I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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On the battlefield in the west of the lake, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army and the Soviet Army twisted into huge whirlpools one after another.

If you take a bird's-eye view from a high altitude, you can clearly see everything at a glance. The situation of the two sides is like an "8", with a ring in the north and a ring in the south. The two rings are not connected, but they are very close, and the south is a circle. The diameter, circumference, and area of ​​the ring greatly exceed the former, but the intensity of the former is incomparable to the latter.

On the battlefield of the second encirclement circle, the besieged Nanjing army was ulterior motives, and the Soviet army besieging the Nanjing army was only concerned with strengthening the defense line of the encirclement circle, and was not in a hurry to start massing and annihilating, because they had to wait for more troops to arrive later. , the two sides continued to launch local offensive and defensive wars, tug-of-war, and mobile warfare; but the first encirclement battlefield was completely full of flames and blood, and the Soviet troops surrounding the Nanjing Army were attacking and killing the Nanjing Army with all their strength. Has heated up.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Wuhan, was also alarmed by the Huxi battlefield. Jiang Weiguo would definitely not report good news or bad news to him. Basically, he told the truth, which shocked Chiang Kai-shek.

Regarding this Soviet war, although Chiang Kai-shek has made up his mind, he still lacks confidence. He knows the huge gap in national and military strength between China and the Soviet Union. Although Germany is leading the way, Germany is constrained by the United States, Britain and France. He suddenly joined the war and joined forces with the Soviet Union to attack China and Germany. Unlike Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't figure out the attitude of the top leaders of the United States, Britain, and France. Jiang Weiguo "knows history", but Chiang Kai-shek did not. Attacking China and Germany, China and Germany will undoubtedly lose. The most troublesome thing is that Japan did not participate in the Soviet war at this time, and Japan did not declare war on the Soviet Union. Therefore, Japan is now a neutral country like the United States, Britain and France. In case the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union jointly attack Germany, Japan is almost impossible to choose to fight side by side with China and Germany in that situation, and 90.00% of them will take advantage of the fire.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the strength of the four countries of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union far exceeds that of China and Germany, as well as several second- and third-rate powers such as Italy that have already stood with China and Germany. How could Japan choose to be buried with China and Germany?Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek's plan is as follows: After making a fortune, he has maximized his benefits and given Germany an explanation. China can consider withdrawing from the Soviet Union war as soon as it is good. At that time, Germany will win Yes, China and Germany are still friends, after all, China has contributed; Germany lost, and China did not bury it with it; Germany won or lost, China can continue to use Germany's power to prevent the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, France, and Japan from attacking China .

After the start of the war, Germany was on the verge of breaking through, but was blocked in Kiev. The situation of the German-Soviet-Kiev war was still unclear, so Chiang Kai-shek was naturally unable to handle it. The Nanjing Army was invincible in Central Asia. Then he felt guilty, and Chiang Kai-shek was not afraid of being eaten up by a brigade or two divisions. He was afraid that "this would be a sign that the Soviet army would launch a major counterattack against the Chinese army and that the Chinese army would turn from offensive to defensive and retreat steadily." I have no idea.

Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Jiang Weiguo: "Is the [-]th Brigade going to be wiped out?"

Jiang Weiguo replied: "Father, the [-]th Brigade is indeed dangerous, but water is unpredictable and soldiers are unpredictable. You must have confidence in the frontline troops. You are the supreme commander and you can't mess around!"

Chiang Kai-shek was even more worried when he heard this: "This example cannot be used! How can our army be completely wiped out by the Soviet army? The impact will be very bad!"

Jiang Weiguo had to comfort Chiang Kai-shek: "Father, the situation is not as bad as you think, don't worry!"

Chiang Kai-shek was not at all at ease. After hesitating for a long time, he took out his usual method: to promote the ranks of the main officers of the besieged [-]th Brigade collectively.

Several transport planes of the Chinese Air Force flew over the besieged [-]th Brigade and dropped a batch of ammunition, medicine and several wooden boxes, which contained carefully framed promotion certificates.

Jin Chongyin, commander of the 180th Division, was promoted from major general to lieutenant general, deputy division commander Shi Zuoheng, division chief of staff Chen Shaotang, and 180th brigade commander Huang Qidong were all promoted from colonel to major general.

Jin Chongyin and the others belonged to the Central Army before, but they were not direct descendants of Whampoa, and no one was a graduate of Whampoa. However, Chiang Kai-shek was surprisingly generous. Not only was he promoted to the rank, he also sent a brand-new lieutenant general and major general uniform very thoughtfully, and even returned it to Jin Chongyin. He sent a Zhongzheng sword and a personal letter, which was full of eloquent speeches, encouraging him to "carry forward the revolutionary spirit and be loyal to the party and country".

Jiang Weiguo, who learned of this, was dumbfounded and annoyed that his old man was helping indiscriminately.

Chiang Kai-shek's move was to boost morale, but the behavior was very similar to the original history that Hitler promoted Admiral Friedrich Paulus, the commander-in-chief of the German 6th Army, which was besieged by the Soviet army, to field marshal at the end of the Battle of Stalingrad. This is a very unlucky, even a bit unlucky meaning, because the German Sixth Army was wiped out after Paulus became the field marshal.

In fact, Jin Chongyin and others are already ready for the annihilation of the entire army.

The Soviet army with as many as six divisions surrounded the [-]th Brigade tightly. Although Li Yutang's troops, [-] to [-] kilometers away, continued to launch harassing counterattacks against the Soviet army and restrained part of the Soviet army, the siege of the [-]th Brigade The Soviet Army was still more than five times the size of the Nanjing Army.

After voluntarily staying, Jin Chongyin, Shi Zuoheng, and Chen Shaotang inspected every unit of the [-]th Brigade, from the regiment to the battalion, and even to the company, so that almost everyone in the officers and soldiers saw the division commander, deputy division commander, and chief of staff with their own eyes.

Seeing is believing, seeing that the three chief officers of the unit not only did not evacuate, but returned to stay with themselves in the encirclement, the officers and soldiers were all moved to tears.

Jin Chongyin delivered a speech from the bottom of his heart: "Brothers, we are probably going to die here, but who has never died in life since ancient times? As a seven-foot man, a dignified Chinese soldier, he died outside the country. Isn’t it the best destination on the battlefield? People will always die, and death is valuable and meaningful, even though death is still alive! We want these Raksha people who have bullied China for more than 250 years to see what is They are the real Chinese! What are the real Chinese soldiers! We will kill these Raksha people to be afraid of our corpses!"

The officers and soldiers had tears and fire in their eyes.

Shi Zuoheng shouted: "Brothers! We will live and die together!"

"Live and die together!" The stormy Chinese shouts resounded over the heads of the surrounding Soviet troops.

According to accurate statistics, the total number of besieged Nanjing troops totaled 450, including one lieutenant general, three major generals, and thirteen colonels. There were very few wounded, because most of the seriously wounded were taken away before the battle; in addition, the besieged troops were equipped with excellent weapons, with nearly a hundred tanks and armored vehicles, which were specially left for them by the friendly troops before they withdrew. In addition, the ammunition, food, and medicine of the besieged troops are relatively sufficient, which are deliberately left to them by the friendly troops because of time constraints and unbearable reasons before withdrawing.

The place under siege was a field, densely wooded, with a few small villages and no towns.

"Our Nanjing Army is the pride of the Chinese army. There has never been a precedent for brigade-level troops to be completely wiped out, let alone a precedent for mid- and senior-level officers to surrender.

Perhaps, we are doomed, but there must be no surrender.

Remember!Remember! "Before the war, Jin Chongyin repeatedly asked the officers.

"I'd rather die than surrender!" the officers nodded repeatedly with tears in their eyes.

Vatutin, who was eager to end the battle early, sent someone to send a letter of persuasion to Jin Chongyin after the encirclement closed. His family members will also be implicated, and many of his subordinates stubbornly do not want to surrender, hoping to give some time to buffer."

In order to express his sincerity, Jin Chongyin asked the envoy of the Soviet army to bring the promotion certificate and Zhongzheng sword airdropped to him by Chiang Kai-shek to Vatutin.

Vatutin knows the goods and knows that these two things have a strong symbolic meaning. One is the promotion certificate issued by the supreme leader of China, and the other is the Zhongzheng Sword issued by the supreme leader of China. The honor represented is no less than that of the Soviet Union. The "Hero of the Soviet Union Medal", as we all know, soldiers will regard honor as more important than life. Kim Chongyin actually handed over his token of honor to the enemy, which undoubtedly revealed a strong meaning of "willing to surrender".

Vatutin was overjoyed. While sending Jin Chongyin's promotion certificate and the Zhongzheng Sword to Susaikov, the political commissar of the military region, he prepared to use it as a "super trophy" for publicity. I am willing to allow a certain amount of time for the difficulties.”

In the headquarters of the [-]th Brigade surrounded by the Soviet army, Shi Zuoheng, Chen Shaotang, and Huang Qidong couldn't believe it: "Master, you actually handed over the promotion certificate and the Zhongzheng sword given to you by the chairman?"

Jin Chongyin smiled and said: "Yes, what's the matter? Anyway, I'm going to die, so the chairman still wants to punish my corpse? Ah, my corpse will fall into the hands of the Soviets, and the chairman will never dig up my family's grave Bar?"

Shi Zuoheng still couldn't understand: "Master, this is the honor of our soldiers..."

"It's just two things!" Jin Chongyin seemed very optimistic. "After I die, the Soviets will still seize those two things. Since they will fall into the hands of the Soviets sooner or later, what's the matter if I give them to them now? How can the Soviets prove that Did I give it to them when I was alive? Anyway, I will be dead and have no proof!"

Shi Zuoheng and other officers were all in awe, they were shocked, the division commander was really determined to die here.

Even if the troops could still break through, Jin Chongyin, who had lost his token of honor, would definitely commit suicide.

Vatutin waited patiently for a long time. At the same time, the besieged Nanjing army was racing against time to dig trenches and build fortifications. Due to the heavy rain just now, the land was muddy and soft, so the digging went smoothly.

However, just half a day later, Vatutin received a call from Konev to reprimand him: "Comrade Vatutin, you have been fooled! The Chinese are delaying time! Please launch an attack immediately!"

Vatutin, who was reminded, was still a little dubious, and he informed Jin Chongyin: "Please surrender immediately!"

Jin Chongyin replied: "Please give me some more time!" After the soil work, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army need time to rest.

Vatutin began to suspect that he had indeed been fooled: "Sorry, there is no time! I will attack immediately!"

Jin Chongyin suggested: "Well, your troops can shoot and fire, but please shoot in the open space, so that on the one hand, we can carry out a symbolic counterattack, so as to 'prove' to our friendly forces that we are resisting and supporting the enemy." Surrendering only after living, on the one hand, you can also use the powerful strength and firepower of your army to deter some diehards in our department who are not willing to surrender!"

Vatutin thought about it and felt that this proposal was feasible, so he followed what Jin Chongyin said.

Hundreds of artillery pieces of the Soviet Army roared together, and poured shells into the open space where the Nanjing Army did not exist.

At the same time, Jin Chongyin eagerly sent a telegram to the rear: "The artillery of the Soviet army is firing, please send out the air force plane to destroy it!" Just 10 minutes later, dozens of sparrow attack planes of the Nanjing Army appeared above the battlefield, and there was a slap in the face. Gai Nao's bombs destroyed dozens of Soviet artillery.

Vatutin was startled and angry, and immediately contacted Jin Chongyin: "General Jin, can you surrender?"

Jin Chongyin replied like a local rascal: "Lend me your wife to play for three days, and I will surrender!"

Vatutin almost exploded his lungs.

The reason why Jin Chongyin said such rascal words was to annoy Vatutin so that his mind would be dazzled by anger. In fact, he achieved excellent results.

Vatutin has woken up like a dream, knowing that he has been played around by the other party, and by the way, he has been humiliated and disgusted by the other party, which makes him furious.

Vatutin is indeed a very good general of the Soviet Army, able to attack and defend well, brave and tenacious, his character is like "a mixture of half Patton and half Guderian", especially in the use of tanks to win victory ( Vatutin also has shortcomings, that is, he is easy to get dizzy when winning a battle, and sometimes misjudges the situation. Therefore, in the original history, he was beaten by Manstein in the Kharkov counterattack of the German army. There is also the shame of shirking responsibility), the [-]th Brigade of the Nanjing Army was besieged by the Soviet Army, largely because he used the tank brigade that Konev gave him very flexibly.

However, no matter how good a person is, once he is dazzled by anger, he will become irrational.

Faced with Jin Chongyin's "hooligan methods", Vatutin was furious, wishing to tear Jin Chongyin to pieces immediately, so furious that he immediately ordered a full-scale attack. Because of his anger, he ignored that when the battle broke out, it was dusk and it would be dark soon. It is dark and night melee is not conducive to the Soviet army in this combat mode.

More than [-] Soviet troops rushed to the Nanjing Army from all directions, but soon, the sound of the "Ula" charge was drowned in the more shocking sound of guns, explosions, and roars in Chinese.

"Fengtian kills the thief!" The roar in Chinese was accompanied by a storm of bullets and shells.

Because of the delay for more than half a day, the Nanjing Army has already built a defensive line on the field that is not exhaustive but has a basic framework, and the officers and soldiers have also rested for a while, so they are full of energy and morale.

The officers and soldiers half-ambushed in the trench angrily poured bullets, artillery shells, grenades, and explosives into the incoming Soviet army.

The attacking Soviet army was completely exposed in the field, and many of the large-caliber artillery were blown up by Nanjing army planes, so the heavy firepower was greatly reduced. Dozens of Soviet army tanks roared up, and they were turned into burning scrap iron in the thunderbolt fire, participating in the battle The entire Nanjing army embraced the mortal heart, so they burst out with an extremely death-defying spirit. Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Soviet tanks like raindrops. The officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches took advantage of the Soviet tanks rolling over the trenches and detonated cluster grenades under the chassis. , Thunder rolling, thunder bursts, the fragments of the bombed tanks and the remaining limbs and arms of the Soviet army flew across.

"Goofy old man, come on!" The officers and soldiers ecstatically shouted.

In the lightning-like bombardment of migratory locusts, the Nanjing Army, which has a geographical advantage, killed the influx of Soviet troops rolling to the ground.

The angry Vatutin personally watched the battle on the front line. He raised his binoculars, gritted his teeth and looked at "those damned Chinese" on the opposite side, but as he watched, the anger and hatred on his face gradually faded away. , It was replaced by a kind of consternation, and he had to be surprised by the picture that greeted his eyes: those Chinese soldiers who were fighting bloody battles were not afraid of death at all, and were extremely tenacious. Throwing Molotov cocktails at the Soviet tanks from a distance, even if they were beaten to blood gushing in the next moment, the follow-ups would not hesitate to step forward.

The attacking Soviet army was like a wolf biting a hedgehog. Not only could it not gnaw at the opponent, but it was bleeding from its own mouth, causing constant casualties.

Huang Qidong, the commander of the 200th brigade, has always been strict in running the army, paying attention to military discipline, loving soldiers like sons, and caring for his subordinates. After the battle broke out, he rushed to the temporary field hospital set up by the [-]th brigade to condolences to the wounded soldiers, but the fierce fighting continued. For a few hours, very few wounded soldiers were sent, less than [-], most of whom were seriously wounded.

Huang Qidong, who was deeply surprised, went to investigate and couldn't help crying. The reason why there were few wounded soldiers was that most of them continued to participate in the battle after being injured.

In the fighting area where the wind and thunder billowed, such scenes can be seen everywhere: slightly injured officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army continue to fight after emergency bandaging; Many of the seriously wounded were pretending to be dead among the dead, waiting for the Soviet army to suddenly detonate grenades when they approached.

Huang Qidong saw with his own eyes that a soldier of his own side was about to use a Molotov cocktail to destroy a Soviet tank. When he held the Molotov cocktail above his head, the Molotov cocktail was shattered by a Soviet bullet, and the gasoline in the bottle immediately turned into a mass of liquid flames. The soldier was drenched from head to toe, and the soldier was wrapped in flames. The soldier who had completely turned into a fire man did not fall to the ground and screamed, but rushed towards a group of nearby Soviet troops with bayonets in his hand. Only a blackened bayonet could be seen in the flames rushing towards him. Due to extreme shock, fear, and disbelief, the seven or eight Soviet soldiers stood there stiffly, staring at the bayonet. The blackened bayonet stabbed up, and two Soviet soldiers were stabbed down one after another. The third Soviet soldier was hugged by the burning Nanjing soldier and fell into the fireball together.

"Good job! Good job!" Huang Qidong burst into tears.

Faced with the Nanjing Army's fighting spirit that put life and death at risk, the bloody courage that many Soviet troops mustered was hit, and they began to shrink back.

In a rage, Vatutin shot and killed two battalion commanders who were returning with their troops one after another: "Just move forward! Don't retreat! Let me destroy them all at once!" He swore with hatred in his heart that the man who teased him Once the Chinese general falls into his hands, he must taste that life is worse than death.

The onslaught of the Soviet army lasted from dusk to the early morning of the next day. First they attacked on all sides, and then they took turns to attack and focus on the attack. After more than ten hours of bloody battle, the Soviet army who dropped the corpses on the ground had to give up the attack because they paid the price. It was too tragic, but the results of the battle were almost negligible.

Vatutin wasn't quite telling the truth in his call to Kuznetsov, especially the timing, when he claimed that the battle was "two days and two nights" when in fact it was one day and two nights, since he had almost one day Stand still, because of Jin Chongyin's trick, the two sides did not fight that day.

After one day and two nights, the Soviet Army suffered nearly 700 casualties, and the Nanjing Army suffered less than [-] casualties (Vatutin did not know the exact number of Nanjing Army casualties, and he overestimated the Nanjing Army's casualties), among which the number of casualties reached more than [-] people, about [-] people were injured.

Under normal circumstances, in the total number of army casualties, there are "three casualties, one death" or "two casualties, one death". Only one-third of the casualties were due to the fact that most of the wounded soldiers launched a death-defying attack on the Soviet army with their last breath.

Jiang Weiguo paid close attention to the [-]th Brigade. He felt sorry for it, and he was unwilling to do anything. He contacted Jin Chongyin by telegram: "Mr. Jin, do you need anything?"

Jin Chongyin replied: "We need large-caliber artillery, tanks, and bombers, but I know you don't have these, second son. We have enough ammunition and supplies, and we can continue for a while. It's just that there is a huge gap between the enemy and us. Constantly launching wheel battles, the brothers are very tired, we need something to refresh our minds!"

Jiang Weiguo replied: "Okay, I will let the transport plane drop enough cigarettes for you!"

Jin Chongyin expressed his gratitude, but soon, Shi Zuoheng sent a telegram to Jiang Weiguo: "Second son, cigarettes are not enough to refresh you, we need something better!"

Jiang Weiguo was confused: "What?"

Shi Zuoheng replied: "Opium!"

Jiang Weiguo was shocked.

Opium is a primary drug. Although there is the word "primary" in front of it, it is still a drug.

Shi Zuoheng asked Jiang Weiguo for opium, and he found the right person, because Jiang Weiguo still hides the title of "the world's number one drug lord" under the appearance of being harmless to humans and animals and being loyal to the country.

Jiang Weiguo holds the Golden Triangle, the largest drug base in the world. After four years of hard work, the Golden Triangle now has an annual output of more than 800 tons of opium, accounting for more than 70% of the world's total opium production. Jiang Weiguo's "Golden Triangle Force" At present, it has controlled about 18 square kilometers of land in the Golden Triangle, with a population of about 70, and the opium planting area exceeds 50 mu.

Who has the most opium in the world?The answer is Jiang Weiguo.

Jiang Weiguo's opium has three uses, one is to sell it directly, the other is to extract more addictive heroin for sale, and the third is to transport it into the country.