Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 15, Dig Quickly

This time we were going to fight, so there was no need to bring unnecessary things. For example, no one took their quilts, mattresses, sleeping bags, etc. They were all left at the Dragon King Temple. However, everyone hung a Japanese kettle on their bodies and filled it with warm water.

Li Yuexuan didn't know where everyone was going, so he followed Bai Dabao, holding one of Zhao Danian's arms in his hand.

"Military doctor, you're the only one who didn't have breakfast this morning, so I saved some for you!" He walked up to Li Yuexuan, carrying a Czech Lowe and handed him a rolled pancake.

"There are green onions and soybean paste in it. There's more for you to eat after you finish!" Lowe freed his hands and patted the white cloth bag on his chest. The bag was bulging and exuded the aroma of pancakes.

"You're welcome!" Li Yuexuan smiled and nodded, picked up the pancake and stuffed it into his mouth, tearing off a big bite and chewing it hard. To be honest, the pancake tasted good, but it was a bit tooth-breaking.

Li Yuexuan didn't find it difficult to eat while walking and drink a sip of boiled water. Moreover, they didn't walk very far, but walked south along the mountain ridge and stopped after walking about 3 miles.

At this time, everyone heard gunshots and even explosions.

The group stopped, and Tian E ran over from the front, his body wet, and I don't know how much sweat he had produced. The Zeiss telescope that belonged to Zhao Danian was hanging on his chest.

"Captain, the situation has been confirmed. It was the commander of the 3rd Company who was covering the civilians' transfer to the mountains. The Japanese soldiers chasing them were following very closely. More than a dozen comrades from the 3rd Company have been sacrificed! And..." Tian E reported what he had discovered and waited for Zhao Danian's order.

In fact, Tian E did not go back to the Dragon King Temple, but went with Hu Lanzhou to look for the main force early in the morning. After encountering the situation, Hu Lanzhou went back to get people, and Tian E continued to observe the situation here.

"I already know the situation!" Zhao Danian waved his hand, then took the telescope handed over by Tian E and began to observe. The deputy captains Xing Weiguo and Li Yuexuan did the same thing.

At this time, they were not far from the place where the Eighth Route Army was fighting with the civilians, so they could still see the situation on the battlefield through the telescope.

About 400 meters north of the battlefield, some militiamen wearing Eighth Route Army hats were protecting a group of civilians who were walking north along the river. They were just not far to the southwest of them, about 300 meters away in a straight line.

In other words, they are now on the hilltop east of the river. The Eighth Route Army is blocking the Japanese in the southern valley, and some militia or guerrillas are covering the people's retreat to the north.

The situation was clear. Li Yuexuan put down the telescope and looked at Zhao Danian, waiting for orders. Although he had been a soldier and his marksmanship was top-notch, he could even use a grenade launcher and treat the wounded... but his command ability was not very good. "Damn it, we can't move forward. We still have several wounded soldiers. It's useless to go up! Now I order Xing Weiguo to lead the first squad to find a favorable position and build positions. We will fight here!" Zhao Danian divided the guerrillas into squads. The nine soldiers with good health were divided into the first squad, and Xing Weiguo led them. The combination of Li Yuexuan and Zhao Danian and the wounded soldiers was the second squad.

"Understood!" Xing Weiguo agreed, then looked around, looking for a suitable location to build a position.

Li Yuexuan was also looking, but he was looking for a protruding ridge, intending to find a terrain with a reverse slope that he could use. That way, it would be easy not only to attack, but also to retreat.

Zhao Danian understood Li Yuexuan's idea very well, and was happy with Li Yuexuan's actions. As a military doctor, he should stay in a safe place and wait to rescue the wounded! As a senior veteran, Zhao Danian understood how much it would help everyone's confidence in fighting if there was a military doctor in the team!
Zhao Danian felt relieved when he saw Li Yuexuan, Bai Dabao and Bai Dashan, looking for a pit at the front line of the mountain ridge and digging fortifications there. Not to mention, that position was high enough to cover the areas on the south and west sides, and it was a position with a wide shooting range.

After signaling Hu Yanlong and Hu Yanbao to build positions to the west of Li Yuexuan, Zhao Danian came to the first squad and whispered a few words to Xing Weiguo. Then, he saw Yang Gongxun, Tian E, and Zhang Lu carrying a bunch of weapons and ammunition, heading west along the mountain road, and stopped on a hill about 300 meters away.

Li Yuexuan saw this scene. However, he led the Bai brothers to dig a simple fortification that three people could cooperate with each other, and did not ask about it. In his opinion, this was probably intended to build a position in the south to form a crossfire with this side.

Because they were digging in the loess layer, the three of them had engineer shovels as digging tools, and Bai Dashan also brought an engineer pickaxe, so their digging speed was not slow.

First, three prone shooting shelters were dug, and then the digging was deepened on the side to become a kneeling shooting shelter. Turning a corner, it continued to expand, and became a shelter where three people could kneel and shoot...

In short, digging an extra bunker before the battle would provide an extra place to hide during the battle. Moreover, they were in a pit on the front line of the mountain ridge, and the excavated soil piled up in front could just become a good cover layer. The only regret was that they did not bring too many sacks, so the three of them could only use three sacks filled with soil and rocks to block the front of the prone shooting pit.

"Here, dig a platform and fill the surrounding area with soil. This is where we will temporarily treat the wounded!" After completing the excavation of the fortifications, Li Yuexuan led them to dig a platform on the hillside behind them as a temporary rescue station. At this time, Zhao Danian and the two brothers of the Huyan family also dug out three bunkers with great difficulty, not far from them.

After the platform on the hillside was built, Li Yuexuan had an idea and simply dug a communication trench diagonally upward from this side, leading to Zhao Danian's position. In this way, the two firepower points can support each other. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to dig another communication trench from here to the first squad.

Of course, we can also support each other from the hillside behind the ridge, but without the communication trench, it always feels a little lacking.

Time passed as everyone worked hard to dig. The sound of gunfire from the south was getting closer and closer, and the people had already headed north. Now, only the 3rd Company was still fighting and retreating with the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)