PS: Happy Lantern Festival, brothers!

As soon as he saw the new regiment's defense map, Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning.

The second battalion was stationed seven miles away from the first battalion, and the third battalion was even ten miles away, and between the battalions was either a jungle or a deep ravine.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi knew that this was a mistake made by the American instructors, they used the same set of deployment of Yankee mechanized troops here, what can be counted if the distance between the two battalions is seven or ten miles, and the car will arrive in a few minutes as soon as it is loaded, if there is an enemy rushing into the gap between the two battalions...... Then just after a burst of shells passed, it was surrounded.

However, the problem is that the terrain of the current battle is mountainous and jungle, and cars cannot run in most places, and if the two battalions are separated by seven or ten miles, there will be problems, which can easily be divided and surrounded by the Japanese army and fall into the dilemma of fighting on their own.

; "Pete!" Zhang Chi screamed at the wound on his arm that had been cut open by a branch...... The Yankees' lives are expensive, and that small injury would not be taken as a matter at all if the Chinese soldiers were there.

“Yes!” Pete stepped forward as he tied the bandage.

"Have you noticed a defensive void in these locations?" Zhang Chi pointed to the battalions and said: "If the Japanese army inserts into our army's defense line from these parts, it will bring us great trouble!" ”

Pete looked at it for a while, then nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, this is Savage Mountain, except for the flat land near Lingbang, there are jungles everywhere, and it is very difficult for battalions to reinforce each other!" I'll have to report this to Major Hill......"

With that, Pete turned and walked in the direction of the walkie-talkie.

It wasn't long before Pete returned.

"Zhang!" He said: "They think that the enemy will not have too many troops to intersperse, if it is only a small number of troops, our firepower is enough to defeat it, not to mention that these vacant places are not undefended, there are places for the new regiments to adapt to the battlefield!" ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi understood.

But Zhang Chi still thinks that this arrangement is inappropriate, but at the same time, he also knows that he can do nothing about it.

What Zhang Chi can do. It was to get the soldiers to step up the construction of fortifications and connect several highlands with transportation to strengthen the connection between the various highlands.

In Lingbang in the rear, the Yankees have even transferred excavators, bulldozers and other facilities to start renovating them in full swing.

In the evening, Zhang Chi felt more and more that his judgment was correct.

Because at this time a hot air balloon was raised in the direction of the Japanese army...... As the name suggests, it is used for reconnaissance, with several artillery observers on top, equipped with guns and walkie-talkies. It will be possible to guide the artillery to the target at a high place and for a long time.

The reason why the Japanese chose to raise the hot air balloon in the evening was because they wanted to condescendingly observe the position of the Chinese army before it got dark, and at the same time, it was difficult for the American planes to shoot it down...... When the US fighter planes are ready, I am afraid that the sky will already be dark.

It was clear that the Japanese army had raised the balloon in preparation for an attack on Lingbang, and it was conceivable that it would be a fierce attack.

Under Zhang Chi's warning, Pete once again reported the situation to his superiors, but the reply he received was: "Don't worry, this shows that our air force is performing very well." The planes of the Japanese were all shot out, and now only hot air balloons can be used for reconnaissance missions! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but laugh a little.

Although the hot air balloon is a little behind, sometimes it will have considerable advantages over fighters, such as it can stay in the air for a long time as an excellent artillery observation station, and it is very safe without fuel, which cannot be done by fighters.

Then the Yankees quickly paid the price for underestimating the enemy.

As soon as it was dark, there was a whistling of cannonballs, which hit the Ling State and blew up all kinds of facilities such as excavators and bulldozers, and even worse of them were the laborers recruited from India and Burma to do hard labor. They didn't have any basic knowledge of dodging shells, and they didn't expect the Japanese artillery fire to target them, so a round of artillery fire came and caused them heavy casualties.

Zhang Chi knew why the Japanese artillery would target Lingbang...... This was because the Japanese did not want the Chinese army to establish a supply base in Lingbang. On the other hand, because of the infiltration battle the night before, they knew that the Chinese army had a battalion-level headquarters located here.

Luckily, Walker's battalion headquarters had been transferred, not because Walker was worried about danger, but in fact he felt that there were not many Japanese troops in the Lingbang area, and even if there were, they were some stragglers.

Walker's headquarters had only been moved because all the dilapidated houses in Lingbang had to be torn down and built with stronger buildings.

Later, Walker recalled the battle. I couldn't help but sigh: "It should be said that my life was picked up, I am so lucky!" ”

Then there was a burst of gunfire and howls from the direction of the Japanese army, and it was everywhere in the mountains, as if the Japanese army had surrounded Lingbang and launched a charge.

When Zhang Chi saw this situation, he felt that something was wrong. If the Japanese army wants to attack, it must first bomb the front-line positions as a cover for firepower, and the Japanese army prefers to fight hand-to-hand combat, so they have no reason to shoot and shout as if the Chinese soldiers do not know their existence as they are now.

So, it's very likely that it's not really an offense, they're just bluffing.

What was the purpose of the Japanese army's bluff?

Zhang Chi quickly thought of ...... The purpose of the Japanese army was the artillery of the new 1st Division.

Zhang Chigang wanted Pete to report the situation to the top, but it was too late, because there were already rows of shells whistling in the direction of the Japanese army.

This is exactly what the Japanese wanted, because they had an excellent artillery observation post in the air...... Balloon. The fire from the muzzle of the artillery was very obvious in the dark night, so the Japanese troops on the hot air balloon would soon report the location of the artillery positions of the New First Army to the Japanese artillery units and guide the artillery fire to bombard these artillery positions.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, the whistling of shells sounded again in the dark night, but this time the shells were from the direction of the Japanese army, and then Zhang Chi saw patches of fire and explosions behind the position...... Without thinking too much, it must have been the artillery position of the new 1st Division.

At this time, Zhang Chi suddenly realized one point: at this time, the new regiment was likely to have temporarily lost its artillery superiority, and the air superiority could not be exerted because it could not be used in the dark night, so they returned to the previous period when they only relied on infantry. (To be continued.) )