When the telegram arrived in Dechang, it was already the early morning of the next day, Zhuang Jihua, Du Yuming, and Yang Yongtai were still discussing the details in the headquarters, and in their opinion, the most difficult thing now was how to stick Sun Du north of the Jinsha River for at least ten days.

Fan Hanjie has three brigades of troops in his hands, but according to his reaction, only he and Liu Yuantang's brigade can fight, Yang Shengwu's brigade is not strong, the defense is barely available, and the offense is absolutely not good.

And Sun Du has six brigades in his hands, one of which is guarding the royal ferry and the main road south of Huili, two of the other five brigades are dealing with the two regiments of nearly 4,000 people commanded by Wang Guobin who counterattacked from Baolin Mountain, and the remaining four brigades are dealing with Fan Hanjie and Liu Yuantang who fought out of Huili. When the two armies are fighting, it is much easier for the superior side to get rid of the inferior side.

"I think there's only one way, blow up the ferry pontoon." Du Yuming finally said: "Cutting off their north-south connection, even if Sun Du wants to repair this pontoon bridge, it will take at least two days." ”

"What about two days from now?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and asked, Du Yuming was speechless, after blowing up the pontoon bridge, the battle attempt might be completely exposed, and Sun Du would retreat.

"Where did Zhang Lihui go?" Zhang Lihui's regiment was the regiment stationed in Xichang, they were the first to arrive in Dechang, after Chen Guangzao fled to Dechang, Zhuang Jihua sent them out, and the day before yesterday he sent all of them to the Huili area to participate in the war.

"They are currently on standby in Chunjian Ping, in the middle of Long's Elbow Mountain." The operational staff officer replied.

Zhuang Jihua silently looked at the situation map on the map, and said for a long time: "Guangting, I have an idea," he looked up at Du Yuming and said, "You said that if An Enpu is surrounded, will Long Yun leave him alone?" ”

"Definitely not." Du Yuming replied without hesitation, An Enpu is the main force of the Yunnan army, and he is also Long Yun's Yi compatriots, as if his son is also in this army, such a basic army, Long Yun is impossible to give up.

"Okay, let's surround An Enpu, but don't eat him, but Long Yun definitely thinks that we can't eat him, so he must order Sun Du to come to the rescue, so that we can drag Sun Du back."

"Good idea," Du Yuming couldn't help but exclaim: "This is another form of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and surrounding him will save him." But how are you going to surround An Enpu? ”

"The key lies in Zhang Lihui." Zhuang Jihua said: "Look, Zhang Lihui is now in Chunjianping, you see," Zhuang Jihua pointed to the situation map and said: "At present, Wang Guobin and An Enpu are deadlocked in Qiaoba, let Zhang Lihui make a detour from here," Zhuang Jihua said and drew an arc on the map, straight into Qiaoba: "Insert it directly, let Fan Hanjie send a powerful force to fight from east to west, and join Zhang Lihui, so that An Enpu can be captured, so that we can grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and tell Fan Hanjie to dare to use the troops of the 24th Army, and it is enough to leave a regiment in Huili City." ”

"Okay, I'll send a report to Fan Hanjie, tell him our full plan, and let him hold Sun Du for ten days." Du Yuming got up to leave, but Zhuang Jihua stopped him again, thinking about it and saying: "Another telegram to Fan Chunshen to blow up the pontoon bridge." Du Yuming nodded and turned around and left, just about to go out, Yang Yongtai hurriedly came in, Zhuang Jihua glanced at Yang Yongtai, did not ask him what he was doing, waved his hand to signal Du Yuming to send a telegram first.

As soon as Du Yuming left, Yang Yongtai handed Chiang Kai-shek's telegram to Zhuang Jihua, but he sighed and sat on the chair. Zhuang Jihua put it in his pocket after reading the telegram, and Yang Yongtai asked with some anxiety: "Cultural Revolution, what do you think?" ”

"What else can I do, I will not accept the order of the monarch outside, we will beat us, and I will explain to the principal in the future," Zhuang Jihua said indifferently: "As long as we can take down Yunnan, the principal will definitely be so happy that he will forget to scold me." You say no. ”

Yang Yongtai couldn't help but laugh and stood up, he stretched out his hand and pointed at him and said, "Zhuang Wenge, you have this mouth." ”

To be honest, if he hadn't been in Yucheng for so long and saw Zhuang Jihua's telegram so coldly, Yang Yongtai himself would definitely have objected, but during this period of time, his strength in Yucheng has been very clear, even if he is not a soldier, he knows that the strength of the escort team is very strong, and the equipment and training are second to none in the domestic army. Zhuang Jihua occupied the arsenal in Yucheng and equipped the best weapons to the escorts. Without this understanding, Yang Yongtai did not dare to put forward a proposal to attack Yunnan.

Du Yuming was very fast, and when he saw that Yang Yongtai was still here, he asked, "Mr. Changqing, is there any instruction from the principal?" ”

"No, he's an old man, and he is too excited to sleep, so he came to stay up late with us." Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly: "Although Mr. Changqing is a literati, he is also very good at marching and fighting, he is afraid that our numbers are too small, so he suggests that the Sichuan army be transferred to the war." ”

"Sichuan Army?" Du Yuming thought about it with a slight frown: "I think it's better to forget it, when they arrive, our battlefield will be cleaned up, not to mention, if we can't get it right, we will have to send someone to watch them." ”

Yang Yongtai couldn't help but glared at Zhuang Jihua, of course he knew that Zhuang Jihua had nothing to say, and by the way, he would explain the problem of the Sichuan army clearly. He didn't answer either, flicked his sleeves and turned around and left.

Zhang Lihui was woken up from his sleep, and since he was sent to Xichang, he felt that something was likely to happen here, so after arriving in Xichang, he urged the troops to step up training to familiarize themselves with the terrain and climate of the Xikang area, and asked for a large amount of ammunition from Yucheng. Soon received an order to Dechang, when he arrived in Dechang, Commander Zhuang (the elder brother is called Zhuang Jihua) was already in Dechang, he arrived in Dechang to understand the full face of the matter, Liu Wenhui provoked the contradiction between the Yi people in northern Yunnan, the Yunnan army broke through the Jinsha River, surrounded Huili, and the escort team suffered heavy losses. Seeing Zhuang Jihua's angry face, Zhang Lihui's heart thumped, and the killing factor in his blood began to be active again, and he smelled blood.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Division Commander Zhuang to send them south, let them enter Long's Elbow Mountain to standby, smelling the smell of gunpowder in the air, they had nothing to do here for two days, several detachment leaders came to him several times to swirl, he knew what they meant, but there was no order, no one dared to move, everyone knew the military discipline of Commander Zhuang, and now the order finally came.

"Call the chief of staff and the squad commanders." Zhang Lihui glanced at the telegram and immediately ordered.

Within a few minutes, the detachment leaders were quickly arriving at his shack, which had been lit up by two oil lamps and a large map spread out on the table.

"Come in."

A few big men came in and immediately filled the small shack, Zhang Lihui looked at everyone expressionlessly and said: "The order is here, let's go along Longyu Mountain, from Yelu Slope, Sheniu Bay, and Caomai Valley to Qiaoba to cut off An Enpu's retreat." ”

"When do you want us to arrive?" The chief of staff asked.

There are more than 200 miles of mountain road from here to Qiaoba, and the team leader shoots questioning eyes at Zhang Lihui.

"Captain, this time, let's attack at eleven o'clock tomorrow night." Zhang Lihui said expressionlessly.

"It's three o'clock in the morning and we have twenty hours." said the chief of staff.

"Then don't hurry up." The captain of the first detachment rolled up his sleeves and shouted.

"Okay, it seems that everyone is very confident, worthy of our four teams" Zhang Lihui nodded: "The old rule, the first team takes the lead, the second team and the direct team go to the middle, and after the third section is broken, it will be pulled." ”

In the darkness of the night, a torch rushed westward.

After receiving the order, Fan Hanjie immediately adjusted the deployment, let the two regiments of Liu Yuantang's division take over the position of the escort team, and mobilized the two regiments of Yang Yinglong's division out of the city overnight to take over the position of Liu Yuantang's division, while the escort team and the main regiment of Liu Yuantang's division secretly moved westward overnight.

After dawn the next day, Sun Du found that the offensive firepower on the opposite side was much weaker, and the attacking force was also replaced by the troops of the 24th Army. Sun Du couldn't figure out where Fan Hanjie transferred the troops. In the afternoon he decided to test it to see where the convoy went, and he ordered a company to launch a counterattack against Yang Yinglong's troops.

The blue-green soldiers of the Yunnan army cautiously crawled up the hillside, and at the foot of the mountain, the bullets on the mountain flew in a disorderly manner, and the commander of the attacking company immediately became confident: "Brothers! It's not a convoy above, rush up! ”

The morale of the soldiers of the Dian army was immediately boosted, and it is true that the convoy usually waited until they were halfway up the hill before they began to shoot, and the gunfire was much more regular, as it was now.

The soldiers of the Yunnan army rushed up the hill with all their might, and after crossing the mountainside, the company guarding the top of the hill was a little panicked, and the company commander shouted hoarsely to shoot, but the soldiers resisted mentally, and then threw out a series of grenades. The Dian army retreated, but Sun Du was so excited that he immediately organized a second attack. The number of troops invested this time was a battalion.

The Dian army that participated in the attack knew that it was not an escort team, and they were very confident, so their attack was very fierce, and they rushed up the hill half an hour later, and Yang Yinglong's troops fled one after another.

When the forward position was lost, Fan Hanjie was furious and shot the company commander who had lost the position on the spot.

"This time it's a dead defense, whoever loses the position, do so, hold the position, and be rewarded after the war!" Fan Hanjie's cold tone made all the officers shudder, but Fan Hanjie was not finished: "The second line kills the first line, the third line kills the second line, tell the brothers, from now on, either die on the battlefield or die under military law, choose for yourself." ”

The success of the attack made Sun Du very happy, but he still didn't find out where the escort team went, and lost the position according to reason, Fan Hanjie was going to launch a counterattack, but when it was dark, he didn't see his movements, so Sun Du initially guessed that the escort team went down to rest and fought for a few days, after all, people are fleshy, and no matter how strong they are, they will be tired.

However, An Enpu was not as easy as him, all day today, Wang Guobin attacked him like crazy, and rushed down three hills in a row before stopping, he now did not dare to order the troops to counterattack, the first few counteroffences made his two brigades suffer heavy losses, even if the troops were strong, it was unacceptable.

As soon as it was dark, Wang Guobin collected his troops on time, and the business room was filled with silence again.

(To be continued)