Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

After completing their combat mission, Ding Wei's troops headed westward towards the Eastern Sayan Mountains and Western Sayan Mountains.

When the main forces of the Japanese Siberian Front retreated to the four eastern provinces and prepared to launch a surprise attack on Li Yunlong's main forces, Ding Wei's troops launched a surprise attack on the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Western Sayan Mountains.

The Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Western Sayan Mountains are the dividing line between Central and Eastern Siberia. There are two natural mountain ranges here that separate Central Siberia from Eastern Siberia.

After the Japanese occupied this area, they immediately captured a large number of Russians and tricked a lot of laborers from the four northeastern provinces to work and build fortifications for them.

The Japanese knew very well that the Soviet Union would not easily give up the vast land of East and West Siberia. As long as they were not defeated by the German Third Reich, they would definitely find a way to take it back.

If the Japanese wanted to occupy this place permanently, they needed to repel the Russian bear, or hurt the Russian bear here, so the Japanese began to build a large number of defensive fortifications here.

The level of these fortifications is based on the fortresses built in the Greater Khingan Range and Lesser Khingan Range areas of the four eastern provinces.

The Japanese planned to build watchtowers and gun towers on the high ground of the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Western Sayan Mountains, and then build underground passages to hollow out the entire mountain range and send troops to station there.

As long as these two mountain ranges can be controlled, the Soviet Union will not be able to attack East and West Siberia. It will only take some time for the Japanese to digest the entire East and West Siberia.

For this purpose, the Japanese specially invited some civil engineering experts from their home country to develop a very detailed 10,000-year defense plan.

The entire plan is divided into three parts. The first part is the simplest, which is ground construction. The Japanese plan to take advantage of the complex terrain of the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Western Sayan Mountains to build various fortifications at some important locations on the mountains.

Including observation posts, artillery towers, heavy artillery positions, machine gun positions, etc., connecting these positions together made it impossible for the Russian troops to cross the Eastern Sayan Mountains and Western Sayan Mountains.

This plan was also the easiest to complete, requiring about three months. Part of it had already been completed. A large number of captured Russians and Russian prisoners were beaten with whips and gun butts by the Japanese to work.

The second part is more complicated. The Japanese selected ten hilltops in the two mountain ranges as the main positions. These ten hilltops are also where the Japanese command headquarters are located. There will be a large number of buildings, and a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food will be stored inside.

According to the plan designed by the Japanese, even if they were surrounded, the defenders on the hills would be able to hold out for two to three years, so the amount of work involved was not low. Construction had already started on three hills, and a lot of explosives had been used to create some space.

The last step was that the Japanese designed an underground tunnel that connected these mountains, allowing the Japanese in different positions to support each other, including various shooting holes, traffic channels, ventilation holes, etc.

Once this underground passage is completed, the entire Eastern Sayan Mountains and Western Sayan Mountains will be connected, and then there will be a huge space in the mountains, which will become a permanent fortification.

The Japanese experts had surveyed the terrain and provided a rough route map, but before construction could begin, the entire Eastern Sayan Mountains and Western Sayan Mountains fell into Li Yunlong's hands.

"Are you sure all the devils have been cleared out?"

Ding Wei glanced at the mountains in the distance and asked.

"Confirmed, the number of corpses and prisoners is almost the same. There are probably more than 500 Japanese missing, and the rest are either dead or here! The fragments of Japanese corpses found on the battlefield can probably piece together more than 500 people."

"Okay then, let's get those Japanese experts here and have them continue studying the fortifications and finish drawing the blueprints!"

"Yes!"

These devils never dreamed that while they were building fortifications to defend against the Russians, enemies appeared behind them. Ding Wei's troops easily defeated the outer defenders and then began to clear out the remaining devils in the Eastern Sayan Mountains and Western Sayan Mountains.

After more than a month, all the rats hiding underground were finally cleared out.

Ding Wei climbed to the highest point of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, which was also the location of the Japanese command headquarters.

"Commander, we have occupied this area. What if the Russian bear comes over?"

The political commissar of the First Column asked with some concern.

Ding Wei looked at the scenery in the distance and said slowly: "These things are not what we need to consider. Our mission is to obey orders. As long as Li Yunlong tells me to retreat, I will retreat. If Li Yunlong tells me to fight, even if the First Column has finished fighting, I will still hold this position!"

After saying this, Ding Wei looked at his political commissar and said, "Lao Liang, look at this vast expanse of land. It used to be ours. The Russians sent a few people here to live here for a while, and now it's theirs. Why?"

"They've been here for a few years, so they're theirs? Our ancestor, Su Wu, used to herd sheep here, and our ancient armies also raided and cleared out the nomadic tribes. Legally speaking, this should be ours!"

After hearing this, Political Commissar Liang nodded and agreed with Ding Wei: "That being said, I'm worried that we are no match for the Russian bear!"

"You're not afraid of fighting the Japanese, but you're afraid of the Russians?"

Ding Wei looked at his political commissar in surprise. In his impression, Lao Liang was not a coward, and he was also a man who had walked through grasslands and climbed snow-capped mountains.

Lao Liang shook his head and said, "Afraid? The word 'afraid' doesn't exist in my dictionary. It's just that our country has been fighting for so long, from the late Qing Dynasty to the warlords' melee, and now to the fight against the Japanese. It's been decades, and we can't stand the turmoil. The people haven't had a few days of peace. If we drive away the Japanese and then fight the Russians, hey..."

Ding Wei looked into the distance and knew that this was the mentality of many people. It was not because they were afraid of war, but because the fighting had lasted too long and everyone wanted peace.

"That's true, but if we give up our land for this, others will think we're weak and can be bullied. What if they want other land? Should we give it up or not? Concession won't bring peace. National status is won through fighting!"

Having said that, Ding Wei paused and looked towards the west: "It's not enough to defeat the Japanese. In the eyes of those Western bandits, even if we defeat the Japanese, we are still their prey. Only when we truly defeat a big country like them will we be recognized!"

"Also, the buffer zone between us and Russia is too narrow. If Russia takes this land, it can directly target the four northeastern provinces. That's our industrial base! To develop, we must have a decent buffer zone."

Lao Liang looked at Ding Wei in surprise. This was the first time he heard Ding Wei say such words.

"Old Ding, you have a pretty good strategic vision!"

"Hehehe, I just figured it out!"

After hearing this, Lao Liang and Ding Wei looked off into the distance and said, "From what you're saying, the commander wants to use the Mao bear to establish his authority?"

Ding Wei shook his head: "I don't know. No one knows what Li Yunlong is thinking now!"

At this moment, a messenger ran over. When Ding Wei saw him, he immediately laughed and said, "Lao Liang, I bet it must be Li Yunlong's telegram. I guess he has already thought of a solution!"

Chapter 705: Old Han got promoted?

"Report, telegram from headquarters!"

When they heard the word "command center", Ding Wei and Political Commissar Liang immediately laughed.

"Is my guess right?"

As Ding Wei spoke, he picked up the telegram, read it, and handed it to the political commissar, saying, "Lao Liang, I don't quite understand what Li Yunlong means."

Political Commissar Liang took the telegram, read it, and after a moment's thought, said, "Commander, are you asking us to fight ourselves?"

"Hit yourself?"

The content of Li Yunlong's telegram was not complicated. He asked Ding Wei's troops to temporarily change into the devil's clothes and guard the East Sayan Mountains and West Sayan Mountains.

In this way, even if the Russians send people to investigate, they will not find that this place has been occupied by Li Yunlong, and they will not ask Li Yunlong for these two areas. As for how long they can delay, it depends on when the Japanese surrender.

Now Li Yunlong needs time to let the troops in the Eastern Sayan Mountains and the Western Sayan Mountains repair the fortifications here. In this way, he will have the confidence even if he falls out with the Russians in the future.

In addition, Li Yunlong also asked Ding Wei to select about 10,000 people, disguised as the Russian army, to harass the Eastern Sayan Mountains and Western Sayan Mountains from time to time to create some noise.

The purpose of doing this is to ask for assistance from the Russians. Big Beard has already agreed to airdrop weapons, ammunition and other supplies to this "guerrilla force" of more than 10,000 people. Li Yunlong must also reciprocate, making Big Beard feel that the investment is worthwhile and making the other party believe that this "guerrilla force" is always active.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Ding Wei couldn't help but widen his eyes, while Political Commissar Liang seemed somewhat calm.

"Our commander is really full of ideas. Look at our deputy commander, Lao Han, he's still following the Japanese, and they don't even suspect him!"

Hearing this, Ding Wei immediately laughed. It was indeed true. Ding Wei had never seen Deputy Commander Han again since they separated in Arshan.

At this time, Old Han was also having a headache.

He rubbed his temples and put the telegram aside.

Lao Han got a promotion. To be more precise, Lao Han got a promotion here with the Japanese.

Originally, Lao Han led "Outer Mongolia" to join the Japanese puppet Manchukuo. Agula IX became the king of Outer Mongolia on the Japanese side, and Lao Han served as the commander of the Outer Mongolia Corps.

As Lao Han followed the Japanese in their battles, although he did not make any outstanding military achievements, he always worked diligently in logistics, and occasionally led the Outer Mongolian army to "ambush" Shen Quan's troops, achieving some results.

The Japanese have always treated Lao Han well.

When the Japanese Siberian Front moved south, Lao Han's mission was almost completed - to lead the Siberian Front into the encirclement of the Second Corps, and he could retire with honor.

But when the Siberian Front was defeated, Lao Han had been looking for an opportunity to leave the entire Siberian Front behind. Unfortunately, he never found the right opportunity, and for some unknown reason he followed the Japanese to retreat to the Chita area, and then returned to Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

Lao Han originally had an army of more than 50,000 people, but the Outer Mongolians were killed or wounded in repeated battles, leaving only his own people, more than 30,000 of whom were left.

After arriving in Komsomolsk-on-Trent, Lao Han's first reaction was to make a big move. He planned to take advantage of the fact that his troops were stationed outside Komsomolsk-on-Trent to storm Komsomolsk-on-Trent and capture Terauchi Morikazu and Ishiwara Kanji alive.

However, after Lao Han reported this proposal to Li Yunlong, it was rejected and Li Yunlong asked them to keep their troops in place.

Li Yunlong asked Lao Han to keep his troops in place for only one main reason: if Lao Han took action, although he might be able to capture Terauchi Morikazu or Ishiwara Kanji, it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed.

The area now controlled by Li Yunlong's troops is the southern part of the four northeastern provinces, with Songyuan as the boundary. The Japanese control cities such as Harbin, while Li Yunlong's troops control Changchun and Fengtian.

Dalian in the south was still under Japanese control, so Li Yunlong hadn't yet taken action against it, mainly because he hadn't figured out a good way to deal with the Japanese naval guns. The guns were incredibly powerful, and if they were to storm, with the fire support provided by several Japanese destroyers and cruisers docked in the harbor, the attacking force would suffer heavy losses.

The area around Gongqingcheng is controlled by the Japanese. Once Lao Han takes action, he will be surrounded. It is not worth it to exchange the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers for two old Japanese soldiers.

Old Han did not take any action and continued to follow the Japanese to eat and drink for free. Then Terauchi Morikazu summoned him.

When Lao Han left, his position was promoted from the original commander of the Imperial Army in Outer Mongolia to the deputy commander of the puppet army in Manchukuo.

The commander was nominally the last emperor.

The last emperor Li Yunlong has been searching for him since he took over Xinjing, but he never found him. Now he appears in Gongqingcheng.

Before Xinjing was captured, the last emperor had already been moved away by the Japanese, but the Japanese moved him in a hurry. Except for the last emperor, the other old and young people were still in the city and were all captured by Li Yunlong.

"Deputy Commander, what's wrong?"

Agula IX looked at Old Han rubbing his temples and asked in a low voice.

Old Han sighed, looked at Agula IX and said, "Nothing, another promotion!"

"Promoted? Then where is our commander?" Agula IX didn't react for a moment and thought that Lao Han had replaced Li Yunlong's position.

After hearing this, Old Han rolled his eyes at Agula IX and said, "The devils have been promoted. From now on, I will be the deputy commander-in-chief of the puppet Manchuria army!"

Hearing this, Agula's eyes widened: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Puppet Manchuria Army?"

"Yes, nominally the commander-in-chief is the last emperor, but in reality, the more than 300,000 puppet troops in Manchuria will be under my command from now on."

"Wow! What are the Japanese thinking?" Agula IX widened his eyes, feeling incredible.

"I guess there's no one available?"

Old Han shook his head helplessly. The Japanese were indeed at their wit's end. The last emperor had been rescued from Xinjing, but none of the other puppet Manchurian officials had been brought out; they had all been captured by Li Yunlong.

In fact, the current situation of the Japanese is just as Lao Han said, they really have no one available.

After Terauchi Morikazu took over the post of commander of the Kwantung Army, he needed to reorganize the entire Kwantung Army and the military forces of Manchukuo.

The Kwantung Army was easy to deal with, as they could be drawn from the Japanese mainland or promoted from the troops, but what about the puppet army? All the trustworthy people had been arrested by Li Yunlong, and some puppet soldiers in Harbin and other places were either of low rank or not trusted by the Japanese, making it impossible for them to serve as the commander-in-chief of the puppet army.

After looking around, Terauchi Moriichi found that the only person who was trustworthy and capable of serving as the commander-in-chief of the puppet army was only one person - that was Old Han, who was loyal to the "Empire", fought a bloody battle with Shen Quan in Outer Mongolia for half a year, and supported the "Empire" in attacking Siberia, and suffered "heavy" losses himself.

So, after meeting Terauchi Morikazu, Lao Han became the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army in the puppet Manchukuo region.

Chapter 706 Three years and three years

The Japs are now indeed facing a situation where no one is available.

Because in the Battle of Hadashan, hundreds of thousands of puppet troops either surrendered or became prisoners.