On April 24, 1938, He Jianye was still continuing to strengthen the fortifications around Lanfeng, He Jianye knew that the 14th Division of the Japanese Army was not far from Lanfeng, and Kenji Tuhihara led a full 14th Division, two brigades and seven wings, and also strengthened a field artillery wing, with more than 30,000 people, and the Japanese army equipped with a large number of artillery could directly insert Lanfeng under the cover of aircraft and tanks and advance to Kaifeng. This is also the tactic that the Japanese army has always used, and He Jianye constantly asked the troops to build a large number of anti-tank trenches in the positions around Lanfeng......

"Regiment commander, division commander telegram!" The Signal Soldier shouted,

"I order your troops to hand over the Lanfeng house to the 06th Division of the Eleventh Group Army, the Dangshan position to the 102nd Division of Huang Jie's Eighth Army, and the Shangqiu position to be replaced by the 40th and 42nd Divisions of Huang Jie's Eighth Army; The whole division assembled at Shangqiu on April 29. This order will be executed immediately! ”

After reading Li Yutang's telegram, He Jianye thought in his heart, "It's going to be over, this Lanfeng is going to be lost!" ”

"Call back, please rest assured that my 16th Regiment can hold Lanfeng, and there is no need for another unit to be replaced by the Fifth War Zone!" He Jianye confessed to the signal soldiers,

"Regiment commander, division commander call back!" The communications soldier soon ran over with a telegram,

"Grand Master He, repeat, the whole division assembled in Shangqiu on April 29 to carry out the orders of the Military Commission! Otherwise military law engages! Li Yutang! ”

"Hey! The official level crushes people to death! He Jianye sighed, "I hope Lan Feng won't lose it so quickly!" I've repaired the fortifications for the 106th Division, can't I hold on? He Jianye thought,

What He Jianye didn't expect was that in the Battle of Lanfeng, Gui Yongqing led the 27th Army and did not resist at all, and directly ordered the 88th Division to take over the 106th Division to defend Lanfeng, and ran away......

He Jianye, who had been repairing fortifications in Lanfeng for more than 20 days, did not fire a single shot and was transferred to Shangqiu by the division commander...... The whole group arrived in Shangqiu on April 28.

At the headquarters of the Third Division, Li Yutang said to everyone,

"Now the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou is very bad, after the victory of Taierzhuang, the Japanese 10th Division, with the cooperation of the Japanese Navy, received a large number of supplies and replenishment of troops, and with the cooperation of the Imada detachment, pressed towards the Taierzhuang area, while the Japanese 11th Division and the Sato detachment captured Yancheng yesterday and came towards the East China Sea, trying to attack Taierzhuang from the east. In the north of Pi County, the 60th Army has become a pot of porridge with the Japanese army; Now there are heavy casualties; The Military Commission ordered us to block the attack of the Japanese 11th Division and the Sato detachment in the area east of Pixian and southwest of Tancheng; To the east of us is the 59th Army, which is responsible for covering our flanks, and in our inevitable is the 20th Army Corps of Chief Tang, so we are not under much pressure in this battle, and we can completely complete the task and provide guarantee for the Taierzhuang War of Resistance! Inform the troops, set off overnight, and rush to the established area! ”

"Now the regiments immediately go back to reorganize their troops, prepare dry rations, and bring enough ammunition! At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, we boarded the bus, there was only one hour, we set off at 6 o'clock, and rushed to Xin'an Town overnight, where it is very close to Pi County, and we strive to reach the area east of Pi County tomorrow morning. We tried to rush as much as possible at night, because during the day the devil planes bombed too badly, and the losses of the troops would be very large. My plan is to deploy defenses along the Yi River before May 3, build fortifications along the Ganzhi River, and guard against the advance of the devil's chariot troops and heavy artillery troops! ”

In the early morning of April 29, the 3rd Division arrived at Xin'an Town, the 3rd Division left a large number of baggage and all the logistics troops, and the whole division advanced to Pixian with light equipment, and on April 30, it reached the east of Pixian County and the southwest of Tancheng, digging trenches along the Yi River and the Ganzhi River to build fortifications.

On 1 May, a large amount of baggage left behind by the 3rd Division in Xin'an Town, under the transportation of the logistics troops, successfully arrived at the field division headquarters of the 3rd Division at night......

At the headquarters of the Third Division, division commander Li Yutang is arranging defense ......

"The Sixteenth Regiment, go out of the north of the Yi River, guard the 10th Division and the Imada Detachment, and guard against the 5th Division led by Seishiro Itagaki to break through the 3rd Army in the east and attack the Taierzhuang area, cutting off the rear road of our army!"

"The remaining three regiments, the finished word is deployed in the south of the Yi River, pay attention to the contact with the 16th regiment, and maintain the safety of the temporary pontoon bridge on the Yi River!"

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"That's it for now! If you don't have an opinion, just do it! "Li Yutang gave the final order!

At the headquarters of the 16th Regiment, He Jianye frowned at the map,

"You see, the Chongfang area north of the Yi River is the defense area of the Second Group Army, the 18th Regiment is in Xincun south of the Yi River, I plan to build pontoon bridges in Xincun and Qiangaozhuang, and my 16th Regiment will build fortifications in the area of Gaozhuang and Gaoji to guard the Fifth Division! If the Fifth Division and the Jinda Detachment want to break through to the east of Taierzhuang and pose a threat to the rear of our army, this is the place they must pass! He Jianye said,

"But the regiment leader, this area is a flat river, and there are not even a few small dirt bags, so it's not easy to guard!" Leng Qi said worriedly,

"There is nothing difficult to defend, build underground fortifications, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions build an inverted triangle defense line 5 kilometers behind the defense line of the Second Army, and the regimental headquarters is located in the first battalion. The engineer company began to build a pontoon bridge this evening. Prepare for action! He Jianye ordered,

"Regiment leader, but we built it at night, I'm afraid it will be blown up by the devil's plane during the day!" Yang Shunsen, the commander of the engineer company, frowned and said,

"It's not that I'm afraid to work, it's just that it's hard to find boats and trees nearby, and it's not easy to do it in a short time if the bridge I've worked so hard to build is blown up!" Yang Shunsen looked at He Jianye, who was frowning, and immediately said,

"Brainless! Can't build an underwater pontoon? He Jianye asked,

"Ahh What is an underwater pontoon! Yang Shunsen asked,

"It's that the bridge deck is hidden about 20 centimeters below the surface of the water, and the water surface is connected by ropes, and the handrails are used to pass through! So that the plane will not be visible? He Jianye said,

"Oh! It's still the head of the regiment. Got it, let's do it right away! Yang Shunsen ran to prepare the materials......

During the day and night of May 1, the 16th Regiment rested in the defense area of the 18th Regiment.

"Head Zhou, our brothers have a good relationship! This time, one of our sixteenth regiments went to the opposite side, and the closest to me is your eighteenth regiment, brother, and you have to help me more at a critical time!" He Jianye smiled and said to Zhou Qingxiang,

"Well, Brother He, you have helped me a lot in Shanghai, and this love will have to be repaid sooner or later; Not to mention fighting devils, don't worry, my brother will definitely cover you when the time comes! Zhou Qingxiang patted his chest and said,

"Haha, thank you so much"

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On May 3, the underwater pontoon bridge was finally completed, He Jianye led most of the reconnaissance companies and guard companies that could swim to step across the pontoon bridge first to test the safety......

On the evening of May 3, most of the 16th Regiment arrived on the north bank of Yishui, and began to dig individual bunkers in the area of Gaozhuang and Gaoji, and gradually connected them into trenches......