Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

After Mei Jing Meijiro finished speaking, he took out several pieces of intelligence and started reading. The first one was about the war situation in Europe. It was not the kind of news about victory promoted by the Germans or the news to boost morale by the Russians, but the intelligence obtained by the military observation team sent by the Japanese.

"The Russian army is on the verge of collapse on the European battlefield. They dare not fight on multiple fronts. This Russian army may be acting secretly. Perhaps the intelligence about our fortress construction was leaked. It may not be a Russian army. However, the Arshan Fortress is in a very bad state now. The enemy has captured some key positions in the fortress."

The Chief of Staff responded in a low voice.

"Then send troops to support the 107th Division!"

Thinking of this, Mei Jing Meijiro turned his eyes to the map.

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Chapter 378 Eastern Maginot Line

Arshan is located across the Greater Khingan Range from the plains of the four northeastern provinces.

Apart from a few garrisons and border guard brigades, there were only two fortress garrisons left around.

One is Hyrule Fortress and the other is Unor Fortress.

Both fortresses have the strength of a division, but in order to guard against the Soviet Union's troops, the troops of these two divisions must not be withdrawn, otherwise the Soviet Union will take advantage of the opportunity and they will lose two fortresses that took several years to build.

Apart from these two divisions, the closest force to the Arxan Fortress is the First Division stationed in Qiqihar.

"What's the current situation in Qiqihar? Are there any members of the Anti-Japanese United Army still active?"

Because the Qiqihar area is close to the eastern foothills of the Greater Khingan Range, there were frequent activities of the Anti-Japanese United Army in the past, and the Japanese deployed a lot of troops in the Qiqihar area.

In addition to dealing with the Anti-Japanese United Army, another reason for stationing troops in Qiqihar was because there was a unit code-named 516 in Qiqihar.

Compared with the infamous Unit 731 in later generations, not many people know about Unit 516. Except in the four northeastern provinces, few people know that there is such a unit.

This unit, like Unit 731, was responsible for researching biological weapons and conducting human experiments. Its methods were as cruel and bloody as those of Unit , and it had cooperated with Unit dozens of times.

In addition to Unit 731 and Unit 516, the Japanese also had Unit 100, Unit 1855 and other beastly units, all of which were conducting inhumane human experiments on Chinese people.

In order to prevent the contents of the experiment from being exposed or discovered by others, these troops would usually poison the animals after completing their research, and then massacre the village. Many of the disappeared villages in the four eastern provinces, as well as the dense mass graves of hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of people, were all done by these beasts.

The number of hundred-person and thousand-person graves in the four northeastern provinces is impossible to count, but the number of mass graves has reached more than 60. There is a mass grave in Chahayang Taiping Lake near Qiqihar.

"The intelligence we have received is that the Anti-Japanese United Army has retreated into the territory of the Russians, received support from the Russians, and is now resting. There are no signs of Anti-Japanese United Army activities in Manchukuo now."

Hearing this, Mei Jing Meijilang thought for a moment and said, "Damn it! Those bastards of the Russians signed a neutrality treaty and even sheltered the Anti-Japanese United Army. We'll have to settle this account with the Russians sooner or later. Order the First Division to support the Arxan Fortress! Order reconnaissance aircraft to closely monitor the movements of the Russian troops, and order the border troops to prepare for battle!"

"Hayi!"

The First Division is stationed around Qiqihar. It has just completed its reorganization and now has 30,000 people. The reorganization has added a lot of armored forces to this Japanese First Division, and its combat effectiveness has been improved. It is the most combat-effective unit in the Kwantung Army.

If possible, Mei Jing Meijiro did not intend to mobilize the 1st Division. After all, the 1st Division was the elite among the elite of the Japanese, the ace among aces.

However, Mei Jing Meijiro judged that the Soviet troops attacking Arshan this time should be a tentative attack by the Soviets. The empire began to move south, and the Soviets might not sit still and wanted to test the strength of the Kwantung Army. Therefore, it was necessary to mobilize the most elite troops to completely eliminate this Soviet army.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable.

In the fortress.

Li Yunlong has arrived at a conference room on the second underground floor.

The conference room is very large, about 50 square meters. It is a natural cave that was simply renovated by the Japanese. There is also a natural ventilation hole on it.

Li Yunlong had to admire the civil engineering skills of the Japanese troops. The Japanese did not have to completely hollow out the mountains to build fortresses, but instead used the internal structure of the mountains to dig. For example, the Arshan Fortress was excavated using existing caves and underground caves.

Without these natural caves, the Japanese would not have been able to build such a large fortress in just one or two years.

"How many areas of the fortress are still unoccupied?"

At this time, five days had passed since the fortress was captured, and gunshots could still be heard from inside the fortress.

However, compared with the previous two days, the efficiency has improved a lot, mainly because the troops rescued a group of workers who were responsible for building the fortress. The fortress was excavated and built by these workers. Although they did not have a map, they could draw it based on their memory.

In addition, these people are very familiar with some key points of the fortress, such as where the generators in the unoccupied areas are and where the telephone lines are. In addition, they have also found many other entrances and exits of the fortress.

Li Yunlong's troops entered the fortress from various entrances and exits and launched attacks from multiple directions, forcing the defenders of the fortress to retreat step by step, with only a small part still lingering.

"There shouldn't be much left. We've already captured the largest warehouse, weapons depot, and central hub. Only some areas on the last floor are still holding out. I've asked the workers, and they say there's no food storage or exits in these areas. The Japanese there are like trapped beasts."

Li Yunlong nodded after hearing this and said, "Order the troops to maintain the attack, but do not rush for success to avoid too many casualties. Have all the Japanese corpses in the fortress been cleared out?"

"It's been cleaned up."

"The sanitation in the fortress must be maintained properly, otherwise it will be very easy for an epidemic to break out."

After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong looked at Xing Zhiguo and said, "Old Xing, how about the spoils captured in the fortress?"

Hearing this, Old Xing smiled and said, "Old Li, we've made a fortune again this time. The food reserves in the fortress's warehouses are enough to last us for about a year. We won't be short of food until this time next year."

"In addition to the ammunition reserves, so far, a total of 14,000 rifles have been seized. There are also 4,000 new, unused guns in the warehouse, 4 million rounds of bullets, and 2,100 rounds of artillery shells of various calibers."

"Fortunately, Zhang Qilin acted quickly, otherwise these warehouses might have been blown up by the Japanese."

"In addition to this, the fortress also has twelve large generators and a warehouse of fuel for power generation. The exact weight has not yet been calculated. There are also other supplies whose quantity cannot be calculated at the moment, but it should be enough to keep the fort operational for a year."

Xing Zhiguo said excitedly that a fortress actually had so many supplies, which greatly alleviated the logistical pressure of Li Yunlong's troops. This place was more than 1,500 kilometers away from the base, and the transportation of supplies was very difficult, especially food, which was consumed too much in the middle of the journey.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, the chief of staff and others did not have much emotional fluctuation about this seizure. The seizure was almost equivalent to the seizure in Datong, but it was still not enough compared to the harvest in Taiyuan.

"So many?"

After hearing these trophies, Lao Han touched his head with both hands, as if he had seen Guardiola score five goals in nine minutes with Lewandowski.

When Lao Han looked at the others, their expressions didn't change much, as if they were used to it. Instead, his own movements and expressions seemed a bit exaggerated.

With so much seized supplies, shouldn't they be smiling? Why aren't they smiling? Is it because they don't like to laugh?

"Almost. The Japanese built these fortresses to prevent the invasion of the Russians. They planned to rely on these fortresses to resist the Russians' steel torrent. It is called the Eastern Maginot Line. It is normal to store more supplies. There are fortresses around us. If we can take them all down, we won't need supplies from the rear."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present burst into laughter.

The Maginot Line, both in the East and the West, was useless and was directly bypassed by Germany. The fate of the East was not much better.

By the way, there is another line of defense in the east known as the Eastern Maginot Line, which is the Zhongtiao Mountain Line of Defense. It was captured by the Japanese in more than 20 days.

It seems that none of the defenses on the so-called Maginot Line can last long, and the same is true for this Japanese fortress.

Even without Li Yunlong, the Russians would have occupied sixteen of the seventeen fortresses in just a few days.

Chapter 379 Zhang Zhanshen: I have a bold idea

"Report, telegram from the advance group."

"Advance Team?"

Zhang Dabiao has led the advance team into the Greater Khingan Range and the Lesser Khingan Range, and has been active in these two mountain areas, collecting intelligence.

The most important task was to get in touch with the Red Flag within the Kwantung Army, and then investigate the enemy's deployment throughout the four eastern provinces.

At the same time, the rear headquarters was also contacting some Red Flag personnel within the Japanese army, asking them to provide intelligence support to the advance team.

So far, Zhong Xigong has been contacted, and because of the information provided by Li Yunlong, Zhong Xigong has not gone to the Magic City, but is still working in the Manchuria Railway, serving as a section chief in the Manchuria Railway Investigation Department, specifically responsible for investigating the anti-Japanese forces in the four northeastern provinces.

Li Yunlong didn't know how the Zhongxi Attack was exposed. He only knew that he was captured in Modu around June 1942 and then sentenced to death by the Japanese. However, because he used the tactic of delaying before the execution and took the initiative to write a book about the National Army, his execution was not immediately delayed until the Japanese surrendered.

"Are there any unusual movements by the Japanese troops?"

Li Yunlong finished reading the contents of the telegram and then handed it to everyone present: "Zhang Dabiao's telegram, they received intelligence that the Japanese First Division mobilized a day ago, and their target is us. The First Division will depart from Qiqihar, then detour to Baichengzi and finally arrive in Arshan. It is expected to arrive in Arshan within three days."

"The First Division? The most powerful division of the Japanese?"

"It should be the first division established by the Japanese. I don't know its exact combat capability."

Li Yunlong drummed his hands on the table. "The Japanese First Division is their trump card. Now that they're here, we shouldn't let them go. Besides the Second Regiment and the Special Operations Battalion, which will continue to clear out the Japanese on the third floor of the fortress, the rest of the troops should familiarize themselves with the fortress as quickly as possible and take over its full defense!"

Then Li Yunlong turned his head and looked at the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, how is the change of the fortress entrance location?"

"A batch of them have already been modified and sealed with concrete. It will be done in the next two days. The newly excavated entrances and exits will also take some time to deal with. Now it can be seen from the outside that there is a problem with this place."

"Send more people, and move quickly. Before the Japanese First Division arrives in Arshan, we must change all the entrances and exits, and then build some firing holes next to the previous entrances and exits. I guess the Japanese will definitely find the entrances and exits according to the maps they have. We should give them some surprises."

"Yes!"

At this time, on the eastern foot of Daxinganling Mountains.

Xiao Wanshi and Zhang Yingcai were sitting by a fire in a cave.

Although the ice and snow have begun to melt gradually, the temperature is still very low in the places in the mountains where there is no sunlight.

"No wonder the commander said we have to be prepared to sacrifice our lives here. Fighting guerrilla warfare in this place is too difficult!"

Zhang Yingcai carefully used a stick to take out a potato from the fire. Then he pinched a corner, which was a little hot, and tossed the potato back and forth between his palms. After tossing it a few times and letting the temperature drop, he peeled off the blackened potato skin and took a contented bite.

"Even if it's difficult, we still need to find a way to overcome it. The comrades of the Anti-Japanese United Army were able to hold on for so long, so we can't be any worse than them."

After Xiao Wanshi finished speaking, he also picked out a potato from the fire. The two men are now the deputy commander and the second battalion commander of the first regiment.

This time, after the First Regiment entered the four northeastern provinces as an advance regiment, it was divided into three parts. One part was the regimental headquarters and the first battalion led by Zhang Dabiao, the second part was the second battalion led by deputy regiment commander Xiao Wanshi, and the third part was the third battalion led by another deputy regiment commander.

After entering the four northeastern provinces, the three troops entered three different areas respectively. Zhang Dabiao led the regiment headquarters and the first battalion to operate in the area where the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Lesser Khingan Mountains meet. Xiao Wanshi and Zhang Yingcai operated in the central area of ​​the eastern foothills of the Khingan Mountains. The last three battalions were active in the Lesser Khingan Mountains area.

The reason for choosing such an area is to understand the terrain and various defensive fortifications of the Japanese. If Li Yunlong cannot take over the Greater Khingan Range, this area will be the last line of defense, and the Russian troops must not be allowed to step through this area.

These areas are the last natural barriers of the four northeastern provinces, which can block the steel torrent of the Russian bear.

"The Japanese's defenses are really tight. We tried to sneak down the mountain several times and were almost discovered by them. Lao Xiao, what are you going to do next?"

Xiao Wanshi quickly finished a potato and took out a telegram: "Our brigade has arrived in Arxan and can cross the Greater Khingan Range to support us at any time. We don't have to worry about logistics."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Wanshi clapped his hands and said, "This is a telegram sent by the regiment commander. Take a look."

Zhang Yingcai picked up the telegram and read it carefully, then took out a map from his pocket.

This map was drawn in great detail, showing the routes they had taken, including the route across the Greater Khingan Range from near Arshan, as well as some dangerous terrain and small paths in the eastern foothills and central areas of the Greater Khingan Range where they were now.

They discovered all of this bit by bit in January, braving temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero.

"The First Division is going to Arshan to die?"

"The Japanese probably wouldn't think so. The Kwantung Army is very arrogant."

Zhang Yingcai drew a circle in Qiqihar, and then drew circles in several areas around Qiqihar.