In the depths of the night, sporadic gunshots continued to sound in Nanning City, and the houses were reduced to rubble everywhere under the fierce fire of both sides, every street, every alley, and every house were the focus of contention, and the guns and cannons that resounded throughout Nanning City stopped after a day of fierce fighting. Starting

Burning houses, buildings emitting black smoke, corpses of Japanese and Gui soldiers lying in the streets and alleys, congealed blood stains on the roads, in addition to the choking smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, there is also a lingering smell of burning, the whole city is burning, trembling in the burning, trembling in the resistance, in the resistance, countless lives are lost.

On the north bank of the Hu River, in a building that has collapsed half, a house is still intact, there are a few horse lamps in the house, which illuminates the interior brightly, and the windows have been tightly blocked by thick quilts, and there is no trace of light from the outside, this is the new headquarters of General Bai Chongxi, the commander-in-chief of Nanning's urban defense.

If you count this, today's day, Bai Chongxi has been transferred three times, from the south of the city to the north of the city, from the south bank of the Hujiang River to the north bank, being constantly driven by the Japanese army, in just two days, more than 90,000 defenders on the periphery of Nanning, there are less than 10,000 people left, more than 50,000 defenders in the city, more than 20,000 casualties, Bai Chongxi's hands, there are less than 70,000 soldiers left

From May 13 to May 22, ten days, the elite Gui army troops, more than 80,000 casualties, still did not resist the Japanese army's crazy attack, two days, Bai Chongxi kept repeating the same order, the scattered troops gathered together, to establish a new line of defense, he put a Gui army troops, into the battlefield of death, for a belief or a persistence, for the land of Bagui or his own reputation, Bai Chongxi himself did not know.

The only thing that made Bai Chongxi feel relieved was that no army had surrendered, and he would rather all die in battle, the fierceness of the Gui army also brought great casualties to the attacking Japanese army, the corpses of more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers were covered in the suburbs of Nanning and in the city, Bai Chongxi was silent for a long time, and Lou Yan's eyes swept over everyone around him, all of whom were his confidants.

Zhang Gan, the commander of the Ninth Army, moved his eyebrows, and was about to speak, Bai Chongxi waved his hand and said in a low tone: "Let me think about it" The room fell into silence, and they all looked at their Bai Commander silently, outside the window, sporadic gunshots, constantly breaking the silence of the night, but the atmosphere in the room was even more depressing.

In the south of Nanning, in a private house, Lieutenant General Honma Masaharu, commander of the Nanning Campaign of the Japanese Army, was holding a military meeting, compared with a few days ago, His Excellency Lieutenant General's anger was much better, sweeping away the face of defeat a few days ago, the decadence of the defeated rooster, his face was full of red light, and his eyes glanced at the senior officers present, with a confident confidence that he had a chance to win.

Now the key question is whether our Third Army and the Fourth Army can completely annihilate the Guangxi Army on the front line of Nanning and avenge the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, and my idea is to temporarily stop the large-scale attack on the northern part of Nanning and the north bank of the Hujiang River, maintain appropriate pressure, attract the Guangxi Army in the city of Nanning, mobilize troops overnight, attack Luancheng on the right flank of Nanning, and then encircle Nanning and cut off the retreat of the Guangxi Army in China. Honma Masaharu said, in the location of Nanning on the map, slammed a punch, it seems that Gui Jun is already in his hands.

The senior Japanese generals present expressed their agreement with the plan of His Excellency the commander, which was the best way to end the Nanning Campaign and solve the Guangxi Army in China.

The fierce will to fight, fighting a little chilling, a battle, more than 50,000 imperial soldiers jade,

Broken, think about the back of the head with a cool breeze.

If the Guangxi army is surrounded, the situation will be very different, the casualties in the fight will be much smaller, and that fool will oppose the plan of His Excellency the commander, the meeting ended quickly, and in the vast night, the two divisions of Japanese troops who withdrew from the line of fire quietly left the smoke-filled Nanning City and went straight to the direction of Luancheng.

If he knew that the Japanese army would put the main attack force on the right flank of Nanning, I am afraid that he would not hesitate any longer, once Luancheng is lost, the more than 70,000 Gui troops in Nanning will be dumplings by the Japanese, and he, the second person in the Gui family, may only have the fate of being a prisoner.

In the Nanning City Defense General Headquarters, the other senior generals of the Gui Army were about to suffocate, and Bai Chongxi finally spoke, "Send a telegram to Vice Chairman Tang to inform the news of our army's withdrawal from Nanning City tonight."

The telegram is quite meaningful, neither stating the time of the retreat, nor the location of the retreat, a clueless sentence, which shows that Bai Chongxi's heart is full of Cheng dù, saying that it is a report, which is similar to asking Tang Qiuli for ideas.

In the past few days, Tang Qiuli has not slept well at all, the battle in Nanning City is always on his heart, as for the Japanese army from southwest Guangdong, the 15th Army of Fengwen from the southwest of Guangdong, it is still far from Guangzhou, the goal of the campaign has been determined, and the specific plan is carried out by Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, don't worry about him, the troops in his hands are not as small as Bai Chongxi, and more than two corps can be mobilized to participate in the Guangzhou campaign at any time.

When he received Bai Chongxi's telegram, he had just come back from a walk with Mei Xue, or Mei Xue saw that he hadn't been out of the war room for a few days, so she dragged him out for a walk, saying that he was taking a breath of fresh air, but as soon as he got out of the room, the hot and humid air in Guangzhou at night almost suffocated him, regardless of Mei Xue's pouting, he hurriedly walked back, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Chen Feng, the director of communications, waiting for him with a telegram, "Division commander, just received an urgent telegram from Bai Chongxi" Chen Feng said.

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "This guy can't bear it anymore, it's already a square inch, Director Chen, do you have any information in the direction of Luancheng?" "I just received the information of the 13th Detachment of the Chutian Special Operations Detachment, about two divisions of Japanese troops left Nanning overnight and headed for Luancheng, the 13th Detachment is under surveillance, and the specific information will be reported at any time" Chen Feng replied rigorously.

Tang Qiu's face changed, he walked into the war room quickly, found the location of Luancheng on the map, and said to Chen Feng, who followed up: "Quick, call Bai Chongxi back, General Lingge, according to the exact information, the strength of the two divisions of the Japanese army is advancing in the direction of Luancheng, according to my judgment, there seems to be an attempt to break through Luancheng and encircle Nanning from the right flank, the troops of the Gui army in Nanning City, Jinlou must withdraw, otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable, the specific retreat direction is the Liuzhou area in the northeast of Guangxi, and the troops of our independent division are responsible for responding, and when retreating, Pay attention to concealment, it is best not to alarm the Japanese army, and look forward to returning the call. ”

The waiting time is the most torturous, according to Bai Chongxi's style, regardless of the small

In this case, every minute is precious, unexpectedly, in less than ten minutes, Bai Chongxi called back, very simply, just two sentences: "All the troops of the Gui Army, fully implement the order of Vice Chairman Tang, and immediately begin to withdraw to the northeast of Gui." ”

Tang Qiuli was stunned, it seemed that he didn't have an order to give Bai Chongxi an order, right, Xiao Zhuge has become obedient? It's not his coat, think about it carefully, Tang Qiuli smiled bitterly, Bai Chongxi was still tempted at this time, once the Gui army troops were ambushed or volleyed by the Japanese army on the way north to the northeast of Guangxi, Bai Chongxi could be said to be carrying out his own orders, and he still had the title of commander-in-chief of the military assistance of the five southern provinces on his head, and Bai Chongxi also had an explanation for the Gui family.

After receiving Tang Qiuli's telegram, Bai Chongxi was shocked into a cold sweat, Honma Masaharu was really insidious and vicious, and even transferred the troops of two divisions from the frontal battlefield to copy his own back road, the defenders of Luancheng had been almost exhausted after many days of fighting, and the Japanese troops of these two divisions joined the attack sequence, Luancheng was definitely not guaranteed, and the route of retreating to northeast Gui was completely cut off.

"Order, all the troops in Nanning City, according to the sequence, withdraw from their positions in turn, assemble in the Shanglin area, and then, withdraw to Liuzhou, tell the Sù troops, not to alarm the Japanese army, send a telegram to the defenders of Luancheng, before receiving the order, even if it is a soldier and a soldier, you must nail me there

Bai Chongxi finally gave the order to withdraw from Nanning, and he had to do so, if Luancheng was lost, Nanning's troops would be intercepted by the Japanese army on the way to retreat.

A group of Gui soldiers quietly left the position and withdrew from Nanning City, a few days of bloody battles, how many good brothers lay here, the Gui soldiers had tears in their eyes, leaving Nanning City where they had been fighting for a few days, I don't know what kind of mood Bai Chongxi was in, he resolutely refused to leave Nanning before all the troops were evacuated, no matter how persuaded by the staff and staff around him, he was unmoved.

Thanks to Honma Masaharu's plan, he inadvertently cooperated with the retreat of the Gui army, and by 3:18 in the morning, more than 70,000 troops of the Gui army had all evacuated Nanning City.

Before leaving, Bai Chongxi took a deep look at Nanning, who had devoured the lives of tens of thousands of Guijun soldiers, his face was miserable, and a careful staff officer found that in Bai Zongza's eyes, tears flashed, painful,

Lost, sad, unwilling, perhaps, even he himself can't count his feelings at the moment

It was not until noon on May 23 that the Japanese army found that the Gui army position on the opposite side was empty, and at this time, the battle in the direction of Luancheng was raging.

At this moment, Honma Masaharu had a feeling of being fooled, he squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "pursuit" was not a part of the Japanese army, but the whole army, in order to wash away this shame, Honma Masaharu even gave up the original plan to attack Guizhou.