I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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"How could this happen?" Lu Han was very frightened and furious. "We wiped out a battalion of our army at once! The Soviet paratroopers are no longer stragglers, but have serious troubles!"

Yang Sen, deputy commander of the group army, was also shocked, "When the Soviet paratroopers were dropped from the air, they hardly carried any heavy weapons, let alone tanks, armored vehicles, infantry artillery, etc., at most one submachine gun per person, and a small amount of light machine guns and mortars. How could the Soviet paratroopers have such a strong attack power?"

Lu Han frowned and said nothing, then he quickly walked out of the headquarters, got into the car and went to the scene of the incident.

At the place where the transport battalion was ambushed, Lu Han carefully inspected the traces of the battle on the scene, and he soon discovered many doubts: "No! This is not just done by Soviet paratroopers, there are Soviet regular army troops participating in the battle with them !"

Yang Sen asked in surprise, "Why did Junzuo say that?"

Lu Han pointed at the scene: "Look, there are a lot of footprints on the snow in the nearby woods. We have more than 300 officers and soldiers killed in battle. Even if they were ambushed by surprise, the number of Soviet troops should be no less than 300. None of them The escape of the officers and soldiers proves that the Soviet army had a large number and completely surrounded them. The Soviet paratroopers were so sparse, and there was a serious lack of radios or radio walkie-talkies. How could they gather more than 300 troops? Also, there were many Maxim heavy soldiers on the scene. The traces of machine gun fire, how could the Soviet paratroopers have the Maxim heavy machine gun? This thing can’t be carried on the plane at all! I even saw some traces of horseshoes. The Soviet paratroopers can’t even bring horses on the plane? It can be seen from this , the Soviet army from the four cities in North Asia sent several small units to join the Soviet paratroopers!"

Yang Sen nodded, with a solemn expression: "In this way, we will be under a lot of pressure!"

After surveying the battle scene, Lu Han hastily returned to the headquarters, reporting his findings and conjectures to Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying, while Yang Sen calmly called a confidant: "Call Master Xia, I have something to ask him to do it!"

Two hours later, somewhere in the primeval forest in the hinterland of the Vasyugan Plain, Xia Jiong saw his "old friend" Cui Kefu again.

"What are you doing?" Xia Jiong's eyes burst into flames. "You are attacking us? This is a violation of the agreement!"

"Agreement?" Chuikov laughed mockingly. "According to the announcement of the Nationalist Government declaring war on the Soviet Union, all treaties and agreements between China and the Soviet Union are null and void! What agreement is there between you and us?"

Xia Jiong was surprised and angry: "Didn't we agree at the beginning? Help each other, and the well water will not interfere with the river water!"

Cuikov nodded: "Yes, but the situation has changed, and our agreement should also keep pace with the times!"

Xia Jiong felt a trace of fear: "What are you planning to do? What exactly are you planning to do?"

Cuikov looked into Xia Jiong's eyes: "Listen, according to the original agreement, your 27th Army is stationed in the area of ​​the Vasyugan Plain, especially the 20th Army, and we need to open up several secret transportation channels in the Vasyugan Plain so that Being able to transport 'things' from the Urals to the four cities in North Asia, for a few months, you and I each have what we need, we have obtained the ordnance and ammunition we urgently need, and you have been making money, but according to our high-level plan , our troops from the Eastern Military Region are about to launch a comprehensive breakout and counterattack from the west of the four cities in North Asia, that is to say, your group army located in the west of the four cities in North Asia will become our target of assault and attack!"

Xia Jiong's eyes widened in disbelief, he was completely stunned, not knowing what to say.

Chuikov continued: "Our airdrops of paratroopers to the Vasyugan Plain have two functions, one is to force you to dispatch many troops to search and suppress, thereby further reducing your troop density, and the other is to cover up the actions of our ground troops.

Just as you guessed, we have sent tens of thousands of elite personnel to sneak into Vasyugan, unite with the paratroopers, attack you, make you unsafe, and lay the foundation for the next large-scale attack of our ground forces!"

Xia Jiong wanted to jump and curse, but he found that he didn't have the confidence at all.

Cui Kefu laughed: "General Xia, don't worry, since we have told you and your officer our military secrets, it proves that we are still 'friends'.

This is our sincerity, isn't it? He took out a map, "We can tell you the focus of our army's next attack. You can adjust your deployment in time and open the way. In this way, we and you don't need to change from friends to enemies again, and we don't have to fight. , hello to you and us.

At the same time, in exchange, you must provide the locations of the headquarters, logistics bases and other important departments of the other two armies of your group army!" The 27th Army has the 20th Army, 60th Army, and 70th Army under its jurisdiction.

Xia Jiong was dumbfounded: "What did you say?"

Chuikov smiled and said: "We need to quickly defeat your 27th Army, so that we can attack the back of the 77th Division. In addition, since the 77th Division has been transferred to the north of Omsk, the several secret passages we established with you It can no longer be used, so we continue to cooperate, just in another way!"

Xia Jiong was completely enraged, and he roared fiercely: "Dream! Old Maozi, you are pushing an inch! Wishful thinking! We are just making some money by making a deal with you, but your new condition is to make us blatantly treason! We He will become a traitor! He will be destroyed forever! Thank you for being able to speak like this!"

Cui Kefu narrowed his eyes, and his tone became more and more sarcasm: "General Xia, there is a saying in your China that you don't eat fine wine when toasting. I advise you and your commander not to do such stupid things!" He mentioned the two skins he brought. He opened the first one first, "100 million US dollars, for your reward!" He opened the second suitcase, which contained boxes of camera films, "Every time we meet, someone in the nearby woods takes pictures of us Friendly scene when meeting.

Although the Americans are decadent and depraved, the quality of the camera they invented is still very good. This is the American Edison camera. When it is broadcast, you can see your face very clearly!"

Xia Jiong stared dumbfounded at the camera in Cuikov's hand, and then looked up at Zhukov. The volcanic extreme anger almost made him lose control of his emotions. He wished he could just draw his gun and kill the Soviet man opposite him, but his anger and murderous impulse only lasted It disappeared in a second, replaced by the fear from the bone marrow. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, his body still trembled. He looked at Chuikov with the eyes of a poisonous snake, and his voice trembled with his body: "You... so cruel. ..”

Chui Kefu laughed loudly: "It's really strange! As a foreigner, I am very aware of your Chinese characteristics and the inevitable outcome of doing this kind of thing. As Chinese, you and your chief are both Don't realize it? It's so ridiculous!"

Xia Jiong trembled more and more: "I need...need to report to my chief..."

Cuikov seemed to have turned against the customer, and he said in an almost commanding tone: "Yes, but the sooner the better!"

Xia Jiong left the meeting place in a state of despair and confusion.

More than an hour later, in the headquarters of the 20th Army, Yang Sen and Yang Caiqian listened to Xia Jiong's report, and their expressions changed drastically.

Yang Caiqian was almost terrified: "Mr. Hui! We...one mistake will cause eternal hatred! The current plan is to stop the horse in time! We can't make the same mistake again!"

Xia Jiong laughed dryly: "We are beyond redemption, we have no choice at all!"

Yang Sen's face was as pale as a stone, and he almost gritted his teeth: "It's too much to bully!" He was extremely angry, because the situation had completely exceeded his expectations.

Yang Sen regretted it faintly. He didn't expect this to happen. He just wanted to "make a little trick", but it got out of hand.

Of course, Yang Sen doesn't want to be a traitor, let alone be accused of treason, but he seems to have no choice now.

"Hui Gong! What should we do?" Xia Jiong asked in panic.

"Mr. Hui! Turn back and be right!" Yang Caiqian begged bitterly.

Yang Sen's face was tense, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

In the middle of the night of the same day, that is, after two o'clock in the morning on February 2, the Soviet army in the four North Asian cities officially launched a comprehensive counterattack to the west. Amid the "Ula" slogan resounding through the night, ten soldiers led by more than 22 tanks The tens of thousands of regular Soviet troops rushed to the 300th Army of the National Army with the momentum of the stormy waves.

The battle situation was one-sided from the beginning. Although the 27th Army also did a good job of defense, the Soviet army dispatched so many tanks at once, which made the 27th Army, which lacked tanks and tank weapons, immediately fell into a bitter battle.

Under the command of Vatutin, the Soviet tanks were concentrated in three key directions to carry out interspersed assaults, which were invincible and invincible.

Amid the earth-shattering artillery fire, the officers and soldiers of the national army looked at the rolling Soviet tanks at a loss. The rain of bullets caused the Soviet tanks to splash sparks like hedgehogs. The Soviet tanks were basically unscathed, rampaging and invincible in the hail of bullets, flying blood everywhere they went.

The officers and soldiers of the national army could not resist at all. The defense line was torn apart by the Soviet tanks, and it quickly disintegrated and collapsed. A large number of officers and soldiers were forced to abandon their positions or flee directly. The tanks attacked, and then one after another sacrificed their lives for the country and spilled blood on the snowy fields.

The shouts of soldiers from both sides shooting at each other, the roar of hand-to-hand combat, the roar of tanks moving, the screams of wounded soldiers, and the screams of national army officers and soldiers crushed to death by tanks... shook the entire Vashou On the Gan Plain, the raging flames reflected the corpses everywhere.

Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying, who received Lu Han's report, woke up together like a dream: "No! The Soviet army is indeed attacking the west! Konev feinted in the south, but suddenly attacked in the west!" The two hurriedly mobilized troops to catch up. To reinforce, first ordered Xu Tingyao, commander of the 34th Army, to lead a main force to intercept, and then asked Feng Zhian, commander of the 37th Army, to dispatch a division to supplement and intercept Konev.

Although Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying took corrective measures at the first time, it was too late, because the 27th Army was quickly defeated.

The 70th Army was the first to bear the brunt of the Soviet counterattack. The army headquarters was violently attacked by a Soviet tank unit. Commander Li Juefen led the army guard battalion to face the Soviet tanks and took the lead in the battle. The guards of the guard battalion Desperately protecting Li Jue, surrounded Li Jue and used his body to block bullets for the army commander. As a result, he was attacked by Soviet tank shells in the flames. Li Jue and dozens of guards were blown to a bloody mess.

An Enpu, commander of the 60th Army, also died for the country in this fierce battle.

When the army fought with the Soviet army, due to the ferocious approach of the Soviet army, the army fell into complete chaos. Seeing such a tragic situation, An Enpu burst into tears: "As a soldier, he fought the battle like this! I am ashamed of the country! What face do you have to go back to the country to see the elders in your hometown!" After saying that, he raised his gun and killed himself.

Among the three armies of the 27th Army, only the 20th Army was spared because it discovered the enemy's situation in advance, and did not suffer too many casualties. Since the friendly 60th Army and 70th Army fell into collapse, the 20th Army had to abandon the defense area and attack the enemy overnight. West, withdrew to Champion City and joined forces with the 77th Division.

During the melee, the 133rd Division was in charge of cutting off the rear of the entire army. Looking at the soaring flames behind and listening to the dense and continuous explosions like rolling thunder, the division commander Xia Jiong was silent, regretful: "Actually, the troops can stop it... It won't be such a miserable defeat, it's only because Huigong and I are obsessed with ghosts! If I knew today, why did I have to!" He burst into tears.

At this moment, officers and soldiers from behind shouted in panic: "Soviet tanks!"

Xia Jiong couldn't bear it anymore: "If you are not afraid of death, follow me!" As he said, he picked up a submachine gun and rushed back.

Two Soviet tanks rolled in the dense forest, followed by hundreds of Soviet infantry.

In a night battle in the forest, it is very difficult to identify the direction, and the troops are easily lost. These Soviet troops actually separated from the main force and bit Xia Jiong by mistake.

Xia Jiong was furious, and rushed forward at the head of the horse. The surrounding officers and soldiers saw that the division commander took the lead in the charge, and their morale was greatly boosted.

"Master, be careful!" The company commander of the division guard hurriedly kept Xia Jiong.

Xia Jiong's eyes burst into flames: "Throw a grenade! Blow up Lao Maozi's tank!"

The officers and soldiers threw grenades like raindrops at the Soviet army, and balls of fire exploded around the Soviet tank and in the surrounding woods. The flames were raging, thick smoke billowed, and big trees fell down. To escape, the Soviet armored soldiers driving tanks realized that they would not have an advantage if they fought with the opposing infantry in the forest.

Xia Jiong roared angrily, stepped forward bravely, and threw a bundle of grenades under the tracks of a Soviet tank. After a thunderbolt explosion, the tracks of the Soviet tank were instantly broken.

The officers and soldiers followed suit one after another, stepping forward one after another.

After a fierce battle, the officers and soldiers successfully destroyed the two Soviet tanks.

"Kill all these old men!" Xia Jiong ordered through gritted teeth, and he felt that the anger in his heart had been vented a lot.

The officers and soldiers shouted and rushed at the Soviet infantry who started to flee because the tank was destroyed.

Xia Jiong was exhausted. He was staggering beside the wreckage of the Soviet tank, feeling unbearable pain in his heart. Then he felt something against his waist. When he looked up, he was stunned: "Commander Zhang, what are you doing?"

Company Commander Zhang of the guard company held Xia Jiong's waist with a pistol expressionlessly: "Master, I'm sorry, this is an order from Duke Hui.

There is no way, there must be a scapegoat. The Soviets only photographed you, not Mr. Hui, but if you are alive, you can’t keep what you say, and Mr. Hui has no choice.

Don't worry, you died in a heroic battle against the Soviets!"

Xia Jiong opened his mouth wide in shock, before he could speak, Company Commander Zhang had already pulled the trigger, and blood spattered.

"Come here!" Company Commander Zhang hugged Xia Jiong's bloody corpse and cried out in grief, "Master Zuo died for the country!"

At dawn, Konev successfully broke through the Chinese army's defense line in the west of the four North Asian cities and defeated the 27th Army. At the same time, Zhukov also launched a second powerful full-strength attack from west to east in the northern part of the Champion City.

"Zhukov really wants to eat my No.70 Seventh Division?" Jiang Weiguo was shocked after receiving the report.

Chapter 537 Big Avalanche (17)

The new situation on the battlefield plunged the Nanjing Army into deeper surprises and tensions. Yang Jie analyzed: The Soviet Army Zhukov’s troops first launched a large-scale attack in the northern part of Champion City, which seemed to be to rescue the Konev’s troops trapped in the four North Asian cities. , and then the two units joined forces again. Then, the Soviet Army’s Konev’s Department suddenly launched a large-scale breakout counterattack against the south of the four North Asian cities and succeeded again and again, with fruitful results. On a macro level, Zhukov covered Konev. Konev successfully caught the national army by surprise. In addition, the strength of Konev's troops exceeded the expectations of the national army. Then, Konev continued to feint in the south of the four cities in North Asia, constantly harassing, making the The national army mistakenly believed that the main force of Konev's troops was still in the south of the four North Asian cities, but unexpectedly, Konev shot a false shot and played with "clearly repairing the plank road, secretly keeping the old warehouse", and his main force had quietly assembled in the west of the four North Asian cities. , and then launched a new breakthrough counterattack, the second time the national army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. At the same time, Zhukov also launched a second attack in the north of the champion city, echoing Konev; This action can be called a "serial plan", one link after another, but all this is still a cover-up. The Soviet army worked hard and played a huge trick. "In Peigong", the Soviet army planned everything seamlessly. The first attack by Zhukov's troops was actually to lure out the 77th Division of the Nanjing Army. And there is also the assistance of the 77th, 74st, and 201nd divisions of the friendly army. The Soviet army has no hope of eating the division, so it is necessary to lure the division out of the city and expose it to the snow field. In the end, Zhukov and Konev Attacking from west to east, they encircled the 202th Division in battle.

"The real purpose of the Soviet Army is very likely... no, it is very likely to wipe out the 77th Division!" Yang Jie slammed his fist on the map, "Zhukov is launching an attack from the Ural region to the north of Champion City, Kogne At the same time, the husband was also launching an attack from the four cities in North Asia to the north of Champion City. The two made the 77th Division fall into the enemy's front and back! It can be seen that the real purpose of the Soviet army to circle such a large circle is to wipe out the 77th Division !"

Bai Chongxi agreed: "Not bad!" He looked at everyone with piercing eyes, especially Jiang Weiguo, "Zhukov is actually very clear that the Soviet army is limited in strength and lacks time, so it is impossible to conquer the champion city, and it is extremely difficult to eat our army in the field ( Nanjing Army) an army, so the Soviet Army reduced the difficulty of the task, just want to eat a division of our army.

Although a division of our army is equivalent to an army, eating a division of our army is still not enough to deter our side. Therefore, the Soviet army targeted the 77th division.

Second son, you know very well that although the 77th Division is a division-level force, first, it is equivalent to an army, second, it is the number one force in our army, and third, it is the core old force of the Nanjing Army .

Once the 77th Division is wiped out, the negative effects on our army will be too great!It is enough to deter our army and the high-level government! "

Li Yuri looked solemn: "The 77th Division has the title of 'Invincible'. This 'Invincible Division' was wiped out by the Soviet army. Not only did our army lose its morale, but it also discredited our army! In fact, our army currently only has brigade-level troops. Troops were wiped out by the Soviet army before, and division-level troops have not been wiped out by the Soviet army before. If this is the first of its kind, and it is the prestigious 77th Division, the consequences will be too serious!"

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette, and his heart was full of turmoil.

Jiang Weiguo admitted: Yang Jie was right in his analysis, and Bai Chongxi and Li Yuri were also right. The Soviet army could not kill a single army of the Nanjing Army, so they settled for the next best thing. It's a bit too petty, so the Soviet army targeted the 77th Division of the "National Army First Division" and "Nanjing Army First Division".

What is the 77th Division?It is by no means an ordinary division. It symbolizes, represents, and carries too many things. It symbolizes the pride of the Chinese army, represents the glory of the Chinese army, and bears the glory of the Chinese army. It is even more an old army that Jiang Weiguo started and made a fortune. Jiang Weiguo himself served as the deputy chief of staff, chief of staff, and deputy division commander of the division (now he is no longer in charge, and Jiang Weiguo will not confine himself to the small circle of the 77th Division). He said that the 77th Division is "the incarnation of Jiang Weiguo in the army". Even the backbone of the entire national army, similar to the Japanese Guards Division or the 77st Division, is of great significance.

What would it mean if the 77th Division was wiped out by the Soviet army?In military terms, it means that an army has been wiped out. In politics, it means that a group army has been wiped out. In terms of propaganda, it means that the backbone of the Chinese army has been broken. Although the Nanjing Army still has the 74th Division and the 17th Division , 88th Division, 99th Division and other powerful forces, but the consequences of the complete annihilation of the 77th Division are indeed irreparable for other troops.

Most directly, the 77th Division is known as "invincible", and an "invincible army" was wiped out by the enemy. Isn't it a slap in the face of the Chinese army?The blow to the morale, spirit, will, and beliefs of the entire army cannot but be described as extremely heavy.

"Zhukov... well-deserved reputation!" Jiang Weiguo secretly sighed in his heart, "Sure enough, he has a shrewd mind and a sophisticated method. Although Director Yang, Chief Bai and others on my side are also military masters, they were still succeeded by his schemes. It’s amazing! This is the legendary strategy of employing troops like a god, which is considered exhaustive, right?” He personally experienced the strategy of a strategist in actual combat, and he admitted that if he was the chief officer of the army, he would be able to fight against a famous strategist like Zhukov. In the confrontation, he will definitely lose in a complete mess and even lose in the end. He doesn't even know how he lost, and his power is completely calculated by the opponent.

Jiang Weiguo didn't have much time to admire Zhukov in his heart, because urgent reports from the front were constantly being sent: the Soviet Ural Front Army and the Soviet Eastern Military Region troops were violently attacking the connection between the 77th Division and Champion City. The 77th Division itself was not attacked too strongly by the Soviet army, and it was the 74th Division that was stubbornly resisting the Soviet army.

All the way north from Champion City, within about 74 kilometers is the 77th Division, and further north is the [-]th Division.

Obviously, the Soviet army wanted to defeat or repel the 74th Division, so as to completely encircle the 77th Division and finally annihilate it.