Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Hey, hey, hey, didn't you tell me to read more books? Look, I carry them with me."

Li Yunlong took out a book on protracted warfare, a book on the Art of War by Sun Tzu, and a book on mechanical drawing.

"When I came here, I wanted you to take it easy. Don't fight a second battle right after the first one. The troops haven't rested yet and are too tired. Aren't you afraid that the Fourth Division will defend Yangquan to the death?"

"Hold on to the death? If they hold on to Yangquan, they won't be the Fourth Division. The power of our 107 rocket launchers is there. Although we don't have much ammunition, these devils know everything about the st Regiment. Even if Yamashita Fengwu wants to hold on to Yangquan, the people under his command may not obey him."

After hearing this, the brigade commander didn't say anything more, but whispered, "How much did you sell? I heard that those generals of the National Army bought a lot of things from you."

"Brigade Commander, I know the rules. I'll give you one-tenth of it when the time comes. But Brigade Commander, I want one person from the 772nd Regiment. You have to agree."

"One tenth?"

The brigade commander was not satisfied with this number. Generally speaking, the brigade commander would take things in a 30% to 70% ratio: 3 for others and 7 for the brigade commander.

"It's quite a lot. One tenth of it is still over three hundred thousand dollars."

"How many?"

The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong in shock. This figure was far beyond his imagination. What kind of business could Li Yunlong have that could fetch over three million dollars? Even opium wasn't that lucrative, was it?

Li Yunlong chuckled, then took out some notes from his pocket and handed them to the brigade commander.

"Over three hundred thousand dollars, not much, not much. If I had no other use for it, I would have given it all to you, Commander. I just said I wanted someone."

"Here you go, here you go, I agree!"

The brigade commander only had 300,000 oceans in his mind. When Li Yunlong asked for someone, he agreed directly. If someone gave him 300,000 oceans, there would be no problem for him, the brigade commander, to work as a long-term laborer.

He took the note handed to him by Li Yunlong and unfolded the crumpled paper. There was neat handwriting on the paper.

Commander He inspected the Second War Zone, personally visited Yu County to supervise the battle, and commanded the troops to annihilate the Japanese Sixth Division.

General Yang Botao personally visited the city of Yu County and commanded the Nationalist troops to annihilate the Sixth Division of the Japanese Devil Army.

General Wang Liye, leading by example, commanded his troops in Yun County to annihilate the Sixth Division of the Japanese Devil Army.

Great victory, great victory. General Peng Tuliang supervised the battle in Yu County, commanding tens of thousands of troops to annihilate the devil's Sixth Division.

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There were nine notes in total, and the brigade commander was somewhat puzzled by the contents of the notes.

Li Yunlong coughed and said, "This title costs about 100,000 yuan, and it comes with some photos of them commanding from the top of Yu County. They also bought some deputy officer swords, general officer swords, and some regimental flags. Adding up, it's over 3 million yuan. This doesn't include the money that Commander He and Old Man Yan paid for Datong's military exploits."

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Tomato can take one day off per month. I plan to take a day off tomorrow, but don't worry, there will be updates tomorrow. I will also update a chapter during the rest. I hope you understand. I haven't had a rest since I started writing the book for two months. Even when I flew back to China for almost a day, I still guaranteed to update. I'm a little tired, so I'll take a day off.

It just so happens that the shovel has been updated, ah, it's a good time to sort out my thoughts and prepare for the next stage of the plot. I hope everyone understands it. Then think about finding me on Tik Tok. My Tik Tok name is: Codename 39, and the first video is me shooting a gun.

Chapter 278: Your Army is not good enough, let us do it with the Navy

Yangquan County, the 4th Division’s temporary command post.

"Report, reconnaissance planes from Shimen Airport are reporting that a large force of the Eighth Route Army is moving towards Yangquan. Their purpose is unknown!"

Although the Japanese did not bomb Yun County, reconnaissance planes kept circling over the troops like flies.

In order to prevent being bombed, Li Yunlong's large troops basically marched along the mountain roads. Once the Japanese bombers arrived, they would immediately disperse into the mountains. In this way, when they were bombed, casualties could be minimized as much as possible.

However, because there were too many people, the Japanese reconnaissance planes were still able to detect the traces of the large force.

"Coming towards us? Damn, what does this Li Yunlong want to do?"

Yamashita Fengwu clenched his fists. Although the purpose of the reconnaissance plane's report was unclear, and it might not be heading south for Yangquan, it could also enter Ping'an County from Cuifeng Mountain.

If it had been a day or two ago, if Yamashita Fengwu had discovered the Eighth Route Army showing up in his defense zone in a brazen manner, he would have immediately mobilized his troops to encircle and suppress them.

But even if he knew the marching route of the Eighth Route Army, Yamashita Tomotake would not dare to ambush the Eighth Route Army. More than half of the soldiers of an entire regiment were killed in ten minutes. The Fourth Division had no way to resist firepower of this scale.

Moreover, there are only some logistics troops stationed around the headquarters of the 4th Division, including the supply regiment, field artillery regiment and engineering regiment. Although there are 10,000 people in total, most of them are logistics soldiers and do not have much combat effectiveness.

Especially the field artillery regiment, without infantry cover in front, once the field artillery regiment was discovered by the Eighth Route Army, it would definitely be held hostage. If a field artillery regiment fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, Yamashita Fengwu knew that his military career would be over.

"Where are the various wings now?"

"Report, the Eighth Regiment is disposing of the bodies of the Sixth Division around Yu County. The remaining regiments are still near Yulin Ridge."

"Baga, the battle is over. What are they still doing in Yulin Ridge? Order them to move towards Yangquan immediately to prevent the Eighth Route Army from attacking Yangquan."

Yamashita Tomotake did not intend to withdraw from Yangquan directly. If he retreated because he was on the Eighth Route Army's marching route, the impact would be worse than the complete annihilation of the Sixth Division. Once this gap was opened, the situation would become even more corrupt and difficult to recover.

Hearing this, a group of staff officers looked at each other, thought for a while and temporarily agreed. After all, Li Yunlong's troops might only pass through Yangquan, but not necessarily head towards Yangquan.

At the same time, in the Japanese homeland, at the headquarters, a court meeting was held.

Today was not the time for the imperial conference, but a telegram was sent to the Japanese headquarters this morning.

Army Minister Hideki Tojo was sitting at the top seat with a grim look on his face, and next to him, Navy Minister Shiro Kawako was expressing his opinions to Tian Huang.

"Your Majesty, since the army is incompetent, I suggest dispatching the Marines to escort His Royal Highness back to mainland China for treatment. His Royal Highness must not be harmed anywhere in China!"

"Baga, when did it become your turn as the Navy to interfere in the Army's affairs?"

Looking at the humiliated Tojo Hideki, Kikawa Koshiro said calmly, "Your army is incompetent. Are you going to watch the situation in Jin Province continue to deteriorate?"

"An entire division was completely wiped out by a certain force. This is a disgrace. Your army should commit seppuku. Do you know how badly this defeat will affect the Empire? You will cause the Empire to lose face internationally, causing our allies to reconsider our capabilities. Even other countries will question the Empire's strength and resolutely resist the Imperial Co-Prosperity Sphere!"

"So, for the sake of the empire, our navy must save the empire's reputation. We will fight any enemy your army dares not fight, and we will destroy any enemy your army cannot destroy. In short, wherever your army can attack, our navy can attack, and wherever your army cannot attack, our navy can attack as well!"

Jichuan Koshiro raised his head and looked at Tojo Hideki, and finally said to Tianhuang: "Your Majesty, I request to dispatch a brigade of marines to Taiyuan to escort His Royal Highness back to the mainland!"

All the Japanese knew that Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was seriously ill and dying. Moreover, this prince had a very special status in the Japanese country. In addition to his status as a prince, he was also an army general and a member of the House of Peers. With his status, he could not die in China under any circumstances. He had to be brought back to his homeland, even if he had to die in his homeland.

If he died on his own soil, the Japanese could say that he died of illness or an accident, but if he died in Taiyuan, even if the Japanese wanted to cover up the truth, there would be people who would be suspicious, and the Japanese would be even more worried that Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko would fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

The Sixth Division was destroyed in Yun County, and there was only one 20th Division in Taiyuan City. The Japanese headquarters had no confidence in being able to defend Taiyuan and had to prepare for the worst.

As for sending Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko back to the country, there are currently two ways. One is to transfer by plane, but Taiyuan Airport has been damaged and is now under emergency repair.

One way is by land, by rail or by land. The Japanese were also worried about encountering railway guerrillas or ambushes by the Eighth Route Army. If an accident occurred during the transfer and Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was captured, the consequences would be disastrous. Moreover, generals had been captured in that area of ​​Shanxi Province more than once, and the Japanese were very scared.

Therefore, the best way now is to defend Taiyuan, and after the Taiyuan airport is repaired, send Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko to Sijiucheng or Fengtian by plane, and then transfer him back to the country.

Even if there was a plane crash on the way to Sijiucheng or Fengtian, it was because of a flight accident and His Royal Highness the Prince died unfortunately. This reason could convince the Japanese and the people.

"Baga, you navy guys are a bunch of idiots. You don't need to worry about our army's affairs. I will immediately mobilize troops to support Taiyuan."

Hearing this, Koshiro Kikawa couldn't help but laugh: "Mobilize troops? The 14th Division is in Changzhi, the 20th Division is in Taiyuan, the 26th Division is guarding Datong, and the 4th Division, hahahaha, this division is the shame of the empire. Where are you drawing troops from? The Kwantung Army?"

"Can you mobilize the Kwantung Army?"

"Or mobilize troops from the Magic City? Wuhan to support Taiyuan? Or mobilize troops from Shandong Province? By the time your troops arrive at Taiyuan, His Royal Highness may have already died from lack of medical care!"

"Our navy has already dispatched personnel and will soon arrive at Taiyuan to bring His Royal Highness back to the mainland!"

Jichuan Koshiro raised his head and said that he asked for permission from His Majesty Tianhuang just to go through a procedure. Anyway, the Marines had been dispatched, and His Majesty Tianhuang should not refuse. He should get used to such things as the lower class rebelling against the superior.

"No, absolutely not! This is a matter for our army, Your Majesty, according to..."

"Hmph, you guys should deal with the Sixth Division first. Our Marines have already set out. Don't worry, our Navy has no interest in your Army's mess. We simply want to protect His Majesty. I believe your Army is no longer able to protect His Majesty's safety. His Majesty's safety should be borne by our Marines!"

"Idiot, your Marines' combat power is simply..."

"At least we won't have a division surrounded and annihilated by a group of Chinese, with all of them annihilated. Your army will be a disgrace to the empire..."

Looking at the Navy Minister and the Army Minister arguing with each other below, Konoe Fumio's face was not looking good. He had originally planned to reorganize the cabinet, but he did not expect such a thing to happen at this critical juncture.

If not handled properly, there might be unexpected events in forming a cabinet, and at this moment, His Majesty Tianhuang's expression was obviously not looking good.

"Stop arguing. First, take His Royal Highness back to the mainland. And immediately send a commander to Jin Province. Do you have any suitable recommendations?"

"I think our Navy's Yamamoto Seven-Eight is a good fit. The tactics he recently proposed seem a bit too far-fetched to my eyes, so let him spend some time with the troops."

"Baga, this is our army's business!"

"If you've lost, just shut up and don't embarrass yourself. If I were you, I'd commit seppuku right now..."

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"Let General Matsui go."

Just when the two were arguing fiercely, the devil Tianhuang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

Once this sentence was uttered, it was equivalent to putting the final conclusion to the matter.

The Minister of the Army looked at Tian Huang with some reluctance: "Your Majesty, the Marine Corps..."

"Let's deal with it this way first. Now we need to consider how to deal with Li Yunlong. This fox of China, the thorn of the empire, the dragon that destroys the empire, must be dealt with, otherwise the empire will have a hard time on the battlefield of China!"

"Hayi, I suggest..."

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Ahem, I'm taking a break today so I won't ask for anything. Thank you for your understanding, and I wish you all a happy new year! ~Good night everyone.

Chapter 279 How ambitious it is to make sacrifices

There was already some panic in Yangquan City at this time. The news that the Eighth Route Army was about to attack spread among the Fourth Division.

"Report, the main force of Li Yunlong's Eighth Route Army is less than ten kilometers away from Yangquan, and the vanguard is still five kilometers away. A small group of Eighth Route Army troops have been spotted outside Yangquan City, suspected to be reconnaissance troops."

When Yamashita Fengwu heard that Li Yunlong was less than ten kilometers away from Yangquan and the vanguard troops were only five kilometers away, his face turned pale.

This Li Yunlong really came to Yangquan. He did not choose to take a detour and enter Ping'an County from the middle of Cuifeng Mountain and Longhai Mountain, but went straight to Yangquan.

"Baga, how dare he, how dare he!"

Yamashita Fengwu gritted his teeth and said that the three words "Li Yunlong" were like a nightmare now. Whenever these three words appeared, Yamashita Fengwu gritted his teeth.

Having just defeated the Sixth Division and before it could even rest, Li Yunlong was about to launch an attack on the Fourth Division? Did Li Yunlong intend to annihilate the Empire's two Type A divisions within four days?

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, let's move in. If we don't, it will be too late!"