I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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After finishing the polite words with difficulty, Yamamoto said with even more difficulty: "General Jiang, it is said that the Soviet government donated all the ships of its Pacific Fleet to the Chinese Navy. Is the news true?"

Before Jiang Weiguo could open his mouth, Ouyang Ge said, "What does General Yamamoto mean by this? What's your business here?"

Yamamoto did not back down, and he said very directly: "According to the internal treaties of the Allied countries, in order to seize the time and concentrate resources, China and Germany focused on the army and air force, and it was the responsibility of Japan and Italy to race against time to expand the navy.

Naturally, regarding the ownership of the ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, we feel that you should not deal with it unilaterally, and should discuss it with us!"

"Discussion?" Chen Shaokuan showed a vigilant expression, "General Yamamoto, I don't think it is necessary? The Soviet Pacific Fleet is not strong, and the largest warship is only a heavy cruiser. The rest are only two light cruisers and Six destroyers, and no battleships or aircraft carriers that Japan now needs.

For the Japanese navy, these ships are nothing to be happy about, and nothing to be regretted about, but they are very valuable to the Chinese navy, which is far inferior to the Japanese navy!"

"Besides!" Ouyang Ge said in a strong tone, "The Soviets want to hand over these ships to us, and it has nothing to do with you Japanese!"

Yamamoto argues: "That being said, Germany, China, Japan, and Italy are originally one. If these ships are in the hands of the Japanese Navy, it will be more beneficial to the entire Allied Powers, and they will naturally have something to do with the Japanese Navy.

In fact, we are not interested in the surface ships in this group of Soviet ships, what we are interested in are the more than 70 submarines of the Soviet army!"

"Submarine?" Jiang Weiguo, Chen Shaokuan, and Ouyang Ge were all taken aback, and then secretly felt that something was wrong.

"Wait!" Ouyangge realized something, and he looked closely at Yamamoto, "What more than 70 submarines? According to Soviet information, the Soviet Pacific Fleet has a total of 53 submarines. How did it become more than 70?"

"Isn't it 73 ships?" Yamamoto raised his eyebrows, surprised, and then turned to look at the three of Jiang Weiguo with a suspicious look.

"I'm more concerned about..." Chen Shaokuan also looked closely at Yamamoto, "How did you know about this?"

Yamamoto seemed to have a draft, and he replied: "Our country's diplomats in Moscow obtained it through special channels!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo, "General Jiang, we all know that war with the Soviet Union, China and Japan The navy basically does not need to participate in the war, but if it goes to war with Britain, France, the Netherlands or even the United States, the protagonist of the battlefield is the navy.

At that time, the task of the Chinese navy is to defend the Chinese coast and cooperate with the Japanese navy. The Japanese navy is the mainstay of the war against the United States, Britain, France and the Netherlands. Therefore, the expansion of the Japanese navy is very urgent, but our time is too tight.

In order to concentrate resources, funds, and time to build aircraft carriers, the Japanese Navy has stopped the construction of two large warships, battleships and cruisers, and has also greatly slowed down the efforts and progress of building submarines. Therefore, the Japanese Navy is very short of submarines.

Relatively speaking, the Chinese Navy’s war missions are far inferior to those of the Japanese Navy, so the demand for submarines is naturally far inferior to that of the Japanese Navy. Therefore, we hope that you can transfer these Soviet submarines to the Japanese Navy!” He said in a tone The attitude is very sincere, but there is also a strong breath.

Jiang Weiguo has faintly understood.

Submarines, this kind of underwater combat warships, shined brilliantly in World War I and were highly valued by major powers. However, with the invention of sonar later, Britain, France and other countries believed that "the nemesis of submarines has appeared", and did not think that submarines were too powerful. Great development potential, so the enthusiasm for submarines has decreased a lot. Only Germany continued to develop submarines because surface ships were difficult to develop. Facts have proved that the development potential and prospects of submarines are infinite. During the Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Navy’s The submarine force caused heavy losses to Japan (mainly attacking Japanese civilian ships).

Coupled with Jiang Weiguo's interference in history, the situation of the submarines of the eight major powers in the world at this time is as follows: Germany has the largest number of submarines. It has secretly owned more than 250 ships and is still under construction. This is because the German navy passed through Jiang Weiguo. "Guidance" has completely abandoned the construction of large surface warships such as battleships (such as the famous Bismarck) and aircraft carriers, and has been building submarines at full capacity, which will be used to deal with Britain in the future in the same way that the Chinese navy deals with Japan; the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, The situation in Italy, the United States, and France has not changed much. The Soviet Union and the United Kingdom each have more than 200 ships, Italy and the United States both have more than 100 ships, and France has more than 70 ships. Therefore, before the Sino-Japanese War, they tightened their belts to develop submarines. Relying on Germany’s aid and deducting the war losses, there were more than 30 submarines at this time (the Chinese navy acquired 33 submarines from Germany in total. Lost 6 ships, Germany actually built more than 280 submarines, and gave 33 to China), at the same time, China has the ability to build its own submarines at this time, Fuzhou Shipyard and Qingdao Shipyard together produce 1 U-shaped ship per month Submarines: The Japanese Navy had 60 or [-] submarines before the Sino-Japanese War. During the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Navy also paid attention to submarines because of the activeness of Chinese submarines. The "mission" is to build aircraft carriers, so although submarines are also being built, the increase is not large, because most of the funds and resources are used to build aircraft carriers. At this time, the Japanese Navy has about [-] submarines.

For the submarines of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, the Chinese Navy desperately wanted it, and the Japanese Navy also wanted it desperately, but the reasons were not the same.

There are two reasons for the Chinese navy: first, to expand the strength of the Chinese navy; second, to strengthen the strength of the Chinese navy's submarine force, so that it will be easier to deal with Japan when China and Japan go to war in the future, and use so many submarines to strangle Japan's local sea transportation lines .

The Japanese high-level officials are not fools either. They are determined to win these Soviet submarines for two reasons: first, to expand the strength of the Japanese navy; second, to prevent the expansion of the strength of the Chinese navy's submarine force.

During the Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Navy only had a dozen or 100 or [-] submarines to make Japan vomit blood every day. If the Chinese Navy had more than [-] submarines, what would happen?In fact, the second reason is more important than the first.

How many submarines the Japanese navy has is not the most important thing. The most important thing is not to allow the Chinese navy to have too many submarines. Otherwise, Japan, as an island country, will inevitably be in danger.

For this Sino-Japanese alliance brokered by the Germans, the Japanese, like the Chinese, want to use each other on the one hand, and can make certain concessions and sacrifices for this, but on the other hand, they are also deeply wary of the other party.

Japanese high-level officials believe that as long as China does not have a strong navy, it will not be able to do anything to the Japanese mainland, unless there are two situations. A large number of submarines, so that Japan can be blocked.

Right now, the second situation has emerged, and the bottom line of the Japanese has been touched. Naturally, they must do everything possible to prevent this.

The implication of Yamamoto's words is ready to come out: to start a war with the United States, Britain, France and the Netherlands, the Japanese navy is at the front, and the Chinese navy only needs to cheer behind. Why do we need so many submarines?

Although both Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge wanted to control these Soviet ships, facing the common "enemy" of the Japanese, the two naturally would rather give it to their own family than to the Japanese, so they immediately agreed There was a heated argument with Yamamoto.

"General Yamamoto, what you said is wrong! The Japanese navy will become stronger, and so will the Chinese navy.

We hope that the Japanese navy will be stronger, but the Japanese navy seems unwilling to see the Chinese navy become stronger. We are deeply disappointed in this. We believe that this is a manifestation of your distrust and suspicion of us! "

"General Chen, we certainly hope that the Chinese navy will become stronger together with the Japanese navy. However, you know best that among the three armed forces, the navy has the most difficult construction cycle and development. Unfortunately, objective factors have made it difficult for your navy to In a short period of time, it was on par with the Japanese Navy.

According to the internal agreement of the Allied Powers, it is Japan's war mission to try to expand the navy, and Germany and China must do their best to help Japan. In this regard, Germany kept its word and provided the Japanese Navy with a large sum of money, a large amount of industrial resources and alloy materials , there are still a lot of industrial and military technologies. China has not helped the Japanese navy so far. In fact, we understand that because China is helpless. However, since the Chinese navy has the current opportunity to help the Japanese navy , but why are you unwilling to fulfill your responsibilities and obligations?The Chinese and Japanese armies, China wants to expand the army, the Japanese army has given great help, and provided the Chinese army with Japanese-made ordnance that can arm 30 people. How come now, the Chinese navy is unwilling to follow the Japanese army’s previous treatment of the Japanese navy? What about the Chinese Army?In this regard, we are even more disappointed, and we think that this is a manifestation of your distrust and suspicion of us!"

"Yamamoto, you said it yourself. Both China and Japan are members of the Allied Powers, and the Chinese and Japanese navies will also fight side by side. In this case, what does it matter if these Soviet ships are in the hands of the Chinese Navy or the Japanese Navy? The difference? Everyone is a family! It seems too extravagant to care about every detail!"

"General Ouyang, of course we are a family, but why do you pretend to be confused? After the war broke out, how did the Japanese navy command the submarines of the Chinese navy? It is common sense in military affairs that the Japanese navy will be able to command the submarines of the Chinese navy if they are divided into many places. After the navy, isn’t it just to disperse the power of the Chinese and Japanese submarine forces? What’s more, after the war with the United States, Britain, France and the Netherlands, if the Japanese navy fails due to insufficient strength, how can the Chinese navy behind the Japanese navy be alone? The Japanese navy and the The Chinese navy is a relationship between lips and teeth. I hope that General Ouyang can proceed from the overall situation.

More than 70 submarines, not a small number!"

"What more than 70 ships? More than 50 ships!"

"Forget it, more than 50 ships are more than 50 ships. It is understandable for you to get 50 ships. The [-] ships can belong to the Chinese Navy, but please transfer the remaining [-] ships to the Japanese Navy!"

"What do you mean? Do you suspect that we purposely made the number smaller so that we can hide 53 submarines? Let me tell you again officially, the old Maozi's batch of submarines is 73! Not [-]!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Chen Shaokuan, Ouyang Ge, and Yamamoto, who were all blushing and arguing, and felt very uneasy in his heart. He vaguely realized that the purpose of the Soviet Union's gift of these ships was indeed not just to compensate China.

At the same time, in the northeast, Xinjing (Changchun), the "capital" of the puppet Manchukuo.

In a meeting room of the Kwantung Army headquarters, several senior Japanese military officers were having a meeting.

"Your Excellency, Director!" An officer with round eyes pointed at a stack of photos on the table in a hurry, "The situation is very clear! This is reliable information from Anbei! The Chinese and the Soviet Union It is very likely that people have reached a secret agreement and are ready to betray us!"

The director of the agency looked at the photos on the table calmly. These photos were almost exactly the same as the photos that appeared on Jiang Weiguo's desk, and the director of the agency was also an "old acquaintance" of Jiang Weiguo: at this time, he was in charge of Kenji Doihara, a member of the Japanese Military Senate and the principal of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, has two inconspicuous military positions.

Doihara pondered for a moment: "Kagesa-kun, calm down, the matter is important and cannot be taken lightly.

I don't believe that in the current situation, the Chinese will betray us!"

It was Doihara's confidant and senior political adviser of the puppet Manchukuo, Kagesa Haruka, who took out the photo. He became more and more anxious: "Your Excellency, Director of the Agency, we can't wait any longer! We must take effective actions! The Soviets are secretly Send a large amount of ordnance to the Chinese! They even sent the Pacific Fleet to the Chinese! Especially this batch of army heavy weapons, the quantity is also very huge!"

Doihara looked at Kagesa Haruaki: "How much?"

Kagezuo Zhenzhao took a deep breath: "There are more than 400 large-caliber artillery alone! There are more than [-] tanks! And this is just what we know so far, there may be more!"

Doihara suddenly constricted his pupils: "So many?"

"Your Excellency, Director!" Ying Zuozhen was as anxious as sparks, "If the Chinese plan to go to war with the Soviets, how could the Soviets still send so many ordnance to the Chinese? It is already obvious! According to very reliable information, the Soviet Union People seem to have promised the Chinese that as long as China meets the requirements of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will cede all of East Siberia east of the Lena River to China!"

"Maybe this is the Soviets' plan to slow down the army, or a blindfold!" Another chief frowned and thought.

Doihara looked at the second chief: "Sakurai-kun, can you get information on this?"

The person who was questioned was Tokutaro Sakurai, who served as a military adviser in the 29th Army of Song Zheyuan's Ministry before the July [-]th Incident, and was also Doihara's confidant.

Sakurai shook his head slowly: "Your Excellency, I have obtained information on this aspect, but I am not very inclined to Kagesa-kun's analysis. My information comes from Jiang Weiguo himself. Jiang Weiguo seems to want to take advantage of the Soviets on the one hand. , On the one hand, he also wanted to continue to launch a war against the Soviet Union.

Jiang Weiguo hates Japan, but hates the Soviet Union even more!"

"The problem is complicated!" Doihara fell into deep thought, "What's going on..."

Chapter 464 Intrigue (3)

The "private deal" between China and the Soviet Union cast a heavy shadow on the already unstable alliance between China and Japan. Inevitably, serious suspicions arose between China and Japan.

The Soviet Union agreed to return more than 350 square kilometers of land in outer Xinjiang to China, and also transferred all the ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet to the Chinese Navy as compensation, and even transferred a batch of heavy artillery tanks to the Chinese Army, and even hinted that " The Soviet Union and China can use the Lena River as the new national border, Central Siberia and West Siberia on the west of the river still belong to the Soviet Union, and the land of more than [-] million square kilometers in East Siberia on the east of the river belongs to China.” Significant progress has been made on the negotiating table, but all these have aroused great suspicion in Japan.

Japanese high-level officials became more and more suspicious that "China and the Soviet Union negotiated a peace in private. China will betray Germany, plot against Japan, and betray the Allies. It will not attack the Soviet Union or participate in the Soviet war. Instead, it will attack Japan by surprise."

In fact, up to this time, the Chinese Nanjing Army Group, which will surely assume the main force of the war against the Soviet Union, still has no sign of massing up on the Sino-Soviet border on a large scale. On the contrary, most of the troops of the Nanjing Army are still concentrated in Mongolia, the Har, Rehe, Liaoning (Southern Liaoning), and Heilongjiang (Heixi) borders on the Japanese-occupied areas, and the Japanese had to be more and more suspicious of this.

Asking China for the ships of the Soviet Pacific Fleet is a kind of test by the Japanese side to China. The attitude of China's categorical refusal further strengthened Japan's suspicion of China.

If China intends to fight Japan again in the short term, having a large number of submarines is an inevitable measure for the Chinese army. Both China and Japan know that if China and Japan fight again, the Chinese army can fight the Japanese army on the East Asian continent. If they fight well, It is also impossible to expel the Japanese army from the East Asian continent, but the Chinese army can do nothing to the Japanese mainland, because China does not have a strong navy and cannot land on the Japanese mainland. However, the Chinese navy can make up for this shortcoming by strengthening the size of the submarine force. Strangling Japan's sea transportation lines to block Japan and attack Japan.

After all, Japan is too dependent on sea transportation lines. Since the Meiji Restoration, the population of this extremely scarce island country has more than tripled in just over half a century, causing the country to lose even the most basic food - rice. All rely on imports, and the development of industry and military has strengthened Japan's dependence on overseas resources. From the bauxite needed to make aircraft to the cotton used to make military uniforms, they basically come from overseas.

The Chinese army does not have aircraft carriers, battleships, or tens of thousands of planes. Naturally, it is impossible to land on the Japanese mainland. However, if the Chinese army has many submarines, such as 100, it is enough to cut off Japan's sea blood vessels. What's more, Japan The strategic move of relying on Germany has made the United States, Britain and France very uneasy. At this time, the United States, Britain and France have greatly reduced their trade with Japan. Japan’s largest trading country is now China. According to statistics, in the first half of 1940, Japan imported About 40% of the materials come from China, about 15% from Germany, about 5% from Italy, and the rest from the United States, Britain and France.

Once China and Japan fight again, China will first cut off the export of agricultural products and industrial raw materials to Japan, and then use hundreds of submarines to attack Japanese merchant ships and freighters... This is Japan's nightmare.

Faced with this chilling prospect, Japan has no choice but to be afraid and guard against.

It is also inevitable that China is unwilling to hand over those dozens of Soviet submarines to Japan for nothing. The Chinese military also wants to be strong, so why would it hand over what belongs to it to its former enemy?At the same time, the Chinese Navy's plan to use these Soviet submarines to deal with Japan in the future is not the Japanese "wronged" the Chinese Navy, it is indeed a fact.

It's just that many things have become more complicated and unexplainable due to the mutual suspicion between the two parties.

What's more, the Soviet army also transferred a large number of heavy weapons to the Chinese army, and China and the Soviet Union secretly agreed that "the border between China and the Soviet Union is bounded by the Lena River." China has not yet started war with the Soviet Union, let alone defeated the Soviet Union on the battlefield. However, the Soviet Union actually provided such a huge amount of benefits to China. It is hard for the Japanese to believe that "China and the Soviet Union have not colluded secretly."

On the second day after Yamamoto 56 met with Jiang Weiguo and returned without success, Kwantung Army Chief of Staff Iimura Kaoru flew to Peiping to meet with Jiang Weiguo, and informed Jiang Weiguo in a business-like tone: "General Jiang, after repeated discussions and negotiations, the senior leaders of our country After research, I feel that it is very inappropriate for the Japanese Army to carry out the second disarmament at this time!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart sank: "What does your country mean?"

Kaoru Iimura looked solemn, with a hint of distrust: "General Jiang, the Battle of Kiev is going on fiercely. Although the German army has already gained the upper hand, it is still very difficult to win the final victory. This battle is also a battle between Germany and the Soviet Union. A microcosm of a full-scale contest, this battle proved that although the Soviet army was not a match for the German army, it was not vulnerable to a single blow.

It is relatively difficult to defeat the Soviet Union by relying on Germany alone, not to mention that Germany is also restricted by Britain, France, and the United States. Therefore, Germany's allies, China and Japan, must play a greater role.

Originally, according to the internal agreement of the Allied Powers, it was enough for the German and Chinese armies to directly participate in the war against the Soviet Union. As for the Japanese army, the Japanese navy could not participate in the war, and the Japanese army did not need to participate in the war.

However, the resistance of the Soviet Union and the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army have exceeded our original expectations. The Allies must strengthen their military capabilities against the Soviet Union. Germany has done its best, and China is the same. Go to war!"

"The Japanese army does not need to participate in the war!" Jiang Weiguo said coldly, "Unless Germany and China really need Japan's power.

The Battle of Kiev is not as optimistic as you judged. The German army is suppressing the Soviet army, and victory is just around the corner. What's more, the Chinese army has not participated in the battle. Once the Chinese army participates in the battle, the victory will be even more certain. Not high, at the very least, the Japanese army will not be too late to join the war after both Germany and China have participated in the war and are obviously showing signs of weakness!"

Akira Iimura smiled softly: "Digging a well when we are thirsty is useless, we should be far-sighted and plan ahead.

What's more, the strength of the number of people is great, and the same is true for the country. Germany, China and the Soviet Union, and Germany, China and Japan against the Soviet Union, obviously the latter has a higher chance of winning.

Also, General Jiang, don't forget that we have reached a consensus at the high-level meeting of the three countries before the war. Although we must fight the Soviet Union in a steady and steady manner, we must not rush for success, but we must not drag it on for a long time. Otherwise, we will always sit on the mountain The United States, Britain and France, who are watching the tigers fight, are likely to reap the benefits of fishermen.

It may take two years for Germany and China to attack the Soviet Union, and it may take only one and a half years or even one year for Germany, China and Japan to attack the Soviet Union. Isn’t the comparison obvious?Although the current strength of the Japanese army is not as good as before, it is not a force that can be ignored.

Based on various considerations, we have decided to stop the second disarmament of the Japanese Army, and..." He paused.

"And what?" Jiang Weiguo became alert.

Iimura Kaoru said in a calm and flat tone: "And resume the expansion of the army, expand 10 divisions!"

Jiang Weiguo was suddenly shocked and angry.

After the establishment of the Allied Powers, the Japanese Army carried out the first comprehensive disarmament according to the requirements of Germany and China, and only retained 12 divisions, namely the Guards Division and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th divisions. The 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 18th, and 2.5th divisions each have about 7 troops; a few months ago, the Japanese Navy hoped to establish a Japanese marine force. To this end, the Japanese Navy Seven marine brigades will be established, but the Japanese Army will also carry out a second disarmament, reducing the 7th, 10th, and 14th divisions, and eventually only retaining 9 divisions.

Today, the Japanese have "repented". Not only does the army still retain 12 divisions, but it also has to build 10 new divisions, making a total of 22 divisions. At the same time, the Japanese Navy still has 7 marine brigades. In reality, the combined marine forces of the army and navy will become 22 army divisions and 7 marine brigades, with a total strength of no less than 65.

"What are you kidding!" Jiang Weiguo glared at Iimura.

Kaoru Iimura smiled: "General Jiang, please rest assured that we have considered it thoroughly. In order to avoid misunderstandings by your side and from the perspective of the overall situation of the Allied Powers, our new ten divisions will only be stationed in the four corners of the mainland of Japan. Island and the Korean peninsula, and will never enter Manchuria or the places in your country that are still temporarily administered by our country!"

Jiang Weiguo sullenly said: "Your move seriously violated the internal agreement of the Allied countries. Our country does not agree, and Germany will not agree!"

Iimura showed a contemptuous smile: "No, we have already notified Germany. Although Hitler does not support it, he does not object!"

"What?" Jiang Weiguo was taken aback, he thought for a while, and then he understood the way.