Guangde County was not a thief, but a "military disaster".

Lei Xiong took the order to lead the main force of the independent battalion to establish a blocking position three kilometers west of Guangde City, and his head was not ordinary.

Looking at the various tunnel drawings that Tang Dao drew for him, he once wondered if Tang Dao wanted to exhaust him and the main force of the independent camp.

Tang Dao took away two infantry companies, leaving him with less than 900 people in total. It might be okay to dig a few trenches within 24 hours, but it would be a fantasy to dig tunnels on the mountain as Tang Dao said.

However, the human resources problem was greatly alleviated quickly. Leng Feng returned quickly with his company, and even brought two Sichuan infantry battalions to report to Lei Xiong, and the manpower suddenly increased by a thousand people.

But the staff of two thousand people is still insufficient.

In the afternoon, Tang Dao, who was on the Jiepai front, sent a report to Lei Xiong through the field radio carried by Erlian, saying that the Sichuan army on the front was determined to fight to the death on the front and buy 36 hours for the Mouse Mountain position.

Lei Xiong was also an extremely decisive person. He knew that these 36 hours were hard-won, and that was the lives of the officers and soldiers of the 145th Division of the Sichuan Army.

There is insufficient staff, right? Then recruit.

The people who retreated from Guangde City actually didn't run far away, and were basically scattered in the mountains nearby. They were still thinking of escaping this war before returning home. The special forces teams that were reconnaissing near the Mouse Mountain had already reported that in the mountains nearby, many people were hiding in shacks, but they didn't know that this place would soon become a battlefield.

Perhaps it is the most intense battlefield in Guangde's entire defense line.

Originally, Guo Shouzhi meant to send several infantry squads to the surrounding mountains to persuade the people who were hiding from the war to leave. If they ran farther, they might be covered by artillery fire.

Lei Xiong was thinking about it. We are not equipped with enough manpower now! These people can come in handy.

Of course, there will be no forced recruitment of labor, but rather an employment system.

The 10,000 yuan of current seas originally used by the Independent Battalion Department to issue soldiers to award meritorious service was placed before the temporary battalion department built of wood.

Nearly a hundred soldiers sent out informed the people who came to participate in the construction of positions to work, 24 hours of working hours will be responsible for food and drink. The young and middle-aged people will have 2 yuan of ocean plus a kilogram of rice and flour, and the women, girls and children will have 1 yuan of ocean plus a kilogram of rice and flour.

This treatment is not ordinary. The labor returns of this era are, even in the most economically developed city in China, such as the north and south, the workers in a factory will only be seven or eight oceans a month, not to mention a small town like Guangde, which is located in the mountainous areas of southern Anhui. There may be more ordinary families in two oceans a month.

Although it is a position to build a position and may start the war at any time, the rewards are not only amazing, but also a pound of rice and flour that can be taken, which women and children have. Food is even more precious to those who flee.

In just 3 hours, more than 6,000 people rushed into the position of Mouse Mountain, and together with nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers, the position of Mouse Mountain is not very large, and there are crowds of people on it.

More than 10,000 oceans were sent out, and the originally sufficient logistics supplies were reduced a lot, but the vast crowd gave Lei Xiong enough confidence.

However, the first military order he issued was not to dig the tunnel on the spot, but to log all the military and civilians.

All the trees and shrubs facing Guangde City, which guards the simple road from Guangde to Wuhu, are cut down.

There are many people and great power. In just a few hours, several high grounds facing east in the Mouse Mountain area became bare. Not to mention Tibetans, even if a rabbit is hidden on the hillside, it is clearly visible when standing on the top of the mountain.

While logging, all the living things that can be seen have become food for people to replenish energy. Whether it is hares, pheasants or cute little squirrels, they have become proteins for the soldiers and civilians to replenish their physical energy.

In the state of war, human lives are as dangerous as a candle, let alone any animal protection.

The situation of protecting the environment and loving animals can only occur in peaceful and prosperous times. The doves of peace that soar in the sky are just a dish in the war years.

When the military and civilians swept the wood and shrubs and lit the weeds and fires, there was a dark and dead silence on the east-facing hillside.

Lei Xiong had two reasons for logging. First, he had no reason to leave any cover for the Japanese army that was about to rush, which would only make him feel uncomfortable; secondly, building tunnels and anti-aircraft holes requires a lot of wood to support it.

Most of the trees on the mountain are mixed, and it is still not enough to cut down and cut them alone, so it will be demolished and ready-made.

The empty county town is the best place to provide wood. Thousands of military and civilians who are threatened by their lives are like locusts passing through the border. After spending a little in the night, they demolished all the wood or steel that was used in Guangde, which is even more miserable than being hit by bandits.

The people were certainly resistant to demolishing their homes in this way, but Lei Xiong had a saying that it reached their hearts.

"If everyone is worried and reluctant to demolish the positions, the position cannot be built, then our army will be able to defend Guangde City. Under the artillery fire, our entire army and Guangde City will be ashes."

That means that the demolition is just the doors and windows and beams, but if we are forced to use Guangde's small city wall as a defense line, then Guangde City will be nothing left.

The people are just ordinary people. They hide in the mountains because they are afraid of the Japanese killing and setting fires. However, it does not mean that they are willing to leave their hometowns where they have lived for generations. They always want to wait for the war to pass and return to their homeland. After hearing this, it would be better to demolish them after listening to the command of the superior. At least they can leave some brick walls or something, which is better than leaving a pile of ruins.

With this idea, Chief Lei, who was more active than the soldiers, was afraid that the "violent" emperor would garrison him to Guangde City with his soldiers.

The motivation to dig trenches and build tunnels is more than before, but it is not just for the sake of silver and rice and flour.

That is to support the desire to leave a shelter for the elderly and children.

A very simple wish, but unfortunately, it is destined to be just a dream in the cruel war.

In the Japanese War Zone, even if you are alive, it is humiliating and humble.

But this unrealistic mentality is extremely effective in building a position in Mouse Mountain.

In fact, at night, Tang Dao rode the mount borrowed by Lieutenant General Xiangchuan to a 'big construction site' that was running wildly.

There are three mountains in the entire Mouse Mountain, which are like a font shape, surrounding the winding and simple highway.

Without capturing these three mountains, the Japanese infantry might be able to cross mountains and ridges to Wuhu, but their cannons and supplies could only stop in the distance to bask in the sun.

What can pure light infantry do when they walk out of the mountains in southern Anhui? Will they give heads to the Chinese army around Jinling City?

In fact, the Japanese themselves know in their hearts that Japan is powerful in this battle against China. It is not that the army is composed of veterans and how strong the combat effectiveness is, but that the current industrial and economic strength of China and Japan.

Japan, which has been learning from the Western world for nearly a hundred years, caught up with the Second Industrial Revolution and has a formed industrial system in Japan, which can build big guys such as aircraft, tanks, cannons, and even battleships and aircraft carriers.

And China at that time! There was no heavy industry, and even light industry was not good at it.

The so-called dimensionality reduction strike is nothing more than the Japanese army's one more weapon than the Chinese army - artillery.

Without the God of War, the Japanese army is actually just like that. Even if it is strong, it is limited.

Therefore, these three highlands, named No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 by Tang Dao, are the must-attack places for the Japanese army who want to advance westward.

The officers and soldiers of the Independent Battalion experienced the Battle of Songjiang and the defensive battles on the front line of Jiaxing, and were already considered true veterans.

However, the mountain defense war was their first time. Not to mention Xiaobai, but it would be too nonsense if they were proficient. Lei Xiong, including Lei Xiong, still used the same trick, building trenches along the mountain, and the battle of the reverse slope of life tunnels still remained in the impression that Tang Dao kept mentioning these two days.

Therefore, Tang Dao must take this trip. Otherwise, when the Japanese planes, tanks and cannons attack, he only has more than 2,000 people in his hands, even if he has several times more, it will not be enough for the Japanese to kill them.

The three high grounds first built a trench in the fifty-meter area below the top of the mountain in the traditional way, and then built a trench on the edge.

Of course, compared with the two main battle trenches, what is more important is the tunnel located behind the edge line.

Due to the shooting angle, the Japanese artillery cannons can only cause damage to soldiers in the trenches. They are not used for infantry balls hidden behind the ridge. However, the Japanese army also has bombers, and the bombs dropped from the air are not only in front of or behind the mountain.

At this time, we have to look at the tunnel.

That was the essence of the most classic back-aberving tunnel battle in the ice field battle more than ten years later. It was the seemingly inconspicuous tunnels that protected Chinese soldiers from being killed by countless bombs dropped by American cowboy planes.

The two defensive trenches each have several traffic trenches leading to the top and behind the mountain.

The trenches in front of the mountain and the tunnels behind the mountain that have been started are basically excavated according to the meaning of Tang Dao.

However, when Tang Dao came back after inspecting the entire defense line, he saw the prototype of the trench that had just been dug out by the soldiers on the main positions on the top of the mountain in the three highlands, and not only did his head shake.

Although it is not a straight line, in order to save labor and time, the soldiers still chose the simplest arc trench.

But what's the use? If the Japanese used heavy artillery, as long as a shell fell into the trenches, the air waves would sweep dozens of meters, and an infantry squad or even half an infantry platoon would be ruined.

Such a trench will only become a nightmare for soldiers.

They still have too little understanding of field fortifications. If they see Chinese soldiers crisscrossing and unfamiliar with their own people on the Five Saint Mountain in more than ten years, they will definitely be ashamed.
Chapter completed!