Chapter 59: The Fierce Battle of Yishui (9)
On May 11, 1938, the Japanese devils did not sleep well all night, did not attack, but were only transporting artillery from the rear and busy building artillery positions in Gaoji......
He Jianye got up from the table early in the morning, rubbed his numb arms, felt that his whole body was weak, he ran to the trench to practice boxing alone, and then practiced the breathing method that had not been practiced for several days.
"Hey, why is there an extra piece of clothing on the ground? Hehe, isn't this my family letter? Why is it on the table, it must have been too sleepy last night, and I didn't get up and went straight to sleep. But whose clothes are these? He Jianye picked up the military uniform from the ground, opened it and gestured, and found that it was not his own, so small that he couldn't wear it......
"Forget it, don't think about it, put it on the table, whoever will take it!" He Jianye patted the dust on his clothes, folded it and put it on the table.
After breakfast, He Jianye, who didn't hear the sound of shelling, told Zhu Yunhua to go to the position and guard, and came to inform himself if there was any movement, and then walked slowly towards the wounded area alone......
As soon as he entered the wounded soldier area, because it was underground, the air circulation was not smooth, and the strong smell of blood almost did not smoke He Jianye down, He Jianye frowned and looked at the wounded and sick lying on the wooden board on the ground, some of the wounds wrapped in gauze were still oozing blood, none of the soldiers shouted, they were all suffering in silence, and some of the wounded soldiers were still muttering about killing devils when they fell asleep......
He Jianye walked slowly towards the seriously injured area inside, for fear of waking up the wounded soldiers, and when he met the nurses, he directly gestured to tell them not to squeak......
He Jianye walked in all the way, perhaps because there was no big battle last night, and Dr. Tian and Zhu Ying were still lying in the bunker next to them......
What made He Jianye strange was that he didn't see many seriously injured people with missing arms and legs this time......
After seeing the condition of the wounded, it was much better than he expected, He Jianye slowly retreated and returned to the regiment headquarters.
After breakfast, He Jianye instructed Deputy Regiment Commander Xia to count the casualties to him, and then said to the signal soldiers,
"Send a report to the division headquarters, division commander Jun Jian: The headquarters of our 16th Regiment began to hold its position under the attack of Japanese tanks and artillery on May 9, 1938, and on the 10th, the Japanese army began to use poison gas to attack our Gaoji position, and the position was lost on the afternoon of the 10th, and from the night of the 10th to the early morning of the 11th, after a whole night of attack, it failed to overcome the Gaoji position, and now the whole regiment continues to hold on to the Gaozhuang position."
After dictating the content, He Jianye didn't wait for a reply, he went directly to the position, looking at Gaoji's position without seeing the Japanese army assembling to attack, He Jianye thought, "Drag, anyway, my task is to block you." I didn't say to destroy you. We'd better just drag it out. ”
He Jianye, who returned to the regiment headquarters, took the reply call sent by the signal soldier and was in a daze, "I have learned that if you can't defend it, you can cross Yishui at night and retreat towards the position of the 18th Regiment." ”
At noon, it was another multigrain cake, but it was better to have a lunch box of hot soup, although there were a few wild vegetables in it, but it was better than cold water......
"Commander, the casualties have been counted; Look. After lunch, Deputy Commander Xia handed over a casualty report,
"379 killed, 452 seriously wounded, 867 lightly wounded; Among them, 107 people were seriously injured and not saved, with a total of 486 deaths. He Jianye frowned and finished reading,
"Why are so many people not saved?" He Jianye asked,
"I have to ask Dr. Tian about this, I don't know!" Deputy Head Xia said,
"Oh, then you see when Dr. Tian is free, let's go and see!" He Jianye said,
"Okay, Captain!"
In the afternoon, the Japanese army still did not move, He Jianye came to the medical team, Dr. Tian had just finished his work, He Jianye asked euphemistically about the treatment of the seriously wounded, and Dr. Tian directly told He Jianye that there was a shortage of plasma and blood, and the seriously wounded were basically killed on the operating table, and the blood flow was too much, and there was no replenishment.
"Then why don't you pump the blood of the soldiers?" He Jianye asked,
"We have brought blood test equipment, but the nutritional situation of the soldiers is not good, and if we draw blood again, I am afraid that the body will be weak, resulting in a short period of time not being able to go to the battlefield; The Great War has just begun; I didn't do that. Dr. Tian said,
"Hey! So what to do? Seeing that this battle can't be finished in a day or two, there are so many wounded here, and you can't take care of it! He Jianye asked,
"Commander He, I suggest that if conditions permit, it is best to transfer the wounded to the rear, the seriously wounded and the lightly wounded here can be transported, and the situation has basically stabilized. Conditions in the rear are much better. Dr. Tian said,
"Okay, the transfer will start tonight, and I'll contact the division headquarters!" He Jianye said,
He Jianye returned to the regiment headquarters and immediately asked the signal corps to send a report to the division headquarters, requesting the transfer of wounded soldiers, and the division headquarters readily agreed, but only asked that the people be sent through Yishui, and then sent by the division headquarters to Xin'an, and sent back to Hankou by night train.
"Call the company commanders of the engineer company, the baggage company, and the transport company to the regiment headquarters." He Jianye ordered,
The three company commanders arrived soon, and He Jianye said directly,
"Preparing to transport the wounded tonight, do you have any good ideas? How is the ship prepared? ”
"Regiment commander, only three small boats have been collected so far, and the wooden platoon cannot be used to transport the wounded, it is too dangerous. It can transport three people at a time, and it takes half an hour to go back and forth. So a maximum of about 60 people can be transported in one night. Yang Shunsen replied,
"That's not enough! We have more than 1,200 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers, and we have to transfer them all, and we have to think of a way to get them at your speed! He Jianye said,
"Commander, why don't we take the pontoon bridge? It's so efficient! Li Zhenlin said,
"Didn't you say that pontoons are more dangerous?" He Jianye frowned and said,
"We can stand on both sides of the pontoon bridge full of soldiers, with ropes tied to their waists, stand in the water, and then pass the stretcher by both hands, directly to the opposite bank, which may be much faster!" Li Zhenlin said,
"Company Commander Yang, can the pontoon bridge sink this weight? What's the big risk not? He Jianye asked,
"The load-bearing is perfectly fine, it's just that the soldiers standing on the bridge may be transferred into the water." Yang Shunsen said,
"That's it, it's ready to be transferred after dark tonight; The guard company and the reconnaissance company went to the bridge. It must be transferred. Go and prepare now. He Jianye ordered,
"Yes," the three company commanders went out to prepare......
"Commander Xia, see how much meat there is, cook it together, add food to the guard company and reconnaissance company tonight, they go into the water at night and add some calories!" Stand in the water for the night. It's not okay to make up for it without something! The guard company and the reconnaissance company were also informed to rest in the afternoon. He Jianye said,
"Yes, Commander, I'll arrange it right away!" Deputy Head Xia went out to arrange......