The 48th Army headquarters was in vain at this time, and the people in the command center were busy cleaning up the bodies and blood on the ground.

Chief of Staff Wang told everyone not to be busy because the military headquarters was about to retreat.

So the staff and guards began to pack up their things, while Chief of Staff Wang approached the window to Commander Liao, who had been silent.

Commander Liao seemed to have not come back to his senses from what happened last night. He kept staring at the gradually rising sun outside the window in a daze.

Chief Wang felt that it was Liu Ying's death that had a great blow to Commander Liao, so he advised: "State, if Liu Ying dies, we will die. We will report it to the truth. This has nothing to do with us."

"snort!"

Commander Liao snorted coldly and then said, "Do you think I'm having a headache with Liu Ying? Liu Ying lost the Yushan position and ignored the 98th Division, 44th Division, and 13th Division. It's just a matter of death."

Chief of Staff Wang said in confusion: "Which is this?"

Liao Jun sighed and said, "I'm because of Yan Wushuang! Do you know who Yan Wushuang is?"

Chief of Staff Wang made a thought statement, but finally said, "I really don't know this. I remember, it seems that you brought her back. Then he kept working in the public relations department?"

Commander Liao showed a disdain and contempt at this time, and then said in a voice that only two people could hear: "He is the goddaughter of our Chief Li."

"What?"

Chief Wang's surprise was beyond words. Because if Yan Wushuang had something to do with that Chief Li, it would be bad. This was an existence who had slapped the table with the Chairman.

However, at this time, Commander Liao said: "And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Yan Wushuang's connections are not just that. Many senior officials are familiar with her, including the Northwest Army, the Shanxi Sui Army, the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and even the Sichuan Army."

"How could this happen? How could she know so many people?"

Chief of Staff Wang was shocked. At this time, Commander Liao shook his head and said, "I don't know much. I arranged for Yan Wushuang to be in the public relations department mainly to facilitate things. I don't ask about some of her things."

Chief of Staff Wang sighed: "Before, I always thought you,..."

Commander Liao smiled and said, "Why? I thought I had something with Yan Wushuang? Haha!"

Commander Liao laughed dryly, but Chief Wang was helpless. Because he really didn't know what the outcome would be if the special envoy offended so many people at once.

Of course, Dragon Boat Festival naturally didn't know about these things. He was asking reporters to drive to Jiangyin Fortress.

Jiangyin Fortress is the gateway to Nanjing. The Dragon Boat Festival said it was to pick up Zhao Beishan and others, but it was actually for the northern gate of Nanjing.

Jiangyin is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, between Nanjing and Shanghai. The narrowest part of the river is only 1,200 meters. It has a very important strategic position. It is known as the "Haihang Fortress" and is known as the "Horse Pass on the River". It is both the throat from the sea to the river and the tunnel for north-south transportation, so its strategic position is very important.

But the most important thing is that there are many good things in Jiangyin Fortress, which are powerful tools for killing people on Dragon Boat Festival.

While driving, reporter Fang was still asking whether he was so anxious to go to Jiangyin Fortress in Dragon Boat Festival to kill people again.

Dragon Boat Festival smiled and did not answer, because only the ghost knew what he was thinking.

At the same time, the retreat of the Wufu Line became orderly due to the successful blockade of Dragon Boat Festival at Sanchakou.

Most of the 9th and 19th Army troops in the southern section have retreated to the Xicheng Line, and the Wu Fu position has reached its intended target to block the Japanese army by at least the 19th.

In addition, the Japanese Hatan Detachment conquered the Yushan defense line, and the 43rd Japanese Regiment successfully implemented water infiltration in Kuncheng Lake.

In order to avoid disadvantages, maintain vital strength and prepare to continue to resist on the Xicheng Line, the Chairman ordered the 15th and 21st Army troops to move to the Xicheng Line one after another.

Commander Liao set up two containment positions between Changshu and Xicheng lines (the first one is Miaoqiao Town, Gangkou Town, Dahe Town, Tangjing Bridge, and the second one is Chenjia Bridge, Tangshu, Zhuju Town, Hushan and An Town lines, respectively, and cover troops were specified).

The troops began to alternately cover the retreat on the night of the 20th, and used one to attack the Japanese army in front of them. That night, the Japanese army did not pose any threat to the national army's retreating troops.

At the same time, the Xicheng position has been constructed by the 1st Army and other departments commanded by Hu Zongnan. The army, together with the 4th, 66th Army, 9th, 61st, 46th Divisions, and the newly arrived 83rd Army (the 155th and 156th Divisions) have completed assembly and position occupation, so that the transfer of the 15th and 21st Army basically has no worries.

Therefore, it can be seen that the retreat work of the National Army at this time has made great progress compared to the later period of Songhu, and has basically been properly arranged and orderly.

Of course, the Japanese army would not miss such a great opportunity. While pursuing the Chinese army, they swept and consolidated the occupied areas.

Starting from the early morning of the 21st, the Japanese army occupied key points of the national defense line. At 6 a.m., the 58th Regiment crossed the Fushan River and occupied Fushan Town. The main force of the 13th Division entered the west of Xiejiaqiao Town at 2 a.m., and then advanced while sweeping, and occupied Tianzhuang Town at 11 a.m.

In Changshu, the Sasaki Detachment has completely occupied Changshu and is gathering forces to advance towards Sanchakou.

Cooperating with Sasaki, there were the 9th Regiment and the 43rd Regiment of the 11th Division, which were maneuvering from the water.

They assembled nearly 20,000 troops and rushed straight to Sanchakou.

But at this time, the house was empty at Sanchakou. Apart from the Japanese corpses, there was no bullet left for the Japanese army.

Several Japanese generals, including Sasaki, were furious. After the fierce battle that night, they lost the lives of more than 3,000 imperial soldiers, but they had nothing to get. They just occupied an empty position abandoned by Chinese soldiers.

At the same time, there is no good news in Suzhou.

The 18th Brigade of the 9th Division took a brigade as the vanguard and left Suzhou at 13:20 pm that day. Under the cover of six carrier-based bombers and attack aircraft, he advanced along the railway line towards Wuxi.

At 16:30, when the brigade arrived at Hushuguan Station, it was suddenly attacked and shot by the 46th Division of the National Army. After 40 minutes of fierce fighting, the defenders retreated slightly and then defended the front line from Zhuqiao to Hushuguan Village, violently blocking the Japanese army's advance.

The follow-up troops of the 18th Brigade provided emergency reinforcements and after another half an hour of fighting, they were able to continue to advance. Under such sequential blockades, they arrived near Wangting Town at 19:30, but they were immediately stubbornly blocked by Wang Yaowu's 51st Division.

Wang Yaowu commanded his troops to occupy the solid position on the north bank of the river in the north end of Wangting, and controlled the only iron bridge to block the Japanese army's path of advance with longitudinal firepower.

The Japanese army fired with the mountain artillery of their subordinates, but the effect was not good, and the troops could not advance and had to camp on the south bank, waiting for dawn to launch another attack.

At the same time, all units of the 15th and 21st Army Groups of the National Army were transferred according to the scheduled deployment and successfully arrived at the designated location.

At this point, the Wufu National Defense Line Battle, which lasted nine days and eight nights, came to an end. Chinese soldiers gave the Japanese army great casualties and bought enough time for the Xicheng Line to be deployed.
Chapter completed!