Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 468 Disadvantage

In response to the doubts of the regiment leader Song Yu and the deputy regiment leader Zheng Hua, Ye Feng explained, "We are outnumbered and our weapons and ammunition are almost exhausted. If we want to deal with the Japanese devils' bombardment, we must borrow some output firepower from other places."

As he spoke, his eyes were looking at the river beside him.

This river is connected to the Yangtze River, the largest river in China. It has a large flow and a wide river surface, which can accommodate large ships.

Of course, the large ships of this era cannot compare to the steel behemoths that developed in later times.

Song Yu suddenly had an idea and asked excitedly, "Commander, do you mean that we can have fire support from the sea?"

Ye Feng said, "If nothing unexpected happens, there will be ships coming tonight."

The only uncertainty is whether the ships that arrive will be the Third Fleet controlled by Fan Qingchun or the Japanese First Fleet.

Up to now, Ye Feng and his team on land have not received any intelligence information about Fan Qingchun. They have no idea whether the Seventh Regiment led by Fan Qingchun is dead or alive, how many ships have been sunk, how many enemy fleets have been destroyed, and how many Japanese sailors have been killed.

The only thing Ye Feng could be sure of was that if they fought at sea according to his previous experience, the probability of Fan Qingchun and his men winning would be at least 60%.

the reason is simple.

Ye Feng sent someone in advance to hand over the last 100 biological and chemical gas bombs in his black storage space to Fan Qingchun.

The naval battle plan at that time was to let Fan Qingchun fight to the death with the Japanese First Fleet, bombard each other regardless of casualties, then pretend to be defeated, retreat at sea, and finally hide in an island shaped like an "arch" terrain. In order to achieve encirclement and annihilation, the Japanese First Fleet could only gather all its ships. This was the perfect opportunity for Fan Qingchun and his men to counterattack.

Deputy Commander Zheng also understood Ye Feng's plan and asked, "Commander, what should we do now?"

Ye Feng said, "One kilometer behind, on the slightly higher ground, dig a defense base along the river bank."

Deputy Commander Zheng asked again, "Any requirements for trench fortifications?"

Ye Feng said, "We are in a hurry and cannot dig deep fortifications. We only need to dig a trench one meter deep that can barely accommodate people. By the way, we have to set up multiple defense lines this time to keep the Japanese army out of Shanghai. This is also the place where we will have a decisive battle with the three Japanese divisions."

Deputy Captain Zheng asked, "Five defensive lines in depth and front and back?"

Ye Feng shook his head and said, "More than ten defense lines, the more the better. The area covered in front and behind, and the area within hundreds of kilometers in the rear, must all be excavated to form defense positions."

More than a dozen lines of defense?

A hundred miles in depth?

Deputy Head Zheng was stunned, with a look of bewilderment on his face, and countless questions popped up in his mind? ? ?

Song Yu was also anxious and advised:

"Commander, we mobilized so many troops, but the benefits we got in the end were not proportional to our efforts!"

"There are hundreds of miles of land and dozens of defense lines. We only have three battalions of soldiers now. I don't know how long it will take to finish digging. If we send all the people to dig mud, when the enemy attacks, we will have no ability to fight at all."

"Also, we have too few troops, less than 200, and we have to place them on these dozen lines of defense. Each defensive fortification probably only has men. This amount of troops is totally incapable of stopping those fierce Japanese devils."

"I think we can set up three lines of defense. Each position will be guarded by a battalion, and the positions will cover each other's attacks. In this way, we can delay the enemy's offensive and cause them heavy casualties."

How could Ye Feng, the commander of an independent reorganized division, not understand Song Yu's words?

The issue is……

If we follow Song Yu's battle plan, can we stop the Japanese attack? Can we stop them from killing people in Shanghai?

Three defensive positions.

Facing the enemy's mad dog-like charge, being able to hold out for a day and a night is probably the limit.

There was no way to keep the Japanese out of Shanghai.

Any combat action will be meaningless!

This is why Ye Feng turned the area within a radius of hundreds of kilometers into a battlefield.

More than a dozen lines of defense, or even more than twenty lines of defense.

The Japanese will gnaw away our forces layer by layer, and their teeth will be broken. It will take at least ten days or half a month for them to break out of here.

After listening to Ye Feng's analysis, Song Yu and Zheng Hua understood everything and quickly gave the order to start digging fortifications.

In the following time, it was not just Ye Feng and his three camps that were digging the soil.

In Shanghai, under Liu Wei's organization, more than 100,000 young and strong laborers left Shanghai and started working busily, carrying hoes, shovels and other tools, a little further behind.

"Old Ye, I even contributed my coffin money to start the excavation this time."

As soon as he arrived at the temporary command center, Liu Wei began to complain:

"After receiving your message, I immediately started to organize people, but many people were worried about the chaos outside and the bullets were blind, so they refused to leave the city no matter what. I had no choice but to use money and food to pave the way for everyone to receive their wages and start work."

"Even so, there are not enough people. After all, Shanghai is not a stable city. If all the men in the family leave, no one knows what will happen."

"I had no choice but to find Comrade Chang Qingqing and hold meetings with the top leaders of dozens of Shanghai gangs, businesses, and companies. After much talk, I finally organized hundreds of thousands of young and strong laborers to come out."

Ye Feng's expression was very serious. He said, "We are in the city. Although we have eliminated a large number of Japanese spies, no one knows whether the Japanese will infiltrate again. The safety of Shanghai must be guaranteed. Lao Liu, you can't stay outside. Return to the city and immediately organize the injured soldiers to guard against Japanese spies."

Liu Wei knew the situation was urgent, so he briefly explained the situation in the city and hurried away with his men.

The day passed quickly.

With the soldiers' non-stop digging, they finally dug out two complete fortifications along the river bank.

At this time, Commander Ye and his troops, who had been chased all the way by the Japanese army, also retreated here and joined Ye Feng and his men.

"These Japs are really crazy. Except for the time they spend eating, they keep attacking non-stop."

Commander Ye, who looked exhausted, squatted on the ground and took a few deep breaths before complaining again:

"Even at night, these mad dogs don't sleep. They still use artillery bombardment to clear the way, machine gun suppression, and then the squadron of 400 people as a combat unit, constantly attacking and pursuing."

"During the daytime battle, we suffered heavy losses in order to stop the Japanese advance."

"There are less than a regiment of soldiers left alive, only about 2000."

Ye Feng looked into the distance and saw that the mountains and plains were filled with densely packed Japanese marching troops.

There was no fear in his eyes, but he read word by word:

"This hundred-mile defense line will be the place where the three Japanese divisions will die and be annihilated!"