Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Zhao Gang looked at Xing Zhiguo, who also looked up at Zhao Gang. They both said almost simultaneously, "Let's follow the commander's orders and head to Yu County!"

"Yes!"

Due to concerns about leaks, Li Yunlong did not immediately tell Lao Zhao and others about the battle plan via radio. Even though other Eighth Route Army troops had arrived around Ping'an County, they only thought that an important person was going to Ping'an County, and they were responsible for guarding the periphery.

Li Yunlong personally went to the headquarters to deliver the battle plan, and they finally discussed and finalized it together without sending a telegram to keep it confidential.

After Zhao Gang's team gradually moved out of the depths of Mount Wutai, their movements were discovered by the Japanese. Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko received the latest reconnaissance report that a troop in Mount Wutai was moving south and was expected to arrive at the junction of Taihang Mountain and Mount Wutai within three days.

Chapter 240 Buying out the Sixth Division

"Li Yunlong, this time I will completely destroy you and your independent column!"

After seeing the information, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko said with a somewhat ferocious expression, then took a deep breath to calm his excitement and began to deploy the battle plan.

"Immediately order the 4th and 6th Divisions to proceed to Yu County and Yangquan according to the predetermined plan, and the 14th Division to station at Taiyuan!"

"Hayi!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko knew a few days ago that Li Yunlong was going to get married. After thinking for a while, he ordered to stop the bombing of Ping'an County. He was waiting for an opportunity to give Li Yunlong a big surprise and completely eliminate Li Yunlong and Li Yunlong's troops.

As for the news of Li Yunlong's return to Ping'an County, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko also knew it, so Prince Guizi made two preparations: one was to bomb Li Yunlong's wedding scene, and the other was to destroy Li Yunlong's troops.

In order to prevent Li Yunlong from setting the wedding time at night and being unable to bomb, Prince Asaka Naruhiko specially requested four Ki-45 Kawasaki Dragon Slayer fighter jets that had not yet been officially deployed from the headquarters.

The Japanese began designing and developing this fighter in 1939. It successfully completed its first flight in 1940 and has been continuously improved. Small-scale production has begun but it has not yet been put into service. The Japanese navy and army are currently arguing over who will be given priority in equipping this aircraft.

However, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko used his connections as a prince to first obtain four aircraft for Taiyuan's Japanese Army Aviation, which was just right for testing the actual combat effectiveness of these aircraft.

The Ki-45 Kawasaki Dragon Slayer fighter has the ability to take off and land at night. Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko believes that it will be able to give Li Yunlong a big surprise.

In addition, in order to find out where Li Yunlong's wedding was held, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko also contacted the Special High Technology Bureau and activated a spy hidden deep in the Eighth Route Army, which would lurk at the place where Li Yunlong's wedding was held to provide guidance for night bombers.

This intelligence officer has been hiding very deeply and has now become the secretary of a leading figure in the Eighth Route Army.

The reason why the Special High Technology Bureau was able to agree to Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's plan was because they also obtained a very important piece of information this time. When Li Yunlong got married this time, an important figure from the Eighth Route Army would come to witness the wedding in person, although they didn't know who it was.

However, considering Li Yunlong's current position, the people coming must be of high rank, at least at the division level or even higher, so it would be a great achievement if we could directly activate this hidden card hidden deep inside. If we could eliminate these people and Li Yunlong together, it would definitely be a great achievement.

Near Taiyuan City, the 4th and 6th Divisions are stationed.

After receiving the order, the two troops began to march towards Yu County and Yangquan.

At this time, Kotaro Kotera had already returned to the Japanese army and reported to Zhongming Daxiang that Li Yunlong needed more bullets.

"More bullets? What does he need so many bullets for? Is he preparing for a major battle? Forget it. It has nothing to do with us. We are going back to Baoding soon."

Zhong Ming Daxiang frowned. Three million bullets had already emptied the basic ammunition reserves of the Fourth Division. Unless supplies arrived, each soldier would have less than a hundred bullets. Now that there was no war, it was not easy to settle the accounts, and he could not apply for ammunition supplies from the logistics department.

"Perhaps we can buy some from other troops? General Li Yunlong is anxious to cash in on the large yellow croakers he has. They are in urgent need of various supplies. Your Excellency, Commander, General Li said that your officers' swords are a bit expensive. He is willing to pay three thousand dollars for a colonel's sword, one thousand dollars for a lieutenant colonel's sword, and five hundred dollars for a major's sword. He needs one colonel's sword, two lieutenant colonel's swords, and seven major's swords."

“Is it a bit expensive?”

Zhongming Daxiang's offer was actually just a test. After all, these samurai swords were made by themselves, and they would not lose money no matter how much they were sold for.

"Let's trade at this price. What do you say about General Li Yunlong's medal?"

"Ha Yi, the Treasure Tripod Medal is five thousand dollars, and the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal is two thousand dollars."

Zhong Ming Daxiang immediately shook his head after hearing this and said, "It's too expensive. The Treasure Tripod Medal is a maximum of one thousand dollars, and the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal is a maximum of five hundred dollars. But if you have the Cloud Banner Medal, two thousand dollars is fine. I remember General Li has the Cloud Banner Medal."

"Hayi, I will convey your words to General Li during the next transaction."

After Kotaro Kotaro left, Zhong Ming Daxiang touched his chin. It seemed that Kotaro Kotaro did not betray him. Last time, he took the initiative to show him the telegram, and Li Yunlong bought such important information for five thousand oceans.

If Kota Kotera betrayed him, he would never be able to receive the money.

Kotaro Kotera also knew about the matter of the major colonel's sword. If he told Li Yunlong this news, Li Yunlong would definitely not be willing to spend three thousand dollars to buy a fake major colonel's sword, let alone the major colonel's and lieutenant colonel's swords.

"It's a bit dangerous for Kodera-kun to keep going back and forth to the Eighth Route Army. Also, his position could be raised and he could be given some security personnel."

Zhong Ming Daxiang was very satisfied with Kotaro Kota's two attempts. At the same time, he had already thought about continuing to sell bullets and began to think about how to get more bullets. After all, Li Yunlong was generous and could get millions of bullets at a time, which was a business worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Zhong Ming Daxiang knew that the 4th Division would likely return to Baoding soon. He knew that if he missed this opportunity, he would never get it again. There was no one in northern Hebei who was as generous as Li Yunlong.

Turning around, Zhong Ming Daxiang saw the 23rd Regiment of the 6th Division gathering.

The commander of the 23rd Regiment, Okamoto Shin'o, had a good relationship with him. He was originally only a lieutenant colonel, but after his brother Okamoto Shin'omi was promoted to general, he also became the commander of the 23rd Regiment.

The last time Li Yunlong needed 200,000 rounds of ammunition to buy three million rounds, he had gotten the shortfall through him. He had also often traded supplies before. It was a common practice for Japanese officers to sell supplies. Besides the 4th Division, the Kwantung Army and the Modu Garrison were the most rampant.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ming Daxiang already had an idea in his mind. The Fourth Division was running out of ammunition and could not continue to sell it, otherwise they would not be able to fire a single shot on the battlefield and would definitely not be able to report back. However, the Sixth Division must have a lot of ammunition, and Taiyuan was their base, so it was convenient to supply them.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ming Daxiang walked directly towards the 23rd Regiment with a smile.

With a smile on his face, he found Okamoto Shigeo.

"Okamoto-kun, please stay. I have something to discuss with you."

"Zhongmingjun?"

After seeing Zhongming Daxiang, Okamoto Zhenxiong looked around and motioned Zhongming Daxiang to go aside.

"Okamoto-kun, the situation is this: our troops are still a little low on ammunition. Could you provide some more?"

Hearing this, Okamoto Zhenxiong couldn't help but be stunned, and then whispered: "Didn't we just buy 200,000 rounds?"

"Two hundred thousand isn't enough, we need this number this time!"

Zhongming Daxiang raised two fingers.

"Or two hundred thousand rounds?"

"No, two million rounds."

Hearing this, Okamoto Shin'o couldn't help but take a breath. Two million rounds of bullets would require at least three or four regiments to gather.

"Mr. Zhong Ming, if something goes wrong with so many bullets, we will be sent to a military court." Normally, when we resell some supplies, tens of thousands of bullets and dozens of artillery shells, the Japanese turn a blind eye. But two million bullets, are the people in Osaka so crazy?

Hearing this, Zhongming Daxiang whispered, "No one on the battlefield will count how many bullets we've fired. We must have a combat mission this time. There's only the Eighth Route Army here in Shanxi Province. You know we can't waste many bullets fighting against the Eighth Route Army, and we can even use the puppet army's bullets."

"This time, one dollar buys eighteen rounds of ammunition. Okamoto-kun, I heard that your brother seems to have been dismissed from his post. Some people are dissatisfied with you, and many people are eyeing your position. You may be transferred back to the mainland at any time."

Hearing this, Okamoto Shin'o fell silent. His brother Okamoto Shin'o was dismissed from all his posts in March this year. Now at home in his hometown, without his brother's support, Okamoto Shin'o would definitely lose the position of the regiment commander, which he had obtained thanks to his brother's relationship.

Okamoto Shin'o knew very well what being transferred back to the mainland meant. If he didn't take the opportunity to make some money now, he would have no money to operate after arriving in the mainland, and then he would only be able to serve as an instructor for new recruits in the mainland forever.

"I think I can find a way."

"As soon as possible, the goods are needed urgently this time. If you give me the goods this time, I will settle the bill with you. This is the deposit!"

Zhongming Daxiang directly took out four large yellow croakers and handed them over.

Seeing this scene, Okamoto Zhenxiong, who was still hesitating, had made up his mind. It was just as Zhongming Daxiang said, fighting against the Eighth Route Army really didn't require many bullets. The Eighth Route Army was very poor, and they would charge and fight hand-to-hand after firing a few shots. They usually reported more and kept some for themselves to resell, but they sold a little more this time.

My squadron still has a lot of ammunition reserves, and there are other squadrons that can take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

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Chapter 241 Zhao Gang Arrives at the Outskirts of Yu County

"I reiterate, this operation is a confidential mission. Therefore, any incidents during the march must be reported, and we must act together as a squad. Anyone who acts without authorization will be treated as a deserter!"

At night, at the headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie stood in front of the soldiers of the 1st Battalion and reiterated the requirements for this march.

At the same time, there was a technical guidance team of 20 people beside them. They were technicians sent from Heiyun Mountain to instruct the independent regiment on how to use rocket launchers.

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

"Listen clearly!"

"Very good, let's go!"

After Kong Jie finished speaking, he looked at the deputy commander of the independent regiment and said, "Old Qian, the rest of the troops are in your hands."

Deputy Regimental Commander Qian nodded and said, "Old Kong, are you only taking one battalion? Isn't that too few?"

"The first battalion is composed of veterans of our independent regiment and is trustworthy. There are too many new faces in the second and third battalions. This is a confidential mission, so too many people would be inappropriate. You will report to the headquarters with the second and third battalions. The commander will assign you combat missions."

"Yes!"

Two days later in the afternoon, Kong Jie led his troops to the outskirts of Taiyuan Airport. They rested during the day and marched at night. Even though the Japanese strongholds outside these places had been eliminated by the independent column, they remained cautious and were not discovered by the Japanese.

When they arrived about ten kilometers before Taiyuan Airport, artillery towers that had not been taken down began to appear, and Kong Jie successfully bypassed them. The last time Li Yunlong attacked Datong, Kong Jie brought the independent regiment to the vicinity of Taiyuan and memorized the surrounding terrain. This was Kong Jie's ability. He remembered all the roads he had walked and would not get lost.

This time it came in handy. After easily bypassing several Japanese artillery towers and strongholds, they arrived at a hill less than a hundred meters away, four kilometers outside the airport.

Kong Jie observed the airport with a telescope for a while, then turned to the technician beside him and asked, "Is this distance enough?"

The technician used binoculars to survey the locations of some important airport facilities, then nodded and said, "That's enough. I've seen the airport's defense map. The Japanese hangars and all important buildings are within the range of our 107mm rocket launchers."

As he spoke, he quickly took out a notebook and did some simple calculations. He once again confirmed that there was no problem and nodded vigorously.

Kong Jie took out his watch and looked at it, then took out two more watches and checked the time with the people around him to confirm that there was no error.

"Two more hours!"

The technician pushed his glasses and said, "There's enough time. I'll teach you how to install the rocket launcher."

The ten rocket launchers were divided into parts by the soldiers of the first battalion and carried along dozens of kilometers of mountain roads.

Although the soldiers didn't know what these iron lumps were used for, they carefully protected them along the way and there were no bumps or collisions.

"This is the gun barrel, and this is the connector. You can connect several gun barrels together like this. This is..."

Each squad was assigned a technician, who organized the soldiers of a battalion to assemble all the rocket launchers.

"These trees in front of us need to be cut down, otherwise they will block our rocket launchers."

After the ten rocket launchers were finally assembled, the technician observed the surrounding environment and pointed to several trees in front.

"Let's cut down the trees before the battle begins. Cutting down the trees now might alert the Japanese!"

At this time, in Yu County.

Okamoto Shin'o came up to Nakamura Daxiang with a smile and said, "Two million bullets in total, not a single one missing."

Zhongming Daxiang jumped out of the car, looked at the box of bullets in the back, and smiled. "Okamoto-kun, this is the final payment. Do you want me to deposit it in our bank for you? It's not convenient to carry so much money during the war. You know the reputation of our Osaka Bank!"

In addition to selling various supplies, the 4th Division also has a business for the Japanese internal financial custody. It claims to be the Osaka Bank and can send the money earned by these Japanese abroad back to the country. The Osaka Division even operates a smuggling channel.

Of course, the Osaka Division would charge some handling fees, and the amount was not low, but many Japanese soldiers liked to ask the Fourth Division to mail valuables to the country. After all, the Japanese internal postal system was too bad. Except for letters and some worthless things, valuable items could not be delivered to their families at all.

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhongming. There's other people's money here. I'll get back to you after we divide the money."