"Hey!" ......

There was a sigh at the door of the headquarters of the Third Division,

"He Jianye, your sixteenth regiment is good! With so many veterans, there should be no shortage of guns! What do you think? For the brothers? Wang Zhaohua, the head of the 13th regiment, joked,

"Well, how much do you want to even? Don't blame me for not taking care of you, but not too much! He Jianye asked,

"It's not a big deal if it's less! A company of rifles, how about it? Wang Zhaohua asked hopefully,

"Yes! Wait with me to get it, but it's okay! Only made in Hanyang! He Jianye said,

"I know, what we're adding is that thing, I guess I don't think about it!" Wang Zhaohua looked understanding,

"He Jianye, you gave the thirteenth regiment, don't forget our fifteenth regiment! Take care of yours! I don't want much, just like the Thirteenth Regiment! Pan Zhi said,

"Okay, it's all shared! I owe you something! Let's go! He Jianye said,

"Brigade commander, let's go talk first!" Wang Zhaohua greeted Zhao Xitian and left,

He Jianye slowly turned back to the 16th Regiment and returned to the regiment headquarters, Leng Qi, who was on duty at the regiment headquarters, was still at the regiment headquarters, He Jianye said to Leng Qi,

"Tonight at two o'clock in the evening, let the brothers get up at 12 o'clock to pack up their things and go!"

"Ahh In such a hurry? Lenzaki asked,

"Yes! The Japanese army invaded Songjiang, and our rear road was cut off, so we had to retreat! Our task is to build a defensive line on the line from Chefang to Tongli to cover the retreat of the main forces in the theater! ”

"Commander, the commander of the thirteenth regiment, the commander of the fifteenth regiment and the commander of the eighteenth regiment are here with a baggage company, and they are here to pull things, you see?" The sentry came in and reported,

"I'll go right away and take them to the warehouse!" He Jianye said,

In the warehouse, He Jianye commanded the soldiers guarding the warehouse to distribute 200 Hanyangzao and 4,000 rounds of ammunition to the 13th and 15th regiments respectively, and Wang Zhaohua and Pan Zhen left happily.

It was the turn of the Eighteenth Regiment, He Jianye said to Zhou Qingxiang, "I left you a big head, 600 Hanyang-made rifles and 12,000 rounds of ammunition, it's enough!" ”

"Haha, thank you, now I've solved the big problem." Zhou Qingxiang said,

"What? Not enough? So much worse? He Jianye said,

"It's not much worse, it's barely enough!" Zhou Qingxiang said dejectedly,

"In that case, I still have a few hundred Type 38 rifles here, all of which are eighty percent new, and I will give them to you together; However, there are not many bullets, and there are more than 3,500 rounds left. Not even ten rounds without a rifle is enough! He Jianye said boldly,

"It's better to have a gun than to be empty-handed, thanks, brother!" Zhou Qingxiang said,

"It's all a brother in the trenches, say thank you! Take it away! You don't need me to send someone to deliver it! He Jianye said,

"That's not necessary, I brought a baggage company, and I can carry enough manpower!" Zhou Qingxiang said,

After receiving the guns and ammunition, Zhou Qingxiang said goodbye with a thousand thanks......

In the early morning of November 9, the horn of an emergency assembly sounded, and the entire battalion of the 3rd Division was in an uproar......

In the camp of the 16th Regiment, the baggage company was loading various supplies on the carts, and the engineer company was distributing bullets to the soldiers in cooperation with the guard company, ensuring that each person could carry 50 rounds of ammunition; A large amount of equipment and supplies have been loaded onto the vehicle, and the reconnaissance company has already gone out to explore the way!

At 2 o'clock in the morning, He Jianye gave an order, and the 16th Regiment began to set off, heading all the way to the Chefang......

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the 3rd Division, which arrived on time on the line from Chefang to Tongli, began to allocate defensive positions, and He Jianye's 16th Regiment was assigned to a vast area on the east bank of Taihu Lake and the west bank of Tongli Lake......

The headquarters of the 16th Regiment, He Jianye pointed to the map and said,

"You see, the defense line of our regiment is 10 kilometers long, and there are some rivers interspersed in the middle, and our whole regiment cannot defend such a large area even if it is spread out, so I decided that the first battalion will be deployed three kilometers west of Tongli Lake; The second battalion is on foot defense three kilometers east of Taihu Lake, and the third battalion is behind you; The three battalions of the regiment were arranged in an inverted triangle to facilitate support; The reconnaissance company went out to inquire for intelligence, and the baggage company and the engineer company were assigned to your two battalions to build fortifications, and the fortifications must be strong, and we will definitely face the artillery fire of the devils! Do you understand? ”

"But the regimental commander, this area is not easy to dig trenches! Not to mention the cannon hole, the water seeped out after digging less than 1 meter, and the soldiers dug under the mud, and the water was accumulating more and more. If the hole is too shallow, it will have no effect, and if it is too deep, it will collapse; This is not even more constructible. Leng Qi frowned and said,

"You have to figure out your own way, the trenches must be dug, if it doesn't work, dig a meter, and then build a meter on it, use a lot of sandbags, fill the soil, it's better than nothing, in the defense, you must pay attention to the coordination of firepower, the firepower configuration is heavy before and light after, the first-line trenches are equipped with a large number of light machine guns, and the heavy machine gun fortifications are built in the second-line trenches, don't be ended by the devil's artillery as soon as you come up. Two-thirds of the personnel stayed in the second-line trenches, and when the Japanese army was about to break through to the first-line trenches, they were on the upper line, so that the devil's artillery could not do anything with us. He Jianye said,

"But regiment commander, we have 5 light machine guns in each battalion, how can this be enough! Can't stop it! Zhu Yunhua complained,

"Well, wait to find the baggage company, and each battalion will receive another 20, and they will all be given to you, and there will be no more!" He Jianye spread his hands and said,

"Ahh Commander, do you have any stock? Forget it all at once. Lenzaki said,

"No, there are also artillery battalions. Go get busy! ”

The three battalion commanders came out of the tent of the temporary regiment headquarters, and He Jianye said to Zeng Da,

"Give shells and mortars to the artillery battalion, leave 12 for the guard company and reconnaissance company, and send out the rest, including the 6 battle defense guns, tell them that they must cooperate closely with the infantry, the battle defense guns only fight devil tanks, and no one else calls for support." He Jianye advised,

"I'll go out and see the terrain first!" He Jianye went out with the guards......

He Jianye looked at the endless Suzhou Plain, except for weeds and reeds and a few woods, there was no shelter at all,

"I'm afraid that retreating in this form will be pursued by the Japanese army! If the national army doesn't have any good plans, I'm afraid it will turn into a big rout! He Jianye began to worry......

He Jianye hurriedly returned to the regiment headquarters and asked the telegraph operator, "Is the radio available?" ”

"Yes, Commander, to whom do you want to report? Is it the brigade department? The telegraph operator said,

"Send a report directly to the division headquarters, let's get started!" He Jianye said,

"It's time to start the regimental leader!" The telegraph operator reminded,

"Shizuo Junjian: More than 400,000 elite people of our army retreated in two directions, if there is no complete retreat plan, there is no dare to die in the task of breaking the rear; The subordinates were worried that the Japanese army would frantically pursue our army under the bombing of the planes, so that our army might turn into a big rout! The battle zone is on the watchtower! Position: He Jianye! ”

"Division Commander, He Jianye is calling!" Deputy division commander Chen Yinglong took a telegram and reported,

"Hehe, this little guy, do you think this is a child's house? How could the theater command not have a complete plan for retreat! Let him what! Tell him to complete his mission and the theater command has its own plan! Li Yutang scolded with a smile,

"Yes, Commander!" Chen Yinglong called back,

"Regiment commander, the division headquarters calls back!" The telegraph operator handed He Jianye a telegram,

", why can't you listen to it?" He Jianye angrily tore up the newspaper......