assembled two mortar batteries of mortars throughout the forward position. In addition, in addition to the large number of grenadiers brought, in terms of firepower density, it is not weaker than the little devil on the opposite side (because at this time, the heavy artillery of the army has completely become a decoration).

A burst of fire flashed on the position of the Yue Army, and dozens of grenades burst out of the air with a huge whistling sound and landed on the position of the Eighth Route Army. Suddenly, the position of the Eighth Route Army, which was still pitch black just now, immediately fell into a sea of fire. And the fighters, indeed under the orders of their respective commanders, had already laid down their work and squatted in the narrow trenches when they heard the whistling of shells.

"Haha, the little devil's grenadier is finally out. All artillery was ordered to prepare for artillery bombardment, and strive to destroy at least half of the grenadiers of the army in one fell swoop. "I saw the dense grenades of the Japanese army exploding on their positions. As the commander, Sun Xingbang did not have any worries, but ordered excitedly.

Because, the shelling of the devils not only cannot cause much damage to their own troops. Moreover, their own counterattack artillery fire can indeed knock out the enemy's only long-range heavy firepower at one time, and reduce the burden on the upcoming attack.

"Boom, boom, boom" As the dense grenades of the Japanese army continued to fall on the position, the entire position was almost completely covered by heavy artillery fire. And just when the grenadiers of the army confidently believed that their artillery was about to wipe out the Eighth Route Army on the position, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army finally began to counterattack.

The sound of mortar discharge, which was more dull than a grenadier, sounded behind the position of the Eighth Route Army, which had become a sea of fire. 24 shells, with dozens of grenades tied to them, with a huge whistling sound, crossed the position of the Eighth Route Army, which had become a sea of fire, and flew directly to the enemy's grenadier position.

"Ah, Baga, the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army, quickly transfer the boom boom" Just when the Yue army heard the loud whistling sound and saw the cannonballs like raindrops, it was already late. The rain-like shells, as if they had eyes, accurately smashed on the positions of the Japanese army.

Suddenly, the grenadier position, which had just been tightly organized, was immediately blown apart after dozens of grenades and shells were combed. Everywhere there were the bodies of killed soldiers, blown out grenadiers

"Eight grid tooth road, quickly transfer" after a round of artillery fire. The surviving commanders of the army crawled out of the rubble as fast as they could, and shouted orders to the soldiers who also survived on the battlefield. However, it was too late. Because the second round of artillery fire from the fighters has already hit.

(To be continued)