Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Itagaki was originally the commander of the Japanese Siberian Front. Later, after the Siberian Front was ambushed and suffered heavy losses, its unit number was cancelled.

And Itagaki served as the commander of the Kwantung Army's First Army.

The First Army of the Kwantung Army was a newly reorganized First Army, based on the remaining elite Japanese troops of the Siberian Front, plus the previous Far Eastern Army and more than 100,000 new recruits.

This also includes the 4th Division where Kota Kotera is located.

Although the Imperial Army under Lao Han was affiliated with the Kwantung Army Headquarters, it was deployed to the Harbin area to strengthen the defense of the Harbin area.

Lao Han’s current direct superior is Itagaki.

The devil Itagaki is now praising Lao Han because after Lao Han received the order to take up the position of commander of the Imperial Army, he immediately began recruiting soldiers on a large scale. In just one week, he recruited more than 50,000 people.

These more than 50,000 people are not the old, weak, sick and disabled people who were just there to make up the numbers. They are all young and middle-aged people who look pretty good.

"Hayi, it's all thanks to the Commander's good training. I also eliminated all the unqualified people according to your requirements. Otherwise, we would not be able to recruit 100,000 people now!"

After hearing this, Itagaki said with satisfaction, "Han Sang, the more troops there are, the better. Li Yunlong's troops used to be small in number, but they had a very high combat effectiveness. This is because Li Yunlong's troops were all elite soldiers."

"The same goes for your troops. The Empire has high expectations for this newly formed Imperial Army. You must not let the Empire down!"

Hearing this, Old Han immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for your support, Commander!"

"You're welcome. If you have any other requests, just let me know!"

Hearing this, Lao Han pretended to think for a moment and said, "Commander, most of my troops are new recruits. Most of them have not received any professional training. I want to apply for some ammunition so that they can practice live-fire shooting. That way, they won't be... "

After Lao Han finished speaking, he secretly observed the expression of the Japanese soldier Itagaki. Lao Han was testing the Japanese soldier's current ammunition reserves.

Itagaki thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll find a way!"

"anything else?"

"In terms of weapons and equipment, some soldiers are using weapons that are too..."

Old Han once again made a request.

Hearing this, Itagaki replied with the same words again, he would find a way.

Chapter 708 The Bear Comes

"Commander, what are you so happy about? Did you ask the Japanese for equipment and they agreed?"

As soon as Lao Han returned to the command center, the chief of staff came up to him. Seeing the smile on Lao Han's face, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Old Han was in a good mood at this time, whistling and shaking his head.

"Don't agree?"

Old Han nodded.

The chief of staff was a little confused as to why Lao Han was so happy even though the Japanese didn't agree to his request.

"Although we didn't get any ammunition from the Japanese, we did discover a problem. The Japanese are like grasshoppers in autumn, and they won't be able to jump for many more days!"

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff immediately became interested: "What do you mean?"

"When we asked the Japanese for weapons and equipment before, they were very generous. But now? They are very stingy. We have expanded our forces by 50,000 people, but we still haven't received all the weapons and equipment. Even if they were given to us, what kind of weapons are they?"

Old Han said disdainfully.

The Chief of Staff immediately understood what Old Han meant. "This is indeed good news. It's been almost two years. Isn't it time for us to close the net? The Japanese have stationed an entire division in Harbin, and we have 30,000 troops in the city. If we can cooperate internally and externally..."

"Don't worry, the commander must have his own ideas. I feel like the commander is playing a big game!"

Hearing this, the chief of staff nodded, and the two of them entered the headquarters talking and laughing.

At this time, in Li Yunlong's headquarters, Li Yunlong was meeting with the commissioner sent by Beria.

"General Li Yunlong, I've long heard of your great name!"

Li Yunlong looked at the man in front of him, smiled and stood up, shook his hand and said, "Mr. Pan Youxin, I have long heard of your name!"

The person who came was the Russian ambassador stationed in the mountain city. Li Yunlong had some impression of this person.

The main impression is that he once pushed for the abolition of the Dihua Aircraft Factory and the cessation of the Dushanzi Oil Mine and refining work, and he did this entirely because of the remote Xinjiang issue.

Li Yunlong did not have a good impression of the Russian ambassadors during this period. The main job of those who could represent the great powers as ambassadors in China at that time was to safeguard their country's interests in China.

They seem polite on weekdays, but if interests are involved, they will immediately turn against you. Pan Youxin is one of them.

Before the Yuanjiang issue arose, he had been helping us translate various documents and books, but after the incident in Yuanjiang, he immediately stopped some friendly exchanges and started making threats directly.

In addition to the aforementioned closure of aircraft factories and refineries, the most commonly used method is to cancel aid to China and withdraw aid experts.

The Russians have been using this method. As long as something is not in their interests, they will use this method to threaten others. Originally, this method always worked until it failed.

"General Li Yunlong, congratulations on occupying Fengtian and other areas."

After Pan Youxin entered the door, he kept smiling. When he entered Li Yunlong's command center, he took a walk around Fengtian City and was very satisfied with Fengtian City.

"Thanks to the weapons and equipment you provided, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to capture Fengtian so quickly!"

Li Yunlong laughed and walked into his reception room.

After hearing Li Yunlong's words, Pan Youxin felt more confident. After entering the reception room, he looked around.

Li Yunlong immediately understood what he meant: "These are all our people. Ambassador Pan, please feel free to speak up."

Pan Youxin nodded after hearing this, and took out a document from his arms and said, "Since General Li Yunlong said so, I will get straight to the point. General Li Yunlong, do you still remember the document you signed?"

Li Yunlong held the teacup in his hand, his expression unchanged. He simply nodded and said, "Of course I remember. What's the matter? Is there any problem with the document?"

Pan Youxin shook his head and said, "No problem. I just noticed that General Li Yunlong's signature on the document was a little sloppy. I almost didn't recognize it."

"That's the signature I usually use. Excuse me!"

Seeing Li Yunlong's admission, Pan Youxin felt relieved and nodded, saying, "General Li Yunlong, since you still remember the contract, let's talk about the treaty first."

Li Yunlong put down his teacup, adjusted his glasses, and said, "Ambassador Pan, please speak."

"According to the treaty, after General Li Yunlong takes over the four eastern provinces, we have the right to have the first choice of some factories in the four eastern provinces. Am I correct?"

Pan Youxin held a document in his hand and read out the contents.

Li Yunlong listened very carefully, pretended to think for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, there is indeed such a content!"

"General Li Yunlong, now that you have occupied Fengtian, what about the city?"

As soon as Pan Youxin said this, the chief of staff, Wu Yi Er and others narrowed their eyes. They originally thought that the person who came was a boy who wanted to give away money, but they didn't expect that he was here to collect debts.

However, Li Yunlong did not panic at all. Instead, he took out the original treaty that was signed at the time and said seriously: "General Pan Youxin, there is indeed such a clause in the treaty, but you still omitted some things."

Li Yunlong pointed to a clause in the treaty and said, "After we have recovered all four eastern provinces, you can see it."

After hearing this, Pan Youxin carefully looked through the contents of his treaty and found that there was indeed such a sentence.

Li Yunlong sneered in his heart. When it comes to playing word games, people from later generations are much more cunning than people of this era. The current treaties have not yet developed to the level of later loan software that has dozens of pages thick, so it is easy to create some loopholes.

The treaty signed between Li Yunlong and Beria was drafted by Li Yunlong himself. There are many textual traps in it. This is just one of them. There will be many more traps later.

This is one of Li Yunlong's methods to deny his mistakes in the future. Of course, if this trick doesn't work, Li Yunlong still has some other methods.

In short, Li Yunlong had no intention of admitting his mistakes. No, to be precise, Li Yunlong would occasionally admit his mistakes, like now.

But admitting the mistake also means being prepared to cheat others.

"General Li Yunlong, this..."

Pan Youxin thought of countless excuses, but he was completely blocked as soon as he opened his mouth. He was originally worried that Li Yunlong would not recognize this treaty, and was prepared to use some unconventional means to threaten him.

But Li Yunlong admitted it frankly, but there was a loophole in the treaty.

Looking at the contents of the treaty, Pan Youxin cursed Beria in his heart. Didn't this bastard read the contents before signing? Why did he leave such a big loophole?

In fact, Pan Youxin also misunderstood Beria. After all, who would have thought that Li Yunlong could take Fengtian but not the entire four eastern provinces, successfully creating a BUG.

Chapter 709: It’s OK to give it to you, but there is a problem

"Ambassador Pan Youxin, we are allies, and Mr. Beria and I are friends!"

Li Yunlong deliberately paused. Pan Youxin looked at Li Yunlong curiously, waiting for his next words.

"I can execute the contents of this treaty ahead of time. I wonder what you're interested in in Fengtian City?"

When Pan Youxin heard Li Yunlong's words, he was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect Li Yunlong to say that. After all, few people would implement an unequal treaty in advance.

Pan Youxin looked carefully at Li Yunlong in front of him. Although he was wearing a pair of glasses, he looked a little honest and simple.

"General Li Yunlong, really?"

"Of course!"

The chief of staff and others looked at Li Yunlong curiously, not understanding why he did this, but they did not say anything, waiting for Li Yunlong to continue.

"How about the arsenal, steel mills, machine tool factories, and aircraft factories in Fengtian City?"

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "No problem, Ambassador Pan, regarding these factories, are you planning to move them, or...?"

This problem made Pan Youxin feel conflicted.

He wanted to move all these factories away, but that was obviously unrealistic.

First of all, there are still a large number of Japanese troops heading north into the East and West Siberia region. Even if they take a detour through Outer Mongolia, East and West Siberia is not under the control of the Russian Bear.

The only remaining route is to go from the four northeastern provinces through Chahar into the remote Xinjiang region, then through Central Asia, and finally transport it back to Russia.

But the road is too long. Without railways, it would take hundreds of thousands of people and one or two years to transport it solely by human labor.

In addition, there is sea transportation.

The Russians originally had a fleet in the Pacific, but it was destroyed by the Japanese. Even if the fleet was still there, the ports in the four northeastern provinces were also in the hands of the Japanese.

Even if it was transported south to North China, most of North China was occupied by the Japanese, so it would not be feasible.

"Stay in Fengtian for now!"

Li Yunlong nodded: "That's fine, I can pass it on to you, but..."

As Li Yunlong spoke, he took out a piece of paper and began to write an agreement, the general content of which was to transfer the arsenal and the factory mentioned by Pan Youxin just now to the Russian bear.

Seeing Li Yunlong's straightforwardness, Pan Youxin was somewhat bewildered. Before coming here, he had considered countless possibilities, but he had never imagined Li Yunlong would agree so readily. Pan Youxin had assumed that Li Yunlong would stall, and if he couldn't, he would find various excuses and ultimately offer to trade the factories for missile technology.

In this way, the Russian Bear can obtain missile technology without spending a penny.