Wakamatsu Zhiichi refused the request of Morioka and other division commanders to take the initiative to ask for battle, and he asked the 16th Division, the 57th Division, and the Guards Division not to attack Yulin, but to carry out defensive deployment centered on Pubei County to prepare for a possible attack by Chinese troops.

Morioka Ji and other division commanders nodded helplessly and agreed, they could not attack Yulin, they could only return to their respective divisions to make defensive preparations.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of December 19, 1939, more than 30,000 Japanese troops of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the Tun Mixed Brigade had begun to advance to Changtan Town, which was less than 60 kilometers away from Nanning.

The troops of the 46th Army, which was strengthened by Bai Chongxi to Sun Weiguo, have now arrived in Yulin, and they can be put into battle at any time.

Although the 46th Army is subordinate to Cai Yankai's 26th Group Army, this is a Gui army, and the army commander He Xuan and Bai Chongxi are classmates of the Baoding Military Academy.

Guangxi is the territory operated by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and this time the little devils came to Guangxi, captured Nanning, and controlled the southern part of Guangxi, which Bai Chongxi absolutely did not allow.

Whether it is out of national interests or personal interests, Bai Chongxi wants to annihilate the little devils in Guangxi.

But Bai Chongxi knew very well that whether he could recover Nanning or not did not lie in the Nanning operation, but in the area of Pubei County, Guangxi.

Now more than 30,000 devil soldiers are advancing rapidly along the highway from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning, as long as these little devils reach Nanning, Bai Chongxi wants to recover Nanning, it is simply a fool's dream.

Here in Pubei County, although Bai Chongxi was reinforced by three divisions of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army, the Japanese army deployed more than 80,000 troops here, and the troops of the 47th Group Army were defeated and forced to retreat to Yulin, which was what Bai Chongxi was most worried about.

In order to strengthen the attack capability of Sun Weiguo's troops, Bai Chongxi moved out of his family, and the troops of the 46th Army rushed to Yulin in the starry night.

Soon after the troops of the 46th Army arrived in Yulin, the three cavalry regiments drawn from the Fourth War Zone also rushed to Yulin, and these three cavalry regiments were directly incorporated into the Third Cavalry Army by Sun Weiguo.

At present, Sun Weiguo has in his hands the honorary Fourth Division, the Security Division, the new 11th Division, the new 19th Division, the 201st Division, the First Cavalry Division, the Second Cavalry Division of the Third Cavalry Army, as well as a howitzer regiment directly under him, and a reinforced mechanized guard regiment.

However, among these troops, the Second Cavalry Division has only one cavalry regiment, and although the First Cavalry Division has three cavalry regiments, these three cavalry regiments have just been reorganized, and they are very unfamiliar with each other.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 19th, the Second Route Army of the Air Force dispatched four bombers and six fighters to Pubei County, and four bombers bombed the Japanese positions.

However, the Japanese air force was quickly dispatched, and the two sides began to engage in the skies over Pubei County, and eventually the air force lost two fighters and withdrew, while the Japanese lost four fighters.

At the same time as the Chinese Air Force troops were withdrawn, Bai Chongxi called Sun Weiguo again, and he demanded that Sun Weiguo's troops attack immediately, otherwise military law would be involved.

Yulin, inside Sun Weiguo's headquarters, after reading the message sent by Bai Chongxi, Sun Weiguo looked at the map, and a calm expression appeared on his face.

Although Bai Chongxi sent telegrams again and again asking Sun Weiguo's troops to attack, Sun Weiguo ignored it at all, he was waiting for an opportunity.

It is not so much that Sun Weiguo is waiting for an opportunity, but that he is waiting for the four cavalry regiments of the Ninth War Zone to be in place.

At present, there is only one cavalry regiment in the Second Cavalry Division, and this division cannot be put into battle, so Sun Weiguo has to wait patiently.

Of course, Sun Weiguo has a lot of patience now, but Bai Chongxi, who is far away in Guilin, doesn't have this patience at all, he wants Sun Weiguo to attack immediately.

"The troops of the 1st Cavalry Division have been reorganized, right?" Sun Weiguo looked at Luo Hongyi and asked.

"Commander-in-chief, it has been reorganized, four cavalry regiments have been reorganized into three cavalry regiments, and all units have been mixed together, and the first cavalry division has more than 3,000 people."

After Luo Hongyi heard Sun Weiguo's inquiry, he immediately replied.

Sun Weiguo nodded, his eyes locked on Pubei County on the map, he looked outside, and then hesitated.

"Immediately invite He Xuan, the commander of the 46th Army, and Zhang Wenbin, the commander of the Ninth Army." After Sun Weiguo hesitated slightly, he immediately gave an order.

The herald immediately began to salute Sun Weiguo, and then walked out quickly.

After a while, He Xuan and Zhang Wenbin came to the headquarters, when He Xuan came to the headquarters, he looked at Sun Weiguo, and said in an anxious tone: "Commander-in-Chief Sun, more than 30,000 reinforcements from the Japanese army have arrived in Long Beach Town, if we don't take action here, these more than 30,000 reinforcements will probably arrive in Nanning." ”

Bai Chongxi sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo, but Sun Weiguo was unmoved and did not take action for a long time, Bai Chongxi could only send a telegram to He Xuan, the commander of the 46th Army.

"Commander He, I have understood the situation, and now I have called you over to prepare for action against the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army has a large number of troops, and there are armored and heavy artillery to help, I hope you can all be mentally prepared for this will be a tough battle. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at He Xuan, and said with a serious expression on his face.

The Japanese army gathered 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 in the area of Pubei County, and they could get aviation support at any time.

You must know that on the line from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning, the Japanese army also has the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the Tun Mixed Brigade.

"Please rest assured that our troops will never withdraw from the battlefield without authorization." He Xuan saluted Sun Weiguo and made a guarantee.

"The troops of the 46th Army attacked Heng County, the Ninth Army attacked Pubei County, and the Third Cavalry Army was on standby." Sun Weiguo pointed to the location of Heng County and Pubei County on the map, and he directly gave an order.

The Japanese army was defending in the area of Pubei County, while Sun Weiguo dispatched more than 50,000 troops from two armies to attack at both ends of the Japanese defense line.

Sun Weiguo naturally wanted to mobilize the Japanese troops in Lingshan County by doing so.

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