Chapter 14: The Battle (3)
"Poof, poof, poof" in front of the Japanese position, flares were raised in different directions, the perimeter of the position was like daylight, the Type 92 heavy machine guns and crooked light machine guns on the position began to strafe the perimeter, and the Japanese squadron on duty at night was armed with weapons, and under the leadership of the squad leader and Jun Cao, it formed a tactical squad to pounce on the sniper group of the 16th Regiment outside the defense line......
"Send a signal, tell the brethren, withdraw!" He Jianye said to Zeng Da beside him,
"Okay, you guys withdraw first, I'll follow after I send the signal." Zeng Da glanced at Yang Xiaoshi,
Watching He Jianye and his three brothers climb into the night behind, Zeng Da took out the bamboo whistle, and after the whistle of "toot, toot, toot ......." was sounded, the Japanese army's heavy machine gun barrage and pursuit squad also followed Zeng Da, Zeng Da crawled frantically on the ground, with occasional rolling, successfully blended into the darkness......
On October 26, He Jianye woke up in the individual bunker behind the defense line of the 26th Division, looked at the bright sky, and understood that the suffering days of the 26th Division might start again.......
"Boom, boom, boom...... The old routine before the Japanese attack began, 105mm, 75mm, 150mm and other field artillery and heavy artillery took turns to bombard the positions of the 26th Division.......
The sound of the artillery stopped, and He Jianye, who found that he was fine, climbed out of the anti-artillery hole, set up a sniper rifle, and aimed at the Japanese army queue charging in front, "bang" Cao Ying, the Japanese front soldier, fell to the ground, and the three sniper teams brought by He Jianye fired one after another, shooting and killing the Japanese soldiers who entered the 400-meter range, but for the simple equipment of the officers and soldiers of the 26th Division, 350 meters was still too far, quietly waiting for the Japanese army to approach the defensive line.......
"Da, da, da......" With the sound of the 26th Division's forward machine guns, the officers and men of the 26th Division began to shoot.......
On the evening of October 26, the Japanese army and the 26th Division fought for a day without breaking through the defensive line, and the 101st Division Headquarters, the commander of the 101st Wing Company responsible for the daytime attack, was reporting the battle situation to the division commander.
"Division commander, after the day's fighting, our army still failed to break through the defense line of the Chinese army, our army suffered more than 500 casualties, including heavy losses among the grassroots officers, the first brigade of the 101st Wing, the squadron leader was all killed, and there were only 2 squad leaders left, and the losses of Juncao were even greater, I suspect that the Chinese have riflemen who are proficient in archery and are full-time attacking the grassroots officers of the Japanese Imperial Army."
"Well, you guys have a good rest, the captain of the 157th Wing is on duty tonight, Kotaro Fukushi, you have to arrange a patrol, don't let the people come to fire the cold gun again!" Lieutenant General Masakaki Ito ordered,
"Shigeto Chiaki, tomorrow's attack will be in charge of your Shigeto detachment, be sure to take the position of the Shina Army and complete the convergence of my landing force." Lieutenant General Masaki Ito turned to Chiaki Shigeto and ordered,
"Hay!"
On the evening of the 26th, He Jianye, who had been fighting for a day, led the sniper team back to the town to rest and replenish ammunition......
Beginning on October 26, the Japanese army began to attack the Dachang Xihu family house and the Tahe Bridge house. Guarding the west of the main field was the 18th Division. The 18th Division was a strong force of the Hunan Army, and this time it went to Shanghai to participate in the war, and along the way, it was inspired by the people's passion for the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and its morale was high. The division commander, General Zhu Yaohua, mobilized his subordinates and expressed his attitude to his superiors: "The officers and men of our division are determined to take the anti-Japanese heroes as an example, raise the prestige of our country, and swear to live and die together with the position!" "The officers and men of the division were brave and not afraid of death, repelled Japanese attacks many times, and captured many Japanese prisoners, most of whom were wounded. However, under the enemy's fierce artillery attack, after a night of bloody fighting, the road from Dachang to Nanxiang was broken by the Japanese army by 1 kilometer. The officers and men of the retreating 18th Division fled south along the Hutai Road......
The Dachang command urgently ordered the 3rd Division, which was guarding the east of Dachang, to transfer troops to plug the leak.
At the regimental headquarters of the 16th Regiment, He Jianye was sleeping next to the regimental headquarters, and a hurried knock on the door sounded, "Regiment commander, brigade headquarters order" The guards were shouting,
He Jianye, who rubbed his eyes and got up, looked at his watch, just 3 o'clock in the morning, put on his coat, opened the door and asked, "What order?" ”
"The brigade headquarters ordered our 16th Regiment to march westward, build a defensive position on the Hutai Highway near Chejiaqiao, and be sure to block the pursuit of the Japanese army!" Guards report,
"Notify the whole group to assemble urgently!" He Jianye gave an order as he spoke, dressed quickly, packed up his equipment, and waited for He Jianye to go out, more than 1,500 people from the 16th Regiment had been assembled......
"The brigade headquarters ordered our regiment to build a defensive position at Chejiaqiao, which the whole regiment has, and marched in a hurry. Run forward! After He Jianye finished speaking, he took the lead in running, the distance between the two places was more than 10 kilometers, the 16th Regiment passed a rapid march, and arrived at Chejiaqiao at half past 4 o'clock in the evening.
"Commander He, the 18th Division was defeated by the Japanese army tonight, and now the Japanese army is pursuing along the Hutai Road, our 18th Regiment has gone up to the top, and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army near Wenlongtang in front, because there are no field fortifications, I am afraid it will not last long, I hope your department will quickly build a position!" A signal soldier of the 18th Regiment ran to report the situation of the battle,
"Okay, brother has worked hard, please tell Captain Zhou, hold on for another half an hour, and you can retreat here!" He Jianye commanded, and the communication soldier who received the news shook his leg and ran away......
"The reconnaissance company cooperated with the first battalion to build a position on the front of the Hutai Highway, relying on the river, and after the position was constructed, the explosives were buried under the bridge; Prepare to blow up the bridge; The second battalion is on the left, and the third battalion is on the right...... Pay attention to the construction of trenches and machine gun fortifications, you must first build a fire support point......" He Jianye looked at the speed of building the position, and he himself was digging frantically with his own hands......
At 5 o'clock in the morning, the officers and men of the 16th Regiment, who had finished building machine-gun field fortifications, were digging artillery holes and were attracted by the whistle of the forward scouts......
"What's going on?" He Jianye asked, and a scout ran over and reported, "Regiment commander, 800 meters ahead, a large number of people were found rushing towards this side frantically, Mrs. Black, I can't tell whether it is the Japanese army or our defeated troops!" ”
"Everyone, get to the ground, machine gun preparation, mortars, flares preparation!" He Jianye ordered,
"Give me a machine gun," He Jianye shouted, and the guard handed over a Czech light machine gun,
He Jianye put the machine gun on the trench, listened to the footsteps coming out in front, and ordered loudly, "Flare fire, other personnel listen to my order and shoot"
"Knock" accompanied by the lifting of flares, He Jianye saw that 500 meters to 800 meters ahead, a large number of ragged soldiers poured in, only a few people had weapons, He Jianye frowned, pulled the trigger of the machine gun "Da, da, da" The Czech machine gun hit the feet of this group of routers with a short shot, and shouted, "Listen, the people in front of you, this is the position of the 16th Regiment of the 3rd Division, serious warning, do not move forward, otherwise shoot!" ”