Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

The current commander-in-chief of the Siberian Front is Ningji Okamura.

The old Japanese soldier, Ningji Okamura, originally took over the position of commander-in-chief of the North China Expeditionary Army after Tada Shun left.

However, as the situation on the battlefield began to change, the old devil Okamura was transferred from the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army to the commander-in-chief of the Siberian Front.

And Ningji Okamura's headquarters was in Chita.

In the command center, Ningji Okamura kept looking at the battle reports sent back from the front line.

"Report, a telegram has been sent from the 4th Division and the 1st Army. Our tank unit has been defeated, and the remaining 60 or so tanks are retreating to the rear!"

"Were we defeated so quickly?"

Ningji Okamura said this with a frown, and then quickly came to the front of the map.

In fact, before winter came, the Japanese had already been on guard against a Soviet counterattack in winter, so they deployed a large number of armored forces on the front line. Otherwise, they would not have reacted so quickly after the Soviet troops began to attack.

However, Ningji Okamura did not expect that his armored forces would be defeated so quickly. More than 500 tanks were defeated in less than a day. This consumption rate far exceeded the Japanese's expectations.

"Are all the other tanks destroyed?"

"Hayi, the imperial warriors fought to the last moment, but were still defeated."

"How about the Bear Tank?"

"The losses are almost the same as ours, and it's impossible to calculate them at the moment. The Russians still have hundreds of tanks advancing!"

After hearing that the losses were almost complete, Ningji Okamura breathed a sigh of relief. "Order the 171st Division to immediately establish a defensive position and hold out until reinforcements arrive!"

"Hayi!"

"Send out the newly formed 171rd Tank Division to support the st Division!"

"Hayi!"

The 3rd Tank Division is one of the three newly formed tank divisions of the Japanese. The other one has been completely destroyed in the previous battle. The remaining one is undergoing training in the four northeastern provinces. This is also the last remaining armored force of the Japanese in the Siberia region.

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Kurkutsk is Irkutsk on the map.

Chapter 502: Continue to ask the devils for equipment

"Everyone, get into position!"

In the 171st Division, after receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Kota Kotera immediately ordered the troops to enter the defensive positions.

The Soviet Union's vanguard has broken through the front-line position of Kurkusk, which is the main position. The 171st Division is responsible for the second position.

Compared with the main position, the 171st Division's defense line is much inferior in terms of both manpower and equipment.

In order to avoid being easily broken through by the Soviet Union, Kota Kotera began to strengthen the defense line. The first thing he did was to place some large stones or other things in front of the position to serve as obstacles to block the Soviet Union's tank attack.

In addition, all the artillery of the division was concentrated to prepare for dealing with the Soviet armored forces.

The entire 171st Division was on high alert from the afternoon until dark. Even when the temperature reached minus degrees Celsius at night, some soldiers were left on guard, but no trace of the Soviet troops was found.

"The Russian troops didn't attack the 171st Division?"

After staying up all night, Ningji Okamura's face was full of fatigue, but there was no news from the front line all night.

"Did the Mao Bear Army give up the attack?"

"Just to seize the frontier position?"

Ningji Okamura stood in front of the map and thought.

If the Soviet troops wanted to counterattack Siberia, they would have to pass around Kazamensk, but there was no news about the surrounding positions.

In order to prevent the troops from being attacked by the Soviets and being unable to send back the news, Ningji Okamura also required these troops to report the situation to the headquarters every half an hour, and all the troops had not been attacked.

"report!"

Just at this moment, a signalman came in hurriedly.

"Say!"

"The Outer Mongolian Army called and discovered traces of the Mao Bear Armored Forces near Tesig!"

"Outer Mongolia?"

Ningji Okamura's heart tightened involuntarily, and he quickly looked at the map of Outer Mongolia next to him.

Outer Mongolia had previously announced its joining of the puppet Manchukuo. Now the Outer Mongolian rebels under Agula IX and Lao Han have become the Outer Mongolian Corps, which is under the command of the Japanese Kwantung Army. However, the Kwantung Army does not participate in management, but only sends some instructors into the troops.

“It turns out they chose to go through Outer Mongolia!”

Ningji Okamura immediately understood the strategic intentions of the Soviet army.

If the Soviet troops continued to attack Kazamensk, the advantages of the armored forces could not be brought into play due to the terrain, so the Soviet troops chose to go directly south into Outer Mongolia, using the terrain of Outer Mongolia to carry out large-scale infiltration and detours, and consume all ten divisions deployed on the front line.

"Immediately order the Outer Mongolian Army to form a defensive position in the Chagan Nur area to block the Russian troops! Tell them that support will arrive soon!"

"Hayi!"

"Order the 3rd Tank Division to head to Chagan Nur immediately and make sure to annihilate the Russian armored forces here!"

"Hayi!"

Ningji Okamura was also aware of the strength of the Soviet Union's troops. The 300,000-strong Siberian Front armored forces were not large in number. They had lost nearly 400 tanks in the previous battle, leaving only more than 100 tanks. However, the old devil Okamura did not know that the Soviet Union had 200,000 reinforcements arriving, along with a group of armored troops.

No matter what, the 3rd Tank Division has more than 260 tanks, 260 to 100, the advantage is on me!

Meanwhile, in Outer Mongolia, Lao Han and Agula were looking at the telegram sent by the Japanese, casually putting it aside and chatting while eating barbecue: "The Japanese asked us to stop the Mao Bear Army. Do you want to go?"

"Let's see what the commander says. However, the Outer Mongolians have suffered heavy losses recently. If we fight the Russians, we might suffer some losses."

"How many devils are there among us?"

"There are more than a thousand people in total!"

Just as Old Han was thinking, the signalman turned around and said, "Commander's telegram."

"bring here!"

Old Han quickly read Li Yunlong's telegram and handed it to Agula: "The commander asked us to get supplies!"

After reading the contents of the telegram, Agula scratched his head and said, "You want more? The Japanese won't give it to you, right?"

"It's up to the devils whether to give it or not, but we can't refuse it!"

Old Han thought for a moment and said, "Send a telegram to the Japanese headquarters: My troops were attacked by the Shenquan troops. We suffered heavy losses and are short of equipment and weapons. We discovered that the Maoxiong troops are armored. We lack artillery to stop them. Please support my troops with heavy weapons!"

"Yes!"

Soon, Lao Han's telegram was delivered to Ningji Okamura.

"Report, the Outer Mongolian Corps sent a telegram requesting weapons support!"

After hearing this, Ningji Okamura turned his head sharply and said, "Damn it! These bastards are still asking for support. How much weapons and ammunition have we provided them this year?"

When Outer Mongolia announced its joining of the puppet Manchukuo, the Japanese were very excited. They had always wanted to take over Outer Mongolia, but they had no chance because they were targeted by the Russians.

Now that the Russian bear has been defeated by them, the Outer Mongolian army that overthrew Choibalsan actually took the initiative to join Manchukuo. The Japanese felt that this was arranged by God and was their own national destiny, so they agreed to Outer Mongolia's request without hesitation and incorporated Outer Mongolia into Manchukuo.

At the same time, Outer Mongolia was also given a certain amount of funds and various equipment support, and all these things were sent to Ulaanbaatar, Outer Mongolia within one month.

The Japanese even sent civilians from the four eastern provinces to help Agula build houses, establish factories, etc.

The Japanese were also unprecedentedly generous in supporting the military, providing a large amount of weapons and ammunition, even fighter jets and some obsolete armored units.

But not long after that, the Outer Mongolian Legion started asking for things again.

"Bring us the information about the Outer Mongolian Legion!"

"Hayi!"

Soon, a document about Outer Mongolia was delivered to Gangcun, which contained all the information previously reported by Outer Mongolia.

This included the capture of Ulaanbaatar by Shenquan, the attack on the logistics troops by Shenquan's troops, etc., and the losses were indeed quite large.

"Send a telegram to the Outer Mongolian Legion, agree to their request, but they must defend Chagan Nur!"

Chagan Nur is a very important location. It is next to the Seleng River and several other rivers. It is the last line of defense for Outer Mongolia to enter Siberia.

If the Soviets broke through here, their troops could go around to the rear of the Japanese Siberian Front and directly capture Ulan-Ude, cutting off the main forces of the Siberian Front's ten divisions from their rear. There were also four Type C divisions like the 171st Division, which the Japanese in Gangcun did not care about.

In such severe cold conditions, the supply lines of ten main divisions were cut off, and the consequences were disastrous. So at this time, no matter what conditions Lao Han and his men put forward, the Japanese had to grit their teeth and agree, and settle the score after the war.

They must use this time to readjust their deployment, otherwise the ten main elite divisions may be in danger.

At this time, in the Soviet command center, Gastilovich also received a telegram from the front-line troops.

"The troops' offensive is going smoothly and they have entered Outer Mongolia, but they are being harassed by a small group of Outer Mongolian rebels. We are worried that their logistics lines may be attacked."

Gastilovich turned his gaze to Li Yunlong and said, "General Li Yunlong, the Outer Mongolian rebels are attacking our logistics supply lines. Can we let General Shen Quan deal with these Outer Mongolian rebels?"

Chapter 503: Continue to Eat at Both Houses

Li Yunlong heard Gastilovich's words, thought for a moment and said, "I will send a telegram to Shen Quan now and ask them to cooperate with your action!"

"Thank you, General Li Yunlong!"

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Gastilovich smiled.

The tactic of bypassing Outer Mongolia seems to be going smoothly at the moment, except for one minor problem: the logistics supply line is facing harassment from the Outer Mongolian rebels. However, if troops are sent out to deal with the Outer Mongolian rebels, the main force will be weakened and it may not be possible to successfully capture Ulan-Ude.

If Ulan-Ude cannot be captured, it will be impossible to completely eliminate the 300,000 Japanese troops trapped in the encirclement.

In the Shenquan headquarters.

"Old Zhou, have we made any fortune recently?"

In winter, Outer Mongolia has nothing but snow, which limits the troops' mobility. Therefore, Shen Quan can only stay in the command center and occasionally attack Lao Han's logistics troops to steal some supplies.

"We haven't had much money lately. Since winter has come, logistics and supply transportation have become difficult. The Japanese have been airlifting supplies. It's a blessing that we haven't been bombed by the Japanese!"

Shen Quan stretched his body, leaned out of the tent, and then quickly shrank back in: "This damn weather is too cold! I can't even find anything to do!"

"Wait, the commander said he has something to talk to us about soon, so let's get ready!"