I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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In a secret room of a certain mansion in the city, four people were discussing with each other. The curtains were drawn, making the room dim and shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere.

Among the four, one of them was sitting on a chair, smoking a cigarette restlessly, while the other three stood in front of him.

"Right now, it's a great opportunity! Maybe... it's also our last chance, we must seize it!"

"The Japanese army is fighting fiercely with the Soviet army. Jiang Weiguo's Nanjing army is fishing in troubled waters and attacking Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang at the same time. His move greatly angered Stalin and also violated the interests of the Soviet Union. Therefore, the Soviet army will definitely settle accounts with Jiang Weiguo. At the same time, the Nanjing Army and the Japanese Army also have their own ulterior motives, so this battle is completely a three-way melee, the more chaotic and chaotic, the more beneficial it is to us! If we don’t act decisively, it will be too late to regret it!”

"Although Jiang Weiguo is young, he hides his secrets and has a dark heart. His territory is getting bigger and bigger, and his methods of attack are very clever.

Hebei, originally belonged to Song Zheyuan, Shandong, originally belonged to Han Fuju, Shanxi, originally belonged to Yan Xishan, was occupied by the Japanese, and he drove the Japanese away, and then black and white. The 'Anti-Japanese Hero', on the one hand, quietly expanded his strength and influence.

Rehe is already in his hands, and next, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang... the entire Northeast, sooner or later, will be in his pocket, and the surname will never be Zhang again, but Jiang!"

The smoker raised his head, revealing the face of Zhang Xueliang, commander of the Eighth Military Region, with an extremely melancholy look on his face.

"Young Marshal!" The three of them whispered together using this Zhang Xueliang's exclusive title, "Make up your mind!"

Zhang Xueliang looked bewildered, he smoked fiercely: "What you said...it's too embarrassing for me..."

"If you don't act, Jiang Wei will swallow up the Northeast!" It was Rong Zhen, chief of staff of the Eighth Military Region, who spoke.

"Yeah... If we continue to remain indifferent, we will just sit and wait for death!" Li Tiancai, Zhang Xueliang's confidant and the head of Zhang Xueliang's private intelligence agency, spoke, "Now is our great opportunity! Don't miss this opportunity, it will never come again! The Japanese, Jiang Weiguo, are busy dealing with the Soviet army, and they are exhausted. Even if they stop fighting, they will be exhausted, and it will be difficult to recover for a long time. Looking at Liaoning and Jilin provinces, the strength of the Japanese army has been reduced to the lowest in history. To this extent, there are only two brigades in Liaoning Province, and only one brigade in Jilin Province.

Young commander, take your brothers and fight back!Call back to my hometown in the Northeast!Now is the perfect time!It is only right and proper for us to recover the country!Jiang Weiguo also has nothing to say, as long as we enter the two provinces of Liao and Kyrgyzstan ahead of Jiang Weiguo, we can turn these two provinces into our foundation again!With the territory, we will not continue to depend on others like this!"

Zhang Xueliang shakes off the cigarette butt with trembling fingers, and lights up a cigarette again: "What you said is simple, but Jiang Weiguo's current strength and influence...I can't resist it! One mistake will cause eternal hatred! I don't want to...don't want to repeat the same mistake..."

"Young commander's words are wrong!" Rong Zhen comforted Zhang Xueliang, "Jiang Weiguo is very strong, but the Soviets will help us!" He looked at the fourth person in the room, "Is it? Mr. Pan?"

The guest whose face was hidden in the darkness nodded slightly.

Zhang Xueliang stood up, walked to the window, and opened the curtains slightly. The street outside was filled with crowds. Tens of thousands of students and enthusiastic youths were demonstrating, waving national flags and slogan banners, and shouting slogans: "Oppose traitorousness! Oppose Collusion with Japan! Unite with the Soviet Union! Recover the lost ground!"

Chapter 433 September Storm (7)

In the northwest of Outer Mongolia, Ubusu Lake, the largest lake in Outer Mongolia, is mostly within the scope of Outer Mongolia, and a very small part of the northeast is located in the territory of the Soviet vassal state "Tuva People's Republic".

Like a huge sapphire on the northeast lakeside of Wubusu Lake, the sky is wild and vast. A team of officers and soldiers from the 74th Division of the Nanjing Army is on the border between the Soviet Union and the Puppet Mongolian People's Republic, but now it is the border between China and the Soviet Union. Patrolling the border. At present, there are many such border patrols, basically located in the northern part of Outer Mongolia. They have two tasks. One is to guard against the Soviet army across the border, and the other is to gather the residents of Outer Mongolia.

Except for those living in towns, most of the residents of Outer Mongolia are herdsmen whose whereabouts are uncertain. In addition, Outer Mongolia is sparsely populated. The neighbors of two herdsmen may be tens or even hundreds of kilometers apart. At this time, transportation and communication in Outer Mongolia are extremely backward. Therefore, although the Chinese army has recovered Outer Mongolia, and Outer Mongolia is no longer a so-called "independent country", but has become part of China's territory again, most of the herdsmen in Outer Mongolia don't know about this event at all. They don't have a phone, No radio, no newspapers, no knowledge of the event.

What the Nanjing Army patrol team has to do is to tell the herdsmen that "the sky has changed in Outer Mongolia" and "you are all Chinese" and to promote that "Han and Mongolia are one family" and "Outer Mongolia belongs to China" and that "Ciobasan tyranny has been overthrown". The Chinese government will implement better policies to Outer Mongolia, so that you can live a good life with plenty of food and clothing as soon as possible.” At the same time, it persuaded the herdsmen to go to Kulun. On the other hand, the national borders of the front line, which may be wiped out at any time, allow herdsmen to go to the new Kulun government for household registration, household registration statistics, collection of daily necessities, distribution of land cattle and sheep, and benefits from new policies, etc.

Each patrol team of the Nanjing Army is equipped with two or three Mongolian soldiers from Inner Mongolia (Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe), so that they can communicate with the herdsmen of Outer Mongolia in Mongolian.

There was a rough sound of horseshoes, and a small group of Soviet cavalry appeared across the border.

At this time, the Soviet army still had a large-scale cavalry, not only cavalry brigades and cavalry divisions, but even larger cavalry corps and cavalry groups.

The reason for this is that the Soviet Army’s war thinking is backward and still superstitious about cavalry. Budyonny, one of the five generals of the Soviet Army and the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union at this time, is a firm advocate of the idea of ​​​​"cavalry is invincible, cavalry is supreme, and cavalry must win" , thinking that "Welcome the saber and shout Ulla, and the red cavalry can destroy Berlin, Paris, and Rome all the way, and rescue the enslaved European people"; It was decided to continue to develop the cavalry because of objective factors.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army on this side of the national border immediately raised their guns, loaded the bullets, and glared at the Soviet army on the other side.

The roaring Soviet cavalry did not cross the national border, but stayed at the edge of the national border, and then laughed and pointed at the Chinese soldiers, talking in their mouths, although the Chinese soldiers could not understand Russian, but through the obvious insulting gestures of the Soviet army, the disrespectful meaning in the Soviet language can also be understood.

The Chinese soldiers looked at the Soviet army coldly. Under the German steel helmets, pairs of oriental black eyes were as hard as stones.

Several Soviet soldiers took out wine bottles, and the Soviet cavalry took turns to drink, and then sang some kind of Russian war songs like no one else, deliberately provoking the Chinese soldiers on the other side of the border.

The Chinese soldiers held their guns motionlessly like sculptures, ready to go.

The two sides confronted each other for more than ten minutes, and the Soviet cavalry rode away with some unsatisfied intentions. One of the Soviet cavalry, who could speak a little Chinese, suddenly turned around and shouted: "Chinese pig!" cried, "Conquer the East!"

"Get out!" An officer in the patrol team of the Nanjing Army shouted angrily, "You son of a bitch! Keep patrolling!"

Although Outer Mongolia, which has returned to China, does not have much internal disputes, there are intricate contradictions externally, mainly at the border between Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Union, because many border lines are ambiguous, which leads to many problems. Troublesome, such as Ubusu Lake in the northwest of Outer Mongolia, 97% of the lake is in Outer Mongolia, and 3% is in the territory of the so-called "Tuva People's Republic". Both Tuva and Pseudo-Tuva are vassal states of the Soviet Union, so although this Ubusu Lake is not in the territory of the Soviet Union, it is completely controlled by the Soviet army (the People's Republic of Tuva is a "sovereign and independent country" at this time. China was renamed the "Republic of Tuva" in 1944 and was annexed by the Soviet Union, and it really became the territory of the Soviet Union). Right now, the control of Uvsu Lake is naturally very acute. There are several Soviet armed motorboats and Several Soviet transport ships.

On September 9th, when a patrol team of the 13th Division of the Nanjing Army was conducting propaganda work to a dozen local Mongolian herdsmen in the northeast of Ubusu Lake, a Soviet motorboat drove over the lake. The Nanjing Army immediately shouted in Russian: "You have entered the range of lakes in Chinese territory! Leave immediately! Otherwise we will use force!"

The Soviet motorboat drove away immediately, but instead of evacuating, it drove to the distance of the lake and stayed there deliberately.

The Nanjing army was unambiguous and bombarded with mortars, blowing up the water column on the lake, and the Soviet motorboat had to flee in embarrassment.

When the Nanjing Army patrol team was about to leave, they saw a group of Outer Mongolia herdsmen crying and stumbling over from the border line between Outer Mongolia and Puppet Tuva. The scene was quite miserable, and many of them had blood on their faces. They came forward to inquire, and one of the leading herdsmen cried and said that when they came back, they passed through the Soviet checkpoint and were robbed by the Soviet army. The Soviet army took their sheep and all their belongings, and raped and detained more than a dozen foreigners Young Mongolian female herdsmen or their family members were beaten by the Soviet army when they resisted, and many were shot dead by the Soviet army.

The officers and soldiers were furious: "Don't be afraid! We will help you get justice!"

Outer Mongolia was formerly the Pseudo-Mongolian People's Republic, bordering on the Puppet Tuva People's Republic. Since both Pseudo-Mongolia and Puppet-Tuva were vassal states of the Soviet Union and were completely controlled by the Soviet Army, and because both countries were "sons" of the Soviet Union, the two countries The relationship is very friendly. There is no difference between the existence and non-existence of the national border between the two countries. Pseudo-Mongolian herdsmen live by water and grass, and sometimes enter the territory of Pseudo-Tuva to graze. Naturally, it was fine before, but now it is "something."

When Outer Mongolia was recovered by the Nanjing Army, there were hundreds of Outer Mongolia herdsmen living in Pseudo-Tuva. They did not know that Outer Mongolia had changed, and their nationalities and identities had also changed. When they planned to return to Outer Mongolia as usual, the frontier The Soviet army on the ground was not as "friendly" to them as before, because "these Outer Mongolians are no longer friends of the Soviet Union, but hateful Chinese", so they blatantly plundered them and robbed them of their sheep. They even raped and detained more than a dozen young Outer Mongolian women, killed five Outer Mongolian herdsmen, and wounded more than 30 Outer Mongolian herdsmen.

After this incident was quickly reported to Qiu Qingquan, the commander of the 74th Division by the border patrol, Qiu Qingquan was furious: "Bastard! The old man is looking for a fight!"

Qi Xueqi, deputy division commander, was also furious: "Since Outer Mongolia has been recovered, those Outer Mongolia herdsmen are our Chinese citizens. They were killed, beaten, raped, humiliated, detained, and robbed by the Soviet army. How can we sit idly by? We are Chinese soldiers, this is our disgrace!"

Qiu Qingquan and Qi Xueqi immediately reported the matter to army commander Huang Wei and deputy army commander Wang Yaowu. The two generals were also furious, and then reported to Jiang Weiguo.

Jiang Weiguo was furious. First of all, this incident itself is intolerable. Secondly, Outer Mongolia has just been recovered. If the people of Outer Mongolia are humiliated, the Chinese government and the Chinese army will not uphold justice for them and become their firm backing. It caused a lot of people's hearts to be shaken.

As for how to fight back, Xiao Yao simply said, "Send troops directly to the fake Tuva! Take down the fake Tuva!"

Jiang Weiguo was taken aback: "Is it possible?" He was a little surprised, but more excited.

"Why can't it work?" Xiao Yao seemed confident, "The Qiqihar war was in full swing. Most of the Soviet army in the Far East and most of the essence of the Soviet Transbaikal military region were restrained by the Japanese army. It was our advantage to take advantage of the fire to loot Opportunity!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo, "Anyway, we are taking advantage of the fire to rob, why don't we rob all at once? Fake Tuva, but our Tangnu Wulianghai!"

Jiang Weiguo was very moved. He felt that Xiao Yao's words were very reasonable: Yes, I have "offended" Stalin by sending troops to Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang. Anyway, it doesn't matter how deep it is. Since I stabbed Stalin in the back, I stabbed him once. , Stabbed three times, what's the difference?Stalin must have hated me to death, but I can regain some lost ground, why not?

After making up his mind, Jiang Weiguo immediately called Yang Jie, Fu Zuoyi, Wei Lihuang, Zhang Fakui, Feng Zhi'an and other senior officials of the Nanjing Army to discuss.

Jiang Weiguo has always been "bold and ruthless" to the outside world. Although Yang Jie, Fu Zuoyi, Wei Lihuang, Zhang Fakui, Feng Zhi'an and others are not as "bold and do what they want" as Jiang Weiguo, they are not weak to the outside world. He has been deeply "influenced" by Jiang Weiguo for a long time, and also has part of Jiang Weiguo's courage and courage.

According to intelligence, the Soviet army does not have many troops in the pseudo-Tuva territory. There is only one infantry division and one cavalry brigade, and they are still second- and third-rate troops. However, the high-level officials also know that it is easy to take advantage of the fire to loot, and when the Soviets regain their senses and relax, they will inevitably counterattack. How to defend?At that time, there will inevitably be a vicious battle.

In this regard, Qiu Qingquan and Qi Xueqi replied: "If the Soviet army counterattacks, our division will either defeat it, or defend the country until the entire army is wiped out! We will never retreat! Because we are Chinese soldiers, how can we be taken from Chinese territory by foreign enemies? drive away?"

"Okay!" Jiang Weiguo made up his mind, "That's the way it is!" His eyes were piercing, "If you go all out, who is afraid of whom? Recover Tangnu Wulianghai, right now! If you don't recover it now, when will it be recovered? Will it be handed over to future generations? ?"

Tangnu Wulianghai, like Outer Mongolia, is a part of the lost land in northern China, and it is an eternal wound in the hearts of the Chinese people.

In a narrow sense, Tannu Ulianghai is the Puppet Tuva People’s Republic of Soviet Russia (Pseudo-Tuva Republic), with a total area of ​​about 17 square kilometers, but in a broad sense, Tangnu Ulianghai is not only a pseudo-Tuva, but also includes Soviet Russia. Most of Russia's "Altai Republic" and Outer Mongolia's "Khuvsgul Province" have a total area of ​​about 24 square kilometers.

What needs to be explained is that in the original history, when the national government was forced to recognize the independence of Outer Mongolia, it did not recognize the ownership of Tannu Wulianghai. Even in 1948, Fu Bingchang, the ambassador of the Republic of China to the Soviet Union, solemnly declared to the Soviet authorities that "Tang Nu Wulianghai is a sacred territory that will always belong to China," the Soviet Union ignored.

The 74th Division is scattered on the northern border of Outer Mongolia. It takes time to assemble, and the Nanjing Army Headquarters needs to deploy other troops to replace the 74th Division. When the brigade participates in the battle, the next two brigades can follow up while gathering.

On September 9, the 16th Brigade of the 74th Division assembled at the border between Outer Mongolia and the pseudo-Tuva. At the same time, Jiang Weiguo sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to report the incident.

Chiang Kai-shek was taken aback, and he hurriedly persuaded Jiang Weiguo that "the matter is of great importance and should not be taken lightly."

Jiang Weiguo replied: "Pseudo-Tuva and Puppet Mongolia are of the same nature. They are both Chinese territories. They were both split off by Soviet Russia and supported puppet regimes. They are not the native land of Soviet Russia. The government has neither recognized Puppet Mongolia nor Having admitted to the fake Tuva, the teacher is well-known and justifiable, so why should we be afraid?"

Chiang Kai-shek worried: "I'm afraid this move will completely anger the Soviet authorities!"

Jiang Weiguo retorted: "What? Does father think that the actions we have implemented in Outer Mongolia and Xinjiang have not completely angered the Soviet authorities? Please believe me, father, and your army. We can do it!"

After being silent for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek replied a telegram that was equivalent to acquiescence, asking Jiang Weiguo to "act carefully."

Jiang Weiguo was not the Japanese Kwantung Army that initiated the September [-]th Incident, nor was it the Japanese Garrison Army that initiated the July [-]th Incident, nor was it the Japanese Emperor’s Dao faction. However, Jiang Weiguo never did things on his own initiative. Although more results could be achieved in that way, sooner or later it would cause Chiang Kai-shek to be "worried" about him.

For any leader, the first requirement for his subordinates is loyalty. No leader likes subordinates who have made many meritorious deeds without telling themselves, because that is a display of disloyalty.

What leaders need is loyal and capable subordinates. Between "loyal but incompetent" and "competent but not loyal", leaders must choose the former, so Chiang Kai-shek used a lot of loyal and loyal subordinates, just as Zhang Xueliang said behind his back Yes, "He (Chiang Kai-shek) only wants slaves, not talents." In fact, Chiang Kai-shek can't do anything about it. Let me ask, which leader dares to use his subordinates who are duplicitous?Even Chiang Kai-shek's son, Jiang Weiguo, did not dare to make decisions on major issues behind Chiang Kai-shek's back, which would not only make him "uneasy", but also despise Chiang Kai-shek as the supreme leader.

With Chiang Kai-shek's approval, the Nanjing Army, which had already recovered Outer Mongolia, immediately started the campaign to recover Tangnu Wulianghai in one go.

The battle went smoothly, because the main force and elite of the Soviet army were busy fighting the Japanese. The Nanjing Army's "increasing" move was beyond the Soviet Army's expectations, and the combat effectiveness of the Nanjing Army was also very strong. He is very nationalistic and knows that the attack he participated in is to regain lost ground, so his morale is as high as ever and his fighting spirit is high.

After entering the territory of the pseudo-Tuva, the 74th Brigade was in full swing. After a fierce battle, it defeated an infantry division and a cavalry brigade of the Soviet army in the territory of the pseudo-Tuva, killed and wounded five or six thousand Soviet troops, and captured three or four thousand Soviet troops. More than [-] people captured Kyzyl, the "capital" of the pseudo-Tuva, in one day, and captured most of the leaders of the pseudo-regime who had no time to escape.

Qiu Qingquan immediately ordered that all members of the puppet regime be executed, killing more than 1000 people in one go. Qi Xueqi found the group of Outer Mongolia herdsmen who had been killed by the Soviet army, and identified the Soviet prisoners. The perpetrators who looted and raped the herdsmen of Outer Mongolia were all shot to death.

The Pseudo-Tuva People's Republic that existed for 18 years was thus destroyed.

After the battle, Qiu Qingquan, Qi Xueqi, Liao Yaoxiang, Liu Yaohuan and other senior officers excitedly sent news of victory to Wuhan and Peiping while chatting.

"It's so easy!" Qiu Qingquan sighed, "I didn't expect Lao Maozi to be so vulnerable!"

"Master, don't take it lightly!" Qi Xueqi reminded, "We just took advantage of the loopholes, the old Maozi's main force was busy biting dogs with little devils, so we took advantage of the gap.

When the main force of Lao Maozi counterattacks, we will usher in a real fierce battle!"

"Fight is to fight, whoever is afraid of whom!" Qiu Qingquan was full of pride, "They both carry a head on two shoulders, the little devil is like this, and the old man is like this!" He was full of emotion, "It's really unexpected that I, Qiu Qingquan, actually Can recover Tangnu Wulianghai! Destined to be famous in history! This is the real pursuit of soldiers!"

Liu Yaohuan smiled and said: "This is the benefit of following the Second Young Master!"

Liao Yaoxiang adjusted his glasses: "Master, what you said is wrong. The fake Tuva is only the main body of Tannu Wulianghai, and there is still a large area that has not been recovered!"

"What?" Qiu Qingquan's eyes sparkled, "Where?"

Liao Yaoxiang said: "In a broad sense, Tangnu Wulianghai is not just a fake Tuva, there are two parts, one part is in Outer Mongolia. Of course, that part has been recovered by us with the recovery of Outer Mongolia. The remaining part, In the Altai Republic of the Soviet Union, it is also most of the territory of that Altai Republic, with a total area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers.

Tangnu Wulianghai in the Qing Dynasty is divided into three parts, one of which is called 'Altai Wulianghai', which is three-quarters of the territory of the Altai Republic in the Soviet Union. The local Russia forced the Qing government to sign the "Sino-Russian Exploration Division" in 1864 After the Treaty of the Northwest Territory, it was looted and occupied by Soviet Russia!"

Qiu Qingquan was overjoyed, and he was gearing up: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's recover them all at once!"

Liao Yaoxiang said in surprise: "Master, Altai is different from the pseudo-Tuva! The pseudo-Tuva is a vassal state supported by the Soviet Union. After all, it is an 'independent country' and not the territory of the Soviet Union. Altai belongs to the Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation of the Soviet Union. The Republic of Altai joins the territory of the Soviet Union! The political nature is completely different from the pseudo-Tuva! When we attack Altai, we attack the Soviet Union itself!"

Qiu Qingquan calmed down, thought for a while, and said: "You are right, the political nature is different, but the military nature is exactly the same! Whether to fight Altai, the Soviet authorities have completely turned against our government, whether to fight Altai, or not. The Soviet army will attack us aggressively, so what difference does it make if we fight or not?"

Liao Yaoxiang hesitated: "But we have really entered the mainland of the Soviet Union!"

Liu Yaohuan snorted coldly: "Then what's the matter? Don't forget, at this moment, hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops are in Heilongjiang Province, right in our mainland!" (The Soviet Union did not sign the "Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty" with Japan at this time Therefore, the Soviet Union has not yet recognized the puppet Manchukuo and established diplomatic relations with it. Therefore, in terms of international diplomatic norms, the Soviet Union acquiesced that the puppet Manchukuo was still Chinese territory.

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Qiu Qingquan slapped his thigh: "Ask Second Young Master for instructions, if he tells you to fight, we will fight!"

Liao Yaoxiang shook his head and smiled wryly: "Isn't this nonsense! Second Young Master's attitude, what do you need to say?"

Sure enough, Jiang Weiguo's attitude was: If you can fight, you can fight.

Overjoyed, Qiu Qingquan immediately led the 74th brigade to continue advancing, and entered the Altai Republic of the Soviet Union overnight, killing more than [-] people, killing, injuring, and capturing more than [-] Soviet troops, and destroying the Altai regime. The Tannu Ulianghai area in the Altai Republic was easily recovered.