The Independent Regiment also lacked large-scale excavation equipment, but in more than a month, it was still possible for the Independent Regiment Ordnance Factory to equip more than 2,000 people with the newly developed military shovels.

Although the material of the sapper shovel produced in the later period was not as good as the individual sapper shovel allocated to the sapper because of the need to increase production, it was still more than enough for digging frozen soil.

However, Liu Lang's first military order after accepting the position was not to build fortifications, but to ask everyone to cut down trees, and cut down all the trees and shrubs on the slope of the hill facing north of Luo Wenyu's three defensive points.

Not only all the officers and soldiers, but also the villagers living nearby, the young and middle-aged people were subsidized 0.5 yuan per person per day, and the women, the elderly and children were counted as one young man.

As soon as this military order was issued, it was not tight, and the people in a radius of dozens of miles rushed to Luo Wenyu with pots and pans, axes, big saws, and families, and the number of people was as high as thousands.

If a family is 5 people according to the basic number, they can earn 1.5 oceans a day, not to mention the poor countryside in this mountainous area, even in Beiping, this income is also good, who said that the people will not settle accounts?

There are many people and great strength, but in one day, Luo Wenyu's defense line of more than ten miles faces the side of the mountain in northern China, not to mention the Tibetans, even a rabbit is hidden on the mountainside, and it is clearly visible standing on the top of the mountain.

In fact, while the trees were being felled, all the living things that could be seen were filled into the belly of the people, and when the wood and shrubs were swept away, and the weeds were set on fire, there was a dark and dead silence on the north-facing slopes.

Liu Lang had two reasons for logging wood, firstly, he had no reason to leave any shelter for the Japanese army, which would only make him uncomfortable; At the same time, more than 2,000 people need a place to live.

Even if they had been well prepared before coming, each of them had cotton clothes, cotton pants, big dog skin hats, gloves, rainproof cloths and bedding, and even officers above the sergeant level were each given a sheepskin mattress, but when they arrived in the north, most of the Sichuan recruits who wrapped themselves tightly were still so cold that they seemed to be a little sluggish in their movements, and they had never experienced the severe cold of minus ten or twenty degrees.

Before all kinds of tunnels are dug, the simplest wooden houses are a necessity, otherwise there is no need to wait for the Japanese army to arrive more than 20 days later, and Liu Lang's soldiers will have to lose one-third of their troops due to the severe cold.

The task of building wooden houses was left to the common people, and all the soldiers and strong men had to dig the fortifications with all their might, and they had only half a month to spare.

Of course, before digging fortifications, it was necessary to allocate the defensive positions of the various troops.

There was no regimental headquarters, it was just an open space, Liu Lang spread his hand-drawn map on the ground, and Chi Dakui, Yu Xiancheng and the six infantry company commanders under his command and Zhou Shiyu, the commander of the death company, formed a circle.

"Zhou Shiyu, I'll give you a task to prove yourself if you dare to die, do you dare to accept it?" Liu Lang was the first to order Zhou Shiyu's general.

"Please rest assured, since I am even called a company that dares to die, a company that is not even afraid of death, what other tasks do I dare not take?" Zhou Shiyu quickly stood up and stood upright, and replied with a blank look.

"Okay, have you seen this mountain, I have asked the fellows, it is called Gushan, 3 miles before the main position of my Damao Mountain, if the Japanese invaders set mortars and mountain artillery on this mountain, it will cause a devastating blow to our main position, the task of your Dare to Die Company is to defend this mountain, before the end of the battle, you can't let a devil's cannon set foot on the mountain, can you do it?" Liu Lang said categorically.

As Liu Lang's finger slid on the map and pointed to a hill in front of the main position, everyone's faces became grim.

In the past two days, under the leadership of Liu Lang, all the military commanders have turned around the entire Luo Wenyu defense area, and they have some idea in their hearts.

It is said that the mountain is called the ancient mountain, in fact, it is better to call it the lonely mountain, and the main position of the side of the continuous and steep mountain is different, it is a hill with only one mountain head but three hundred feet high seems very lonely, lonely hanging outside the entire mountain range means hanging alone outside the entire defense system, in addition to the main position can give a certain artillery fire to support the enemy to choose the possibility of attacking, there is also a cliff on one side, the other two sides can be besieged by the attacker, and can only rely on the defenders themselves.

The most terrible thing is not to be besieged, the most terrible place is clearly a dead place, if you can't hold it, you have nowhere to run if you want to.

However, that place had to be defended, just like the regiment said, if the Japanese invaders put the mountain artillery on the top of the hill almost level with the main position, but a distance of more than 1,000 feet, for the mountain artillery with a range of thousands of feet, do not shoot too accurately, almost all the firing points can be cleared by the direct aiming gun, thinking about the consequences, it is chilling.

Almost all the company commanders were thinking about what would happen if they went to defend that dangerous Jedi by themselves? The answer that can be given is that the casualty rate is as high as 80 percent, and that is still the case of the final victory of the whole regiment, if the entire defensive system is breached, the other troops still have a chance to retreat, but there, not even a single human hair can escape.

But Zhou Shiyu didn't even blink his eyelids, as if he didn't see the so-called Jedi at all, and directly raised his hand to salute: "Guarantee to complete the task, if a devil's cannonball can fly from Gushan to the main position, there is only one possibility, that is, I dare to die, and all 234 people in the company will die." I only have one request. ”

Obviously, Zhou Shiyu needs to use the most difficult task to wash away the shame of desertion that he once carried, and if there is no victory, then prove it with death.

"Speak"

"From entering the position, please give me enough ammunition and water and rice for January, and I need grenades and mines and explosives packs, the more the better."

"Okay, very good, enough ammunition, food and water for you to support a month's battle, and the baggage company will be in place within half a month, in addition, I will give you an additional 1500 grenades, 100 large trigger mines, 2000 infantry mines, 50 explosives packs, and a radio station, if the situation is urgent, I promise you to ask the regimental artillery company for support at any time." Liu Lang waved his hand in satisfaction and motioned for Zhou Shiyu to sit down.

Liu Lang was also looking forward to what kind of combat effectiveness Zhou Shiyu's death company composed of deserters and bandits would show in this battle. In the three months since the formation of the army, there have been no less than ten bandit recruits who have been hung by Zhou Shiyu on the flagpole as the wind blowing bacon.

The firepower configuration of the Death Company is not bad, because the number of people is larger than that of the ordinary infantry company, the Death Company has 4 infantry platoons, and the machine gun platoon is also two more squads than the machine gun platoon of the ordinary infantry company, which also means that there are two more mortars and two MG42 machine guns.

Next, Chi Dakui's first battalion was responsible for the defense of Luo Wenyukou's main position, and the reserve was assigned by Chi Dakui, and the two defensive points of the front cane and hawthorn valley on the left flank were handed over to Liu Dazhu's 4th company and Sheng Lei's 5th company, and the 6th company of the 2nd battalion served as a reserve, under the unified command of Yu Xiancheng, chief of staff and battalion commander of the regiment.

At the same time, the baggage company and the 500 strong men who had not yet arrived were also organized into a general reserve by Liu Lang, and the captains were served by him and Yu Xiancheng respectively.

As soon as the military order was given, all the officers were awe-inspiring.

Liu Lang didn't shout any slogans this time, nor did he do any pre-war mobilization, but judging from the layout, this is completely the rhythm of all the people going into battle.

Not only did the more than 2,000 men and horses of the independent regiment have to go into battle, but even the baggage battalion directly under the division, which is only responsible for helping them transport people and goods, has been used by Liu Lang. I don't know what method Liu Lang used, so he asked for a military order from the division headquarters, and the baggage battalion that sent the independent regiment to the ground before it had time to run became a subordinate unit of the independent regiment within half a month, and became Liu Lang's carrying brigade.

Crazy to buy lime and steel plates in the surrounding towns, and then continue to transport them to a little-known Xiaoguan Pass called Luo Wenyu.