Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

This does not mean that Kong Jie is not as good as Ding Wei. Ding Wei and Kong Jie are just good at attacking and defending respectively, with different focuses.

Asking Ding Wei to do what Kong Jie is good at doesn't necessarily mean he can do it better than Kong Jie. Everyone has their own areas of expertise, and the military needs both those who can fight mobile warfare and those who can fight positional warfare.

"Ma Renxin's cavalry column can finally be put to use. After entering the four eastern provinces, this plain is where they will be active. As for Shen Quan..."

Li Yunlong looked at the map, his eyes set on the headquarters of the Mengjiang Garrison Army. "Let him deal with his old rival first. It would be best if we could destroy the Mengjiang Garrison Army. This way, we can open up the connection between our base and Arxan, and relieve the pressure on the 115th Division."

Chapter 547: America’s Aid Arrives Again

Ulan-Ude, the Russian Bear Command Headquarters.

After the major victory in the winter counter-offensive, Gastilovich moved his headquarters forward to Ulan-Ude.

The Japanese were preparing for a spring counterattack, and the Russians had long known about it. Gastilovich had already received the information without Li Yunlong's reminder. The Japanese were also experiencing serious intelligence leaks.

However, as time went by, the spring counter-offensive that was originally thought to be launched in April has not made any progress, and there was still no progress in May. Now it is already June, and Gastilovich is beginning to suspect that there is something wrong with the intelligence in his hands.

A few days ago, reconnaissance planes reported that the Japanese troops had begun large-scale mobilizations. A large-scale battle cannot be concealed. When a large number of troops are mobilized, a large amount of supplies are also mobilized, which is easy to be discovered.

When it was confirmed that the Japanese were about to launch an attack, the Russians were also actively preparing to block this wave of Japanese attacks.

"Report, General Li Yunlong sent a telegram."

Just as Gastilovich was holding a war meeting, the adjutant came in with a telegram in his hand.

When he heard that it was Li Yunlong's telegram, a smile immediately appeared on Gastilovich's face.

After quickly reading Li Yunlong's telegram, he glanced at the Mao bear generals below and raised the telegram in his hand: "General Li Yunlong has sent us important intelligence again."

"Everyone, take a look at the Japs' offensive deployment!"

A smile appeared on Gastilovich's originally serious face. Knowing the enemy's offensive deployment, the next things would be much easier. He only needed to adjust the defense accordingly according to the enemy's offensive deployment.

"As expected of General Li Yunlong, he was able to obtain such important intelligence!"

"Congratulations, Commander! This time our Siberian Front will make another contribution!"

"..."

After reading the contents of the telegram, a group of Russian generals were first shocked, then congratulated, and at the same time they were thinking about how to get in touch with Li Yunlong.

They all knew Gastilovich's abilities, and his achievements were almost all achieved with the help of Li Yunlong.

The war hasn't started yet, but Li Yunlong has given him the Japanese defensive deployment. After the war starts, he will lend him a few more commanders, and Gastilovich will be commended by Moscow again.

"General Li Yunlong also gave us defensive advice. I think he was right when he said, 'The best defense is offense!'"

"The enemy has 800,000 troops, divided into three different attack areas. If we defend the entire front, we need to divide our forces. The Japanese have at least 200,000 troops in each attack direction, and we only have 400,000."

"If we split up our forces, we'll be cut off and surrounded by the Japanese. I think the tactics proposed by General Li Yunlong are very reasonable. What do you think?"

No one raised any objections, because if they wanted to object, they would have to come up with a more effective defense method. Obviously, these Russian generals did not have any good defensive tactics in their minds.

Moreover, no obvious problems were found in the tactics sent by Li Yunlong.

First, concentrate troops to eliminate the weakest link among the three attacking forces of the Japanese, then break out of the encirclement, turn passivity into initiative, and eliminate the remaining main forces of the Japanese in the movement.

And the Russians have an advantage in doing so because they are very familiar with the terrain of this area.

"Alright, then let's report this battle plan to Moscow. Everyone, get ready. We have only one goal: to completely drive the Japanese back to the four eastern provinces!"

"Yes!"

Faced with the possibility of the Japanese army's invasion at any time, the Soviet Union acted very quickly this time. The 400,000 troops and 30 divisions of the Siberian Front were quickly mobilized.

On the surface, they are still sending reinforcements to Chita, preparing to fight the Japanese to the death.

In this battle, the Siberian Front has already used all its resources. In one winter, 700 tanks and 300,000 new soldiers were transferred from Western Siberia and Central Siberia.

In addition, there are thirty Katyusha rocket launchers.

After Moscow received Gastilovich's intelligence, the headquarters studied it and felt that this tactic could be used and could also be used on the European battlefield.

The Second Battle of Moscow was over, and De III's attack was repelled.

However, the Russians still paid a heavy price and were able to hold on thanks to the thirteen infantry divisions and a large number of armored forces sent by the Americans.

However, Germany has not given up its attack on Russia and is preparing a larger offensive, targeting the Kursk region.

Germany's Third Army has mobilized a large number of armored forces. The current intelligence received by the Russians is that Germany's Third Tank Army, the SS Tank Army and a newly formed light tank army have moved towards Kursk.

The Soviet Union was also mobilizing armored forces to support Kursk.

Both the European continent and the Siberian region are shrouded in the shadow of war, and two major battles that will determine the direction of the war are about to begin.

Just when Li Yunlong was paying attention to the situation in Siberia.

Received another good news.

"Aid from the Americans? The Americans are really generous. Are they sending us something again?"

When Li Yunlong saw the telegram, his eyes lit up. He originally thought that after receiving a wave of aid from Stilwell, the American aid would have nothing to do with him, but he didn't expect that there would be a second wave.

The next morning, more than 30 transport planes slowly landed at Hailar Airport and Arxan Airport.

All of them are large transport aircraft, C-54 transport aircraft.

Looking at the behemoth in front of him, Li Yunlong couldn't help but feel a little dazed. It seemed that the Germans and the Japanese had indeed forced the Americans into a corner, and their efficiency had improved a lot.

Shouldn't this thing be deployed on a large scale only at the end of this year or the beginning of next year? Why is it already being deployed on a large scale now?

The C-54 was the transport aircraft with the largest transport capacity during World War II. It could transport about fourteen tons of supplies, and its range reached a terrifying six thousand kilometers.

The plane took off from Vorkuta, a city in the Arctic Circle.

The United States relied on the Arctic Circle route to support the Soviet Union, but the support materials were too much, and the ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk were already overloaded. In addition, Germany bombed these two ports, so the Soviet Union had to open new ports.

Vorkuta is just a small city in the Arctic Circle, but because it is located in the rear, the Soviet Union built a port and airport here to transport supplies.

The original railway was also renovated and extended to the Russian railway network, thereby improving the efficiency of cargo transportation.

In addition to these more than 30 transport planes, a batch of tanks were also delivered to Shen Quan via the Trans-Siberian Railway and are being transferred to Li Yunlong.

At the same time, the Americans also brought their own demands, requiring the Japanese troops advancing westward to be delayed.

"It seems the Americans also know that the Japs are going to launch a spring offensive. The Japs are so good at keeping it secret that there are leaks everywhere!"

Li Yunlong agreed to the Americans' conditions and made some tampering on the transport planes, leaving behind six C54 transport planes. He bid farewell to the Americans who were escorting the supplies in tears.

After all, it is normal for aircraft to have some malfunctions during long-distance transportation, and it may take a long time to repair them.

So Li Yunlong had two strategic bombers that could carry out long-range bombing missions.

On the second day after the American supplies arrived, the Japanese also started their own actions, and the battle, which had been officially renamed the Summer Offensive, began.

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Chapter 548: Attack on Kurkusk

June 15th, sunny.

Chita, once an important city in East and West Siberia, has been captured twice by Li Yunlong and the Japanese invaders, and most of the city's buildings have become ruins.

Even so, there were still Russian troops stationed under the ruins of the city. In the spring, the Russians carried out a simple reconstruction of Chita and built many defensive positions.

Ten kilometers east of Chita City are all Russian positions. Along this ten-kilometer road, the Russians have built a large number of trenches and anti-tank trenches, and also deployed a large number of anti-tank mines and other facilities to prevent enemy attacks.

The Yablonov Mountains outside Chita became the focus of the Russians' defense. To prevent the Japanese from launching a surprise attack from behind, they deployed heavy troops there.

The Japanese reconnaissance planes and bombers came here many times. According to the Japanese estimate, if they want to capture this hill this time, it may take the strength of about three divisions.

In addition to controlling this area, the rest of the Chita area was controlled by the Japanese. The area where the Japanese were stationed was called Nerchinsk, but it had a very famous name in history - Nerchinsk.

Schematic diagram of the Japanese attack

After breakfast, the Japanese soldiers received orders and quietly packed up their belongings, picked up their weapons, and prepared to fight.

"Oda-kun, give me two Bingliang pills!"

"Where are your ration pills?"

"Finished!"

"Will this attack be successful?"

"It should go smoothly. If we can capture the Yablonof Mountains like General Kodera did, we'll have a chance at promotion!"

Several Japanese officers were chatting and making preparations for war with each other.

After several months of publicity, Kota Kotera is now well-known among the Japanese army.

Everyone knows that Kotaro Kotaro rose from an ordinary man with no background to become a general through his military achievements. This had never happened before in the Japanese army. For many Japanese soldiers who came from the lower classes to rise to the rank of lieutenant commander was already the ceiling.

Now that they found out that they could be promoted to generals as long as they had enough military merit, the enthusiasm of the Japanese lower-level officers and soldiers was instantly ignited. Since April, some Japanese had been clamoring for an attack, but they had been suppressed.

Inside the Japanese camp, Type 97 modified tanks rolled out, followed by cars. Some of the Japanese troops had begun mechanization, equipped with cars and three-wheeled motorcycles to ensure they could keep up with the tanks.

After the cars pulled out, the Japanese infantry arrived. Most of these infantrymen were new recruits who were sent to the battlefield after a few months of training. For many of the Japanese soldiers, this was their first time on the battlefield.

"There's nothing to be afraid of the Mao Bear soldiers. They were defeated by the Empire. The Imperial Army captured hundreds of thousands of Mao Bear troops in the Far East. You've seen what they look like. They're just a bunch of barbarians with nothing but pretense!"

"On the battlefield, as long as you are not afraid of death, Amaterasu and His Majesty the Heavenly Locust will protect you!"

"Those who bravely charged forward will be remembered by the Empire. Even if they die in battle, they will be enshrined in the shrine, and their families will receive special care from the Empire!"

"If anyone dares to retreat, you will become a disgrace to the empire, and your family will become a disgrace to all!"

"Warriors, for the Empire! Attack!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Long live His Majesty the Heavenly Locust!"

"Long live!"