Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Unit 2, fly higher and confirm the impact!"

"Roger that!"

Helicopter No. 2 quickly broke away from the formation, gained altitude, and arrived above the Sixth Army Headquarters. The attacker was observing the situation below with a telescope.

"Report, over 80% of the Japanese Sixth Army's headquarters building has been destroyed. The attack is effective!"

"Got it, return to the team!"

"Yes!"

"Comrades, our mission is accomplished, retreat!"

"Yes!"

After completing the strike mission, the helicopter began to turn around and retreat in the direction it came from.

From beginning to end, the Japanese had no idea who attacked them. They only knew that the attackers used rockets, but they had no idea where the rockets were launched from.

Chapter 687 Discovering clues

The armed helicopter brigade quickly retreated towards the sea.

But on the return trip, we deliberately took a detour and flew over Huludao Port.

"Is there a harbor down there? So many ships? And so many Japanese soldiers. It seems like they're boarding the ships. Are they planning to retreat?"

Yu Tiansheng couldn't help but frown as he looked at the busy scene at the port below.

"I really want to fire a volley at them. I estimate that if I can fire a volley, I can kill at least dozens of devils!"

"After we get back, I'll make a suggestion to the experts. It would be best if we could install a machine gun on the nose of our plane, or even hang one from the bottom!"

"That's a good idea!"

"I agree!"

"Alright, hurry back and report this news to the commander!"

"Yes!"

At this time, in the headquarters of the Japanese Sixth Army in Huludao.

A group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the headquarters that was bombed into ruins in search of Nozoe Changde's whereabouts.

"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Commander!"

"You go this way!"

"You go over there!"

"Put out the fire immediately!"

"We must find the Commander, no matter what!"

At this time, the captain of the Japanese guard who was responsible for guarding the headquarters was still in a daze. He didn't understand how the enemy attacked?

Artillery fire? I didn't hear any sound of artillery fire. Rockets? They control the area over a dozen kilometers around here. There are patrols everywhere, but no one has found any trace of rocket launches.

Aerial bomb? When an aerial bomb falls, there will be a clear sound of breaking through the air, but they didn't hear it either.

"Report, a soldier reported that they saw a flash of fire in the sky. Perhaps it was a rocket launched from the air?"

Hearing this, the Japanese captain immediately flew into a rage and shouted, "Baga, do you take me for a fool? Firing ammunition from the air? Is there a god in Li Yunlong's army who can fly in the air? Keep investigating and find out what method the attacker used!"

"Hayi!"

The Japanese guard captain thought for a moment and then shouted, "Send a telegram to the other divisions immediately. The headquarters has been attacked. The commander's life or death is unknown!"

"Hayi!"

The news that Nozoe Masato's life and death were unknown immediately spread to all the Japanese divisions.

When the commanders of the 89th and 81st Divisions received this news, they couldn't help but panic. They were at the forefront and still couldn't withstand the attack of Li Yunlong's troops. Now their commander's life or death was unknown.

The commanders of the 89th and 81st Divisions now even want to retreat and return to Huludao.

The commanders of the other four divisions that had not yet completed boarding were also stunned. They didn't know whether they should continue with the mission, continue boarding the ship or return to the headquarters?

"Send a telegram to the Kwantung Army Headquarters. Our headquarters has been attacked by Li Yunlong's troops. The Commander's life or death is unknown. Requesting tactical guidance!"

"Hayi!"

Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Kwantung Army Headquarters.

After Terauchi Morikazu took office, he moved the headquarters of the Kwantung Army from Khabarovsk to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Three divisions were mobilized in the surrounding area to form three lines of defense to prevent sneak attacks.

At this time, Morikazu Terauchi was standing in front of the map, wondering if there were any loopholes in his battle plan.

At this time, Ishihara Kanji rushed into the office in a hurry.

"Commander, has something happened to the Sixth Army?"

After hearing this, Terauchi Moriichi slowly turned his head and asked, "They failed to hold the line? Did Li Yunlong's troops break through?"

"No, the Sixth Army headquarters was attacked unexpectedly. The life or death of Commander Nozoe Changde is unknown. The 29th and 37th Divisions, which were carrying out the boarding mission, called to ask whether they should continue with the combat plan and board the ship!"

Upon hearing this, Terauchi Moriichi was somewhat surprised and asked, "Li Yunlong's troops attacked the headquarters again? Damn, didn't we tell them to strengthen the defenses? How did they succeed?"

Ishihara Kan'er shook his head and said, "Report, we are still unsure how Li Yunlong's troops attacked the Sixth Army Headquarters, but the most urgent matter is whether to continue with the landing plan!"

Terauchi Morikazu was also a little conflicted at this time. The life and death of the commander of the Sixth Army was uncertain, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to the Sixth Army.

In fact, Terauchi Morikazu did not like Nozoe Masato. If he had not just taken office as the commander of the Kwantung Army and had not yet completely taken control of the Kwantung Army, and did not know much about the internal situation of the Kwantung Army and was not suitable for large-scale blood transfusions, he would have dismissed Nozoe Masato long ago.

In Terauchi Morikazu's view, it was a shame that Nozoe Masato had ten divisions of troops but was trapped on the Tashan line.

And being trapped for more than ten days was a humiliation within a humiliation. Couldn't he have thought of opening a new front? Or sending a force through the Yanshan Mountains to bypass the Tashan defense line?

They only know how to fill the line and send their heads away, and they send their heads away one division at a time.

In just over ten days, two imperial divisions were destroyed because of him.

"Since Li Yunlong's troops attacked the Sixth Army's headquarters, it proves that the target of Li Yunlong's troops' active attack this time is Huludao. Order the troops in Huludao to continue their combat mission. I will personally command the Sixth Army!"

"Hayi!"

"Have each division of the Sixth Army report on the current situation!"

"Hayi!"

Soon, Terauchi Morikazu received telegrams from the 89th Division and the 81st Division. Seeing that the 89th Division had lost more than half of its troops and the 81st Division had lost more than one-third, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"Baga, what is this idiot Nozoe Changde doing?"

Then Terauchi Morikazu decisively ordered: "Order the 89th and 81st Divisions to withdraw from their positions alternately and retreat to the second-line positions. Order the defenders of the second-line positions to mobilize artillery and dig anti-tank trenches..."

Terauchi Morikazu quickly adjusted Nozoe Masato's previous method of defending to the death, and instead changed it to a step-by-step defense and layer-by-layer blocking method. His only goal was to slow down the attack speed of Li Yunlong's troops and buy time for the troops to board the ship at Huludao Port.

Just as Terauchi Morikazu was constantly adjusting the Sixth Army's combat plan.

The armed helicopter brigade also successfully returned to Jinzhou Airport.

The person in charge of Jinzhou Airport has been waiting near the helicopter landing pad, pacing back and forth from time to time.

Now when fighter jets and bombers go out to perform missions, the people in charge are not worried. After all, the skills of bomber and fighter pilots are now very mature, and they have performed many missions and are rich in experience.

But this was the first time the armed helicopter brigade had carried out the mission.

"Don't make any mistakes!"

Just as the airport manager was waiting anxiously, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound coming from the distant sky.

The Japanese were not familiar with this sound, but as the person in charge of the airport, he watched the armed helicopter brigade training every day and was very familiar with this sound.

The armed helicopter brigade is back.

Chapter 688: Let the Americans see the dangers of “island hopping”

"Report, Commander, the airport called, the armed helicopter has completed its mission and has returned to Jinzhou Airport!"

Li Yunlong, who was processing documents at the time, raised his head slowly after hearing this and asked, "Are there any casualties?"

"Report, no casualties!"

The signalman delivered the telegram to Li Yunlong.

"Not bad!"

Hearing that there were no casualties, Li Yunlong smiled. However, after reading the telegram from the airport, he frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Notify the Chief of Staff and others immediately. This is an emergency. Call a meeting!"

"Yes!"

"Power Jinzhou and Fengtian airports. Send out all aircraft that can be deployed at night to bomb Huludao Harbor!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the Chief of Staff, Wu Yi Er and others all came to the conference room.

"Lao Li, what's wrong? Why are you calling us to a meeting in such a hurry?"

When the chief of staff and others heard Li Yunlong say there was an emergency, they immediately dropped their work and rushed over. May 12 was still conducting ideological training in the troops below.

"Tonight, our armed helicopter brigade attacked the Japanese Sixth Army Headquarters and completely destroyed it. Commander Nozoe Changde may have been killed!"

Hearing this, everyone smiled: "Now the Japs' Sixth Army is leaderless!"

After hearing the good news, the original tense mood eased a lot, but everyone did not think that Li Yunlong would call everyone together just for this matter. There must be other important things.

"When the armed helicopter brigade returned, they passed by Huludao Port and discovered that there were a large number of ships and a large number of Japanese soldiers gathered in Huludao Port!"

Li Yunlong walked to the sand table and drew a circle at the location of Huludao: "There are so many people, the whole port is full of people!"

The Chief of Staff immediately asked, "Have the bombers been dispatched?"

"We have already ordered the planes capable of nighttime takeoffs and landings from Jinzhou and Fengtian airports to take off and bomb Huludao Port!"

"The last time the Japanese were burned, they weren't thorough enough. This time, they actually dared to gather so many troops."

"What emergency are you talking about?" Wuyier asked.

Li Yunlong pointed to Huludao Port and said, "The Japanese have gathered a large number of troops and ships here. I suspect they want to launch a surprise attack on Yingkou, or any area near the beach in this area."