1950年1月16日,我军以迅雷不及掩耳之势夺取了蒙自机场歼灭了国民党第二十六军大部后,驻在开远、建水、石屏一带的残敌第八军犹如漏网之鱼,急急忙忙朝元江方向逃窜。陈赓司令员命令部队跟踪追击、穷追猛打,不给敌人以喘息之机。他具体规定:逃过红河一线的第二十六军残部,由四野的两个兄弟师负责追歼;第三十七师和第三十 On January 16, 1950, our army seized with lightning speed the victory of Mengzi Airport and annihilated the majority of the Twenty-sixth Guomindang troops. The Eighth Army in the vicinity of Kaiyuan, Jianshui and Shijing served as if Slipping through the net, hurried toward the Yuanjiang direction escape. Commander Chen Kui ordered the troops to follow the chase, chase hard, do not give the enemy a respite. He specifically states: The twenty-six army remnants of escaped the front line of the Red River, by the four brothers and sisters responsible for chasing the annihilate; thirty-seventh division and thirty