Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"A total of 340,000 people signed up, and about 230,000 qualified. The expansion numbers for other units haven't been reported yet, but they should be quite a lot!"

"Let's continue to spread the word. We'll strive to have over a million troops before winter arrives!"

After completing the first step of the strategy, the second step is to expand the military on a large scale and then defend the areas that have been captured.

The 300,000 people Li Yunlong now has are scattered across various regions, which is obviously not enough.

"Send a telegram to the Third Corps and ask them to go south to support Jinzhou. Now we just need to hold Jinzhou and stop the Japanese troops from moving south!"

"Yes!"

"Old Li, Xinjing and Fengtian have both been taken. Should we celebrate? Have something delicious to eat? Both Jiang Shou and you have lost a lot of weight recently."

"Okay, let's celebrate!"

When Old Xing heard this, he immediately said, "I'll have someone prepare the hot pot!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately shook his head and said, "No, try something else. Old Xing, remember this: from now on, no matter who you are, don't eat hot pot on the train!"

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Chapter 638: Surprise Attack on Arshan

Arxan Base.

After Li Yunlong's large army began to attack the four eastern provinces, Arshan was not only not abandoned, but construction efforts were increased.

If we look at the geographical location of Arshan alone in the four eastern provinces, it is an extremely remote place.

But if East and West Siberia, Outer Mongolia and the four northeastern provinces are put together, Arxan becomes a central area.

It connects to the East and West Siberia regions to the north, and extends a railway to the north to connect to the Trans-Siberian Railway, which can provide rapid support to the East and West Siberia regions.

To the west is Outer Mongolia, and to the northwest is the Hailar Fortress as a barrier.

To the east is the Greater Khingan Range, and across the Greater Khingan Range is Qiqihar.

Going south, you can go all the way to North China.

According to Li Yunlong's expectation, this place will become an important hub city in the north in the future.

Moreover, this area is rich in natural resources, including hydropower resources, various mineral resources, and is close to the oil production areas in Outer Mongolia.

So after Li Yunlong left, the logistics staff continued to vigorously develop the Arxan region. The second hydropower station is already under construction and is expected to be completed next year.

At the same time, the construction of the railway to the north and south of Arxan also began. As for the problem of no rails, this was not a problem. The Japanese or Russian railways could be dismantled, or the scrap recovered from the Arxan area could be reprocessed.

At this time, Arshan was a huge construction site. People who did not meet the conscription requirements would come here to work. Li Yunlong would pay them wages, and buildings and factories were rising from the ground.

"General Gachi, Arshan is just ahead!"

It’s about forty kilometers away from Arshan, Fang Zheng introduced with a smile.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Looking at Arshan getting closer and closer, Gastilovich felt a lot of emotions in his heart.

He was promoted from a major general to his current general, starting in Arshan.

At that time, he was just a small division commander. Later, he met General Li Yunlong and was quickly promoted to become a general. Arshan was where his dream began.

"It's not hard, this is what we should do!"

Fang Zheng responded with a smile. Then, a signalman came over and said, "Report, urgent message from Arshan!"

"Just read it directly. We have no secrets in front of General Gachi!"

Upon hearing this, the signalman immediately shouted: "Report, the headquarters has sent an urgent telegram. Two Japanese divisions have appeared near Arshan. They are the 171th and st divisions of the Japanese. They are suspected of attacking Arshan. The commander ordered us to support Arshan immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng's face showed an anxious expression: "Arshan is under attack? Call the headquarters immediately, and our troops will support Arshan immediately!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Gastilovich and said, "General Gachi, I'm so sorry, Arshan was attacked by the Japanese, and we need to go to reinforce. I will leave some people to escort you and continue forward. I need to take the rest of the troops with me!"

Gastilovich asked with concern: "Is Arshan okay?"

"It's still in our hands for now!"

"Then I'll go with you!"

Fang Zheng immediately shook his head and said, "No need, General Gachi. Your safety is the most important thing. Just wait for our news in the rear!"

Seeing Gastilovich's expression, Fang Zheng quickly refused. What a joke! This is all a trick against him. If we hadn't left, how could we have been captured by the devils?

"Okay, but there's no need to leave anyone behind to escort us. We can do it on our own!"

Fang Zheng looked around and pointed to a company of Outer Mongolian soldiers and said, "You stay here to escort General Gachi, and the rest of you follow me!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to Commander Wang and said, "Commander Wang, I'll trouble you again this time. Bring your people and follow me."

After hearing this, Commander Wang agreed without hesitation. It wasn't that Commander Wang was particularly righteous, but rather that the people under Commander Wang were all Old Han's men.

"General Fang, General Wang, please be careful!"

"Okay, General Gachi, wait for our good news!"

Fang Zheng didn't stop and quickly led his men towards Arshan. There were indeed Japanese soldiers around Arshan, two divisions of Japanese soldiers, and Fang Zheng was not lying.

The remaining troops had known their whereabouts for a long time, but had not taken any action.

At this time, at the 171st Division Headquarters, Kotaro Kodera was waiting for Li Yunlong's order. As they got closer to Arshan, Kotaro Kodera became more and more anxious.

Would General Li Yunlong forget about me? Arshan was only a few dozen kilometers away. If General Li Yunlong didn't send a signal, I might really have to attack Arshan. What if General Li Yunlong misunderstood me?

Just when Kota Kodera was anxious, a telegram was delivered to him.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Kota Kota immediately said: "Order the reconnaissance team to scout in the southeast direction!"

"Hai!"

At this time, Zhong Ming Daxiang of the 4th Division was also hesitating whether to tell Li Yunlong about his sneak attack.

But in the end, Zhong Ming Daxiang decided not to reveal the news. Now that he had reached the position of division commander, business matters were no longer important to him. To move forward, he needed connections and military merit.

He already had connections, but he lacked military merit. Many of Li Yunlong's men were important figures with bounties on their heads. For example, Li Yunlong's head was no longer valued in money. Anyone who could kill him could be directly awarded the title of Marquis and enter the Parliament of Nobles.

Even if Li Yunlong cannot be captured, some important figures under Li Yunlong, such as Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Shen Quan, Zhang Yingcai, Xiao Wanshi and others will be fine. If that doesn't work, Ding Wei will also be fine.

Especially Ding Wei, Zhongming Daxiang felt that he might be able to catch him in the end, because the numbers of Li Yunlong's troops have now appeared in the four eastern provinces, and only the troops of "Bridge Destroyer" Ding Wei are closest to Arshan.

No, there was another troop. He forgot the name of the commander. Anyway, the bounty was not very high and there was no nickname.

"How far is it to Arshan?"

"Report, less than 40 kilometers left!"

"Yoshi, speed up and try to launch a surprise attack on Arshan tonight!"

"Hai!"

At this moment, a signalman came running over: "Report, telegram from the 171st Division!"

"171st Division? Aren't they behind us? What's going on?"

"The 171st Division reported that they discovered an Eighth Route Army unit on our flank, numbering approximately men. They are also rapidly heading towards Arshan. They may be reinforcements for Arshan!"

"Hmm?" Zhong Ming Daxiang frowned. The troops who were going to reinforce Arshan, did that mean he was exposed?

"Tell the 171st Division to intercept this reinforcement immediately and not let them enter Arshan!"

"Hayi!"

"Order the troops to begin a forced march and reach Arshan as quickly as possible to launch the attack!"

"Hayi!"

Chapter 639 A big gift to Kodera Kouta

171st Division.

Kota Kotera held the telegram sent by Nakamiya Daisho and a smile appeared on his face.

"Lord Zhong Ming, it was you who asked us to stop these 5,000-man army. It's not that I won't participate in the attack!"

The reason why Kota Kota sent that telegram was just to find a reason to act separately.

After all, in the attack on Arshan, the Kwantung Army Headquarters ordered the 171th Division and the st Division to act together.

If the 171th Division was ambushed and wiped out, but the st Division suffered no losses, it would obviously be unusual.

Now that I have this telegram in my hand, I will have a reason to excuse myself when I report it - I was following Zhong Ming Daxiang's orders and separated from the 4th Division. Zhong Ming Daxiang was a lieutenant general, and I was a major general.

And when they set out to carry out the mission, they were told that the 4th Division would be the main force.

At this time, Zhong Ming Daxiang also had a smile on his face after sending the telegram.

"Kodera-kun, I won't share the credit for capturing Arshan with you!"

Nakamiya Daxiang had his own considerations for sending this telegram to Kotera Kouta.

If the 171-man team was the garrison that Li Yunlong urgently transferred to Arshan after discovering them, the st Division could intercept them halfway and easily capture Arshan.

If there are other troops in Arshan and it is impossible to capture Arshan, then we can also eliminate these 5,000 people to get the job done.

"Order the troops to immediately advance southeast and block the Eighth Route Army!"

"Hai!"

Kotaro Kota knew that there would be an ambush not far ahead. Since the 4th Division was going to die, let it die and take the credit for its own victory.

General Li Yunlong has sent a telegram to tell me that he has prepared a big gift for me.

"Tokuda-kun, Akeno-kun, after this battle, you will almost certainly be promoted to divisional staff officers, and your military ranks can be raised!"

Kota Kotera was riding a warhorse and spoke to the two Japanese lieutenants beside him with a smile.

These two Japanese majors were the ones who were captured together with Kota Kotera. However, they had a relatively low starting point and had only just become majors.