I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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You're so tough, you're putting me in such a bind, you're squeezing my neck so hard!"

Gu Weijun shook his head again and again: "I'm very sorry, our country doesn't want to wait, because our country has waited long enough!"

The two sides confronted each other on diplomatic occasions. At the same time, the Chinese army made unambiguous and large-scale deployments. The Army dispatched eight divisions and more than 10 troops from the Ninth Military Region to the north bank of the Shenzhen River. The Chinese Air Force also mobilized hundreds of planes to Guangdong. In the south, the Chinese navy is even more mobilized. After all, this is a rare opportunity for the Chinese navy, which has not fought for a long time, to be tested in actual combat.

All of a sudden, small Hong Kong became the eye of a typhoon. Army gathered on the land in the north, ships galloped on the oceans in the east, west and south, and planes roared in the sky.

Compared with the powerful Chinese side, the British side pales in comparison. At this time, the total number of British troops stationed in Hong Kong is only more than 1, and more than half of them are Indian officers and soldiers. There is also a Chinese volunteer army with more than 1000 soldiers. If the national army really attacked Hong Kong, the local people in Hong Kong would not support the British army. Although it is not ruled out that some pro-British residents will support the British army, it is very obvious that people's support is very obvious. In the case of large-scale reinforcements of the British troops stationed in Hong Kong, in terms of the current strength comparison, the strength of the national army has an overwhelming advantage over the British troops; in addition, Hong Kong is Chinese territory, but it is thousands of miles away from the British mainland, even if it is the closest to the British China's colonies (Malaya, Brunei, Hong Kong) are also separated by the South China Sea.

It can be said that if this battle breaks out immediately, the timing, location, and harmony of people will all be on the side of the Chinese army.

Historically, during World War II, the focus of Britain's defense in the Far East was India, and the front line focused on Singapore. As for Hong Kong, it was already in the plan of the British high-level officials to abandon it, because Hong Kong not only lacked the depth and materials needed for long-term defense, but also strategically It also had no substantial effect. Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, a high-ranking British army proposed to reinforce two Canadian infantry battalions to Hong Kong, but was rejected by Churchill, because Churchill clearly realized that adding troops to Hong Kong was doomed to be a meaningless sacrifice.

China’s demand for colonies and concessions from Britain and France with a tough stance is not a unilateral move by China, but a pre-war plan of the Allied Powers. Portugal, one of the members of the Allied Powers, returned Macau to China as a foreshadowing. In fact, China and Portugal are Singing the oboe, warming up the current acting, and then start the main action of claiming colonies and concessions from Britain and France.

On August 8, the headquarters of the Allied Powers held the "Germany, China and Japan Tripartite Talks" in Qingdao to discuss the next war strategy of the Allied Powers after the end of the Soviet War.

Representatives of China were Jiang Weiguo and Xu Yongchang, representatives of Germany were Falkenhausen, head of the German Military Corps in China, Kurt Zeitzler, deputy chief of the German army's general staff, and Japan was represented by the Navy Minister Kawako Shiro and an old acquaintance of Jiang Weiguo, Ishihara Wanji, who is currently the director of the Japanese Army Military Affairs Bureau.

"Under the premise of not dragging the United States into the war, it is one of the purposes of the founding of the Allied States to take correct and effective military actions against countries such as Britain, France, and the Netherlands in order to seize a large number of colonies to which they belong!" After the meeting began, Zeitzler Said, "First solve the Soviet Union, and then deal with Britain, France and the Netherlands. This is the order of war of the Allied Powers. The Soviet Union has been resolved now..."

"It's just been defeated, how can we solve it?" Ishihara Waner interjected nonchalantly, "Doesn't the Soviet Union still exist? It still has a territory of 170 million square kilometers and a population of almost [-] million. How can we underestimate it? ? If the Soviet Union is not completely destroyed, who can guarantee that we will not fall into the enemy's front and rear and fight on two fronts? Given the unparalleled national strength of the United States, if it is given continuous blood transfusions, it will be enough to revive it and even make a comeback!"

Zeitzler said: "Although the remaining territory of the Soviet Union is not small and the population is large, the country's industrial system has disappeared, the economy has completely collapsed, and the most basic food is scarce. It is said that at this time in the Soviet Union In the territory, more than [-] people starve to death every day. If it were not for our country and the Chinese army to guard the border of the Soviet Union to prevent the Soviets from fleeing the Soviet Union, the population of the Soviet Union would have fled the Soviet Union long ago, and the Soviet Union would collapse itself. What's the threat?"

Ishihara smiled persistently and said: "Elimination of evil must be done, weeds must be rooted out, if the Soviet Union is not completely wiped out to avoid future troubles, the rear of the Allied countries is always on the back, our appeasement at this time may be the root of our future disaster source!"

Xu Yongchang said: "But we have signed an armistice treaty with the Soviet Union, and we will not attack the Soviet Union within ten years. The United States is the guarantor. If we blatantly tear up the treaty, it may be more worthwhile than destroying the Soviet Union.

That treaty is actually equivalent to an important means for us to stabilize the United States, Britain and France, if it is torn up, it will definitely scare the snake!"

Oikawa Koshiro said: "Since we are ready to go to war with the United States, Britain and France, why should we care about this?"

Xu Yongchang retorted: "This statement is wrong! First of all, that treaty is more about stabilizing the United States. The United States is the country we are most afraid of and needs to stabilize. Britain and France are not. According to reliable information, the United States, Britain and France seem to intend to Sign a military alliance treaty with the Soviet Union, so that we will be even more cautious.

If we deal with the Soviet Union first, wouldn't that be tantamount to telling the United States, Britain and France our intention to continue the war?If we solve the Soviet Union and Britain and France at the same time, wouldn't it be a two-front war? "

Ishihara smiled and said coldly: "The reason why the Allied Powers did not push forward in the final period of the war was mainly to allow China to obtain the belongings of the Soviet Union. Now, China has to bear the greatest responsibility for this dilemma!"

Falkenhausen said: "This is actually secondary. The head of state believes that the Soviet Union is not a concern at all. There is no need to regard it as a major threat. It would be a mediocrity. On the premise of keeping the Soviet Union for the time being, we can completely expand the next one step action.

After the war against Britain and France is put into action, our hands only need to take out a finger, and we can completely send the Soviet Union to the grave, these are the words of the head of state!"

Hearing this, Jiang Weiguo thought to himself: In the past, Germany attacked Britain and France first, but after killing France, it was difficult to deal with Britain. Hitler believed that Britain was no longer a concern, so he let Britain go and turned around to fight the Soviet Union. As a result, Germany was deeply involved in the Soviet Union war. In the quagmire, Britain, which was half dead under the blow of Germany, was "resurrected with blood on the spot" under the blood transfusion of the United States. In the end, Germany was hit by the enemy; at present, although the order of war is reversed, it is somewhat similar. The Soviet Union had its last breath left, but Hitler also believed that the Soviet Union was nothing to worry about, so he let the Soviet Union go, and planned to turn around and fight Britain and France.

However, the Soviet Union will not "resurrect with full vitality" under the blood transfusion of the United States like the United Kingdom in the original history, because Jiang Weiguo will not leave it a way out.

"If the Soviet Union makes a comeback and makes a comeback, who will bear such a big responsibility?" Ishihara smiled and ignored Falkenhausen, his tone was aggressive, and he looked at Jiang Weiguo.

"China bears this responsibility!" Jiang Weiguo said simply.

Ishihara Wan'er was not surprised, but only showed a half-smile expression: "If this is the case, it can't be better!"

Zeitzler continued: "The Soviet Union has absolutely no possibility of becoming our worries, so our next focus is to test the attitude of Britain and France towards the Allies at this time!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo, "China asks Britain and France for its The colonies and concessions in the United States are the Allies' means of testing them.

If Britain and France compromise and retreat, it means that Britain and France are already afraid of the allies and have no courage to start a war with us!"

"What if Britain and France treat China toughly?" Ishihara asked with a smile.

"Isn't that great?" Zeitzler smiled, "What a reason for war!"

"War now?" Jiang Weiguo said in a deep voice, "Isn't it too early? The Soviet Union has just ended the war for three months!"

"Prepare for a rainy day, and it's time to start preparing!" Ishihara looked at Jiang Weiguo with a smile, "We have two good suggestions for the Chinese allies and the German allies respectively!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Shi Yuan with suspicion and vigilance.

Ishihara smiled slightly: "Once the Allies start war against Britain and France, Southeast Asia will definitely be one of the main battlefields. The Indochina Peninsula is located in the south of the Chinese mainland, and it is completely connected with the Chinese mainland. China's deployment of troops to the Indochina Peninsula is indeed extremely powerful. Comparable advantages, at the same time, this advantage also needs to be strengthened in advance.

Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia are French colonies, Myanmar and India are British colonies, and Thailand, sandwiched between the two colonies of Britain and France, is a sovereign and independent country.

Britain and France kept Thailand in the first place to keep a buffer zone between the colonies of the two countries. Now, if China can accept Thailand as China's protectorate or slave country, wouldn't it be able to gain a foothold in the center of the Far East colonies of Britain and France? And a military bridgehead? "

Jiang Weiguo remained silent, noncommittal.

Ishihara smiled and looked at Zeitzler again: "Britain is an isolated island country. The German army is invincible all over Europe, but the German navy is hard to match the British navy. Therefore, it will be quite troublesome for Germany to completely solve Britain. Fortunately, the United Kingdom does not exclusively occupy the British Isles. There is a second country in the British Isles, Ireland.

As we all know, Ireland has been a colony of the United Kingdom for more than 700 years. Although it was difficult to obtain independence 19 years ago, Northern Ireland was still occupied by the United Kingdom, which made the Irish lose Northern Ireland, which was originally one with them. Therefore, the Irish hate Through the British, desperate to regain Northern Ireland and revenge the British.

Why didn't Germany enter into a military alliance with Ireland?Even, the German army can be stationed in Ireland. At that time, wouldn't it be very convenient to fight Britain? "

Zeitzler frowned and said, "How could the British allow the German army to appear in Ireland? That kind of thing seriously broke the bottom line of the British!"

Jiang Weiguo snorted coldly: "How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?"

Ishihara smiled and spread his hands: "Isn't this the purpose of Germany? To stimulate the British, find an excuse for war, and start a war!" He continued, "We Japan also has a very good idea!"

Zeitzler nodded: "Please tell me!"

Ishihara Wanji said: "According to the internal division treaty of the Allied Powers, the north of the equator belongs to China, the south of the equator belongs to Japan, and the Southeast Asian region around the equator is Indonesia. At this time, in the Indonesian archipelago, there is a small enclave-like place It is not in the territory of Dutch Indonesia, but belongs to a member state of the Union State, and it is an overseas territory of this member state!"

Zeitzler immediately woke up: "East Timor?"

Ishihara nodded with a smile: "Yes, it is East Timor.

Ladies and gentlemen, please take a look at the whole of Southeast Asia and Australia south of Southeast Asia. Except for Thailand, which is struggling to survive in the cracks, the rest of the place is divided up by the United States, Britain and France. The forces of the United States, Britain and France are completely integrated here. However, in this In a vast area of ​​1350 million square kilometers (the combined area of ​​Southeast Asia and Oceania), there is a small piece of land that belongs to the Allied countries. The small island is like a nail driven by the Confederacy in the interior of Southeast Asia and Oceania, why don't we make full use of it? "

"How does Japan want to make the most of East Timor?" Zeitzler asked.

Ishihara smiled and looked at Oikawa Koshiro beside him, and Oikawa Koshiro said: "Dili, the capital of East Timor, is a good deep-water port, which is very suitable as a large naval base.

We hope that Portugal will allow the Japanese navy to enter and build military bases there.

If Britain and the Netherlands do not resist, the Japanese navy will just gain an advance base in Southeast Asia, and if Britain and the Netherlands resist, it will be the fuse of the war!"

Zeitzler and others were lost in thought.

The core content of this meeting is: the Allied Powers are going to take action against Britain, France and the Netherlands, but not immediately. While making preparations, they will test them, and at the same time test the attitude of the United States. China's request for colonies and concessions from Britain and France is one of the means of testing .

After the meeting, Jiang Weiguo and Xu Yongchang walked and talked.

"Jian Hao, do you think Britain will really go to war with us for Hong Kong?" Xu Yongchang frowned.

"It's almost impossible!" Jiang Weiguo was very sure, "Britain is ruthless, and Hong Kong is actually on the edge of the British core sphere of influence. War, not even the most conceited Britons think they can beat us like the Opium Wars.

The British will give in at last!"

"What about after Hong Kong?"

"The Japanese can't wait, but we still need time.

The Japanese encouraged us to occupy Thailand, but in fact they were taking our army. If we procrastinate, the Japanese will do it for us. Should we just watch the Japanese take away our territory? "Jiang Weiguo remembered that in the history of World War II, Thailand immediately defected to Japan and joined the Axis Powers after being attacked by Japan.

"It seems that the Japanese are trying to make us helpless!" Xu Yongchang's face became more and more serious.

Jiang Weiguo suddenly felt that if we fight in partnership, we should have Italy instead of Japan. Although Italy is a "pig teammate" with more success than failure, Japan is a "wolf teammate" who will bite back at any time.

Clearly, things are getting more complicated.

"What should we do?" Jiang Weiguo's thoughts were racing.

Chapter 584 Diplomatic Waves (4)

Although the "Tripartite Meeting" held by the headquarters of the Allied Powers in Qingdao was not like the Cairo Conference, Tehran Conference, Yalta Conference, and Potsdam Conference in the past, the top leaders of several major powers personally participated in the giant-level meeting, but it also had similar It is of great significance. The representatives of Germany, China and Japan directly represent the leaders of the three countries and the high-level leaders of the three countries. The essence of the meeting is for the three countries to "ventilate" and exchange opinions. A lot of differences.

After the meeting, Zeitzler returned to Germany immediately, Shiro Oikawa and Wanji Ishihara returned to Japan immediately, and Jiang Weiguo and Xu Yongchang also flew to Wuhan immediately. Chiang Kai-shek was already waiting for them.

In the conference room of the Military Commission Building, Chiang Kai-shek held a high-level meeting. In addition to Chiang Kai-shek himself, Jiang Weiguo, and Xu Yongchang, the chief of the general staff Bai Chongxi, the deputy chief of the general staff Yang Jie, the army commander-in-chief He Yingqin, and the military and political department Minister Chen Cheng.

There is no doubt that the importance of this meeting is very strong, and it will directly determine China's next war strategy.

Chiang Kai-shek's expression was mixed with joy and worry. What he was happy about was that China had finally become one of the victorious countries in the Soviet war after all the hard work and hardships. The meaning of winning the Soviet war and winning the Sino-Japanese war is very different. The Japanese war was a defensive war, and the battlefield was entirely within the territory of China. If the war was lost, the country would be destroyed and the species would be exterminated. The Japanese government cede land and pay compensation to recover China's losses; China's war against the Soviet Union was an offensive war, the battlefield was entirely within the territory of the Soviet Union, and it was won in the end, thereby increasing a large area of ​​land, obtaining a large amount of resources, and plundering a large amount of wealth.

In fact, war is also a kind of business. Fighting against Japan is just "guaranteeing capital", while fighting against the Soviet Union is "profiting". Naturally, it is very different.

After winning the war against Japan, China avoided the fate of national subjugation and genocide, and its national strength remained unchanged. After winning the war against the Soviet Union, China officially reborn, rose, and revived from the ruins and scorched earth and the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and its national power began to expand. At this time, China It is already "one of the seven great powers in the world" and "the fourth largest country in the world". How can this not make Chiang Kai-shek happy?Such great achievements are enough to make him shine in the annals of history and live forever; he is worried that according to this trend, China will not be able to help itself in the future, and will join forces with Germany, Japan, and Italy to fight against Britain, France, and even the United States. The strength of the United States, Britain, and France Greatly surpassing the Soviet Union, especially the United States, its strength is daunting.

On the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek accepted what he wanted, and he was satisfied. On the other hand, he was worried about the strength of the United States, Britain and France. He was afraid that China would not only gain nothing in the war against the United States, Britain and France, but might even destroy the existing achievements, and even burn himself. Suicide.

"Wei'er, Cichen (named by Xu Yongchang), tell us about the results of your talks with the Germans and Japanese and your opinions!" Chiang Kai-shek said.

Jiang Weiguo and Xu Yongchang looked at each other, and Jiang Weiguo signaled Xu Yongchang to answer.

Xu Yongchang stood up: "Committee, everyone, according to the results of the Qingdao meeting, it is certain that the Japanese are impatient. They can't wait to launch a war against Britain and France. Of course, they want us and the Germans to join them. If there is no support from us and the Germans, the Japanese can only be zealous and courageous. However, if we do not launch a war against Britain and France with the Japanese, it will be a blatant violation of the internal treaty of the Allied Powers.

The reason why the Japanese are so irresistible and ready to move is not difficult to guess. Although Japan gained a large area of ​​new territory through the Soviet War, it did not acquire a large amount of real wealth. It will cost huge sums of money to develop the new territories they have acquired, accounting for two-thirds of North Asia, so their economic and financial resources are beyond their means, and they urgently need external plunder!"

Yang Jie chuckled and said, "We gave two-thirds of North Asia to the Japanese, but there is no man's land there. The Japanese want to rob it, but no one can. The Japanese can’t afford to invest money and time. As for the Far East colonies belonging to Britain, France and the Netherlands, whether it is Southeast Asia, Australia or India, they are densely populated and full of cities. It is conceivable that if the Japanese army sweeps across the area, How much wealth has been plundered? This is exactly the purpose of the Japanese!"

Jiang Weiguo remembered a rumor in later generations. It is said that the Japanese secretly launched a project code-named "Golden Lily" during World War II. A special book "Golden Warrior" disclosed this shocking secret. During World War II, during the peak period of the Japanese Empire The sphere of influence covers Northeast China, North China, East China, parts of Central China, parts of South China, and almost all of Southeast Asia. When occupying the above areas, the Japanese army carried out a plundering and plundering of the above areas, and plundered an astonishing amount of wealth. , This wealth was hidden in multiple places by a special agency directly under the Japanese imperial family, part of it was used by Japan for post-war reconstruction, part of it was used by Japan to bribe the US government, and part of it was still sleeping in the dark.

As for how much this wealth is, it is probably a shocking astronomical figure. It is not only gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals, but also a large number of diamonds, gems, cultural relics, antiques and other types of treasures with the same high value. The greatest treasure of mankind in the tenth century, it is said that there are thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of gold and gold products.

Regarding this rumor, Jiang Weiguo was dubious. He felt that since the rumor was a rumor, there must be elements of exaggeration, but it must not be groundless. According to the Japanese virtue of eating people without spitting out their bones and being greedy, is it normal not to do this?To put it bluntly, if Jiang Weiguo's army occupied those places, Jiang Weiguo would definitely let his officers and soldiers conduct a large-scale search of the localities, and transport the plundered wealth to China for China's construction.

Let me ask, would Jiang Weiguo be worthy of his own country if he didn't do this?Isn't war just about stealing money?

"What about the attitude of the Germans?" Chiang Kai-shek asked.

Xu Yongchang said: "The Germans support the Japanese. It is almost impossible for the German war machine to stop abruptly. Germany is doomed to launch a war against Britain and France. We don't need to have any doubts about this, but, The Germans are not as impatient as the Japanese!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "It seems that the Japanese are the most anxious to launch a war against Britain and France, followed by the Germans, and we are the least anxious!"

"Yes!" Jiang Weiguo stood up, "Father, gentlemen, we are the least anxious to start a war with Britain and France. We should even delay it. The longer it is, the better for us. After all, we need time!"

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Chen Cheng: "Cixiu (Chen Cheng's word), you are fully responsible for the digestion of the Soviet Union after the end of the war. Tell us all, is our country capable of launching another war now?"

Chen Cheng stood up and said, "Committees, everyone, the Soviet War was indeed a war of astonishing scale. The government and army spent countless sums of money, suffered heavy losses, and suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, this war took place in the territory of the Soviet Union. Therefore, our country’s rear has not suffered any damage. Although the cost of the war is huge, the huge demand of the war has also stimulated the vigorous development and production of various industries in the rear. The total value of billions of dollars of wealth was plundered in the Soviet Union, which strongly fed back the local economy of our country.

To give a simple example, the national army seized a steel factory from the Soviet Union. The machinery and equipment were bought and sold at no cost. After the steel factory was transported to our country and restarted, it immediately drove a large number of workers to work and produced After the high-quality steel is put into the market, it will immediately reap huge profits, and the factory itself and the group of workers can drive the development of the surrounding tertiary industry, thus forming a virtuous circle.

In war, what we fight is national power. National power is wealth and money. Our country is in a much better situation than before the Soviet war. When we fought the Soviet war, we tightened our belts. Once we lost, we would go bankrupt and lose everything. We won the battle, and the natural wealth came in.

As for the army, there is no need to worry too much, although the sacrifice is heavy (the Chinese army died, disabled, injured, sick, captured, and missing during the Soviet War, a total of about 110 million people, deducting those who can recover after injury, and those who can recover after illness, died and disabled about 40 people), but our country has a huge population, the largest human resources in the world, millions of well-trained reserve soldiers and reserve soldiers, can quickly replenish the frontline troops, and the national army is also equipped with weapons and equipment It has been changing with each passing day, and about 200 million troops have reached the level of ordnance of the German or Japanese army, and they are completely ready to fight again!"

"Nevertheless, we still need time, right?" Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly.

"Hmm!" Chen Cheng nodded, "The country is full of waste, and the rich results obtained through the Soviet war also need to be digested slowly. The government needs time!"