Eighty kilometers away on the outskirts of Hengshan, the long marching column has been transformed into a camp.
After days of traveling, the troops of the Fifth Army finally approached Hengshan.
Commander Du sympathized with the soldiers and ordered them to continue resting in consideration of their imminent arrival.
However, this stop did not set off again.
The Fifth Army headquarters received a telegram from the Military Commission on the 20th, which shocked the entire Fifth Army's senior commanders.
On the 15th, the Japanese troops landed in Qinzhou Bay under the cover of naval warships, including a large number of heavy equipment.
They attacked all the way.
The situation was extremely unfavorable and shocked the Military Commission and the entire army.
The Japanese army's landing was so fast that the Chinese army had almost no time to react and could only be beaten passively at the beginning.
The main force and energy of the army were concentrated on other battlefields.
The Japanese army's surprise attack caught the Military Commission off guard.
The Military Commission ordered the Fifth Army to suspend its march and stand by on the spot.
One reason was because of the Fifth Army's reinforcement target.
The critical moment in the Ninth Theater Command had passed.
The peak of the Japanese offensive in northern Hunan had passed.
The Ninth Theater Command's request for reinforcements could not be fulfilled.
So eager again.
The more important reason is that the telegram mentioned that the Japanese army landed in Qinzhou Bay and conquered the Guangxi and Guangdong areas, and the rear area was in danger.
The order given to the Fifth Army was to rest and recuperate on the spot and stand by.
Zhang Wei collapsed in the temporary dormitory made up of raincoats and curtains, with his legs outside.
The other brothers in the brigade almost all had the same behavior.
Their weapons were piled together and they were sleeping on the ground.
However, the guard posts were strictly arranged.
These days of marching were really tiring and consumed a lot of energy and energy.
Two of the carts in the baggage train were broken, and they were repaired, repaired, and repaired along the way.
Four or five of the mules and horses of the heavy firepower squadron ran to death, which made squadron leader Li Shaoyan extremely distressed.
Mules were precious transportation capacity, and they died while marching day and night.
The troops' weapons, ammunition, food and livestock were well preserved and not affected by moisture.
The entire division has stopped marching for several days.
Without orders from above, the soldiers rested.
In short, they took every opportunity to recover their physical strength.
More than 50,000 troops were stagnant in Hunan, waiting for further orders.
While the Fifth Army was resting and on standby, the war in Guangxi took a turn for the worse, with new trends emerging every day and every hour.
The Military Commission responded to the situation while keeping an eye on the changing situation.
In Nanning, the Japanese army captured Qinzhou.
After defending the city, they continued their offensive and won consecutive battles along the way.
Gradually it moved closer to Nanning, a hub city.
Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province, is located at the end of China on the Guiyue-Vietnam Highway, and guards the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the Yunnan-Burma Highway in western Yunnan.
They are China's two most important external communication lines.
Especially after the fall of Guangdong, Haikou was completely lost.
Most of the weapons and equipment and various strategic resources purchased from outside are transported by road.
If Nanning is captured, the supplementary transportation of strategic materials will be greatly affected.
On the outskirts of Nanning, the national army's suburban positions had just withstood a round of artillery fire, and the land was covered with shells.
After breaking away from the initial panic, the national army began organized resistance.
Among the troops in Guangxi, there were two armies of the Guangxi clique, which were also regular armies with strong combat effectiveness in Guangxi.
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On the position of the 135th Division of the Guangxi Army, the soldiers were nestled in the trenches.
The round of shelling just now caused them to suffer a lot and caused heavy casualties.
Needless to say, the Gui Army is brave, but combat cannot be accomplished by bravery.
The lack of reasonable training and tactics is the shortcoming of the Gui Army.
Moreover, the problem is more serious than that of the Central Army.
The officers' combat ideas are more outdated and they are not willing to use bravery. over.
The Gui army will show excellent tactical performance in mountain warfare and small group operations.
In large-scale offensive and defensive operations, the Gui army did very poorly.
In terms of weapons and equipment, they also lacked firepower.
They had sufficient infantry equipment and almost no artillery.
"Get up, get up, get ready to beat the hell up."
After the shelling, the officers of the Guangxi Army held whips, yelled and cursed, and urged the soldiers to prepare for defense.
The Gui Army soldiers crawled out of their hiding places, picked up their rifles, and prepared to resist the Japanese attack.
It was the field artillery regiment of the Fifth Division that bombarded them.
The 38-year-old field artillery fired two rounds.
After the bombardment was over, it was naturally the infantry's charge.
The Japanese army conducted a feint attack before to test the Gui army's defense system.
Fighting them were two regiments of the 135th Division of the Guangxi Army.
The defensive layout of these two regiments was undoubtedly exposed in the probing attack by the Japanese army.
They lined up the two regiments to form a straight line of defense, lacking flank defenses and reserves, which was a typical old style of play.
Moreover, due to the lack of depth configuration, this kind of defensive position will basically collapse once it is fully breached.
The infantrymen of the Gui Army who had withstood the fierce shelling had just gotten up and were ready to take over.
"Kill to give" The infantry of the Fifth Division launched an attack, this time not a feint but a real attack.
They formed a sparse skirmish attack formation and launched an attack.
Behind the infantry, the 92 Infantry Artillery and the 94 Type 37 Rapid-Fire Cannon followed closely.
"Da da da" Before the Japanese infantry could rush within 200 meters, someone opened fire on the 135th Division's position.
There was no difference between firing at this distance and blindly shooting.
"Stop fucking shooting!"
The Gui Army soldiers who opened fire were angrily scolded by the veteran squad leader in the position, and the bullets fired just made a sound.
The Japanese infantry on the front rushed to about 150 meters, and the Gui army opened fire on the position.
The intensive bullets finally caused casualties to the Japanese army.
Japanese soldiers were constantly being hit, and all the light and heavy machine guns of the 135th Division opened fire, forming a fire net in front of the position, blocking the advancing Japanese troops.
The Gui army still had no shortage of light and heavy machine guns.
After they were all fired, the firepower in front of the position was very fierce.
The attacking troops of the Fifth Division did not focus on the frontal positions.
To deal with the front-line defensive positions, the Japanese army used their usual methods and sent out flanking troops to attack in a roundabout way.
Bombing the front The infantry artillery and rapid-fire artillery carried by the Japanese army began to bombard the machine guns on the 135th Division's position, knocking off many Gui army machine guns, and shrapnel also caused damage to the soldiers in the trenches.
The Gui army fought fiercely and insisted on not retreating from the front.
Although the machine gun fire suffered heavy losses, the remaining infantry still held on tenaciously.
Seeing that there was little progress in the front, the Japanese flanking troops quickly began to take action.
The Gui army's position was a one-line position and lacked defensive depth, so it was easy to get around to the flanks.
Taking advantage of the Gui army's unpreparedness, these troops who circled around launched a surprise attack.
After covering for a while, they launched a hand-to-hand assault and rushed in along the weak spot on the flank of the Gui army's position.
The 135th Division concentrated its energy on the front line, and was hit on the flanks, making it impossible to quickly change the focus of defense.
The Japanese army instantly rushed into the 135th Division position and launched hand-to-hand combat.
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The bravery of the Gui Army soldiers was best demonstrated at this time.
They fought with the Japanese army in the trenches.
However, bravery could not turn the tide of the battle.
Seeing the successful outflanking, the attacking troops of the Fifth Division immediately increased their troops and launched a full-scale attack.
Under waves of offensives and artillery, the defensive position of the 135th Division completely collapsed.
The Fifth Division defeated a regular army and occupied the outskirts of Nanning, leading its troops directly to Nanning.
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