Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, commander of the Third Army of the Japanese Southern China Dispatch Army and commander of the Nanning Campaign, was about to drive his officers at all levels crazy, and all the orders issued from the headquarters of the Third Army were six words: "Speed up the march." More than 100,000 Japanese soldiers, like a turbid current, rolled towards the northeast of Guangxi, and the villages and towns along the way were reduced to ruins in front of the Japanese soldiers who crossed the border like locusts, and the thick smoke did not disperse all day long.

The Japanese pursuit force divided into three routes, in the Langshan area on the south bank of the Hongshui River, regrouped into a unit, Honma Masaharu's purpose was very clear, to cross the Hongshui River, occupy Laibin, and then attack Liuzhou, Guilin and other places, to wipe out the remnants of the Guangxi Army in the northeast of Guizhou, from the northeast of Guizhou to attack the Central Army troops in the direction of Guizhou, to complete the combat mission given by the General Headquarters.

In all the arrangements of Honma Masaharu, the elimination of the Guangxi army has become the main goal of overwhelming Yiqiē, it can be seen that he was stimulated by the battle of Nanning and almost went crazy, if Bai Chongxi knew, he had become Honma Masaharu's number one enemy, and he would want to get rid of it quickly, I don't know whether to feel lucky or unlucky.

For the goal of His Excellency the Commander, all the Japanese soldiers almost broke their legs, and the speed of the march of the various divisions, Honma Masaharu was quite satisfied, only the troops of the 57th Division outflanked from the direction of Kunlun Pass, which made Honma Masaharu very dissatisfied, and in the previous telegram, it was said that they had bitten a main force of the Gui army, about 20,000 or 30,000 people, which really made His Excellency the Commander happy for a while.

The Gui army of 20,000 or 30,000 troops, not all of them were also very fat pieces of meat, but they fought in the middle of the night, when it was dawn. Occupied Kunlun Pass, but reported that only more than 1,000 corpses of Zhina soldiers were found, but more than 3,000 soldiers of the imperial army were broken, and the rest of the soldiers of the Guangxi army ran away without a trace, and Honma Masashi angrily smashed a table. Two staff officers were slapped in the face, and then the order was given. The commander of the 57th Division was dismissed from his post and sent to a military court.

His Excellency the Commander was furious, and this move killed the chicken to show the monkey, frightened all the Japanese officers, and urged the soldiers as if they were fated. I didn't dare to complain if I broke my leg, I was supposed to reach the south bank of the Hongshui River around midnight today, but now, I arrived half a day ahead of schedule, and the troops who arrived. There are already more than 90,000 people, and Honma's face is so smiling.

Honma Masaharita wanted to solve the problem of northeastern Katsura in one fell swoop and rush all the troops to the south bank of the Hongshui River. They all concentrated in the direction of Laibin, concentrated superior forces, and conquered several important towns in northeast Guangxi, and he didn't have much time to waste on the Guangxi army, which was defeated in one fell swoop.

The Japanese soldiers, who were tired and half dead, were still out of breath, and received orders to repair the pontoon bridge immediately. In the shortest possible time, cross the Red Water River. Tsunekaze ordered the demolition of the section of the pontoon bridge near the north bank, which gave Honma Masaharu a delusion. The Guangxi army fled north in a hurry, it was so hurried and wolf-bèi, and even the pontoon bridges were destroyed in a hurry, doesn't this mean that the Guangxi army has not been in the past for a long time? When will you not chase after this time?

Carry forward the bushido spirit of the Imperial Japanese Army, chase and fight, of course, Honma Masaharu is not a fool, when sending troops to repair the pontoon bridge, the artillery units behind have already set up artillery positions, once there is an ambush of the Guangxi Army on the opposite bank, immediately use overwhelming artillery fire, these already frightened Shina soldiers are all buried on the north bank of the Hongshui River, vaguely, Honma Masaharu actually has some expectations, looking forward to the Guangxi Army can ambush on the north bank of the Hongshui River.

Bai Chongxi and these officers of the Gui Army, on a mountain peak on the north bank of the Hongshui River, watched a lump of Japanese soldiers constantly appear on the south bank, first a small group of small groups, and later, gradually increased, the figure of the yellow military uniform, spread all over the south bank, back and forth to transport things, on the pontoon, there are still many Japanese soldiers busy, obviously repairing the pontoon bridge.

"Why didn't you fight, did you wait for the Japanese soldiers to repair the pontoon bridge and rush to the north bank before firing? In that case, it will be very passive," Bai Chongxi looked at Chang Feng puzzled, not understanding why he didn't give the order to fire, in fact, Chang Feng's heart was still not very satisfied, he was going to wait for the Japanese army to cross the river before firing, it was a real half-crossing attack, the effect was much better, I didn't expect that the Japanese commander relied on the pontoon bridge, and it could only be unsatisfactory.

"Order, all artillery groups will carry out indiscriminate shelling and open fire according to the predetermined target!" Chang Feng finally gave the order, he just put down the phone, the north bank of the Hongshui River was deep in the line, there was a loud thunderous sound, and in an instant, the silent north bank suddenly came back to life, and a group of cannonballs, with a scream, swept over the heads of Bai Chongxi and others, and flew to the pile of Japanese soldiers on the south bank.

The shells were like flying locusts, constantly falling, Bai Chongxi saw from the telescope that the Japanese troops on the other side were like ant nests scalded in boiling water, boiling the pot badly, and the columns of smoke were rising, and the Japanese soldiers on more than a dozen pontoon bridges had not had time to run back, and more than a dozen shells directly blew up the pontoon bridges into the sky, stirring up a column of water several feet high, as well as the corpses of Japanese soldiers, thrown up with the column of water.

After more than ten minutes of effort, the south bank of the Hongshui River has been shrouded in gunpowder smoke and flames, and it has become a hell on earth, Bai Chongxi and the officers of the Gui Army were surprised to close their mouths, the troops of the independent division did not plan to use light weapons to face the Japanese army across the river, they used artillery fire, looking at the artillery bombardment formation, without more than 1,000 large-caliber artillery, it was impossible to do it, how many families did Tang Qiuli have? This is a corps, what about the other troops?

Bai Chongxi didn't dare to think about it, Chang Feng's unique firepower attack method, the ferocious artillery fire of the independent division troops, gave him too much shock, Gui Jun, the Gui army that he was proud of, and Tang Qiuli's troops were not at the same level at all, looking at Chang Feng, who was as usual and used a telescope to observe the effect of the shelling, Bai Chongxi's eyes actually had a little awe and loss.

The first round of artillery bombardment brought great casualties to the Japanese army, Honma Masaharu considered that there might be an ambush, but he didn't expect that it was an ambush in this way, the Guangxi army actually used so many artillery pieces to hit him by surprise, until now, Honma Masaharu didn't think that this was the troops of the independent division, not the Guangxi army that he thought only cared about escaping.

Not only did the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, but even his command headquarters suffered a few large-caliber shells, blew up several tents, killed more than a dozen staff officers, and blew up the military radio station, if it weren't for a few guards to make him a meat shield, I'm afraid that Lieutenant General Honma Masaharu would have become the first commander of the Southern Dispatch Army, which made His Excellency the Commander very angry, "Order the heavy artillery brigade and all artillery wings to immediately return fire and destroy the artillery positions of the Guangxi Army," Honma Masaharu gave an order, this order, Sent the Japanese artillery to hell of death.

As soon as the Japanese artillery opened fire, the artillery observation post of the directly subordinate corps on the north bank of the Hongshui River keenly captured the target, "artillery pointing, artillery pointing, the Japanese artillery position was found on the opposite bank, the direction is 138, 150, and five rounds are urgent," the Japanese artillery position was immediately shrouded in billowing smoke, and within seven or eight kilometers from the south bank of the Hongshui River to the rear, all the places where the Japanese troops were concentrated were the targets of the artillery group directly under the corps.

This was a one-sided battle, more than 90,000 Japanese soldiers, covered by stormy artillery fire, suffered heavy casualties, corpses were everywhere, the Japanese artillery was still very combative, in the inferior situation, desperately sent shells to the artillery positions of the directly subordinate corps, in a small area, also formed a situation of artillery battle.

More than 100 officers of the Gui Army below Bai Chongxi looked stupid, such a large-scale artillery scene, even these old soldiers of the Gui Army, people who have been rolling in guns for half their lives, are also the first time to see it, the war does not need soldiers to charge, just bomb with shells, the little devil people turn over on their backs, into a pot of porridge, a cannonball down, the arms and legs of the little devil will fly all over the sky, this battle is enjoyable and resentful, but then again, there has to be such a family background, the Gui Army officers relieve hatred at the same time, there is envy, but more jealousy.

Chang Feng frowned unconsciously, the stubborn resistance of the Japanese artillery and the number of possession somewhat surprised him, and there was not much threat to his artillery, but such an artillery battle could not form a one-sided deterrent, he picked up a phone on the shell box, "Commander Zheng, don't hide it, take out your big guy, and give the Japanese the final blow, if the Japanese army retreats, it will lose a great opportunity to kill and injure a large number of little devils." ”

On the other side of the phone, Zheng Yong, the artillery commander of the independent division and the artillery commander of the directly subordinate corps, laughed and said: "Chief of staff, it is also the first time that I use these treasures that the division commander is most optimistic about in actual combat. ”

A piercing "chirping" sound, in the whistling sound of ordinary shells, is particularly unusual, rows of buttocks are on fire, even in the daytime, you can clearly see that the big guy with a long tail flame and a strange appearance, screaming swept overhead, flew across the Hongshui River, and plunged headlong into the Japanese assembly area and artillery position.

In an instant, as if pours of magma and flames poured down from the sky, they poured their heads on the earth, and the south bank of the Hongshui River boiled and burned, and the smoke of gunpowder mixed with flames rolled and rolled up, and it was no longer possible to see the situation on the other side, and everything was shrouded in hellish black smoke and flames.

Bai Chongxi's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets, and the scene that erupted in an instant completely destroyed his psychological defense, he swallowed and foamed with difficulty, and asked in a dry voice: "Chief of Staff, what kind of weapon is this?" Chang Feng also lost his mind at that moment, Bai Chongxi asked twice, and he reacted, and replied somewhat in a trance: "That's the Thunder Rocket Artillery, our division commander's secret weapon." ”