The area at the junction of Ji Feng is an endless plain terrain, which is conducive to attack but not conducive to defense, and the Feng army does not have an advantage. Zhang Tinglan also felt a huge pressure, according to estimates, it will take at least three to four days for Daddy Zhang Zuoxiang to lead a large army to catch up, and during this time, he has to rely on a regiment of soldiers in his hand to resist the possible attack of the Ji army.

And unfortunately, most of the soldiers under Zhang Tinglan are new recruits, and they have not gone through the baptism of war, and their combat effectiveness cannot be comparable to that of veterans. Fortunately, at Zhang Tinglan's suggestion, when training the new army, it is necessary to mix in a certain number of veterans and adopt the method of veterans leading new recruits to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan still has confidence in his subordinates, let them deal with Gao Shiwei's subordinates, Zhang Tinglan does not have much worry, but the biggest trouble at present is the Japanese, Zhang Tinglan does not know to what extent the Japanese support Gao Shiwei, how many troops they have sent, how many weapons they have provided, once the two sides fight, will the Japanese use the Japanese soldiers along the South Manchurian Railway......

These are all unknowns, but it is these things that make Zhang Tinglan lose his absolute grasp of the battlefield situation, so he can't help but feel a little uneasy, he invited Zhang Haipeng to his command headquarters and wanted to ask Zhang Haipeng's opinion.

Zhang Haipeng looked at the map in front of him, he also felt a tricky feeling, Ji Jinchun's fiasco still left a shadow in his heart, and he kept thinking about it in his mind, and then said: "Whether the Ji army is attacking or supplying, I think it is inseparable from the South Manchurian Railway, and the proximity to the railway is also convenient for the support of the Japanese, so the Ji army will definitely attack along the railway." ”

Zhang Tinglan also nodded. Basically recognized this judgment, their current location is just north of Siping, in fact, according to the administrative division, south of Changchun, all belong to Fengtian, but here a huge salient has been formed, which is not conducive to defense, Zhang Tinglan temporarily abandoned Gongzhuling and other places, directly in Siping defense.

"Fighting on the plains, our forces are again in a weak position. It is necessary to increase firepower, send a report to Mukden, let the commander strengthen logistics supplies, and must provide sufficient ammunition. ”

Zhang Haipeng nodded yes and hurriedly sent a report to Fengtian. And Zhang Tinglan personally went to the front line to inspect every trench. Every point of fire did not dare to be ignored.

The fortifications of the Feng army are already in shape. The depth of the trench is sufficient, which can provide very good cover, and according to Zhang Tinglan's instructions, more attention was paid to the defense in depth, and the defensive position was thickened, in terms of firepower configuration. It also focuses on the second line.

This is also Zhang Tinglan learned a lesson from Ji Jinchun, once the Japanese intervene, with their individual quality, there will be absolutely no problem in conquering the first line of positions. Without follow-up fire support, the entire front would have collapsed.

Although the mixture of the Japanese made Zhang Tinglan worried, the high morale of the soldiers still made Zhang Tinglan very pleased, and he casually said to a machine gunner next to him: "Are you afraid of death, to be honest, don't worry." ”

The soldier's face was a little red, obviously difficult to speak, Zhang Tinglan suddenly smiled and said: "I think most people will be afraid of death, no one can't get along with their heads, but when we go to the battlefield, we have to understand one thing, if we want to save our lives, we must destroy the other party to the greatest extent, only when the enemy is dead, you can be safe." ”

Soldiers can't fight bravely because they are afraid of death, but Zhang Tinglan subverted this view, it is precisely because of fear of death that they have to fight to the death!

"Brothers, some soldiers throw away their weapons because they are afraid of death, and then they run away with their heads, thinking that this will save their lives, but have you ever thought that a soldier without weapons will become a lamb to the slaughter, meat on the chopping block, and life and death will be decided by the other party, are you willing to do this?"

"I don't want to! Unwillingly! The surrounding soldiers all waved their fists and shouted loudly, the sound resounded through the sky, Zhang Tinglan looked at these soldiers and nodded with satisfaction.

"I hope everyone will remember that there is no way to refuse death, but we can choose to die, vigorously, for the sake of our homeland, for the sake of dignity, we will die more than Mount Tai. Wounds are inevitable on the warrior's body, but I want the wounds to stay on the chest, not on the back! ”

Zhang Tinglan's words caused a burst of laughter, but this is not a joke, there are some veterans in the Feng army whose wounds are all on their backs, that is, when they are fighting, when they see that the situation is not good, they will hug their heads and run away.

The regularization construction carried out by the Feng army is to weed out all these unqualified soldiers and make the ranks pure and high-spirited.

Zhang Tinglan inspected very carefully, and even personally waved the sapper shovel, dug trenches with the soldiers, and asked his subordinates to repeatedly measure the distance between the trenches, and especially emphasized the arrangement of anti-artillery holes.

The so-called anti-artillery hole is also called the cat's ear hole, which is a small anti-artillery fortification built in the middle of the trench, the height is only about one meter and five, the width is two or three meters, the depth is more than ten meters from a few meters, it can hide one or two people, and more can hide three or five people, it is very simple to build, as long as a few pieces of wood can play the role of reinforcement.

Of course, the anti-artillery hole can not really defend against the direct bombardment of shells, but it can block the killing and wounding of the projectiles, and can also store ammunition in it, which can greatly improve the survivability of soldiers.

In fact, judging from all kinds of preparations, it has already reflected Zhang Tinglan's importance to this battle, or the pressure in his heart, his opponent is not the rabble of the Ji army, but the Japanese! Those Japanese elite soldiers who had passed the test of the Russo-Japanese War, in addition to the ambush of robbing the train, this was the first time that the Feng army had a hard encounter with the Japanese, and Zhang Tinglan could not be careless.

Just when Zhang Tinglan was tirelessly strengthening the fortifications, the Ji army led by Gao Shiwei finally killed it, and the two armies opened a battle line north of Siping, and Yu Zhixiongyi and Gao Shiwei personally ran to the front to reconnoitre.

"Mr. Advisor, I have already reconnoitred, there are not many people on the other side, and they are not the elite of the Feng army, we can completely eliminate them as soon as we go."

"Stupid!" Yuzhi unceremoniously gave Gao Shifu such a two-word evaluation, he said to Gao Shifu like a lesson to a primary school student: "Don't you see the opponent's position, they are very standardized, and the defense is tight, leaving no dead ends, it can be seen that the other party is definitely not a simple opponent." ”

When Gao Shifu heard Yuzhi's comment, he was suddenly a little at a loss, don't look at his usual arrogance, but when he met the Japanese, he was three points weaker first, especially when the Japanese helped him defeat Ji Jinchun and recapture Jilin, it made Gao Shifu throw himself to the ground and obey his words.

Now that Yu Zhi said that the other party's defense was very tight, he was a little scared, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Advisor, what do you think we should do?" ”

"Hit! Give me a storm, a moment of onslaught, do not be afraid of sacrifices, the road to victory is always paved with blood, the empire will provide strong support! ”

Gao Shifu received the order of the Emperor Taishang, so he hurriedly ordered the transfer of troops to prepare for the attack. The first shot was fired by the artillery unit under Gao Shifu, and the deafening sound of mountain artillery continued, and one shell after another smashed accurately on the position of the Feng army.

The huge explosion lifted the dirt, the fortifications on the ground were constantly destroyed, and the Feng army also suffered casualties, Zhang Haipeng said to Zhang Tinglan: "Humble words, we can't be beaten so passively, quickly transfer the artillery, and fight against Gao Shifu, I don't believe that our artillery can't do the Ji army?" ”

Zhang Tinglan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Our opponent is not the Ji army for a long time, the opponent's artillery fire is fierce and abnormal, it can form such a striking effect, the number is at least more than twenty, and the accuracy of shooting is compared to the past, it is simply incomparable." Is this what Gao Shifu can do, it is obvious that the Japanese have not stopped aiding the artillery of the Kyrgyzstan army, and even sent artillery, let's fight against the Japanese artillery, do we have a chance of winning? ”

Zhang Tinglan's rhetorical question suddenly made Zhang Haipeng also dumbfounded, in fact, the Japanese also absorbed the lessons of southern Liaoning this time, and they provided a large number of weapons to the Zongshe Party and the Revolutionary Party, but it backfired, these people would not use new weapons at all, but they cheapened the Feng army in vain, and let the Feng army exchange guns.

The Japanese learned from the pain, they believed that the Chinese army was all mud and could not support the wall, and was only worthy of being cannon fodder, and if the new weapons wanted to play a role, they must send a large number of Japanese soldiers to manipulate them in order to play their due role, so this time the Japanese not only sent advisers to Gao Shiwei, but also attached some artillery, and they commanded and manipulated.

Yu Zhixiong held the binoculars, has been observing the situation of the opponent's position, looking at the overturned fortifications one by one, the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a trace of pride, the artillery of Great Japan is invincible in the world, only the army, where is their opponent.

"Gao Sang, you can attack, the soldiers on the opposite side are already vulnerable!"

Yu Zhixiong confidently issued the battle order, Gao Shiwei's subordinates were already gearing up, only to see a large number of Ji troops rushing madly towards the position of the Feng army, they shouted, ran, and gradually got closer and closer to the position of the Feng army.

At this time, the machine guns of the Feng army were ready, and they waited until they entered a distance of about 400 meters before they opened fire suddenly, and the tongues of fire were intertwined into a barrage of death, and the soldiers who rushed over in an instant were swept head-on like wheat, and the broken corpses were all over the ground.

Suffered by this surprise attack, all the soldiers of the Ji army were in a big risk, didn't they destroy all the fortifications of the Feng army, didn't they die under the shells, how could they still launch such a sharp counterattack, could the other side be iron?

Of course, Fengjun is not beaten with iron, but the cat's ear hole has played an important role in protecting Fengjun's life, Zhang Haipeng, who has been observing the battle, secretly gave Zhang Tinglan a thumbs up, this young man really has two hits! (To be continued......)