You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

"I command."

Lin Feng took a deep breath and began to challenge his lung capacity:

"The main force of the armored regiment retreated with the army command and hid near Shangshui Town, northwest of Huangtian Port."

The 1st Regiment of the Provisional 50th Division immediately rushed to the east of Huangtian Port to build positions.

Part of the Independent 1st Division rushed west of Huangtian Port as bait.

Tell them I know they are a newly defeated army, and that's the effect I want.

When they encounter the main force of the Japanese army, the more hastily they retreat, the better.

"in addition."

Lin Feng glanced at the guard who was packing his things:

"Get the engineering battalion here as soon as possible; I have a lot of work for them to do."

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Late at night, near Huangtian Port, thousands of soldiers from the Provisional 50th Division, who had just arrived, collapsed on the ground, exhausted like dogs.

They discarded their backpacks, washbasins, and even spare shoes, carrying only guns and dry rations, and ran for a day and a night to reach this place.

Backed by the Yangtze River, this area features a typical landscape where water towns and dry land intersect.

On both sides are densely packed rice paddies and swamps, with silt so deep that a cow could get stuck, which greatly restricts the mobility of mechanized troops and heavy equipment.

In the middle, there is a wide, dry area about two kilometers wide that leads directly to the river.

It's a natural big pocket.

"Stop sitting down, get up and get to work."

The engineer battalion commander led his men over, panting heavily as he shouted:

"The commander has ordered that the fortifications must be completed before dawn, otherwise we'll be sitting ducks when the Japanese come."

The soldiers reluctantly got up and prepared to dig.

But this open area has a layer of hard soil, and it would be no easy task to dig trenches that could withstand artillery fire overnight.

Moreover, they didn't have enough tools.

Just as everyone was complaining, several trucks and an armored command vehicle with their lights on drove up from a distance.

Lin Feng jumped out of the car, stood on a small mound, and waved his hand:

"Alright, unload the truck!"

Then, he walked to an open space nearby, and under the cover of darkness and the system soldiers who were unloading and moving trucks around him, he had a sudden thought.

A large amount of supplies and tools stored in the system space were instantly manifested.

Rolls of serpentine barbed wire, boxes of anti-personnel mines, and large quantities of entrenching tools, pickaxes, sandbags, concrete components... as well as sheets of thin steel plates.

Some of these supplies and tools were obtained "for free" during the battles in Shanghai and Jiangyin, while others were redeemed using exchange points within the system.

The materials that materialized quickly piled up into a small mountain.

The most conspicuous thing is the piles of steel plates of different sizes and thicknesses.

These steel plates came from all sorts of sources.

Some were cut from the wreckage of destroyed Japanese tanks and armored vehicles during previous battles;

Some of them are stockpiled steel collected from ruined factories in cities such as Shanghai and Jiangyin;

Another part was that when Lin Feng was evacuating Jiangyin Fortress, he casually had the system soldiers dismantle all the metal facilities that could be dismantled, not even sparing the large iron gate.

This is the consequence of his hoarding disorder as a transmigrator and system owner.

Anything made of metal that can stop bullets will be stuffed into the system space and taken along.

In an era lacking heavy industry, steel was hard currency, and an extra life for soldiers.

With these steel plates, plus locally sourced logs and sandbags, they were able to...

The field fortifications and machine gun nests built by the soldiers will become exponentially stronger.

The earthen fortifications, which could only stop rifle bullets, could withstand the bombardment of Japanese grenade launchers and infantry guns after a layer of steel plates was added.

Soon, torches and lanterns were all lit, illuminating the open field as if it were daytime.

"Come here, everyone, get your weapons!"

The engineer battalion commander stood on the truck, shouting loudly:

"No one is allowed to slack off. Each person gets a shovel, and two people share a steel plate."

Hurry up.

The soldiers of the Provisional 50th Division stared wide-eyed at the mountain of supplies.

Although they were a patchwork of defeated soldiers, they were still seasoned veterans who had seen the world.

If you asked them to dig trenches with their bare hands, they would definitely be a hundred times unwilling.

But now, there are boxes of landmines, steel plates that I've never seen before, and even the shovels for digging are brand new entrenching tools.

They had never fought such a battle for wealth in their entire lives.

Few officers and soldiers suspected where these things came from.

After all, everyone has witnessed Commander Lin's abilities. He even has warships. What's a few steel plates to him?

They assumed that the tools and supplies were being continuously transported by the truck convoy behind them and stored here in advance.

"Get to work! Get to work!"

Zhang Wenzhong, the commander of the Provisional 50th Division, also rode over on horseback.

He dismounted, gave Lin Feng a standard military salute, then turned around, put his hands on his hips, and roared at his soldiers:

"Listen up, all of you!"

With these ready-made guys, if the position isn't repaired by dawn, I'll personally throw them into the river to feed the fish.

Anyone who dares to be negligent will face ruthless consequences.

"Yes, Commander."

With readily available materials and handy tools, the construction speed increased more than tenfold.

Soldiers no longer need to struggle and dig deep into the hard frozen soil north of the river. They only need to dig a pit half a meter deep, put the prefabricated concrete components on top, pile soil around them, and fill sandbags.

Finally, cover the front and top with a thick steel plate.

A simple yet sturdy semi-underground field bunker was thus formed.

At the front line, engineers are rapidly setting up obstacles.

Rolls of barbed wire, shaped like snakes' bellies, were pulled open, gleaming coldly in the night, forming several insurmountable lines of defense against death.

Even more terrifying are those landmines.

The engineers carefully buried the cylindrical iron lumps into the ground, casually covering them with dry grass for camouflage.

These are all Hans-made S-type bounding mines produced by the system, the same "Bouncing Betty" that later struck fear into the hearts of Allied soldiers on the Western Front.

Once triggered, this type of landmine will bounce into the air at about half a person's height before exploding.

The hundreds of steel balls inside will instantly fly in all directions in a 360-degree arc.

Just one of these can turn all living things within a radius of tens of meters into minced meat.

Even lying down won't help; bounding mines are designed to hit the lower three areas.

That night, thousands of people were working enthusiastically in the wilderness east of Huangtiangang.

A deadly trap targeting the Kunisaki Detachment is quietly taking shape under the cover of night, under Lin Feng's command.

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"This location is... absolutely perfect."

In the darkest hour before dawn, Lin Feng stood with several senior commanders on a hillside with a wide view.

Zhang Bingwen, commander of the Independent 1st Division, Wei Zhen, deputy commander, Zhang Wenzhong, commander of the Provisional 50th Division, and Zhao Dashan all surrounded Lin Feng.

Looking at the unfinished position before him and then at the surrounding terrain, Zhang Bingwen couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:

"The commander is truly a brilliant strategist."

A desperate battle, a fight to the death, a chance for survival.

Moreover, the Yangtze River is right next to it, and your warships can provide heavy firepower support close to the shore at any time, making them natural mobile artillery platforms.

On both sides were large areas of paddy fields and swamps, making it impossible for the Japanese to flank them; if they got trapped, they would be sitting ducks.

Their only option was to brave our hail of bullets and charge through this hard ground in the middle.