Wang Haitao led his men to stubbornly advance forward for 50 meters, and there were more and more enemy troops around, and the enemy troops threw a large number of grenades and bullets at the chariot after rushing closer, and suddenly three ordinary trucks were blown up, and an armored truck was damaged and could not move, and at the same time, more and more soldiers were shot and fell. In desperation, Wang Haitao could only give up the breakthrough first and defend on the spot instead.

Fortunately, their firepower was strong enough, dozens of light and heavy machine guns, as well as more than 20 mortars mounted on trucks, all of which gave the enemy enough suppression, although the enemy army was numerous, but it could not eat Wang Haitao and them for a while. The current situation is extremely passive, and Wang Haitao can only grit his teeth and command the soldiers to resist the enemy's attack from all sides.

Seeing that the soldiers around him fell one by one, only half of the people in the team who could still guarantee their combat effectiveness remained, and even there were casualties in the guard company. At this critical moment, a dense burst of gunfire rang out behind the frontal enemy forces. The enemy troops surrounding Wang Haitao were in a state of confusion, and soon the roar of the engine sounded not far away. Such a scene boosted Wang Haitao's morale.

Wang Haitao shouted: "Brothers, the Independent Regiment has come to meet us! Everyone is working together to move closer to the Independent Regiment!" After shouting, he took the lead and rushed towards the enemy troops on the opposite side with his spear. It turned out that when Wei Changxing and his team were about to break through the enemy position, Huang Guizhong caught up, jumped into the armored car where Wei Changxing was, and shouted to Wei Changxing: "Commander Wei, some soldiers and several trucks failed to keep up, and they were also blocked behind. ”

When Wei Changxing heard this, he immediately ordered the chariot to stop. Huang Guizhong stood on the armored car and shouted: "Brothers, the military seat and some of the brothers are surrounded in the position, and the masters will kill them together with me and take them out of the military seat!" When the soldiers heard that the military seat was surrounded, they shouted in unison: "Kill back! Kill back!" So Wei Changxing ordered the chariot to turn around on the spot and kill them back with Huang Guizhong.

For the national army, light tanks and heavy armored vehicles are behemoths, and no one is willing to take the initiative to deal with them in a panic. It was just the right time for them to come back to help, and if they delayed for a while, the loss on Wang Haitao's side would be even greater.

The two teams of Wang Haitao and Wei Changxing finally converged, and at this time, the soldiers led by Wang Haitao all breathed a sigh of relief, and they felt like they had escaped from death. Under the cover of the separate regiment, the wounded fighters were loaded into trucks, and then two tanks and five heavy armored vehicles again took on the role of opening the road, while nine armored trucks took on the task of breaking the cover.

When the troops finally broke through the position of the national army and advanced along the road in the direction of Guichi, it was already half past seven in the morning, and the two-hour breakout battle made everyone feel extremely tired. In order to speed up and get rid of the pursuers, Wang Haitao asked all the soldiers to get into the car, and more than 1,000 soldiers not only packed all the trucks, but also climbed on the armored vehicles and tanks.

In this way, however, the speed of the advance was greatly accelerated, and after half an hour of advancing along the road, there was no movement of the pursuers behind them. Wang Haitao knew that the troops urgently needed to rest and recuperate, otherwise if they encountered the defenders of Guichi any further, the soldiers would not have the physical strength to fight again. Wang Haitao turned the convoy onto a fork in the road and followed the fork in the road for several kilometers until he came to the entrance of a village.

When they arrived here, it would be impossible for the enemy to catch up for a while, so Wang Haitao chose an open place and ordered the troops to rest in place. As soon as the extremely tired soldiers got out of the car, they leaned on each other and fell asleep, although Wang Haitao was also very tired, he still called Wei Changxing and the others together. Judging from the map, as long as you pass Guichi and walk a little northeast, you will enter the mountainous area. As soon as they enter the mountains, then the safety of the troops is guaranteed.

However, in the breakout battle, the number of wounded in the troops increased by several hundred, including more than 100 seriously wounded, marching with so many wounded, dragging down the troops, not to mention, there is a lack of medical treatment in the ranks, and it is really difficult to say whether these wounded can be dragged back to the base. After all, there are still more than ten Tianshan roads to go. Now Wang Haitao is not ready to break through the resistance of the Guichi defenders again, but is ready to show the banner and pass through the Guichi area in a clear and clear manner.

This is also in order to allow the wounded to receive timely treatment, so Wang Haitao hit the idea of the 148th Division of the Sichuan Army stationed in Guichi. Wang Haitao once again wrote a handwritten letter to Liu Ruzhai, the commander of the 148th Division. The letter said: "For some reason, more than five hundred wounded appeared in the independent regiment of the 90th Army. In order to allow these wounded to receive timely medical treatment, I would like to ask Division Commander Liu to allow them to enter Guichi City for treatment for the sake of all Chinese soldiers. For this reason, he is willing to send 10,000 yuan in cash as medical expenses. ”

Knowing that a local army like the Sichuan Army would not receive military funds and supplies from Chongqing, these local armies were very poor. Wang Haitao also thought about using money to open the way, for Wang Haitao, 10,000 yuan of ocean is nothing at all, but this 10,000 yuan of ocean is a lot of income for the 148th Division.

After writing it, Wang Haitao sent two soldiers from the reconnaissance company to Guichi City and handed the letter to Division Commander Liu Ruzhai. Huang Guizhong was a little dissatisfied with Wang Haitao's behavior, Huang Guizhong whispered to Zhou Kui: "I think the military seat is in vain, we just fought a big battle with the national army, and now we can still count on them to treat our people?" Zhou Kui also nodded and said: "I think it's a little hanging." ”

At this time, Wang Haitao said to Huang Guizhong: "Guizhong, Zhou Kui, the losses of your independent regiment and the Jing County Security Regiment in this battle are not small, but this battle is also a good training for you. After you go back, you must sum up your experience as soon as possible, draw lessons, recruit new recruits, and complete the task of expanding the independent brigade at an early date. There are troops of the 40th Division in Jing County, so why don't you Jing County Security Regiment go back to Jing County, join the Independent Regiment and go to Jurong together. ”

Huang Guizhong faintly felt something, and asked: "Junzuo, don't you reply to Jurong?" Wang Haitao replied: "After the troops enter the mountainous area, I will return to Guangxi with the guard company and the reconnaissance company.

The troops rested until noon, and did not see the pursuers chasing after them, and after lunch, the soldiers sent to deliver the letter came back and brought back a message from the commander of Liu Ruzhai's division. Liu Ruzhai agreed to allow the wounded to enter Guichi City for medical treatment, and only charged 3,000 yuan as medical expenses, but he wanted to ask the military seat for a batch of weapons and ammunition. Wang Haitao agreed when he heard it.

The troops prepared and set off again. This time, Wang Haitao put on his uniform as a general of the national army, sat in the cab of an armored truck, and led the team swaggering along the highway towards Guichi. When I was about to arrive at Guichi City, I encountered the national army outpost, perhaps there was an order from the peak, and there were two companies of troops on this outpost, and they all entered the position, as if facing a great enemy.

When he came to the checkpoint, the chariot stopped, and Wang Haitao also stepped down from the truck. When a captain of the Nationalist Army saw Wang Haitao, who was wearing a general's uniform, get out of the car, he hurriedly ran forward and saluted and shouted, "Hello sir!" After Wang Haitao returned the salute, the captain cautiously asked: "I don't know which part of the commander is from? Where is this going?"

Wang Haitao glanced at the captain and said, "You are from the 148th Division, right? Go and report to your Division Commander Liu, and say that Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army, has come to pay a visit." When the captain heard Wang Haitao's name, his eyes widened in surprise and he looked at Wang Haitao blankly. Wang Haitao saw that he didn't move, he just looked at him blankly, glared at him and shouted, "Don't report it yet!"

At this time, the captain reacted, and hurriedly stood up and said, "I'm sorry sir, please wait, sir, and report immediately." After saying that, he saluted and trotted to make a phone call. After a while, the captain ran back again, stood up and saluted, and said, "Report to the commander, our division will personally greet the commander at the gate of the city!" Wang Haitao nodded to indicate that he understood, and then turned around and got into the car.

The troops passed through the sentry post and continued to Guichi City, and Zhou Kui in the team whispered to Huang Guizhong: "Commander Huang, why do you say that the military seat is so bold, just had a big fight with the national army, and now he swaggered to meet the division commander of the other family, but the division commander of the other family really went out of the city to greet him in person, what is going on?" Huang Guizhong replied: "I don't understand it either, but we are the troops of the Ninety Army, and the military seat is the rank of general of the National Army, and it is not our Ninety Army that they want to destroy." ”

After walking for nearly an hour, the troops came to the south gate of Guichi City, and there was a national army unit standing under the gate of the city, and there were several officers standing in front of the team. After the team stopped, Wang Haitao got out of the car and walked towards the other party, and Wei Changxing also got out of the car and was close behind Wang Haitao. When he got closer, Wang Haitao saw that the person led by the other party was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general of the national army, which should be Liu Ruzhai, the commander of the 148th Division, and several officers were accompanied by him, one of them was wearing a major general uniform, and the rest were with the rank of colonel.

After getting closer, Liu Ruzhai first saluted Wang Haitao, and then said: "Is it Commander Wang? I am Liu Ruzhai." Wang Haitao returned the military salute and said: "The humble man is Wang Haitao, and I am really ashamed to be greeted by Senior Commander Liu in person!" After speaking, he stretched out his right hand, and the hands of both sides shook together. At this time, Liu Ruzhai had a smile on his face, and he couldn't see any hostility at all.

Wang Haitao opened his mouth again: "Today, I asked for Master Liu's door, and I asked Master Liu to help me." Liu Ruzhai replied: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I have ordered my subordinates to prepare, just wait for Commander Wang to come." Commander Wang, I have prepared a banquet in the city, and I have invited Commander Wang to enter the city for a while. Wang Haitao responded with a smile, and then asked Wei Changxing to lead the troops to be stationed outside the city, and he and Feng Zisheng took the guard company and the convoy loaded with the wounded and weapons and ammunition into the city with Liu Ruzhai and them.

After entering the city, under Liu Ruzhai's arrangement, the truck with the wounded drove to the hospital with an officer, while Wang Haitao and the rest of the truck drove to the compound of the 148th Division with Liu Ruzhai. Soon the convoy stopped outside the division compound, Wang Haitao got out of the car, and at the invitation of Liu Ruzhai, walked into the compound of the 148th Division.