Gao Quan ordered the troops not to pursue, and the whole army escorted the fifty-three boats upstream to find Wu Qiwei to give orders. After the devil's reconnaissance plane discovered that the 500th Army was heading up the river, it immediately reported it to the commander of the Yamamoto Sannan Division and Commander Isamu Yokoyama.

If Gao Quan really led the 500 Army to pursue with all his might, the Third Division would definitely not have much ability to parry and fight back, although they would not be left behind by Gao Quan to be completely annihilated, but if there were more dead people, it would always be inevitable that they would suffer two more crimes. That is tantamount to adding insult to injury for the current Third Division, the widow has died of her son, and there is no hope! Even if they can escape from the mountains, they won't want to participate in a large-scale battle for a year or two.

And this is absolutely unacceptable to both Mitsuo Yamamoto and Isamu Yokoyama. In this regard, Isamu Yokoyama even mobilized all the aviation units he could mobilize, and as long as the 500 troops dared to pursue, Commander Yokoyama dared to send planes to bomb! Not only did he want to blow up the 500 army, but he also wanted to blow up and sink all the fleets on the Yangtze River! If you don't let me get better, don't even think about it! Due to the heavy stimulation in this battle, Yokoyama's nerves were on the verge of madness.

The 500 Army let go of the 3rd Division, although Yokoyama couldn't figure out what the reason was, but he finally knew that the Japanese army at this time was really not easy to provoke! Not only the Third Division, but also all divisions and regiments of the 11th Army must recuperate, and if he insists on fighting again, if the losses of his troops are too large, if the national army makes a strong attack, maybe the territory controlled by the 11th Army will be greatly reduced! And he, the commander of the 11th Army who has just taken office, will also have a bleak future.

Therefore, His Excellency the Commander immediately disbanded the bomber formation he had just assembled, and the pilots were not needed for the time being, where they came from and where they returned! This patted his ass and left, leaving a bunch of pilots out there!

Gao Quan didn't know that because he ordered not to pursue the devil, the 500 army escaped the catastrophe. The troops are not afraid of the devil's bombing, and it is a big deal to find a place to hide. But where are the boats on the river hidden? Most of those ships are still wooden sailboats, and their ability to protect against aerial bombs is basically zero, if the devil's bombers pass, the fleet will sink by more than half at once, what will Gao Quan take to explain to Chen Cheng, Sun Lianzhong, Wu Qiwei and other big people?

Fortunately, all these assumptions did not happen, and the 500 troops escorted the fleet smoothly along the Yangtze River. The devils, neither the ground troops nor the planes in the sky, came to make trouble again. It was as if it had returned to the years of peace, and the fighters walked with laughter. Gao Quan and Hong Yingying rode a horse side by side, and from time to time the two of them put their heads together and whispered something.

Liu Qi led the fleet on the river, Gao Quan led the team on the shore, and the land and water armies marched together along the Yangtze River. In fact, the distance is not too far, through Jiangling, through Jingzhou, across the Zhijiang River, this day to Yichang, far away you can hear the noisy gongs and drums, is it the local soldiers and civilians to welcome the five hundred troops? Gao Quan and Wu Guangxing glanced at each other, and both of them saw doubts in each other's eyes.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! "The more you go forward, the clearer the festive gongs and drums, under the sun, Yichang outside the city is red, the figure is longing, as if there are countless people gathered outside the city, Gao Quan's mood with the drums getting closer and closer also gradually feel a trace of excitement, this is probably the hero's triumph, right? Will the crowd greet the crowd next, and the triumphant warriors will be cheered by the crowd?

Thinking about that kind of lively scene, Gao Quan felt an inexplicable nervousness, and turned his face to look at Hong Yingying beside him, Director Hong, who has always been bold, was full of delicate blushing at this time, obviously Hong Yingying was also excited at this time. Tang Wenjuan took out the camera, and when it was still far away, reporter Tang began to take pictures. Huiqin was cautiously hiding behind Hong Yingying, looking at the front of her with a little fear in her eyes, this woman's self-ashamed psychology is probably a long-term process to completely change to normal.

"Junza, the city has already sent someone out to meet us, let's hurry over and don't make people wait for a long time!" Wu Guangxing, who was in the car next to him, was full of smiles, waving his hand to urge the driver to speed up.

Hong Yingying didn't want to take the boat, so Gao Quan had to take the car with Director Hong. Although there were not many jeeps in the 500 Army, Gao Quan, Wu Guangxing, and Xie Zhongming still couldn't use up one by one. Gao Quan and the three women were in a car, and the secretary general and the deputy military commander each took two cars with their entourage to accompany each other.

When they got closer, they saw the crowd in front of them clearly, and everyone in the 500 army, including Gao Quan, Wu Guangxing, and Xie Zhongming, was also stunned. How? It turned out that so many people gathered outside the city were not here to greet them, they were holding another celebration! Not only Gao Quan, but all the faces of the 500 Army sank. Coming in a hurry, why is it not the same thing as everyone imagined?

The festivities outside the city ceased, and the sound of gongs and drums ceased. Didn't Gao Quan come with three jeeps, and with him came an army of nearly 20,000 people with the main force of the 500 Army, banners everywhere, and the mighty heroes were all over the ground, so many people came, and the people outside the city were not blind, how could they not see?

There is a red cloth platform in the crowd, there is a group of soldiers in military uniforms and wearing red flower ribbons on the platform to be congratulated, seeing another army coming, the people on the stage were slightly stunned, and the people in it immediately trotted off the stage, and the people on the stage followed behind.

It seems that this is another army that is being welcomed by the people of Yichang, and the 500 troops are late! Seeing this situation, Gao Quan was helpless, who told him to be late? Then enjoy the celebration ceremony, even if he wants to enter Yichang now, there are people at the city gate now, and he can't get through. Gao Quan got off the train with Wu Guangxing and Xie Zhongming and stood in front of the jeep.

The soldiers who came down from the celebration platform looked at each other, and the first few people greeted each other, and in the middle were two generals, one was a lieutenant general and the other was a major general, the lieutenant general was slightly fat, and the major general was lean, but both of them were in good spirits and radiant.

A group of people walked forward for a while and stopped, Gao Quan, Wu Guangxing, and Xie Zhongming looked at each other, and Xie Zhongming said in a low voice: "That lieutenant general is Wu Qiwei, the commander of Jiangfang!" As for who the major general is, he didn't say, probably he doesn't know.

When Gao Quan heard this, he hurriedly clenched his hands into fists and pulled them to his waist, "Let's go, let's go and meet the commander of Jiang Fang together!" After saying that, the three of them ran forward together.

"Report to Commander Wu, Gao Quan, Wu Guangxing, and Xie Zhongming of the 500 Army are here to report!" All three raised their hands in salute at the same time.

"The three heroes don't need to be polite, I was ordered by Minister Chen and Chief Sun to greet the three here! Commander Gao, a legendary general, has admired his name for a long time, like thunder, today can be regarded as seeing a real person! Secretary Wu's name is very loud in the capital. Zhongming, we haven't seen each other for many years, congratulations to Zhongming for becoming the right-hand man of Commander Gao, and becoming a famous general in the world is just around the corner! ”

"Haha, let me introduce you to the three of you, this is Hu Lian Hu Boyu, the commander of the 11th Division, who bravely resisted the Japanese in the stele fortress and annihilated thousands of stubborn enemies, but swore not to retreat half a step to the death. Minister Chen has already recommended Bo Yu to be the deputy commander of the Eighteenth Army, and presumably the order for promotion will be issued soon. Several of them are famous generals of the Anti-Japanese War, come, let's get to know each other. ”

In the end, he was the commander of Jiangfang who had been the commander of the group army, and Wu Qiwei had an aura, although he had only seen Xie Zhongming with Gao Quan, but at this time, he introduced them to the people on both sides like an old friend of the three of them.

"Commander Gao, Hu Lian has long admired his name!" The lean Hu Lian was the first to salute. He is a military commander, he is only a division commander, and subordinates must salute their superiors first, which is clearly stipulated in military regulations.

"General Hu! Gao Quan is really happy to see General Hu Lian today! Gao Quan went up and took Hu Lian's hand and shook it for a while. For this famous general, Gao Quan wanted to know him from the heart, this is the famous general known as "cunning as a fox and fierce as a tiger", Hu Lian who has repeatedly performed miraculous feats in the War of Resistance Against Japan!

The greetings of several people have ended, and the embarrassment of the first meeting has completely disappeared. Wu Qiwei pulled Hu Lian with his left hand and Gao Quan with his right hand, and the three of them walked side by side to the welcoming crowd at the city gate.

"Drum up!" A white-bearded old man at the gate of the city shouted, "Knock knock! Knock knock! Knock knock knock! "The festive gongs and drums shook the eardrums, and the deafening cheers soared into the sky!