The 26 th Army of the Island Army had a total of eight divisions, of which five divisions were deployed in Nanning and Yulin, two divisions were in a vast area in the rear of Yangjiang, Maoming, Qinzhou, and Chongzuo, and the remaining one division was stationed on Hainan Island.

The island itself has a large defensive area, numerous coastal bases and airfields, and there is also the Qiongya Column that has never stopped, and the defensive strength of a division and regiment is somewhat overstretched, and it is impossible to transfer troops outward, but it is a bit unreliable to rely entirely on two divisions to block the attack of the six divisions of the national army from multiple points and points.

"Gu Shoujun, I think we should send a division from Nanning to raid the flank of the Far Fifth Army, and attack the Shigeto Division on both sides, so as to quickly defeat them, at least this can temporarily solve the crisis." Michio Kato.

Gu Shoufu said: "No, once the troops of Nanning are mobilized, the two divisions of the 21st Group Army and the Far Fifth Group Army will inevitably take advantage of the situation to storm Nanning, and the five divisions of the Far Fifth Group Army will inevitably immediately turn their heads and immediately form a three-sided siege to Nanning. ”

"Nanning can't do it, we will send a division from Yulin to Xinyi, even if it is the new sixth division that is solved first."

"This won't work, Jiang Haoran has already planned everything, once the troops are transferred from Yulin, the 16th Group Army will immediately launch a crazy attack on Yulin, and then the 71st Army may also turn to the flank of Yulin, and even the new Sixth Division may kill the rifle, and it is still besieged on three sides."

Michio Kato was silent, his expression was very solemn, and he muttered after a long time: "This Jiang Haoran is really thoughtful, just this seemingly unclever trick, but it has made us constrained and dangerous everywhere, as if the troops are not enough at all, you know, even if you add their Far Fifth Army, their troops are not necessarily much more than us, what is the problem?" ”

Compared with Michio Kato's worries, Gu Shoufu was more optimistic, "Don't worry, Kato-kun, the strength of the army in front of you is an illusion, everything is natural and clear after the arrival of the Southern Army, you just wait and see, there is a time when Jiang Haoran cries." ”

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly walked in and said, "Report, the French Indochina Special High School is in an emergency!" ”

Gu Shoufu and Michio Kato glanced at each other, and an ominous premonition suddenly crept into their hearts, at this time, it should be the Southern Army Headquarters, not the special high class.

"What happened?" Michio Kato asked.

Staff Officer Nakasa unfolded the folder in his hand and replied, "The French army suddenly rose up and disarmed the locust army in French Indochina. ”

"What?"

"What?"

The two exclaimed in unison, and Michio Kato stepped forward quickly and snatched the telegram from the hand of Staff Officer Nakasa, hurriedly browsed it, and made sure that the telegram was correct, and suddenly closed his eyes in pain, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's over, I'm afraid the Southern Army won't be able to come, Jiang Haoran has already premeditated, premeditated." ”

"Send a telegram to the Seventeenth Army of the Southern Army at once, and ask them how long it will take for them to enter French India, go, go!" Gu Shoufu shouted at the staff officer of Zhongzuo, although he knew that the French army would not do such a big thing for no reason, they must have a backing behind them, and this backing could only be Jiang Haoran, but as long as the southern army can cross the Mekong River in time, the situation can still be reversed, after all, the French army is only disarming the locust army, not killing, which shows that the French army has not yet had the courage and determination to break with the locust army, as long as the southern army drives in, it will definitely be able to conquer them again by force.

However, his wishful thinking did not come off, and less than two minutes after Staff Officer Nakasa went out, another staff officer walked in and informed him that 10 minutes earlier, the special operations division of the National Army seemed to have fallen from the sky and taken over Vientiane with lightning speed, and all the defense of the Vientiane Bridge and the Mekong River had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, only to make Gu Shoufu unable to even stand on his feet, and stumbled several times in a row, but fortunately, there were many people around him, and he even dragged him on the Taipan chair with support, but the whole person became completely stupid, and even Michio Kato shouted and ignored it.

He knew very well in his heart that this was a disaster, and it was an extinction disaster, the Southern Army could not cross the Mekong River, and would inevitably be caught up by the Far 1st and Far 2nd Group Armies behind it, and then a large-scale encirclement and suppression would be launched in the jungles of Siam, and the Southern Army had absolutely no chance of winning, no logistics, no air protection, and even no support, while the expeditionary force was fully equipped with aircraft, tanks, and strong troops, sufficient logistics, and even possible to get support from the sea, and the outcome could be imagined.

Once the Southern Army is unable to arrive on time, the situation will not be better than that of the Southern Army for the entire Guangxi 26th Army, the frontal defense line is like a fictitious one, the rear is already riddled with holes, and the situation continues to be bad, and the troops in the rear may meet in the rear, and the troops of Nanning and Yulin, whether you move or not, will eventually become prey in the encirclement.

Jiang Haoran's combination punch was too powerful, and the punch hit Gu Shoufu's vital point, and the worst thing was that he couldn't even think of a plan to hide.

After a long time, Gu Shoufu seemed to have finally relented, turned his eyes like a dead fish and looked at Michio Kato, and ordered him to immediately send an urgent telegram to Lieutenant General Kuichi Tanaka, commander of the 22nd Army in Guangzhou and governor of Hong Kong, requesting strong military support, and at the same time, sending a telegram to the base camp asking for tactical guidance.

The situation is completely out of control, and that's all Gu Shoufu can think of and do.

Guilin, Li Zhai, the former enemy headquarters of the National Army in Guangxi.

The sky has darkened, and the entire Li Mansion is brightly lit.

In the patio, under the osmanthus tree, Jiang Haoran was lying on the couch, with a pair of legs erected high, there was a coffee table next to the couch, and there were a few bunches of green grapes in the fruit bowl.

It is the golden autumn season, the weather is still a little stuffy, since I found this cool place a few days ago, this nightbed chair has not left, Jiang Haoran will hide here to be lazy as soon as he is free, Liu He came, he was not only a hundred times easier.

The grapes were picked in the courtyard of the Li Mansion, and they were not yet fully ripe, but Jiang Haoran squinted his eyes and hummed a small tune to eat with relish, of course, the main thing was that he was comfortable in his heart, and he was in good spirits when he was happy.

Too many things happened on this day, and they were the most critical parts of the battle, attacking Rong County, trapping Chongzuo, and occupying Vientiane, all of which were successfully completed in accordance with Jiang Haoran's plan step by step, and there was no mistake in any link, and the next thing he should do was to open the net.