Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

In addition, Li Yunlong has already recovered most of two important areas in the four northeastern provinces, and the number of puppet troops still working for the Japanese is less than 100,000.

Including the more than 30,000 troops brought by Lao Han, the total force is only about 120,000.

"Send a telegram to the commander and ask what to do next!"

Old Han sighed. It had been two years. He had been disguising himself as a devil for almost two years. Now he had become the commander-in-chief of the puppet army. If he continued to stay with the devil, how high could he rise?

"Old Han got a promotion?"

Li Yunlong was a little confused when he looked at the telegram sent by Lao Han. He didn't expect that he asked Lao Han to stay put, but Lao Han got promoted?

Wu Yi Er took the telegram from Li Yunlong and thought for a moment before saying, "The deputy commander of our Heilongjiang-Jilin-Liaoning-Chahar Military Region has become the deputy commander-in-chief of the puppet Manchukuo Imperial Army?"

Li Yunlong nodded. "Yes, originally I just wanted Old Han to go and earn some extra money. At that time, I didn't have many generals who could command tens of thousands of people, so I sent Old Han, and the result was..."

Li Yunlong shook his head. The last time he saw Old Han was almost two years ago, right? By the time this winter was over, it would have been three years. Without realizing it, Old Han would have been undercover with the Japanese for three years.

How does one say that? Three years, three years, and then another three years...

"What are you going to do?"

Li Yunlong frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Since the Japs have promoted Old Han, we have to change some of our strategies!"

After saying this, Li Yunlong touched his chin and said, "In the previous battle at Hada Mountain, we killed or captured more than 100,000 puppet troops. The Japanese must be short of manpower now!"

"Are you planning to send someone over?"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "The Japanese are now heavily defending Harbin and other places. If we attack them forcefully, we will suffer heavy casualties. Moreover, a winter is enough time for the Japanese to recover. By then, we may lose air superiority, and the battle will be even more difficult!"

At this point, Li Yunlong smiled: "But the situation is different now. Old Han has become the commander-in-chief of the puppet army. From now on, we can control the movements of the Japanese Kwantung Army!"

"In addition, the devils also need a large number of puppet troops to help defend cities and places!"

"So I plan to send a few people from the main division to join the puppet army, and then have Lao Han place these people in key positions!"

"Wait until the next war!"

Before Li Yunlong could finish, the chief of staff smiled and said, "Next time a war breaks out, the Japanese will find that the puppet troops around them are pointing their guns at them!"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "This way, we won't have to fight many battles. The Japanese usually defend some small towns, narrow passes or areas with a company of puppet troops plus a few Japanese soldiers. When the time comes, our people will directly control the situation, and the Japanese will become blind!"

After hearing Li Yunlong's words, everyone laughed. However, Wu Yi Er thought for a moment and said, "Will the combat effectiveness of our troops be affected if we withdraw a few main divisions?"

Li Yunlong's troops now faced the same problem as the Japanese: the main force was limited in number and mostly recruits. Although some soldiers had grown up in the several battles in the Yingkou area, most of them had never experienced war and their combat effectiveness was difficult to guarantee.

"Don't worry about that. Look at this, everyone. It's a telegram sent to me from the 115th Division."

Li Yunlong pulled out the telegram that was lying on the table.

"I was going to talk about this today, but ended up discussing Old Han's matter first!"

As Li Yunlong spoke, he raised the telegram in his hand.

"The 115th Division has received approximately five divisions of Northeastern Army troops and is currently escorting them to Baicheng. In addition, other divisions have also received a significant number of Northeastern Army soldiers and civilians from across the country."

After reading the telegram, Wu Yi Er and others looked at each other in surprise.

"so many people?"

"Well, this is just the first wave. There are more to come. There are still many in the Taihang Mountains. The estimated number of people is no less than 200,000, or even more!"

"More than 100,000 of them are veterans of the Northeast Army. They have served for over a decade. Although some of them are veterans, they are definitely willing to contribute if we fight back to the four northeastern provinces."

"These veterans can go into battle with a little training!"

At this point, Li Yunlong looked at Wu Yi Er and said, "Political Commissar, your next task is arduous. These people have served in the National Army before, and many of them have the style of the old warlord era. They all joined us out of passion."

"If we guide them well, these people will become the backbone of our army in the future; if we guide them poorly, we may get into big trouble!"

After listening to Li Yunlong's words, Wuyier thought carefully and nodded: "Okay, leave it to me, but we still need to ask the headquarters for people!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong said with a bitter face: "Why don't you come and ask for it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone laughed again.

Now the headquarters is most afraid of receiving telegrams from Li Yunlong, because when Li Yunlong sends telegrams to the headquarters, they either contain some terrifying combat plans or ask for people.

The speed at which the headquarters is training talents is now almost unable to keep up with the speed at which Li Yunlong is recruiting people.

Although Li Yunlong has been trying to find a solution to this problem, it takes time to train a qualified talent, but what he lacks most now is time.

"Li Yunlong, you have a lot of connections, so you should come. We can't get any more people. I heard that the 120th and 129th Divisions are going to the rear headquarters to 'grab people'. For over a year, you've snatched up all the cadres they wanted!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong touched his head embarrassedly.

In the past two years, he has indeed needed a lot of people. He wants to pack up all the political workers who graduated from the rear headquarters and take them away. Many times, there are no talents available in other troops.

However, while Li Yunlong was asking for people from the headquarters, he was also sending equipment to other brother troops.

For example, Li Yunlong sent a lot of heavy artillery, weapons and ammunition to the 120th and 129th Divisions, otherwise the two division commanders would have come to him to "hold him accountable" long ago.

"Okay, I'll try again."

After saying that, Li Yunlong looked at the Chief of Staff and said, "Chief of Staff, we are still short of a number of division-level commanders. I remember that the Taiyue Column has quite a few talented people. Can you go ask them?"

The Chief of Staff said helplessly, "I'll ask for you, but it's not easy to get them to release the person. Everyone is keeping a close eye on the talents they have, fearing that you, Li Yunlong, will snatch them all away."

"It's okay, just ask. If you're willing, we can get more supplies in exchange. Our troops have them, so our brother troops can take whatever they want!"

Li Yunlong said this and looked at Wu Yier again.

Wu Yier noticed Li Yunlong's gaze and said, "Don't look at me. When my old friend sent me here, he told me not to ask him for the person, otherwise he would get angry with me!"

"Hahaha……"

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Chapter 707: Lao Han recruited people

"Notify all group leaders to come to the meeting!"

In the First Division of the First Corps, Huang Zhiyong received Li Yunlong's telegram and his expression became complicated.

"Commander, what's wrong?"

The chief of staff looked at Huang Zhiyong with some curiosity. In the past, no matter what difficult task he received, Huang Zhiyong was always full of confidence. Even if some tasks were difficult, he would just frown. But now the expression on his face was a little strange.

"Chief of Staff, please take a look at the order given to us by the headquarters!"

Huang Zhiyong handed over the telegram.

After reading the contents of the telegram, the chief of staff's face turned bitter.

"Are you asking us to go undercover with the Japanese again?"

Huang Zhiyong shrugged his shoulders: "There's nothing we can do. Who told us to do this before?"

Huang Zhiyong's First Division was developed from the previous First Regiment, and once served as an advance regiment into the Greater Khingan Range.

Later, after the main force of Li Yunlong's troops arrived at Daxinganling, Huang Zhiyong led a group of people, disguised as various identities such as Japanese devils and the Siberian Freedom Army, and stayed in the Siberian region for a period of time.

Finally, he succeeded in getting some people to establish a country in Siberia. After completing his mission, he retired and returned to Arshan, where he was reorganized into the First Division.

"Hey, it's the headquarters' order. Let's carry it out. Pick some people who have shown up before and try not to go. Find some new faces."

The chief of staff nodded and said, "They've all gone. We don't have many people left in the First Division."

"There will be new recruits coming in later, and we two can't be the commanders alone!"

Soon, the regimental commanders of the First Division received the order, and after the meeting, they all left with bitter faces.

This task seems simple, but most people are not willing to do it.

The reason is very simple. Most of the soldiers in the 1st Division are from the four northeastern provinces. They finally fought back to the four northeastern provinces, but before they had time to celebrate, they had to transform themselves into puppet soldiers.

If you serve as a puppet soldier in the four northeastern provinces, you will be criticized and scolded.

"Captain, what's the division's mission? Where are we going to fight?"

After seeing Milong rushing back from the division headquarters, Gu Xiaomai immediately went to meet him. Everyone looked at Milong eagerly, hoping to hear the order to attack.

Milong is now the regimental commander, and Long Wenjian has been promoted to the deputy commander of a recruit division.

"Let's have a meeting first!"

Milong threw away the cigarette butt, stepped hard and entered the regiment headquarters.

The other battalion commanders looked at each other and then entered the regiment headquarters.

"Captain, we just returned to the four northeastern provinces, and we're going to join the puppet army? I just wrote a letter home, saying I'm joining the Eighth Route Army and will come home to see them after a break. How am I going to explain to my family if I join the puppet army now?"

After hearing the content of the mission, a battalion commander from the East Four Provinces immediately spoke.

After hearing this, Milong glanced at everyone and said, "I know this mission is difficult for you to accept at the moment, but the superiors have given the order, so we must complete it. If there are difficulties, we must overcome them!"

"Why did they choose our division? It's because we're all from the four eastern provinces. No one would doubt us becoming puppet soldiers. Comrades, this is a difficult task, but don't forget, we're not asking you to actually become puppet soldiers. We're doing this to liberate the entire four eastern provinces!"

"Comrades, how many evil things have those puppet troops in the four eastern provinces done? After we go there, we can record all of them and settle accounts with them later. Moreover, since we are puppet troops, when we attack in the future..."

Milong repeated what Huang Zhiyong had said to them during the meeting just now, and after listening to Huang Zhiyong's words.

After hearing this, several battalion commanders looked at each other.

Milong was the first to speak: "Captain... forget it, when are we going to set off?"

"The sooner the better. Leave in batches. Someone will meet you upon arrival. Just follow the instructions and enter. We'll arrange you together in battalions. Your mission is..."

Milong quickly assigned the tasks.

"Go get ready!"

"Yes!"

The First Division acted quickly. A week later, more than 5,000 people signed up to join the puppet army through various channels.

In addition to the First Division, there were six other divisions, each of which also mobilized a large number of soldiers, a total of more than 50,000 people, to go north to join the puppet army.

"Yoshi, Han Sang, you completed your mission very well. I am very satisfied!"

In the city of Harbin, Lao Han, the commander of the Imperial Army under the Kwantung Army, was with Itagaki Shoshiro, who was responsible for the defense of Harbin.