After Tang Yikuan sat down, Wang Haitao said: "This Guangdong campaign is related to the safety of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Guangxi provinces, and it should not be a problem to deal with the 11th division of the Japanese army with the strength of three divisions of our army, but how to minimize losses is up to the commanders to command on the spot." The Japanese standard of our 90th Army is not only one 11th Division. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Haitao looked at the crowd and continued: "The primary task of the reconnaissance brigade is to find out the number of Japanese troops in Shaoguan and the firepower allocation. After launching an attack on Shaoguan, we should pay close attention to the movements of the 104th Division of the Japanese Army in Guangzhou City and report to us at any time. In this campaign, Chief of Staff Su Zuxin sat at the headquarters in Wuzhou, and Deputy Army Commander Zhao Zhongwu sat at the Hezhou Headquarters, and the two of them were fully responsible for logistics and heavy supplies. I will take the Guard Brigade to act with the 90th Division. ”

After finishing speaking, Wang Haitao asked everyone who had any opinions or requirements, and when he saw that no one was silent, he said: "Okay, it is scheduled to attack Shaoguan at eight o'clock in the evening in five days." Let's go our separate ways and prepare. After the meeting ended, the officers on the Hezhou side were busy rushing back to Hezhou, and Su Zuxin stayed in order to sit in Wuzhou. Wang Haitao told Su Zuxin to set up field hospitals in Hezhou and Wuzhou respectively, and to ensure the logistical supply of the troops.

Let's talk about Hezhou again, as soon as the commanders returned to Hezhou, the various troops began to prepare for war intensely. First of all, Tang Xiaoshan sent several groups of reconnaissance detachments to reconnoiter the vicinity of Shaoguan again, and then the 210th Division began to advance in the direction of Shaoguan, and a battalion of the reconnaissance brigade took the lead for the 210th Division, which not only undertook the task of advancing reconnaissance, but was also responsible for clearing out the small reconnaissance and alert units of the Japanese army outside Shaoguan.

Two days later, the information of Shaoguan was placed on Tang Renxin's desk, and the 10th Brigade of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed in this area of Shaoguan, and the 20th Infantry Wing, the 11th Mountain Artillery Wing, the division headquarters and an engineer brigade, a baggage brigade, and a cavalry brigade were stationed in Shaoguan City.

The 12th Infantry Wing, another unit of the 10th Brigade, was stationed in several towns around Shaoguan City in brigades. There was also a brigade stationed at the pass on the Weiling Mountains on the border between Guangdong and Hunan. On the west side of Shaoguan, that is, in the direction of our army's attack, although it is possible to avoid several mountain systems north of Shaoguan City, and can also avoid the pass on the Weiling Mountains, there are also Japanese patrols and checkpoints on dozens of hills ranging from several hundred meters to one thousand meters on both sides of the mountain road.

In consideration of the concealment, the repair of the highway by the engineering units was stopped at a distance of 100 kilometers from Shaoguan City, and most of the 100 kilometers of roads behind were mountain roads, and they had to cross a Beijiang River when they reached Shaoguan City. Therefore, to raid Shaoguan City from Hezhou, the armored brigade and the armored regiment of the 210th Division could not quickly reach Shaoguan City.

With the information, Tang Renxin couldn't sit still, and he telegraphed the 210th Division to temporarily stop advancing when it arrived in Lianzhou, and then left Zhao Zhongwu in charge of logistics in Hezhou, and he took the guard battalion of the 93rd Division to the direction of Shaoguan. Really on the road, Tang Renxin knew how difficult this road was, even after the repair of the engineering troops, this road could only barely allow heavy tanks to pass, and the surrounding mountains one after another seemed to have no end.

In Lianzhou, after Tang Renxin and Tang Xiaoshan converged, they continued to set off eastward, and walked along the road to the Nanshui River. It is still 30 kilometers away from Shaoguan City, and more than 10 kilometers across the Nanshui River is Muxi Town, where a Japanese squadron is stationed. If you want to get close to Shaoguan City, this Muxi Town must be taken down first. Because there was the division headquarters of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army in Shaoguan City, and the Japanese army was too scattered around Shaoguan City, it was almost impossible to get close to Shaoguan City without alarming the Japanese army.

In the telegram, Tang Renxin put forward his own battle plan, that is, the 90th Division launched an attack on the county town of Yingde, and after capturing the county town of Yingde, it would attack from the south to the north, compressing the 11th Division of the Japanese army into the city of Shaoguan, and then several divisions would work together to destroy the Japanese troops encircled in the city of Shaoguan. When Wang Haitao received the telegram, he called Wei Changxing, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Reconnaissance Brigade who had stayed in Wuzhou, and took Tang Renxin's telegram to Wei Changxing.

Seeing that Wei Changxing had finished reading Tang Renxin's telegram, Wang Haitao asked: "Changxing, can the 90th Division reach Yingde County without alarming the Japanese army? How many Japanese troops are stationed in Yingde County? Can the 90th Division smoothly capture Yingde County in a short period of time?" Wei Changxing thought for a long time before he said to Wang Haitao cautiously: "Military seat, from here to Yingde County, you must pass through Sihui County and Qingyuan County, where only a small number of Japanese troops are stationed now, and our regiment, with the assistance of the guard brigade, should be able to quickly take these two county seats.

As long as Qingyuan County is taken, the reinforcement of the British and German Japanese forces in Guangzhou can be cut off. According to the reconnaissance of Yingde, there is only one infantry brigade and a baggage brigade stationed there, and with the combat effectiveness of the 90th Division, it should be able to take the county seat of Yingde relatively easily. With Wei Changxing's words, Wang Haitao began to reconsider the battle plan for this Guangdong campaign.

After careful consideration, Wang Haitao sent a telegram to Tang Renxin, asking Tang Renxin to suspend his operation against Shaoguan City and select a place for his troops to be stationed and stand by. Then he handed over the guard regiment and reconnaissance regiment of the 90th Division to the command of Tangshan Leopard and Wei Changxing, and asked them to quickly take Sishui County and Qingyuan County without alarming the Japanese troops in Guangzhou City, so as to clear the way for the main force of the 90th Division to advance.

Tangshan Leopard and Wei Changxing immediately set off for Sishui County with the men of the guard brigade and the reconnaissance regiment, while Wang Haitao followed the division headquarters of the 90th Division and led the 90th Division to set off behind the brigade guard brigade and the reconnaissance regiment. Before leaving, Wang Haitao did not forget to send a telegram to General Yu Hanmou, commander of the 12th Group Army, informing him of the change in the battle plan and requesting the assistance of the 12th Group Army.

Tangshan Leopard and Wei Changxing led the troops to the outskirts of Sihui County two days later. This is the boundary of the Pearl River Plain, and it is also the junction of the plain and the mountainous area, from the north of Sihui to the north into the mountainous area of Guangdong, to the south is the Pearl River Plain. In Sihui, a reinforced squad of the Japanese army was stationed here, with a total of more than 70 Japanese soldiers. After observing the county seat for a while, Tangshan Leopard and Wei Changxing decided to jointly take the county seat in the middle of the night by a battalion of the reconnaissance regiment and a regiment and a battalion of the guard brigade.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the troops touched the city wall of Sihui County, and several reconnaissance detachments of the reconnaissance battalion climbed the city wall with rope hooks, and after touching off a few sentry posts, they quietly opened the city gate. A guard battalion plus a reconnaissance battalion of more than 1,000 elites to deal with more than 70 Japanese soldiers is really a knife to kill. For more than half an hour, a reinforced squad of the Japanese army was killed in silence, and the Tangshan leopards successfully captured Sihui County.

After capturing Sihui County, Tangshan Leopard left a battalion disguised as a Japanese army to meet the arrival of the 90th Division behind, while the rest of the troops continued to advance towards Qingyuan County. The Japanese troops stationed in Qingyuan County were a squadron, and the Tangshan Leopards repeated their old tricks, and after encountering slight resistance, they quickly eliminated the Japanese troops of this squadron and successfully occupied Qingyuan County.

After occupying the county seat of Qingyuan, Tangshan Leopard was very determined, and immediately sent a report to Wang Haitao, telling him that he had successfully occupied Sihui and Qingyuan, and that the 90th Division could pass smoothly. The advance speed of the 90th Division was not slow, and the soldiers were also accustomed to the mountain roads, and the more troublesome were the dozens of German-made 75 field guns and 105 howitzers of the division's heavy artillery regiment. These heavy guns were dragged by tractors, carefully navigating through the mountain roads, and could not get up quickly.

Two days after Tangshan Leopard and his team captured Qingyuan County, Wang Haitao and the 90th Division arrived in Qingyuan County. From Qingyuan County to Yingde County, you will enter the mountainous area again, but fortunately, the road conditions of this mountain road are relatively much better, and you can pass quickly. Wang Haitao left Du Haifeng's 547th Regiment in Qingyun County, and strengthened a heavy artillery company of 12 German-made 75th field guns to the 547th Regiment. The reconnaissance regiment also left a battalion to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Guangzhou.

The 90th Division, together with the Guards Brigade, continued to set out for Yingde County. The county seat of Yingde was on the bank of the Beijiang River, and in the mountainous area ten kilometers outside the county of Yingde County, Wang Haitao met the troops of the 62nd Army of the 12th Group Army who had been ordered to cooperate with Wang Haitao. After the meeting between the army commander Zhang Da and Wang Haitao, there was a chill and a commotion, and said that the 62nd Army was completely under Wang Haitao's command.

Outside the city of Yingde, Wang Haitao set up an artillery position, and dozens of German-made artillery guns were aimed at the county town of Yingde, and all anti-aircraft weapons were on standby. Zhang Da was frightened by so much artillery, and the entire 12th Group Army, apart from the dozens of heavy guns placed on the coast, did not have so many large-caliber artillery pieces combined! No wonder this Wang Haitao did not take the 11th Division of the Japanese army in his eyes, Zhang Da thought to himself.

When the artillery positions were arranged in the afternoon, the Japanese troops in Yingde County had not yet found anything abnormal, and when the main force of the 90th Division arrived outside the city in the evening and began to build an attack position, the Japanese troops in the city knew that the Chinese army had reached the city. The captain of the Japanese army stationed in the city hurriedly arranged the defense, and the soldiers poured into the city wall in large numbers, setting up light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenadiers on the top of the city.

Wang Haitao sneered and ordered the artillery to open fire. Suddenly, the shells covered the Japanese troops on the city at once, and after ten minutes of shelling, the city was in a mess, and there were few living people left, and the soldiers of the 90th Division calmly waited for the order to attack, while the soldiers of the 62nd Army were stunned. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Zhang Lingfu shouted: "Light and heavy machine guns cover, the 545th Regiment will attack!"

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