Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Although Ambassador Mao described the incident in detail, the Japanese First Division was destroyed in Arshan, and Japanese reconnaissance planes discovered traces of Mao's troops' activities, and demanded an explanation from Mao.

But the bearded man took the devil's words as a provocation. Why should he explain to the devil his actions?

"Ask the 17th Army for details and have the Far East Army assemble immediately!"

In the eyes of the bearded man, the Japanese had no credibility at all. The Pearl Harbor incident showed their true nature. They sent an envoy to declare war an hour before the attack. This was not something a country with credibility would do.

In Big Beard's opinion, there must be a reason why the Russian troops appeared in Arshan, but the Japanese made such a fuss just to find an excuse to declare war on them.

"Do they really think they can defeat us with De San's help? That's just wishful thinking!"

Since the U.S. military entered the war, Big Beard has finally let go of his worries. He was very happy when talking to Big Pipe, and has begun to study the formulation of the post-war world order.

Although fighting on three fronts is somewhat stretched, Big Beard is confident that he can win a quick victory in the Far East.

"Order Apanasenko, if the Japanese troops dare to cross the border, immediately give them the heaviest blow!"

At this point, the bearded man paused and said, "If there is a chance to capture some areas of the four eastern provinces, take them immediately and make the occupied areas our territory!"

The Soviet Union was coveting the land of the four northeastern provinces, especially Lushun and Dalian, two natural good ports and ice-free ports. These could make up for the Soviet Union's weakness of having no ice-free ports in the Pacific region and would be conducive to the vigorous development of the Pacific Fleet.

"At the same time, send a telegram to the Japanese ambassador. If the Japanese want to start a war, then start a war!"

"Yes!"

Zhukov, who was in Moscow at this time, rushed to the bearded man's office.

"You've arrived just in time. Take a look at these telegrams."

Zhukov quickly read the telegram and organized his words. "We must be tough in dealing with the Japanese. If we give in, the Japanese will immediately take advantage of us. I fully agree with your order. We should fight back forcefully."

Hearing Zhukov's words, the bearded man nodded with satisfaction and said, "If we fight on three fronts, can our logistics keep up?"

For the Soviet Union, the biggest problem in starting a war in the Far East was logistics and supply. There was only one Trans-Siberian Railway, and it was a one-way railway, so the logistical pressure was very great. During the Battle of Nomonhan, the Soviet Union mobilized all the resources in the Far East to defeat the Japanese.

"There are indeed some logistical problems, but I believe the US military will not sit idly by. We need to tell the US military this news. I think they will help us solve the logistical problems, at least they will help us solve the logistical problems on the European battlefield!"

After the US military entered the war, the Soviet Union's logistical problems were greatly improved. The main reason was that the US military's supplies were continuously delivered to the Soviet Union through the Arctic Ocean and other regions.

“Will they have any objections?”

"They have no choice!"

Zhukov said confidently: "Right now on the European battlefield, Germany is still planning a large-scale battle. We speculate that it will be in the Stalingrad area. The US military's war mobilization has not yet ended. If they don't want Germany to win, they must support us with all their strength.

"And the Japs don't necessarily dare to start a war against us. We're fighting on three fronts. If they start a war with us, they'll also be fighting on three fronts. Their elite troops have been decimated on the Chinese battlefield. Our think tank estimates that the Japs now have less than 300,000 elite troops left!"

The bearded man nodded in approval, agreeing with Zhukov's statement.

Many people in later generations said that if it were not for the US military's mushroom eggs, the War of Resistance Against Japan might have continued for several more years. They felt that the domestic anti-Japanese battlefield had no effect at all and that victory was achieved thanks to the Americans. This is complete nonsense.

The elite troops of the Japanese were almost all consumed on the domestic battlefield. From 1937 to 1942, almost all of the regular Type A divisions were replaced. By the time they arrived at the Pacific battlefield, their combat effectiveness was not much different from that of the Type B divisions.

At that time, even if the Americans did not intervene, the Japanese would not be able to hold out for long. The worst result would be that they would be able to recover the entire territory, but they would not be able to cause a blow to the Japanese homeland. After all, the Japanese fleet had no way to enter the inland.

"If that's the case, let's see if they have the courage to go to war with us!"

With Zhukov's support, the bearded man became more confident in his decision-making.

Soon, the order from the bearded man reached the Far Eastern Military Region. After receiving the order, the commander of the Russian Far Eastern Military Region, Apanasenko, immediately began to assemble troops. The various troops of the Far Eastern Military Region began to assemble towards the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok, Komsomolsk-on-Amur and other areas.

At the same time, Ambassador Mao also delivered the order from the bearded man to the Japanese headquarters: "If you want to start a war, we are here for you at any time!"

"idiot!"

After seeing this reply, Tojo Hideki couldn't help but get furious. The Russian bear was really too arrogant.

The Russian ambassador gave him Moscow's response, which was just a simple sentence: If you want to fight, then fight!

Although Tojo Hideki really wanted to order the entire army to attack immediately, his reason told him that the empire absolutely could not fight on three fronts now.

The empire’s top priority now should be to move south. If a war breaks out with the Russians, it will affect the entire strategic deployment of the Japanese.

"Order the Kwantung Army to remain alert, do not act rashly, and wait for orders from headquarters!"

"Hai!"

At the same time, in the Arshan Fortress.

Li Yunlong also received the information.

"The Japanese and the Russians are facing off?"

After reading the intelligence, Li Yunlong touched his chin and began to think.

The Japanese Kwantung Army and the Far East Army cannot just confront each other. At the very least, they have to make the two armies fight each other until they are stupid enough to have a chance.

"Order……"

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I got home at one o'clock. I drank quite a bit of wine and wrote this while half drunk and half awake. I'll make up for today's update tomorrow morning! ~Thank you for your understanding.

Chapter 415: Siberian Issue

"Order Zhang Dabiao to immediately lead his troops into the Siberian region and release all prisoners in the Siberian labor camps!"

When Li Yunlong learned that the Russians and the Japanese had begun a confrontation, he knew that his chance had come.

This is the best time to sow discord between the Japanese and the Russians, and also the best opportunity to prompt the Japanese to take action against Siberia.

Some people may think that Siberia is all permafrost. Although there are a lot of resources, they are difficult to mine. The Russians themselves don’t mine them, so what do the Japanese want to do with these places?

In fact, the reason why Russia did not exploit Siberian resources was not because of the difficulty in mining, but because of the difficulty in transportation.

The main core area of ​​the Russian bear is in the European continent. The cost of transporting the resources mined in Siberia to Moscow and other places via the Trans-Siberian Railway is too high.

That is why Russia does not easily exploit Siberia's resources, but only chooses to exploit some resources that are in urgent need or have restricted imports.

After all, sometimes it is more cost-effective to buy resources directly than to mine them in Siberia.

But the Japanese are different. Siberia is far away from the Russian homeland, but very close to the Japanese homeland.

Siberia's oil fields, natural gas, steel, copper mines, gold and even forests are all resources that the Japanese desperately need. The transportation costs of the bears are high, while the Japanese have low transportation costs. As long as they can occupy Siberia,

The Japanese could immediately organize millions of people from the four northeastern provinces and the peninsula to go to Siberia to build railways and mine. After all, these were not Japanese civilians, so if they died, they died.

These resources excavated by the people of the four eastern provinces and the peninsula can be used to feed back to the Japanese and help them out of their predicament.

The most important thing is that the railways in the four eastern provinces are now very developed. If Siberia can be occupied, the Japanese can build railways next to the Siberian mines.

Once a truckload of ore is dug out, it can be directly transported to the four eastern provinces for processing.

This is also the reason why Siberia is uninhabited but the Japanese are still salivating over it.

The reason why the Russian Bear is eyeing the four northeastern provinces is because it knows very well that if it can take over the four northeastern provinces, it will not only gain the two seaports of Lushun and Dalian, but also the 30 million people of the four northeastern provinces.

With this population, the Russians can carry out large-scale development of Siberia.

To sum it up in one sentence, the four northeastern provinces have population and Siberia has resources. The Japanese want to use the population of the four northeastern provinces to develop Siberia's resources, and the Russians do the same, so both sides will not give up an inch in Siberia.

Whoever gets the two regions of the Four Eastern Provinces and Siberia will see their strength increase rapidly.

At this time, behind the Lesser Khingan Mountains, Zhang Dabiao emerged from a cave, wrapped himself tightly in a cotton-padded jacket, looked up at the sky and said, "It's already March and it's still so cold. Didn't they say summer is coming?"

Feng Xinye, the guard beside him, smiled and said, "Captain, the whole mountain is thawing now, so of course it's cold. In two months, when most of the snow on the mountain has melted, the weather will start to warm up."

"It'll take another two months!"

Zhang Dabiao shook his head and stretched his body. At this time, the staff officer came over and said, "Captain, the commander has sent a telegram."

"Give me!"

Zhang Dabiao was a little excited. Since the advance team entered the four eastern provinces, they had been busy drawing various maps and exploring the surrounding terrain, and had not had any combat missions.

Although there were occasional exchanges of fire with the Japanese, they were all small-scale battles.

A few days ago, Zhang Dabiao heard that the headquarters had wiped out the Japanese First Division, which made Zhang Dabiao itchy. He wanted to find a Japanese regiment to compete with and see how strong the Japanese Kwantung Army was.

It’s a pity that Li Yunlong never gave him any orders, and Zhang Dabiao had no chance.

"Let's sneak into Siberia and rescue the people who were imprisoned in the labor camp by the Russians according to the map and release them."

After seeing this telegram, Zhang Dabiao frowned. Although he didn't understand Li Yunlong's purpose, he quickly returned to the cave and spread out the map.

The advance group has sent troops into Siberia to investigate the situation. The locations of some of the labor camps that Li Yunlong knows were discovered by the advance group.

"Call everyone to a meeting. Let's see how to carry out the commander's order."

"Yes!"

Soon, all the commanders of the first battalion of the advance regiment gathered in the cave.

"Everyone, take a look. This is the order the commander has given us. What do you think we should do?"

Zhang Dabiao hung up a simple map of Siberia.

Although this map is somewhat simple, it also marks out important cities in Siberia and some key Russian outposts.

"Let's release all the people from the labor camps. Aren't these people the former landlords of the Mao Bear and some people who opposed Stalin?"

The political commissar of the advance group, Liang Zhengping (formerly the instructor of the first detachment), was somewhat puzzled.

"Recently, the Japanese and the Russians have been facing off near Jiamusi. Tensions are high and war could break out at any moment. The commander wants to start a fire!"

As the person who knows Li Yunlong best, although Zhang Dabiao doesn't know the reason, he can guess Li Yunlong's purpose.

Hearing this, Liang Zhengping slapped his head and said with sudden enlightenment: "So that's it."

"Lao Liang, do you know the reason?"

Everyone turned their attention to Liang Zhengping. Old Liang nodded and said, "If the commander wants to get the Japanese and the Russians into a fight, then it's easy to guess his purpose in having us release those people from the labor camps."

"The commander wants to cause chaos in Siberia!"

"The people held in these labor camps are all White Bandits and those who have a problem with Stalin. If they were released, they would definitely cause chaos!"

"By then, the Mao Bear troops' rear will be in chaos, and the Japanese will not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"As long as there's chaos in the rear of the Russian bear, the Japanese will definitely pounce."

After listening to Liang Zhengping's analysis, everyone suddenly understood.