Lei Hu's team, only about sixty people, of course, could not hold the entire nameless heights. He simply reported the situation of the Nameless Heights to the top. Soon, the commander of the front ordered a reinforced squadron to be stationed and be sure to hold the unnamed heights.

This reinforced squadron has five infantry squads, one mortar squad, and one Maxim heavy machine gun squad. Soon after the Thunder Tiger team arrived at the Nameless Heights, other teams arrived one after another. The squadron leader is naturally Sun Dasheng.

Sun Dasheng took a turn around the Nameless Heights and set up his headquarters behind the Nameless Heights. Here, a deep trench has been dug. The function of the trench is not only to stop the enemy's cavalry, but also to effectively avoid the attack of artillery shells.

The first thing the Thunder Tiger team had to do when they entered the Nameless Heights was to dig a trench. They used the sapper shovels they carried with them to dig all kinds of trenches on the nameless heights. The soil of the nameless highlands is quite loose, and the speed of digging trenches is not slow. Soon, the simple trench was dug and continued to develop in depth.

To be honest, digging trenches is definitely a painful thing for the soldiers at the grassroots level. Especially after a long march, it is absolutely desperate to spend a lot of effort digging trenches. When the White Clothes Army was first established, many officers and soldiers would rather die in battle than dig trenches everywhere. Nothing else, too tired, too boring.

But no matter how painful, no matter how boring, the trench must be dug. This is the military rules of the White Army, and no one can violate them. After reaching the combat area, trenches had to be dug. Failure to do so will result in severe punishment under military law. Because, if there is no such trench, it will not be able to block the enemy's cavalry assault, nor can it effectively avoid the enemy's artillery bombardment.

The relative height of the nameless plateau is only more than 20 zhang, which is about 70 or 80 meters. The slope around is not particularly steep. With such terrain, cavalry can rush up in an instant. Even with enough ferocious firepower, it is not possible to completely prevent accidents from happening. However, in the enemy's troops, the number of Sipahi cavalry was quite large.

Originally, against cavalry, it was best to stop the horse and stop the horse. The intertwined barbed wire can also effectively block the impact of the enemy's cavalry. It's a pity that in West Asia, there are deserts and the Gobi Desert everywhere, and there are basically no trees, and it is impossible to find timber and make horse stakes. And the mines, because they were too bulky, Sun Dasheng's squadron, did not carry them. Therefore, the only way to do this was to have a wide and deep trench.

Xu Canhuai naturally joined the army of digging trenches. The soil of the Nameless Heights is indeed transported, and it hardly takes much effort to go down with a shovel. However, due to the dry climate, there is a lot of dust, and when you go down with a shovel, there is more dust. Hundreds of people, all wielding shovels, the entire nameless heights, suddenly dusty and suffocating.

In the puffs of dust, there were people coughing constantly, looking very painful. This is obviously choking on dust. Sun Dasheng had to order the soldiers upwind to stop digging for the time being, so that the breeze could blow the dust away. As a result, the dust is easy to pick up, but it is difficult to blow it away, but time is pressing, and everyone must continue to work.

By night, the trench fortifications were almost finished. Xu Canhuai is not tired, but he feels that his throat is dry. Even drinking water again and again will not eliminate the feeling of dryness. According to the veteran, it's all because there's too much dust. In fact, Xu Canhuai picked his nostrils just now and found that it was all dirt.

In the notebook he carried with him, Xu Canhuai recorded today's events as they were. This notebook of his is actually his homework. When he saw his father Xu Xingxia, it was time to hand in his homework. Xu Xingxia will get a lot of real, unembellished information from the grassroots from this notebook of his.

After the trenches were dug up, Xu Canhuai and the others had a real chance to rest. They all hid in the deepest part of the trench, half-naked, allowing their bodies to fully contact the dirt and absorb the coolness of the soil as much as possible. If it weren't for that, they wouldn't have been able to sleep at all. Above their heads, there was a tent that had been snatched from nowhere. The tent had several small holes, and the sunlight came down from the small holes and stubbornly fell on Lei Hu.

The climate of West Asia has always been hot. During the day, the sun hangs in the sky all the time, radiating a spicy light. The sky was blue, and there was not a single cloud. At night, the ground is constantly steaming hot, and it is also hot to death. Even in the middle of the night, that's true. As for the rain...... I heard that it has not rained for more than a thousand days in a row. Whether it is the true god, or the Buddha, or the Sanqing Venerable, it seems that they have forgotten the matter of rain.

Two days later, from the direction of Damascus, a large number of Sipahi cavalry appeared. They were the first wave of defenders retreating from Damascus. As the vanguard of the retreat, the Sipahi cavalry, with a highly mobile surname, is indeed a good choice.

Judging from the telescope, the number of Sipahi should be quite large, and it is estimated that there are at least 5,000 people. The Sipahi cavalry also spotted the white-clothed troops on the nameless heights. However, they didn't pay much attention to it. Perhaps, they felt that the number of white-clothed defenders on the nameless heights was too small. There are 5,000 of them, and they can easily tread the nameless heights. Therefore, without thinking, they shouted to the nameless high ground to kill.

At the forefront was still the black-clad man among the Sipahi cavalry. Wielding their shining sabers, they rushed straight towards the nameless heights. The Green Cult celebrates green and black. Green symbolizes life, and black symbolizes death. These black-robed Sipahi cavalry are the elite of the Sipahi cavalry, with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness.

Strictly speaking, the Sipahi cavalry did not actually belong to the Ottoman "Central Army" units, they should belong to the sequence of local armed forces. Their composition and command are quite complex. In the past, the Ottoman court did not trust them. Their rise came after the White Army invaded the Ottoman Empire.

Under the circumstance that the strength of the "Central Army" has suffered serious losses, local forces have naturally risen sharply. And the central power of the Ottoman Empire also needed to rely on the strength of local armed forces to counter the attack of the white army. Therefore, the Ottoman court issued many instructions in a row, asking the powerful factions in various places to form their own armies to block the white-clothed army.

The policy of the White Clothes Army is a huge blow to the local forces. Because, they have to renounce their faith. The White Coats will not tolerate the continued existence of the Green Cult in West Asia. Those who refuse to renounce their repeated beliefs will be severely punished. In this regard, Xu Xingxia is by no means soft. He did it himself.

Obviously, this is a certain resistance to the current battle of the White Army. If the white-clothed army is willing to leave the green sect to live, the resistance encountered by the white-clothed army will definitely not be so huge. Many local powerful factions, in front of the white-clothed army, will obediently raise their hands and surrender. As long as there is the slightest possibility, they will not fight to the death with the white-clothed army. Because, the white army is indeed too strong.

However, in the long run, it is beneficial for the White Army.

In this land of West Asia, because of the long-term influence of the Green Religion, the local people have been completely brainwashed. The true God is all to them. The true God controls everything about them. Their belief in the true God has reached a point where it cannot be overcome. The true God, on the other hand, can be used by others, especially by people with ulterior motives. If the Green Cult is not completely eradicated, it will be impossible for the White Coats to exercise effective rule here.

At the same time as the extinction of the Green Religion, Xu Xingxia vigorously introduced Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism, trying to completely change the appearance of the West Asian region. However, in order for a new sect to thrive in this area and recruit a wide range of followers, the first thing to do is to completely clean up the Green Sect. Otherwise, the followers of the Green Sect will definitely try their best to obstruct it.

Because of the policy of the White Cloth Army, there was no concession to the Green Sect, which led to the believers of the Green Religion having to exert all their strength to continue to fight to the death with the White Cloth Army. The Sipahi cavalry is their representative.

"Mortar ready!"

Xu Canhuai heard a cold voice behind him.

This is, of course, the mortar detachment preparing for firing. Since the day the mortar appeared, it has been the most reliable support weapon for the infantry of the White Army. The vast majority of the infantry of the White Army were accustomed to fighting with the support of mortars. For their own safety, they are willing to help the artillerymen carry heavy mortar shells, no matter how hard and tired they are.

Many of the new units have a very strong dependence on mortars. Even, some soldiers, without mortar support, hardly know how to fight. This led to a sharp increase in the penetration of mortars in various units of the White Army. Previously, as long as the infantry above the squadron operated, it was absolutely inseparable from the support of mortars. Now, sometimes, even in small squads, more than three mortars are carried.

Strengthened the mortar squad of Sun Dasheng's squadron with ten mortars with a caliber of 60 mm. This is the third-generation mortar of the White Army, with a maximum range of more than three kilometers. This is definitely a disaster for the Sipahi cavalry. The number of shells carried by this mortar detachment is also quite sufficient, and it can be squandered to its heart's content. When he went south, Xu Canhuai had six mortar shells on his back.

"Puff puff!"

"Puff puff!"

A muffled sound came, and mortar shells, in a beautiful arc in the sky, whistled towards the Sipahi cavalry.

(To be continued)