Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Yes, I will concentrate the armored forces, set out directly from Kurkusk, circle around Outer Mongolia, and directly penetrate the rear of the Japanese, capture Ulan-Ude, and eat up all the Japanese in this area!"

"The troops operating in the north will attack Chita, blocking the Japanese's escape route, forming a huge encirclement and cutting off their supply. In the cold Siberia, the Japanese troops will be short of supplies."

Li Yunlong did not continue speaking, Gastilovich already understood what Li Yunlong meant.

"General Li Yunlong, isn't this too risky?"

"There's an old Chinese saying: 'A military tactic is a risky one.' Although the risk is great, if we take these areas as planned, the entire area will be wiped out. Within this encirclement, there are 300,000 elite Japanese troops."

Red is the area where the Russians attack, and blue is the area where the Japanese defend.

"If you can't take advantage of this winter to destroy this army, it will be difficult to stop the Japanese attack after spring!"

"Furthermore, once their retreat is cut off, the Japanese will inevitably emerge from the positions they've spent two months building to fight you. How long do you think they can hold out in Siberia in the winter?"

After hearing this, Gastilovich began to think about the feasibility of Li Yunlong's plan.

"You can give this plan a name, then submit it to Moscow and let Moscow choose. You just need to execute it."

Li Yunlong noticed Gastilovich's hesitation and added a sentence.

"But I think Moscow will agree to this encirclement plan!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he stopped talking. As for why Li Yunlong was so confident, it was entirely because Li Yunlong knew too well the combat plan formulated by the group of people in the Moscow Command.

During the Soviet-German War in World War II, both Germany and Russia implemented tactics of large depth, large detours, and large encirclements, trying to consume a large number of the enemy's manpower in one breath.

The reason why Li Yunlong proposed this combat plan was entirely because this combat plan was profitable for him.

If the Russians were allowed to advance little by little, the casualties on both sides would not be great, and it would be difficult to consume a large number of elite troops within this winter.

The Japanese were in their positions, and the Russians were attacking their positions in the snow and ice. Both sides would soon be caught in trench warfare and a stalemate.

But if the Soviets made a big detour and cut off the Japanese's retreat, the Japanese would worry about supply and other problems and would definitely find ways to retake these areas.

Because of the difficulty in logistical supply, the Russian troops also had to find a way to quickly eliminate the Japanese in the encirclement. The intensity of the battle between the two sides can be imagined.

Moreover, as long as the Russians leave Outer Mongolia, Shen Quan and Lao Han's troops will have room to maneuver and can take the opportunity to do something.

Now all of Li Yunlong’s proposals are aimed at strengthening himself.

"Thank you for your suggestion, General Li Yunlong. I will send a telegram to the headquarters and explain that this is your suggestion."

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "You don't need to sign my name. This is your honor. You deserve this glory. I also want to see the day when you become a marshal."

When Gastilovich heard what Li Yunlong said, he couldn't help but feel moved.

Li Yunlong was worried that if he signed his name on this battle plan when it was reported, Belia or others would become more vigilant and not take the bait.

"General Li Yunlong, I hope to have your cooperation in this battle."

"Of course, my troops will harass the enemy's logistical supplies behind enemy lines and destroy their airports and other facilities!"

"Shen Quan's troops will also hold back the Outer Mongolian rebels, preventing them from having the energy to attack your logistics forces."

After getting Li Yunlong's guarantee, Gastilovich smiled.

But at this time, Li Yunlong said with difficulty: "But..."

"General Li Yunlong, is there anything difficult?"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh and said, "There are some difficulties. This is the first time the troops have come here. They didn't consider how cold the winter is here. The supplies are not well prepared, so there is a shortage of supplies. But don't worry, we will definitely support you in the battle. After all, we are allies!"

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Gastilovich immediately laughed and said, "I thought it was something else, General Li Yunlong, you are short of supplies. I still have a lot of supplies here, I can provide you with some."

"It won't be a problem, right? After all, you're going to be a marshal in the future, so you can't leave any evidence behind."

"Don't worry, General Li Yunlong, there won't be any problems. Besides, providing some supplies to friendly forces is also the obligation of allies."

"Okay, I won't refuse. After [spring], I will immediately find a way to cut off the Japanese's logistical supply lines."

"Thank you General Li Yunlong for your support!"

Chapter 498 Confused Kouta Kodera

171th Division Headquarters.

At this time, Kouta Kodera was warming himself by the fire.

The 171st Division is currently stationed near Zakamensk.

Located at the border between Outer Mongolia and Russia, it is less than 100 kilometers away from the Kurkutsk front.

The mission of the 171st Division is to build a defense line here, but this is not the front line. This is the second line of defense of the Japanese, and its purpose is to prevent the Russians from launching a counterattack in winter.

As Siberia began to enter winter, the Japanese had already begun preparations. Compared with the German Third Army, the Japanese had occupied the four eastern provinces for some time and were prepared for the cold winter in Siberia.

Therefore, after the winter came, the Japanese had sufficient supplies, and the soldiers on the front line did not suffer from a shortage of supplies.

However, as the snow grew heavier and the temperature dropped, the Japanese soldiers realized that they were still not prepared enough.

But generally speaking, as long as the Japanese stay in their positions and don't go out and don't take the initiative to attack, there won't be any big problems.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, this is a telegram from General Li Yunlong."

Kotaro Kotaro was in a daze. After hearing Li Yunlong's telegram, he was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take it. The two people responsible for receiving Li Yunlong's telegram were still the same two people. Now they were promoted from ordinary Japanese soldiers to lieutenants.

Looking at Li Yunlong's telegram, Kota Kotera was a little confused.

He fell into the hands of Li Yunlong last year and was forced to kill two compatriots. He left behind photos and wrote insulting content about Tianhuang, forcing Kota Kota to serve Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong did not ask him to do anything, but just conducted some transactions. Most of these transactions were handled by the squadron leader Zhong Ming Daxiang, and Kotaro Kotaro made some money from them. At that time, Kotaro Kotaro's idea was to make more money and find a way to send it back to the country so that his family could live a good life.

But gradually he found that things began to develop in a direction that was beyond his control. He began to be promoted, from a major to a lieutenant colonel, and from a lieutenant colonel to a colonel, and became the commander of the 8th Regiment.

As his position became higher and his power grew, Kota Kodera began to feel conflicted, because before, Daxiang Nakamiya was the one doing the business, selling blueprints, etc., and Kota Kodera still had an excuse that he was just working for the captain.

Later, there was an excuse for the transaction with General Li Yunlong, which was ordered by the division commander Kitano Kenzo.

After waiting until now to become the division commander, Kota Kotera suddenly fell into confusion. On the one hand, there was the country he was loyal to, and on the other hand, there was money.

Li Yunlong has always been very generous with money. This time, he gave the troop deployment and the deployment maps of Ulan-Ude and other places to General Li Yunlong. General Li Yunlong directly gave 20,000 yen to his family in China.

Twenty thousand yen is definitely a huge sum of money nowadays, enough for one's family to live for ten or even twenty years.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't pledge my loyalty to you, but General Li Yunlong has given me too much. Moreover, when I pledged my loyalty to you, you didn't promote me. Everything I have now was given to me by General Li Yunlong!"

Kotaro Kodera finally made a choice in his heart. Thinking of what Nakamiya Daisho, Kitano Kenzo and the people of the 4th Division had done, Kotaro Kodera's sense of guilt disappeared completely.

He picked up Li Yunlong's telegram and looked at it quickly. Then, Kotaro Kotaro quickly put the telegram into the brazier, looked at the telegram that was burned out, and then carefully picked up the remnants of the paper. Finally, he took out the copy of the telegram and burned all the blank pages below.

Although he was already the division commander, General Li Yunlong felt that his status was still not high enough, so he wanted to take credit for himself.

1943 1 Month 1 Day.

Since the Japanese started the Meiji Restoration, the Lunar New Year was abandoned in 1873 and the Gregorian calendar was used instead, with January 1 of each year designated as New Year's Day, which is the traditional New Year in the past.

At the front line in the Alshan area, about 60 kilometers away from Kurkusk, a group of Japanese soldiers were warming themselves by the fire in a bunker while observing the situation in the distance.

"Isn't it that the Mao Xiongs are celebrating a festival today? They shouldn't attack, right?"

"I don't know, but the squadron leader said today that our squadron will have extra meals. I heard that a lot of meat was delivered from the rear, so we can eat as much meat as we want today."

"Really? That's great! The winters here are really cold. Why doesn't that damn bear surrender?"

A Japanese soldier complained while stretching his stiff body.

This observation post is semi-buried, half underground and half above ground, so it can observe situations in the distance.

However, the cold wind blowing in from the observation port can make people feel cold all over even if they are sitting by the fire.

"Just bear with it for a while, it will be fine in two months. Who will go on patrol later?"

An old soldier said while drinking hot water.

"I'm not going!"

"I do not feel well……"

The Japanese soldier, who was about to make an excuse that he was not feeling well, was halfway through his words when he suddenly felt the ground shaking.

"The ground seems to be shaking a little."

"Look, the fire in the firepit is shaking."

"Everyone be quiet, I hear the engine!"

At this time, the old Japanese soldier quickly turned his ear, lifted his hat curtain and listened carefully.

In the howling Siberian cold wind, in addition to the ears quickly turning red from freezing, there was also the faint roar of the engine.

"It's the sound of engines, a large number of armored troops are approaching!"

The Japanese veteran reacted immediately, and then quickly rushed out of the observation post, holding a telescope, and looked for a suitable observation position along the trench.

Soon he saw a group of black spots on the white snowfield, rushing towards them at high speed.

"It's the Mao Xiong's army!"

"Set a flare!"

"Notify the rear troops, the Russian bears are attacking!"

The veteran continued to convey the mission.

The other Japanese soldiers were a little flustered, especially the soldier responsible for firing the signal flares, who was frantically looking for the signal gun from his heavy winter clothes.

"I can't pull the trigger. It's frozen!"

When the new recruit found the signal gun, he spoke anxiously with a crying voice.

"idiot!"

The veteran quickly stuffed the signal gun into the arms of the Japanese recruit, then pointed at the other two recruits and said, "Report to the rear immediately, there are Russian troops!"

They are at a forward observation post, more than ten kilometers away from the position. They are not equipped with telephones or radios, and can only convey information through flares or signal soldiers.

"Yes!"

The two Japanese soldiers climbed out of the trench using their hands and feet and ran to the back.

At this time, the old Japanese soldier took the signal gun from the arms of the recruit, pointed it at the sky, and pulled the trigger hard.

"call out!"

A red flare rose in the air.