At half past five o'clock in the morning of May 8, 1938, half an hour before dawn, the brothers of the 184th Division and the men of the 16th Regiment were squatting in the trenches and keeping an eye on the defensive line.......

The Japanese 59th Wing Pursuit Brigade, under the bombardment of infantry artillery and mortars, the small earthen bags of the original 16th Regiment covering the defense line were bombed into two large pits.

"Yaga, cunning and cowardly Shina pig! Give me chase! ”

"Your Excellency Nakasa, it's almost dawn now, and the defense line of the 184th Division is in front, do you want to wait for the order of the wing commander before attacking!" The staff officer of the brigade suggested,

"Yaga, retreat! Waiting for the order of Sakanishi Ichira Daisa! The captain retreated to the starting position in hatred......

After dawn, the tense battalion commander of the 184th Division said,

"Captain He, your mission is accomplished; Go back and get back to your life! The Huangshi Mountain defense line is the position of my 184th Division, and we will definitely be able to hold it! ”

"Well, thank you Brother Dian Jun for taking care of you! Let's withdraw! He Jianye ordered,

At 7 o'clock in the morning of May 8, the 59th Wing of the Japanese Army attacked Yuwang Mountain with a brigade with tanks and cavalry, and it was fierce.

"Division commander, what happened to the Japanese army last night with the sixteenth regiment? Why did the Japanese army even get tanks out today, and it was the first time since May 3 that the Japanese army launched such a fierce attack. "The forward commander of the 184th Division called Zhang Chong amid the roar of artillery fire,

"What? Tanks, you're scared. Didn't we beat you back like that? must be defended, no matter what the 16th Regiment does, it can't let the little devils attack the Yuwang Mountain position. Zhang Chong ordered on the phone,

"Yes, the division commander can rest assured, the people are in the position!"

The Japanese army stormed Yuwang Mountain, and the well-trained field artillery battalion of the Yunnan Army gave the enemy artillery positions an accurate return fire, and the Japanese artillery was beaten to pieces; The anti-aircraft artillery company directly hit the Japanese tanks in front of the Yuwang Mountain position, paralyzing many of its tanks; The frenzied Japanese army advanced at the risk of death, and the Dian army first returned fire with machine guns and grenades, and finally engaged the Japanese army in a white-knuckle battle, destroying most of the Japanese army in front of the position. The Japanese army still did not give up, fighting fiercely all day and continuing to attack, and none of the Dian troops retreated.

The Japanese troops who stormed the Yuwang Mountain position for one day caused more than 800 casualties of the 184th Division, a regiment on the front line was disabled, and the devils left more than 200 corpses and retreated to the starting position at dusk.......

By May 18, the Dian army completed the covering task and was ordered to withdraw to the west bank of the canal, and the Yuwang Mountain blocking battle ended with a great victory for the Dian army.

On May 8, He Jianye, who had returned to the regiment headquarters, fell asleep at the headquarters and woke up hungry at noon, eating multigrain cakes and drinking water, lamenting that the food in the battlefield was really unpalatable......

"Call the cooking squad leader." He Jianye instructed the guards,

The "regiment leader" cooking squad leader came to report,

"Why do you give this to the brothers? Nothing else? He Jianye asked,

"Regiment commander, now that the Xuzhou area has become a pot of porridge, the supply in the rear is not smooth, and it is basically used to ensure the supply of ammunition, and it would be good to have miscellaneous grain cakes." Deputy Head Xia said beside him,

"If you have meat, can you improve the food for the brothers?" He Jianye asked,

"Yes! As long as there are ingredients, not to mention meat, anything can be done! I'll do a good job. The cooking squad leader said,

"Okay, I'll ask Zeng Da to bring you meat later, and improve the food for the brothers tonight." He Jianye ordered,

"Captain, are you going up there to get meat?" Deputy Head Xia said,

"Hehe, next to us is Yishui, tell the guards to go fishing!" He Jianye walked out of the regiment headquarters as he spoke,

In the afternoon, He Jianye took the guard company to get fish in Yishui, and in the evening the 16th regiment had a good mouth, and the position was full of brothers drinking delicious fish soup and eating multigrain cakes......

After dinner, He Jianye was pondering whether to go to Yuwang Mountain to find trouble with the Fifth Division.

"Report, division telegram!" The communications soldier handed over a telegram,

"This afternoon, the Japanese Imada detachment broke through the headquarters of Li Mingyang of the Third Group Army of the National Army and advanced along the east bank of Yishui towards Pi County.

"Fuck, it's finally here; Labor and management are about to rust. Tell Yang Xiaoshi to come in. He Jianye ordered,

"Call back to the division headquarters, my 16th Regiment will defend its position to the death and block the advance of the Imada detachment." He Jianye instructed the signal soldiers to call back,

"Regiment Leader" Yang Xiaoshi reported,

"The Imada detachment broke through the defense line of Li Mingyang's guerrilla column and came towards us; Now you will begin to send a reconnaissance unit five kilometers forward to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and report every half an hour. Do you understand? He Jianye said,

"Yes, Commander; I'll arrange it right away! After Yang Xiaoshi finished speaking, he walked out of the regiment headquarters......

"Commander, the Imada detachment is accompanied by a heavy artillery brigade, two mountain artillery squadrons, and a field artillery squadron coming towards our position. There are about 15,000 people. It is still 8 km from us. Yang Xiaoshi came back and reported,

"Keep exploring!" He Jianye said,

At the regiment headquarters, He Jianye pointed to the map and said to the battalion and company commander,

"You see, the purpose of the Imada detachment is very clear, that is, to cross the Yishui tributary from us, copy the back road of the 59th Army, capture the East China Sea in one fell swoop, and then advance towards Xin'an, and copy Xuzhou from the east!"

"Commander, a detachment! We're afraid we can't resist it! Ask for the support of the division! Deputy Head Xia said,

"Asking for support before the fight starts? I'll talk about it when I can't resist it. After returning to the battalion and company commanders, they continued to strengthen the fortifications, especially the anti-artillery holes; We're magnets, and we're here with the Imada detachment! He Jianye patted the map,

"Yes, don't worry, the head of the regiment!" The battalion company commander left the regimental headquarters and went straight to his own line of defense......

"Regiment commander, the Imada detachment stopped five kilometers of our defensive line, as if camped." At half past five in the afternoon, the last rays of the sun faded, and Yang Xiaoshi came back to report......

In the evening, He Jianye organized a meeting of the battalion and company commanders at the regiment headquarters.

"According to this trend, to-morrow morning the 1st Battalion will certainly engage the enemy; Battalion Commander Zhu, how is your defensive line? Have the mortar firing stations and anti-aircraft artillery bunkers in the trenches been completed? ”

"Report to the head of the group, everything has been done according to your requirements a long time ago; I'm afraid that the little devil won't come. Zhu Yunhua said,

"Okay, the second battalion will send two companies to support the first battalion tomorrow; The third battalion is responsible for the two flanks to prevent the Japanese from outflanking left and right! Go ahead and prepare! ”

He Jianye ordered,

At night, He Jianye, who was not at ease, took the guards around the fortifications of each battalion and company of the 16th Regiment, checked the strength of the trenches and the setting of anti-artillery holes, and carefully inspected the anti-artillery passages and bunkers behind the trenches of the first battalion.

"Battalion Commander Zhu, the passage and bunker of your battle defense artillery are not bad, but there are too few; According to this criterion, two are being built in the middle; On the right, there is a lane; Although there are only 6 anti-aircraft guns in the artillery battalion to support your defense, this is something that can withstand the attack of the devil tank and protect the lives of the soldiers, so it must be protected. ”

"Yes, Commander, I will immediately arrange for someone to dig overnight." Zhu Yunhua ran to arrange it......

At the regiment headquarters, He Jianye came in and saw Deputy Head Xia there, and said directly,

"Go and arrange a cooking class, and tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock you must have your meal, and cook all the meat, so that the brethren may have their fill; Maybe we won't have time to eat from tomorrow onwards, so we'll have to deal with it with multigrain cakes. ”

"Yes, Commander, I'll arrange it right away!" Deputy Regiment Commander Xia walked out of the regiment headquarters and ran to the cooking class......

"Give me the phone number of the 18th regiment on the opposite side and find the head of Zhou Qingxiang." He Jianye instructed the signal soldiers,

A few minutes later, the communications soldier took the phone and said, "Regiment commander, connected." ”

"Brother Zhou, I received a telegram from the division headquarters today! The Imada detachment is advancing very quickly, and at 6 o'clock in the afternoon it has reached five kilometers away from my defensive line, I estimate that my brother and I will be struggling in blood tomorrow, brother, you have to support at a critical time! He Jianye said,

"Brother He, there is also a brigade of the Imada detachment opposite me; But don't worry, brother, I will definitely support you. Zhou Qingxiang said,

"Okay, thank you, brother!" He Jianye put down the phone, didn't go to the bed at the regiment headquarters to sleep, directly changed into soldiers' clothes, went north to sniper rifles, went to the trenches of the first battalion, and stared at the trenches.....