After quickly resolving the enemy in Zhaojiazhuang, Tang Dao did not leave, but moved his front-line command center to Zhaojiazhuang nearby.

About 1,500 people from the Four Army Regiment and the Eighty Army units that were originally going to fight and block the attack 10 kilometers away were all transferred back to the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield. In addition, the 3,000 militias mobilized from the surrounding villages, totaling about 9,000 people. With Zhaojiazhuang as the center point, relying on the original dougou and the fortifications built by the Japanese army, they were deployed into a 260-degree fan-shaped defensive position in the direction that the Japanese army must attack.

Each defensive position not only needs to build three-layer defensive trenches nearly 100 meters apart, but also connect the traffic trenches to the rear second-line positions, and the entire battlefield area exceeds 3 square kilometers.

The remaining gap exceeding 90 degrees is a flat horse, but the Japanese army wants to pass by from now on, that is the bat looking at the sun - blind!

Bai Sheng sent a platoon of engineers to lay more than a thousand landmines in this seemingly calm area without even trenches. Not only are anti-infantry mines, but also anti-tank rays. The 9-ton Type 89 tanks currently equipped by the Japanese army can also be blown up to the sky by this 5-kilogram anti-tank ray with the "Tornado explosives".

To put it bluntly, that place was not only a death trap set by Tang Dao for the Japanese army, but also saved at least 1,000 troops.

Tang Dao can deploy all the main forces of several infantry companies of his Four Lines Regiment on positions with a width of 2,000 meters and a depth of 800 meters. The left and right wings are mainly composed of nearly 3,000 infantry companies from the 5 infantry companies gathered by the Eighty Army.

Before the Japanese troops approaching from XT city arrived, 3,000 militias withdrew 2,000 people through the douf, leaving only 1,000 people temporarily acting as stretcher teams and reserve teams.

The three elite infantry companies led by Tang Dao personally, except for the guard company being used by Tang Dao as his reserve team, the reconnaissance company and the mountain infantry company left Zhaojiazhuang early and disappeared in this wilderness.

Anyone who is familiar with the Tang sword tactics knows that these two elite infantry companies must be waiting for an opportunity outside the battlefield area. They will wait for the most suitable fighter to reveal their fangs like wolves and give a fatal blow to the ignorant prey.

The 12 150-caliber mortars were built at a distance of less than 1,000 meters from the front line to build their respective sinking gun positions.

Each artillery position is in a deep trench of 1.8 meters deep, and there are traffic trenches on both sides for artillery to enter and exit. In order to prevent the stored artillery shells from being detonated, the artillery shells are placed in a semi-open anti-aircraft shed 30 meters away from the artillery squad.

In addition, in order to prevent the location of the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft from being discovered, there is a camouflage net above each artillery position. Fortunately, it is midsummer now. Although the Zhaojiazhuang area has experienced a round of war, there are still woods. Unless the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft flew over at a low altitude, it is extremely difficult to find the most important fire support location of the Four Lines Regiment.

The 12 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 12 quad-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns of the Air Defense Company also adopt this method. Unless the gun positions that fall on the ground are hit by shells and bombs, even 500 pounds of bombs cannot cause fatal damage to these heavy weapons that can knock the Japanese army out of shock.

The 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm heavy machine guns carried by each unit were not at the rear, but were placed on the third layer of defense line. The top of the semi-sinking fortification was covered with solid logs and nearly one meter of loess. In front, 15mm thick steel plates were used and sandbags of three layers inside and outside. Unless the 92 infantry can bombard the front of these fortifications continuously, it would be difficult to destroy this strange "earth bale" that was exposed less than 1.5 meters above the ground!

On the three battlefields, there were as high as 26 such fortifications, 12 on the front and 7 on the wings, which also means that there are 26 heavy firepower that can shoot through the Japanese main battle tanks at a distance of 500 meters.

Before the Japanese destroyed all these heavy firepower points, the tanks that could traverse the North China Plain were destined to be difficult to show their former prestige.

And if these heavy firepower points are used to fight infantry, it will become a nightmare for infantrymen of the 10th Division of Japan.

Even if it is bitten by a 12.7mm warhead with the smallest diameter, it is a meat hole the size of a sea bowl. I'll ask if you are afraid!

How powerful the heavy firepower of the Four-Ship Regiment is? At least the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment affiliated to the 683rd Brigade have heard of it, but what really opened their eyes was the civil fortifications of the entire army of the Four-Ship Regiment.

Logically speaking, the ability of the officers and soldiers of the 80th Army who had insufficient firepower to fight against the Japanese army for a long time was already first-class.

An infantry platoon with an 80-man level can even dig a simple field trench that is 150 meters long, 0.8 meters wide and 1 meter deep on this plain in just 15 minutes.

But this is only a miracle that is far less than the understanding of civil work by the officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment. Even if they are just a second lieutenant platoon leader, they can quickly plan a trench system based on the terrain that not only has width, depth, but also has sufficient defense against artillery.

The officers and soldiers of the Four-Road Regiment who are constantly growing on the battlefield have actually surpassed their opponents in civil fortification operations, otherwise such a huge and complete fortification system project would not be completed within 7 hours.

Of course, the skills of Tang Dao and the Four-Level Regiment did not come from others, but from the officers and soldiers of the Eighty Group who are now admired by the officers and soldiers of the Four-Level Regiment.

They didn't know that they would train this skill to the pinnacle in a few years, even in the future, even if the American cowboys could drop hundreds of tons of bombs on a mountain in half a day, blowing the entire mountain up to dozens of centimeters, but they could not destroy them.

China may not produce steel, but it produces steel will and terrifying learning ability!

The current level of civil engineering work in the Four Army is far from comparable to that of the Chinese army at its peak 11 years later.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But it is enough to deal with the 10th Division that is coming in a vigorous manner.

Until four o'clock in the afternoon, Nagase Takehesuke, the 8th Japanese Brigade, stood on a small hill 3 kilometers away from Zhaojiazhuang. Looking at the trenches 1,000 meters ahead, he was full of disbelief.

Yes, he came a little late, but it cannot be blamed for this. The Chinese buried too many landmines on the road to this place. In order to ensure the smooth passage of vehicles transporting materials and personnel, he had to wait with the main infantry force for the road to be completely cleared.

It took him and more than 5,000 men to arrive within 50 kilometers.

Although there are also Colonel Numata Tazo and more than 1,700 imperial officers and soldiers, all of whom were shattered five hours ago, and he couldn't catch up with the psychological factors of eating shit, the Chinese mine array did create great obstacles for him.

Originally, Takehesuke Se thought that most Chinese people who took advantage would flee, so he would use 5,000 heavy troops to mobilize the Chinese villages along the way one by one.

Se Takehesuke believed that under the pressure of the 5,000 army, any resistance from the Chinese was futile. He even set a goal for himself. The brigade lost nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers, so he would kill 20,000 Chinese.

For this reason, the baggage team carried rations for more than two weeks. In the past half month, he will let Lincheng, no, the entire Chinese in Xingtai know the consequences of getting right from the empire.

But obviously, he was wrong. The Chinese not only did not run away, but were waiting for him on the spot.

However, Se Takehesuke was not happy at all. The trenches crisscrossed in the telescope had already made him know that this was definitely a tough trick. Just with the four infantry brigades under his current command, once the war started, he would definitely be hit and bleeding.

Thinking about the division commander had already led the main force of the division to help, and there were 28 tanks and 36 mountain cannons. Se Takehei, who was shocked by the Chinese fortification group, ordered the battlefield to be reconnaissance first, and then waited until the main force of the division arrived before siegeing it.

As the No. 3 figure of the 10th Division, Se Takehesuke felt that he, the highest commander on the front line, was fully qualified to make this decision, so he called Shinozuka Yoshio: More than a thousand enemy troops have been surrounded by our army, the enemy has built trenches to resist stubbornly, and our troops are reconnaissing the enemy's positions to formulate attack tactics!

To put it bluntly, this telegram is a Wanjin Oil-style telegram. No matter whether it is called or not, no one dares to say that he is wrong.

Chinese military books say that "know yourself and your enemy and win every battle". Even if you don't understand the opponent's position, you can beat a base bully?

However, before the reconnaissance report came out, it was dark.

Night battles are the Chinese's strengths, so Se Takeheisuke naturally won't attack stupidly.

So, the 5,000 Japanese army and the 7,000 Chinese army led by Tang Dao met before sunset, and then the two armies lived together peacefully for a night. The sky was the sky that a few cold guns were fired on the front line, and several Japanese vanguards who were too close were killed.

When Yoshio Shinozuka arrived after dawn the next day, he knew that the 8th Brigade, which had arrived at the battlefield for 14 hours, had slept a night besides digging the trenches. He had not even let go of a shot, and his eyes turned dark.

The Chinese can build such a complex trenches in 7 hours and give them another 14 hours. God knows how many fortifications they have improved?

Except for stupidity, Shinozuka Yoshio really couldn't find any other word to define his generals.

But what can he do? That is a major general who is only one level away from him, not a major. Even if Yoshio Shinozuka was so angry that he could only endure it for the time being.

Yoshio Shinozuka is indeed more skillful than Takeheisuke. When he saw that the arrival of the Japanese army did not launch an attack directly but only reconnaissed and built his own trenches, Tang Dao almost laughed at Cao Cao three times.

Fortunately, Tang Dao doesn’t like to stand flags!

But this precious night was a great help to the Chinese army on the battlefield.

The anti-aircraft artillery holes for individual and infantry squads that were originally not perfect were further improved. Almost every 60 meters, an anti-aircraft artillery hole that can hide 16 people was dug.

An anti-aircraft hole with a 3-meter loess layer protection and wood support can prevent 75mm mountain cannons, even if it is bombarded by a 105 howitzer, there will be no landslide. In addition, there is a 0.8-meter-high fortification protection mixed with steel plates in front of the hole to prevent the bomb explosion and air waves from rushing into the hole to cause damage to officers and soldiers.

Carrying a large amount of steel plates to reinforce fortifications during wartime has become an important material for the engineering company and the baggage company. Although these things are heavy and cannot be killed more Japanese invaders, they can protect their officers and soldiers to the greatest extent.

There have been statistics in the Battle of East Jin. The casualty rate of officers and soldiers in the fortifications with reinforced steel plates and steel beams is fifteen percentage points lower than that of officers and soldiers in the fortifications with only sandbags and logs as materials.

However, in the entire North China, only the Four-Road Regiment can carry these steel plates and steel beams when marching. Even the Japanese Division A could not do it, so it must have sufficient steel production and transportation capacity.

The Japanese army that occupied major cities in North China also had steel mills, but that little bit of steelmaking capacity could not support more than 300,000 Japanese troops. Moreover, the Japanese army's logistics supply capacity was just that, and it was difficult to transport food and ammunition. It was often attacked by small Chinese troops active in the countryside. In addition, the Japanese army mainly focused on offensive and defensive steel plates, so naturally they would not consider too much.

In addition to the further improvement of various underground fortifications, all the reinforcements ordered by Tang Dao to arrive in the afternoon or evening.

On the front line of more than 2,000 meters, Tang Dao deployed a total of more than 560 officers and soldiers, including 7 infantry platoons, totaling more than 560 officers and soldiers, and also held a reserve team of 4 infantry platoons, 9th Company and a total of 600 guard companies.

In addition, the Independence Battalion of the 80th Group Army's southern Hebei Division arrived at a location 5 kilometers away from the battlefield as early as 5 pm yesterday.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! However, Tang Dao did not allow them to enter the main battlefield. The troops on the main battlefield have reached more than 8,000, and the troops are enough. There is no need to waste this independent battalion with a force of up to 3,000.

The military order Tang Dao gave them was to find suitable areas outside the battlefield to build positions!

The Japanese are not stupid. The reconnaissance planes have been flying over Zhaojiazhuang over and over again, not only to provide information on the battlefield of Zhaojiazhuang for the Japanese army on the ground, but also to provide the situation within a dozen kilometers of Shinozuka Yoshio's reconnaissance battlefield.

In such plains, how could the whereabouts of an independent battalion with more than 3,000 troops be avoided so easily?

Since you can't hide, you won't hide or hide. You will build a position in an area less than 7 kilometers away from the main battlefield, becoming a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese army!

The person who led this independent battalion was Battalion Commander Xiao Ding, the former 772nd Regiment. Although this young man who changed his destiny because of Tang Dao arrived in Taihang Mountains was transferred from the main battalion commander of the main regiment to the independent battalion as battalion commander, his battalion's troops were comparable to that of a regular infantry regiment.

Moreover, the proportion of veterans in the independent battalion is as high as 20%, and such a proportion is among the elites in the 921st Division.

Even if the Japanese army wanted to pull out the thorn before the war, at least three infantry brigades had to send together the forces of an artillery brigade.

The Eighty Army is best at mobile combat. If the Japanese army had a strong momentum, they would have run away with a slap in their butt.

"If the enemy retreats, we will advance, we will disturb us." These guerrilla warfare policies are more absent than anyone else in the Eighty Army.

With the restraint of the periphery, Yoshio Shinozuka felt guilty if he didn't hold two infantry brigades as a reserve team. There would never be more than 6 infantry brigades who could enter the battlefield.

So, although Se Takehesuke waited for his main force for one night, he did wait for his own power, both infantry, artillery and tanks, and was overwhelming with smoke and dust all the way, it actually helped the Chinese army more.

When Yoshio Shinozuka saw that things had come to this point, he simply didn't launch an attack immediately. He was not afraid of biting the lice when there were too many lice. He had already given the Chinese more than ten hours, so naturally he was not afraid of giving them a few more hours.

The 8th Brigade did not bring high-altitude balloons when it set off, but Yoshio Shinozuka brought three.

At 9 a.m., three reconnaissance balloons were lifted off at a distance of 8 kilometers from the front line.

This thing is one of the killer weapons of the Japanese army. It can hover at a height of dozens of meters and observe the battlefield 360 degrees. Through observation instruments, you can find targets up to 20 kilometers away. A telephone line is also connected to the balloon, and the information can be transmitted to the front at any time. It can be called the artificial sky eye of the Japanese Army.

If he was asked to guide the artillery to gather fire in groups, the shells would be fierce and accurate!

Yoshio Shinozuka's plan was to use balloons to guide the artillery group of the artillery corps to cover and destroy valuable tactical targets first, and then attack with infantry.

But because of fear of the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft artillery displayed by the Four Army Regiment last time, the Japanese balloon car stayed 8 kilometers away from the battlefield.

But that big guy flew so high again, let alone 8 kilometers, even 10 kilometers, he could become a conspicuous bag on the entire battlefield.

One of the big balloons was targeted by the mountain infantry platoon led by Long Yan.

This kind of hoverable balloon weighs 5 tons alone and has more than 10 tethered ropes. When lifting off, it needs to first unfold a heavy airbag and then inject hydrogen. This requires more than 40 soldiers to operate, plus an infantry team responsible for protecting them, the number is as high as a hundred Japanese troops.

It would take at least half an hour for the mountain infantry platoon in Longyan to wipe out them all, and the main force of the Japanese army had already come rumbling.

So, Long Yan played the simplest and most rough trick!

Isn't it enough to blow up the tied car under the balloon? The balloons will fly as much as the Japanese will do!

Longyan's 3 goal 60-force range can be 1,300 meters!

Just 800 meters away, guided by artillery observers who were less than 200 meters away from the Japanese balloon troops, three 60-door balls were blown out 30 shells in one breath, blowing a five-ton tied car into pieces.

The hydrogen balloon that lost its traction flew higher and higher with the desperate Japanese observers, and the Japanese army on the ground could only lie on the ground in pain and look up at the black spots in the sky.

Now, they flew higher and looked further. The phone line was broken, and their colleague, who was destined to fall into a meat pie, could no longer share the scenery in the sky with them.

What made Yoshio Shinozuka's face even more purple was that such attacks were not all together, but three!

In less than half an hour, the small Chinese troops lurking behind the battlefield damaged their three balloons in almost the same way.

Not all of them. For example, Shen Laoliu used the MG42 machine gun to shoot wildly 600 meters away, exploding the hydrogen balloon in the air. The falling fire also seriously injured more than a dozen Japanese infantry soldiers directly below.

Then, the Chinese ran very fast, and could not even see a shadow before the infantry squadron arrived.

The only information that Shinozuka Yoshio obtained was that the Chinese had no trenches at a width of 1,000 meters...

"Baga! That must be a trap left by the Chinese!" Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshinobuya, whose face turned from purple to blue, still maintained a clear mind.

But, how do you know if you don’t try it?
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