Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

The Chief of Staff, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Lao Han, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others gathered around.

Soon, regimental commanders Huang Zhiyong, Zhou Keyi, Fang Zheng, Liu Hao and others also came to the command center and stood on the periphery looking at Li Yunlong.

"Is everyone here?"

"Report, all military officers above the regimental level have arrived."

Li Yunlong nodded and motioned for everyone to take a seat. This was a long table that could seat more than 30 people. At this time, there were only about 20 military cadres above the regimental level, so it was completely full.

"The Russians and the Japs have started a war!"

Li Yunlong held the baton in his hand and pushed the flags representing the Russians and the Japanese together at the position of Birobidzhan on the sand table.

"The Siberian Freedom Army also took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Khabarovsk from the rear. Both sides have assembled at least 500,000 troops on the Khabarovsk front line, and the number of troops will increase in the future. It is expected that the battle may develop into a melee involving millions of people."

Upon hearing Li Yunlong's words, everyone present, except for the Chief of Staff and others who had already known the news, could not help but gasp. A battle involving a million troops, and between two great powers, would surely be a bloody scene.

"Commander, are we supporting the Russian bear this time?"

Someone asked doubtfully.

"No, this time we not only don't support the Russians, we also support the Japanese."

When these words were spoken, some of the group leaders present looked at each other in confusion.

"We must fight the devils, but the Greater Khingan Range has been Chinese territory since ancient times. It was occupied by the Russians during the Qing Dynasty. If this land had always been occupied by the Russians, it would have been almost impossible for us to take it back. However, this area is the land left by our ancestors, and we must take it back."

"Now is our chance. As long as this area is occupied by the devils, we have the possibility of retaking it."

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he glanced at all the regimental commanders and continued, "The Japanese are bound to be defeated, but we can't just focus on defeating them. We have to plan for the future. We must recover all the land we have lost over the past century."

"I'm telling you all this today because I hope you won't be confused by the current situation. We and the Russians are just using each other. The Russians are fighting the Japanese, not to help us destroy them, but to target the four eastern provinces. And once the Russians enter the four eastern provinces, they will be more difficult to deal with than the Japanese!"

"So, not only must we not let the Russians enter the four northeastern provinces, we must also secretly help the Japanese take over the Greater Khingan Range. Once the Japanese are defeated, we can legitimately take these areas back. Do you understand?"

Li Yunlong explained the purpose in detail. After all, it was difficult for most regimental commanders and soldiers under him to understand some of his operations. Only by explaining things clearly and letting the soldiers know why they were fighting could the troops' maximum combat effectiveness be stimulated.

"Next, I will arrange the tasks..."

At this moment, a staff officer walked to the door and took a telegram: "Report, a telegram from the 17th Army of the Russian Bear."

"Seventeenth Army?"

Li Yunlong took the telegram and took a look at it, then a smile appeared on his face: "Everyone, take a look."

It was a telegram sent by Gastilovich, saying that some of the equipment originally intended to be sold to Li Yunlong might be delivered later because the Baikal Military Region received an order to withdraw some weapons and equipment to support the Far East Military Region, and some tanks and armored vehicles of the 17th Group Army were transferred away.

"It seems that the Russians are really going to attack. Can the Japanese withstand it?"

Everyone knows the outcome of the Battle of Nomonhan: the Japanese were defeated due to the huge gap in equipment between them. Now that the Russians have begun to assemble large numbers of troops and transport heavy weapons, the Japanese will find it difficult to resist.

"Aren't these weapons prepared for us by Mao Xiong?"

Li Yunlong looked at everyone with a smile.

"Commander, what do you mean?"

"Ding Wei, Kong Jie, you two, have the troops disguise themselves as Japanese troops and ambush both sides of the Trans-Siberian Railway to cut off the Russians' rail transport!"

"Let Ma Renxin's cavalry column cooperate with you!"

"We will gladly accept these tanks and heavy artillery!"

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "Old Ding, please work harder and arrange some people to blow up some bridges on the Trans-Siberian Railway and destroy as many of the surrounding railways as possible to prevent the Russians from transporting their logistical supplies to the Far East."

"Yes!"

"The rest of the troops, listen to my orders, your target is!"

Li Yunlong pointed to Outer Mongolia. The Japanese wanted to take over the Greater Khingan Range and Siberia, but Li Yunlong's target was Outer Mongolia.

Of course, Li Yunlong would not rashly go to war with the Soviet Union. He would just wait for the Soviet Union's 17th Army to be transferred away, and then try to create chaos in Outer Mongolia. He would then send troops in the name of friendly forces to quell the rebellion and eliminate some enemies.

"Yes!"

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the primary route for the Russians to control the Far East and Siberia. Relying on this route, the Russians can transport troops from Moscow to the Far East within seven days. A diagram of the Trans-Siberian Railway, showing a single-track line. Khabarovsk is directly connected to Khabarovsk. This railway is also the most important supply route for the Russian Far East, and the Russians attach great importance to it.

Since the war between Khabarovsk and the Japanese broke out, the Japanese and the Russians have fought several times for control of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The Japanese sent fighter planes and bombers to try to blow up the railway, but were met with resolute resistance from the Soviet Air Force.

The two sides engaged in dozens of air battles within a hundred kilometers around Khabarovsk.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Japanese troops from attacking other sections of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Soviet Union also sent troops to closely monitor other sections of the railway. Reconnaissance planes constantly circled over the Japanese military camps to detect the movements of the Japanese troops to prevent the railway from being cut off.

One day after Li Yunlong received the information, a military train departed from Kurkutsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway, transporting sixty light tanks, thirty heavy artillery and some weapons and ammunition to Khabarovsk.

"Faster, faster!"

"Drive! Drive!"

After receiving Li Yunlong's order, Ma Renxin's troops immediately headed north from the Unur Fortress towards Chita.

After leaving Kurkutsk, the Trans-Siberian Railway passes through Chita, then arrives at Neqinsk, and then goes around the Greater Khingan Range to Khabarovsk.

Chita is not on the border between the Russians and the Japanese, and is hundreds of kilometers away from Khabarovsk. It is not in the area where the Japanese and the Russians are fighting this time, and the Japanese have not deployed troops to attack here, so the Russians are relatively lax in their security here.

However, Li Yunlong had his eyes on this place. In addition to the train from Kurkutsk, some basic industrial facilities in Chita were also targets that Li Yunlong planned to move.

This place was originally our territory. We once won the great victory of Yaksa here and drove the Russians out of Chita. Then in the Treaty of Nerchinsk, this place was ceded to the Russians.

The Qing Dynasty had done a lot of things like winning battles but then losing territory, and General Feng was extremely sad and angry.

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Three more chapters to go! Please urge me to update more and give me some free gifts. I can't write too much about Siberia, so I have to fast forward. One of the chapters was reviewed today. Sigh! ~

Chapter 432 Don’t eat hot pot on the train!

A specially modified steam locomotive continuously spewed black smoke as it traveled eastward along the railway at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.

This modified locomotive was powerful, pulling forty carriages. Thirty-six of them were used to transport equipment, and the remaining four carried soldiers. Tank crews from the Baikal Military District were chatting in the carriages.

In the compartment of the second carriage, Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky, deputy commander of the Russian Baikal Military District, was immersed in music.

On the gramophone in the corner of the box, the disc was turning slowly, and the unique passionate music of the Mao Bear came out from the gramophone, making Rodion hum along involuntarily.

"Commander, it's almost dinner time. What would you like to eat tonight?"

Rodion, who was enjoying the music, was suddenly interrupted. He was a little unhappy and frowned and asked, "What can I eat?"

"There's borscht, black bread, and..."

"It's these things again, are there any new flavors?"

Rodion was tired of eating foods like borscht and black bread, which he ate almost every day. Now that he was about to go to the battlefield, he wanted to change his taste.

"There are some ingredients in the car. We can prepare a hot pot for you."

"Then let's eat hot pot!" The Russians also have their own hot pot, the method of which is similar to that in China, and more like the slow cooking in China.

Rodion waved his hand, signaling the cook to prepare. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he shouted towards the door, "When will we arrive in Chita?"

"Report, it will probably take about five hours. The train is a bit slower because it is carrying a lot of cargo."

Rodion glanced out the window, then looked up at the sky and asked, "The Japanese don't know where we are, right?"

What Rodion was most worried about at the moment was that the Japanese would find out that there was such a train carrying supplies to the Far East, and then send a large number of bombers to bomb it.

"Our people are closely monitoring the Japanese airfields and military camps. We have not found any signs of large-scale movements of Japanese aircraft or troops."

"That's good!"

After Rodion finished speaking, he closed the door and continued to enjoy the music, waving his hands from time to time, as if he were a conductor conducting a symphony.

"Finally caught up. The train hasn't passed by yet, right?"

After a day and night of forced march, Ma Renxin's cavalry column arrived at the Trans-Siberian Railway, 110 kilometers away from Chita, before dark.

"No, the train is not very fast. It will probably take about half an hour to get here!"

"Hurry up and get ready!"

"Yes!"

Ma Renxin jumped off his warhorse and began to jump around on the ground to stretch his body. After a day and a night of riding, he felt like his body was about to fall apart.

The cavalry column soldiers began to unscrew the screws and other parts on the rails one by one along the railway, and then installed explosives under the rails. At the same time, they had to pay attention to the sky and the distance to avoid being discovered by the reconnaissance aircraft or railway patrols of the Russian bear patrol.

Half an hour later, everyone loosened all the screws of the about one-kilometer-long railroad tracks, installed the explosives, and waited for the arrival of the Russian military train.

"Why haven't our people arrived yet?"

Ma Renxin looked at his watch and glanced behind him. This attack would involve not only Ma Renxin's cavalry column, but also Ding Wei and Kong Jie's troops, but only the cavalry column had arrived so far.

"They have a longer journey than us, and they are infantrymen. They probably won't arrive until midnight."

After hearing this, Ma Renxin glanced at the sky with worry. Unlike the Russians, the Japanese lacked aircraft capable of nighttime takeoff and landing, but the Russians did. Although this area was located on a plateau, the terrain was flat. Only about a hundred kilometers from Chita, the Russian armored forces could easily catch up.

"Report, Commander's telegram!"

"Well, bring it here!"

After reading the telegram, Ma Renxin smiled and all his previous worries disappeared.

"Commander, what did the telegram say?"

Sun Desheng came over and asked curiously.

"See for yourself."

Ma Renxin handed Li Yunlong's telegram to Sun Desheng. After reading it, Sun Desheng scratched his head and said, "The troops in Chita have been transferred?"

"Did you see any clue?"

Sun Desheng shook his head, and Ma Renxin sighed helplessly. With Old Sun's abilities, he was probably only qualified to be a regimental commander; any further promotion would be difficult.

"Read more books in the future!"

Ma Renxin finished speaking and began to explain to Sun Desheng: "The troops in Chita have been transferred away. This way, after we attack the Russian army, we will have more time to transfer supplies. Look at the terrain around here. If the Russian armored forces attack, we will have no choice but to abandon our supplies."