The second lieutenant officer nodded frequently and smiled at the quartermaster's words, but Tang Cheng ignored these and just asked the soldiers who came with him to pry open the box and check the amount of ammunition. I don't know what the second lieutenant officer said, Tang Cheng opened only one box of grenades in the five boxes they opened, and the other four boxes were all rifle bullets. "Platoon Commander Wang, what we want are grenades and explosives, what's the use of you giving me so many rifle bullets?" Tang Cheng couldn't get angry at the quartermaster, so he had to whisper a few words to the second lieutenant officer.

"Damn, your tone is so big, that's it, I don't want to give it to you, don't, it's just right, Lao Tzu sent it to the brothers below." The quartermaster who was squatting on the ammunition box heard Tang Cheng's whisper, and immediately changed his face, and without waiting for the second lieutenant officer to explain, the quartermaster who was missing one leg stepped on the box of grenades with his only remaining leg, making it clear that he didn't even plan to give this box of grenades to Tang Cheng.

"You're a fucking old man, and you dare to show your face to our company commander, if you don't look at you, you only have one leg left, and Lao Tzu's big-eared melon seed fan can't kill you." The veterans of the second company who came with Tang Cheng to receive the ammunition were not happy, they were all ruffians who had been in the army for a long time, and they were too familiar with this kind of hob meat behavior, and if they couldn't deal with such a person, they had to be louder than him and harder than his fists.

"I said before that it was okay to give us grenades and explosives, and we will set off, but you have also seen that since your 30th Army is reluctant to give us additional ammunition, then you should give this order from the military headquarters to others, and it is a big deal for us to go back to the 88th Division." Tang Cheng was also angry, but the words he said not only didn't sound very good, but also seemed to be not strong enough. But Tang Cheng didn't care about this, since he was ready to tear his face, it would be useless to pretend to have a big belly in front of these people of the 30th Army, and Lang wasted his saliva and patience.

Seeing Tang Chengzheng's cold face, the second lieutenant officer who delivered the order was a little panicked, and hurriedly scolded the quartermaster, and was busy like a chicken flying and a dog jumping, and three boxes of grenades and two boxes of explosives were placed in front of Tang Cheng. "Company Commander Tang, grenades are also needed on the battlefield, and there are so many that can be taken out." Tang Cheng also ignored the second lieutenant officer's complaints, reached out and took out two grenades from the waist of a soldier of the 30th Army beside him and pinned them to his waist, and then led his men to carry the ammunition and leave.

After getting the ammunition, Tang Cheng and the others walked back with their heads down, and returned to the position of the second company, and Tang Cheng did not tell Niu Laogui about what happened just now. After the ammunition was distributed, a platoon of soldiers of the 30th Army who took over from the second company also came along the trench, and there was no extra words, Tang Cheng, who had a calm face, found a relatively narrow place in the trench, put his hands on the edge of the trench, and stepped on the two walls of the trench with his legs in turn, and easily climbed up......

The soldiers of the second company with their weapons on their backs climbed out of the trenches in the same way, and although their movements were more clumsy, they did not delay too much. Leaving the trench and flanking more than 400 meters away, the 2nd Company soon came to the edge of the grove that the second lieutenant was pointing to, and the grove was facing a gentle slope of small area, the top of which was about two meters above the ground. If you walk to the top of the hill, you will find that this forest is actually "smaller" than you think, with less than 100 pine and fir trees in high and low heights, and the whole forest occupies such a small hill.

A few shells fell here in the Japanese shelling just now, and Qigen blew up a few trees, probably because of the humid environment, the Japanese artillery fire did not ignite other trees, and the charred black crater left behind can barely be used as a foxhole. Looking around, there are many such hills and groves around the village grove, but such hills and groves have no topographical advantages to speak of. As long as the Japanese are willing to spend some time, it will take a little time to capture this place.

Tang Cheng and Niu Laogui each found a bomb crater to garrison, and they were very close to each other. Under the leadership of Lao Northeast, the men of the second company put down their guns and backpacks and took out shovels to strengthen their new positions. The men of the second company each wielded their shovels to dig deep into the crater, and built a low retaining wall on the east-facing side, but before they could complete this small project, the Japanese shells hit again, and although the Japanese shells still went to the frontal position, the men of the second company quickly hid their heads and bodies in the bunkers, and only occasionally poked their eyes out to observe the changes in the situation on the battlefield.

The Japanese shelling seemed to be just a distraction from the defenders, and the intensity and density of the artillery fire were much weaker than before, but the shells were relatively concentrated, and the trench area in front of the position was once again shrouded in gunfire smoke. Gradually, he became accustomed to the scene of "lightning and thunder" on the battlefield, and summarized the different sounds made when the shells flew near and far, and Tang Cheng was able to face such shelling more calmly.

Tang Cheng used the telescope forest to observe the movements of the Japanese army, and sure enough, as he thought, the Japanese infantry came up, and the earthy yellow man Lang in the distance was clearly visible. "Go to a few people, bury the explosives, we don't have many explosives and grenades on hand, pay attention to the spacing." The Japanese army came to attack, and Tang Cheng couldn't be idle, so he immediately sent people to arrange tricks and explosives, and Tang Cheng wanted to use grenades and explosives on hand to enclose this grove.

A few bushes outside the grove moved, and more than 20 soldiers of the National Army appeared in everyone's sight dragging two battle defense guns, which was the artillery team arranged by the 30th Army on the flank of the position. "This cannon is too small, can it kill the iron coffin of the little devil?" The people of the second company helped to push the two battle defense guns into the grove, and Lao Northeast circled around one of the battle defense guns twice, and it seemed that he was not optimistic about this kind of thin-looking battle defense artillery.

When Tang Cheng was in Nanjing, he saw this PAK37 battle defense gun, which is a light towed artillery, with a total combat weight of 432kg and a maximum firing range of 4025 meters, the length of the gun is 42 times the caliber of 1665 mm, and it can also drag the march with manpower. Tang Cheng once saw a gunner of the teaching corps in Nanjing use this kind of battle defense gun to hit two Japanese tanks in succession, and among the light artillery, the PAK37 battle defense gun can be regarded as a sharp weapon for the national army to suppress the Japanese armored forces at close range.

It was known that the Japanese army would use tanks to attack, and seeing that two anti-aircraft guns really came, Tang Cheng's heart felt very steady. He felt that although the defensive firepower of the defenders' battle line was also very strong, what needed to be defended was a front several kilometers wide after all, and the terrain was relatively open, so the defensive situation was not as good as here. In addition, with the cover of trees here, the Japanese army may not be able to lock on to these two battle defense guns, as long as the time is right, the Japanese tanks may not be able to fall well.

Under the control of experienced gunners, the position of the two battle defense guns was quickly adjusted, and one of them was placed behind the machine gun position of the second company, less than 30 meters away from Tangcheng. At such a distance, Tang Cheng could clearly see the gunners fixing the gun mounts, adjusting the muzzles, and removing long, pointed-tipped shells from the square wooden ammunition boxes. The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for about ten minutes, and the artillery fire obviously "took care" of the forward area of the 30 th Army's position, and when the Japanese tanks rumbled into everyone's sight, the sound of artillery gradually subsided, and the Japanese ground troops were only more than 100 meters away from the front of the 30 th Army's position at this time.

The roars of the officers sounded from the "open fire" position, and after waiting for a long time, the defenders' machine gunners pulled the trigger, and the barrage of bullets sprayed from the forward positions went straight to the Japanese infantry 100 meters away. The first round of gunfire volleys of the defenders failed to achieve the expected killing effect, and most of the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground with the sound of gunfire.

"The little devil's tank is up." In the midst of the panic, the familiar Japanese light tanks in Tang Cheng sped up and killed. The Japanese army put in 7 light tanks at one time, which made Tang Cheng in the crater gasp, and Tang Cheng suddenly felt that this battle was far from being as optimistic as he imagined. The ugly and aesthetically pleasing Japanese tanks were clearly screened and tempered by the battlefield, and they were also supported by strong air and artillery fire. I only have two anti-aircraft guns here, and it is too difficult to use two anti-aircraft cannons to block their progress.

Lynn, not knowing if the rest of the line had been shaken by the enemy's strength as he was, retracted his head, lay sideways in the crater, and took all the grenades from his waist and placed them in the crater. And looking at the battle defense gun position on the rear side, the battle defense gunners of the 30th Army were adjusting the position of the gun barrel to lock on to the target, while the other battle defense gun seemed to be ready to fire at any time.

Tang Cheng was nervously waiting for the battle defense artillery to fire, and the battle defense gunners of the 30th Army were actually nervous. "Sir, I'm afraid it won't work, the battle defense artillery generally hits fixed targets, and the light tanks of the little devils are very fast, and our battle defense guns may not be able to keep up with the target." A battle defense gunner jumped into the crater of Tangcheng, revealing a bitter face. They usually use battle defense artillery to fire directly at the hand, but today they are attacking from the side of the tank, which is tantamount to saying that the military headquarters wants them to use battle defense artillery to hit moving targets.

"There are mines planted in front of the position, the little devil's tank will definitely slow down, if the mines don't work, you can fire the artillery when you have the opportunity, and you don't have to wait for my order." Tang Cheng didn't care about the worries of the anti-gunners at all. If it weren't for the fact that the defenders on the defensive front had laid mines at the front of the position, Tang Cheng would not have agreed to the 30th Army to do this drudgery.