On the railway line from Hunan to Guangxi, the train transporting the troops of the Fifth Army is speeding.
So far, the entire 200th Division and part of the Honorable 1st Division have been transported.
The remaining heavy equipment, military and new troops have been transported.
The 22nd Division was still on the bus and not all of them had arrived.
Commander Du of the Fifth Army received a telegram from the 200th Division on the train.
A large-scale battle broke out between the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division and the Japanese army.
The battle is still fierce near Ertang.
Commander Du gave them There is only one reply: fight with camera, no need to hold on to death.
The fall of Nanning was already a certainty, and the Fifth Army and other reinforcements were not yet fully in place.
In fact, the only troops at the front are the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division.
The other parts of the 200th Division and the troops of the 1st Rong Division have just got off the train and are not yet organized.
There is nothing that can be done with just one regiment. , Commander Du can only let all the troops be in place and assemble as soon as possible to deal with the Japanese army.
As far as the national army is concerned, the overall situation is still in the stage of dispatching troops and generals.
A few days later, the 21st Brigade launched another fierce attack on the 600th Regiment guarding the Ertang position.
This time, the 600th Regiment failed to hold its position.
The 21st Brigade increased its attack strength and added an infantry brigade to participate in the attack on the 600th Regiment.
The fifth field artillery regiment reinforced by the fifth division provided fire suppression.
The Fifth Field Artillery Regiment used 38-modified field artillery to carry out covering fire on Ertang.
Arson bombs and explosive bombs turned Ertang into a sea of flames.
The Fifth Cavalry Regiment used horses to detour to the side of Ertang.
An infantry attack was carried out under the cover of artillery.
Under this all-round attack, the thin 600th Regiment was finally exhausted and forced to break out.
The Japanese army attacked and outflanked the Ertang position.
The Ertang position was declared lost.
Colonel Shao Yizhi, the regiment leader, was killed in the battle.
Lieutenant Colonel Wen Mo, deputy commander of the regiment, was injured after taking over the command.
Nearly two-thirds of the officers and soldiers of the 600 regiment were killed.
The defeated 600 regiment had no choice but to retreat in pain, break through the encirclement, lose the Ertang position, and retreat back to the original starting point of Qianjiang.
The 21st Brigade, which successfully attacked, continued its attack and successively occupied various key points on the outskirts of Nanning.
The Japanese army once again gained a battlefield advantage, expanded its results near Nanning, and occupied various key points to digest them.
Reinforcements from all over the country's army also gradually arrived.
Qianjiang, a few days after the Ertang position was lost, the main force of the Fifth Army arrived at this assembly point after a long journey.
After more than half a month of transportation, more than 50,000 people in the army arrived at Qianjiang.
After the main force of the Fifth Army got off the bus, without stopping, the entire army received an order to move forward and gathered all the troops to march towards Nanning.
In order to speed up the march, more than a hundred cars were collected from various places, plus cars from the military headquarters.
A transportation force was formed, all used to transport troops.
Zhang Wei's teaching brigade happened to be the first echelon of the transportation force of the New 22nd Division.
The brigade consisted of more than 800 people, carrying all weapons, equipment and ammunition and driving in more than 30 vehicles to the front line.
"According to the latest intelligence from the military headquarters, the Japanese army defeated the 600th Regiment of our army in Ertang, and now occupies Kunlun Pass, Ertang, Jiutang and other places outside Nanning, especially Kunlun Pass, not only outside Nanning, but also We control the Nanbin Highway.
If we don't take it down, the Japanese will choke our necks.
The mission of our army is to take back these places."
Zhang Wei was sitting in the back compartment, which was filled with squadron commanders and platoon commander-level officers of the brigade.
They all looked disgraced, and their helmets and uniforms were full of stains.
There was still stubble on his face.
During the more than ten days of march, except for replenishing fuel and supplies, the train was running most of the time.
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The officers and soldiers in the car had lived in a lightless space for more than ten days.
They looked slovenly, and the weapons in their hands were cleaner than human beings.
The Fifth Army received the latest intelligence report, and the teaching brigade naturally obtained a copy through convenience.
Zhang Wei had intelligence support from the military and division headquarters on the fighting situation of the 600th Regiment and the advance of the Japanese army.
The current situation is very clear.
The Japanese 21st Brigade has occupied Nanning and its peripheral positions.
The task given by the Military Commission to the Fifth Army is also very simple.
It is to knock out the main force of the Japanese army outside Nanning and drive them away.
"We have not arrived at the war zone, and the specific combat orders have not yet been issued, but everyone must make desperate preparations.
This is a bloody battle, and it is a tough battle in the mountains."
Zhang Wei said.
"Understood" The officers did not say much and digested the orders relayed by Zhang Wei.
Under the current situation, the tactical purpose was very clear.
Any squad leader could understand that the real difficulty lies in putting it into practice.
"Captain, we are not afraid this time.
Now that we have tanks and artillery, I don't believe we can't take down the Japs' positions."
Mu Chao said with a grin.
Zhang Wei nodded: "This is a good attitude.
You must have confidence in yourself.
Of course, you cannot take your tactics lightly.
I am informing you of the general tactical objectives of the entire army first.
Further specific plans will have to wait until the entire army It can only be released after the transportation is completed.
Prepare as I said before departure and now. " "Yes" the officers shouted.
Now that we are going to fight, we must maintain a strict style of conduct during extraordinary meetings and talks.
The convoy transporting the main force of the Fifth Army gradually moved away, raising clouds of smoke and dust, and headed towards Nanning, followed by more soldiers on foot.
Qianjiang is the disembarkation point of the Fifth Army, as well as the departure and assembly point.
On both sides of the passing cars, the soldiers of the 600th Regiment who had retreated a few days ago watched the friendly forces on the road.
These officers and soldiers of the 600th Regiment have fulfilled their duties and are worthy of the title of soldiers.
They made the landing Japanese army suffer for the first time and gave the Japanese army the first blow.
They were the first batch of officers and soldiers of the Fifth Army to fight the Japanese army.
The regimental commander was killed in action, and nearly two-thirds of the casualties were suffered.
Most of the soldiers on the roadside suffered minor injuries.
These soldiers had just finished a bloody battle with the Japanese army, so of course they knew what the friendly brothers who drove up were doing.
The current mission of the 600th Regiment is to rest and recuperate.
These soldiers can only watch their comrades to protect their comrades who are about to go to the battlefield.
The main force of the Fifth Army has arrived in southern Guangxi and is about to approach the outskirts of Nanning.
The Second Army, the Ninety-ninth Army, the Sixty-sixth Army, the Thirty-sixth Army, and the Forty-sixth Army, the main forces mobilized by the Military Commission from various places, all came over one after another, with the same goals as the Fifth Army. , are the main direction of Japanese attack, Kunlun Pass and Nanning area.
The Military Commission made up its mind to deal a severe blow to the main Japanese offensive force and recapture the strongholds and commanding heights outside Nanning.
The real bloody battle has just begun.
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