Age of Conquest Reborn

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi decided to fight the Japanese head-on in Nanning. This was not only for the sake of defending Guangxi and establishing the Guangxi clan, but also for some unexplained psychological reasons. As famous military masters during the Republic of China,

One of them, Bai Chongxi, could not be indifferent to Tang Qiuli's suggestion without considering it.

Bai Chongxi also understood Tang Qiuli's analysis of the situation between the enemy and ourselves in the telegram, but he believed that Tang Qiuli did not have exactly one thing. At that time, he was a Guangxi native. This alone was enough to make Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi not hesitate to use

All the troops of the Guangxi Clan fought to the death with the Japanese in Nanning. All the local bosses had one thing in common, they valued the territory they had conquered with their own hands.

After running Guangxi for more than ten years, Li Bai and Li Bai were inseparable from Guangxi. All their wealth and lives were integrated into the land of Bagui. They gave up Guangxi without a fight. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi really didn't know where to settle down, leaving Bagui.

It was not their style to escape for their lives with nearly a million Guangxi children. Unlike Yu Hanmou, the two of them established their prestige in Guangxi step by step. This was one of the reasons for the decision to fight the Japanese.

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As for Tang Qiuli's proposal to have the Central Military Forces go south to Nanning and jointly organize the Nanning Defense War, from a military perspective, Bai Chongxi fully agreed. This is also the only effective way to ensure the success of the Nanning Defense War.

With the strength of the Guijun family, Bai Chongxi knew how difficult this battle to defend Nanning was.

But he could not and did not want the soldiers of Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army to set foot on the land of Guangxi. The decades of grievances and resentments between him and Jiang were so mixed that the basic mutual trust had long been lost. If Nanning

The defense battle was won. Should the Central Army leave or not? If not, wouldn't there be another Jiang-Gui war? To expel the Central Army by force, it would be better not to invite this god at all.

Even when Tang Qiuli's troops left Northeast Guangxi and sent troops to Liuzhou, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi felt uncomfortable. They had also discussed Tang Qiuli's purpose in doing so in private. The final conclusion was that at least for now, no malicious intent could be seen.

. But discomfort is just discomfort, and it lingers. Therefore, Li and Bai must fight a big battle in Nanning to prevent all possibilities of forces from all parties involved in Guangxi, including Tang Qiuli's troops.

On April 28, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were sitting in the living room at Li Zongren's official residence in Nanning, Guangxi. The atmosphere was somewhat dull. The two had just ended a dispute. The two had just concluded a dispute over who would stay in Nanning and command the troops.

No one can convince the other. The upcoming battle to defend Nanning will be a fierce battle in which life and death are uncertain. Those left behind will undoubtedly face an unpredictable fate.

After being silent for a long time, Bai Chongxi looked at the colorful night outside the window and said: "Master De, don't argue anymore. I have been in the army and am very familiar with generals at all levels. I am also easy to command. Besides, your prestige in Guangxi

, no one can compare with you. The Bagui elders need someone with high moral character and respect to lead them. It is not appropriate for you to stay in Nanning, and the generals will not agree."

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Li Zongren knew that Bai Chongxi was telling the truth, but the two of them had been together through thick and thin for decades and had become inseparable. Leaving Bai Chongxi in Nanning was the most difficult thing for Li Zongren to decide. However, one of the two must be one.

Staying in Nanning to take charge of the overall situation, it seems that Bai Chongxi's mind has been made up and cannot be changed.

"Linge, stay in Nanning, be careful in everything. If nothing can be done, you should decisively abandon Nanning and lead the troops to withdraw to the northeastern Guangxi area. I will wait for Linge to arrive. You will leave the green mountains without worrying about having no firewood. As long as you

I'm still in Guangxi, and the day of my comeback won't be too far away. Remember! Remember! Li Zongren took Bai Chongxi's hands and said with a trembling voice.

On April 29, Li Zongren, Chairman of the Guangxi Provincial Government, led more than 3,000 people from provincial government agencies, directly affiliated units, industry and commerce, finance, culture, education and other departments to evacuate Nanning, the capital of Guangxi. At the same time, Nanning citizens were surrounded by military police

Under the command of the Communist Party of China, the city was evacuated in an orderly manner. The machinery and equipment of various factories and enterprises in Nanning were also dismantled and transported to the Liuzhou area in northeastern Guangxi.

Before leaving, Li Zongren took one last tearful look at Nanning, bid farewell to Bai Chongxi in tears, and boarded the train to go north. On the same day, Bai Chongxi took up the post of Nanning City Defense Commander and unified command of the various units of the Guangxi Army gathered in Nanning. At this time, it was time to rush to Nanning.

The Gui army that arrived in Nanning had Liao

Lei's Eighth Army, Zhang Gan's Ninth Army, Wu Xixi's Eleventh Army, Chang Enxi's Twelfth Army, Nanning First Garrison Division, Chongzuo Second Garrison Division, Guest Mixed Second Brigade, Guangxi Province

The government security corps, Guangxi police corps and other units, with a total of 160,000 troops.

In addition, the Guangxi Army's Third Army, Sixth Army, the Second Nanning Guard Division, and the guests mixed into the First Brigade, the Third Brigade, the First Chongzuo Guard Division and other units, and headed to Guigang and Yulin east of Nanning to establish a defensive front.

To protect the security of Nanning's right wing, it can be said that more than 80% of the Gui army

The troops, and all the elite troops, were concentrated on the Nanning front line. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi took all their family assets to Nanning to fight. If they win, they will become famous all over the world and reverse the war situation in Guangxi. If they lose, they will lose all their elite troops. The Guangxi clique will lose all their elite troops.

As a result, it collapsed and lost its dominance in Guangxi.

Bai Chongxi, the giant of the Guangxi faction, and Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, commander of the Third Army of Japan's Southern Expeditionary Force, are mobilizing troops and generals to accumulate strength and use Nanning City as the battlefield for a decisive battle. For Bai Chongxi, this battle can only be won.

You can't lose. For Masaharu Honma, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to annihilate the Chinese Guangxi Army. Likewise, you can only win but not lose. In Nanning, there is bound to be a shocking bloody battle.

The situation of a decisive battle on the Guangxi battlefield has been formed. In the direction of Guangdong, the Japanese Fifteenth Army Yamashita Fengwenbu is still advancing vigorously. Its leading force, the Eighth Division, has been connected to Keizhou, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Huazhou, Yangjiang and other areas in western Guangdong.

In Nanzhong Town, Yu Hanmou's Cantonese army retreated thousands of miles and just ran away. Before receiving Yu Hanmou's order, they were already ready to run away. After receiving the order to withdraw to Guangzhou, they ran more happily and felt more at ease.

The 10th Division and the 13th Division under Yamashita Fengwen followed the 8th Division and continued to expand their results, burning, killing and looting along the way, causing a bloody storm in the southwest of Guangdong. The towns and villages along the way,

become one

There were ruins. Fortunately, the local people ran fast and were not massacred by these beasts like the 15th Army. Southwest Guangdong was filled with smoke, and the sky was filled with a burning smell. Even the howling sea breeze from the south could not help.

Can't be blown away.

The Japanese army encountered no effective resistance. With the expansion of the occupied area, they continued to divide their forces and advance rapidly. The Guangdong army did not offer any resistance. This allowed the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 15th Army to display the arrogance they inherited from Commander Yamashita Fengfumi to the extreme.

, a squadron dared to attack a county town, as if it was a repeat of the September 18th Incident, and the ugly face of the conqueror of the Japanese soldiers was undisguised.

As they continued to penetrate deeper into the interior of Guangdong, the Japanese troops continued to divide their forces. Sporadic but organized resistance and counterattacks gradually appeared. Japanese troops in squad and even squadron sizes were continuously beaten and annihilated, especially in Yunwu Mountain and Xingxing.

Reports of small Japanese troops being annihilated in the Jiang area kept appearing on Yamashita Fengwen's desk.

Although the losses each time were only a few dozen or hundreds of people, the cumulative number was a figure that shocked Yamashita Fengfumi. These sudden appearance of resistance armed forces were mysterious and sophisticated, leaving no traces at the scene, just like a barrel.

Cold water was poured onto Shanxia Fengwen’s feverish head,

He finally realized that the thousand-mile pursuit, which was like entering uninhabited territory, was over, and the Chinese began to resist. Yamashita Fengwen keenly realized that these organized attackers were definitely not the Guangdong army that was originally pursuing them, but the

The newly emerged weapons are hidden in the dark,

From time to time, he came out to bite the Japanese Imperial Army. Although it was not fatal, the skin was torn and the blood flowed endlessly. Yamashita Fengfumi was not arrogant to the point of stupidity, so he immediately ordered the Eighth Division to gather the troops as much as possible and slow down the pursuit to consolidate

The newly captured area is the current mission.

These organized attackers who suddenly appeared were Chutian's special operations detachment sent by Tang Qiuli. The Japanese army was pursuing them too fast. They were less than a day away from the Guangdong army retreating to Guangzhou. They were

Very, withdrew from southwestern Guangdong

The incoming Cantonese troops will be eaten up by the Japanese chasing troops before they reach Guangzhou. These Cantonese troops, who have discarded their armor and armor, do not expect to take advantage of the favorable terrain to ambush the small groups of Japanese troops pursuing them and save themselves.

Get some breathing space.

This is also true. Within a few days, the retreating troops of the Guangdong Army were overtaken and eliminated by the leading troops of the pursuing Japanese Eighth Division. More than 10,000 people were lost. "Look at these troops led by Yu Hanmou."

, He only knows how to run away, but he doesn’t even know how to fight a simple blocking battle. He is so scared that he loses his courage.&

dquo;Tang Qiuli said to Feng Jiwu and Shan Hu at the headquarters of Feng Jiwu Corps in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, shaking his head with helplessness on his face.

"Commander, this is not the way to go. The Japanese army is advancing too fast. Our troops' frontline positions in Guangzhou have not been perfected yet. Yu Hanmou's troops have not been recruited yet. Don't let them be defeated by the little Japanese before they reach Guangzhou.

Eat it all,&

dquo;Feng Jiwu also said with a worried look on his face.

"Jiwu, how do you think this situation should be changed?"

dquo;Tang Qiuli asked Feng Jiwu, and Feng Jiwu smiled and said: "Sir, you already have an idea in your mind, and you still come to ask me?"

dquo;"Chu Tianxian is so powerful. He has approached me several times in the past few days. He wants to go to the outskirts of Nanning to help Bai Chongxi. I am reluctant to put the special operations detachment among hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. It's okay to let him."

Let them go hide and seek with Yamashita Fengwen!&

"Tang Qiuli said with a smile.

The entire Chutian Special Operations Detachment was dispatched. On the pursuit route of the Japanese Eighth Division, they fought hard and fought extremely smoothly. They enjoyed ambushes and sneak attacks. They made gains every day and successfully contained the Japanese army Yamashita Fengfumi.

The speed of the troop advance.