Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd became excited.

The puppet army officer still wanted to arrest people: "No one is allowed to take the paper, no one is allowed to take it. I will arrest anyone who takes it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, something suddenly hit him from the crowd. A pair of shoes hit the puppet army officer in the face. The shoes fell off, leaving a shoe print on his face.

"who!"

"Stand up for me!"

But the people around ignored the puppet army officer. Some continued to watch the air battle, some continued to snatch brochures, and some were eager to try and prepare to attack the puppet army.

"Brothers, our troops are about to fight back, don't be afraid of these traitorous dogs!"

"Yes, beat these traitorous dogs to death!"

"..."

"Commander, let's go. We can't handle this anymore!" Seeing that things were about to get out of control, a puppet soldier hurriedly spoke up to remind the commander.

The puppet army commander looked at the crowd coming towards him and wanted to raise his gun, but he didn't have the courage.

"You bunch of troublemakers, just wait, I'm going to find the Queen right now!"

As he spoke, he ran away.

"Hahaha……"

Looking at the puppet troops fleeing in panic, everyone burst into cheers.

"Everyone, don't just watch the fun. The Eighth Route Army has announced that they are counterattacking Fengtian. Those who can leave the city should do so to avoid being accidentally injured during the siege. Those who cannot leave the city should stay at home and don't go out!"

At this time, our military intelligence personnel lurking in the crowd stepped forward and took the lead, reminding the people to make preparations quickly.

After hearing this, many people reacted and ran to their homes with the brochures.

This scene is happening in cities such as Harbin, Fengtian, Xinjing, and Qiqihar.

After receiving the leaflets, many civilians left the city. By the time the Japanese reacted, many had already left. The remaining people were those who had nowhere else to go after leaving. They also stockpiled food, locked their doors tightly, and stopped going out.

Chapter 564: Chinese Fox vs. Imperial Fox

Khabarovsk, headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

"Report, Commander-in-Chief, urgent telegram from Manchuria!"

"Nani?"

Umezu Michijiro suddenly raised his head, dropped his pen, and snatched the telegram. He had just been working on a battle map, and when he heard the urgent message from Manchuria, he instinctively had a bad feeling.

After reading the telegram, Umezu Michijiro's first reaction was that it was impossible, absolutely impossible.

"Where did Li Yunlong's troops get so many planes?"

The telegram was sent by Toshimichi Kamimura, reporting that the Manchurian airport was being intensively bombed by Li Yunlong's troops, and that the other side had distributed leaflets claiming to attack cities such as Fengtian, Xinjing and Harbin.

The staff officer beside him lowered his head and said nothing. Umezu Mijiro quickly handed the telegram to the chief of staff beside him: "Those idiots in the Special High Section! Li Yunlong's troops developed such a huge air force right under our noses, and they didn't even know about it!"

After reading the telegram, the chief of staff thought for a moment and said, "Maybe the Russians support it!"

"Hairy bear?"

"Hai, the intelligence obtained by the Special High Section shows that Mao Zedong and Li Yunlong seem to have signed an agreement. The specific content of the agreement is currently unclear. However, Mao Zedong gave Li Yunlong a lot of supplies, but he didn't expect so many planes."

"Besides that, De San shared important intelligence, and the Americans are also assisting Li Yunlong."

Hearing this, Umezu Mijiro's expression became even uglier.

When Li Yunlong was about to destroy the 1st Division in Arshan, he did not take it seriously and did not deal with Li Yunlong immediately. He chose to deal with the Russian Far East Army. Now it seems that this was a wrong decision.

"Now we are launching a full-scale attack on the Arxan region. Do we have enough troops?"

Michijiro Umezu quickly found a new map. Recently, he had been staring at the map of Siberia and had not paid much attention to the situation in Manchuria.

"All our armored forces have been deployed, and without air superiority, it's going to be difficult!"

"What about sending a plane back from Siberia?"

As soon as he said this, without waiting for the chief of staff to respond, Umezu Mijiro rejected the idea himself.

Li Yunlong's troops are indeed a threat, but the Japanese's main target at the moment is still the Russians.

The summer offensive has been launched and is progressing quite smoothly. Now the main force of the Soviet Union has been surrounded. Withdrawing aircraft at this time and losing air superiority is not worth the cost.

"Commander, I believe Li Yunlong intends to launch an offensive while we are distracted from Manchuria. Based on Li Yunlong's past combat habits, he will not defend these areas to the death."

"Li Yunlong also took advantage of the outbreak of the Zhongtiaoshan battle to launch a surprise attack on Datong and took away all the supplies from Datong, but he did not defend Datong to the death."

"I believe Li Yunlong also has this purpose this time. He wants to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Manchuria and seize supplies!"

"If we withdraw troops to support Manchuria now, we may fall into Li Yunlong's trap. Don't forget that he is the 'Fox of China'."

"Li Yunlong is now attacking Manchuria. One reason may be to get supplies, and the other may be to allow us to withdraw our main forces so that the main forces of the Russian bear can break through."

"Once the main force of the Russian bear successfully breaks through, we will have to leave heavy troops in Siberia to keep an eye on the main force of the Russian bear, and we will not be able to mobilize the main force to attack Li Yunlong's base!"

"In this way, Li Yunlong can continue to occupy the Arxan area and continue to watch us confront the Russian bear!"

Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Sadaichi expressed his analysis.

After hearing this, Umezu Michijiro thought for a while and agreed with Yoshimoto Sadaichi's analysis.

"Li Yunlong is truly worthy of being called the 'Fox of China,' but his little trick has already been seen through by Yoshimoto-kun. It seems Yoshimoto-kun's wisdom surpasses Li Yunlong's. Yoshimoto-kun is truly worthy of being called the 'Fox of the Empire,' a wise general praised by His Majesty himself!"

At this time, Yoshimoto Sadaichi was already a lieutenant general. Originally, when the Kwantung Army was just a front army, the chief of staff was a major general. Now that it was upgraded to a general army, Yoshimoto Sadaichi was promoted one level and became a lieutenant general of the devil.

Hearing Umezu Mijiro's praise, Yoshimoto Sadamichi remained calm. He bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, you are too kind. I'm sure you have noticed Li Yunlong's subtle intentions long ago."

Meijin Meijiro nodded: "That's right, Li Yunlong is an extremely cunning man. If you are not careful, you will fall into his trap."

After that, Meizu Mijiro looked at the map and asked, "Mr. Yoshimoto, do you think Li Yunlong just wants to plunder Manchuria this time?"

"Haiyi, Li Yunlong is different from other Chinese generals. He seems to attach great importance to industrial development. He always steals industrial equipment, and there are a lot of industrial equipment in Manchuria!"

"Is this a feint?"

Yoshimoto Sadaichi shook his head and said, "No, Li Yunlong's cunning lies in that if we think he is feinting, he will attack with all his strength, so we can't just leave him alone. But Li Yunlong is also a person who cares deeply about gains and losses!"

"According to the intelligence we have, Li Yunlong will not do business at a loss. In other words, if the losses are too great, Li Yunlong will abandon the attack or seek another method!"

"Also, Li Yunlong has been loudly announcing his intention to attack these cities, but I actually don't think he will."

Yoshimoto Sadaichi pointed to the map and said, "These cities are hundreds of kilometers apart. Li Yunlong only has a few hundred thousand troops, and most of the Eighth Route Army are infantry. It is impossible for his troops to attack all these places at the same time."

"Most importantly, Li Yunlong's troops lack heavy weapons, making it extremely difficult to attack the city. Although he has many fighters and bombers, his gasoline and ammunition reserves are definitely low!"

Yoshimoto Sadaichi pushed his glasses and said, "Li Yunlong's purpose in doing this is to create panic and make us concentrate our troops in these big cities. Then he will attack the smaller cities."

"I've studied Li Yunlong's tactics. When he was in Shanxi Province, he often used this method of feinting east and attacking west. He nominally attacked county towns, but in reality attacked strongholds. He nominally attacked large cities, causing the First Army at the time to mobilize troops to garrison large cities, but in reality he launched surprise attacks on small county towns."

"Li Yunlong used this method to strengthen his own strength and eventually captured Taiyuan."

Meizu Mijiro felt relieved when he saw Yoshimoto Sadaichi, who was full of confidence and had a clear analysis. He had not expected Yoshimoto Sadaichi to know Li Yunlong so well and even studied Li Yunlong's previous tactics.

"Ji Benjun, have you done such in-depth research on Li Yunlong?"

Yoshimoto Sada nodded and said, "Hi, I've always felt that Li Yunlong would be a serious threat to the empire, so I've done some research on him."

"So, how should we defend ourselves?"

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Chapter 565 Baicheng

Yoshimoto Sadaichi took the baton handed over by Meijing Meijiro and pointed to the location of Baicheng.

"This will be the focus of Li Yunlong's attack. Since we have built railways and roads here, this is also one of the gaps in the entire Manchuria. If Li Yunlong's troops want to attack, they will definitely launch a fierce attack here!"

"I think deploying two divisions here is not enough. We should strengthen our forces and deploy five divisions. The second is Shanhaiguan. If the situation in North China is unfavorable, holding Shanhaiguan will block the Chinese troops from entering Manchuria through Shanhaiguan."

"As long as we hold these two places, the Chinese troops will never be able to enter Manchuria."

"We just need to wait for the Siberian Front to destroy the main force of the Russian bear, then we can launch a counterattack and enter the areas controlled by Li Yunlong from Outer Mongolia, the Far East and other regions, surround these areas, and trap Li Yunlong's troops!"

"The snow started falling in September and will last until March of the following year. Li Yunlong now has over 100,000 troops. If he doesn't want to starve to death, he has no choice but to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army!"

"Once they leave the fortresses of Arshan and Hailar, I believe that with the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, they can easily destroy Li Yunlong's troops!"

Mei Jing Meijilang listened to Yoshimoto Sadaichi's analysis and nodded in agreement. "Yoshimoto-kun is indeed worthy of being called the 'Fox of the Empire'. I will do as you say. Send a telegram to the Fifth Army to strengthen the defenses of Shanhaiguan and Baicheng!"

"Hai!"

White City.

The city of Baicheng is not well-known outside the four eastern provinces, but it is very famous within them. Before Tieling became the "center of the universe", Baicheng was an important transportation hub for the four eastern provinces, especially during the Republic of China period.

The Sitao Railway is the first railway in Baicheng, running from Siping to Taonan. Construction began in April 1917 and the entire line was opened to traffic in November 4. The opening of this railway has greatly promoted the development of Baicheng.

Taosuo Railway is the second railway passing through Baicheng and the predecessor of Bai'a Railway.

Construction of the Taosuo Railway began in August 1929, with the line extending northwest from Baichengzi Station. The section from Baichengzi to Wangye Temple was completed and opened to traffic in February 8, and the entire line was completed and opened to traffic in October 1931, connecting Baicheng and Arxan. It was renamed the Bai'er Railway in 2.

Arshan, where Li Yunlong's headquarters was located after he entered the four northeastern provinces, was also the first railway station in the alphabetical order in later generations.

The Bai'a Railway was not the last railway in Baicheng during this period.

The Changchun to Baicheng section of the Changbai Railway was built in 1934. The Japanese built this railway in order to plunder resources, which also made Baicheng a hub city with three railway lines.

From then on, Baicheng began to develop rapidly, gradually developing from a small county town into a big city.

Because three railways were built, and one of them led to the Mongolian region, a road was opened in the Greater Khingan Mountains west of Baicheng during the construction of the railway.

In order to ensure the safety of this railway and road, the Japanese built bunkers, artillery towers and other buildings on this road, but they were later occupied by Li Yunlong.

At this time, the newly formed 1st Division of the 1st Corps had arrived less than ten kilometers away from Baicheng, and Huang Zhiyong and his guards had come to the outside of Baicheng to observe the terrain.

"The Japanese must be on guard!" Huang Zhiyong frowned as he observed Baicheng in the distance with a telescope.

"With such a large-scale operation of our troops, it is impossible for the Japanese not to notice it, so it is normal for them to be on guard. However, with so many defensive fortifications, our armored troops have not yet arrived. We are still an infantry division, and if we attack by force, the casualties will be heavy!" The political commissar also said with a sigh.