Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Since the Japs have taken action, it's time for us to take action too. How are the preparations going over at Tashan?"

The defense of the Tashan position is now under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Corps. The commander of the Fourth Corps is Jiang Shou. Half of the troops are veterans, belonging to the Chahar Column of Shen Quan, and the other half are new recruits.

However, during this period, the new recruits were rotated into the frontline positions of the Tashan position and had sporadic exchanges of fire with the Japanese army.

Although he has not yet fully grown into a veteran, he has experienced low-intensity wars and has a certain level of combat effectiveness.

"The helicopter unit is ready. Intelligence personnel have provided the location of the Japanese headquarters, but it is unclear whether there is a basement inside."

After hearing this, Li Yunlong glanced at Huludao on the map and asked, "The bombing of Huludao has stopped for a month, right?"

"Almost. For the past month, our air force has been carrying out air strikes on airfields around the Japanese army, ensuring that the airfields in the Japanese-controlled areas cannot operate normally."

The Chief of Staff sighed and said, "However, our intelligence personnel reported that the Japanese have built several more airports in the Far East. We haven't found their exact locations yet..."

"It's okay. Let's have all the troops prepare for air defense. The Japanese are an industrial nation after all, and they still have some resources. This period of time is enough for them to mobilize a lot of aircraft!"

It would take time to completely suppress the Japanese Army Aviation in the air, mainly because Li Yunlong had too few fighter jets, especially those with excellent performance.

Fortunately, Stilwell had already received news that the United States would transfer a batch of technology to Li Yunlong.

But Li Yunlong needed to agree to some of their conditions, and Li Yunlong agreed without thinking.

Unfortunately, it is not the technology of the Hellcat fighter, but the technology of the P38 Lightning fighter.

However, for Li Yunlong, the P38 was just a transitional product. Tupolev had already begun designing the jet fighter that Li Yunlong wanted, but it would take time. The P38 might be at a disadvantage against the Japanese Navy's Zero fighter, but it would be enough to deal with the Japanese Army's fighters.

In addition, Li Yunlong also drew a rough appearance drawing of the Pangzhu A10 and handed it to Tupolev.

It is expected that the first simplified version of the modified Pangzhu will be available within two years. This aircraft is a gift specially prepared by Li Yunlong for the United States. When the Peninsula War comes, he will let the United States taste the power of the can opener.

"Send a telegram to the Third Corps, have them begin preparations according to the established tactics and launch the attack tonight!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, in Huludao, the Japanese Sixth Army Headquarters.

Nozoe Masatoku received a telegram from Terauchi Morikazu.

"Are you finally going to fight back?"

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Nozoe Changde was very excited. He had been reprimanded by the headquarters for his ineffective attack and was even removed from his position as commander of the Sixth Army.

However, after Terauchi Morikazu took over as commander of the Kwantung Army, he reinstated Nozoe Masanobu as commander of the Sixth Army.

It’s not that Morikazu Terauchi has any relationship with Masanori Nozoe, but because Morikazu Terauchi really has no one else to use.

The Kwantung Army headquarters was wiped out, and a large number of senior officers were killed or captured alive. Terauchi Mori could only find a tall man from among the short ones to use temporarily, and then make adjustments after he was familiar with the abilities of the various generals of the Kwantung Army.

The Sixth Army encountered a resolute resistance from Shen Quan's troops at Lianshan River. After losing nearly two divisions, it was basically deadlocked with Shen Quan's Chahar Column near Lianshan River.

Some time ago, we received orders from Terauchi Morikazu and launched several tentative attacks, but there has been no further action since then.

Nozoe Changde always wanted to wash away the shame on him and asked to fight many times, but was suppressed every time.

Today he received a telegram from Terauchi Moriichi, along with a battle plan.

After reading the battle plan, Nozoe Changde was very excited. He knew that his chance for revenge had come!

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Chapter 682: Armed Helicopter Squadron Deployed

"Order the 29th, 37th, 43rd, 46th, and 82nd Divisions to move to Huludao Port!"

"Order the 85th and 89th Divisions to attack the Lianshan River position!"

"Hayi!"

After a brief excitement, Nozoe Changde quickly calmed down and began to arrange combat tasks.

According to the battle plan sent by Terauchi Morikazu, a transport ship will arrive at Huludao Port tonight.

At that time, the five divisions of the Sixth Army will board the transport ships and land directly from Yingkou, so that they can bypass the Tashan defense line and directly attack Fengtian.

"Shen Quan, let's see what you can do this time!"

Nozoe Changde clenched his fists. He could imagine the surprised expression on Shen Quan's face when his troops landed in Yingkou and appeared in Jinzhou.

At this time in Jinzhou City.

Chief Jiang has received Li Yunlong's telegram.

"Li Yunlong has ordered us to proceed with the attack as planned! How are the troops preparing?"

After hearing that they could attack, Shen Quan's face showed excitement: "Everything is ready, the soldiers are holding their breath, waiting for the order to attack!"

"That's fine. Notify the artillery division directly under them and fire all the three base rounds of ammunition they have prepared at the enemy's frontline positions to clear the way for the armored forces to advance!"

"Yes!"

"Order the helicopter troops to launch an attack on Huludao after dark!"

"Yes!"

The helicopter unit was secretly mobilized to Jinzhou Airport half a month ago and conducts night flight exercises every day.

The straight-line distance between Jinzhou and Huludao is only about 50 kilometers, and it only takes 20 minutes to fly there by helicopter.

The first group of helicopter pilots were currently in their conference room, studying attack tactics.

"After we enter Huludao, the intelligence personnel lurking in Huludao will give us ground guidance and fire flares. We need to fire all the ammunition in a short period of time!"

"Captain, what if, I mean, the worst-case scenario, our intelligence personnel are unable to provide guidance on the ground?"

"We need to consider that Unit 1 will carry four flares. If we can't locate the ground target, we'll fire the flares!"

After hearing this, the crew of Unit 1 quickly wrote it down: "No problem."

"Then……"

At this moment, a staff officer entered the conference room with a telegram: "Captain, good news! The Corps Headquarters has ordered us to launch an attack on the Japanese in Huludao immediately after dark according to the established plan!"

Hearing this, everyone became excited. Since their establishment, they had never carried out any combat missions except training.

All the soldiers of the armed helicopter flight brigade have long wanted to show their skills on the battlefield, but there have been no combat missions.

It has been half a month since I came to Jinzhou. Every day I do simulation training and flight training.

I originally thought that they might not be needed this time, but I didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly.

"Comrades, do you all hear that? We have a combat mission. This is our armed helicopter brigade's first real combat mission. Only success is allowed, failure is not. Do you hear me?"

"Yes!"

"Very good, continue simulating an offensive plan to ensure tonight's attack is foolproof!"

"Yes!"

Above the Lianshanhe position.

Zhang Taofang, who had been promoted to platoon leader, lay on the river bank, motionless in a camouflage suit made of weeds.

The observer next to him was observing the Japanese on the other side of the river with a telescope, but he couldn't find a target after searching for a long time.

"Platoon leader, it seems the Japs didn't go out today!"

At this time, Zhang Taofang had been promoted to platoon leader and failed to break the kill record set by Xizi when he was the squad leader.

Zhang Taofang didn't say anything. There was stubbornness on his young face. He squinted his eyes and looked at the other side of the river, trying to find the Japanese.

At this moment, there was a slight noise behind him. Zhang Taofang quickly turned the muzzle of his gun and found that a soldier was approaching them not far away.

"Platoon leader, the regimental commander has ordered us to withdraw to our position. The troops are about to launch an attack!"

Hearing this, Zhang Taofang glanced at the observer beside him and said, "You retreat first, I'll cover you!"

After the observer retreated a distance, Zhang Taofang retreated cautiously.

During this period, Zhang Taofang killed more than 40 Japanese soldiers, but it was still a long way from the number killed when Xizi was the platoon leader. So Zhang Taofang would bring observers to the front line of the position every day to look for Japanese soldiers, and occasionally he would encounter some Japanese soldiers who came to the front line to observe.

In addition to Zhang Taofang, there are also some snipers at the front of Lianshanhe position.

Now each regiment of Li Yunlong's army is equipped with at least one sniper platoon. These snipers will be scattered around various positions during combat, responsible for sniping and killing some valuable targets of the Japanese.

Moreover, based on later experience, Li Yunlong equipped these snipers with observers early on and also taught Xizi the concept of ghillie suits.

Although there is no way to produce the kind of camouflage that can blend into the environment in later generations,

However, they can use things they find around them to camouflage themselves, such as weeds, branches, etc.

These snipers made the Japanese suffer terribly, and they could be shot to death if they were not careful.

The Japanese also thought about sending out sharpshooters to counterattack, but the snipers in Li Yunlong's troops were all trained by Xizi, and were equipped with sniper scopes and observers, so their equipment was better than that of the Japanese sharpshooters.

After the Japanese had hundreds of their sharpshooters killed, they gave up the idea of ​​sniping from the middle gate and could only order their soldiers to keep their bodies low and not show their heads when moving.

At this time, behind the Lianshanhe position was the artillery division directly under the Fourth Corps.

Mountain cannons, field cannons, and sixteen large-caliber heavy artillery have all been deployed.

The artillerymen quickly adjusted the muzzle, and the ammunition handlers quickly stuffed shells into the barrel, and then inserted the primer.

"Cannon number one is ready!"

"Cannon number two is ready!"

"Cannon number three is ready!"

"..."

After the last gun locked all the parameters, the artillery commander looked at his watch and saw that there was still about one minute left before the scheduled time.

He stared at the second hand on his watch, waiting for the agreed time to come.

In front of the artillery division, the 2nd Armored Division had completed its assembly, and its tanks were waiting for the order to attack.

"beat!"

When the seconds skipped past twelve, the artillery division commander gave an order, and the flag bearer on the artillery position lowered the red flag in his hand.