Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Shen Quan nodded, then touched his chin and said, "Where are our allies? How are the Kuomintang troops doing?"

"What else can we do? Everyone is so cold that they don't even go out. They're all huddled in their tents." Zhou Daye looked at Shen Quan's thoughtful expression and immediately said, "Old Shen, the commander hasn't given the order. Don't try anything crooked."

After hearing this, Shen Quan touched his head and said, "I just think their tanks and equipment are pretty good, and I want to borrow some."

The 7th Temporary Division and two divisions of the 35th Army have arrived in Outer Mongolia.

The base was not far from Li Yunlong's troops. The two troops received logistical supplies from the Russian troops and replaced themselves with a lot of equipment, such as some large-caliber heavy artillery and some old tanks.

Although it is not as good as the tank regiment under Shen Quan, Shen Quan is still envious.

Many people think that the Russians were short of food and clothing during World War II, and even think that each frontline soldier was given one gun and five bullets. In fact, this is not the case at all. The movie "Enemy at the Gates" was filmed by Americans, and many shots were taken in Russia.

At the beginning of the war, the Soviet Union was not well prepared and its frontline troops did lack weapons and equipment, but what they lacked were heavy weapons, not light weapons.

Another reason is that in the early stages of the war, Germany destroyed a large number of roads and bridges in the Soviet Union, making it difficult to transport equipment from the rear to the front line.

By the time the Soviet Union realized what was happening, its industry moved eastward, and production began at full capacity, the Soviet army no longer lacked supplies. Especially after the Americans began to provide transfusions to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union no longer lacked equipment at all.

Many of the Soviet Union's frontline troops were fighting while changing their equipment, and many of the old equipment was directly discarded after being replaced.

In the Siberian region, the roads and railways had only suffered minor damage from Ding Wei and the Japanese, and the transportation and supply lines had not been completely paralyzed, so the Russians could mobilize a lot of obsolete weapons and equipment from Central and Western Siberia.

"Don't be greedy, it will all be ours sooner or later. I don't believe our commander wouldn't be tempted by such a piece of fat meat!"

Hearing Zhou Daye's words, Shen Quan nodded in agreement: "I think our commander will definitely take action, it's just a matter of time!"

While the two were chatting, the signalman delivered Li Yunlong's telegram to Shen Quan.

"Commands are coming!"

"What did the Commander say?"

Zhou Daye looked over curiously.

"The commander said that we should protect the logistical security of the Russians and clean up Lao Han's troops. We must complete the mission."

After reading the telegram, Shen Quan quickly took out the notebook.

"What did the Commander mean when he said we must complete the mission?"

Soon Shen Quan found the corresponding code: "Commander, this is asking us to go to the Russians for supplies."

Hearing Shen Quan's words, Zhou Daye opened his mouth in surprise: "You still want it? The Russians gave us a tank regiment before winter, and now we want more?"

"Yes! Why not? The commander said yes, so let's keep asking! Anyway, it's just a matter of asking. If the Russians give it to us, we won't suffer any loss, right?"

After hearing this, Zhou Daye nodded and said, "That's the truth. I'm just worried about how we're going to pay it back in the future."

Shen Quan shrugged his shoulders: "This is the commander's concern. Why should we consider this?"

"That's right, so what do we want?"

"Since we're going to fight Han's army in the middle of winter, we must have supplies, right? It's freezing cold, and it's not convenient for us to ride horses. At least we need some cars and tanks, right? And fuel. Oh, and we're well fed now, but our rear troops are still short of a lot of equipment!"

Shen Quan remembered that some time ago, the 115th Division sent people to borrow some equipment.

The 115th Division captured Datong, but Datong had been plundered once by Li Yunlong and four times by Shen Quan, leaving almost no profit.

In order to strengthen the security of the logistics channels in Outer Mongolia, the Japanese also carried out a sweep of Mount Wutai, and the 115th Division also suffered some losses.

The most important thing is that because Shen Quan captured some small counties where the Mengjiang Garrison Army was stationed, the Mengjiang Garrison Army withdrew its forces and moved out in regiments, making it impossible for the 115th Division to attack small groups of Japanese devils to obtain supplies.

So they had to borrow some heavy weapons and ammunition from Shen Quan to prepare to attack some big cities.

"Then let me think, we need some..."

Soon Shen Quan made a list. After thinking for a while, he said, "Find a reason. Just say we were bombed by the devils before and suffered heavy losses."

"Okay, I'll polish it up a bit!"

Soon, a telegram was sent to Gastilovich's headquarters. After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong said with difficulty: "General Gastilovich..."

Hearing Li Yunlong's address to him, Gastilovich immediately said, "General Li Yunlong, please just call me Gachi."

"General Jiaqi, Shen Quan's troops were bombed by the Japanese some time ago and suffered heavy losses. They want to help, but..."

Hearing this, Gastilovich frowned and said, "General Li Yunlong, please wait a moment. I'll ask the logistics department how much supplies we can mobilize. I'll send some to your troops."

Li Yunlong said a little embarrassedly: "Is this okay? Logically speaking, we are allies, and it is our obligation to provide you with logistical support..."

"General Li Yunlong, you also said that we are allies. I don't think there is any problem in providing some supplies to our allies."

"Thank you, General Gachi."

"General Li Yunlong, you're welcome. If you have any needs, please let me know. I will do my best to meet them!"

Looking at the embarrassed expression, Gastilovich sighed silently. General Li Yunlong still did not treat him as his own and was embarrassed to speak to him. It seemed that he had not done well enough.

I must never give others a chance, otherwise my dream of becoming a marshal may be ruined.

Chapter 504 Eat the Fat

Gastilovich acted quickly. After confirming the remaining logistical supplies, he waved his hand and sent a batch of supplies to Shen Quan.

Now Gastilovich is the commander-in-chief of the Siberian Front. He has also been praised by the bearded man and has a high prestige in the army. Although some people are dissatisfied with some of the decisions he makes, they dare not refute them.

"General Gachi, I remember we still have a support force in Outer Mongolia."

"Another reinforcement?"

Gastilovich thought for a moment before reacting, "General Li Yunlong, which army of your national army are you talking about?"

"Yes, I think they can act together with Shen Quan's troops. I think this should be foolproof!"

"General Li Yunlong, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten the existence of such an army. So, this army will be handed over to General Li Yunlong for command. Let them cooperate with the Shenquan troops."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right now!"

Li Yunlong agreed with a smile. Before this, Li Yunlong had not taken action against the 7th Temporary Division and the two divisions of the 7th Route and a half, because he wanted to fatten them up before killing them.

Before winter, all the supplies that the Russians promised to provide to the mountain city had been sent to a unit called the First Army of the Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force. Now is a good opportunity to eat this piece of fat meat.

The First Army Headquarters of the Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force.

Commander Wang of the Temporary 7th Division, Commander An of the New 31st Division, and Commander Yuan of the New 32nd Division were in a meeting. The commander of the First Army of the Expeditionary Force was Sun Lanfeng.

"Commander Wang, I heard that you killed a Japanese colonel in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain?"

Commander Sun looked at Commander Wang with a smile. After hearing this, Commander Wang immediately puffed out his chest and said, "These are all insignificant contributions, not worth mentioning!"

After hearing this, Commander An and Commander Yuan each quietly took out a colonel's sword and said, "It's indeed not worth mentioning."

Commander Wang was stunned for a moment when he saw the two men holding out their large, official swords. Then, he immediately understood a lot of things. However, he was very thick-skinned and didn't blush. Instead, he smiled and said, "Commander An and Commander Yuan, it seems you've made some gains on the battlefield, haven't you?"

"really!"

The two men smiled but didn't say anything. They bought these two colonel's swords from Shen Quan.

Ever since Li Yunlong was able to sell the Japanese generals' and lieutenant's swords, his business has been quite busy. In order to maximize the development of the business, Li Yunlong sent several swords to generals including Shen Quan, and asked them to find opportunities to sell them.

In the entire Shanxi Province and Chahar region, generals of the National Army's Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would feel embarrassed to go out if they did not have a deputy officer's sword in their hands.

Moreover, they did not think that their lieutenant's swords were fake. After all, Li Yunlong's troops had killed so many high-ranking Japanese generals, and their battle records were verifiable, so it was reasonable for them to have some in stock.

No one would have thought that someone would cheat in this regard.

Commander Wang finally understood why he was not welcomed and why his promotion to army commander was shelved. It turned out that something went wrong here.

But Commander Wang couldn't get angry, because Li Yunlong was no longer someone he could afford to offend.

Even Commander Wang had to salute when he saw Li Yunlong.

"Report, a telegram has arrived from the Soviet Siberian Front Command!"

After hearing this, Commander Sun took the telegram, glanced at its contents, and then looked up at the three division commanders: "Everyone, our mission has arrived. The Russians are asking us to move out to cooperate with their winter combat plan."

As soon as Commander Sun finished speaking, Division Commander Wang exclaimed, "Commander, it's dozens of degrees below zero outside, and you want us to go out and fight?"

Commander An and Commander Yuan beside him did not say anything, but waited quietly for Commander Sun's order. They had been active in the Suiyuan area, where the temperature was often minus 20 degrees Celsius in winter, so they were used to the climate of Outer Mongolia.

"What? Commander Wang thinks there's something wrong?"

Although Commander Sun had a smile on his face when he said this, the coldness in his eyes could not be hidden.

Whether it is General Sun, Commander An or Commander Yuan.

They were all people who had fought against the Japanese on the front lines, and had participated in the Battle of Bailingmiao, the Battle of Taiyuan, and the Battle of Wuyuan. In particular, Commander Sun was the one who planned and commanded the Battle of Bailingmiao, and during the Battle of Wuyuan, he led an entire division and launched an attack under the Japanese artillery fire.

These three people were from the troops that were fighting the Japanese seriously. They were completely different from Commander Wang, and they looked down on him.

Now the order has not been issued yet, but Commander Wang is already preparing to find an excuse, and Commander Sun even wants to order Commander Wang to be executed immediately.

Commander Wang wanted to say something, but after seeing the look in Commander Sun's eyes, he immediately lowered his head and said, "No, no opinion!"

"That's fine, as long as you have no objections. Our mission is to follow Li Yunlong's Chahar Column and head to the Chagan Nur area to eliminate the Outer Mongolian rebels there, while also ensuring smooth logistical supply for the Mao Bear troops. Is that okay?"

"no problem!"

"That's fine, everyone return to your troops and we'll set off in an hour!"

"Yes!"

After the national army began to take action, Lao Han also received orders.

"The commander's order has arrived."

Old Han took the telegram and looked at it, then a smile appeared on his face.

Agula looked at the smile on Lao Han's face and immediately understood that the commander had already thought of a countermeasure.

"What did the Commander say?"

"The commander ordered us to dispatch two divisions of Outer Mongolian and Japanese troops to garrison Chagan Nur and block the advance of the Mao Zedong troops!"

After hearing this, Agula thought for a moment and said, "The Japanese will definitely not agree with us fighting like this, right? After all, the Outer Mongolian troops are just miscellaneous soldiers. If our main force does not move, how can the Japanese hide it?"

Lao Han handed the telegram to Agula: "The commander has already taken this into consideration. Our main force will not fight, but it will not fight against the Russian army!"

"Don't fight the Mao Xiong? Continue to fight Shen Quan?"

The biggest opponent of Lao Han's troops was Shen Quan's troops. Since entering Outer Mongolia, the two sides have fought more than 30 battles of varying sizes, with both sides winning and losing. However, the main force suffered no casualties, and the dead were all Outer Mongolians and Japanese devils.

Old Han shook his head and said, "Agula, have you forgotten that there is another army in Outer Mongolia?"

Agula's eyes lit up: "Are you talking about the Nationalist expeditionary force?"