If I had to guess, the emphasis on the "beautifully-built" position and further discussion of the bunking arrangements suggest that this was a pleasant surprise for our protagonist. There are few things better than finding a good place to sleep after many hard days living under difficult field conditions.
It is also master level trolling and completely ironic to place a sign on Russian barbed wire reading “We declare Poland an independent kingdom”!
If find the use of the term “lively”(lebhafte?) to describe enemy small arms fire deeply ironic.
If I had to guess, the emphasis on the "beautifully-built" position and further discussion of the bunking arrangements suggest that this was a pleasant surprise for our protagonist. There are few things better than finding a good place to sleep after many hard days living under difficult field conditions.