On the first day of the Battle of Nanning, the Gui troops who surrounded the defense line fell into a tragic battle and paid a great price to repel five attacks on the scale of the Japanese division.

Tang Qiuli can only wait, wait for Bai Chongxi's telegram, at this time, meddling in Nanning's campaign decision-making has no effect at all, but will cause Bai Chongxi's vigilance and dissatisfaction, even if the independent division troops are invested in the Nanning battlefield, it is also with the Gui army, fighting a defensive battle with great casualties, this is Tang Qiuli's least favorite way to play, only by waiting for Bai Chongxi to take the initiative to send a telegram to himself, it is possible to persuade him to give up Nanning, at this time, it is not too late to give up, once the fight is a few days, into a stalemate, the possibility of the Gui army withdrawing is very small.

For a whole day, Bai Chongxi, commander-in-chief of Nanning's urban defense, spent the whole day in tension, and the development of the battle was somewhat beyond his judgment, mainly because of the ferocity of the Japanese artillery, which he did not expect, not only him, but everyone did not expect that the Japanese would come up with such a strong artillery to attack Nanning.

Bursts of overwhelming artillery fire, almost every once in a while there was a earth-shattering roar, so that the Gui army general, known as "Xiao Zhuge ", felt a sinking in his heart, a very bad premonition, suddenly hit his heart, the sound of fighting outside the city sounded all day, Bai Chongxi lay restless in the headquarters for more than ten hours, not only the officers who came to report the situation were surprised, even the staff officers who had been following him were also surprised, when did Bai Zongzuo become so breathless?

Finally calmed down on the battlefield, Bai Chongxi hurriedly grabbed the phone on the table, wanted to call the 113th Division, and asked with a split head: "Guodong?" What's the situation going with you? Are there many casualties? Xia Guodong replied in a slightly hoarse voice: "Report to the general seat, the situation is not very good, I have already filled in my guard battalion, the brothers have suffered a lot of losses, our division has suffered more than 2,000 casualties, mainly the artillery fire of the little devils is too powerful, but please rest assured, even if I am left alone, the little devils will have to step on my corpse."

Putting down the phone, Bai Chongxi sighed in his heart, it was not a good phenomenon, he knew Xia Guodong, and he already had the determination to die, with Xia Guodong's character, he would not say such a thing when he was not in danger, and even the division headquarters guard battalion was used, which showed that the 113th Division had no reserves, and it was only the first day, and the troops had been reduced by more than 40 percent.

In contact with several other troops, the situation is similar to Xia Guodong's 113th Division, and the troops defending in the western suburbs have suffered more than half of the casualties, Bai Chongxi was shocked, and on the first day, he crippled my four main divisions and consumed them like this, and the main force of our Gui army had to be filled under the city of Nanning.

"War Department, is there any report from Luancheng?" Bai Chongxi sat for a while with a cloudy face, and suddenly asked, the operational staff officer brought a telegram, "Report to the general seat, according to the report of the Luancheng defenders mixed into the first brigade and the first division of the Chongzuo garrison, the battle is fierce, the Japanese army one division and one division fiercely attacked Luancheng, our department fought fiercely with the Japanese army, until the time of the report, repelled the Japanese army seven attacks, the casualties of the troops were relatively large, but the Japanese artillery fire was extremely fierce, most of the surface fortifications were destroyed, and if this continues, Luancheng is in danger, please send reinforcements as soon as possible." ”

After reading the telegram, Bai Chongxi's heart was tight, if Luancheng was lost, the Japanese army could detour to the right flank of Nanning and surround Nanning from all sides.

"Order, Chongzuo Garrison Second Division, reinforce Luancheng overnight," Bai Chongxi gave the order, and the staff officer was just about to leave, and was called back by him, "Wait, tell him their division commander, before four o'clock tomorrow morning, be sure to rush to Luancheng, if you don't arrive at your destination on time, his division commander will come to see him." Bai Chongxi specially added these two sentences.

After sending these telegrams, Bai Chongxi sat for a while, and suddenly asked, "Is there any news from Wu Xiaoxian?" "Report to the general seat, since the departure of the head of the martial arts, there has been no contact, the radio station has been turned off, it is estimated that on the way to the march, in order to avoid exposing the target, the radio silence has been taken, and the radio station has been ordered to contact uninterruptedly, as soon as there is a situation, report immediately," Bai Chongxi's heart suddenly became a little irritable.

With his hands behind his back, he looked at the map for a while, and seemed to be hesitant to weigh one thing, Shaoqing, and said: "Send today's battle report to Vice Chairman Tang, pay attention, report truthfully, and don't mix personal judgment," Bai Chongxi made a great determination, and hesitated for a long time, it was the Buddha who sent Tang Qiu a telegram like this, which required courage.

It's just that after just a day of fighting, Gui Jun can't bear it? As a general, this is a very shameless thing, if Bai Chongxi didn't smell a little bit of non-dangerous breath, he would not have given Tang Qiu this telegram to leave, and he was a little embarrassed to refuse people's kindness and take a lukewarm attitude towards Tang Qiuli at the beginning.

Tang Qiuli received Bai Chongxi's telegram, frowned, and compared it with the situation of the special operations detachment, knowing that Bai Chongxi was telling the truth, the defense of Nanning was developing according to his expectations, and it was a big hole that could not be added, and the day when the main force of the Gui army was exhausted, that is, when the city of Nanning was broken, the Japanese made such a big move, and they would never stop if they did not go south to Nanning, what made him feel extremely uneasy was that the Japanese army's artillery fire was several times more than conventional equipment, which also showed that Honma Masaharu had long been prepared for Nanning and was determined to win.

Bai Chongxi took the initiative to send a telegram to himself to introduce the battle situation, explaining that he had realized the danger of the defense of Nanning, and seemed to have the intention of retreating, especially the large number of artillery units of the Japanese army, which should be beyond his imagination, and there was still some twisting and pinching in the message, after all, on the first day of the war, he was beaten impetuous, uncertain, and insulted the name of "Xiao Zhuge 's".

In this case, don't let down the wishes of Kun Chongxi, which prompted the Gui army to cancel the Nanning defense plan, and it may not be known, "General Lingge, the telegram received, what the general said is very true, tight one day, the casualties of the Gui army are large, beyond imagination, if a few days pass, will the general still have any available soldiers?" It is an indisputable fact that the enemy is strong and I am weak, why is the general obsessed with the gains and losses of one city and one place, I myself admit that I can immediately abandon Nanning City, and after the Japanese army divides the troops to pursue, I can find one or two ways to strike, if the arrangement is appropriate, there will be a chance of total annihilation, please consider it well, seize the opportunity, and make a decision immediately, then the loss of the troops can be reduced to the minimum. ”

The telegram was sent, Tang Qiuli had no bottom in his heart, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had planned the defense of Nanning for many days, not only the responsibility of defending the land, but also political considerations, giving up Nanning lightly, thinking that he could not turn around, and more importantly, Bai Chongxi felt that he still had enough capital in his hands, and it was difficult to give up immediately if he could deal with the Japanese army for a few days.

"Chen Feng, immediately send a telegram to Le Yiqin, ordering the aviation unit to send six bomber squadrons to bomb the Japanese positions on the periphery of Nanning at 730 tomorrow morning, "Since Bai Chongxi has little chance of withdrawing his troops, he can only give him some support in the air, hoping to help the Gui army.

Tang Qiuli was disappointed, and the next morning, there was no call back from Bai Chongxi, and he was completely dead, on this day, the sun had just come out of the mountain, Honma Masaharu invested a large number of troops, launched a large-scale attack on the periphery of Nanning, after yesterday's day of fighting, with the lives of more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers, Honma Masaharu has basically figured out the firepower deployment of the Gui army, the deployment of troops, since he knows the opponent's hole cards, there is no patience to consume with the Gui army.

In order to complete the battle, Honma Masaharu came up with a killer weapon, a chariot wing, and at the same time, he also asked the commander-in-chief of the Southern Dispatch Army, General Terauchi Shouichi, to send planes to bomb the positions of the Gui army, and even at the military meeting in the early morning, Honma Masaharu had already arranged the candidates for the Nanning occupation army and the commander, and His Excellency the lieutenant general now had left the Nanning battlefield and set his sights on the direction of Chongqing.

The senior officers who attended the meeting did not know where the confidence of His Excellency the Commander came from, it seemed that the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army did not take much advantage of the battle of yesterday's day, right? More than 4,000 heroic soldiers of the Imperial Army, the position of the Guangxi Army, which was not occupied at all, began to arrange to enter the city today, which puzzled these high-ranking Japanese generals.

Honma Masaharu saw the confusion of the generals, and even the disapproving expressions, knowing that these guys didn't understand or believe it, he wondered how these people climbed to the position of senior commanders, smiled confidently, and said: "I don't know if you have seen it, when the warriors of our empire charged, the guns of the Guangxi army in China were not dense enough, and there were not even heavy machine guns, what does this mean, our artillery has basically destroyed the firepower points and bunkers in the front line of the Guangxi Army in China, which is the basis of victory." , coupled with the cover of combat vehicles, as well as the assistance of the aircraft of the dispatched military air fleet, the capture of Nanning was effortless. ”

"Originally, I was going to spend a week to consume the strength of the Guangxi Army, which could reduce the casualties of the soldiers, but now I can't wait to leave, I have just received an order from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, after capturing Nanning, we must pursue the soldiers of the Guangxi Army who have fled, and then, divide the troops to occupy the whole province of Guangxi, and the main force will go north to attack Chongqing."

After Honma Masaharu finished speaking, whether he was attracted by his command art or felt that this guy was talking nonsense, the generals immediately applauded, no matter what they said, the boss ordered us to charge, and it would be beneficial for everyone to take down Nanning, and immediately return to the army to organize an offensive attack.