Gao Xiangfa nodded again and again, saying that he had no opinion, and he agreed with Zhao Lijin that as long as he had the opportunity, he would definitely go to the fort to have a look.
Similarly, Zhang Ercheng of the howitzer battalion listened to Zhao Lijin's description, and his heart was like a cat tickling, and he thought about finding a suitable time to learn from others and open his eyes.
"Haha, okay, when the brigade comes, I will definitely take everyone to the fort to observe and learn."
Seeing so many people asking him to help take him to the fort, Zhao Lijin didn't mention how proud he was, and he boasted about it, saying how good his relationship was with the commander of the garrison, and also said that they contributed a lot to sinking the warship and shooting down the bomber, because they carried a lot of shells and effectively supported the combat operations of the artillery.
It wasn't until Zhai Daping signaled that it was time for him to eat that Zhao Lijin closed the conversation.
Subsequently, Ding Ning contacted Zhou Wu through the radio and said, "Brigade, Lao Gao and I have already arrived in Jiangyin, where are you now?"
"I know, it's okay for you guys to be fine, we are hurrying up, if there is no accident, we can get to Jiangyin at two or three o'clock in the afternoon."
Zhou Wu said.
Ding Ning put down the radio, ate something with Zhai Daping, and then led by Zhao Lijin, walked around the fortifications to familiarize himself with the environment and general topography.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at an air-raid shelter behind the fortifications at the new station of the health company in Jiangyin.
At this time, Shen Lina was taking the doctors and nurses of the health company to examine the wounded, and when everyone saw that the chief of staff was coming, they were all busy getting up to salute, but they were stopped by Ding Ning in time.
After casually turning around the health company twice, he was afraid that it would affect the normal work here, so he left in a hurry.
After coming out, Ding Ning looked around with a telescope and asked, "Lao Zhao, you have been in Jiangyin for so long, tell me about the terrain here." ” Zhao Lijin said: "Chief of Staff, after we arrived here, we immediately took people to walk around the neighborhood a few times, and found that the terrain of Jiangyin is much better than that of Luodian, unlike the rice fields that are full of Pingchuan over there, and there are hills here." ” Ding Ning looked in the direction of Zhao Lijin's finger, and sure enough, there was an obviously prominent hill over there, the altitude was not high, but it was still much higher than other places.
The geographical location of this hill is very good and it is of great strategic importance.
"Are there any fortifications over there, are there troops stationed in the national army?"
Ding Ning asked seriously.
"There are fortifications, but there don't seem to be troops stationed, and when we went to see it, it was full of weeds as tall as a man, and the door of the warehouse was locked, and I asked the other troops, and they said that they didn't have the key either, and they didn't know who had it."
Zhao Lijin said helplessly.
"It's really nonsense, in such a critical position, they lost the key, and they didn't send people to garrison it, if they were seized by the devils, as long as they set up a few mountain cannons on it, they could condescendingly bombard Jiangyin City and national defense fortifications."
"When the time comes, no one will be able to take them except the plane, I really don't know what these people above think, such an important strategic place, they don't even send troops to garrison."
The more Ding Ning spoke, the more excited he became, and his white face flushed red.
"Our battalion commander originally planned to send troops to garrison, but because there were too few people brought, and the Jiangyin Fort asked us to deploy behind them, in order to get timely artillery support in the future, we had to temporarily abandon this idea."
Ding Ning said: "Lao Zhao, I'm not saying that yours are not.
Forget it, let's go, you take me over to have a look, and when the brigade arrives in the afternoon, we will discuss. ” Zhao Lijin immediately led the way in front, and walked for about an hour before he walked to the bottom of this hill, Ding Ning took a closer look, and thought that it would be great if the Independent Brigade was stationed here.
This place is backed by several solid reinforced concrete fortifications, and directly in front of it is the wide Yangtze River, and if the Japanese army wants to break through the fortified defense line, it must rush through the river beach not far in front after landing on the beach.
In addition, standing on this hill, except for not seeing the Jiangyin Fort, you can see it in all directions.
Looking northwest from here, there is the prosperous Jiangyin City, as long as you hold here, you can firmly block the devils who are trying to come from the direction of the Yangtze River and Changshu out of the fortifications.
Ding Ning circled around the hill twice and asked, "Old Zhao, how did you get into those locked fortifications after you arrived here?"
"That's not simple, the small lock was smashed directly, and the big one was knocked out with grenades and explosives, not that I bragged, the locks in this fortification fooled the people, but for those of us who were soldiers, it was equal to nothing."
Zhao Lijin said proudly.
"Okay, when they arrive, we'll have a meeting and carefully study the issue of fortifications."
Subsequently, Ding Ning and Zhao Lijin returned to the station of the special service battalion together.
After coming back, Ding Ning couldn't wait to draw the terrain near the hill on paper, the composition was neat, just like the real one, Zhao Lijin smacked his tongue again and again, and admired it.
As the chief of staff, Ding Ning really did not build it, and the quality of this hand-drawn map was definitely no worse than that of a staff officer serving in the Ministry of National Defense, and even surpassed it.
After Ding Ning finished drawing the picture, he looked up and asked, "Lao Zhai, do you know what the name of this mountain is?"
Zhai Daping scratched his head, and looked embarrassed: "Chief of Staff, I really don't know this, or I will send Zhao Lijin to find a few fellow villagers to ask" "Forget it, there are too many devils and traitors now, if you go to inquire, it may attract the attention of people with intentions, so it will expose our intentions, so it's better not to ask."
"I can see from the map that there is a village called Huashan next to this hill, why don't we call it Huashan, and the fortifications there are called Huashan positions, so that it will be convenient to contact them in the future."
"Okay, that's a good name, Huashan Position."
Zhai Daping nodded in agreement.
After speaking, Ding Ning lay on the map again and studied it carefully, and suddenly he slapped the map and shouted: "It's broken, it's broken, how can I forget such an important thing" Zhai Daping was taken aback by Ding Ning's startled appearance, and hurriedly asked, "Chief of Staff, what have you forgotten?"
"You see, although the Huashan position is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the shooting field is wide, I didn't take into account the problem of aircraft."
"Now we don't have the weapons to fight the Japanese bombers, and if the enemy takes turns bombing the defenders on the position, even if there are strong reinforced concrete fortifications, it won't last long."
"Alas, it's a pity, it's a pity, the Huashan position is not like here, it is close to the Jiangyin Fort, and the bombers dare not come over.
There is no anti-aircraft fire over there, and the devil's planes can launch carpet bombing at any time.
This is probably the fundamental reason why other national military units are reluctant to be stationed. ” t1706231537: