On the morning of November 24, 1966, scholars from the Institute of History of the Academia Sinica arrived at the Muslim apartment in Xinyi District, Taipei, for the 132nd time, to visit a commander who had been a powerful commander in the past. Needless to say, this commander is also known to everyone, and he used to be the second-in-command of the Gui warlords - General Bai Chongxi. Unlike in the past, General Bai Chongxi had clearly realized that his days were running out for more than 70 years, and he was very open to conversation. Unlike before, when he talked about his great exploits in the Northern Expedition, the Anti-Japanese War, and the Civil War, this time Bai Chongxi suddenly talked about the past in the second half of 1949. In the interview, Bai Chongxi repeatedly expressed his doubts to scholars: "The Hunan and Guangdong joint defense line carefully arranged by himself can be attacked and defended, and the 350,000 men and horses under his command are in a mobile defensive posture, how can it be wiped out in less than four months?"Bai Chongxi blamed these on factional struggles, old ** pulling back his legs, Americans breaking appointments, and internal spy ......, but still not self-justifying. It is said that the old ** was very angry after reading Bai Jiansheng's oral record. Eight days later, on December 2, 1966, Bai Chongxi suddenly fell ill and died in his apartment. 
In the interview, Bai Chongxi became more and more excited, and his mind seemed to return to that era that seemed to him to be humiliating. Everyone knows that after the three major battles, the principal's lineage was wiped out, and at this time, the happiest person besides our party was the Gui family. After the end of Du Yuming's group, Bai Chongxi led the central and southern provinces, and in the name of peace talks, he called the principal **. The principal had no choice but to retreat, announced for the third time that he would go into the wilderness, live in seclusion in his hometown Xikou, and secretly still manipulate the units of the ** army that served him and controlled the southeast coast. Although the Gui department drove away the principal and made the family a leader, the government decree did not leave the ** government, and it was also incompatible with our party to negotiate peace, and he still wanted to divide the river and rule. Our party has long been ready to cross the river in the western sector. 60,000 horses of the 40th Army and the 43rd Army of Siye slaughtered north of the Yangtze River. At this time, Bai Zhuge still had five regular corps, including Zhang Zhen's 19th Corps, Song Xilian's 14th Corps, Chen Mingren's First Corps, Zhang Gan's Third Corps, and Lu Daoyuan's Eleventh Corps, plus several appeasement areas and Xianggui local armed and security regiments, Bai Chongxi had an army of 500,000. 
However, Bai Chongxi did not expect that our party would give him three sticks at the beginning: Zhang Zhen and Chen Mingren led their troops to revolt successively, and the two important towns of Wuhan and Changsha were liberated one after another. General Chen Geng's Fourth Corps liberated Nanchang and threatened Hunan from the flank. It turned out that Bai Chongxi took Hengyang to Baoqing as the second line of defense and Changsha as the first line of defense. At present, after the Changsha uprising, Hengyang to Baoqing bore the brunt. The most important thing is that the loss of Wuhan, Changsha, and Nanchang has made the Americans, who had high hopes for Bai Chongxi, turn their faces again, and the 500 million US military aid originally scheduled for Gui Jun is about to come to naught. No wonder after hearing the news of Chen Mingren's uprising in Changsha, Bai Chongxi couldn't eat for several days, and his face was sad. At this time, the fighter came!After Chen Mingren's uprising, many units of the First Corps were bewitched and mutinied, including the 87th and 88th Divisions of the 71st Army HeadquartersThe headquarters of the 14th Army and 1 regiment of the 10th, 62nd, and 63rd divisions;Two regiments of the 19th Division of the 100th Army and one regiment of the 197th Division, a total of 4 whole divisions + 4 regiments, about 40,000 people. After the uprising, half of the troops ran away, which was tantamount to a heavy blow to Chen Mingren, and Chen Mingren, who was heartbroken, immediately telegraphed to Siye: Request to pursue the rebels immediately!Wuhan Siye Headquarters, 101 pondered about Bai Chongxi's movements: With the rebels running to Hengbao, Bai Chongxi will definitely send troops to meet them, and take the opportunity of pursuing the rebels, our army can capture his main force and force it to fight a decisive battle with me in the southern Hunan region!
Thinking of this, 101 suddenly opened his eyes: "1The 40th, 46th, and 49th armies were ordered to stop resting and recuperate, and they were to set off quickly and advance south at a faster pace. The 146th Division of the 49th Army immediately advanced towards Ningxiang, the 145th Division immediately advanced in the direction of Xiangxiang, and its 147th Division immediately advanced in the direction of Baoqing. After the rebels were discovered, they still completed the relocation and cut off their retreat first, and then carried out the work of winning over. If the rebels continue to flee south, they will all be pursued and annihilated. 2.Zhan Caifang's 46th Army, except for one part to guard Changsha and Zhuzhou, advanced to Hengyang;Luo Shunchu's 40th Army, except for one part to maintain order in Liling, the main force immediately advanced in the direction of Youxian;The advance division of Zhang Guohua's 18th Army advanced towards Chaling. "In order to annihilate Bai Chongxi, 101 has spread a big net. It's a pity that Bai Chongxi wanted to take the opportunity of the pursuit of Siye's separate roads to fight a turnaround: the 136th Division of the 46th Army was ambushed by the 146th Division of the 48th Army of the Gui Army near Liling, but fortunately, the two regiments of the 146th Division advanced in parallel by separate routes, and the ambush of the Gui Army failed to close. The two sides fought fiercely until dark, and the commander of the 146th Division judged that he was in ambush, and immediately pulled out the 407th Regiment in Liling City, and repelled the Gui army after a bitter battle. The 146th Division of the 49th Army was not so lucky, the division pursued more than 100 miles a day at a speed of more than 100 miles, Liankening Township, Xiangxiang, and Yongfeng, but the two forward regiments encountered 3 divisions of the Gui Army at Qingshuping. The 146th Division and the 145th Division that came to reinforce finally left the Gui Army's ambush circle after more than 1,200 people. This battle, ** boasted as "the biggest victory since the Battle of Xu Beng." When the Americans heard about it, they waved their pens and allocated 100 million U.S. aid that had not yet been delivered to the principal to Bai Chongxi. 
However, Bai Chongxi was very sober: The battle of Qingshuping was far from achieving the expected results, and Siye still had more than 900,000 troops, including Chen Geng's 4 Corps, with a total strength of more than one million. Although he still has five corps in his hands, counting the local armed forces in Guangxi, the total number is only 350,000. Huang Jie's 1st Corps and Liu Jiashu's 17th Corps were formed by troops and recruits who had escaped from Changsha, and they could not be used for combat immediatelyThe 11th Corps only had some combat effectiveness in the 58th Army, Lu Daoyuan's old unit. For several nights in a row, Bai Chongxi painstakingly adjusted the deployment of his 12 armies, and finally conceived a mobile defense plan that could be attacked and retreated: Zhang Gan's department, the old foundation of the Gui army, was adjusted to the area near Hengyang as a maneuver;Xu Qiming's division of the 10th Corps was controlled between Laiyang and Shaoguan to prevent Chen Geng's corps from attacking from JiangxiThe Lu Daoyuan Division of the 11th Corps served as the frontal defense north of Hengyang;The newly established 1st Corps Huang Jie's division was controlled near Shaodong and Baoqing, and the 17th Corps' Liu Jiashu division was deployed in the Zhijiang and Anjiang areas. The most elite 7th Army as the general reserve, equipped with more than 100 large trucks, stationed troops on standby in Quanxi Town, more than ten kilometers southeast of Hengyang, Bai Chongxi imagined that if there was a gap, it could be led by the second capable Lu Daoyuan Corps in the group, and the most capable Zhang Gan Corps cooperated, **Xiangtan. In case the situation changes, Lu Daoyuan's corps can drag the attack of Siye, and the old foundation of his Gui army can calmly retreat into Guangxi. 
According to the chairman's deployment, 101, which had not moved troops for more than 20 days due to the defeat of Qingshuping, re-dictated the order: 1Under the unified command of Chen Geng, the 4th and 15th Corps marched southeast from Jiangxi, and after occupying Guangzhou, the 4th Corps advanced to Guinan and detoured to the right of Bai Chongxi's department. 2.Cheng Zihua led the 38th and 39th armies as the Western Route Army, passing through Yuanling and Zhijiang, and going straight down to Liuzhou along the border of Hunan, Guizhou and Guizhou, and after detouring to the left side of the enemy, cutting off the retreat route of Bai Chongxi's group to flee west to Yungui 3Xiao Jinguang commanded the 40th, 41st, 45th, 46th, 49th, and 18th armies to attack Baoqing head-on from Xiangtan and Xiangxiang, forcing the enemy to retreat to Guilin. The four fields here are murderous, but Bai Chongxi is hesitant to enter Guangdong or Gui. The Americans said that 100 million U.S. aid supplies would be shipped to Guangzhou. The commander of the Pacific Fleet also assured Bai Chongxi that as long as the White Department could retreat to Guangzhou, the Americans would do their best to ensure that the White Department was able to supply the White Army. The strength of the US aid is too great, Bai Chongxi really wanted to take US aid in Guangzhou, but when he saw nearly 200,000 men and horses from the five armies of the two corps of our army rushing to kill, he hesitated again. At this time, the principal was also reluctant to transfer troops from Hainan Island to reinforce Guangzhou. Bai Chongxi is still hesitating here, and our army over there has already crossed the Leishui and killed Hengyang. Huang Jie thought that he should retreat to Vietnam, and Gui Jun thought that he should retreat to Guangxi
But Bai Chongxi still has concerns: Hengyang still has a large number of military supplies, and it is obviously not possible to send them to our army like this. After thinking about it again and again, Bai Chongxi decided: At present, we need to go back and forth for a while. As for the location of the Governor's Department in Hengyang, although it is unfavorable, it cannot be easily moved, so as not to affect the international outlook. Since negotiations are currently underway regarding the time and place of receiving US aid, it is necessary to retreat slowly. This hesitation led to the subsequent fiasco. On the afternoon of October 1, the three corps of Xiao Jinguang's corps exchanged fire with Lu Daoyuan's corps. Bai Chongxi did not panic when he saw the heavy troops of Siye pressing the border, but unhurriedly ordered the 7th Army, 48th Army, 46th Army, and 97th Army to enter the line of the Shuidongjiang River north of Hengyang, and put on a posture of a decisive battle with Xiao Jinguang. I have to say that Bai Chongxi's move of advancing and retreating made him very clever: with the strength of 6 armies, he forced 3 armies of our army to stop advancing. Then it withdrew into Guangxi in an orderly manner. On October 4, the 101st ordered the three corps in front of him to stop advancing. However, an unexpected circumstance arose. On the evening of October 4, Xiao Jinguang found that the 135th Division of the 45th Army under his command was missing!The radio station couldn't be reached. At 11 o'clock in the morning of October 5, 101 had just sent a telegram to the chairman, proposing to concentrate the forces of the five armies and advance in unison to pressure the White Army from the front to retreat into Guangxi. The staff officer below sent him a telegram: The 135th Division of the 45th Army did not stop advancing as planned, but crossed the Hengbao Highway and interspersed with the line of Shaping, Lingguandian, and Sunjiawan. 101 looked at the map: The Lingguan Hall is actually located within 160 miles of Bai Chongxi, and it just happened to choke the throat of Hengbao Highway!
101's mind was spinning rapidly, and he immediately ordered: From now on, the 135th Division will be temporarily under the direct command of the General Headquarters, and the radio stations of the divisions and regiments of the division should be on call, and the radio stations of the corps and corps can only be listened to, and they must not participate in the command!Before, it was the 171st Division of the 7th Army that defended that area, and after the 171st Division was transferred, the seemingly tight defensive line leaked a needle's eye, and this needle's eye happened to be drilled into by the 135th Division. Seeing that the Siye troops stopped advancing, Bai Chongxi laughed and quickly ordered the Seventh Army and the Forty-eighth Army to immediately shrink westward due to the unified command of Li Benyi, the commander of the Seventh Army, intending to withdraw to Wugang first and then retreat into Guangxi. Li Ben never imagined that the Lingguan Palace, which had always been in the rear, would have a division of our army. Bai Chongxi never expected that his huge tactical system of mobile defense and the clever strategy of advancing and retreating would be disturbed by a division. At this time, the two most elite armies and three divisions of the Gui Department were completely entangled by a 135th division, and the two sides fought fiercely for several days, but Li Benyi still failed to break through Ding Sheng's defensive line. Seeing that the situation had collapsed, Bai Chongxi immediately ordered the entire front to retreat. It's a pity that the other ministries are scrambling to flee south, but his old Guijun can't escape. 101 ordered the 11 divisions of Xiao Jinguang's corps to quickly pursue south. After the Seventh Army and the Forty-eighth Army retreated, Ding Sheng was not idle, and pursued the Seventh Army according to the Yeji telegram, and the 405th Regiment caught up with the military headquarters of the Seventh Army at Guanjiazui, and fought fiercely with the three battalions of the Army, completely crazy. Wei Tongtai, commander of the 405th Regiment, personally led a battalion to engage in close combat with the Seventh Army Guard Battalion, which was composed entirely of Guangxi veterans, and the two sides raised American-style carbines and submachine guns to shoot frantically. 
The two sides fought fiercely until 9 p.m. at noon, and the guard battalion finally could not hold it and the whole army was annihilated. When the main force of the Seventh Army and the 176th Division of the 48th Army retreated south, they encountered the 119th Division of the 40th Army, and when the battle was the most intense, the commander of the 119th Division, Xu Guofu, even organized all the division personnel to charge with broadswords, and finally waited for the 8 divisions of our army, completely annihilated the 3 divisions of the Gui Army to attack the flank, and also took Wugang, Sangzhi, and Baoqing, and annihilated the 14th Army and the 62nd Division of the 14th Army. In this battle, our army annihilated a total of 4More than 750,000 people were captured, 402 artillery pieces, 176 cars, 13,071 rifles and machine guns, 1,116 horses, more than 100,000 rounds of guns and ammunition, and more importantly, the backbone of the Gui army was broken. After Bai Chongxi retreated to Guangxi, he was no longer able to organize decent resistance.