Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Li Yunlong looked at the brigade commander.

The brigade commander smiled and said, "The Second Corps originally had five main divisions and one logistics division. They didn't suffer much in the battle, with 2,136 casualties and 5,468 wounded. After entering the four northeastern provinces, we added eight divisions, totaling 130,000 men!"

"The Second Corps will use the Greater Khingan Range as their base and continue to infiltrate the four eastern provinces!"

"Yes!"

Finally, Li Yunlong turned his gaze to the deputy division commander.

"The Third Corps originally had five recruit divisions and one logistics division. After several battles, they suffered 3,232 casualties and 5,373 wounded. After entering the four northeastern provinces, they added nine divisions, totaling approximately 150,000 men."

After listening to the number of people in the three corps, Li Yunlong had a rough idea in his mind. Now the number of people in the entire Heilongjiang-Jilin-Liaoning-Chahar Military Region has reached nearly 800,000.

Although most of them are new recruits, as long as Li Yunlong is given enough time, these new recruits will gradually become veterans. That will be the time for Li Yunlong to have a decisive battle with the Japanese.

"Can the logistics supply keep up?"

Li Yunlong looked at Li Chuan, Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Wanhe.

Now the three of them jointly form the logistics steward.

The logistics of 800,000 people were beyond the capacity of any one of them to manage, but the three of them together were able to handle it in an orderly manner.

"We have no shortage of food at the moment. The Japanese have stored a large amount of food in the captured cities, enough for us to use for three years!"

"As for weapons and ammunition, the arsenals in Xinjing and Fengtian have a large amount of weapons and ammunition. The factories are intact and have not been damaged. The workers on the production lines are all there. However, key positions on the aircraft and tank production lines are all occupied by Japanese engineers. What should we do with them?"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but smile: "Tell these devils, as long as they can train 100 skilled workers, they can live; if they can train 500 workers, I will pardon them; if they can train 1,000 skilled workers, I will let them go!"

Li Yunlong also wanted to kill all these devils, but there was a severe shortage of talent now. Ordinary workers on the tank and aircraft production lines were simply not capable of doing the job, so he needed skilled workers like the devils to teach him.

If one Japanese soldier could train a thousand skilled workers, Li Yunlong would have a way to make them continue working when the work was done.

As for those who are unwilling to cooperate, don’t blame Li Yunlong for taking action against them. They are unwilling to atone for their sins, so Li Yunlong can only let them undergo “humanitarian destruction”.

Chapter 648 Reorganization of the Four Corps

"Deputy Division Commander, these hundreds of thousands of new recruits are now in your hands!"

After determining the number of troops, Li Yunlong will then adjust the combat deployment accordingly.

"Yes, but the battlefield is the best training ground. Many of the new recruits in the Third Corps are already veterans. After several pursuit battles, the new soldiers have seen blood. The next step is to strengthen their ideological education."

Li Yunlong looked at Lao Zhao and said, "Lao Zhao, can you handle the business of handling hundreds of thousands of people?"

Old Zhao shook his head and said, "When there were 300,000 people, their hair was already gray. 800,000 people..."

Zhao Gang shook his head. He really couldn't take care of 800,000 people.

"Okay, I'll apply to headquarters!"

Li Yunlong already had a candidate in mind, and the 115th Division was not far from here.

"We have achieved great results in this battle, retaking several major cities including Qiqihar, Changchun, and Fengtian, as well as some smaller cities in the surrounding areas. Our next goal is to hold these areas!"

"The original corps deployment remains unchanged, and an additional corps, the Fourth Corps, will be added, with Jiang Shou as commander."

"The Fourth Corps is responsible for defending the Jinzhou area and blocking the Japanese troops from North China!"

This was discussed by Li Yunlong and Jiang Shou. Jiang Shou was also very familiar with the situation in Jinzhou, so it was very convenient for him to take over.

"Merge the 8th, 9th, and 10th Divisions of the 1st Corps into the Chahar Column. Merge the Chahar Column in Shenquan into the 4th Corps. Add ten new divisions. The main defense area will be the Jinzhou line!"

After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong looked at the deputy division commander and said, "Deputy division commander, can we use rotational training for this kind of positional warfare?"

Li Yunlong planned to train his troops by referring to the rotation warfare of later generations. At this time, the Tashan defense line had been stabilized. The Japanese had no heavy weapons, and the frontal pressure was much smaller, which was suitable for new recruits to fight.

"If the intensity isn't too high, that's fine. However, the ratio of veterans to new recruits shouldn't exceed one to three. Ideally, one veteran should lead two new recruits."

"it is good!"

Li Yunlong then turned to the division commander and said, "The First Corps has incorporated ten new recruit divisions, plus an artillery division and an armored division. The First Corps' primary defense area is the line from Baicheng to Songyuan. Although this is a plain area, we can utilize the river network to establish defensive positions. The enemy's elite Siberian troops are expected to return within a month!"

"Commander, your mission is to hold them off until winter!"

The division commander nodded, the defense line seemed a bit long: "Hold on?"

"We can abandon the city and conduct mobile warfare, but it is best to maintain the current situation on the overall front."

The division commander looked at the map, began to think about countermeasures, and then nodded in agreement.

"Brigade Commander, the Third Corps will expand to six more divisions on top of the existing five. With Qiqihar as its center, the Third Corps' mission is to move northward toward Siberia and southward toward Baicheng!"

"Okay, leave these areas to me!"

Compared with other troops, the Second Corps has a lighter task. Backed by the Greater Khingan Range, it has an advantage in terrain, but it is also very important. In the future, the Second Corps will be the vanguard into Siberia.

"Deputy Division Commander, the five original divisions of the Third Corps will be transferred to my headquarters as direct divisions. The remaining recruits will be handed over to you. The Third Corps' mission is to move eastward toward the peninsula. It would be best if you could obtain detailed topography of the peninsula and map it out. It will be useful in the future!"

The Third Corps had the second-largest number of recruits among all the troops, but they were all new recruits, nearly 300,000 of whom were in the Third Corps. However, Li Yunlong believed in the deputy division commander's ability, and even if another 300,000 were added, it would be no problem.

"According to the production capacity of the Fengtian Arsenal, we can produce about 5,000 tanks and 2,000 aircraft this winter, but our current technical forces are still insufficient!"

Li Yunlong looked at Zhuzi and asked, "Zhuzi, how is your reserve of artillery personnel?"

Zhuzi is now the chief instructor of the entire Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaodong and Chahar artillery. His deputy is Du Qingming. Both of them graduated from the artillery department and are very capable.

"Commander, we have trained a thousand gunners now. As long as we give them guns, there will be no problem!"

Li Yunlong smiled. "Okay, start equipping the main regiment's artillery battalion with the Japanese's field and mountain guns. Distribute the Type 92 infantry guns to each company as fire support weapons!"

"Also, form a heavy artillery division and concentrate the large-caliber heavy artillery into it!"

"Yes!"

Although the Japs' firepower was not as good as the German III, Li Yunlong never underestimated them. At the beginning of the Battle of Tashan, the Japs' heavy artillery regiment caused the defenders of Tashan to suffer a lot.

Li Yunlong also had some heavy artillery, which he planned to concentrate to form a heavy artillery division to deal with the Japanese heavy artillery.

As for the armored forces, what Li Yunlong's army lacked most was armored personnel. There was no other way. The country was weak, and the Military Academy didn't even offer a course on armored forces. At most, they could learn how to fight tanks.

Li Yunlong looked at the division commander and others and asked: "Are there any of our people who went to Frunze to study this subject?"

The commander and others thought about it and shook their heads, but couldn't think of a suitable person.

Li Yunlong thought of a person, Xu Tingyao, who was considered the first person in China to start researching armored forces. In 1933, he proposed to Shancheng to form an armored force, and went to Europe to study and investigate. After returning to China, he formed an armored force.

In the great victory at Kunlun Pass, his armored forces performed exceptionally well.

Later, he established the Mechanized Corps Academy and began to train talents for mechanized troops.

Unfortunately, he is from Shancheng. Li Yunlong thinks he can try to win him over.

He turned his gaze towards the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, do you know Xu Tingyao?"

The brigade commander smiled and nodded, saying, "When I was a company commander, he was already a division commander. During the Northern Expedition, he was the commander of the Second Division!"

"What about this person?"

Li Yunlong didn't know much about Xu Tingyao, he only knew that he had a unique vision for armored forces.

"Well, he's a real character. He's not too harsh on his subordinates and maintains good discipline in the army. As for himself, he enjoys smoking cigars and drinking foreign liquor, but otherwise, there's nothing wrong with him!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong had already made a rough judgment in his mind. He thought that he could not win over this person. He liked smoking cigars and drinking foreign liquor. He was a person who liked pleasure. Given the current conditions of our army, he would run away after a few days.

"Then I'll take charge of the armored forces. For now, we'll focus on training the armored troops. Brigade Commander, find a way to get some armored force books from Xu Tingyao's school, and also translate the textbooks that the Russians gave us. We should quickly establish an armored forces academy. It will be very useful!"

"it is good!"

"Commander Liu is still in charge of the Air Force. He's responsible for training new pilots. The aviation academy also has vacancies!"

"By the way, let's get the radio station to spread the word that we need pilots and armored soldiers. Let's see if we can attract some talent!"

"it is good!"

Chapter 649: Quiet Outside Boli City

Khabarovsk.

When this city was in the hands of the Russians, it was the largest city in the Far East.

After the Japanese occupied the city, the Kwantung Army Headquarters moved here. The Japanese also immigrated some overseas Chinese and brought some traitors from the puppet Manchuria, which led to the development of the city.

At this time, the population of Birobidzhan had grown from the initial 200,000 to about 300,000.

Among them, there were only about 100,000 indigenous people. Originally, there were 200,000 indigenous people. After the Japanese came, about 100,000 of them were massacred.

The remaining 100,000 Khabarovsk natives were mostly women, with the rest being young children. The men had either died in battle or the older ones had been murdered by the Japanese.

A large number of these women were also gathered by the Japanese. They were of ordinary appearance and usually washed clothes for the Japanese and did some simple chores.

The prettier ones became "staff" of several comfort stations in Khabarovsk.

The Japanese were very interested in the women of the Russians. After occupying Birobidzhan, they harmed the women here almost every day.

"Taro, what are you going to do after your duty today?"

"Me? I heard that Alexandria sent a lot of women to exchange for weapons with us. I'm going to take a look around and see if there's any new 'goods'."

Hearing this, the Japanese soldier beside him also laughed: "After the Far Eastern Front moved south, although our guard time became longer, no one competed with us for the Russian women!"

"Yeah, I heard that a woman with a red hair wanted to assassinate the commander of the regiment, and was sent to a comfort station by the commander. I want to go and see her tonight!"

"Aren't you afraid she'll kill you?"

"The more you resist, the more excited I get!"

"Hahaha……"

Several Japanese soldiers were talking excitedly and did not carefully check the people entering Birobidzhan.

Kong Jie's vanguard has arrived at the outskirts of Khabarovsk, and members of the vanguard have infiltrated the city to understand the specific situation in Khabarovsk.

After nightfall, at a hidden spot fifteen kilometers outside the city of Khabarovsk.

"Report, telegram from the vanguard!"

Kong Jie quickly took the telegram and read it carefully.

"The Japanese didn't expect a troop to appear near Khabarovsk. The outer fortifications haven't even been completed, and there's only one squad on duty at the city gate!"

"What about us?"

"The Japs have given us an opportunity, so we can't miss it. Order the troops to prepare for action!"