Chapter 10: Anqing (20)

Mo Di was worried about Chief Bai Chongxi of the Guilin camp, but he didn't expect that the Bai chief of the Guilin camp was already anxious. Ever since Bai Chongxi came to Guilin to preside over the work, he has devoted himself to putting his defense in the two directions of Xijiang and Guangzhou Bay; before the Fourth Theater was in Shaoguan, Theater Commander Zhang Fakui had limited vision, and he had always firmly believed that the direction of the Japanese army's attack was the Xijiang River Valley, not even the Guangzhou Bay occupied by the French, and he did not believe that the Japanese army would land from Qinzhou Bay at all. And Japan also did not cooperate with the Guilin camp headed by Bai Chongxi and the Fourth Theater Command Headquarters, which pot was not opened, and the troops marched to Qinzhou Bay, which completely disrupted Bai Chongxi's position, and did not make him feel in a big mess. What made Bai Chongxi most unbearable was that Lao Jiang in Chongqing was very prescient and repeatedly ordered Bai Chongxi to focus his defense in the direction of Qinzhou Bay, and offered to immediately transfer Fu Zhongfang's troops from Qiannan and Du Yuming from Hengyang to Guinan if Guangxi's military strength was limited. Bai Chongxi has always cherished himself, and he didn't want Lao Jiang to get involved in Bagui, so he politely rejected Lao Jiang's kindness.

Bai Chongxi is a typical stallion, he likes to mix in the young women's pile on weekdays, and he also likes to recruit female college students from Guilin Normal College to stay in the city, in the city of Guilin, Bai Chongxi built a lot of Tibetan gold houses, the most famous is the Fubo small building next to the temple under the peak of Suduxiu. Mrs. Bai Ma Peizhang is also a woman with traditional Chinese virtues, and she wants to give Bai Chongxi a concubine twice in three days. However, Chief Bai believed in the Koran very much, and followed Lao Jiang's new life movement, firmly monogamous, only hunting wild food and not marrying concubines, the so-called concubine is better than stealing is his theory, so there are a lot of jokes in Guilin City. The news that the Japanese army chose to land in Qinzhou Bay scared him out of the quilt of the small conservatory under Duxiu Peak, the little fresh meat in the quilt was frightened by Bai Chongxi, and he stretched out his head to see Bai Chongxi's soul flying out of the sky.

Huang Gu, who gave the first order to Xiao Dong, must stick to it. After the order was given, Bai Chongxi himself did not believe that a temporary division, or a new 57th division with only one main force, would not have a miracle against a brigade of the Japanese army. Xiao Dong's loss is just around the corner, even if the new 19th Division adopts the method of step-by-step defense, it will not help to intercept it layer by layer in Dasi and Guitai.

The second order was given to the 175th Division in Beihai, asking them to abandon the defense of Beihai and go all out to reinforce Qinzhou, trying to flank the Japanese army with Xiao Dong's new 19th Division. After the order was issued, Bai Chongxi knew that it would not help, the strength of the 175th Division was not strong, and at most it could only play a delaying role, and it was unlikely to have an effect on the overall situation.

The third order was given to Su Zuxin's 135th Division in Hengxian County, to abandon the defense south of the Yongjiang River, to return to Nanning quickly, relying on the natural danger of the Yongjiang River and the solidity of Yongcheng, to entangle with the invading enemy, and must be dragged to the 170th Division to reinforce from Guixian. Ten years ago, Yunnan Luhan attacked Nanning, Huang Xuchu relied on Nanning City, the whole city of the army and the people hated the enemy, with black beans to satisfy hunger, to * but the enemy, in the case of the army out of Hunan, Shengsheng blocked tens of thousands of troops in Yunnan outside the city for several months, until the reinforcements returned. The Japanese army, which is only more than 30,000 people, has the surging Yongjiang River and the towering Yongzhou City, which will definitely block the Japanese army for three to five days, so that the 170th Division has time to rush back.

The fourth order was naturally the 170th Division of Li Xingshu in Guixian County, and let them rush back to Nanning lightly to assist in the defense.

The 170th Division and the 135th Division together are not the opponents of the Fifth Division, their role is still to delay the enemy, and if they really want to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, they must all transfer back the 131st Division and the 188th Division of the 31st Army, so the fifth order is issued to Wei Yunsong, the commander of the 31st Army. Let him transfer back the two divisions that had been used to defend against the attack in the direction of the Xijiang River, and the four main divisions would concentrate in Nanning, so that it would be time for a decisive battle with the Fifth Division.

As long as you know the password, you can see the content of the telegram, and Mo Di looked at Bai Chongxi's troop transfer telegram, and couldn't help but sweat for Nanning. At the military intelligence seminar of the 48 th Army, Mo Di, as the person in charge of the intelligence organ, gave a detailed explanation of the military situation in Nanning.

"Today is November 22, and it has been a week since the Japanese army landed in Qinzhou Bay." This is how it began.

All the participants counted their fingers, a week has passed, whether the battle situation has changed as expected by Commander Bai, whether the armies from all walks of life can return to their positions, and Nanning can be safe.

"On November 14, the Japanese attacked Beihai, strafing with 12 planes and bombarding them with naval artillery, fighting violently for a day, and stopped the attack at 9 p.m. Just when everyone thought that the attack on Beihai would continue the next day, to everyone's surprise, the next day, the Japanese army chose to land in Qinzhou Bay. By 11 o'clock on the night of the 15th, the two cities of Qinzhou were lost. The 55th Regiment stationed in Qinzhou and the 56th Regiment stationed in Fangcheng later attacked the landed enemy forces many times on the way to retreat, and mobilized the people to dig up the road and blow up the bridge, effectively delaying the Japanese attack, and by the 18th, the Japanese army captured Xiaodong. After that, under the flanking attack of the 175th Division and the new 19th Division, a major battle was launched with the Japanese army on the front line of Datang and Baekje. By this afternoon, the 135th Division, under the leadership of Division Commander Su, had laid a solid defensive position north of the Yongjiang River, and the people of Nanning had also withdrawn from the city in an orderly manner and moved to the direction of Baise Long'an Wuming. The latest news, the 170th Division has traveled from Guixian to the school chair, as long as the 135th Division holds on for one day, the 170th Division can arrive, three days later, the 131st Division can arrive, at most five days, the 188th Division can also reach Nanning. The Central Military Commission has ordered that Du Yuming's Fifth Army, Yao Chun's 36th Army, Fu Zhongfang's 99th Army, and Cai Tingkai's and Ye Zhao's troops in the direction of Guangdong should be quickly assembled in Nanning, Liuzhou, and Yishan. "Mo Di is eloquent, and he says it very clearly.

The participants all breathed a sigh of relief, with the three large armies, plus the original two armies and six divisions in Guangxi, as well as Cai Tingkai's and Ye Zhao's divisions assembled from western Guangdong to Nanning, it should not be a big problem to take down a fifth division and a mixed brigade in Taiwan. As a result, there was a lot of discussion, and some people believed that the Japanese were using a stupid trick to plot against Guangxi with a division and a mixed brigade.

For a while, the atmosphere in the headquarters was relaxed, and everyone smoked at each other, talking and laughing, as if the Fifth Division, which was rampant in North China, had come to Guangxi to die. Only Ou Shounian had a gloomy face, beckoned Mo Di to the front, and asked, "Tianzong, do you think the Japanese are really here to send them to death this time?" ”

Mo Di shook his head: "Junzao, the so-called comers are not good at those who are good, and the Japanese spend so much money on Zhou Zhang, and they also specially selected a weather with strong winds and waves to land, it is impossible to send them to death." The Fifth Division is an extremely strong division, with good records in North China and Taierzhuang, with more than 20,000 people and tanks and artillery, and one or two of our armies are not his opponents. We had previously lost a step strategically, focusing our defense on the Xijiang River and Guangzhou Bay, and now we could only withdraw the defensive forces. These troops were far away, some near, some fast and some slow, and the time they arrived in Nanning was also different, and they could not form a joint force when they fought separately, and they were easily broken by the Japanese army. ”

Speaking of this time, Mo Di found that the headquarters was silent, everyone was listening to his words, the previous relaxed atmosphere had been replaced by heaviness, and the smoke in the air seemed to be solidified.

"What Tianzong means is that the battle of Nanning is not optimistic?" Ou Shounian asked again.

Mo Di nodded and said: "Now there are two opinions, one is that the Japanese army attacked Nanning in order to occupy Guangxi, open up the Hunan and Guizhou lines, occupy Nanning Airport, and threaten the Yunnan-Burma Highway. One is that the Japanese army's attack on Nanning with a division is a feint, and the purpose is to cut off the Sino-Vietnamese transportation channel. ”

"What kind of opinion are you?" Ou Shounian asked.

"I have a comprehensive opinion." Mo Di said: "The Japanese army believes that the main force of our Guangxi troops is on the Anhui-Hubei front, and there are only some militia regiments in the rear, and their combat strength is limited, so sending a division and mixed brigade is enough to take our Guangxi. ”

The following discussion immediately became louder, some agreed, some opposed, Mo Di listened carefully, and there was nothing new in the various opinions, and the vast majority of people still thought that the Japanese were talking about foolish dreams, and it was impossible to take Guangxi with only one division and regiment.

After Ou Shounian let the people below discuss for a while, he gently knocked on the table with his knuckles, and coughed lightly twice, and the participants all knew that this was Ou Shounian's signature expression, which meant that the military seat was about to speak, so they stopped talking, returned to their seats and sat down, and listened to the military seat's speech.

"Although we are in western Anhui, we are still very concerned about the war in Nanning, and although we cannot personally participate in the war in Nanning, some opinions and suggestions should still be put forward to Shangfeng." Ou Shounian said: "Chief of Staff Yun is responsible for synthesizing our discussions into written opinions and sending them to the Guilin camp. Tianzhong, you cooperate with the work of the chief of staff of the cloud. Meeting. ”

Walking out of the military headquarters, Mo Di walked side by side with Wei Yongcheng and Li Baicheng on the bluestone street in Mabu, Li Baicheng did not have any opinion on the war in Guinan, but just asked a question that even Mo Di was very concerned about: "Boss, I don't know how Chen Zhengxin is now?" He must have been in contact with the Japanese army, right? ”

Mo Di sighed and said: "Chen Zhengxin went to Mingzhou, he served as the head of the 46th Army Special Service Regiment, from him, I basically know the situation of the 46th Army, the three divisions of this army, except for the 170th Division, participated in the Anti-Japanese War, the other two divisions are new divisions, General Mo Shujie's 175th Division and the number is insufficient, the new 19th Division is simply a new division-level unit differentiated from the 175th Division, and all the soldiers are formed by the militia. As far as combat strength is concerned, Chen Zhengxin said that one battalion can fight one regiment of the 46 th Army, and one of our regiments can easily take down one division of the 46 th Army. After the Japanese soldiers went to Nanning and Mingzhou in two ways, Chen Zhengxin was ordered to go to Mingzhou to understand the situation. Many people do not know that the Japanese army divided its troops into two routes, and it was consciously concealed by the military department, and the purpose was very simple, just so as not to distract from the determination to hold Nanning. ”

"Is it in Tianzong's opinion that the threat of the Japanese army going to Ningming Road is greater than that of Nanning Road?" Wei Yongcheng asked.

Mo Di shook his head, it wasn't that he didn't want to say it, but he didn't know it himself. The actions of the Japanese army are very confusing, according to the convention, as long as Nanning is taken, the Yonglong Highway will naturally become an enemy-occupied area, and there is no need to disperse troops to take the lead in occupying the highway, but the Japanese did just that, which is really incomprehensible.