Zhao Zhiguo had set up minefields one after another along the highway, but only used 300 mines.

"Only three hundred?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

Gao Cang looked at the notes he made and calculated them carefully: "Yes, there are only three hundred! Do you want to increase the density?"

"Well... since we have to bury landmines, we will bury them all at once. We will arrange the remaining two hundred mines within the range that our position can attack, but we must remember the locations. Once the Japs retreat, we will

We still have to pass by the highway!”

They can't just lay landmines. If some of the landmines are useless, when the Japs withdraw and their own soldiers go down to clean the battlefield, they are blown up by their own mines. That would be such an injustice!

"After I got back, I marked the location of the minefield on our sand table and map!" Gao Cang said.

"As well as our ammunition and food, anything that can be used in battle will be divided into two equal parts and sent to the underground warehouse on the reverse slope of the position. When the time comes, the soldiers of the recruit company will guard the reverse slope position. One is to guard us.

The second is to prevent the little devils from infiltrating from unexpected places and attacking from behind."

Zhao Zhiguo has hollowed out the mountain. The front position and the reverse slope position are connected by a corridor. There are countless branches in the corridor, as well as various functional areas, which can cook and provide a place for the sick and wounded to rest.

, even if the frontal position cannot be defended, they can retreat from the reverse slope through the corridor without anyone noticing.

Zhao Zhiguo arranged everything on the battlefield in detail.

"Report to the battalion commander, this is the list of ten people I selected to be appointed platoon commander!"

When Zhao Zhiguo was setting up the forward position, Qin Dongsheng brought a list of three backup candidates for the new platoon leader.

"These ten people are all veterans, I remember them all!" Zhao Zhiguo glanced through the list.

"I ranked the most suitable candidates from top to bottom. After thinking about it, I can also select three deputy platoon leaders from the remaining seven."

"Gao Cang, do you have any suggestions?" Zhao Zhiguo handed the list to Gao Cang.

"Are the two in front of us veterans who fought back with us?" Gao Cang looked at the list and tried to remember.

"Yes, when these two first came here, I made them squad leaders, but their abilities as platoon leaders are a bit lacking, and their future development space is limited!" Zhao Zhiguo said.

"It's already very good. Let's solve the urgent needs first!" Gao Cang said.

"Then follow what is on this list. The remaining four veterans will serve as backup. Once the platoon leader or deputy platoon leader is injured or killed, let them take over." After saying this, Zhao Zhiguo signed on the list: "Put them in."

Give this list to Liu Qingsheng and ask him to send it to the regiment headquarters. Remember, it must be sent to the regiment leader!"

"Old Qin, have the new recruits been added to your company?" Gao Cang asked.

"It's all been replenished. I've taken one-third of the veterans from each platoon, and the vacant spots will be filled with the remaining veterans! The squad leaders have been appointed, and each squad will not be allocated the quota of new recruits.

If it is too much, the combat effectiveness of the troops will not have much impact." Qin Dongsheng said.

"Then the pressure will fall on your shoulders as the company commander!"

Although Qin Dongsheng has some flaws in his character, his learning ability is still much higher than others.

"Since the battalion commander has entrusted this company of troops to me, I have enough confidence to lead them well." Qin Dongsheng assured Zhao Zhiguo.

"Just have confidence! Many of our officers and soldiers may die in this next battle, so you have to be mentally prepared!"

"Battal Commander, I don't know about others, but I, Qin Dongsheng, promise you that if the little Japs don't retreat, I won't get out of the firing line!"

Although Qin Dongsheng behaved submissively in front of unfamiliar people, when he went to the battlefield, when the gunshot rang out, he seemed to be a completely different person.

While Zhao Zhiguo was preparing for war, the Japs were not idle either. In addition to mobilizing supplies to the front line, they also asked the puppet troops to conduct reconnaissance of the Chinese army's defense areas.

Because the puppet soldiers are Chinese, after taking off their military uniforms, it is impossible to tell whether they are soldiers or ordinary people, so it is very easy to sneak into the defense areas of the Chinese army.

The Japanese army also placed a high reward within the puppet army, as long as they could find the headquarters of the Chinese army, and used mirrors to provide ground guidance to the Japanese bombers in the sky, asking officers for officers, and money for money.

Under the heavy reward, many puppet soldiers entered the Chinese army's defense zone.

A regiment headquarters of the Shanxi-Sui Army was bombed by Japanese aircraft. The regiment commander and a number of staff members in the regiment were killed on the spot. Hundreds of soldiers and civilians died in the bombing.

Both the Jinsui Army and the Northwest Army lacked air defense weapons and did not have better air defense early warning.

Commander Hu's regimental headquarters was also bombed, but at that time the regiment commander and chief of staff went out to inspect the position, and only a few guards were killed.

However, the Japanese bombing had just begun. All towns where Chinese troops were stationed were bombed by the Japanese, causing a large number of casualties among ordinary people.

"Battal Commander, I heard that Pingcheng was bombed?" Gao Cang was a little worried about Commander Zhang's safety because the division headquarters is in Pingcheng. "Are the division commander and Brother Zhao okay?"

"I just learned the news. The division commander was lucky. A bomb landed on a house across the street from the headquarters. The division commander and the others are fine!"

When Zhao Zhiguo got the news, he was very panicked.

"How can this little devil throw bombs so accurately?" Gao Cang was relieved when he heard that the division headquarters was fine.

"There are some lackeys who act as eyes for the little devils, so their bombs will naturally be thrown accurately! But this is just the beginning."

"Battal Commander, don't you have any good ideas? If the Japanese bombing continues like this, the division commander and the others will be in danger!" Gao Cang asked anxiously.

"We can hide it from the eyes of heaven, but we can't hide it from people on the ground selling information to the little devils."

Zhao Zhiguo doesn't have any good ideas. Those idiots are hidden among the crowd and are no different from ordinary people. They can't arrest the ordinary people together.

"Then can we blow up the kid's plane?"

"Do you know where the little devil's airport is? Even if you know where the little devil's airport is, it must be hundreds of kilometers away."

Zhao Zhiguo also wants to destroy the Japs’ airport, but he doesn’t know where the target is and how to destroy it?

"When the little devils finish bombing the targets in the city, they will definitely bomb our positions. We should think more about how to reduce our casualties now!"

It won't be long before the little devil will throw a bomb on their heads. At this time, they should be more concerned about whether they will be killed!

"Ah? Then will our barracks become a target for Japanese bombing?"
Chapter completed!