The collapsed trenches had been re-dug by the Brethren, and the huge craters had been converted into improvised anti-artillery installations; During the whole day of August 9, except for a few limited casualties caused by the two artillery attacks brought by the planes, the devils' infantry did not attack, which made the defenders on the heights of Confucius Temple and the northwest heights on Hezhou tense for a whole day......

On the position of the 16th Regiment, five tired and sleepy brothers curled up and slept soundly in the newly repaired anti-artillery hole, and the continuous high-intensity actions day and night brought their spirit and body to the brink of collapse.

He Jianye, as the commander of the 16th Regiment, took the entire position to watch the mental state of the brothers, starting from Jiujiang, it has only been less than two months now, the brothers are not one out of ten, and the rest of the brothers have died in battle except for the wounded soldiers, although these brothers are veterans, but seeing the familiar brothers around them fall one by one, and the retreat is still far away, their mental state has reached the limit, He Jianye suspects that if he does not adjust, I am afraid that these veterans will have problems......

"Platoon commander, you said that today is also strange! Where did the devil's planes and shells go? The devil's infantry didn't attack either! Several brothers were smoking a devil's cigarette in the trenches, and one of the brothers could not hold back and asked their platoon commander, although there were now less than twenty brothers under his command.

"You're tickling! How nice it would be that the devils didn't come to drop bombs! Actually, I think it's good for the devil and us to squat in the trenches and defend each other. The remnant platoon commander said,

"Yes! Many of our brothers have died under the cannonballs of devils! I don't even have a chance to fight the devil! A bare-knuckle squad leader said,

He Jianye stood on the top of the trench, raised his hand and signaled Zeng Dabei to speak, listening to the pitiful request of the brothers below, they just hoped that they could have a chance to fight with the devil before they died, and they didn't have to die under the bombardment of the devil in vain, but for the current Chinese battlefield, this is a kind of luxury, the devil's complete industrial system has completely destroyed China, an agricultural country with vast land and resources, and there is no artillery and aircraft to support these poor infantry......

"Platoon commander, please!" A wizened brother said,

"Li Monkey, they are all their own brothers, don't ask for it; You say! "The platoon commander, as a grassroots officer, knew the difficulties of these brothers, and said directly;

"If I'm half-dead by the devil's shell, give me a good time, okay?" There was not a trace of anger on this brother's face, as if his life had nothing to do with him!

"What stupid are you talking about? The regimental commander will not give up on the seriously wounded brothers, and we will definitely be able to return to the rear alive! The platoon commander's tone was firm,

"Alive? Even if you make it back alive, what will you do? Next time, it's not like you're going to go to the battlefield, sooner or later it's a death; By now, I've killed no less than five devils, and I've avenged my father, sooner or later, I'll die, and I wish I could see my father and mother happily! The brethren who spoke showed helplessness and war-weariness......

Hearing this, He Jianye couldn't listen anymore, these brothers are all veterans! Even the emotions of veterans are like this, they are worthy of their Chinese identity if they are not deserters, the War of Resistance against Japan has been fought for so long, and those who died on the battlefield are the young adults of this nation, and they are the pillars of the family, and the spirit of this country is gradually being emptied by this war, which is also what the Japanese devils hope for, with one battle after another to break the backbone of this nation and realize the dream of colonization......

After replenishing supplies in the afternoon, the 16th Regiment now has sufficient ammunition, and the equipment and materials replenished according to the standard of 1,000 people are now used by less than 600 brothers, and there are also some captured devil ammunition, He Jianye feels very rich, but now the morale of the troops is a problem, and even the veterans who have survived a hundred battles have lost hope......

"Leng Qi, did you find it, except for the devil's plane that came to harass it twice during the day today, why didn't the devil's artillery call?" He Jianye asked,

"It is estimated that the devil's artillery stock is running out, and the infantry has suffered a lot of casualties around the two heights in the past few days. Leng Qi said, the sky has gradually darkened, after eating the hot meal on the battlefield, the two of them chatted in the spacious space of the regiment headquarters;

"Hehe, it's not that the devils are short of shells, I'm afraid that the shells in the rear can't be transported, and they left the railway to the hills, and their cars and pack horses can't keep up with the consumption." He Jianye said,

"Zeng Da, let the cooking class Lao Wang and Yang Xiaoshi come to the regiment headquarters together!" He Jianye turned his head to Zeng Da and ordered,

"Commander, do you want to act again? I'm afraid the brothers won't be able to keep up! Leng Qi said worriedly, now there are so many brothers left, and the devil has not attacked, it will be dark soon, what can such a few people do?

"You come and look at the map, I estimate that the devil's sappers should have built the Jinguan Bridge almost, this avenue is the only transportation route that the devil can pass through trucks in this hilly, I will take dozens of brothers to find out the situation!" He Jianye said to the map,

"But the regimental commander, the devil is not a fool! That avenue is very close to the devil's defense! It won't be unguarded, once it is discovered by the devil, I'm afraid it will ......" Leng Qi's words were full of worry;

"You stay at the regiment headquarters, I'll take a platoon of brothers with me!" He Jianye said,

He Jianye's character is that once he decides, he will not look back, do not look at the devil's transportation line, with the devil's supplementary ability and transportation capacity, if the transportation line is intact, the devil will recover its combat effectiveness in a few days at most, and now the two remnants of the 64th Army and the 8th Army on the defense line may not be able to stop a wave of attacks by the devil, although the theater has already transferred troops, but the poor transportation capacity determines that their speed is definitely not as fast as the devil;

With the multigrain cakes prepared by Lao Wang of the cooking class and more than 30 brothers, with a large amount of equipment on his back, He Jianye set off, the moonlight in the night sky above his head had already fallen, walking in the hilly area, He Jianye's speed was not fast, the brethren's rifles were on their backs, and the hands were all box guns, walking through the bushes and jungles, if they met devils, the long rifles were not necessarily better than box guns.