Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Armored Torrent (2)

how a madman is born Losing the Kunlun Pass in just one day, Imamura finally realized that his opponent was extraordinary, and he couldn't take it lightly. On December 19, he sent reinforcements to the Kunlun Pass under the cover of aircraft.The Japanese army at Kunlun Pass was quickly promoted from the brigade to the wing, and regained the main position, and other positions were also in fierce competition. According to Neiji Okamura's force conversion formula, one brigade of the Japanese army can equal one division of the Chinese army, but this formula is still somewhat ambiguous. A brigade can hold up to one division. If it is a defensive operation, then one brigade can deal with three divisions without any problem.

As the most elite army in China, the Fifth Army deviated from Okamura's formula and Imamura Jun's law, so Imamura Jun had to promote the brigade to a regiment, and the situation was immediately reversed. But the joy was only for a short while, and Imamura soon got a report that the south of Kunlun Pass was surrounded by Chinese troops, and the gatekeepers and rescuers were all trapped in Kunlun Pass! The Chinese also dared to outflank and outflank, and what is even more surprising is that this time it was completely a new recruit unit-the new 22nd Division. The commander of the 22nd Division is Qiu Qingquan. After the Battle of Kunlun Pass, he was called "Crazy Qiu".

A lunatic is not born. Everything he has experienced was once unbearable. Qiu Qingquan, a native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, graduated from the second phase of Whampoa. Most people's impression of Qiu Qingquan seems to be an image of a grinning martial artist.In fact, it is quite wrong. He used to be an elementary school teacher, and he was a refined scholar. Qiu Qingquan's later school career was almost exactly the same as Zhang Lingfu's, except that one was north and the other was south. Zhang Lingfu was admitted to Peking University, while Qiu Qingquan graduated from Shanghai University. They were also passionate young people on campus. Reciting poems and composing Fu can be called a complete coward.

Back then, in order to develop the teaching corps, the Nanjing Military Commission sent several groups of people to study in Germany.Gui Yongqing was one of the first batch of students studying in Germany and served as the head of the teaching corps. Qiu Qingquan didn't return to China until seven months before the start of the Nanjing Defense War and was awarded the post of chief of staff. During the countdown to the fall of Nanjing, too many people panicked, and Gui Yongqing kept urging Qiu Qingquan to retreat to the riverside with him. Qiu Qingquan was extremely calm, he said, you go first, I have to stay temporarily, and then study the method of retreat.

While asking the guards to burn all the confidential documents and maps, Qiu Qingquan sat by the telephone, contacted every regiment unit as much as possible, and arranged for the evacuation. At that time, time was life, but Qiu Qingquan sat motionless in the headquarters, just smoking cigarettes one after another, sometimes closing his eyes slightly, thinking. It is necessary for him to stay behind. Although the chief of staff actually has limited powers, if he leaves early as the captain Gui Yongqing is absent, the situation of the teaching team will be even more unimaginable. I have read many memoirs of veterans who participated in the Nanjing Defense War. Although Qiu has become notorious due to well-known reasons, when it comes to this period, Qiu Qingquan in their works is undoubtedly tall, and even a hero. He saved many lives.

For example, there was an anti-aircraft artillery company that happened to shoot down a Japanese plane that day, and the company commander happily ran to the headquarters to collect the bonus, and didn't even know that he was going to retreat. When I entered the door, I was dumbfounded, and many people were already busy packing their bags.In the whole room, only Qiu Qingquan looked normal. After learning about the process of shooting down the Japanese plane, Qiu Qingquan praised it loudly: it was a good shot. Then he gave the company commander the retreat order and told him that the artillery must be buried on the spot or simply destroyed before retreating.

Seeing that the company commander was a little bit reluctant, Qiu Qingquan was silent for a while, saying that you can take it away if you don't want to, but you must remember that if you can't take it away, you must destroy it and never leave it to the enemy. In the end, all the personnel left, even the staff officers withdrew, leaving only Qiu Qingquan and two guards in the headquarters. When Qiu Qingquan withdrew and evacuated, he couldn't even go to the river, so he had to hide in the refugee camp in plain clothes. After the fall of Nanjing, two generals from the teaching corps survived. In addition to Qiu Qingquan, there was also Liao Yaoxiang, who was the staff officer of the brigade at the time. Both of them were trapped in Jinling before they could cross the river. Mechanized tactics, and was called into the Fifth Army by both Du Yuming.

Behind them, many colleagues and subordinates lost their lives in Nanjing, teaching the corps to cross the river.After a survivor swam ashore, he once watched a group of brothers being shot to death by machine guns on a Japanese motorboat.In spite of his heartache and resentment, he made an oath to Dajiang: I am also a person who will die sooner or later, but if the person who dies later cannot avenge the shame of the martyrs and recover the rivers and mountains, it will be difficult to face Dajiang today! Among those who died later, of course Qiu Qingquan was included.After experiencing this catastrophe, he was truly "crazy".

Where are the green hills, there will be a lot of cuckoo blood. ——Qiu Qingquan "Journey through Yuncheng" Close the door and beat the dog During most of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese army basically appeared as a "defender", which determined that most of their tactics were defensive. Even if it was a pocket formation, they had to wait for the opponent to attack. In order to take advantage of the gap to encircle. Du Yuming has the maneuvering advantage of the special forces, and finally he can locally feel the dizzy pleasure brought by the fast detour. The name of the tactic was "close the door and beat the dog". Du Yuming sent Qiu Qingquan to go around the small road to the south of Kunlun Pass, where he and Zheng Dongguo could encircle the defending enemy in a roundabout way.

When Qiu Qingquan drove the chariot and led the troops to the target location, the reinforcement regiment had already entered the Kunlun Pass, and they were unaware of the Chinese army's detour, so Qiu Qingquan immediately launched a surprise attack and intercepted the enemy at lightning speed. The retreat of the Japanese army at Kunlun Pass. Seeing that the door was about to close, Imamura became nervous when he saw that he was about to be beaten. He hurriedly asked Masao Nakamura, head of the 21st Brigade, to lead another unit to rescue the siege. According to his calculations, even if it is against China's most elite troops, it is absolutely no problem for a regiment to defeat a division, not to mention that the opponent is only a newly formed division.

The only thing Imamura Jun and Nakamura Masao didn't take into account was that they didn't know that the teacher had become a "lunatic". Let you cross the bridge first, then blow up the bridge, and then send out an ambush, so that the Nakamura brigade is cut into two parts, but neither part can go where you want to go. If the front is not good, then take a detour through the mountain road. Unexpectedly, there were ambushes all over again, and after finally rushing over, there was a second blockade line behind.Nakamura had no choice but to confront Qiu Qingquan for fear of being caught in another ambush. In front of "Crazy Qiu", the "Law of United Teams" also failed. At this time in the Kunlun Pass, due to the difficulties encountered by the honorary first division, Du Yuming transferred Dai Anlan's 200th division as a reserve team to carry out "frontal attack, outflanking with two wings", but he failed to regain the pass for two consecutive days. . Du Yuming was amazed by the Hiroshima Division's mountain combat capability. If the stalemate continued, once the enemy at Kunlun Pass received reinforcements, all previous efforts would be in vain. Du Yuming realized that he was in a hurry, and instead of pulling out the strongholds on the high ground on both sides, he attacked the pass first, but haste makes waste. It is necessary to change the style of play, adopt the "fortress-style attack method", concentrate superior forces, first seize strongholds and high ground, and then gradually narrow the encirclement. On December 23, Zheng Dongguo launched an offensive on the most important northwest highland, but since the evening, he fought for most of the night without making any progress.Du Yuming was very anxious and kept asking about the situation on the phone. At the critical moment, the infantry and artillery coordination tactics practiced by the Fifth Army all the year round played a role.Zheng Dongguo feigned an attack with a small number of infantry, lured the Japanese army into the position, and then carried out extended bombardment with heavy artillery. In this way, nearly half of the Japanese troops entering the position were killed. On the evening of December 24, the flag of the Fifth Army was finally planted on the northwest highlands.For this reason, the entire assault battalion of the First Honor Division was reduced to dozens of people. The Chinese army seized a Japanese military flag After the fall of the high ground, the situation of the Japanese army became more and more difficult.Due to the complete cut off of supplies, Imamura was forced to carry out airdrops to the besieged 21st Regiment. However, because the Fifth Army had antiaircraft artillery to intercept, many supplies could not reach the Japanese army, but instead became the spoils of the Fifth Army. . Just like the 106th Division during the Wanjialing Great Victory, after eating up all the food they carried with them, the Japanese officers and soldiers also began to swallow the rice in the field raw.The clothes of these "imperial soldiers" were tattered, and some even wore only a pair of shorts, so they were filthy all over. You can eat leaves without food, but you will be in trouble without ammunition.The mortar shells are gone, and the mortar is useless and can only be buried in the soil.When the bullets ran out, some Japanese soldiers got on their horses and whittled bamboo into spears. After all, spears cannot be used as guns.The morale of the 21st Wing, which was extremely fierce at the beginning, was low. Someone wrote in the diary: The combat power of the enemy in front of him was unprecedented since the war against China, so the casualties were extremely heavy, and it was really chilling. Finding that it was at the end of the road, the regiment leader ordered to prepare to burn the flag of the regiment, and at the same time sent a final emergency to the division headquarters: if the brigade cannot come before dusk, it will be difficult to secure the front line. If you want to save people, you must continue to send people, but now the village is in a predicament with no soldiers to send. The 21st Brigade of Nakamura has all been deployed in the Kunlun Pass area, so it can only rush back to the 9th Brigade of Chuanyuan Seventh to return to the rescue. However, the Gui Army has already destroyed the road in advance and blocked it along the way. No, Imamura has to send troops from Nanning to support him. Just when the Hiroshima Division was desperate, the Taiwan Brigade, which was in charge of guarding the rear, suddenly felt compassionate, and offered to send the main force to reinforce it, and handed it over to the Nakamura Brigade for command. Major General Nakamura, who owns two regiments, knew that he would have to fight for his life no matter what, so he launched a group charge against Qiu Qingquan, regardless of casualties, opened the gap anyway, and entered the pass. Avoiding the "lunatic", Nakamura heaved a sigh of relief.I breathed a sigh of relief, but I couldn't get up again. A regiment of Zheng Dongguo was ordered to arrive. Zheng Tingji, the head of the regiment, observed through the binoculars that the Japanese military officers were gathering and giving lectures on the large lawn beside the road, and did not notice the appearance of the surrounding Chinese troops. Zheng Tingji immediately organized a mortar volley. These officers were unable to dodge in time and suffered heavy casualties. The brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, was also seriously injured by shrapnel in the abdomen. That night, the military doctor was performing abdominal surgery on Nakamura.During this period, a shell hit the roof of the operating room again, and the operating table was covered with dust. The Japanese military doctor's face was ashes: even if the wound was cured well, it could not be cured. Early the next morning, Nakamura died of illness.Before he died, he wrote in his diary: In the Russo-Japanese War, my tenacity defeated that of the Russians.However, at Kunlun Pass, I should admit, I encountered a stronger army than Russia. Although the head of the brigade was recruited, the Japanese troops inside and outside were able to join forces, and the regiment was also promoted to the brigade, and even strengthened the brigade, which made the battle situation at Kunlun Pass more complicated. Kunlun Lion After gathering all the soldiers and horses, the Nakamura Brigade fought back again. On December 27, part of the highlands of Kunlun Pass fell into enemy hands again. Du Yuming decided to gather all his forces to deal a heavy blow to the Nakamura brigade. The Fifth Army is the main force of Xu Tingyao's 38th Army, in addition to other troops.With the consent of Bai Chongxi and Xu Tingyao, Du Yuming changed generals, and first withdrew Qiu Qingquan's newly formed 22nd Division as an army reserve, and then replaced part of the defense areas of the 200th Division and the Honorary First Division, so that These two fists can go all out to attack. On December 29, Zheng Dongguo, who was directing the battle, suddenly received a call from Du Yuming.The latter told him extremely anxiously that the 200th Division was holding the Northeast Highlands, suffered heavy losses, and was unable to attack again, and asked him what a good way to do. Zheng Dongguo himself is still fighting hard for the southwest highlands, but he still puts the overall situation first, and transfers the relatively intact Zheng Tingji regiment to Dai Anlan's command. Putting down the phone, Zheng Dongguo was still worried, and called his favorite general to him again. When Zheng Dongguo first served as the commander of the Honorary First Division, he gave extra trust and importance to Zheng Tingji, the regiment leader.At first, some people were dissatisfied, and privately speculated that the two had the same surname "Zheng" and that they might be related.In fact, Zheng Dongguo is from Hunan, but Zheng Tingji is from Wenchang, Hainan, so there is no relationship at all. Zheng Dongguo is an honest man, he will not hire those vain guys, the reason why Zheng Tingji is highly valued is because the latter not only has good personal conduct, but also has a good command of the army and is brave and good at fighting. Sure enough, Zheng Tingji lived up to expectations, killing Masao Nakamura with one shot on the field. Zheng Dongguo told Zheng Tingji: The northeast highland overlooks the Kunlun Pass, which is extremely important. The military requires you to conquer it at all costs. If you fail to fight, you will be punished by military law. Zheng Tingji replied: If you can't attack, I don't need the army commander to kill my head, I will kill it myself. The northeast highlands were indeed difficult to attack. Due to the dense Japanese firepower network, the troops suffered heavy casualties. Seven of Zheng Tingji's nine infantry company commanders were killed in battle. When the strong attack failed, Zheng Tingji changed to outsmart, and still adopted the infantry and artillery coordination tactics with the characteristics of the Fifth Army. Zheng Dongguo feigned an attack with a small number of infantry, while Zheng Tingji used the cover of night to ambush the death squads at the front of the Japanese positions, but the two had one thing in common, that is, to use artillery—at dawn the next day, Zheng Tingji mobilized heavy artillery to bombard the Japanese positions , beat the devils dare not show their heads. As soon as the shelling stopped, the Death Squad rushed out with a roar, destroying the firepower points one by one before the Japanese army had time to react. After receiving the good news that the Northeast Highlands had been captured, Du Yuming couldn't help cheering: the gate of Kunlun Pass has been opened! Among all the highlands, only the southwest highland under Zheng Dongguo's charge remained unconquered. Zheng Dongguo has actually captured this high ground, but because this is the last commanding height held by the Nakamura brigade at Kunlun Pass, the opponent is still fighting for it. The Fifth Army recaptured Kunlun Pass, and Chinese soldiers were on duty at the gate After Zheng Tingji was transferred out, Zheng Dongguo's own situation became extremely difficult.The troops defending on the southwestern high ground became fewer and fewer, and finally the regiment shrank into a battalion, and the battalion shrank into a company, and the position was at stake. The head of the regiment, who was accustomed to tough and bitter battles, was repeatedly anxious on the phone, and even begged: I can't stand it anymore, brothers are almost exhausted, please let me withdraw. Zheng Dongguo was silent for a few seconds, and the chief of staff at the side felt anxious. He was afraid that Zheng Dongguo would make a wrong decision because of his soft heart, so he kept urging the division commander not to agree to the other party's request to retreat. Zheng Dongguo gritted his teeth, and issued an order sharply: "The decisive battle is at the last moment, even if there are only one soldier left, you must stand up to me. If you lose your position, I will cut off your head!" Taking advantage of this period of time, Comfort Cun has put together the division's special agent company, miscellaneous soldiers, cooks, and lightly wounded people to form a commando. Just like on the last night of the Taierzhuang victory, when the commandos appeared on the side of the Japanese army, they disrupted the opponent's position at once, and the southwest highland was finally stabilized. On December 31, Qiu Qingquan broke into Kunlun Pass with a fierce offensive and completed the final closing task. The Battle of Kunlun Pass was the first defeat suffered by the Hiroshima Division after Itagaki left.According to Japanese statistics, more than half of the casualties and missing persons of the 21st Nakamura Brigade were killed. After the war, every mountain in Kunlun Pass was riddled with bullets, and there was not a single piece of intact land.The dead officers and soldiers of both sides lay staggered in the pool of blood, unable to even put their feet in. When Zheng Dongguo was inspecting the position, he saw the body of a big soldier with a broken left leg and bullet wounds and knife marks all over his body, but he was still holding the devil soldier's throat tightly with both hands.Witnessing this scene, the soldier who had turned a blind eye to the tragic scene couldn't help but burst into tears. A few years later, Du Yuming made the following comments on the great victory at Kunlun Pass: bloody flowers flying, hard work and hard work, conquering Kunlun's cold enemy.He himself became famous both at home and abroad because of this battle, and was called the "Kunlun Lion". successful show When the Battle of Kunlun Pass reached its climax, the Chinese army's fierce offensive, strong will to fight, and active and tenacious actions far exceeded the opponent's imagination.Japanese military history later admitted that in the entire period since the "China Incident" occurred, this was the bleakest era for the Japanese Army. From the General Staff Headquarters to the headquarters of the "China Expeditionary Force", the highest Japanese military command in China, and then to the headquarters of the 21st Army stationed in Guangzhou, all panicked for a while, not knowing what to do. It was the commander of the 21st Army, Rikichi Ando, ​​who said - don't hold back, take a step back. "Thirty-six stratagems, the best plan is to follow", how simple and direct, but at the most tense moment, everyone's brains were frozen, no one could think of it, and when Rikichi Ando said it, they all did it Suddenly realized: Yes, what are you waiting for, hurry up and withdraw! On December 29, a group of senior officials jointly composed of the General Staff Headquarters, the "China Dispatch Army" and the 21st Army came to Nanning by plane. Before setting off, the bosses imagined how embarrassing Imamura Kyun's division commander must be. Maybe he was waiting eagerly for them to send a evacuation order in order to rescue his division. But after going there, I realized that this was not the case. Imamura was very calm, so calm that it was even unbelievable. First impression, is the head of the division scared out of his wits? After conveying the decision to withdraw, the deputy chief of staff of the 21st Army told Imamura Jun that since the ships were too late to transport troops, it would take about a month before the counterattack against Kunlun Pass could be reorganized. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, at least you won't send your troops into the tiger's mouth in a short time. They all waited for Imamura Jun to express his position, but when the other party opened his mouth, the senior officials present were surprised: I will never retreat! Everyone secretly praised him for being so courageous. What this group of people didn't know was that Imamura Jun's courage was given by them. Watching half of his division being killed by others, if you can still hold your breath, then he is not a man but a god.I believe that if the high-ranking official group does not appear, maybe Imamura Jun himself will order the retreat. There is nothing clever about it, it is just an instinctive reaction to escape. But it's different when the senior official corps comes.These big bosses who usually raised their eyebrows and talked were able to form a group to come, which shows that the upper level attaches great importance to the situation on the front line, and they will never watch the Hiroshima Division sit and wait to die and ignore it. The defeat at Kunlun Pass is undeniable, and it can no longer be changed. If you retreat again, it will undoubtedly mean a complete failure. example of. Imamura graduated from the twenty-seventh batch of the chief of the Mainland University.He and Isoya are classmates at Lu University, and the latter's unlucky experience has undoubtedly taught him a truth: instead of being discredited and leaving the stage in disgrace, it is better to bite the bullet and continue to persevere, maybe there will be a turning point. maybe. Facing the high-ranking officials, after showing off his "courage", Imamura showed the theoretical foundation of the chief of the Lu University, and analyzed why he could not retreat from the art of war. A retreat doesn't have to be the end of it.If you want to give up, the Chinese may not be willing to give in. They will concentrate more troops to track and encircle us. At that time, we may be even worse than we are now-the Chinese army will draw troops to block the attack near Qinzhou Bay, so that follow-up reinforcements will not be mentioned. If you can't log in within a month, even if you give some more time, it will be useless. After Imamura said everything, the senior officials looked at each other, thinking that the division chief was right. If you can't retreat, then tell me what to do? This is the question that Imamura equals, and he has already prepared the answer—— The so-called hell who will go to hell if I don't, for the sake of the overall situation, I want to use the Hiroshima division to contain the Chinese army so that they cannot go to Qinzhou Bay. On that day, Imamura Jun's performance was really good enough.In the minds of the senior officials who visited Nanning, the commander of the division was no longer a defeated general, but an army elite with both courage and brains. In many cases, it doesn't matter whether you can fight or not, what matters is whether you can speak and behave. Almost everyone present was moved by Imamura. They revoked their original decision and flew back to Guangzhou to deploy a new rescue operation that day. Imamura's prediction was correct.When the sky fell, there was a tall man holding it up, so there was no need for him to retreat. Isn't there enough troops?Then temporarily change the procedure, transfer the 106th Division, which is going to return to China and demobilize, to Guangzhou, and the 18th Division and the Guards Brigade, which belong to the 21st Army, are drawn to Nanning. In a word, we must not let down the wise and courageous division commander. reverse one hundred and eight Although he won the great victory at Kunlun Pass, Bai Chongxi could not put his opponent to death immediately. The Battle of Kunlun Pass relied on the Fifth Army, but after the fierce fighting in the early stage, the loss of this elite army was close to half. All the soldiers of the Honor First Division were injured once. Make up for it. Without the fifth army, Bai Chongxi's spear would not be so sharp, but Imamura Jun's shield became stronger. As of December 29, not only did the Ninth Brigade return to defend Nanning, but the Taiwan Brigade also sent an additional regiment to increase its frontline troops to four infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment. To a certain extent, it made up for the shortage of troops. In view of the fact that the 21st Brigade of Nakamura had been disabled and could not be used normally, Imamura had to transfer it back to Nanning, and was transferred to the 9th Brigade, under the command of the brigade leader and Kawagenchichi. After Ji Chuanyuanqi arrived at the front line, most of the four infantry regiments he commanded remained intact, so he was able to reorganize a defensive position at Batang, south of Kunlun Pass. In the absence of the Fifth Army, it was not so easy for Bai Chongxi to gnaw at this line of defense.What's more deadly is that his eyes were completely attracted to the part of Kunlun Pass, and he didn't take care of the entire battlefield. At this time, Imamura was completely holding on.His Batang line of defense is solid, but before the reinforcements arrive, other places are terribly weak. In Nanning, it is almost risky to rely on a disabled brigade to garrison. "Little Zhuge" doesn't need to fight against Ji Chuanyuanqi in Batang, he has too many choices to deal with. If you want to attack, you can bypass the defense line, or go straight to the city of Nanning, or draw your troops to Qinzhou Bay as Imamura Jun has worried about. Imamura Jun is too busy to take care of himself, and restraining Yunyun is just trying to brag in front of high-ranking officials and make a good impression. If you want to keep it, you can make use of the characteristics of Guangxi's mountainous areas to make large-scale deployments.Even if the 21st Army goes ashore and encounters layers of interception lines, it will not be particularly easy to successfully counterattack. It's a pity that Bai Chongxi didn't choose any of them, and time was wasted day by day like this. On January 22, 1940, the Eighteenth Division and the Guards Brigade had arrived near Nanning after landing, but the Guilin camp still did not respond. On January 24, the commander of the 21st Army, Toshiyoshi Ando, ​​took command in Nanning and issued an order to carry out anti-encirclement operations four days later. Even so, there are opportunities for redress. On January 27, the day before the Japanese army began to fight against the siege, Chen Cheng, then Minister of Political Affairs, arrived in Guangxi from Chongqing with Zhang Fakui in the name of assistance. As soon as he arrived at the front line, Chen Cheng found that there was a problem with the deployment.So many days have passed, the main force of as many as five armies is still being used to encircle the enemy of Batang, and the newly reinforced troops also entered this battlefield without exception, but the actual situation is that the package cannot be completed, and the battle cannot be completed. It can't move, and the rear and side forces are weak, and there are no controllable soldiers for maneuvering. What if the Japanese army made a roundabout and outflanked them? Chen Cheng was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. He strongly suggested that Bai Chongxi draw two troops from the front of Kunlun Pass as a reserve team, and at the same time pay attention to the movements of the Japanese troops on the side. Bai Chongxi didn't say that Chen Cheng's concerns were wrong, but he thought differently: if five armies can't move Batang, what else can the remaining three armies do? It might be more appropriate to wait until there are enough reinforcements in the back. It is appropriate, the problem is that the opponent will not give you time. On January 28, in addition to the garrison troops, the two divisions and two brigades of the 21st Army were dispatched to bypass the Kunlun Pass and encircle the Chinese army in short cuts. Only then did Bai Chongxi realize that something was wrong. In a hurry, the only troops he could mobilize were Xu Tingyao's 38th Army in Binyang behind Kunlun Pass. The latter hurriedly sent the whole army south to stop the enemy. Through aerial reconnaissance, Ando Liji discovered that he only needs to defeat the 38th Army to win the overall situation. On February 1, the 21st Army launched a decisive offensive. Take the head first.Toshikichi Ando mobilized about 100 planes from the Japanese Navy and Air Force to bomb Binyang. The headquarters of the 38th Army was destroyed. As the commander-in-chief of the army, Xu Tingyao lost contact with the front-line troops and lost his ability to command. Except for the fifth army that was withdrawn and replenished, the thirty-eighth group army was temporarily incorporated, and they were not familiar with each other. In the temporary battle, the defensive positions were not built, so they were quickly defeated one by one by the 21st Army. On February 2, the Guards Brigade captured Binyang, and the Chinese army was cut off from the rear and forced to retreat. Xu Tingyao, who was responsible for this, was severely punished by dismissal and investigation after the war. So far, the battle situation in Guangxi has undergone a 180-degree reversal. Seeing that failure was inevitable, and he couldn't save himself, Chen Cheng was extremely anxious, and his appearance suddenly changed, even his eyeballs protruded, and he was extremely thin and frightening.When Li Jishen came to Guangxi, he thought he was insane and kept asking him if it was all right. Chen Cheng was very sad: Hundreds of thousands of souls in Guangxi will be trampled under the iron hooves of the Japanese, how can I remain indifferent? Strangely enough, the 21st Army retreated automatically after a few days. Because in terms of existing forces, they are simply untenable.It is said that when the Japanese army entered Guangxi, the common people along the way would all run away ("all of them avoid each other"), not only to take refuge, but also to leave room for those who could fight. The aggressive folk customs in Guangxi have caused headaches for the Japanese as well. Guangxi has soldiers in the regiment, and the young men have all undergone military training. They spontaneously organize militia groups, those with guns take guns, those without guns carry hoes and rakes, those who are timid break the road, and those who are bold directly harass the devils, so Guangxi is not easy to treat, it belongs to "the most special province in the Anti-Japanese War", and the Japanese also regard the people of Guangxi as "the most hateful". Guangxi people are not easy to mess with, and Cantonese people are not easy to eat. Yu Hanmou in northern Guangdong launched a series of diversionary attacks near Guangzhou. On February 8, Toshiyoshi Ando ordered the armies to return to Nanning, and the 18th Division returned to Guangzhou. Before that, he gave up Binyang, which he had already obtained, and even Batang, which Bai Chongxi had never been able to chew, he automatically gave up. Before leaving, he specially left a notice to Chiang Kai-shek in Batang, saying that I have to admit that your army has shown unprecedented bravery, but unfortunately, my goal of smashing you has also been achieved, so now "return Bi to Batang in the Jiang Jun". When Chiang Kai-shek saw the notice, he was so angry that he read it word for word at the military summary meeting afterwards, and then announced on the spot that the ten senior generals below Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng would be punished with different degrees of punishment such as demotion, dismissal and investigation, and court-martial. After the "July 7th Incident", high-level commanders were punished the most. The people were punished, and the troops were unlucky, including the designations of two group armies and three armies were withdrawn (the Guilin camp was later revoked).Among them, Zheng Zuomin, the commander of the Ninth Division, was shot dead, but no one knew when and where he was killed. The body was not found until after the Japanese army retreated. Chiang Kai-shek was particularly outraged at this "shameless" practice of abandoning the chief and fleeing for his own life. He immediately ordered the cancellation of the title of the Ninth Division and renamed it "Anonymous Division". , guard and don’t leave”, this kind of punishment is also unprecedented in the Chinese army.