Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Yes, that's them. The commander has been leaving this big piece of meat uneaten, waiting for a suitable opportunity. Isn't this the right opportunity now?"

Agula slapped his thigh and said, "Great! We couldn't eat them before because we were afraid the Japanese and the Russians would get suspicious. But now the Japanese and the Russians are really fighting. Let's take advantage of the chaos to eat this unit. The battlefield situation is complicated. If this unit is unfortunately wiped out, no one will suspect anything. And the supplies the Russians gave them will be ours."

Old Han nodded: "But there is no need to annihilate them all. After all, they are all our own people. We can just force them to surrender!"

"Yes!"

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I still owe three more chapters, la la la, I'm almost done. First of all, let me say that the little easter egg that does not affect the main text is in another world and has nothing to do with the plot. The things that happen when the protagonist lives to 2020 are extras, so just understand them as different worlds.

Some people also asked about the issue of rewarding and updating more chapters. The King of Gifts updated three times, and the Light of the Two Great Gods updated once.

Finally, please give me some free gifts and urge me to update, thank you! ~

Chapter 505: The Empire Has Trained Well

January 3

The vanguard of the Russian bear arrived at Chagan Nur.

Schematic diagram of the bear's attack, red represents the bear's attack direction

The main force of the Russian Bear's current attack is the 17th Army of the former Baikal Military District. They are very familiar with the terrain of Outer Mongolia.

After arriving in Chagan Nur, the Russian troops immediately launched an attack on the small city.

Chagan Nur is more like a small village surrounded by small mounds than a city, but its geographical location is very important, as it is next to the Seleng River and the Khuvsgul River.

"beat!"

There were no less than two divisions of troops in the city. The Outer Mongolian troops and the Japanese troops could only rely on the earth walls to establish defensive positions and prepare to resist the attack of the Russians.

However, the Soviet Union's vanguard troops are all armored troops, and it is difficult to resist the attack of the armored troops relying solely on manpower.

In the air, the Japanese planes and the Soviet planes were fighting each other. Since the Soviet troops began their counterattack, the Japanese and Soviet planes had one or two air battles every day.

When the scale is small, there are only dozens of fighter jets fighting, and when the scale is large, there can be hundreds of fighter jets fighting in the air.

Both the Japanese and the Russian air forces suffered heavy casualties.

However, both the Japanese and the Russians knew that they must never give up air superiority. Once air superiority was lost, the ground forces would suffer a devastating blow.

Therefore, the Japanese mobilized a large number of aircraft and pilots from the four eastern provinces to support the Siberian Front.

At the same time, the Soviet Union also dispatched a number of aircraft from Central Siberia and Western Siberia to support the attacking Soviet troops to ensure that air supremacy would not be lost. The two sides bombed each other's airports and clashed above the battlefield, making the battle difficult to resolve.

The two sides fought in the air and it was impossible to determine the winner in a short time.

However, on the ground battlefield, the situation was one-sided.

The armored forces took the lead, and the Outer Mongolian army, which had no heavy weapons or anti-tank weapons, quickly broke through one line of defense after another. The entire Chagan Nur was captured by the Russians in less than two hours.

After occupying Chagan Nur, the Soviet troops continued to advance northeastward, with Ulan-Ude as their destination. It was the logistics base of the Japanese Siberian Front and the most important city of the entire Siberian Front besides Chita.

Chita, the headquarters of the Japanese Siberian Front.

"Bang! What's this Outer Mongolian Legion doing? The Empire has provided them with so much weaponry, yet they've only held out for two hours? A bunch of rubbish!"

Ningji Okamura received a telegram from Chagan Nur, saying that Chagan Nur had fallen and the Russian troops had marched north and were advancing at full speed towards Ulan-Ude.

At this time, the Japanese 3rd Tank Division had already arrived at Mikhailovka. If the Outer Mongolian Corps could hold on for one more day, no, even in just half a day, the 3rd Tank Division would be able to reach Chagan Nur.

"Commander, according to the report from our observers, the Outer Mongolian Army only deployed two divisions to garrison Chagan Nur this time. Their main force disappeared after receiving our assistance."

Hearing the report from the chief of staff beside him, Ningji Okamura immediately realized that something was wrong: "You mean, the Outer Mongolian Legion has rebelled?"

The Japanese Chief of Staff nodded and said, "This possibility cannot be ruled out. The Outer Mongolians are fence-sitters. Now that the Russians have started their counterattack, perhaps they are afraid of being liquidated, so they choose to do this."

"That makes sense, but why did they leave two divisions behind?"

Just when Ningji Okamura was suspicious of the Outer Mongolian Legion, a staff officer came over and said, "Report, a telegram from Agula IX of the Outer Mongolian Legion."

"Agula IX? Humph, I want to see what excuse he can come up with this time!"

Ningji Okamura snorted coldly and took the telegram.

But the more he looked, the deeper his frown became.

"Commander, what's wrong?"

Okamura Neiji handed the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff: "Take a look at the telegram. Agula sent a telegram saying that they have wiped out a total of 30,000 Outer Mongolian expeditionary forces and are harassing the logistics of the Russian army, destroying a lot of supplies."

"Report, telegram from the observation group!"

The so-called observation group is actually a teaching group. They are the people sent by the Japanese to the Outer Mongolian Army to help Lao Han train his troops. To put it nicely, they are called an observation group and a teaching group. To put it bluntly, they are there to supervise how Lao Han and his men use the materials supported by the Japanese.

That's why Old Han and the others acted out a show to settle the accounts with Shen Quan.

"bring here!"

Ningji Okamura did not believe Agula's telegram, but he did believe the telegram from the observation group.

"The Outer Mongolian Army attacked an Outer Mongolian expeditionary force this afternoon, numbering approximately 30,000..."

At this time, another telegram was delivered to Ningji Okamura, still from Agula.

This telegram explained why two divisions were left to guard Chagan Nur while the main force was going to attack the Russian logistics troops.

"... Your Excellency, Ningji Okamura, the Russians possess a large number of armored forces. Chagan Nur is indefensible. If we forcefully defend it, it will inevitably result in heavy casualties. It would be better for our main force to harass the Russians' logistics forces, leaving the Russians' vanguard without logistical supplies. The Russians will inevitably be in trouble..."

After reading this telegram, the dissatisfaction that was originally on Okamura Ningji's face disappeared a lot.

He quickly walked to the front of the map, took out his baton, and began to make calculations.

If the Russians wanted to attack Ulan-Ude now, they would be alone and deep in the enemy's territory, because the Trans-Siberian Railway on the southern side of Lake Baikal has been occupied by the Japanese, and supplies cannot be transported by rail.

To transport supplies from Kurkutsk to Ulan-Ude, one has to pass through Gusino-Ozersk and Mihaynovka, which are occupied by the Japanese, so the Russians cannot transport supplies through here.

Then there is only one way left, which is to follow their attack route, from Kurkusk through Archan, into Outer Mongolia, and finally follow the direction of the vanguard to supply the vanguard.

If the Outer Mongolian Army could cut off this supply line, once the Soviet Union's vanguard troops ran out of supplies, they would indeed be trapped, and the Japanese could gather a large number of troops to encircle and annihilate them.

"It seems that the Outer Mongolian Legion is not completely useless!"

Ningji Okamura put down his baton and took another look at the battle report sent by Agula.

"It was indeed not easy for them to destroy an army of 30,000 people. Finally, they are no longer being chased and beaten by Shen Quan. It seems that the Empire has trained well."

Ningji Okamura had also heard of this Outer Mongolia Expeditionary Force. According to intelligence, this force was formed after Yamashiro and the Russians reached some kind of agreement.

It was composed of the National Army's 7th Temporary Division and the 35th Army's new 31st and 32nd Divisions.

The Temporary 7th Division had little combat effectiveness, but the New 31st Division and the 32nd Division had certain combat effectiveness, and they were active in Suiyuan and other areas all year round, causing a lot of trouble to the Japanese.

Now that such an army of more than 30,000 people has been annihilated by the Outer Mongolian Corps, it is a good thing for the Japanese.

"Order the Outer Mongolian Legion to continue harassing the Russian Bear's logistics forces!"

"Hayi!"

Chapter 506 We are all family, please bear with me for a while

An hour ago, the Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force

"In this awful weather, we can only travel a little over ten kilometers a day. When will we reach our destination?"

Commander Wang continued to move forward while complaining.

The soldiers of the Temporary 7th Division were still infantry and could only continue forward along the traces left by the troops in front. At this time, snowflakes were falling from the sky, making the march even more difficult.

"Uncle, it's almost here, we're almost there!"

Zhang Dazhi served diligently on the side. During this period, Zhang Dazhi became busy again because their base was next to Shen Quan's troops, which were also Li Yunlong's troops.

Doing business with Li Yunlong's troops is what Zhang Dazhi is best at, so during this period some supplies of the Temporary 7th Division flowed into the Shenquan troops.

"How many times have I told you to call your job title when you're working?"

Commander Wang took a sip of hot water and continued on his way in a bad mood. Zhang Dazhi calmly put away the cup and continued to follow.

"Director Zhang, we all know that you and the division commander are relatives, and the division commander has told you so many times, why can't you remember it?" An officer next to Zhang Dazhi asked curiously after seeing Zhang Dazhi being humiliated again.

Zhang Dazhi couldn't help but snort coldly after hearing this. "I'm reminding the commander that we're not just ordinary superiors and subordinates, but blood is thicker than water. You have to remind him at all times."

After hearing this, the officer couldn't help but give Zhang Dazhi a thumbs up.

At this time, Commander Sun was leading his troops in the front, and further ahead was Shen Quan's troops. Their troops were acting together.

Shen Quan's armored forces were responsible for clearing the way and creating a passable path on the snow-covered road.

"Commander, the Eighth Route Army has upgraded their weapons, when will we have so many tanks?"

Commander Yuan beside him looked at the tank in front of him emitting black smoke and said with some envy.

The Russians provided them with a lot of weapons, ammunition, and supplies, including tanks, but those tanks were obviously obsolete. All the tanks could not start in the winter and were all broken down. Now they could only rely on walking.

Let’s look at the Eighth Route Army. Apart from tanks, most of the soldiers marched in covered cars. It was a completely mechanized force, and their own soldiers could only run behind them.

"Who knows? What the hell is going on? Our weapons and equipment are even worse than those of the Eighth Route Army!"

Commander An couldn't help but complain.

"Alright, we're all fighting the Japanese, so stop talking!"

When Commander Sun spoke, everyone shut up and dared not continue talking.

After about another half an hour of marching, Commander Sun caught up with Shen Quan and said, "Captain Shen, let's take a break. The weather is so cold that many of the soldiers can't stand it anymore. If we keep going, there will be problems!"

At this time, the Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force had been walking in the snow and ice for about three hours. Although there was a road pressed by tanks, the cold wind of Siberia still made many soldiers unable to withstand it, and frost covered their eyes and eyebrows.

Some soldiers even began to fall behind and needed to support each other to keep up with the team.

After hearing this, Shen Quan immediately waved his hand to signal the troops to stop advancing.

"Stop!"

"Stop!"

Soon Shen Quan's troops stopped and began to rest.