The 26th Division of the 43rd Army belongs to the Guizhou Army, which is the 43rd Army of Guo Rudong of the original Sichuan Army, which was defeated in the battle for Sichuan with Liu Xiang's 20th Army, and after the Sichuan Kang Reorganization Army Conference in July 1937, the 43rd Army left only this division, the division commander Liu Yuqing; After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the 43rd Army took the oath of division in early September, left the Guizhou garrison, stayed overnight all the way, and marched on foot along the Hunan-Guizhou Highway, and on October 17, the 26th Division was ordered to take over the 36th Division Song Xilian to defend the position of Dachang Town. The 26th Division had less than 10,000 men, four regiments plus a communications company and an engineer company, three infantry battalions and one mortar company (four mortars) per regiment, three infantry companies and one heavy machine gun company (four civilian 24 heavy machine guns) in each battalion, three infantry platoons in each company, and only one light machine gun in each platoon. The equipment was extremely rudimentary, with only more than 50 old-fashioned Hanyang-made guns in each company, and even the rifles in the chambers were almost smoothed out, and some soldiers' rifles lacked parts, and the bolts had to be tied with hemp rope......

In the battle on the afternoon of October 25, it was such a poorly equipped Sichuan army unit that blocked the attack of the Japanese 101st Division on the periphery of Dachang Town, and then faced the Japanese artillery bombardment......

The position of the 26th regiment of the 152nd division was only 200 meters from the enemy. The earth kicked up by the shells was like a thick fog of smoke, and a dense bomb bombarded the fortifications. He Pingru, deputy of the 5th Company, had just left the company from the teaching team, and the company's frontal defense was 100 meters wide, the guns and artillery bombarded so much that he could not raise his head, the position was full of stumps and severed limbs, and blood and water were piled up all over the trenches. When the Japanese army approached, the brave Sichuan soldiers rushed out of the trenches, fought with bayonets and fought with the Japanese soldiers, fighting and rolling to kill, and when the bayonets were bent, they switched to fists, gun butts, and even teeth, and some of them were tied with grenades all over their bodies, and they died with the enemy......

He was buried in the mud kicked up by the bomb and wounded in the arm. He slowly crawled out from under the dirt and went to battle again......

On the night of October 25, the soldiers of the Sichuan army who had fought for a bloody day did not have time to grieve, and the pain paralyzed their nerves, and in the trenches full of blood and water, the living brothers were collecting the bodies of the brothers who died in the battle, sorting out the defense line, and rebuilding the fortifications that were blown up by the Japanese artillery in the afternoon......

In Dachang Town, He Jianye arranged the night sentry and asked the brothers to arrange underground fortifications and bunkers along the streets in Dachang Town, He Jianye understood that Dachang was too important, if he didn't want to be rushed to Nanjing by the Japanese army like a duck, and if he wanted to retreat to Nanjing when the war was not going well, Dachang was the fulcrum that must be held......

He Jianye called the three snipers he had trained, and transferred a few people from the guard company to complete the three-person configuration of the sniper team, and a few people from the reconnaissance company to meet the standard of five people in each group, one sniper, one observer (responsible for carrying ammunition), one rifleman, one light machine gun, and one ammunition man......

"The battlefield is the best place to train qualified snipers, especially at night, starting tonight, I will lead you to the front of the 26th Division's position, find your own position, and strike at the Japanese sentries and personnel......" He Jianye was arranging their respective areas,

"Regiment Commander, you're going to the front again!" Zeng Da asked,

"Well, the night is the best cover, don't worry, I'll definitely be back tomorrow." He Jianye said,

Zeng Da didn't squeak, silently pushed out the regiment headquarters, found Yang Xiaoshi, and told Zeng Da the regiment commander's thoughts, the two of them were silent, took two people, carried a large amount of ammunition and light machine guns, and waited at the entrance of the regiment department......

"Pay attention, the sniper team should be dispersed, you can't shoot at the same time, look for fighters, hit with one hit, change positions immediately after hitting, if there is a Japanese squad chasing, don't panic, machine gunners and riflemen are responsible for covering, snipers and observers retreat first, and after retreating to a favorable position, shoot to cover the retreat of machine gunners and riflemen, understand? ......" is at the regiment headquarters, He Jianye is still tirelessly teaching sniper tactics to several sniper teams,

"Alright, having said that, let's do it! Maybe we will all participate in the operation in the next few days, and while the 26th Division is on the periphery, you will give full play to your archery skills and focus on hitting the Japanese officers! Now let's go to change clothes and prepare, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the regiment headquarters will gather and set off! He Jianye ordered,

At 8 o'clock in the evening, He Jianye was dressed as a soldier and wore a modified M35 steel helmet (that is, black paint was smeared on the outside of the steel helmet to achieve the purpose of not reflecting. ), carrying a K98 sniper rifle, set off.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the regiment department, looking at Yang Xiaoshi and Zeng Da, He Jianye was speechless, thought about it, motioned for them to follow, and walked towards the outside of Dachang Town.......

Arriving at the position of the 26th Division and being discovered by the sentry, Yang Xiaoshi stepped forward and said, "We are from the 16th Regiment of the 3rd Division, and we are going to come to you to practice marksmanship with the Japanese!" Don't mind! ”

"Welcome! Do you want the help of the brethren? He Pingru, the deputy of the 5th Company, asked politely,

"No, we'll build our own bunker behind you and take care of ourselves. Thank you," Yang Xiaoshi replied,

A few people who began to be busy built individual bunkers and artillery holes, using wood and stones to build support points in the artillery holes, and tried to build the artillery holes as firmly as possible.

"Brothers, go, and have fun with the little devils." After He Jianye finished speaking, he first crossed the position of the 26th Division and touched the Japanese defense line......

300 places outside the Japanese defense line, the four sniper teams carefully found their positions, and began to observe the bonfire lit by the Japanese army......

"Bang!" The K98 sniper rifle makes a loud noise in the silent night, and the muzzle flame is so obvious in the dark night; He Jianye ignored the results of his battle, and immediately took the lead to crawl into the distance, and the machine gun bullets of the Japanese army's retaliation fell into the mound behind him "poof......

"Bang!" The snipers on the other side opened fire, and the Japanese machine guns stopped roaring in response......

"What's going on?" The Japanese 149th Wing Tatsuhiko Tsuda was responsible for the defense of tonight, guarding against the night attack of the Chinese army, seeing that the first half of the night had passed, there was no movement, and he was about to go to bed when the gunshots rang out......

"Your Excellency Dazuo, there is a small group of soldiers outside the defense line who are shooting cold guns, and my night patrol sentry has killed 5 people, do you send a team to drive it away?" The squadron leader on duty reported,

"Well, all the squadrons on duty are attacking, and the second brigade is notified to assemble and stand by to strengthen the defensive line; Prevent the trickery of the Shina people ......" Tatsuhiko Osa of the 149th Wing ordered,

"Yes, Your Excellency Dazuo, according to the current exposed firing points of the Shina people, I plan to pursue them in the way of reinforcement squads, and each infantry squad will strengthen a grenadier to eliminate all the Shina people who come to put cold guns!" The squadron leader on duty reported,

"Okay, let's go! Beware of the ambush of the Chinese people, and withdraw immediately if there is anything abnormal! When the day dawns, with the support of artillery, we will soon be able to completely annihilate the opposing Chinese army! Tatsuhiko Tsuda instructed,

"Hello!" The squadron leader on duty went out to prepare.