In Pingtang, a small town more than 20 kilometers away from the Hongshui River, Bai Chongxi unexpectedly met Liao Lei, commander of the 21st Group Army of the Gui Army, and Zhang Gan, commander of the Ninth Army, who also made a short stay here, and more than 20,000 troops who led them to break through the encirclement.

The unexpected reunion surprised Bai Chongxi inexplicably, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan couldn't suppress their excitement, one day and one night, lost contact with the headquarters, Bai Chongxi's safety made the two of them worry, and when they met again, they actually felt like they were separated from each other, "Boss, you have suffered," in the voice, there was a slight trembling, which showed the excitement of the two.

Bai Chongxi sighed, shook his head and said: "You are not the same, it's good to come back, it's good to come back, and finally we haven't put together the family of our Gui family," that is, in front of Liao Lei and Zhang Gan, Bai Chongxi will say what he thinks, this defense of Nanning is a huge blow to Bai Chongxi, fighting into 10,000 troops, and finally losing Nanning City.

Withdrawing all the way, he was bitten on the back by the Japanese, and he was in hot pursuit, Ren is a heroic hero and a general of a hundred battles, and he will also be discouraged and proud, and he can't lift his spirits, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan, how could it be otherwise, and they understand Bai Chongxi's mood at this time, for a while, no one spoke, as if there was something intangible, lying between the three of them.

The noon sun could not dissipate Bai Chongxi's physical and mental exhaustion, and for a long time, he seemed to whisper, "It's good to come back", suddenly, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly said to the adjutant beside him: "Quick, send a telegram to Vice Chairman Tang, more than 80,000 people in our department have broken through the siege, and at present, they are resting in the area of Pingtang on the south bank of the Hongshui River, and they are expected to cross the river in five hours." Enter the guests. ”

Bai Chongxi's mental state seemed to recover a little, looked at Liao Lei and Zhang Gan and said, "Let's talk about it, Shanglin didn't see the two of you, how did you end up in Pingtang?" Liao Lei and Zhang Gan said with palpitations that the 21st Group Army and the Ninth Army were the main forces of the Gui Army defending Nanning. has always been at the forefront, especially after Nanning entered the street fighting.

After receiving the breakout order from the headquarters. After discussing it, the two decided to delay the withdrawal for an hour, and they were worried that once the troops at the front broke through, they would alarm the Japanese army. The headquarters and other troops were in danger, and the troops of the two were too close to the Japanese army, and the positions were staggered and twisted together. If they had moved first, the Japanese would have been aware.

Thanks to Honma Masaharu's orders, the Japanese units at the front stopped their night attacks and switched to building fortifications. Although the two did not understand the intentions of the Japanese, they took advantage of this rare opportunity to quietly withdraw their troops from Nanning City without alarming the Japanese army.

Just when I arrived in Wuming. Before dawn, when Liao Lei and Zhang Gan breathed a sigh of relief. However, he encountered the Japanese army, the 57th Division of the Fourth Army. The two sides met suddenly, and a bloody battle was inevitable, and the 57th Division of the Japanese Army, thinking that it had captured the main force of the Gui Army, surrounded it and fought desperately.

Liao Lei and Zhang Gan, commanding the troops to fight and retreat, the Japanese army has transferred reinforcements, by dawn, the Japanese are fighting more and more, hot pursuit, the blocking troops left behind, simply can not stop the water-like Japanese soldiers, another bad news, the reconnaissance troops who went out to Shanglin near the report found that in the original assembly site Shanglin, the southern foot of Mingshan, found dense gunfire, it seems that there are troops in a fierce exchange of fire, and found a large number of Japanese troops, in the direction of Shanglin, Jianyi troops diverted to the guests.

The shape is critical, there is a blockade in front and a chasing soldier after the chasing, the little devil is entangled in his own troops, obviously waiting for the arrival of the main force, so as to swallow his more than 30,000 people in one go, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan discussed, decided to change the route, go east to Binyang, cross the Hongshui River to Laibin, and fight and retreat, fought for more than a day, when they arrived at Kunlun Pass, more than 30,000 troops, only more than 20,000 people remained.

The Japanese reinforcements also came up, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan thought that they couldn't get out, so they decided to take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Kunlun Pass to fight to the death with the little devils here, even if the troops were exhausted, they could attract more Japanese troops for Bai Zongzuo and other troops and reduce their pressure.

The remaining troops of the 21st Group Army and the Ninth Army, in the position of Kunlun Pass, whether it was Liao Lei and Zhang Gan, or ordinary Guijun soldiers, all thought that this was the last fight, and they did not plan to go back, at this moment, the original 113 314 Regiment commander Wu Xiaoxian, arrived with troops deep into the rear of the Japanese army.

Wu Xiaoxian couldn't help but say, immediately ordered the troops to take over the defense line, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan of course could not agree, Wu Xiaoxian a lone army left in Kunlun Pass to block the Japanese army, he fled with the troops, argued for a long time, Wu Xiaoxian threatened, forced the two to agree to his plan, before withdrawing, the light and heavy machine guns, mortars and most of the ammunition, were left to Wu Xiaoxian, only to say goodbye, did not withdraw far, Kunlun Pass direction, guns and cannons rang out, shouting killing sound shook the sky.

Hearing this, Bai Chongxi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked eagerly, "How is Wu Xiaoxian now?" Can you get in touch? Liao Lei and Zhang Gan's faces darkened, shook their heads and said: "The situation is unknown, it is estimated that there is more luck than luck, we contacted once in the five hours before arriving in Pingtang, and we have repelled the Japanese army six times, and later, we lost contact." ”

Bai Chongxi didn't ask any more questions, nor did he speak again, he knew too well that this kind of blocking war with a small number of troops had a very slim chance of withdrawing, and the Japanese planned to completely solve the Gui army, and they would not give up the purpose of attacking and pursuing themselves because the terrain of Kunlun Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, "Wu Xiaoxian is a real warrior!" Bai Chongxi muttered to himself, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan glanced at each other, and from the eyes of the two, it can be seen that they very much agree with Bai Chongxi's statement, in fact, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan's lives were saved by Wu Xiao first.

The three of them fell silent again, there was sadness in their eyes, a war horse, galloping from the direction of the Hongshui River, splashing the muddy water on the muddy path, the war horse and the people on the horse were also splashed with mud, and a young captain officer with a few tears in his military uniform jumped off the horse, somewhat panting.

Standing upright in front of Bai Chongxi and the three of them, a clean and neat military salute, the military temperament erupted, Bai Chongxi's eyes flashed with appreciation, on the occasion of the defeat of the army, tens of thousands of troops were shrouded in the love of defeat, this young captain, can still maintain such a spiritual outlook, it is really rare, in an instant, this young captain has entered Bai Chongxi's heart, maybe it is the beginning of his soaring.

"Report to the General Seat, General Chang Feng, Chief of Staff of the Corps directly under the Independent Division, has sent a liaison adjutant and is waiting for the General Seat to be summoned in Pingtang, in addition, the humble post rushed from the Hongshui River to report the important situation, the troops of the Independent Division, more than ten days ago, have erected more than a dozen pontoon bridges on the Hongshui River, which can be used for all of our troops to pass through within an hour, Sun Shangzhi, the combat staff officer of the General Headquarters," the young captain spoke clearly, his tone was clear, and in a few words, he made things clear.

Bai Chongxi was stunned, "What? The troops of the separate division, already erecting pontoon bridges over the Hongshui River? What did you see with your own eyes? A series of questions expressed the shock in Bai Chongxi's heart, Sun Shangzhi nodded affirmatively, and Bai Chongxi's heart was filled with an indescribable taste, which can be described as a mixed taste, to be exact, a loss and a superfluous surprise.

More than a dozen pontoon bridges can not be completed in a short period of time, according to Sun Shangzhi's report, it has been erected more than ten days ago, doesn't that mean that when the defense of Nanning has not yet started, Tang Qiuli has already foreseen today's defeat and made preparations in advance, and his own persistence is what is in Tang Qiuli's eyes? Whether it is self-measured, stubborn, or unable to see clearly, or incompetent, countless thoughts are mixed and entangled in his mind, making Bai Chongxi almost collapse.

Under the leadership of the liaison officer sent by Chang Feng, Bai Chongxi and his entourage arrived at the Hongshui River, where the river is surging and the water surface is wide, the soldiers of the Gui Army are orderly passing through more than a dozen pontoon bridges, constantly driving to the opposite bank, the pontoon bridges are wide and strong, even if it is heavy equipment, such as artillery and the like, it can also be safely passed, Bai Chongxi sighed, Tang Qiuli thought of going in front of him, but unfortunately, in the process of breaking through, all the heavy weapons were lost on the road, and all the artillery of the last artillery regiment, after the destruction, stayed in Nanning City, which was sprinkled with the blood of Bagui's disciples.

Chang Feng's liaison officer, asked Bai Chongxi to cross the bridge first, but Bai Chongxi refused, he stood on the south bank of the Hongshui River, watching the soldiers of the Gui Army cross the bridge, and also said that as long as there is a soldier who has not crossed the Hongshui River, he will never set foot on the north bank half a step, when he said these words, he paid attention to the major liaison officer of the independent division, and seemed to see a trace of ridicule in his eyes, Bai Chongxi's heart suddenly stabbed.

Maybe he was overly concerned or overly sensitive, but more importantly, his mentality had changed, a liaison officer sent by Chang Feng would not bring his inner fluctuations to the surface at all, but Bai Chongxi felt this way, and regarded it as Tang Qiuli's attitude and opinion on himself.

As soon as he thought of this, Bai Chongxi's mood became more and more depressed, the smoke on the river, with the smell of his hometown, could blow away the dust on his body, but could not blow away the clouds in his heart, when he arrived at the Hongshui River, he was already safe, even the guns and cannons pursued by the Japanese army could not be heard, but he felt that he had left a lot of things on the south bank of the Hongshui River and in Nanning City.

The 170,000 army guarded Nanning, how high-spirited and fighting spirit were at the beginning, and they were determined to play the prestige of the Gui army under the city of Nanning, only ten days, more than 90,000 Bagui children, blood spilled in Nanning, in the end, they were still forced to retreat, relying on Tang Qiuli's pre-arrangement, to safely withdraw across the Hongshui River.

The figure of the last Guijun soldier disappeared into the dense jungle on the opposite bank, Bai Chongxi sighed and said, "Cross the river," the first to step on the pontoon bridge, Liao Lei and Zhang Gan, as well as all the senior officers around him, heard the loss and vicissitudes of Bai Zongzuo's heart from his sigh