Chapter 950: The Battle of Nanning (2)

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi decided to fight a tough battle with the Japanese in Nanning, not only out of consideration for defending Guangxi and playing in the name of the Gui system, but also for a little inexplicable psychological effect.

In Tang Qiuli's telegram, Bai Chongxi also understood the situation of the enemy and the enemy, but he thought that Tang Qiuli did not have one, and at that time, the identity of Guangxi people, this alone was enough to make Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi not hesitate to use all the forces of the Gui family to fight to the death with the Japanese in Nanning.

After running Guangxi for more than ten years, Li Bai and the two of them have been inseparable from Guangxi, and all their net worth and lives have been integrated into the land of Bagui, giving up Guangxi without a fight, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi really don't know where to settle down, leaving behind the land of Bagui and nearly a million children of Guangxi, and fleeing for their lives, it is not the style of the two, unlike Yu Hanmou, the two of them have established their prestige in the land of Guangxi step by step, which is also one of the reasons why they decided to fight with the Japanese.

As for Tang Qiuli's proposal to let the Central Army troops go south to Nanning and jointly organize the construction of the Nanning Defense War, from the military level, Bai Chongxi fully agreed, this is also the only effective way to ensure the success of the Nanning Defense War, with the strength of the Gui Army, Bai Chongxi knows how difficult this Nanning Defense Battle is.

But he can't and doesn't want Lao Jiang's Central Army to set foot on the land of Guangxi, and he Jiang has decades of grievances and grievances, mixed with each other, and has long lost the least mutual trust, if the defense of Nanning is won, the Central Army will not go, if not, will it not be possible to fight again in the Jiang-Gui War? To expel the Central Army by force, it is better not to invite this god at all.

Even for Tang Qiuli's troops to go out of the northeast of Guangxi, Chen Bing Liuzhou, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were not very comfortable, and the two had also discussed Tang Qiuli's purpose in doing so, and the final conclusion was that at least for the time being, there was no malicious intent, but uncomfortable was uncomfortable, lingering, so Li Bai and the others must fight a big battle in Nanning to prevent all kinds of possibilities for all forces to get involved in Guangxi, including Tang Qiuli's troops.

On 28 April, in Nanning, Guangxi, Li Zongren's official residence, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi sat in the living room, the atmosphere was somewhat dull, the two had just finished a dispute, for the question of who should stay in Nanning, the question of commanding the troops, neither of them could convince the other, the upcoming battle to defend Nanning, is a vicious battle of uncertain life and death, and those who remain will undoubtedly face an unpredictable fate. Starting

After being silent for a long time, Bai Chongxi looked at the colorful night sè outside the window, and said, "Duke De, don't fight anymore, I have been in the army, I am very familiar with generals at all levels, and I am also easy to command, besides, your prestige in Guangxi is unmatched, and the elders of Bagui need to have a person of high moral integrity to lead, it is not suitable for you to stay in Nanning, and the generals will not agree." ”

Li Zongren knew that what Bai Chongxi said was the truth, but the two had been in the same boat for decades, and they had long been one and inseparable, and leaving Bai Chongxi in Nanning was the most difficult thing for Li Zongren to decide, but one of the two must stay in Nanning to preside over the overall situation, it seems that Bai Chongxi's mind has been decided and cannot be changed.

"Neighbor Ge, stay in Nanning, be more careful, once you can't do anything, you should decisively abandon Nanning, lead the troops to withdraw to the northeast of Guangxi, where am I waiting for the arrival of Neighbor Ge, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, as long as you and I are still in Guangxi, the day of the resurgence of Dongshan will not be too far, remember to remember that Li Zongren took Bai Chongxi's hands, and said with a trembling voice.

On 29 April, Li Zongren, chairman of the Guangxi Provincial Government, led more than 3,000 personnel from the provincial government organs, directly subordinate units, and the ministries of industry and commerce, finance, culture, and education to evacuate Nanning, the capital of Guangxi.

On the same day, Bai Chongxi assumed the post of commander of Nanning's urban defense, and unified command of the Gui Army troops gathered in Nanning, at this time, the Gui Army troops who rushed to Nanning included Liao Lei's Eighth Army, Zhang Gan's Ninth Army, Wu Xiliu's Eleventh Army, Chang Enxi's Twelfth Army, Nanning Garrison First Division, Chongzuo Garrison Second Division, Laibin Hún Cheng Second Brigade, Guangxi Provincial Government Guard Corps, Guangxi Police Corps and other troops, A total of 160,000 troops.

In addition, the Third Army and the Sixth Army of the Gui Army, the Second Garrison Division of Nanning, the First Brigade and the Third Brigade of Laibin Hún, and the First Division of the Chongzuo Garrison went to the Guigang and Yùlin lines east of Nanning to establish a defensive front and protect the security of Nanning's right flank. As a result, the Gui system collapsed and lost the dominance of Guangxi.

Gui magnate Bai Chongxi and Lieutenant General Honma Masaharu, commander of the Third Army of Japan's Southern Dispatch Army, are all mobilizing troops and accumulating strength, taking Nanning City as a battlefield to fight to the death, for Bai Chongxi, this battle can only be won and not lost, for Honma Masaharu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gather and annihilate China's Guangxi Army, the same, can only win and not lose, in Nanning, it is destined to have a shocking bloody battle.

The situation of the decisive battle on the battlefield in Guangxi has been formed, and in the direction of Guangdong, the Japanese Army's 15th Army's Yamashita Fengwen Department is still advancing in a high spirit, and its vanguard Eighth Division, Liankerezhou, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Huazhou, Yangjiang and other important towns in southwestern Guangdong, Yu Hanmou's Cantonese army retreated thousands of miles, it was a run, and when it did not receive Yu Hanmou's order, it was ready to run away, and after receiving the order to withdraw to Guangzhou, it ran more happily and with more peace of mind.

The 10th Division and the 13th Division under the command of Fengwen under the mountain continued to expand the results of the battle, burning and looting all the way, stirring up a bloody rain and bloody wind in the southwest of Guangdong, and the towns and villages along the way were reduced to pieces of ruins.

The Japanese army did not encounter effective resistance, and with the expansion of the occupied area, the Guangdong army continued to divide its troops and advance rapidly, and the Cantonese army did not have any resistance, and the arrogance inherited by the Japanese officers and men of the 15th Army from the commander Yamashita Fengwen was brought into full play, and a squadron dared to attack a county town, as if it was a repetition of the September 18 incident, and the ugly face of the Japanese soldiers and conquerors was undisguised.

As the Japanese army continued to penetrate deeper into the interior of Guangdong, the Japanese army continued to divide its troops, and sporadic but organized resistance and counterattacks gradually appeared, and the Japanese troops of small squadrons and even squadrons were constantly attacked and annihilated, especially in the area of Yunwu Mountain and Xinxing River, reports of the annihilation of small units of the Japanese army continued to appear on the desk of Yamashita Fengwen.

Although each loss is only a few dozen people and a hundred and ten people, but the accumulation is a number that shocks Yamashita Fengwen, these sudden resistance forces, elusive, extremely sophisticated, did not leave any clues at the scene, just like a bucket of cold water, poured on Yamashita Fengwen's feverish head,

He finally realized that the thousand-mile pursuit of no one had ended, and the people of China began to resist, and Yamashita Fengwen was keenly aware that these organized attackers were definitely not the original pursuing Guangdong army, but the newly emerged armed forces, hidden in the shadows, and from time to time came out to bite the Japanese Imperial Army, although it was not fatal, but it was also a skin ròu bloom, and the blood did not stop, Yamashita Fengwen was not arrogant to the point of stupidity, and immediately ordered the Eighth Division to try to gather troops and slow down the pursuit, The task at hand is to consolidate the newly occupied territories.

The speed of the Japanese army's pursuit was too fast, and the distance between the Guangdong army and the troops withdrawn from Guangzhou was less than a day's journey, and he was very worried that the Cantonese army withdrawn from southwest Guangdong, before it arrived in Guangzhou, it would be eaten by the Japanese pursuing troops, and these Cantonese troops who had lost their armor did not expect to be able to take advantage of the favorable terrain to ambush the small Japanese troops in pursuit, so as to win a respite for themselves.

In fact, the retreating troops of the Guangdong army, in a few days, were constantly caught up and eliminated by the vanguard of the pursuing Japanese Eighth Division, and lost more than 10,000 people, "Look at these soldiers led by Yu Hanmou, just knowing how to run away, they can't even fight a simple blocking battle, and they are scared," Tang Qiuli said to Feng Jiwu and Shanhu in the headquarters of Feng Jiwu's corps in Quanzhou, Fujian, shaking his head as he spoke, with a helpless face.

"Division commander, it's not a way to go on like this, the Japanese army is advancing too fast, our troops' positions on the front line of Guangzhou have not yet been perfected, and Yu Hanmou's troops have not yet been gathered, but don't be eaten up by the little devils before they arrive in Guangzhou," Feng Jiwu also said with a worried face.

"Jiwu, how do you think this situation should be changed?" Tang Qiuli asked Feng Jiwu, Feng Jiwu smiled, and said, "Commander, you already have an idea in your heart, and you still want to ask me?" "Chu Tian is very idle, he has already looked for me several times in the past few days, he wants to go to the periphery of Nanning and help Bai Chongxi, I am still reluctant to put the special operations detachment in the pile of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, or let them go and catch Mí Hide with Fengwen under the mountain" Tang Qiuli said with a smile.

The Chutian Special Operations Detachment was dispatched as a whole, and on the pursuit route of the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army, it was able to toss vigorously and fight with extreme ease, ambushing and sneak attacks, and making gains every day, successfully curbing the speed of the advance of the Japanese army's Fengwen troops under the mountain.