On November 22, 1939, Seishiro Itagaki began to be assigned to Hainan Island, and he began to officially serve as the commander of the Japanese South China Front Lieutenant General.

The South China Front has the 16th Division, the 18th Division, the 48th Division, the 57th Division, the Guards Division, the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, the 104th Division, the Fifth Division, the Garrison Mixed Brigade, the Indochina Dispatch Army, the 19th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, the 9th Field Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the 21st Independent Air Force.

After Nishio Shouzo's struggle, the Japanese army base camp was based on the Navy Special Marine Corps on Hainan Island, and formed the Navy Special Marine Division, which had three special marine wings under its jurisdiction and more than 15,000 people in the division, and the independent infantry unit that served as a garrison on Hainan Island also began to be expanded into the 131st Division, which had two brigades under its jurisdiction, each of which was directly under four infantry brigades and one anti-tank gun brigade, with more than 16,000 people in the division.

The base camp of the Japanese army is to let the South China Front Army directly subordinate to nine divisions, one garrison brigade, one Indochina dispatch army, three mixed brigades, one heavy artillery brigade, two tank brigades, these troops have exceeded 200,000, and at the same time, the South China Front is also equipped with a large number of independent machine gun brigades, independent mortar brigades and other auxiliary arms.

The South China Front troops began to be formed quickly, but the Japanese base camp gave the South China Front the task of guiding the Fifth Division to occupy Guangxi with the Tun Mixed Brigade Regiment, and the rest of the troops were transported to Hainan Island for rest and expansion.

With the establishment of the South China Front of the Japanese Army, a large number of Japanese troops began to be stationed on Hainan Island, and warships continued to sail towards Hainan Island.

After Itagaki Seishiro came to Hainan Island, he took the chief of staff Nemoto Hiroshi and began to lock up in the room, although the Japanese army base camp did not issue a battle plan to attack Guangdong, but Itagaki Seishiro had already begun to prepare in his heart, he accepted the post of commander of the South China Front, in order to plan to carry out a counterattack on Guangdong, eliminate Sun Weiguo's troops stationed in Guangdong.

Itagaki Seishiro of Hainan Island wanted to eliminate Sun Weiguo's troops, and Sun Weiguo was not idle at this time, and the staff of his general headquarters was constantly studying how to go to sea to fight.

At present, the 47 th Group Army, the New Seventh Army, and the Ninth Army have begun to recruit soldiers and are in the process of training, and the personnel of each division are also in a state of full strength.

Sun Weiguo knew that Hainan Island was in the hands of the little devil, which was equivalent to a sharp sword hanging over his head, and he might not know that this sharp sword would fall one day.

Passive defense is better than taking the initiative to attack, and Sun Weiguo is preparing to go to sea to fight and directly carry out landing operations on Hainan Island.

However, after studying with the staff officers for two days in a row, Sun Weiguo had to dispel this idea, because the 47th Group Army did not have this condition at all.

At present, the Japanese Navy's First Fleet is cruising near Hainan Island, while the Navy's Second Fleet is in Guangxi to support operations, and these two fleets can be dispatched at any time, but the Chinese side simply has no warships that can be mobilized to support them.

"It's a pity, if we have enough air and naval forces, we can take Hainan Island in one fell swoop, and after taking Hainan Island, we can land directly from Guangxi and wipe out all the Japanese troops in Guangxi, so that there will be no war in South China."

Sun Weiguo clenched his fist with his right hand, he banged on the table hard, and said with a helpless expression on his face.

"Commander-in-chief, our navy and air force are too weak to have any possibility of fighting the Japanese army, and if we only rely on the army, there will be great risks in landing operations."

Luo Hongyi stood in front of Sun Weiguo and whispered, he knew that Sun Weiguo had to give up this idea.

Sun Weiguo came outside, he looked at the vast South China Sea in the distance, and he wondered in his heart when China would be able to have an invincible fleet that could dominate the world.

"Commander-in-chief, Nanning has been lost, the troops of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army have captured Nanning, and according to the intelligence of the past few days, we have found a very important thing."

Sun Weiguo was still thinking about it, and Wang Kunyao, a senior counselor, had already walked quickly to Sun Weiguo, holding two telegrams in his hands, and said with a solemn expression on his face.

Sun Weiguo had long expected the loss of Nanning, but now that he heard Wang Kunyao say it, Sun Weiguo inevitably felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

looked at Wang Kunyao, and Sun Weiguo took the message and looked at it.

After checking the telegram of the loss of Nanning, Sun Weiguo took out another telegram for inspection.

"The little devils have begun to gather heavy troops on Hainan Island, how can there be so many of them, are you not mistaken?"

When he saw the news that the Japanese army began to gather heavy troops on Hainan Island, Sun Weiguo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he looked at Wang Kunyao, and said with an incredible expression on his face.

"Commander-in-chief, there will be no mistake, according to our current speculation, the Japanese army on Hainan Island has at least 100,000 troops, and the Japanese troops are still increasing, but the specific number of the Japanese army is not yet known." Wang Kunyao looked at Sun Weiguo with a serious expression and said.

Sun Weiguo nodded, he knew that since Wang Kunyao said so, it obviously showed that there was no mistake in this telegram.

"The little devils have increased their troops on Hainan Island, and they have increased so many troops, it seems that they are not planning to defend Hainan Island, if they just want to garrison Hainan Island, they don't need so many troops at all, they must be preparing to counterattack Guangdong, and even they will increase their troops to fight in Guangxi."

Sun Weiguo looked at the message, he went directly back to the general headquarters, and he said with a solemn expression.

"Commander-in-Chief, if that's the case, then what should our troops do?" Luo Hongyi had just served as a senior counselor, and when he heard what Sun Weiguo said, he became a little nervous.

"What else can we do, without the support of the navy and air force, we can only watch the Japanese army increase troops on Hainan Island, and there is nothing we can do at all. Damn it, if there are enough naval and air forces, we can at least compete with them. Sun Weiguo said helplessly.

"Commander-in-Chief, a guest has arrived, and he wants to see you immediately." When Sun Weiguo's voice fell, a staff officer walked quickly to Sun Weiguo and said.

"Is General Lawrence coming?" Sun Weiguo looked at the staff officer, and he said suspiciously.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, General Lawrence is already outside." The staff officer immediately replied.