Others could sleep, but Liu Zhenming had no time to rest. He had to direct the remaining people to re-excavate or reinforce the problematic areas in the trenches.
The middle of the night passed so quickly. When he lay in the trench and closed his eyes for a short while, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps. When he opened his eyes, it was dawn.
The company commanders and their soldiers quickly came to the front line. They felt something was covering them. Liu Zhenming lowered his head and saw that it was a quilt, with the faint fragrance of Ji Li's body still lingering on it.
"battalion commander!"
When Ye Geyin, Madman Zhang, He Xiaoqing, and Jin Xiaowu saw Liu Zhenming waking up, they all came forward to greet him.
Liu Zhenming stood up, looked at the energetic four people, and said calmly: "I won't say any more nonsense. Today, we must let the foreigners lose their troops and make rivers of blood flow! Now, continue to dig trenches, Xiao Wu,
You come with me, the artillery company needs to become more familiar with trench artillery."
The mortar position is at a commanding height in the rear and can cover the no-man's land in front of the frontline trenches. There are almost no blind spots. The mortar has only been used once. Each mortar still has eight shells. Liu Zhenming is planning to use it.
At the most critical time.
Over there, the frightened and wary Drunni didn't sleep well all night. It wasn't until dawn that he felt completely relieved. However, he still did not dare to be careless and also sent countless scouts to investigate in front.
Some surrounding farmers, mines and ranches had already learned that Liu Zhenming had brought a group of Chinese here, and they originally planned to evacuate temporarily.
But then when Druny led two thousand troops to encircle and suppress him, they all felt relieved and waited for the good news from Druny one by one. Some mines even sent dozens of people to join the regular army to deal with Liu Zhenming.
Yellow people who don’t know whether to live or die.
Although the Canadian army moved forward slowly, they finally arrived. About three hours later, the Canadian cavalry scouting in front first discovered the traces of the Chinese, and the guard post on the hilltop also discovered the whereabouts of the Canadians.
These sentries have already received Liu Zhenming's instructions. After discovering the enemy's traces, they can retreat and report the news.
Both sides sent the news back, and the tense atmosphere before the war began to condense in the air. The birds and animals in the mountains and forests seemed to smell the smoke of war and migrated to other places one after another.
"You mean, the yellow people built fortifications at the base of a mine?" Drunni became calm after learning the news about Liu Zhenming.
"Yes, General, those damn yellow men dug several trenches about 600 yards away from the foot of the mountain." The scout who came back to report the news said through gritted teeth.
"Trenches? What do these yellow-skinned monkeys know? They actually imitated the army in digging trenches. I think they dug several shallow ditches. I don't know where they heard about this."
"These yellow-skinned monkeys used to be just low-class people in Toronto. Let's show them what offense is."
"Yes, not escaping was their biggest mistake. Do they think war is just about sending people to assassinate and harass them a few times?"
"That despicable sneak attacker Liu can only do assassination."
Several staff officers expressed their opinions disdainfully. They were annoyed by Liu Zhenming yesterday, and they felt a sense of shame that they were being played by monkeys. Therefore, they spoke rudely today.
Trench warfare did not rise and was not developed as systematically as during World War I, but that does not mean that no one used it. During the American Civil War, trenches, machine guns, bunkers and huge casualties appeared.
"General, let us send these yellow-skinned monkeys to hell." Several captains shouted. These people looked down on the Chinese at all and did not think that Liu Zhenming and others could build a decent fortification...
Drunni had the same idea as them, and he was even more arrogant. He thought that he had great military exploits and was so famous that even a few trenches could stump him in any situation he had never encountered before.
Drunni saw the officers gearing up, each one extremely excited. What happened yesterday did not seem to have a big impact, but instead made them more eager for revenge, and he was very pleased.
However, in addition to the officers, he felt that he should also say something to the soldiers to make them eager to fight.
Drunni rode his horse to a hillside by the roadside and looked down with bright eyes.
He enjoyed it very much, enjoyed the feeling of being watched by thousands of people, and enjoyed the feeling that he was about to start an attack.
"Children! The scout cavalry has discovered those dirty yellow people. We are about to fight with them. Tell me, are you afraid?" Drunni asked loudly.
These Canadian soldiers are the troops stationed in Kingston. They came all the way here just to encircle and suppress Liu Zhenming and others. How could they say they were afraid at this time?
"No, sir!" the soldiers responded in unison.
Drunni raised his hands forward fiercely and said excitedly: "Yes, we have nothing to fear. They are just a bunch of clowns. Think about their country, China. Just last year, the coalition troops broke through their capital. These
All the Chinese can do is keep crying and begging for mercy. They are forced to admit their mistakes to all countries. Even small countries like Belgium and the Netherlands dare to walk in front of them with arrogance."
"Soldiers, we did not join the coalition forces, why? Because they are not worthy of our action. The British Empire only recruited volunteers from Australia and India to attack their capital and defeat all their armies. And our Canadian warriors
, warriors whose combat power is comparable to that of the Empire's native army, are galloping on the Boer battlefield in Africa. However, now these yellow people, who do not know the heights of the sky, actually challenge our patience, and kill people and set fires at will in Canada. You say, we
Can you let them go?" Drunni roared angrily.
Without waiting for the soldiers to answer, Drunni whipped out his command knife and said fiercely: "No, we can't allow these thugs to exist in our territory and let these dirty yellow people run around.
What we accept is our shame! Today, we will send them all to hell. Today, we will wash away all the shame."
Drunni slashed the knife forward, a cold light flashed, and he asked loudly: "Children, what are you waiting for? The victory ahead is waiting for us, kill them all and make them pay the price with blood.
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Druny's words obviously aroused the anger of all the Canadian soldiers. They all roared wildly and moved forward quickly as Druny pointed the blade.
In the trenches of the Chinese Self-Relief Army, all combatants were already in place, waiting for the arrival of the Canadians.
Liu Zhenming set up his headquarters in the front trench. He dug a small fortress there. It was said to be a headquarters, but in fact it was just a few messengers.
The two heavy machine guns are also well hidden in the two bunker-like fortifications. The heavy machine gun is mounted on a gap, and the muzzle protrudes from the bunker mouth in front. The inside of the bunker is very small, but it can accommodate five soldiers.
Inside, in order to prevent the bunker from being collapsed by cannonballs, several pillars were used to hold up the top.
"No one can shoot without my order!" Liu Zhenming saw that the enemy cavalry had appeared in his field of vision and immediately issued this order.
With such a small number of people, the opponent must suffer a big loss in the first round of attack. Some soldiers often shoot before the enemy is within the effective range due to psychological stress. This will cause a chain reaction.
At that time, the fight became disorganized.
After receiving the order, the messengers shuttled throughout the trenches and quickly conveyed the order to each company and platoon.
After a while, all the soldiers had learned about this order.
The tense pre-war atmosphere made some soldiers' palms and backs sweaty. They either wiped their rifle barrels or looked outside from time to time.
Seeing this situation, Liu Zhenming also walked out of the headquarters and went to various trenches, greeting the soldiers one after another, making jokes and telling one or two jokes from time to time to relieve the tension of the soldiers.