November is coming soon, and the leaves on the Jizhong Plain are finally starting to turn yellow.
At this time, there was dust rising on both sides of a road. It was the people of the 691st Regiment digging trenches.
Just at the bend of the road, there were soldiers again repairing machine gun fortifications.
"Dear instructors, do you think my machine gun fortification is still up to standard?" Li Zhengming, a soldier of the 691st Regiment, asked Shang Zhen and the others who were passing by.
Shang Zhen and the others, who were holding branches in their hands, looked at Li Zhengming, and finally Qian Chuan'er replied: "Look at what you dug, what do you call it?"
"Please give me some advice, instructors!" Li Zhengming, holding a shovel in one hand, said while wiping sweat with the other.
"Can that bag of dirt you filled with water be able to withstand the Japanese infantry artillery? Once the artillery fire comes, this heavy machine gun position will be destroyed by others!" Qian Chuan'er said seriously.
"What about it?" Li Zhengming asked.
"Dig trenches, dig a hole, and make fortifications with half of them exposed. You can also reduce the target." Qian Chuan'er continued.
"Oh, instructor Qian, you mean it's light. This is the edge of a tree, and there are roots underneath. Who can dig it out?" Li Zhengming complained.
"I agree with what you said, but I don't recognize the Japanese cannons, so you just have to do whatever you want!" Qian Chuan'er disagreed.
Li Zhengming's face turned into a bitter melon. He took the shovel in his hand and chopped off a section of tree roots exposed on the ground.
Everyone heard the sound of "Teng", and the shovel was bounced high by the dark tree roots, and only a mark was left on the tree roots.
How can tree roots be so easy to cut? Even cutting them with an ax or knife is very laborious, let alone a broken shovel?
Qian Chuan'er looked at Li Zhengming's frowning face, turned his head and made a face at himself and others.
Even though Shang Zhen and others are known as instructors, to be honest, when have they ever built a heavy machine gun position? Qian Chuan'er asked Li Zhengming to dig down and build a semi-underground heavy machine gun fortification, but he was just bluffing.
The reason is naturally because Li Zhengming once took the lead in making things difficult for Shang Zhen and his group.
It is not a gentleman not to avenge a grudge, but Qian Chuan'er was happy to torment Li Zhengming.
"What Qian Chuan'er said makes sense. Don't get branches for the regiment. Let's dig them for them." At this time, Shang Zhen, who was also watching from the side, said.
"Ah?" Qian Chuan'er was stunned, but he never expected that Shang Zhen would say that, so he hurriedly said, "What are you digging with? The shovel doesn't work!"
"I see there are several people on their end who carry broadswords. Let's use that broadsword to chop them." Shang Zhen replied.
Shang Zhen's words made Qian Chuan'er twitch, but since Shang Zhen had spoken, Qian Chuan'er naturally couldn't object.
At this time, Mr. Wang also said: "Go to the guards and see if they can get anything that can dig up tree roots. It will definitely be strong to build a semi-underground machine gun fortification."
Qian Chuan'er never thought that his smooth talk would actually find jobs for people like him.
But since Shang Zhen had spoken, there was nothing he could do, so the group of them split up and began to help Li Zhengming and others dig out the machine gun fortifications.
It has been a few days since Shang Zhen and the others returned from the edge of the Taihang Mountains.
The Japanese army is still expanding its results, and the 53rd Army is also building fortifications.
To be honest, Jin County, where the 691st Regiment is currently located, is not an easy area to defend.
This place still belongs to the flat terrain of the Central Hebei Plain. If you want to block the Japanese attack, if you don't build a defensive offensive, you can really defeat it by attacking with the superior strength and firepower of the Japanese army!
Of course Shang Zhen and the others didn't want to defend their position. If they wanted to defend their position, they wouldn't come to the 691st Regiment. But if they didn't want to defend their position, the people of the 691st Regiment were all working, so naturally they couldn't be idle.
Soon, with the help of Shang Zhen and others, everyone was busy building heavy machine gun fortifications.
Just when Shang Zhen picked up a big knife and was about to chop at the root of the tree, Mr. Wang next to him suddenly stabbed him with his finger.
Shang Zhen looked up and saw Mr. Wang tapping his head forward with the tip of his chin.
Following the direction indicated by Mr. Wang, Shang Zhen saw a group of soldiers rushing to Lu Cao's temporary regiment command post.
As soon as he saw those people, Shang Zhen immediately realized that those people were definitely not from the Northeast Army.
Due to the lack of supplies, the situation faced by the Northeastern Army is even worse now than during the Xi'an Incident. The clothes worn by the soldiers are already patched and patched, and due to the starching and washing after participating in the war, the clothes have begun to fade. .
But looking at the group of soldiers, they were neatly dressed and in bright colors. Shang Zhen didn't have to guess, he knew that those people should belong to the Central Army.
But are those people really from the Central Army? Shang Zhen immediately noticed that some of those people were wearing plain clothes.
The Central Army is not in this defense area at all, but people wearing Central Army uniforms appear. Then there is only one answer left. Those people must be from the military command!
Although military commanders are spies, many of them also have military ranks, and they also have people in the army.
As soon as he guessed that the other party was from the military command, Shang Zhen felt guilty.
Who knows who did the "bad things".
Shang Zhen and the others followed Gao Huaide and moved so many arms from the 53rd Army's arsenal. Is it really impossible for others to find out?
Even if people can't find out who did it, they can always find out if the weapons are lost in the arsenal.
More than half an hour later, Shang Zhen and the others noticed that the group of people came out of the temporary regiment command post. They all had cold faces and could not tell why they were there.
But at this time, the group saw Shang Zhen and the others digging heavy machine gun fortifications and came over.
Shang Zhen and the others lowered their heads and continued working.
"Well done, this is what you have to do to fight the Japanese!" someone among them said at this time.
The man was talking next to Shang Zhen, and Shang Zhen had no choice but to start.
Seeing that the person talking to him was an officer, Shang Zhen quickly stood at attention and said, "Yes!"
Only then did Shang Zhen notice this man's appearance.
This man looks very ordinary.
Shang Zhen heard Gao Huaide say that all spies should not have distinctive features in appearance.
Saying that this one has a mole on his face, and that that one has long inverted eyebrows, people can remember it at a glance, there is no way they can enter the army!
The secret service is like a killer hiding in the crowd. It is best to have an ordinary appearance that people can forget after taking one look at it.
However, since Shang Zhen recognized that the other party was a member of the military commander, he might become an enemy again at some point, so he still captured a feature of this person's face in an instant.
The facial features of this person are really rare!
Because according to the words of the Northeastern people, this person turned out to be a thief.
People have single eyelids and double eyelids, so what is double eyelids?
One eye has a single eyelid, and the other eye has a double eyelid. Northeastern people call it a thief's eyelid.
"He is very strong and brave in fighting. Northeasterners are all men!" The man looked at Shang Zhen and praised him.
After several years of exercise, Shang Zhen's body is now very strong. When he was helping to build fortifications just now, he had taken off his coat and was only wearing a patched shirt underneath.
The chest of his shirt was already wet with sweat, revealing the slight outline of his pectoralis major muscles.
Everyone likes to hear good things, but Shang Zhen felt disgusted for no reason when he looked at this person.
First, he was once arrested by the military commander and almost died in the military commander's torture room.
Second, the man spoke with an obvious southern accent. Although he spoke the current Mandarin and could be understood, his tone still made Shang Zhen feel uncomfortable.
So Shang Zhen ignored that guy and continued to work.
After a while, those people left.
When Shang Zhen and the others raised their heads, they saw Lu Cao's signal soldiers running towards them.
"Captain Shang, the regiment commander wants you to go there!" said the communications soldier.
