At present, the first brigade of the rangers is to strengthen the first battalion of armored artillery, the first battalion of armored artillery, they are under the jurisdiction of eight battalions, when Sun Weiguo set up a front-line command post in Yulin, he called Huang Yongsheng to himself for the first time, after seeing Huang Yongsheng arrive, Sun Weiguo nodded, and he directly brought Huang Yongsheng to the map.

"Your brigade will take immediate action and immediately send troops to conduct reconnaissance, if we want to cut off the supply line from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning, we must capture Baekje Town, Nachen Town, but before our troops go to Baekje Town and Nachen Town, we must reconnoiter the situation near Lingshan County, according to my estimate, there must be Japanese troops near Lingshan County. In such a large area, you must reconnoiter clearly, and you must understand all the situations of the Japanese army. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at Huang Yongsheng, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will immediately arrange for troops to conduct reconnaissance, but Commander-in-Chief, with such a large area, I am afraid that it will not be possible to complete the reconnaissance in a short time." Huang Yongsheng said with an embarrassed expression.

"It's now past one o'clock at noon on the 26th, and I need to know the situation in Lingshan County before three o'clock in the afternoon, as for the situation in Baekje Town and Nachen Town, you don't need to reconnoiter for the time being, but before the 28th, you must find out all the situation."

Sun Weiguo looked at the time, he looked at Huang Yongsheng, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Huang Yongsheng immediately saluted Sun Weiguo and said.

"Invite Qin Xianliang, commander of the Honorary Third Division, Zhang Wenbin, commander of the Honorary Fourth Division, and Ge Haifeng, commander of the Security Division, to come in, I have a combat mission to deploy."

Sun Weiguo looked at the accompanying staff officer, and he gave another order.

"Yes." The staff officer immediately replied.

After a while, Qin Xianliang, Zhang Wenbin, and Ge Haifeng came to Sun Weiguo's front-line command post, and after they came here, they saluted Sun Weiguo directly.

"Come here, the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade have begun to carry out reconnaissance in Lingshan County, if nothing else, I hope that at least one division will be stationed in Lingshan County before tomorrow morning, and you three division commanders will talk about who is willing to undertake the combat mission of attacking Lingshan County."

Sun Weiguo beckoned to them, and he said with a smile on his face.

"Commander-in-chief, although our security division unit is a unit that has just been established, there are still a group of veterans in our unit, compared with the honorary third division and the honorary fourth division, our security division unit does not have any actual combat experience, I hope the commander-in-chief can give our division this opportunity." As Sun Weiguo's voice fell, Ge Haifeng, the commander of the security division, immediately said.

"Commander-in-chief, this is our first battle in Guangxi, or let's honor the Fourth Division to serve as the main attack, since the security division wants to exercise, you can give them an assist task, what do you think?" Zhang Wenbin was not far behind and said.

Sun Weiguo looked at Ge Haifeng and Zhang Wenbin, and there was a thoughtful expression on his face.

At this time, in Qinzhou, the headquarters of the 22nd Army of the Japanese Army had begun to be established, and Hashimoto Group, who had been urgently appointed as commanders, and Wakamatsu Zhiichi, the chief of staff, had already arrived here.

After Hashimoto and Wakamatsu Zhiichi came to the headquarters, the two of them immediately held an emergency combat meeting, and they knew very well that the current war situation in Guangxi was somewhat critical.

"The troops of the Fifth Division are currently stationed in Nanning, Longzhou and Zhennanguan, their division needs to be garrisoned, they are temporarily unable to undertake any combat missions, and the mixed brigade stationed in Tun needs to serve as the garrison of Qinzhou Bay, Your Excellency Commander, now we can only mobilize the Guards Division, the 16th Division, the 57th Division, the First Brigade of Independent Tanks, the Second Brigade of Independent Tanks, and the Ninth Brigade of Field Siege Heavy Artillery, and according to the judgment of the South China Front Command, Sun Weiguo's troops have already entered Guangxi, They will cut off our supply lines at any moment. ”

Wakamatsu Zhiyi came to the map, he pointed to the location of Qinzhou Bay to Nanning on the map, and reported in a solemn tone.

Hashimoto had a calm expression on his face, and he nodded, his eyes fixed on the map.

Compared with other officers, Hashimoto Group came to the Chinese battlefield very early, as early as before the Sino-Japanese War, Hashimoto Group served as the chief of staff of the Chinese garrison army, and then he served as the chief of staff of the First Army.

It's just that Hashimoto would never have dreamed that Sun Weiguo would be able to develop to this point.

"The Guards Division, the 16th Division, the 57th Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, and the 9th Field Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade are more than 80,000 troops. According to our previous combat tactics, these forces are definitely going to be used separately, but this time I'm not going to do that, they're going to act together. Sun Weiguo's troops entered Guangxi from Guangdong, then they would definitely assemble by rail, and Yulin was likely to be their first stop, immediately contact the aviation troops, and let them immediately bomb Yulin. ”

Hashimoto stared at the map, and then he gave the battle order.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." When the staff officer on the side heard Hashimoto's order, he immediately saluted and said.

After Hashimoto saw the staff officer leave, he continued to look at the map, and he focused on the Yulin area.

"Chief of Staff, if you were Sun Weiguo, how many troops would you bring to Guangxi to participate in the war?" Hashimoto looked at Chief of Staff Wakamatsu Zhi, and he asked with a smile.

"Your Excellency Commander, if I were Sun Weiguo, I would naturally bring more troops to join the war, Guangxi is a very important position, and I will not allow Guangxi to fall into the hands of the enemy. So I think Sun Weiguo will bring at least four or five divisions to Guangxi to participate in the war. Chief of Staff Wakamatsu replied immediately.

"You are wrong, Sun Weiguo's troops not only have to come to Guangxi to participate in the war, they also have the task of garrisoning Guangdong, the South China Front Army on Hainan Island has gathered more than 200,000 troops, even if they know that we have some troops deployed in Guangxi, but the troops on Hainan Island are still threatening, Guangdong has just been taken by them, and they will definitely not give up in a short time. So this time Sun Weiguo came to Guangxi, he would not bring too many troops over. ”

Hashimoto pointed to the location of Yulin on the map, and said with a serious expression on his face that he deduced that Sun Weiguo would not bring too many troops with him when he came to Guangxi this time.

"Your Excellency Commander, according to your inference, how many troops did Sun Weiguo bring to Guangxi to participate in the war?" Wakamatsu looked at Hashimoto and asked.