I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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General Yamamoto, the Philippine campaign was probably one of the first two wars after the war against the United States, right?And the two major battles will start at almost the same time, right? "

Yamamoto is a sensible person and knows what Jiang Weiguo means. The first two wars after the war with the United States were the Philippine War and the raid on Pearl Harbor (or the attack on Hawaii). The two wars will indeed start almost at the same time. When the bomb was dropped on Pearl Harbor, Troops here are about to land in the Philippines.

"Yes!" Yamamoto nodded, "The attack on Hawaii was also launched jointly by you and me!"

"We will send two brigades to go to Hawaii with your fleet, and then defend Hawaii with your ground forces!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "This is what we agreed!"

"More than that!" Yu Yuancheng said calmly, "The ground landing attack on Hawaii, your army will be responsible for the first echelon!"

"What?" Jiang Weiguo was surprised. "Our army will land and capture Hawaii? Why? Are you sending a fleet instead of a land force?"

"Of course we will also send marine troops!" Ugaki said, "We will send a division from the army and a marine brigade from the navy, namely the 11th division of the army and the 7th marine brigade of the navy.

Although the 11th Division is an army unit, it has received complete and strict amphibious landing warfare training (the 11th Division of the Japanese Army is the only unit in the Japanese Army dedicated to amphibious landing warfare). Lieutenant General Man is proficient in amphibious landings and is a specialist in this field. In order to unify the command, the 11th Division and the 7th Marine Brigade will be organized into the 1st Army. Lieutenant General Niu Dao is also the commander of this army. The chief of staff of this army is Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. He is one of the few "American hands" in the Japanese army who is familiar with the combat characteristics of the US military. , we will send a powerful ground combat force, and also participate in the landing and attack operations on Hawaii, but, as a friendly army, your army should also participate in the war at the same time, this is what it should be!"

Jiang Weiguo narrowed his eyes, and he immediately understood the intentions of the Japanese.

After smiling lightly, Jiang Weiguo nodded: "Okay, I see!" He looked at his watch, "It's almost time, our troops should have arrived!"

After walking out of the meeting place, Jiang Weiguo stood on the coast of Jeju Island. Not far away, there were many ships on the sea, and Chinese naval transport ships were coming full of soldiers. They were about to go with the Japanese fleet that raided Pearl Harbor. Troops in Hawaii.

"The intention of the Japanese is very clear, to tie us into Japanese chariots, so that our army can't be a bystander or outsider, but kill Americans with them, and stain our hands with American blood with them." !" Xiao Yao, who was standing beside Jiang Weiguo, said calmly.

"Yeah, tell me, what should we do?"

Xiao Yao remained silent, and after a few minutes, he said softly, "If we contact the US government and inform President Roosevelt that the Japanese army is about to attack Pearl Harbor just before the Japanese carrier-based plane flies to Pearl Harbor, what do you think?" Sample?"

"Oh?" Jiang Weiguo's heart skipped a beat.

"Didn't Situ Company (Situ Meitang) hire President Roosevelt to be his legal adviser before?" Xiao Yao said, "So, don't we have a ready-made unofficial contact channel?"

Jiang Weiguo's thoughts were racing, thinking seriously about Xiao Yao's proposal.

Chapter 623 The Wind Blows (6)

The Chinese Navy's 2nd Fleet transported the amphibious landing force and the ground combat force to Jeju Island to join the Japanese army. The fleet commander was Lieutenant General Xu Zushan, and the deputy commander was Major General Huang Wentian. The fleet was a cruiser fleet (the 1st fleet was an aircraft carrier fleet. ), the warships under its jurisdiction are cruisers, destroyers and more than 20 large transport ships. At this time, all ships in the fleet are fully loaded with personnel and supplies.

According to Jiang Weiguo's order and the agreed time, the two generals Xu and Huang set off from Qingdao in the early morning of the same day and arrived at Jeju Island at this time.

Seeing the arrival of the Chinese fleet, two Japanese light cruisers stepped forward to guide and navigate and fired guns to welcome them.

"Everyone has worked hard!" Jiang Weiguo stood by the pier with a smile, and Xu Zushan, Huang Wentian, Chief of Navy General Staff Chen Xunyong, Navy Deputy Chief of General Staff Chen Ce, Marine Corps Deputy Commander Li Shijia, and Navy Bao Changyi, commander of the 1st Marine Division, Fang Xianjue, deputy commander of the 200th Army Division, and Sheng Wen, chief of staff of the 200th Army Division.

"Second son, you are welcome. Serving the country, what a hard work!" Chen Xunyong smiled, and then he looked at the Japanese on Jeju Island and the Japanese warships flying the rising sun flag on the nearby sea, showing an unbelievable expression of emotion , "I really never dreamed that we would join forces with our old enemy, the Japanese, to fight. It is simply unbelievable!"

"Everything is impermanent!" Jiang Weiguo laughed, "Everyone follow me! The Japanese are already waiting!"

The venue where the talks were held again became more lively due to the increase in the number of participants. Representatives of the Japanese army such as Hideki Tojo and Wanji Ishihara have already left, because the next talks are basically between the Chinese and Japanese navies. At the same time that the Chinese navy generals arrived, several senior Japanese navy generals also came, namely Jisaburo Ozawa, Tadaichi Nagumo, Mitsumi Shimizu, Tami Yamaguchi, Junichi Mikawa, Raizo Tanaka, and two other Japanese Army generals attended the meeting, namely Mito Ushijima and Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Everyone sat down one after another. On the wide and long conference table, the Chinese and Japanese participants sat on both sides clearly, Yamamoto sat in the chief seat, and Jiang Weiguo sat in the first seat of the Chinese staff.

There was no chatting and laughing at the scene, only a strong sense of dignity, because the next thing to discuss is a major matter that must be cautious, and there is also a lingering hostile atmosphere between the Chinese and Japanese personnel on the scene. After all, the past is impossible. Will really write it off.

Naturally, Yamamoto 56 presided over the meeting. He smiled and looked very comfortable: "Okay, since the Chinese allies have arrived and everyone is here, let's start the meeting! Waste of time is not what soldiers should do!" He said He smiled, trying to ease the gloomy atmosphere of the scene, and then gestured to Yu Yuantang, who solemnly took out a document.

Immediately, the expressions of Yamamoto and other Japanese personnel became serious.

"This is the 'Dahai Order No. 17' issued by the Imperial Military Command to the combined fleet of the Imperial Navy!" Ugaki looked at the Chinese personnel and read in a deep voice, "On February 56, Showa [-], by order, the Chief of the Military Command, Nagano Self-cultivation, Commander Yamamoto [-], Commander of the Combined Fleet, First, for the sake of self-survival, self-reliance, and self-defense, our Empire of Japan has decided to officially start war with the United States in the spring and summer of this year. Before that, the Commander of the Combined Fleet must do various Operational preparations; second, the commander of the joint fleet must implement preparations according to the specific operational needs of the navy; third, the relevant details are subject to instructions from the commander-in-chief of the military command.

... "

Jiang Weiguo knew that the Japanese "Order of the Sea" was actually an order issued by the Emperor of Japan to the Japanese Navy. In addition, the "Order of the Mainland" was an order issued by the Emperor of Japan to the Japanese Army. In the original history, Hirohito issued the "Mainland Order" to the Japanese Army. "Order No. [-]" is an order for a full-scale invasion of China.

"There is nothing questionable about the determination of Japan and the Japanese navy to go to war with the United States!" Yamamoto looked at Jiang Weiguo with a more serious expression, "Reading this order is an expression of our sincerity to our Chinese allies!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded with a smile.

Yamamoto continued: "Now, we can open up our battle plan to our Chinese allies!" He looked at Kameto Kuroshima, the Chief Staff Officer of the Joint Fleet sitting beside him.

Kuroshima stood up, first bowed to Yamamoto, and then spread a huge map of the Pacific Ocean on the conference table. He picked up a slender wooden stick and pointed to the route drawn on the map: "To Hawaii There are three Japanese naval fleets that are advancing, namely the first and second task forces and the advance fleet..."

Yamamoto was aware of the need to introduce the main Japanese generals participating in the war to the Chinese, so he took over Kuroshima's words: "The advance fleet is commanded by General Mitsumi Shimizu, and the task of this fleet is to be at the forefront, to explore, guard, and search. , the first task force is the aircraft carrier fleet, commanded by General Ozawa Jisaburo, the task of this fleet is to destroy all the main US warships in Pearl Harbor after the war, the second task force is the battle fleet, commanded by General Nagumo Chuichi , the task of this fleet is to launch an amphibious landing battle and a full-scale ground operation against Hawaii after the Ozawa fleet completes the air strike mission.

As for General Yamaguchi Tamon, General Mikawa Junichi, and General Tanaka Raisan, they serve as the deputy generals of General Ozawa, General Nagumo, and General Shimizu. , They immediately take over the command, so as to ensure that there will be no major accidents in the command!" The Japanese army and navy basically do not set up deputy positions. For example, the division does not have a deputy division commander, and the fleet does not have a deputy fleet commander. of.

"Kuroshima, please continue!" Yamamoto said to Kuroshima after finishing speaking.

Kuroshima nodded: "Our advance fleet consists of light cruisers faster than aircraft carriers and battleships, destroyers, seaplane carriers, and camouflaged merchant ships, including the light cruiser Nagara (the ship can reach a maximum speed of 36 knots), 4 Akatsuki Class destroyers (the maximum speed of this class of destroyers can reach 38 knots), 2 Chitose-class seaplane carriers (the maximum speed of this class of seaplane carriers can reach 29 knots, and each can carry 24 water reconnaissance aircraft for aerial reconnaissance ), there are more than 20 submarines and 3 fast camouflaged civilian ships. The submarines have already set off ahead of schedule; China, China, Deutschland, Italia, and flagship Yamato, these eight aircraft carriers have carried a total of 8 carrier-based aircraft of various types, about two-fifths of which are fighter jets, and about three-fifths are dive bombers and torpedoes Attack aircraft, if calculated simply, there are about 752 dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft, which must be more than enough to destroy the US Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop.

该舰队除了8艘航母，另有4艘重型巡洋舰、8艘轻型巡洋舰、0多艘驱逐舰、20多艘运输舰船!”

Jiang Weiguo heard it calmly on the surface, but his heart was already turbulent: "Fuck! I'm really fucking playing with big hair! Little Japan's navy has become so strong after Lao Tzu's intervention! Remember the original history , when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, all carrier-based aircraft added up to only 350. Now? Fucking dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft alone, there are almost 450! Grandma! Is this me raising tigers? A foolish thing to do?"

Kuroshima continued: "The capital ships of the second task force are 6 battleships and 2 aircraft carriers. The battleships are Nagato, Mutsu, Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise, and Hyuga. The aircraft carrier is Akagi. He Kaga, 6 battleships with a total of 64 large-caliber main naval guns, which can provide powerful naval gun fire support for landing troops and marine troops, 2 aircraft carriers with a total of 181 carrier-based aircraft (91 Akagi, Kaga No. 90), mainly fighter jets to protect the fleet, and some reconnaissance planes.

该舰队除了6艘战列舰和2艘航空母舰，另有8艘重型巡洋舰、12艘轻型巡洋舰、20多艘驱逐舰、30多艘运输舰船!”

Chen Ce whispered in Jiang Weiguo's ear: "The Japanese army has almost 1000 carrier-based aircraft plus seaplanes!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "It's really fucking much!" He looked at Yamamoto, "The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the occupation of Hawaii is the purpose of this joint operation between you and me!"

Yamamoto nodded: "Yes!"

Chen Ce asked: "What if the surprise attack fails?" He actually wanted to use the word "surprise attack", but considering the face of the Japanese, it was useless.

For the Pearl Harbor incident, the Americans call it "Pearl Harbor surprise attack", while the Japanese call it "Pearl Harbor surprise attack". .

Yamamoto's face showed unusual solemnity and determination: "Whether we can defeat the United States depends on this first battle! The first battle failed, and there is almost no need to fight the next war. Therefore, we must use almost everything at all costs." The mentality of paying the price and determination to win the battle of Hawaii! Personally, the bottom line of the battle damage I can accept is the loss of one-third of the battleship!" His tone of voice can be described as firm, "If you can't occupy Hawaii, you must also destroy Pearl Harbor! If If the surprise attack fails, we will launch a strong attack!" He paused and looked at the Japanese general at the scene, "I am the biggest advocate for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the capture of Hawaii. Many people think this is a gamble, no, this is not a gamble, It's the only way we can win the war, and that's it!"

Jiang Weiguo felt a little admiration for Yamamoto in his heart. This kind of courage to break the boat is really rare.

"How do you go to Hawaii?" Chen Xunyong asked.

Hei Dao pointed to the map: "The fleet first assembled at Danguan Port on the four northern islands, entered the North Pacific Ocean, headed eastward all the way, sailed 3400 nautical miles (about 6300 kilometers), and then assembled at 160 nautical miles northwest of Hawaii for the final battle Ready, after the official start of the war, the fleet moved towards Hawaii while taking off the carrier-based aircraft.

When the aircraft carrier-based planes destroyed Pearl Harbor, the fleet had already arrived in the waters near Hawaii, and immediately launched amphibious landings and land operations, thus ensuring that the U.S. military would not have time to prepare for land combat after being hit by our air strikes!"

"North Pacific Ocean?" Chen Xunyong was very surprised, "There are violent and dangerous storms blowing there all the year round!"

Yamamoto said: "First of all, starting from the Central Pacific or the South Pacific, not only is the journey farther away, but also the possibility of exposure is almost [-]%. Both the Central Pacific and the South Pacific have busy and dense sea transportation lines, so we can only go to the North Pacific. Secondly, It is precisely because of the harsh climate in the North Pacific that Americans are even more unexpected.

Indeed, this route is very difficult and dangerous, but it doesn't matter, General Nagumo will take us to the destination smoothly.

We have continued to conduct a large amount of intelligence research on Hawaii and the North Pacific, and we have sent disguised merchant ships along the North Pacific route many times before, and none of them were exposed. General Nagumo is an expert in this area. You can completely trust him, no questionable!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Nagumo Zhongichi who was sitting across the table. Many people in later generations criticized and criticized Nagumo Zhongichi because he lost the Battle of Midway Island. In fact, this was not the case. The failure of the Battle of Midway Island It was the outbreak of the internal crisis of the Japanese navy, and Nagumo was powerless under such objective conditions.

Although Nagumo was a little slow, his general performance was quite satisfactory. His strengths were calmness, prudence, and conscientiousness. Therefore, Yamamoto entrusted him with the matter of the Japanese fleet passing through the North Pacific, and he did it with a meticulous attitude. task.

Nagumo is good at torpedo warfare and artillery warfare, but not very good at aircraft carrier warfare. In the original history, he was the first commander of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, but now he has been transferred by Yamamoto to be the commander of the battle fleet. This is a very reasonable arrangement, and On the one hand, Ozawa Jisaburo, who replaced Nagumo in command of the aircraft carrier fleet, was indeed better at commanding aircraft carrier operations. On the other hand, he was not as conservative as Nagumo, and had more aggressive courage and adventurous spirit.

Chen Xunyong asked again: "It is said that the water depth of Pearl Harbor is only 12 meters, and the torpedoes are dropped directly into the mud after being dropped by the plane. In this way, how can your torpedo attack planes attack US warships?"

Kuroshima said: "We have solved this problem perfectly. Our torpedoes will be equipped with special wooden tail fins, so that after being air-dropped, the torpedoes will only draft ten meters deep and will not sink into the mud. Our naval pilots After receiving strict low-altitude flight bombing training, they can even perform precise bombing at an ultra-low altitude of 40 meters.

In addition to torpedoes, bombs can also be used to attack US warships. We have also conducted in-depth research on this point. Our torpedo attack aircraft pilots can drop torpedoes at ultra-low altitudes, and our dive bomber pilots can do so at an altitude of 3000 meters. We have done experiments on the precise bombing of US warships. At this height, our armor-piercing bombs can completely penetrate the upper armor of US warships and explode inside the warships. At the same time, this height can also maximize the impact of bombs. Rate!"

Chen Xunyong glanced at Jiang Weiguo, and Jiang Weiguo saw strong vigilance from Chen Xunyong's eyes. He knew what Chen Xunyong meant: the Japanese had indeed reached a level of comprehensiveness and detail in formulating their attack plan, which had to be amazing. , has to be vigilant.

The Japanese took so much pains and scheming to attack the Americans, so naturally, the Japanese would also go to great lengths and scheming to attack the Chinese.

"General Yamamoto, we still have a problem!" Chen Xunyong looked at Yamamoto seriously.

Yamamoto nodded: "General Chen, please speak!"

Chen Xunyong looked solemn: "War against the United States, the first two wars were in Hawaii and the Philippines. This is recognized by both you and me, and it is also our plan. Hawaii and the Philippines are of great significance. Hawaii is the US Navy's Pacific Ocean. The old nest of the fleet, to solve it is to draw fire from the bottom of the pot and go straight to Huanglong. However, the Philippines cannot be ignored. The Philippines is a military base built by the US military at the gate of China and Japan. Taking down the Philippines is also the key.

You have transferred all the aircraft carriers to attack Hawaii, so what about the Philippines?It is the responsibility of the Chinese military to seize the Philippines, but we need the greatest reinforcements from your aircraft carrier fleet.

Whether it is a land battle or a naval battle, air supremacy is the key to victory or defeat. How can our army fight the Philippines without the assistance of your aircraft carrier fleet? "

Yamamoto said: "The Japanese Navy has a total of 10 battleships, 6 of which have been transferred to attack Hawaii, and the remaining 4 ships, namely 4 Kongo-class and 4 heavy cruisers, will be transferred to the front line of the Philippines to cooperate with you in attacking the Philippines and provide you with Powerful naval artillery fire reinforcements!"

Chen Xunyong shook his head: "Although the firepower of naval guns is important, the more important thing is the aircraft.

Without an aircraft carrier, it may be very difficult for our army to attack the Philippines.

The only aircraft carrier that can be used in the Philippine war is the Ryujo that you leased to us, but this is a light aircraft carrier that can only carry 40 carrier-based aircraft, which is a drop in the bucket! "

Yamamoto made up his mind: "The Japanese Navy's aviation base in southern Taiwan will fully assist you.

In addition, as far as I know, your air force has also built large aviation bases in Hainan Island and southern Vietnam. Whether it is Taiwan, Hainan or Vietnam, they are not far from the Philippines. Therefore, although your troops attacking the Philippines do not have the support of an aircraft carrier fleet Still get enough aircraft reinforcements!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "Although this is the case, after all, it is the armies of two countries, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of discord and estrangement when they cooperate.

Well, I hope that the Japanese Navy’s aviation base in Tainan and the six battleships sent to the Philippines can hand over command to China during the war in the Philippines!”

"What?" Ugaki suddenly showed an angry look, and he hurriedly looked at Yamamoto, "Commander!"

Yamamoto pondered subtly, then nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled, winning the command of hundreds of aircraft and a battle fleet of the Japanese Navy will definitely greatly reduce the bloodshed when the Chinese army attacks the Philippines.

After the two sides discussed the issue of fleet operations at sea and aircraft carrier-based aircraft operations in the air, they began to discuss amphibious landing operations and ground operations.

The Japanese fleet will carry marine troops, including the 11th Division of the Japanese Army and the 7th Marine Brigade of the Japanese Navy. Among them, the 11th Division has about 3.8 people. "After modernization and strengthening construction", it has 2 infantry brigades and 1 artillery brigade (originally an artillery wing, but in order to adapt to the new war, hundreds of coastal defense artillery were specially added, so from the artillery The regiment was upgraded to an artillery brigade), 1 engineering regiment, 1 cavalry regiment, 1 chariot regiment, 1 supply regiment and other troops, and each infantry brigade of the division had 2 Each infantry regiment has three infantry regiments and one artillery squadron under its jurisdiction, with strong firepower, strength, and combat effectiveness; as for the 1th Marine Brigade of the Japanese Navy, the same is true. The brigade is about 3 people, so the Japanese ground forces total about 1 people, and the commanders are Mitsuru Ushijima and Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

Like the Japanese army, the Nanjing Army dispatched marine troops to participate in the Hawaiian War. The participating troops included the 200th Brigade of the 50th Division of the Army and the 1st Marine Brigade of the 1st Marine Division of the Navy.

The 50th Brigade has 3 infantry regiments and 1 artillery regiment. The brigade has about 1.6 troops. The 1st Marine Brigade has 2 marine regiments and 1 artillery regiment. The brigade has about 1.1 troops. The two brigades have a total strength of about 3 troops, and the three chief officers are Bao Changyi, Fang Xianjue, and Sheng Wen.

"The Hawaiian Islands include 8 large islands and more than 100 small islands or reefs. What we need to occupy are the 8 main large islands!" Kuribayashi Tadamichi opened a map of the eight Hawaiian islands, pointing and said, "Fortunately, the eight major islands The islands are all close together, which will not cause the dispersion of our army's strength.

The eight big islands are, from west to east, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, and Hawaii (Big Island); In terms of size, the largest is the Big Island, about 1.04 square kilometers, then Maui, 1883 square kilometers, Oahu, 1545 square kilometers, Kauai, 1430 square kilometers, Molokai, 673 square kilometers Kilometers, Lanai Island, 363 square kilometers, Nihau Island, 180 square kilometers, Kahoolawe Island, 115 square kilometers; in terms of population and importance, the first is naturally Oahu Island, a quarter of the Hawaiian Islands Three of the population is on the island. The largest and only city in Hawaii, Honolulu (Honolulu) and Pearl Harbor, the headquarters base of the US Pacific Fleet, are also on the island. The second is the largest island of Hawaii, followed by It’s Maui and Kauai, and the remaining four islands have very few people or even no one inhabited, so they don’t have much value!”

Ushijima looked up at Jiang Weiguo and other Chinese personnel, and said unhurriedly: "After all, the Japanese and Chinese armies are different in many aspects such as language, organization, tactics, and habits. Therefore, a joint attack must be a joint attack, but it is best It is inappropriate not to attack an island with the armies of the two countries together.

Eight islands in Hawaii, we can assign tasks!"

Bao Changyi asked, "How to assign tasks?"

Niu Dao smiled, obviously not in a friendly way: "Oahu is the core of the eight islands in Hawaii, and the other seven islands are not a problem. Therefore, there are two ways to assign tasks. One, you If we fight Oahu, we will solve the remaining seven islands. Second, if we fight Oahu, you will solve the remaining seven islands.

How to choose is up to you to decide!"

Bao Changyi, Fang Xianjue, Sheng Wen and others all looked at Jiang Weiguo.

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette: "We choose the first plan, Oahu Island will be handed over to us, and the remaining seven islands will be handed over to you.