I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Sun Tao smiled, winked at Jiang Weiguo, and started the car.

Kong Lingyi sat next to Jiang Weiguo, expressionless and silent. Jiang Weiguo was a little embarrassed, so he took the initiative to ask: "Big cousin, what's the matter?"

"Today is my birthday!" Kong Lingyi said calmly.

"Ah..." Jiang Weiguo was at a loss, "This... that... happy birthday..."

"What's so happy?" Kong Lingyi snorted coldly, "After this birthday, I will be 28 years old!" She squinted at Jiang Weiguo, "You don't remember my birthday at all, do you? Look, you don't You didn't prepare any presents for me!"

"No way! No way!" Jiang Weiguo hurriedly said, "I remember! I have already prepared a gift for you! I didn't tell you, but I wanted to give you a surprise.

I've already planned to give it to you at night, but I didn't expect you to come to me on my own initiative!" He said nonsense seriously.

How can Jiang Weiguo remember Kong Lingyi’s birthday, but it’s just a piece of cake for him to prepare a gift impromptu. His private storage room is full of gifts from various foreign forces, some are diamond jewelry, some are art treasures ( Jiang Weiguo never refuses gifts from various foreign forces, because they are his "legitimate income", as long as he accepts them and registers with the ICAC, he can take them as his own, and sell them when he is short of money. However, he does not accept gifts from various forces in the country, because that is bribery).

"Really?" Kong Lingyi looked at Jiang Weiguo with half suspicion and half joy.

"Of course it's true!" Jiang Weiguo said solemnly, "It's in my office, I'll get it later!"

The light in the car was flickering and dimming, Kong Lingyi looked at Jiang Weiguo, his eyes never moved away from his face, Jiang Weiguo felt like he was sitting on pins and needles by her two eyes that obviously carried a special meaning, so he had to try his best to pretend to be upright, As if nothing had happened.

In fact, Jiang Weiguo has a good impression of Kong Lingyi. The four children of the Kong family, Kong Lingkan, Kong Lingjie, and Kong Lingwei are all domineering people. Only Kong Lingyi is educated, sensible, and gentle. He has no interest in politics and power. He only loves literature and art. And she is very easy-going and gentle, completely different from her three younger siblings. However, she also has "disadvantages". She is extremely particular about clothing and food, and she is completely like a noble lady. There are all kinds of high-end snacks specially airlifted from Hong Kong, and at least six dishes and two soups for lunch. The perfume, rouge, and lipstick used for makeup are all French products, and the clothes are changed every day. Even the bath powder uses foreign brands, of course. , her "disadvantage" is not a "disadvantage". After all, she is the eldest lady of the Kong family, and she must enjoy it if her family has money. How many Miss Qianjin are not extravagant?

After the car left the development zone, it drove towards the urban area along the riverside road.

Even though it was night, the Yangtze River was still brightly lit and the waves were roaring. Fleets of merchant ships and cargo ships sailed in an endless stream, as busy and lively as camel caravans on the desert.

"I want to blow some wind by the river!" Kong Lingyi suddenly whispered, "Weiguo, can you accompany me?"

"Well... of course no problem!" Jiang Weiguo nodded happily.

On the beach by the river where the wind was blowing and sirens bursting, Kong Lingyi looked at the river and paced slowly, Jiang Weiguo followed behind and lit a cigarette while walking, Sun Tao and other guards were scattered dozens of meters away, vigilantly on guard.

"Weiguo, I heard you got married on New Year's Day?" Kong Lingyi asked.

Jiang Weiguo nodded.

Kong Lingyi sighed softly, with a faint taste of resentment: "I'm an old man, and my father, mother, and aunt are all worrying about my life. At the beginning, my aunt personally chose Hu Zongnan and introduced him to me. My mother also agrees. They think Hu Zongnan is young, promising and single, which is a good match for me, but I have no affection for Hu Zongnan. Heartbroken, I don't want to waste my youth for a false name. Later, my aunt introduced Wei Lihuang to me. Wei Lihuang's original wife Zhu Yunheng passed away due to illness two years ago, but I think Wei Lihuang is after all Older than me, he could be my father. Marrying him is like being his concubine. Later, my father, mother, and aunt introduced me to several people one after another, but I don’t know why. No way!"

Jiang Weiguo smoked silently.

Kong Lingyi turned around, looking at Jiang Weiguo with shining eyes in the dark.

Kong Lingyi is Jiang Weiguo's eldest cousin, but the two have no blood relationship at all.

Without Jiang Weiguo knowing or pretending not to know, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ailing and Song Meiling did try to "introduce" Kong Lingyi or Kong Lingwei to him. Objectively speaking, Jiang Weiguo was indeed a "nearly perfect white horse" for most Huaichun women "Prince", the only obstacle is "he has many women". First, Jiang Weiguo's conditions are excellent. Secondly, if Jiang Weiguo marries Kong Lingyi or Kong Lingwei, for the Kong family, the benefits brought by this marriage are simply immeasurable." The status of "the emperor's relatives and relatives" will be further and unprecedentedly consolidated. Kong Xiangxi's wife is the sister of Chiang Kai-shek's wife, and Kong Xiangxi's son-in-law is Chiang Kai-shek's son. In this matter, she felt that this move was not only "increasing intimacy", it was beneficial and harmless, and it also consolidated the relationship between the Jiang and Song families with "double insurance". Anyway, Jiang Weiguo has no blood relationship with Kong Lingyi and Kong Lingwei.

In fact, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ailing, and Song Meiling compared Kong Lingyi and Kong Lingwei secretly, and the reason is ready-made: you can't let the two sisters associate with the same man, right?Isn't it a big joke in the world?Several people in Kong and Song felt that Kong Lingyi was more likely to be compared with Kong Lingwei, because Kong Lingyi was intellectual and generous, while Kong Lingwei was completely a crazy girl. Jiang Weiguo had the possibility of falling in love with Kong Lingyi, but basically had no possibility of falling in love with Kong Lingwei. Therefore, Kong Song and others persuaded Kong Lingwei to "not argue with his sister" by "understanding it with emotion and mobilizing it with reason". He even regards Kong Lingyi as a "rival in love".

Of course, what the Kong and Song families did was completely winking at the blind man for Jiang Weiguo, and it was completely wrong.

Facing Kong Lingyi's tender gaze, Jiang Weiguo pretended not to see it.

After a long time, Kong Lingyi took the initiative to speak: "Weiguo, don't you have anything to say to me?"

Jiang Weiguo threw away the cigarette butt: "Big cousin, it's windy along the river, it's winter again, don't freeze, go back to the car!"

Kong Lingyi stared at Jiang Weiguo with wide eyes, and Jiang Weiguo pretended not to see it again.

After a while, Kong Lingyi walked towards the car without saying a word, Jiang Weiguo followed immediately, and the car started again.

According to Jiang Weiguo's instructions, Sun Tao drove the car to the Confucius' mansion. Along the way, Kong Lingyi and Jiang Weiguo did not speak again.

After arriving at the official residence of the Kong family, Jiang Weiguo jumped out of the car and opened the car door for Kong Lingyi in a businesslike manner: "Big cousin, you're home!" Kong Lingyi got out of the car and looked up at Jiang Weiguo with complicated eyes. Jiang Weiguo turned his head slightly to avoid her gaze.

The two of them had nothing to do with each other, but this seemed to cover up.

"Do you really have nothing to say to me?" Kong Lingyi whispered.

Jiang Weiguo was silent for a while, and said: "Tell your father, you, your sister, and your two younger brothers that the country is difficult, and they should contribute to the country instead of poaching the corner of the country.

I know all the things they did, and the reason why I turn a blind eye is to give them a chance to wake up.

As long as they can rein in the precipice and find their way back, I welcome them to contribute to the country with me at any time, and I will never treat them badly. If they are stubborn and stubborn, then don’t blame others for being merciless!”

Kong Lingyi stared blankly at Jiang Weiguo, a trace of sullenness gradually appeared in her beautiful eyes, then turned and left coldly.

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette again, shook his head, sat back in the car, and left the Kong family mansion.

"Brother Wei, where are you going?" Sun Tao asked while starting the car.

"Office!" Jiang Weiguo puffed out a puff of smoke.

Half an hour later, Jiang Weiguo sat in his office, picked up the phone on the desk and made two consecutive calls: "Brother-in-law, I'm sorry to disturb you at night, please come to my place!" "Old Jiu, Are you asleep? Come to me if you haven't slept!"

Jiang Weiguo owns a business empire that covers the whole country, spans many countries, involves many key industries, and occupies a leading position in the above industries. The owner of this empire is naturally Jiang Weiguo himself, and at the same time, there are many people who help him manage, operate and operate it. The empire, his first assistant is none other than his "brother-in-law".

Jiang Weiguo does not have a sister, and logically he does not have a brother-in-law, but his "big wife" Shi Liling has a brother-in-law, and Shi Liling's brother-in-law is naturally Jiang Weiguo's brother-in-law.

Shi Liling had an older brother and two older sisters, but both her elder brother and her second sister died of illness, so Shi Liling's family members consisted of her eldest sister Shi Biqi and her eldest brother-in-law Feng Gengguang besides her mother.

Feng Gengguang is not an ordinary person. He is an outstanding economist and banker. He served as the president of the Bank of China in the Beiyang government in his early years. Li's status is not as good as before, after all, he is not an old member of the Kuomintang.

Previously, Feng Gengguang was the executive director of the National Government Bank of China. After Jiang Weiguo established his business empire, he naturally invited him to help him. After all, he was a "family". In fact, Feng Gengguang did not disappoint Jiang Weiguo. Well organized.

As for Feng Gengguang's assistant, it is none other than Jin Dingguo, the ninth of Jiang Weiguo's ten brothers. Jin Dingguo is obsessed with industry and commerce. Turning into an agricultural area and a tourist area, Jin Dingguo was naturally "unemployed", and was then arranged by Jiang Weiguo to Feng Gengguang as his assistant.

Within half an hour, Feng Gengguang and Jin Dingguo came to Jiang Weiguo's office successively.

"Brother-in-law, what happened?" "Brother, what's the emergency?" Feng Gengguang and Jin Dingguo, both of them realized that Jiang Weiguo came to them so late must have something important.

Jiang Weiguo looked at Feng Gengguang and Jin Dingguo: "Brother-in-law, Lao Jiu, I have a task for you!"

The two looked solemn: "What mission?"

Jiang Weiguo said every word: "Within one month, use commercial means to bankrupt all the Kong family's Qixing Company, Yangzi Company and other industries. Even if they don't go bankrupt, their business will plummet and they will be unable to make ends meet!"

The hearts of the two moved. They knew the sensitivity and deep meaning of Jiang Weiguo's order, but they also knew that since Jiang Weiguo issued this order, he naturally thought it through carefully, so the two did not question or object, and nodded together: "Understood!"

"I don't want to directly tear myself apart with the Kong family and other high-level dignitaries!" Jiang Weiguo said meaningfully, "So I don't need bullets to confront them for the time being.

They are turning upside down and making waves in the business world, okay, I will let them know what an iceberg is.

If they can get a slap in the face under my business attack, that's good for them and good for me, and if they don't repent, don't blame me for trying to be poor!"

Both Feng Gengguang and Jin Dingguo felt awe-inspiring.

After the two left, Jiang Weiguo didn't feel sleepy, and simply continued to work, leaving his thoughts abroad.

Compared with the calm and calm at home, there are turbulent waves everywhere in foreign countries.

The first is the European war situation. The coalition forces with the German army as the main force and the allied forces composed of the U.S., British, and Canadian armies continue to fight fiercely in the British Isles. Britain and Ireland, whose countries became battlefields, suffered numerous casualties and suffered heavy property losses.

Since the German army landed in the UK and Ireland on October 1942, 10, this battle has lasted for more than a year. The battle was extremely bloody, and it was a full-scale war of attrition between the German camp and the US and British camps.

After more than a year of fierce fighting, the two sides were basically tied and indistinguishable. However, the top leaders of the United States have faintly felt powerless, because the U.S. military has so far suffered more than 50 casualties and more than 15 deaths on the battlefield against Germany. In contrast, the U.S. military died less than 12 people during World War I. As a result, the U.S. military has already suffered so many casualties on the European battlefield alone, not to mention that the war is far from winning and ending. To fight against Japan has made the American high-level officials who have always "human rights first" and the American people begin to lose their composure, and some high-level officials even began to have the idea that "it is not necessary to fight to the end with Germany"; in fact, German casualties It is bigger than the U.S. military, but Germany's political system is completely different from that of the U.S. The German army does not "cherish life" as much as the U.S. military (of course, it does not take life seriously like the Japanese army), so the German casualties are completely within the scope of Germany's tolerance. (As a reference, during the Soviet-German War in the original history, the German army died and disappeared as high as 380 million, captured about 160 million, injured and sick about 700 million, but the German army was still fighting endlessly on the battlefield).

In the final analysis, Germany is not comparable to the United States when it comes to burning money, but the United States is not comparable to Germany when it comes to killing people. What's more, the United States has to deal with the Japanese who are much crazier than the Germans and don't take life seriously at all.

Germany, the United States, and Germany and Britain fought bloody battles on the British battlefield, and Japan, the United States, and Japan and Britain also fought to the death.

The Japanese-British battlefield is naturally India. At present, on the Indian battlefield, the Japanese army has invested about 20 divisions and 80 million troops, and there are also tens of thousands of "Indian National Army" supported by the Japanese. 10 to 10, and at the same time there are tens of thousands of "Indian National Army" fighting together (the Indian puppet army obeying the Japanese and the Indian puppet army obeying the British both use the title "Indian National Army"). The strength greatly surpassed the British army, and it was easy to eliminate the British army, but this is not the case, because the Japanese army has almost no other advantages in the Indian battlefield except for its strength. The Indians basically sympathize with the British and generally actively Supporting the British to attack the Japanese or launching anti-Japanese riots one after another, the Japanese army carried out several massacres in an attempt to deter the Indians. Although it achieved certain results, it also stimulated many Indians to support the British; , The Japanese army is very unfamiliar with India's weather, geography, humanities and other factors. It is natural to fight in India with the British who have run India for more than a hundred years and know India well. The difference; as for the assisting troops of the two sides, there is also a huge difference. The morale of the Japanese and Indian troops is generally low and their combat power is weak, while the morale of the British and Indian troops is generally high and their combat power is strong.

At present, the Japanese army has nominally occupied more than four-fifths of India, but the occupied area is very unstable. The British army retreated into the mountainous plateau of western India (later Pakistan) and continued to resist. The Japanese army could not destroy the British army, and the British army could not. It is difficult to launch a comprehensive counter-offensive. The situation between the two sides is similar to that of the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army in North China during the Sino-Japanese War. Harassing the Japanese army, and fighting a large-scale battle similar to the Hundred Regiments War from time to time", made the Japanese army feel like a thorn in the throat and a thorn in the back.

As Jiang Weiguo predicted, India became a super chicken rib that the Japanese were "reluctant to spit out, but unable to swallow completely", which consumed a lot of energy of the Japanese and restrained a large number of Japanese troops.

Compared with the Japanese-British War, the scale and intensity of the Japanese-American War were much greater.

The Battle of Guadalcanal was a turning point in the Pacific War. This battle broke out on February 1943, 2. The bloody battle has lasted for more than half a year. This battle is like a reduced version of the "Battle of Britain", and it is also a cruel war of attrition.

The U.S. and Japanese ground troops fought fiercely on Guadalcanal for more than half a year. The U.S. army suffered more than 7000 casualties, and the Japanese army killed and injured more than 3. In the end, the Japanese army had to withdraw from Guadalcanal. Compared with the failure of the land battle on the island, the failure of the sea battle It made the Japanese army unbearable.

The first U.S.-Japanese aircraft carrier war on Guadalcanal caused the Japanese army to lose a total of 7 aircraft carriers. During the Battle of Guadalcanal, the fleets of the U.S. and Japan continued to fight fiercely, and both lost a large number of ships. The Japanese army lost a total of about 16 tons of ships, which seemed to be evenly matched, but Japan’s national strength was far inferior to that of the United States. The United States could fully afford the same loss, but Japan could not afford it at all. In this small-scale aircraft carrier confrontation, the Japanese army lost 15 aircraft carriers, and the U.S. military also lost 2 ships. However, the U.S. military quickly replenished after losing 2 aircraft carriers.

By the end of October, the Japanese army was forced to give up competing with the U.S. military in Guadalcanal and completely withdraw from Guadalcanal. The U.S. military finally completely occupied Guadalcanal and then took the entire Solomon Islands in one go, thus winning air supremacy in the Southwest Pacific and The advantage of sea control (the U.S. military has not completely seized air and sea dominance, and the Japanese army still has a certain ability to counterattack, but the U.S. military has already obtained the dominance and initiative of the sea and air. The hope of the Japanese army’s comeback is very slim, and it has begun to fall into a passive situation.) .

Comparing only the number of aircraft carriers, the ebb and flow of the strength of the US and Japanese militaries is clear at a glance:

Before the Pacific War, except for the Fengxiang, which was sunk during the Sino-Japanese War, and the Ryujo, which was leased to the Chinese Navy, the Japanese Navy had a total of 10 aircraft carriers; the Kaga was lost in the Battle of Hawaii, which was reduced to 9, and then increased 4 new aircraft carriers were acquired, which increased to 13; Yamato and Canglong were lost in the first Southwest Pacific Battle, and Xiangfeng was lost in the second Southwest Pacific Battle, and the number was reduced to 10; then increased 5 new aircraft carriers, increased to 15 ships, lost Akagi, Hiryu, Yamato (Italian), Deutschland, Falcon Eagle, Oki Eagle, Sea Eagle in the first naval battle of Guadalcanal Island, reduced to 8 ships, lost Zuihe and Yunying in the second Guadalcanal naval battle, reduced to 6 ships; at the same time, 2 new aircraft carriers were completed and put into service (Chitose and Chiyoda were all refitted with "carrier reserve ships" It is a light aircraft carrier in terms of tonnage), so there are currently 8 aircraft carriers in the Japanese Navy (Zhonghua, Xianghe, Ruifeng, Flying Eagle, Dragon Phoenix, Otaka, Chitose, Chiyoda ), at the same time, the Japanese Navy is intensively launching the construction of new aircraft carriers in the mainland. One is the second batch of Yamato-class aircraft carriers. It is expected to build 4 ships: Taiho, Musashi, Shinano, and Ibuki. The Yunlong class is expected to build 6 ships: Yunlong, Amagi, Katsuragi, Aso, Kasagi, and Ikoma. In addition, two [-]-ton large merchant ships "Otakiyama Maru" and "Island Nemaru" converted into an aircraft carrier.

The speed of recovery and increase in the strength of the US military greatly exceeded that of the Japanese army.

Before the Pacific War, the U.S. military had a total of 8 regular aircraft carriers, and successively lost the Enterprise (captured by the Chinese Navy in the Battle of Hawaii) and the Saratoga (captured by the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific Battle and then sold to the Chinese Navy by the Japanese Army) , USS Langley, USS Wasp, USS Hornet, USS Ranger, USS Yorktown (lost in the Second Guadalcanal Battle), only Lexington survived. The Independence class lost 9 ships, namely the Princeton, the North Dew Forest, and the Cobens) and the Essex-class aircraft carrier was continuously completed (3 aircraft carriers of this class had been completed by the end of 1943, and there is currently no loss) Therefore, the U.S. military currently has 7 aircraft carriers, and more than 14 escort aircraft carriers have been completed and commissioned one after another, thus forming a strong strength advantage over the Japanese army.

In addition to the Pacific Ocean, the main battlefield of the United States and Japan also has Australia.

On the Australian battlefield, the Allied forces regained Canberra, the capital of Australia, after a bloody battle. The Japanese army was forced to retreat to Sydney and defend the city.

After the second naval battle of Guadalcanal, since the U.S. military had already mastered the superiority of sea and air, MacArthur, the Allied commander-in-chief on the Australian battlefield, immediately made full use of this advantage and planned a "Gympie Landing". Gympie is located in the north of Brisbane. It is a small town with a population of less than [-].

The Allied forces found another way, no longer fighting with the Japanese army city by city, but adopted the tactic of "drawing money from the bottom of the pot". Tens of thousands of Allied forces landed in Gympie by sea, cutting off the rear supply lines of the Japanese army in Brisbane and Sydney. , causing more than 40 Japanese troops in the two places to be cut off in logistics, and the situation in Australia was completely reversed by the Allied forces. Now, while the Allied forces are firmly blocking the reinforcements from the Japanese army in the north in Gympie, they are launching a large-scale campaign to recover Sydney. .

Since the local residents of Sydney were either killed by the Japanese army or fled, the Allied forces unscrupulously dispatched B-17 bombers to bombard the city indiscriminately when they recovered Sydney. On the one hand, the rain of bombs almost razed the city of Sydney. On the one hand, the Japanese soldiers inside and outside the city were bombed to the ground with corpses and blood flowing, and countless Japanese soldiers were bombarded and killed by the overwhelming firepower of the Allied forces before they saw the Allied forces.

"Whether it's at sea or on land, little Japan can't hold it anymore!" Jiang Weiguo looked at the document in front of him and fell into thought. Then, he opened the drawer and took out another document, which was submitted by Wedemeyer to Chiang Kai-shek and Jiang Weiguo on behalf of President Roosevelt. The new cooperation conditions, the first condition is "the United States will immediately provide China with US$50 billion in financial assistance and US$50 billion in loans."

After pondering for a long while, Jiang Weiguo picked up the phone. He wanted to contact Shang Zhen and hand over the conditions that the US government had offered to China to Hitler.

Chapter 698 Clouds and Fog (8)

Wuhan, which belongs to Hannan District, one of the new districts, is the headquarters building of "Chinese Heroes Daily".

The "Chinese Heroes Daily" founded by Jiang Weiguo is the newspaper with the largest circulation and the greatest influence in China at this time, and there is no one. There are two reasons. First, the newspaper was born at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War. The main theme of the report is impassioned, the content is inspiring and morale-boosting. In the words of later generations, the article is full of "positive energy", and its position is objective and fair. It neither exaggerates, whitewashes nor reports good news or bad news. Naturally, it won the recognition of all walks of life. The Chinese people who are extremely concerned about the Sino-Japanese War, desperately want to see their own army win the battle, and desperately want to see the glorious deeds of their own heroes are all the first choice of this newspaper; secondly, the big boss behind the newspaper is Jiang Weiguo brought about three major effects. First, Jiang Weiguo "has a lot of money", so the newspaper has sufficient funds, and then has sufficient manpower and resources, so it has a great advantage in launching news reporting activities. Second, Jiang Weiguo is A big figure in the government and the military, he himself is a "heavy source of news", which gives the newspaper the advantage of being close to the water. Thirdly, Jiang Weiguo is a "national idol", "national hero", and "military genius". His "popularity It is extremely high and responds to everyone", which naturally makes the newspaper founded by him popular and supported by the majority of the people.

At this time, the "China Heroes Daily" was no longer called its original name, but was divided into two, becoming "China Military Daily" and "China People's Daily". This was naturally a revision to conform to the trend of the times. Military Daily reported domestic and foreign military affairs and wars, and Zhonghua Minbao reported domestic and foreign current affairs, finance, people's livelihood, economy, entertainment, and various social situations, but the two newspapers were still one newspaper.

By the end of 1943, the combined circulation of "Zhonghua Military Daily" and "Zhonghua Min Bao" had exceeded 200 million copies, making it the leader of China's largest newspaper. (Germany, Japan, Italy, etc.), affiliated countries (Israel, Thailand, etc.), neutral countries (France, etc.) and other places (this is naturally due to the power of Jiang Weiguo), with great influence. As a comparison, China's second The circulation of the big newspaper "Ta Kung Pao" is about 20 copies, which is only one-tenth of that of "China Military Daily" and "China Minbao". The official newspaper of the Nazi Party was the Volksobserver, which was also the largest newspaper in Germany at this time, with a circulation of more than 5 million copies).