Chapter 1683 - It's Hopeful

Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki of the South China Front Army guessed that Sun Weiguo might have arrived in Guangxi, and he also guessed that Sun Weiguo went to Guangxi, and it was very likely that he and the Chinese troops would attack the Japanese army in Guangxi, so he immediately began to contact Takasu Shiro, commander of the Navy's Second Fleet in China, and the commanders of the 16th and 57th Divisions, two lieutenant generals and divisions, to come to his headquarters.

At this time in Guilin, in Bai Chongxi's Guilin camp, Sun Weiguo arrived here by train, and when Sun Weiguo arrived here, a staff officer in the Guilin camp quickly invited Sun Weiguo to the Guilin camp, and the time was already more than one o'clock in the morning on December 2.

Guilin Xingying is located in the center of Guilin, where the building is not very luxurious, but it is surrounded by strong defenses.

After a strict examination by the guards, Sun Weiguo came to the building, where many staff officers with the ranks of major general and colonel were talking.

"General Sun Weiguo, commander-in-chief of the 47th Group Army, has arrived." A guard standing at the door shouted.

The staff officers stopped what they were doing one after another, and their eyes looked at Sun Weiguo, and as Sun Weiguo came inside, these staff officers immediately saluted Sun Weiguo.

"Commander-in-Chief Sun, I can be regarded as looking forward to you, come and sit down." Bai Chongxi, who was wearing the uniform of a first-class general in the army, walked quickly in front of Sun Weiguo, and he said politely.

At this time, beside Bai Chongxi, there was also a general wearing the rank of first-class general in the army, he was short in stature, but he was majestic, he was Chen Cheng, director of the Political Department of the Military Commission, and Chen Cheng also held many positions.

This time the Japanese troops invaded Guangxi, here is Bai Chongxi's territory, but the main force of the Gui army all out of the province to the front line of the war of resistance, Guangxi here is only part of the newly formed Gui army troops, these Gui army troops combat effectiveness is not strong, with the Guangxi war situation urgent, the chairman had to send the central army lineage, but Bai Chongxi is the head of the Gui army, the chairman is worried that the central army will not obey his orders, so Chen Cheng was sent over.

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng have a good relationship, and he can accept such an arrangement for the chairman.

At present, Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, and Chen Cheng, director of the Political Department, are mainly responsible for commanding the command of the whole army, while Zhang Fakui, commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, is responsible for assisting.

"Chief Bai, Chief Chen." After Sun Weiguo saw Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng, he immediately saluted and said.

"Commander-in-Chief Sun, it's good that you're here, the good news of the 47th Group Army in the Battle of Guangzhou has come, and the people of the country are all excited, and the chairman of the committee has privately said that as long as there are five 47th Group Army, we can expel all the Japanese invaders, which shows how capable your Commander-in-Chief Sun's troops are in good fighting."

Chen Cheng waited for Sun Weiguo's right hand to be put down, he took off his white gloves, held Sun Weiguo's right hand and said with a smile.

"Chief Chen praised that the Guangzhou Battle did not dare to take credit for defending the country, and it was all thanks to the bloody battles of the officers and men of the 47th Group Army, the 12th Group Army, and the 9th Group Army that they could have this record."

Sun Weiguo immediately replied that Sun Weiguo would not take the credit for the Battle of Guangzhou, and he knew that without these officers and men fighting to the death, there would never be such a record.

The 62nd Army and the 63rd Army of the 12th Group Army, and the 65th Army of the Ninth Group Army also contributed a lot, and compared with the 47th Group Army, their casualties were not small.

"Okay, don't be arrogant, rare, rare." Chen Cheng looked at Sun Weiguo with a smile and said.

Bai Chongxi had already asked the staff officers to pour tea for Sun Weiguo, and after Sun Weiguo sat down, Bai Chongxi glanced at the staff officers.

A major general, Gao Shen, immediately came to the map, he took his baton and began to introduce the situation of the Japanese army.

The 5th Division of the Japanese Army was deployed on the line of Zhennanguan, Nanning, and Longzhou, while the Tun Mixed Brigade was stationed on the Qinzhou Bay line, and the Tun Mixed Brigade was also responsible for the supply line from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning.

At present, Bai Chongxi has dispatched eight divisions and troops to fight in Guangxi, and at the same time, the elite of the Central Army such as the Fifth Army has also rushed to Guangxi to participate in the war.

"At present, six divisions have begun operations near Nanning to harass the Japanese troops in Nanning, and there are also two divisions here in Qinzhou Bay that are attacking and harassing the Japanese troops. Commander-in-Chief Sun, according to your analysis, what kind of battle plan should we adopt? ”

Bai Chongxi looked at Sun Weiguo, and asked with a calm expression on his face.

Chen Cheng's eyes were slightly surprised, he glanced at Bai Chongxi, and then looked at Sun Weiguo again, and he didn't speak.

Long before Sun Weiguo came to Guilin to camp, Bai Chongxi had already begun to negotiate the battle plan, but now they have never made a decision.

"The Japanese army is scattered, it is an advantage for us, I think we can adopt three battle plans, one of them, gather superior forces and Kunlun Pass, first seize Kunlun Pass, eliminate the Japanese troops in Kunlun Pass, after opening the northern gateway of Nanning, our army quickly went south, with the main force to attack Nanning, the Nanning Japanese army was completely annihilated, and Nanning was recovered. Second, concentrate part of the forces to besiege the Japanese army in Nanning, and the main force is to bypass the Kunlun Pass and go south, and attack Nanning by surprise. ”

Bai Chongxi obviously had plans to test Sun Weiguo, and Sun Weiguo said two battle plans in one breath.

Hearing Sun Weiguo say these two battle plans, the staff officers couldn't help but look at Sun Weiguo, and their faces showed stunned expressions.

Because these two operational plans were the operational plans that they had summed up after many days of study, they were currently in a dilemma as to which operational plan to adopt.

"It's not simple, Commander-in-Chief Sun is really not simple." Chen Cheng said with approval on his face.

"Commander-in-Chief Sun, you said that there are three battle plans, and this just said two, what about the other battle plan?" Someone started asking questions.

Sun Weiguo had a smile on his face, he came to the map, picked up the baton, and pointed to the line of Longzhou and Qinzhou Bay.

"The last battle plan is to encircle the point to send reinforcements, we use part of the troops to surround the Japanese troops in Longzhou and Qinzhou Bay, gather the main force to fight the Japanese reinforcements, after a large number of Japanese reinforcements, our army concentrates superior forces to raid Nanning, and after capturing Nanning, we will turn around and clean up the Japanese troops in Longzhou and Qinzhou Bay."

Sun Weiguo said with a calm expression on his face that he was more inclined to the third battle plan.

"Commander-in-Chief Sun, how many troops can your 47th Group Army send to participate in the battle in Guangxi this time?" Bai Chongxi looked at Sun Weiguo, and after being silent for a while, he directly said the topic.