I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Although Fu Zuoyi and Zhang Fakui were greatly surprised, they did not feel abrupt, because the two provinces of Shandong and Shanxi were the northern barrier of China at this time, and the two provinces of Lu and Jin were the frontlines. Once China and Japan fought again, the two provinces of Lu, Jin and Nanjing would either be blocked The forward position of the Japanese army going south, or the advance base of the Nanjing army marching northward, the Nanjing army stationed in Shandong and Jin used to take the time to reorganize the army and military and never slack in preparing for the re-fight against Japan, so Fu Zuoyi Facing Chiang Kai-shek's inquiries with Zhang Fakui, they didn't know anything about it.

The two looked at each other, and Fu Zuoyi said: "Chairman, if our army launches a counterattack, there are three main strategies. One is to attack from northern Shanxi, attacking Suiyuan and Chahar provinces where the Japanese army is entrenched. Attack north to attack Hebei Province, where the Japanese army is entrenched. The third is to send troops from northern Shanxi and northern Shandong at the same time.

For comparison, the difficulty of the first strategy is relatively the lowest. The two provinces of Suicha are flat and suitable for assault by our armored forces, and the number of local Japanese troops is small. The strategy is relatively the most difficult. It is completely head-to-head with the Japanese army. Both the enemy and the enemy will fight a protracted war of attrition in the south of Hebei and Hebei. , At the same time, our army also needs to maximize the input of troops, because it is necessary to fight a huge battle of encirclement and annihilation!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "Very good!"

Zhang Fakui went on to say: "Chairman, if you really want to fight back, I suggest to fight back immediately. The speed of your troops is extremely high. The Japanese did not expect us to launch a large-scale attack just a few days after the second son was assassinated. This is also possible to a certain extent." Hitting the Japanese by surprise has the effect of catching them off guard and taking them by surprise.

If preparations are made slowly, the Japanese will surely perceive our movements and confront them.

In my opinion, the Second and Fifth Military Regions will immediately go into battle with the existing troops, and the follow-up soldiers, ordnance, and supplies can be transported and replenished while fighting!"

"Yes, yes!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded again, and then asked, "How are the troops of the Second and Fifth Military Regions doing now?"

Fu Zuoyi replied: "Although not fully prepared, it is still possible to fight a high-intensity counterattack!"

This was early December 1938, and the Sino-Japanese Armistice was in late September 12, and the two sides had "maintained peace" for more than two months.

In the past two months or so, the German side naturally took advantage of the Japanese navy's lifting of the blockade of the Chinese coastline to conduct a major blood transfusion to China. The two major ports of Fuzhou and Qingdao can be said to be "regardless of day and night, and ships are like shuttles", just like crucian carp crossing the river. The German ships that came to China continuously brought a large number of aid personnel, a large number of machinery and equipment, and weapons to China. urgently needed industrial raw materials).

For China at the moment, the construction of industry and economic development are the top priorities, as is the reorganization of the army, economics and military affairs. The two major issues are handled with both hands, so the arms trade between China and Germany has not decreased.

Over the past two months, the Chinese army has acquired hundreds of aircraft, hundreds of tanks, hundreds of heavy artillery pieces, tens of thousands of firearms, and tens of millions of ammunition from Germany.

Nine out of ten of these arms are naturally supplied to the Nanjing Army. At the same time, Chinese local arsenals are also working overtime to manufacture weapons and ammunition non-stop. The Nanjing Army also has the priority to supply, so the Nanjing Army is China's most strong army.

The fly in the ointment is that the quality of the Nanjing Army's soldiers at this time has declined somewhat, because the Nanjing Army now has 40 troops, and the original backbone of the old base is only [-]. They are recruits with good quality and educated young people with high education level, but it is inevitable that the overall quality of the Nanjing Army is indeed far inferior to the "[-] dead soldiers" during the Nanjing Battle. However, the weapons and equipment, morale, spirit and will of the Nanjing Army are all It's not too inferior to before, but the fighting quality is lower than before.

Generally speaking, the Nanjing Army at this time was still a powerful force that the Japanese army deeply feared.

"My request to you is that right now, one division can withstand a Japanese division A one-on-one. In the future, one division one-on-one must defeat a Japanese division A!" (A division of the Nanjing Army has 3 to 3.5 troops, and a Division A division of the Japanese Army has 2.5 to 2.8 troops. After strengthening, it can reach 3 or even more than 3.5 troops).

The blood transfusion for more than two months must have been preliminary, but it did restore a lot of vitality and combat power to the Nanjing Army.

As Fu Zuoyi said, "Although not fully prepared, it is still possible to fight a high-intensity counterattack."

The Chinese army is reorganizing the army, and the Japanese are of course busy reviving.

However, the situation in China and Japan is very different. China has Germany as a close friend, and no matter how poor China is, it can at least sell resources. Japan does not have these two advantages. First of all, in the world, Japan is really There is no true friend, Germany is pro-China and Japan is not warm, the United States, Britain and France are lukewarm towards Japan, selling things to Japan is okay, as for lending money to Japan, it is not even a thought, the Soviet Union and Japan naturally have their own ideas Ghost, the Soviet Union was very wary of Japan, and the aid to Japan was also to use Japan, which caused Japan to owe a huge debt to the Soviet Union after the Sino-Japanese War. Therefore, Japan can be regarded as a lonely family in the world and cannot receive strong foreign aid. Secondly, Japan lacks local resources. Japan's financial resources, firstly, Japan itself is extremely short of resources, and the resources in the four northeastern provinces, the Korean Peninsula and other places need to supply Japan itself; secondly, the resources in the Northeast are mainly steel and coal (the Japanese did not discover the Daqing Oilfield), Countries such as Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France are not short of steel and coal, so Japan has goods but no market, and naturally cannot sell them for money.

Therefore, in the past two months, the Nanjing army was strong again, but the Japanese army was still sluggish.

"Chairman!" Zhang Fakui looked at Chiang Kai-shek solemnly, "Excuse me, what is the purpose of this counterattack?"

Chiang Kai-shek's face was tense, and he said every word: "Recover a province, or wipe out a division of the Japanese army!"

Both Fu Zuoyi and Zhang Fakui felt awe-inspiring.

Jiang Weiguo remembered that this was the third time he was injured.

The first time Jiang Weiguo was injured was in the Xi’an Incident, and the second time he was injured in the Nanjing Defense War. He survived both times. This time, it’s the same. In fact, Jiang Weiguo’s third injury cannot be regarded as an injury at all, because He was largely unscathed.

When the mortar shell roared through the air, Chen Ming, Sun Jian and other guards beside Jiang Weiguo threw Jiang Weiguo down and pounced on him like an arhat. They, who were absolutely loyal to Jiang Weiguo, did not hesitate at critical moments. Reflexively used his body and life to protect Jiang Weiguo.

After a "boom" thunderbolt sounded close at hand, Jiang Weiguo was almost stunned. He felt his internal organs trembling madly in the shock wave, nauseated, and at the same time, his eyes turned black and Venus flew.

After barely regaining consciousness, Jiang Weiguo found that his head and face were covered with sticky, hot liquid, which was blood. He braced his body in fear, and found that some of the dozen or so guards who threw themselves on him were covered in blood and some were covered in blood. It has been torn apart, a human leg on the left, a human hand on the right, and even a bloody human head rolled in front of his eyes, looking at Jiang Weiguo with gloomy eyes, it was Sun Jian.

After the shells fell, they almost blew up the entire house. Lightning flashed and thundered in the room. Countless sharp and hot shell fragments splashed and danced in the wind-like air waves. More than half of the collapsed houses became bloody slaughterhouses. It's a mutilated corpse.

Jiang Weiguo was covered in blood, but he didn't lose a single hair, because when the explosion occurred, more than a dozen guards protected him firmly with their bodies.

After standing up staggeringly, Jiang Weiguo looked at the blood and corpses all over the place in a daze. Seven or eight of the dozen or so guards protecting him were killed by the bombing, and five or six others were also killed by the bombing.

"Mr. Baili! Officer Yang!" Wiping away the blood that covered his eyes, Jiang Weiguo was shocked to see that Jiang Baili and Yang Jie were also lying in a pool of blood.

The guards of Jiang Baili and Yang Jie also desperately protected the chief at the critical moment, but both of them were seriously injured.

Jiang Weiguo saw with his hair standing on end that Yang Jie's left arm had been severed by shell fragments, bleeding profusely.

"Mr. Baili!" Jiang Weiguo staggered and rushed over, tears streaming down his face in an instant.

Jiang Baili's mouth was bleeding. He looked at Jiang Weiguo and said intermittently, "I... I was ready to die for the country... I died today, I got what I wanted, but... I regret... I never Really lead the army...to fight the Japanese invaders...Jianhao...you...I believe you...can defeat Japan and achieve my life's wish...you...talented genius...in the future Work hard..." After saying that, he closed his eyes and died of serious injuries.

"Mr. Baili!" Jiang Weiguo was distraught and wept uncontrollably. At the same time, he was extremely resentful. He clearly had "the scriptures in hand." Why was Jiang Baili's death only delayed by a mere month compared to the original history?

"Jianhao..." Yang Jie called Jiang Weiguo from the side.

"Mr. Yang!" Jiang Weiguo rushed over, "Hold on!" He looked at Yang Jie's severed arm helplessly.

Yang Jie's face turned pale, and he resisted the piercing pain: "Listen to me! Don't let Baili Bai die, Baili Chengren, I lost an arm, you...you lie down, Pretend to be seriously injured...so...we can get more land from the Japanese..." He was very clear-headed.

Jiang Weiguo was awakened immediately: "I understand! I understand!" Holding back his grief, anger, and tears, he crawled back into the pile of dead people, lying motionless, with his eyes closed but tears rolling down his face.

"Come on!" Chen Ming, who was injured, shouted hoarsely, "Brother Wei is dying! Chief Jiang died for the country! Officer Yang is also seriously injured! Come on!"

After seeing this scene, Sun Tao, Liu Qi, and Ouyang Sihai who came rushing wildly were all shocked, and then all gritted their teeth.

Ouyang Sihai was so angry that he almost lost his mind: "Damn it! Fuck it! The Japanese did it! It must have been done by the Japanese! Too much bullying! Too much bullying! I'm going to fuck the whole Japanese family! I'm going to kill them Prime Minister, Prime Minister, Prime Minister of the Sea!" he yelled.

"Brother Wei!" Sun Tao rolled and scrambled to the side of Jiang Weiguo, and then saw the head of Sun Jian next to Jiang Weiguo, and was stunned.

"Calm down!" Jiang Weiguo yelled loudly, "Don't be impulsive! Listen to me! Do this next..."

Alarmed by the explosion, the German and Japanese personnel rushed over and saw the collapsed houses, blood and dead people everywhere, the dead Jiang Baili, the seriously injured Yang Jie, and the "dying" Jiang Weiguo.

"What the hell is going on?" Sun Tao rushed to Konoe Fumimaro with fire-filled eyes, and he was almost furious, "You guys did it! You Japanese must have done it!"

Konoe Fumimaro was almost panicked, he backed away again and again, his face pale: "I don't know! We didn't do it!"

"Don't waste time!" Liu Qi shouted, "Hurry up and send Second Young Master, Chief Yang, and Chief Jiang to the warship! There are doctors, medicines, and surgical equipment on board! Hurry up!"

"Let's go!" Ouyang Sihai looked at the Japanese personnel viciously.

Carrying the remains of the seriously injured Yang Jie, Jiang Weiguo who was "about to die" and Jiang Baili, the injured guards and other personnel, the Chinese personnel hurriedly withdrew to the destroyer Weiguo in anger.

The three-party talks are obviously not going to continue, and the Chinese personnel will naturally leave.

Just as the destroyer Wikuni was about to leave, a person in the Japanese crowd rushed towards the Wikuni. It was Hidemi Ozaki who was next to Fummako Konoe, and he was Fummako Konoe's political adviser and private secretary.

When Jiang Weiguo and his party came to Jeju Island, Ozaki Hidemi welcomed them at the pier on behalf of the Japanese side in accordance with Konoe Fummaro's instructions.

"Please take me!" Ozaki Hidemi shouted, "I want to defect to China! I know the truth of this matter!"

There was an uproar at the scene, and everyone was stunned by this sudden situation.

"Hurry up and take me!" Ozaki Hidemi shouted anxiously to the Chinese crew on the Wei Country, which was about to set sail, "I want to defect to China! I know the truth of this matter!"

Ozaki Hidemi is the political adviser and private secretary of the current Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro. He is by no means a small person, and he naturally holds many high-level Japanese secrets.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Hidemi Ozaki actually wanted to betray Japan and seek refuge in China, which made everyone at the scene stunned. As for Konoe Fumimaro himself, he was even more stunned, and couldn't believe what he saw and heard.

"Come up quickly!" Liu Qi shouted in a hurry, and ordered the officers and soldiers around him to pick up Ozaki Hidemi to board the ship.

"Don't leave!" Among the Japanese personnel, Umezu Yoshijiro was the first to react, and he hurriedly ordered the Japanese armed personnel around him to stop and arrest Ozaki Hidemi.

"What are you doing?" Ouyang Sihai shouted loudly, and the officers and soldiers around him raised their guns one after another.

"Don't fire!" Haushofer winked at Rommel beside him, and Rommel immediately ordered the German soldiers on the scene to raise their guns, and the guns were aimed at the Japanese.

Although Haushofer didn't know exactly what was going on, he keenly felt that the crux of the matter probably lay in this Hidemi Ozaki, and he must not be arrested or killed by the Japanese side.

Umezu Yoshijiro, Konoe Fumimaro and other Japanese personnel watched helplessly as the Chinese personnel took Ozaki Hidemi away.

The destroyer Weiguo and the gunboats Dashengguan, Wulongshan, Tangshanzhen and 22 torpedo boats escorting the Weiguo left Jeju Island and headed for Qingdao.

In the meeting room on the ship, Liu Qi was asking Hidemi Ozaki: "What's going on?"

Ozaki Hidemi looked shocked: "I can't say yet..."

"Captain!" A military doctor from the Maritime Statistics Bureau rushed over and pushed the door open, "Second Young Master..." He shook his head sadly.

Liu Qi froze immediately, and then became furious, he grabbed Ozaki Hidemi: "Say! What's going on?"

"I said! I said!" Ozaki Hidemi said in horror, "The person who assassinated Jiang Weiguo was..." His voice trembled, "It was sent by King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace! King Hatohiko hated Jiang Weiguo to the bone, so he sent People sneaked into Jeju Island and assassinated Jiang Weiguo...King Jiuyan knew that there would be a three-party meeting on Jeju Island. He bought me a lot of money and asked me to tip off the news and inform him of the situation at the meeting site...I was very scared, I was afraid of what happened afterwards I will be silenced by King Jiuyan, so..." His face was as pale as paper, "You must protect me..."

"It's him?" Liu Qi was shocked and angry. He remembered that King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace commanded the Japanese army to attack the city during the Battle of Nanjing, but he was repeatedly defeated. He was captured by the army, and was cut off by the Nanjing army. Two ears and his left arm were cut off. It can be imagined that King Jiuyan of Chaoxiang Palace really hated Jiang Weiguo to the bottom of his bones.

Asaka Miya Hatohiko is a member of the Japanese royal family and a high-level figure. He naturally knows about the tripartite talks on Jeju Island, and he also bought Konoe Fumimaro's political adviser and private secretary Hidemi Ozaki to act as an undercover eyeliner, so he knows the details of the tripartite talks like the back of his hand. , with the conditions to assassinate Jiang Weiguo.

After all, Asaka Palace Hatohiko is the uncle of Emperor Hirohito, and he has no fear in doing this, because he is a member of the royal family and has the "gold medal for avoiding death", even if he does this kind of damage to the overall situation of the German-Chinese-Japanese alliance and extremely damages Japan. He will not have to worry about his life when it comes to interests.

His own son was captured, and his ears and arms were cut off, which was enough to make King Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace lose his mind with hatred and resentment, and then he did this kind of thing.

"So it is!" Liu Qi gritted his teeth.

Chapter 394 Fighting Again (1)

On December [-], [-], only two and a half months after the peace talks and armistice, war broke out again between China and Japan.

The fuse of this new war is naturally the "Assassination Incident on Jeju Island".

During the tripartite talks between Germany, China and Japan, the Chinese representative was assassinated by the Japanese side, resulting in the death or serious injury of the three main representatives of the Chinese side. .

The Japanese move greatly angered the Chinese side, so that Chiang Kai-shek "out of control" ordered to restart the war and counterattack the Japanese army.

After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's order, the National Army's Second Military Region (Shanxi), Fifth Military Region (Shandong), and Third Military Region (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui) immediately reorganized their troops and were ready to go.

Shanxi borders the Japanese-occupied Suiyuan, Chahar, and Hebei provinces; Shandong borders the Japanese-occupied Hebei Province; Chahar, Hebei, Shanghai.

Shanghai was vetoed at the very beginning, because Shanghai is not big and has no natural resources. Its importance is that it is China's largest port, the financial center of the Far East, and the core of China's industry and commerce (industry is mainly light industry) However, before the July 60th Incident, Shanghai's industry and commerce had already been moved in sevens and eighties, and China could also build and develop Qingdao, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and other ports to replace Shanghai. In addition, Shanghai is now entrenched The Japanese army with three full divisions can be said to be heavily populated, and the troops in the third military region are all ordinary Central Army, not the Nanjing Army. They are far inferior to the Nanjing Army in terms of combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment. The model is a large-scale urban offensive and defensive war. Even if it is recovered, Shanghai will be destroyed and completely smashed. The large number of residents in Shanghai and the high population density will inevitably cause a large number of civilian casualties. In addition, the original Songhu battle, [-] The tens of thousands of national troops could not defend Shanghai, and they could not withstand the attack of the Japanese army with only half of their own strength. Now the recovery of Shanghai will be reversed. Obviously, as the attacker, the national army has little chance of winning. The navy holds absolute command of the sea, and the Japanese army will make a comeback, so there is no need, significance, value, or possibility for Shanghai to recover.

The national army's counterattack was not only for "revenge", but also for regaining lost ground and forcing the Japanese at the negotiating table. They must win, and if they lose the battle, the situation will be very bad.