Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

The old leader took out a telegram and handed it over.

"The Third Corps went straight behind the enemy lines? They don't want Songyuan anymore?"

The chief of staff said in surprise as he saw that the Third Corps had arrived at Mitsuiko.

"No, and the Sixth Division is also preparing to block the Japanese troops coming from Harbin. It's not certain whether the Japanese can reach Songyuan!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. If it were anyone else, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, they would have been frightened and thrown into disarray. But Jiang Shou remained calm and composed. No wonder Li Yunlong insisted on having him come here. Old friend, how do you feel?"

The teacher rolled his eyes at the chief of staff. "What's the feeling? Winning the battle is all that matters. Seniority isn't the norm in our army. Commanding a large army like this is something not everyone can do. Watching him command is thrilling!"

"The First Corps has ten divisions. He sent five of them directly to Fengtian. The remaining five divisions will have to face hundreds of thousands of devils. I don't have the courage to do that!"

"Hahaha……"

The battle at Hada Mountain continued. After their vanguard suffered a setback, the Japanese launched another offensive. However, their advance was met head-on by the 17th Regiment, which had just completed its rotation. After a fierce battle lasting approximately half an hour, the Japanese retreated in disarray, leaving behind over 2,000 bodies.

At the same time, the attack launched by the Japanese 74th Division from the flank was also repelled.

"Report, the follow-up troops have caught up!"

In Kamimura Toshimichi's headquarters, after hearing the chief of staff's report, he thought for a moment and said, "Let the 223rd and 226th Divisions prepare to launch an attack forward!"

"Commander, our main divisions can't even capture the position, so these..."

"These divisions need to go through the baptism of war in order to grow. They are now facing only one of Li Yunlong's main divisions. This is a good time to train them. I want them to quickly become elite troops!"

After Kamimura Toshimichi finished speaking, he looked at the map, took a deep breath, and said, "Order the 71st and 74th Divisions to bypass Hada Mountain and continue the attack on Songyuan!"

Hearing this, the Chief of Staff was shocked: "Commander, what if..."

"There are no contingencies. Li Yunlong's troops are fully prepared. We will use two Type C divisions to hold back one of his main divisions. If the Eighth Route Army troops on Hada Mountain withdraw from their positions, we will immediately destroy them. If they hold their positions, we will directly attack Songyuan!"

"According to the intelligence we've received, Li Yunlong doesn't have many troops left in Songyuan, and all of Li Yunlong's troops' supplies are concentrated in the Songyuan area. As long as we can capture Songyuan, Li Yunlong's troops, lacking logistical supplies, will collapse on their own!"

"Your Excellency Commander..."

The Chief of Staff wanted to say something at this moment.

A Japanese soldier rushed into the command center in a hurry.

"Commander, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops have appeared on our flank!"

"Nani?"

"We are surrounded by Li Yunlong's troops!"

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Chapter 599 Why not have lunch!

"A large number of Eighth Route Army troops appeared on the flank. Where did they come from?"

The troops that appeared on the flank of this Japanese army were from the Third Corps.

The Third Corps, as a reserve force, had been following Li Yunlong's headquarters since entering the four eastern provinces. After arriving in Baicheng, it disguised itself as a logistics unit and arrived in Songyuan.

This unit was never exposed, and the Japanese reconnaissance planes had no chance to reach over Songyuan. Moreover, in the telegrams sent and received, the code name of the Third Corps was also the Logistics Unit.

So when the Third Corps learned that the Japanese troops in Xinjing and Harbin had voluntarily left the city, it began to move from Songyuan to the flank of the Japanese troops in the direction of Xinjing.

From the beginning, Li Yunlong's goal was to move south, and Harbin was always a smokescreen. After all, compared to moving south to take Xinjing and Fengtian, the benefits of taking Harbin were very low, whether in terms of political influence or other aspects.

The commander of the Third Corps is the former deputy division commander. Most of the soldiers in the Third Corps are new recruits, and the deputy division commander is a good trainer of new recruits. By handing the Third Corps over to him, he can both command operations and train soldiers.

At this time, the five divisions of the Third Corps were rapidly approaching the enemy's flank. Among the five divisions, two were the vanguard, two were in the middle, and one was at the end with a large amount of baggage.

Although the troops were marching at a rapid pace, their formation was kept very neat.

"Hurry up, move faster, we can see the Japanese five kilometers ahead!"

"Hurry up and don't fall behind!"

"Comrades, hurry up! The enemy is just ahead. Don't let them get away!"

"..."

The 16th and 17th Divisions were the vanguard troops. More than 30,000 people carried only a basic amount of ammunition and some rations, and no heavy weapons.

The deputy division commander rode his horse and caught up from the middle of the team to check the situation of the vanguard.

"Huh? It's lunch time now, why aren't you eating lunch?"

It was already noon, and the troops behind had slowed down and were moving forward while eating dry food, but the 16th Division did not eat lunch and was still marching at a rapid pace.

"Report, Commander, our division commander said that we can only eat after we defeat the Japanese!"

Hearing this, the deputy division commander frowned and said, "Go and call your division commander!"

Soon, the commander of the 16th Division rode over. When he saw the old deputy commander, he immediately dismounted and said, "Commander."

“Why aren’t the troops allowed to have lunch?”

Chen Hua, the commander of the 16th Division, looked at his deputy commander with a serious expression and immediately explained, "Commander, I want the soldiers to defeat the Japanese before eating. This will boost morale. It will also speed up the process and stop the Japanese sooner!"

After hearing this, the deputy division commander pointed his whip at Chen Hua and said, "The emperor doesn't need hungry soldiers. The soldiers have been marching for a long time and are already starving. You want them to go to the battlefield on an empty stomach?"

"Do you know how much energy the soldiers will have left after running another five kilometers? Are you charging the Japanese troops on an empty stomach? You're not boosting morale, you're sending my soldiers to their deaths in vain!"

"Go, notify everyone immediately and start eating lunch right away. Once you're full, we can continue on our journey!"

"Yes!"

Chen Hua wanted to retort, but seeing the stern look in the deputy division commander's eyes, he immediately lowered his head and dared not speak.

After Chen Hua left, the deputy division commander frowned and looked at the political commissar beside him and said, "This kind of atmosphere in the army must be eradicated in the future. What kind of formalism is this? He, a division commander, doesn't feel tired riding a horse, but the soldiers rely on their own feet to run. They don't eat at noon. Will they have the energy to attack when they catch up with the Japanese?"

The political commissar nodded and said, "I will pay attention to this matter. I will report it after the battle."

"There's no need to report after the battle. Let him, the division commander, run now, weapons in hand, and run with the soldiers!"

"What about the Sixteenth Division?"

"I'm in charge personally. Without him as the division commander, I don't believe the 16th Division will still be in chaos!"

After the deputy division commander finished speaking, he waved his whip and continued to chase the troops.

With the order from the deputy division commander, the soldiers of the 16th Division began to slow down their march. The food for this meal consisted of canned meat and some dry food they had brought with them.

Li Yunlong's troops had a good supply of canned meat, but not a lot. Most of the time, Li Yunlong mandated that each soldier carry a can of meat before the battle, to be consumed before the attack. After the battle, the logistics unit would restock the canned meat.

When this regulation first came out, many soldiers were reluctant to eat it and wanted to keep it. But later, Li Yunlong went to check in person. When he found that some people in a company had not eaten it, he punished the company commander. This made the soldiers develop the habit of eating a can of meat before the attack.

The reason why Li Yunlong did this was to allow the soldiers to fill their stomachs as much as possible before fighting, to ensure that they had sufficient physical strength to fight the Japanese.

"Report, the Japs are retreating!"

In the headquarters of the First Corps, the commander was still discussing the battle plan when a staff officer handed over a telegram from the front line.

"Want to retreat now? It's too late! Order the 3rd Armored Division to cut off the Japs' retreat. Now that they've left Xinjing City, don't even think about coming back!"

"Yes!"

When the Japanese troops set out from Xinjing and Harbin and surrounded Songyuan with heavy troops, the 1st Armored Division and the 4th Division were both retreating. The Japanese kept an eye on the whereabouts of the 1st Armored Division. After all, encountering tanks in the field was a very troublesome thing.

Therefore, the 1st Armored Division did not go out, but retreated all the way back to Songyuan.

The 3rd Armored Division mixed in with the 2nd Armored Division and followed it south. Halfway through, it suddenly stopped advancing and lay in ambush around Nong'an County waiting for orders.

When the Japanese troops in Xinjing came out, the 3rd Armored Division also remained inactive, waiting for orders. Until today, when the Japanese troops arrived at Hada Mountain, the 3rd Armored Division received orders and began to move north to cut off the retreat route of the Japanese troops in Xinjing.

This time, the Japanese in Xinjing dared to charge out even though they knew Li Yunlong had an armored division. There was a reason for this. The Japanese had acquired the technology of the German-style armored division and also produced a rocket launcher. Now, in addition to the stinger mines and explosive packs, the Japanese anti-tank weapons also have the Type 17 anti-tank rocket launcher, which is just the German-style armored division with a different name.

"Tell the Fourth Division that the Japs are preparing to retreat. Hold on to them and pull out their heavy artillery! There's no need to hide it!"

"Yes!"

4th Division Headquarters.

After receiving the order from the First Corps, Liang Dajun bared his two big teeth: "The little devils want to escape, the commander tells us that we don't have to hide anymore!"

"Order the artillery regiment, except for the two fortress guns, all other heavy artillery pieces to fire!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 600: Heavy Artillery Roars

"Cannon number one is ready!"

"Cannon number two is ready!"

"..."

After the order was passed to the artillery regiment, each gunner quickly loaded shells into the gun barrel one by one as required.

Since they were all 155mm howitzers, they required more operators than the previously used 107mm mountain guns or howitzers, as well as 10mm rockets. One gun required people to operate.

When the loader stuffed the shell into the barrel, the gunner quickly raised the flag. Soon, all sixteen 155mm howitzers were loaded.

At the same time, at another artillery position not far away, the 152mm howitzer supported by the Russians also completed the loading work.

"put!"

At the command of the regimental commander, thirty-two flags dropped simultaneously. The gunners tugged hard on the bolt ropes.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

The 150mm heavy artillery fired with great noise, the powerful recoil shaking the surrounding ground. Even the reinforced ground of the artillery position was sprayed with dust.

"Reload! Target position, forward two, one round of high-explosive rounds, ready!"