At the same time that Wang Haitao was inspecting the defense line south of Nanning, the Japanese army's attack on Quanzhou, the northern gate of Guangxi, began. The attack on Jeonju was the 130th Brigade of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, a tank squadron, and a mountain artillery brigade, and the commander of the 130th Brigade, Major General Uzawa Shoshin, was in charge. The main force of the Japanese attack on Guangxi this time was the 116th Division and the Kono Mixed Brigade.

The new 19th Division of the 46th Army was responsible for defending the whole state. Although the newly formed 19th Division was composed of militia groups, it vividly embodied the fierce, aggressive, and fearless style of the Guangxi people. The weapons in their hands are slightly better than those of troops like the Sichuan army, but they have a big knife in their hands, and when facing the Japanese charge, the decisive counter-charge often makes the Japanese army fearful.

Shortly after the fierce battle between the newly formed 19th Division and the Japanese army here in Quanzhou, Wei Yunsong arrived in Guilin with the 31st Army. The arrival of the 31st Army relieved Zhou Zuhuang, the commander of the 46th Army. The 31st Army was stationed in Guilin, and Zhou Zuhuang immediately sent the 172nd Division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness of the 46th Army, to the front line in Quanzhou. The 172nd Division was basically adapted from the men and horses left in Guangxi by the original Seventh Army, and the division commander was Li Xingshu.

After the start of the Anti-Japanese War, the main force was incorporated into the 21st Group Army, and successively participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou. When Wang Haitao was in Jing County, the 170th and 171st Divisions that had just arrived in southern Anhui were helped by Wang Haitao, and this was also the main reason why Wang Haitao was able to explain to Xu Qiming not long ago and rescue the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army from the encirclement of the national army.

The combat effectiveness of the 172nd Division was really strong, and as soon as they joined the front line in Jeonju, they stabilized the already precarious form. At the same time as the Japanese army attacked Quanzhou, the 70th Division also pounced on Nanning. Although the 70th Division of the Japanese Army also had two brigades, one brigade had only four independent infantry brigades, and the entire division had only one independent mountain artillery brigade. The strength of the division was 21,000 men, and the strength of the combat unit was 16,000.

The 70th Division advanced towards Nanning, and the 211th Division, according to Wang Haitao's instructions, did not block it along the way. The 61st Brigade of the 70th Division, which was in the vanguard, advanced all the way to Xinjiang Town, a southern suburb of Nanning, before encountering the 879th Regiment of the 462nd Brigade. Xinjiang Town is close to the highway from Qinzhou to Nanning, and the highway can be blocked by putting a crane gun on the wall of Xin'an Town. Therefore, if the Japanese army wants to pass through the border from the road, it must take Xinjiang Town.

The 31st Army originally built fortifications in Xinjiang Town, and all the people in the town were transferred to Nanning City. After the 879th Regiment took over the town, it reinforced the fortifications on the position. In order to lure the enemy deeper, Wang Haitao's order to the 879th Regiment was to hold the position for 24 hours. After 24 hours, you can retreat to Nanning City on your own.

In the style of the 879th Regiment, if they held their positions for a long time, they would have to set up at least three lines of defense outside the town, and now the task was only to hold on for 24 hours, so they only built a line of defense outside the town with the wall as the backing. After the Japanese advance arrived in Xinjiang, the commander of the 61st Brigade, Major General Notomi Shotoku, immediately ordered an attack on Xinjiangzhen.

The commander of the 102nd Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, Jiro Yamane, received an order and immediately gathered four Type 92 infantry guns and 16 80 mm caliber mortars in the brigade and set up an artillery position. At the same time, the eight heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun squadron in the brigade were also selected and erected. Wei Huang, the commander of the 879th Regiment standing in the bunker of the wall, watched every move of the Japanese army through a telescope.

Tang Longzai, the commander of the 211th Division, is Wang Haitao's brother-in-law, how can Wang Haitao think about him if he has good things, so the equipment level of the 211th Division is second only to the 90th Division in the 90th Army, and it is indeed a big cut beyond the 70th Division. In other divisions, the regimental-level artillery battalions are still equipped with mortars, and the regimental-level artillery battalions of the 90th and 211th Divisions are equipped with 12 75-caliber field guns and 12 Japanese-style 75-caliber mountain guns.

Wei Huang put down the binoculars, spat on the ground with disdain, and said to Wei Yilin, the commander of the first battalion beside him: "Just these few small cannons are embarrassed to take them out and show off? Inform the artillery battalion, give little Japan some color, and let little Japan know how powerful we are!" Wei Yilin replied in a low voice: "Tuanza, you have to fight leisurely, don't scare little Japan back, you can't complete the task of luring the enemy from the military seat and the division seat, but you will be scolded by the division seat." ”

Wei Huang patted his head and said, "Yes, why did I forget about this! Forget it, don't let the artillery battalion attack, just use those mortars in the battalion to fight back!" On the position outside the town, the second battalion was defending, and the second battalion and the second company were facing the Japanese army, and the shells fired by the Japanese artillery flew directly towards the position of the second company. The officers and men of the second company crawled in bunkers and trenches, hiding from the Japanese shelling.

After receiving the order to use the mortars in the battalion to return fire, Chu Xifeng, the commander of the second battalion, slapped his face on the fortifications excitedly and shouted: "Immediately order the heavy fire company to give the artillery position of Little Japan to Lao Tzu!" The herald beside him immediately turned around and ran out. Each battalion of the 879th Regiment was equipped with eight 120-caliber heavy mortars and 16 82-caliber mortars, which were originally equipped by the regimental artillery battalion.

Under the cover of artillery fire and heavy machine guns, a Japanese infantry squadron had launched an attack on the position of the second company, but before they could advance to within 200 meters of the position, dozens of shells flew out from the rear of the position. The shells went over the heads of the infantry and landed on the artillery positions behind, and suddenly an explosion began on the artillery positions that had just been firing shells to cover the attack.

Soon the Japanese small guns were drowned in smoke and fire, and then, after destroying the Japanese artillery positions, the shells flew to the heavy machine gun positions and the attacking Japanese infantry. Seeing that first his own artillery positions were destroyed, and then the heavy machine gun positions and the attacking infantry were blown to pieces, Yamane Jiro Osa could hardly believe his eyes.

After only half of the attacking infantry squadron fled in disarray, Jiro Yamane did not continue the attack, but came to the brigade commander Major General Notomi Shotoku with a depressed face. Major General Notomi Shotoku saw all the situation of the troops' attack, and there was no problem with the command of Jiro Yamane, but the problem was that he encountered the main force of the Chinese army.

Major General Notomi Shotoku did not reproach Yamane Jiro Daisa, but comforted him a few words, and then Major General Notomi Masadeku immediately sent a telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Uchida Takayuki, reporting that he had encountered the main force of the Chinese army on the outskirts of Nanning City, and asked the division commander to send mountain artillery and chariot troops to help in the battle. After receiving the report from Major General Notomi Shotoku, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida asked the chief of staff, Shoo Shiojima, "Shioshima-kun, what do you think of this telegram?"

Shioshima Shofu Dazuo replied: "Your Excellency, division commander, my subordinates think that this is normal. Nanning is the capital of Guangxi Province, the people of Nanning will definitely defend to the death, and now the troops have approached Nanning City, if the people of China do not send the main force to block the attack of our army, then Nanning City can no longer be defended. Therefore, his subordinates suggested agreeing to the request of the commander of the Yefu Brigade and sending mountain artillery and chariot units to support. ”

Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida nodded and said, "Yo Sai! I agreed to Shioshima-kun's suggestion, so I will order the Mountain Artillery Brigade and the Chariot Brigade to come forward to support." "On the orders of Takayuki Uchida, twenty-four 105-caliber mountain guns of the Mountain Artillery Brigade and eighteen tanks of the Tank Brigade rushed to the front at the same time. This tank brigade of the Japanese army was equipped with fourteen Type 95 light tanks and four latest Type 97 medium tanks.

Speaking of tanks, the Type 95 light tank weighs seven tons, is equipped with a 37 mm tank gun and two heavy machine guns, and its attack capability is similar to that of the German-made heavy armored vehicles in the armored brigade of the 90th Army. The Type 97 medium tank, which weighed fifteen tons, was equipped with a 57 mm caliber tank gun and two heavy machine guns, surpassed the heavy armored vehicles in terms of attack power, but was far inferior to the light tanks of the heavy artillery brigade.

After waiting for the mountain artillery brigade and the chariot brigade that came to support, Major General Notomi was once again full of confidence. Twenty-four mountain guns were placed in the new artillery position, four Type 95 tanks were also driven to the front of the position, and two squadrons of infantry behind the tanks were lined up, ready to attack with the tanks. With the order of Major General Nofushotoku, twenty-four mountain artillery pieces first launched an artillery bombardment of the defenders' positions.

These 24 105-caliber mountain guns are also the latest mountain guns, which are not only light in weight and easy to disassemble and combine, but also have a warhead weighing 12 kilograms, which is not small, and with a firing range of 7,500 meters, they have an absolute advantage over the mortars of the second battalion. The Japanese shelling caused a lot of damage to the positions of the 2nd Battalion, and some unlucky soldiers were killed or injured in the shelling.

The shelling lasted ten minutes, and four light tanks covered the attack with two squadrons of infantry. For the Japanese tank, the officers and soldiers of the second battalion are used to it, and there are also tank killers such as the Type 65 recoilless gun to deal with it specifically. It's just that the Japanese artillery fire is still very fierce, and the soldiers have to fight back against the bombardment of artillery fire, and casualties cannot be avoided.

Four Japanese tanks were within 200 meters of the position, and were already within the effective range of the recoilless guns. The four recoilless guns of the 2nd Battalion had been loaded with armor-piercing shells, and the gunners were maneuvering them to aim at their own targets. When the chariot entered within one hundred and fifty meters, Chu Xifeng shouted: "All fire!" The order was conveyed, and the four recoilless guns that had been waiting for a long time were fired at the same time, and the four* flew towards the four chariots.