Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun's expectations were still very accurate. Sure enough, on the third day, the Japanese planes stopped reconnaissance of this forest after finding nothing. Whether to give up completely, move to other places, or prepare to replace other reconnaissance methods is not something Yang Zhen could know. But Yang Zhen knew that the Japanese army would never give up their efforts to find their own traces. In terms of resilience, if the Japanese devils recognized the second, no one dared to recognize the first.

After the Japanese reconnaissance plane withdrew, Yang Zhen immediately ordered the troops to prepare for combat. Not only did he add posts at night, he implemented the cooperation between light and dark posts and prepared to enter the first-level combat readiness of the fire point. Even the warning posts that were placed far during the day also implemented the cooperation between light and dark posts. At the same time, many blocking positions were added around the station, and even the opposition of several other people, he built all extremely hidden traffic trenches between various fortifications.

Fortunately, Zhang Guangcai Ridge, which had not yet been developed on a large scale, poured out a primeval forest that covered the sky and the sun. It was hidden in the deep mountains and forests, but there was no shortage of wood. Although there was no reinforced concrete, the protection of the fortifications was somewhat discounted. However, the abundant wood resources and the painstaking design of Yang Zhen made the concealment of various fortifications excellent. If many fortifications were not fired, most people would think that they were just a small bun when they were very close.

On the third day after the Japanese plane evacuated, Li Yanping, who could overlook the entire secret camp, watched the troops busy building fortifications according to Yang Zhen's hidden, strong and supportive requirements for each other. After years of fighting guerrilla warfare, he was the one who was concerned about fighting if he could win, and if he could not win, he left when he could not win, he said to Yang Zhen: "Commander, are you too careful? If the Japanese army really discovered us, we can give up here. It is not the best way to stick to one place."

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "Political Commissar, I understand what you mean. If you win, fight, fight, and leave. Don't care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, and be able to preserve your own vitality. This is what we should do most when the enemy is strong and we are weak."

"But the political commissar, I did not want to defend all the fortifications. In this deep mountain forest, the dense vegetation did provide us with an excellent hiding place, but it also provided a lot of convenience for the Japanese and puppet troops to attack. Good vegetation not only covers the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops, but also gives us the same result."

"With these fortifications, even if the Japanese touch us, we can still have the power to fight, at least to find a favorable opportunity to break through. If these fortifications are not available, once the Japanese attacks, we will fall into a passive position. Night battles, especially hasty responses at night, are not a good thing for us, nor for the Japanese and puppet troops."

"Even if the Japanese have not touched this place, these fortifications have not played any role here, but they have also trained the army's ability to work locally. Unless we always want to hide in the deep mountains and forests like we are now, these troops will have to learn sooner or later. Instead of being in a hurry, it is better to make some preparations earlier."

After saying that, Yang Zhen turned his head to Guo Bingxun beside him and said, "Old Guo, after these fortifications are completed, he ordered each company to build traffic trenches into his own barracks, and not to build only one traffic trenches. Each company must build at least two, so don't let others get stuck in the barracks at that time."

"In addition, each company must send on duty troops every day according to the combat area it is under the platoon as the system. Especially the main fortifications, at least one reinforcement squad should be sent. Tell the company commanders of each company to pay attention to the rotation of troops and not let the troops feel tired."

Guo Bingxun nodded and said, "I think it's OK. Not only are each company going to send troops, but I think we have to take turns to work, leaving one person on duty at the command center every night?"

After hearing Guo Bingxun's suggestion, Yang Zhen was slightly stunned for a moment and couldn't help but curse himself for being so careless that he even omitted such an important matter as the main commander on duty. He only thought of arranging the on-duty troops, but forgot about the matter of the head officer on duty. If it weren't for Guo Bingxun's reminder, he wouldn't have thought about making up for such a big omission.

Regarding Guo Bingxun's suggestion, Yang Zhen nodded and said, "This is my negligence and it should have been done long ago. In this way, Deputy Chief of Staff Wang has not come back yet. We are the four of us who will be on duty first, each one will replace each day, and I will do it today first."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at the fortifications that had been gradually formed and sighed slightly, "We still lack equipment. If there are enough landmines and sprinkle a circle or even a few circles around the position, our safety factor will greatly increase and will greatly save the guard force. In addition, it would be great if there were enough telephone calls, so that the communication between various positions would be much more convenient."

When he first joined the army in later generations, Yang Zhen, who had been to the resident Invalides' voluntary work several times, talked a lot with a disabled soldier who came from the two mountains during the rotation battle. He had heard that disabled soldier talk about a lot about his battle in the two mountains.

For the disabled soldier who had fought on the mountain that had been attracting China for nearly a year in the 1980s, the most unforgettable impression on him that mountain was not the lack of water or the dense artillery fire that the enemy and us confronted each other, but the innumerable landmines on the mountain that were countless until Yang Zhen lost his military origins and returned to this era, there were no landmines that could be completely cleared.

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Both sides of the enemy and us even used boxes, boxes, and even used rocket mines to roll cars into car swings. And those mines would move under the impact of abundant rain in the subtropical areas of southern Xinjiang. Who knew they would run there. It was obvious that they had swept the back of the thunder, and after a heavy rain, there were many mines.

The disabled soldier once told Yang Zhen that an engineer company in their regiment was full when they went up. When they arrived, they were not only injured and disabled, but also injured, but not even one squad intact. All the casualties were blown up by mines when they were cleared.

Except for a few lucky ones who became disabled, most of them were sacrificed. In the war zone, many casualties were related to landmines. Especially in the later stage, after we had an absolute advantage in artillery fire, almost most of the casualties were caused by landmines.

As for himself, he was injured during a cross-border reconnaissance. A comrade was not ready before departure because of the marching bag. While resting halfway, when he was carrying it again, he ran into a thunderbolt hanging on the bamboo next to him. The extremely strange mines were connected to the blasting tube, cluster grenade and at least five or six same mines.

A whole reconnaissance squad, almost without a single shot, and before he even encountered the enemy, he was blown away by a series of thunder and lost his combat effectiveness. Except for the soldier who died on the spot, all the rest were injured. At that time, he was the least injured and even touched two landmines in succession while rescuing his comrades. The area where he was resting was swept through the thunder by engineers.

He didn't even know whether the mines he touched were buried by his own people or by his opponents. Because after decades of China's efforts to help the country, his opponents also had many standard 72 anti-infantry mines and grenades equipped by the Chinese military at that time.

Since then, although Yang Zhen has not been considered large in weapons, he has developed a strong interest in weapons with extremely high efficiency and cost in combat, especially in defensive warfare.

After being selected into the Special Forces Brigade, he became even more interested in such a weapon that could be said to be somewhat immoral. Among the secret operations he participated in, his favorite weapon was various landmines. In the Special Forces Brigade, he was once called the Thunder King because of his hobby and the variety of mine-building methods.

Recalling the various resources he could use in the past, Yang Zhen sighed. The captured Japanese landmines had long been used up, but now he has no such weapon with excellent defense and combat at hand.

Looking at the busy soldiers and thinking about the huge role of landmines in the rotation battle between the two mountains, Yang Zhen made a decision: "When you have certain conditions, you must find a way to build a repair shop. Even if you can't make high-tech things like rifles and ammunition, at least you must be able to repair damaged firearms in battle, and also create mines and grenades. Especially mines, with this thing, you will get twice the result with half the effort when you ambush."

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen turned his head to Guo Bingxun who was following him and said, "Old Guo, we have to think of establishing a repair shop with the best production capacity. Otherwise, the damaged weapons we seized in battle and the damaged weapons we broke ourselves can only be thrown away in vain."

"In addition, we have a repair facility with a certain production capacity, and we can make a large number of grenades, mines, and rechargeable ammunition. At least we can solve the problem of the source of some of our ammunition. Especially mines, if we have such a weapon that is very effective in defense warfare, we can arrange one or several circles around the position as a necessary defense method, which can greatly save our troops."

Upon hearing this, Guo Bingxun nodded. He also believed that as the troops expanded, it was necessary to set up a repair shop. After several battles, some broken weapons could be seized after almost every battle, and his troops also had weapons that damaged war every time.

Many of these weapons only need simple repairs to be put into use again. However, no one in his own army can repair weapons. Many of the seized weapons are destroyed and thrown away when they are only slightly damaged but cannot be repaired. This will cause great waste.

Moreover, as the troops continue to expand, the amount of ammunition will become larger and larger. Only through seizure means, the source of ammunition will be too single. In many cases, the seized ammunition may not be able to make up for the consumption. If one's own troops can reload some of the bullets and the seized original ammunition is only for machine guns, it will greatly reduce the cost of combat.

The same is true for grenades. Guo Bingxun, who was born in the Sichuan Army with poor firepower, had a special preference for grenades, a weapon that could effectively make up for the insufficient firepower in melee combat, and most people who were similar to him. At that time, the simple-produced grenade of the Sichuan Army, which was very impressed by him. With a repair shop, he could make some grenades, which were also much more stable than relying on seizures alone.

However, he seemed a little disapproving of the landmines mentioned by Yang Zhen. In Guo Bingxun's view, landmines are basically useless in offensive battles. In defensive battles, except for fixed defenses, the rest of the combat role is not very large.

Trip mines need to be hung on strings, otherwise it is very dangerous. The landmines that are pressed can easily cause accidental injuries. As for landmines generated by electric mines, there are still very few things in China. In mountain combat, especially when there is a great chance of mutual attacks, landmines such as landmines are not the best means. Because there is no guarantee that they will not injure their own people by chance. Instead of putting their hopes on landmines, it is better to think of ways to improve the fortifications.

However, although he did not care about Yang Zhen's tone of paying attention to landmines, Guo Bingxun agreed with Yang Zhen's proposal to establish a repair shop that not only has maintenance capabilities but also has some manufacturing capabilities.

Listening to the two people's conversation about the establishment of the machinery repair shop, Li Yanping, who had not made any noise, suddenly interrupted: "When you talk about the machinery repair shop, I remember that the 11th Army operating in North Manchuria had a small arsenal in the Qixing Huozi Mountain at the junction of Fujin and Huachuan."

"There can not only repair various light weapons, but also reload bullets and even produce some weapons. With such an arsenal, they have brought great convenience to the battles of the 11th Army and even the Third Route Army. At least, the lack of ammunition is much better than other troops that have been completely seized from the enemy. Unfortunately, it is too far away from us and the enemy situation on the road is very complicated. Otherwise, our damaged weapons can be sent to them for repair."

Yang Zhen nodded and said, "Yes, with an arsenal or a repair shop that can repair and manufacture weapons, the pressure on ammunition is greatly reduced for us. But this requires not only machinery and equipment, but also talents, especially skilled workers, which is difficult to find."

As he was talking, Yang Zhen saw Xiaohuzi carrying a few lunch boxes up the mountain to find him and his people. After looking down at the time on his watch, he realized that it was time for supper.

Yang Zhen smiled and said to several people: "But no matter how difficult it is, we still have to find a way to solve it. Is the matter artificial? As long as we work hard, I think there will be a way to solve it. Now we have to eat first, after we finish our meal, let's take a walk and see if there are still shortcomings in the fortifications."

However, Yang Zhen and his friends had just picked up the lunch box, but a quarrel suddenly came from the foot of the mountain. Yang Zhen looked at the soldiers quarreling around the kitchen squad at the foot of the mountain, and the platoon leaders in charge were obviously unable to suppress the situation. He couldn't help but frowned and stuffed the lunch box into Xiaohuzi's arms and walked down the mountain.

Seeing Yang Zhen’s arrival, several soldiers who had a very happy quarrel just now closed their mouths. The chef squad leader looked at Yang Zhen with some grievance and said, “Commander, you can give me a review. The soldiers all said that these days are training and repairing fortifications. It’s really a bit unhungry to eat only these, and they want to eat some meat.”

"I also know what the soldiers are saying. The people who train our kitchen team must also participate. The intensity is high. I know. The weather is getting colder day by day, and I can't stand hunger without meat. But in this deep mountains and forests, will I go there to find meat for them?"

"You don't allow hunting during this period. The canned meat you seized is not allowed to move except for the wounded and sick. I am also a clever woman now, and I really have no choice. The mushrooms and fungus that make soup are still picked by our cooking team members in the mountains while they are busy."

"I can understand that the soldiers said they had poor diet. After all, the things we had on hand were limited. No matter how we changed the method, they were all sorghum rice, pickled vegetables, and even potatoes and cabbage. But they shouldn't say that I drank military blood. Apart from giving the delicious food to the chief, they took it all by themselves, but they deducted them."

As soon as the chef squad leader finished speaking, a soldier on the side stood up and said, "Commander, it's not us that we are causing trouble for them. But you don't know the situation. We are training, repairing fortifications, and learning to write on this day. We are all from the banker family. We are not afraid of being tired, but the training is tiring, and there is no meat in our stomachs, so I can't stand it."

"Commander, we can't compare with you. Although you and the leaders ran five kilometers like us, you only carry a small gun. We have to have dozens of kilograms of rifles and ammunition. The brothers who resist heavy machine guns weigh nearly 100 kilograms. This morning, they had some food, and after a five-kilometer, they were completely empty."

"You and several leaders are the chiefs. You eat canned food, drink that milk powder, and there are meat. Except for five kilometers, you don't participate in other training and do not repair fortifications, so you naturally don't feel anything. But we really can't stand it."

"In the past, before joining the army, I was carrying the work at the landlord's house. When the autumn harvest came, no matter how stingy the landlord's house was, they would have enough meat, sorghum rice, big cakes, and tofu. When they arrived in the army, the training and fortifications were more tiring than carrying the work at the landlord's house, but there was only a little food every day and there was no meat, which was really unbearable."

"The food in the army is limited and cannot be eaten open. We know that. But there are so many canned foods seized in the warehouse. Why didn't he give it to everyone? He also said that this is your order. Isn't he drinking military blood?"

After the soldier's words finished, Yang Zhen was not doing anything. When his company commander heard the soldiers of his subordinates causing trouble in front of the commander, he even pointed the finger at the commander, the political commissar and other leaders, his face was a little uneasy. After dismantling the armed belt, he had to go forward to teach the soldier a lesson, so that he could not say anything.

Seeing the company commander holding an armed belt to beat the soldier who was talking, Yang Zhen immediately stopped him and said, "What are you going to do? The soldier can't figure it out and respond to the problem to us. This is normal. How can you be like this? The regulations repeatedly told the warrior not to be physically punished, and you have forgotten?"

After drinking to stop the company commander's actions, Yang Zhen turned around and said to all the soldiers who thought they were surrounded by him: "The training intensity is high, and the food cannot keep up, which makes everyone hungry. This is my negligence as the commander, and I am not thinking carefully. I apologize to you here."

"You are responding to the problem. This is not a problem. After all, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. But you should not argue with the comrades in the kitchen, and you should not accuse the comrades in the kitchen for deducting you and drinking the blood of soldiers."

"You need training, and they also need to participate in training. After you have finished training, they have to prepare meals for thousands of people after training. When you are resting in the evening, they go up the mountain to collect mushrooms and fungus, and find ways to improve the food for everyone. Think about whether they are more tired than you?"

"Besides, the comrades in the kitchen team are not wrong. I gave the order that cans are not allowed to be moved except for the wounded and sick. Because we have not reached the most difficult time, those cans cannot be moved for the time being. The wounded and sick need more nutrition than we do because they want to recover from their injuries. As for the matter of eating canned food and drinking milk powder with other leaders, I believe it is better to see it."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen walked to the big baskets where food was placed and looked at the sorghum rice and pickled cabbage lumps with soybeans and soybeans, as well as mushroom soup in the big pot, and turned his head to Xiaohuzi who was following behind him and holding several lunch boxes, saying, "Show everyone the lunch boxes of me, the political commissar and the chief of staff. Let us see if we did what we said, the officers and soldiers were consistent."
Chapter completed!