On October 10, 1940, the performance of the national army on several battlefields outside the Great Wall:

The Chinese are happy but the Japanese are worried.

After all the supplies of the fleet were delivered ashore, Wei Mingyang immediately led the team back to Shanhaiguan overnight.

The tank divisions and cavalry divisions that had been waiting here for a long time immediately began to disembark.

The task of their two divisions is to go to Jinxi immediately and be ready to attack east and west at any time.

This is the reserve team prepared by Wei Mingyang for Jinzhou and Xingcheng.

By now, Wei Mingyang knew that the Japanese would definitely counterattack.

But in which direction will they fight back?

No one knows!

Yesterday, the fifteen Japanese infantry divisions of Suizhong devoted all their energy to the battle in Suizhong County.

This made Wei Mingyang very happy. He believed that the Japs should remain like this. It would be best if they had a heart to march on the Great Wall.

In this case, you don't have to worry too much.

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The independent mixed third division captured Xingcheng yesterday morning. After capturing Xingcheng, they began to build fortifications.

Commander Guan Dahai knew very well that the Japanese attack on Xingcheng would be unprecedented.

Dogs will jump over the wall when they enter a back alley, and rabbits will bite them when they are anxious.

Not to mention the extremely vicious Japanese, if they realize the reality, they will definitely attack Xingcheng.

After the two infantry brigades of his division captured Xingcheng, the two brigade commanders immediately began digging fortifications.

In order to better cope with the Japanese attack: Commander Guan placed the heavy artillery regiment in the west of the city, behind which was the station and railway line.

It is not only convenient to use the artillery shells stored by the Japanese at the station, but also allows the entire division to protect fewer key positions.

The entire division focused its defense on the east gate and the north gate, with preparations in advance.

Coupled with the cover of the artillery regiment, the open areas outside the city are more conducive to the power of the artillery.

Moreover, it is also convenient for the tanks of the entire division to function outside the city.

According to the division commander's request, Brigadier Huang Haochao and Brigadier Wu Guohao were each responsible for the defense in one direction.

Circular trenches were built in the east and north directions to protect the small Xingcheng.

Company Commander Yuan Yijiang loudly ordered the soldiers to take action: "The Japanese may come next moment."

"The company commander is right!" Wen Tianshan echoed loudly.

Of course, all the soldiers in the company knew that the Japanese in Suizhong were cut off and they would immediately send people to attack.

With this idea in mind, the entire company dug trenches faster.

For the past two years, the entire army has been training every day, either on the training ground or in the field for training.

Digging trenches is a basic training, and digging an individual trench in fifteen minutes is standard.

After Wentianshan excavated the "Janzi Cave" fortification for his own use, no Japanese were found to attack.

Immediately dig communication trenches at the back. Only by connecting everyone's fortifications in the entire company can they play a greater role in the war.

Yuan Yijiang's company is not the only one who thinks so.

The whole battalion, the whole regiment, and the whole division thought so.

Two hours later, the first line of defense was completed, but not a shadow of the Japanese was seen.

This does not affect the order of Commander Wen Tianci to dig the second trench and the third trench immediately!

Sweat more now and bleed less in battle!

The excavation work continued until noon, and the surroundings of Xingcheng were completely quiet.

This made Master Guan Dahai happy: The Japanese are giving themselves time to prepare.

The infantry regiment was busy, and the heavy artillery regiment did not rest.

They built a heavy artillery position outside the Chengdong Railway Station, and sacks were dragged out of the station.

The soldiers filled the bags with soil and stacked them on the battlefield.

After the heavy artillery regiment entered the artillery position, it immediately began to test the firing parameters on the preset bombing targets.

Shooting parameters are required for one thousand meters, five hundred meters, and three hundred meters outside the city's west defense line.

The same is true outside the city's northern defense line!

These are only the nearby locations, as well as outside the west of the city, along the railway line, and the furthest test projectile hit twelve miles outside the west of Xingcheng.

Guan Dahai took Ma Shumou, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, and the staff of the artillery regiment to the west and north of the city to inspect carefully along the railways and highways.

Thirty-two locations where the Japs might station barracks and artillery positions were found.

Especially for the Japanese artillery, the position they are looking for must be in an open position next to the railway or the road to facilitate the entry and exit of vehicles.

There are only eight such positions, and these are the eight positions where the shooting parameters need to be tested first.

The rest of the locations are where the Japs camp, and you need to test them one by one if you have time.

When you can bomb with heavy artillery, it will definitely be much better than shooting with rifles.

The entire division is now on the defensive, with all tanks concentrated and ready to attack at any time.

For the purpose of assault, the defense lines in the west and north of the city have specially set aside passages for tank assaults.

To make the passage only for their own tanks, trees were piled in the trench. Before the tanks were to attack, the soldiers in the trench temporarily put wooden sticks on the trench to let the tanks pass.

If the Japanese want to use the trenches like this, there is no way!

Li Zhongxian's independent mixed fourth division was also in Xingcheng, and his heavy artillery regiment also joined the test firing mission.

But the infantry of his division was just resting!

It can be regarded as the first reserve team for Xingcheng's defense.

But it was Li Zhongxian's task to relocate the people in Xingcheng City.

All these people were informed to get on the train and evacuate to Jinxi.

No one is allowed to run around: they can only go to Jinxi, or stay at home and are not allowed to run around.

There are not only Chinese people in Xingcheng, but also many Japanese businessmen.

They take it for granted that the national army wants to move them and what will they do?

Sato Akihiro quietly organized about a hundred Japanese soldiers, and they were ready: when the Japanese soldiers attacked outside the city, they had to cooperate inside and outside to cooperate with the attacking Japanese soldiers to cause trouble in the city.

Of course they don't want to leave the city.

They did not leave the city and were too conspicuous, so they also gathered a group of local people to form a so-called petition group.

Dozens of local people rushed to protest in front of the soldiers responsible for informing them to retreat: they said they had relatives in the country and wanted to stay with them for a few days.

The soldier stopped him with one sentence: "Do you want to go outside the city first and then report to the Japanese?

Collaborators will be killed without mercy!

There's going to be a big battle here in Xingcheng soon, and the enemy's cannonballs don't have eyes.

Those who are unwilling to leave should now return home and close the door, and are not allowed to move around each other.

You can come out when the war is over."

These dozens of people looked at the bright bayonets in the soldiers' hands, and then looked at the eyes of these soldiers.

Xingcheng is not far from the Great Wall. The news that more than 20,000 Japs were killed outside the Great Wall a few days ago has long been circulated among these people.

Although it is just hearsay, no one has come out to confirm it.

But just looking at the eyes of these soldiers, you know: they have definitely killed people!

Dozens of people came back obediently.

Li Zhongxian went to such trouble to send these people to Jinxi because he was really afraid that they would be driven out of the city and someone would report to the Japanese.

Wei Mingyang told Shou and others: "There are so many traitors in North China, and after leaving the Great Wall, there will only be more traitors."

You must be careful! Don’t let any of your own people get hurt.”

Organizing the people in the city to evacuate this time was already the greatest goodwill of Master Li Zhongxian.

What he didn't expect was that his kindness was not reciprocated!

Less than a handful of the people in the city were willing to leave.

This made Li Zhongxian dumbfounded!

After all, he is a soldier. He was just polite before, but then he ordered: "Catch all the Japanese in the city!"

The soldiers who had fought street fighting were very efficient. They first divided the small Xingcheng into eight slices, with one battalion responsible for each slice.
To be continued...