The night of March 26 was destined to be a sleepless night; Wanshou Palace is cutting down trees and building air-raid shelters all night, and the battle meeting of Niu Xing is still going on!

"Niuhang Station is next to the Ganjiang River, surrounded by lakes, and the task of all the infantry battalions tonight is to pick up the railroad tracks, starting from Niuhang Station towards Lehua! relied on lakes and fortifications to fight a wave of field battles with devils; The frontal position is here, which is in charge of Zhu Shuangquan's 6th Battalion and Li Jian's 7th Battalion; the ninth battalion of Deng Xianwu in the north; Fu Guohua is responsible for the 10th Reserve Battalion and Li Ke's 2nd Battalion; The rest of the troops are in reserve, building second- and third-line positions between Niuhang Station and Kongmu Lake, ready to support at any time! He Jianye pointed to the map and said,

"As for the artillery, what do you think of Huang Wujun!" He Jianye asked,

"Commander, the two 88 anti-aircraft artillery battalions in Shibu have a problem with the sky occlusion here, and the devil's plane has no way as long as it is more than three thousand meters; After all, the distance between the two places is a bit far! I propose to withdraw an anti-aircraft artillery battalion overnight! Another anti-aircraft artillery battalion was moved to the area of Wanshou Palace on the spot, so that both places were guaranteed! Huang Wujun suggested,

"No need, both anti-aircraft artillery battalions should go to Wanshou Palace! There is more pressure there, and as for here, don't we still have an anti-aircraft artillery battalion? It's almost arranged outside the Desheng Gate! Both here and Nanchang can be taken care of, and besides, we still have so many air defense battalions, let's not expose our ability to deal with planes of more than 3,000 meters from devils, and then talk about a wave of devils! He Jianye was still not worried about the Longevity Palace, and said,

"Yes, Commander; Then I will also move the other two 75mm field artillery battalions outside the Desheng Gate, so that the newly built field artillery battalions can be concealed, and the two battalions outside the Desheng Gate can be used to strike at the devil attacking infantry here; The battalion will see if it can reach the artillery position of the devils; As far as I know, all the artillery of the devils has a range of about 9 to 10 kilometers, and except for the 14-year-old 100-millimeter cannon of the devil, which surpasses our 75 guns, there is no artillery that can threaten our artillery battalion! Huang Wujun suggested,

"It turns out that the Bofors 75-mm field gun of the Central Army also has a range of only 9 km? Have there been any changes in the parameters of our field artillery? He Jianye asked,

"Commander, that's Shanghai-made data; We introduced the products of Swedish Krupp, and with the improvement of special steel by American engineers, the range has now reached 14 kilometers; It was only less than a kilometer shorter than the range of such a gun of German origin; Moreover, the range of the devil's 14-year-old 100-millimeter cannon is only more than 15 kilometers; It's totally a fight! Huang Wujun said,

"Well, you know more about artillery than I do; Just do what you want! Now you go and prepare, and the rest of the men take the guys and pack horses, and go and pick up the rails and sleepers; Meeting! He Jianye ordered,

In this way, nearly 10,000 people flocked out of Lehua, brought tools and pack horses, and dismantled along the railway line; They all have their own assigned sections and don't nest together; The mighty one drove in the direction of Lehua......

Song Kentang's Thirty-second Army had been away from Lehua for a long time, and was still less than five kilometers away from Niuxing, where they would turn westward, pass through a mountain forest, and break through to the west according to the orders of the war zone; They had already walked ten kilometers in the darkness of the night, and the speed was getting slower and slower, when at this time from the direction of the cattle came a large group of men and horses, who roared like a fiery dragon with torches;

"Commander, it seems that He Jianye's people have come out; They're not here to stop us from retreating! "A brother ran towards Tang Yongliang, the commander of the 141st Division,

"What are you panicking, we are ordered to break through! Continue west as planned, leave them alone! Tang Yongliang said,

In this way, while he was busy running for his life, he was busy picking up the railroad tracks; After glancing at each other, the two teams tacitly parted ways on the avenue, heading towards the mountains and forests and the railroad tracks......

"It seems that He Jianye knows, I hope he can retreat from Nanchang smoothly!" Song Kentang looked at the busy soldiers of the garrison headquarters and muttered to himself;

In the breezy night, Yang Xiaoshi led a platoon to reconnoiter in the area of Chaolehua, holding a Mauser rifle in his hand and cautiously sneaking forward along the bushes next to the avenue......

The Special Service Battalion is one of the most elite units in the whole army, and their speed is naturally not comparable to the remnants of the 32nd Army who have been fighting fiercely for several days; At 3 o'clock in the morning, they had arrived at the south gate of Lehua County; The city gate was wide open, there was no movement in the city, and the darkness revealed weirdness!

Lehua has held on for so many days, and the residents here have long been evacuated; The defenders are gone, and it looks like there's only an empty city left!

"Battalion commander, it seems that there is no one in the city; Go in and have a look? A recruit asked, he was added to the special service battalion by Yang Xiaoshi, and his various military qualities were very good, so Yang Xiaoshi specially took him out to increase his actual combat experience!

"No hurry! In case this is a trap for little devils, we are all here to confess! You two, on! The rest are hidden in place! Wait for the signal! Yang Xiaoshi said,

The two brothers took out the hook from behind their backs and shook it a few times;

"Smack!"

The hook hooked the city wall steadily, dragged it and wrote it down, and it looked very firm; The two brothers climbed towards the wall, and the remaining brothers looked nervously at the wall......

The two brothers who had gone up to the city wall were hidden in the darkness, and the minutes passed by by minute by second; The brothers who were waiting under the walls were already sweating profusely......

"Goo-Goo......

A figure emerged from the city wall, facing down with a gesture of safety;

"Machine gun squad, guard the city gates! Rest of you, follow me! Yang Xiaoshi ordered in a low voice,

Five brothers were left behind to guard their retreat, and less than twenty brothers followed Yang Xiaoshi into the darkness of the city......

"Let's go!" The searching brother stepped on something unknown on his feet, and there was a crisp cracking sound; All the brothers crouched down together to look around!

"Second shift, left; Class 3, right; Class 1, follow me! Yang Xiaoshi ordered,

An hour later, Yang Xiaoshi, who had searched the entire county, understood; The 32nd Army slipped away in the dark night, and the devils outside the city seemed to be sleeping, and they didn't notice it at all!

"Battalion commander, it seems that the Thirty-second Army has planned to withdraw; Food and ammunition were cleanly moved! The two squad leaders came back and reported,

"There is still half an hour before dawn, and after dawn the devil will definitely know that this is an empty city; Go, go back! Yang Xiaoshi wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered;

Spring is coming, the reeds on the side of the Gan River have emerged emerald green sprouts, the reed buds that have just grown are very tender, the reeds are emerald green, brush together, the water is smart, like a big carpet. When it was blown by the wind, it made a rustling sound......

However, Yang Xiaoshi and the more than 30 soldiers under his command were not in the mood to admire, and they were still returning towards Niuxing; The brethren distanced themselves and advanced through the reeds near the river......