After observing the terrain of Nantianmen and reporting the results of the battle, the reconnaissance platoon quickly returned to Chanda with the latest news, one side told Yu Xiaoqing, while the other side told Tang Ji that Tang Ji had heard the latest news, and there was only one remnant company left in the Shangchuan Army of Nantianmen, and the Japanese army had no motivation to continue the attack, or would confront Nantianmen.

"Good! Our chance has come! After listening to this, Tang Ji slapped the table, immediately prepared his military uniform, and went to find Yu Xiaoqing.

Nujiang defense line, Yu Xiaoqing After receiving the news, Zhang Lixian said: "There is only one remnant of the Sichuan Army stationed in Nantianmen, they do not have any reinforcements, and the Japanese army has occupied Dianmen, if the Japanese reinforcements arrive, the Sichuan Army will not be able to hold the Nantianmen, the Nantianmen will be lost, and they need reinforcements." ”

Yu Xiaoqing's eyes were contemplative, "Shangfeng has not yet issued the order to attack, and we can't leave the Nujiang defense line yet, but there are many defeated troops in the city, and many of them have asked for battle to go to Nantianmen before, but they can't cross the river due to the sharp rise in the water level of the Nu River, now is the time, you go and collect the internal rout troops of Chanda and send them to Nantianmen!" ”

At this time, Tang Ji happened to come in, and after listening to Yu Xiaoqing's words, Tang Ji hurriedly said: "Tuanza, the fighting quality of the defeated troops is not comparable to that of the regular army, even if they are sent to Nantianmen, they will not be able to hold the Nantianmen position, this time, I am with the order of Shangfeng, the Sichuan army is no longer able to hold the Nantianmen position, and it will be torn off from the Nantianmen, and the Yu regiment will take over the Nantianmen position!" ”

"This is the command file!"

Tang Ji handed Yu Xiaoqing the order document that had been prepared long ago, and this order document was also completed under the instruction of Yu Xiaoqing's family, and it was prepared in advance, just to wait for the arrival of this day, so that there was a legitimate reason to send Yu Xiaoqing's Yu regiment to take over the defense of the Sichuan Army to garrison Nantianmen.

And there are other local armies who are rushing to Nantianmen, and they all want to get a piece of the credit.

There is no way, the people of the whole country are watching, but whenever there is an opportunity to show their faces, that is, the heroic troops who fought against the Japanese invaders, they will have meritorious performances.

At this time, Chanda Yanran had become a military base, and in the vicinity of Chanda, various legions were assembled to prepare to take over or assist in the defense of Nantianmen.

After reading the document, Yu Xiaoqing raised his head and said, "In addition to the Yu regiment this time, there are also troops from the Central Army?" ”

Tang Ji smiled and nodded: "The Japanese army's attack in Nantianmen is blocked, they will never give up Nantianmen, they will definitely send reinforcements, there is only one remnant of the Sichuan Army left, continue to stay on Nantianmen, the Sichuan Army will not only be wiped out, but also the Nantianmen position will be lost, at this time the people of the whole country are watching this battle, we must ensure that Nantianmen is firmly in our hands." ”

Yu Xiaoqing felt that there must be something greasy in this, but Tang Ji's words were not completely unreasonable.

Tang Ji said: "The Central Army has entered Chanda and will take over the defense of Nantianmen at any time, and we will cooperate with them to help defend Nantianmen." ”

Yu Xiaoqing asked: "The Central Army is moving so fast?" ”

"Otherwise, why would they be the Central Army?" Tang Ji said: "The main thing is that the Japanese army will suddenly attack, and the Sichuan army will not be able to withstand it, resulting in the loss of Nantianmen, and if we want to seize Nantianmen again, we will have to pay a huge price and increase casualties." ”

Yu Xiaoqing was silent, even if there was a greasy in this, but what Tang Ji said was not completely unreasonable, the Japanese army did not attack, it is very likely that a large-scale operation was brewing, with the current strength of the Sichuan Army, even if all of them were killed, they could not resist the Japanese attack, so it was the best way to let the Sichuan Army withdraw.

Near evening, on the Nantian Gate, Xia Yuan received a retreat order from Shangfeng.

Long Wenwen looked at the document in his hand, then looked up at Xia Yuan, who was not surprised at all, and asked, "Did you think of this day a long time ago." ”

Xia Yuan nodded: "The situation of the national army is relatively special, there are many factions, there is competition between each other, our affairs are known to the people of the whole country, and the meaning of this battle will eventually evolve from a simple resistance war to a political struggle and political needs." ”

Long Wenwen didn't understand this, he couldn't understand what Xia Yuan was saying at all.

Xia Yuan said: "To put it simply, the credit is too great, and everyone wants to come over and grab a little credit to meet their needs for promotion, so when they see that the battle of Nantianmen is basically coming to an end, they will use the Sichuan Army's casualties too much, and withdraw such a justifiable reason to take over the defense of Nantianmen, and at the same time let their troops on the road in the newspapers, so as to achieve the goal of being known to the people, and the results of defeating the Japanese army in the future can also fall on their heads." ”

Long Wenwen looked up at Xia Yuan and gradually became silent.

Xia Yuan continued to him: "We have to agree even if we don't agree, your identity, my identity, everyone's identity, if we don't agree, Shangfeng will wipe us out, come to a tanuki to change the prince, and randomly find a central army to pretend to be the Sichuan Army, and the credit still falls on them, so we can only obey orders." ”

Xia Yuan is extremely tired of the deceit within the national army, and has no good impression of the national army, since the Anti-Japanese War, because of personal grievances, there are many battles that have risen to war, and it is not uncommon to sell teammates.

If the national army finally wins, the result of evolution is basically no different from the feudal era, and those local armies are no different from the feudal kings.

Long Wenwen sat on the position, looking at the jungle in the distance with a somewhat dull gaze, unable to accept such a reality for a while.

He turned his head and asked, "What are you going to do next?" ”

Xia Yuan said: "Two hands plan, disband, or continue to fight." ”

He estimated that after the battle of Nantianmen, his task was basically completed, and he would return at that time, and the final fate of the Sichuan Army could not even be predicted by himself.

On the Nantian Gate, the defeated soldiers sat in the trench with their guns, and the veterinarian Hao was cooking for everyone, a pot of mush, getting some water, and pouring the canned food into it, the defeated soldiers already knew that there was about to be a regular army to take over the order to defend the Nantianmen, and this meal was the last meal they had on the Nantianmen.

The always active Bu Spicy and Yu Ma sat on the trench, and they lost their life, and when they returned, they did not know what would greet them. It was only when they fought on the Nantian Gate that they really felt like they were alone.

The smell of the food didn't make them much excited, everyone leaned into the trench, not knowing what they were thinking, and at the moment they looked like a group of people who had lost their souls.

Xia Yuan walked over, looked at them, and said with a smile: "I'm going home soon, what's wrong, aren't you happy?" ”

One of the routs asked, "Commander, we have no home now, where can we go back?" ”

Another rout said: "Regiment commander, we want to stay on the position, and when we go back, we will still be looked down upon, at least on the position, we can still feel like a person." ”

They are all worried about what they can do after they go back, after experiencing that period of no goal, they continue to be like a group of zombies who are walking dead, Xia Yuan also took these into consideration, he had a smile on his face, "Don't worry, I will arrange your life after I go back, even if I don't arrange it, the country will not give up on you." ”

The handover work was scheduled for 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and this afternoon, the newspaper published that the Sichuan Army Corps had resisted the attack of a Japanese brigade and regiment, and the curtain had basically come to an end, and that the Sichuan Corps, which had less than 100 men left, would no longer be able to hold Nantianmen, and that there would be Yu Xiaoqing's Yu Regiment on the Nu River defense line, and that the three regiments of the Central Army and the Local Army would take over Nantianmen on the other side of the Nu River, and that they would continue the heroism and fearlessness of the Sichuan Corps, inherit the fighting will of the Sichuan Corps, and resist the attacking Japanese invaders.

He even issued the slogan of 'fighting for an inch of land, and he was bound to kill the enemy' to increase the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people in the country, and the vigorous Battle of Nantianmen did not dissipate.

The Japanese army was also observing the domestic anti-Japanese situation, and their intelligence department also saw the domestic newspapers and the reaction of the people, which made the Japanese military high-level feel a sense of fear, and the rout of the expeditionary force made the domestic anti-Japanese sentiment fall to an underestimate, and the Japanese army wanted such an effect, and the more the domestic anti-Japanese sentiment was lowered, the more favorable it was for them to attack China.

However, the appearance of this sudden Sichuan Army, with the Nantianmen Blockade Battle, quickly aroused heated discussions, from the initial they stopped the pace of defeat, faced the pursuing Japanese army, put life and death aside, and used the heroic combat deeds of an expeditionary force soldier to reverse the low anti-Japanese sentiment in the country.

After following, they blew up the artillery positions of the pursuing Japanese army, held the Nantianmen for several days, and then revealed that the Japanese troops attacking the Nantianmen were a brigade, and the defenders of the Nantianmen were less than one regiment, even only 700 people, only 400 guns and ammunition, most of them were bare-handed, their bravery was seen by the people, causing heated discussions among the people, and once again threw a grenade to this anti-Japanese sentiment close to the dead pool, which instantly set off a thousand waves.

Feeling a sense of crisis and at the same time ashamed of the brigade that attacked Nantianmen, the Japanese top brass decisively increased its strength to a division and mobilized from the Indian border to Nantianmen.

After all, the Pacific War has broken out during this time period, and the Japanese army has been defeated in the Pacific Ocean, and it is difficult to support the domestic war of resistance.

As for the national army, they want to use this battle to gain bargaining chips to meet their own political needs.

This is a key battle, but it has nothing to do with the soldiers of the Sichuan Army, because this morning, they are about to evacuate Nantianmen, and Yu Xiaoqing's Yu regiment will take over the defense of Nantianmen, and at the same time, another central army and local army will take over the Nujiang defense line.

It can be described as a sensation throughout the country.

Yu Xiaoqing and the others used a few days to build a simple wooden bridge on a raft, and the water of the Nu River basically stabilized, without the previous rapids, and the waves were turbulent.

After the routs finished eating, everyone ran to the Nu River, washed their faces with water, and cleaned up their dirty bodies.

Long Wenwen shouted at the top of his voice: "Wash it all up, the head of the regiment will take us home!" ”

The defeated soldiers washed themselves clean, and after washing, they helped the wounded clear the mud on their bodies, on the other side of the Nu River, Yu Xiaoqing, Tang Ji, Zhang Lixian and others were already waiting, not only that, the reporters who received the handover news, and the people of Chanda got up early, with all kinds of food and gifts on the other side of the Nu River to prepare to welcome this heroic army down the mountain.

After the battle of Nantianmen, the soldiers of the Sichuan Legion looked no different from a group of remnants, even more miserable than the rout of Chanda, their clothes had been torn into strips of cloth, their bodies were dirty, and the washed Nu River water had turned black.

Xia Yuan lined up, looked at the people waiting on the other side of the Nu River, turned his head and shouted: "Let's go, let's go home!" ”

Going home, for the soldiers of the Sichuan Legion, was the initial expectation, but now they feel the most complicated and contradictory, because many people in the Sichuan Legion have no home, and Chanda can be said to be their second home.

When they reached the middle of the bridge, the mayor on the other side suddenly shouted: "Welcome home the heroes who went abroad to fight!" ”

The men, women, and children of Chanda raised their voices too loudly: "Welcome home the heroes who went abroad to fight!" Welcome home the heroes who fought abroad! Welcome home the heroes who fought abroad! ”

The soldiers of the Yu Regiment in the distance also shouted: "Welcome home the heroes who went abroad to fight!" Welcome home the heroes who fought abroad! Welcome home the heroes who fought abroad! ”

Their voices were like a tidal wave, spreading on both sides of the Nu River, and like thunder, shaking the mountains and rivers of the motherland, and like the beating of drums among thousands of troops, shaking the determination of the soldiers to fight.

In order to welcome the return of the Sichuan Army, the people of Chanda lit firecrackers, and some beat gongs and drums, and the entire Nujiang defense line was extremely lively.

The rout soldiers walked slowly, they watched the firecrackers sound in unison, the gongs and drums were noisy, all this was like a dream, and some people used flashing cameras to take pictures of the soldiers of the Sichuan army crossing the river, when they walked to the shore, the people of Chanda hugged up, sent them beautiful garlands, and sent them all kinds of fruits and food, and in their ears was the voice of the anti-Japanese heroes shouted by the people of Chanda.

They truly became anti-Japanese heroes.

The Sichuan army felt that all this was so unreal, as if they were dreaming, and they ended up wearing the garlands in the hands of the people, and took the fruits in their hands, put them in their mouths and tasted them, and the sweet fruit juice filled their mouths, sweetened the tip of their tongues, and sweetened their hearts.

Many of the defeated soldiers of the Sichuan Army cried, they used to be in Chanda, like rats crossing the street, but now, they have become the people's beloved anti-Japanese heroes.

(End of chapter)