After Liu Yuantang retreated to Jiaopingdu, he complained in his heart that it would take two days for his nearly 10,000 troops and equipment to cross the river, but Sun Du could not give him such a long time.

He Chao opposed such a panicked withdrawal from the beginning. He suggested to Liu Yuantang that he would defeat Sun Du first and then retreat, but Liu Yuantang did not adopt such a strategy in panic. He believed that Long Yun must have known the news that Chiang Kai-shek intervened. Long Yun would definitely let go of his troops when Long Yun knew about it. If Sun Du attracted them for two days, when the main force of the Yunnan Army near Kunming arrived, they would not be able to get out of it even if they wanted to.

But now he regretted it when he arrived at Jiaopingdu. The rapid march almost dragged down the troops. The troops were out of touch, and the fastest troops had already reached the riverside, and the last one was still three or four miles away.

"Building, you can't do this," He Chao looked at the troops waiting for ships by the river and was anxious. Although this army had spent a lot of effort, the main regiment-level cadres were still old cadres in the past. The troops won and rushed forward. The old habit of the losers running around has not changed: "The blocking positions must be established on the hills on both sides as soon as possible, otherwise we may be completely drunk."

Of course, Liu Yuantang knew how powerful it was. He immediately called Yang Shengwu and six regiment commanders for a meeting, immediately rectified the order of the ferry, and then asked who would stay to block the Yunnan Army?

Those present looked around and looked around. No one wanted to speak. Even if the soldiers died these days, they would hold the troops in their hands. He Chao rushed out in a hurry: "If no one wants it, then I will do it, but someone must hand over the troops, I only need a regiment."

This was a big blow and angered several regiment commanders. They blushed and cursed with thick necks, accusing them of not knowing what they thought about. Why did the eight parties in the battle go to Yunnan for war, and then ordered them to retreat in a daze. Liu Yuantang began to stop and made them angry and accused them. After a while, he slapped the table and cursed:

"What's the use of saying this now! We can't go back to us. We are not others!" His face was gloomy: "Let's do this, the Fourth Brigade crosses the river first. Brigade Commander Yang, you must gather the troops and leave one company after another. The troops have not finished. You are not allowed to leave. After you cross the river, concentrate all the 82 mortars and provide us with artillery fire cover on the other side of the river. My troops are responsible for blocking. Oh, if you don't give these Yi barbarians a little bit of awesome, you really think I'm afraid of him!"

The three regiments under Liu Yuantang immediately began to seize the hills around the ferry. Fortunately, he walked a day earlier than Sun Du, and Long Yun hesitated for a day, so he failed to capture Liu Yuantang's troops in chaos to launch an attack.

When Sun Du chased Jiaopingdu, the Fourth Brigade had all crossed the river and the Third Brigade also left a regiment. After Sun Du arrived, he did not launch an attack immediately, but first adjusted the deployment and divided the three brigades into three routes. At the same time, it launched an attack.

The sound of cannons on the hills around Jiaopingdu was harsh and gunfire. The Sichuan Army officers and soldiers who had already crossed the river were nervously watching the dense forests covering the hills on the other side of the river. They were filled with resentment and admiration. They knew that this was the brothers left behind who were buying time for them.

Fourteen boats of different sizes on the river surface are shuttled back and forth. Each boat carries about twenty people on the earth, and only seven or eight people on the small land. One trip can be transported over one company. It takes forty minutes to go back and forth.

After crossing the river, Yang Shengwu concentrated all the 82 mortars in the brigade on the bank of the river and waited nervously for orders from the other side.

The gunfire sounds on the hilltops became more and more intense. Suffered people were constantly transported from the hill and loaded on board. The military doctor immediately gave simple treatment on the spot. This military doctor system was also equipped with the ground after reorganization. But these were said to be military doctors. In fact, they only received some battlefield rescue training and knew some basic knowledge of rescue wounded. They were still far from the real doctor.

By the afternoon, the gunfire was getting closer and closer, and the wounded were lifted down. Finally, a deputy regiment commander was carried down. Yang Shengwu went over to ask about the situation. The deputy regiment commander told him that the Yunnan army was crazy. They had retreated to the last line of defense.

At this time, the soldiers sent to the concession land came back. They brought back one, two, three small, and three boats. Everyone was hoping that the sun would set as soon as possible. They knew that as long as it got dark, the Yunnan army would stop attacking. But the sun seemed to be deliberately against others. He slowly moved to the west and refused to leave this cruel and bloody world.

The sound of artillery became even more intense. Yang Shengwu finally saw the flags on the opposite side. He immediately ordered the artillery to prepare to open fire. The flags in the telescope were swung quickly. Dozens of shells flew into the air. A piece of smoke splashed high and low in the mountainous land on the west side. How could the smoke dissipate day by day? The shells flew out in time.

"Pack the three heavy machine guns there," Yang Shengwu pointed to a rock, then pointed to the other side and said, "Please pay attention to blocking that road."

The position on the west side is dangerous. Once it is broken through, the Yunnan Army will inevitably detour from that road to encircle the front line of defense.

"Damn it, what's the darkness of this ghost?" Yang Sheng and Wu Wan cursed the sun, which was gradually setting in the west.

The gunshots stopped completely at around six o'clock. Liu Yuantang wiped his face blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, and then sat on the ground limply. The final attack of the Yunnan Army was a little crazy and almost rushed to the main position. He personally led the guard battalion to fight them down.

"Prepare to retreat, how many people are there?" Liu Yuantang asked He Chao in a low voice.

"Including the two regiments of the Guard Battalion," He Chao said in a depressing manner: "I calculated that at the current speed, it will take a whole night, but if Sun Du starts a night battle..."

The battle losses of no less than five or six hundred in one day, plus the wounded people who have been carried to it, the number of people in the entire brigade is only two-thirds of that before the war. However, it must be considered that it takes half the extra time to cross the river at night. If these two strokes are equal, it will take all night for all troops to cross the river. This should be said to be under normal circumstances.

Liu Yuantang looked at his hesitant look and couldn't help but get angry: "Speak quickly if you have something to say, and let go if you have farts! What's the hesitant thing? Is Chongqing teaching you this way? "We may have to abandon some of the troops," He Chao whispered near Liu Yuantang.

Liu Yuantang did not answer, he just sat silently, and to be honest, this idea kept fluctuating in his mind.

"One company is left on each side, and the rest of the troops gradually retreat, retreating one company each time, and then retreating another company after they pass." He Chao told Liu Yuantang in detail the order of retreat in his heart.

"Just do what you said." After Liu Yuantang finished speaking, he stood up and walked out: "I'll go to the ferry and see, you're here to stare."

The sky gradually became dark, and Sun Du did not launch another attack, and the retreat began to proceed in an orderly manner. Torches were clear at both ends of the ferry, and the boatmen struggled to support the boat on the dark river surface, and the water splashed on their faces, making it cold and cold.

He Chao was not relieved, so he went to the front line to check defenses himself. This retreat would greatly damage the morale of the front line soldiers, and they would feel abandoned. If you could see the senior commander at this time, it would have a great impact on their emotions.

One night, He Chao ran to three positions. He returned to the ferry until dawn. At this time, only five companies were left on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the speed of crossing the river at night was slower than he thought.

"Where is the brigade commander?" He Chao sat on the rock on the shore, escaped and put a cigarette in his mouth, took out a match and stroked it hard twice, perhaps because he was damp. The match did not move at all, and he threw away the first one from the match box and scratched the match box.

"Bang." A little fire lit up next to him. The staff officer who was waiting for him to fire the lighter. He looked up at the staff officer, then leaned over and took a beautiful breath.

"When did it pass?" He Chao asked after he let out a puff of cigarette.

"At around eleven o'clock." The staff officer's voice was cold, and he couldn't see his expression clearly in the dark: "The Brigade Commander ordered that you must cross the river before dawn. There is a platoon in the guard battalion responsible for protecting you from the past."

"Now is the most dangerous time," He Chao said irresistible: "Sun Du can't just watch us cross the river like this, order the frontier to strengthen surveillance, and wait until the three red signal flares, and retreat together."

"Yes." The staff officer agreed and turned around and left.

But before he took two steps, fierce gunfire sounded from the hillside on the east side. He Chao's face changed drastically. He threw away the cigarette butts and immediately ordered the guard platoon to reinforce the east side.

An Enpu's brigade, who arrived in the afternoon, arrived in An Enpu's brigade. After receiving Sun Du's order on the road, An Enpu immediately turned around and rushed to Tuan Street. When he arrived, not only Liu Yuantang had left, but even Sun Du led his troops to chase him. An Enpu was so angry that he couldn't speak, so he led his troops to chase Jiaopingdu. On the road, he also received Sun Du's orders to rush to Jiaopingdu.

When he arrived at Jiaopingdu, Sun Du was exhausted. The sky gradually became dark. Sun Du was a little depressed and attacked heavily for a whole day. He paid more than a thousand casualties, but could not conquer the last line of defense. The Western Front had a chance to break through, but was attacked by a burst of artillery fire on the other side, but it eventually failed.

Sun Du didn't want to fight, he wanted to let the other party go, but An Enpu was unwilling. He insisted on a sneak attack, and the time was set before dawn. He believed that Liu Yuantang was eager to cross the river, and the defense in the first half of the night must be very strict. By the second half of the night, as the number of personnel decreased, the guards would inevitably feel panic. Although the sneak attack could not be completely wiped out, it could cut off Liu Yuantang's tail.

An Enpu's reason was very convincing. Lu Daoyuan and other brigade commanders thought it was feasible. Sun Du finally nodded and agreed. There was a reason that could not be said among the factors that prompted him to agree, that was, after fighting for so long, he had no outstanding results, and he could not explain to Long Yun even if he returned.

An Enpu was very patient. He asked the soldiers to rest in the first half of the night, and selected a group of Yi soldiers to quietly touch the ridge on the left in the middle of the night. The road was full of thorns and the terrain was very unfavorable, but the Yi soldiers touched the positions from here and were discovered by the sentry.

An Enpu ambushed a whole regiment at the foot of the mountain. When the gunfire sounded on the top of the mountain, the regiment began to charge and soon rushed to the top of the mountain. The Sichuan soldiers on the top of the mountain retreated in a hurry and pushed them to the beach. Only when they met He Chao, who led the guard platoon to reinforce, were the tenacious ones.

But the position was broken through, and He Chao knew in his heart that the Yunnan army would definitely attack the frontal land acquisition along the ridge. The frontal land acquisition was captured by the two sides, and it would definitely not last long.

"It's over." He Chao knew in his heart that it was impossible for the person in his hand to restore his position.

He looked back at the ferry in despair. The ferry was still empty, and there was no boat there. More than a dozen soldiers were anxiously waiting for the ship to arrive.

Idiot, He Chao had no time to scold them. He commanded the troops to withstand the enemy's attack. "Grenade! Grenade!" After shouting twice, He Chao reached out and took off the grenades from the soldiers beside him and threw them out. The artillery had all retreated across the river, and he could only rely on the cover of grenades. Amid the series of explosions, there was a sound of surprise on the ferry.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

He Chao looked back and saw that the two boats appeared in the fire, hesitating whether to lean over, waiting for the soldiers on the shore to jump into the water anxiously and swim towards the boat.

"Machine gun, machine gun, grenade, grenade!"

Another dozen grenades exploded on the sand, and amid the explosion. He Chao turned around and saw that the two boats finally leaned over. "Run!" He Chao stood up and ran to the ferry with all his strength. Behind him was a group of figures.

Just as the fierce battle at the ferry entrance, the door of the xxx room in Chongqing Hotel was severely knocked on. The person who opened the door was a strange young face. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before he returned to peace.

"Are you looking for me?" The serious voice was full of suspicion. Did he receive a call shortly after he returned to Chongqing? Lingnan had a call with an accent, saying that someone asked him to bring him something and asked him to pick it up at the Chongqing Hotel.

He was so sad that he thought that Deng Yanda had sent someone to contact him, but he didn't expect that after knocking on the door, he saw a stranger.

When he came to Nanjing, he reported to Chiang Kai-shek about the radar, the reorganization of the Sichuan Army, the expansion of the guards, and the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied after hearing this. The only thing he felt a little worried was the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. He told Chiang Kai-shek that he would first build it to Chamdo, and then decide according to the changes in the situation.

When the escort team expanded, he said that Zhuang Jihua would let go. He could do the expansion. He could find him if he wanted a number. His complete trust made him unable to help but suspect that this was because the central government did not need to pay money.

He even expressed his appreciation for the reorganization of the Sichuan Army, which relieved his heart.

However, Chiang Kai-shek did not understand radar, so he called Wang Shuming and Zhou Zhirou, who was the first phase of Huangpu, and then he bleed from the Soviet Union to study aviation. He was an air force expert with superb flight skills and knowledge of various air combat tactics. Zhou Zhirou was an army general and converted to the air force. However, he had only recently returned from Europe and the United States and knew a little about the development direction of the air force.

After Wang Shuming heard about the function of radar, he almost jumped up as Chiang Kai-shek. He told Chiang Kai-shek that this was equivalent to a pilot having an extra eye in the sky, knowing the orientation and height of the enemy planes was like knowing the enemy's movement route during army operations. Our army could choose a battlefield at any time and ambush and intercept the enemy.

Wang Shuming's explanation made Chiang Kai-shek understand the important role of radar. He immediately ordered Wang Shuming to organize a working group to build a radar station and comprehensively monitor the sky in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.

Chiang Kai-shek's order actually lifted the serious work, but he was not wrong. In fact, he didn't know how useful it is to reach the bottom of the thunder, and he didn't know how to choose a radar station. However, since Wang Shuming, who knows best about air combat in the first period, was so out of control, it means that the effect of this thing is extraordinary.

Then, he secretly reported Zhuang Jihua's intention to do business with the Soviet Union in exchange for their tanks and armored vehicle factories to Chiang Kai-shek. However, this suggestion was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek, and he refused to trade such a secret weapon with the Soviet Union.
Chapter completed!