Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

After dealing with this person, Xiao Liu looked ahead and found a man only 1.23 meters tall standing in front of him, almost as tall as he was when he was sitting.

"Xiao Liu, I want to join the army!"

"Little ghost, who are you calling Xiao Liu? You should call me Big Brother Liu. Where are your parents? We need to recruit soldiers who are at least 18 years old and under 30 years old. You are too young!"

After hearing this, the child immediately shook his head and said, "I'm an adult!"

"Okay, kid, here's a piece of candy. Stop making trouble here and go home quickly."

Just as he finished speaking, an old lady who had sent her child to join the army said, "Sir..."

"No, Auntie, just call me Xiao Liu. If you call me Commander, I'll be punished."

"Xiao Liu, please take this child in. He has a miserable life. His father was forced to death by the landlord when he was eight years old. He has been doing odd jobs and begging with his mother. His mother also died last winter, leaving him alone. He is very smart and can do anything."

"Yes, although Xiao Tang is a small child, he is very smart!"

"When you were attacking Baicheng, I saw him sneak out and kill two wounded Japanese soldiers."

"..."

Hearing this, Xiao Liu glanced at the little guy in front of him and said, "Little ghost, what's your name?"

"My name is Tang Fengxi, and I'm eighteen!"

"I'm only eighteen this year. How can you be eighteen? Wait here. I'll ask you later. This is for you to eat!"

Xiao Liu, the conscript, took out a bun from his pocket and handed it to Tang Fengxi, and continued the registration work.

“How many people have you recruited?”

After Li Yunlong and his old leader entered the city, they saw this scene. They did not interrupt, but just observed. After a few minutes, they asked the staff officer beside them.

The staff officer had already gone to inquire and reported quietly: "Report, currently, more than a thousand people have signed up at this recruitment point. We don't know about other places yet."

"Well, that's good! Let's go to the headquarters!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 580: A Race Against Time Attack

From the moment Li Yunlong entered Baicheng, the entire campaign to counterattack the four northeastern provinces entered its second phase.

After taking Baicheng, supplies from Arshan, Hailar and other areas were continuously transported directly to Baicheng via railways.

Afterwards, relying on the three railways in Baicheng, supplies were transported to the front-line troops, which greatly alleviated the logistical pressure.

On the fourth day after the offensive began, the logistics troops and the newly formed Third Division worked together to defeat the three Japanese divisions that came to reinforce, and these three Japanese divisions fled towards Songyuan.

On the sixth day, the newly formed Third Division arrived at Songyuan. They had originally expected to encounter resistance from the Japanese, but the Japanese had already retreated from Songyuan City, leaving no garrison.

After Blind Cheng entered the city, he began to check the situation in Songyuan City and found that the Japanese retreated in a very hasty manner and left a lot of supplies in the city.

There were even some places where the Japanese tried to set fire, but they just threw a torch and fled in a hurry, burning only a small area.

Within three days, the First Corps successively captured the two major cities of Baicheng and Songyuan. Like a dagger, it pierced straight into the center of the four eastern provinces and forcibly divided the four eastern provinces into two parts, north and south.

On the seventh day after the attack, the Third Division of the First Corps approached Daqing, the Sixth Division took Shuangcheng, and the Seventh Division took Acheng and advanced towards Daqingshan. The vanguard of the Sixth Division had arrived near Pingfang, the former base of the 731st Unit, and was less than 30 kilometers away from Harbin.

At the same time, the Eighth Division captured Nong'an, the Ninth Division took Changling, and the First and Second Divisions entered Qian'an and moved towards Xinjing, only twenty kilometers away from the later famous Chagan Lake.

The 10th Division captured Zhaoqing and Zhaoyuan, preparing to cut off the connection between Heilongjiang and Daqing and Qiqihar. The 4th Division was delayed on the road and was the slowest, so it did not gain any military merit. Liang Dajun led his troops to Dehui.

After capturing Tongyu, the Fifth Division was waiting for the order to move south, preparing to cooperate with Ma Renxin in attacking Siping.

This is the complete attack diagram, I think you can understand it now.

The entire First Corps has controlled part of the Songnen Plain.

The two armored divisions of the First Assault Corps were deployed in Yushu and Nong'an respectively. These two cities are very close to Harbin and Xinjing, and can launch attacks on these two important cities defended by the Japanese at any time.

At the same time, the Third Corps, serving as the general reserve, also entered Baicheng and moved towards Songyuan, ready to engage in battle at any time.

After occupying a large number of county towns, Li Yunlong's troops began recruiting soldiers on the spot, and the recruitment speed was about the expected speed.

In Baicheng, they recruited more than 7,000 new soldiers. After entering Songyuan, they recruited more than 10,000 people. Subsequently, they were able to recruit 2,000 to 3,000 people in other small cities. In addition, there was a steady stream of people from the four eastern provinces who came from all over to join the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong's troops were busy expanding their forces and stabilizing the liberated areas, but the Japanese were also busy.

The three fleeing Japanese divisions, the 201st, 205th and 209th Divisions, retreated to the Wuchang area after losing nearly people.

At the same time, the Japanese troops in the Far East moved south by rail and land. The first batch of 100,000 troops had arrived in Jiamusi and were moving at full speed to support Harbin.

One division of the Japanese garrison in Qiqihar was transferred to Daqing to consolidate the defense on the west side of Harbin; the garrison in Jiamusi was transferred to Harbin to strengthen Harbin's defense.

A division and a brigade of Japanese troops from the Yichun area were transferred to Harbin City, further strengthening the defense of Harbin City.

The Japanese concentrated all their troops in Heilongjiang Province to the line from Daqing to Harbin to Acheng, intending to block the attack of Li Yunlong's troops. At the same time, the Far Eastern Front behind them had already moved south.

On the southern front, the five divisions mobilized by the Japanese from the Yuyang Peninsula have also begun to move north, heading towards Xinjing by train, and the first batch of troops has arrived in Tonghua.

In addition, the Japanese troops in Liaoning and Jilin regions also began to frequently transfer to Xinjing and Jiutai areas, using the dense river network to build defensive positions. Once the First Corps attacked Harbin, they could go north to attack the rear of the First Corps.

If the First Corps attacks Xinjing, they can also threaten the security of the First Corps' flanks.

Since Xinjing was the capital of Manchukuo and had special significance in the eyes of the Japanese, most of the garrison troops in Tongliao, Siping and other places were transferred to Xinjing.

Not only were the garrison troops from Jilin Province withdrawn, but two divisions were also withdrawn from Fengtian to the north of Xinjing to strengthen Xinjing's defense and ensure that Xinjing would not be lost before the arrival of the Far Eastern Front.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army in North China from moving north, two divisions of troops were drawn from Panjin, Yingkou, Huludao and other areas, and moved south to Qinhuangdao to garrison on the Shanhaiguan front line to ensure that Shanhaiguan would not be lost.

The more than 300,000 Japanese troops originally scattered across the four eastern provinces were concentrated in three areas: Daqing, Harbin, and Acheng. There were a total of 150,000 Japanese troops in six divisions. Adding the less than 40,000 remaining Japanese troops in Wuchang, the total number of Japanese troops in Heilongjiang Province was less than 200,000. The 200,000 Far Eastern Front troops were heading south, and once they reached Harbin, the number would reach 400,000.

From Liaohe to Xinjing and then to Jilin, there are a total of six Japanese divisions with 140,000 people, and five divisions with 130,000 people mobilized from the Korean region are on the way; finally, there are three divisions in the Shanhaiguan area, with a total of about 60,000 people.

Apart from these three areas, there was only a division of garrison troops in Fengtian City, a division of garrison troops in Qiqihar, and a battalion of garrison troops in Tongliao, Siping, and Jinzhou. The rest of the areas had only a squadron, a platoon, or some puppet troops responsible for maintaining public order.

According to the Japanese battle plan, after the Far Eastern Front and the five divisions of the Korean Peninsula arrived, the Japanese would start a counterattack, attacking from the north and the south at the same time, and would completely wipe out Li Yunlong's main force, which was 20 divisions and 300,000 people, that was trapped on the line from Baicheng to Songyuan.

At the same time, as the war in Siberia progressed smoothly, the Japanese also prepared to withdraw some aircraft to return to the four northeastern provinces. However, the airport was destroyed and the Japanese were still repairing it.

"Commander, all the troops are making smooth progress and have arrived at their designated locations one after another!"

At the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Mei Jing Meijiro's hair had visibly decreased in thickness.

Simultaneously commanding two large-scale battles in two directions was a bit overwhelming for Mei Jing Meijiro. However, he was worried about handing over the power to the Fifth Army Commander, Uemura Toshimichi.

Nowadays, there are very few people in the Japanese army who can command large-scale military operations. There were indeed many in the past, but these people were either killed by Li Yunlong or commanded the battle in the Siberian direction.

Therefore, Mei Jing Meijiro has applied to the headquarters to let Hata Junroku come to the Kwantung Army to serve as a front commander.

In addition, Meijing Meijiro also asked the headquarters to transfer Kimura Heitaro and Koiso Kunisho.

Originally, the Kwantung Army was only in the four eastern provinces, and Mei Jing Mei Zhi Lang could still handle it alone. But as its sphere of influence grew, Mei Jing Mei Zhi Lang found it difficult to continue to maintain such a large scale with his own ability, so he had to ask for help.

Although some power had to be divided up, the Kwantung Army now occupied a lot more territory than before, and its power had expanded several times over. Now the total strength of the Kwantung Army had reached more than 1.4 million, and it was still expanding.

At present, the headquarters has also agreed to transfer Koiso Kunisho and others to the Kwantung Army.

For the Japanese army, this was a good opportunity to insert forces into the Kwantung Army.

Chapter 581 Order Shen Quan to strengthen defense

Baicheng Command Headquarters.

Li Yunlong was resting with his eyes closed. It was evening, the time when Li Yunlong could rest for an hour or two every day.

Generally speaking, at this point in time, unless it is an extremely brutal siege, the two sides will not engage in confrontation.

Zhao Gang and the chief of staff stood at the door and stopped the signalman.

These signalmen all hold telegrams in their hands. The chief of staff will first glance through them. After confirming that they are not important telegrams, he will hold them in his hands and wait for a while before delivering them.

"Old Li doesn't get much sleep every day. Can he bear it?"

At the door, Lao Zhao lowered his voice very low, fearing that if he spoke a little louder, he would wake up Li Yunlong and Jiang Shou.

"Tell the kitchen to prepare more nutritious food, especially more braised pork. This is all we can do for now. The lives of hundreds of thousands of comrades on the front lines depend on them, and they can't sleep well either."

The two spoke in low voices, for fear of disturbing the two people who were still resting, and occasionally had to rely on lip movements to judge the content of the conversation.

"Ok?"

At this moment, Jiang Shou opened his eyes and looked at his watch first.

After hearing the noise, Li Yunlong also opened his eyes, which were bloodshot.

Exactly seven days had passed since the order to attack was given.

During these seven days, Li Yunlong and his old leader had very little time to rest each day. At the beginning of the journey, they could still sleep for five or six hours a day in the car. After the battle started, the two of them only had less than four hours of sleep.

Moreover, most of the sleep time is fragmented. I can take a half-hour nap now or close my eyes and rest for more than ten minutes after a meal.

"It's time. Are Shen Quan, Ma Renxin and the others in place?"

Jiang Shou stood up and stretched his body, Li Yunlong waved his hand, and the monk and Duan Peng immediately brought two cups of coffee to the table.

"Report, telegram from Ma Renxin's headquarters!"

As soon as Chief Jiang asked the question, a signalman came over with a telegram.

"Hmm? How long ago?"

"Ten minutes ago!"

Hearing that the telegram was only ten minutes old, Jiang Shou's expression eased a little. He then looked at the chief of staff and said, "Chief of Staff, from now on, when the telegram comes in, just send it in directly. Don't worry about my sleep. The soldiers are fighting hard on the front line, so it's okay for me to sleep less."

After hearing this, the chief of staff said seriously: "You, if you don't consider your own health, you should at least consider Li Yunlong's health!"

When Li Yunlong heard the chief of staff pointing the finger at him, he waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I can still hold on."

Jiang Shou took the coffee, took a sip and said, "Li Yunlong will have a heavier burden on his shoulders than I will in the future. Let him get used to it now!"

After saying that, he took the telegram, took a look at it, walked to the sand table, and placed the logo representing Ma Renxin's cavalry column at the location of Tongliao.

"How many troops are there defending Tongliao now?"

"A battalion of Japanese troops plus a regiment of puppet troops! However, there are many fortifications outside Tongliao, so it would be difficult to capture it with cavalry alone."

Li Yunlong quickly got into work mode and began to introduce the situation in Tongliao.

"Well, then let the planes bomb and blast a path for me!"

"Yes!"