Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

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Chapter 370 The Severe Situation in the Four Eastern Provinces

"Old Zhao, you guys miss me so much!"

After seeing Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong jumped off his horse and gave Zhao Gang a bear hug.

Then he took a closer look at his old partner. He was less than 30 years old, but he already looked to have white hair and more wrinkles.

Unlike Li Yunlong, he has been in a good mood during this period at the rear headquarters and looks a lot younger.

"Old Li, I haven't seen you for over half a year. I hope you're doing well. You look a lot younger."

"Of course I am having a good time. I am attending my teacher's classes and playing basketball. It's very beautiful."

Li Yunlong recalled the days he spent with his husband at the rear headquarters, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily. It was worth it for two lifetimes.

"Welcome back!"

Led by Lao Zhao, a group of people applauded Li Yunlong. After Li Yunlong gave everyone a bear hug one by one, he led the team into Arshan.

At that time, Arshan was very small, not even a county town. The low city walls and fences were no different from each other, and taller war horses could jump over them.

This place used to be a gathering place for nomadic people. There were no city walls, only some yurts and tents.

Later, with the chaos in the Central Plains, many people fled here and began to build houses, gradually forming a village and a town, which has now developed into a small city.

Later, after the Japanese arrived, they stationed troops here and built a railway station. The population gradually increased to about 5,000 people. A Japanese border guard team was previously stationed here.

When Zhao Gang led his troops to arrive, he directly wiped out the Japanese infantry battalion, and then set up camp in the mountains next to Arshan City.

"Let's not talk about the past for now, let's talk about the current situation."

It is already March, and the entire north has begun to recover. It is also the most suitable time of the year for human activities in the four provinces of the east and the west.

"There was originally a Japanese border guard unit in Arxan, but we wiped it out. We used the captured radio to keep in touch with the Japanese headquarters. Reconnaissance planes came over several times, but found nothing unusual."

"We have made contact with the Russian 17th Army stationed in Outer Mongolia, and the situation is not very ideal."

The 17th Army of the Soviet Union is affiliated to the Baikal Military District of the Soviet Union, and is composed of the 36th Motorized Rifle Division, the 57th Motorized Rifle Division, and the 61st Tank Division.

In addition, there are two fighter divisions, a bomber division and an aviation mixed division.

The number of people is about 30,000.

The commander of the 17th Army was Lieutenant General Prokofy Logvinovich Romanenko.

"Tell me the situation in detail."

Zhao Gang organized his words and said, "I personally went to the headquarters of the 17th Group Army and met with their commander, Lieutenant General Romanenko. I made some requests for assistance, but that Russian Lieutenant General refused."

"Is this Lieutenant General called Prokofy Logvinovich Romanenko?"

Zhao Gang thought about it for a moment and nodded uncertainly, "It seems to be called this."

"Then don't worry about him. I'll take care of the rest."

I still have some impression of this Russian general Li Yunlong, because two months later, that is, in May, he was transferred from the 17th Army, and then became the commander of the Russian first tank army, the 3rd Tank Army, and was transferred to the eastern front of Europe to participate in the Battle of Kursk.

This was the largest battle in the world involving the largest number of tanks, and the 3rd Tank Army was one of the main forces of the Soviet Union in this battle.

Because Romanenko was the commander of the Soviet Union's first tank army, Li Yunlong had the opportunity to see his introduction.

He supports the bearded man, so Li Yunlong has no intention of winning him over. It is difficult to drag such a person into the water because he has to consider his own future.

Instead, the person who should succeed him is Major General Anton Gastilovich, who can become a breakthrough for Li Yunlong.

Anton Gastilovich was one of the survivors of the Great Purge, which alone shows that he could be won over and corrupted.

"What's the situation in the four eastern provinces?"

"The situation in the four eastern provinces is worse than we thought. The anti-Japanese forces in the four eastern provinces are now much weaker than before. Several generals have sacrificed their lives."

When he said this, Lao Zhao's voice became a little low.

Li Yunlong took out his cigarettes and passed them around one by one: "Tell me about it in detail."

The Chief of Staff took out a document and said, "Let me explain the details."

"This is the intelligence sent back by our advance team."

"In order to deal with the Anti-Japanese United Army, the Japanese relocated all the villages in the four eastern provinces and merged them into villages."

The so-called merging of villages means gathering all the villages that were originally scattered in various areas of the Northeast and turning them into villages or concentrated villages.

These villages and concentrated villages were surrounded by wooden fences and had only one entrance and exit. The Japanese and the puppet Manchukuo army were responsible for standing guard at this entrance and exit. Permits were required to enter and exit, and the gate would be closed at night.

The most important thing is that these villages and concentrated villages will have some artillery towers or bunkers built, and they are all built on the main roads or next to the railways. Once they are attacked, the Japanese army can quickly come to reinforce.

This directly caused the anti-Japanese forces that wanted to fight guerrilla warfare to lose the support of the masses and also cut off the guerrillas' food supply.

In addition, in order to consolidate their occupation of the four northeastern provinces, the Japanese built 12,000 kilometers of railways in the four northeastern provinces. There was a military station every few dozen miles, where the Japanese and puppet troops were stationed.

In addition to these large military depots, there are small outposts and patrols every few kilometers along the railway, checking everyone they meet.

In fact, the Japanese had also planned to implement this method in the Taihang Mountains and other areas, but it failed because the terrain of the Taihang Mountains was too complicated. However, due to the terrain reasons of the four northeastern provinces and the fact that the Japanese occupied them in 1931, they had plenty of time to complete the plan bit by bit, and eventually forced the Anti-Japanese United Army into a desperate situation.

"In addition to returning villages to their own villages, the Japanese started implementing the collective responsibility system in 1939. If someone provided assistance to the Anti-Japanese United Army, all their blood relatives would be punished. Even if they gave a steamed bun, their immediate family members would be shot. However, if they took the initiative to report the incident, they would not be guilty."

"So many ordinary people, fearing they would be implicated, would keep an eye on others and proactively provide intelligence to the Japanese."

After hearing this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh. The four eastern provinces had been ruled by the Japanese for so many years, and the high-pressure rule over the four eastern provinces was not something ordinary people could imagine.

Most people in the four eastern provinces live a precarious life. In order to survive, many people have to...

"In addition, the Japanese also set up a large number of outposts in the mountains. These outposts are staffed by security teams or puppet troops. If they find anyone moving in the mountains, they will sound the alarm. Our advance group reported that there are even such outposts in some deep mountains."

Chapter 371 Northeast Situation

The terrain of the Northeast is different from that of Shanxi Province. To the east of the Greater Khingan Range is the vast Northeast Plain, an endless plain that has become the main obstacle to the development of the guerrillas in the four eastern provinces.

There are few shelters on the plains, so the Japanese reconnaissance planes, cars, and tanks can quickly attack and lock onto the guerrillas' positions.

The guerrillas were poorly equipped. Once they encountered a large force of the Japanese, there was no terrain for them to maneuver. They could only fight the Japanese to the death. Due to the disadvantages in equipment and weapons, they eventually shed blood on the black soil.

As for tunnel warfare, forget it. Half of the land in the four eastern provinces is frozen all year round. It is impossible to play tunnel warfare because digging a hole is too difficult.

In addition to these things, the Japanese also enslaved and ruled the four northeastern provinces for more than ten years, establishing various means including the New People's Association system, brainwashing of loyalty and bravery, and slave-like education.

The Xinminhui system is somewhat similar to the maintenance association system in Shanxi Province. A president is elected in each area. Most of these presidents are landlords or traitors. They are responsible for helping the devils monitor the people in this area and report any disturbance immediately.

In order to gain merit, some of the presidents of the New People's Association required the people to open their windows when they slept at night, so that they or the Japanese soldiers could observe the situation inside the house during patrol.

In the four eastern provinces, at night, the windows were open, which made many people miserable.

They wanted to resist but had no way to do so. If they wanted to connect with others, they might be reported. If they wanted to join a team to fight the Japanese, they might be caught in the Japanese's tight net and killed before they could find a team, and their families would suffer as well.

The so-called loyalty and bravery meant that the Japanese forced all the people in the four northeastern provinces to participate in the action of supporting Manchukuo, to offer sacrifices to the Japanese shrine tablets, and then to pay tribute to these tablets every morning.

By 1941, the Japanese economy began to show signs of collapse, and they began to exploit the four northeastern provinces more cruelly, and their rule and exploitation of the people in the four northeastern provinces became more severe.

Starting from 1941, the Japanese invaders implemented food control in the four northeastern provinces. A family had only more than 100 kilograms of food left for the winter. The winter in the four northeastern provinces was particularly long, and many people could not survive the winter.

The last is the slave education. After more than ten years of propaganda and education, the devil's slave education has achieved certain results. Some young people have received the devil's slave education since childhood. When they grow up, they begin to believe the devil's propaganda and then join the devil's puppet army or the Loyal and Brave Team.

The Loyal and Brave Team here is a team formed by the Japanese devils among the people in the four northeastern provinces to fight against the Anti-Japanese United Army or other anti-Japanese forces. The people must participate, otherwise they will be shot.

However, even in such a harsh environment, the people of the four northeastern provinces still did not give up their resistance, and anti-Japanese teams were still active among the white mountains and black waters.

In addition to the Anti-Japanese United Army, there were many other anti-Japanese forces active in the four northeastern provinces, including various volunteer armies, national salvation associations, and guerrillas. As soon as the Japanese wiped out one guerrilla force, a new one would soon emerge.

This situation continued until 1941. By 1942, the anti-Japanese situation in the four northeastern provinces had fallen into a trough or even reached a freezing point, and even the Anti-Japanese United Army had to retreat to the Soviet Union for rest and recuperation.

After listening to the Chief of Staff's introduction to the situation in the four eastern provinces, Li Yunlong thought for a moment and asked, "What is the current situation of the advance group?"

"The advance team has entered the Greater Khingan Range and has drawn up a map to cross it."

After that, he took out a hand-drawn map. Li Yunlong looked at the map in front of him, thought for a moment and said, "Have you carefully checked the nearby mountains to see if there are any Japanese troops stationed there?"

"In the nearby mountains?"

The chief of staff and the others couldn't help but feel puzzled. They looked at each other and shook their heads, saying, "We conducted a quick inspection of the nearby mountains and found no Japanese troops stationed there. We didn't find anything unusual."

"There's none?"

Li Yunlong frowned. There was another reason why Li Yunlong chose Arshan, which was that there was a secret base of the Japanese, or a secret warehouse of the Kwantung Army.

This warehouse contains a large amount of supplies, including but not limited to weapons and ammunition, food, gold, gasoline supplies, etc.

It was a secret base built by the Japanese after the Battle of Nomonhan. It was a logistics warehouse base prepared by the Japanese to prevent sudden attacks from the Soviet Union and to fight guerrilla warfare if they could not resist it head-on.

Moreover, there was a Japanese division stationed in that logistics warehouse, which seemed to be the 107th Division.

The later legend that there was a treasure trove of the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Greater Khingan Range also originated from the 107th Division, because after the Japanese surrendered, this division ran into the Greater Khingan Range and disappeared for a few days.

Some people said that they hid the treasures looted by the Japanese in the mountains, while others said that they were transferring some important supplies.

In fact, it is not that mysterious. Does the Kwantung Army have a treasure trove? Yes, it does. It is just the war supplies prepared by the Kwantung Army to prevent the Soviet Union from attacking them.

There should be four such reserve bases in the entire Greater Khingan Range. Li Yunlong knows two of them. In the vast land of the four eastern provinces, there are a total of seventeen such fortresses. The most famous one should be the Dongning Fortress.

Li Yunlong knew that there were a lot of weapons and ammunition stored in these two places, which could arm a force of tens of thousands of people, and the food could also be used by a force of tens of thousands of people for one or two years. After all, the Japanese had also prepared according to this standard.

"Look carefully, there should be some Japanese soldiers!"

Li Yunlong glanced at the map, and recalled in his mind the long underground project he had visited in later generations. However, due to the changes of the times, decades of development, etc., the terrain was completely different from now.

"Have you made contact with the Anti-Japanese United Army?"

"We've already made contact, and the comrades over there have already sent people to our side."

"Notify me when you arrive. This is the appointment letter the gentleman gave me. Send someone to deliver it to the Anti-Japanese United Army and tell them to find a way to return to the team. They don't have to stay with the Russians anymore!"

Li Yunlong did not like the Russians. Although they had a sweet period of relationship in later life, it was also because of the international environment and interests. There are only interests but no friends between countries. This is very important.

Li Yunlong disliked the Mao Bear's troops even more. An important reason why Li Yunlong was anxious to control the four northeastern provinces was to prevent the Mao Bear's troops from having an excuse to move south.

Once the Russian troops enter the four eastern provinces, not only will all the machinery and equipment be emptied, but the people of the four eastern provinces will also suffer.