Xu Yongchang said that it was a good news from the Fourth War Zone, and the chairman naturally hoped that the war situation in Guangxi would change.

"Has the situation changed in Guangxi, and has the Japanese troops been blocked?" The chairman of the committee looked at Xu Yongchang expectantly and said.

"Chairman of the Committee, we have just received a telegram from Sun Weiguo, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in Guangdong in the Fourth Theater, who has now commanded the 47th Group Army and the 12th Group Army to recover Huaxian and completely annihilated the 18th Division of the Japanese Army in Huaxian. According to what we know, among the units of the 21st Army of the Japanese Army in Guangdong, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army has the strongest combat effectiveness, and now that the 18th Division has been surrounded and annihilated, the Japanese army in Guangzhou should not have much of a problem, as long as Sun Weiguo poses a threat to Guangzhou, the Japanese army in Guangxi will definitely be affected. ”

Xu Yongchang handed the telegram he had just received to the chairman of the committee, and he looked at the chairman with an excited expression on his face.

"Good, good. This Sun Weiguo really did not disappoint me, the 18th Division was one of the murderers of the Nanjing Massacre, and now Sun Weiguo annihilated them, which comforted the soldiers and civilians who died in Nanjing. ”

When the chairman heard that Huaxian had been recovered and the 18th Division of the Japanese Army had been surrounded and annihilated, he took the telegram and said happily.

Even if he is very concerned about the war situation in Guangxi now, Sun Weiguo's achievements in Guangdong also make him very happy, after all, Sun Weiguo surrounded and annihilated a division of the Japanese army, and it was also the 18th division of the Japanese army with strong combat effectiveness.

The most important thing is that with the recovery of Huaxian by Sun Weiguo and the opening of the periphery of Guangzhou, Sun Weiguo can completely command the troops and directly attack Guangzhou.

Once there was danger in Guangzhou, the only troops that the Japanese army could transfer were the Fifth Division and the Garrison Regiment that were fighting in Guangxi and the mixed brigade regiment stationed in Tun, and this was what the chairman of the committee wanted most to happen.

However, the chairman of the committee would not know that the Japanese army was planning to withdraw the Japanese troops from Guangdong and completely abandon Guangdong.

Fighting in Guangxi was to settle the dispute between the navy and the army, and the Japanese troops would absolutely not give up fighting in Guangxi unless they had to do so as a last resort.

"In the name of the Military Commission, Sun Weiguo will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan in the ocean, the whole army will be telegraphed to reward Sun Weiguo, and Yin Jinshan, the commander of the Provisional Ninth Army, will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the army, and the rest of the departments participating in the war will be rewarded by Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs as appropriate, and in addition, he will immediately send a telegram to Sun Weiguo asking if he can recover Guangzhou before the 20th?"

The chairman looked at Xu Yongchang, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

He now hopes that Sun Weiguo will end the fighting in Guangdong as soon as possible, and the chairman still plans to transfer Sun Weiguo to fight in Guangxi.

Of course, if the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army and the Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Guangxi can return to Guangdong, then the chairman will not have to think so much.

"Yes, Chairman." Xu Yongchang immediately saluted the chairman of the committee and said.

Xu Yongchang began to quickly convey the chairman's order, and he immediately sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo, in which Xu Yongchang asked Sun Weiguo if he could end the Guangdong campaign before the 20th.

After Sun Weiguo received Xu Yongchang's telegram, he did not immediately reply, and after discussing with Ge Haifeng and others, Sun Weiguo only called back and said that he would strive to end the Guangdong operation as soon as possible.

Originally, Sun Weiguo planned to attract the Japanese troops in Guangxi to come back by fighting the Japanese army in Guangdong, but at present, the Chinese troops have hit the city of Guangzhou, and the Japanese troops in Guangxi have not shown signs of returning for a long time, which makes Sun Weiguo realize that the Japanese army in Guangxi does not seem to plan to return to help.

But even so, now that Guangzhou is under Sun Weiguo's eyes, he naturally won't miss it.

At 12 o'clock at noon on 16 November, Sun Weiguo set up a general headquarters of the former enemy in Huaxian.

At the same time, he summoned Huang Tao, commander of the 62nd Army, Chen Lie, commander of the 54th Army, Dai Jitao, commander of the New Seventh Army, Yin Jinshan, commander of the Provisional Ninth Army, Huang Guoliang, commander of the 65th Army, and Zhang Ruigui, commander of the 63rd Army.

The six army commanders rushed to Sun Weiguo's former enemy headquarters, and they participated in Sun Weiguo's battle plan.

At present, the units that can participate in the Guangzhou operation include the 152nd and 157th Divisions of the 62nd Army, the 14th and 18th Divisions of the 54th Army, the Honorary Third Division of the New Seventh Army, the Honorary Seventh Division, the Provisional Fifth Division, the 201st Division of the Provisional Ninth Army, the Honorary Fourth Division, the New 11th Division, the 158th and 187th Divisions of the 65th Army, the 151st and 153rd Divisions of the 63rd Army, and the Provisional Sixth Division, the Artillery Brigade, and the First Ranger Brigade directly under the 47th Group Army.

Sun Weiguo concentrated 15 divisions, another artillery brigade, and a ranger brigade, with a total of more than 100,000 troops to participate in the battle in Guangzhou.

The 1st Brigade of the Ranger was a unit formed by Sun Weiguo after the end of the Huaxian Operation, and with the addition of the new 11th Division to the establishment of the Provisional Ninth Army, the puppet army took refuge in the reorganized Li Shaoyan Supplementary Regiment and the expansion of the Dragon Army.

The commander of the 1st Ranger Brigade is Huang Yongsheng, Li Shaoyan is the deputy brigade commander, and the 1st Ranger Brigade has six battalions, the first battalion, the second battalion is the cavalry battalion, the third battalion, the fourth battalion is the mechanized infantry battalion, the fifth battalion is the machine gun battalion, and the sixth battalion is the artillery battalion, and the numbers are the first battalion of the rangers to the sixth battalion of the rangers.

Sun Weiguo was modeled after the 1st Ranger Brigade of the U.S. Army, and they mainly undertook reconnaissance, sabotage behind enemy lines, beheading and other combat missions.

With the formation of the 1st Ranger Brigade, they have now begun to undertake combat missions, the 1st Ranger Battalion and the 2nd Ranger Battalion have begun to reconnoiter in Xinhui Zhongshan and other areas, the 3rd Ranger Battalion and the 4th Ranger Battalion are going to Guangzhou to conduct reconnaissance, and the 5th Ranger Battalion and the 6th Ranger Battalion are temporarily on standby near Huaxian.

According to what we have learned, the Japanese army is stationed in Foshan, and the two divisions in Dongguan have been stationed in Xinhui and Zhongshan, so while fighting in Guangzhou, we need to be on alert to these two divisions. The 152nd Division and the 157th Division of the 62nd Army, the 151st Division and the 153rd Division of the 63rd Army were deployed in the Panyu area south of Guangzhou to guard Xinhui and Zhongshan. ”

Sun Weiguo stood in front of the wall with a baton, and on the wall, a map of Guangdong was hung, and then Sun Weiguo began to give orders.

Huang Tao, commander of the 62nd Army, and Zhang Ruigui, commander of the 63rd Army, immediately stood up, and the two of them saluted Sun Weiguo at the same time and said, "Yes, commander-in-chief." ”

"The 14th Division of the 54th Army, the 18th Division are stationed in Huaxian County and serve as the general reserve, the 201st Division of the Provisional Ninth Army, the Honorary Fourth Division, the New 11th Division, the Honorary Third Division of the New Seventh Army, the Honorary Seventh Division, and the Provisional Fifth Division serve as the main attack force, the Provisional Ninth Army is deployed in Dongguan to attack the East City Gate of Guangzhou, the New Seventh Army is deployed in Foshan to attack the West City Gate of Guangzhou, Ye Zimin is temporarily formed the Sixth Division to carry out a containment attack on the North City Gate, and the artillery brigade is equipped with the troops of the New Seventh Army to fight."

Sun Weiguo pointed to the map with his baton again, and he gave the battle order with a serious expression.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Chen Lie, commander of the 54th Army, Dai Jitao, commander of the New Seventh Army, and Yin Jinshan, commander of the Ninth Army, immediately stood up and saluted.