"This is the current situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou, you know our crisis now!" Chief of Staff Nguyen Vinh Ki put down the wooden stick in his hand, slowly walked to the wall and stood on the left side of the hanging map......

Looking at the silent crowd, Li Yutang stood up and said,

"Theater Order: The 110th Division, the 4th Division and the 2nd, 68th, 59th, and 92nd Armies of the 20th Army Corps, and the 95th Division are the Longhai Corps, with Tang Enbo as the commander-in-chief and Liu Ruming as the deputy commander-in-chief, from the southwest of Xuzhou to Boxian, Zhecheng, Taikang, Luyi, Huaiyang, and Wuyang."

The brigade commander and regimental commander, who were sitting next to the long table, stood up one after another;

"Our 3rd Division belongs to the command of the 2nd Army, and the military headquarters ordered us to move towards Voryang and assemble. Now I order: The 16th Regiment is the vanguard of the whole army, and set off with the divisional hospital, and at 6 o'clock this afternoon it will go directly from Xin'an to the area of Fangtou Mountain in the southwest of Xuzhou, build a defensive position at Fangtou Mountain, and wait for the 3rd Division to assemble. The whole division will set off at 7 a.m. tomorrow and move in. Go ahead and get ready! After Li Yutang gave the order, he sat down decadently,

As the brigade commanders left one after another, He Jianye was still standing in the entire division headquarters, seeing that everyone was almost gone, and the division commander Li Yutang was still in a daze, He Jianye stepped forward and asked Deputy Mayor Chen Yinglong,

"It's 5 o'clock now, and our 16th Regiment set off from Xin'an on time, but where is the division hospital converging? Or do we just go to the division hospital to pick them up? ”

"The hospital just accepted a batch of wounded in the afternoon, I guess it's still busy, you go back and quickly take the 16th Regiment to the division hospital, help them, sort out the materials to escort the wounded, and so on, it doesn't matter if you can't set off on time at 6 o'clock, the main thing is to bring the division hospital to Fangtou Mountain smoothly, and establish a safe field hospital behind the position. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, Deputy Division Commander Chen, then I'll go." After He Jianye saluted, he went out and returned to the regiment headquarters......

In the temporary barracks of the 16th Regiment, the underground people had just lived in the shack area for a few days, and after receiving the order to evacuate, the busy brothers didn't bother to see who had returned.

The baggage company was busy packing supplies onto wheelbarrows, the engineer company was helping to load and unload the cargo, the brothers of the transport company were sorting out their bags, two jugs of water, a bag of dry food, and a rifle on their backs, and as for ammunition, these three companies were always only five bullets in the chambers of their guns during the march......

The 1st to 3rd battalions, under the leadership of the battalion commander, were replacing damaged guns, replenishing ammunition and marching rations.......

The reconnaissance company received ammunition from Deputy Regiment Commander Xia and two days' worth of miscellaneous grain cakes at the cooking class; As the vanguard of the whole regiment, they have to go forward to investigate, and there is basically no opportunity for them to supplement alone......

The guard company was sorting out the information of the regiment headquarters, and the ones that should be packed and burned were thrown directly into the brazier in the middle of the room......

"Cough, cough, cough cough......" He Jianye, who entered the door, directly covered his mouth and began to cough, no way, the smoke was too choking......

"Commander, we'll be fine soon, you wait outside first." Zeng raised his head and spoke, and then began to work......

He Jianye came to the street where he started, there were already three battalions and reconnaissance companies ready and waiting, He Jianye directly ordered,

"Leng Qi, lead the three battalions to set off first, go to the division hospital to help, we have to set off with them, pay attention to the wounded and doctors. If they have supplies that they can't transport, you can help move them. We meet at the west gate, and be quick. Yang Xiaoshi, go out to explore the way. At night, the scouts released 2 kilometers, remember to report the surrounding situation at any time. ”

"Yes, Captain." Leng Qi and Yang Xiaoshi led the team in these two directions......

At 6 o'clock, the remaining personnel and materials of the 16th Regiment had been assembled, and the mighty team marched towards the west gate......

After arriving at the West Gate, He Jianye hadn't seen Leng Qi's figure, looked at the sky worriedly, and said to Zeng Da,

"Tell the team to rest first and wait for the people from the division's hospital."

At 7 o'clock in the evening, I finally saw the brothers of the 16th Regiment carrying a stretcher all the way appear in the field of vision, He Jianye shouted,

"Ready to go, the guard company broke off with me."

He Jianye, who was on the road with baggage and wounded and hospital equipment, was stunned by the snail-like marching speed, and at 11 o'clock in the evening, the march was less than 4 hours, and he was stopped by the director of the field hospital as soon as he walked out of the team less than 15 kilometers.

"What's going on? Why don't you go? He Jianye caught up and asked,

"Commander He, the wounded soldier needs to change the dressing and rest; Can we take a break before we go? The dean, who wore the eyes, asked,

"No! Taking advantage of the fact that there was no bombing of the devil plane at night, we tried to walk as much as possible, and now the train is gone, so we can only rely on our legs to advance to Xuzhou! He Jianye frowned and said,

"Alas! I also know that in this case, stop for half an hour and let the wounded finish changing their medicine before leaving, especially the seriously injured. The dean also knew that the situation was urgent and compromised.

"Okay, you try to hurry up, walk more at night, and rest properly during the day. There is still nearly 90 kilometers to Xuzhou here, and we will try to rush to Fangtou Mountain in the early hours of tomorrow morning to build a defensive line. He Jianye said,

"Okay" The dean nodded and went to change the dressing for the wounded,

"Everyone rests for half an hour before leaving, taking care of the wounded and supplies." He Jianye gave the order loudly,

In addition to the doctors and nurses, the personnel of the field hospital, whose legs were sore and weak, sat on the ground and began to rub their legs; The brothers of the 16th Regiment understood that they could not be discouraged, so they directly leaned their wheelbarrows on the road, and began to help each other to relieve fatigue, some were kicking each other's calves with their insteps, and some were slapping each other's back muscles......

Half an hour later, the team continued on its way. Looking at the tired doctors and nurses, the brothers of the 16th Regiment began to take the initiative to help them carry medical kits and other burdens on their backs, so that they could easily get on the road.......

On the morning of May 17, when the sky gradually brightened, He Jianye said to the returning brothers of the reconnaissance company,

"Let Yang Xiaoshi find a place to rest in front of him, so that everyone can rest."

"Commander, two kilometers ahead, there is an abandoned brickyard with water sources and mines, where you can arrange for everyone to rest." Yang Xiaoshi returned and reported,

"Is it close to the road? Is it convenient to hide the supplies? He Jianye asked,

"There is a grove next to the road, so we can move the supplies to the grove and send a few brothers to look at it." Yang Xiaoshi said,

"Okay, right there, you send someone to help the cooking team carry things, go sit down and prepare for work first, and we'll rest there for two hours." He Jianye ordered,

"Yes" Yang Xiaoshi took the two returning squads to help the cooking squad speed up the march and quickly walked towards the brick and tile yard in front;

He Jianye ran a few steps quickly, stood on the side of the road and shouted: "Work hard!" Less than 1 km ahead is where we rested, and when we got there, we could have a good rest. ”

After a night of marching, the tired team heard that they could rest immediately, and their spirits were lifted and their speed was much faster.

Nearly an hour later, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the team arrived at the resting place, the brothers of the 16th Regiment were carrying supplies to the woods to hide, Deputy Regiment Commander Xia took the wounded and doctors directly to the brickyard, and was busy settling the wounded soldiers in the mine, changing the dressing of the wounded soldiers, and the cooking team prepared several buckets of ginger soup for everyone to ward off the cold......

"One platoon each of the guard company and the reconnaissance company take turns to take care of the supplies and pay attention to vigilance." Yang Xiaoshi didn't dare to be careless, and directly took a platoon to take care of the materials first.

He Jianye, who rushed to the brickyard, saw that everyone was drinking ginger soup and nibbling on multigrain cakes, and immediately shouted,

"Leng Qi, has the guard post been arranged?"

"Commander, it's already arranged. Take a break! Lenzaki said,

He Jianye held ginger soup in his left hand and multigrain cake in his right hand, and sat down on a stone and began to eat and drink.........