Orders change with the plan, and the plan goes with the change. The latest order has been issued, and the 23rd Regiment, which has just been reorganized, is to be dispatched to carry out the garrison task of attracting and containing the Japanese army, which is a garrison task, that is, to go forward to a certain possible position to deploy defense.

With the help of the transport troops, the officers and men of the independent company were quickly prepared, because they had to deal with a possible defensive battle, and the distance was relatively close, so the independent company carried a large amount of ammunition, and thirty or forty men carried ammunition boxes on their shoulders.

The place where the front garrison is a standard plain. Not far from the station, potholed ground, occasionally a few small hills piled up in the middle, and when the independent company arrived, there was also a squad of soldiers here, as well as dug improvised fortifications.

Zhang Wei walked over and asked, these soldiers were originally on temporary alert here, they were the last group, and they were waiting for Zhang Wei and them to hand over the defense.

A squad leader walked over, saluted Zhang Wei first, and then said: "Sir, we are from the 24th Regiment, and the commander asked us to stay and hand over the defense."

"Okay, hard work, the position is okay."

The squad leader replied: "Sir, the position is on this side, the troops in front of the fortifications and we have dug some, and in some places you have to dig again, and there are also sandbags sent by the engineer battalion of some divisions over there, I have seen a few devils before, and we shot them away." ”

Zhang Wei patted the squad leader on the shoulder.

"Let's go, it's hard work, just leave the position to us."

Sending off the infantry squad left behind, Zhang Wei inspected the position, it was basically a standard company-level defensive position, the fortifications were dug sloppily, there were two lines of defense in front and rear, and the troops in front were not digging deep, relatively shallow, Zhang Wei had to let them strengthen it.

After looking at the fortifications, Zhang Wei quickly made a defensive plan, in this kind of place, the Japanese army could not carry out a large-scale attack, after all, close to the small mountainous area, their forces could not be deployed. So, Zhang Wei doesn't need to stay in reserve.

"The troops are all there, the first and second platoons enter the first defensive position, the third and fourth platoons enter the second line, the mortar squad and the search squad follow me, the company headquarters is located in the middle of the first line of defense, after the troops enter the position, strengthen the fortifications, and the mortar squad and the search squad expand and dig backwards in the middle of the first line of defense to do company fortifications."

The troops soon entered the position, and the work was carried out in a hurry, and the ground was dusty, and the soldiers further strengthened the improvised fortifications they had dug and deepened their positions. The sandbags left are filled with dug sand, filled with porcelain, and then placed on the position.

Zhang Wei walked inside the first line of defense to inspect and cheer up the soldiers. The amount of excavation for fortification reinforcement is actually not large, Zhang Wei is just afraid that the emotional instability of the recruits will affect the operation of the troops, so he went down for a walk, let the troops know that their commander is there, and eliminate the psychological fear to the greatest extent.

When he walked to the middle, Dong Erli's mortar squad and search squad were digging the company headquarters, the requirements for the company fortifications were higher, and the bottom of the fortifications should be dug deeper, besides, the mortar squad and the search squad should also dig the fortifications. ”

Zhang Wei looked at the mortar squad that was too busy, and he was happy to see this situation in his heart.

"Search squad and mortar squad, dig the fortifications firmly and don't let the shelling collapse."

"Company commander, can the Japanese really come up so quickly, and can they still bombard us with artillery?" The search squad leader asked.

Zhang Wei's judgment is that the Japanese can't draw enough troops now, so it is impossible to launch an attack on the core garrison of the 4th Division in such a quick time, but well, it is necessary to let the people under him develop the habit of being vigilant all the time, which will be beneficial and harmless for future operations.

"I don't know, you dig well, if you don't dig well, you and Lao Tzu's lives will be over."

The reinforcement of the fortifications was not large, about half an hour, a trench buried in most of the body was formed, two trenches in the front and back, forming a relatively strong fortification, and the soldiers lay down in the position to rest.

The current situation is that as long as the Japanese army does not take the initiative to provoke them, Zhang Wei and they will not attack. The soldiers were given a rare rest, except that a few observation posts were still dutifully observing the movement in the distance.

Zhang Wei sat in his temporary headquarters, several platoon commanders got together, and for the possible battle, Zhang Wei made the following arrangements.

"Listen to it, when you encounter Japanese soldiers, don't shoot first, let it go, listen to my orders and then fight, each platoon commander manages the recruits, in short, listen to my orders and then fire."

"Company commander, what's the situation between the devil and us now?" Qiu Wei asked Zhang Wei with curiosity, it seemed that he wanted to know more about higher-level things, and Hao Zhong and the others were also very interested. Zhang Wei won't reveal too much, after all, he is a traverser, so he can only talk about it briefly.

"You all know, the 52nd Army repelled the Japanese army in the area of Taierzhuang, there are still troops of the Northwest Army in Taierzhuang, the troops of the Northwest Army and the 52nd Army are trying to find a way to join forces to fight a battle with the devils, what we have to do now is to drag the little devils here in Zaozhuang and Yixian County, and prevent them from reinforcing Taierzhuang."

"Company commander, then let's fight like this now, can we hold back the little devil." It was Xu Yi who asked the question, these days the troops are only resting and recuperating, can they hold back the Japanese army?

"We've been resting these days, but there's an army here, take the 4th Division we've been following, other troops have already attacked these days, we just replaced those people, don't you just go outside, what's more, this army also has an 89th Division."

"As long as we drag on, he won't dare to reinforce Taierzhuang, and we may win the battle." Several people understood the meaning and nodded one after another.

"War is to win in constant planning and planning, and those who go to war in the army plan to fight and plot, which means to use stratagem and brains, although we are the people below, but we must also learn more, use stratagem and use brains, for ourselves, and for the robes and brothers."

Zhang Wei once again gave them an "education," and several of them were very useful, and returned to their respective platoons with a serious heart.

Zhang Wei glanced at the surrounding positions, his position was still relatively safe, but it was still very likely to meet a small group of Japanese troops, although this was the end of the battle line, but no one could guarantee absolute safety, and it was still necessary to step up defense.

Zhang Wei's troops in front of them, through continuous battles of all sizes, did indeed contain the Japanese army, individual battles were also relatively tragic, the Japanese army was insufficient, and the 85th Army could not be deployed everywhere, Zhang Wei's judgment was really not wrong.

The Japanese army already had troops close to the defensive position of the independent company, and the position where the independent company was stationed was itself a part of the defensive line at the end of the rear of the 85th Army's flank, and the Japanese attack, to be precise, was that after being pinned down by the Chinese army, the other part tried to engage other Chinese troops to relieve this containment.

Or rather, a getaway from sexual counterattack on a local scale?