After receiving Wei Lihuang's return order, Liu Hai knew that the matter was urgent, and hurriedly took his staff team and rushed to Baoshan as soon as possible. After the special plane flew to Baoshan, Wei Lihuang's adjutant, Colonel Sun, came to receive him. "Division Commander Liu, our commander Wei has been waiting for you for a long time, and now the battle of crossing the river is imminent, and you urgently need your artillery to be put into the battlefield, first ask your subordinates to return to the troops, you want to go to the headquarters directly with me!" Colonel Sun said. "Okay!" Liu Hai heard that the matter was very urgent, so he didn't say anything more and followed Colonel Sun to the headquarters in the car, and Sima Hong and the others returned to the Fourth Division. Half an hour later, after arriving at Wei Lihuang's headquarters, Liu Hai saw Wei Lihuang, and Wei Lihuang was not polite, and directly pulled Liu Hai in front of the map. "Master Liu, don't say much, you and I will choose a place to cross the river immediately!" Wei Lihuang pointed to a few dots on the map with circles drawn. "Yes, but I need a pair of gunscopes!" Bangs said. "No problem!" Wei Lihuang immediately asked the guard battalion to prepare and set off to the edge of the Nu River to choose a place to cross the river. "Junza!" Adjutant Colonel Sun ran up: "The command is calling!" It's an emergency! ”。 Wei Lihuang took the telegram and looked at it, and immediately slapped the car, "Bastard!" There is no distinction between severity and severity, misleading the party and harming the country, Chen Cheng should be killed! ”

It turned out that at this time, the Japanese army crossed the Jincheng River from Guangxi and occupied Dushan in Guizhou Province. Guiyang is tight, Chongqing is shaking; At the same time, it was also reported: "Wang's puppet government sent representatives to infiltrate Kunming and instigate Long Yun and his subordinates to commit treason and defect to the enemy." Then, Wei Lihuang immediately received an urgent telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, and ordered Wei to return to the area of Shilufeng and Chuxiong to monitor Long Yun and strictly prevent Longbu from moving. And dispatched troops to aid Guiyang. Although Wei Lihuang did not have much contact with Yunnan Provincial Chairman Yunlong, he knew very well in his heart that Long Yun would never get together with Wang Jingwei and his gang, let alone defect to the enemy and commit treason. "It can't be!" After hearing the news, Liu Hai said, "Although I haven't seen Long Yun, but the soldiers of the Dian Army will never surrender to the enemy and commit treason, when I was in Taierzhuang, I fought with the brothers of the Dian Army, and they were all good men who fought to the death and never retreated, even if Long Yun did it, the brothers of the Dian Army would never do it!" "Although Long Yun is a big official, he is a fair and upright person, and he is by no means a reluctant person!" Wei Lihuang said: "The Yunnan army of 40,000 people went out of Yunnan, and more than 20,000 people were killed in a Taierzhuang battle, and the Yunnan-Burma highway was built, and Long Yun mobilized hundreds of thousands of people, but in the deep forest and stream between Yunnan and Burma, 974 kilometers of roads were repaired in nine months, and even the Americans were amazed, how could such a person go to the Japanese as lackeys!" ”

"So be it!" Wei Lihuang thought for a long time, "Transferring a division to Guiyang to assist in defense can be regarded as dealing with Chairman Chiang, and all other troops are on standby to continue to prepare for the battle of crossing the river!" At present, the most important enemy is the Japanese army across the river, if the river defense is abandoned and the army is withdrawn to the vicinity of Kunming, the Japanese army can force the Nu River at any time, and after the expeditionary force, Kunming will be in danger, and it will be difficult to protect the night. That is exactly the enemy's internal and external attack, so the central government's orders cannot be executed! "But what about Chongqing's inquiry?" A division commander asked. "Let's just say that the king's life will be affected outside!" Wei Lihuang made up his mind to fight this battle! "Junzuo, in fact, I don't have to be so tough, I can touch Long Yun's specific thoughts!" Bangs said. "Oh? What is Master Liu's opinion? "Wei Lihuang is still very face-saving to bangs." I have a classmate who is from Zhongtong, and he should know Long Yun's attitude! Liu Hai said, "As long as there is no major movement on Long Yun's side, we can rest assured that we can fight!" "In this way, you will have a bottom on Long Yun!" Wei Lihuang said.

"Please help me pick up the Chongqing Zhongtong Office!" Bangs picked up the phone and said. A few minutes later, the phone was connected to Liu Hai's foreign affairs department. "Section Chief Zhou, I'm Liu Hai, I want to ask you about Long Yun's attitude, this is related to the battle arrangements of our Eleventh Group Army!" Bangs said. "You dead bangs, why did you run to the 11th Army again!" Zhou Yuan was reading the telegram at this time. "I've always been where I need to go, what? Do you guys have any questions about Long Yun's attitude! Bangs said. I just received a telegram, and Long Yun won't be able to see it for the time being! Wang Jingwei's people did go to Kunming, but before they saw Long Yun, they were arrested and burned by his son Long Shenwu! Judging from this matter, Long Yun's attitude is obvious, as for his troops, the elite 24th Division, 35th Division, and 60th Divisions have already arranged troops in Kunming, and other troops under their jurisdiction are also mobilizing, and the target is the attacking Japanese army! Zhou Yuan told Liu Hai the contents of the telegram. If you report these contents to the chairman, will he cancel our order to return to defense? Bangs asked tentatively. I don't know the will of the leader, but I suggest you obey the commands! Zhou Yuan said. Okay, I got it! Bangs hung up.

"Judging from the intelligence of the Central Union, Long Yun is still anti-Japanese for the time being, at least he will not give up Kunming easily, judging from the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan army, the Japanese army does not have three or five divisions, and it is impossible to take advantage of Long Yun!" Wei Lihuang analyzed. "I also think so, when the Dian army was in Taierzhuang, it was the only unit of the Japanese army that could not take advantage of hand-to-hand combat, and the three battalions that fought with me blocked the attack of the two main wings of the Japanese army together with me, and inflicted heavy losses, so Junzuo's judgment was correct!" Bangs said. "Then it's decided, we will send a division back to help Kunming, and the other troops will continue to force the Nu River, if the chairman asks, I will carry it alone!" Wei Lihuang made up his mind. "The subordinates are willing to share the responsibility with the chief!" Bangs said. "No, although I, Wei Lihuang, am not a direct member of the Central Army, but his old Jiang doesn't dare to do anything to me!" Wei Lihuang said: "Let's go and choose the location of the forced crossing now!" "Wait a minute, there's one more thing to do!" Bangs suddenly remembered something. "What's the matter?" Wei Lihuang asked strangely. "Although my communications battalion commander is not from the Central Union, he is even more powerful than the Central Union, and his radio station can directly communicate with the commission!" Bangs said. "Why?" Wei Lihuang was taken aback, he couldn't figure out why a battalion commander could contact the commission directly! "Because she is the niece of the first lady, she specially came to our division to be the commander of the communications battalion!" Bangs said. "Huh?" Wei Lihuang looked at the bangs in front of him like a ghost!

"Ruyu! Did you receive a telegram asking where the commission was? Bangs asked. That's right, I received a telegram from the attendant's room asking whether Wei Lihuang's troops had been drawn to Kunming to fight! Song Ruyu said. That's the case, we plan to force the Nu River, but there is an abnormal movement on Long Yun's side, so the chairman wants our whole army to return to defense, but now the biggest and most dangerous thing is the Japanese army on the other side of the Nu River, once the Japanese army forcibly crosses the Nu River, then it can condescendingly rush to Chongqing, but according to the situation we have, Long Yun's side is still relatively safe! Therefore, Junzuo and I unanimously decided to concentrate the main force to cross the Nu River and completely open up the Yunnan-Burma transportation line! Bangs told the situation again. You mean to say that you're already on defense? "No, no, no! Suffice it to say that we are actively preparing for it, the first troops have already departed! Bangs said. Isn't this sending troops? Song Ruyu said, "I already know, a division of troops!" The first batch is one division, how can there be three or five divisions in the follow-up! "Nope! I mean only the first batch! Bangs said. I understand, you want me to delay the army, delay it for a few days, and then report the real situation when the battle of forcibly crossing the Nu River begins. "Song Ruyu is very smart!" You are really too smart, that's what it means, you have to understand, this is for our country, and it is also a battle in which we put all our lives into it, if it fails, then we will have to engage in military law! Bangs said. All right! I'm here to help you, but you have to win this battle, or I'll die to thank you! Song Ruyu said.

"Battalion Commander Song agreed to our plan to delay the army, but it shouldn't be long to hide it, I suggest that we immediately carry out the deployment arrangements for the battle, as long as we win, no one has anything to say!" Liu Hai said to Wei Lihuang. "In that case, let's start deploying right away! Your division is the main firepower delivery unit in this campaign, so first choose a suitable position! "Wei Lihuang cut straight to the point!" No! Liu Hai said, "I have an idea, the first thing we want to do this time is to force the crossing at the weakest place where the enemy is defending, so the strategy of the suspicious soldiers is very important!" Now on the map of the river crossing location, I only look at one place, that is, Huitong Bridge, Bizhai Du, Sanjiangkou line, although this section of the river I have not investigated, but this area is the closest area to the first phase of the river crossing campaign target Gaoligong Mountain, from here to cross the river, you can horizontally cut off the Japanese defense line on the west bank, so that the enemy garrison troops on the river side can not come back, the enemy river defense force in one fell swoop surrounded in the narrow area east of Gaoligong Mountain to annihilate, and then take Gaoligong Mountain as a base, Attack the key points on the outskirts of Tengchong, such as Songshan and Mangshi! In order to achieve this goal, my artillery group will be divided into two parts, the first part is to cover the artillery group, to shell the Japanese army's Katori, Sardin Man, Lishankou and other shore fortifications, to create the illusion of our strength from that area, and then concentrate on the heavy artillery group under the cover, the main force from the Huitong Bridge, Bizhaidu, Sanjiangkou line forced to cross the river! Wei Lihuang looked at the map and pondered for a long time, and said, "The terrain in that area is very dangerous, and the Japanese garrison is weak, but we still need to make detailed steps to cross the river after on-the-spot investigation!" "Without further ado, we'll go now!" Bangs said.