Chapter 353 Chapter 36 The Battle of Hengbao: A Typical Quick-Fixed Mobile Battle

After Changsha was peacefully liberated and Bai Chongxi retreated to the Hengbao area, the specific situation of the Bai Chongxi Group was as follows: Central China Military and Political Executive Office and the 3rd Corps (Zhang Gan Corps), the 10th Corps (Xu Qiming Corps), and the 11th Corps (Lu Daoyuan Corps) Located in Hengyang, the 46th Army is located in Lechang, the 97th Army is located in Chenxian County and Rucheng, the 48th Army is located in Leiyang and its northeast region, the 7th Army is located in Hengyang and Quanxi City, the 58th Army is located in Hengshan, and the 103rd Army The Army is located in the Yongfeng and Tianxin Street areas in the southwest of Xiangxiang. The 71st Army is located in Songjiatang, Jieling, and Qingshuping in the northeast of Baoqing. The 1st Corps (Huangjie Corps) and the 14th Army are located in Baoqing and the north In the Xinhua area, the 17th Corps (Liu Jiashu Corps) and the 100th Corps are located in the Zhijiang and Anjiang areas, forming the center of the "Hunan-Guangdong Joint Defense Line".At the same time, the main force of Yu Hanmou Group was concentrated in Shaoguan in northern Guangdong and its north and south regions; the main force of Song Xilian Group was concentrated in Enshi, Wufeng, and Badong areas in western Hubei.

At this time, Bai Chongxi was stretched and had no peace day and night.He knew that as far as the current situation was concerned, it was impossible for Hengyang to retreat.There is bound to be a fierce battle in the code, the chance of winning is not high, and maybe it will exhaust his own capital-this is definitely not his "Little Zhuge" style.But if he doesn't keep it, he will face even greater pressure. Hengyang is an important gateway of Guangdong and Guangxi, and its geographical location is very important.On one side, there is the Hunan-Guizhou railway line directly connected to Guangxi, the home of the Guangxi Clan, and on the other side, the Guangdong-Han railway line directly leads to Guangzhou, the "new capital" of the Kuomintang.Therefore, whether Hengyang can be kept, whether it is the precarious Kuomintang regime or the Guangxi army that is in constant panic, has reached the critical point of life and death.

For Bai Chongxi, the Hunan-Guizhou line is more like a lifeline.It is the lifeblood of combat, transportation, and supplies in the entire southern Hunan region, and is directly related to the survival of the Guangxi Clan.Bai Chongxi was very familiar with this main railway line.For most of his life, he used guns and cannons, commanded the imperial generals, how many times he killed the generals from this road and went out to compete in the Central Plains, pointing directly at Youyan; The hometown survived, regrouped and made a comeback. Bai Chongxi also knows that today is not what it used to be, and the opponent now is the Communist Party, not the old warlords, who are bent on liberating the whole of China.If Hengyang and the Hunan-Guangxi and Guangdong-Han railway lines are easily given up this time, God knows if there will be a day when they will go out of the mountain again.

He also considered the idea of ​​​​retiring the Guijun to Guangzhou. The U.S. 7th Fleet anchored in Hong Kong is using a large amount of munitions and supplies to lure the Guangxi army into Guangdong. The materialist Bai Chongxi regards this batch of munitions as life-saving straw.He knew that the strength of the Guangxi faction could not shake Chiang Kai-shek's determination. He once asked the Cantonese generals to put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek, but all his efforts were in vain in the end. Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi sighed and shook his head helplessly.