The battle of the Red Water River, for Honma Masaharu, was undoubtedly a blow to ruin, more than 90,000 soldiers, concentrated on the south bank, did not even see the opponent, and was subjected to overwhelming artillery attacks, especially later, the strange cannonballs flying in the sky destroyed his will.

What is Masaharu Honma seeing? It is the corpses of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army everywhere, layer by layer, pile, covering the land on the south bank of the Hongshui River, if it is a normal battlefield, he can still bear it, a living person, a flame flashed, and turned into ashes in front of his eyes, and the impact of that moment challenged his nerves.

Honma Masaharu himself, still relatively lucky, with the remaining remnants of the defeated generals, until the retreat to Binyang, only to dare to stop to take a breath, two heavy artillery brigades, several artillery wings, more than 40,000 casualties, this price, is too great, the third army and the fourth army of the Southern Dispatch Army, was hit by the destruction of miè, this blow, is completely psychological, when the overwhelming rockets fly, all the Japanese officers and soldiers, have an irresistible feeling, can not dodge, can only rely on fate, Helplessly accept the arrangement of fate.

Someone must be responsible for such a loss, Honma Masaharu realized that his days in the imperial army were over, if it was not for this fiasco by the Hongshui River, even if it was a violation of the order of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, as long as he could eliminate the remnants of the Guangxi Army, he would be confident that he would eliminate a factor that was unfavorable to him, and what if he violated the order, as long as he won the battle.

But now, because of one of his orders, he lost all his artillery and more than 40,000 imperial soldiers died, and Masaharu Honma asked himself, with his current qualifications and background, he couldn't bear the monstrous anger of the headquarters and base camp of the dispatch army. After arriving at the guests, Masaharu Honma locked himself in the room and never came out.

All night, when Masaharu Honma came out of the house, he was already like a walking corpse, and overnight, his hair turned gray. The movement of the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army is still very fast, a senior staff officer of the General Headquarters. At the risk of a crash, a small transport plane landed in an open field outside Laibin Town, along with four heavily armed gendarmes.

General Headquarters of the Southern Dispatch Army. The disposition of Honma Masaharu was not very harsh and severe, and the commander of the Third Army of Honma Masaharu and the commander of the Nanning Campaign was dismissed, and he was escorted back to the mainland to face trial, and the Third Army and the Fourth Army were merged to form the Nanning Front. The commander was Kenji Iijima, the former commander of the Fourth Army.

The moment when the senior staff officer of the General Headquarters read out the order of the commander-in-chief, General Toshiichi Terauchi, in front of all the senior officers of the Third and Fourth Armies, Masaharu Honma was handcuffed by the military police and escorted into the plane. Everyone knows that Honma Masaharu's military career is over, and what awaits him is an unknown ending, and his third army number has also been canceled, and for a great Japanese imperial team, the number has been canceled. is the greatest shame.

On that day, quite a few officers of the former Third Army. Chose to disembowel, according to the grapevine that later flowed out of the newly formed Nanning Front. These officers, before they died, without exception, wept bitterly, scolding Honma Masaharu, in those days, the guests burned people all day long, making a beautiful Guinan town, stinking and drifting out dozens of miles away.

The remnants of the Third Army and the Fourth Army of the Japanese Army, after staying for a few days, received an order from the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army to return to Nanning to rest and replenish for a short period of time and prepare to participate in the campaign to attack Guizhou.

This move also meant that the Japanese army fixed its own defense line around Nanning from Binyang in the north to the Beibu Gulf area in the south, and the crisis that pressed on the heads of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi was completely resolved through an artillery bombardment by the Hongshui River, and on the night of the end of the Battle of the Hongshui River, Chang Feng, chief of staff of the independent division and chief of staff of the directly subordinate corps, returned to the garrison after attending the banquet held by Bai Chongxi, and received a telegram from the division commander Tang Qiuli.

At this moment, Chang Feng's head was still a little dizzy, although he pushed away a lot of wine, the enthusiasm of the officers of the Gui Army led by Bai Chongxi could melt the iron man, and all the words of praise were dedicated to the officers of the direct corps, especially Chang Feng himself, who became the focus of attention, and there was more awe in his eyes.

Chang Feng asked the guards to get a large basin of cold water, happily immersed his head in the cold water, and his dizzy head was slightly sober, remembering the situation at the banquet, he couldn't help but be afraid for a while, if it weren't for the fact that a few brigade commanders were massive, and resisted most of the toasts for themselves, with their own amount of alcohol, I am afraid that they would have to be unconscious for two or three days.

took the telegram and looked at it for the first time, Chang Feng had a crying and laughing expression, "Chief of Staff, did you fight the Hongshui River in a good fight?" If you want to come to Bai Chongxi's banquet, it must be extremely rich, and His Excellency the Chief of Staff didn't take advantage of the wine to give Bai Chongxi a few Thunder rocket launchers? The Japanese army was defeated this time, but the northeast of Guizhou was unharmed, and the directly subordinate corps immediately returned to Liuzhou, and in the area of northeast Guangxi, paid attention to the upcoming battle in Guizhou. ”

Chang Feng was made to cry and laugh by the telegram of the division commander, and Tang Qiuli had been with him for a few years, but it was the first time he saw him in the telegram, joking with himself, it must have been the battle of the Hongshui River, and the goal of the division commander was achieved.

Take this Hongshuihe artillery battle as an example, the ten field brigades directly under the corps, each brigade is equipped with a thunder rocket artillery battalion, that is eighteen 32-hole rocket artillery vehicles, just one battalion at a time, is 576 rockets, a whole ten such rocket artillery battalions, one Qi, is more than 5,000 high-explosive rockets, the situation at that time, even Chang Feng himself saw that his scalp was numb, and he was stunned for a long time, not to mention those Guijun officers, his expression was like seeing a ghost.

There are also four artillery brigades directly under the corps, more than 1,000 large-caliber artillery, which have stubbornly turned over within seven or eight kilometers of the south bank of the Hongshui River, and fought to the ground; in this battle, because no infantry was used, they opened fire on the north bank, and the casualties of the directly subordinate corps were very slight, and they lost three artillery pieces and more than a dozen casualties, which were simply negligible compared with the casualties of the Japanese army.

According to the battle plan reported by Chang Feng, he was still on the north bank of the Hongshui River, ambushing a big killing move, more than 600 tanks of two tank brigades, more than 60,000 soldiers of four brigades, hid in the dense jungle on the north bank, once the Japanese army regardless of casualties, forcibly crossed the Hongshui River, when just landed on the north bank, the ambushed tanks and infantry came to a counter-assault, which was an unforgettable nightmare for the Japanese soldiers who had not yet gained a firm foothold.

However, Chang Feng later proposed that taking advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army's retreat, all the directly subordinate corps attacked, crossed the Hongshui River to the south, and wiped out all the Japanese troops in Guangxi, but was denied by the division commander, which made him very unhappy and did not understand, and after pondering for a long time, he could not see the purpose and intention of the division commander to do this.

The next day, Bai Chongxi came to the door again, Chang Feng let him into the living room, chatted for a while, Chang Feng saw that Bai Chongxi was absent-minded, as if he didn't have anything to say, so he asked directly: "Commander-in-Chief Bai, what do you have to say, please say it's okay, are we friendly with the Gui army," Chang Feng also probably guessed that Bai Chongxi came to the door early in the morning, nothing more than a weapon bullet, looking greedy, and wanting to play a little autumn breeze here.

Bai Chongxi's old face turned red, as if he had made up his mind, and said: "Chief of Staff, then Bai has something to say, you also know that our Gui army troops suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Nanning, when they broke through from Nanning, most of the soldiers lost their weapons, especially heavy weapons, and they were almost completely lost. If your army does not agree, it is also reasonable. ”

Chang Feng squirted out a sip of tea that he drank in his mouth, daring to love, Bai Chongxi came to visit early in the morning, blushing and embarrassed, just for the sake of the trophies on the south bank of the Hongshui River, Chang Feng simply forgot about this stubble, not to mention that the main field corps of the independent division are the second-line corps, and the Japanese-style weapons have also become rags in the warehouse, as well as the equipment of the troops, Bai Chongxi is like a treasure.

Chang Feng looked at Bai Chongxi with the eyes of a billionaire looking at Huazi, and said in disguise: "Commander-in-Chief Bai, our department has not cleaned up the battlefield at all, if your army is interested, you can do it freely, all the qiē, our army doesn't even want a bullet, all belong to your army, how about it?" ”

Bai Chongxi didn't expect that Chang Feng was so good at talking, but he was stunned for a short time, cleaning the battlefield is the right of the victorious side, more than 40,000 people, the equipment left behind, is not a small amount, people don't want a word, they don't want it all, they can't look down on it, Bai Chongxi can only say anything, he can only sigh that Tang Qiuli's troops are really rich and rich.

After hurriedly thanking him, Bai Chongxi couldn't stay still for a moment, and immediately left, was there anything more exciting than the equipment of more than 40,000 people? The equipment of the Japanese soldiers, I don't know how many times better than the Gui army, looking at Bai Chongxi's excited back, Chang Feng shook his head helplessly, somewhat pitying the big guy of the Gui family.

The cannon and the terrifying rocket artillery bombarded for more than an hour, and there were still a few pieces of intact equipment left, and the parts everywhere were still about the same, I am afraid that Bai Chongxi would be disappointed.