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"Have the Japanese given in? Are they all running away now?"

Yue Yun's expression was very ugly at the moment. The artillery equipped by their brigade was not as powerful as the self-propelled guns of the armored division and mechanized infantry division. During the Battle of Lancang River, they were overshadowed.

Now it is finally possible for the entire army to see their artillery brigade perform.

Now? It has only been three days, and less than 3 shells have been fired.

The person ran away...

Xu Le also looked embarrassed. Their entire headquarters had been busy deploying plans to force a crossing of the Nujiang River. In order to grab the position of the main force, Liu Quanhua, a lieutenant general, almost fought with Wei Li, a general.

It was also because of this that he got to know another side of Wei Li.

A lieutenant general of the National Guard, who once commanded hundreds of thousands of troops and fought in several major battles, actually competed with others for the main attack like a "child".

But because of that fight, all the generals in the army changed their views on Wei Li psychologically, and seemed to have completely regarded him as one of their own.

"This should be related to the destruction of the Lashio Airport. The Japanese lost a large number of fighter planes and air force supplies, so they were unable to fight our air force. If the army fights without air superiority, the losses will be huge.

Moreover, all of their heavy firepower was destroyed by us, and they had no chance to fight back against our artillery!

The commanders of the Japanese army are all graduates of military academies and have rich military experience. Facing such a huge disadvantage, it is reasonable for them to choose to retreat with their entire army! "

Wei Li continued Xu Le's words and said, "Since the Japanese invaded the Tang Dynasty in 31, I have hardly heard of the Japanese retreating on their own initiative. Instead, they kept being defeated by the young marshal. This is really..."

Liu Quanhua threw his baton on the table and shouted, "You little bastards, if you want to retreat, just do it earlier. You have to endure the shelling for a few days before you retreat. You made me busy with the deployment. I also promised my men that I would seize the position of the main force. Now, how should I explain it to them!"

The rest of the people shook their heads helplessly. It was a good thing that the Japanese retreated. It would be best if they could recover the country without suffering any casualties.

After a moment, Wei Li said, "Young Marshal, although the Japanese have retreated, to avoid fraud, we should send more helicopters to investigate!"

Xu Le nodded: "It is indeed necessary. Although it is said that one should not pursue a desperate enemy, the current situation is very good for our army! Inform Wang Yuji and ask him to send attack aircraft and H-5 to chase the Japanese.

We can't let him come and go as he pleases in the Tang Dynasty, so we should at least give him some 'local specialties' to take back!"

The next day, the engineering team began to move towards the Nujiang River to prepare to build the bridge.

The Nujiang River once had three bridges, namely Shuanghong Bridge, Huiren Bridge and Huitong Bridge on the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

All three bridges are iron chain bridges and can only accommodate pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages. Later, in order to open the entire Burma Highway to traffic, the Huitong Bridge was rebuilt.

When the Japanese invaded western Yunnan, the National Guards guarding Yunnan Province blew up these three bridges one after another in order to block the Japanese tanks and vehicles.

Last month, the Japanese crossed the Nujiang River and repaired the Huitong Bridge.

A few days ago, the Japanese blew up the bridge again when they retreated to the west bank of the Nujiang River. As a result, the Huitong Bridge experienced several explosions.

Now, in order to allow armored troops to pass through, only the Huitong Bridge is being rebuilt for the time being, and the remaining materials are used.

At the end of July, after detailed investigations of Tengchong, Longling and other places by reconnaissance helicopters, the Japanese army's large-scale withdrawal was confirmed.

The Air Force's 12 Q-5s and 12 H-5s pursued the Japanese along their retreat route. The Japanese's anti-aircraft firepower was only slightly stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty's army, so the Japanese suffered huge losses on the way of retreat.

What the Tang Dynasty army once endured was now almost exactly what the Japanese suffered.

The Air Force gave up the pursuit only after all the Japanese had withdrawn from the Tang Dynasty!

Xu Le's military merit point balance also reached 1000 million, because the system prompted that a lieutenant general was killed, but no one knew who it was.

In early August, reinforcements drawn from the National Guard arrived in Yongping County. There were four divisions with nearly 8 people, including Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, and Guangxi Army.

However, by this point in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there are almost no pure local armies left, and all of them are mixed armies.

Even Xu Le's 88th Army, strictly speaking, includes the Sichuan Army, Shanxi Army, and Yunnan Army.

However, Xu Le and Commander Jiang had agreed that he would be in charge of all military and political affairs in Yunnan Province, so Xu Le had the right to mobilize these four divisions.

On August 8, the Shanyang Bridge was opened to traffic, and three tank regiments and two self-propelled artillery regiments crossed the bridge and entered Baoshan.

On August 8, the Huitong Bridge was completed and opened to traffic. The entire Xu family army crossed the Nujiang River. The 20st Motorized Infantry Division headed towards Tengchong to conduct a final ground inspection to prevent the Japanese from having any remaining stubborn resistance troops.

The rest of the troops entered Longling County. The 1st Armored Regiment, led by Zhu Zhaolan, headed along the Burma Road towards Wanding on the border, followed closely by the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment.

On the second day, Xu Le telegraphed Commander Jiang that Xu's army had recovered the territory in western Yunnan and there were no longer any Japanese invaders in Yunnan Province!

In addition, he assigned the defense task of western Yunnan to the four reinforcement divisions.

"What did you say? You want to attack Burma?"

On the phone, Commander Jiang thought he had heard it wrong and asked loudly in uncertainty.

Xu Le said disapprovingly: "Commander Jiang, the Burma Road is not open to traffic yet. The Japanese still have heavy troops deployed in Burma, and as far as I know, the Japanese have drawn the main force headed by the 5th Division from Southeast Asia to support Burma. I am afraid they are going to counterattack Yunnan Province again.

There is also an unconfirmed news that the Japanese seem to have formed the 4th Tank Division, which seems to be in the Mandalay area of ​​Myanmar at the moment, and there seems to be a heavy artillery brigade. "

Commander Jiang sighed from the other end of the phone: "I haven't received any reports on this. If it's true as you said, the Japanese army in Burma may have other plans! Either they will attack Yunnan Province again, or they will attack India to the west.

But I think the possibility of a counterattack in western Yunnan is not high, because you are here! "

Xu Le frowned slightly: "Why? Commander Jiang doesn't seem to agree with my attack on Burma? Regardless of whether the devils want to counterattack western Yunnan or not, it is undeniable that the Burma Road is controlled by the devils, and international aid cannot be transported into the country at all!"

"It's not that I disagree with your attack on Burma!"

"Oh? Commander Jiang thinks there is another unit that can fight in my place? Which unit do you think it is?"

The other side remained silent...

Xu Le continued, "Commander Jiang, we have an agreement. Once I leave Shanxi Province, no one is allowed to interfere with my military operations, including you! No matter where the Japs' target is, as long as there are Japs in the southwest of Datang, this crisis will never be resolved! Going abroad to fight the war is the only way!"

Commander Jiang did not keep Xu Le waiting for long this time, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Well, I will keep my word. I will not interfere with any of your military actions, but I have a request. After you go abroad, you cannot fight in the name of the 88th Army, let alone the name of the Tang Army. The rest of the Tang Army will not help you, but I will still provide you with military pay. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand. If there is anything further, I will let Wei Junjun contact you!"

Seeing Xu Le decisively hanging up the phone, Wei Junjun crossed his arms, looked at Xu Le with a half-smile and said, "Even Commander Jiang, who is thousands of miles away, can see your temper. He is afraid that you will do something wrong after going abroad, so he asked you not to use the name of the Tang Dynasty."

Xu Le stared at the two loaves of bread and said, "I have to admit that he is very good at judging people, but this is exactly what I want. As long as I go abroad, the sky is high and the birds fly freely, and I can fight as I please!

Baoshan, Tengchong, Longling, these three counties have killed tens of thousands of people at the hands of the devils, I will avenge you!"