Yatunbao is a township in the west of the passage county, only a few dozen miles away from the county seat of the passage to the north, connecting Jingwuzhou Township in the northeast, going directly to Guangxi through Shuangjiang in the east, and going to Liping in Guizhou through Dagaoping and Boyang in the west.

On the night of December 11, the Red Third Army turned to Guizhou from here.

Early in the morning, as soon as the people on the street opened the door, they found that another army had arrived, thinking that it was still the Red Army that had just passed.

Wei Yunsong, commander of the 15th Division of the 43rd Army of the Gui Army, is the backbone cadre of the new Gui system. He was a native of Songshan Village, Songshan Town, Rongxian County, Guangxi, and walked 800 miles to Guilin to participate in the Cai Yixue Barracks at the age of 17, and began his career in the northern and southern wars. It is said that he only had 8 cents on him at that time.

Wei Yunsong had a deep understanding of the Red Army. During the Nanchang Uprising in 1927, Wei Yunsong, then the brigade commander, led his troops to intercept the rebel troops in Guangdong, and was defeated by Ye Ting and He Long, which was his first defeat as a senior officer.

During the Battle of Xiangjiang, he led his troops to participate in the siege of the Red Army, which was regarded as avenging the revenge of the year. The fly in the ointment was that the 44th Division and the 24th Division were attacked by the Red Bandits in the Xinwei Blockade Battle, which completely blew up the mountain artillery battalion of the Seventh Army of the Gui Department of Huagang and suffered heavy losses. In particular, two regiments of the 24th Division were raided by red bandits at Gulingtou, and the whole army was wiped out. Wei Yunsong knew that the Gui army could not afford such a heavy loss, and he must know that the main force of the Gui army was only about 30,000 people in five divisions, and the loss was one-tenth at a time.

After the Xiangjiang Campaign, although the top level of the Gui Department only publicized how many Red Bandit prisoners they had captured, deliberately concealed and downplayed the losses of the 24th Division and the Mountain Artillery Battalion, and quietly transferred cadres and militia groups to quickly replenish the establishment of the 24th Division, the pursuit of the Red Bandits became more and more cautious. As one of the high-ranking officials of the Gui family, Wei Yunsong knew that it was not that Li and Bai did not want to seek revenge from the red bandits, but they did not dare to retaliate and could not afford to retaliate. Because Chairman Chiang's Central Army was also following behind the Red Bandits, if he knew that the Gui Army had suffered heavy losses, or suffered even greater losses, the consequences would be unimaginable. Wei Yunsong, who personally experienced the rapid collapse of the Xingui faction in Zhongtian during the Northern Expedition, was overturned by Chairman Jiang and knew best in his heart that Jiang Gong was much more insidious than the red bandits.

Yesterday morning, the forward position reported that the red bandits had escaped, and Wei Yunsong's first thought was to catch up with it, bite it hard, and avenge the brothers of the 24th Division. Think about it for a while, but you can't be emotional, so let's report to the military seat. After receiving Wei Yunsong's report, Xia Wei, the commander of the 15th Army, also thought of the tragedy of the 24th Division being raided, and was afraid that the Red Army would come back and forth, so he directly reported to Commander Bai for a decision. By the time the Fourth Army commander's headquarters ordered a limited pursuit, it was already noon. Wei Yunsong had no choice but to reorganize his troops and search and advance along the retreat route of the red bandits. As a result, as soon as I entered the passage area of Hunan, I couldn't even find the shadow of a red bandit. Now the speed of the troops' march is faster, no, at noon on the 13th, Wei Yunsong has already led the headquarters of the 43rd Division into Yatunbao.

Historically, after the Red Army decided to transfer troops to Guizhou on the night of the 12th, the Red Fifth Army Corps once fought a battle with the Gui Army in Zhuping, east of Yatun Fort, which was known as the Zhuping Resistance Battle. After the Red Fifth Army completed the blocking mission, it turned around and chased after the main force.

Due to the arrival of Liu Yimin, the main force of the Red Army turned to Guizhou one day earlier, and there was only one unit of the Red 18th Regiment in the passage area, and the 18th Regiment went north to Xiaoshui and Xikou to ambush the Hunan army, which formed a situation in the southwest of the passage without a single soldier and the door was open, creating conditions for the rapid advance of the Gui army.

Wei Yunsong was puzzled, where could the red bandits go? The troops searched everywhere, but could not find any trace of the red bandits. The common people also have different opinions, some say that the red bandits went to the county seat, some say that they went directly to Guizhou, and some say that they seem to see the red bandits around the town through the crack in the door at night and go to the Shuangjiang River in the east. In short, no one can say for sure where the Red Bandits have gone. If you want to find a self-defense group or a door-to-door team, you will find out that these guys have either run away and disappeared, or they are so frightened that they pretend to be crazy and stupid and don't say anything. Wei Yunsong knew that the red bandits must have used the method of fighting bullies in the Jiangxi Soviet District to these guys, after all, people are afraid of death and revenge!

The vanguard has been asking for instructions on which direction to pursue, should it attack and occupy the county seat of the passage, or should it go directly west to Guizhou? Wei Yunsong was a little embarrassed, attacking and occupying the county seat, would he encounter the main force of the red bandits? Entering Guizhou in the west may involve political matters, and there must be clear orders from Governors Li and Bai. The current Gui family is no longer the time when it was majestic at the beginning, and you have to think more about everything you do, and you can't make enemies on all sides. Since you can't decide by yourself, then turn in the contradictions, and ask the military seat for instructions!

In fact, at this time, the headquarters of the Fourth Group Army in Nanning, Bai Chongxi, who was the deputy chief of staff of the National Revolutionary Army, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, and was recognized by the Chinese people as a famous general for a while, was also in trouble. He had received the report of the 43rd Division, and now he was looking at the map to determine the true whereabouts of the Red Army.

Judging from the situation of the Red Army's procrastination in the Xiangjiang Campaign, the student dolls in power in the Red Army will definitely drag their troops to Xiangxi. However, the 43rd Division reported that no trace of the Red Army was found all the way to the passage of Yatun Fort, which attracted his attention. Walking so cleanly, leaving no cover for the stranded troops, and even taking away the wounded, the decision-makers of the Red Army were either idiots who did not understand military affairs at all, or they had great wisdom to determine a new strategic direction. Bai Chongxi leaned towards the latter. Because, although Bai Chongxi is conceited, he is clear about the ability and level of [***] people, needless to say about the [***] members of the Northern Expeditionary Army back then, and it is needless to say that he cooperated with Chiang Kai-shek to carry out the "April 12" coup d'état and killed [***] people, even many senior commanders in the current Red Army He also understands, they are all handsome for a while, and it is impossible to make mistakes of military common sense under normal circumstances. Now that the whereabouts of the Red Army are unknown, one may turn to Guizhou and find another life; The other possibility is to hide and standby, with a bigger agenda.

If the Red Army turns to Guizhou, the Central Army will definitely take advantage of the situation to follow up, on the one hand to pursue the Red Army, and on the other hand to plot to the southwest. In that case, according to the results of the secret discussions between Wang Jialie, Long Yun and Guangxi, he should move westward and cooperate with Wang Jialie and Long Yunbu to jointly resist Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy to annex the local forces in the southwest, so that his plan to kill three birds with one stone will fail. However, this opportunity to enter Guizhou in the west must be grasped well, because it is too early, not only will it be easy to fight hard with the main force of the Red Army, but it will also leave Chiang Kai-shek with the excuse to enter Guizhou without authorization; It's too late, either the Red Army crushes Wang Jialie, or the Central Army crushes Wang Jialie, and the hot rice will be cold.

If the Red Army was waiting in hiding somewhere in the passage, then who were they targeting? It is nothing more than He Jian's Hunan army and his own Guangxi soldiers. He Jian is now strong and strong, and he has relied on Chiang Kai-shek as a backer, maybe today he will join forces with himself to pursue the Red Army, and tomorrow he will be ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to turn the muzzle of the gun and beat himself. Therefore, the Red Army can make He Jian suffer a little, so let him eat some, anyway, this guy has been very arrogant recently. But what if the Red Army is plotting against itself? Thinking about the corpses of the Red Army floating in the Xiangjiang River, and then thinking about the bombing of the artillery position in Xinwei and the tragedy of the two regiments of the 24th Division, Bai Chongxi felt that it was completely possible.

Let's be on the safe side! The number of his own Guangxi soldiers is small, and their strength is weak, and they cannot withstand attrition. Besides, there is Chiang Kai-shek, the most despicable and insidious guy, watching from the side!

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi immediately ordered to inform Xia Wei that the 43rd Division would suspend its advance, and the troops would shrink to the front line of Yatunbao for defensive preparations.

As soon as the order was issued here, the air force of the Gui army over there reported that this morning, the air force of the Central Army flew to the passage twice to reconnoitre, and asked for instructions on whether they should also take to the air to conduct reconnaissance.

Before Bai Chongxi could react, Chiang Kai-shek's telegram came, ordering him to urge the 7th Army and the 15th Army to quickly attack and advance to the north of the channel, and encircle the main force of the red bandits in the passage area.

Bai Chongxi wondered, his 43rd Division had already attacked and advanced to Yatunbao, and it was not far from the county seat, but he didn't find a single Red Army. Why did Chiang Kai-shek order himself so sure to supervise the army to go north and encircle and suppress the main force of the Red Army in the passage area? Did Chiang Kai-shek suddenly become smarter, or did the planes make a discovery? There must be a mystery in this.

Just as he was about to order the Air Force to send planes to immediately reconnoiter the northern area of the passage, he saw the confidential staff officer hurriedly walk in, and without waiting for Bai Chongxi to ask, the confidential staff officer saluted and directly handed over a telegram. Bai Chongxi looked at it, and it wrote: "One hundred thousand is urgent." Chief Li and Chief Bai Junjian: I learned from reliable sources that yesterday it was said that the 16th, 62nd, and 63rd divisions of Liu Jianxu's army of He Jianxiang were ambushed by red bandits, and the three divisions were exhausted. At present, Liu Jianxu has been dismissed by Chiang from his posts as commander of the First Corps of the Pursuit Army and commander of the 28th Army. Jiang has allocated 200,000 yuan to He Jian for the compensation of the fallen soldiers. Another: A reporter sent back a transcript, saying that He Jian held a press conference in Yueyang this morning to release the news of the great victory in Xikou. The press conference was immediately suspended. "Here's the note.

After reading the telegram, Bai Chongxi scolded: "Jiang bald, bastard, he wants to calculate Lao Tzu anytime and anywhere, villain, hypocrite, despicable, shameless, and extremely obscene!" ”

The confidential staff officer was so frightened that he did not dare to speak.

After Bai Chongxi finished scolding, he turned around and saw that the confidential staff officer was still standing there, and he was so angry that he slapped the telegram directly in his face: "What are you doing in a daze?" Hurry up and send a report, 100,000 are in a hurry, and order Xia Wei and Liao Lei to cover alternately and withdraw the whole army to Guibei for defense! Order the Air Force to immediately dispatch to cover the withdrawal of our troops! ”

The confidential staff officer hurriedly replied "yes" and rushed out of the door, for fear that Bai Chongxi would be angry with him.

Bai Chongxi sat on the chair with his ass, the old general's heart is not dead, knowing that the Red Army has just eliminated He Jian's three divisions, morale is booming, and ammunition is sufficient, but he ordered my army to go north, isn't this sending our army to the Red Army's muzzle, and using the hands of the Red Army to eliminate dissidents? Lao Jiang, Lao Jiang, the tiger is not powerful, you really treat Lao Tzu as a sick cat!

When Lao Tzu and Delin led 30,000 Guangxi soldiers to participate in the Northern Expedition, all the way to the Shanhai Pass, the army developed to seven armies, it was in full swing, the old Jiang Mingli and Delin became brothers, but secretly under the pretext of the Wuhan National Political Axe to remove the chairman of Lu Diping Province, sent three armies to Hunan. As a result, the old Chiang resorted to three indiscriminate methods, adopting the methods of bribing and dividing and disintegrating, so that the three main forces of Hunan would defect and collapse, and he also lured all the four armies in eastern Hebei to surrender to Chiang, thus disintegrating the powerful Fourth Army and forcing himself and his German neighbors to flee to Vietnam and Hong Kong in panic. New hatred, old hatred!

Wait, Lao Jiang dared to fool himself like this, he must have something to rely on. He would not have thought that if we got the news that the three divisions of the Hunan Army had been wiped out, we would have to withdraw our troops and deal with it, so why would he still do this?

He Jian is afraid that Lao Jiang will not be able to count on him, let alone let him chase and suppress the Red Army, it is estimated that it is impossible for him to stick to the defense line now. Think about it, three divisions, nearly 30,000 people, almost equivalent to our entire strength. In particular, the 16th and 62nd Hunan Divisions were the backbone units that He Jian started, but Lao Jiang asked him to reorganize, and it was impossible to form combat effectiveness without three or two years and without a few war tests. He Jian is afraid that his intestines are going to be repentant now. Beauty, I call you like a dog, Lao Jiang pounced on a piece of meat vigorously, and the false title of commander-in-chief of the pursuit army changed your three elite divisions. Dirt buns, nouveau riche, never been an official!

So who else can Lao Jiang rely on? Wang Jialie can not be considered, he himself knows who is more dangerous between Lao Jiang and the Red Army, and besides, the combat effectiveness of his troops is too poor, and if he really encounters the main force of the Red Army or the main force of the Central Army, it is estimated that he will soon herd sheep. I have to remind him that sticking to Guiyang is fundamental. What about Long Yun? Lao Jiang was afraid that he would not be able to move, and at most he would send a few brigades to respond to the situation. Chen Jitang behind him, hehe, it's not bad if he doesn't give Lao Jiang a knife, so he won't give Lao Jiang his life. The only one left is Sichuan. Yes, Lao Jiang must have tempted the emperors of Sichuan to send troops to pursue the Red Army, otherwise he would not have fooled himself so much. Do you want to remind Liu Xiang that you just need to watch your own door and manage your own people, why bother to wade into this troubled water? We have to hurry up and invite the German neighbors back and convene a military conference to discuss it, we can't wait any longer, the sooner the better.

Wei Yunsong, the commander of the 43rd Division, never dreamed that he was waiting for the order to withdraw the troops urgently, and there was also air force cover. What's the matter, not a single enemy shadow is seen, and he just goes back without letting go of a shot?

Come to think of it, there can be no ambiguity in the execution of orders. Soon, the Gui army, which occupied Yatun Fort, died down and retreated quietly.

Many years later, many ordinary people still remember the retreat of Wei Yunsong's troops this time: there were 4 planes in the sky to cover, and on the ground was the three-way column of the Gui army, the officers were riding horses, and the soldiers were trotting all the way, and the speed was faster than a rabbit!