I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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A large number of Soviet troops pounced on the Iranian army that broke into the hinterland of the Soviet-controlled area. The Iranian army and the Nanjing Army officers and soldiers in the army roared and howled together, resisting to the Soviet army with a rain of bullets. There was a bloody storm.

"This is the first time the Iranian army has actually fought a war!" Chen Jihuan was very pleased with this and relieved, because this is what he wanted.

The urgent message that the Crown Prince of Pahlavi was surrounded by the Soviet army was quickly sent to King Reza Khan. Reza Khan was as shocked as being struck by lightning.

Reza Khan's favorite is Crown Prince Pahlavi, and he plans to pass on the throne to him in the future. If the Crown Prince Pahlavi has any troubles in the front line, it is needless to say a blow to Reza Khan. It is almost a desperate Reza Khan immediately ordered the front-line Iranian army to "rescue the crown prince at all costs", and ordered that "those who rescue the crown prince will be rewarded heavily, and those who fail to fight will be severely punished."

In the past, the Iranian army did not fight well, and although Reza Khan urged the troops with stern voice, it was different from now. If they had fought a lot before, the result would be that they would not be able to expand the territory again. The army could return to Iran. There is still room for things. But the situation is very different now. The situation is so serious that it cannot be controlled. If the troops do not fight well, the delicate and expensive Crown Prince of Pahlavi will die tragically on the front line or become a senior prisoner of war of the Soviets. It was absolutely unacceptable. Therefore, "Long Yan was furious", he issued a series of extremely severe orders, and offered a heavy reward. The two-pronged approach stimulated all the Iranian troops on the front line to fight desperately.

The combat effectiveness of the Iranian army itself is not high, coupled with negative thinking, so its role in the Transcaucasus battlefield is limited. For this reason, the Nanjing army adopted a very crude but effective method: to lure the Pahlavi Crown Prince to go deep alone, and take the The "golden branches and jade leaves" were thrown into the wolves, thus forcing the Iranian army to fight with all their might.

Facts have proved that this method is very effective. The originally sluggish Iranian army rushed towards the Soviet army with red eyes like a group smoking opium. Although it did not cause too much damage to the Soviet army, it was also entangled.

The senior officers of the Iranian army on the front line knew in their hearts that rescuing the crown prince must be "rescue meritorious service". If they get promoted and get rich together, if they can't rescue the crown prince, they will either be beheaded or go to jail, and their future will be ruined.

Based on such a simple truth and such clear logic, the Iranian army naturally erupted with "incredible fighting spirit."

On the chessboard of the high-level Nanjing army, the Iranian army finally played its due role. It restrained a large number of Soviet troops in the southern part of the Transcaucasus battlefield, forcing the Soviet army to reduce its counterattack against Baku.

Baku is already the core of the entire Caucasus region. Lieutenant General Vasilevsky, the chief of staff of the Moscow Military District of the Soviet Army who volunteered to rescue the situation, has 7000 troops, but the Chinese and German coalition forces on the opposite side only have about [-] people (the Nanjing Army has about [-] Thousands, German paratroopers about [-]), but the battle situation made it difficult for Vasilevsky to start. The reason why Vasilevsky felt troubled was not that Baku was "too strong", on the contrary, but because Baku was "too fragile "The fighting area is an oil field, and it is a core large oil field whose oil production accounts for more than [-]% of the total oil production of the Soviet Union, which caused the Soviet army to feel seriously wary.

Vasilevsky described it afterwards: "The battle in Baku was like a fight between two groups of people in a ceramics shop. But once the two parties moved a little harder, the shop immediately heard the sound of ceramics being smashed."

Lu Xinrong is very smart. When he led the initial raid, about one-sixth of the Baku oil field was destroyed by fire in the battle (it can be repaired and resumed production, but it will take time), and about one-sixth of the oil field was destroyed by the Nanjing Army. The rest are under the control of the Soviet Army.

Lu Xinrong was worried that the Soviet army would adopt the method of a strong man breaking his wrists, that is, indiscriminately shelling one-sixth of the oil fields controlled by the Nanjing Army, abandoning this one-sixth oil field, and turning this one-sixth oil field and the Nanjing Army in the oil field into Huohai, if this is the case, then the [-]th Brigade has not fulfilled its mission, because the [-]th Brigade has neither occupied or partially occupied the oil field, nor has it destroyed the oil field. One-sixth of the oil field and Nanjing have been destroyed by the fire. One-sixth of the oil fields occupied by the military add up to one-third, and one-third of Baku was destroyed. Although the Baku oil fields were severely damaged, there is still a long way to go to destroy the oil fields.

Lu Xinrong thought over and over again, if the Soviet army was really so determined, the second annihilation of the [-]th Brigade would be unacceptable. One-third of the oil fields, therefore, Lu Xinrong faced two choices. The deputy brigade commander Gu Xunzhi proposed to "destroy all the oil fields already under control, and then launch a fierce attack on the oil fields controlled by the Soviet army. Let more oil fields be destroyed by war and fire. Although the [-]th Brigade will be destroyed, at least half or more oil fields will be destroyed.” Chief of Staff Zhang Peng and Deputy Chief of Staff Xu Zhenyu disagreed. They thought it was really necessary to do so. It is too reckless. On the one hand, it will lead to the annihilation of the [-]th Brigade again, and on the other hand, it will lead to the early annihilation of the [-]th Brigade, which may not be annihilated.

When Lu Xinrong was indecisive, the German 7th Airborne Division launched an airborne attack in Baku. The Nanjing Army in Baku immediately received three or four thousand reinforcements, which greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient troops.

Lu Xinrong made a final decision: "Try not to destroy the oil field, occupy it if you can!" He said solemnly, "Our country is too short of oil! If you have a chance, seize it!" Lu Xinrong immediately dispatched troops, taking advantage of the darkness of the night before, The Nanjing Army's tanks and self-propelled artillery that were originally loaded on Iranian merchant ships were unloaded one after another. Lu Xinrong ordered that tanks and infantry be used to form a mechanized assault force to attack the areas controlled by the Soviet Army from multiple sides. Mixing with the Soviet army, it is enough to present a situation where we are among the enemy and the enemy is among us." Immediately, Lu Xinrong called Wang Yecheng, the head of the self-propelled heavy artillery regiment.

"Old Wang, I entrust you with a glorious and arduous task!"

"Traveler, please order!"

"Take your self-propelled artillery regiment to fight guerrilla warfare against the old Maozi. The goal is not to kill the Soviet army, but to destroy the oil fields, but it is not really destroying the oil fields.

The specific method is to bombard the oil field area controlled by the Soviet army, then quickly move it, change another place and bombard the oil field area controlled by the Soviet army, it's that simple!"

Wang Yecheng laughed: "This kind of task of changing a place with one shot and not needing to hit it is easy!"

The troops immediately went into action.

Student limped to Lu Xinrong's side: "Colonel Lu, I have temporarily handed over my troops to your command, can you explain your intentions to me?"

"Of course!" Lu Xinrong nodded, "General Student, we are short of oil, right? No matter Germany or China!"

Student nodded again and again: "It's really too short of oil.

The United States, Britain, and France have already sensed our war intentions. They hope that we will lose out with the Soviet Union, and they don’t want us to win quickly, so they deliberately choke us on oil exports. The United States produces more than 2 million tons of oil this year, but sells it to Germany. Less than 200 million tons, not even one percent!And most of them were sold at high prices before the outbreak of the Soviet war. After the outbreak of the Soviet war, the United States, Britain and France basically stopped supplying oil. It is really unreasonable!Germany only has 1000 million tons of oil this year, and it has imported 500 million tons of oil from Romania and 100 million tons from your China, and the rest is artificial oil synthesized from coal chemical industry!” He couldn’t help sighing, “The United States, Britain, and France Trying to trap us with oil, which is honestly our greatest weakness.

Both Field Marshal Goering and General Guderian complained that their planes and tanks had never been able to get enough fuel. If there was more fuel, the German Air Force and German Army's tank units would be able to play a greater role. Oil Shortages limit the combat effectiveness of the German army!"

Lu Xinrong was deeply convinced: "Yes, this Baku oil field produces 2000 million tons of oil annually, 2000 million tons! If we can get here..."

Student said in astonishment: "How could the Soviets allow us to get here?"

Lu Xinrong looked at Student: "General, you have overlooked an important premise, we and the Soviets both want this place, but this place belongs to the Soviets.

We can't get Baku, our situation is still the same, but the Soviets lose Baku, their situation will be worse.

I originally doubted that the Soviets would destroy Baku with us, but when I think about it now, I think the Soviets did not have the courage.

If we don't get Baku, we won't die. If the Soviets lose Baku, they will die!The Soviets are even more unacceptable than we are to see Baku in ruins!"

Student thought for a while, and he suddenly realized: "I understand! Although we desperately want to get Baku, and the Soviets also desperately want to protect Baku, the Soviets have no room, but we do.

Get Baku, we are winners, destroy Baku, we are still winners, for the Soviets, lose Baku, they are losers, destroy Baku, they are still losers! He looked at Lu Xinrong with piercing eyes, "So you ordered the troops to repeatedly penetrate the oil field area controlled by the Soviet army. The purpose is not to seize and occupy, but to create a situation where the enemy and the enemy are intertwined. Those who were unable to cover or bomb the oil fields with ruthless artillery fire, although they could blow up our bones and burn them to ashes, but Baku was also buried with us, and the Soviets completely lost more than they gained!"

"Yes!" Lu Xinrong nodded, "I ordered Wang Yecheng to take the self-propelled heavy artillery regiment to fight artillery guerrilla warfare, in order to tell the Soviet commanders that even if we were wiped out by them, we would still have the ability to annihilate the entire army and at the same time wipe out Baku." Completely razed to the ground!" He smiled slightly, "This is the benefit of fighting in the enemy's territory. The enemy's cities, civilians, and infrastructure can all be kidnapped by us. Although the Soviets don't care about human lives or cities, they have to Don't care about the Baku oil fields!"

Student laughed: "That's right! That's right!" He looked at the oil wells around him, "It's very dangerous here, one shell can kill us in flames with the oil everywhere, but in fact, here But it is the safest!"

"The most dangerous place is the safest!" Lu Xinrong said with a grin.

Chapter 515 Battlefield Trading

Lu Xinrong's judgment was correct. As he expected, for Vasilevsky, it was a piece of cake to wipe out the Chinese and German troops occupying part of the Baku oil fields. He only needed to mobilize a few hundred cannons or Hundreds of bombers, a saturated bombardment or carpet bombing, and then there is no need for the Soviet ground troops to dispatch to clean up, and the Chinese and German troops will be wiped out in the monstrous fire. On a volcano, and the button to detonate the volcano is in the hands of Vasilevsky. With a thousand rounds of shells or a hundred tons of bombs, he can wipe out the Chinese and German troops in Baku and win victory, but such a victory It is not a victory at all, but killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating ten thousand.

The Soviet Union must not lose the Baku oil field at this time. After all, this oil field produces more than [-]% of the oil in the entire Soviet Union, and the Soviet Union is currently in war, and the United States, Britain, France and other countries have not assisted the Soviet Union (do not rule out that the United States secretly aids the Soviet Union. ), the Soviet Union was isolated and helpless, its war resources were stretched, and it could not make ends meet. It must not suffer large-scale losses, especially oil. Even if the Baku oil field was destroyed and repaired for a period of time, production could resume, but it was impossible, because Time was as precious to the Soviet Union as oil, and the Soviet Union had no time at all.

If the Chinese and German troops use Vasilevsky's relatives as hostages, Vasilevsky will not hesitate to order shelling and bombing, although Vasilevsky is grieved, but the Chinese and German troops are now using the Soviet Union's first No matter how resourceful Vasilevsky is, he is helpless. He can neither order shelling nor bombing.

Disaster!It's so difficult!Vasilevsky looked at Baku, where the gunfire was shining and the smoke was soaring into the sky, and there was a kind of tooth-gnashing pain in his heart that far surpassed the pain when Moscow was about to fall, and even a trace of despair.

While the Soviet army was timid, the Chinese and German troops in Baku took the opportunity to do their best without any scruples.

According to Lu Xinrong's order, the Nanjing Army and the German Army were divided into multiple groups. Hundreds of people formed a commando team, using tanks to open the way, and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet-controlled area. Fierce battles broke out between the two sides.

The Soviet army was wary and did not dare to use heavy weapons, while the Nanjing army and the German army were unscrupulous. Shells and grenades, like hail raindrops, exploded fireballs that sprung up in the battle area, and the bullets splashed three feet of blood on the Soviet army.

Amid the shouts in Chinese and German, the officers and soldiers bravely marched forward amidst bombardment, fire, and thick smoke, constantly impacting and penetrating into the Soviet-controlled areas, turning the Soviet-controlled areas into melee areas one after another. Flames shot up from the ground in the melee area, and clouds of thick smoke towered over the sky. The fire and smoke caused great casualties to Chinese and German officers and soldiers. There were everywhere scorched corpses curled up by the fire. Some officers and soldiers fell due to hypoxia and suffocation, but Lu Xinrong's strategy still achieved good results. More than half of the Nanjing Army and the German Army penetrated into the Soviet-controlled area, turning more and more oil fields into a tug-of-war zone between the two sides.

This kind of see-saw area between the two sides is equivalent to the occupied area of ​​​​the Chinese and German troops, and it is a place where the Soviet army cannot use heavy firepower to destroy.

The extreme feeling of aggrieved made Lieutenant General Kozilov and Lieutenant General Petrov find Vasilevsky many times: "Comrade Chief of Staff, are we just passively beaten like this? We must launch a comprehensive counterattack! Put China The invaders and the German invaders drive out of Baku!"

Vasilevsky smiled bitterly: "It is very simple to eliminate them, but we must not destroy the oil fields. The Soviet Union is at the end of its rope. If we want to persevere, we cannot do without arsenals, food, steel, and oil. If the Pakistani What's the point of destroying these thousands of Chinese and German troops if the library is reduced to ruins?"

Both Kozilov and Petrov were very excited: "Then what should we do? We dare not beat them, but they beat us recklessly!"

Vasilevsky frowned and remained silent. After a while, he asked, "Do the Chinese have a heavy artillery unit?"

Petrov said: "Yes, we wanted to eliminate the heavy artillery unit, but found that they were moving very fast. It can be judged that it is an artillery unit composed of self-propelled artillery!"

A gleam flashed in Vasilevsky's eyes: "Actually, the Chinese and Germans are already capable of destroying Baku. They could have built airports on the opposite bank of the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea early in the morning, and bombed Baku with heavy long-range bombers. But they didn't do that, and they sent troops to compete with us for Baku. Doesn't that seem superfluous? I think their first goal is to occupy Baku, and their second goal is to destroy Baku.

Both China and Germany lack oil, and they want Baku too!"

Kozilov said angrily: "We will never let Baku fall into their hands! Even if we really lose Baku, we will only let them get a piece of ruins!"

Vasilevsky's thoughts were racing, and he seemed to think of something: "Contact Moscow immediately! Please contact the Japanese embassy in Moscow!" He took a deep breath, "I need to talk to Germany...no, China High-level direct dialogue!"

Both Kozilov and Petrov were very surprised and found it incredible.

"This is the only way we can save the situation!" Vasilevsky sighed, "This is the only way!"

The four major members of the Allied Powers are Germany, China, Japan, and Italy. The Soviet War was a full-scale attack on the Soviet Union by the Allied Powers. After this war broke out, Germany, Italy, and China declared war on the Soviet Union successively. However, due to its "special status" and "special circumstances", Japan did not declare war on the Soviet Union, nor did it substantively wage war on the Soviet Union, making Japan and the Soviet Union still normal diplomatic relations at this time. Of course, the Soviet authorities knew that Japan and Germany, China, and Italy The three countries are completely a nest of snakes and rats, and the four countries are originally a group. Although Japan did not declare war on the Soviet Union, it did not start war on the Soviet Union, but it provided assistance behind the scenes (mainly to China), and shared the spoils with China (China took the East Siberia, which originally belonged to the Soviet Union, was divided into Japan), the Soviet Union is clear, so Japan is completely the enemy of the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union and Japan continue to maintain diplomatic relations, which is also in the interests of the Allies and the Soviet Union, even if the two sides do not fight well To live together requires an indirect channel of communication. Undoubtedly, the diplomatic relationship between the Soviet Union and Japan formalized this channel.

According to Vasilevsky's request, Molotov immediately contacted Matoku Togo, the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union. After understanding what the Soviet side meant, Togo quickly contacted the Japanese embassy in China. Within an hour, Vasilevsky's The telegram was sent to Jiang Weiguo.

"What?" Jiang Weiguo was very surprised, "Wasilevsky is willing to give us a part of the Baku oil field?"

Yang Jie and Xiao Yao, who were invited by Jiang Weiguo to discuss this matter together, were also surprised. After all, Huasilievsky's approach was so ingenious, even whimsical, that Jiang Weiguo couldn't help but tsk at Huasilievsky in his heart. Praise: As expected of being one of the three famous generals of the Soviet Union in World War II, he was indeed thoughtful, courageous, and strategic.

"I understand!" Yang Jie laughed, "Although Vasilevsky's move is deeply weird, it is also the last strategy to make up for it. He is very clear about his culprit, which is that the Soviet Union cannot lose Baku. For oil fields, this "lost" includes two meanings, one is that Baku was captured by our army, and the other is that Baku was destroyed by our army or was destroyed during the battle between the two armies.

Once the Baku oil fields are lost, the Soviet Union is really over, and even the last chance of dying is gone!"

"Not only is he aware of his own weakness, but he has also grasped our weakness!" Xiao Yao said, "He has already seen that we are also greedy for the Baku oil field, so he made this incredible 'battlefield deal' with us.

In fact, let’s not forget that the biggest goal of the German army’s first phase of combat missions was to capture the Baku oil fields!”

Jiang Weiguo looked at Yang Jie: "Can the German army capture the Baku oil field?"

Yang Jie looked worried: "Excluding the [-]th Brigade and the German paratroopers, the German army will be very difficult.

Hitler temporarily changed the strategic plan, wasting almost half a month or more of precious time, and also consumed a large amount of German troops, which severely damaged the plan.

The German Army Group South is breaking through the Stalingrad front, but it is really very difficult to reach Transcaucasus!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo, and said in a sigh, "Second son, winter is here, and we have no time!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at the window. Outside the window, the first snow of this winter was falling in Beiping.

"Vasilevsky actually crushed our weak point!" Xiao Yao said, "At present, in Baku, the enemy and we are in a melee, and the range of the artillery groups of both sides covers Baku. We have the ability to destroy Baku. , the Soviet Army also has.

We cannot ignore this!"

Jiang Weiguo suddenly had countless thoughts in his mind. He looked at the telegram: "Vasilevsky claimed that one-third of the oil-producing areas and oil wells of the Baku Oilfield can be allocated to us, and then the two sides will maintain the status quo in Baku and mutually If you don't attack, what do you think?"

Yang Jie thought deeply: "Baku is actually a dead end.

The Soviet army could not destroy our army while protecting the Baku oil fields, and our army could not defeat the Soviet army while obtaining the complete Baku oil fields. Both sides wanted to get Baku, but neither wanted to destroy Baku.

Vasilevsky knew this very well, so he took a different approach and tried to use this method to keep two-thirds of the Baku oil fields. He knew that he couldn't fight hard. Whether he won or not, he was a loser, Baku Either be occupied by our army, or be destroyed!" He touched his chin, showing a very interested expression, "One third, that is 700 million tons of oil! "

Jiang Weiguo hesitated for a while: "I think, can we reject Vasilevsky's proposal and continue to fight hard with him, anyway, we are all winners, whether it is defeating the Soviet army, capturing Baku, or being defeated and destroyed by the Soviet army. Lose Baku and we all win!"

Yang Jie nodded: "That's not bad. Whether our army captures Baku or destroys it, the effect on the Soviet Union is the same. Both make the Soviet Union lose this big oil field!"

Xiao Yao said: "No, we didn't make much money this way.

Destroyed Baku, we made a profit, occupied Baku, we made a lot of money, shared Baku with the Soviets, we made a small profit.

Since you can't make a lot of money, why not make a small profit? He looked at Jiang Weiguo and analyzed his thoughts in an orderly manner, "As Chief Yang said, Baku is a dead end. It is impossible for the Soviets and us to fully recover or occupy Baku. Then, the situation is nothing more than the following What time is it:

First, we were repelled by the Soviets, Baku was reduced to ruins, the Soviets did not get oil, and neither did we;

Second, the Soviet army was repulsed by us, Baku was reduced to ruins, we did not get oil, and neither did the Soviets;

Third, both the enemy and the enemy share temporarily, the Soviets get part of the oil, and we also get part of the oil!"

Xiao Yao concluded: "One is that both sides are zero, and one is that the Soviets have a part, and we also have a part.

The problem is that simple!" He said, "I personally tend to the second point, let the Soviets keep some oil, we can also have it, even if the Soviets keep some oil, so what?Although it has not completely destroyed the foundation of the enemy and has a certain effect of supporting the enemy, we have gained a lot ourselves.

In any case, the Soviets have become weaker, we have become stronger, we just did not make the Soviets weaker, you can't have both!In addition, if Baku is broken, it will take time for us to rebuild in the future, so let's make way!However, one-third is too little, we need at least half!Because the Soviets can't afford not to get Baku more than we do!"

Jiang Weiguo thought repeatedly: "Since Chief Yang and Brother Haoran both agree, then I agree too!"

Yang Jie reminded: "Don't forget to inform Führer Hitler, after all, German troops participated in the Battle of Baku! We can hand over the decision-making power to Führer Hitler, which will save trouble and sell a favor to Führer Hitler!"

Jiang Weiguo laughed: "Mr. Yang's words are exactly what I want!"

Half an hour later, Hitler, who received Jiang Weiguo's telegram, was surprised at first, and then without hesitation chose the decision to "temporarily divide the Baku oil field with the Soviets equally", although he desperately wanted to monopolize the Baku oil field and completely expel the Soviets. Baku Oilfield, but he knew that this best outcome was no longer possible.

Faced with the high-level German army who was urgently summoned, Hitler plausibly calculated an account: "We now produce 1000 million tons of oil a year (about 600 million tons in Romania and about 350 million tons in China), and Stalin's is 3000 million tons. Under such circumstances, Stalin was beaten into a mess by us. After dividing Baku equally, we have 2000 million tons of oil, and Stalin also has 2000 million tons of oil. When he had more oil than us, he lost many battles. He must still be defeated again and again, let half of Baku be in his hands, and he will never have a chance to turn around if he fights next year! In this case, there is no need to destroy Baku, after all, we can get half of the oil anyway Woolen cloth!"

On December 12, the senior leaders of China, Germany and the Soviet Union reached a peculiar "battlefield deal" through Japan. The two sides divided the Baku oil field equally and did not attack each other in the Baku oil field area (both sides have artillery groups and aircraft groups in their respective areas. Once maliciously attacked by the other party, they can immediately die together with the other party in the Baku oil field and destroy the Baku oil field, thus reaching a delicate balance), China and Germany then reached an agreement, and the two sides also shared half of the Sino-German The Baku oil field, so 22% of the oil-producing area belongs to the Soviet Union, 50% to China, and 25% to Germany.

Oilfields belonging to the Soviet Union are transported northward by land after extraction, and China and Germany will not attack them. Oilfields belonging to China will be transported eastward through the Caspian Sea after extraction, and the Soviet army will not attack them. Oilfields belonging to Germany will travel eastward through the Black Sea after extraction. West transport, the Soviet army will not attack it.

After this deal was made, Christmas came too.

Hitler finally "broken his word" to his army, so that the officers and soldiers of the army could not go home for Christmas. Since the winter had completely arrived, both sides were unable to fight anymore, so the first phase of the Soviet war also ended.