Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Ha Yi, according to reports from our troops stationed in Xin County and other places, three days ago, a group of vehicles from Datong, fully loaded with weapons, ammunition, and food, nearly sixty in total, passed through their defense zone and refueled there."

"They even refueled in their defense zone? With such a large convoy carrying supplies, didn't these bastards investigate what they were going to do with such a large amount of supplies?"

At this time, Prince Hisahiko Asaka's temples had begun to bulge.

As the investigation into the Datong incident became more and more in-depth, Prince Asaka Naruhiko's blood pressure continued to rise. First, the Chida Regiment did not send a telegram for help when it was ambushed at the mine. Second, after Datong was captured, they were kept in the dark for several days and had been in contact with Li Yunlong by radio.

In the end, Li Yunlong actually used trains to transport Datong's supplies to the Eighth Route Army base in batches right under their noses. Now, car transportation has appeared, and they are even going through their defense zone to refuel. This is too bullying. Is he treating them like fools?

"Ha Yi, they asked, but the officer in charge of escorting the supplies, no, it was someone who disguised himself as a logistics officer of the 26th Division, saying that these supplies were being transported to Taiyuan and were supplies for the 26th Division."

"Pfft!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko could no longer bear it.

A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, directly spraying the confidential secretary's face.

"Your Highness, come, come, call a doctor! Your Highness is vomiting blood!"

After a brief moment of daze, the confidential secretary immediately panicked and rushed towards Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko while shouting. At this time, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's mouth was still bleeding and his body was still twitching.

"Cars, transport, supplies to the 26th Division!"

When these words were put together, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko felt severely insulted. Li Yunlong was deceiving him under his name, and he succeeded!

"Li Yunlong, you bastard!"

Soon, a group of Japanese guards and doctors rushed into Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's office and began to perform rescue operations.

"Your Highness was vomiting blood because he was so angry. You just need to rest well during this period. Don't get angry anymore!"

After the Japanese doctor finished the examination, he made a small cut in Prince Higashikuni Yasuhiko's ear and let some blood out, which finally stopped the bleeding. (Note 1)

"Ha Yi, I remember it!"

After waiting for more than two hours, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko finally woke up slowly. He felt a headache and it took him about half a minute to realize what had happened.

"Let Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake come see me."

"Your Highness, you need to rest now!"

Hearing this, Prince Guizi glared at the confidential secretary beside him. After hearing this, the confidential secretary immediately trotted out of the room to inform the commander of the 4th Division, Yamashita Tomotake, and the commander of the 6th Division, Kanda Masatane.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko stood up, walked to the desk, and took out a map.

After waking up, the Japanese prince calmed down. Li Yunlong used four trains and nearly sixty trucks to transport supplies. Although a lot of supplies from Datong could be transported away, there must be a large part of the supplies that had not been transported away and could only be transported by manpower.

A lot of equipment was moved away from various factories in Datong. It was a fantasy to transport these equipment from Datong to the Taihang Mountain base by manpower. Li Yunlong must have transported these equipment by train.

The cars should be transporting a large amount of weapons, ammunition and some food.

No matter how much supplies Li Yunlong transported by train and car, not all of Li Yunlong's troops had returned to Taihang Mountains.

There were more than 60,000 miners, 40,000 prisoners of war and Li Yunlong's troops themselves, totaling nearly 20,000 people.

Not to mention four trains, even eight would not be enough, so Li Yunlong's large army must still be moving towards Taihang Mountains.

"Li Yunlong, this time I will make sure you die without a burial place!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko looked towards the junction of Mount Wutai and Mount Taihang.

Note 1: This is just random writing. Don’t try it. I don’t understand medicine.

Chapter 232 I Want Li Yunlong to Die

"Your Highness the Prince."

"Your Highness, please take care of yourself."

When Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake rushed to Prince Hisahiko Asaka's room, they saw Prince Guizi standing in front of the table with a pale face and a coat draped over him.

The Fourth Division's mission has almost been completed, and they have begun to prepare for retreat. After all, Datong can be lost, so Baoding, the Fourth Division's base, must not be in danger.

"coming!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko waved to the newcomers, then pointed at the map and said, "Come and take a look."

Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake walked to the table and looked at the map, which was a completed map of Mount Wutai and Mount Taihang.

However, the detailed drawings of Mount Wutai and Mount Taihang are all in the outer areas. The Japanese have never set foot in the deep mountains, so there are no detailed drawings.

"Datong was captured by Li Yunlong's Jin-Cha-Ji Independent Column. They intercepted a large amount of supplies in Datong. These supplies were transported out by Li Yunlong using railways and cars right under our noses."

After hearing this, the two men immediately fell silent. Although they knew that Datong could not have been captured by the Kuomintang prisoners, they did not expect that it would be Li Yunlong. Before, there had been troops under the banner of Li Yunlong's Jin-Cha-Ji Independent Column outside Taiyuan City, constantly harassing the area around Taiyuan.

Now it seems that Li Yunlong was playing a strategy of repairing the plank road in the open while secretly attacking Chencang.

"Li Yunlong is indeed very cunning, worthy of being called the Fox of China and the Thorn of the Empire!"

Kanda Masatane gritted his teeth and said that a regiment of the Sixth Division was annihilated by Li Yunlong, making the Sixth Division a laughing stock among many troops. After all, the 13th Regiment of the Sixth Division was the first regiment to be completely wiped out on the Chinese battlefield.

"Although Li Yunlong has transported a large amount of supplies, his troops are still in Datong. They will definitely return to the Taihang Mountain base. This is our chance!"

Having said that, a ferocious expression appeared on the face of the devil prince.

"This time, Li Yunlong brought with him over 60,000 miners from Datong and 40,000 defeated Chinese soldiers. Together with their army, they total over 100,000 men. With over 100,000 men, they can't hide their whereabouts in the mountains at all!"

"If they want to return to Taihang Mountain, they can only go this way!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko pointed his finger at Yangquan, and then drew a line around Hongyanling, from Yu County to Niangzi Pass.

"If Li Yunlong's troops want to return to his base, they will definitely go through this area. This is our chance!"

After hearing these words, Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake both understood what Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko meant.

"The 4th Division will immediately enter Yangquan and block Li Yunlong's way from Niangzi Pass to Jingxing. The 6th Division will enter Yu County and block Li Yunlong's way from Longwang Mountain to Fangshan!"

Hearing this, the two men looked at each other and said, "Your Highness, Li Yunlong's troops are very powerful now. If our troops are spread out over such a large area and encounter Li Yunlong's troops, they will most likely be defeated."

This area doesn't look big, but it is surrounded by mountains, so it is impossible to completely block it off.

"I will send a portion of the Imperial Army to assist you. This time, your troops don't need to attack. You just need to block them from escaping into the Taihang Mountains. I need to concentrate his troops in one area."

After hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but frown and look at Prince Hisahiko Asaka, obviously not understanding what this sentence meant.

"I will use a large number of poison gas bombs this time. You two divisions only need to block their exits. When the time comes, their troops will gather together and find a direction to break out. I will use poison gas bombs to wipe them out!"

Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake understood what their mission this time was.

To put it bluntly, it is like herding sheep. After occupying the key positions, Li Yunlong's troops must gather forces and launch an attack on the troops stationed in these areas if they want to return to Taihang Mountains.

As soon as Li Yunlong's troops gathered, Taiyuan Airport would dispatch bombers to drop poison gas bombs at the place where Li Yunlong's troops gathered, using the poison gas bombs to destroy Li Yunlong's troops.

"Your Highness, although poison gas bombs are effective, if it weren't for positional warfare, Li Yunlong's troops would have easily dispersed. Furthermore, the terrain in the mountains is unpredictable, so they might not be very effective."

Upon hearing this, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko showed a crazy look on his face: "Then fill the entire area with poison gas. I don't believe that Li Yunlong's troops are invincible!"

"There are still a lot of poison gas bombs left from the Kwantung Army after the last Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. These are the latest poison gas bombs developed by Unit 731, and they have enormous destructive power. I was originally planning to use them during the autumn mop-up, but now!"

"I want Li Yunlong dead!"

After hearing what Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko said, Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake looked at each other. They could both see that the prince was a little crazy at this time and was already desperate to take revenge on Li Yunlong.

After looking at each other, they accepted the task. After all, they were not actively sending troops out to sweep the area, but just stationing them in a few key positions. The troops did not need to be dispersed too much, and there was no need to worry about the troops being eaten up if dispersed, so they agreed.

And from a military perspective, it is indeed an opportunity to destroy Li Yunlong's troops.

Li Yunlong's troops entered Mount Wutai from Datong, and it took at least seven or eight days to travel through mountains and rivers. If they were attacked by poison gas bombs, they might really suffer heavy damage to Li Yunlong's troops.

"I will equip your troops with gas masks. After the gas bombs are dropped, you will be responsible for cleaning up the remaining defeated troops of Li Yunlong's army!"

"Hayi!"

After hearing this, Kanda Masatane and Yamashita Tomotake immediately agreed.

Meanwhile, in the 8th Regiment of the 4th Division, the Regiment Commander Nakaaki Daisho was looking at Kota Kodera with a frown, "Kodera-kun, you're finally back."

Hearing this, Kotaro Kota lowered his head nervously and said, "Sir, I am sorry for my incompetence!"

Zhong Ming Daxiang shook his head after hearing this and said, "It's not your fault. No one would have thought that Li Yunlong would actually appear in Taiyuan City by train. It's a pity that I lost my 100,000 yuan. Isn't General Li Yunlong willing to sell those two little guys?"

"He raised the two pandas himself."

"That's a shame. He didn't give you a hard time?"

"Sir, Lieutenant Commander, all my money has been extorted by Li Yunlong."

Zhong Ming Daxiang looked at Kota Kota's gnashing teeth and immediately felt the same way. People can suffer a little, but money can't. After thinking about it, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad, you can make money again!"

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Lieutenant Commander, when I came back this time, General Li Yunlong asked me to bring back a list of items he needed to purchase."

Zhong Ming Daxiang looked at the items on the list and couldn't help but be surprised: "So many things? Do they have so much money?"

"Hayi, General Li Yunlong said they found 470 kilograms of gold in the home of General Kuroda Shigenori in Datong."

"Nani? How much?"

Zhong Ming Daxiang couldn't help but stare wide-eyed. Over 470 kilograms of gold? He had been diligently working, treading on thin ice, abiding by integrity, and doing business without cheating anyone for so long, yet he had only earned less than 100 kilograms of gold. How could a division commander actually make so much money?

"Hayi!"

"This bunch of scum of the empire! Sooner or later, the empire will decline because of them. They are simply termites of the empire. A disgrace. Such a rich place is detestable..."

Zhong Ming Daxiang said with gritted teeth.

However, seeing that Li Yunlong needed a large number of gas masks, guns, bullets, cotton clothes, medicines and some raw materials, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "We are currently out of gas masks. As for bullets, we still have a lot in the warehouse, but it is not enough for Li Yunlong. Our soldiers still have a lot."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Kodera Kouta, please inform the captains of each brigade and ask them to buy back the bullets from the soldiers. I am willing to pay one dollar for twenty rounds of ammunition."

Although he sold fifteen bullets to Li Yunlong for one dollar, and could only make a profit of one dollar at three dollars, Zhongming Daxiang knew that the team leader under him might buy the bullets for thirty bullets at one dollar, so he needed to leave some room for his subordinates to make money.

"Hayi!"

At this moment a signalman entered the room: "Your Excellency, Commander, a telegram from division headquarters."

Chapter 233 Does Li Yunlong have a general’s sword to sell?

After Zhong Ming Da Xiang took the telegram and read it, a smile appeared on his face: "Kodera-kun, our gas mask problem has been solved!"

Kotaro Kota was stunned for a moment: "Is it solved?"

"The division headquarters asked us to station in Yangquan and block Li Yunlong's troops so that they cannot return to Taihang Mountain. Then we will prepare to use poison gas bombs to eliminate Li Yunlong's troops."

Nakamiya Daxiang handed the telegram directly to Kotera Kouta.