Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Then the blood of these dead devils flowed down the mountain to the ground, and finally gradually gathered into small red streams and flowed into the valley.

The sight of blood, dirt, and various scraps of meat and other debris flowing down the mountain made the recruits' legs tremble. The occasional bullets grazing their ears, the heads of their comrades exploding one after another, and the constant rain of shells sent the recruits fleeing in all directions.

"I don't want to die!"

"Save me, save me!"

"I want to go home……"

"Mama-san..."

The Japanese soldiers issued various calls and began to retreat to the rear. These retreating Japanese soldiers did not care about the other people around them at all, they just wanted to escape first.

If only one person began to collapse, the Japanese officer could kill him and command the troops to continue the attack, but there were too many Japanese who collapsed. He had killed several retreating deserters with his samurai sword, but more and more Japanese fled for their lives regardless of anything.

The collapse of one battalion set off a chain reaction, one battalion after another, then a regiment, then a division, and finally panic spread to the entire division.

"Don't panic, don't panic, Baga, keep the formation and retreat!"

The Japanese division commander also knew that it was impossible to stop the soldiers from being defeated at this time, but he wanted to let these soldiers retreat in an orderly manner so that the casualties would be smaller.

But it was obvious that these Japanese soldiers could not hear what the division commander said at all. They only had one idea now, which was to retreat as quickly as possible and leave this place as soon as possible.

The Japanese soldiers in the valley desperately fled backwards. The originally wide road was now crowded with frantic Japanese soldiers. Some of them even started to attack the friendly soldiers in front of them. As long as they eliminated the people in front of them, they could escape.

Chapter 699: Conquering the Western Sayan Mountains

"The devils are defeated already?"

At the frontline position halfway up the mountain, several American generals stared with their eyes wide open as they looked at the defeated Japanese army below.

Were the Japanese defeated so easily? There are nearly five divisions and over 100,000 Japanese soldiers here!

Before they arrived, they had heard that the Japs fought recklessly, like mad dogs, but what did they see? After less than half an hour of fighting, the Japs were already defeated.

No, to be more precise, it was a rout. A group of Japanese soldiers fled back without regard for their lives, people squeezing and trampling on each other. The troops halfway up the mountain had already stood up and started shooting. Wherever there was a gunshot, there would be Japanese soldiers killed. Wherever there was a shell, there would be Japanese soldiers blown to death.

"Maybe it's just a rumor. If they make the Japanese seem powerful, they can ask us for more funding."

A US Army colonel spoke slowly.

The other people all agreed with the colonel's statement. They could not associate the group of devils in front of them with words such as "invincible", "fighting bravely" and "fearless of death".

"Those people in Shancheng are deceiving us!"

At this time, Holland Smith suddenly spoke.

"I think so too. If the Japs were all of this level, I think our troops could easily defeat them!"

As soon as this statement was made, it was approved by other officers.

In the eyes of these officers, Li Yunlong's troops were able to defeat five Japanese divisions using the old-fashioned Type 38 rifles and some old artillery.

And these weren't Li Yunlong's elite troops. If they were equipped with Garand rifles, had air and sea superiority, and heavy firepower, the Japanese wouldn't have been able to hold out for even half an hour.

"Maybe this is just an exception. We need to visit more places to observe. There are many accidental factors in war!"

At this time, another major general spoke.

"Indeed, it's impossible to draw a valid conclusion by observing only one battle. Perhaps these Japanese soldiers are all new recruits, fighting on the battlefield for the first time!"

"Okay, let's continue observing!"

The American military officers temporarily reached a consensus and were in no mood to continue watching. What followed was a one-sided massacre.

The battle has entered its final stage.

The five divisions in the peninsula were defeated, the troops in Huludao retreated to Shanhaiguan, and the troops that landed across the sea suffered heavy losses in Yingkou. The only remaining troops in the Japanese offensive plan were the Siberian Front and two troops in the Far East.

The Siberian Front was indeed the elite of the Kwantung Army. After being ambushed in the Greater Khingan Mountains, they engaged in a fierce battle with the Second Corps for about two weeks. During this time, the Second Corps set up more than ten lines of defense in the mountainous area from Wangye Temple to Baicheng, blocking the enemy layer by layer.

The casualty ratios on both sides were very high. The Second Corps, taking advantage of its terrain and weapons advantages, fought the Japanese at a ratio of about one to three. This was the largest casualty ratio Li Yunlong's troops had suffered since they were equipped.

In every previous battle, Li Yunlong's troops had a casualty ratio of more than five, which meant that at least five Japanese soldiers could replace one of Li Yunlong's soldiers.

The Battle of Hadashan even achieved an astonishing casualty ratio of 1 to 136. Li Yunlong's troops suffered fewer than 1,000 casualties, captured 70,000 Japanese soldiers, and killed over 40,000. This does not include the puppet army, otherwise the casualties would have been even more exaggerated.

However, the battle with the Siberian Front was very difficult.

In addition, after a period of recovery, the Japanese aircraft began to reappear in the skies of the four northeastern provinces, and began to compete with Li Yunlong's troops for air supremacy. This was also one of the reasons why the Second Corps suffered such heavy casualties in this battle. The Air Force was busy fighting the Japanese Air Force and was unable to provide effective support.

Finally, after half a month of fierce fighting, the Japanese Siberian Front Army slowly withdrew from Wangye Temple. More than 100,000 of the 300,000 Siberian Front Army soldiers were killed, and most of the remaining Japanese soldiers were injured.

However, what the Japanese did not expect was that they encountered an ambush on their way of retreat. Within half a month, a large part of the 115th Division also completed its march northward, blocking the retreat route of the Siberian Front.

On the other side, on the northern battlefield, the Japanese Far Eastern Front once captured Songyuan. The 4th Division, led by the division commander Kota Kotera, captured Songyuan, but the joy did not last for a few days, as Songyuan was recaptured again.

Because, with the exception of the 4th Division, the rest of the troops failed to keep up and were instead blocked in the rear, suffering heavy losses. After finding themselves besieged, the 4th Division held out for a week, but reinforcements failed to reach Songyuan, forcing Kota Kotera to abandon Songyuan and retreat towards Wuchang.

Although they encountered ambushes along the way, the 4th Division successfully retreated to Wuchang after losing more than 8,000 people.

The rest of the Far Eastern Front were not so lucky. After their attack suffered a setback, they were preparing to retreat. However, a troop suddenly appeared on their way back. It was Kong Jie's Second Column. They had somehow reached the Japanese bungalow area and blocked their way back.

After a week of breaking out, part of the Far Eastern Front successfully escaped the encirclement and returned to Harbin.

What surprised Li Yunlong even more was that the old man Kong Jie gave Li Yunlong another surprise.

After capturing Mei Jing Meijiro, Kong Jie left behind a troop of only more than 2,000 people and did not retreat with the main force. After the battle in the four eastern provinces broke out, this troop once again launched an attack on Gongqingcheng, hoping to capture Gongqingcheng and capture Terauchi Moriichi and several other old Japanese devils alive.

However, because Terauchi Morikazu strengthened the defense of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, he was unable to capture the headquarters. Instead, he rescued the captured Gastinovich and several surviving Russian generals in the city.

Li Yunlong originally thought that Jiaqi would die after being captured by Kodera Yasutaka, but unexpectedly he survived and was rescued by Kong Jie's troops. The Russians owed Li Yunlong another favor.

What surprised Li Yunlong the most was Ding Wei's troops. Kong Jie's troops were heading south to send Mei Jing Meijiro, the old devil, while Ding Wei's troops were destroying the devil's logistics line in the rear.

After the fighting broke out in the four eastern provinces, Ding Wei's troops quickly advanced westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway and quickly captured important cities such as Chita and Kurkutsk.

Then they headed west and directly reached the Western Sayan Mountains and the Eastern Sayan Mountains. After defeating and capturing the Japanese who were building defensive positions in these two areas, they arranged for the Japanese to continue building defensive positions there. The most important defensive barrier in the entire Outer Khingan Range fell into the hands of Li Yunlong's troops.

Although the Japanese still controlled a number of areas in the Greater Khingan Range and the four eastern provinces, with the exception of Harbin, these were small, insignificant cities. Furthermore, after this battle, the Japanese had lost most of their main elite forces, and they were unable to launch a counterattack in these areas in the short term.

Chapter 700 Li Yunlong starts doing business again

"General Li Yunlong, congratulations, congratulations!"

After the war, Stilwell once again came to Li Yunlong's command headquarters.

This time he came to pick up the officers who were studying under Li Yunlong, and also to continue negotiating with Li Yunlong about the bombing of Yingdu.

"General Stilwell, welcome, welcome. Don't congratulate me, I'm so worried!"

Li Yunlong was very happy to see Stilwell, so a look of worry appeared on his face.

Stilwell saw the profound changes in Li Yunlong's expression, and there was some unspeakable secret behind his smile.

"What happened to General Li Yunlong?"

"Hey!"

Li Yunlong sighed deeply and said, "General Stilwell, please go inside first. We can discuss our affairs in the evening."

Stilwell didn't ask any more questions and followed Li Yunlong into the command center.

Originally, Li Yunlong planned to let some accidents happen to Ridgway, but he did not find a suitable opportunity to do so. The main reason was that there were some risks. Li Yunlong wanted to get some assistance from the US military, so he let Ridgway go. Besides, a familiar opponent is easier to deal with than an unfamiliar opponent.

The same would apply if Li Yunlong brought Ridgway back if he wanted to go to the peninsula in the future.

"General Stilwell, all the people you brought are here."

More than a dozen American military officers were already waiting in the command center. When they saw Stilwell, they all stood up and saluted. Stilwell was a lieutenant general, and their highest military rank was major general.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Thank you, General Stilwell, for your concern!"

"Well, Mr. President is still waiting for your report. I'm here to take you back this time. Go pack your things."

Seeing that none of these people were missing, Stilwell smiled. After arranging them to leave, only Li Yunlong and Stilwell were left in the room.

"General Li Yunlong, our military has agreed to your proposed plan to bomb Yingdu, and we have also agreed to place air force bases in Fengtian and Xinjing!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong's face straightened and he said, "General Stilwell, Xinjing has become a thing of the past. It is now called Changchun."

"Well, fifty B29 bombers are expected to be deployed to Fengtian and Changchun. Are there any problems with the airports?"

Hearing that the US military was going to deploy fifty B29s in Changchun and Fengtian, Li Yunlong smiled and said, "No problem, welcome, anytime!"

"That's the first thing. Besides that, regarding the assistance requests you made earlier, we can agree to some of them, but they won't be free. There are some conditions attached..."

Compared to Beria, Stilwell was a man with a bit of conscience. He took out a treaty and handed it to Li Yunlong: "This is a request from above. I can't make the decision. General Li Yunlong hopes you can consider it carefully."

Li Yunlong looked at the content of the intelligence and raised his eyebrows slightly. Wow, some of the treaties signed in Shancheng are now his turn.

However, after reading the contents of these treaties, Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "General Stilwell, I have no way of deciding these treaties, but I hope to offer you something in exchange."

Hearing that Li Yunlong was going to exchange something with him, Stilwell was stunned. Li Yunlong wanted to sell something to them? Was there anything in China worth buying for the US military?

Li Yunlong took out a document and handed it over. "General Stilwell, this is our missile technology. You know we rescued a lot of Russian experts in Siberia. They were all those who were dealt with by the bearded men during the Great Purge. Now they are here with us, contributing their strength to the fight against fascism!"

After hearing Li Yunlong's words, Stilwell was stunned for a moment, and then took some general information about the missile.

"A missile capable of hitting targets over 300 kilometers away?"

Stilwell's eyes widened, obviously unable to believe it.

"Yes, the German-American team has already started testing, and the experiment has been successful. It should be successful soon. You can ask your intelligence personnel to check. Our missile technology is more advanced than the German-American team!"

Stilwell quickly read the information, then stood up and said, "General Li Yunlong, I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to report it."

"can!"

"General Li Yunlong, can you tell me your conditions?"

"Of course, we are allies, and these technologies should be shared, but you..."

Li Yunlong pointed to the treaties, and Stilwell sighed and said, "General Li Yunlong, we need a return on our investment."

Li Yunlong nodded: "In that case, let's just talk business!"

As he spoke, Li Yunlong put on his glasses and said, "We have complete missile technology and have already tested it. Here are the photos and data from the test."

Li Yunlong produced some evidence: "The range can reach 330 kilometers, and the warhead it carries is powerful enough to easily destroy anything within a radius of about two kilometers."

"For this weapon technology transfer, in addition to the design drawings I told you about earlier, I need $100 million from you, plus 500 Hellcat fighter jets! Also, two penicillin production lines, and one of the latest ones..."