Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

The Japanese soldiers who were set on fire by napalm bombs screamed and wailed, rolled on the ground, rushed towards the river, and tried every means to put out the flames on their bodies.

But the flames grew stronger and stronger, and finally, in the struggle, they turned into charcoal.

Some Japanese soldiers screamed and rushed towards their companions. Some Japanese soldiers who did not react in time were hit by them and the flames quickly spread on their bodies.

"Help!"

"do not come!"

"boom!"

"..."

After discovering that the flames could not be extinguished and that anyone who got in contact with them would be burned to death, the remaining Japanese soldiers began to shoot at the Japanese soldiers who were approaching them.

What made these Japanese soldiers even more terrified was that some of them had jumped into the already blood-red Lianshan River, but the flames did not stop burning and were still burning. There were even a large number of corpses in the river, which were also ignited, and the entire river surface was ablaze.

"Fire! Attack! Attack! Attack across the river!"

After seeing this, a Japanese officer shouted, trying to spread the fire to the defensive positions on the other side of the river.

But no Japanese soldier listened to him. The pain of being burned by the raging fire was unbearable for ordinary people. These Japanese soldiers gradually turned into charred corpses.

Not every soldier can transform into a Hell Knight and launch an attack on the enemy from a blaze of fire.

Even so, the flames did not go out and continued to spread, burning everything around them.

The bombers in the sky were still circling, continuously dropping incendiary bombs towards places where there were many Japanese troops. One after another, groups of Japanese troops were set on fire and screamed.

"Oh my goodness, you're screaming so miserably, how many Japanese soldiers have died?"

At the frontline position on the other side of the river, a soldier stuck his head out to look at the opposite side, but apart from the blazing flames, he could not see any living people.

"Why? Are you sympathizing with the Japs' plight?"

Hearing this, the soldier shook his head frantically and said, "No, why should I sympathize with the Japs? I just think these bodies can't be sold for money. Can't the Japs' bodies be sold for fifteen dollars?"

Hearing this, the old squad leader beside him said, holding a cigarette in his mouth: "It's all old news. The Japanese won't take corpses anymore!"

"That's a shame. Otherwise, after this battle, with so many corpses, our division would have made a fortune!"

At this moment, someone from the logistics unit came running over from behind: "Seventh Company, your ammunition has arrived, hurry up and restock it now!"

"Yes!"

Soon, boxes of bullets and grenades were delivered to the front line, along with some machine gun barrels. After fighting all afternoon, some heavy machine gun barrels had been scrapped due to overheating and were waiting for new barrels to be delivered.

Since Li Yunlong's troops had eliminated the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns, they were able to replace the gun barrels very quickly. After more than ten minutes, there were more than a dozen heavy machine guns on the position, aiming at the position on the other side of the river.

"Comrades, it's getting dark soon. Let's have dinner now. The Japs will probably attack in the middle of the night. Let's hold on and don't let them sneak up on us!"

"Yes!"

Soldiers quickly pulled out canned food, and the kitchen staff brought up freshly made steamed buns. Eating the buns and canned food, while watching the "barbecue" scene on the other side of the river, many soldiers ate two buns today.

And when the soldiers started to eat dinner.

Twenty kilometers above the sea away from Sasebo.

A group of Japanese fishermen were driving their fishing boats towards Sasebo Pier.

On the deck, the fishermen were having dinner. Although they caught a lot of fish on their fishing boat, their dinner was very simple, with some pickles and some mixed-flour steamed buns.

There was no rice, no rice balls, and they didn't dare eat the fish they caught because today's catch was not enough to be handed over.

Since the Japanese launched the war, they have banned ordinary people from eating white rice, which is what people later called rice. All the white rice was requisitioned and sent to the troops to become their food.

The Japanese implemented this policy not only in the occupied areas, but also in their own country.

The local Japanese implemented a material rationing system, and received a fixed ration every day. Those who helped the war would be given extra food.

If you want to eat well and have white rice, you have to join the army.

Moreover, the Japanese gendarmerie and police would regularly search the trash cans of Japanese civilians' homes. If they found fish bones or other meat bones, the civilians would be punished.

Even so, these Japanese people still fanatically supported the Japanese war actions.

This time, the Japanese began to recruit soldiers on a large scale, recruiting several million troops. The recruitment site was filled with civilians who were seeing off their children, constantly urging these Japanese to make meritorious deeds.

Just as these fishermen were eating their hard-to-swallow meals, someone suddenly pointed to the distant sky and said, "Look! Those are planes from the Empire!"

Upon hearing this, the Japanese on the boat immediately put down the food in their hands, stood up excitedly, and waved their hands at the plane.

Chapter 628: Army's Naval Base

"The Japanese on that ship seem to be greeting us!"

"I guess they mistook us for Japanese planes."

"How about giving them a welcome gift?"

"We're almost at the target area. Everyone, stay focused, fly low, and don't get distracted!"

"Roger that!"

"But the Japs are really fanatical. I originally thought their people were against the war and were all victims, but now it seems that none of them are innocent!"

"Innocent bullshit! I studied abroad in Japan. The Japanese people are enjoying the benefits of the war and are very fanatical. Although their lives have been a little difficult in the past two years, they believe that as long as they win the war, they will have a better life. They all support the invasion!"

"They all deserve to die!"

"..."

Sasebo base.

The Sasebo base was a base established by the Japanese in 1883. It was an extremely important troop deployment point for the Japanese, and later it was also the largest military base of the Americans in the Japanese.

The Japanese navy originally built a port here for traveling to and from Dalian, Lushun, Yantai, Qingdao and other places.

Later, the Japanese army also took a fancy to this place and built an army and navy base next to the Japanese navy base. Yes, it was an army and navy base.

A large number of army transport ships are docked here, which are specifically responsible for transporting personnel and equipment of the Japanese army.

In order to prevent the army from approaching their base, the Japanese navy even laid some mines in the central waters of the army naval base and their own naval base.

At this time, Sasebo Army and Naval Base.

Army transport ships are docking. Their mission this time is to transport planes and tanks from the Sasebo base to the peninsula. Some airports in Manchuria and the peninsula have been destroyed.

The flight distance is barely enough, but if intercepted by Li Yunlong's Air Force, there may be heavy losses. The only way is to ship it to the peninsula by sea first and regain air supremacy.

It was already dusk, and the transport ships had completed their preparations and planned to start work overnight. If they moved quickly, the first batch of transport ships would be able to set sail tomorrow morning.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a group of Japanese army soldiers looked at the sunset in the distance.

"The sunset is so beautiful!"

"Indeed, every time I see the sunset and sunrise over the sea, I think it's so beautiful!"

"After completing this mission, I should be able to rest for a few days."

"The peninsula is also a good place. We can have a good rest there!"

Hearing these words, several Japanese army soldiers smiled. They all understood what this "good place" meant.

At this moment, several Japanese soldiers suddenly discovered that a small black spot seemed to appear on the horizon in the direction where the setting sun was.

"what is that?"

"Looks like a plane, right?"

"Plane? Where did the plane come from?"

"Maybe it's a Navy plane. They've been training new pilots lately, with planes taking off and landing every day. I can't even get enough rest."

After hearing this, the Japanese soldiers began to curse the navy, especially pointing at the warning sign floating on the water that read "There are mines here."

"Those idiots in the navy!"

"really!"

"Agree!"

"..."

While the Japanese army was scolding the navy, the radar station of the Japanese naval base in Sasebo had actually discovered this suddenly appearing flying formation when the bomber formation was still more than 40 kilometers away from Sasebo.

Low-altitude penetration exploits the principle that the Earth is round. Radar waves propagate in a straight line, but beyond a certain distance, they miss the area below the Earth's arc. The visual arc distance is about five kilometers, but considering the altitude of the aircraft, this distance is generally around 40 to 50 kilometers.

Generally speaking, there is still plenty of time to discover an enemy 45 kilometers away and notify the aircraft to take off to meet the enemy. After all, the flying speed of aircraft in this era has not reached a few Machs, and it takes some time to fly 40 to 50 kilometers.

However, after the Japanese radar soldier discovered the suspicious target on the radar, he only told his companions about it.

"It must be the planes of those idiots in the Army. They've been appearing on our radar frequently lately, interfering with our work!"

"Indeed, these idiots spent so much money on building airplanes, but they couldn't even defend Manchuria. I heard another commander was arrested!"

Hearing this, the radar soldier beside him immediately became interested: "Isn't this the fifth commander who has been captured?"

"Who knows, maybe there are more, they just didn't report it!"

The Japanese navy is very happy to share gossip about the Japanese army, and the Japanese army is the same, they like to share some gossip about the navy.

Whenever something happens to the other side, the other side will definitely report it extensively and gloat over the misfortune.

Just like when Kazuo Shinozuka and Iwane Matsui were arrested, the Minister of the Navy said directly at the Imperial Conference: "If this continues, only junior officers will attend the Imperial Conference in the future." This sentence became a typical example of the Japanese Navy mocking the Army.

Now, whenever there is a conflict between the Japanese army and navy, whether it is ordinary soldiers or officers, the Japanese navy will definitely shout: "Soon, only lieutenant colonels in your army will be able to attend the imperial conference!"

This sentence usually has a fatal effect. The soldiers or officers of the army will run away muttering some incomprehensible words like "idiot".

"Maybe, but I heard that they recently lost Manchuria, and I heard that Li Yunlong's troops have..."

"Li Yunlong, I've heard his name before. Something like 'The Thorn of the Empire', 'The General Killer', 'The Fox of China'..."

"Yes, that's him..."

The two radar soldiers from the Japanese Navy radar station became happier and happier as they chatted. They didn't take the discovery of the plane seriously at all. They even felt that the "beeping" alarm sound was too annoying, so they turned off the alarm directly so that there would be no sound to affect their conversation.

At this time, the bomber formation had already entered the final distance in the air and could already see the land from the air.

"Location confirmed!"

"The navigation beacon shows that the Japanese Sasebo is ahead!"

"Can the target be visually confirmed?"