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？ Inside and outside Luxi City at night. www.biquge.infoThousands of Anglo-Burmese troops who fled in terror finally put down their weapons, raised their hands, and walked out of the hiding places one by one, and gathered in the main camp in Luxi City.

At midnight, the huge operation of the defeated remnants of the army continued, and the people in and out of Luxi City were also mobilized to participate in the arrest.

Zhan Huanqi, who led the headquarters into Luxi City, was very annoyed after listening to the report, but he couldn't fire the group of division and brigade commanders in front of him who were covered in mud and full of gunsmoke.

Because of the meritorious service of the officers and men, the main forces of all divisions rushed to the enemy's headquarters at the airfield west of the city after breaking through the enemy's position, and failed to strictly implement the established policy of oppressing and tightly encircling the city at all levels, and the remnants of the Anglo-Burmese army had long since lost their command and structure, and they fled in all directions in a panic in the dark.

After a preliminary count, more than 4,000 men of the 33rd Infantry Brigade of the 17th Division of the British Army have disappeared without a trace, along with all the commanders of the enemy headquarters stationed at the airport, and among the tens of thousands of prisoners, only more than 700 British officers and men have been captured, half of whom are military advisers at various levels attached to the two divisions of the Burmese Army.

Liu Yifang, who had just arrived just now, suddenly remembered the burning trucks and several empty military vehicles on the highway about five kilometers west of the city, and immediately reported the situation to the old governor Zhan Huanqi.

Zhan Huanqi's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly discussed with Liu Qing and Fang Pengxiang. One after another, orders were then transmitted to the Special Brigade of the 26th Army, which was secretly roaming on the front line of the Golang River. In the end, Liang Ziyan's detachment showed the light of torches at the wild boar ferry in the lower reaches of the Golang River, but when approaching the ferry, it accidentally exchanged fire with a company of the Mang Independent Regiment covering the troops. It took the special detachment more than two hours in the pre-dawn darkness to break this elite company of Chinese scum, and when they rushed to the ferry, all that was left were abandoned ammunition boxes and a dozen British corpses, and the main British force had all crossed the Golang River and disappeared without a trace.

Liang Ziyan raided and interrogated the seven wounded captives he caught, and it took three kinds of torture to pry open the mouths of two of them, and then a telegram was urgently reported to Zhan Huanqi.

Only then did Zhan Huanqi know how bold this reckless scum was, after they led more than 100 fleeing British commanders to cross the river. More than 400 people were sent back to the Luxi battlefield again. The main force of the British army, which had retreated in a panic to the western outskirts of the city and was cornered, was picked up from a little-known path, and crossed Mengkun Mountain in the south of the road just a few minutes before Liu Yifang led his troops to arrive, and successfully escaped the east-west attack of the squadron.

Zhan Huanqi, Li Yunji, and the entire Yunnan Army Headquarters blamed themselves for this, but Liu Qing and Fang Pengxiang saw it very openly, comforting that the first large-scale night battle killed more than 7,000 enemies and captured tens of thousands, which was already a very remarkable achievement. The top priority at the moment is to take advantage of the victory to recover all the lost territory in western Yunnan. It is not too late to review the gains and losses until after the war.

At 7:50 a.m., a detailed battle report arrived in the hands of An Yi in Nanchang City. An Yi was extremely happy when he received the good news, and immediately threw down half of his breakfast and rushed to Nanchang camp. Chiang Kai-shek and the officers and chiefs of the various ministries of the Military Commission had gathered in the camp conference room to discuss how to control the war in western Yunnan within a certain scope and extent. After listening to An Yi's report, everyone was deeply surprised, and even Chiang Kai-shek, who was familiar with the entire battle plan, could not believe that the victory came so quickly and the results achieved were so brilliant.

Chiang Kai-shek personally read the detailed battle report named by Zhan Huanqi, waved his hands in excitement, and praised loudly:

"Good! Good! Zhan Huanqi did not live up to my expectations, for the sake of the overall situation, he was able to endure humiliation and burden, led the second-line troops who had never had experience in combat, and only took two days of counterattack to establish such a feat, which is very rare and gratifying, and he is worthy of being my good student "I must reward him heavily".

The generals congratulated one after another, and suddenly forgot the constant armistice pressure exerted by the Americans over the past few days. At nine o'clock last night, the U.S. consul in Beijing sent an urgent report through the British consul. Knowing that the British and Burmese troops had been defeated in the war, at the urgent request of the British side and the US Congress, they telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek again, asking Chiang Kai-shek to immediately arrange a meeting with the British ambassador Kadegan to jointly hold talks on the armistice in western Yunnan.

Soong Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi received warnings from British and American envoys in Shanghai and Nanjing at the same time to threaten them with trade sanctions, and had no choice but to call Chiang Kai-shek. Request for consideration of Sino-British peace talks. In his telegram, Soong Ziwen clearly emphasized that the most important foreign enemy at present is not Britain but Japan, and if the British and their powerful ally the United States are offended by the uncompromising stance of the Western Yunnan War, not only will the monetary reform and five-year economic development plan that the central government is considering come to naught, but the entire country may fall into an isolated situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Chiang Kai-shek urgently summoned An Yi overnight for discussion, and An Yi analyzed the situation on the battlefield in western Yunnan in detail, and asked Chiang Kai-shek: If an armistice is declared at this time, what will the more than 100,000 soldiers of the Yunnan army and the 40,000 people of the country think? Taking 10,000 steps back, the Anglo-Burmese army still occupies a large area of land west of the Nu River. What should we do if they do not leave after the armistice, and use this as a threat to make it difficult in the negotiations?

When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he immediately hesitated, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he gave An Yi three days, and urged Zhan Huanqi to end the war in western Yunnan within two days. If you don't talk about makeup, you can't resist the pressure from all sides.

At that time, An Yi was very confident, saying that only two days would be enough, and he didn't expect Zhan Huanqi and others to work so hard, and won a decisive victory in the counterattack in western Yunnan in less than 24 hours, and now there are nearly 1,000 British prisoners and tens of thousands of Burmese prisoners in their hands as trump cards, and the next negotiation work will be extremely easy. The disgraced British government and army do not know how to be disappointed and worried, and now the industrial workers in London, Manchester, and other big cities in Britain have not yet finished their week-long demonstrations, and the news of the defeat of the British army has once again been transmitted.

Chiang Kai-shek also saw this very clearly. The political and diplomatic initiative is the main reason why he is so excited, and he complained several times a few days ago that he had no confidence in his student Zhan Huanqi. Now that Zhan Huanqi is called his good student, An Yi is smiling in his eyes, but he is extremely emotional in his heart.

"An Yi, you take a good look at Xia Jian for me. The 26th Army in southern Yunnan must not cross the border to provoke at this critical moment, otherwise the war will expand and it will fall into a difficult situation that will be difficult to control. Yesterday afternoon, the Americans told me that the troops in southern Yunnan had suddenly moved. I have entered the Burmese territory for several kilometers and occupied the first line of positions of the Burmese army, which I know is for the purpose of containing the British and Burmese troops, but from now on I cannot go any further. Otherwise, it is difficult to ensure that the British will not use this as an excuse for escalating the war in order to get rid of the contradictions at home, which is very unfavorable to the current grave situation in our country. ”

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered Xia Jian, and when he was happy, he didn't forget to remind An Yi again.

Although An Yi was extremely reluctant in his heart, in the expectant eyes of Chiang Kai-shek and many colleagues, he could only nod with a smile: "Don't worry, the goal of the 26th Army to contain the enemy's main force has been achieved." There is no need to go on any more offense. As long as the Anglo-Burmese forces do not refrain from any form of provocation or attack, the two divisions of the 26th Army will remain in the positions they currently occupy. The students thought that at this time, the 26th Army could not be withdrawn, and in history, the place occupied by the 26th Army today has always been a disputed place in the border area between China and Burma, and even if it really wants to make some concessions at that time, it will be more active than trying to fight for it in a hurry. As long as the 26th Army does not leave for a day. The British and Burmese troops are under pressure for a day, not to mention that the issue of border scraping between the two countries will be the focus of Sino-British diplomatic relations in the future. It is more beneficial for future negotiations to prepare for a rainy day! ”

"My subordinates agree with General An's opinion, the most important thing at this time is the cost of negotiation, we have a little more, as long as the 26th Army no longer takes the initiative to attack, it is still necessary to occupy and hold the acquired territory

Yang Yongtai was the first to echo An Yi's opinion in front of everyone, which made Ge Jingen, Zhang Zhi and others look at each other and be secretly surprised.

Chiang Kai-shek has always attached great importance to Yang Yongtai's opinions, and when he heard his support, An Yi didn't think much about it, so he nodded and decided:

"What else, before dawn, President Wang called me from Nanjing, saying that the British ambassador Kadgan urgently asked to see him at four o'clock in the morning, and sternly demanded that our army guarantee the safety and humanitarian rights of the 34 British commanders captured in Ruili, as well as the officers and men of the British and Burmese troops who were unfortunately captured in this battle, and that the International Red Cross Society in Shanghai would organize a delegation composed of the League of Nations offices in China and consular officials from European and American countries to go to western Yunnan to inspect the compliance of the warring parties with international conventions. It seems that the pressure on the central government side is also very high. I did not know about the capture of the British commander at Wrist Town, and you did not report it to me. ”

The generals looked at An Yi in shock, and An Yi stood up again and apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry principal." I'm sorry guys! The subordinates did not know before that the Anjin Special Service Regiment that participated in the war would infiltrate the enemy's rear headquarters and make such a big name, and it was only at three o'clock in the morning that the subordinates received a specific battle report, saying that they had captured Brigadier General Gilbert, chief of staff of the 17th Division of the British Army, and more than 30 lieutenant officers, and had been successfully escorted to the Baoshan camp in the rear. ”

Everyone exclaimed, it was a very surprising thing to attack the enemy's rear headquarters, and he even managed to capture the enemy's chief of staff, such a remarkable achievement, how could it not surprise everyone?

The heated discussion suddenly "buzzed". The name of Xiao General An Jin was once again engraved in the minds of all the generals present, and everyone knew that An Yi's younger brother was a once-in-a-century sharpshooter. But no one knew that he had now grown into the commander of the special forces of the An Jia Army.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and waved his hand to signal An Yi to sit down: "What are you going to do with these thirty or so captured officers?" ”

An Yi thought for a while and replied: "Temporarily and secretly escorted to the Syrian Mansion and treated them well, this is a very important trump card in the negotiations."

Everyone smiled knowingly, and Chiang Kai-shek was noncommittal, thought for a moment and ordered again: "Since this is the case, don't mention these thirty-four prisoners in the propaganda of this war, understand?."

An Yi hurriedly stood up: "Obey!" The subordinates had to send a telegram to stop the South Sichuan Radio from broadcasting the news, and it would be too late to do so