At ten o'clock in the evening, all the artillery regiments of Liu Hai got on the train and began to set off in the direction of Nanning! Liu Hai was not on the same train as his own troops, but on Du Yuming's car, listening to Du Yuming talk about the enemy situation! "Now the 200th Division has gotten off the train and is heading towards the vicinity of Ertang in Nanning, joining up with friendly forces to defend Nanning! Our mission is to garrison Nanning and resist the Japanese army's northward advance! Du Yuming said. Got it! As soon as Liu Hai and several military commanders heard this, a staff officer hurriedly ran in and handed a telegram to Du Yuming! After Du Yuming read it, his face turned pale! "What's wrong, Commander?" Major General Chief of Staff Huang Xiang asked. "The 600th Regiment of the 200th Division encountered the Japanese army, the opponent was the enemy's 21st and 47th Wing, the battle lasted for more than four hours, the 600th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, the regiment commander Shao Yizhi and the regiment deputy Wu Qisheng were killed, and now the division commander Dai has led his troops to retreat to the peak pass!" Du Yuming said. "It's impossible, the 200th Division retreated so quickly?" Huang Xiang was a little surprised! "The Japanese army is attacking with open ground artillery, and the 600 Regiment is still on the march, and the heavy artillery has not kept up to support, so that it has suffered heavy losses!" Du Yuming said: "Now let's go to Nanyuan first and stand by!" ”

"Report!" Another staff officer ran in and handed another telegram to Du Yuming! "Call back, I agree!" Du Yuming said to the staff officer after reading the telegram. "What's going on?" Huang Xiang asked Du Yuming. "Bai Chongxi proposed a counteroffensive to the chairman, but it was not approved! Now I hope that I will jointly request a counterattack on Kunlun Pass with him! Du Yuming said. The enemy has just occupied Nanning, but it is said that it is a tired army and has not yet gained a stable foothold, so it is a good time to counterattack! Huang Xiang said. Yes, I hope we can ask the chairman for approval together! Du Yuming said. Bangs! Your artillery brigade changes direction! Assemble in Nanyuan and stand by! "It's the commander!" After receiving the order, Liu Hai hurriedly ran to the telegraph room, and ordered his brigade to assemble far south through the telegram!

In fact, at this time, Chiang Kai-shek was waiting for a news, and if this news could not be confirmed, Chiang Kai-shek would never agree to launch a counteroffensive! This news is the two heavyweights of the Gui family, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi! The reason why Bai Chongxi's request for a counterattack was not approved was because the Central Command reported to him a situation, that is, the Japanese sent spies to plot against Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Long Yun, and the commander of the Japanese Fifth Army, Imamura, also issued a telegram of "Letter to Li and Bai Generals", expressing respect for Li and Bai's achievements in governing Guangxi; The attack on Nanning was only to cut off the communication lines of the Chiang regime, hoping that the two generals would have insight into the general situation of the world and promote the cooperation between Japan and China. If they are still obsessed with seizing Nanning, the Japanese army stationed in Nanning will undoubtedly win. For such a situation, Chiang Kai-shek had to think about it, if Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren had two hearts, it would be dangerous! Because as long as he doesn't fight back, Bai Chongxi can't gain control of the entire war zone,

"Chief Bai!" Zhou Yuan sat quietly in front of Bai Chongxi, "I hope General Bai can consider it!" "I'm thinking about it, I'm Bai Chongxi so worthless, he has a word in the village, and Lao Tzu will become a traitor!" Bai Chongxi was so angry that he scolded! "How is Chief Bai going to reply to the Japanese?" Zhou Yuan asked. "Just one word, get out!" Bai Chongxi said angrily! "Hehe, General Bai is really heroic, in addition to this matter, next week, our chairman's wife invites your wife and children to participate in the celebration in Chongqing, and I hope that Chief Bai can agree!" "Go, go, go! Tell me this, can I take care of it? Bai Chongxi immediately waved his hand, with an impatient look! It seems that Bai Chongxi has no ghosts in his heart! This is Zhou Yuan's judgment! Because at this time, taking away his wife and children is obviously the idea of taking him hostage, this Bai Chongxi actually doesn't care, which shows that Bai Chongxi is open-minded! Zhou Yuan tried Li Zongren in the same way, Li Zongren was not excited, nor did he shirk, but directly moved all his wives and children to Chongqing! Long Yun not only moved his family to Chongqing, but also published a letter to Imamura and the emperor, persuading both the emperor and Imamura to go to China! It was for this reason that Chiang Kai-shek became suspicious and did not agree to the counteroffensive, and only after the three of them reassured Chiang Kai-shek with their actions and words at the same time did Chiang Kai-shek agree to Bai Chongxi's counteroffensive plan! The commander of the 5th Division of the Japanese army, Jun Imamura, was a little proud and underestimated the enemy, and did not take the Chinese army seriously at all, so he played with great interest in political inducement to surrender, and focused on how to lure several Chinese military generals to surrender, and divided the 9th Brigade to attack Zhennanguan.

However, Du Yuming was not idle, commanding Liu Hai and others to concentrate all the main forces of the Fifth Army in Nanyuan, and sent a lot of plainclothes to reconnoiter the direction of Kunlun Pass, and through reconnaissance, it was found that the Japanese army defended the main position of Kunlun Pass was the Matsumoto Sozaburo Brigade of the Japanese 21st Brigade, and the line from Jiutang to Nanning was the 21st Company and the 47th Wing of the Japanese Army that fought a bloody battle with the 600th Regiment, and the task of these two wings was to ensure the safety of the line from Kunlun Pass to Nanning, so as to ensure that the Japanese army in Nanning could support Kunlun Pass at any time! At the same time, a special operation team of the Central Union, under the leadership of Zhou Yuan, entered Nanning to investigate the rape operation. The Japanese army in Nanning had two guides, both of whom were natives of Nanning and were very familiar with the terrain around Nanning and Kunlun Pass, which played a very bad role for the Japanese army to go north to capture Nanning! For these two people and their plainclothes teams, they have become Zhou Yuan's target! Zhou Yuan led the team into Nanning, connected with the personnel in Nanning, and planned an action plan! When a Japanese guide rushed to the hotel at noon to entertain the Japanese officers, he was hit and killed by an oncoming carriage! The other is when he was looking for his little wife, he disappeared inexplicably! His plainclothes team was also lost for various reasons! Zhou Yuan did a very good job in this matter, and lost these two hardcore traitors, which directly caused the Japanese Major General Nakamura Masao to get lost when he reinforced Kunlun Pass in the future, and was surrounded by the Chinese army!

After Liu Hai placed the troops, he led Liu Xiaoshan with a platoon to disguise himself as a mountain man, and verified the terrain and landforms near Kunlun Pass and the drawings and labels, because there are mountains everywhere, and the drawings are not so accurate because of the time relationship, and if there is no accurate fire support in this kind of mountain, the consumption of the troops will be very large! After Liu Hai took Liu Xiaoshan around, he found that there was a mountain cliff in Santang, the terrain structure was very peculiar, a small enclave between the two mountains, in front of this place was a small hill arch guard, behind was a large cliff, the top extended outward, both anti-artillery and air defense, even Liu Hai himself did not know how to attack, except for the strong attack of the ground troops! The most commendable thing is that this small enclave can fit exactly twenty-four 150* cannons! The arc-shaped enclave can fully hit the main position of the Japanese army in Kunlun Pass and the high ground on the left and right flanks, and can also block a section of the mountain road of the Japanese army's supply line from Jiutang to Kunlun Pass, which can be described as a good place for God! After returning from the reconnaissance of Bang Hai, he immediately compared and corrected his reconnaissance results with the errors on the map one by one to ensure the accuracy of the shelling! At this time, a communications soldier from the military headquarters came to inform Liu Hai and took the artillery brigade to Qitang to assemble! Liu Hai had just reconnoitred that area, which was very close to the defending forces on the left flank of the Japanese army, and the artillery could not only be used anywhere, but it was also possible to be attacked by the Japanese army!

"I'm sorry, Brigade Commander Liu, this is a direct order from Commander Du, ordering you to rush to the designated position early tomorrow morning and cooperate with the new 22nd Division to attack Jiutang, the military situation is urgent!" This communications soldier is very tough! Liu Hai asked to call the military department for verification, and the signal corps said that the command headquarters was being relocated and could not be contacted at present, and if the artillery brigade delayed the fighters, it would be the army's * department! Liu Hai felt that something was wrong, and he didn't give the order for a long time, and at this time, Zhou Yuan rushed in with a large number of people and took down the communication soldier! "Zhou Yuan?" Liu Hai looked at Zhou Yuan in surprise as a hunter, carrying a basket on his back, and the group of people behind him were also varied. "What's going on?" Bangs asked. "It's nothing, I want to kill you Liu Shencannon, this is a conspiracy of the Japanese intelligence agency, now Commander Du's headquarters is indeed moving, it is useless for you to send telegrams, your telegrams will be intercepted, and you will also receive a combat order to go to Jiutang, the Japanese want to kill you, the cannon barrel of the Fifth Army!" Zhou Yuan said with a smile. "Hehe, how come there are you everywhere, you kid is elusive every day, and you can really play a role!" Liu Hai looked at Zhou Yuan and said. "Okay, I still have something to do, I saved you this time, invite me to drink next time!" Zhou Yuan turned around and walked away from the person who led him when he first came!

After Zhou Yuan left. Liu Hai received Du Yuming's combat orders and plans, but it was not sent by telegram, it was sent by a communication company!

The order stated the battle plan for this counterattack on Kunlun Pass: the Battle of Lun Pass. He formulated the tactic of "closing the door and fighting the tiger" to encircle and annihilate it, and the 200th Division was attacked by the division commander Dai Anlan and the honorary first division commander Zheng Dongguo to attack Kunlun Pass head-on; Qiu Qingquan, commander of the new 22nd Division, was a roundabout force on the right flank, bypassing Kunlun Pass by small road, capturing Wutang and Liutang, and attacking Japanese reinforcements from Nanning; Peng Bisheng, deputy commander of the 200th Division, led two supplementary regiments to serve as a roundabout detachment on the left flank, attacking Qitang and Batang around Gantang and Chang'an, and then attacking outside Kunlun Pass, blocking its retreat and blocking reinforcements! In the end, Du Yuming also emphasized that defeating the Japanese Fifth Army at any cost will achieve the honor and prestige of our Fifth Army! Liu Hai understands that for Du Yuming this time, it is not only to resist Japan and save the country, but also to fight the honor of the Fifth Army!