On the evening of March 24, 1938, He Jianye held a pre-war briefing at the division headquarters and returned to the 16th Regiment at night.

"Inform the commanders of each battalion and company to immediately go to the regimental headquarters for a meeting."

"Yes" the guard ran out,

Fifteen minutes later, the regimental headquarters of the sixteenth regiment, the regimental headquarters

"This afternoon, the division headquarters held a meeting; The main meaning is one: sit down and get ready to go, it's time for war! Commanders of your battalions and companies, starting tomorrow; perform low-intensity maintenance training; Deal with incoming orders at any time, and at critical times, no one can strain! Disband! ”

On March 27, 1938, the 14th Division of Tufeiyuan Xian'er, a train from Xinxiang, Henan Province to Jining, Shandong, and then to the Juancheng area west of the canal, crossed the Yellow River from Pucheng and Yangji areas east of Puyang, and attacked Lanfeng, in an attempt to cut off the Longhai Railway from the area east of Lanfeng; On March 27, 1938, the National Revolutionary Army received an order from the Military Commission to go to the Xuzhou battlefield, and ordered to arrive in the area before April 5 to guard the 14th Division of the Japanese Army moving south from Juancheng, Heze, and Dongming.

After learning of the battlefield report, the Wuhan camp was immediately transported by the Military Commission to Kaifeng.

At 1 o'clock in the morning on March 28, 1938, the headquarters of the Third Division was brightly lit, and Li Yutang held the last battle analysis meeting before departure at the division headquarters.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the above is the latest development, the Japanese offensive is fierce. Next, please ask the division commander to arrange the task! ”

Li Yutang looked at the officers with high morale, and said in a calm voice,

"According to the order of the Military Commission, we must arrive in the designated area by April 5 to complete the deployment; According to the arrival time of the train wagon, our waiting time is 6 p.m. on March 28, which is tonight. We still have 17 hours to prepare. After the departments returned, they quickly prepared for departure; The train of the Military Commission will take us directly to the Kaifeng area, where we will replenish some bullets and grenades, but I guess the rest of the supplies are gone; The next section from Kaifeng to Lanfeng was often bombed by Japanese planes, so it was not safe to walk during the day, so it was all up to us. Go back and get ready! ”

He Jianye, who returned to the regimental headquarters of the 16th Regiment, looked at the sleeping brothers, and did not notify everyone to assemble urgently, but just asked the guards to call Zeng Da;

"Regiment Commander" Zeng Da walked into the regiment headquarters and reported,

"Well, tonight we are going to Xuzhou; I'm going to be busy tomorrow, so I'm going to send a telegram home! He Jianye remembered that he missed his mother and relatives in Qingjiang, and said to Zeng Da,

"Yes" Zeng Da followed behind He Jianye and walked towards He Jianye's dormitory,

"Mother, eldest brother: The Japanese invaders are rampant, robbing my land and slaughtering the people, from now on I will participate in the battle with the troops, I have made up my mind to fight against Japan, but under the order, I will sacrifice my life. I hope that my mother forgives unfilial sons and cannot fulfill their filial piety; I hope my eldest brother can help me take care of my mother. Jianye paused! ”

"Wang Yue, Xiaoyi and all wives: take care of yourself and take care of the children; If you die in battle, go and stay at your own will! Cherish! ”

After He Jianye finished speaking, Zeng Da looked at He Jianye after sending the telegram

"Turn off the radio! Don't wait for their call back. Go back and rest! He Jianye commanded,

Zeng Da packed up the radio station and exited the room

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On the morning of March 28, 1938, when the wake-up call sounded as usual, He Jianye came to the front of the playground early and stood up, looking at the more than 5,600 brothers who arrived on time.

"Brethren, today I will take you back into battle; In Shanghai, you escaped with me, this time, we have to fight the Japanese devils to the end, and I myself am ready to die! Today's training has been cancelled, and the commanders of each battalion and company have made the final preparations before the promotion, and the brothers who have not yet written a suicide note will find the commanders of each battalion and company to make arrangements! Unified to Deputy Head Xia! The commanders of each battalion and company stay, and the others disband! ”

On the playground, the officers of the 16th Regiment stood in a circle around He Jianye, and He Jianye was asking about the situation one by one.

"Deputy Commander Xia, how much ammunition do we have left?" He Jianye asked,

"The average number of bullets is about 200 per person, and there are plenty of mortar shells. There was enough for this war. Deputy Head Xia said,

"Well, okay, tell the cooking class to get some more good food for the brethren today. I don't know how much I can come back this time! He Jianye sighed,

"Commander, don't worry, the brothers are not afraid of death under your leadership." Leng Qi said,

"Alright! Go ahead and prepare! He Jianye said,

"The first battalion, hurry up, the equipment is all ready, the infantry is running forward, the ammunition cart brothers take turns pushing"

"Baggage company, take care of the carts, and the engineer company assists in the transfer of equipment"

"The guard company protects the equipment of the communication squad"

After lunch, the camp of the 16th Regiment was busy, and all battalions and companies were preparing to move; After all, the station of the 16th Regiment is 3 hours' walk from the railway station, so leave for the railway station early to avoid delays on the way

After coming out of the 16th Regiment station, the large army marched in a neat queue, and the people in the suburbs of Hankou knew that another army was about to embark on the battlefield of defending their homeland and country

"Come brother, take it, fight the devil well! Those brutes are so hateful" An old woman standing on the side of the road held a few boiled eggs in her hand and stuffed it into the hands of a brother of the 16th Regiment who was passing by, and now the anti-Japanese propaganda is carrying out a wide range of propaganda, especially the publication of a large number of photos of the Japanese army massacre, so that the broad masses of people know that the invasion of the Japanese devils is different from the previous emperor

"Wife, our sixteenth regiment has discipline, and it is not allowed to take the people's things for nothing, this is a big ocean, for you!" The brother with the hot egg in his hand took out the only remaining ocean on his body and said to the old woman, "Hurry a few steps to the ocean and return to the team."

This scene often happened in the march, the people who were sending off along the way, the most simple people in the world, the kindest people, when they saw that these brothers of the national army did not take their own things in vain, but gave back dozens of times the value of money, looked at the marching team with tears in their eyes, and murmured, "Young men, fight the devil well, come back alive!" ”

"Folks, let's help them push the cart, and fill the pit on the road with some soil in the folks in front of them" An uncle standing on the side of the road saw that the cart transporting the baggage was stuck in the dirt pit, and dozens of brothers were pushing the cart hard, and immediately stood up and shouted,

The villagers running around the 16th Regiment in front of them, those with hoes and those without hoes are filling the big potholes on the road with their hands, and the energetic young men at the back of the team are working hard to help the brothers of the 16th Regiment push the carts, and those who are too young or too old are handing water to the side to quench the thirst of the tired brothers with big heads