The preparation camp dug defensive fortifications, and each company of the entire battalion entered the position one by one to prepare for defense.
The First Division of the 78th Division stationed in Xinzhuang is also nervously building fortifications.
Zhang Wei's preparation camp is behind.
Now, they are on the front line.
After constructing the fortifications, Zhang Wei left only a few observation posts and allowed the rest of the soldiers to rest in hidden fortifications.
Zhang Wei and several company commanders stayed in the battalion command post to discuss the deployment situation.
"Battal Commander, all the front-line positions have been dug.
I went down to check them.
There are no problems."
Qiu Wei said.
"The four heavy machine guns are evenly distributed on the positions of the 1st and 2nd companies, and the firing range is clearly defined, focusing on guarding the open areas on both sides."
Mu Chao added.
"Okay, there are not many friendly troops near the open area.
A battalion must be divided into two parts for security.
The overall strength is weak, and the security must be tight."
Zhang Wei said.
There was only one battalion of troops defending the open areas on the left and right sides of Xinzhuang in a one-line position, so we had to be more careful.
"Qiu Wei, have you contacted the friendly forces?"
Zhang Wei asked.
Since it is possible to fight together, Zhang Wei believes that necessary communication links should be provided.
"We got in touch.
The two battalions of the 78th Division guarding Xinzhuang sent a battalion to join us.
They talked about mutual reinforcements.
In fact, they just asked us to help us at this critical moment."
"That's good, you go back to the company first and organize the soldiers to hide."
"yes."
The three company commanders left the command post and returned to their respective company positions along the traffic ditch.
Zhang Wei continued to observe the defense line in the distance.
Soldiers were constantly coming in and out of Xinzhuang, transporting ammunition and materials.
On the left side of the Xinzhuang position was Longshan, the commanding heights of the defense line.
Longshan is hilly, and its terrain is much higher than places in flat areas such as Xinzhuang.
It is not within the visual distance between you and the telescope, and it is an important defense point for the First Army.
After all, whoever occupies the commanding heights will have a greater advantage.
The First Army's plan is to use various key points as support to resist the Japanese attack.
The commanding heights are naturally crucial.
"Let's go out and have a look."
After watching for a while, Zhang Wei still planned to go to the front line for a walk.
After digging out the work and distributing ammunition and tasks, he was a little free.
The three messengers behind him followed Zhang Wei and walked out.
Everyone was carrying flower traps on their backs.
Zhang Wei got five flower traps from the Japanese plainclothes soldiers and kept one for himself.
The remaining four were later given to him.
For the messengers, submachine guns were really suitable for them.
The three of them carried five strips of machine guns on their backs.
Zhang Wei walked to the traffic ditch.
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Sandbags of equal height were reinforced on both sides of the traffic ditch.
From time to time, sporadic soldiers passed by and saluted Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei saluted back one by one.
The entire position and the main friendly positions in front were very quiet, and there was nothing going on.
"buzz" Before Zhang Wei walked out of the traffic ditch, there were sudden buzzing sounds in the sky.
Most of the soldiers in the preparation camp were veterans.
When they heard the voice from the sky, most of them had already realized what was in the sky.
"Concealed, Japanese plane" Zhang Wei yelled, and while shouting, he retreated into the dug anti-bombing hole.
At this time, the battalion command post could not withstand the bomb, and he could only stand a chance by hiding in the anti-bombing hole.
"Hide the bomb" "hidden" The soldiers in the preparation battalion had a lot of war experience and responded quickly.
The squad and platoon leaders constantly issued orders to hide bombs.
Many soldiers were already in concealed areas and shell-proof holes and did not need to move.
Soldiers who had work to do and moved things dropped their things and got into the nearest gun-proof hole or shelter.
Before the Japanese planes started dropping bombs, the entire preparation battalion had basically completed the concealment work.
Zhang Wei hid in the shell-proof cave, quietly waiting for the bullet to fall.
What Zhang Wei waited for first was not the falling bomb, but the muffled sound coming from the distance.
It was the sound of an aerial bomb exploding.
Before the main force of the Japanese army on the ground was completely overtaken, the aviation cover operation began before the ground forces.
Dozens of critical attack aircraft and fighter jets flew over southern Henan and began bombing and strafing.
The Xinzhuang position where Zhang Wei stayed was a bargain at this time.
The main and primary target of the Japanese army was not here.
When the aircraft group attacked, they must choose the target with the highest value.
Xinzhuang was lucky enough to become a secondary target.
The commanding heights of Longshan and nearby defensive positions were subjected to intensive bombing and strafing.
Bullets fired by various aerial bombs and fighter jets hit Longshan and nearby positions.
The entire Longshan was devastated by aerial bombs.
The muffled sound that Zhang Wei heard while hiding in the artillery cave was the sound of bombs falling and exploding at the Longshan position in the distance.
The Longshan defenders were suddenly bombed.
The dense bombs left the defenders with no place to hide.
Especially the bombs dropped by Japanese bombers also contained yellow phosphorus arson bombs and shotgun shells.
The arson bombs set fire to all parts of the mountain.
After the shotgun blasts, , resulting in a large number of prefabricated steel balls flying around.
Many people in the Longshan garrison were hit and injured by shotgun steel balls.
The bombers were matched with Japanese fighter jets.
The Army Air Force still used Type 95 fighter jets with open cockpits on both wings.
The main weapons of the fighter jet, which has a maximum speed of only 400 kilometers per hour, are only two 77mm-caliber aviation machine guns.
Its performance has long lagged behind.
It is on the same level as the Hawker III fighter jet and is much inferior to the Soviet fighter jet.
But now the air force in southern Henan is almost zero.
The poor anti-aircraft firepower of the infantry units is almost negligible.
There are not even a few 20 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns.
The Japanese fighter pilots did not consider the air threat at all.
They fired wildly at the front-line positions on both sides of Longshan and chased the exposed infantry.
For a while, Longshan was covered with bombs and aircraft machine gun bullets.
Destroyed fortifications and weapons were mixed with stumps. together The Japanese army would only attack the secondary targets after attacking the main targets.
While Zhang Wei was still wondering about the lack of bombs, several Japanese aircraft flew overhead.
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There was a huge roar in the sky.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Several loud noises were heard from the preparation camp position, and several huge smoke screens rose.
Zhang Wei resisted the tremor from the ground of the anti-gun cave and sat and lay down inside.
The explosion of the bomb flew several bags of sandbags and a large amount of soil into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground.
The soldiers in the hidden fortifications felt a wave of air.
Two Japanese fighter jets swooped in and fired at close range.
A string of aircraft machine gun bullets hit the position.
The floating soil brought up by the bullets followed the low-altitude flight path of the fighter jets.
The plane flew really low, so low that the hiding preparation camp soldiers could even see the livery of the Japanese fighter jets.
The Japanese bombers dropped two bombs on the preparation camp position and left.
There were only two fighter jets left.
Two of the defeated soldiers who were brought in were frustrated.
They also saw the Japanese aircraft flying low and felt that they had an opportunity to take advantage of them.
Relying on their good marksmanship, these two former soldiers suddenly ran out of the artillery hole and opened fire on the nearest Japanese fighter jet with two Zhongzheng guns.
With a "dang" sound, the wing of the Type 95 fighter jet was accurately hit by two 79-caliber bullets.
The aircraft swayed a few times.
The Japanese pilot reacted quickly and immediately raised the lever with the stick, pulling the aircraft into the air.
As soon as the bullets of the two soldiers came out of the barrel and hit, another Japanese fighter jet, which saw the friendly plane being hit, rushed over quickly and dived in the opposite direction.
The two machine guns on the nose of the plane spit out tongues of fire fiercely at the two preparation battalion soldiers: