Wang Haitao's murderous speech once again won warm applause in the conference room. After the applause subsided, Wang Haitao said with a serious face: "Next, I will arrange the task, Tangshan Leopard!" The first Tangshan Leopard who was named replied: "Yes, Commander!" Wang Haitao said to him: "I order you to lead the whole guard brigade to set off early tomorrow morning, and be sure to rush to Xing'an Town between Guilin and Quanzhou City within three days, cut off the retreat of the Japanese army, and block the reinforcements of the Japanese army in the direction of Quanzhou." ”

Tangshan Leopard replied loudly: "Please rest assured, the commander will let the guard brigade ensure that the task is completed!" Wang Haitao nodded, and said loudly: "Li Changwu!" Li Changwu stood up and replied: "Yes!" Wang Haitao said: "I order you to lead the 211th Division to set off early tomorrow morning and rush to the direction of Guilin, and be sure to arrive within three days to cover and stand by ten kilometers to the left of the Japanese army attacking Guilin, and be careful not to let the Japanese army discover your unit." ”

Li Changwu also responded: "Yes, Commander!" Wang Haitao then shouted: "Tang Yikuan!" Tang Yikuan stood up and replied: "Yes!" Wang Haitao said: "Order you to lead the 90th Division to also set off early tomorrow morning, and be sure to rush to the right 10 kilometers of the Japanese army attacking Guilin within three days to hide and wait, and also not let the Japanese army discover your unit." Tang Yikuan also replied loudly: "Yes, Commander!"

Wang Haitao also named Wu Jianzhou, commander of the armored brigade, and ordered the armored brigade to divide the Cheetah heavy tank regiment and the heavy armored vehicle regiment into two and follow the 90th and 211th divisions respectively. Because the 90th Division itself had an armored regiment that was not weak, Wang Haitao asked Tang Yikuan to hand over the armored regiment to the armored brigade for unified command.

Finally, the heavy artillery brigade will move with the headquarters and logistics units, and will also arrive outside Guilin within three days. After the meeting was adjourned, everyone went back to their troops to prepare for departure, and Wang Haitao left Tang Xiaoshan, commander of the reconnaissance brigade, behind. Wang Haitao said to Tang Xiaoshan: "Xiaoshan, this battle is different from the past, our army will launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese army attacking Hengyang, and my goal is to recapture Nanchang City." However, the key to the victory or defeat of this battle lies in intelligence, and your reconnaissance brigade will send a large number of reconnaissance teams to conduct careful reconnaissance of the Japanese troops along this road, and I want to have a comprehensive understanding of the Japanese troops along this route. I don't need to say much about the point of reconnaissance, and you understand it. Your reconnaissance brigade has a heavy burden, do you have the confidence to complete the mission?"

Tang Xiaoshan replied: "Commander, when has my reconnaissance brigade ever fallen off the chain? You just have to rest assured, there is no unfinished task in the reconnaissance brigade!" Seeing Tang Xiaoshan's confident expression, Wang Haitao also smiled. Indeed, after the battles of the past few years, the reconnaissance brigade has become more and more mature, and has become an indispensable force in Wang Haitao's hands, and Wang Haitao is quite relieved of the reconnaissance brigade. Wang Haitao nodded, and Tang Xiaoshan left the conference room after saluting.

As soon as Tang Xiaoshan left, Wang Haitao said to Su Zuxin: "Send a telegram to Wei Yunsong, informing me that our troops will set off from Nanning tomorrow to help Guilin, and it is expected to arrive in three days, and launch an attack on the Japanese army, hoping that Wei Yunsong's troops can hold on until our troops arrive." Su Zuxin also took the order and left. The next thing Wang Haitao had to do was to contact Longzhou, inform Tang Renxin and Tang Renli of his battle plan this time, and let Tang Renli do a good job in the delivery of logistics materials.

Wang Haitao's dispatch of troops, Nanning City was empty at once, only the city's police were maintaining law and order, but there was no Japanese army around, so Wang Haitao was not worried about the safety of Nanning. Even some mountain bandits did not dare to come to Nanning to be presumptuous, and the tiger whiskers of the 90th Army were not something that anyone dared to twist easily.

Early in the morning of the second day, the various units set out from their garrisons and rushed to Guilin City, and Wang Haitao arranged all the miscellaneous matters such as the defense of Nanning City and the logistics support of the whole army in the city before leaving Nanning City with the headquarters. Because the heavy artillery brigade also acted with Wang Haitao and them, and the guard brigade was sent out to carry out the task alone, the logistics department was nervous, and sent two escort regiments to ensure Wang Haitao's safety, and even Wu Jianzhou was not at ease, so he sent a light armored vehicle battalion to act with Wang Haitao.

Speaking of Wang Haitao, although they are acting together with the logistics baggage troops, the speed is very fast, because their team is basically a convoy. Heavy artillery is towed by heavy trucks, and supplies are all transported by trucks, and the slowest is the light armored vehicle, but the light armored vehicle can maintain a speed of 40 kilometers per hour on the road.

Wang Haitao was able to attack such a large-scale offensive this time, thanks to the capture of a large amount of oil by the Japanese army in the Battle of Qinzhou, and with this batch of oil can ensure the fuel of so many trucks, armored vehicles and tanks, otherwise Wang Haitao would not have such a big confidence to fight such a large-scale battle. The troops traveled unhindered all the way, and a day later arrived in Liuzhou, an important city in Guangxi.

There are two regiments of the 175th Division of the 46th Army stationed in Liuzhou City, and the reason why the two regiments are arranged is also because Wei Yunsong, after leaving Nanning, used Liuzhou as a logistics base and stored a large amount of military supplies. On this day, the defenders had already seen a steady stream of troops of the 90th Group Army heading north, and they knew that this was the 90th Group Army sending troops to relieve the siege of Guilin, and they also breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Haitao did not stay in Liuzhou City for long, had a dinner, let the troops rest for a while, and went north overnight. The Japanese counterattack still relied on these heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade to carry out artillery strikes, and it was not possible to go too late. Liuzhou City is more than 100 kilometers away from Guilin, and Wang Haitao and his team hurried overnight, and finally arrived at Huixian Town, 15 kilometers south of Guilin City, in the evening of the next day.

After arriving at Huixian Town, Wei Yunsong personally rushed to Huixian Town with He Weizhen, the commander of the 31st Army. In the headquarters of the 90th Group Army in Huixian Town, Wang Haitao saw Wei Yunsong again. I haven't seen him for more than a month, Wei Yunsong is a lot haggard, and when he saw Wang Haitao, Wei Yunsong's face showed a relaxed smile.

After a few words of cold talk to each other, Wei Yunsong said: "Brother Haitao is still a hero, in just over a month, he has wiped out more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers and recaptured Qinzhou City, which the Japanese army has occupied for more than two years, I am ashamed of myself!

Wang Haitao could only comfort Wei Yunsong a few words, and then asked about the situation of the Japanese army. Wei Yunsong also told Wang Haitao everything he knew about the Japanese army, and there were many exaggerations. Wang Haitao listened to it for a long time, and he understood the current form of Guilin. It turned out that yesterday the Kono Mixed Brigade, the vanguard of the Japanese army, arrived outside Guilin and launched a tentative attack on the outlying positions of Guilin City. Early this morning, under the cover of heavy artillery, the brigade launched a fierce attack on the periphery of Guilin City, and the defenders fought fiercely with it for a day, and now nearly half of the positions on the periphery of Guilin City have been lost, and the Japanese artillery fire has already hit the city wall of Guilin City.

At present, the main direction of the Japanese attack is the north gate of Guilin City, and the 116th Brigade of the 116th Division is responsible for the main attack, while the five infantry brigades of the Kono Mixed Brigade are carrying out a diversionary attack on the east and west of Guilin City. After a day of fierce fighting with its three infantry brigades in Pingnan, the 135th Division of the 31st Army tried to maintain its position.

After hearing this, Wang Haitao thought for a while, and said to Wei Yunsong: "My two main divisions will arrive tomorrow, and in tomorrow's battle, you will order the troops to gradually retreat to the city to attract the main force of the Japanese army to concentrate under the city of Guilin, and the main force of my two divisions will attack the Japanese army under the city at 17 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and then if you have the ability, you can launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army from the city and defeat the main force of the Japanese army in one fell swoop." ”

Wei Yunsong thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Haitao, is it sure that the main force of the Japanese army will be defeated?" The Japanese army besieging the city is a division and a mixed brigade, no less than 30,000 horses. Wang Haitao smiled and was about to answer, when Su Zuxin next to him preemptively said: "This Commander Wei doesn't have to worry, the 30,000 Japanese troops are no different from local chickens and dogs in the eyes of our army, and it is not difficult to defeat them." ”

After Wei Yunsong and He Weizhen exchanged glances, Wei Yunsong said: "Okay! I believe in Brother Guo Haitao and Chief of Staff Su, tomorrow I will order the troops to gradually retreat, put the Japanese army under the city of Guilin, and attack together with your troops when your troops counterattack at 17 o'clock in the afternoon." Wang Haitao responded with a smile. Several people discussed the details again, and Wei Yunsong and He Weizhen said goodbye and left.

The next morning, Wang Haitao first ordered the heavy artillery brigade to set up an artillery position at a location outside the town. Soon, the three artillery regiments of the heavy artillery brigade set up artillery positions in three places, and the reconnaissance brigade also sent the coordinates of the location outside the city of Guilin. At noon, the 90th Division, the 211th Division, and the Guard Brigade sent telegrams to Wang Haitao reporting that they had arrived at their designated positions. Wang Haitao also sent telegrams back, ordering the 90th Division and the 211th Division to launch an attack on the Japanese troops under Guilin at 17 p.m. on time.

Just when Wang Haitao arranged his troops to prepare for an attack, the Japanese army's attack on the periphery of Guilin City became more and more ferocious, and the troops of the 31st Army also retreated to Guilin City while fighting. The retreat of the Chinese army also made the Japanese army even more arrogant, chasing the retreating Chinese army step by step. At noon, the vanguard of the Japanese army had already seen the city of Guilin not far away.

Wang Haitao's troops would not begin their counteroffensive until 17 p.m., and Wei Yunsong, who was standing on the city wall, felt that time was passing so slowly as he listened to the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer. In the afternoon, the 131st Division of the 31st Army and the 135th Division of the Abandonment of Pingnan fought fiercely with the Japanese army again on their positions outside Guilin.

Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi smiled and said to the chief of staff beside him, Yamada Zhuoer Daisa: "The warriors of the empire have fought well, and now they have fought under the city of Guilin, and it seems that this Guilin city branch army will not be able to hold for long." Yamada Zhuoer Dazuo humbled down and replied: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, is wise, and the warriors of our empire are like a bamboo, and they will definitely be able to capture Guilin City tomorrow at the latest." Listening to Yamada Takuro's words, Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi couldn't help but let out a smug laugh.