I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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When Jiang Weiguo's plane was flying all the way west from Beiping, the front-line Nanjing Army was racing against time to launch a new battle plan.

In the vicinity of Champion City, the 88th and 99th Divisions have already taken a step ahead. The 16 elite troops of the two divisions quickly interspersed to the northwest area between Champion City and Kecheng, intercepting and containing the follow-up 77th Army of the Soviet Army, the 74th, 201th, and 37 and the 10,000th Division also set off one after another. [-]+ people gathered into a winding and spectacular long dragon, countless tanks, armored vehicles, cars, horses, pack animals, bicycles... flying sand and rocks in the snow, wind and thunder billowing.

On the roadside of the army, Fu Zuoyi bid farewell to Wei Lihuang who was in charge of leading the attack: "Take care!"

Wei Lihuang and Fu Zuoyi saluted each other. He knew why Fu Zuoyi stayed. Fu Zuoyi was good at defending the city. If the main force of the Soviet army was really attracted, a fierce urban offensive and defensive battle would break out in Champion City. It was Fu Zuoyi who used his strengths At that time, in addition, Fu Zuoyi also regretted that he had been fooled by Zhukov, so he naturally had to stay in the most dangerous place. If he succeeded, he would make up for his mistakes;

After hesitating for a while, Wei Lihuang asked Fu Zuoyi: "Why did you keep the 202nd Division? First of all, the strength of a division is too thin. If it is self-defeating and the fakes come true, we will fail completely. Secondly, even if we really stay One division should also keep the 77th Division! The 77th Division is the strongest unit of the Nanjing Army, and it also started from defending the city in the Battle of Nanjing. It is prepared for both offense and defense, and it is especially good at defending the city!"

Fu Zuoyi smiled: "Because the 77th Division is famous, if the division stays in Champion City, the Soviet Army may not dare to act rashly. In contrast, the 202nd Division is an obscure second-line unit in the Nanjing Army. The Soviet Army knows about this division. In the end, it is very likely that the division will be underestimated and then determined to attack the city. This is also for the purpose of luring the enemy; in addition, although the 77th Division started from fighting urban defense warfare, it is now an armored division and a mechanized unit. It is better than field battles, and defending the city is no longer what the division is best at!"

Wei Lihuang's heart became hot, he shook hands with Fu Zuoyi tightly: "Take care!"

At the same time, in the northern waters of the Caspian Sea, a fleet is cleaving the waves.

This fleet consists of more than 100 Iranian civilian ships and more than 70 torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy. It is fully loaded with more than 300 officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division of the Nanjing Army and a large amount of ordnance. The destination is a large Russian city in the northern section of the Caspian Sea, Astrakhan, the last big city that the Volga River flows through, can be called the rear of Stalingrad, because the city is only [-] kilometers away from Stalingrad, and it is located in the southwest of Stalingrad, between the two cities It is connected by the Volga River and the railway network.

Roach, the commander of the [-]th Division, stood on an Iranian merchant ship headed by him. No matter how he looked at it, he found the scene in front of him very funny. What his troops were about to launch was an amphibious landing battle. The army of the battle must be on a transport ship and have the escort of battleships, cruisers and other giant warships. At that time, the battleship will use naval guns to bombard mountains and seas, and the transport ship and landing ship will rush to the shore again. They went ashore in great strength under the cover of force... But right now, the [-]th Division is only riding on civilian ships. Than also negligible torpedo boats.

Roach thought over and over again. At this time, if the Soviet army came with a hundred...or even fifty aircraft, it would be enough to wipe out his own fleet, because the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower was equal to zero. Thankfully, this time It was night, and it was still snowing moderately. Otherwise, the [-]th Division would be blown up by Soviet planes without any resistance and fell into the Caspian Sea and drowned. That would be a military anecdote. The [-]th Division will also be wiped out in an unprecedented way. Roach is not afraid of encountering Soviet ships, because the Soviet Army has almost no naval power in the Caspian Sea. Even if there are a few warships, they will be destroyed by those torpedo boats Solve it, Roach is worried that when the troops really want to land, there will be no artillery cover. Of course, the civilian ships do not have naval guns, and the torpedo boats do not have any.

If the Soviet army on the shore defended, the [-]th Division would be in danger.

Fortunately, according to intelligence, the Soviet army's defense in Astrakhan is not strong.

The Caspian Sea is now the "demarcation lake" between China and the Soviet Union. According to common sense, there is such a large lake on the border of one's own country, and the military possibility of the enemy's waterway attack from the lake must be taken into account. However, the high-level Soviet army did not I have thought about countermeasures in this regard, and the reason is very simple. Before the Soviet War, the Caspian Sea was almost the inner lake of the Soviet Union. The east, west, and north sides of the lake were all Soviet territory, and only the south belonged to Iran. Iran did not pose a threat to the completion of the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Navy Although the "Caspian Sea Fleet" was also established, the size and strength of the fleet are negligible. The east, west, and north sides of the Caspian Sea that belonged to the Soviet Union did not build any coastal fortifications. When the enemy came to the Caspian Sea, it was like before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. Although China was aware of Japan’s ambitions to invade China, it would not build fortifications in rear cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu. Built at the forefront of the war.

At this time, although the Nanjing Army has pushed the front all the way to the Caspian Sea, the high-level Soviet Army still failed to build a strong defense system in the Caspian Sea due to inertia of thinking, insufficient war resources, and time constraints. There is an opportunity to take advantage of.

On the "flagship" of the fleet (an Iranian merchant ship of more than 1000 tons), Ouyang Sihai raised his binoculars and looked forward. He couldn't see anything. On the contrary, it was very pleasant, because of this, the troops were able to carry out the raid smoothly.

According to the calculation of time, speed, heading, and route, Ouyang Sihai walked to Luo Qi's side confidently: "Master Luo, we are almost there, and it is estimated that there is still half an hour!"

Roach nodded.

"Master's seat!" Lu Xinrong, chief of staff of the division and brigade commander of the [-]th Brigade, ran over with a happy face, "Good news!"

"Say it!" Roach said impatiently.

Lu Xinrong opened the report in his hand: "The German army resumed its attack on Stalingrad half an hour ago!"

Roach looked at the time immediately, and it was three o'clock in the morning on March 3st.

"The Germans finally made their move!" Roach breathed a long sigh of relief.

There is a huge difference between the Allied camp and the Axis camp in history, that is, strategic synchronization.

In the original history, Germany did not notify its ally Japan before launching the German-Soviet War, and Japan did not notify its ally Germany before launching the Pacific War. Although Germany and Japan have no allies, they are completely separate. Without informing the other party, there is no cooperation in the global strategy, and the so-called alliance is meaningless at all.

Japan's enemies are mainly China and the United States, but Japan's attack on China will bring little benefit to Germany. Japan's attack on the United States will add a super enemy to Germany that will lead to the defeat of Germany and Japan, and vice versa. Germany's attack on the Soviet Union It didn't bring any benefits to Japan. Fighting Britain and France provided Japan with a good opportunity to make trouble and the inevitability of having to provoke the United States.

Germany and Japan partnered to fight the world war, and the degree of cooperation between the two sides was extremely poor. Jiang Weiguo did not want to repeat the same mistakes, so Germany and China established the headquarters of the Allied Powers, and Hitler himself was the "Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces" (legally, Hitler had Mobilizing the Chinese army and the Japanese army), so Germany and China have a high degree of cooperation, not to mention that Germany and China have a common and only enemy at this time, which is the Soviet Union, and the degree of cooperation is very high in terms of inevitability.

Regarding the "big avalanche" launched by the Soviet army, the high-level German army quickly recovered just like the high-level Nanjing army.

Hitler had close contact with Jiang Weiguo. In the high-level meeting of the German army, Hitler resisted all opinions and did not attack Moscow, but Stalingrad.

In this matter, criticizing Hitler for "being smart" is actually wronging Hitler, because the German army wanted to help the Nanjing Army as much as possible, and the effect of attacking Stalingrad was much better than that of Moscow. Moscow was just an empty city, and the German army captured Moscow. It will not eliminate or contain too many Soviet troops, but fighting Stalingrad can serve this purpose, and then assist the Nanjing Army.

Although the German army can first take Moscow, the ripe fruit, and then go to Stalingrad, there is a time difference problem. The Nanjing Army does not have so much time for the German army to take Moscow first and then go to Stalingrad. I really can't afford to wait. If the German army divides into two groups, taking Moscow with the left hand and Stalingrad with the right hand at the same time, it will violate the military taboo of dividing troops.

Therefore, objectively speaking, Hitler's decision was correct.

Although the Southern Army Group of the German Army has not yet made the fullest preparations, considering the time constraints of the Nanjing Army, Marshal Rundstedt, the commander-in-chief of the group, followed Hitler's order and in the early hours of March 3 (Stalinger Le time is an hour later than the Caspian time) resumed a powerful attack on Stalingrad, more than 1 million German troops and the Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and Romanian troops who assisted the Germans in fighting against Stalin Gele launched an overwhelming offensive.

The earth-shattering sound of artillery fire and the heart-piercing ringing of the telephone awakened Marshal Timoshenko, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army on the Stalingrad battlefield, from his sleep.

Although he was mentally prepared, Timoshenko was still shocked. He hurriedly organized his troops to launch a counterattack. He was so dizzy that he had no idea that a surprise soldier was stabbing him like a poisonous steel needle. come over.

Astrakhan is an important seaport of the Soviet Union on the Caspian Sea and a railway transportation hub. It is known as the "Fish Town". Because it is located on the Caspian Sea, it has a very developed fishery and fish processing industry.

Before dawn, a large number of fishing boats set off from the pier by the lake, and the local fishermen started a new day of fishing.

Compared with before the war, the labor of Astrakhan fishermen has greatly increased, because before the war, fishing was just a job to support the family, but during the current war, fishing has been a task assigned by the state, based on " All for the front line, all for war, all for victory" policy, fishermen in Astrakhan must catch more fish and provide more fish and meat for the front line troops, so as to support the front line and aid the army. This is a mandatory task. Most of the fish caught are collected by the government and the army without any conditions or rewards, and there are related "fishing quotas" every day. Those who fail to meet the quota will be arrested. Being regarded as "unpatriotic traitors" forced fishermen to increase their workload and working hours.

At this time, although the night was still covering the entire Caspian Sea, hundreds of fishing boats had already set off.

The mighty fishing boats drove towards the lake waters farther and farther away from the land shore like a school of migrating fish. Soon, the first few fishing boats discovered something was wrong. Beams of flashlight beams radiated from the waters shrouded in morning mist, accompanied by the roar of motors, and soon, several torpedo boats appeared in their sight.

"остановиться (Russian: stop)!" The soldiers on the torpedo boat shouted to the fishermen in a blunt and weird Russian language and an imperative tone.

The fishermen were at a loss and thought it was the Soviet army. After the torpedo boat came over, the fishermen were shocked to find that the soldiers on the boat were all yellow-skinned and black-eyed Chinese soldiers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, several fishermen hurriedly started their fishing boats to turn and escape.

"Da da da..." The sailors of the torpedo boat fired with submachine guns unceremoniously, and the fishermen who tried to escape immediately screamed and were beaten to spurt blood.

The rest of the fishermen were all pale with fright.

The torpedo boats of the Nanjing Army pounced on the Soviet fishermen like hungry wolves driving sheep away, galloping around the fishing boats, driving the Soviet fishermen’s fishing boats with submachine guns, forcing them to stay where they are, disobeying orders and trying to resist They were all killed by a shuttle.

Hundreds of fishing boats were controlled by the torpedo boat soldiers. Immediately afterwards, the fleet behind came up, and the Russian interpreter raised a loudspeaker and ordered the fishermen to bring the fishing boats up.

"Get on the boat! Hurry up!" The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army on the Iranian civilian boat jumped onto the Soviet fishing boat one after another.

"отлравной (Russian: Departure)!" The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army on the fishing boat used the simple Russian words they had learned on the spur of the moment with the guns in their hands, and threatened the Soviet fishermen to take them to Astrakhan, a few kilometers away.

The fishermen who went out to fish in the lake before dawn "returned with a full load", but the fishing boats were not loaded with fresh fish, but officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army with live ammunition.

Chapter 558 Who will win the game (3)

Astrakhan is located on the delta where the Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea. The whole city is not integrated, but distributed on eleven islands separated by rivers and lakes. Such geography makes the city relatively easy to attack. More importantly, the local Soviet army hardly thought that the Nanjing Army would attack from the Caspian Sea, and they were not mentally prepared for this, and the local Soviet army only had one regular infantry division and two temporary militia divisions. There are more than [-] people, and the coastal defense fortifications and city defense fortifications are seriously insufficient.

Shrouded in the night of dense fog and snow, the [-]th Brigade, the vanguard of the [-]th Division, on hundreds of fishing boats, quickly approached the port of Astrakhan.

The port was quiet, with only the lights like will-o'-the-wisps, and the Soviet army was defenseless.

"Kill!" Wang Zikai, head of the [-]th Brigade and [-]th Regiment, jumped from the fishing boat to the shore with all his might.

With both feet on the land of Astrakhan Port, Wang Zikai was very proud: "Haha! I am the first Chinese soldier to officially kill in Europe!"

Beside Wang Zikai, more and more fishing boats were approaching the shore one after another. The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army brandishing their weapons roared and jumped ashore or into the lake, rushing to the land in the splashing waves.

The local residents by the port stared dumbfounded at these Chinese soldiers who had descended from the sky. After recovering from their senses, the creepy screams exploded, and the residents fled in all directions as if seeing a plague god.

"Come on! Hurry up!" The officers shouted and took the lead. The officers and soldiers were too lazy to entangle the residents and rushed into the city.

On the Taotao water, the fishing boats rushed towards several urban islands by the lake like ants gathering for a few pieces of cake, and the wet officers and soldiers rushed one after another amidst the roars and screams that tore through the tranquility of the night. Landed ashore in batches, and easily took three or four of the eleven islands that make up Astrakhan.

Most of the local residents were still asleep at this time. After being awakened by the sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping on the street, they opened their windows and saw a large number of Chinese soldiers running, surging, and spreading on the street with ashen faces.

"This city is under the control of the Chinese army!" The Russian translation officer in the Nanjing Army shouted murderously, holding up a loudspeaker, "All residents stay at home! All rebels will be shot to death!"

After sending the officers and soldiers ashore, the fleet left immediately.

Roach shouted: "Brothers! The fleet is leaving! We are fighting with our backs now! If we can't take this city, we will be driven into the sea by the Soviet army! Go!"

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army fought bravely with the mentality that there was no way out.

Half an hour after the battle, the Soviet army in Astrakhan came to their senses, and then hurriedly launched a counterattack. Because the enemy's situation was unknown, the Soviet commander turned pale with fright. They were all on the lakeside, so the troops were rushed to the port area. The sound of intensive gunfire and the explosion of grenades and shells immediately shook the city, which was filled with fishy smell.

In the dimly lit urban area, the two sides engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.

Since the battle area was a Soviet city, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army had no scruples in the battle. They were Soviet civilians anyway, and there was no need to worry about civilians being accidentally injured. Therefore, they rained bullets, shells, and grenades on the Soviet army, killing them all. The Soviet soldiers who came to counterattack turned their backs on their backs and galloped like wolves. Flesh and blood flew across the rolling fireballs, and bullets danced wildly like golden snakes. Houses collapsed in the shell explosions. The sound of father calling mother resounded throughout the city.

According to the combat plan, the mission of the [-]th Brigade is to "attract the attention and strength of the Soviet Army", so the noise should be as loud as possible. In order to achieve this goal, it is also better to wipe out the enemy. The visibility was not high, and it was difficult for the officers and soldiers to aim. Wang Zikai, who led the [-]th Regiment at the forefront, ordered fiercely: "Set fire to me at the forefront!"

The [-]th Brigade, which successfully landed ashore, has occupied four or five of the "eleven islands" in Astrakhan City, and is heading for the sixth and seventh, but the Soviet army has already counterattacked, so two of them The three islands are in a tug-of-war between the two sides.

Wang Zikai ordered to set fires in the urban areas of these islands. On the one hand, it could make the noise bigger and attract more attention and strength of the Soviet army, and on the other hand, it was also for lighting.

An officer of his subordinates worried: "Will the fire be out of control? Burn the whole city?" Wang Zikai scolded: "Idiot! Can't you see the characteristics of this city? It is completely on a group of islands, completely cut by water, It can’t be burned! Even if a few urban islands are burned, the fire will not spread to other urban islands, and it’s still snowing!”

The officers and soldiers immediately set fire to the city, and naturally it burned houses.

Wang Zikai immediately cursed again, because he saw the officers and soldiers who went to set fire to drive out the residents in the building before setting fire.

"Idiot! Isn't this a waste of time? Don't care if there are people inside! Burn it for me!" Wang Zikai ordered.

The [-]th Division came from Baku, and there was plenty of oil.

The officers and soldiers poured the gasoline they carried on the buildings and set them on fire. Most of the burned buildings still had residents who did not leave. Some residents saw that the situation was not good and hurried out of their homes, and some residents hid at home. Trembling, I don't know that the Nanjing army is already setting fire, and some residents are unable to get out of the house because of their old age and infirmity, and some residents stick to their homes to resist in order to prevent the Nanjing army from setting fire.

The Nanjing Army didn't care about this at all, regardless of whether there were people inside or not, they poured fuel on the fire indiscriminately.

Amid the desperate screams in Russian, heart-piercing wailing, and heart-wrenching cursing and begging, a large number of houses were set on fire. With the help of the north wind, the fire roared and swept through several urban areas. Thick smoke billowed, reflecting the city's night sky a bright red.

Three of the eleven islands that make up the city of Astrakhan are burning, and the three islands have become a "world where fire and water blend together". In this place, countless residents helped the old and the young, dragged their children and children, and fled desperately amidst the cries of mourners. Because the bridges connecting the islands were either blown up by the army or controlled by the army, the fleeing residents had to flock to the edge of the island. , but the boats have also been scooped up by the Nanjing army, and the residents jumped into the lake and river like dumplings, and then froze to death and drowned a large area.

The unscrupulous tactics of the Nanjing Army put the counterattacking Soviet Army at a greater disadvantage, because the road ahead was turned into a field of fire, and it was difficult to pass through. A living target that the Nanjing Army could accurately aim at, batch after batch of Soviet troops were shot and killed in the stormy bomb fire, and then engulfed by the fire.

The strong attack of the [-]th Brigade was only to attract and contain the Soviet army, and the subsequent [-]st and [-]nd Brigades landed on the suburban land on both sides of the city.

Since the Soviet army was busy counterattacking the 2th Brigade, the [-]st Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade went smoothly, and they landed ashore without any effort, and then quickly launched a two-wing detour to fight against the [-]th Brigade. The city of Trakhan formed an offensive in the shape of a "ge", and at the same time, the Nanjing Army's independent [-]nd self-propelled heavy artillery regiment, which had been sitting in Baku with the [-]th Brigade, also landed at the same time.

The head of the regiment, Wang Yecheng, sighed after stepping ashore: "Finally, we can fire artillery!" Before the war, Lu Xinrong once made a suggestion to him, asking him to put his heavy artillery on the deck of Iranian civilian ships, so that the heavy artillery can be used as naval artillery. Use it, and the civilian ship has also become a battleship.

Wang Yecheng snorted: "The counter-impact force produced by the heavy artillery when it is fired is enough to overturn the civilian ship directly!" Now, Wang Yecheng and his artillery athletes can finally show their strengths.

"Where are the old men? Where are the most old men? Hurry up and send me the coordinates!" Wang Yecheng used the radio to contact several commanders who were leading the troops to rush forward. He couldn't wait.

Shouts for artillery support rushed into Wang Yecheng's ears, and Wang Yecheng laughed loudly: "Don't worry, don't worry, everyone has a share.

brothers!fire! "

The heavy artillery regiment showed great power, and amidst the earth-shaking shelling sound, waves of meteor-like shells were fiercely blasted into the urban area, and towards the densely populated Soviet army.

The bombs fell into flames, thunder and lightning blew up, and the Soviet army was smashed into flesh and blood, and at the same time, a larger number of local civilians were blown into flesh and blood.

After more than three hours of fierce fighting, the [-]th Division of the Nanjing Army entered the urban area in an all-round way. The local Soviet troops were either wiped out or dispersed, or they hid in the urban area and resisted stubbornly.