After the fall of Nanjing, the Japanese invaders marched first in the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the North China Dispatch Army, continued to attack China's Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Shanxi, and other places, and landed in Fujian, Guangdong, and other places along the coast of China under the cover of the navy......

On January 11, 1938, Han Fuyu, then deputy commander of the Fifth Theater and commander-in-chief of the Third Army, was arrested in Zhengzhou and executed on charges of fleeing from the battle, losing the city and land......

Since the Battle of Nanjing, He Jianye, who had repeatedly requested to go to the front line to resist the Japanese invasion, was rejected by the division commander on the grounds of obeying orders, and concentrated on training the troops......

In February 1938, the 16th Regiment returned to the army after the minor wounded who were treated in the division hospital, and the personnel of He Jianye's 16th Regiment expanded to more than 5,600 people; In March, 62 seriously injured people were sent back to Qingjiang by Zeng Da under the arrangement of He Jianye......

Qingjiang, He Mansion Mansion, Zeng Da was telling He Fuchu about He Jianye's arrangements for these wounded soldiers who could no longer go to the battlefield,

"The eldest young master, the second young master let me tell you, now that we have collected so many refugees, these wounded soldiers are sent back to let them do things, the second young master means that they will train the young people in our mining area, form a militia group, and defend .....Jiangxi in the future."

"Oh! I can understand why the second child brought so many refugees back! They are all young and strong! Good source of soldiers, you go back and tell the second child, now that food is scarce, you can't train unscrupulously every day, let these wounded soldiers train a batch first! Anyway, there are a lot of weapons and ammunition produced by the factory, so as to protect the production ...... our factory," He Fuchu said.

It was these 62 wounded soldiers who formed He Jianye's militia training regiment and began to train militia in the Geling area of Qingjiang......

Time came to March 24, 1938, He Jianye was in the training ground to assess the marksmanship of the elite soldiers, after several months of intensive training, He Jianye's sniper team expanded from 3 to 16, with 16 barely qualified snipers, He Jianye felt that after going to the battlefield, he could use more tactics.....

"Report to the regiment commander, the division headquarters emergency meeting notice, and ask to rush to the division headquarters to attend the meeting within 5 minutes!" The communication squad ran out of the regiment headquarters and reported to He Jianye,

He Jianye, who heard this notice, immediately understood that it might be a war, suppressed his excitement, jumped on his horse, and galloped towards the division headquarters......

"Report, He Jianye, head of the 16th Regiment, was ordered to report." He Jianye, who was galloping all the way, dismounted and threw the horse to the guards, and shouted directly at the door,

"Come in!" Li Yutang said inside,

After He Jianye entered, he found that all the officers had arrived, and only the commander of his own battalion, who was relatively far away, came the latest.

"Alright, everyone's here. You've been clamoring all day long to little Japan, and now your chance has come. The Military Commission ordered our Third Division to rush to the aid of Xuzhou, and asked us to prepare for the best preparations, once the wagons were adjusted in place, we might not have time to rest and be transported to the Xuzhou battlefield, which is now a pot of porridge, and the war is extremely tragic for both China and Japan; Let the chief of staff first introduce you to the form of the Xuzhou battlefield! ”； Li Yutang said,

The commanders of the brigades and regiments who heard the news looked intently at the map on the wall, and saw Chief of Staff Nguyen Vinh Ki holding the wooden stick of the commander pointing on the map and saying,

"Look, on January 26, 1938, the 13th Division of the Japanese Army attacked from Nanjing to Fengyang and Bengbu in Anhui Province. The 31st Army of the 11th Group Army retreated to the west of Dingyuan and Fengyang after resisting one after another in the area on the west bank of the Chi River.

By February 3, 1938, the Japanese army had captured Linhuai Pass and Bengbu. On the 9th~10th, the main force of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army crossed the Huai River at Bengbu and Linhuai Pass respectively and launched an attack on the north bank.

The 51st Army engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army, suffered heavy casualties, and retreated in the direction of the Lu River and the Huhe River on the 12th. The Fifth Theater of Operations led by Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 59th Army, rushed to the Guzhen area, and cooperated with the 51st Army to stubbornly resist the Japanese army in the area on the north bank of the Huai River.

At the same time, on the south bank of the Huai River, the 48th Army of the 21st Group Army held the Luqiao area, and the 7th Army cooperated with the 31st Army to attack the Japanese flank of Dingyuan in a roundabout way, forcing the main force of the Japanese 13th Division to return from the north bank of the Huai River. The 59th and 51st armies took advantage of the situation to counterattack and restored all positions north of the Huai River by early March. The 21st Army and the 31st Army were concentrated from the south bank of the Huai River to the north bank. The two sides confronted each other across the river. Ruan Yongqi turned his baton and moved to the Xuzhou area above, and continued,

"In late February, the Japanese 2nd Army began to split up and attack south. The 5th Division of the East Road went south from Weixian County, Shandong, and fell into Yishui, Juxian, and Rizhao in succession, and went straight to Linyi. The 3rd Army Corps, the 40th Army and other units resisted step by step. The 59th Army was ordered to rush to the rescue, and on March 12, it arrived on the west bank of the Yi River in the northern suburbs of Linyi, and cooperated with the 40th Army to carry out a counterattack, fighting fiercely for 5 days and nights, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army, and forcing it to retreat to Juxian. The Nagase Detachment (equivalent to a brigade) of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army on the West Road crossed the canal from the west of the Jining area and attacked Jiaxiang, but was stubbornly resisted by the 3rd Army and the attack was frustrated; The Seya detachment (equivalent to a brigade) marched south along the Jinpu Railway, and on March 14 attacked Tengxian (present-day Tengzhou) from Liangxiadian, south of Zou County (present-day Zoucheng). The 41st Army of the 22nd Group Army of the defending army resisted bravely, suffered heavy casualties, and fought hard until the 17th, Wang Mingzhang, the commander of the 122nd Division of the army defending the city, was martyred with more than 7,000 brothers of the Sichuan Army, and Tengxian County was lost. ”

Ruan Yongqi put away his baton and said, "So far, China and Japan have fought a bloody battle around Taierzhuang; Now the battle is fierce! That's all the battlefield situation so far. ”

Looking at the group of red-faced officers below, Li Yutang said loudly,

"This battle is the first time that my third division has participated in a major war since the Battle of Songhu, and it has been repaired for so long, so it should be pulled out to let Japan see what the elite of the national army cannot be defeated. Our 3rd Division suffered a great loss on the Songhu battlefield, and I hope that several of you regiment commanders have taught the lessons learned from the Songhu battlefield to your brothers! ”

"In addition, I don't want that regiment commander to say more about his recruits, more than four months of training, there is no result, I can only say that you are a rice bucket! I am invincible in the fight against Japan! As a soldier, you must have such a belief; Our third division is a nightmare for the Japanese! Guard, to be as steady as Mount Tai; Attack, be invincible! Everyone, go back and get ready! Li Yutang was also very excited, and announced the adjournment of the meeting on the spot!