Chapter 436: The Great Victory in Southern Guizhou (1)
Okamura Neiji looked at the map and vaguely felt that he had slowly lost the chance to get through Guixiang. What he had done this time was a surprise attack. It was his unexpected counterattack that caused Xue Yue to be completely defeated.
, but there are too many Chinese people, and there are too many Chinese troops. Although the National Army and the New Fourth Army in the third theater are contained, making them unable to directly support Changsha, the long battle has drained the third theater.
The troops resisted Hengyang, but in Changde, reinforcements from Chongqing had been gathered one after another, and they would pounce on them if they showed any weakness.
The only thing that makes Okamura Neiji feel relieved is that due to the numerous factions in the National Army, and the precedent of Xue Yue forcing the miscellaneous army to break up when they retreated, the National Army cannot coordinate operations well, so the reinforcements from all walks of life can only
The main reason why I dare to watch the battle from a distance and dare not come to the rescue.
Just as Okamura Neji and Xue Yue were fighting fiercely in Changsha, the chess game between Guangxi's Bai Chongxi and Ando Rikichi also reached a critical moment.
Nanning is a city with a lower reputation among all the provincial capitals in China. It is far inferior to Guilin, which was once the capital of Guangxi Province. However, its geographical location is extremely important. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and the Japanese army also saw it clearly.
, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters' "Military Geographical Records" also emphasized that "once you enter Nanning and use this place as your base, transportation will extend in all directions, leading to Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. Therefore, the Nanning-Lang Son road forms
The main artery connecting the Chiang regime with the southwest. In order to directly cut it off, Nanning must first be captured. Once Nanning is captured, the combat objective can be achieved without placing heavy troops near Tokyo Bay."
The strength of the Japanese South China Front was far inferior to that of the Central and North China Fronts, and due to Guangxi's complex terrain, high mountains and dense forests, many of the Japanese army's heavy weapons were unable to be used. This allowed Bai Chongxi, who flew from Chongqing to Guangxi to take charge, saw an opportunity.
After Bai Chongxi came to Nanning and took charge, he made up his mind to win a great victory. Firstly, he would defend his own foundation, and secondly, he would show the whole country that not only the Eighth Route Army could win the battle, but also the Guangxi Army!
Bai Chongxi has this self-confidence not only because of his belief in his commanding ability, but also because of the fact that Guangxi during the Republic of China, although economically inferior to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, was among the best in the country in terms of spiritual construction and institutional construction.
Yes, during the Northern Expedition in the past, the first victory was that Li Zongren led the Gui army to defeat the arrogant Wu Peifu and captured Changsha, which greatly shocked the morale of the army. In the Gui-Tang War, the Hunan Army, which was known for its toughness, was more than ten years old.
Thousands of people were defeated by tens of thousands of Gui troops and were incorporated. At the beginning of the Central Plains War, the 100,000 Hunan Army suffered another defeat when facing less than 30,000 Gui troops. It can be said that the Gui Army is the trump card among the miscellaneous armies.
The army has extremely high quality soldiers and is good at fighting in mountains.
In terms of institutions, Guangxi has already established a complete reserve system. This is the key to why the Guangxi clique can be undefeated in a hundred battles. At this time, the total population of Guangxi was only more than 10 million. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, they joined the army and participated in
The local militia has more than one million members, second only to Sichuan, but in terms of population ratio, it is well deserved to be the first.
Bai Chongxi looked at the map. At this time, he couldn't help but regret the strategic deployment after the last winter offensive. At that time, various places counterattacked. The Japanese army gave up many non-strategic places for insurance, which directly caused the loss of Kaiping, Yangjiang, Yangchun, Xingxing, Guangdong.
A prosperous area turned into an unguarded area. Seeing the profit, Bai Chongxi immediately ordered the Gui army to capture these areas before the Central Army. As a result, the defense line was easily expanded by thousands of kilometers. If the Gui army was given enough time,
Slowly digesting it will naturally greatly increase the strength of the Gui Army. However, it has only been a few months now, and most of these places are plain areas. As a result, the Japanese counterattack did not last even a month, and they retreated all the way.
After defeating Xingye, they used the terrain to repel the Japanese attack. However, Bai Chongxi knew that the army's morale had been lost, and it would be difficult for Xingye to hold on. Now the Japanese army was also very tired and needed a rest, so he stationed his troops in Yulin City.
On the other hand, the Japanese navy saw that France's dominance in East Asia was getting lower and lower due to its declaration of war with Germany. Regardless of France's protests, it used warships and aircraft to bombard Beihai, Qinzhou and other places, and mobilized the Taiwanese army to attack Fangcheng.
With the superiority of technical arms, they defended the city in one day and Kachin Prefecture in three days. The Gui army only lasted eleven days and then retreated all the way back to Nanning. At this time, Bai Chongxi was faced with a two-pronged attack and had to find a way to win.
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"Sir Bai! All the supplies in Nanning City have been transported. Are we ready to evacuate?" Du Yuming, commander of the 5th Army, walked in and asked.
Du Yuming was 36 years old at this time. He was from Shaanxi. At this time, he controlled the Fifth Army, which was known as the First Mechanical Army of the National Army. This was also Bai Chongxi’s trump card. The Fifth Army had three divisions, all of which were fully staffed.
, including almost half of the tanks in the National Army at this time, mainly equipped with more than 80 Soviet-made T-26 tanks, 100 German-made "Haosu" armored vehicles, more than 400 American-made Ford trucks, and more than 40 motorcycles. Military dependents
The heavy artillery regiment has 24 150mm howitzers, and each division is equipped with a large number of mountain artillery and field artillery. Even the Japanese army would be jealous if they saw this kind of equipment.
Bai Chongxi looked up and saw Du Yuming and sighed, "Nanning is the capital of Guangxi Province. It does take courage to retreat without a fight..."
Du Yuming advised, "Bai Changguan's defense city and other places have been lost. There is no danger to defend from Beihai to Nanning. Only Kunlun Pass in the north of Nanning can be relied on as a barrier. If our army insists on defending Nanning, it may end up being unable to save both Nanning and Nanning."
Guangxi, if we hold the Kunlun Pass, we can counterattack Nanning when we advance, and we can protect half of Guangxi when we retreat."
Bai Chongxi smiled and said, "Easy to say, hard to do. The people of Guangxi have supported our Gui army for decades, and now they have to retreat like this. I really can't bear it...Immediately issue an order in my name. Order
All ministries withdrew from Nanning in turn, advising the people to leave the city to avoid the war, and the army was cut off."
"Sir Bai, the chairman's phone number." At this time, Li Jishen walked in and said.
Bai Chongxi frowned and walked over, took the phone and said, "Hello, I'm Bai Chongxi."
"Jiansheng, can Nanning really not be defended?"
"Commissioner, it's not that we can't hold it, it's just that it's of little value. The Japanese army is invading in large numbers. Our army can use the favorable terrain to fight in order to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese army. As long as its main force is eliminated, Nanning can be recaptured at any time. Please rest assured, Commissioner."
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"...Jiansheng, this is the year of the US presidential election. France, Britain and Germany have declared war. We can't count on it. The Soviet Union and Yan'an have been flirting with each other for a long time. Recently, I heard that the Soviet Union secretly sent senior officials to Yan'an.
Go, everyone knows that they are Sima Zhaozhi! We will rely on the United States in the future, so we must give the Americans a good influence at this time, you know... President Roosevelt is still more supportive of us, but we
We must prove that we are worthy of support, so I personally think it is inappropriate for you to directly abandon a province like this."
When Bai Chongxi heard what Jiang Jie said, he sighed inwardly. He knew that different locations meant different things to think about. Jiang Jie wanted to start from a national perspective and naturally did not want a big city like Nanning to be captured, but Bai Chongxi was not willing to do so.
?Just for the final victory, some sacrifices are necessary.
Bai Chongxi strengthened his determination and said, "Chairman, please rest assured that I will definitely report the results of my retreat with a great victory. Please give me one month. If there is no great victory within one month, I will report it myself."
Please resign!"
Agent Jiang quickly said on the phone, "Haha, Jiansheng said something serious, okay, I'll just wait."
Bai Chongxi slowly put down the phone, picked up his hat and said, "Let's go take a look."
Du Yuming suggested, "Sir Bai, should we leave some of our troops to fight guerrillas and harass the Japanese army's logistical supplies?"
Bai Chongxi smiled and said, "Where do you think this is? This is Guangxi! My descendants from Bagui have not yet become slaves to the subjugation of the country. Just look at it. The Japanese army thinks they have captured half of Guangxi? But I think they are half of it."
They have stepped into the tombs that we Guangxi people built for them!"
Du Yuming said in disbelief, "Do those common people still dare to attack the Japanese army?"
Bai Chongxi shook his head at Du Yuming and said, "General Du, don't you know how the Eighth Route Army in the north developed? Don't forget, you and I also come from ordinary people's families..."
Li Jishen said quickly, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's seize the time and retreat to Kunlun Pass."
When Bai Chongxi walked out of the headquarters, he saw that the crowd on the street was much smaller than the previous few days. After all, Nanning's population was not that large and the surrounding houses were empty. Bai Chongxi felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he just resisted and continued walking.
"Report!!! Urgent military information, the Japanese Fifth Division has broken through our defense line, and our army is retreating to the north." A communications soldier hurriedly ran over and said.
After hearing this, Bai Chongxi frowned and said, "Immediately order the troops to defend Guigang. We, Kunlun Pass, are responding from a distance. Commander Du, immediately notify all departments to evacuate all troops to the north of Kunlun Pass within 24 hours! In addition, let our engineers leave some space for the Japanese army."
Gifts, don’t let others say that we Guangxi people don’t know etiquette.”
--after one day
"Sir, the gate of Nanning City is wide open. We went in to investigate and found that it is already an empty city."
A Japanese scout ran to Ando Rikichi and said.
Ando Rikichi touched his beard and said with a smile, "Bai Chongxi is nothing more than that. Our army is overwhelming. It is probably because the Gui army is too scared to fight."
The surrounding Japanese soldiers burst into laughter, but S, who was sent by Ishihara, said, "I have heard about Bai Chongxi for a long time. This man is called Xiao Zhuge by the Chinese, and he is as famous as Li Zongren in the Lunan Campaign. I am afraid he gave up Nanning because of something else."
That’s the picture.”
Ando Rikichi waved his hands indifferently and said, "No matter what his purpose is, he has nowhere to display it under the iron heel of our Imperial Japanese Army. Conspiracies and tricks are only effective if they have sufficient strength. However, the ministries cannot relax, and we have to continue."
Only by going north, breaking through the Kunlun Pass, breaking through Guixiang, dismembering China, and forcing Chiang Kai-shek to surrender can we consider the final victory."
"Wow, the general is victorious without being arrogant. He really has the demeanor of a famous general."
"Yes, in front of the general, all the little Zhuges are useless! No match for our Imperial Japanese samurai!"
Listening to everyone's compliments, Ando Rikichi nodded with satisfaction and said in agreement, "Enter Nanning City immediately! When the Fifth Division arrives, we will attack Kunlun Pass together and go north to Hunan."
Rikichi Ando rode a tall horse and walked on the road, looking at the streets and houses of Nanning. Although he was very proud, he felt that there was something missing without the cheers of the people and the eyes of the timid girl.
"Boom!" Suddenly, Ando Rikichi heard an explosion, followed by a series of explosions. The surrounding Japanese soldiers immediately looked around with guns in their hands. Ando Rikichi swallowed his saliva and shouted, "Go and check, what happened?"
matter?"
After a while, a soldier came back and reported, "Report is that our soldiers entered the house. They didn't expect there would be a mine, but it exploded. Three imperial soldiers were shattered."
Ando Rikichi took a breath and said, "Let the engineers check it carefully. It's just a small trick and harmless. Let's go to Bai Chongxi's headquarters to have a look."
Ando Toshiyoshi was brought to Bai Chongxi's headquarters like a star holding the moon. He only saw a turtle painted on the white wall. A plaster flag was tied to the turtle's head and a nindanhu was painted on its nose. Ando Toshiyoshi was furious when he saw it.
He said, "Baga! Bai Chongxi actually despises me so much. He clearly knows that he is a coward! I must catch him and chop off his head with my own hands!"
——Kunlun Pass
"Look, this is the intelligence coming from various places. Riots broke out in various parts of Guangxi occupied by the Japanese army. The local people took up arms to resist the Japanese rule. There is a small island outside the North Sea with less than 100 households.
Three families jointly sold a musket and actually killed several Japanese soldiers. A few young people in Binyang stole all the horses of a Japanese cavalry team. In a village in Quanzhou, thousands of people in the village used fire to make peace.
Farm tools, a sneak attack on the Japanese at night, and actually grabbed a heavy machine gun and killed ten Japanese soldiers. This is called a ten-step swamp, there must be sweetgrass; a ten-house town, there must be loyal soldiers. The Japanese army cannot be in our Guangxi
Stay here! This battle will be won!" Bai Chongxi handed the information to the surrounding officers, his eyes filled with pride.
Du Yuming looked at the information, nodded with sigh and said, "People are not afraid of death, let alone us Qiu Ba? Commander Bai, give the order, we will definitely complete the mission!"
Bai Chongxi looked at the perseverance on the faces of the soldiers around him, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Our purpose in this battle is to completely annihilate the Japanese army! The South China Corps was severely damaged by the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army no longer dared to look directly at our Guangxi. Now, we
