At nine o'clock in the evening of the 18th, the troops of the 16th and 57th divisions of the Japanese army concentrated their main forces and began to launch a fierce attack on the troops of the security division.

At present, the troops of the security division have almost completely abandoned their peripheral positions, and all three security regiments have retreated to the core positions to hold on, and the deputy division commander Li Shaoyan was also seriously injured when he was commanding the troops to fight at the front line, and is currently being treated by the health team.

The four infantry wings of the Japanese army marched in unison, quickly advancing to the core position, and by nine o'clock in the evening, the battle began to heat up.

For the Japanese troops, as long as they tear a hole in the core position, they can quickly attack the position of the security division, and then eat the security division troops little by little.

And for the security division troops, as long as they hold the core position, they will be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The two forces engaged in a battle to the death, and every position was repeatedly contested.

However, at ten o'clock in the evening, under the engines of 30 No. 4 tanks of the 1st Armored Battalion, the 3rd Cavalry Battalion of the 1st Ranger Brigade carried out a surprise attack on the position of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Heavy Artillery, blowing up 12 Japanese cannons, and the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Heavy Artillery immediately began to report to the troops of the 16th Division.

After Morioka received a report from the troops of the 16th Division, he had to quickly start to quickly transfer the 33rd Wing to quickly reinforce the 9th Brigade of the Heavy Artillery.

On the way back to the 9th Brigade of Heavy Artillery, the 33rd Wing was again attacked by the troops of the 1st Armored Battalion, and the 33rd Wing reluctantly left the battlefield after paying hundreds of casualties.

The fierce fighting continued, and the Japanese air force was not idle at night, and they took turns dispatching bombers to repeatedly bomb Shitang Town and Pubei County.

The Japanese troops were almost carrying out carpet bombing, and the security division, the honorary third division, and the honorary fourth division suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of these three divisions have exceeded 3,000 at present, which is already the casualties of a regiment.

With the reinforcement of the 1st Ranger Brigade in Shitang Town, the pressure on the security division has obviously weakened a lot, but the Japanese army's attack on the security division is still continuing.

At one o'clock in the morning of December 19, 1939, Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, sent three telegrams to the commander-in-chief of the 47th Group Army, Bai Chongxi asked Sun Weiguo to contain the Japanese reinforcements, and at the same time Bai Chongxi assigned the 46th Army to Sun Weiguo's command.

At present, more than 30,000 troops of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the Tun Mixed Brigade have begun to march towards Nanning, and once this unit arrives in Nanning, the consequences will be unimaginable, even if Bai Chongxi transfers a 46th Army unit to Sun Weiguo, it is still impossible for Sun Weiguo to stop so many Japanese troops.

At half past two o'clock in the morning of the 19th, the troops of the Security Division were routed by the Japanese 16th Division and the 57th Division in Shitang Town, and the troops of the Security Division had to abandon Shitang Town and begin to evacuate to Yulin, at which time more than 1,500 people had been killed and more than 1,000 wounded.

As the troops of the 16th Division and the 57th Division began to capture Shitang Town, Sun Weiguo immediately issued an order to retreat to the troops of the Honorary Third Division, the Honorary Fourth Division, and the First Howitzer Regiment.

At three o'clock in the morning, the troops of the Honorable 3rd Division and the Honorable 4th Division took alternate cover and abandoned Pubei County, and the troops of the two divisions began to withdraw to Yulin in accordance with Sun Weiguo's order.

After the troops of the Honorary 3rd Division and the Honorary 4th Division of the Japanese Army withdrew from Pubei County, they immediately began to station in Pubei County.

At four o'clock in the morning of the 19th, the headquarters of the 22nd Army of the Japanese Army reported to the headquarters of the South China Front Army that the Japanese Guards Division, the 16th Division, and the 57th Division fought in Pubei and severely damaged the security division of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army, the 3rd Honorary Division, and the 4th Division of the Honor, annihilated more than 5,000 people of the 47th Group Army, and captured the area of Pubei County.

After the South China Front Command received a report from the 22nd Army Headquarters, Itagaki Seishiro immediately forwarded this telegram to the General Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army, and at the same time, Itagaki Seishiro ordered the troops of the 22nd Army's Guards Division, 16th Division, and 57th Division to hold Pubei County and ensure the supply line from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning.

The Special Marine Division, the 131st Division, and the mixed brigade units stationed in Tun continued to advance toward Nanning.

In Chongqing, He Yingqin, minister of military affairs, hurriedly came to the chairman with a telegram, and the time was now past five o'clock.

Although it was past five o'clock in the morning, it was winter, the sky was still dark, and the chairman had just been called out of bed.

The chairman in pajamas had a somewhat unhappy expression on his face, and he looked at He Yingqin, with a pair of eyes that were obviously dissatisfied.

"Chairman, we have just received a telegram that the troops of Sun Weiguo's 47th Group Army were routed by the Japanese army in the area of Pubei County, and the troops of the 47th Group Army have now retreated to Yulin. At least 30,000 troops of the Japanese army have already begun to advance from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning, and if these 30,000 troops rush to Nanning, I am afraid that it will be impossible for us to recover Nanning. ”

He Yingqin could feel the displeasure on the chairman's face, but he immediately handed the telegram to the chairman.

At this time, when the chairman heard that the troops of the 47th Group Army had been defeated, he could not help but show a somewhat shocked expression on his face, and he took the telegram and looked at it.

"What the hell is going on, how could the troops of the 47th Group Army be defeated, how did Sun Weiguo command the battle, in Guangdong, he was able to defeat even more than 100,000 Japanese troops, how did he get here in Guangxi, but he failed?" The chairman of the committee said with a look of incomprehension.

"Chairman of the committee, now Commander-in-Chief Sun Weiguo is only commanding three divisions and troops, and the Japanese army fighting with them has three divisions, as well as a tank brigade and a heavy artillery brigade, so Commander-in-Chief Sun Weiguo will fail, but the casualties of the security division, the honorary third division, and the honorary fourth division are not very large, and they are not to the point where they can no longer continue to fight, and at present, Sun Weiguo has begun to transfer the 201st Division and the new 11th Division to Guangxi to fight, I think the battle situation should change."

He Yingqin looked at the chairman of the committee, and he said in a solemn tone.

"The battle situation in Guangxi is very important, but if the troops of the 47th Group Army are all transferred, I am afraid that the situation in Guangdong will change. You immediately issued an order to give the 47th Group Army the number of the Third Cavalry Army, and transfer several cavalry regiments to strengthen the 47th Group Army, so that Sun Weiguo could quickly expand the troops. You sent a telegram to Sun Weiguo in my name, and asked Sun Weiguo to ensure that while fighting in Guangxi, he also had to protect the security of Guangdong, and absolutely could not let Guangdong fall into the hands of the Japanese again. ”

The chairman came to the map, he looked at the map, and then he gave the order directly.

"Yes, Chairman." As soon as He Yingqin received the order, he immediately began to reply.