Yes, during the air raid tonight, Cao Zijin and Guan Shijie's rifle battalion did not appear all night. Not only that, but even the reconnaissance company of Populus euphratica did not appear on the battlefield.

So where are they?

Between the Ande Gate and the Fengtai Gate in the outer position of Jinling, there was a series of mounds eight to ten meters high, where the two rifle battalions and the reconnaissance company of Hu Yang were all arranged.

"It's a pity that most of the positions built by the Guo army in front of us are no longer usable, and we lack the materials to build positions."

Cao Zijin's words are right, at least judging from the level of the fruit army, this place is indeed not very suitable for defense.

A ridge that is not too wide is divided into the inside and outside, inside is the Japanese 114th Division, and behind it is the 13th Division that has been reinforced. Further south is the 18th Division, which is leaving Niushou Mountain and is approaching.

"We're still afraid that the little devils won't succeed, and the fruit army will block the devils by the earthen wall, so we may not be able to stop them."

For fighting, Guan Shijie has always been not afraid. There is a hard spirit that is not afraid of the sky and the earth.

"Lieutenant Guan, that's not what I said. Without the fortifications, I don't think we will be able to hold out for long. You have to know if we have to deal with the 13th Division of the Devils in the south, there is a wing of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army in the east, and the 114th Division in the rear. ”

"I'm afraid that he is a bird, Lieutenant Cao, let's shout all day long, saying that the commander only took those little boys out for a night attack, and threw our two rifle battalions at home to carry mines. Now that the chief has given him a job, can we drop the chain? The head has fallen off and there is a big scar, so we can grow a little ambition. ”

In the face of Cao Zijin's worries and prudence, Guan Shijie still looked indifferent.

However, Hu Yang, who followed Zhang Sixing to dispatch many night raids, said something else,

"The commander said that paratroopers are born to fall in the encirclement, although we are not yet, but Lieutenant Cao is right, we will be surrounded."

"Surround and surround, we can't stop the devil, and others can't stop it."

Unexpectedly, Hu Yang said this, Guan Shijie shook his head, looking indifferent. But Hu Yang's words made Guan Shijie fall into deep thought.

"Lieutenant Guan, it's not a question of who can stop it and who can't. I think the commander's intention is to gnaw the 114th Division alive, so if we can't stop it, the commander's plan will be ruined. ”

For a while, the three commanders all fell into deep thought, although Cao and Guan were battalion commanders, Hu Yang was just a small company commander and still so young. But everyone knows that what kind of reconnaissance company can be entered, it is the "aura" person that the commander is optimistic about.

"Two lieutenants, I have something to say that I don't know how to advance or retreat......"

With worry on their faces, Cao Zijin and Guan Shijie, who didn't have many ideas, looked at each other and shook their heads together,

"Don't talk about the useless, it's cheap."

"Second Lieutenant Hu, everyone guards a front, what do you have to say."

pursing his lips, Hu Yang still decided to say his thoughts,

"Let's not go up to that mound, only snipers on it."

"What, digging trenches on the flat ground, that can withstand the attack of a division of devils, Xiao Hu is a division."

In a word, Guan Shijie said that Hu Yang was not angry, but Cao Zijin went to a military school after all, although he didn't understand Hu Yang's intentions, but he could always say an idea when he thought about it.

patted Guan Shijie on the shoulder,

"Battalion Commander Guan, after listening to Company Commander Hu, after following the commander for so long, there should be two brushes."

"It's called Lao Guan, and I can't get used to the tone of your Central Army."

Now Hu Yang finally got a chance to speak, and then he shared his thoughts and thoughts.

The outer walls of the city had long been in disrepair, and with the battle ahead, those earthen walls had simply become mounds of earth. It's okay to stay a few people on it, but it's too conspicuous to have a position built on it.

So it's just right to have snipers on it, so that they can build a few more sniper positions, and the high places are also conducive to observation.

Then two rifle battalions, one on the left and one on the right, the middle junction was held by the reconnaissance company of Hu Yang. In addition, a blocking line should also be arranged behind the mound, so as to save the rout of the 114th Division from running away.

However, it is impossible to carry the enemy's 13th Division and regiment head-on and establish a complete trench system, and it can only be to establish that kind of individual pothole. The potholes were filled with bullets, mines and traps.

Cao Zijin and Guan Shijie glanced at each other and nodded slightly.

The individual potholes, of course, did not fit the kind of trench system they had used all their lives. But it has the advantage that even if the enemy hits with heavy artillery, the individual potholes are safer than trenches.

The other two battalions had almost 2,000 men, and let the devils pull out all the 2,000 individual pits......

"Also, we're going to put barbed wire in front of and behind our individual potholes."

This is even more surprising, the placement of barbed wire on their own positions is simply incomprehensible.

"If we defend like this, the devils will definitely want to be able to surround our individual pit with numbers. Even if there are bullets and mines, it is not easy to stop them. And the front third of the position is covered with barbed wire, so that even if the devil enters our position, it will not be easy to move. ”

Cao and Guan showed a look of agreement in their eyes, but unfortunately they questioned almost at the same time,

"We have so much barbed wire."

"There's not enough barbed wire, what the hell is this."

Speaking of the barbed wire fence of the paratrooper school, it is also quite distinctive, that is, the spikes described by lightning directly pressed out of the wire. Of course, it's not as strong as other kinds of barbed wire, but it's easy to make.

The solution given by Hu Yang made Cao Zijin and Guan Shijie listen to it, and they couldn't help but secretly exclaim.

"If we don't be the kind of one-person tall in the national army, we can't afford it. But let's just do knee-high and let the devils jump the grid. Where it is not enough, lay out rope nets, which also count, and then place bullets and thunders in those grids......"

When Hu Yang's last sentence came out, Cao Zijin and Guan Shijie couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

"Good boy, your heart is so dark. This time, the mines are used less, the area under control is larger, and they are also distributed to the places where people are under their feet, which is bad, really bad enough. ”

The end result was that Populus euphratica's plan was approved. It's just that on those mounds, HMG42 machine guns need to be deployed to block the upcoming rout of the 114th Division.

The reason why it was arranged like this was because those soldiers had already lost their souls by Zhang Sixing. Under the continuous pursuit on the ground and the continuous blows from the sky, the only thing they could do was to escape.

Therefore, they are not the main targets of the battle, on the contrary, the 114th Division was attacked and rescued, and the nearest 13th Division is the biggest problem. And that's not even the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that after dawn, the 18th Division will arrive.

This is a huge combat force of two divisions and one wing.

So why did Zhang Sixing's behavior tonight arrange such a powerful combat target?