Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"..."

A group of soldiers rushed down from the train with weapons in hand, quickly dealt with some wounded Japanese soldiers, and occupied the Jinzhou Railway Station.

"Wang Qiang, take your men and quickly enter the city and take control of Jinzhou!"

"Zhang Yuanshan! Leave one company behind with me, and you take the others..."

Before Shen Quan finished speaking, a light came from the distant railway tracks, but the direction of this train was different from that of Shen Quan and his group. It was a train coming from Huludao.

"Zhang Yuanshan, follow me. Let's get rid of the devils on this train first!"

"Yes!"

"People from the Seventh Regiment, follow me!" Zhang Qiang, the commander of the Seventh Regiment, was someone Li Yunlong had recruited from Kong Jie. He was a fellow villager of Xizi and was now serving as the commander under Shen Quan.

Shen Quan and Zhang Yuanshan quickly took their men to set up defenses at the train station.

The driver of the train that Shen Quan and others were riding on first started the train and slowly drove it out of the platform. More than a dozen soldiers carried rocket launchers and aimed at the platform. They would take action immediately after the train stopped at the platform.

"Woooooooo..."

The train whistle blew, and with the clatter of wheels, the train from Huludao slowly pulled into Jinzhou Railway Station. The train began to slow down, and the driver observed the situation on the platform.

"Yitian-kun, something seems to be wrong at Jinzhou Railway Station?"

"What's wrong?"

"Why is there no one to welcome us? I just saw some people at the train station, and there seemed to be gunshots."

"Really? I think I heard it too."

The two people were whispering to each other. At this time, the train also entered Jinzhou Station. The speed was very low. Some Japanese soldiers on the train were looking at Jinzhou Railway Station through the window.

Although there was no one to greet them at the station, they were greeted by rockets!

"beat!"

Following Shen Quan's order, more than a dozen soldiers carrying rocket launchers stood up from their hiding places at the same time and pulled the trigger at the train.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

"..."

More than a dozen rockets hit the train almost at the same time, and a series of explosions sounded instantly.

Before the Japanese on the train could react to what was happening, a burst of rapid gunfire rang out, and a group of soldiers raised their guns and started shooting at the train.

The bullets pierced through the iron sheets of the carriage and penetrated the bodies of the Japanese soldiers on the train. In an instant, screams and splattering blood turned the entire train into a bloody train.

"Stop shooting!"

After firing a volley of bullets, Zhang Yuanshan ordered to stop shooting. More than 200 soldiers quickly approached the train with grenades, pulled out the safety, and threw the grenades into the train.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

There was another series of explosions, and a grenade was thrown into every window to ensure that no place was left unattended.

Only after the explosion was over did the soldiers start to board the vehicle and clear out the remaining Japanese soldiers in the vehicle.

The Japanese Third Infantry Battalion, which came from Huludao, was completely wiped out before it even set foot on Jinzhou.

"Report, Commander, we have also captured several mountain guns, several Type 92 heavy machine guns, and some mortars and grenade launchers."

"It's just right to replenish our firepower and generate electricity for the follow-up troops, so that they can rush to Jinzhou as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The Japanese in Jinzhou never dreamed that Shen Quan would lead his troops to Jinzhou by train in such a brazen manner.

After successfully occupying Jinzhou Railway Station, Zhang Qiang led his troops into Jinzhou City without any hindrance.

The defense focus of the Japanese and puppet troops in Jinzhou City was on the west side facing Chaoyang. The railway station was on the east side, and there were no troops here at all. Zhang Qiang easily occupied the Japanese command headquarters and the city gate in Jinzhou, trapping the Japanese and puppet troops in the defense positions at the west gate of Jinzhou outside the city.

The Japanese and puppet troops who were working outside the west gate of Jinzhou only heard a burst of gunfire and explosions behind them. When they wanted to go back to check the situation, they found that the plaster flag hanging on the city wall of Jinzhou had been cut down.

The red flag representing our army and the flag representing the Chahar Column fluttered on the city wall.

Chapter 595: The Devil Goes the Other Way

"Report, Shen Quan's telegram, Shen Quan's troops have taken Jinzhou!"

As the sun just rose, a telegram was sent to the command center in White City.

"Did you get it?"

Li Yunlong, who was still feeling a little sleepy, suddenly woke up and took the telegram to read it carefully: "Shen Quan, Shen Quan, you really can give me some surprises!"

After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong quickly handed it to Jiang Shou: "Shen Quan's troops took the train to Jinzhou overnight, and occupied Jinzhou before the Japanese reinforcements arrived in Jinzhou. They also killed the reinforcements from Huludao!"

After reading the telegram, Chief Jiang placed the Shenquan unit's symbol on the sand table at the Jinzhou location: "The door is closed, so let's start fighting! Has the Fifth Division taken Siping?"

"Report, we've taken it, but there are Japanese reinforcements around, and some Japanese defenders inside the city are putting up a stubborn resistance. It will take some time. Ma Renxin's vanguard will be able to reach Siping tonight!"

"Well, it's almost time!"

"Order the 2nd Armored Division, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 8th Division, and the 9th Division to bypass Changchun and head south immediately. I want to see if the devils in Xinjing can sit still!"

"Yes!"

The news of the fall of Jinzhou soon reached the headquarters of the Japanese Fifth Front Army.

"Jinzhou has fallen? Damn, didn't I ask them to strengthen the defense of Jinzhou? Can't they even hold it for a day?" Kamimura Toshimichi was very anxious at this time. With the fall of Jinzhou, the southern gate of Manchuria was closed.

"It's okay. The Shenquan troops can only defend Jinzhou and have no ability to attack Fengtian!"

Then Kamimura Toshimichi immediately said: "Order the Fengtian garrison to strengthen its defenses, and all troops around Fengtian to withdraw to Fengtian. Order the reinforcements from the Korean Peninsula to speed up!"

"Hayi!"

But at this moment, a staff officer hurried over to report: "Report, Your Excellency the Commander, the Eighth Route Army has begun a large-scale southward movement. At least 100,000 troops have bypassed Xinjing and are heading south!"

"Nani?"

Toshimichi Kamimura snatched the telegram, and after reading its contents, he quickly rushed to the map.

In order to strengthen the defense of Xinjing, Kamimura Toshimichi mobilized all the troops around Xinjing into the city, so the Eighth Route Army troops went south without encountering any obstacles, and the entire road was unobstructed. The purpose of going south at this time was obvious, which was Fengtian.

"Where are the troops withdrawn from North China now?"

"We've arrived at Shanhaiguan and are taking the train north!"

"Tell them to speed up and recapture Jinzhou immediately after arriving! Tell them to recapture Jinzhou at all costs!"

"Hayi!"

"How long will it take for the five divisions mobilized from the peninsula to reach Fengtian?"

"It will take at least four more days!"

"Four days?"

The chief of staff lowered his head and said, "Ha Yi, they are all infantrymen, and the railway was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army bombers and has not been repaired yet. In addition, they were originally going to support Xinjing, and temporarily changed their route, which requires them to take part of the mountain road, so..."

"Four days! By the time they arrive, Fengtian will have already been captured by the Eighth Route Army!"

Toshimichi Kamimura stared at the map. Although it was 300 kilometers from Xinjing to Fengtian, it might take a week for infantry to march.

But Uemura Toshimichi knew very well that the Eighth Route Army would never walk. After occupying Manchuria, the Japanese built a large number of railways with Xinjing and Fengtian as the centers. These railways were densely packed like meridians throughout the four eastern provinces.

The Japanese relied on these freight railways to rule the entire puppet Manchukuo. Among them, the two cities of Xinjing and Fengtian had the most railways, especially the branch freight railways. In order to quickly transport the ore from the surrounding mining areas to the factories, there were a total of thirteen freight railways leading to Fengtian.

These thirteen railways are the main railways excluding the South Manchuria Railway, Anfeng Railway and Fengshan Railway. It can be said that any city in the Northeast Plain has a way to reach Fengtian by train.

It was also thanks to these railways that the Japanese plundered a large amount of resources in the four northeastern provinces. The arsenals abandoned by the prodigals were fully utilized by the Japanese, producing rifles, bullets, shells, as well as planes, tanks, and cannons...

"Report, the Siping defenders are reporting that the Eighth Route Army has captured the city railway station. They are unable to hold out and are requesting reinforcements!"

Just as Shangcun Lidao was considering countermeasures, another piece of bad news came: Siping City could not be defended. After the fall of Tongliao yesterday, Shangcun Lidao had already ordered to strengthen the defense of Siping, but the Eighth Route Army was too fast. No sooner had Tongliao been captured than the Fifth Division launched an attack on Siping.

The Japanese defenders were caught off guard and did not hold out for long before Siping City was breached. They had no choice but to retreat into the city and continue to hold out, waiting for reinforcements.

Last night, reinforcements from Tieling and other places entered Siping City, allowing the Siping defenders to hold their positions and prevent Siping from being lost.

However, unexpectedly, the reinforcements only allowed the Siping defenders to hold out for another half a night.

"Let them hold their ground and wait for help!"

Toshimichi Kamimura spoke again.

"Hayi!"

"Commander, we can't continue to be led by the nose by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army has only about 300,000 troops, while we have a total of 600,000. We..."

The Chief of Staff of the Fifth Army said that the battle had been a bit frustrating during this period.

First, Baicheng fell, and then the three divisions that came to reinforce Baicheng were defeated.

Then, in order to prevent being defeated one by one by Li Yunlong's troops, the Japanese gave up many counties and concentrated their forces in large cities, ready to wait for Li Yunlong's troops to attack the city.

However, Li Yunlong's troops not only did not attack the city, but instead took advantage of the time when they were withdrawing their forces to continuously occupy some key cities.

"what do you mean?"

"A portion of the Eighth Route Army's main force is heading south to attack Fengtian. If we send troops to support Fengtian now, we might fall into the Eighth Route Army's trap. The Eighth Route Army is very good at besieging a point and attacking its reinforcements!"

"I suspect their intention to attack Fengtian from the south is fake, but their intention to lure us out of the city is real!"

When Toshimichi Kamimura heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

Obviously he did not like the chief of staff's analysis. According to the chief of staff's analysis, if the Eighth Route Army wanted to trick them out of the city, they should stay in the city and wait until reinforcements arrived before encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army.

"You mean we should remain inactive and watch the Eighth Route Army capture Fengtian?"

Toshimichi Kamimura said a little impatiently.

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, what I mean is that since the Eighth Route Army wants to lure us out of the city to support Fengtian, we might as well do the opposite!"