Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Li Yunlong's troops possess a large amount of automatic firepower, sufficient ammunition, complete heavy firepower, armored units and air force. This is no longer the combat capability that an agricultural country should have. We need to treat Li Yunlong as an equal opponent."

"Put aside your contempt. I believe your strategy of moving from north to south will most likely fail. Our equipment may already be behind Li Yunlong's! As for the new recruit divisions in the peninsula!"

Ishihara Kan'er snorted coldly and said, "It's not that I look down on the Empire's new recruit divisions. These troops need to pass through a large mountainous area to travel from the peninsula to Manchuria. Don't forget that Li Yunlong wiped out the Empire's most elite Sixth Division in the Taihang Mountains!"

"Now that Li Yunlong's troops are equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, I think it would be difficult for the new recruit divisions in the peninsula, let alone twenty divisions, even forty divisions, to get out of this mountain range!"

Hearing these words, all the Japanese soldiers in the army headquarters glared at Ishihara Kanji and scolded him.

"Baga, Ishihara Kaner, you're afraid before the battle, you're a coward!"

"That's right, how could Li Yunlong's equipment possibly be better than the Empire's elite!"

"Humph, it's only because your Kwantung Army is incompetent that Li Yunlong has become so powerful!"

"Baga, if you don't dare to face Li Yunlong, I can go too!"

"..."

A group of Japanese devils from the Army Headquarters began to mock and abuse Ishihara Kanji.

Since they are not their own people, these devils have no psychological burden when cursing them.

Moreover, in the eyes of the Japanese, Ishihara Kan'er was completely exaggerating. The Japanese troops could even defeat the elite troops of the Russians, let alone Li Yunlong's troops.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers in the Army Headquarters in front of him, they were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to skin him alive.

Ishihara Kanji just looked at them coldly. This group of people in front of him had never been to the battlefield at all. Most of them were people who were promoted at a rapid speed by relying on their connections. Some of them had been to the Chinese battlefield, but that was a few years ago.

When they discussed policies or combat strategies, they still used methods from a few years ago. At the same time, they had an arrogant mentality, thinking that their defeat was not because Li Yunlong was too strong, but because the Kwantung Army was too useless.

These people will not believe that the Japanese were defeated simply because their soldiers were really not as strong as Li Yunlong. Even if some people know the problem, they are unwilling to believe it. They need to force themselves to believe it before they can make others believe it.

Private First Class Tojo's face was not looking good. Although Ishihara Kanji did not say anything about him directly, he was implying that he was the one who was referring to. After all, he was the one who formed this cabinet, and many people in the Army Headquarters were promoted by him.

For example, Army Vice Minister Kyoji Tominaga knows nothing except flattery.

Didn't Private Tojo know that he was incompetent? He knew, but Tominaga Kyoji was loyal to him. Anyone who offended him or was dissatisfied with Private Tojo would be framed by him, thrown into prison, and then sent to the front to die.

How could Private First Class Tojo not use such a person? Moreover, Private First Class Tojo did not like to share his power.

"That's enough. Li Yunlong is indeed an outstanding Chinese general. We should also give him enough respect and treat him as an equal!"

Private First Class Tojo's words set the tone for the incident.

Then he looked at Ishihara Kanji and said, "After all this talk, what's your battle plan?"

"My battle plan is to dispatch army transport ships to transport at least four or five divisions from Huludao to Yingkou for landing. At the same time, I will also send some fleets to bombard the Tashan position!"

"The purpose of bombarding the Tashan position is to attract the attention of Li Yunlong's troops and make them strengthen the defense of the Tashan position. In this way, all the remaining defenders around Jinzhou can be mobilized to the vicinity of Tashan. The troops landing from Yingkou can directly bypass the Tashan position and attack Jinzhou, or even directly attack Fengtian!"

"Once Jinzhou is captured, or Fengtian is in crisis, Li Yunlong will definitely send troops back to support it. The troops closest to Fengtian are definitely those deployed in the Changbai Mountains. Once these troops are transferred, the new recruits from the peninsula can enter Manchuria!"

"This way, combined with the troops attacking from Baicheng, we can disrupt Li Yunlong's deployment. We can occupy cities one by one, advance steadily bit by bit, and surround them from all sides, not giving Li Yunlong's troops the opportunity to defeat them one by one!"

After listening to Ishihara Kanji's introduction, Private First Class Tojo was reluctant to admit it, but he had to admit that Ishihara Kanji's plan really made him see the light.

And through Ishihara Kanji's analysis, I feel that it is very feasible.

"Baga, what if Li Yunlong's troops are prepared? What if they set up an ambush in Yingkou?"

"That's right. Li Yunlong's troops have air superiority. If the transport ships go there, will they become targets?"

"That's simply wishful thinking. You said you wouldn't give Li Yunlong the chance to defeat them one by one, but you're going to let four or five divisions land in Yingkou. What if they get surrounded? These are the elite troops of the empire!"

Some Japanese soldiers immediately jumped out to refute. They did not have their own tactics, but they would find reasons to refute any opinion raised by Ishihara Kanji.

This was the task assigned to them by Kyoji Tominaga. They must not let the Kwantung Army steal the limelight from their Army Headquarters, so they worked so hard.

Ishihara Kanji listened to the reasons given by this group of people to refute and couldn't help but sneer in his heart. The army headquarters is full of such people. No wonder the war has turned out like this.

Think again about the people who used to work with me, General Okamura, General Matsui, Kimura, etc. Which one of them is not better than this group of insects in front of me?

"Okay, this battle plan is good. Ishihara-kun, please make a detailed battle plan for me!"

Ishihara Kan'er glanced at Private First Class Tojo and said, "I'll report this to General Terauchi, and he'll come negotiate with you!"

When Private First Class Tojo heard what Ishihara Kanji said, he wanted to draw his samurai sword and chop the guy in front of him to death. The people of the Kwantung Army were really hateful.

Chapter 677: A sneak attack on Li Yunlong’s headquarters?

"Understood. Have Terauchi Morikazu report the battle plan as soon as possible!"

"Hayi!" Ishihara Kan'er responded and didn't say anything else.

Private First Class Tojo glanced at all the army personnel present and said, "You must immediately prepare according to the proposed battle plan. Send the detailed battle plan to each combat unit. If there is any conflict with the previous preliminary battle plan, this one will take precedence!"

After finishing speaking, Private First Class Tojo glanced at everyone and said, "This battle plan must be kept secret. You are not allowed to mention it to anyone. Each unit only knows its own battle plan!"

"Hayi!"

But at this time, Tominaga Kyoji spoke again.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I also have a plan. It's a bit risky, but if it succeeds, it might be able to achieve good results!"

When Private First Class Tojo heard that it was Kyoji Tominaga who spoke, he frowned. He knew very well what kind of person Kyoji Tominaga was. There was nothing wrong with him flattering him, but forget about asking him to give advice. He simply didn't have the ability to do so. He was promoted to the position of deputy minister because he didn't want others to take away his power.

However, Tominaga Kyoji was Private First Class Tojo's confidant. Since he had spoken, Private First Class Tojo could not stop him: "Go ahead!"

Tominaga Kyoji stood up, raised his head, looked around at everyone, and said, "Everyone, I have a plan that can cause chaos in Li Yunlong's troops before the battle even begins!"

After saying this, he looked around confidently, and many people looked at Tominaga Kyoji with suspicion.

Not only did Private First Class Tojo know what kind of person Tominaga Kyoji was, but this group of people also lived with Tominaga Kyoji day and night and knew what level of person he was. How could he have a reliable battle plan?

"Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me!"

Private First Class Tojo didn't want to watch Kyoji Tominaga show off, lest he be too embarrassed later.

"I have to thank the Kwantung Army for providing me with this idea. If you three generals hadn't been captured, I wouldn't have come up with such a great idea!"

Kyoji Tominaga did not forget to make a sarcastic remark, and after saying that he deliberately looked at Ishihara Kanji with a provocative look in his eyes.

However, Ishihara Kanji did not care about his provocation and continued drinking his tea, which made Tominaga Kyoji very annoyed.

"Speak quickly!"

"Hayi!"

Seeing that Private First Class Tojo was also a little impatient, Tominaga Kyoji did not dare to be arrogant. He raised his head and said, "Since Li Yunlong's troops like to attack our headquarters, why can't we attack Li Yunlong's headquarters?"

"Li Yunlong's headquarters is now in Fengtian, and Fengtian is where we have been operating for more than ten years. If you count the immigrants who came before us, we have been operating for decades!"

"We are very familiar with every tree and blade of grass in Fengtian City, so we can also carry out a decapitation operation on Li Yunlong!"

After Tominaga Kyoji finished speaking, he looked around at everyone.

After hearing this, Private First Class Tojo couldn't help but sigh in suspicion and looked at Tominaga Kyoji in surprise: "Did you come up with this?"

"Hayi, I just thought of this when I was thinking about the Kwantung Army issue."

Private First Class Tojo nodded with satisfaction. Tominaga Kyoji's answer was very clever. Not only did it make him proud, but it also scolded the Kwantung Army.

"Tell me about the specific plan!"

"Hayi!"

"I think we can contact the Special High Technology Department and ask General Doihara to provide intelligence and cover. Our army will send elite troops to secretly infiltrate Fengtian!"

"Then we can just carry out a decapitation operation like we did with Li Yunlong's troops and capture him directly. This way, Li Yunlong's troops will inevitably become chaotic, and then the imperial army can attack again and easily defeat Li Yunlong's troops!"

There is no specific battle plan, just an idea.

However, Private First Class Tojo was very satisfied with Tominaga Kyoji's performance. He glanced at Ishihara Kan'er and said, "Ishihara-kun, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Ishihara Kan'er nodded and said, "It's indeed a good idea, but this mission requires some elite troops. I can draw them from the Kwantung Army..."

Before he could finish his words, Corporal Tojo stopped him: "Some of our army once went to Munich to study special operations. Although the commander died, there are still some people who have studied there who can carry out this mission!"

Are you kidding me? If this mission was also assigned to the Kwantung Army, wouldn't the credit for capturing Li Yunlong alive belong to the Kwantung Army? Private First Class Tojo would never allow such a thing to happen.

"In that case, I agree with this plan!"

"Very good, tell General Terauchi to submit the battle plan as soon as possible. Our headquarters needs to formulate a complete plan to slay the dragon!"

"Hayi!"

Four hours later, Terauchi Moriichi sent a telegram.

Terauchi Morikazu slightly improved Ishihara Kanji's battle plan.

Not only will five divisions be transferred from the Huludao area to Yingkou, but five new recruit divisions will also be transferred from the peninsula area to land in Yingkou together.

Terauchi Morikazu's reason was very simple: the empire now had a large number of new recruits.

These new recruits lack practical combat experience and there are not enough veterans to train them, so sending five new recruit divisions to follow Huludao's five main divisions will allow these five new recruit divisions to be trained.

At the same time, after the five main divisions capture the city, they need to divide their troops to garrison. These five new recruit divisions can take on the defense tasks for the main divisions.

With the addition of five new divisions of about 100,000 soldiers, the demand for transport ships will double.

After considering it for a while, Private First Class Tojo agreed to Terauchi Morikazu's battle plan.

The army has a sufficient number of transport ships.

There was no way. The Japanese navy and army were at odds. When the army did not have enough transport ships, every time the Japanese army needed to transport troops, it would be harassed by the navy. After the army soldiers boarded the ship, they were tortured by the navy soldiers.

It was even common for army and navy soldiers to clash and then be thrown directly into the sea to feed the sharks.

So the Japanese army decided to build its own transport ships to transport troops decades ago.

If we only count the tonnage of transport ships, the Japanese army fleet has a larger tonnage than the Japanese navy.

The Army's A- and B-class transport ships combined have a total tonnage of nearly four million tons.

The total tonnage of the Japanese navy at its peak was only two million tons. After taking over Australia and starting to attack China, the total tonnage of the Japanese navy was only more than 2.6 million tons, which was still some distance away from the four million tons of the army.

The Army also has a special Naval Transport Department to manage these transport ships.

It was not a difficult task for the army to transport 200,000 people to land near Yingkou at one time.

After formulating the battle plan, the Japanese Army Headquarters quickly issued the battle plan to Terauchi Morikazu.

Terauchi Morikazu was very cautious. He kept the complete version of the battle plan only to himself. After compiling the battle plans of the remaining troops, he sent them to the divisions that needed to participate in the battle.

He also told the division commanders that this battle plan needed to be kept confidential.