Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Many people think that white sugar is made from sugarcane, but sugarcane is a crop that is difficult to grow in the north. Datong is in the north, and without the raw materials suitable for growing sugarcane, it should not produce sugar.

But Datong has another raw material that is often overlooked: beets.

Datong has a very long history of sugar production. There have been records of sugar production since the Northern Wei Dynasty. When Yan Laoxi was governing Shanxi Province, he introduced a sugar-making equipment to Datong from France, which led to the sugar factory in front of Li Yunlong.

"We have about 30 tons of sugar in stock. If we go to Datong residents to buy it, we should be able to collect quite a bit."

A staff officer had already counted the inventory in the sugar factory and quickly reported to Li Yunlong.

"Immediately arrange for people to dismantle the sugar and equipment from the sugar factory, as well as the equipment from the machine tool factory and gear factory. First transport them to the mountains, and then make arrangements for their relocation!"

Li Yunlong didn't know when the Japanese reinforcements would arrive, so he had to race against time and take away as many supplies as possible.

It is estimated that for a long time in the future, the Japanese will not give themselves such a good opportunity to easily capture an industrial center as scheduled.

"Report, Director Shen's telegram!"

"Shen Quan? The Japanese reinforcements are coming so fast?"

Li Yunlong took the telegram and took a look at it. He originally thought it was Shen Quan's telegram asking for help. After all, Shen Quan was under great pressure to lead more than a thousand people to block the Japanese reinforcements.

But after reading the content of the telegram, Li Yunlong couldn't help but frown.

It had been at least three hours since he had taken down the mine and Datong. According to the speed of the Japanese reinforcements, the nearest Japanese should have arrived, but Shen Quan not only did not encounter any Japanese reinforcements.

They also killed and captured some fleeing puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers, and asked Li Yunlong whether he would continue to ambush the Japanese reinforcements in Tanyaoyu.

"Something's wrong. Where are the Japanese reinforcements?"

After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong said to himself, "Logically speaking, no matter how slow the Japanese reinforcements are, they should have appeared. Why is there no movement at all?"

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Chapter 195 Translation Translation, What Does It Mean to Get Rich?

"Commander, we've found out. The Japanese don't have any reinforcements at all. They haven't even asked for help from the headquarters!"

"Didn't the Japs send a telegram to their headquarters? Didn't they ask for help?"

Li Yunlong was stunned when he received the news.

He was prepared to intercept the Japanese reinforcements and to retreat immediately after taking Datong. He even had other plans. If the Japanese reinforcements were small, he would kill them. If the reinforcements were large, he would avoid fighting first and then wait for the Japanese reinforcements to leave the city before attacking Datong again.

The result? All his plans were invalidated, and the Japanese Chida Regiment stationed in Datong did not even ask for help from the headquarters.

"Yes, this is the record of all the telegrams exchanged between the Japanese headquarters today."

Old Xing handed Li Yunlong a notebook recording the radio's sending and receiving records. After reading it, Li Yunlong only saw that the telegram for help was sent by the mine to the Qiantian Brigade Command, and the command responded that reinforcements had been sent. The rest were some normal communications, including train dispatch information.

"..."

"What this means is that Datong has been taken by us, but no one knows about it?"

"That should be the case, but we can't rule out the possibility that other Japanese troops in the city with radio stations sent a message to their headquarters, or that the Japanese troops we defeated passed the news on."

Li Yunlong touched his head and paced back and forth, saying, "No matter what, the Japs certainly don't understand Datong's situation yet, and they probably won't send troops rashly. We need to find out the situation in Datong first. We have more time than we expected!"

When he said this, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up. It was indeed true what the old saying goes: all the plans are in vain. Who would have thought that the Japanese didn't even ask for help.

Even if he waited until the defeated army reported the news to the Japanese headquarters in Mengjiang, and the Mengjiang headquarters sent people to investigate, Li Yunlong estimated that he would have already run away.

"So we're still preparing to retreat according to the original plan?"

Li Yunlong quickly walked to the front of the map and looked at Lao Xing. "Don't worry. Send out the reconnaissance company and keep an eye on the enemy's movements. Lao Xing, what have we gained in Datong City this time?"

"Commander, I've been waiting for you to ask, Lao Li, we've made a fortune this time!"

When Old Xing mentioned the captured items, he couldn't help but show excitement. He immediately took out his notebook and said, "Ahem, Commander, let me report to you about our captured items."

"Well, it looks like you've made quite a haul. Okay, hurry up and tell me. Stop acting like an inexperienced person. How much loot can you possibly have? I, Li Yunlong, am no novice. Did I even blink when we captured Ping'an County?"

As Li Yunlong spoke, he looked at the map nonchalantly. "It's just a city. How much loot can we get?" Ping'an County was just like that. He was thinking of a retreat plan. If it succeeded, it would not only save time, but the Japanese would also be furious when they knew the truth.

"From the Datong Japanese arsenal, 8,783 rifles and 2.3 million rounds of ammunition were seized!"

"Well, keep going...how much?"

Li Yunlong suddenly looked up at Xing Zhiguo. Two million, three hundred thousand rounds of ammunition? Not two hundred thousand? Two million? Did Old Xing forget to add an extra zero?

Old Xing took a closer look at Li Yunlong. After confirming that Li Yunlong had blinked, he checked the records and said calmly, "Commander, 2.3 million rounds of ammunition. I have personally confirmed that there are 230 boxes of ammunition, each with 10,000 rounds. They fill an entire warehouse. There are also some new and some old rifles. These should be supplies for the 26th Division."

Li Yunlong slapped his head and realized that Datong, which he had captured, was the base of the Japanese 26th Division. Although it was only a Type B division, the Japanese were not yet at the end of their rope this year. The Type B division's material rations were still relatively abundant, and the Japanese had not discounted their ammunition supplies.

According to the Japanese combat standards, a soldier was equipped with 120 rounds of bullets and a machine gun was equipped with 8,000 rounds of bullets. More than two million rounds of bullets were not a lot, and were almost enough ammunition reserves for a division to launch a large-scale battle.

In addition, there are 3,000 puppet troops in Datong, and these puppet troops also have some weapons and ammunition, so the ammunition reserves here are definitely not comparable to Ping'an County, where only one infantry battalion is stationed.

"Ten Type 92 infantry guns, thirty-one mortars, two hundred and ten grenade launchers, and two thousand three hundred rounds of various types of artillery shells."

"Fifty-six light machine guns, fourteen heavy machine guns, and a number of other supplies, including replacement barrels. We are currently counting them in detail."

"There are also 37 trucks, 40 three-wheeled motorcycles, 3 high-power radios, 8 low-power radios, and 30 walkie-talkies..."

"..."

Li Yunlong listened to Lao Xing's report and slowly raised his head, which was originally looking at the map.

"Commander, these supplies include the spoils of the Japanese Chida Regiment that wiped out the troops leaving the city, as well as the weapons seized from the puppet army. In short, our independent column has made a fortune!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong calmed down a little. If the annihilation of the Japanese Chitian Regiment and the capture of nearly 3,000 puppet soldiers were included, the seized supplies did not seem to be a lot... bullshit!

Now Li Yunlong couldn't contain his joy and excitement at all. After finishing this, he would not be short of ammunition in the next one or two years.

"I'm rich, I really am rich, this is what I call rich, no, I have to send a telegram to Kong Jie, to tempt this guy, and also send a telegram to Ding Wei, if you don't want to exchange one gun, I'll give you two, if not two, I'll give you three, ha ha ha ha ha, this time I go back and I'm going to find the brigade commander!"

Old Xing looked at Li Yunlong in surprise, touched his head, and after confirming that Li Yunlong was not overly excited and had a brain problem, he slowly asked, "Old Li, don't you usually act like a mouse seeing a cat when you see the brigade commander? What do you want to do with him?"

"I want the brigade commander to translate what it means to get rich. Translate, translate, what does it mean to get rich! What the hell is getting rich!"

Li Yunlong couldn't help but recall his excited face when he seized some supplies. Compared with Datong, those broken copper and iron were nothing. To attack the city, you have to attack these important towns to make a fortune.

With these weapons and ammunition, Li Yunlong could immediately raise a division, no, directly raise an army!

Seeing Li Yunlong's excited expression, Lao Xing immediately said, "Lao Li, don't get too excited. Although we have seized a lot, the problem now is how to take these supplies away!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong calmed down. This was indeed a problem.

The first thing is to relocate the various equipment in the factory. These equipment require a lot of manpower to move. The second thing is the ammunition. There are a lot of things, but if the factory is relocated, many of these weapons and ammunition cannot be taken away.

Li Yunlong suddenly felt a little regretful. Maybe not bringing the entire independent column with him would be enough... bullshit!

If it weren't for the Independent Regiment, the New Second Regiment and even the 129th Division were too far away, and Li Yunlong would have wanted to pull them all over.

At this moment, Ma Renxin also ran in excitedly.

"Commander, Commander, we're rich!"

Li Yunlong was a little allergic to the word "get rich" now, and without even raising his head, he asked, "How did you get rich?"

"Hehehe, when we were chasing the Japanese all the way north, we found a horse farm run by the Japanese. There were nearly two thousand high-quality war horses there!"

"These horses are well-trained. They are probably the horses that the Japanese are preparing to form a cavalry unit. We have already snatched them away before they can be handed over to the Japanese cavalry unit!"

Li Yunlong raised his head at this time. Two thousand war horses were not bad. At least there was no need to increase manpower and material resources for transportation. These two thousand war horses could also help transport a lot of goods.

"Well, bring them all into Datong. There are a lot of supplies to be moved in Datong City, and we happen to be short of manpower right now. These war horses can help carry some of the supplies."

Upon hearing this, Ma Renxin immediately said, "Commander, this is a fine warhorse, not a poor horse. Once it is used to transport goods, it may become useless."

"I know, look at our spoils!"

After Ma Renxin took the list of seized items from Old Xing, he froze in his tracks. It took him a while to react and ask, "Did we raid the Japanese arsenal?"

"That's about right. Let's quickly transport the supplies to the city."

Hearing this, Ma Renxin no longer felt sorry for the poor warhorse and immediately said, "Yes!"

Two thousand war horses can carry a lot of supplies, and the transportation pressure was relieved a little. Li Yunlong breathed a sigh of relief. These supplies should all be able to be taken away, but at this moment, Fang Zheng ran into the temporary command center with an excited look on his face.

"Commander, we've made a fortune, really made a fortune. Guess what we found in the warehouse..."

Chapter 196 Don’t mention the word “get rich”, I’m scared

"Commander, I found fifty tons of refined steel in the train station warehouse, and...these are all goods that the Japanese didn't have time to ship out. This time we're going to make a fortune!"

After Fang Zheng discovered the supplies, he immediately rushed to the command center and reported his harvest to Li Yunlong. He couldn't stop smiling. This was a big harvest. He had never seized so many supplies before.

"Fifty tons of steel?"

"Yes, they're all refined, high-quality steel, and there are also some processed cannon and gun barrels. I guess the Japanese are preparing to ship them to the arsenal to make weapons. I've never seen so much steel put together. Later..."

"How much do they weigh together?"

Fang Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Probably around a hundred tons?"

"Commander, let me tell you, that scene was truly shocking. Not only me, but the other soldiers as well, were all witnessing it for the first time..."

Fang Zheng became more and more excited as he spoke, and he danced with his hands to show Li Yunlong how excited he was when he discovered these steels.

Li Yunlong looked at Xing Zhiguo, then at Ma Renxin, and then all three of them silently took out cigarettes from their pockets and sat down.

"It's over a hundred tons. How do we transport it?"

“There aren’t enough people!”

"What about the miners?"

"No, they are too thin. They can't walk on the mountain road."

"Warhorses can carry some ammunition, but steel requires carriages. And carriages are not easy to travel on mountain roads, and we don't have that many carriage frames."

"..."

Fang Zheng rubbed his head and looked at Li Yunlong and the others, somewhat puzzled as to why they weren't excited at all. This was fifty tons of steel. Hadn't the commander been complaining daily about the Arsenal's inadequate steel production and its inability to increase production capacity? Fifty tons would relieve some of the pressure.

And there are a large number of cannon barrels and gun barrels. Aren’t these ready-made raw materials for making weapons?