Chapter 10: Anqing (22)

The task of the 170th Division was to hold on for two days until He Weizhen's 131st Division rushed to Nanning. As long as the 131st Division held for another day, the 188th Division led by Wei Zhen arrived, and the siege of Nanning was immediately resolved. When Du Yuming's Fifth Army, Yao Chun's 36th Army, Fu Zhongfang's 99th Army entered Nanning from the Guizhou-Guizhou-Hunan-Hunan border, it was the beginning of the counteroffensive. In the view of military strategists, the so-called one drum, and then three and exhaustion, the first day of the offensive is the most powerful, the 135th Division can withstand the first day of the attack, it laid the foundation for victory, the 170th Division to the arrival of the 131st Division, theoretically speaking, there is no problem at all, with the addition of the 131st Division, the Nanning River Defense can be called impregnable, from the central to the local, full of confidence in the Battle of Guinan.

Only Mabu's Mo is not optimistic about the next Nanning, thinking that the city will be broken in the coming day.

Qin Guosheng accompanied Mo Di to conduct several detailed sand table deductions, and the results were the same. Mo Di spent a long time thinking about it, and finally made up his mind to report the results of his deduction to the military department in written form.

After a period of purge, the remnants of the 175th Division and the new 19th Division, which were previously centered on Xiao Dong, have been wiped out, the safety of the air force route has been guaranteed, and the aircraft carrier docked at Longmen Port is only 100 kilometers away from Nanning in a straight line, which is exactly within the strike range of carrier-based crit fighters. On the 23rd, due to the light enemy, naval aviation was not mobilized, and in the event of a setback, it was impossible not to use such a sharp weapon. On the contrary, the Jiangbei position, after a day of destruction, has been shattered, even after a night of reinforcement, can not withstand the bombing of aircraft, therefore, the Japanese army that has aircraft to participate in the battle in the coming day, the strength has increased greatly, if Jiangbei has no countermeasures, the city defense will be broken in half a day.

After getting the invincible report, Ou Shounian thought about it again and again, and did not send the telegram, so he pressed it down vigorously. He also has the idea of being invincible, not only he has it, but many people have it, but at this time of life and death, he knows that he can't do it, and he knows that the city must be defended, and he will not hesitate to sacrifice.

As Mo Enemy expected, early the next morning, the 170th Division, which had changed guards, had not yet recovered from the fatigue of the forced march the day before, and the Japanese planes taking off from Qinzhou Bay had already arrived over Nanning. At the same time as the planes dropped bombs, the cannons and small cannons in Jiangnan fired at the same time, and the shells were scattered in the city of Nanning regardless of the cost, overturning all the fortifications that Wu Zongjun's regiment had strengthened the day and night.

At nine o'clock, a new round of Japanese attacks across the river began.

Li Xingshu, the commander of the 170th Division, stood under the big banyan tree by the Minsheng Wharf in the rain of bullets, and the broken banyan branch cut a few blood marks on his face, looking a little hideous, and he was scolding and scolding: "You have to learn to hide, the plane will hide when it comes, and the Japanese army will only attack when they get on the pontoon bridge, so I don't believe that the Japanese plane even bombed their people." ”

The 170th Division, which originally belonged to the subordinates of the Seventh Iron and Steel Army, returned to Guangxi after the Great War in Western Anhui, and was incorporated into the 46th Army, which belonged to the most powerful division in the 46th Army. Ten Japanese attacks were quickly repulsed, dragging the time until noon.

At noon, the Japanese army changed its tactics, and more than 20 planes no longer dropped bombs, but strafed the Jiangbei position in the air. Under the cover of the plane, the Japanese army quickly established itself in Jiangbei, and when the Japanese chariot staggered across Jiangbei from the pontoon bridge, Division Commander Li Xingshu sighed helplessly: "Retreat into the city and start a street battle." ”

Brutal street fighting begins! Every street, every alley, has become a battlefield, behind every house, in every ditch, is a battlefield of the enemy's life, from noon to evening, the 170th Division stubbornly guarded the city of Nanning, the sound of gunfire is constant, the shouting is endless.

At night, the planes in the sky flew away, and more and more Japanese troops crossed the river, and soon, the chariots also appeared on the street in front of the house, seeing that they were outnumbered, and the officers and men of the 170th Division fought and retreated. The 170th Division could retreat, but Wu Zongjun's 405th Regiment stationed in Shuangmaojing could not, and they could not contact the headquarters of the 135th Division and could not get instructions from the upper peak. The enemy army had already crossed Macaojie, and Wu Zongjun was anxious, and ordered the whole regiment to rely on the favorable terrain of Wangxian Slope to fight a battle first.

An enemy army with about a squadron, followed by the 170th Division, appeared on the side of the Rotten Lotus Pond, the soldiers of the 170th Division ran in front, and the Japanese army chased behind, and soon, it entered the ambush circle of the 405th Regiment, and with the commander of Wu Zongjun: "Fight!" More than 1,000 rifles of the whole regiment fired at the more than 100 Japanese troops at the same time, and with a volley of guns, most of the Japanese soldiers fell, and the remaining ones who were still alive saw the opportunity early, turned around and fled.

The brothers of the 170th Division took a breath of relief, and a captain led by him walked up to Wu Zongjun, saluted and thanked him, and said: "The Japanese army is strong, and the Japanese army crossing the river has exceeded 10,000, so Commander Wu should also leave as soon as possible." ”

Wu Zongjun was embarrassed and said: "I couldn't receive the order, so I retreated without an order, but I was afraid that I would be convicted." ”

"That's better than waiting here to die." Captain said.

Wu Zongjun thought for a while, nodded, and said, "If you are convicted, you will sin me, it is better than more than a thousand brothers dying here together, okay, we will retreat immediately." ”

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet come up, the 405th Regiment packed up properly and left quickly.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese army rushed into the center of Nanning, occupied important buildings such as the Nanning High Court, and did not meet resistance, and as a result, Nanning fell.

Picking up Mo Enemy's written report again and reading it again from beginning to end, Ou Shounian sighed: "I knew that it would be captured, but I didn't expect it to be so soon, the Japanese Iron and Steel Fifth Division is worthy of its name." ”

Yun Yinglin beside him said to him: "Military seat, Mo Tianzong can accurately predict that Nanning will be captured, and Xiao Zhuge of the 48th Army is worthy of his reputation." ”

"Don't talk about it." Ou Shounian said: "There are many people who can predict the fall of Nanning, but other people are unwilling to say it, I don't believe it, Wei Yunsong and He Xuan of Nanning could not predict the fall of Nanning, and Zhang Fakui of Liuzhou and Bai Jiansheng of Guilin could not predict the fall of Nanning." Elementary school students can calculate that there are only more than 7,000 people in one division, and more than 20,000 people in one division of the Japanese army, plus aircraft, tanks, and artillery, the 135th and 170th divisions together are not opponents. ”

"The military seat estimates that after the Japanese army occupies Nanning, where will it go next?" Yun Yinglin asked.

"Where else could there be! Occupy Liuzhou along the Yongliu Highway. Ou Shounian replied without thinking: "Nanning is the transportation center of southern Guangxi, Qinfang in the south, Yulin in Liuzhou in the east, Baise in the north, and Longzhou in the west. Liuzhou is an important town in Guizhong, the west can enter Yishan Liujia, the north can pass Guilin and Hunan, as long as Nanning Liuzhou is occupied, Guangxi will be taken. ”

"Does the military think that the Japanese army will send troops to occupy Liuzhou as soon as possible?" Yun Yinglin is not studious, but knows that Ou Shounian likes overhead analysis, and doing it himself is exactly what he likes, and sometimes it is also a means to make his boss nervous.

"No, the Japanese army will not send troops as soon as possible, but will stabilize Nanning first." Ou Shounian obviously considered this issue, and said in a very orderly manner: "In southern Guinan, the left and right rivers, the Yongjiang River, and the Yujiang River constitute a natural barrier, and the Japanese army forcibly crossed the Yongjiang River this time, and it took two days to take it, and you can see the importance of this river, if there is no carrier on Qinzhou Bay to help in the war, it will take more time to take the Yongjiang River, and it will really take two days for the 170th Division to drag it until the 131st Division arrives, but I am afraid that it will only stay in the south of the Yongjiang River." In the past, the first consideration was security, and the city of Nanning was located in Jiangbei, mainly to prevent the threat from Jiangnan, but I did not expect that this time it would bring trouble to the Japanese. If Nanning City is in the south of the Yongjiang River, it is enough for the Japanese army to defend the river, but Nanning is located in the north of the Jiangjiang, and the Yongjiang River is not in danger, so it can only defend the territory. In the north of Nanning, there is a Daming Mountain, east to Kunlun Pass and west to Fengfeng Pass, constituting the land pass of Nanning, if you want to hold Nanning, you must first occupy Kunlun Pass and Fengfeng Pass, and firmly hold it. Speaking of this, Ou Shounian smiled indifferently: "The Fifth Division of the Japanese Army is known as the Iron and Steel Division, invincible and invincible, this time it is used as a defender, I don't know what miracle it will defend." I'm looking forward to it, hehehehe! ”

The Japanese army easily took Nanning, which was expected by the invincible, but he was unwilling to accept such a result emotionally, he did not have much affection for Nanning, and studied at the Lingnan Military Academy in Changyu for half a year, and he did not get acquainted with Nanning, so he moved back to Guilin with the school, but the general outline of Nanning is still known, the flow of the Yongjiang River, the city's mercy, Minsheng Road, Democracy Road, Zhongshan Road have been walked, he can imagine how the iron hooves of the Japanese army will ravage this red land, The big banyan tree on the street in front of the house may have been destroyed by the Japanese shells, and the snack bar on the side of the water street can still waft out the pure fragrance of old friend powder.

The night is already very deep, Mo Di did not have a trace of sleep, he walked out of the headquarters, standing in the Mabu dock against the cold wind, yesterday just passed the winter solstice festival, today is the fourteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon came out early, hanging in the sky like a silver plate, the faint clouds are like a silk scarf, as if trying to block the bright moonlight. The water of the Xiwei River shimmered and sparkled, reflecting the mountains on the other side of the river, and there was a dead silence, and occasionally there was one or two dog barks, which made people reflect that this was still the world.

Qin Guosheng followed behind Mo Di, holding a cotton army coat in his hand, there was one thing he wanted to tell Mo Di, the Pingle Campus of the Central Sixth Military Academy issued a general order today, and all those who were in the school left the school to serve as officers in the 16th Group Army, mainly to supplement the 46th Army. The 46th Army suffered serious losses in the Japanese landing battle in Guinan, the new 19th Division almost fell apart, and the division commander Huang Gu was dismissed on the spot. The new division commander Qin Zhen and the deputy division commander Kan Weiyong. Kan Weiyong, a native of Liuzhou, Guangxi, is a highly talented student of Nanning Lecture and Wutang, and an instructor of Nanning Military Academy. The 56th Regiment was dispersed on the spot and replenished to other units, and the regiment commander Huang Tingcai was handed over to the military court for trial, and the 4th Independent Infantry Regiment of the Guangxi Pacification Office was transferred to the new 19th Division as a whole to form the new 56th Regiment, with the regiment commander Yang Litian. This Yang regiment commander is Yongfu Luo Jinren, Mo Di's second brother-in-law, he selected Zhao Guolong from hundreds of people in the Pingle Campus at a glance, and recommended Kan Weiyong to serve as the chief of staff of the 56th Regiment, Kan Weiyong transferred Zhao Guolong's file and looked at it, and directly appointed him as the chief of staff of the new 19th Division, with the rank of colonel. Zhao Guolong originally wanted to survive until graduation in Pingle and return to the 526 Regiment as the chief of staff, but he didn't expect that someone would cut off Hu halfway and be promoted to one level and one rank in quality. I had the intention to excuse myself, but I couldn't say it, how could I consider my personal wishes when the national crisis was at hand, so I sent a telegram to me and took up the post of chief of staff of the 526th Regiment and took up the post of chief of staff of the new 19th Division.

This telegram was pressed in Qin Guosheng's pocket, Qin Guosheng knew that sooner or later he would have to show it to Mo Di, but now is really the wrong time, and he doesn't know when it is appropriate.

After a gust of wind, Mo Di shivered, looked up and saw Qin Guosheng, took the coat in his hand and put it on, and said: "Guosheng, tomorrow, I'm afraid that the Japanese army will seize the passes around Nanning, and I don't know what other soldiers our army can fight." ”

Qin Guosheng thought about it and told Mo Di that the 200th Division of Dai Anlan, the vanguard of Du Yuming's Fifth Army, had arrived in Binyang, and Shao Yizhi's 600th Regiment had arrived in Ertang and joined forces with the 170th Division.

Oh! The Central Army has finally arrived! The heart of the invincible is inexplicably much easier, and the strength of the Central Army is still obvious to all.