Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

This was the tacit understanding between Lao Han's troops and Shen Quan's troops. If they were attacked by the other side, they would quickly find a place to play dead, or kill the Outer Mongolians, Japanese soldiers, or Russians around them. In short, no one except their own people would be left alive.

The man lying on the ground immediately got up from the ground, brushing off the snow on his body while taking Shen Quan's cigarette: "Hehehe, Commander Shen, we really made a fortune. We have moved all the supplies of the entire Russian city, and there are still a lot of them in the back. But the people carrying the supplies in the back are all Japanese. I've marked them, so you guys should pay attention!"

"Okay, we'll take these supplies with us. Go catch up with the main force!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a group of soldiers stood up, took enough supplies to ensure their survival, and continued to rush towards their camp. Lying on the ground were Outer Mongolians and Japanese soldiers.

After making sure that no one was pretending to be dead and firing a few more shots, Shen Quan immediately led his troops away to attack the next wave of transport teams.

Meanwhile, a celebration banquet was being held within the Mao army. Although over 300,000 soldiers had died, the strategic goal had been achieved, successfully retaking Chita and other areas, so every Mao general was extremely excited.

Many people approached Li Yunlong with vodka and drank the whole bottle in one gulp without waiting for him to refuse. Li Yunlong symbolically raised his glass and took a sip. Even so, no general dared to say anything to Li Yunlong.

"Report, Shen Quan's telegram!"

"Shen Quan's telegram?"

Li Yunlong pretended to be a little surprised and took the telegram. Gastilovich also came over.

"General Li Yunlong, has anything happened in Shen Quan?"

Li Yunlong read the telegram and handed it to Gastilovich: "Nothing happened. Shen Quan told me that he was intercepting the Japanese soldiers and Outer Mongolian rebels retreating from Kurkusk. He achieved good results and seized a lot of supplies."

Hearing this, Gastilovich couldn't help but say with some emotion: "General Li Yunlong, you must reward Shen Quan. He is an outstanding general. The war is over, but he is still fighting. This spirit deserves our admiration."

Li Yunlong sighed and said, "I didn't expect the Japanese to be so cruel. They burned so much supplies. We still had a chance to take them back. But Jiaqi, please rest assured that we will definitely return these seized supplies to you. These are your supplies."

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Gastilovich immediately patted his chest and said, "General Li Yunlong, you are looking down on me, Gaqi, by saying this. We are brothers and good friends. These supplies were seized by Shen Quan and do not need to be returned. This is what they deserve."

"Thank you, General Gachi."

Gastilovich immediately picked up his wine glass and said, "General Li Yunlong, I want to drink three glasses with you. If you continue to be polite to me, it means you don't treat me as a brother or a friend. I know you Chinese people are sworn brothers, so let's do it today..."

Seeing that Gastilovich was obviously drunk, Li Yunlong picked up the wine glass. After the two drank three glasses of wine, they began the simple ceremony of becoming sworn brothers.

At this time in the Kremlin, the bearded man also received the battle report from Siberia.

"Is the winter counter-offensive over? We've successfully recaptured Chita? It seems the Japanese are much weaker than we thought!"

After listening to Timoshenko's report, the bearded man couldn't help but smile. The Russians had been losing battles all this time. After the defeat at Stalingrad, the front had been shrinking, and now the Germans were approaching Moscow again.

This time, the bearded man had no confidence in being able to defend Moscow, because the German III no longer lacked fuel, and its logistical supplies had also caught up. The bad weather could no longer stop the advance of the German III's steel torrent.

Amidst a series of news of defeats, news came from the Siberian Front that the winter counter-offensive plan had been completed and won, which made Big Beard's gloomy mood much better.

"Yes, this is the battle report. A total of 670,000 Japanese troops were annihilated, close to 680,000. In addition, there are more than 30,000 prisoners!"

The bearded man took the battle report and looked at the casualty figures. The fact that the Soviet army had suffered over 300,000 casualties did not anger him. In his opinion, this number was not high. He had seen even more exaggerated figures on the Soviet-German battlefield.

"A 1 to 2 casualty ratio? Not bad! Zhukov's judgment is evident; Gastilovich is truly a talent! Let's send these prisoners to Siberia to grow potatoes!"

"Yes!"

When Timoshenko heard Zhukov's name, his face remained calm. This old subordinate of his was deeply trusted by the bearded man.

"Zhukov's recommendation played an indispensable role in this victory. His rank should be raised!"

Timoshenko didn't say anything, but Beria beside him already understood the meaning behind the bearded man's words. He wanted to publicize this victory.

Now, on the Soviet-German battlefield, the Russians are losing ground, and the high command is trying every day to cheer up and boost morale for the frontline troops. But no matter how many slogans are shouted, they are not as effective as a single victory.

Just then, a confidential secretary walked into the office.

"Father, the cripple's telegram!"

Hearing that the telegram was sent by Roosevelt, the bearded man could not help but snort coldly. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Americans were depleting the Russians, but this was an open conspiracy. Knowing that the Americans were weakening themselves, there was nothing they could do. They could not really surrender.

The bearded man just can't stand the slogans raised by the Americans. In the words of the Chinese, it's a double-cross!

"Is it finally time to end? I thought they could hold on a little longer!"

The content of the telegram is very long, but the core content is just one point: the first batch of American troops have completed their assembly and will go to the Soviet Union via the Arctic Ocean route to participate in the battle against Germany.

Hearing this, Beria, Timoshenko and others all smiled. The bearded man looked at the two telegrams and finally smiled too.

"Gastilovich is truly a lucky general. Is he still a lieutenant general now?"

Beria nodded and said, "Yes, dear father, he became the commander of the 17th Army last year, and his rank was promoted from major general to lieutenant general!"

"Well, then promote him to general. As the commander of the Siberian Front, he's not quite qualified for the rank of general. This is an exceptional promotion!" (Note 1: Chernyakhovsky was promoted from lieutenant general to general.)

No one objected to what Big Beard said. Gastilovich's rank was indeed rather low. The Siberian Front had quite a few lieutenant generals, even two full generals. No one dared to object to Gastilovich's promotion to full general, especially since Big Beard himself had promoted him.

"The Siberian victory must be widely publicized, and the news that the Americans are joining the war must also be publicized to boost morale!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 520 Kodera Kouta enters the field of vision of Tianhuang

The devil's headquarters, the imperial meeting.

Hideki Tojo stood at the front of the queue with his head held high, and next to him stood Shigetaro Shimada.

Although Shimada Shigetaro was the Minister of the Navy recommended by Tojo's cabinet, he still did not get along with Tojo, and the conflict between the navy and the army remained irreconcilable.

Recently, the Japanese navy and army have stopped insulting each other and started competing with each other.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy won the victory at Midway Island and now landed at Odalia to support a puppet regime.

During that period, the navy was arrogant in front of the Japanese invaders, ordering the army around and almost looking down at them.

The army was not to be outdone and used its own fleet to transport a large number of army soldiers to Southeast Asia.

In particular, after Yamashita Tomotake was transferred to Southeast Asia, he used bicycles to carry out blitzkrieg, helping the Japanese occupy a large amount of land that the navy had not captured and plundered a lot of resources.

In the north, the Kwantung Army launched an offensive towards the Far East and won victory after victory. It also supported more than a dozen puppet regimes and incorporated Outer Mongolia into Manchukuo.

After gaining so many "merits", the army became arrogant again.

Today's imperial meeting was about the dispute over funding between the Japanese navy and army in 1943, so it was on a large scale, and people from both the navy and the army came before Tianhuang.

"Your Majesty, our navy already controls half of the Pacific Ocean, including a vast territory like Odalia. We need more funds to build more warships. We've received intelligence that the Americans have already deployed a portion of their Atlantic Fleet's main forces, adding to the warships they are about to launch from their shipyards, to form a new Pacific Fleet!"

"To ensure the safety of the Empire's maritime borders, I believe we should build no fewer than ten aircraft carriers and five battleships this year. We'll need at least 30 billion in funding!"

Upon hearing this, Tojo, who was also serving as the Minister of the Army, immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Navy doesn't care about the life or death of the Empire. 30 billion is the annual military expenditure for this year, and the Navy wants to take it all in one go, completely disregarding the safety of the Empire!"

"Right now, the Empire and the Russian Bear are at war. There are still battles on the Chinese battlefield, and there are resistance forces in Southeast Asia. These are all fought by our army. Our army urgently needs reinforcements, heavy weapons, tanks, and aircraft. We need at least 20 billion in military spending!"

Upon hearing Tojo's words, the Navy Minister immediately retorted: "The Army takes in a huge amount of funds every year, but the results it achieves are not worth mentioning at all!"

"Damn it! It's obvious that your navy takes the lion's share of funding every year, but it doesn't do anything!"

"We captured Odalia and defeated the American navy!"

Hearing this, Private First Class Tojo snorted coldly and said, "Our army has occupied a large amount of Chinese territory, Siberia, and Southeast Asia. The empire's warriors are fighting in these places and need advanced weapons!"

"Our navy has never suffered a defeat. I heard that your army suffered a crushing defeat in Siberia, losing thousands of tanks and hundreds of thousands of Imperial warriors. Giving you more funding would be better for our navy!"

After hearing about the defeat, Guizi Tianhuang looked at Private First Class Tojo and said, "Mr. Tojo, has the Empire suffered another defeat?"

Private Tojo bowed and said, "Hi, Your Majesty, this time it's not a defeat, I'd rather call it a victorious transition!"

"Victory transfer?"

Private First Class Tojo glanced at the Navy Minister and handed over the prepared memorial: "Here is the detailed account of the battle!"

"Although the Empire lost Chita, Ulan-Ude and other areas, in this battle, the Empire annihilated 700,000 men of the Soviet Siberian Front!"

"Although the Empire lost over a thousand chariots, the Mao Bear's army also lost over a thousand chariots!"

"And most importantly, during this retreat, the Empire also captured the Russian Bear's rear headquarters, destroyed the Russian Bear's command system, and killed one Russian Bear general commander, two lieutenant generals, and five major generals. Together with the Russian Bear generals killed on the front line, a total of more than 30 Russian Bear generals were killed this time!"

"We also successfully captured Kurkusk, the last important city of the Russians in the Lake Baikal region, and destroyed the airport and railway, facilitating the offensive after the spring!"

"Although the Imperial Army retreated in this battle, it was not because they could not defeat the Soviet Army, but because of factors such as weather. The Imperial Warriors were not suitable for fighting the Soviet Army in winter, so they chose to retreat, and in the process of retreating, they continuously annihilated the Soviet Army's effective forces!"

"The Imperial Warriors killed an enemy twice their number, defeated the Russian Bear's pursuing armored forces, and thwarted the Russian Bear's plan to encircle and annihilate the Empire's main division!"

Guizi Tianhuang looked at the memorial with half belief and half doubt.

Judging from the battle reports, the Japanese did not seem to be defeated, but rather the victorious side. But why did they have to give up cities like Chita after winning?

"Private First Class Tojo, your army is falsifying its military achievements, right? With such a great victory, why did you lose a key location like Chita?"

A naval general asked the question about the devil Tianhuang.

"That was to lure the Russian troops into pursuit and destroy them in the process! And this battle report wasn't just from the combat troops; it also contained the military police's report. Do you think the military police's report is also fake?"

Hearing that it was a battle report from the military police, the navy general snorted coldly: "This isn't a battle report from our navy military police. Your army is so corrupt that you're even withholding the soldiers' canned food!"

"Baga, your navy is taking up so much of our budget that we have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure!"

"..."

Seeing the navy and army quarreling again, the devil Tianhuang waved his hand and said, "Is the 171st Division that captured Kurkusk a Type C Division?"

Guizi Tianhuang was also skeptical about this battle report, but he did not doubt the capture of Kurkusk. After all, news about the capture of a big city could not be falsely reported.

"Hayi, it's a Type C division formed last year. The entire division's funding is less than that of a destroyer in the navy!"

Private First Class Tojo once again secretly put eye drops in the eyes of the navy.

"Division Commander Kodera Kouta is only a colonel?"

"Ha Yi, because his military service is insufficient, he has not yet been promoted to major general."

"Give me a copy of his information!"

"Hayi!"

The Army Ministry soon found information about Kota Kotera.

"Graduated from the Army Academy? With honors?"

When Guizi Tianhuang saw Kota Kotera's information, his eyes lit up.

As we all know, the Japanese like to promote young officers, secretly support them in making trouble, and then achieve their own goals.

"Your Majesty, he is just a civilian and has never studied at the Army University." Private First Class Tojo said.

He needs to maintain the promotion mechanism for the Japanese generals and must not allow Tianhuang to promote them at will.