The retreat of the 13th and 18th regiments did not encounter any problems, the 106th division of the Japanese army on the opposite side lost basically all the artillery during the day, and it was in the mountains and forests at night, and there was no moonlight at night, although I saw a lot of torches lit up in the mountains and forests, and the torches of the brigade were retreating to the area of Yaque Mountain, but the nervous Japanese army did not dare to pursue, after all, there were still a large number of artillery in the Eighth Army on the opposite side, and I was afraid that it was a conspiracy of the Chinese army, and the 123rd Wing, which was strictly ordered not to pursue, let go of the 15th Regiment, Let a company of the 15th Regiment, which was nervously left behind the broken rear troops, retreat an hour after forming a position, and did not find that the broken rear troops pursuing the Japanese army returned to Yaque Mountain and retreated with the 16th Regiment to the city wall mountain.

On the evening of July 25, the 16th Regiment marched overnight to the area of Chengqiang Mountain, and after resting, it withdrew all the way to the area of Shahe Town and Shamao Mountain......

On July 26, the Japanese 106th Division called for the air force to bomb after dawn and rushed to Xianglu Mountain and Phoenix Mountain to find that the Eighth Army had retreated, and the Yaque Mountain behind also gave up defense, so it directly attacked Jiujiang City, and the defenders of Li Han's Soul Department who defended Jiujiang City District launched a bloody street battle with the Japanese 106th Division, and on the morning of July 27, the Japanese army occupied Jiujiang City.

At the same time as the Jiujiang offensive and defensive battle was fierce, the Japanese 6th Division also launched an attack on Taihu, Susong, and Huangmei according to the established deployment, although the Chinese army carried out stubborn resistance, after all, it failed to block the advance of the Japanese army, and on July 26, Taihu Lake was lost, and after the Japanese occupied Jiujiang, they did not stop the attack, and continued to attack the periphery of Jiujiang, and the Chinese defender Chen Mingren, who covered the rear flank of the Second Corps, launched repeated battles, Chen Mingren commanded the troops to resist step by step, and after completing the task, they withdrew to Guizhou for rest due to too much troop losses. On August 2, Susong was lost, and on August 4, Huangmei was lost.

Li Yutang's Eighth Army could only command the 3rd Division and the 15th Division, which was temporarily attached to it, to build a defensive line at Shahe Town and Nanchang Pu to resist the Japanese attack.

It was less than 20 kilometers from Chengqiang Mountain to Shahe Town, and the planes of the devils were busy bombing the defensive positions of the national army in the areas of Taihu, Susong, and Huangmei, and the troops marched very quickly when the pursuers were intercepted and there was no iron rooster laying eggs in the sky, and at noon on July 27, the 16th Regiment successfully arrived in the area of Shahe Town.

The temporary headquarters of the Third Division was set up in the spacious lobby on the first floor of a restaurant facing the street in the town, and the wooden doors and windows had long been smashed by bombs dropped by the planes of the Japanese devils.

He Jianye arranged for the troops to rest on the spot outside Shahe Town, and took Zeng Da to the door of the temporary division headquarters by stepping on the rubble and gravel scattered on the street.

"I am He Jianye of the 16th Regiment, and I was ordered to report to the division headquarters." Yang Ling explained their intentions to the guards at the division headquarters.

Of course, the guards knew He Jianye, the main regiment commander of the Third Division, Yang Ling, and they said a little before turning around and running into the lobby.

There are brothers everywhere in the streets carrying all kinds of planks and materials to send out of the city, they are arranging fortifications for the next defense, everyone looks so thin under the torment of the war, but the country is ruined, the iron hooves of the Japanese devils have stepped into this land, they can't help but stop desperately, they just arrived here last night, in the face of a new battle they have no way to rest, only to continue to build life-saving fortifications.

The cruelty and tragedy of the war is not just how many Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded and how many brothers they sacrificed in the battle report, but once a healthy and lively young man is put into this war, it is not that the battle is over and can be withdrawn to rest, they have to fight until they fall or the battle is over before they may have the opportunity to withdraw to the rear to reunite, or they are reorganized into other units to continue fighting, which is a great test of the psychology and will of these young men. Fortunately, men in the land of China have learned the ability to survive in depression since ancient times. In a long and endless battle, a long period of nervous tension will cause many recruits who have just stepped on the battlefield to collapse without being killed by the enemy, thus losing themselves on the battlefield and becoming a feat under the devil's gun.

The reason why the survival rate of veterans who have experienced such a long and brutal war is so much higher than that of new recruits, because they have survived countless days of holding their positions without food, drink or ammunition, and they already know how to survive on the cruel battlefield. This is also the origin of the fact that the combat effectiveness of one veteran in the army is greater than that of five recruits.

Now the 106th Division, after capturing Yaque Mountain, can capture Jiujiang without any obstacles; The next thing is to go south to attack De'an, and now the Eighth Army is laying a line of defense in Shahe Town and Nanchang leading to De'an, and in the face of the Japanese 106th Division that is pressed over as a whole, what should the Third Division, which has almost consumed about the same ammunition? The next thing is probably to use flesh and blood and will to resist the attack of the Japanese army, and the brutal battle has just begun.

"Commander He, the division commander told you to go in!" He Jianye didn't wait long at the door, and the guards soon came out to call him in.

The tables and chairs in the lobby on the first floor of the tavern had been put together and laid out on the map, and a group of staff officers and officers were making various markings on the map.

Zhao Xitian was sitting on a stool in the corner next to him, eating multigrain cakes, but the difference was that there was a stack of pickles and a bowl of boiling water on the table.

"Commander, it's all here; Why didn't you ask the cooking class to get you something hot to eat! What about eating this? He Jianye didn't salute, and went up directly and said,

"Well, here it is, sit, sit." Zhao Xitian was in a good mood, and destroyed the field artillery wing of the 106th Division in the Third Division of Yaque Mountain, which reduced a great burden on the next defense, after all, the Japanese army's mountain artillery and field artillery also had to be transported from the rear to be replenished, let alone replenish the artillery;

He Jianye looked up and asked, "Have you eaten?" Would you like to have some? ”

"Division commander, I ate some on the way, and I have one less pickle than you, after all, you are the division commander, and I am the regiment commander. You use it slowly! He Jianye joked,

"Hehe, it's still on it! I didn't hide your merits at all this time, and asked the chief of staff to report to the military headquarters. The next task, you 16th Regiment must be the leader! The losses of those three regiments are a bit big! Zhao Xitian wiped his mouth with his hand, said that he drank water here, and then said,

"Did you come here?"

"No, we have retreated to the city wall mountain, and there are no devils to catch up, I guess the devils are busy entering Jiujiang City." He Jianye said,

"The military headquarters has just forwarded the battle report of the Second Reserve Division, and in less than an hour after you passed through the city wall mountain area, a wing of the 106th Division of the Devil has already chased and killed you; Now the 2nd Reserve Division is still resisting and covering the retreat of Li Hansoul's troops! ”

He Jianye frowned and said, "Division Commander, I'm afraid that the devil's 106th Division will soon be able to get out of Jiujiang City!" I'm afraid that the main force will soon advance to the front line of the city wall mountain, and the reserve second division may not be able to stop it for long, so we must prepare early! ”