Itagaki Seishiro's orders began to be issued, and the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the 19th Brigade of Independent Mixed Brigades began to land in Guangxi under the cover of the Japanese Navy.

At nine o'clock in the evening of 17 December, more than 6,000 people from the Honorary 6th Regiment of the Honorary 3rd Division and the newly formed 3rd Regiment of the Honorary 4th Division began to launch a counterattack against the Japanese Guards Division under the command of Zhang Wenbin, commander of the Honorary 4th Division, and at the same time, under the cover of the 150MM howitzers of the 1st Howitzer Regiment.

The 1st Guards Wing of the 1st Guards Brigade of the Japanese Guards Division was preparing to attack, but they did not expect the Chinese troops to launch a counterattack at all.

The positions lost during the day were regained, and the devil soldiers, who were unwilling to lose, gathered the 1st Guards Wing, the 2nd Guards Wing, the Field Artillery Wing, and the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade and the 4th Independent Wing of the Independent Tank Regiment to launch a counterattack against the Honor 6th Regiment and the newly formed 3rd Regiment again, and the two sides began to fight fiercely on the south side of Pubei County.

The two sides exchanged fire for more than an hour, and the Japanese troops had to retreat, and they paid nearly a thousand casualties in this battle.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the Chinese and Japanese sides temporarily stopped fighting, and Pubei County was firmly controlled by the Honorary Third Division and the Honorary Fourth Division, and the little devils did not take this place at all.

At half past eleven o'clock in the evening, the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Tourist Cavalry of the Rangers, the 4th Battalion of the Rangers cooperated with the armored battalion and the armored artillery battalion to attack the Japanese supply troops in Taiping Town, annihilating more than 300 devil soldiers and seizing a large amount of food.

At the same time, at one o'clock in the morning of the 18th, the troops of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, the Mounted Artillery Battalion, and the Machine Gun Battalion began to move towards Qinzhou, and they successively annihilated more than 400 people stationed in the Qinzhou area, and quickly approached Qinzhou.

Qinzhou, the headquarters of the 22nd Army, Major General Shiota Dingqi, the commander of the Major General Brigade stationed in the Tun Mixed Brigade, came to the headquarters of the 22nd Army in a panic.

As the troops of the Guards Division began to be dispatched to fight in the area of Pubei County, the defense task near Qinzhou was handed over to the Tun Mixed Brigade.

The mixed brigade stationed in Tun has two infantry wings, artillery corps, engineer corps, cavalry corps and other auxiliary arms directly under the brigade headquarters, and the whole brigade has more than 8,000 people.

At present, however, there are many garrison tasks of the mixed brigades stationed in Tunzhou, and they are not only responsible for guarding the landing sites in the vicinity of Qinzhou Bay, but also maintaining the security of the supply line from Qinzhou to Nanning.

Especially after the establishment of the 22nd Army Headquarters in Qinzhou, Yantian Dingqi had to transfer the First Infantry Wing stationed in Tun to Qinzhou to serve as a garrison, which meant that the garrison range of the rest of the troops was broader, which made Yantian Dingqi very speechless.

"Your Excellency, the 2nd Infantry Wing stationed in Tun has sent a telegram that the places where they are stationed have been attacked by the Shina forces, which according to their judgment appear to be the main forces of the Shina forces, which have armored and mechanized infantry. In addition, according to the telegram sent by the 1st Wing of the garrison, a detachment of troops is also approaching us. ”

Shiota Dingqi came to the commander of the 22nd Army, Hashimoto Group, and after saluting Hashimoto Group, he immediately reported the situation.

After Hashimoto heard Shiota Dingqi's report, he showed a surprised expression on his face, because according to his judgment, the main force of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army should have been blocked in the area of Pubei County, but now not only Chinese troops have appeared here in Qinzhou, but also Chinese troops have appeared in Baekje Town and other places, how can this not surprise him?

"Shouldn't the Chinese troops be in the area of Pubei County? How did they get behind us, what the hell is going on, are you sure that it was the Shina armored troops that appeared near Qinju and Baekje Town? ”

Hearing Shiota Dingshi's report, Hashimoto had an unbelievable expression on his face, and he concentrated the troops of the Guards Division, the 16th Division, the 57th Division, the 1st Independent Tank Brigade, the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade, and the 9th Heavy Artillery Brigade to deploy in Hengxian and Lingshan counties, and launched a counterattack against the Chinese troops in the area of Pubei County.

But how could he not be surprised that Shiota Dingqi had reported that Chinese armored forces were approaching Qinju and appearing near Baekje Town?

"Your Excellency Commander, I can be sure that it is the Shina armored unit that appeared in Baekje Town, and the Shina troops currently close to Qinzhou are also well-armed and equipped, and they are very combat-ready."

Shiota Dingqi looked at Hashimoto Group, and he said in a very affirmative tone.

"Baga, the Chinese troops will appear here, you will immediately assemble the garrison mixed brigade in Qinzhou, and at the same time contact the troops of the Fifth Division in Nanning, so that they can closely defend Nanning and prevent the Chinese troops from attacking Nanning."

Hashimoto group immediately began to give orders and said.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." The chief of staff on the side, Wakamatsu Zhiichi, immediately saluted and said.

"Your Excellency Commander, the South China Front Command has sent a telegram, His Excellency Seishiro Itagaki has dispatched the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the 19th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade to reinforce the operation in Guangxi, and the Special Marine Division has already begun its journey, and they will land in Qinzhou Bay at half past three in the morning at the latest, and the troops of the 131st Division and the 19th Independent Mixed Brigade will land before twelve o'clock tomorrow at the latest."

A staff officer began to come to Hashimoto, and he saluted Hashimoto and reported directly.

When Hashimoto heard the news, a smile appeared on his face, and with the landing of these troops in Qinzhou Bay, even if there were Chinese troops here in Qinzhou, he didn't care.

"Immediately contact the Special Marine Division and ask them to move closer to Qinzhou immediately after landing." Hashimoto Group immediately began to give orders said.

Guilin, in the Guilin camp, it is already more than one o'clock in the morning, but Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, and Chen Cheng, director of the Political Department, have not rested.

The two of them were standing in front of the map, and they looked towards Nanning, with a somewhat helpless expression on their faces.

The elite Fifth Army troops of the Central Army have launched an attack on Kunlun Pass for a day, but the Fifth Army has not made great progress and has not taken Kunlun Pass so far.

What made Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng even more distressed was that the troops of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army were blocked in the area of Pubei County, and they were attacked by tens of thousands of Japanese troops.

Thinking that this time Sun Weiguo only brought three divisions of troops into Guangxi to fight, these two people were very worried, they were afraid that Sun Weiguo's troops would have an accident in Pubei County.

"Director Bai, Minister Chen, the message just sent by the Military Commission, according to the information obtained by the Military Commission, the Japanese troops on Hainan Island have launched an operation again, and they have increased their troops to Guangxi again through warship transportation, and according to the information obtained by the Military Commission, the number of Japanese troops increased this time is at least more than 30,000!" At this time, a staff officer came to Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng to report.