freenovelworld Chapter 753 All Ran Away
Chapter 753 All Ran Away
When the vanguard of the 3rd Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army approached Liuzhou, Commander Ding Zhipan of the 26th Army of the 27th Army of the Sichuan Army, which was responsible for guarding Liuzhou, ordered the army's artillery to bombard the vanguard of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army as hard as possible, and to retreat when the shells were used up.
Therefore, the 26th Army of the 27th Group Army of the Sichuan Army only defended Liuzhou for less than 24 hours before the entire army "moved away" quickly. In November 1944, the offensive forces of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army easily occupied Liuzhou with almost no losses.
Behind Liuzhou is Yishan, an important town in the western part of Guangxi Province. This area is also the material storage and transportation center of the southwestern rear of the Chinese government. There are many military warehouses built here, storing a large amount of military supplies. The two divisions of the 46th Army of the 16th Group Army of the Guangxi clique are responsible for defending the important town of Yishan.
The vanguard of the 13th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army first attacked the headquarters of the 16th Army of the Chinese government in Yongfu while advancing towards the important town of Yishan.
As a result, the headquarters of the 16th Guangxi Army, which had its own infantry and several cavalry regiments, immediately panicked when faced with the attack of only a battalion of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army.
Even the commander-in-chief of the 16th Guangxi Army, Xia Wei, led the officers and soldiers in the headquarters to jump into the river and escape. When the attacking troops of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army rushed into the headquarters of the 16th Guangxi Army, they found that the food on the table in the command hall of the 16th Guangxi Army was not finished, and the maps and documents were thrown all over the floor.
Xia Wei, commander of the 16th Guangxi Army Group, who fled to Yishan County, felt that he had lost face this time, so he ordered Li Xingshu, commander of the 46th Army, to defend Yishan city to the death. Meanwhile, Zhang Chang, commander of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government in Baise, Guangxi, also hoped that the 46th Army, as the main force of the Guangxi Army, could perform well in Yishan and protect the massive supplies of the Chinese government in the mountainous area of western Guangxi.
However, the 46th Army, the main force of the Guangxi clique, fell into chaos as soon as the battle of Yishan began under the attack of the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army.
After the attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army started exchanging fire with the main forces of the Guangxi Clique's 46th Army, the traitors and Japanese spies lurking in Yishan City began to set fire and fire flares in Yishan City. This made the front-line troops of the main forces of the Guangxi Clique's 46th Army believe that the attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army had occupied Yishan County in a roundabout way. As a result, all the front-line troops of the main forces of the Guangxi Clique's 46th Army hurriedly withdrew from their defensive positions and prepared to escape.
In order to stabilize the front line, Xia Wei, commander-in-chief of the 16th Guangxi Army, personally called Hai Jingqiang, the nephew of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Commission of the Chinese Government, Bai Changguan, and the commander of the 188th Division of the 46th Army of the 16th Guangxi Army, and demanded that Hai Jingqiang, commander of the 188th Division, must lead his troops to hold on to the end.
Xia Wei, the commander-in-chief of the 16th Guangxi Army, also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he said sternly to the commander of the 188th Division, Hai Jingqiang, on the phone: "Commander Hai, the county is still in our hands. The attacking forces of the 11th Japanese Army did not send any flanking forces to occupy the county. If you retreat with your troops without reporting, I will kill you. Now, I order your troops to hold their defensive positions. Only when the army headquarters orders you to retreat, your 188th Division can retreat. Do you understand? If you dare to retreat with the 188th Division, I will kill you immediately."
However, facing the repeated orders from Xia Wei, the commander-in-chief of the 16th Army of the Guangxi Clique, the commander of the 188th Division, Hai Jingqiang, had to give enough face to Xia Wei, the commander-in-chief of the 16th Army of the Guangxi Clique. The commander of the 188th Division, Hai Jingqiang, led his troops to continue to resist the attack of the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army on the defensive position for most of the day, and then all fled.
As for what Xia Wei, the commander-in-chief of the 16th Army of the Guangxi Clique, said on the phone that if anyone dared to retreat without authorization, they would be shot, the commander of the 188th Division, Hai Jingqiang, just listened to it. The commander of the 188th Division, Hai Jingqiang, knew very well that as the deputy chief of staff of the Military Commission of the Chinese government and the nephew of the Guangxi clique leader, Commander Bai, would Xia Wei, the commander-in-chief of the 16th Army of the Guangxi Clique, really dare to shoot him.
On November 15, Yishan, an important town of the Guangxi Clique in western Guangxi Province, was occupied by the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army. The offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army captured mountains of military supplies in Yishan City. The offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army even used captured American howitzers to bombard the fleeing Guangxi Clique troops.
The rout of the 46th Army of the 16th Group Army of the Guangxi clique finally made Commander Zhang, the commander of the Fourth War Zone of the Huaxia Government in Baise, Guangxi Province, unable to bear it any longer.
Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese Government urgently sent a telegram to the Military Commission of the Chinese Government and the highest level of the Chinese Government in the mountain city, demanding severe punishment for the chief officers at all levels of the 46th Army of the 16th Group Army.
Commander Zhang, commander of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government, said in a telegram that in the Guiliu Campaign, the 46th Army of the 16th Group Army of the Guangxi clique was the last unit to join the battle. At the same time, the 46th Army was several times superior to other participating units in terms of troop personnel and weapons and equipment. However, the 46th Army fought with the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army for less than two days. When the casualties of the troops were not serious, they actually alarmed each other and retreated from the frontal defense positions without authorization, resulting in the occupation of Yishan, an important town in western Guangxi Province, by the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army.
The top leaders of the Chinese government in Shancheng have not been in a good mood since the Japanese Chinese Expeditionary Force launched "Operation No. 1". The repeated defeats of the front-line troops have caused complaints from the allies of England and the United States, who are highly valued by the top leaders of the Chinese government.
After reading the telegram sent by Commander Zhang, the commander of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government, the top leaders of the Chinese government also sighed and said to themselves: "Does the commander of the 46th Army, Li Xingshu, think his head is made of iron?"
When Director Lin of the guard room standing next to the top leader of the Chinese government heard what the top leader said, he knew that the top leader of the Chinese government had murderous intentions, so he hurriedly persuaded: "Top leader of the government, the commander of the 46th Army, Li Xingshu, is the favorite general of Xia Wei, the commander of the 16th Army of the Guangxi clique. The 16th Army of the Guangxi clique is currently very important on the Guiliu front. This man cannot be killed!"