Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Really?"

"If you don't want it, give it to me!"

"just kidding!"

Old Han asked in detail about the situation of the 4th Division. After he had a general understanding of it, he felt a little relieved.

It has been some time since he came to Li Yunlong's place, but Li Yunlong has never assigned him any specific work. He has been studying all the time.

I had been feeling a bit unconvinced before. I, Old Han, was also the commander of a column of tens of thousands of people in Hebei, Shandong and Henan. How could I have to learn from you, Li Yunlong? But after yesterday's battle, Old Han found that he really had a lot to learn.

First of all, the fighting style of Li Yunlong's troops is definitely different from that of his old troops. In Li Yunlong's words, if you can solve it with artillery shells, don't use bullets, and if you can solve it with bullets, don't use knives.

At first, Lao Han didn't take this seriously, thinking that Li Yunlong was a loser, but when he saw the scene after the 107 rocket salvo, he was deeply shocked. Especially after a round of salvo, most of the logistics troops of the First Division were wiped out, which deeply touched Lao Han's fragile nerves.

He had never fought such a rich war. He also understood what Li Yunlong said before, that with the same weapons and equipment, the Japanese troops were vulnerable.

Now that the Fourth Division has emerged, Old Han has to admire Li Yunlong. He has so many clever ideas and there are indeed many things he needs to learn.

After saying goodbye to Li Yunlong, Gastilovich immediately led his troops to the base. However, he soon received news that the Japanese planes were about to arrive over their sky.

"Let's raise our flag! I want to see if the Japs dare to bomb us!"

Hearing the Japanese planes coming, Gastilovich was not afraid, but instead swaggered out his identity. If the Japanese dared to bomb his troops, it would be tantamount to declaring war on the Russians, and Gastilovich felt that the Japanese did not have the courage to do so.

Soon, the Japanese planes arrived over Arshan and observed the situation on the ground.

"Xiao Lin, fly lower so I can take pictures!"

The observer on the Japanese plane loudly reminded the pilot, the pilot nodded, and the reconnaissance plane began to lower its altitude.

"Amaterasu, what's happening down there?"

When the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew over the former 1st Division base, the observer responsible for observing the ground was stunned by the scene on the ground.

What did he see?

The ground was full of potholes, obvious signs of being bombarded by artillery shells, and these were the craters left by large-caliber artillery.

In addition, there were corpses everywhere, as well as various body parts and limbs.

The corpses and body parts could be clearly seen through the observation mirror on the belly of the plane. But what these observers could not accept the most was that the owners of these corpses and body parts were all Japanese soldiers.

Through the observation mirror, it can be clearly seen that these corpses are wearing Japanese military uniforms, and a group of people wearing Chinese military uniforms are carrying these corpses, piling them together, and some are digging pits.

He even saw someone chopping off the heads of some corpses with a knife.

"Baga, these bastards!"

The observer clenched his fists, but there was nothing he could do. They were a reconnaissance plane, not a bomber.

Suddenly a flash of red flashed across the observer's field of vision.

"what is that?"

The observer immediately adjusted the lens of the observation mirror to look for what he had just seen.

Chapter 413: The Far East Army’s Response

When the plane turned around again and returned to the sky over the Arshan battlefield, the observer on the reconnaissance plane finally saw clearly what the red color was.

It is a flag with a sickle and hammer, the red flag of the Russian bear.

"The Mao Xiong army?"

As the observer spoke, he quickly focused and pressed the shutter to capture the scene.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane circled in the air several times, took enough photos, and then began to return.

After the photos were printed out, they were immediately delivered to Mei Jing Meijiro.

In the conference room.

Mei Jing Meijiro fell silent when he heard the young officers under his command say that they wanted to go to war with the Russians.

"Commander, the Russians are too arrogant! They are blatantly breaking the treaty!"

A young lieutenant colonel staff officer spoke loudly, immediately winning the approval of many staff officers.

In the eyes of these young devils, now is indeed the best time to invade the Soviet Union. Germany is preparing for a large-scale battle, and the Soviet Union must be unable to take care of itself. As long as they send troops, they can take over the vast Siberian land.

"Commander, the navy is heading south, and the headquarters has asked us to fully cooperate. They want to weaken our Kwantung Army. They have ordered at least 300,000 troops to be withdrawn to Southeast Asia. If we don't do something, our Kwantung Army will continue to be withdrawn!"

"I think there's nothing wrong with our strategic plan to move north. If we take over the vast Siberia, we can also obtain a large amount of resources!"

Listening to the words of the young group, Mei Jing Meijilang slammed the table and said, "Quiet!"

A group of young men stared at Meijing Meijiro, but did not say anything. Meijing Meijiro knew that they were waiting for him to make a decision.

"Immediately order the First, Second, and Sixth Armies to assemble in the direction of Jiamusi and Mudanjiang!"

Everyone became excited when they heard Mei Jing Meijiro's words.

This is the first time that the Kwantung Army has mobilized such a large number of troops since the Kwantung Army's special large-scale exercise last year. The three armies together have 300,000 people, and these three armies are the elite of the Kwantung Army.

"Hai!"

"Send a telegram to the base camp immediately and report the situation in Arshan to the base camp!"

"Hai!"

Mei Jing Meijiro has already ordered the troops to assemble, and there is a purpose in sending a telegram to the headquarters. This is to appease the hearts of the young faction, and at the same time to express to the headquarters that the Kwantung Army wants to take the opportunity to fight the Russian bear.

Soon, the Japanese headquarters received a telegram from the Kwantung Army.

"Has the Kwantung Army gone mad? They're going to go to war with the Russians at this hour. Are they planning to force the Empire to fight on three fronts?"

The Japanese are now invading China and expanding rapidly in Southeast Asia. If they go to war with Russia again, their dilapidated war machine may not be able to hold on.

After reading the telegram, Tojo Hideki thought for a moment and said, "Summon Ambassador Mao immediately. We need an explanation!"

"Hayi!"

The news of the large-scale mobilization of the Kwantung Army did not escape the attention of the Soviet Union, and its infiltration into the four northeastern provinces was also very serious.

The reason why the situation in the four eastern provinces is complicated is that various forces are mixed together.

First came the Japanese, then the people from the puppet Manchukuo, then the people from the mountain city, our army, then the Russians, the American army, and even the Germans, etc.

There are differences between the people of Manchukuo and the devils, but they are not big. The people of Manchukuo want more rights and have some conflicts with the devils on some interests, but they dare not say it openly and can only do things secretly and not show it on the surface.

There are intelligence stations in the four eastern provinces of Shancheng, but these intelligence stations are basically paralyzed. It is said that a couple has changed their careers to open a restaurant in order to maintain the normal operation of the intelligence station. They cannot collect useful intelligence, but they can ensure that they will not starve to death.

The personnel composition of our army is very complex, because there are not only people from our country, but also people from the peninsula, in addition, there are some descendants of traitors, etc. However, due to the withdrawal of the Anti-Japanese United Army, these people are currently in hiding.

Li Yunlong has arranged for people to start finding ways to reconnect with them.

The composition of the Russians is also complex. Some of them are from the puppet Manchukuo. They hope to use the Russians to drive away the devils, so that their own Manchukuo may be truly independent. Some of them are people loyal to the Russians, and some are devils bribed by the Russians.

There are relatively few American soldiers, and they are generally just there to gather intelligence, while the German troops are more complicated. Their purpose is to sow discord between the Japanese and the Russians, hoping that the Japanese can attack Siberia from the four northeastern provinces.

De San's embassy in Manchukuo was where they exchanged intelligence. The thing De San did most was to bribe bandits. That's right, De San bribed bandits in the four northeastern provinces and then let these bandits attack the Russian bear.

In addition to these major forces, countries such as England and Italy have their own forces in the four eastern provinces. It can be said that on the streets of Xinjing, throwing a brick may hit a spy.

These spies could be working for one side, a double agent, a triple agent, or even a quadruple agent or a quintuple agent. The most famous, Takeda Takeo, was at least a quintuple agent, working for several intelligence agencies. (Note 1: There is no way to confirm the existence of this person. He was mentioned in the documentary "The Disappearance of 1945," but research has been difficult to find, and much of the information does not match.)

Khabarovsk, headquarters of the Soviet Far East Special Army.

Commander Joseph Rodionovich Apanasenko was smoking a cigar and drinking vodka at this time.

"Commander, secret information from Xinjing!"

"Xinjing? From the Kwantung Army?"

After hearing this, Apanasenko drank the glass in his hand and then took the telegram.

"The Japs are going to attack us? Are they crazy?"

"Commander, we have the latest intelligence. The Japanese troops in the Arxan and Hailar areas were wiped out by the Chinese troops. They suspect that we are supporting the Chinese troops and want to retaliate in this way."

"The Chinese army? How many Japanese troops did they destroy?"

"There's no accurate information yet. They previously mobilized the First Division to Arxan. Our reconnaissance plane has already departed but hasn't returned yet. However, judging by the current situation, the Japanese should have suffered significant losses, at least one division."

Hearing this, Apanasenko pounded the table with his hands. "No matter what the reason, since the Japanese want to attack our Far East, we can't sit idly by. Send a telegram to Moscow immediately and notify all troops to enter combat readiness!"

"Darcel!"

The staff officer beside him saluted and left the command room with the telegram.

Soon, after being forwarded several times, the telegram was sent to a room in faraway Moscow.

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Tomorrow's update might be a little late. I had friends over today and needed to entertain them, so I didn't have time to write an update for the next day in advance. I'll need to finish it tomorrow, so it might be around noon or in the afternoon! ~ Please be aware.

Chapter 414 The Bearded Man's Attitude

"Report, urgent telegram from the Far East!"

In an office, a bearded man was smoking and handling the matters at hand.

"Far East?"

The bearded man frowned and waved his hand, signaling his secretary to hand over the telegram.

After reading the contents of the telegram, the bearded man fell into deep thought: "The devils have assembled a large number of troops in the Far East?"

At this moment, another secretary came in: "Report, the ambassador to Japan sent a telegram."

"bring here!"

The bearded man placed the two telegrams together, read them quickly, then extinguished his cigarette with a look of disdain on his face: "Are these little devils threatening us?"

The telegram from the Far Eastern Front was about the Japanese gathering a large number of troops in Jiamusi and other areas.

The Russian ambassador to Japan sent over the entire incident, including Japan's attitude.

"Do the Japanese think we are pushovers? They actually dare to threaten us. Haven't they tasted the Soviet Union's iron fist?"