Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Chapter 508 Supporting the Russian Bear

Gastilovich's headquarters

The Soviet Union's front line advanced very quickly. After fighting with Germany for so long, the Soviet Union also learned a lot of tactics from Germany. Blitzkrieg and large-scale detour tactics became compulsory courses for Soviet generals.

"The vanguard has crossed Sukhbaatar and is not far from Ulan-Ude. We expect to complete the encirclement tomorrow!"

"General Li Yunlong, if the Japanese troops move southward into Outer Mongolia, please ask General Li Yunlong's troops to help stop them!"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Don't worry, Shen Quan's troops have all headed north and started to block the Outer Mongolia border. They have occupied some important transportation routes and will definitely be able to block the enemy troops' path south!"

"grateful!"

"On the northern front, our offensive is also going very smoothly. We have advanced 80 kilometers, destroyed four lines of defense of the Japanese, and are moving towards Chita.

"It is expected that our troops will be at..." A major general of the Mao Bear was still explaining the current situation when a Mao Bear staff officer hurried into the headquarters: "Report, telegram from the Outer Mongolia Expeditionary Force!"

Gastilovich glanced at Li Yunlong and saw that Li Yunlong was not interested. He took the telegram and started reading it. However, after reading the telegram, his face looked a little unhappy.

This was the first bad news received since the war began.

"General Gachi, what's wrong?"

Gastilovich sighed and said, "General Li Yunlong, there is bad news. The Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force encountered the Outer Mongolian rebels and was completely wiped out!"

Li Yunlong was shocked when he heard this: "How is this possible? The Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force has 30,000 men. Even 30,000 pigs can't be defeated so quickly."

Gastilovich handed the telegram to Li Yunlong: "General Li Yunlong, although I don't want to believe it, this is true."

At this time, another Mao Xiong staff officer came in: "General Li Yunlong, Shen Quan sent a telegram."

"Give me!"

Li Yunlong quickly took the telegram from the staff officer's hand. His movements were very urgent. It can be seen that Li Yunlong was also very anxious at this time.

"This bunch of trash!"

After reading the telegram, Li Yunlong's face turned ugly.

"General Li Yunlong, you don't have to be angry. I know that your national army is not on the same team as you."

"Hey, Shen Quan called. They were attacked by Outer Mongolian rebels during their march. They were well prepared, with armored units covering them. They ambushed the Outer Mongolian Expeditionary Force. The battle was over when Shen Quan and his team arrived."

As Li Yunlong spoke, he handed the telegram to Gastilovich.

Gastilovich has also been learning Chinese recently and can understand some of the text, but he cannot understand the battle details in the telegram.

"It seems the Japs have figured out our tactics and are planning to attack our logistics area!"

Li Yunlong walked to the front of the map, then quickly took out a baton and pointed at Chagan Nur on the map.

"The Outer Mongolian army has tens of thousands of troops, but we took Chagan Nur in less than two hours. I originally thought it was because the enemy was weak, but now it seems they deliberately left a gap to try to stretch out our battle line!"

"As long as our battle line is stretched, they will have the opportunity to attack our supply lines. Once the supply lines are cut off, our vanguard troops will be in danger!"

Gastilovich stared at the map and asked, "Can I transfer the 21st Army to Outer Mongolia to ensure the safety of logistics?"

Hearing Gastilovich's words, Li Yunlong immediately shook his head. What a joke! They had finally driven the Russian troops out of Outer Mongolia, how could they let them in again?

"No, the 21st Army is the general reserve force, and they will be sent out at the critical moment!"

Li Yunlong paced back and forth and said, "Well, I'll dispatch five divisions to ensure the safety of the supply lines! But..."

"General Li Yunlong, please feel free to ask any questions you have."

Li Yunlong nodded and said, pretending to be a little embarrassed, "If we need to temporarily withdraw troops, and five divisions at that, our logistics may not be able to keep up. We may need General Gachi to provide some supplies."

"No problem, I'll have the logistics team prepare more supplies. Thank you again, General Li Yunlong!"

"We're allies, as we should be!"

Li Yunlong acted quickly. After receiving the order, the five recruit divisions with a total of 40,000 people began to move towards Ulaanbaatar.

These five divisions are stationed in Outer Mongolia, which is now Li Yunlong’s training ground.

Li Yunlong's new recruits would occasionally wear military uniforms to participate in actual combat with the Shenquan troops, and occasionally pretend to be Lao Han's troops to participate in actual combat.

Li Yunlong's training targets were the Outer Mongolians in Lao Han and Shen Quan's troops.

After a series of actual combats, these Outer Mongolians suffered heavy losses. New recruits like Li Yunlong also experienced the baptism of actual combat and gradually became veterans.

Three days later, the five newly dispatched divisions of Li Yunlong arrived around the Russian logistics supply line.

The commander of these five divisions was General Luo Yong. Li Yunlong initially gave him 10,000 troops to command, and later gradually increased the number of troops.

The commanders of the five divisions were all old acquaintances of Li Yunlong. Cheng Xiazi was the commander of the newly formed 1st Division, Liang Dajun was the commander of the newly formed 2nd Division, Xu Hua was the commander of the newly formed 3rd Division, and the commanders of the 4th and 5th Divisions were also the regimental commanders who reinforced Li Yunlong during the Yun County battle.

Part of Lao Han's troops encountered these five divisions while escorting the Outer Mongolia Expeditionary Force.

Commander Sun and others were a little surprised when they saw the troops marching in orderly steps in the snow. What kind of development had the Eighth Route Army had achieved in this land?

I originally thought that Shen Quan's troops had developed very well, but I didn't expect that the rebels in Outer Mongolia were all Li Yunlong's troops.

It was originally thought that these troops were all Li Yunlong's assets, with a total strength of nearly 100,000 people, which could be considered a force.

As a result, they encountered an army of at least 40,000 people on the way. Tanks were leading the way in front, and they were marching in neat steps behind, all of them in high spirits towards the front line.

Is this still the Eighth Route Army he's familiar with? Where are the supposedly "Three Guns Eighth Route Army"? Aren't they said to be so poor they have to pawn their pants and barely have enough to eat?

After a week's long journey, Commander Sun and others arrived at Bayantumen, which was Li Yunlong's recruit training camp.

This place was later called Chobsan, and it is the fourth largest city in Outer Mongolia.

The reason for choosing this place is because of its special geographical location. It is 300 kilometers away from Arshan and only 300 kilometers away from Manzhouli.

When Li Yunlong was preparing to launch a full-scale counterattack, he was planning to go directly north from Manzhouli and cut the entire East and West Siberia into two pieces.

However, because Manzhouli's geographical location was too special and many eyes were watching it, Li Yunlong had to settle for the second best and stationed a large number of troops at Bayantumen, waiting for the opportunity.

When Commander Sun and his companions entered Bayantu Gate, they saw hundreds of tanks, airplanes, and groups of Eighth Route Army soldiers looking at them with curiosity.

"What on earth is Li Yunlong doing here? Why are there so many tanks, planes, and soldiers?"

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Chapter 509: Eating the Japanese Main Force

January 7th.

Seven days after the start of the winter counterattack.

The Soviet armored forces arrived in Ulan-Ude and launched a fierce attack on the second largest city controlled by the Japanese Siberian Front.

Ulan-Ude was in the rear and had a large amount of supplies stored, but there were not many troops stationed there. Only one division of the Japanese devils put up a desperate resistance.

Two hours later, the city gate was breached, just as the Russian troops were about to rush into the city and occupy it.

The Japanese Third Tank Division, which had been chasing the Soviet vanguard for four days, finally arrived at the battlefield.

A tank battle once again broke out outside the city of Ulan-Ude.

The Soviet Union's vanguard originally had 300 tanks, but after a long journey and several encounters, as well as problems such as breakdowns on the road and mechanical failures, only about 220 tanks arrived in Ulan-Ude.

The Japanese Third Tank Division was not fully staffed, originally having 260 tanks.

However, over the past four days, a certain number of tanks were grounded by the vanguard troops that moved and chased the Soviet Union, and the difference in the number of tanks on both sides was not large.

Moreover, most of the tanks in the Soviet army this time were T26 tanks, and there were not many T34 tanks.

There is not much difference in the quality of the tanks of both sides.

However, the Japanese still have an advantage, that is, Ulan-Ude is still under the control of the Japanese, and the troops defending the city can provide some artillery support to the Japanese tank troops.

"attack!"

After the commander of the Japanese tank division discovered the Soviet tanks, he decisively issued an attack order.

More than 200 tanks rushed towards the Soviet tanks.

At this time, most of the guns of the Soviet tanks were facing Ulan-Ude, with their backs to the Japanese tanks. After discovering the Japanese tanks behind them, they quickly changed direction. However, more than a dozen tanks were destroyed by the Japanese tanks before they could adjust their direction.

The Soviet tanks were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

At this time, the Japanese in the city also began to provide artillery support, using Type 92 infantry guns, mountain guns, field guns and even grenade launchers, and recklessly smashed shells into the Soviet armored forces.

Among the Soviet tank forces, tanks were constantly destroyed by falling shells.

The Russian tank commander also reacted quickly and adjusted his tactics quickly, allowing the tanks to rush into the Japanese tank group, so as to minimize the losses caused by artillery.

The Soviet infantry continued to attack Ulan-Ude, preparing to capture the logistics supply base of the Japanese Siberian Front.

After the reinforcements arrived, the Japanese defense forces in Ulan-Ude showed a very tenacious fighting will, and the originally low morale rose again. Some Japanese wounded soldiers shouted "Long live the Emperor" and rushed into the Soviet soldiers and died together.

When the armored forces began to fight, the Soviet air force support arrived first. This time, in order to ensure the success of the winter counterattack, the Soviet Union sent out all the aircraft in its reserve.

In addition to sending out all the latest Yak-9 fighter jets, even some old biplanes were sent out. A total of two hundred aircraft arrived over Ulan-Ude.

With the addition of the Air Force, the Soviet armored forces quickly gained the upper hand. A single dive from the Yak-9 could "open the can" of the Japanese Type modified tanks, quickly narrowing the gap in numbers.

But before the Russians could be happy, the Japanese planes appeared in the sky above Ulan-Ude.

This time, aircraft from the Far East, Siberia and even the four eastern provinces were mobilized. Among them, the Type 1 "Falcon" fighter and the Type 2 "Zhong Kui" fighter appeared in the sky of Siberia and began to fight with the Russian fighters.

After four hours of fighting, the ground armored forces ended up with a tragic victory for the Soviet Union. In this battle, the Soviet Union had less than twenty tanks left that could be operated, and they entered the city of Ulan-Ude in a triumphant manner.

At this time, the fighting in Ulan-Ude had ended. The Soviet infantry suffered more than 6,000 casualties and successfully occupied Ulan-Ude. However, before being defeated, the Japanese troops wanted to destroy the supplies stored in Ulan-Ude.

However, the Russian troops finally rescued the supplies and the losses were not great.

After the ground forces decided the outcome, the Soviet and Japanese air forces did not. After both sides lost hundreds of aircraft, they began to return.

In the afternoon, the Japanese planes arrived at Ulan-Ude first and began to bomb Ulan-Ude.

After the Japanese planes arrived in Ulan-Ude, the Soviet Air Force also quickly arrived over Ulan-Ude. The two sides once again engaged in an air battle over Ulan-Ude. In this air battle, both sides lost hundreds of planes and the outcome was still undecided.

However, judging from the overall battle situation, the Russians won this operation because their vanguard troops had completed their mission and captured Ulan-Ude.

There are a lot of supplies piled up in the city of Ulan-Ude. These are the supplies for the Siberian Front, especially the ten divisions that are now surrounded. Their retreat has been cut off.

After the victories in the first three days, the Russian troops attacking from the north began to slow down and failed to reach the target position. However, they did have a certain delaying effect and were not far from Chita.