Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli deployed the Feng Jiwu Corps in Fujian, which brought great trouble and interference to Japan's upcoming combat plan in southern China and Southeast Asia. The independent division has a main force of more than [-] troops, which is very difficult for Japan to send troops to the south. The pressure can be described as enormous, and the original plan to jointly attack from Taiwan Island and Hainan Island is facing abort.

At the meeting of senior officers of the Southern Expedition Army, Lieutenant General Yamashita, the commander of the No.15 Army, said something arrogant. Not only did he despise the squadron, but even his colleagues looked down on him. , General Toshida Terauchi, the commander of the Southern Dispatch Army who presided over the meeting, couldn't help frowning.

Terauchi Shouichi was not afraid that Yamashita would not be able to complete the task, but he set out out of the need to balance the psychology of the generals. He felt that Yamashita's words would hurt the public and would not be conducive to the sincere cooperation of the various ministries. Neither of these two men commanded the troops to fight against the independent division. In other words, they have never suffered a loss or suffered a lot. In their eyes, the more than [-] squadrons are not a big deal at all.

Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, Commander of the Third Army, and Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, Commander of the Fourth Army, who were underestimated by Fufumi Yamashita, looked at Fufumi Yamashita's madness. Although they were very angry, they looked at Fengfu Yamashita with pitiful eyes. , The two of them don't have the pride of Yamashita-kun. Honma and Iijima have served in the North China Dispatched Army and the Kwantung Army respectively. They have fought against the Independent Division and know how powerful they are.

Lieutenant General Masahiro Honma, in particular, started fighting against the 29th Army and then the Independent Division since the July [-]th Incident. He didn't take advantage that time. How did the hundreds of thousands of Imperial Army troops in North China disappear? Masaharu Honma was very clear.Exchange eyes with Iijima Kenji, look at Yamashita Fengwen, just like an old man who has experienced vicissitudes of life, looking at an angry young man who is impassioned, it is indescribably ridiculous and pitiful. [

Probably Fufumi Yamashita also read a lot from the eyes of Masaharu Honma and Kenji Iijima.The boss felt uncomfortable in his heart, and he was exchanged for an extremely contemptuous look.The eyes of several important generals made Terauchi Shouichi murmur in his heart. Masahiro Honma and Kenji Iijima are both senior generals in the Japanese army. Their attitudes.In the end, Terauchi Shouichi, who was unable to make a decision, reported the situation of the meeting of the Southern Expeditionary Army Headquarters to the headquarters, focusing on the disagreements among the senior generals.

After Emperor Hirohito received the report.Breaking out in a cold sweat, I thought to myself that it was a fluke, but fortunately, Toshiichi Terauchi is a seasoned and prudent commander, otherwise.Bad things have to happen, the current situation is that 1 Hiroren don't want to mess with Tang Qiuli, and he has seen the mystery from Tang Qiuli's deployment of troops in southern China.

Tang Qiuli should have interpreted the friendly signal he sent. His deployment of troops was to protect the safety of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Songhu flanks.Tang Qiuli didn't want to get involved in Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula.In other words, for the troops of the Imperial Japanese Army.Attacking Sichuan and occupying the Nationalist Government in Chongqing adopted a strategy of non-participation.

Perhaps, with Tang Qiuli's current strength in the south of China, he is not sure of defeating the imperial army. Regardless of that point, it will be of great benefit to the upcoming southern campaign of the empire. , or the local forces in China, are not opponents of the imperial army, and Yuren doesn't want to provoke Tang Qiuli, a difficult opponent, at all.

Yamashita Fengwen didn't know the stakes, and he almost ran into a catastrophe. Therefore, Emperor Hirohito gave the order of the Southern Expeditionary Army Command to immediately revise and adjust the southern combat plan, abandon the occupation of the coast of Fujian, and use the Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula. As the target of the attack, the focus is to capture Chongqing, eliminate the Chinese government, and complete the occupation of southern China.

After receiving the order from the base camp, the belligerent Yamashita Fengwen felt very depressed. He couldn't figure out what the base camp was worried about, or what was it afraid of?Could it be that the 10,000+ Chinese soldiers in Fujian made the senior officials in the base camp tremble with fear?Fufumi Yamashita, suffocating his anger, insisted on obtaining the mission of a vanguard officer from Toshiichi Terauchi. The No.15 Army, as the first attacking force, landed on the Leizhou Peninsula first, kicking off the prelude to the Southern Battle of Imperial China.

A few days later, the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army, consisting of the third, fourth, seventh, No.11, and No.15 armies, with a total strength of more than 40 troops, dispatched troops to Dongxing, Fangchenggang, and Beihai in the Beibu Gulf. Hai'an, Xuwen, Maichen, and Xiayang in the Leizhou Peninsula area were targeted, and the prelude to the Japanese Southern Campaign began. In the Leizhou Peninsula and the Beibu Gulf area, the sound of guns suddenly rang out.

On April 24th, Tang Qiuli in Quanzhou, Fujian received news that the Japanese army had begun an all-out attack. More than [-] Japanese troops landed in Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula respectively. On the day of landing, they occupied all targets. Jin, in this situation, as he expected, in terms of the garrison strength of the Guangxi Army and the Guangdong Army in the two places, there is no way to stop the Japanese army from attacking on such a large scale.

What he is most worried about is the safety of the No.19 Army and No.30 Sixth Army of the Gui Army who are rushing to the Beibu Gulf area in accordance with his order. According to the time, at most half a day, the vanguard of the two armies, They will encounter the Seventh Army of the Japanese Army. If they are entangled and unable to withdraw, the subsequent hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops will surround the Gui Army. Tang Qiuli immediately sent a telegram to Bai Chongxi to inform him of the current enemy situation and let him Order the two armies of the Guangxi Army to stop advancing immediately and withdraw to the northeast of Guangxi to preserve their strength and avoid fighting the superior Japanese army.

Bai Chongxi quickly replied to the telegram. In addition to thanking Vice Chairman Tang for his report on the enemy situation, he tactfully rejected the suggestion to withdraw the main force of the Gui army to the northeast of Guangxi. The content of the telegram made Tang Qiuli very anxious, "Vice Chairman Tang , the soldiers of the Guangxi army are all descendants of Bagui, and they have the responsibility to defend the land. Besides, Nanning is the capital of Guangxi, and it must not be lost. I discussed with De Gong and devoted the main force of the Guangxi army to defend Nanning. , and not lose an inch of the country."

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli yelled angrily, "Stupid, stupid, desperate as soon as he comes up, is there anyone who fights like this?" After cursing, he sent a telegram back to Bai Chongxi, "Mr. The courage of the public is commendable, and the combat effectiveness of the Gui army can also fight against the Japanese army. However, Tang believes that the defense of Nanning is absolutely unfeasible in the current situation. This is a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, so it is better to avoid the Japanese army for the time being and preserve our strength. After the Japanese army penetrates into the interior of Guangxi, the troops will be scattered, and we can look for opportunities to wipe them out along the way, and look forward to implementing them."

The telegram was sent, but Tang Qiuli had no idea. With the tempers of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and the current strength of the Gui army, it was difficult for them to abandon Nanning without firing a single shot. It must be the result of heavy casualties of the Gui army. Nanning has an open terrain. Except for a Hu River, which can be used as a natural barrier, there is no favorable terrain that can be defended according to danger. Take any advantage.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are brave, and the soldiers of the Gui army can fight well, but they can't change the situation. Apart from a lot of casualties, Nanning still can't keep it. Nanning will become a place where the Gui army will lose its vitality. Tang Qiuli is It's a pity that these Guangxi soldiers, he still has a glimmer of hope, as long as Bai Chongxi can send a telegram, the matter can be salvaged. However, after waiting for a day, apart from the continuous advances of the Japanese army, neither Li Zongren nor Bai Chongxi said a word.

Tang Qiuli let out a long sigh. The determination of Li Bai and Li Bai to defend Nanning was unshakable. Most of them immediately went south to the northeastern region of Guangxi, occupied Liuzhou, and erected floating bridges on the Hongshui River and Qianjiang River south of Liuzhou to prepare for the retreating Gui army troops.

As soon as the war started, the independent division troops intervened in the battlefield. This was a phenomenon Tang Qiuli did not want to see. The original garrison troops of the Guangxi Army and the Guangdong Army in the Leizhou Peninsula and the Beibu Gulf area could not resist the tide-like offensive of the Japanese army. Within hours, it was submerged in the torrent of the Japanese army, and the southern gates of Guangdong and Guangxi burst open.

The sound of guns from the Leizhou Peninsula and the Beibu Gulf completely shattered the illusions of Chairman Jiang of the Nationalist Government and the local princes in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Vice Chairman Tang has warned everyone that wolves are coming, but they don’t believe it. This time, wolves really come Yes, especially Chairman Jiang, never dreamed that the Japanese would target themselves. Judging from the direction of the Japanese attack, they intended to go straight to Chongqing. There is only Guizhou between Guangxi and Chongqing.

People in the government were panicked, and Generalissimo Jiang was so angry that he scolded his mother again. He didn't understand why the Japanese wanted to seek their own bad luck when they let Tang Qiuli's troops not fight.I can't even hide, do you really think that I, Jiang, are a soft persimmon?This time, Tang Qiuli commanded the immobile Central Army troops to act at an unprecedented speed, and rushed to the southeastern area of ​​Guizhou to deploy defenses, along the lines of Puding, Anshun, Guiyang, Majiang, and Kaili, with the Wujiang River behind. , set up a long snake formation, and strived to block the Japanese army in the south of Guizhou and ensure the safety of Chongqing, the accompanying capital.

Long Yun, chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, also panicked. Within one day, he sent three telegrams to Tang Qiuli, asking for countermeasures. Guangxi and Yunnan are next to each other. The Japanese will not let Yunnan go. This time, Long Yun remembered the five-province military joint defense agreement, and took this agreement as a life-saving straw.

Therefore, Long Yun asked very sincerely to send an independent division into Yunnan as soon as possible to jointly resist the Japanese attack. However, Tang Qiuli judged that Yunnan is not in danger for the time being. In his telegram to Long Yun, he instructed Yunnan The provincial government immediately mobilized troops, entered the southeastern area of ​​Yunnan, established a deep defense line, and waited for the order to send troops to Guangxi. [

(To be continued)