After Liu Yuantang retreated to Kyaukpingdu, he complained bitterly in his heart, how could it take two days for his nearly 10,000 horses and equipment to cross the river, but Sun Du could not give him such a long time.

He Chao opposed such a panicked withdrawal from the beginning, he suggested to Liu Yuantang at that time to defeat Sun Du first and then withdraw, but Liu Yuantang did not adopt such a strategy in a panic, he thought that the news of Chiang Kai-shek's intervention Long Yun must also know, Long Yun will definitely let go of his troops after he knows, if Sun Du attracts them for two days, when the main force of the Dian army near Kunming arrives, they will not be able to leave even if they want to.

But now that he arrived at Kyaukpingdu, he regretted it a little, the rapid march had almost dragged the troops down, the troops had been disjointed, the fastest troops had reached the river, and the last was still three or four miles away.

"Brigade seat, it can't be like this," He Chao looked at the troops waiting for the boat by the river, although this army took a lot of effort, but the main regiment-level cadres are still the old cadres in the past, and the old problem of the troops rushing forward when they win, and the old problem of the losers running away has not changed: "We must establish blocking positions on the hills on both sides as soon as possible, otherwise we may run out of wine." ”

Of course, Liu Yuantang knew what was going on, so he immediately called Yang Shengwu and the six regiment commanders for a meeting, immediately rectified the order of the ferry, and then asked who was willing to stay and stop the Dian army?

The people present looked left and right, and no one was willing to speak, and even if the soldiers of this year died, they would hold the troops in their hands. He Chao rushed out in a hurry: "If no one is willing, then I will come, but someone must hand over the troops, I only need a regiment." ”

These words hit the surface big, which angered several regiment commanders, they blushed and scolded with thick necks, accusing the above of not knowing what they thought, why did Bamen transfer to Yunnan to fight in a daze, and then ordered them to retreat in a daze, Liu Yuantang did not stop it at first, let them get angry and accuse, and after a while, he slapped the table with some impatience and scolded:

"What's the use of talking about this now! It's us who can't go back, not anyone else! His face was gloomy: "That's it, the fourth brigade will cross the river first, Brigade Commander Yang, you must gather the troops, go company by company, the troops are not finished, you are not allowed to go." After you crossed the river, you gathered all the eighty-two mortars and provided us with artillery cover on the other side of the river; My troops are responsible for blocking it. Fuck, if you don't give these Yi barbarians a little bit of power, I'm really afraid of him! ”

The three regiments under Liu Yuantang immediately began to seize the hills around the ferry, but fortunately he left a day earlier than Sun Du, and Long Yun hesitated for a day, so he failed to seize the chaos of Liu Yuantang's troops and launch an attack.

When Sun Du chased to Kyaukpyeongdu, the Fourth Brigade had already crossed the river, and the Third Brigade had also taken a regiment, and Sun Du did not immediately launch an attack after arriving, but first adjusted the deployment, divided the three brigades into three roads, and launched an attack at the same time.

The guns on the hills around Kyaukpingdu were piercing with guns, and the officers and soldiers of Sichuan who had crossed the river looked nervously at the mountains covered by the dense forests on the other side of the river, and their hearts were full of resentment and admiration, and they knew that this was the brother who was left behind to buy time for them.

Fourteen boats of different sizes shuttled back and forth on the river, each large carrying about 20 people, and the small ones only 7 or 8 people, and one trip could be transported over a company, and it took 40 minutes to go back and forth.

After Yang Shengwu crossed the river, he concentrated all the 82 mortars of the brigade on the bank of the river and nervously waited for orders from the other side.

The gunfire on the hill became more and more intense, and the wounded were constantly transported down from the mountain, loaded onto ships, and the military doctor immediately carried out simple treatment on the spot, and this kind of military medical system was also equipped after the reorganization, but these are said to be military doctors, but in fact, they have only received some battlefield ambulance training, and they know some basic knowledge of saving the wounded, and they are still far from the real doctors.

By the afternoon, the gunfire was getting closer and closer, and it was getting more and more intense, and the wounded who were carried down were getting higher and higher, and finally a deputy regiment commander was carried down, Yang Shengwu went over to ask about the situation, and the deputy regiment commander told him with difficulty that the Dian army was crazy, and they had retreated to the last line of defense.

At this time, the soldiers sent to the conquest came back, they brought back a large, two, and three boats, and everyone hoped that the sun would go down as soon as possible, and they knew that as soon as it was dark, the Dian army would stop attacking, but the sun seemed to be deliberately against people, and he moved slowly to the west, and never left this cruel and bloody world.

The sound of artillery became more intense, Yang Shengwu finally saw the flag on the opposite side, he immediately ordered the artillery to prepare to fire, the flag in the telescope waved rapidly, dozens of shells rose into the air, and a piece of smoke splashed up in a high and low area of the mountain on the west side.

"Put three heavy machine guns there," Yang Shengwu pointed to a rock, and then to the opposite bank, "Pay attention to blocking that road." ”

The position on the western flank was dangerous, and once it was broken through, the Dian army would inevitably outflank the frontal line from that road.

"Shit, what the fuck is black." Yang Sheng Wuwan, who had gradually slanted to the west, cursed.

The gunfire stopped completely at more than six o'clock, Liu Yuantang wiped his face blackened by the gunsmoke, and then sat on the ground a little paralyzed, the final impact of the Dian army was a little crazy, and he almost rushed to the main position, and he personally led the guard battalion up to counterattack them.

"Prepare to retreat, how many people are there over here?" Liu Yuantang asked He Chao in a low voice.

"Plus the two regiments of the guard battalion," He Chao said sullenly: "I calculated, at the current rate, it will take a whole night, but if Sun Du launches a night battle..." ”

The number of casualties in the battle in one day was no less than five or six hundred, and the number of wounded carried by the brigade was now only two-thirds of that before the war, but it must be taken into account that it takes half the time to cross the river at night.

Liu Yuantang looked at his hesitant appearance, and couldn't help but be a little angry: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, let it go if you have a fart!" What is it, is this how Yucheng taught you? ”

"We may have to abandon some of our troops," Mr. He whispered as he approached Mr. Liu.

Liu Yuantang didn't answer, he just sat silently, and to be honest, this idea has been rising and falling in his mind.

"Leave one company on each of the three sides, and the rest of the troops gradually retreat, one company at a time, and then one company after they pass." He Chao told Liu Yuantang in detail about the order of the retreat in his heart.

"Just do as you say." After Liu Yuantang finished speaking, he got up and walked out: "I'll go to the ferry to have a look, you are staring here." ”

It was getting dark, Sun Du really didn't attack anymore, the retreat began to proceed in an orderly manner, the torches at both ends of the ferry were bright, and the boatmen struggled to hold the boat on the dark river, and the water splashed on their faces, cold and cold.

He Chao was not at ease, he personally ran to the front line to check the defense. This kind of retreat is very demoralizing to the front-line soldiers, they will have a feeling of abandonment, and if you can see the senior commander at this time, it will have a great impact on their mood.

He Chao ran three positions one night, and only returned to the ferry when it was almost dawn, when there were only five companies left on the south bank of the river, and the speed of crossing the river at night was slower than he imagined.

"Where's the brigade commander?" He Chao sat on the rocks on the shore, escaped with a cigarette in his mouth, took out a match and struck it twice, perhaps because it was damp, the match did not move at all, he threw away the one, and took the first one from the matchbox and scratched it on the matchbox.

"Smack," there was a little fire next to him, waiting for his staff officer to light a lighter for him, he raised his eyes to look at the staff officer, then leaned his head over, and took a beautiful breath.

"When did it pass?" After spitting out a puff of cigarette, He Chao asked.

"Around eleven o'clock." The staff officer's voice was cold, and his expression could not be seen clearly in the darkness: "The brigade commander ordered, before dawn, you must cross the river, and there is a platoon in the guard battalion responsible for protecting your passing." ”

"Now is the most dangerous time," He Chao said indispensably: "Sun Du can't just watch us cross the river, order the front to strengthen surveillance, and when the three red signal flares are delivered, they will retreat together." ”

"Yes." The staff officer turned around and left with a bang.

But he didn't take two steps, and fierce gunshots rang out on the east side of the mountain, He Chao's face changed greatly, he threw away his cigarette butt, and immediately ordered the guard platoon to reinforce the east side.

The sneak attack was the An Enpu brigade that arrived in the afternoon, An Enpu received Sun Du's order on the road and immediately turned around and rushed to Tuan Street, when he arrived, not only Liu Yuantang had already left, even Sun Du led the troops to chase over, An Enpu was so angry that he couldn't speak, and took the troops to Kyaukpingdu to chase, and on the way he also received Sun Du's order to rush to Kyaukpingdu.

When he arrived at Kyaukpingdu, Sun Du was exhausted, and the sky was getting dark, Sun Du was a little depressed, and the heavy army attacked for a whole day, paying more than 1,000 casualties, but he could not attack the last line of defense, and the western front had a chance to break through, but it was attacked by a burst of artillery fire on the opposite bank, and finally failed.

Sun Du didn't want to fight, he wanted to let the other party pass, but An Enpu was unwilling, he advocated a sneak attack, the time was set before dawn, he thought that Liu Yuantang was in a hurry to cross the river, and the guard in the first half of the night must be very strict, and in the second half of the night, with the reduction of personnel, the soldiers guarding the palace must have panicked emotions, although the sneak attack at this time can not be completely annihilated, but it can cut off Liu Yuantang's tail.

An Enpu's reason was very convincing, Lu Daoyuan and other brigade commanders thought it was feasible, and Sun Du finally nodded in agreement, and there was an unspeakable reason among the factors that prompted him to agree, that is, after fighting for so long, he didn't have a good record, and he couldn't explain it to Long Yun when he went back.

An Enpu was very patient, he let the soldiers rest in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night, he selected a group of Yi soldiers to quietly touch the mountain beam on the left, the road was full of thorns and slopes, and the terrain was very unfavorable, but the Yi soldiers touched the position from here before being discovered by the sentry.

An Enpu ambushed a whole regiment at the foot of the mountain, as soon as the guns on the top of the mountain rang out, the regiment began to charge, and soon rushed to the top of the mountain.

But the position was broken through, and He Chao knew in his heart that the Dian army would definitely attack along the mountain beam to the frontal land acquisition, and the frontal land acquisition would definitely not last long under the attack of the two compartments.

"It's over." He Chao knew in his heart that it was impossible for this person in his hand to restore his position.

He looked back at the ferry with some despair, it was still empty, not a single boat was there, and a dozen soldiers were anxiously waiting for the boat to arrive.

Stupid, He Chao didn't have time to scold them, he commanded the troops to withstand the enemy's attack to the death, "Grenade!" Hand grenade! After He Chao shouted twice, he reached out and picked up the grenades of the soldiers around him and threw them out, the artillery had all withdrawn across the river, only relying on the cover of grenades, and in a series of explosions, there was a sound of surprise on the side of the ferry.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! ”

He Chao looked back and saw that the two boats appeared in the firelight, and he was hesitating whether to lean over, waiting for the soldiers on the shore to anxiously plunge into the water and swim towards the boat.

"Machine guns, machine guns, grenades, grenades!"

More than a dozen grenades exploded in the sand, and the explosions sounded. He Chao looked back, and the two boats finally came over, "Run!" He Chao struggled to get up and ran towards the ferry with all his strength, followed by a group of hula figures.

Just when the ferry was fighting, there was a serious knock on the door of room xxx of the Yucheng Hotel, and it was a strange young face who opened the door.

"You're looking for me?" Soon after he returned to Yucheng, he received a call with a Lingnan accent, saying that someone had asked him to bring him something and asked him to pick it up at the Yucheng Hotel.

Seriously happy in his heart, he thought that Deng Yanda had sent someone to contact him, but he didn't expect to see a stranger when he knocked on the door.

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with the problems of radar, the reorganization of the Sichuan army, the expansion of the escort force, and the Sichuan-Tibet highway, and the only thing he felt a little worried about was the Sichuan-Tibet highway.

The expansion of the escort team said that he would let Zhuang Jihua do it, and he could expand as much as he wanted, and he would look for him if he wanted a number, and that kind of complete trust made him seriously can't help but suspect that this is because he doesn't need money from the central government.

He expressed his appreciation for the reorganization of the Sichuan Army and Chiang Kai-shek, which was regarded as dispelling a piece of his heart disease.

However, Chiang Kai-shek did not understand the radar, he called Wang Shuming and Zhou Zhirou, Wang Shuming was the first phase of Whampoa, and then bled Soviet Russia to study aviation, is an air force expert with superb flying skills and knows various air combat tactics, Zhou Zhirou is an army general turned to the air force, but he has only recently returned from Europe and the United States, and he knows the direction of the development of the air force.

After Wang Shuming heard about the function of the radar, he almost jumped up in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and he told Chiang Kai-shek that this was tantamount to the pilots having one more eye in the sky and knowing the direction and altitude of the enemy planes, just like knowing the enemy's movement route in an army operation, and our army could choose the battlefield at any time and ambush and intercept the enemy.

Wang Shuming's explanation made Chiang Kai-shek understand the important role of radar, and he immediately ordered Wang Shuming to be responsible for organizing a working group to build a radar station to comprehensively monitor the sky in the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area.

Chiang Kai-shek's order actually relieved the serious work, but he was not wrong, and the serious did not know how useful the radar was, let alone how to choose the radar station. However, since Wang Shuming, who knows air combat the most in the first issue, is so out of shape, it shows that the role of this thing is not trivial.

Later, he quietly reported to Chiang Kai-shek that Zhuang Jihua wanted to do business with Soviet Russia in exchange for their tank and armored vehicle factories. But this suggestion was vetoed by Chiang Kai-shek, who resolutely refused to trade this secret weapon with Soviet Russia.

(To be continued)