Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

After hearing this, Shen Quan raised his head and said, "There are advantages to being inaccurate. Look at this time, the Japanese ambushed me and I didn't even know what time I was going to set off!"

Zhou Daye was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile: "You're awesome, but we need to clean out the rats in our ranks!"

"Well, let's clean up after the battle!"

Chapter 443: Brigade Commander: Shen Quan, congratulations on your fortune

"Commander, we've lost this time!"

The battle ended quickly. The Japanese chose to break through the defense line, and Shen Quan's troops were guarding the exit.

Originally, the Japanese ambushed Shen Quan, but it turned out that Shen Quan ambushed the Japanese.

There were raging fires on both sides of the mountain, and the Japanese could only launch a desperate charge towards the Chahar Column in desperation.

The Japanese cavalry regiment rushed to the front, but facing the dense machine guns, the cavalry regiment that did not disperse its formation to charge was like a target, and groups of Japanese were shot into sieves.

The piles of Japanese corpses and warhorse carcasses at the exit blocked the exit, and the fire spread rapidly, eventually engulfing all the Japanese in the valley.

Another part of the Japanese chose to break out from the other side, but the result was the same. They were all shot and killed by the soldiers guarding the exit. Then the corpses of these Japanese blocked the exit, and the remaining Japanese were swallowed by the fire in despair.

Some Japanese soldiers rushed out of the fire covered in flames, but were shot and killed by soldiers in the distance as soon as they rushed out.

"It's a loss, but fighting a war never makes you rich!"

In this ambush, the Japanese were basically burned to ashes, and very few weapons and ammunition were captured, so some people feel that this time they lost out. In the past, after defeating the Japanese, they always got a lot of spoils, but this time they also lost a lot of ammunition.

Especially the incendiary bombs. The entire Chahar Column did not have many of them, and they were all captured and retained from previous battles. This time they were all used.

“Who got rich?”

At this moment, a voice sounded behind Shen Quan.

Shen Quan turned around and saw the brigade commander and a group of people coming up behind him. Shen Quan instinctively said, "Brigade commander, what's the point of making money? We've lost again this time. We're so poor that we have to sell our pants!"

The brigade commander looked Shen Quan up and down and said, "I've heard before that the Japanese called you, Shen Quan, Little Li Yunlong. I didn't believe it before, but today I believe it. You even talk like Li Yunlong. Go and show me how to be a trousers!"

Hearing the brigade commander's words, Shen Quan touched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "Brigade commander, it's a conditioned reflex. I was scared by Zhang Dabiao and his men before, and I get a headache when I hear about getting rich."

The brigade commander looked at Shen Quan for a while and said, "You've gotten darker and more energetic. I've heard about your affairs recently. You're not bad!"

Then the brigade commander picked up the telescope and observed the fire still burning in the distance and asked, "How many devils did you kill?"

"Not many, not many, probably about three regiments, I don't know exactly how many there are."

"How many?"

The brigade commander looked at Shen Quan in surprise, somewhat incredulous. He had only gone to headquarters for further training, and the world outside had gone so crazy? He had wiped out three regiments of Japanese soldiers in one go?

"I didn't have time to count them before they started. Anyway, there was a Japanese tank regiment with dozens of tanks, a cavalry regiment, and probably an infantry regiment. Together, there should be 5,000 to 6,000 Japanese soldiers."

The brigade commander did not say anything, but just kept observing the distance with a telescope. He saw the piles of dead war horses, the Japanese tanks that had been burned into scrap metal, and the corpses that had been burned to carbonization.

Everything proves that Shen Quan did wipe out three Japanese regiments, and it took less than an hour. It only took him an hour from the time he discovered the signal to the time he rushed over.

Shen Quan also noticed the brigade commander's shock and said attentively, "Brigade commander, these little devils are not that many. Our commander is really powerful. He directly wiped out the devil's first division, which had more than 30,000 devils."

As he spoke, he took out the lighter he had seized to light the cigarette for the brigade commander.

The brigade commander put down the binoculars, took a look at Shen Quan's lighter, clapped his hands and said, "I can do it myself. Where did I learn this bad habit?"

As he spoke, he grabbed the lighter, slid it hard, and flames came out.

The brigade commander put the lighter directly into his pocket. This ZIPPO lighter is indeed better than the Japanese kerosene lighter. Mr. had one when he was at the rear headquarters. It was given by Li Yunlong. The brigade commander didn't feel comfortable taking it away.

Shen Quan watched the brigade commander put his lighter into his pocket with his eyes wide open. He quickly took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, ready to ask for his lighter back, but the brigade commander took out a kerosene lighter from his left pocket and lit it.

Shen Quan was shocked when he saw this. How could he dare to ask the brigade commander to light a cigarette for him? This was a treatment only given to his commander.

"Brigade Commander, I'll do it myself!"

"You really don't need it?"

"Need not!"

"Okay, I'll give you the lighter!"

After the brigade commander finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Quan's baggage train behind him and said, "Are you moving?"

"Yes, I received an order from the commander to go to Outer Mongolia. Why are you here, Brigade Commander?"

This is also what Shen Quan is curious about. How could the brigade commander suddenly appear in Daqingshan and steal his lighter?

"I've finished my studies and have been assigned to assist your commander!"

The brigade commander blew out a puff of smoke and spoke slowly.

The brigade commander returned to the headquarters for further training in January this year, which happened to be the period after Li Yunlong's training. Now that the training is over, he should have returned to Taihang Mountains.

However, because the Japanese had withdrawn from Shanxi Province and there was basically no fighting in Taihang Mountains, the troops in Taihang Mountains also began to move towards Henan Province.

Because Li Yunlong had stockpiled a large amount of food, it became very easy for the Eighth Route Army to enter Henan Province. A large number of people affected by the drought were rescued and subsequently joined the Eighth Route Army.

Now Taihang Mountains has become the Eighth Route Army's second rear base.

The entire Shanxi, Shandong and Henan regions have been connected. After a large number of disaster victims arrived, they were allowed to move along the base to the rear headquarters. Some food was provided along the way to ensure that the victims could reach the rear safely.

After these disaster victims arrive at the rear, they will be arranged to carry out construction and development in the rear. In particular, some simple tools and improved steelmaking technology invented by Li Yunlong have enabled the Eighth Route Army to now produce more steel than the mountain city.

Also because the situation in Shanxi Province was no longer tense, and Li Yunlong was about to start planning plans for Outer Mongolia and Greater Khingan Range, Mr. arranged for the brigade commander to bring a group of newly graduated political workers and some other personnel to support Li Yunlong.

Ensure that there will be no management problems when Li Yunlong's troops expand.

This was also what Li Yunlong requested, because after Li Yunlong's troops expanded from 30,000 to 100,000, the commanders under his command were obviously not enough, and some veterans could be used as grassroots commanders.

However, there is an extreme shortage of political commissars and cadres above the regimental level.

Some battalion commanders in Li Yunlong's army have become regimental commanders, and there are still dozens of vacancies for regimental-level cadres.

Not to mention senior commanders who can command more than ten regiments.

This time, the brigade commander came with some deputies from the Taiyue Military Region and the 129th Division.

Of course, the brigade commander did not come to seize Li Yunlong's position, but to set up the Northeast Bureau. After all, the brigade commander had been engaged in intelligence work before and was quite good at it. He mainly provided intelligence support to Li Yunlong.

Chapter 444: Lao Li wants to get aid from the Americans

"Hey, Brigadier General, you're here so soon!"

In the Hailar Fortress, Li Yunlong had just purchased a batch of supplies with Mao Xiong. When he turned around, he found that the brigade commander was looking at him with interest. A smile appeared on his tired face, and his bloodshot eyes sparkled with brilliance.

"If you don't come quickly, how would I know you have so many good things now?"

As the brigade commander spoke, he walked to a row of trucks filled with gasoline.

Russia has no shortage of oil. The oil produced by Siberian refineries each year is enough for Russia to use for many years. It's not that Russia doesn't want to transport these resources, but there is only one railway line in Siberia, and it is a one-way line, which makes it impossible to transport so many resources.

Before the war broke out, there were convoys that came regularly to transport supplies. After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, all personnel and vehicles were withdrawn, and these supplies could only be piled up in warehouses, and then they became a bargain for Li Yunlong.

The Japanese had racked their brains to get oil and other supplies, but Li Yunlong bought them at a very cheap price.

In addition to oil, the materials traded this time also included some light and heavy weapons, bullets, and some old-fashioned Soviet tanks.

Although Li Yunlong looked down on these old tanks, they were better than nothing. They might not be enough to deal with the Russians' later tanks, but they were definitely enough to deal with the Japanese.

But the brigade commander had never seen these tanks. What kind of tanks had he seen before? When he was in the mountain city, he saw the French Renault, and when he was fighting the Japanese, he saw the Japanese small tanks.

These two types of tanks are more like vehicles wrapped in iron sheets than tanks. Compared with the T26 in front of us, they are not in the same league at all.

Sixteen T26s were lined up in a row at the rear, and their mm gun barrels looked more combat-capable than those of the Japanese tanks.

"Li Yunlong, is this our tank?"

The brigade commander touched the gun barrel, stood on tiptoe to look at the other configurations of the tank, and asked.

The rest of the people who came with the brigade commander also gathered around the tanks, discussing them curiously.

"Well, Brigade Commander, I don't even think much of these tanks. It was the Russians who insisted on selling them to me. We have better tanks!"

Li Yunlong raised his big head and said casually.

"Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, I've always thought you had great potential, and now you've really achieved it!"

The brigade commander clapped his hands in satisfaction: "Come on, show me around!"

The brigade commander knew that Li Yunlong was rich before coming, but he didn't expect him to be so rich.

Look at what Li Yunlong said. He looked down on this kind of tank. If it were a year ago, the brigade commander would have pulled out his belt and chased Li Yunlong for two miles after hearing this.

"Brigade Commander, besides tanks, we have other goodies. Let me show you all of them at once!"

Li Yunlong held his head high and boasted. It was a pity that the brigade commander came, and the division commander and army commander did not come, otherwise Li Yunlong would be even more proud.

If the teacher came, Li Yunlong would have to gather his 100,000 troops and let the teacher and the others see him.

"What's going on now?"

The brigade commander followed Li Yunlong to the airport. Without any greetings on the way, he directly asked Li Yunlong about his current situation.

"The situation of the Russian bear is neither good nor bad. The Russian bear has already established a defensive position on the Chita front. The Japanese should launch an attack at the end of July. The first and second columns have arrived in the area around Chita and are preparing to launch guerrilla warfare!"

After hearing this, the brigade commander opened the booklet in his hand and looked at the hand-drawn map: "Can the Russian bear withstand it?"

"I intend to make him hold on but fail."

"What do you mean?"

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "In Outer Mongolia, I asked Lao Han to support a puppet force, and it has begun to attack Ulaanbaatar."

After saying this, Li Yunlong expanded on the brigade commander's simple hand-drawn map: "From the perspective of the Russians, Outer Mongolia cannot be lost. Once Outer Mongolia is occupied by the Japanese, they can seize the opportunity to advance north from Outer Mongolia and cut off the retreat of the more than 300,000 Russian troops in Chita."

"The annihilation and capture of 300,000 Russian troops in the Far East is already a serious blow. Only these last 300,000 or so troops remain in the entire Siberia. If they are further surrounded and annihilated, the Japanese will be able to march freely into the entire East and Central Siberia!"

"Even if the Japs continue to advance eastward, they could threaten Western Siberia and even cooperate with the Germans in Operation Three."

The brigade commander roughly understood what Li Yunlong meant.

"Are you planning to make a profit from both?"

Li Yunlong shrugged and said, "Two? This time I want to eat three!"

"The Japanese have already contacted this puppet army we're supporting and are preparing to provide them with weapons and ammunition. If this army takes Ulaanbaatar and continues to grow, the Russians will definitely panic. Otherwise, why would they sell weapons to us? They're hoping we can help."

"But these weapons are not good enough. Once Old Korea develops thoroughly, the Russians will take the initiative to send us weapons and equipment."