The banks of the Kuta River are already quite complex, and the remnants from the Rocky Mountains still extend to this side, and although the area where the Kuta River flows into the Pacific Ocean, it is only a gentle beach area. And when the tide is high, or when a flash flood erupts, that flat area will be swallowed up by a huge amount of sea water or river water, and it is really not a wise choice to build a guard tower in that flat area.

Liszt chose the outermost part of the mountain community, near the top of a hill on the edge of the Kuta River. The complex surrounding environment cannot directly monitor and guard the Kuta River, although the greater significance of their guard post is to let Canadians know that the United States has planted a nail here, but Liszt's idea is even bigger!

Behind this hill is not just a rolling hill, at the very top of the hill is the remnant of a Rocky Mountains! Forests and shrubs dominate the mountainside, dotting the entire mountain range, but the top is the most common snow-capped peak at the top of the Alaska Mountains, and the snowfall has dyed the top of the mountain range white, like a white hat, but brings abundant snowmelt water in the summer.

If you want to get to Liszt's place, you can only get to the winding forest path. Even the ten **** trucks in some areas can't drive over, and they still need heavy machine guns to blast the thick wood in half, and then push it away by the soldiers to continue moving. But fortunately, it is a concrete road, and if it is a dirt road or a gravel road, it is estimated that these trucks of theirs will have to give up here.

Thankfully, though, it all went smoothly. Liszt and his troops had already been stationed among the hills. And briefly tidy up the surrounding terrain. A large number of shrubs and tiny trees had been cleared by soldiers armed with sapper shovels. Even the road to the hill has been simply carved out.

The engineers who came out of the airbase were undoubtedly quite conscientious, and they had been engaged in professional civil engineering for many years, and they also had a good ability to carve out roads and study the layout of the surrounding hills, as well as the harsh environment. Just holding the M16 assault rifle in their hands, carefully guarding against possible beasts, after a few circles around the hills and the dense bushes and woods, they have already found the focus of their work.

"Let's level down the hills here, it doesn't look like it's a rocky mountainous area at all. Even if the soldiers were arranged to sapper the shovels, they could all be dug up. ”

The captain of the engineering corps had already surveyed the surrounding terrain very clearly, held a notebook in his hand, and came to Liszt's side with a pencil, and reported his thoughts to Liszt: "The three hills near the Kuta River on the outside are completely good commanding heights, and we only need to build three guard towers on them and arrange three heavy machine guns to control the Kuta River estuary more than 500 meters away." ”

Liszt bowed his head slightly, and he reached out and took the notebook handed over by the engineer captain, on which he had clearly drawn a map of the surrounding terrain with a pencil. The most conspicuous area is the three hills arranged in a zigzag pattern, like a hammer aimed at the mouth of the Kuta River. He couldn't help but nod slightly: "It's indeed a good place." ”

"That's right, as long as you occupy the triangle on the north bank of the Kuta River. We can take advantage of the mountains behind us to hold on to this. ”

Smiling softly, the engineer captain pointed to the location on the notebook, and at the same time turned to let Liszt look at the towering snow-capped mountains behind him, and said confidently: "Although we can't build a guard tower on it, any enemy troops entering and leaving this river and sea, as well as the surrounding islands, will be monitored by us. ”

Nodding, Liszt also quite agreed with the engineer captain's suggestion. In a complex mountainous environment, building a complete fortification, even if it is a temporary fortification, can break the head of any enemy army who has any intentions. After all, the fortifications built on the mountain have the bonus of the complex environment of the mountain, and once the various firepower points are reasonably arranged, I am afraid that even the armored troops will not be afraid at all. At least Liszt has never seen an armored unit that can go up the mountain, even if the Soviet armored torrent rushes down on the Rocky Mountains, I am afraid he can use the undulating mountains to resist one or two.

"Reasonable, so let's decide."

Li Si nodded, but couldn't help frowning slightly as he looked at the area under the hill near the Kuta River. Standing here, he could vaguely see the environment on the other side of the riverbank, and it seemed that there were also a few Canadians guarding there, watching his every move. Slowly spitting to the side, he pressed the walkie-talkie on his chest and said, "Divine stick, dig out the trenches with the engineers first and build a temporary defensive position." ”

"Understood."

The wand at the foot of the hill nodded at once, and he had been digging the trench beforehand. And right next to him, the small excavator has also begun to carry out engineering work on the hillside. Most of the excavators used in this army are small excavators, which is more accurate to call a mini excavator in the civilian version. Of course, although it looks quite small, it is also a precision instrument that liberates manpower.

The workload of this mini excavator can withstand the task of more than a dozen sappers digging for several hours in just half an hour. The two excavators are still roaring between the hills, and the same number of engineers as drivers and operators can easily break through the soil layer with a slender bucket like a control arm, and easily dig up the soil in one piece with the power brought by the hydraulic system. And the combined force of the two excavators, in a few minutes at all, formed a trench half a meter wide and one meter deep within a meter range.

But along the front of the hill, two excavators had dug through the entire front area, and one by one the engineers with sapper shovels were jumping into the trenches, slapping the slightly soft soil on both sides with the hard shovels in their hands, and leveling the bottom passage of the ground that was pitted by the irregular excavation of the bucket.

Although the trenches were gradually obsolete during World War II and gradually almost completely eliminated in more than a hundred years, they did not completely withdraw from the battlefield. Trenches are still the most advantageous guarantee for the defenders on the battlefield with distinctive characteristics such as proximity to the enemy's border line, uncertainty about when the enemy will attack, and long-term presence in the area.

And this is also recognized by this group of American federal elites. They dug the trench beneath them quite hard, refilled the uneven bottom with dirt, and stomped it neatly with their boots. Thankfully, although this area is part of the remnant veins of the Rocky Mountains, the soil doesn't contain a lot of stones, and even if there are, it's just fine pebbles, which doesn't bother them much.

Holding a sapper shovel in his hand, the god stick with a layer of dirt all over his body also sat on the ground a little panting. Liszt put him in charge of the engineering and trench digging, and although it seemed easy, it was really quite tiring. The requirement to dig out the most basic defensive positions, trenches, and communication trenches within a few hours was already a little overwhelming for him.

"Hey, who's in charge of the trenches over here? Why didn't the edge be repaired with a sapper shovel? ”

But when his gaze swept over a nearby trench, the loose appearance made him frown slightly. Standing up and walking over, the god stick jumped off the trench again, and used the sapper shovel in his hand to trim the edge of the trench neatly, before raising his head and shouting to the American federal soldiers beside him: "Our enemy is on the other side, if you don't want to be blown down by artillery during the war, then work seriously!" ”

"Understood!" Although no one answered who he had repaired the trench, everyone's movements were a little more delicate. In particular, the construction of that section of the trench was entirely for their own safety. You must know that in the fierce delivery, they hiding in the trenches are more than ten or even dozens of times more likely to survive than without trenches!

However, although most of the trenches they have dug have been completed, on the whole they can only be called trenches. Their greatest function is to drain water and bury garbage, rather than to defend the soldiers against enemy heavy fire, as for the bombardment of large-caliber howitzers, it is probably a fluke.

The real trenches must not only be dug out and carefully trimmed, but also arranged and fixed with timber to completely harden the soft soil around the pit walls to prevent the soil from collapsing and collapsing. Now the trenches they have dug can only be used for a short time to hide on the battlefield, or to deal with the light infantry who only have assault rifles and light machine guns. And once the enemy uses grenades or mortars, the trenches they dig may become ready-made graves after being buried alive.

"But at least the trenches have been dug out."

The god stick exhaled softly, and the dust on his body made him a little uncomfortable. But looking at the sapper shovel still waving at the top of the hill, the comrades-in-arms couldn't help but be glad that there was an excavator here to help. And he turned his head to look at the gradually leveling mountains around him, and couldn't help but touch his chin, he suddenly found that Liszt's arrangement was not just as simple as a guard tower, such a large amount of work, he couldn't help frowning: "It seems that it is, to establish a military camp?" (To be continued.) )