To the east, in the distance of the horizon, in the haze, there was a faint white of the fish's belly, and the day was coming.

"Brother, wake up, it's time to go to battle!"

"Get up, don't sleep, be refreshed, stare at the front of the position......"

……

On the position of Jiufang Ridge, the platoon commander of the company woke up the sleeping soldiers and motioned for them to return to their trenches.

"Squad leader, the devil didn't come! Lived a little longer. ”

One of the brothers let out a sigh of relief, grabbed the multigrain cake from his pocket, took a hard bite, and chewed vigorously.

Similarly, by Feng Ng's side, several company platoon commanders stared at Feng Ng, they were beaming one by one, the most dangerous moment had passed, and in the daytime, in their thoughts, they should be able to retreat after a few more waves.

"It's not a good thing that the devil didn't come! It's still the old rule, let all the brothers go into the defensive artillery holes, and only the observation posts are left on the position! ”

Feng Ye didn't think so, the devil knew that they were here, it was impossible for them to do nothing in one night, maybe the devil's attack at the beginning was to destroy the world, and the first attack would make the remnants of the battalion dissipate in gunsmoke and artillery fire.

There was an eerie calm on the position of Jiufangling, but Hukou City was already noisy before dawn, and in the large lights and firelight, the devil's car dragged field artillery, mountain artillery and infantry artillery, and staggered out of the lake, followed by a large number of devil infantry.

Type 92 heavy machine guns, grenadiers, mortars and other equipment all appeared in the infantry ranks, and in the rumbling sound, they gradually drove in the direction of Jiufang Ridge.

The devils will not let go of the existence of the Jiufangling position and directly attack Sanli Town, because they are afraid that the troops here will give them a hard blow from behind.

It's busy here, the same way, Sanli Town is still in chaos, the wounded and supplies are being transferred, the troops of the 11th Division are improving their defensive positions according to the terrain of Sanli Town, from now on, their defensive focus must take into account the landing of the devils and the attack in the direction of the lake, which requires the troops of the 11th Division to build a defensive position in depth in the direction of the lake, to prevent the collapse of the whole line after a single point breakthrough by the devils.

After the break, more than 100 remnants of the third battalion returned to Sanli Town, and in the face of Mei Chunhua's inquiry, the officer answered the question honestly.

"Captain Dragon, how long will it take for the defense line to be completed? The battalion was exposing its position to give us the time to buy, and if they retreated a minute earlier, maybe a few more people could come back. ”

Mei Chunhua looked at Long Zuocai, and now he couldn't wait to give Feng Yi an order to retreat immediately.

"Brigade commander, the fortifications here have just begun to be repaired, and at least three lines of defense will make the defense line flexible enough to not be broken through by devils."

Long Zuocai frowned, saying that he was helpless, in fact, all the brothers of the 31st Brigade were now digging trenches, anti-artillery holes and semi-underground bunkers.

Sappers, you say? The engineers of the division headquarters built temporary bunkers for the division headquarters in the area of Rhodes Ridge, where even the command post of the brigade headquarters had to be dug by the brothers, because the engineer company had been almost beaten, and the rest were on Feng Yi's side.

"Before dark, at most the brigade command post and two lines of defense will be completed."

Looking at Mei Chunhua's collapsed face, Long Zuocai was reporting his estimate, this is still the case of smooth construction, in fact, this is on the edge of the Yangtze River, and the construction will definitely not go well.

"Hurry up!"

Mei Chunhua looked at the busy soldiers in the distance, looming in the dim bonfire, and he also knew that these brothers had been very tired since they set foot on the Hukou battlefield; The main thing is that he does not dare to devote all his troops to the construction of the defense line now, he must keep the 62nd Regiment physically strong and prepare for the sneak attack of the devils.

Feng Ye and Mei Chunhua didn't want the sky to dawn, but the sky still slowly brightened, as the sun appeared in the far east, piercing through the summer mist, through the beacon smoke that burned all night, towering on the distant horizon like a totem.

Feng Ye did not hide in the fortifications, he still stayed in the trenches, holding a single-barrel six-fold sniper scope and looking into the distance, next to him, were Min Fei and Wang Ning.

"Battalion commander, why did the devil withdraw?"

In the line of sight of their telescopes, several groups of devils appeared, more than a dozen, less than five or six, who were getting up from the ground three hundred meters away, bending down and retreating.

"They're not retreating, they're coming with their big forces."

Feng Yi shook his head, it was still here that it was time to come.

"Battalion commander, aren't they afraid that we will run away?"

Wang Ning asked in surprise.

"It's daytime, the terrain around here, we don't just have a few dozen people, the target is too big to run away; Get in the hole and get ready to be bombarded!"

Feng Ye didn't dare to stay here now, bent over, trampled on the mud in the trenches, and bent down and ran to the cover.

"Woo woo woo ......"

In the huge roar of the car, the large army of devils quickly approached the Jiufangling position.

"Quick, get out of the car!"

"When, when, when......"

The convoy finally stopped, and the devils in the carriage jumped down and quickly assembled under the orders of the officers.

"Let the 1st and 2nd squadrons assemble; Get ready to attack! ”

"Mountain artillery squadrons are ready to build artillery positions for shelling!"

"When will the aviation arrive?"

……

In the middle of the circle of devil officers, a devil officer with the rank of lieutenant was constantly issuing orders, but he did not ask the sappers to set up field tents, but only asked the soldiers to assemble and prepare for the attack, in his mind, the position here could not last more than two attacks.

"Buzz ......"

The devil's infantry was still gathering, and the roar of the motor was heard in the sky, and the devil's plane came in time, just like the plan they made last night, and arrived at the Jiufangling position on time, roaring and grazing over the devil's head at a low altitude, the sound became louder and louder, and it rushed directly to Jiufangling.

"His daughter's horse, the devil's plane bombed and withdrew!"

The sentries on the position are not fools, they know that staying on the position at this time is looking for death, and withdrawing is not running, but carrying out Feng Yi's order and drilling into the anti-artillery hole, the observation post is only used when the devil artillery is shelling, and in the face of the bombing of the aircraft, the devil does not dare to step on the bombing point to attack upward.

"Huhuhu......"

The observation post began to run in a panic, and the brothers who had been staying in the bombardment began to pray that the bombs would not hit their bunkers, because they could not withstand the bombardment of the bombs.

The devil's pilots could not see the soldiers on the position, but they still faithfully carried out the order, and dived straight down, arrogant and arrogant.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The swooping plane spewed tongues of fire and sent out two rows of dense bullet rains, splashing mud and sand on the muddy position, all the way down the trajectory.

One drove past, another another, the devil's plane was unscrupulous, as if it was doing a technical show, swooping from the position, then pulling up, circling in the sky, waiting for the plane behind to dive over the position as well.