The defense of Nanning was fought fiercely, and the defenders of the outer positions of the Gui army lost 40 percent of their strength on the first day, and replenished overnight, but the original number was restored, but today's Japanese attack dispatched a tank wing, and for the Gui army, which had no anti-tank weapons at all, the Japanese "Izu" series of light tanks were definitely a mortal threat.

This kind of tank that is not counted in the European army and is not eye-catching at all, is contemptuously called "thin-skinned iron coffin", but in the Chinese battlefield, it can show off its might, and it is impossible to bully, and the bullying is that the squadron has no anti-tank weapons, Bai Chongxi had to use an artillery regiment, plus the soldiers of the Gui army smashed the tank with flesh and blood, only to repel the first attack of the Japanese army, and the Japanese artillery bombardment and tank charge caused the Gui army to lose more than 20 percent of its troops.

General Bai Chongxi, commander-in-chief of the Nanning city defense of the Gui army, had a miserable face, resisting the coordinated attack of the Japanese infantry and tanks, he was already in a hurry, and he did his best.

Under the orders of the commander-in-chief, General Terauchi Shouichi, Japan sent two fighter groups and three bomber groups to Honma Masaharu, more than 80 planes, to be used in the Nanning battlefield.

At this time, Honma Masaharu was not in a very good mood, in his plan, today, should be the day to capture Nanning, dispatch the chariot wing, with the strength of three divisions, to participate in the attack, the Guangxi army is no matter what, to resist such a fierce offensive, His Excellency the commander plans to eat lunch in Nanning today.

Reality shattered his dream, and the soldiers of China lost more than 30 percent of their tanks in the tank wing without anti-tank weapons, especially the sudden shelling, which caused heavy losses to the infantry units accompanying the tank attack

Honma Masaharu's stern gaze forced him to look at Major General Hikogoro Ono, head of the Intelligence Headquarters of the Third Army, "Ono-kun, can you tell me where the artillery of the Guangxi Army came from?" Honma Masaharu's voice was not high, but the chill in his tone made the senior officers around him tremble, poor Minister Onomoto, sweating profusely, speechless, he didn't know where the damn Guangxi Army artillery came from.

Yesterday, after a whole day of fighting, the Guangxi Army did not fire a single shell, and neither His Excellency nor His Excellency the Commander nor himself thought that the Gui Army, as a local warlord in Guangxi, would have formed artillery to participate in the battle, and in the information about the Guangxi Army that had been collected before, the artillery strength was negligible, but today it suddenly appeared, and it also caused great damage to His Excellency the Commander's plan

If it was an ordinary attack, such losses would have been expected, but at the morning meeting, His Excellency the Commander announced that at noon today, he would have a banquet for all officers above the rank of Wing Commander in Nanning City, and that a normal but slightly unexpected attack failure would be enough to make Ono bear terrible consequences, and what made Ono most aggrieved was that only one regiment of Shina artillery was not enough to change the outcome of the attack.

But Your Excellency, the Commander in a fit of rage, will listen to his own justification? Looking at Ono Hikogoro's hesitant appearance, the anger in Honma Masaharu's heart erupted irrepressibly, and just as he was about to announce the punishment of this guy, the communications staff officer came in, "Report to Your Excellency the Commander, send the fighters of the military headquarters air force to arrive over the Nanning battlefield, and the air commander Nishimura Masatasa asked to speak to His Excellency the commander." ”

When the plane came, Honma Masaharu immediately forgot about the unlucky Minister Ono, and hurriedly came to the radio, "I am Lieutenant General Honma Masaharu, the commander of the Nanning Campaign, please speak," Honma Masaharu is more polite, a lieutenant general is a little Dasa, originally he would not say more than half a word, the level is there, not qualified, the lieutenant general has more than 200,000 troops under his command, and Dazao can be caught, but the aviation force is a special storage in the Japanese Army.

These winged guys, all of them are very bullish, and they are directly subordinate to the command of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief of Terauchi Shouichi, Honma Masaharu took a rare polite attitude, "Report to Your Excellency the Commander, send a group of military air planes to the sky above the war zone, please send someone to instruct the bombing target, after the bombing, the general's subordinates can clean up the battlefield," Nishimura Masasato did not have much nonsense, and in the tone, he lacked due awe, and was extremely arrogant, more than 200,000 troops, not as good as his dozens of planes, and he had seen cows, I've never seen such a crazy boundless.

This made Lieutenant General Honma Masaharu very unhappy, and his self-esteem was hurt a little bit, if one of his subordinates spoke to him like this, his head would definitely move, but Ono was in the sky, and His Excellency the Lieutenant General Commander was not satisfied, and then he was angry, he would not run to the sky and slap this arrogant guy, Ji ran to the Hainan Island Air Base, cut off his stinky head, and complained to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief Terauchi Shouichi, a lieutenant general and a big Zuo What is the strength, in the end he lost his identity and lost face, so he could only endure it.

Honma Masaharu could only resist the urge to scold, handed over this task to his subordinates, and returned to the war room angrily, the head of the intelligence headquarters Ono Hikogoro was still poking like a wood, Honma Masaharu squeezed out a word "Get out" from between his teeth, he didn't have time to deal with this guy who lost his face, the plane was coming, and he had to quickly organize air-ground coordinated operations, break through the outer defensive positions of the Nanning Gui Army in one fell swoop, and occupy Nanning City.

A few minutes later, an unprecedentedly fierce attack began, on the ground, the Japanese artillery fire was overwhelming, pouring this shell like crazy, the Japanese tanks rumbled out, so that they could follow a mass of infantry, in the sky, more than 80 Japanese planes, taking turns strafing and bombing, throwing heavy aerial bombs on the heads of the Gui soldiers.

The ground turned upside down, on the position of the Gui army, the fire was soaring, the smoke and dust were everywhere, and the screaming of shells and bombs stimulated the soldiers of the Gui army to stand up all over their bodies, under such an unprecedented fierce ground-air joint strike, any individual was insignificant, and the soldiers of the Gui army could only lie alone and helplessly in the trenches, feel the trembling of the earth, and accept the death baptism of steel and flames by fate.

In the city of Nanning, the Japanese bombers dropped bombshells regardless of the target, and the houses were reduced to ruins in the sound of the explosion, the fire burned, and the bricks and stones that were blown up flew in the air.

In the underground headquarters of the Nanning City Defense General Headquarters, Bai Chongxi sat on a chair like a clay sculpture of wood, his face was pale, and the shock wave of the explosion of the aerial bomb shook the dust on the roof of the basement from time to time and covered the combat map on the table.

It was only the next day, the Japanese army used tanks and planes, and the Gui army had invested nearly 90,000 troops on the outer defense line of Nanning, which was half of the troops participating in the defense of Nanning. No one has a bottom in their hearts, including Bai Chongxi, it is not that the soldiers of the Gui Army do not work hard, in the face of the absolutely inferior firepower, the bravery of the soldiers can only be a little slow down the Japanese attack, but the death is huge.

The wired telephones leading to the front line were all cut off, which meant that the situation of the combat units below the regimental level was unknown, the radio station contact, and the reports of the division commanders and army commanders were the same.

After a long time, Bai Chongxi said in a dry voice: "Get ready, once the Japanese bombardment and artillery bombardment begins, the defenders of Nanning City will immediately enter the position and fight with the Japanese in the streets," In the continuous rumbling explosions, Bai Chongxi's words seemed to come from another space, erratic and containing helplessness and loss, this order was issued, which meant that the entire line of Nanning's outer positions was lost, and more than 90,000 defenders were wiped out.

Nishimura Shota, the commander of the Japanese air group, drove the "Zero" fighter jet, and patrolled the battlefield with satisfaction, such an easy bombing mission exceeded Nishimura's expectations, and the Chinese army did not even have an anti-aircraft gun and anti-aircraft machine gun for air defense, and the imperial pilots were similar to walking in the air, and Nishimura saw with his own eyes that a fighter pilot actually strafed the Chinese soldiers in the trenches at a height higher than the treetops, although this action was extremely dangerous and violated the operating procedures. But Nishimura was not going to punish this daring pilot, the air warrior of the Empire, who needed such courage.

At 7:30 a.m., the arrival of the independent division's air force group put an end to Nishimura's good mood, and after receiving the order from division commander Tang Qiuli, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang carefully analyzed this order, and in terms of air distance, the flight distance from Wuhan Airport to Nanning was more than 1,000 kilometers, which was much farther than the Japanese air force airfield on Hainan Island.

Counting the time of the air battle, the fuel consumption of the aircraft is not a small number, in view of the fact that the Japanese army has armored forces, the two decided to take out four squadrons of German-style Stuka bombers, which are veritable tank killers, for the sake of the Gui army, once and for all, solve the tank troops of the little devils, they are very happy to do.

The remaining two bomber squadrons, carrying aerial bombs, half of which were ordinary bombs, and the other half were "Buddha Light" napalm, the big killer of the air force bombers.