I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Chapter 167 Bee Swarm (1)

The gap between China and Japan in terms of military power at this time is undoubtedly very large, and among the three major military services (Japan does not have an independent air force, only the Army Aviation Force and Sea Aviation Force belonging to the Army and Navy), the Chinese Navy and the Japanese Navy The gap is far greater than the gap between the Chinese Army and the Japanese Army. The reason is needless to say. As the saying goes, "Army for one year, Air Force for ten years, and Navy for [-] years." The Navy is the longest and most expensive of the three major military services , the most difficult.

Taking Jiang Weiguo as an example, it took him a year to successfully create two powerful division-level army units, the 918th Regiment and the 128th Regiment, but if he was asked to build a fleet, he would definitely not do it because If you can't do it, the time and cost of the navy is daunting.

The army and air force can "grow up in the flames of war", but the navy can't do this at all, and can only fight with its existing possessions.

Although the strength of the Chinese navy at this time was far weaker than that of its opponent, the Japanese navy, due to Jiang Weiguo's "foresight" and spending money like water, coupled with the long-term painstaking efforts of Chen Shaokuan, Ouyang Ge and others, the Chinese navy is still capable and has the opportunity to serve the country. Go all out.

After the big blast was successfully carried out, Zheng Dongguo, Ji Zhangjian, and Sun Tianfang commanded troops to sweep the remnants of the Japanese army with the momentum of sweeping holes in the courtyard. At this time, two-thirds of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai were killed or injured. Due to the big bang, the remaining one-third and more than half of them were killed or injured in the extended fierce battle. There were only a few hundred Japanese soldiers who could still fight. Turn all the Japanese in Shanghai into dead or prisoners."

Strictly speaking, this battle can only be called the "Shanghai Battle", because the main force of the Japanese army will arrive in Shanghai in a few days. The prelude to the battle of Shanghai is similar to the prelude to the battle of Pingjin, but in any case, this battle of Shanghai is also a big victory for the national army. However, the battle is not over yet, because the sea and river in Shanghai are still There are armed forces of the Japanese.

After the explosion, Jiang Weiguo, at the invitation of Ouyang Sihai, hurried to Shanghai South Railway Station, located on Humin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, on the banks of the Huangpu River.

A building near the South Station had already been turned into the Shanghai Front Enemy Headquarters of the Chinese Navy. After arriving here, Jiang Weiguo met the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Lieutenant General Ouyang Ge, and more than a dozen naval officers.

These naval officers are all very young, the oldest is only in his early 30s, most of them are in their twenties, and some even like Jiang Weiguo are in their early 20s.

The reason for this phenomenon is that these officers all belong to the naval torpedo boat force (and also belong to the lightning school faction in the navy), and the Chinese navy's torpedo boat force is a very young force that is developing rapidly because of the importance it receives, so The officers and soldiers of the army and the officers at the middle and lower levels are very young.

"Second Lord...Jian Pickaxe!" Ouyang Ge's face was full of red, and he was in high spirits, "I have sharpened my sword for ten years, but I have never tried the frost blade! Our naval torpedo boat force has worked hard for a year and practiced hard for a year, and finally ushered in today's actual combat opportunity." In the six major parts of the navy, the torpedo boat unit is completely under the command of Ouyang Ge, so Jiang Weiguo only saw Ouyang Ge, the deputy commander of the torpedo boat unit, Colonel Xu Shidan (Ouyang Ge personally served as the commander of the torpedo boat unit), and An Qi, the chief of staff of the torpedo boat unit. Lieutenant Colonel Bang did not see "outsiders" such as Chen Shaokuan, Chen Jiliang, and Zeng Yiding.

"I can't wait too!" Jiang Weiguo's words were not polite, he was really looking forward to it.

Facing the Japanese naval fleet that entered the inland river of the Yangtze River, the Chinese navy wanted to give it a hard blow. The surface fleet, naval aviation unit, mine-laying unit, marine corps, and submarine unit were not suitable. Only torpedo boats were uniquely blessed. After all, the Japanese fleet was in the inland river. where, and torpedo boats are best at close combat.

"Time is ticking, we must attack immediately!" Ouyangge was radiant, "The opportunity for combat right now is really good! The Japanese ships are in the Yangtze River, and their main force, the Izumo and Panshou, are in the Huangpu River, the inland river of the Yangtze River." Good guy! You're totally throwing yourself into a trap and looking for a dead end! This geographical environment is too suitable for a torpedo boat to attack!" He looked at the map, his eyes shining brightly.

The "Dianlei School faction" led by Ouyang Ge is the "National Navy of the Central Army" that directly obeys Chiang Kai-shek's orders within the Chinese Navy. "Fujian faction", Ouyang Ge is also very eager to make contributions, "to repay the chairman, and at the same time further gain the trust of the chairman, and finally climb to the throne of the commander-in-chief of the navy."

If the torpedo boat unit belonging to the Dianlei school faction became a blockbuster in this initial battle and killed one or two or even more Japanese warships, the benefits brought to Ouyangge by such a "great feat" naturally needless to say, let alone the immediate attack The conditions were so good, Ouyangge had to be overjoyed. He secretly estimated that after the victory of this battle, it would be impossible to directly replace Chen Shaokuan as the commander-in-chief of the navy. Iron-clad.

Ouyang Sihai looked at Jiang Weiguo: "The torpedo boat has many advantages, such as fast speed, good maneuverability, good flexibility, good concealment, strong attack, easy manufacture, simple operation, and obvious shortcomings, such as low endurance and weak protection. Torpedo boats can only fight in coastal waters and inland rivers. The current attack conditions are indeed perfect. The Japanese army is arrogant and arrogant, and they actually drove their warships into the Huangpu River. They approached the Japanese fleet in the Huangpu River, carried out short-distance raids, launched all the torpedoes in the shortest possible time, left with one blow and quickly evacuated the battlefield, so as to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, severely injuring the Japanese army!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "This idea is indeed the best combat method that objective conditions and the combat environment allow us to carry out.

It's just..." He looked at Ouyang Sihai and Ouyang Ge suspiciously, "It's 03:30 in the morning, and it will be dawn in more than two hours. Are you going to attack now?I think we can wait until dawn. Wouldn't it be more secure to cooperate with the bombers of the Air Force? "

"Can't wait!" Ouyang Ge shook his head firmly, "If time drags on, there will be many nights and dreams, and it will be easy to cause accidents. What if the Japanese fleet sees that the situation is not good and runs away? The torpedo boat can be chased at a short distance, but it is beyond reach at a long distance. The chances of winning in the open sea are even slimmer.

In addition, after dawn, our torpedo boats can see the Japanese warships, and the Japanese warships can also see our torpedo boats, which will naturally help the Japanese warships to evade and counterattack our torpedo boats, and our chances of winning will be greatly reduced!"

Jiang Weiguo thought for a while, and felt that Ouyang's aphorism was reasonable, so he did not object.

Ouyang Ge's words actually seemed to be high-sounding, but they actually hid his innocence.

Of course, after dawn, the naval torpedo boats combined with the air force bombers will naturally have the greatest chance of destroying the Japanese warships, but the victory will not belong to the navy alone, but will be shared with the air force. It must be [-]% to eat alone to be the best.

It is worth mentioning that although the Chinese Air Force does not have many bombers at this time, dozens of them are the famous German Stuka. The Stuka (ju-87) is a dive bomber that is good at precision bombing. Bombing land targets can also bomb sea targets.

"Where's your torpedo boat?" Jiang Weiguo asked.

Ouyang Sihai spread out a map of Shanghai, and said very proudly: "Ready and ready to go, there are two brigades ready to participate in the battle, namely the fifth and sixth brigades. The fifth brigade was originally assembled in Jiangyin. Secretly drove to Yuepu Town (Yuepu Town is located in Baoshan District, Shanghai, along the river in the northwest of Shanghai. Starting from the town, proceeding more than ten kilometers to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is the mouth of the Huangpu River). As for the Sixth Brigade... He looked at Jiang Weiguo, "Guess where?"

"Don't be a fool, just tell me!" Jiang Weiguo was very curious.

Ouyang Sihai pointed to the map: "Look, the section of the Yangtze River in Shanghai is seven or eight kilometers wide. After all, this is the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the Huangpu River is very narrow (the Huangpu River is the last tributary of the Yangtze River before it enters the sea). The widest point is only more than 770 meters, and the narrowest point is only more than 300 meters. Therefore, we must block the Japanese warships in the Huangpu River! We cannot let them escape into the Yangtze River. Once they escape into the Yangtze River, they can escape into the East China Sea.

At the end of the Huangpu River, there are our torpedo boat troops! "

Looking at the "head" (upstream) of the Huangpu River on the map, Jiang Weiguo asked in surprise, "Dianshan Lake?" Dianshan Lake is located in Qingpu District, Shanghai, with an area of ​​62 square kilometers, and is the source of the Huangpu River.

Ouyang Sihai nodded: "Well, the Sixth Brigade is hidden in Dianshan Lake!"

"How did you send the torpedo boat to the inland lake?"

"Use the train.

The Japanese must not have thought of this! "Ouyang Sihai became more and more proud, because this was his "creation".

"The 30 torpedo boats of the fifth brigade and the 20 torpedo boats of the sixth brigade, one end and one tail, blocked the Japanese fleet in the Huangpu River! Annihilated them completely!" Ouyang Ge clenched his fists.

The national army's torpedo boat force is still relatively large in scale, because there is no time and money to build large warships, so we can only work hard and concentrate on building torpedo boats such as "gadgets".

The national army originally had 33 to 40 old-fashioned torpedo boats, but they were basically eliminated at this time. The main torpedo boats in active service in the national army are all the new-style "Waspies", each with a displacement of 2 tons/260 tons, each carrying [-] More than [-] ships have been equipped with torpedoes.

Jiang Weiguo silently calculated that a total of 50 Hornets from the fifth and sixth brigades participated in the battle, that is, 100 torpedoes. If the hit rate reaches 100%, 10 torpedoes can theoretically sink five battleships (the largest battleship in human history "Yamato") "Sunk by a total of 6 torpedoes and [-] bombs.

Another thing to note is that for warships, bombs are more destructive than torpedoes), of course, 100% hit rate is impossible.

The Izumo and the Iwate are not battleships, but cruisers, and the ships are thirty or forty years old. Each ship basically sank after receiving ten torpedoes.

No matter how you look at it, as long as you don't make low-level mistakes, the success rate of this torpedo boat assault is not low, and the results should not be too small.

Ouyang Sihai and others invited Jiang Weiguo here to communicate with him. The attack of the navy torpedo boat force has actually begun.

Standing on the bank of the Huangpu River near the station, Jiang Weiguo, Ouyang Sihai and others looked forward to it together. More than ten minutes later, at the scheduled time, there was a light and swift sound of riding the wind and breaking the waves on the dark river from far to near. A spot of light appeared on the water in the distance, it was the searchlight (signal light) on a wasp.

Jiang Weiguo saw a wasp torpedo boat roaring like light cavalry on the water, dragging a billowing wake of waves, and accurately stopped on the shore where Jiang Weiguo and others were.

Large warships have a very deep draft, and when they drive, they are choppy and have huge movements. Torpedo boats are completely different. They look like a martial arts master's "floating on water". Hurricane forward.

Jiang Weiguo secretly praised that the sailors who drove the Wasp were very skilled in technology.

Two naval officers came ashore from the torpedo boat, a captain and a lieutenant, both very young.

"How is it? Everything is going well?" Ouyang Sihai stepped forward and asked.

"It went very well!" The two laughed heartily, "The big troops are behind, and our Hornet is the wayfinder!" The words and gestures were full of the unique vigor of young people.

"You guys came faster than I expected!" Ouyang Sihai looked at his watch.

The captain said: "It's about an hour's journey from Dianshan Lake to here!" The total length of the Huangpu River is about 113 kilometers, and the maximum speed of the Wasp torpedo boat can reach 50 knots. Really fast.

As a comparison, the maximum speed of destroyers at this time can reach 40 knots, battleships can reach nearly 30 knots, and aircraft carriers can reach more than 30 knots.

Ouyang Sihai pointed to Jiang Weiguo, and introduced to the two officers: "Second son!" He then introduced the two officers to Jiang Weiguo, "The captain is Li Yuxi, the captain of the Sixth Battalion, and the lieutenant is Li Gansu, the captain of the First Squadron of the Sixth Battalion! He specifically added, "Li Gansu is the son of General Li Liejun!"

Li Gansu smiled and said, "Your last sentence is meaningless.

The second son is the chairman's son, he has served the country in the army, let alone us! "Li Gansu is the seventh son of Li Liejun.

Li Liejun is a veteran of the Nationalist Government, the Kuomintang, and the National Army, and a very patriotic, enlightened, and honest veteran. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he worked hard for the country. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he sent five of his seven sons They were all sent to the army, this kind of high moral integrity has to be awe-inspiring.

"I'll see you soon!" Jiang Weiguo saluted and shook hands with Li Yuxi and Li Gansu with a smile. He was more interested in this Li Yuxi than Li Gansu, because he had heard of an "interesting story" about Li Yuxi in later generations.

Li Yuxi is a small person at this time, but in the original history, he will become the commander-in-chief of the national army and navy in the Taiwan period. The reason why he can climb to such a high position is that he has real talents and learning, and the other is that he has a good name.

At the end of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in history, Jiang Weiguo’s father, Chiang Kai-shek, was kicked out by Li Zongren and others because of the defeat in the civil war. Yuxi would always say respectfully: "Principal, Yuxi is here!" Chiang Kai-shek, who was depressed about losing the presidency, naturally felt auspicious when he heard this sentence, and since then Li Yuxi has had a prosperous official career.

"Second Young Master, there's no need to say anything superfluous, we can't wait!" Li Yuxi and Li Gansu's eyes were on fire.

During the conversation, the waves roared on the river, one after another torpedo boats came swiftly and on waves, and teams of torpedo boat sailors came ashore to assemble (a Hornet made up five people).

Jiang Weiguo saw that these sailors were all energetic young soldiers, and their faces were all filled with enthusiasm for the upcoming battle, without the slightest timidity, fear, or retreat.

"Replenish fuel immediately! Check the machinery and equipment! There are torpedoes!" Ouyang Ge commanded impatiently, "Contact the fifth brigade again, and make sure that the attack time of the two brigades must be synchronized! Hurry up!"

"Brothers!" Ouyang Sihai stepped forward, his expression excited, "We are about to attack!"

The sailors are all high-spirited and high-spirited.

"Brothers!" Ouyang Sihai showed a trace of sentimentality, "We are the sailors of the torpedo boat. If the torpedo boats attack the enemy's large warships with thousands of tons or even tens of thousands of tons, it must be very dangerous, or even close to death, but we have no choice.

Our Chinese navy is too weak, and its strength is inferior to others, so we can only rely on the spirit of not fearing death.

Brothers, our torpedo boats are called 'Wasps'. Although a wasp is different from a bee, it is almost the same. Do you know what a bee is?A bee sting is very painful, but a bee can only sting a person once, and after the sting is over, it will die.

We are the same, we are all bees, we only have one chance to attack the enemy, after shooting the torpedoes, we can only run away, so we must hold firmly, we must hit the torpedoes firmly and ruthlessly!Also, the Japanese are still not very clear about the strength of our army. Therefore, our first attack can severely catch the Japanese by surprise, but it will not happen in the future. The Japanese will be highly wary of our torpedo boats , we will not be caught off guard again, so we must win this first battle beautifully, and we must maximize our advantage of the opportunity to achieve the greatest results!Understand? "

"Understood!" The sailors clenched their fists angrily.

Jiang Weiguo looked on and sighed. Yes, it is the most suitable way for the Chinese navy to vigorously develop the torpedo boat force to deal with the Japanese warship giant ship force. Driving a torpedo boat to an enemy warship is equivalent to a commando on a land battlefield rushing to an enemy tank with a pack of explosives.

Chapter 168 Bee Swarm (2)

The Chinese navy and the German navy can be said to be brothers and sisters at the moment, because the Chinese navy's opponent, the Japanese navy, is far stronger than the Chinese navy, and the German navy's opponent, the British navy, is also far stronger than the German navy. The high-level navy racked their brains to defeat a powerful enemy. In the end, the German Navy established the "wolf pack tactics" with submarines as the core of combat, and the Chinese navy established the "swarm tactics" with torpedo boats as the core of combat.

Wolf pack tactics and bee swarm tactics, these two tactics were powerful in later actual combat, but in comparison, compared to the fierceness of wolf pack tactics, bee swarm tactics are full of tragic atmosphere.

Seeing a huge ball of fire engulfing the headquarters building of the Japanese Special Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese fleet, including Vice Admiral Hasegawa, were all stunned. Such as the loss of a concubine, and then the anger is unstoppable.

Seeing that our country's army was bombed by the enemy, Lieutenant General Hasegawa and others had to be filled with grief and indignation. First of all, the Japanese troops who were bombed to the sky were the Japanese Marine Corps, and Lieutenant General Hasegawa and others were the surface fleet of the Japanese Navy. This is a family of the Navy. Secondly, Lieutenant General Hasegawa quickly realized that he did not save Major General Okawachidenchi and his colleagues. Although he ordered the fleet to bombard the starting point of the Chinese army's tunnel and successfully destroyed it, the Chinese army's tunnel blasted The plan was successfully implemented, and thousands of lives, including Major General Okawa, were ruined at once. Lieutenant General Hasegawa felt deeply sorry for Major General Okawa with guilt, self-blame, regret, and pain. , On the other hand, Lieutenant General Hasegawa also realized that the main force of Major General Okawa's troops had been destroyed, and it was a foregone conclusion that the Chinese army would completely control Shanghai. It caused two bad consequences. First, the Japanese army was completely expelled from Shanghai, making it more difficult to make a comeback. Second, the Great Japanese Empire and the Imperial Japanese Army must be disgraced, especially the Japanese Navy.

The logic is ready-made: the Japanese Marine Corps was wiped out by the Chinese army on land, and the Japanese Navy fleet fled without a fight at sea (on the river). What face does the Japanese Navy have?Since the official establishment of the Japanese navy, whether it was the battle of the Yellow Sea between the Nissin and the Russo-Japanese and the Tsushima Strait, the Japanese navy has been invincible and invincible. How can it be completely defeated in the Battle of Shanghai now?What else is more important than face (honor)?In addition, it is also morally unacceptable for the naval fleet to abandon the corpses of thousands of imperial soldiers of the Marine Corps in Shanghai and run away alone. The remnants of the Japanese Marine Corps were fighting persistently, and the Navy fleet naturally couldn't escape alone.

"Order all the warships!" Lieutenant General Hasegawa, who had almost gritted his teeth, ordered with a grim face, "Concentrate firepower and launch a full-scale bombardment of all areas in Shanghai where the Chinese army exists! Avenge General Okawa and the others!"

Rear Admiral Sugiyama Rozozo, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, was taken aback: "Your Excellency, Commander! Shanghai is a big city... The battle area is in the urban area, where the Chinese Army and the settlements are intertwined. Civilian…"

Lieutenant General Hasegawa looked at Major General Sugiyama with red eyes: "Mr. Sugiyama, if the civilians are really accidentally injured, it is also the responsibility of the Chinese people themselves! Because they asked for it! Also, please pay attention to your words when you speak. identity!" As a strong proponent of "indiscriminate bombing" tactics, Lieutenant General Hasegawa believed that targeting civilians in enemy countries was justified, not to mention that it was just "accidental injury" at the moment.

Major General Sugiyama realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, so he hurriedly shut up.

Following Lieutenant General Hasegawa's order, dozens of Japanese cruisers, destroyers, gunboats, and gunboats cruising on the Yangtze River and Huangpu River near Shanghai completely turned their backs on each other, and headed towards any "China Army or Chinese Army" in Shanghai. Suspected presence of the "Chinese Army" and the area within the range of naval guns launched heavy shelling.

All of a sudden, thunder and lightning flashed in the night sky in Shanghai, the Yangtze River and Huangpu River were choppy, raging flames bloomed everywhere in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, and the whole Shanghai Beach was trembling from the continuous falling naval artillery shells like hail.

In the square formation of the Japanese fleet, the waves were monstrous and the waves were thunderous, and the continuous thunder and shelling rang through the sky one after another.

The originally dark surface of the river was as bright as daylight by lightning flashes. In the hurricane-like sweeping air waves, the land was turned upside down. Houses, trees, streets, earth and rocks... were torn apart and wiped out in the continuous thunderbolts, and huge smoke engulfed them. With thick dust rising from the ground, it enveloped the city that was bombarded like a dark cloud.