Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

First, the Second Battle of Changsha ended, and the National Army wiped out more than 30,000 Japanese devils.

Then the Southwestern Front Army of the Russian Bear was completely annihilated, with a loss of nearly 700,000 people.

On December 7th, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After years of procrastination, Shancheng finally declared war on the Japanese.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in Chiayi, and on January 1, 1942, the Declaration of the United Nations was formally signed and the Anti-Fascist Alliance was formally established.

Evidence came one after another, and the things Li Yunlong recorded also appeared one by one. Li Yunlong began to visit the teacher more frequently.

Li Yunlong also gradually became calmer from being reserved and nervous at the beginning, and now he even started to openly steal the man's cigarettes to smoke.

At this time, Li Yunlong finally understood why the three evil men, Wei Heshang, Yu Zhigan, and Duan Peng, had to steal peanuts even though they could find them themselves. It seemed to be quite exciting and gave them a sense of accomplishment.

"You, don't you really want to stay here with me and study together?"

Before leaving, the gentleman still wanted to keep Li Yunlong.

"Sir, we post-90s people have always had a dream. When the red flags are flying high in the sky, we will ride horses to Mount Fuji and enjoy the cherry blossoms. Besides, the industries of the four eastern provinces are too important. With these industries, we may be able to get Miss Qiu before the peninsula. By then, we will have the confidence to negotiate with others on the issues concerning the four eastern provinces' access to the sea and Outer Mongolia."

The gentleman, smoking a cigarette and wearing his coat, looked at Li Yunlong and finally put out the cigarette butt: "Okay, but you have to eat before you leave."

"Row!"

At the table, the gentleman introduced the situation in the four eastern provinces to Li Yunlong, as well as some precautions, etc. Li Yunlong listened quietly.

Although we were thousands of miles away, the questions and precautions he raised pointed out the problems in the four eastern provinces.

"Cheers, the problem of the Four Eastern Provinces is like eating. You can't rush it. I don't have any good gifts for you. I'll give you two packs of cigarettes and find you a helper. Old Han will also go with you to the Four Eastern Provinces. Here is a list of comrades in the Anti-Japanese United Army. Take this document with you. From now on, we will leave the affairs of the Four Eastern Provinces to you."

Looking at Li Yunlong wolfing down his meal, the gentleman brought out the prepared food. Li Yunlong put down his bowl and chopsticks with a smile.

"I'm full and can't eat anymore!"

The gentleman looked at the table. Li Yunlong only touched the braised pork twice with his chopsticks, and the rest of the dishes were swept away by Li Yunlong.

The reason why Li Yunlong ate so voraciously was that he wanted to eat up all the dishes and leave the meat. He was already full and couldn't eat any more, so he had to eat the leftovers himself.

"You little kid, your brain is very active. If I don't eat this meat, won't your efforts be in vain?"

Li Yunlong touched his head and said with a smile, "Sir, you should eat more meat. Let me tell you, future scientific research has shown that the human brain cannot function without cholesterol. Long-term vegetarianism can cause people to develop paranoid mental states. You said that eating braised pork to nourish the brain is actually based on the scientific basis of supplementing cholesterol."

Listening to Li Yunlong's words, the gentleman was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Don't use science to frame me just to make me eat a few more bites of meat."

"No, I really don't. There will be no shortage of food in the future. I don't like braised pork either. Everyone will be studying how to eat healthily and nutritiously without gaining weight."

The gentleman looked at Li Yunlong with a smile, picked up his chopsticks and started eating with big mouthfuls. He didn't speak until he finished a plate of meat.

"It seems like life will be good in the future. People are starting to study health. I think gaining weight is good. I also hope that people can gain weight. That means they can have enough to eat."

Li Yunlong smiled foolishly as he recalled his past self: "Being a little fat is good, but it makes it harder to find a partner."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

After another long conversation with the gentleman overnight, Li Yunlong left with the list and orders given by the gentleman, Old Han, and the guard battalion who had already packed their luggage.

Xiuqin did not go with them. She wanted to continue studying at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and would arrange a job after she gave birth to her child.

On the snow-covered land, Li Yunlong faced the rising sun and led his team forward into the distance, leaving a series of footprints on the road that had snowed all night.

After Li Yunlong walked a distance, he turned his head and looked back reluctantly.

On the low city wall in the distance, a figure stood in the morning sun, looking at Li Yunlong's team with a smile.

After noticing that Li Yunlong turned around, he stretched out his hand and waved at Li Yunlong.

At this moment, Li Yunlong only felt that his whole body was full of strength.

He can reach for the moon in the sky and catch turtles in the five oceans, and return home with a triumphant song.

Chapter 366 Commander, I'm so poor I almost have to make money

"Old Li, are you so anxious to enter the four northeastern provinces? Why don't you wait? The Americans have declared war on the Japanese. It's only a matter of time before the Japanese are defeated."

On the march, Lao Han came up to Li Yunlong, took a look at the notes Li Yunlong was looking through, and asked curiously.

"I'm in a hurry. I can wait, but the country can't. The backbone of our country lies in the four eastern provinces. If we can stabilize the four eastern provinces, we can stand up one day earlier."

The importance of the four northeastern provinces is irreplaceable in the country.

It has a complete and neat industrial base.

There are a large number of experienced workers.

There are also abundant natural resources.

If the industrial base of the four northeastern provinces had not been moved away by the Russians, a lot could have been done in the nearly five years from 1946 to the end of 1950.

You have to know that the Russian bear directly dismantled more than 10 billion US dollars worth of industrial equipment. More than 10 billion in that era would be equivalent to more than 200 billion in later generations.

The most famous of these is Anshan Iron and Steel. In 1941, Anshan Iron and Steel reached its peak production capacity after being occupied by the Japanese invaders, producing million tons of pig iron and million tons of steel ingots.

What a concept. In 1941, the total steel production in the non-occupied areas of China was tons of pig iron and tons of steel ingots, which were not even a fraction of what Anshan Iron and Steel produced.

If this data is not intuitive, what is more intuitive is that in the same year, John Bull's steel output was 12.51 million tons, and Anshan Iron and Steel Group in the four northeastern provinces caught up with more than one-tenth of the old powers.

At that time, there were more than 4,500 factories in Shenyang. After the Russians demolished them, only less than 20 of them could operate normally.

The equipment removed weighed nearly 170,000 tons, and this was just the weight of the equipment.

The dismantled equipment accounted for 65 percent of the industrial equipment in the four northeastern provinces and more than 50 percent of the country's industrial equipment at the time.

The remaining equipment that was not dismantled were all old equipment that the Russians themselves looked down upon. As a result, the production of these things that they looked down upon was stopped directly after various equipment such as power stations were dismantled.

The industry of the entire Northeast Province stagnated for six or seven years. It was not until the Russian Bear gradually returned the equipment that the Northeast Province gradually grew into the eldest son. The years of demolition made the country miss a golden period of development.

Many of these devices were needed by Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong left these devices in the four northeastern provinces. When the peninsula issue began, the volunteer army would definitely not suffer from lack of food and clothing.

Li Yunlong would never let the volunteer army use its iron will to collide with the iron torrent of the US military.

In fact, the technological level of this era did not have a big gap. It was not until around the 1970s that technology officially entered the era of the Big Bang with the upgrading and iteration of computer technology, and the technological level between countries had an almost insurmountable gap.

It is very easy to catch up with technology nowadays. There is no shortage of talents in the country, and there are many talents at the United Nations. Li Yunlong has already sent people there to lure them over, or rather, to strive for them, hoping to bring some people over.

Otherwise, when the time comes, Shancheng will say that there are 100,000 young people and 100,000 soldiers, and these talents will be sent to fill the gaps before they can blossom, and they will put the US dollar aid into their pockets in large quantities.

Li Yunlong briefly talked with Lao Han about the issues of the four eastern provinces. After listening to Li Yunlong's introduction, Lao Han also realized the importance of the four eastern provinces.

"But the Kwantung Army is not easy to deal with. There are 700,000 devils there, and they are all elite soldiers."

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "Now there are more than 700,000, probably more than a million."

"A million?"

Old Han let out a cry of surprise.

"Scared?"

Old Han rolled his eyes at Li Yunlong and said, "Afraid? I, Old Han, have never been afraid of anyone. I'm just thinking about how I'm going to kill these one million devils. I don't even have a million bullets."

"Don't worry, although their numbers have increased, their combat effectiveness has decreased a lot."

"We expanded our military, but we reduced it?"

Li Yunlong smiled and nodded: "Yes, I surrendered. Don't worry, I have a way!"

The Kwantung Army did expand in 1942, and in October of this year, the Kwantung Army would get what they had always wanted and successfully be promoted from a front army to a general army.

In fact, this was a compromise and concession made by the Japanese headquarters to the Kwantung Army.

The Kwantung Army was given the title of General Army. After obtaining this title, the Kwantung Army's freedom was greatly enhanced, and many things did not need to be reported to the headquarters.

The Kwantung Army was established in 1942 and had always been a front army, but it was promoted to a general army in . The reason behind this was still the exchange of interests.

The Kwantung Army took over the organization of the General Army and also helped the Japanese Army. After the Japanese Navy's southward policy was implemented, the army was very anxious and wanted to go to Southeast Asia to get a share of the pie.

The army reacted quickly. After the navy bombed Pearl Harbor, the army began to declare war on various Southeast Asian countries and sent troops into Southeast Asia using its own transport ships to carry out landing operations.

However, the army soon discovered a new problem: they did not have enough troops. The battle in China had dragged on for too long and consumed too many troops. Now the army had no soldiers left.

The Japanese army began large-scale recruitment to form new divisions.

However, the combat effectiveness of the newly formed division was unreliable and needed time to train. The Japanese army looked at the entire army and found that the only army that could be mobilized was the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army only obeyed orders and not announcements, so they had to reach a compromise with the Kwantung Army.

The Kwantung Army was promoted to the General Army, and the newly recruited divisions of the Army were placed in the Kwantung Army for training. The Kwantung Army also dispatched troops to represent the Army in the south.

It sounds incredible, but this is the factional struggle within the Japanese army.

Sometimes the adverse effects of internal factional struggles far exceed external problems.

There is a pattern in the rapid rise of the Japanese at the beginning and their rapid decline later. When the Japanese rise, it is when they temporarily give up fighting within themselves and unite to face the outside world. When they decline, it is when internal contradictions become unreconcilable and problems arise within them.

This method of defeating a powerful opponent from within was discovered by American researchers after the war when they were studying the Japanese devils. It was discovered in two famous books, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword and The Devil is First.

Then, based on these theoretical studies, the Americans came up with a set of methods that were still being used everywhere in 2024, Color X Life.

After leaving the rear headquarters, Li Yunlong's team moved quickly. After crossing the Yellow River, they headed directly north and met Shen Quan in the Wutai Mountain area.

"Shen Quan, congratulations on your fortune!"

Li Yunlong smiled and said jokingly as he looked at Shen Quan who had obviously gained some weight.

When Shen Quan heard the words "Congratulations on your prosperity," he instinctively responded, "What prosperity are you talking about, Commander? I'm so poor I can barely make ends meet."

Li Yunlong looked Shen Quan up and down, and couldn't tell at all that he was so poor that he had to pawn his pants.

He pulled out a first-class merit medal, a commendation letter, and a letter from his pocket and handed them to Shen Quan: "The first-class merit is for you, for capturing Matsui Ishigen. This commendation letter is from the rear headquarters to the Chahar Column. It is a collective commendation letter for you."

"This last letter?"

Li Yunlong touched his chin without saying anything. Shen Quan saw this and realized something. He smiled and said, "Commander, was this given to me by the gentleman?"

"Yo, that's smart."

"Hehehe, I learned this from you."

"Stop flattering me. Here, take a look for yourself. Prepare two thousand war horses for me. I'm going north."

The smile on Shen Quan's face instantly disappeared, and he said with a sad face: "Commander, the political commissar just took away 2,000 horses, and you want to take away another 2,000 horses. I will soon have no choice but to walk."

"Stop talking nonsense. I know how much wealth you have. Hurry up and get ready. I don't have time to waste!"

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