Especially after the next day, the direction of Tapa was full of gunfire for several days, and the French Lieutenant General Sirloin continued to send reports of the enemy's attack on Tapa, which they stubbornly intercepted, to Jean de Goo, who was far away in Hanoi, which made them even more convinced that the island army was still in their encirclement.

It is precisely because of these "reasonable" factors that the island army was able to successfully complete this retreat, and Jiang Haoran was completely kept in the dark about all this.

Eight days have passed in the blink of an eye, and there has been no substantial progress in the Guangxi campaign.

Kaiping, because the island army took the initiative to attack on the front line of Foshan and attacked the flank and rear of the 42nd Group Army, which caused the troops to advance extremely slowly, and only two divisions have been invested in Kaiping so far.

And the enemy also obviously increased his troops to Kaiping, although not much, at least at the wing level, plus they invested a lot of inland river naval guns in the Tan River, causing the two armies to start facing each other along the river, and the battle was not as fierce as a few days ago, and it almost entered a state of stalemate.

After several days of fierce fighting, everyone is actually a little tired, and they all need time to rest.

In the direction of Xinyi, the New Sixth Division cooperated with Zhong Bin's troops to flank a division of the Island Army coming down from Yulin with one-third of its troops, while the remaining troops still launched a fierce attack on the 48th Division in front of them, and the 231st Division, the only one of the 42nd Group Army, attacked from the left flank, successfully forcing the 48th Division of the Devil back to Maoming, and the attack continued.

In the direction of Qinzhou, Tang Enbo's division blocked one of the enemy's divisions coming down from Nanning with three divisions, and still attacked the Shigeto Division in Qinzhou with two divisions.

Tang Enbo also tried his best this time, even if the situation was not very favorable to him, the five divisions under his command were all in an offensive state, not defensive, and the front has been advancing towards the middle of the road, once the enemy's defense line has a slight hole, they will decisively wedge in, in order to cut off the enemy's Nanning logistics supply line, this is Jiang Haoran's tactical thinking, Tang Enbo has been strictly implemented.

As for the Nanning and Yulin directions, there was no substantial progress at all, and although the offensive of the various units never stopped, the enemy's fortifications were solidly repaired, and the enemy was stationed at the front with a few veteran elite divisions, so there was hardly any chance for the officers and men of the national army to make a breakthrough.

In fact, the superiority of the Nationalist Army's troops in the Guangxi and Yulin fronts is not very obvious, and although there are two group armies and two other divisions, Xia Wei's 16th Group Army is a force composed of some old, weak, sick and disabled troops, and its combat effectiveness can only be regarded as a security division.

And Liao Lei's 21st Group Army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Xuzhou, and more than half of the casualties of the entire Group Army were subsequently replenished, but it was only a few months? Naturally, the combat effectiveness is not much higher.

Guilin's former enemy headquarters.

In the courtyard, Jiang Haoran was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, the expression on his face was not relaxed, and the result of the battle was completely unexpected by him.

"So, what are you nervous about?" Lin Long suddenly stopped in front of him, looked up at him with a pretty face and asked.

Jiang Haoran was stunned for a moment and said, "Am I nervous?" ”

Lin Long said: "Aren't you nervous? You've paced back and forth thirty-two times, your hands behind your back, clenched your fists and released, one hundred and twenty-six times, and you say you're not nervous. ”

Jiang Haoran subconsciously stretched out his right hand and looked at it, his palms were full of sweat, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, I'm a little nervous." ”

"What are you worried about, say it, maybe I can help you analyze it."

"You...... Or forget it, right? Jiang Haoran unceremoniously refused, so angry that Lin Long rolled his eyes, but then, Jiang Haoran said again: "Actually, I don't know what I'm worried about, but I have a very bad premonition in my heart, and I always feel that this battle is going to fail." ”

"Poof!" Lin Long smiled and said, "This is not like what you Jiang Haoran said, you have never been so negative in my memory?" ”

"It's not negative, it's ...... Alas, you won't understand it either. Jiang Haoran waved his hand, and then as if he suddenly remembered, he asked, "By the way, Liu Dakun, have they started to act?" ”

Lin Long said: "Not yet, the main reason is that the heavy rain has not stopped in the past few days, the road is extremely difficult to walk, and the Far Third Group Army in the rear has not yet arrived, so the encirclement and suppression operation has not begun, however, Commander Liu said that it is difficult for Yamashita Fengwen to plug his wings this time." ”

"Hehe, that's a cowhide king, and you ...... his words Letter? Speaking of this, the smile on Jiang Haoran's face suddenly slowly receded, and his expression became solemn in a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"Go, call Li Cang of the Intelligence Office for me immediately." Jiang Haoran exclaimed.

Lin Long didn't dare to slack off, so he walked away, and after a while, he walked back with a major general officer in his thirties.

"Boss, are you looking for me?" Li Cang, the director of the Intelligence Division, asked cautiously.

Jiang Haoran said: "Director Li, has there been a lot of information about Tapa these days, and how is the French army fighting?" ”

Li Cang said: "Not much, two or three copies a day, but the fight is very lively, almost never stopped, and the daily ammunition transportation in the rear is unknown." ”

"Is there any news that our people have seen intuitively?"

"This ...... Not really, the French drove out all the population, and it was difficult for our men to penetrate their lines. ”

Jiang Haoran frowned, in this way, it has been nearly ten days since the southern army of the island army disappeared in front of their eyes, whether they are still on the south bank of the Mekong River is completely based on the one-sided report of the French army, Jiang Haoran suddenly "chuckled" in his heart, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Haoran said again: "Jiuzhen, is there any abnormal information from the rear of Tapa to the front line of Jiuzhen?" ”

"Nine truths?" Li Cang shook his head and said, "We haven't received any information on the direction of Jiuzhen during this time, but after the French army started the war, Director Liu mentioned it once, saying that the Jiuzhen spy station may have been damaged, and he is investigating thoroughly, but there has been no news about this since then." ”

"Bastard, this Liu Qiaoshou, how can he not have such important information, Director Li, you will contact Liu Qiaoshou, I want detailed information in that area, including the exact news of whether the French and island armies really opened fire in Tapa."

"Yes, Chief!" Li Cang agreed and hurried away.

"Do you suspect that the little devils are in collusion with the French? It can't be, right? Lin Longhu said suspiciously.

Jiang Haoran said worriedly: "I also hope that it is impossible, but now all the intelligence cannot rule out this risk." Especially since the Southern Army has disappeared in front of our eyes for almost ten days, it is difficult to say whether they are still on the south bank of the Mekong River? If this is the case, then it is not good news for us, and many things can be done in ten days, and it is even possible that they will transport the southern army to the coast of Guangxi. ”