Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Hai!" After being scolded, the staff officer immediately bent down and admitted his mistake.

"Tell me, what happened!"

Although Meijing Meijiro was a little panicked now, he knew that he must not show panic at this moment. He had to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Report, Commander, the troops that have entered the city, mobilize the heavy artillery!"

"Nani?"

Hearing this, Mei Jing Meijiro panicked and quickly walked to a shooting hole to observe the situation outside.

Outside the castle, a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers were busy adjusting the muzzles of their guns.

"Where did they get the heavy artillery?"

During this period, Mei Jing Meijiro also figured out who was attacking Birobidzhan, it was Kong Jie's Second Column.

Because Mei Jing Meijiro had received a telegram from the 4th Division before, saying that they were surrounded by Kong Jie's Second Column near Arshan, Mei Jing Meijiro deduced that the force attacking Birobidzhan should not be the main force of Kong Jie's force, but a small force that came to launch a surprise attack on Birobidzhan.

Since it was a small-scale surprise attack, they certainly would not be carrying heavy weapons. This is why Meijing Meijiro was confident that he could defend the castle.

Without heavy weapons, if you want to attack the command castle, you can only pay with your lives.

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"Say!"

"Hayi! It was seized!"

"Baga, didn't I order you to destroy the army's heavy artillery?"

Hearing this, the staff officer lowered his head and said nothing.

Mei Jing Meijilang took a deep breath and said, "Tell everyone that the castle is very strong. There is no need to worry about the heavy artillery of the Eighth Route Army. Just hold on until dawn, and reinforcements will arrive!"

"Hayi!"

The staff officer bowed and then trotted out of the office.

Only three people were left in the room: Umekyo Mijiro, Kimura Heitaro, and Koiso Kunisho.

"General Umezu, what do we do now?"

This was the second time that Heitaro Kimura and Koiso Kunisho asked a question since arriving in Khabarovsk.

Mei Jing Meijilang looked at the two people and said, "It's not the last moment yet. The imperial reinforcements will arrive soon. We just need to hold the fortress!"

The voice just fell.

"boom!"

There was a huge explosion.

The entire castle shook violently, and screams were heard.

The second floor of the castle was hit by a shell from a heavy artillery, which directly blew a huge hole.

Some of the Japanese soldiers hiding on the second floor were killed in the explosion, and some of those who were not killed also fell on the messy floor and wailed.

"put!"

"put!"

The artillery in the distance did not give the Japanese time to react, and several heavy artillery pieces opened fire again.

Following the commander's orders, shell after shell flew towards Mei Jing Meijiro's headquarters.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Explosions continued to sound, and the castle where Meijing Meijiro was located was shaking under the bombardment, shaking violently from time to time.

Along with these shaking, there were also the screams of the devils.

"Commander, it's almost time. Let me lead the charge. Maybe we can capture Meijing Meijiro alive!"

Yang Wanli looked at the castle with several holes blown out of it and became restless again.

Kong Jie observed Mei Jing Meijilang's headquarters with a telescope and shook his head, saying, "No, keep bombing! Blow this headquarters down!"

"But Commander, this is Mei Jing Meijiro. If we can capture him alive..."

"I know he's Meijing Meijiro, and I want to capture him alive, but look at this castle, there are firing holes everywhere. If we charge in now, the soldiers will still have to make huge sacrifices. We can't trade the lives of our soldiers for our military achievements!"

"Blow up the castle! As long as Meijing Meijiro is still inside, his body will also be a military achievement for our Second Column!"

"Yes!"

The artillery continued to fire.

Another round of bombardment ended, and the originally crumbling castle began to collapse and the building began to tilt.

"Commander, the castle is about to collapse!"

The staff officer rushed into Mei Jing Meijiro's office in panic again.

Mei Jing Meijiro's face no longer had the calmness it had just had, but instead looked a little flustered.

He really couldn't understand why the Eighth Route Army outside didn't attack by force when they knew he was in the castle. Why did they use heavy artillery? Didn't they want to capture him alive?

"I know, don't panic, I'm going to generate electricity for the base camp!"

"Hai!"

At this moment, Mei Jing Mei Zhi Lang took a look at the surrounding environment and slowly said: "I am the commander of the Kanto Army, Mei Jing Mei Zhi Lang..."

Chapter 654 The Headquarters Collapsed

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Explosions continued as heavy artillery bombarded Meijing Meijiro's headquarters. This castle, built during the Tsarist era, was gradually unable to withstand the constant bombardment of more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces and was on the verge of collapse.

"I have implicated you, both of you. But the Empire must not allow another general to be captured by Li Yunlong. Please die with me."

In Meijing Meijiro's office, he no longer had the high spirits he had when he marched north. He looked like an old dog in his twilight years. He held a Browning pistol, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at Kimura Heitaro and Koiso Kunisho, then slowly raised the gun.

After hearing this, Kimura Heitaro smiled and said, "You don't have to do anything. We can do it ourselves. Mei Jing Meijiro, the Kwantung Army and our Army Headquarters have been fighting for decades. Didn't you expect this to happen today?"

Hearing Kimura Heitarou's words, Meijing Meijirou laughed: "The empire is full of internal conflicts. If we don't expand outward, how can we alleviate these conflicts? It's not that our Kwantung Army wants to fight with your Army Headquarters, but you simply can't see the situation clearly!"

"Although we were defeated in the Battle of Nomonhan, the Russians' strengths and weaknesses have been revealed. We only need to deploy a large army to invade Siberia and head west to meet up with Germany on the Volga River!"

"Yet you insist on carrying out your plan to march south. China, though vast and rich in resources, has a population of 400 million. Throughout history, when foreign races have conquered this land, has resistance ever ceased?"

"We should have taken it slow, letting them continue to split internally, exploiting the conflicts between the warlords and the mountain towns, and constantly weakening their strength, letting them kill each other, just like the Qing Dynasty did to the Southern Ming Dynasty, instead of forcibly conquering them!"

"To expand your influence in China, your Army Headquarters ordered the North China Expeditionary Force to launch an all-out war. The Empire hasn't even finished absorbing the four eastern provinces, and you've already started another war!"

"We, the Kwantung Army, went south to assist in the battle, but you made things difficult for us at every turn, fearing that we would steal the credit. Otherwise, why would the situation in China be like this?"

"If the Empire could mobilize all its forces to march northward into Siberia without infringing upon the interests of the United States, John Bull, and other countries in China, would they cut off our trade routes and give those navy guys an opportunity to exploit them?"

"Although the navy has temporarily achieved victory, the Americans have made a fortune from the war and have a well-developed industry. How can our country compare with them?"

"This time, the combined naval fleet is heading out to sea to confront the American Navy. I think this is a path to self-destruction. It's ridiculous that the navy actually thinks they will win and even dream of landing in America!"

"..."

"If the Empire could march north to seize the resources of Siberia, then digest Manchuria, and wait for China to continue its internal struggle, the Empire would surely rise in ten or twenty years. But now..."

Mei Jing Meijilang shook his head and said, "The empire is full of internal conflicts, the economy is collapsing, and the elite troops have been lost. The empire..."

Listening to Meijing Meijiro's dying words, Kimura Heitaro and Koiso Kunisho also showed a pensive look on their faces, and finally shook their heads and said:

"You, the Kwantung Army, shouldn't disobey orders. If you were willing to cooperate with the Empire's actions, why would we be in this situation today?"

"Follow orders but not announcements? If it weren't for our Kwantung Army, how could the Empire have taken Manchukuo? Without Manchukuo, how could there be any future strategy? That Tojo guy is a coward!"

At this moment, the castle began to shake violently again.

Mei Jing Meijilang looked around and said, "Generals, do you need my help?"

Heitaro Kimura and Kunihiro Koiso shook their heads and each took out their Browning pistol.

But that's it.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the castle began to collapse.

Things in the house fell down one after another.

Before Meijing Meijiro, Kimura Heitaro and Koiso Kunisho could even fire their guns, they fell along with the castle.

"Collapsed!"

"Collapsed!"

Outside Meijing Meijiro's headquarters, everyone cheered as they watched the collapsed castle.

The collapse of this headquarters meant that Khabarovsk was successfully captured, and it also meant that the Kwantung Army's headquarters was destroyed.

At this moment, the Japanese Kwantung Army was in a leaderless situation.

"Surround the ruins. Don't let the devils inside escape. Tell the soldiers to be careful and don't get bitten by the devils!"

"Yes!"

Yang Wanli quickly led his men into the collapsed ruins.

At this time, the screams of the Japanese soldiers in the ruins could still be heard.

"Be careful, don't get ambushed by the Japs, be careful!"

The soldiers who were close to each other reminded each other that they would shoot again when they saw some dead Japanese soldiers to prevent the Japanese soldiers from counterattacking before they died.