At three o'clock in the afternoon, in order to strengthen the attack, the Japanese army transferred more than a dozen bombers and bombed the defenders' positions outside Guilin for a while. The bombing of the planes caused heavy casualties to the Gui troops who were guarding the position. In order to counterattack at night, Wei Yunsong insisted on withstanding the pressure and did not use the 188th Division in the city to reinforce outside the city. Wang Haitao also learned about the Japanese army's frenzied attack on Guilin City, but before it was time to launch an attack, Wang Haitao could only wait patiently for the arrival of seventeen o'clock.

At 16:50, Wang Haitao stood in the temporary headquarters, and his subordinates were already standing in front of the telephone, ready to convey Wang Haitao's order to attack at any time. More than 100 heavy guns on the positions of the three artillery regiments of the heavy artillery brigade raised their muzzles, and at each gun position, the leaders of the artillery groups checked the coordinates of the target at the end to prevent any omissions.

The hour hand finally pointed to seventeen o'clock, and Wang Haitao, who was looking at his watch, said: "The counterattack begins." Several of his subordinates picked up the telephone at the same time and shouted into the telephone: "Pass the commander's order, the counterattack begins!" As the order was delivered, more than 100 heavy guns on the positions of the three artillery regiments roared in unison, and the shells flew across the sky towards the target.

Today's attack of the Japanese army has come to an end, and the effect of today's attack is still good, and in three directions, it has advanced to the city of Guilin. Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army who stood in front of the headquarters to observe Kong, always watched the process of the attack with a smile, and the chief of staff, Yamada Zhuoer, said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, it seems that the Chinese army will not last long, I think that by tomorrow at the latest, we can stand on the head of Guilin City." ”

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi also replied with a smile: "Yes, soon we will occupy this beautiful city, and then we will continue to attack Nanning until the passage to Indochina is opened." Yamada was about to continue to slap the horse's ass a few times, when he heard the scream of cannonballs flying in the air. Shunjiro Takeuchi also had a smile on his face and turned his head to look out.

The shells accurately fell into the attacking Japanese ranks, and the power of the heavy artillery shells was by no means comparable to those small-caliber mouth artillery shells, and the explosion of the shells caused the earth to tremble. After Takeuchi Shunjiro and Yamada Takuro looked at each other in the headquarters, Takeuchi Shunjiro shouted: "This is heavy artillery, how can the Shina army have so many heavy artillery?"

Within the explosion range of the heavy artillery, the Japanese soldiers were thrown into the air like weeds, and then fell with blood and water, but the first round of artillery bombardment completely stopped the Japanese attack, and at the same time the cheers of the defenders on the position also rang out. At this time, Wei Yunsong and the others, who insisted on staying in the city tower, also breathed a sigh of relief.

After only three rounds of shelling, the artillery fire began to extend forward, and before the Japanese soldiers who had narrowly escaped the shelling had time to recover their senses, a group of steel behemoths appeared in their sight. This was the beginning of the counteroffensive of the 90th and 211th Divisions. As early as 16 o'clock in the afternoon, the armored units assigned to the 90th and 211th Divisions, under the cover of the 546th Regiment and the 880th Regiment respectively, moved under the city of Guilin.

The first thing that came into contact with the counterattack force was the Kono Mixed Brigade that attacked the East Gate and the West Gate respectively. The two infantry battalions attacking the east gate were confronted by the 880th Regiment of the 211th Division, twenty heavy Cheetah tanks, and twenty heavy armored vehicles. These two infantry brigades, which had already suffered heavy casualties in the heavy artillery bombardment, did not have the strength to fight against the 880th Regiment head-on, not to mention dozens of combat vehicles?

After only a burst of resistance, the two infantry brigades were completely defeated, and the remnants of the 200 or 300 men desperately fled to the 116th Division, while the chariots and the 880th Regiment rushed behind them unhurriedly, constantly firing at the soldiers who were lagging behind with their vehicle-mounted machine guns. The same scene was played out in the direction of the East Gate, but the three infantry brigades at the East Gate resisted a little longer.

After the main force of the 90th Group Army had reported to Wei Yunsong, a trace of excitement flashed on Wei Yunsong's face. He said loudly to He Weizhen, commander of the 31st Army: "Order the 188th Division to prepare for an attack, and this time it is time for us to vent our evil anger!" He Weizhen replied loudly: "Yes, commander! I will go and give an order!"

The 188th Division is the best equipped and most combat-effective division of the 31st Army and even the 16th Group Army, and its commander is Bai Chongxi's nephew Hai Jingqiang. There is such a relationship, the equipment of the 188th Division is all new equipment purchased from Germany by Wang Haitao. Compared with the main division under Wang Haitao, except for the number of people is less, and the rifle is a Mauser rifle, the other weapons are not much different.

The 188th Division is a trump card in Wei Yunsong's hand, and he will not use it easily. This time, it was also the main force under Wang Haitao that had already attacked, and Wei Yunsong would send the 188th Division up. When the 188th Division was ordered to assemble at the North City Gate, the vanguard units of the 90th Division and the 211th Division had already covered the chariot troops to chase the defeated Japanese troops and appeared here at the North Gate.

In the binoculars, Wei Yunsong looked at the group of chariots that were rolling up the dust and roaring, and his mouth opened wide in shock, and the shock in his heart was completely expressed on his face at this time. It was the first time he had seen such a large-scale chariot charge, and then he understood what Wang Haitao's confidence was in saying that the Japanese army would be destroyed. Not only Wei Yunsong, but also the officers standing beside him were shocked and speechless.

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi also received the news that the Kono Mixed Brigade had been routed by the Chinese army, and learned that the Chinese army had used a large number of chariot troops. At this time, Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi did not realize what kind of opponent he would face, he just ordered the attacking 116th Brigade to retreat, and then ordered the 130th Brigade to move forward and join the 116th Brigade, and at the same time ordered the artillery behind to concentrate fire against the tank units of the Chinese army.

The defeated Kono Mixed Brigade was immediately led to the rear of the 116th Division after approaching the 116th Division, and all the Japanese artillery began to fire at the onrushing Chinese troops. The Japanese army's 240-caliber heavy howitzers and artillery could destroy the Cheetah heavy tank, and as soon as the Japanese heavy artillery fired, a heavy armored vehicle was destroyed and a heavy tank was damaged.

Zhang Zhiming, the commander of the heavy tank regiment who was charging, immediately reported the situation to the headquarters. Originally, Wang Haitao was preparing to capture this batch of Japanese heavy artillery, so he did not let the heavy artillery brigade destroy the Japanese heavy artillery position at the first time, but as soon as he heard that the heavy tanks were attacked, he immediately changed his mind. Heavy artillery can be captured best, and it is not a big deal if it cannot be captured, but heavy tanks are their own treasures, and there is nowhere to make up for their losses.

Wang Haitao immediately grabbed the phone and directly asked Tang Shanhu, the commander of the 130 heavy cannon regiment. On the phone, Wang Haitao directly gave the order to destroy the Japanese heavy artillery position. After receiving the order, Tangshanhu immediately replaced the heavy artillery with explosive grenades and shells. The first time this kind of anti-explosive grenade and bomb was used in the Battle of Wuhan, it left a deep impression on all the officers and soldiers of the heavy artillery brigade, and the scene of only letting all the creatures die, and the items were not damaged, made everyone call this kind of anti-explosive grenade and bomb "devil bullet".

However, the arsenal of killing and explosive grenades and bombs cannot produce them at all, and if there is one less one, the inventory is not much, and it is easy to not use it. This time, Wang Haitao considered that it was a big war and a vicious battle, so he asked Tang Renli to prepare 500 pieces for Tangshan Tiger. Tangshan Tiger took out twenty pieces at once, and was ready to hit it out first to see the effect.

Twenty anti-explosive grenades and bombs were fired out at once, and soon the Japanese heavy artillery was silent, and those small-caliber field guns and mountain artillery could not threaten the heavy tanks. Seeing that the Japanese heavy artillery was silent, Zhang Zhiming led the heavy tank regiment to rush forward again. The 272nd Brigade of the 90th Division and the 463rd Brigade of the 211th Division also followed.

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi had already concentrated his troops and was ready to let the troops launch a counterattack once the heavy artillery destroyed the Chinese combat vehicles, but the heavy artillery suddenly stopped moving after just a few rounds, and only some field artillery and mountain artillery were still bombing, which made Lieutenant General Takeuchi Shunjiro feel a bad feeling in his heart. Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi hurriedly grabbed the phone to call the Heavy Artillery Wing, but no one answered the phone.

At this time, the heavy artillery position of the Japanese army had become a "ghost field", and all the officers and soldiers died on the position due to high temperature and suffocation, while all the guns, weapons and materials were intact. What's even more terrifying is that as soon as the first rescue soldiers entered the area, they also fell down in pain from suffocation and died quickly. This made no one in the Japanese army, who did not know why, dare to step into the position again.

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi, who soon got the news, was also frightened by the news, unable to counterattack the Chinese army, and it was still necessary to hold the existing position, so Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi re-ordered the troops to hold on to the position. The 272nd Brigade and the 463rd Brigade faced the 116th Division head-on, and the two brigades simultaneously erected artillery of various calibers.

The 272nd Brigade is dominated by 50 85-caliber cannons, which is the heavy artillery regiment of the 90th Division, and the 211th Division is dominated by 50 105-caliber self-propelled howitzers and artillery guns, which are the self-propelled grenades and artillery regiments of the 211th Division. As soon as the artillery on this side fired, coupled with the charge of the almost invincible heavy tanks, the troops used by the Japanese to block it could not be parried.

The 116th Division of the Japanese army was only temporarily entrenched, and did not build any defensive positions, how could it hold the charge of dozens of tanks, plus the two main regiments of the 546th Regiment and the 880th Regiment to cover the charge of the tanks. It didn't take much effort for the Japanese blocking position to break through a gap, and the heavy tanks were still rushing deep into the Japanese position, while the heavy armored vehicles and the 547th Regiment and the 881st Regiment were trying to widen the gap.