Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

The little guy who was originally sleeping suddenly opened his eyes after Li Yunlong touched his head. After looking at Li Yunlong, he did not struggle but rubbed Li Yunlong with his little head, and then continued to sleep.

Touching the little guys' fur, Li Yunlong had already thought of what to do with the two little guys. Xiaocao and the other children were there, so the task of raising the pandas was left to them. There was also a bamboo forest in the base, so he asked Xiaocao and the art troupe to use their spare time to cut some bamboo for the two little guys to eat.

"How much do you think you three are worth? Forty-five dollars?"

Li Yunlong petted the panda while looking at Kota Kotera with a half-smile.

"General Li, I'm willing to pay a thousand dollars to keep me alive."

Li Yunlong shook his head and said nothing. The current Li Yunlong was no longer the same Li Yunlong as before. A thousand dollars? He simply looked down upon it.

"Ten thousand dollars!" Kotaro Kotaro had never felt that his life was so valuable. When he and Li Yunlong redeemed the body before, a major only got fifteen dollars.

Li Yunlong continued to smile without saying a word, gently touching the little guy beside him with his hand, but his brows were already furrowed.

"General Li, I have a total of 34,627 taels of silver in the bank, and about six pounds of gold."

Kotaro Kotaro quickly told Li Yunlong about his family assets like he knew them all. He keenly noticed that Li Yunlong was already a little impatient.

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Well, it's enough to buy your life. What about the other two?"

"General Li, if you're willing to let me pass the message back to the regiment, the regiment commander is willing to pay to redeem them."

"Then I'd like to trouble you to come back to the base with me first. Besides the money, you should also tell me about the situation in Taiyuan. We are old acquaintances, and we may have business dealings in the future. If you know anything, please tell me proactively. Don't try to lie to me. Do you think I dare to leave Taiyuan by train openly? What else do I not know?"

At this moment, beads of sweat continued to appear on Kotaro Kotaro's forehead. He quickly began to think about the information he knew: "Hayi, General Li, please rest assured. I will definitely tell you everything I know."

"Say it, I'll listen."

"Hayi, in Taiyuan City..."

While Kota Kotera was reporting the intelligence of the 4th Division and Taiyuan like pouring beans, the Japanese reconnaissance plane once again arrived over Datong.

Chapter 215 Report, Datong, Datong...

"Nani?"

As soon as the Japanese pilots arrived over Datong, they felt something was wrong. The Japanese national flag that was originally flying had disappeared, replaced by the flag of the Blue Sky with a White Sun.

As he got closer, something even more shocking appeared in the pilot's sight.

I saw a group of soldiers in yellow-green uniforms gathering under the wall of Datong City. There were quite a few of them. They seemed to be celebrating. However, there was no trace of Japanese soldiers in the entire Datong City. The Imperial Warriors and the Imperial Army that were still active yesterday disappeared overnight.

At the west gate of Datong City, the camouflage of the city wall that had been blown up and then simply repaired with bricks was lifted, revealing the city wall that was destroyed by the 107 rocket launcher. On top of the city wall stood groups of Kuomintang soldiers, holding weapons in their hands and celebrating their victory with expressionless faces.

Their experiences during this period were somewhat legendary. First, they were defeated and captured, then they were rescued from the Japanese by the Eighth Route Army. Now, unexpectedly, they had transformed themselves into soldiers who captured Datong. Changing identities four or five times in one day made it difficult for these soldiers to adapt.

Long Wenjian stood at the gap in the city wall holding a rifle, looking at a group of soldiers lining up for photos below, and then looked at the Datong City below his feet, feeling a little unreal.

They didn't see clearly in the dark last night, but during the day, although they only walked around the city wall, they were sure of one thing: when they were defeated in Zhongtiao Mountain, the Eighth Route Army really captured Datong. He had wandered through most parts of the country, and this was the first time he had encountered the recovery of lost territory.

"Come on, smile, our photographer will take some pictures for you!"

Zhao Gang directed Zhu Ziming to take a camera and record everything around them, in order to prevent some people from turning against him in the future and shamelessly saying that they had captured Datong. Among these national troops, there were also some soldiers of the independent column hidden, such as Ding Chengye, who raised his hands with a smile, and Ma Chengfeng and others.

"Alright, the Japanese reconnaissance plane is coming, it's time for us to retreat. Grab your things and retreat!"

Following Zhao Gang's order, a group of soldiers immediately carried up all the food and other things placed in the hidden place, and then began to move.

The first batch of more than 30,000 Kuomintang prisoners of war set out overnight last night and headed directly towards the Wutai Mountain area.

No one wanted to leave the Eighth Route Army and set off alone. These Kuomintang prisoners knew very well that they were in Datong and surrounded by Japanese devils. If they left the independent column, it would be difficult for them to escape. It would be better for them to follow the independent column.

After all, the commander and political commissar of the independent column are in Datong, so they must have a complete retreat plan.

After taking enough food to last them ten days, these people followed the main force of the independent column into Mount Wutai.

At this time, the 115th Division Independent Regiment operating in Mount Wutai had already begun preparations for the reception, and the Mount Wutai base was responsible for receiving and transferring the first batch of transferred miners.

In addition to the transfer, Li Yunlong also left Shen Quan to lead the Second Detachment and the New Fifth Battalion to reorganize them into the Wutai Mountain Detachment, with Shen Quan as the commander, responsible for carrying out activities in the Wutai Mountain area.

The Shenquan United Datong Miners' Guerrillas and the Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment had not yet retreated, and stayed in Datong to attract the Japanese's attention and buy time for the main force to transfer.

"Political Commissar, please go ahead and don't worry about us!"

Xing Zhiguo led his troops to retreat first, while Zhao Gang and the Fifth Detachment led by Ding Chengye and the newly formed Fourth Battalion were responsible for the rearguard.

"No, I'll retreat with everyone else. Speed ​​up. The Japanese should notice something's wrong soon. I guess their planes are coming soon. We need to enter the Wutai Mountain area before their bombers reach Datong."

"Yes!"

One of the Japanese reconnaissance planes had already returned, and the remaining one was still circling in the air, repeatedly confirming the situation in Datong.

The more carefully the pilots and observers observed, the colder their hands and feet felt. They were 100% sure that Datong had been captured by the Eighth Route Army.

"How is that possible? The Eighth Route Army captured Datong overnight. When we came to investigate last evening, Datong was still in the hands of the Imperial Army..."

The investigator had stopped talking and was afraid to speak. He hadn't thought there was a problem before, but when he saw that Datong was still in the hands of their troops and the plaster flag was still flying, he automatically ignored some unreasonable things.

But now when I think carefully about those unreasonable things, the more I think about it, the more wrong it seems. Maybe Datong had been captured by the Eighth Route Army at that time, especially the cavalry charging towards Datong City. Now I think it was not that the siege troops were stupid, but they were just putting on a show for them.

"Yamada-kun, you must tell the truth when you get back. The Chinese army captured Datong last night. There was nothing unusual in Datong before!"

The scout almost shouted this sentence with a trembling voice. The pilot also reacted immediately and said, "Ha Yi, there was nothing unusual yesterday. The Zhina troops were still attacking the city yesterday."

"You must bite it to death!"

"Hayi!"

At the headquarters of the Mengjiang Garrison Army, Shigetaro Amakasu was a little worried. Since early this morning, Shigetaro Amakasu had a bad feeling.

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Infantry Battalions of the 2nd Mixed Brigade that he sent to support Datong yesterday had lost contact since early morning. When he woke up, there was no news coming back. The 3,000-man team of the three infantry battalions seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

A telegram was sent to Datong Railway Station, and the response from Datong Railway Station was that no trace of the 2nd Mixed Brigade was found, nor were any abnormalities detected.

A bad premonition kept lingering in Shigetaro Amakasu's heart.

"Takahashi-kun, do you think the Second Mixed Brigade might have been ambushed?"

Takahashi Shigeki is the chief of staff of the Mongolian Garrison Army. He had been on patrol outside and just returned to the headquarters this morning.

Hearing Amakasu Shigetaro's question, Takahashi Shigeki shook his head and said, "Even if we were ambushed, it's impossible for the Eighth Route Army to cut off the communications of our three infantry battalions at the same time. They carried three radios."

"That?"

Takahashi Shigeki shook his head. He didn't understand why he couldn't contact the three infantry battalions of the 2nd Mixed Brigade.

"Maybe it's just because of the terrain that the radio station can't be used."

At this time, Takahashi Shigeki spoke to comfort Shigetaro Amakasu, but Shigetaro shook his head and said, "They are taking the train. Even if they encounter some special terrain, they can leave quickly. Wait, the train..."

Shigetaro Amakasu immediately realized a possibility, that is, the train carrying the three infantry battalions of the 2nd Mixed Brigade had been attacked.

"Damn it! Send a telegram to Datong immediately and have their troops search for the Second Mixed Brigade along the railway line..."

Before he finished speaking, a communications soldier rushed into the command center.

"Report, report!" The signalman was holding a file bag, but his hand holding the file bag was shaking, and he could not even stand steadily in front of Shigetaro Amakasu and Shigeki Takahashi.

Takahashi Shigeki frowned and looked at the signalman: "What happened? Why are you so panicked?"

The signalman swallowed, then took a deep breath and said, "Report, the airport called, Datong, Datong..."

"What happened to Datong?"

Shigetaro Amakasu rushed to the signalman with a sudden step, and an ominous premonition arose in his mind.

"Datong, Datong was captured by which army..."

"Nani!"

"Arielle!"

Amakasu Shigetaro was a little unsteady on his feet. He reached out to hold on to his desk and managed to steady himself: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Takahashi Shigeki was also stunned: "We were just connecting to Datong Railway Station. How could Datong be captured by some army..."

Chapter 216 Impossible, absolutely impossible

Taiyuan City, the First Army Headquarters.

A grand celebration banquet is being held.

The First Army successfully occupied Zhongtiao Mountain and marched to the south bank of the Yellow River. It wiped out more than 40,000 Kuomintang defenders in Zhongtiao Mountain and captured more than 40,000 people. Its own casualties were only more than 3,000. After reporting such a great victory, the First Army received commendations from the Japanese headquarters and Tianhuang.

This battle washed away the First Army’s reputation as the shame of the empire. Now the entire First Army has become the most dazzling existence in the Japanese army.

Prince Asaka Naruhiko was in high spirits at this time. He was wearing his general's uniform, a chrysanthemum ribbon that only the Japanese royal family could wear, and a sword around his waist, Dojikiri Yasutsuna, one of the three famous Japanese swords given to him by Tianhuang himself. He was standing at the door of the headquarters.

Beside him were the staff of the First Army Headquarters, the confidential secretary, the commander of the Sixth Division, Kanda Masatane, who had rushed back from Zhongtiao Mountain, the commander of the Fourth Division, Yamashita Tomotake, who had come to assist, and the commander of the 26th Division, Kuroda Shigenori.

A group of Japanese reporters were holding cameras and taking pictures of a group of people frantically. The magnesium powder was burning continuously and emitting white smoke.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko and several Japanese generals, who originally hated having their pictures taken, were now all smiling, trying their best to show off their charm to the reporters around them, asking them to record everything with their cameras.

Whether it was Kanda Masatane, Yamashita Tomotake, or Kuroda Shigenori, they all knew the importance of these photos. These photos would be mailed back to the country, published in major newspapers, and even sent to His Majesty the Emperor.

It plays a key role in both increasing popularity among the people and improving one's image in front of His Majesty Tianhuang. There were once two second lieutenants who did a sensational thing in Jinling. These two low-level officers of civilian origin, who had never even attended a military academy, were promoted directly from ordinary lieutenants to major and lieutenant colonel in just three years?

"Your Highness, this is all thanks to your First Army. We are truly unworthy of coming here to take a photo together!"

After taking the photo, Kuroda Shigenori and Yamashita Tomotake greeted Prince Asaka Naruhiko with a smile. Compared with Kanda Masatane's 6th Division, the 4th Division and the 26th Division did not directly participate in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

However, being able to stand next to His Royal Highness and take a photo together at such a celebration banquet can be said to be a sign of closeness from His Royal Highness.

"You have made great contributions. Without you, this battle would not have gone so smoothly!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko had a smile on his face, and everyone could feel that his highness was in a good mood today.

"If you hadn't supported Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army would have dared to attack Taiyuan right after the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain began, especially Li Yunlong. His troops were already active around Taiyuan when the battle started."

"If Taiyuan were attacked, we might have to mobilize troops to defend it. A single move would affect the entire system. Perhaps the gains from the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain wouldn't be as great as they are now. You all deserve credit for this!"

"I've already reported to headquarters that the 4th and 26th Divisions made some contributions in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Headquarters will be issuing commendations to you soon!"

Upon hearing this, Yamashita Fengwu and Kuroda Shigenori both smiled and immediately bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your cultivation."

The two people originally just came to help, but they didn't expect to get some credit for it, and they couldn't help but smile.

"Kuroda-kun, have the prisoners arrived in Datong?"

"Ha Yi has arrived in Datong safely and should have been assigned to work in the mines!"

Last night, after each Japanese military train arrived in Datong, it sent a telegram to Taiyuan and reported that they would return to Taiyuan by train today.