After Sun Weiguo sent several telegrams to Bai Chongxi, he made arrangements at 9 o'clock in the evening of the 19th, temporarily the Ninth Army was equipped with a howitzer regiment to attack Pubei County, and the 46th Army launched an attack on Hengxian, and the battle time of the two armies began at 11 o'clock in the evening. Vertex updates are the fastest

After the Ninth Theater Commander's Headquarters received Sun Weiguo's telegram, Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater Command, personally inquired about the matter, and he immediately telegraphed back to say that by 3 o'clock in the morning at the latest, the troops of the four cavalry regiments would rush to Yulin and join the battle sequence of the Third Cavalry Army.

At this time, in Haikou, Hainan Island, in the South China Front Headquarters, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki was standing in front of the map, with a contemplative expression on his face.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening, but Seishiro Itagaki was not sleepy in the slightest, he was staring at the map, his mind was thinking.

The 16th Division, the 57th Division, and the Guards Division joined forces to defeat Sun Weiguo's troops in Pubei County, which Itagaki Seishiro did not expect, and with the victory of this unit, Itagaki Seishiro had a bold idea in his heart, and he was now staring at the map and thinking.

"Your Excellency Commander, at present, the headquarters of the 22nd Army has adopted a defensive strategy in the operation of Pubei County, and the 16th Division, 57th Division, and Guards Division of the Imperial Army are deployed in the area of Pubei County for defense. However, although the imperial army troops defeated the Chinese troops and forced them to retreat to Yulin, according to the current situation, the Chinese troops will definitely counterattack. Especially Sun Weiguo, he is a person who is not willing to fail, and he will definitely gather forces to attack Pubei County again. ”

Major General Chief of Staff Hiroshi Nemoto came to the commander of the South China Front, Seishiro Itagaki, and he saluted Seishiro Itagaki and immediately reported.

Seishiro Itagaki noticed a few telegrams in Hiroshi's hand, and he took them and looked at them, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

These messages were sent by the intelligence agencies, and according to the intelligence agencies, they had already discovered the whereabouts of cavalry units that had begun to advance towards Yulin.

"We got the news before that the armored troops of the Zhinasun Weiguo have also begun to assemble in Yulin, and it seems that they are definitely going to launch a counterattack in the area of Pubei County. Chief of Staff, if we let Kaipubei County and let Sun Weiguo's troops go deep into the line from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning, and then we concentrate the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, the Garrison Mixed Brigade, the 16th Division, the 57th Division, the Guards Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, and the 9th Heavy Artillery Brigade, and take a flank attack on them, will it be effective? ”

Seishiro Itagaki looked at Chief of Staff Nemoto, and asked with a solemn expression on his face.

Before the arrival of Nemotohiro, Itagaki Seishiro was thinking of this battle plan, he was preparing to let Sun Weiguo's troops break through the defense line of Pubei County, let Sun Weiguo's troops advance to the depth, and then let the Japanese troops flank Sun Weiguo's troops in front and rear, and strive to completely annihilate Sun Weiguo's troops or even suffer heavy losses.

"Our troops can let out of Pubei County, let Sun Weiguo's troops break through from here in Pubei County, and when they enter the area of Wenli Town and Wuli Town, we will carry out a flanking attack on them, if the effect is good, we may be able to wipe out Sun Weiguo's troops, even if we can't wipe out Sun Weiguo's troops, then we can also inflict heavy losses."

Seishiro Itagaki continued to look at Hiroshi Nemoto and said that he was very concerned about this battle plan, and he already wanted to realize it to a large extent in his heart.

When Nemoto heard Seishiro Itagaki's plan, he couldn't help but have a contemplative expression on his face, and his brows furrowed tightly.

Now Sun Weiguo's troops have armored troops to help them fight, and the armored troops have always been Sun Weiguo's most elite troops, and Genbo feels that if Sun Weiguo's troops break through from Pubei County, then maybe Sun Weiguo's troops will directly rush to Qinzhou, and at that time, the Special Marine Division and other troops may not be able to stop Sun Weiguo's troops, and the headquarters of the 22nd Army will be defeated by Sun Weiguo's troops.

Moreover, although the troops of the Fifth Division have withstood the attack of the Chinese troops, they have also suffered casualties, and if they cannot be reinforced in time, the Fifth Division may be in danger.

The most important thing for the Special Marine Division and other units to do now is, in Hiroshi Genmoto's view, to reinforce the troops of the Fifth Division.

"Your Excellency Commander, Sun Weiguo has gathered his armored forces in Yulin, if we give way at this time, Sun Weiguo's armored troops will definitely frantically advance to the depths, if this is the case, the consequences will be unimaginable." Nemoto expressed his concern, and he looked at Seishiro Itagaki with obvious meaning.

Seishiro Itagaki frowned as he looked at the map, lost in thought again.

What Hiroshi Nemoto said made sense, Itagaki Seishiro was very bold, but in the face of Sun Weiguo's troops, he had to be cautious.

The South China Front Headquarters began to fall into silence, and time passed bit by bit.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the Provisional Ninth Army and the 46th Army began to carry out operations, and the first to start the attack was the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army, and the 30 150mm howitzers of the howitzer regiment began to shell Pubei County, and one shell after another began to hit the devil soldiers.

After half an hour of shelling, the troops of the Honorable Fourth Division began to attack the Japanese troops in Pubei County under the command of Acting Division Commander Tan Tianyu.

Garrisoned in Pubei County were units of the 1st Guards Brigade of the Japanese Army, and as the troops of the 4th Division of Honor began to attack, the troops of the 1st Guards Brigade began to counterattack.

The two sides began to fight fiercely in Pubei County, and at the same time, here in Hengxian County, the troops of the 46th Division of the 170th Army also began to attack Hengxian, and the 57th Wing of the 52nd Division of the Japanese Army immediately defended.

Fierce fighting broke out again in the area of Pubei County, which had not been quiet for a while, and the artillery of both sides continued to fire at each other, and tens of thousands of Chinese and Japanese troops fell into a melee.

In one night, the Provisional Ninth Army successively invested the Honorary Fourth Division, the newly formed 11th Division, and the three divisions of the Security Division in Pubei County, counting the troops directly under the army, and more than 30,000 troops of the Provisional Ninth Army took turns to attack Pubei County, while the Japanese Guards Division invested the First Guards Brigade, the Second Guards Brigade, the Cavalry Wing, the Engineer Wing, the Artillery Wing, and other units, and more than 60,000 troops on both sides launched a fierce battle in Pubei County, until more than 7 o'clock in the morning of the 20th, when the fierce fighting stopped.

And here in Hengxian, the troops of the 46th Army have always been engaged in fierce battles with the 57th Division of the Japanese Army, and even in the morning, the two sides are still engaged in fierce battles.