I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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After the Northeast Army and the Nanjing Army became a member of the North China Army, Jiang Weiguo was still very kind-hearted. He did not treat the Northeast Army favorably. The supply of supplies and ammunition is still sufficient, so that the Northeast Army at this time is on the same level as the main force of the Central Army, which is second only to the Nanjing Army in terms of weapons, equipment, and ammunition.

Because of this, a large number of middle and high-level officers of the Northeast Army and more grassroots officers and soldiers believe that they have the ability to fight back to their hometown in the Northeast, and a godsend opportunity is at hand: they are in Rehe Province, next to Liaoning Province, and the three Northeast provinces The Japanese army is busy participating in the Battle of Black West (the Battle of Qiqihar belongs to the Battle of Black West, and the Battle of Black West is not only a battle between Japan and the Soviet Union in Qiqihar, but also includes the current Chinese and Japanese coalition forces fighting against the Soviet army on the Black West Battlefield), Liaoning Province and The Japanese army in Jilin Province was empty of troops, the Japanese army in Liaoning Province had only two or three reinforced brigades, and Jilin Province had only one reinforced brigade.

Objectively speaking, this time was indeed the most ideal opportunity for the Northeast Army to return to the Northeast in the eight years since it was driven out of the Northeast by the Japanese.

From Zhang Xueliang to ordinary soldiers of the Northeast Army, they couldn't help it because the opportunity was so good.

In the early morning of December 12, in the snow-filled night, Liu Duoquan, commander of the 3th Army of the Northeast Army, called all the division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders in the army and announced "fight back to the northeast."

When Liu Duoquan raised his arms and shouted: "Eight years! We have waited too long! Are you still willing to wait?"

All the division commanders, brigade commanders, and regimental commanders shouted angrily: "I don't want to!"

Liu Duoquan's eyes were like charcoal fire: "Go back to the northeast! Go back to your hometown!"

There was hardly any opposition and resistance, and all the officers and soldiers of the 57th Army were willing to "fight back to the northeast and their hometown."

At 57 o'clock in the morning, the [-]th Army left the station without permission. The whole army assembled and went all the way eastward from Chaoyang (Chaoyang City belonged to Rehe Province at this time), broke through Shanhaiguan Pass, rushed into the southwest of Liaoning Province, and rushed to the " Jinzhou is a strategic location in the east of the Liaoxi Corridor.

Under the "stimulation and encouragement" of the 57th Army, the 67th Army of the Northeast Army followed closely and also participated in this counterattack against the Northeast without the approval of the Nanjing Army Headquarters and Wuhan Base Camp. The 50th Army also participated at dawn .

10,000 to [-] Northeast Army and [-]+ exiled Northeast people brazenly broke through the border and poured into Liaoning Province.

Such a shocking "unexpected situation" shocked Peiping, Wuhan, Tokyo, and Berlin.

Both the Kwantung Army headquarters and the Tokyo base camp were shocked. The reason why the Japanese were "frightened" was that the Chinese army brazenly attacked the Japanese-occupied area in Liaoning Province, which had a too great negative impact on the Japanese army. Seriously, what makes the Japanese deeply angry and frightened is that before the Far East War, the Japanese high-level officials suspected that China would make trouble. , the last thing that was expected to happen still happened. The Chinese army really played a black hand against the Japanese army behind the scenes, which made the Japanese high-level officials deeply suspect that this incident was a conspiracy against them from the very beginning. The Chinese army deliberately pulled the Japanese army Fighting the Soviet army together forced the Japanese army to transfer its main force to the Black West battlefield, leaving the Japanese army's rear defense empty. In the end, the Chinese army turned their backs and refused to admit it.

Although China claims to work with Japan to eliminate the Soviet troops in the Far East and then carve up the Far East between China and Japan, in fact, China's real goal is still the three northeastern provinces.

That morning, the Kwantung Army Headquarters and the Nanjing Army Headquarters exchanged more than 40 telegrams in a row. Immediately afterwards, the Kwantung Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Iimura Yu, hurriedly flew from Changchun to Peiping to meet with Jiang Weiguo.

"General Jiang! What's going on here?" After the meeting, Iimura got straight to the point and was furious, "On behalf of our side, I would like to express the strongest protest and the most solemn complaint against your serious and blatant violation of the alliance treaty." condemn!"

Jiang Weiguo was full of guilt and sincerity: "General Iimura, we accept your protest and condemnation, indeed, this matter is our responsibility, and we frankly admit it.

However, I need to solemnly declare here that the Chinese army attacking Liaoning Province was not ordered or instructed by our high command, but they made their own decisions and followed suit!"

"What?" Iimura Yu was surprised, and then looked at Jiang Weiguo very suspiciously.

After the Northeast Army counterattacked Liaoning, the Kwantung Army Headquarters hurriedly conducted research. The Kwantung Army was naturally very familiar with the Northeast Army. Therefore, after repeated research, the Kwantung Army Headquarters came up with two guesses: First, the Northeast Army attacked Liaoning. This is a new war against Japan provoked by China, and more Chinese troops will join the war in the future. Second, the Northeast Army’s attack on Liaoning is an act of self-assertion and disobedience to military orders. The Chinese commander-in-chief At the same time, a third guess cannot be ruled out: the Northeast Army's attack on Liaoning seemed to be self-assertive and disobedient to military orders, but in fact it received the acquiescence, connivance and secret support of the Chinese High Command.

"Yes!" Jiang Weiguo nodded earnestly, "We are completely unaware of the move by the Northeast Army.

Therefore, we can only express our deep regret!"

"How unreasonable!" Iimura was furious. "The Northeast Army is part of your Chinese army. What is the Northeast Army doing, and your Supreme Command has no idea at all? How can there be such a reason!"

"Why is there no such reason?" Jiang Weiguo replied with a needle in his face, "When your country's Kwantung Army provoked the September [-]th Incident, did your country's high command know about it? When your country's stationed troops provoked the July [-]th Incident, your country's high command knew about it Is it? The army of your country with this tradition should be the most aware of this truth!"

Kaoru Iimura was furious immediately, but he was at a loss for reason and speechless, because Jiang Weiguo was justified, and it was the "tradition" of the Japanese army to make decisions without authorization. The Eighth Incident", the Chinese Northeast Army can of course also carry out this "January, [-]rd Incident" without telling the headquarters at this time.

"Since the matter has already happened, it is futile to suspect each other and argue endlessly. We should come up with practical and effective remedial measures together!" Jiang Weiguo seemed very sincere, "General Iimura, am I right? Since China and Japan are already Allies, the interests of the two countries are naturally prosperous and both will suffer, please rest assured that we will do our best to unite and cooperate with you!"

Iimura looked at Jiang Weiguo angrily and angrily: "We ask you to declare the Northeast Army as a rebel army immediately! Then unite with our army to suppress it!"

Jiang Weiguo shook his head: "Although your request is reasonable, please forgive me for the difficulty in fulfilling it.

General Iimura, let's open the skylight and speak frankly.

For broader and longer-term interests, China and Japan negotiated a truce and formed an alliance. However, the current alliance cannot eliminate the territorial disputes, conflicts of interests, and racial hatred that still exist between the two countries. In the Northeast, it is you Japanese who invaded and occupied Taiwan. It is the second invasion of Chinese land, and the strategic, economic, and industrial value of the Northeast far exceeds that of Taiwan. It can be said that the Northeast is the most important place in China. September [-]th is the eternal pain of us Chinese. It is impossible for us to forget, even if those of us in high positions can temporarily forget from the perspective of the overall situation, the grassroots people in our country will not be able to forget.

The Northeast Army, the members of this army are all from the Northeast. They were kicked out of their hometown by you eight years ago. They wanted to go back like crazy and dreamed. At this moment, their emotions finally lost control and exploded. The trouble is, their move has won the sympathy and support of all walks of life in our country. Isn't it natural for the Northeast Army to fight back to its hometown in the Northeast?Isn't it a just act of resisting foreign enemies and recovering the country?Therefore, if the Chinese government declares that the Northeast Army is a rebel army and declares that the Northeast Army's attack on Liaoning is illegal, then what will happen to our domestic public opinion?At that time, our government will definitely be caught in a dilemma, and even fall into turmoil!"

Iimura Yu was furious: "General Jiang, you are talking tricks! It's all sophistry and sophistry! You are shirking responsibility!"

Jiang Weiguo sighed: "Of course, from the point of view of you Japanese, these words of mine are really like sophistry and sophistry to shirk responsibility, but General Iimura, please, please show your heart to me, our government is really in a dilemma inside!"

Akira Iimura barely held back his anger: "Do you have any suggestions?"

Jiang Weiguo thought for a while: "I'm sorry, I'm also in a state of disarray right now. The senior management of our country is caught off guard at this time and has not formulated effective countermeasures!" He sighed, "To be honest, we are well aware of the seriousness of this matter. Harm, allies, and the most important thing is trust. This matter has greatly damaged the trust between China and Japan, and it is really a great loss.

To show our sincerity, except for the Northeast Army that does not obey orders, our army will never send a single soldier into Liaoning or other Japanese-occupied areas without your permission. If you need the help of our army to suppress, our country The army will act resolutely and destroy relatives righteously!The Northeast Army, although our government cannot declare it as a rebel army due to the pressure of public opinion, but this army that does not obey orders and has caused heavy losses to the country is actually a rebel army in the eyes of our government!It must be wiped out! "He looked dignified and serious.

Kaoru Iimura looked at the seemingly serious Jiang Weiguo more and more suspiciously. Jiang Weiguo's words of "killing relatives with righteousness" were indeed righteous words, but after careful reflection, it was nonsense. How did the Nanjing Army "kill relatives with righteousness"?It must enter Liaoning to help the Japanese army destroy the Northeast Army, but can the Japanese army let the Nanjing Army enter Liaoning?Once the Nanjing Army is released into Liaoning, it will definitely be "easy to invite God and difficult to send God away".

After taking a deep breath, Akira Iimura cleared his mind: "General Jiang, based on the overall situation of the friendly alliance between China and Japan and in order to obtain broader and longer-term benefits, we express our understanding to your side, and at the same time ask you to side assumes the responsibilities and obligations of an ally, and assists us in destroying the Northeast Army that invaded Liaoning!"

Jiang Weiguo sighed again: "Although the Northeast Army is already a rebel army in essence, it is still part of the Chinese army in name. The Northeast Army regained the Northeast and was counterattacked by the Japanese army. One can imagine how much pressure our government and our military will be under! However, this matter is indeed our fault, and in order to fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of our allies, we are willing to overcome all difficulties and do our best to make up for it!"

Iimura said with a straight face: "In order to wipe out the Northeast Army, our army has to draw troops from the Black West battlefield..."

"No problem, no problem!" Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again, agreeing very happily.

Sui Iimura suddenly realized: Jiang Weiguo has no reason to be unhappy.

why?The Soviet army on the Black West battlefield had the Nanjing army on the west and the Japanese army on the east. If the Japanese army deployed troops and a weak point appeared on the east side of the encirclement, if the Soviet army broke through to the east, it would be considered a successful breakout. Where would the Soviet army break through?In Heilongjiang Province.

A Soviet army, cut off from the rear, ran into the territory of Heilongjiang Province, China, even if there were no enemy troops to pursue and encircle and suppress, so what?Still waiting to die?Is it possible to be self-reliant and support war with war in Heilongjiang Province?The most important thing is that although Heilongjiang Province is Chinese territory, it is currently occupied by the Japanese army and is the territory of the Japanese. A large number of Soviet troops rushed into the Chinese territory occupied by the Japanese. Who will suffer?To put it bluntly, the Soviet army smashed Heilongjiang Province, and the Japanese spent money to rebuild it.

After figuring this out, Iimura's anger, which had been suppressed with great difficulty, rose again, and he became more and more sure that he had been "evilly tricked" by the Chinese again.

"Although you don't have to send troops, you should help us with funds, ammunition, and supplies!" Akira Iimura's face was gloomy.

"Of course!" Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again, "It's just..." He changed the topic, "In order to participate in this Far East War, our country and our army can be said to have given everything and tightened their belts. The strength of the army is declining, and this war has overwhelmed our national power and our military strength, almost overdrawn, we will definitely do our best to meet your reasonable request, but I am afraid it is just a drop in the bucket!"

Iimura's face was like a pig's liver. Of course he could hear that Jiang Weiguo's words were polite and watertight.

The preliminary talks between the two sides basically broke up unhappy, but they also achieved several results. First, the Chinese side represented by Jiang Weiguo promised to the Japanese side represented by Iimura Sui that "the behavior of the Northeast Army is only their own decision. It was not the intention of the Chinese High Command.” The Japanese side was skeptical about this, but the Chinese side promised that “without the consent of the Japanese side, we will never send a single soldier into Liaoning (or help the Japanese army fight the Northeast Army, or help the Northeast Army fight the Japanese army.” )".

Regarding this point, the Japanese side feels a certain degree of peace of mind. After all, what they are most worried about is that the Nanjing Army will take advantage of the fire and loot, and suddenly attack the three northeastern provinces; secondly, after the victory in the Far East War, the Chinese side is willing to "divide more land to Japan" as compensation ( At this time, Japan wants compensation from China, and China has no money).

The situation of this Far East war suddenly became more complicated.

After the Northeast Army counterattacked Liaoning on a large scale, the whole country was excited. People from all walks of life did not know whether the Northeast Army’s move was ordered by the government or the Northeast Army itself. In fact, not many people would think about this important issue. The majority of people only saw The Northeast Army, which had been expelled from the Northeast for eight years, finally returned to the Northeast, and had to be proud of it. In addition, after the outbreak of the Far East War, the National Government and the Nanjing Army's "coalition with Japan to attack the Soviet Union" caused great criticism, and there were many oppositions from all walks of life. The voices of questioning, criticizing, and criticizing, and all kinds of parades, demonstrations, protests, and petitions are even more vigorous and mighty, demanding that the national government and the army take this opportunity to recover the Northeast. Now, the dream has come true, and we have to let all sectors of society I was deeply excited, and it had the effect of a crooked attack, which made the original infamy of "secretly planning to abandon the three northeastern provinces" and "cooperating with Japan" "rectified" by the national army.

For a time, the whole country rejoiced, and various celebration activities emerged one after another, but the high-level officials of the government adopted the "three nos countermeasures" against the Northeast Army's move, disapproving, not opposing, and not explaining.

On the black land in western Liaoning and southern Liaoning, the situation was turbulent for a while.

The Northeast Army that fought back to the Northeast was "progressing rapidly" just like when they were beaten out of the Northeast by the Japanese army, because the Japanese army was indeed empty of troops, and the Northeast Army hit the weak spot all at once.

After breaking through the border between the Kuomintang-controlled area and the Japanese-occupied area (Puppet Manchukuo), they stood again on the black soil of their hometown in Northeast China that they had been thinking about day and night for eight years. And weeping loudly, the morale of the whole army was surging, fighting spirit was like a rainbow, and they drove straight all the way.

At noon that day, after a fierce battle that lasted for more than three hours, the Northeast Army defeated half a brigade of the Jinzhou Japanese Army with more than [-] people at the cost of more than [-] casualties, and captured the first large city in Northeast China (excluding Rehe Province). Jinzhou.

The reason why the casualties of the Northeast Army were six times that of the Japanese Army was due to the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army on the one hand, and the absolute air supremacy of the Japanese Army on the one hand, and the national army aircraft could not fly to the three northeastern provinces to fight, although there were not many Japanese aircraft in Liaoning Province at this time ( Most of them were transferred to the Black West battlefield), but the unscrupulous bombing and strafing still caused huge casualties to the Northeast Army.

After conquering Jinzhou, the morale of the Northeast Army was further boosted, and then along the South Manchurian Railway, it rushed to Shenyang, the core of Liaoning Province.

There is no doubt that the Northeast Army has advantages in all aspects when it fights back to the Northeast.

The Northeast Army is a part of the Chinese army, the Northeast is a part of China, and the Northeast Army is completely fighting locally. Not only that, the Northeast is also the hometown of the Northeast Army, so the Northeast Army is fighting in its hometown, and the support of the local people will be even better. up.

After the Northeast Army conquered Jinzhou, the people in the city "eat pots of milk and welcome the king's teacher", and there are touching pictures of "military-civilian fish and water" and "military-civilian family" everywhere.

The Northeast Army that invaded Liaoning was actually a lone army, because the Northeast Army basically had no logistical supplies, but it had the support of countless local people in the Northeast.

Somewhere in the suburbs of Chengde, there is a large ordnance warehouse.

Two soldiers were in the warehouse, looking at the mountains of weapons and ammunition in front of them.

One of them is a general and the other is a colonel, but the general is very polite to the colonel, even respectful.

The general is Yu Xuezhong, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Military Region, and the colonel is Xiao Yao, Jiang Weiguo's chief think tank.

"Transport it all!" Xiao Yao looked away from the weapons and ammunition calmly, "How can we win the battle without enough weapons and ammunition?" There was an intriguing meaning in his words.

"I understand!" Yu Xuezhong nodded with a dignified expression, and there was an intriguing meaning in his words.

"You can take away all the seventeen ordnance warehouses in Rehe!" Xiao Yao added, "In addition, you can take away any of the five ordnance warehouses in Chahar. I will give you all the warrant procedures and so on. done!"

"En!" Yu Xuezhong nodded again.

"Remember, do things well!" Xiao Yao patted Yu Xuezhong on the shoulder, turned and left.

The situation in the Far East is turbulent, and the situation in Europe is also turbulent.

When the war in the Far East was in full swing, several major events occurred in Europe, each of which was related to Germany, and each of which made the Soviet authorities feel uncomfortable and angry.

While the Soviet Union was busy fighting the Far East War, Germany aggressively expanded its power in Europe and wooed slave countries. The first country to completely fall to Germany was Hungary.

The country name of Hungary at this time is the "Kingdom of Hungary", but the kingdom has no king due to historical reasons, and there is only one regent named Horthy Miklos.

Horthy himself has always been very pro-German, not only that, the whole of Hungary is very pro-German, which is caused by historical origins.

Hungary used to form the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Austria (the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not just Austria and Hungary). The Austrians originally had the same origin as the Germans. At this time, Austria was already a part of Germany, so the Hungarians were very close to the Germans. In addition, during the last World War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany were in the same camp. After the defeat, they were forced to sign the Treaty of Trianon by Britain, France and other countries. This treaty caused Hungary to lose a full 72% of its territory and population. It also dropped sharply from more than 2000 million to more than 650 million, and lost the only seaport that the country had for more than 800 years. The national strength was completely slumped, and it completely became a small landlocked country.

It is conceivable that such a national humiliation makes Hungarians hate Britain, France and the United States. In addition, Hungary is sandwiched between Germany and the Soviet Union. The ideology of the Soviet Union is regarded as a scourge by Hungary, so it is a matter of course for Hungary to seek refuge in Germany.

Hitler has been trying his best to win over Hungary, but he has not threatened, but lured, and "transferred" part of the land of Czechoslovakia to Hungary for free, which made Hungary more and more desperate for Germany (objectively speaking, Hitler's vassal state for Germany Allies and allies are relatively kind. In the original history, Hitler never used force to control Germany’s servants and allies. They used real interests to win over them. Only when there was an anti-German rebellion in a certain country did Hitler use force.) , After the outbreak of the Far East War, Horthy, who "sees the territorial ambitions of the Soviet Union towards neighboring countries", finally expressed his determination to defect to Germany. Therefore, Hungary officially joined the "Germany, China, Japan and Italy Quadruple Alliance".

Hungary's defection to Germany immediately triggered a domino effect, followed by Romania and Bulgaria.

Romania and Bulgaria, like Hungary, were already very pro-German, and it was a matter of course for them to seek refuge in Germany.

Romania was also a kingdom at this time, the king was Carol II, and the second most powerful figure was the military minister Ian Antonescu.

Before the Far East War, Romania had sharp conflicts with the Soviet Union. In order to consolidate its own security, the Soviet Union forced Romania to cede two provinces (Bessarabia and North Bukovina) in the northern part of Romania to the Soviet Union. In this regard, King Carol II, who was cowardly, indecisive, and timid, was ready to agree, but Antonescu expressed "strong opposition". He went to see the king in person and proposed to "take refuge in Germany and rely on Germany to counter the Soviet Union." , As a result, he was arrested by the king, which won him the sympathy and support of the whole country, and praised him as a "true patriot who safeguards national sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and unharmed interests", while the king was criticized by the whole country.

Germany, which has been paying close attention to the situation in Romania, quickly acted, dispatched agents to rescue Antonescu, and contacted the radical generals in the Romanian army who decided to "abandon the faint king, be loyal to the country, and fight for the country", and provided a large amount of weapons and funds.

As a result, in early November, an almost bloodless civil war and coup broke out in Romania. Antonescu, who appeared as a "national hero", won the support of most of the army, and King Carol II He stepped down and supported Karol II's son Mihai I as the "puppet emperor" and assumed power by himself.

Romania, which was substantially completely controlled by Antonescu, immediately and completely fell into the arms of Germany and joined the Quadruple Alliance camp.

The situation in Bulgaria is not the same as that of Hungary and Romania. The country is also a kingdom. Although King Boris III is very pro-German, he is unwilling to hang himself on a tree. However, because Bulgaria did not border the Soviet Union on land, Hitler slowed down his wooing of Bulgaria.

It was Poland that really shocked and anxious the Soviet authorities. After seeing the non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union, the Polish authorities hated the Soviet Union. In the Polish war in the past, it did not help Poland, which was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union), but could not retaliate against the Soviet Union. Therefore, the Polish authorities showed more and more obvious and blatant abandonment of Britain and France, defected to Germany, and united with Germany to deal with The position of the Soviet Union tended to make the Soviet authorities restless.