Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Although it was very likely that the Japanese high-ranking generals were killed in the battle, it was impossible to capture only a major general. Where were all the division commanders, chiefs of staff, and senior officers of the Fifth Army Command?

There were tens of thousands of prisoners, so even according to probability, there couldn't be only one major general. Unless the heavy artillery, without guidance, fired a single shell and blew up the headquarters.

But the probability is too low, and the headquarters will rarely be exposed to the enemy's firepower range. Just like Li Yunlong's headquarters, they only moved from Baicheng to Songyuan when it was safe.

The reason why all the Japanese soldiers over the age of 30 were selected was that there were no young senior officers in the Japanese army except Kota Kotera.

Soon, a group of older Japanese soldiers were gathered in Li Yunlong's headquarters. Li Yunlong glanced at these Japanese soldiers and found that they were all majors, lieutenant colonels, and even colonels were relatively rare. There were about 200 of them in total.

"Report, Commander, everyone has assembled!"

Because the prisoners were divided into officers and ordinary soldiers, and most of the Japanese soldiers over the age of 30 would become officers, and those who could not become officers were basically killed in battle. The casualty rate of ordinary soldiers was much higher than that of officers.

The reason for distinguishing between ordinary soldiers and officers is that officers and ordinary soldiers possess completely different intelligence. Officers need to interrogate each one individually, and perhaps they will get some unexpected results.

"Have these people run! Keep running along this street outside the headquarters!"

"Yes!"

Although they didn't understand why Li Yunlong did this, Wei Heshang and Duan Peng still led these Japanese officers to start exercising.

"Monk, you haven't eaten yet. Run faster, just like we usually do at our forced march speed!"

"Yes!"

Seeing Li Yunlong making people run, Jiang Shou and others also came over and watched curiously.

"Lao Li, what are you doing?"

Old Zhao asked curiously.

"Old Zhao, how far can you run now?"

Zhao Gang looked at his slightly overweight body and shook his head. "Now? I don't think I can run very far. I haven't run much in a long time!"

When Lao Zhao first arrived at the New 1st Regiment, he was able to march quickly with the soldiers without falling behind, including when he and Xing Zhiguo retreated with the troops from Datong, walking more than 300 kilometers without falling behind.

But since I came to the four northeastern provinces, I haven't run much. I basically ride a horse or take a car.

Jiang Shou and the others had already understood what Li Yunlong meant by this time: "Do you think the high-ranking Japanese officials are hiding among these people?"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Old Li, can't you disguise yourself as an ordinary soldier?"

Old Xing asked curiously.

"Ordinary soldiers? All those senior officers in the Japanese Fifth Army Headquarters are in their forties. Are they pretending to be ordinary soldiers? Our soldiers are not fools, and they can tell from their skin and other details."

"So they can only disguise themselves as ordinary Japanese officers. There are a lot of them in their thirties, forties, or even fifties. They are all mid-level officers. If they have good skin and delicate flesh, they won't arouse suspicion!"

At this time, in the crowd, Toshimichi Kamimura followed the crowd and started running. Around him were the commander of the 74th Division, the chief of staff of the Fifth Army and other senior officers of the Fifth Army. They all lowered their heads and silently followed the team to start running.

When running 100 meters, Kamimura Toshimichi didn't feel anything. After 200 meters and 300 meters, Kamimura Toshimichi felt a little overwhelmed, and the team's speed was getting faster and faster. Once he slowed down a little, the soldiers next to him would urge him on, and even wanted to hit him with the butt of his rifle.

So Toshimichi Kamimura had to run faster.

"Anyone among you who can identify a high-ranking general will receive a reward. Of course, you can also step forward on your own initiative. I, Linglong, treat prisoners well and will definitely not mistreat you if I capture you!"

Li Yunlong looked at the Japanese officers who had run around and spoke loudly.

Some Japanese officers looked at each other, their eyes becoming uncertain, but they did not dare to stand up and point fingers.

After seeing this, Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Monk Wei, keep speeding up! Run these bastards to death! They don't even dare to admit their own identities. Pah, they are cowards!"

After running another lap, some people began to pant, and Uemura Toshimichi was even more breathless. He had been a regiment commander more than ten years ago, a division commander a few years ago, and now the commander of the Fifth Army.

Whenever I go out, I take a car, or at worst a horse. I do mental work on weekdays, and my physical fitness has long been deteriorating. I couldn't bear it after just two laps.

"If no one stands up, keep running until you die. If you can't hold on, don't insist. Admit your identity and I will give you special treatment!"

When he arrived at the door of the command department again, Li Yunlong spoke again. Li Yunlong had already noticed several people.

He looked to be in his forties or fifties, and was wearing a major's uniform that didn't seem to fit him well. Major? Major general would be more accurate.

"Don't run away, I'm the one you're looking for."

At this time, Kamimura Toshimichi stood up. With Kamimura Toshimichi taking the lead, the other high-ranking Japanese officers also stood up and stood in front of Li Yunlong, panting.

"Who am I looking for? Tell me about yourself!"

Toshimichi Kamimura reached into his pocket and took out a lighter, preparing to light a cigarette for himself.

Without Li Yunlong saying anything, Monk Wei directly controlled him and took out everything in his pockets.

"Don't be so arrogant, you think you're an ordinary person. Tell me your name and position!"

Shang Cun Lidao was rudely interrupted by Monk Wei, and looked at Monk Wei with some annoyance. Monk Wei ignored Shang Cun Lidao and lowered his head to study the things he took out of his pocket.

"I'm Toshimichi Kamimura, commander of the Fifth Army!"

When Li Yunlong heard Toshimichi Kamimura introduce himself, he was not too excited. He waved his hand to signal the next person to continue the introduction.

He is just a commander of the Fifth Army. When Li Yunlong first traveled through time, he captured the commander of the First Army, Kazuo Shinozuka. Since he was not a general, Li Yunlong didn't feel anything. If Mei Jing Meijiro was in front of Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong would be excited.

Chapter 616 Report, Telegram from the Temporary Seventh Division

mountain city.

The mountain city is now in a state of uncertainty.

To say that life was difficult was because the Japanese had not launched an attack on them for some time. They could occasionally organize some counterattacks and achieve some small victories, but they suffered heavy losses in the major counterattacks and were defeated three times.

To say that life is getting better, the aid from the United States and Russia has been greatly reduced, at least half of what it was the previous year.

In addition, another person who caused headaches for Shancheng was Li Yunlong, a second-level general of the National Army.

At this time, the Shancheng General Staff Headquarters was filled with smoke, and Commander He and several senior generals were smoking.

"Li Yunlong's expansion is incredibly rapid, and he's well-equipped. Now he's attacking Manchuria. He's definitely a serious threat to us!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Commander He.

Commander He blushed and said, "Li Yunlong's equipment and supplies all come from the Russians and the Americans. They have nothing to do with me."

Everyone looked at Commander He's anxious expression and said nothing. Instead, they looked at the map and said, "We can't go on like this. The intelligence I've received shows that many people in our mountain city are heading north to join them!"

"That's right, a large number of deserters have appeared in the Northeast Army. One regiment even left its base en masse and is nowhere to be found. This trend must be stopped!"

"We must win a great victory to win back the people's hearts!"

At Li Yunlong's suggestion, with the help of material support from the Soviet Union, Ping'an County established a high-power radio station with a very wide coverage, and the radio content can be received in most parts of the country.

The radio station broadcast the latest battlefield situation every day, including the victories achieved by Li Yunlong's troops, the victories achieved by other Eighth Route Army troops, and some policies.

Although the Shancheng government had banned listening, many people still secretly listened in. Coupled with the widespread publicity in newspapers, the news of Li Yunlong's troops' counterattack on the four northeastern provinces spread throughout the country.

The people from Northeast China who were originally scattered across the country began to spontaneously leave their places of residence and head north to join the army.

In particular, some of the scattered Northeast Army troops left in platoons, companies, and even entire regiments. Of the Northeast Army stationed in Shaanxi Province, two-thirds of its troops had already deserted and defected to our army. Their only request was to join Li Yunlong's army.

And as time went on, many people from the north began to return to their hometowns because they knew that the Eighth Route Army was fighting there and were ready to join the army.

While the Nationalist army couldn't even conscript men, our army's registration points were packed every day.

"Report, telegram from the Temporary Seventh Division!"

"Telegram from the Temporary Seventh Division?"

Just as a group of people were discussing countermeasures, a telegram sent by a confidential secretary plunged the meeting room into silence.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, clearly puzzled as to what unit the Temporary 7th Division was, and why a telegram from a division would be sent to their conference room. After all, at their level, a telegram would have to be from the theater headquarters.

"Wasn't the Temporary 7th Division the Outer Mongolia Expeditionary Force formed last year? Weren't they attacked by the Japanese and completely wiped out?"

At this time, someone thought of the Temporary Seventh Division and asked with confusion.

"The Wang-something unit that captured a deputy officer's sword in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain?"

"It seems to be him!"

Everyone's attention turned to Commander He. After all, everyone now knew the origins of those general and lieutenant commander's swords. Li Yunlong's sword shop had already opened in the mountain city, and it had swords for generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, lieutenant commanders, and even a lieutenant commander's sword for a naval vice admiral.

However, they did not doubt that these knives were fake. After all, Li Yunlong's battle record was there, and he had indeed killed many high-ranking Japanese generals.

"Give me the telegram!"

Someone spoke up and took the telegram.

After reading the contents of the telegram, he couldn't help but snort coldly and said, "Ridiculous! The 7th Temporary Division reported that they helped the trapped Mao Zedong troops in Siberia, killed a Japanese lieutenant general, and rescued the Mao Zedong Siberian commander Gastilovich!"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone laughed, obviously not believing that the telegram was true. They thought that if this division commander Wang could kill the Japanese lieutenant general and rescue the commander of the Russian Siberian Front, then they could also kill the Japanese emperor.

Just as a group of people were mocking, another telegram was delivered.

"Report, Mao Xiong telegram!"

"Ok?"

Many people were shocked when they heard this. Could it be true?

"A telegram from the Siberian Front expressing gratitude for the support of Commander Wang and his 7th Temporary Division?"

After reading the telegram, some people frowned.

But some people still doubted him: "Huh, he said he was the commander of the Siberian Front? I said I was the Japanese Army Minister!"

The radio station used in this telegram was the same as the previous telegram from the Temporary 7th Division, so everyone still didn't believe it.

"That's right, this Division Commander Wang is getting bolder and bolder. Before, he just lied about killing a Japanese colonel and seizing the colonel's sword, but now he actually claims to have killed a Japanese lieutenant general and saved the Mao Xiong commander. Humph!"

As the group of people spoke, they looked at Chief He.

Commander He wanted to retort, but ultimately held his tongue. Although he had shared the credit for the capture of Yu County and even received a medal for it, everyone knew the reason. Since everyone had participated in similar operations, they had all seen through it but kept silent, avoiding any confrontation.

"Report, telegram from Moscow!"

Just as a group of people were sneering, another telegram was delivered to the conference room.

Hearing that the telegram was from Moscow, everyone was shocked again. A telegram came from Moscow at this time. Could what had just happened be true?

"Read!"

"Yes!"

The telegram sent from Moscow was also a thank you message, thanking the Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force for its help and thanking Commander Wang's Temporary 7th Division for rescuing the commander of the Siberian Front and some other commanders.