Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

At this time, the Northeast Bureau has begun to expand its business. In addition to the intelligence of the four eastern provinces, it has also begun to extend to the peninsula area. In addition, it has also begun to try to send personnel to the Japanese mainland to explore the intelligence of the Japanese mainland. However, so far, it has not achieved very good results.

However, the work in the peninsula area was carried out well. After all, there were many people from the peninsula in Li Yunlong's team.

Li Yunlong still hasn't given up his idea of ​​​​the peninsula region, so he is still secretly investigating some things in the peninsula region, but the situation is not very optimistic, as the national consciousness there is relatively strong.

In fact, Li Yunlong also thought of some methods, such as clearing out the people in these places or relocating them, but he eventually gave up because the gap between input and output was too large.

Unless it is possible to operate in areas like Laos, where there are only one or two million people in hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land, the population density in the peninsula is not low. If Li Yunlong does this, there will be a huge backlash.

The Northeast Bureau spent more than a day investigating the list of supplies that the Japanese had equipped during this mobilization.

After reading it, Li Yunlong and the others had already formed a judgment in their hearts: "It seems that they are not targeting us. Could it be the National Army?"

"It shouldn't be the Nationalist Army. If it were, they wouldn't be carrying so many heavy weapons this time."

According to intelligence from the Northeast Bureau, the Japanese mobilized at least ten newly formed divisions in the peninsula area this time.

These divisions carried large quantities of weapons and ammunition, boarded ships from several ports on the peninsula, and disappeared.

At first, Li Yunlong thought it was an action targeting him, such as going around to Gongqingcheng or from somewhere else, but after taking a look at the list of supplies, he knew that it was not aimed at him, because this group of Japanese troops did not carry a lot of heating equipment.

Now that winter has arrived in the Dongsi Province, if the Japanese want to carry out large-scale military operations in the Dongsi Province, they must carry some heating materials. However, this group of Japanese soldiers who set out did not carry any, so they definitely were not heading to the Dongsi Province area.

The remaining destinations are nothing more than the national army or Southeast Asia and other regions.

However, based on previous combat experience between the Japanese and the National Army, the Japanese would not carry too many logistical supplies and heavy weapons when fighting against the National Army.

Logistical supplies generally rely on looting, and heavy weapons are given up by the Japanese because they think some of their heavy weapons are too heavy. Among them, the Type 92 heavy machine gun is one of the weapons that the Japanese least like to carry.

So, excluding the four northeastern provinces and the National Army, the Japanese's destination this time is very simple, and the only thing left is Southeast Asia.

"It seems like the Japanese are preparing to fight to the death with the Americans in Southeast Asia and the Odalia region!"

Li Yunlong had already made a judgment in his mind at this time.

"The Japanese had previously fought a battle with the Americans in Odalia and won. This victory gave them a lot of confidence."

Li Yunlong was not too surprised by the Japanese's choice. After all, if he were a Japanese, he might make the same choice. The main reason was that the Japanese must think that they could not threaten their homeland, but the Americans were different. If they could not defeat the Americans, the Americans could really attack their homeland.

Moreover, the Americans' attack on the Japanese homeland is different from Li Yunlong's bombing. The Americans may land directly.

"Do you want to tell the Americans?"

Hearing Wu Yi Er's words, Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "I guess the Americans will know it soon, so there's no need for us to provide intelligence. However, we are allies, so we should still take some action!"

Li Yunlong smiled at this and said, "Our army needs to rest in the winter, but the air force doesn't. The bombers sent by the Americans have arrived, right?"

"We already entered Fengtian Airport yesterday!"

"Well, we can arrange for them to bomb the Japanese mainland. When the news comes, the news release will say that the Americans are bombing the Japanese mainland, and try not to mention us!"

Since the Japanese are preparing to fight to the death with the Americans in Southeast Asia, Li Yunlong plans to make the fire burn even more vigorously. It would be best if the Japanese can really implement the 100 million suicide plan.

"Yes!"

The Japanese were not slow in their actions. When faced with another gamble on the country's destiny, the Japanese showed their rare efficiency. In just one month, the army transport ships transported at least twenty divisions of Japanese soldiers into Southeast Asia.

The troops of these twenty divisions were assigned to various islands in Southeast Asia. Originally, the Japanese planned to transport them all to Odalia, but the Americans also reacted and sent a fleet to patrol the Odalia area, and all the Japanese ships were sunk.

In the end, the Japanese could only transport about five divisions to land in Odalia. These five divisions were added to Yamashita Tomoyuki's troops, and the Japanese general Tianhuang personally ordered Yamashita Tomoyuki to hold Odalia and wait for imperial reinforcements.

Yamashita Tomotake also began to take advantage of the terrain and built various defensive fortifications, waiting for the next American attack.

The remaining fifteen divisions were scattered across some islands around Odalia.

After landing on the island, the Japanese immediately began to dig various defensive fortifications and build field airports, preparing to settle here for a long time.

Later, several islands where the Americans landed were also occupied by Japanese troops. This time, the number of troops stationed there was larger, and they also brought civil engineering experts with them. They began to study the terrain and build defensive fortifications based on the terrain.

The Americans were not idle either. After the failure of the first landing battle, they summed up their experience and found that the failure of the previous landing operation was caused by the lack of firepower and armored forces of the landing troops.

So after two months of preparation, the second batch of American landing troops were ready for battle and launched the second landing operation towards Odalia.

Chapter 729 The Second Landing Operation

The US military's second landing operation was very well prepared and its scale was larger than the first.

With the experience of the first failure, the Americans took out all the landing craft and some amphibious tanks that they had prepared in advance.

These were the weapons that the Americans were preparing to open up a second front in Europe. In order to verify the reliability of the weapons, some of them were used on the Japanese.

The landing operation started during the day. The American transport ships began to lower landing craft in the early morning. At the same time, the ships on the sea also began to provide artillery support for the landing forces.

This time, the Americans learned their lesson and began to carry out full-scale, deep fire coverage.

Destroyers and some frigates carried out targeted clearance of the beachhead positions, while large-caliber heavy cruisers and battleships were responsible for shelling the rear of the beachhead positions.

At the same time, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier also began to provide cover, and the three-dimensional sea, land and air forces carried out a round of artillery bombardment on the beach area where the landing was to take place.

After this round of artillery fire coverage ended, the landing craft rushed to the beach. The first to rush out were not infantry, but amphibious tanks. These tanks used the waves and their own power to charge towards the beach. Following closely behind were American Marine infantry and army soldiers.

The first wave of attacking troops consisted of two regiments. They did not disperse, but instead concentrated their attack on a beach about three kilometers long.

After a round of artillery fire, there were not many Japanese left on the beachhead. The US military easily established a beachhead and began to transport a large amount of supplies to the beachhead.

Among the supplies transported by the Americans this time were a lot of armored forces. Less than two hours after the landing, a tank regiment was sent to the beachhead.

Then the Americans used this tank regiment as a base to expand their beachhead and launched an attack on Canberra.

At the same time, the subsequent landing forces of the United States included some engineering troops. They also learned from the experience of the previous landing operation. After taking the beachhead, they quickly began to build fortifications around the beachhead, dig trenches, and build artillery and machine gun positions to prevent the Japanese counterattack.

The Japanese still used the previous tactics, preparing to drive the American landing troops into the sea, but this time they suffered a devastating disaster at the beginning of the war. A large number of shells fell on the Japanese positions like raindrops.

The fortifications built by the Japanese were instantly turned into ruins, and the Japanese reserve troops deployed behind the first-line defense positions were ready to catch the US troops off guard when they had not yet established a firm foothold on the beach.

But before they could charge, they were covered by artillery fire and suffered heavy casualties. Then these people faced the American armored forces.

The Japanese defensive forces did not expect that there would be armored forces in the landing operation. They had no anti-tank weapons at all and were directly crushed by the American tanks.

By the time it got dark, the American army had occupied half of Canberra, and the fighting was still going on, ready to drive the Japanese out of Canberra in one fell swoop.

Two days later, the Americans successfully occupied Canberra and began to spread to other areas of Odalia with Canberra as the center. The Americans had already landed ten infantry divisions and one armored division in Odalia.

However, the Americans did not suffer any casualties when they landed in this battle, but during the urban fighting, more than 5,000 people were killed and about 8,000 Japanese soldiers were killed.

However, Odalia is very large. After the Japanese lost Canberra, they quickly strengthened the defenses of several other important cities.

"The Americans are making good progress. They've already started landing in Odalia!"

Li Yunlong looked at the contents of the telegram with a smile. He was not surprised that the Americans were able to win. After all, the Americans could crush the Japanese with just their industrial strength.

What Li Yunlong hoped was that the Japanese could consume more of the Americans before they died.

"Report, confidential telegram!"

Just when Li Yunlong was thinking about how to make the Japanese consume more of the Americans' energy.

Li Yunlong's confidential secretary delivered a telegram.

When Li Yunlong saw the number on the telegram, he knew it was from Kota Kotera. After reading the content, his eyes lit up.

Only Li Yunlong, Wu Yi Er, the Chief of Staff, and Zhao Gang were left in the room. They all knew Kotaro Kotaro's identity. Li Yunlong waved the telegram in his hand: "Kotaro Kotaro has been promoted again, to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army Headquarters. He has also been assigned the task of formulating a defense plan for Odalia."

Some time ago, Kota Kotera sent a telegram to Li Yunlong, telling him that he had been transferred back to his homeland, but his specific position was still unclear.

It was not until Kota Kotera returned to the Japanese homeland that he found out that he had been promoted directly from a division commander to the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff. Moreover, on his first day in office, Private First Class Tojo assigned him a task to formulate a combat plan for the troops stationed in the Odalia region.

The garrison commander of the Odalia region was none other than the superior of Kotaro Kotaro's superior, Yamashita Nobutake.

The challenge facing Kota Kotera was how to deal with the difficulties posed by Private First Class Tojo.

Kota Kodera was very clear that being given such an important task right after joining the company seemed to be a promotion, but in fact it was a difficulty, especially now that the Americans had successfully landed, and the US military would continue to land in Odalia. There was very little he could do at this time.

"Deputy Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army? Promoted so quickly?"

Wu Yi Er and others were a little surprised. They had some understanding of the official positions in the Japanese Army Headquarters. This position was definitely among the top ten positions in the Japanese Army.

The spy planted by Li Yunlong was actually able to get to this position on the Japanese side. In the future, Li Yunlong can easily obtain any combat plan of the Japanese.

"He hasn't even settled down yet. He still needs our help and advice to develop a defense plan to stop the American attack!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into deep thought. The Americans had already completed the landing and had air superiority. The Japanese were almost doomed to defeat in this battle.

"Disaster!"

The Chief of Staff shook his head and said, "The Japs don't have the corresponding armored forces. It will be difficult to drive the American troops back into the sea!"

"Indeed, if they hadn't landed, it wouldn't have been a problem. Now the US military has a beachhead and has recaptured Canberra, which gives them a rear base. There will be a steady stream of US troops landing in Odalia, and it's only a matter of time before the Japanese lose Odalia!"

Li Yunlong nodded in agreement and said, "It is indeed a matter of time, but what we need to do is to make the Americans waste as much time as possible in Odalia and Southeast Asia to buy time for us!"

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Chapter 730 Let the Japs Climb the Tree

Everyone present knew the reason why Li Yunlong did this, so they had no objection to cheating the Americans and began to offer suggestions.

"Attract the US troops to advance deep into the enemy territory, and then find a way to encircle and destroy part of the US troops, or surround and attack the reinforcements?"

The Chief of Staff muttered to himself as he looked at the map of Odalia in front of him.

"No, the Japanese don't have air superiority. This area is all plains, so their movements are easily discovered. The Americans won't necessarily go deep into the enemy territory alone, and their weapons and equipment are inferior to theirs. If they ambush the Americans, they will easily fall into their trap!"

"Well, most of these Japanese troops are soldiers from Type B divisions. Their combat effectiveness is different from that of the previous Type A divisions. They're fine in a favorable situation when fighting the Americans, but if the situation reaches a stalemate, they might..."

"Prepare for a battle, use our superior numbers to annihilate the American troops that have landed first?"

"It's the same old problem. We don't have air superiority. Several divisions haven't even finished assembling yet, and the Americans have already discovered us. Furthermore, they have aircraft carriers and battleships at sea, so choosing a location for the decisive battle is difficult. The Americans are now attacking along the coastline, not penetrating deep into the enemy territory, and are preparing to drive the Japanese into the desert!"

"..."

The group discussed for a long time but could not come to a good conclusion. The main reason was that the Americans had a huge advantage in equipment and the terrain was also very favorable to them. It was too difficult to drive the Americans into the sea.

"Li Yunlong, you have a lot of clever ideas. Do you have any good ideas?"

Just when everyone was at a loss, Wu Yi Er looked at the silent Li Yunlong and suddenly spoke.

"I have a solution that is not a solution."