Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

Perhaps it was his military officer's temperament that intimidated everyone, or perhaps it was people's subconscious desire for order, but the chaos actually subsided temporarily.

The soldiers began to organize themselves spontaneously, set up simple defense lines, rescue the wounded, and distribute the few remaining supplies in an orderly manner.

Li Changshun took the initiative to take charge of the right wing defense.

Order was restored, and the comrades who had been separated from Li Changshun also came over. They set up a shooting point based on the ruins.

Although there was little ammunition left, at least there was a sense of security.

As night slowly fell, the Japanese pursuit temporarily stopped.

Under the moonlight, the makeshift team continued its journey westward.

No one spoke, only the sound of footsteps and the groans of the wounded echoed in the night air.

Li Changshun looked back towards Zhabei, where flames were still blazing.

Three months of bloody battles and the sacrifice of countless comrades ended in this way, leaving him with a bitter heart.

But he held the rifle tightly in his hand.

As long as the guns are still there, there is hope. The road ahead is still long, and the battle is far from over.

After two days and three nights of arduous journey, Li Changshun and the remaining team finally saw the legendary line of defense, the Wu Fu National Defense Fortifications.

The gray-white concrete bunker is like the back of a giant beast, winding and undulating in the wilderness in early winter, with no end in sight.

"We're here! We're finally here!" Cheers broke out among the soldiers, and many of them knelt on the ground, kissing the cold ground.

Months of bloody battles, hundreds of miles of retreat, all the suffering seemed to make sense at this moment.

In their eyes, these permanent fortifications, which cost huge sums of money to build, were the hope of survival and the starting point of the counterattack.

Li Changshun leaned against a dead tree and let out a long sigh.

He touched the precious items in his arms: his mother's photo, Erwazi's half piece of biscuit, and Hu Da's.

Maybe I can really survive until the end of the war, maybe I can really go home.

"Everyone assemble! Form a team and enter the defense zone!" Lieutenant Wang Defa, the temporary commander, shouted hoarsely.

Although his voice sounded tired, it carried a long-lost excitement.

But strangely, when they arrived at this permanent fortification, there was not a single friendly force...

The team reluctantly lined up and marched forward along the communication trench outside the fortifications.

However, the further they went, the heavier their hearts became.

Most of the barbed wire around the fortifications had rusted and broken, the anti-tank trenches were filled with sewage, and even reeds had grown.

What was even more disturbing was that the entire defense zone was dead silent, with no signs of any activity by the defenders.

"What's going on? Where is the garrison?" a soldier asked anxiously.

Wang Defa frowned and shook his head: "They may all be in the bunker. Keep going and find the entrance first."

Finally, they came to a huge reinforced concrete bunker.

This is a standard heavy machine gun fortification, and the firing holes are like dark eyes staring into the distance.

But the iron gate of the fortification was tightly closed, with a huge copper lock hanging on it, and the lock was already covered with mottled rust.

"Hello! Is there anyone inside?" Wang Defa knocked hard on the iron gate. The echo buzzed in the empty fortification, but no one answered.

Li Changshun examined the lock carefully, his heart sinking. "The lock is rusted. It looks like no one has opened it in a long time."

"Get out of the way!" A burly soldier swung the butt of his gun and smashed the copper lock. Sparks flew, but the lock did not move at all.

Wang De was so angry that he pulled out his pistol and fired three shots at the lock. The bullets bounced off, leaving only a few white spots on the lock.

"Damn it! The bastard officer who was in charge of the key ran away!" A lieutenant colonel arrived with about a regiment of soldiers. Seeing this scene, he was so angry that he trembled all over. "Engineers! Engineers, blow it up!"

The engineer squad leader looked embarrassed: "Commander, we only have two packs of explosives left. We were going to save them for blowing up the bridge..."

"Blow it up! Blow it up!" The lieutenant colonel kicked the iron gate. "I want to see what's inside this fortification that cost millions of dollars to build!"

The engineers carefully placed explosives in the door lock position, and the crowd retreated to a safe distance.

With a loud bang, a gap was finally blown open in the iron gate.

The first few soldiers who entered the fortifications suddenly stopped and let out a cry of surprise.

Li Changshun squeezed forward and was immediately stunned by the scene before him.

There was half a foot of sewage inside the bunker, and garbage and dead rats were floating on the surface of the water.

The walls were covered with mold and a strong stench of decay filled the air.

The pre-buried communication lines were cut off at the root, and spider webs hung on the exposed copper wires.

What is even more despairing is that the heavy machine gun shooting base has no mounting bracket, only a bare concrete platform.

"What kind of national defense facility is this?" a soldier said tremblingly.

Wang Defa's face turned pale as he strode towards another bunker.

The condition of this fortification was slightly better, at least there was no water accumulation, but the scene inside was equally chilling. The shooting holes were blocked by mud, the observation mirrors were broken, and the ammunition racks were empty.

In the corner, there were several boxes of explosives that had become damp and ineffective.

"Check all fortifications! Quickly!" roared the lieutenant colonel, his voice filled with disbelief.

Because he was the highest-ranking officer here, everyone subconsciously followed the order and dispersed, checking the surrounding bunkers one by one.

But the news they received was more despairing than the last:

"Report! The machine gun mount at Fortification No. 37 is rusted and cannot be rotated!"

"The anti-gas door of Fortification No. 42 is stuck and cannot be opened!"

"Fortification No. 58 has sunk entirely, with the firing holes facing the ground!"

Li Changshun followed the platoon leader to inspect a mortar position and found that the so-called "permanent fortifications" were actually civil fortifications camouflaged with thin concrete, which could be blown through with one shot.

"It's a scam... It's all a scam..." A young soldier suddenly broke down and cried, "We've been tricked! These fortifications are completely unusable!"

Panic spread quickly.

The soldiers smashed the equipment in the fortifications frantically, and some of them knelt in the sewage and cried bitterly.

After months of bloody battles and hundreds of miles of retreat, all hope was completely shattered at this moment.

The lieutenant colonel suddenly drew his pistol and fired into the air: "Everyone calm down! If the fortifications are useless, we will repair them ourselves!

The Japs are coming soon, if you want to live, take action!"

The soldiers finally woke up from the roar.

The instinct of survival overwhelmed everything, and people began to frantically repair fortifications.

Li Changshun took a few people to clean the shooting holes.

The rusted muzzle needs to be pried open with an engineer pickaxe, and the blocked shooting range needs to be cleaned bit by bit with a bayonet.

The sewage had to be scooped out one bucket at a time using a helmet, and if there were no sandbags, pants were filled with dirt.

"Kuaizhe, look at this." A comrade handed over a damp duty log.

The last record was dated three months ago and read, "Due to insufficient funds, maintenance work has been suspended."

In the distance, the colonel was furiously scolding a local official who had hurried over: "Keys? You mean keys? The person who kept the keys was transferred last month!

Do you know this is the front line? "

The official said timidly: "Sir, calm down. It's really due to lack of funds and manpower..."

"Bullshit! I'm fighting on the front lines, and you can't even take care of the fortifications!"

Li Changshun walked away silently, knowing that arguing was meaningless.

He climbed up to an observation post, raised his telescope and looked eastward. In the distance, soldiers continued to rush towards this side...

They are allies and also hope...