In 1961, he wrote a series of articles he called "11 Years of War in an Alien Land" under the penname Teng Ko-pao. The stories concerned the KMT soldiers abandoned in the retreat from mainland China who went on to establish guerilla bases in the jungles along the border between Burma and China's Yunnan Province. By describing their heroic sacrifices, Bo Yang created a public outcry.
1961 年他化身「鄧克保」，以寫實報導形式在報上連載「血戰異域 11 年」，描寫國民黨自大陸撤退時，一支潰散的孤軍在雲南緬甸邊區叢林建立起游擊隊基地，最後壯烈成仁的血淚故事，引起廣大迴響，報社收到讀者如雪片般飛來的慰問信和捐款。