Lingshan County is located in the central area of Pubei County and Hengxian County, which is the key area of the Japanese army's defense, as the 16th Division began to be transferred to Anshi Town, the 117th Wing of the 57th Division was ordered to start taking over the garrison of the 16th Division, but when the new 19th Division and the new 11th Division approached Lingshan County, the little devil gave up Lingshan County. Vertex updates are the fastest

At present, the three divisions of He Xuan's 46th Army have begun to assemble in Lingshan County, and they are rapidly reinforcing the fortifications and making preparations to hold Lingshan County.

The commander of the 22nd Army, Hashimoto Group, was very aware of the importance of Lingshan County, so after receiving the report, he immediately transferred the 18th Division and the Indochina Dispatch Army in his hands.

He demanded that the 18th Division and the Indochina Dispatch Army must recapture Lingshan County, because it was so important.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the 22nd, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and the troops of the Indochina Dispatch Army began to advance towards Lingshan County, and the troops of the 57th Division, which had been cut off from the 16th Division and the Guards Division of the Japanese Army, began to hold on to Hengxian after receiving orders from the headquarters, and no longer took the initiative to fight.

However, at this time in the Guilin camp, the expressions on Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng's faces were not very good, they looked at the map, and their brows furrowed tightly.

At present, the troops of the Fifth Army have been engaged in fierce battles with the troops of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, although some progress has been made, but the casualties of the Fifth Army are relatively large, Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng are because of this, they began to be deeply worried, the Fifth Army is the treasure of the chairman, if there are heavy casualties, none of them can bear this responsibility.

"Director Bai, Minister Chen, the Japanese army of nearly 40,000 troops has begun to gradually approach Nanning, if nothing else, they will be able to reach Nanning by tomorrow at the latest."

At this time, a senior staff member came to Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng, and he saluted and reported directly.

This Japanese army is naturally the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division and the Tuntun mixed brigade, without Sun Weiguo's troops to block it, this Japanese army is rapidly marching towards Nanning.

They will be able to rush to Nanning to participate in the battle soon, the expressions on the faces of Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng became heavy, if this Japanese army comes to reinforce it, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Now we can still send some troops to block this Japanese army, but this Japanese army has 40,000 people, and I am afraid that even if we send troops over, we may not be able to stop them. I think we still have to think of a way from Sun Weiguo's troops, if Sun Weiguo is allowed to send troops over, will it be able to stop this Japanese army. ”

Chen Cheng looked at the map, and then he looked at Bai Chongxi beside him, and said in a solemn tone.

There are nearly 40,000 people in the Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the Mixed Brigade stationed in Tun, and if the Chinese troops want to stop these 40,000 troops from approaching Nanning, I am afraid that they will have to send at least 100,000 troops to set up blocking positions, but now on the battlefield in Guangxi, Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng have no way to draw out so many troops.

But now their only hope is Sun Weiguo, if the number of people is equal, or even less than the number of Japanese troops, can defeat the Japanese troops, looking at the whole country, I am afraid that only Sun Weiguo's troops can do it.

Chen Cheng felt that Sun Weiguo's troops had to be transferred over to participate in the war no matter what, and all the main forces of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army had to be transferred over.

"In this case, then you and I must jointly send a telegram to the chairman, and only in this way can the chairman of the committee send Sun Weiguo's troops over. Judging from the current situation, most of the Japanese troops on Hainan Island have already entered Guangxi, so there is no need to worry that they will attack Guangdong again. ”

Bai Chongxi's eyes looked at Chen Cheng, and he directly said his inner thoughts.

Chen Cheng knew that the chairman of the committee would definitely be reluctant to send troops from the 47th Group Army to come at this time, after all, Guangdong still needed the 47th Group Army to garrison it.

However, now that the Guangxi battlefield has reached this point, Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng can't worry so much, they must transfer the troops of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army to participate in the battle.

At present, in Guangdong, the 47 th Group Army and the units of the New Seventh Army have not been transferred, and the New Seventh Army has four divisions under its jurisdiction: the Honorary Third Division, the Honorary Fourth Division, the Provisional Fifth Division, and the Provisional Sixth Division, as well as the Liang Zerui Artillery Division.

However, although most of the Japanese troops on Hainan Island have been transferred to the Guangxi battlefield, there are still some Japanese troops on Hainan Island.

It is a question whether this force of Japanese troops will land in Guangdong, but what is certain now is that if all the units of the 47th Group Army in Guangdong are transferred to Guangxi, as far as the Guangdong troops in Guangdong are concerned, as long as the Japanese troops land in Guangdong, they will certainly not be able to deal with it.

At 10:30 a.m. on the morning of 22 July, Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, and Chen Cheng, director of the Political Department of the Central Military Commission, jointly began to send a telegram to the chairman of the committee, requesting that troops of the 47 th Group Army be dispatched to the Guangxi battlefield again to participate in the battle, and at the same time they reported in detail to the chairman of the committee on the situation in Guangxi.

At this time, near Lingshan County, the 201st Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 2nd Cavalry Division of the 3rd Cavalry Army began to attack the 18th Division of the Japanese Army reinforced from Qinzhou, and the Indochina Dispatch Army launched an attack, and the two sides immediately began to fall into fierce battles.

Until 12 o'clock at noon, more than 10,000 people from the 46th Army of Lingshan County quickly began to attack and cooperate with the Third Cavalry Army.

However, immediately after that, the troops of the 1st Guards Brigade of the Japanese Guards Division also began to reinforce the past, and nearly 100,000 Chinese and Japanese troops began to fall into a melee.

The battle between the two sides continued until about 3 p.m., with the Chinese troops suffering more than 2,000 casualties and the Japanese casualties exceeding 3,000.

With a lot of casualties on both sides, the battle ended quickly, and the main force of the 3rd Cavalry Army began to assemble near Hengxian after covering the return of the 46th Army to Lingshan County.

"Bagaya Road, the troops immediately launched a fierce attack on Lingshan County, and they must capture Lingshan County before dark."

On the periphery of Lingshan County, the commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General and Division Commander Baiwu Qingji, said to the three subordinate wing commanders with a gloomy face that he was attacked by the Third Cavalry Army this time, and the 18th Division had nearly 2,000 casualties, so the number of casualties was very large, which made Baiwu Qingji very angry, and now he wanted to seize Lingshan County urgently.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander." The three captains of the Dazuo Wing immediately saluted and said.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the 18th Division of the Little Devil began to invest in the 55th Wing, 56th Wing, and 114th Wing, and began to attack Lingshan County.