On the second day, the sky was not completely bright, Bai Fei and his party were ready to go, but unexpectedly, Luo Zhuoying and Comrade Nicholas suddenly came to see them off, and the two sides said goodbye for a while, before leaving, Luo Zhuoying suddenly pulled Bai Fei aside and whispered: "Zhenyu, the commission has ordered a counteroffensive to recover Nanchang, what do you think about this?" ”

Bai Fei smiled bitterly: "Commander Luo, don't be kidding, I'm leaving." Besides, the commission has already been ordered, what else can I think? ”

Luo Zhuoying frowned and sighed lightly, Bai Fei couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this, and said cheaply: "The Japanese army's occupation of Nanchang is a foregone conclusion, and now that it occupies a favorable terrain, it can not only rely on it to obtain the southeast barrier of the Wuhan security circle; Moreover, retreat can be defended and attacked, the east can attack Yingtan and Shangrao, and the west can directly threaten the security of Changsha, so I advise you to spend more time on the defensive front west of Fengxin and the periphery of Changsha..."

Luo Zhuoying raised his head and hurriedly asked, "Are you not optimistic about this counterattack?" ”

Bai Fei sneered: "When the defense line of the river was repaired, the Japanese army still occupied Nanchang all the way, and now the city of Nanchang is high and deep, the Japanese army machine guns are lined up at the head of the city, and the chariots and cannons outside the city are dense, if Commander Luo is optimistic about this counteroffensive, why should he ask me these questions?" ”

After speaking, Bai Fei waved his hand, turned around and left with the troops.

There was nothing to say all the way, and at half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Bai Fei and his party finally crossed the Fuhe River and arrived in Fengcheng County.

Fengcheng is also a famous cultural city, with a long history, it was originally a cadre general, Mo evil sword hiding place, so it is also known as "Jianyi", and it is also the hometown of Hongzhou kiln, one of the six famous celadon kilns in the Tang Dynasty, with sword culture, porcelain culture, water culture, academy culture and ancient building culture and other historical culture.

However, Bai Fei did not have time to savor the long-standing culture of Fengcheng, and after arriving in Fengcheng and resting for half an hour, Bai Fei and his entourage boarded the train again, all the way along Zhangshu, Yichun, Pingxiang, Xiangtan, and finally arrived in Hengyang.

After arriving in Hengyang, the railway was divided into two lines from here, one straight south, through Shaoguan to Guangzhou. The other end goes southwest, passing through Yongzhou, Guilin, and finally to Liuzhou. Since Guangzhou had been occupied by the Japanese army, the first line was impassable, and the only option was to choose the Guilin line.

After spending the night in Hengyang, Bai Fei led the troops to board the Henggui Line again, and after several rounds, they came to Liuzhou. Further south, there are no more railways to open to, and most of them are still under construction.

Bai Fei originally wanted to go to the local garrison for help to see if he could find some cars to transport troops, but first, the local garrison was relatively scattered and inefficient, and second, he couldn't find so many available vehicles for a while. In desperation, Bai Fei had no choice but to equip the few vehicles he found with the artillery battalion, after all, they were carrying heavy weapons, while the others followed behind and drove the 11th forward.

In this way, after more than ten days of marching, the group finally arrived at the southernmost tip of the Chinese mainland---- Xu Wen tiredly and tired.

Soon after arriving in Xuwen, Bai Fei sent people to find the magistrate of Xuwen County and the captain of the local security team, and the two sides met to greet each other.

The magistrate of Xu Wen County said: "General Bai, the ship is easy to find, there are not a few people in my Xu Wen County who used to run shipping and do business, and now there are several large ships with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons anchored in the area of Liusha Port in the west, which can be requisitioned at any time." However, a few days ago, the Japanese army's attack on Haikou and other places was frustrated, and although their large forces later went south to the areas of Sanya and Lingshui, there was still one Japanese ship and several gunboats cruising in the Qiongzhou Strait, almost blocking both sides of the strait. ”

The security captain also said: "Yes, General Bai, a few days ago, dozens of fishermen were going to go out to sea to fish, not long after they set off, they were discovered by the Japanese patrol boats, the little devils fired at them without saying a word, where did the fishermen have room to resist, not only the boat was sunk, but the people were also dead and wounded, some fishermen who fell into the water were also strafed by them with machine guns, only one fishing boat relied on the strong motor, and escaped by luck, no one dared to go into the water in the past few days, even those French boats, I didn't dare to go out. You guys... How do you get there? ”

Bai Fei said: "Thank you for the reminder, but we already have a plan, please go back and prepare the required ships as soon as possible, we will use them soon." ”

The county magistrate Xu Wen nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then I wish General Bai a victory, if Hainan is not lost, the people of Xu Wen can also get some peace." ”

After seeing off the two, Wang Weiguo said: "The narrowest part of the Qiongzhou Strait is more than 20 kilometers, if it is really as they say, there are Japanese ships patrolling day and night on the water, such a long distance, I am afraid it will not be easy for the large army to pass smoothly." Zhenyu, what are your plans? ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "Actually, I haven't thought of any good plans to cross the sea yet, and I don't want to look like we are unprepared..."

After a pause, Bai Fei said again: "However, now that the arrow is ready to be fired, the situation in front of us is no matter how grim it is, we must find a way to cross the sea tonight!" "Now the situation on the island is imminent, if we don't go over as soon as possible, maybe Hainan will really be occupied by the devils..."

Wang Weiguo sighed and said: "Yes, the specific measures will wait for Li Hu and them to come back after inquiring about the news... Hopefully it's good news! ”

It turned out that Bai Fei led the troops from Nanchang to the South China Sea, and it had taken nearly 20 days on the way. In the past 20 days, Bai Fei kept in touch with Li Shuyang every day, and he was also well aware of the progress of the Japanese army on the island.

After the Japanese failed to attack Haikou and land, the commander of the Japanese army, the commander of the 21st Army, Anten Rikichi, ordered the commander of the Fifth Fleet, Nobutake Kondo, to transport troops around the island to the south and carry out landing operations from Sanya and Lingshui. The Taiwanese Mixed Brigade led by Major General Shojiro Iida attacked Sanya, and Hainan Island, led by the Hisatohisa Gang of Osama, sent troops to attack Lingshui.

Due to the swiftness of the Japanese and the fact that they were divided into two lines, the defenders on the island did not have time to react. You must know that Haikou is in the northernmost section of Hainan, and Sanya is in the southernmost part of Hainan Island, the Japanese army relies on warships to transport troops, and it is very convenient and fast to take the waterway, but the land route is not very easy to walk, and in order to resist the Japanese attack on Haikou, Li Shuyang and Zhang Fakui sent to the island to garrison the 463 Brigade of the 64th Army have set up heavy troops near Haikou, and now it is naturally too late to urgently go to Sanya to deploy defenses. Therefore, Sanya and Lingshui were soon occupied by the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army occupied Lingshui in Sanya, the Taiwan mixed brigade led by Shojiro Iida burned and looted all the way, and successively occupied Yazhou, Ledong, Changjiang, Baisha and other places, while the other route sent troops to Hainan Island led by Ma Yuanjiu's gang to go north from Lingshui and occupy Baoting and Qiongzhong.

During this period, although the defenders fought hard all the way, because the equipment of the 463rd Brigade of the 64th Army was inferior to that of the Japanese army, they were defeated and retreated. Although the troops led by Li Shuyang were well equipped, they did not dare to consume too much due to the limited logistical supplies, so they also fought and retreated, and although the speed of the Japanese attack was slowed down, they were unable to completely block the advance of the Japanese army.

Two days ago, Li Shuyang sent a telegram saying that the two eastern and western units of the Japanese army, which had already occupied most of Hainan, had begun to approach Danzhou and Tunchang respectively. Danzhou is less than 70 kilometers away from Haikou in a straight line, and if the two places are lost, the Japanese army can come from morning to night and directly threaten Haikou. What's more, Li Shuyang also said in the telegram that the large amount of ammunition that Bai Fei had left on the island for defense was now running out after dozens of days of consumption.

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