The Little Devil Navy Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the Tun Mixed Brigade began to set off from Qinzhou, and they advanced along the road and marched directly to Nanning.

This unit was prepared to sweep away the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade, and if they encountered the troops of the 1st Ranger Brigade, they would completely annihilate them, and if they could not meet them, they would quickly advance to Nanning and directly reinforce the troops of the 5th Division in Nanning.

And here in Pubei County, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, the Guards Division, the 57th Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, and the 9th Heavy Artillery Brigade, a total of more than 80,000 troops, began to attack the Honorary Third Division, the Honorary Fourth Division, the Security Division, and the First Howitzer Regiment.

With the capture of Maoling, the junction of the 16th Division and the Honorary 3rd Division, after the 9th Wing of the 16th Division captured the junction of the Security Division and the Honorary 3rd Division, the connection between the Security Division and the Honorary 3rd Division was severed.

When the headquarters of the 22nd Army in Qinzhou received the news, the chief of staff of the 22nd Army, Major General Wakamatsu Zhiyi, personally went to Lingshan County to command the troops to fight.

Originally, the 22nd Army hoped that the Guards Division and the 16th Division would cooperate with the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade and the 9th Heavy Artillery Brigade to besiege the Honorary 3rd Division and the Honorary 4th Division in Pubei County.

However, after the security division and the troops of the Honor 3rd Division were cut off, the commander of the 22nd Army, Hashimoto Group, saw hope, and he immediately sent the chief of staff Wakamatsu Zhiichi to the front line to command, and Hashimoto Group planned to let Wakamatsu Zhiichi find a way to transfer the main force, first solve the security division troops in Shitang Town, and then concentrate troops to deal with the Honorary 3rd Division and the Honorary 4th Division in Pubei County.

In Lingshan County, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon when Wakamatsu Zhiichi arrived here, and when Wakamatsu Zhiichi arrived here, he immediately brought the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Moriokaji, the commander of the 57th Division, Ito Zhigang, and the commander of the Guards Division, Lieutenant General Iida Shojiro, to Lingshan County, and he immediately convened an operational meeting.

"Gentlemen, at present, the 131st Division of the South China Front, the Special Marine Division of the Navy, and the 19th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade have been reinforced, and at present, the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the troops of the Tun Mixed Brigade have begun to attack from Qinzhou, and they will quickly reinforce the troops of the Fifth Division in Nanning. And here in Pubei County, we have also made very good progress, the 9th Wing of the 16th Division has captured Maoling, completely cutting off the connection between the two units of the Chinese army, and the commander was very excited when he found out, so he specially sent me over. ”

When Moriokaji, Ito Zhigang, and Iida Shojiro began to come to the county seat of Lingshan County, Wakamatsu Zhiichi looked at the three division commanders, and he said in a calm tone.

"Chief of Staff, His Excellency the Commander must have sent you here this time, there must be some combat objectives, please explain the situation directly."

Shojiro Iida, the commander of the Lieutenant General Division of the Guards Division, looked at Wakamatsu Zhi, and he asked directly.

Hearing Shojiro Iida's inquiry, Wakamatsu smiled, and he directly told the battle plan of the Hashimoto group.

According to Hashimoto's assumption, since the Japanese troops have cut off the connection between the Chinese troops in Shitang Town and Pubei County, the strength of the Chinese troops in Shitang Town is relatively weak, and he is a security division that is ready to gather superior troops to attack Shitang Town first.

"Your Excellency Commander, according to your report, he already knows that the combat effectiveness of the Shitang Zhenchina troops is not very strong, and their numbers are relatively small, so Your Excellency the Commander is ready to assemble the 16th Division, the 57th Division, and the 9th Brigade of the Heavy Artillery to attack the Shitang Zhenchina troops, the Guards Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, and the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade to contain the Pubei County Zhina troops, and wait until the 16th Division and other troops will completely annihilate the Shitang Zhenchina troops, and then concentrate all the troops to eliminate the Pubei County Zhina troops."

Wakamatsu came to the map, he pointed to the town of Shitang on the map, and directly said the deployment of the Hashimoto group.

"Hey, this time we will definitely quickly wipe out all the troops in Shitang Town." The commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Moriokaji, and the commander of the 57th Division, Lieutenant General Ito Zhigang, immediately stood up, and the two of them looked at the chief of staff, Wakamatsu, and reported directly.

"Mixi, in this case, please also ask the troops of the Guards Division to contain the troops of Pubei County, the strength of the troops in Pubei County, I hope that you must firmly contain them before encircling and annihilating the troops of Shitang Town, and you will definitely not be able to let them divide their troops to support Shitang Town."

Wakamatsu Zhiichi looked at Shojiro Iida, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Hey, please tell the Chief of Staff to Your Excellency the Commander that the Guards Division will naturally be able to firmly contain the troops in Pubei County." Shojiro Iida stood up directly and replied.

Wakamatsu's operational meeting ended quickly, and when the commanders of the three divisions, lieutenant generals, returned to their units, they began to move quickly.

At the same time, the First Air Force also dispatched 12 bombers and 6 fighters to the sky over Pubei County, and the Little Devil Air Force began to bomb the troops of the Honor 3rd Division and the Honor 4th Division to cover the transfer of troops of the 16th Division, and at the same time, the three infantry wings of the 57th Division began to strengthen the attack on the security division troops.

At seven o'clock in the evening of the 18th, the 9th Wing, the 20th Wing, and the 33rd Wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, as well as the 52nd Wing, 117th Wing, and 132nd Wing of the 57th Division, as well as the Engineer Wing, Field Artillery Wing, and Field Artillery Wing, Search Wing, and Engineer Wing directly under the 16th Division began to assemble in Shitang Town.

The two divisions of the Japanese army invested six infantry wings, two field artillery wings, two engineer wings, and one search wing, with a total strength of more than 30,000 troops, while the security division troops were only 10,000 people.

The 16th Division of the Japanese Army invested 20 Wings, 33 Wings, and the 57th Division put in the 52 Wings and 117 Wings, and more than 10,000 people from these four wings launched a fierce attack on Shitang Town under the cover of two field artillery wings and two howitzer wings, and after the Japanese attack for an hour, the casualties of the security division troops exceeded 500 people.

Division Commander Ge Haifeng immediately contacted Sun Weiguo through a telegram, and he hoped that Sun Weiguo could send some reinforcements to the security division troops, but now they were under too much pressure.

After Sun Weiguo received Ge Haifeng's telegram, he stared at the map, and almost without much hesitation, Sun Weiguo was about to transfer the main force of the First Brigade of the Rangers back to Shitang Town.

The 1st Ranger Brigade transferred the 1st Ranger Battalion, the 2nd Ranger Battalion, the 3rd Ranger Battalion, the Armored Artillery Battalion, and the Armored Battalion to quickly return to Shitang Town.

Brigade Commander Huang Yongsheng led three mechanized infantry battalions, an artillery battalion, and a machine gun battalion, and five battalions were still deployed in the vicinity of Long Beach Town.