I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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1 uninjured old aircraft carrier: Zhonghua;

5 old aircraft carriers that were repaired after being injured: Akagi, Hiryu, Deutschland, Yamato (formerly known as Italy), and Hayato;

There are 4 old aircraft carriers that have not been repaired after being injured: Xianghe, Ruihe, Ruifeng, and Feiying.

Therefore, the Japanese army can dispatch 11 aircraft carriers to participate in the next "final battle".

Originally, the Xianghe and Zuihe, which were under repair, could be repaired in another one and a half months. If they waited another one and a half months, the Japanese army could add two more aircraft carriers to the "final battle", reaching 2. The Japanese Navy believed that "the time is urgent and there is no further delay" and "the time for us to repair two aircraft carriers is enough for the Americans to build two new aircraft carriers." Therefore, the "final battle" was launched before the restoration of Xianghe and Ruihe was completed.

On the other hand, Yamamoto carefully estimated the number of U.S. aircraft carriers. He believed that after the first Southwest Pacific Battle, the U.S. military had only one aircraft carrier left, and three or four new aircraft carriers that appeared later should be the newly completed U.S. aircraft carriers. , after the second Southwest Pacific Battle, the U.S. military was sunk one or two aircraft carriers, and the remaining two or three aircraft carriers were also seriously injured. The U.S. military’s aircraft carriers that can be put into battle should be "about four, no more than five ships, maybe only two or three."

Yamamoto believes that although the Japanese army does not have an overwhelming advantage (he knows that only 11 of the 5 aircraft carriers dispatched by the Japanese army are regular aircraft carriers, and 6 are modified aircraft carriers), they still have a relatively large advantage. As long as the planning is careful and the deployment is reasonable , The command is correct, "the chance of winning should be more than [-]%", generally speaking, he is confident.

Yamamoto 56 greatly underestimated the strength of his opponent Nimitz.

Before the Pacific War, the U.S. military had 8 regular aircraft carriers. After the second Southwest Pacific War, there were still 4 ships left. Although they were injured successively, they were all repaired in a short period of time. The former is the first ship of the Essex class, the USS Essex, and the latter is the first ship of the Independence class (transformed from a light cruiser), the first ship Independence, and the second ship Princeton , the No. 1 ship Beilu Forest, so that the U.S. military has 3 aircraft carriers. In addition, the U.S. military has more than 8 escort aircraft carriers (Borg class/Prince William class, Casablanca class). It is a one-time product that sinks when you hit it", but each ship can carry more than 15 carrier-based aircraft at any rate, which can match three regular aircraft carriers in total.

Therefore, the strength of the U.S. military is on par with the Japanese army. In addition, although the Japanese army underestimated the strength of the U.S. military, the U.S. military is not very clear about the strength of the Japanese army.

Yamamoto "missed his mouth" in front of Jiang Weiguo last time, but he didn't this time, so Jiang Weiguo would have no chance to become an "information dealer" again. A head-to-head contest."

The battle broke out on February 2.

After two fights, Nimitz has already figured out Yamamoto's routine: using Australia as a bait, put the fleet on the US-Australia maritime transportation line and wait for the US military to throw themselves into the trap.

Therefore, Nimitz took a different approach. He repeatedly studied the map and believed that: a small island stationed with a hundred planes is an aircraft carrier that will not move but will never sink, and there are many islands in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. However, there are still many islands that have not yet fallen into the hands of the Japanese army or have not yet been firmly established by the Japanese army even though they have fallen into the hands of the Japanese army.

Therefore, Nimitz decided to seize several important islands first. On the one hand, he quickly transformed those islands into "unsinkable aircraft carriers." On the other hand, he forced the Japanese army to take the initiative to attack.

According to Nimitz's plan, after the U.S. fleet sailed mightily to the southwest Pacific, it did not go directly to Australia or New Zealand, but diverted to the Solomon Islands, with the goal of Guadalcanal Island at the southeastern tip of the archipelago.

Facts have proved that Nimitz's judgment is correct. Although the Japanese army devoured hundreds of thousands of islands in the Southwest Pacific, they were too greedy and unable to carry out in-depth management of the local area. Guadalcanal Island is a typical example.

There are indeed many Japanese troops on the island, but there are only more than 1000 Japanese engineers and they are all Japanese soldiers of Korean nationality. These Japanese troops do not have heavy weapons and do not want to work for the Japanese. Fleeing into the jungle in the interior, the U.S. troops landed ashore with ease. In one day, more than 1 troops set foot on Guadalcanal Island, easily occupied a large airport that was being built by Japanese engineers and was about to be completed, and seized a large amount of supplies. .

After receiving the good news, Nimitz was overjoyed. He ordered the landing force to complete the construction of the airport immediately, and the transport fleet immediately sent the plane to Guadalcanal.

In the daytime of the next day, the U.S. military completed the construction of the airport that the Japanese army was about to complete overnight, and parked more than 400 aircraft on the airport.

"With this small island, we have two more aircraft carriers!" Nimitz couldn't help but be overjoyed, "The Japanese army must have made a big move now, and they are rushing towards Guadalcanal Island, so let's just wait here! "

Sure enough, as the US military took Guadalcanal lightly, the Japanese army was suddenly passive.

The closest Japanese aviation base to Guadalcanal is Rabaul, but Rabaul is 560 nautical miles away from Guadalcanal. After deducting the round-trip voyage, the Japanese Zero aircraft only flew from Rabaul to Guadalcanal. Minutes were spent in air combat, so the Japanese could not use land-based aircraft to attack or capture Guadalcanal, only aircraft carriers.

For the next three days and three nights, the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet and the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet fought fierce battles one after another in the waters near Guadalcanal. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Ston, North Dew Forest modified aircraft carrier and 11 escort aircraft carriers (the escort aircraft carrier sank as soon as it was hit, and the Japanese pilots had difficulty distinguishing between the US aircraft carrier and the escort aircraft carrier. go up.

Because of being confused by the escort aircraft carrier, the attack power of the Japanese army was dispersed, which greatly reduced the attack speed of the regular US aircraft carrier. After receiving reports from the Japanese pilots that they had continuously sunk the "aircraft carrier" that was actually the US escort aircraft carrier, a major incident occurred in the Japanese military leadership. intelligence misjudgment, which then seriously affected the battle situation), and many other battleships, heavy cruisers, and more than a dozen light cruisers, destroyers, transport ships and other ships were sunk, and the Japanese army lost Akagi, Hiryu, and Yamato (formerly known as Italy), Deutschland, Falcon Eagle, Oki Eagle, Sea Eagle aircraft carrier and a heavy cruiser and more than a dozen light cruisers, destroyers, transport ships and other ships.

On the aircraft carrier, the American army lost 4 ships, and the Japanese army lost 7 ships. There is no doubt that the Japanese army was defeated, and the Japanese army was defeated more seriously than it appeared on the surface, because the shipbuilding capacity of the United States was more than four times that of Japan (in the Pacific War At first, the U.S. shipbuilding capacity was about three times that of Japan, but the industrial potential quickly exploded when the U.S. entered a state of war).

In Yamamoto 56's own words, "If we draw a tie with the U.S. military, we will actually lose a big battle." Moreover, the Japanese army did not draw a tie with the U.S. military at this time, which itself was a big defeat.

After limping back to the Japanese mainland, the Japanese navy insisted on bragging about "winning another major victory", which made Tokyo that night once again a sea of ​​celebration.

But in fact, Yamamoto 56 and a few people who know the truth and have vision know that Japan may be in danger in this US-Japan war.

Yamamoto 56 is the most painful person. His dream of "taking the opportunity to negotiate a peace with the United States after winning a decisive victory, so as to end the war while ensuring Japan's interests to the greatest extent" was suddenly shattered.

It is said that after the war ended, Yamamoto 56 sat in his private office for a full day and night. When he came out, "the black hair on his head turned gray all of a sudden, and he looked very old, with a haggard look and a very haggard appearance. It’s like I’ve aged ten years all of a sudden.”

"This is an inevitable result!" Looking at the information in his hand, Jiang Weiguo was in a calm mood. "This naval battle should be a turning point in the Pacific War. Next, certain adjustments must be made to Japan's policy towards the United States!" He looked at With the lights and festoons outside, I couldn't help laughing, "The new year is a new beginning, and the Japanese have officially gone downhill since this new year!"

Chapter 677 New Year's New Beginning (2)

Kazan, a city in the central part of the Soviet Union, where the Volga River winds its way through, freezing cold and dripping into ice.

"Ula!" With the roar of mountains and tsunami and the sound of scattered shelling, a large number of soldiers poured out from the south bank of the river, rushing towards the river bank all over the mountains and plains, trying to rush to the north of the opposite bank on the frozen river. On the north bank of the river, a large number of soldiers also poured out, and both sides opened fire together. In an instant, the hail of bullets and bloody wind spread crazily on both sides of the river and on the river surface, and the soldiers who crossed the river fell in groups. The splashing and flowing blood was steaming in the low temperature, and quickly froze into pools of red ice on the ice surface. In the cold wind, the dead were frozen into ice sculptures in an instant, and the wounded fell to the ground, screaming, no one cares, and then they were frozen alive. die.

The soldiers rushing across the river immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand combat, and hand-to-hand combat with the soldiers of the other side. After the few bullets in the barrels were exhausted, the soldiers on both sides frantically stabbed each other with bayonets. In the face of wind and snow, the soldiers on both sides of the fight spoke the same language and belonged to the same ethnic group, but they desperately wanted to kill each other as if there was a blood feud.

More and more dead bodies were piled up on the snow and ice, and pools of red, congealed blood bloomed everywhere.

The two warring parties are the Red Russian Army and the White Russian Army on the other.

After 20 years, Soviet Russia once again fell into the red and white civil war, and the intensity and madness far exceeded the last time.

An American reporter described: "...this civil war is not a confrontation of different beliefs, beliefs, or ideas, but a war waged purely for the purpose of killing.

Neither side actually cared about the future of the Soviet Union or Russia, they just wanted to kill each other for their lives, out of hatred, that's all.

The last Soviet-Russian civil war was interfered by the great powers, but this time the Soviet-Russian civil war is completely controlled by the great powers!"

In the south-central Ural Mountains, Zhengxi City (Lower Tagil) near the Sino-Soviet border, is covered in snow and ice.

Zhengxi City, like Champion City, is an important military town. It is under military control during wartime. There are soldiers and barracks inside and outside the city, and most of the soldiers gathered here and stationed here are Caucasians with yellow hair and blue eyes. The headquarters of the "Yellow Russian Army".

The Yellow Russian Army is a very special force in terms of political identity and legal principles. It is not considered as the Chinese army or the Chinese army, and its members are "stateless persons."

China has a large population and there is no shortage of soldiers. The reason why Jiang Weiguo spent huge sums of money to support this special army is naturally because this army has an irreplaceable role in many aspects.

In the office of the General Advisory Office of the Yellow Russian Army in the city, Cheng Kang, the general adviser of the Yellow Russian Army, Cheng Hu, the commander of the teaching brigade of the Yellow Russian Army, Wang Zikai, the chief of staff of the teaching brigade of the Yellow Russian Army, and several other Chinese officials who were arranged into the senior management of the Yellow Russian Army A meeting of military officers was held.

"Everyone, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and another year is over!" Cheng Kang looked at his colleagues with a smile, "I will return to the mainland soon, one is to go home to reunite with my family for the New Year, and the other is to report to General Jiang Weiguo on our work.

The statistics of various aspects have been almost counted, but it is too long and complicated, let's simplify it!General Jiang Weiguo has a lot of affairs to deal with every day, so he doesn't have so much time to listen to my endless tirade!" He flipped through the documents in front of him, "What happened to the Soviet Civil War? "

Cheng Hu said: "The war in the Soviet Union ended on May 1941, 5. At the end of the year, we started our scheduled plan. At the beginning of the second year, that is, in January 1, we supported the "restoration" The Provisional Government of the Kingdom of Russia (White Russian Government-in-Exile), targeting the Romanov Dynasty, was officially established. At the same time, we dispatched 1942 divisions of the Yellow Russian Army and about 1 troops into the territory of the Soviet Union in four batches. In the name of the White Russian Army and the Red Russian Army (Soviet Army) fought and captured about 8 square kilometers of the southeastern part of the Soviet Union's territory at this time in more than three months.

Facts have proved that the hearts of the people in Red Russia have been completely dispersed. A large number of Soviet Russians who were completely disappointed with Red Russia or did not need to continue to hide their hatred and hatred for Red Russia rushed to join the White Russian Army, resulting in more than 300 million new soldiers in the White Russian Army.

In the next half a year, we basically did not send the Yellow Russian Army into the territory of the Soviet Union disguised as the White Russian Army, because the White Russian Army already has a steady stream of soldiers, can recruit soldiers on the spot and gather responders, all we have to do is Just provide enough weapons, ammunition, and food supplies to the Belarusian army.

As of this time, after deducting casualties, the total strength of the Belarusian Army has exceeded 200 million. However, there are far more Soviet Russians who have signed up to join the Belarusian Army, but the Belarusian Army cannot afford more troops.

According to my analysis, there are generally three reasons why Soviet Russians want to abandon Red Russia and join White Russia, one is to hate the Soviet Union, Stalin, and Red Russia, the other is to miss the Tsar and White Russia, and the third is to survive!"

"There are more than 200 million troops?" Cheng Kang frowned, "Wouldn't the tail be too big to lose, and the tiger will be a threat?"

Cheng Hu laughed: "My family, you worry too much.

The backer of Belarus is us, and we are the only backer of Belarus. Holding their blood vessels in our hands is equivalent to holding their umbilical cord. Once they are disobedient, we will cut off their blood vessels immediately. They can’t even last a month If you come down, you will live on your own, you will surely die, and you don’t need us to dispatch troops to wipe them out!”

Cheng Kang nodded, and then asked: "The Soviet Union is now divided and civil war?"

Cheng Hu said: "Yes, the territory of Soviet Russia is about 170 million square kilometers, of which about 100 million square kilometers in the north and west are still in the hands of Red Russia, and about 70 square kilometers in the south and east are in the hands of White Russia. , and Belarus has established the 'Russian Kingdom Government', that is to say, Soviet Russia now has two governments, one is the Soviet Union (Red Russia) and the other is Russia (White Russia). The two sides continue to fight endlessly up.

We transfused blood to White Russia, Americans transfused blood to Red Russia, and the Germans turned a blind eye, because the Germans knew that they could easily cut off the blood transfusion channel for Americans to Red Russia, but they cut off Red Russia After obtaining a channel for aid, Red Russia will be unable to hold on immediately, White Russia will win, and the Soviet-Russian Civil War will end.

The Americans hope that the Red Russia will persevere and create unstable factors in the rear of the Allied Powers. We and the Germans just hope that the Red and White Civil War in Soviet Russia will last as long as possible, and that the Soviet Russians will die as many people as possible. Died in large numbers in their own civil war.

For this delicate balance, we, the Americans, and the Germans are all tacit!"

Cheng Kang showed a contemptuous sneer: "Have a lot of Soviet Russians died?"

Wang Zikai smiled lightly: "A lot, a lot, a lot.

According to our statistics, before the Soviet-Russian Civil War, there were about 1.1 million Soviet people in total. At present, they are divided into two, half in the Red Russian-controlled area, and half in the White Russian-controlled area. After a whole year of tossing, at least a thousand people died 500 million or more.

In fact, the war is not the most direct cause. Red Russia and White Russia fought for a year, and 400 million people died, most of them died of famine.

The war completely collapsed the economy of Soviet Russia. Red Russia and White Russia relied on external aid to survive. The Soviet government has lost the ability to feed its citizens. The same is true for the government of the Kingdom of Russia. Agriculture has come to a standstill, industry has come to a standstill, and more than 1 million What do you rely on to eat with your mouth open?So people are starving and dying everywhere, and their bones and intestines are exposed!"

"Report!" A guard's voice came from outside the door, "Station Master Yang is here!"

The door was pushed open, and Yang Jiang, the head of the Soviet Station of the Maritime Statistics Bureau, strode in.

After nodding and greeting everyone present, Yang Jiang handed a letter to Cheng Kang: "The latest order from General Jiang Weiguo, top secret!"

Cheng Kang accepted the letter solemnly, opened it, read it carefully, and immediately showed a look of astonishment and confusion. After a pause, he motioned to Cheng Hu, Wang Zikai and others: "Let's end the meeting!"

Cheng Hu and the others knew that Cheng Kang wanted them to avoid him, so they all left.

"Did I make a mistake?" Cheng Kang handed the order to Yang Jiang, "The order said to immediately provide the Red Russian Army with ordnance and luggage capable of arming 20 people.

Red Russian Army?Got it wrong?It should be the White Russian Army, right?Why should we aid the Red Russian Army? "

Yang Jiang smiled: "I proofread it three times, and there is no mistake. It is the Red Russian Army. General Jiang Weiguo asked you to help the Red Russian Army!"

Cheng Kang was puzzled: "I can't understand, brother Yang, can you answer my doubts?"

Yang Jiang narrowed his eyes: "The reason why General Jiang Weiguo issued this order is very simple, Roosevelt gave money.

Soon, a small group of American soldiers will come here secretly, and they will supervise you to carry out this task and ensure that you provide the Red Russian Army with the required amount of ordnance and supplies!”

The more Cheng Kang listened, the more confused he became: "Roosevelt? President of the United States? What's going on?"

Yang Jiang smiled, walked to the window and looked at the vast plain outside: "Because winter is coming, the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean have been completely frozen, even if the Germans turn a blind eye, the aid from the United States is almost impossible. It could not be sent to the Red Russia, so Roosevelt found another way and gave General Jiang Weiguo enough banknotes to buy arms from General Jiang Weiguo and hand them over to the Red Russian Army.

To arm 20 people with munitions, at least dozens of [-]-ton giant ships must be loaded, but in exchange for banknotes, a few trucks are enough.

Money is indeed a good thing, how easy it is to trade!Once the mountains of goods are discounted, a suitcase can hold them!"

Cheng Kang spread his hands: "Forgive me for being stupid, I still find it incredible!"

Yang Jiang turned around and looked at Cheng Kang: "Old Cheng, you, when you think about the problem, you think the problem is too complicated, as long as you think about the problem a little simpler, the answer will suddenly become clear.

You just need to focus on two points. First, China is poor and weak, General Jiang Weiguo is very "greedy", the United States is very rich, and President Roosevelt is very generous; second, General Jiang Weiguo hates Red Russia very much, and at the same time he does not like White Russia. The purpose is not for White Russia to win and White Russia to replace Red Russia, but for White Russia and Red Russia to die together; at the same time, Roosevelt also knows the purpose of General Jiang Weiguo to provoke the Red and White Civil War in Soviet Russia, and he is rich, so he can naturally invest in it good!"

Cheng Kang was silent for a moment, then laughed: "I understand.

In order to make money for the country, General Jiang Weiguo is really unscrupulous and will do everything he can! "

Yang Jiang said with a smile: "Yes, otherwise, where would he get so much money for the construction and development of the country? His money of ten yuan or at least seven yuan is not clean.

You and I know the nature of the Soviet-Russian civil war. The Americans hope that the Red Russia will persist for a long time, so as to plant hidden dangers in the rear of the Allied Powers. In fact, Roosevelt does not have much confidence and patience in this matter. It is just that he It was a leisurely move. As for us and the Germans, we hoped that the Soviet Russian nation would go to self-extinction in the civil war.

Everyone understands it by heart, and there is no need to explain it when you see it.

Whether it was General Jiang Weiguo, Hitler, or President Roosevelt, they all used Soviet Russia as a tool. Although the purposes were different, since the process could be the same, they could achieve a tacit understanding.

Roosevelt had no way to provide aid to Stalin at the moment, so he asked General Jiang Weiguo to "help".

General Jiang Weiguo gave weapons and equipment to the White Russian Army free of charge in his left hand, and sold the weapons and equipment to the Red Russian Army with Roosevelt’s money in his right hand. This can not only increase the bloody level of the Soviet-Russian civil war, but also make a lot of money. Why not do it ?What's this called bro?This is called the great wisdom of coordinating the overall situation.

I remember General Jiang Weiguo said that oil, arms, and drugs are the top three profit-making industries in the world. Look, which one of these three industries is he not the leader? "

Cheng Kang said with emotion: "Yes, it is true.

Between countries, there is only a relationship of interests!General Jiang Weiguo has played this principle to perfection!"

The reason why Jiang Weiguo can achieve today is because he "holds a money bag in his left hand and a gun barrel in his right hand" (someone added teasingly that "there is a blood drop hidden behind his back", "blood drop" refers to Jiang Weiguo secret service agency), money and guns, so it is natural to do things without disadvantages.

Not only people, but also countries. It is not advisable to be rich but not strong or strong but not rich. The former will only be slaughtered by others, while the latter is purely militaristic.

Seeing that more than two months had passed since 1942, Jiang Weiguo couldn't wait. On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, he excitedly ran to the Ministry of Finance and found Wang Wenying who was already at work: "Fourth brother, the statistical report is out?"

Wang Wenying smiled: "Well, it's out!"

"How much?" Jiang Weiguo's mood at this time is like the eagerness of a candidate who feels that he is in excellent condition during the exam and has performed exceptionally well when the results are about to come out. He is not nervous because he is full of confidence, he is just looking forward to it.

Wang Wenying sat down slowly, then called Jiang Weiguo to sit down, and then said unhurriedly: "In the past 1942, the gross domestic product (GDP) of our country was 300.3 billion U.S. dollars!" He smiled, "A formal breakthrough $300 billion mark.

Compared with the previous year (1941) of more than 220 billion US dollars, it has increased by 36.4%!"

Jiang Weiguo laughed happily and comfortably: "300 billion US dollars, not bad, not bad!" He sighed, "It's not easy! Five years ago, it was only 80 billion US dollars, and now it has reached 300 billion! The country has become prosperous and strong. No matter how hard and tiring it is, it's worth it!" After he finished feeling, he asked Wang Wenying, "Fourth Brother..."

"I know what you want to ask!" Wang Wenying waved his hand, "The data of other major powers, so that we can make a horizontal comparison!" He didn't read the data, the data were all in his mind, "Germany exceeded 700 billion the year before last. Last year, it did not rise but fell, and there was a certain sluggishness, which dropped to about 660 billion, because Germany was fighting a war of attrition with the United States and Britain; Japan was more than 130 billion the year before last, and it rose to more than 150 billion last year. Although it is also rising, the increase is large. Not as good as us; Italy is similar to Japan, the economy of the Soviet Union has completely collapsed, and the data is impossible to talk about, the economy of the United Kingdom has been in a sharp decline, and the specific data is not available, I guess it is only about 2300 billion, France has now withdrawn from the war , the army was forcibly reduced by Germany, which saved a lot of military expenses, so France's economy is recovering, which is similar to that of Japan and Italy; as for the United States..." He paused, showing a subtle expression, "probably It's $[-] billion!"