Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"shooting!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"..."

Shell after shell was loaded into the gun barrel and fired towards the Soviet positions across the river.

At this time, in the Far Eastern Army Headquarters in Khabarovsk, the Russian Far Eastern Army Commander Apanasenko was awakened from his sleep.

"The Japanese attacked our Hassan? Are they going to start a war with us?"

Apanasenko was able to sleep soundly in this situation because of the intelligence he received a few days ago.

According to the information sent back by the Russian intelligence personnel, although the Kwantung Army wanted to go to war with them, they were suppressed.

The Japanese specially sent a prince to suppress the Kwantung Army. This prince was called Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi.

According to Soviet intelligence, Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi was a prince who supported the Japanese Navy. He belonged to the Navy faction and was at odds with the Army. He was sent to the Kwantung Army to prevent the Kwantung Army and the Far East Army from going to war.

Just as the Japanese expected, after Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi arrived at the Kwantung Army, he immediately reprimanded Mei Jing Meijiro and convened a meeting, requiring all generals of the Kwantung Army to restrain their subordinates and not act without authorization.

In addition, the Russians also obtained other intelligence, which showed from multiple aspects that although the Japanese Kwantung Army wanted to start a war, the headquarters did not agree, and the war would not be fought.

After more than a month of confrontation, the Russians' vigilance gradually relaxed. Not only Apanasenko, but even some low-level Russian officers began to relax their management and turned a blind eye to the soldiers' drinking.

As Apanasenko finished speaking, another explosion was heard.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

The explosions continued, and Apanasenko immediately rushed out of the command post and looked towards the river. He saw that the positions built by the Russians on the river bank were now under fire from the Japanese. The bunkers and some fortifications built during this period were all destroyed.

"Report, the Japanese troops have begun to cross the river, and the Kwantung Army has declared war on us!"

A staff officer rushed to Apanasenko in a panic. When he spoke, one could smell the alcohol coming from his breath. It was obvious that he had just drunk some alcohol.

"Why panic? It's not like we haven't fought the Japs before. Didn't we beat them to a pulp at Nomonhan? Order the troops to take up their positions immediately and prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the city of Khabarovsk became lively, with a large number of Russian soldiers rushing into their positions, and the Russian artillery also preparing to counterattack.

But at this moment, in the north of Khabarovsk City, a man was observing the distant Khabarovsk City with a telescope.

At this time, flames shot up into the sky in the south of Khabarovsk City, accompanied by various explosions, while the north of Khabarovsk City was surprisingly quiet.

Alexander rode on a warhorse, looking at the city of Khabarovsk in the distance, raising his rifle.

"attack!"

Behind Alexander, a multinational coalition consisting of a group of White Bandits wearing Japanese uniforms, German soldiers, some Siberian natives, and ordinary people from the four eastern provinces who were captured by the Russians, launched a charge towards Birobidzhan.

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

"Onboard!"

"Onboard!"

"Hi!"

"Come on!"

"kill!"

Various languages ​​​​intertwined together and charged towards Birobidzhan together.

At this time, on the surface of the Ussuri River, the first group of Japanese soldiers crossed the Ussuri River under the fire of the Russian artillery and began to attack the Russian positions on the river.

In the city of Khabarovsk, within one minute of the explosion, dozens of radio stations were turned on almost at the same time to pass on the news.

Chapter 430 Reactions from all parties

The devil's base camp.

Tojo Hideki had already gone to bed. The army had not had an easy time recently, as the Japanese had begun to shift their focus to the navy, which had displeased many army generals and they were constantly putting pressure on the current army minister, Tojo Hideki.

But Tojo Hideki was helpless. The navy's forced southward advance had already tied the empire to the navy's chariot. If it stopped at this time and did not occupy Southeast Asia and other regions, the empire might suffer a devastating blow.

However, the good news is that after the navy moved south, it did not encounter any decent resistance and successfully occupied a large area of ​​land and obtained a large amount of resources that the Japanese urgently needed.

Even so, the army remained dissatisfied, feeling that it had become a vassal of the navy. More than a month ago, the Kwantung Army sent a telegram demanding preparations for action against Siberia, with an extremely tough attitude.

Although Tojo Hidekichi took a tough stance against the Soviet Union, he was unwilling to start a war on three fronts. However, he also had to take the feelings of the Kwantung Army into consideration, so he sent Prince Fushimi Hiroyoshi, who supported the navy, to the four eastern provinces to suppress the Kwantung Army.

The effect was quite good. The Kwantung Army indeed calmed down a lot and no longer sent telegrams to Tianhuang every day demanding war against the Russians.

"Dengdengdeng..."

A rapid knock on the door startled Tojo Hidekichi, who had just fallen asleep. He opened the door and saw his confidential secretary. He asked with dissatisfaction, "What happened?"

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, an urgent telegram has arrived from the four eastern provinces: the Kwantung Army has taken action against the Russians!"

"Nani?"

Hearing this, Tojo Hidekichi didn't care that his clothes were disheveled and snatched the telegram to read it.

"Baga, are these guys crazy?"

At this moment, Tojo Hideki didn't care about etiquette. He just put on a pair of shoes and rushed out the door: "Notify everyone immediately and call a meeting in front of the emperor. I need to go see Tianhuang."

"Hayi!"

Unlike the Japanese mainland, Moscow had just gotten dark. It was only a little after seven in the evening. The bearded man had just finished dinner and was about to continue dealing with the unfinished business of the day.

"This is a telegram from a Chinese man named Li Yunlong. He analyzed that the focus of Germany's next attack will be Stalingrad."

The deputy beside him handed some telegrams to the bearded man. The bearded man was used to checking the telegrams from all over the place within an hour after dinner. Every day, the deputy would sort out some telegrams that might be useful and report them to him.

"Stalingrad?" The bearded man just smiled and threw the telegram aside. "What a ridiculous idea! If I were that madman, my current target should be the Caucasus oil fields or continuing the attack on Moscow, not Stalingrad!"

After the bearded man finished speaking, he threw the telegram aside without even looking at it again.

The discarded telegram was quickly cleaned up and sent for destruction, but during this process, someone took a look at the information, recorded it, and quickly passed it on.

But that’s all for later.

At this time, the bearded man was still listening to telegrams from all over the world when a confidential secretary hurried into the office.

"Report, urgent military information from the Far East."

"Far East?"

The bearded man put down the telegram in his hand and asked: "Do the Japs really dare to attack the Far Eastern troops?"

"Far East Command telegram: The Japanese attacked the Khasan ten minutes ago and forced a crossing of the Ussuri River to attack Khabarovsk. Simultaneously, the Siberian Freedom Army also took the opportunity to launch an attack on Khabarovsk."

After reading the telegram, the bearded man's face darkened. "Can the Far Eastern Front withstand this?"

"It should be possible. They didn't request backup."

"Call Zhukov, he's an expert on this!"

Soon, Zhukov arrived at the bearded man's office. "The Japanese are taking action."

Zhukov was a little surprised when he heard this. He had originally judged that the Japanese would not dare to take action in the Far East, but he did not expect that the Japanese would slap him in the face.

Zhukov quickly read the telegram, thought for a moment, and then said, "Although the Far Eastern Army has withdrawn some of its elite troops, it still has at least 700,000 troops. Although the Japanese Kwantung Army has about a million people, their equipment is inferior to ours, and they still need to move south."

"This battle was probably instigated by the Japanese Kwantung Army. It has nothing to do with the Japanese headquarters. It is their tradition to overthrow their superiors."

The bearded man waved his hand and said, "I don't care who started the war. I just want to know whether this will have an impact on our overall war situation."

Zhukov shook his head and said, "I think this is our opportunity. Maybe we can take this opportunity to annex the entire four eastern provinces!"

Upon hearing this, the bearded man sat up straight from his reclining position on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and asked, "Annex the four eastern provinces?"

"Yes, since the Japanese have chosen to attack Khabarovsk with a large force, we can mobilize troops to defend Khabarovsk and at the same time open up a second battlefield to attack the four eastern provinces. At that time, we will cooperate with the mountain city and raise the banner of recovering the four eastern provinces. I believe the Chinese people in the four eastern provinces will definitely support us."

"As long as we can enter the East Four Provinces, many things will no longer be decided by the Mountain City. Moreover, the East Four Provinces have a complete heavy industrial system. After we take over the East Four Provinces, we can obtain a large amount of supplies without investing too much energy."

"Then we can hire Chinese people to develop Siberia and transport Siberia's resources to the four eastern provinces for production."

Listening to Zhukov's explanation of the method of annexing the four eastern provinces, a smile appeared on the bearded man's originally calm face: "How many troops are needed to annex the entire four eastern provinces?"

"Five hundred thousand troops are enough, but what we need to do now is to stop the Japanese troops attacking Khabarovsk, then cross the Tumen River and the Heilongjiang River and launch a counterattack against the four eastern provinces."

"Just do as you say!"

Meanwhile, in the Arxan Fortress, Li Yunlong had also fallen asleep. He opened his eyes when he heard hurried footsteps.

His guards all knew his living habits. He was a very light sleeper and would wake up at the slightest noise outside. So after Li Yunlong fell asleep, everyone moved very quietly.

Without knocking, the door was pushed open and the chief of staff, Zhao Gang, Lao Han and others walked into Li Yunlong's room together.

"Old Li, Old Li!"

At this time, Li Yunlong had put on his coat. Seeing this situation, he immediately realized that something big must have happened.

"The Japanese and the Mao bears are fighting?"

The Chief of Staff, Lao Zhao and others were stunned, and then handed the telegram to Li Yunlong: "Yes, just now, our intelligence personnel in Birobidzhan sent back a telegram that the Japanese launched an attack on Birobidzhan."

"Sneak attack?"

"It should be about the same, but the specific situation is still unclear."

Li Yunlong stood up and took a look at the telegram. As he put on his clothes, he said, "Notify everyone to hold a meeting immediately. The Japanese and the Russians have finally taken action. I thought they could hold back forever. My chance has finally come!"

Chapter 431 Equipment Sent by Mao Xiong

In the command center, Li Yunlong sat in the first seat, staring at the sand table in front of him.

This sand table was made based on the map drawn by the advance team, and roughly restores the terrain of the Greater Khingan Range, Greater Khingan Range and Lesser Khingan Range.