Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"You can take a boat from Huludao and land directly in the northern part of Liaozhou Bay!"

"This way we can bypass the Tashan defense line and attack Jinzhou directly, or even Fengtian directly!"

"Although the Japanese army doesn't have the battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy patrol ships that the navy possesses, it does have some gunboats and other warships. If these warships provide fire support, they can easily establish a beachhead!"

After hearing Li Yunlong's words, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter. If the Japanese successfully landed in Yingkou and other areas, all previous defense deployments would be disrupted.

"It seems the Japs have been preparing for this for a long time, mobilizing so many ships, and we didn't even know about it!"

"We need to strengthen our intelligence, not just focusing on intelligence on land. We also need to find ways to obtain intelligence on the sea. This time, the Japanese mobilized ships from their homeland. We don't have many intelligence personnel in their homeland, which is why this situation occurred. I will tell the brigade commander to ask the Northeast Bureau to strengthen its work in this area!"

Li Yunlong then tapped the edge of the sand table with his hand and said, "It's already nine o'clock in the evening. The Japanese have probably loaded a lot of people onto the ship at Huludao Port. Even if we bomb them now, it's a bit too late. We need to make some preparations in the northern part of Liaozhou Bay."

"There are only three suitable landing sites on the Liaozhou Bay side: Yingkou, Gaiping County, and Panjin."

"The Yingkou beach is the most suitable for landing. The terrain here is relatively flat, and the Japanese transport ships can easily approach. Yingkou also has a port. After the Japanese seize the port, they can unload a lot of heavy weapons."

"The beaches in the Gaiping area are rocky, narrow, and have strong waves, making them unsuitable for landing."

"The beachhead in Panjin isn't as good as Yingkou, but it's better than Gaiping. However, there are many small islands and reefs around it. Large transport ships could easily run aground if they approach. However, this is the closest to Jinzhou, and after landing, you can directly reach Panjin and other areas, posing a greater threat to Jinzhou!"

The chief of staff quickly listed all the places in the northern part of Liaozhou Bay that were suitable for landing.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong looked at these three places. The Japanese might land in these three places.

"I estimate that a large number of Japanese troops will land in Yingkou!"

Li Yunlong finally set his sights on Yingkou.

"Yingkou is suitable for large-scale landing operations. The Japanese have a large number of transport ships, and the troops mobilized may require several divisions. If there is no open landing area, several divisions will be squeezed together to land, which may waste a lot of time, giving us time to prepare!"

"If I were the Japanese, I would definitely choose to land in Yingkou. In addition to the beach advantage, Yingkou is also a large port, which makes it very convenient for the Japanese to transport supplies and soldiers!"

After hearing Li Yunlong's analysis, the chief of staff and others nodded in agreement.

Li Yunlong withdrew his gaze from Yingkou and looked at the other two areas again.

"We've discovered the Japanese transport ship. If I were a Japanese soldier, I'd be at risk of being intercepted if I continued with my mission, so..."

Li Yunlong put himself into the perspective of the devils and began to consider the problem.

"I would choose to send a small force to storm an area, attract the attention of the defenders, and then conduct a large-scale landing in Yingkou. This way, even if we know they are about to land, we can catch them off guard!"

Li Yunlong then turned his attention back to Panjin: "Panjin and Gaiping areas must also be prepared!"

"Draw troops from the Fourth Corps?"

"The Fourth Corps will divert some of its forces to reinforce the defenses of the Panjin area, while also dispatching troops to continue the fierce attack on Huludao!"

"The Third Corps will dispatch a portion of its troops to Yingkou. Also, tell the deputy division commander to bring along the observation group sent by the US military. Let them see the outcome of this island-hopping raid!"

"Island hopping?"

Everyone was a little confused about Li Yunlong's description.

"It's just a metaphor. The Japanese suddenly jumped from Huludao to Yingkou area, and an isolated army penetrated deep into our hinterland! Jumping from one isolated island to another!" Li Yunlong forced an explanation.

Everyone didn't think much about it and continued to add some details about the battle.

Soon, Li Yunlong's combat orders were sent to the Fourth Corps and the Third Corps.

Inside the Fourth Corps, the deputy division commander was having a headache with this group of American observers.

After they arrived at the Fourth Corps, they were initially interested in training and many other things, but as time went on, they clamored to see actual combat and see the Japanese's combat effectiveness.

However, there was no Japanese attack and the Fourth Corps had no combat mission, so they could only be transferred from the front-line troops to the corps headquarters.

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Here's my third update! I'm going to the Shaanxi Museum tomorrow, which will probably take a whole day. I finally managed to get an appointment, so I'll use tomorrow's leave. Thanks for your understanding. If any local friends can recommend some local snacks, thank you! ~

Chapter 689 Combat Mission

"Commander, whenever there is a combat mission, we want to go to the front line to see the enemy's combat effectiveness!"

Ridgway sat in the deputy division commander's command center and asked again.

The deputy division commander felt a little overwhelmed, but there was nothing he could do but continue to explain: "General Ridgway, our Fourth Corps' current mission is defense. If you want to go to the front, you should ask the Japanese when they will attack."

"When will the Japs attack?"

"You have to ask their Sky Locust!" The deputy division commander said helplessly. He has been annoyed by these Americans lately.

After hearing this, Li Qiwei was still unwilling to give in.

Life here is really too hard. If they could go to the front line to watch the Japanese fight, they could still endure it. But during this time, all they have done is training, and the training subjects are very boring. They just have aiming and bayonet training. They haven't even fired live ammunition a few times, let alone seen the Japanese.

"Report, telegram from headquarters!"

Just when the deputy division commander was about to tell Li Yunlong to send these people back to Fengtian, Li Yunlong's telegram arrived at the headquarters of the Fourth Corps first.

After reading the telegram, the deputy division commander breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "General Ridgway, don't you want to go to the front? Our corps has received a combat mission!"

"Really?"

After hearing this, Ridgway suddenly stood up from his chair, very excited.

"Yes, Commander Li Yunlong just sent a telegram ordering our 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 44th Divisions to quickly move to the vicinity of Yingkou. The Japanese may be preparing for a cross-sea battle."

"Great, Deputy Commander, when do we set off?"

"Let's go now!"

"Okay, I'll send a telegram to the troops right now. Please tell everyone else to get ready and take the train to Yingkou!"

"I'll go and notify them now."

After watching Ridgway leave happily, the deputy division commander breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why he was annoyed by Ridgway and others was mainly because some training subjects could not be exposed when Ridgway and others were around.

It includes the three-three system, artillery-infantry coordination, infantry-tank coordination, etc.

The troops can only conduct the simplest drill training or assassination training every day.

Formation training is still somewhat useful, but assassination training has gradually been marginalized. Although Li Yunlong's troops still retain assassination training, the proportion of it in the troops' training subjects is very low.

After all, Li Yunlong's troops now usually bombard with planes, then artillery bombards, then tanks charge, and only after the tanks charge does it become the turn of the infantry to carry rocket launchers and other weapons to attack the enemy.

Even troops without tanks would be equipped with various weapons such as 107 rockets to supplement their firepower. Bayonet fights rarely occurred. Running out of ammunition? Just make a phone call and airdrop support will come.

"Emergency gathering!"

"Emergency gathering!"

"..."

In the garrisons of the 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 44th Divisions, calls for urgent assembly continued to be heard.

The soldiers who had already rested were woken up one by one.

"All companies, take a basic amount of ammunition and proceed to the train station immediately!"

"Everyone, hurry up!"

"quick!"

The soldiers quickly packed their backpacks, picked up their weapons and ammunition, and quickly lined up. Although these four divisions were all new recruits, under the training of the deputy division commander, these four divisions already had the shadow of elite troops.

However, compared with the elite troops such as the First Division and the Second Division, they still lack the tempering of the battlefield and the baptism of the devil's blood.

When Ridgway finished packing up, he came to the headquarters. At this time, the deputy division commander was constantly giving orders and allocating supplies.

"Commander, where are your troops? Haven't they assembled yet?"

After hearing this, the deputy division commander glanced at the time and said, "We've already set off a few minutes ago. Everyone, I'll have to trouble you to take the logistics unit's train!"

Li Qiwei and his men stared wide-eyed. How long had it taken them to pack up? Li Yunlong's troops were already ready, packed up, and set off?

These are tens of thousands of troops going to war, not just a few people. How could it be possible so quickly?

With a look of surprise on their faces, Ridgway and others arrived at the train station. At this time, there were still trains queuing up to leave the station, and these trains were full of soldiers.

The logistics troops are busy transporting various supplies onto carts, preparing to send them to Yingkou along with the main force.

At this time, Huludao Port.

The Sixth Army headquarters had been destroyed, but Terauchi Morikazu took over command from Nozoe Masanori and ordered the Sixth Army to continue boarding the ships.

At the port, transport ships loaded with Japanese soldiers kept leaving the port, and then new transport ships filled the vacancies, and then the Japanese soldiers continued to board the ships.

On the beach not far from the pier, there was also a group of Japanese soldiers wading through the sea water towards the transport ships on the sea. These transport ships were relatively small in tonnage and could be close to the beach, so they did not need to dock at the port and could directly pick up the Japanese soldiers near the beach.

These Japanese soldiers waded into the sea step by step, holding their Type 38 rifles above their heads to prevent water from entering their weapons.

After arriving next to these small transport ships, the Japanese soldiers grabbed the rope ladders dropped from the ships with their hands and climbed up little by little.

When these Japanese soldiers finally climbed onto the transport ship, they were already soaked. But even so, they did not have much time to rest. The ship was full of Japanese soldiers. A ship that could carry 200 people could be crammed with 700 to 800 people or even more.

Just as these Japanese soldiers were busy boarding the ship, a Japanese staff officer got a telegram and immediately delivered it to the Japanese commander.

"Report, intelligence personnel report that a large number of aircraft from Li Yunlong's troops have taken off, and the target may be Huludao!"

"Sound the air defense alarm immediately and turn off the lights!" The Japanese fleet commander gave the order immediately. A large number of people gathered at the port. If the planes of Li Yunlong's troops dropped incendiary bombs, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Japanese had made sufficient preparations for this sneak attack and arranged intelligence personnel to monitor several important airports and report immediately if any plane took off.

After receiving the order, the Japanese immediately sounded the air defense alarm, and the shrill air defense alarm sounded over the entire Huludao city in the middle of the night.

After the air raid alarm sounded, the Japanese officers did not panic, but instead ordered all ships to turn off their lights in accordance with previous orders.

The ships on Huludao quickly turned off their lights, and the lights in the Huludao port, which had been brightly lit just now, went out one after another.

"Baga, turn off the flashlight too!"

"Searchlight, turn off the searchlight!"

"Turn off the lights, don't let any light on!"

"Car lights!"

"Put out the cigarette!"

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