I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"Gentlemen, please hold on!" Lieutenant General Hasegawa personally commanded the sailors on the ship to rescue the warship and fight during the five internal burns, "We are about to reach the mouth of the Huangpu River! Our ships on the Yangtze River are rushing Come! The Izumo will turn the corner soon!"

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Major General Sugiyama suddenly ran over with tears in his eyes, "The Panshou has sunk!"

"What?" Lieutenant General Hasegawa was taken aback and could hardly believe his ears, "What did you say?"

"The Iwate sank!" Rear Admiral Sugiyama burst into tears, "The Iwate was also attacked intensively by a large number of torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy at the mouth of the river. After being hit by nine torpedoes in a row... it sank..."

Lieutenant General Hasegawa was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, a deafening thunderbolt exploded suddenly at the bow of the Izumo, which was struggling to start, the whole ship shook, a large number of sailors flew flying, and the warship made an overwhelmed metal twisting sound, The front end slowly drooped, and the rear end slowly rose, because a large hole was blasted into the bow of the ship.

"Mine! Mines!" Some Japanese sailors shouted hoarsely.

The Izumo, which had sailed near the mouth of the Huangpu River, crashed into the mine array laid by the Pu'an and Ding'an, and immediately exploded.

The mine dealt the final blow to the battered and crumbling Izumo, which began its official sinking.

Chapter 169

The "Battle of the Huangpu River" was the first confrontation between the Chinese navy and the Japanese navy after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. In fact, although the participating troops of both sides were navies, the battle area was not the sea, but the river, the lower reaches of the Huangpu River and the In the area where the Huangpu River flows into the Yangtze River, the Japanese participating troops included 2 armored cruisers and more than 10 destroyers, gunboats, and gunboats. The Chinese participating troops included 2 minelayers and 50 torpedo boats. The battle ended with the Chinese Navy's complete victory. Finish.

In this battle, the Chinese Navy successfully sank the Japanese Navy's Izumo, Iwate armored cruisers, Minekaze and Zekaze destroyers, and damaged several other Japanese ships. The total tonnage of the battle was as high as 2.2 tons. The price paid 29 torpedo boats were sunk or completely destroyed, and another 4 torpedo boats were damaged to varying degrees. The total tonnage of the battle damage was only a mere 1000 tons. The Japanese suffered more than 117 casualties, of which more than 30 were killed.

Needless to say, this is an unprecedented victory for the Chinese navy.

One detail in this battle is worth mentioning. When the Izumo and the Iwate sank, the torpedo boats of the national army on the battlefield continued to launch torpedoes on the two ships. For example, the Izumo suffered seven torpedoes. With a mine, it was completely powerless, but Ouyang Sihai, who was commanding the battle on the spot, ordered several torpedo boats in the formation that still had torpedoes to launch eight more torpedoes on the sinking Izumo and hit seven. At that time, the Izumo Having sunk to the deck, these seven torpedoes hit the superstructure of the Izumo, completely blowing up the bridge, gun turret, ship ribs, machinery room and other facilities of the Izumo, causing the ship to be completely blown up, and The Panshou was also subjected to the same approach by the national army torpedo boats.

Objectively speaking, this is also an important reason why the casualties of the Japanese military participants were very large.

According to the international law of war, when the warships of one warring party begin to sink and raise the signal flag of abandon ship, the other party is not allowed to continue to attack. He Panshou continued to launch torpedoes, which indeed violated the international law of war.

This practice of the national army torpedo boats seems unreasonable and a waste of torpedoes, but it actually has a deep intention.

The Huangpu River is not deep, the deepest point is only 17.4 meters, and the shallowest point is only 9.1 meters. There is no doubt that it is very easy to salvage a warship after sinking in such shallow waters.

The national army knew very well that sooner or later Shanghai would fall, and the Japanese would definitely salvage the warships sunk in the Huangpu River Battle. They were salvaged, repaired and used again. Therefore, the national army not only wanted to sink the Izumo and the Iwate, but more importantly, completely destroyed them so that they would be completely scrapped and never appear on the battlefield again.

In fact, later facts proved the correctness of the national army's approach.

After the Japanese army captured Shanghai, they did make great efforts to salvage the four warships, Izumo, Iwate, Minekaze, and Zekaze, which were sunk by the Chinese Navy during the Battle of Huangpu River. Among the ships, only the Zekaze was salvaged and worth repairing. The Izumo, Iwate, and Minekaze were all severely damaged and could not be repaired even if they were salvaged.

The Japanese finally salvaged and repaired the Zekaze, and completely abandoned the Izumo, Iwate, and Minekaze.

Among the Japanese personnel killed in the Battle of the Huangpu River was a vice admiral, the supreme commander of the Japanese Navy's "China Fleet", Lieutenant General Hasegawa Kiyoshi.

When the Izumo sank, Lieutenant General Hasegawa refused to leave the warship and decided to sink with the Izumo. When his subordinates tried their best to pull him away from the Izumo, he directly pulled out his pistol and shot himself. Following the corpse of Lieutenant General Hasegawa, he fled the battlefield on the destroyer Shimakaze.

The reason why Lieutenant General Hasegawa chose to commit suicide is also very simple. It is not particularly shameful to lose a battle. Victory or defeat is a common event in military affairs, but losing to an opponent whose strength is far weaker than his is undoubtedly a shame. He knows very well that even if he can survive Going forward, dismissal and investigation are affirmative first and foremost, the most important thing is that he will live in extreme shame for the rest of his life. Instead of doing that, he might as well kill himself, and at least he can get the reputation of "death in a heroic battle".

When the remnants of the Japanese fleet escaped from the Yangtze River into the East China Sea in dismay, the torpedo boat formation of the national army returned triumphantly under the rising sun and gathered towards Jiangyin.

More than two hours later, the torpedo boat sailors who returned victorious were warmly welcomed by a large number of naval generals and senior officers including the Navy Commander-in-Chief Chen Shaokuan, Chief of the General Staff Chen Xunyong, and Deputy Chief of Staff Chen Ce in Jiangyin.

Chen Shaokuan was beaming. In fact, he came "uninvited". Of course, the naval torpedo boat force was under the command of Chen Shaokuan, the commander-in-chief of the navy, but in essence he was under the orders of Ouyang Ge, so Ouyang Ge was careful when planning this operation. Chen Shaokuan was not informed much.

Although it was not done by his own troops, Chen Shaokuan was still too excited because his navy finally started to play a role. It was the first time that he did his best and made contributions to the war of resistance. He lived up to the expectations of the people and also Did not live up to his own expectations.

"When the weak Chinese navy faced the powerful Japanese navy, it created a war miracle of 'small boats defeating big ships' through clever and ingenious tactical thinking and heroic and unyielding fighting spirit!" "Although the Japanese navy is powerful, it was defeated The weak Chinese navy has been beaten in an unbelievable way, and its face is humiliated!" A German military adviser on the Shanghai battlefield commented.

After the Battle of Huangpu River, the Japanese military was naturally extremely shocked, as were the military forces of other major powers. The first disastrous defeat of the navy after its establishment!" "The Japanese navy, which had won the victory in the Nissin naval battle and the Russo-Japanese naval battle, and repeatedly created a brilliant record of defeating the strong with the weak, fell in an unprecedented big somersault in China's Huangpu River!" All the powers The navies of major powers then set off an upsurge in attaching importance to torpedo boats.

"Okay, okay, you guys did a good job, you played really well!" Looking at the high-spirited sailors of the torpedo boat, Chen Shaokuan's voice trembled because of the excitement, and tears were already in his eyes.

The significance of this Battle of the Huangpu River is indeed too great. Among other things, this is the second time that the Chinese Navy has officially sunk/destroyed an enemy warship in a war since modern times (the first time was during the Sino-Japanese War, Dingyuan of the Beiyang Fleet The No. [-] ironclad ship destroyed the No. [-] torpedo boat of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, which was also the only result of the Beiyang Fleet during the Sino-Japanese War.

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Ouyang Ge's excitement level was not inferior to that of Chen Shaokuan. He was full of joy and happiness. Even when he looked at Chen Shaokuan, he felt more pleasing to the eye than before. Eager to present his treasure, he could not wait to give it to Chiang Kai-shek when the torpedo boat formation just returned from Shanghai. A good news was sent.

It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed and elated when he received the victory report from the navy, and Ouyang Ge was very good at talking. He said in the telegram: "... our navy torpedo boat unit can win such a brilliant victory and achieve such fruitful results. The officers and soldiers who participated in the battle Do not forget the daily teachings of the principal (the officers and soldiers of the torpedo boat troop are all students of the Dianlei School, and Chiang Kai-shek is the nominal principal of the Dianlei School, but Ouyang Ge, who actually manages school affairs, is only the vice-principal), keep in mind the true meaning of the Three People's Principles, and fight bravely , The courageous spirit of swearing to serve the party and the country is one of them, and more importantly, it relies on the support and instruction of the chairman, and the most correct development route planned by the second son for the navy a year ago. Sheng also proved how wise the second son's decision was a year ago..." Obviously, Ouyang Ge was flattering Chiang Kai-shek indirectly by praising Jiang Weiguo, and achieved excellent results.

Under the "Longyan Joy", Chiang Kai-shek first sent a telegram to praise the navy torpedo boat force, and then gave the navy torpedo boat force a rain of medals. Three of the top blue sky and white sun medals were issued, and then a big With a swipe of the pen, 30 officers and soldiers of the navy were rewarded for participating in the war, and all the pensions of the officers and soldiers who died in battle were doubled. Finally, Ouyang Ge was promoted from Vice Admiral to Second Admiral (three stars) logically.

While the navy was rejoicing, the army was also triumphant.

Because the tunnel blasting plan was successfully implemented at the last moment, and the navy torpedo boat unit lived up to expectations, defeated and repelled the Japanese fleet, and the 128th Regiment, the 14th Artillery Regiment, and the Shanghai Security [-]st and [-]nd Regiment fought with the Japanese Marine Corps on land. The momentum of the court sweeping the cave quickly wiped out the remnants of the Japanese army.

There was no suspense in the battle. By the afternoon of the fierce battle, the national army had completely won the Shanghai Battle.

Standing among the ruins of the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters building that had been turned into rubble, Jiang Weiguo heard the cheers of the officers and soldiers resounding through the sky, watched the officers and soldiers happily cleaning the battlefield, and looked at the dead dogs Like the corpses of Japanese soldiers who died on the battlefield in various strange and strange ways, he knew that he had successfully changed history again.

"We can't be too happy too early, because the real test has not yet begun!" Zheng Dongguo walked to Jiang Weiguo, looking full of emotion, "The main force of the Japanese will arrive in a few days. At that time, we will welcome The real battle, the fierce battle, the bloody battle!"

"Yeah!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, deeply convinced.

The situation of the 128th regiment in Shanghai is exactly the same as that of the 918th regiment in Pingjin. First, it caught the Japanese by surprise and won two victories in Shanghai and Pingjin respectively. But it was the prelude to the real war that followed. Next, the main force of the Japanese arrived. The 918th Regiment ushered in the Pingjin battle where the mountains and rivers changed. The same was true for the 128th Regiment.

According to statistics, in the battle of Shanghai that broke out from the early morning of August 8th to the afternoon of August 13th, excluding the results of the navy, the national army and the army have wiped out a total of about 8 Japanese troops (of which more than 13 were killed or injured by tunnel blasting) Big Bang), the number of Japanese troops annihilated is basically equal to the number of Japanese deaths, the reason is needless to say, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers fled Shanghai on warships at the end of the battle, and the national army itself suffered about 5900 casualties (a large part of the officers and soldiers were Casualties were caused by the bombardment of Japanese naval guns, including the initial fire coverage of the Japanese fleet at the beginning of the tunnel).

From the data point of view, the casualties of the national army were only one-third of the Japanese army, but the Shanghai civilians were affected by Chiyu during the battle and suffered a lot of casualties. More than [-] Shanghai civilians were killed or injured in the war.

After the end of the war, Jiang Weiguo had no time to rest, so he was busy non-stop. It was not his turn to worry about the finishing work of the army. He was mainly busy reporting to Zhang Zhizhong and his father Chiang Kai-shek and putting forward some "far-sighted suggestions". In fact, Chiang Kai-shek paid great attention to Jiang Weiguo's reporting of the frontline battles to him, because Jiang Weiguo was his son and would not lie. More or less because of selfishness, there are disadvantages such as reporting good news but not worrying, exaggerating great results, and concealing losses, so that Chiang Kai-shek cannot know the truest situation on the front line. Under such circumstances, Jiang Weiguo is Chiang Kai-shek's eyes on the front line.

"Good! Good! Good!" After listening to Jiang Weiguo's report, Chiang Kai-shek, who has strong self-control, couldn't help but say three good words in a row, because he is really in a good mood today. Shanghai won the battle, which can be described as a double blessing. It only took half a night and most of the day for the troops participating in the war to wipe out the Japanese armed forces in Shanghai. This is in military, political, diplomatic and other aspects. The meanings of these are extraordinary, and Chiang Kai-shek has to be deeply delighted.

"Father, it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. The great powers are all mercenary, and they are mercenary. They even have a nest with the Japanese. We can only rely on ourselves, and we can actually defeat the Japanese on our own. You see, Isn’t everything going smoothly? Now, it is inevitable that the national army and the Japanese aggressors will break out in Shanghai in a full-scale war similar to the Battle of Pingjin, so we must no longer be half-hearted and vacillating. Strategic plan!" Jiang Weiguo said in a very sincere and sincere tone.

"Well... Wei'er, you are absolutely right.

The Japanese seem to be invincible, but they are actually ruthless.

Things have come to this point, the battle of Songhu is inevitable, and the national army can only go all out to fight it.

Okay, you don’t need to say more, I know what to do!” Encouraged by the victory in the Shanghai Battle, Chiang Kai-shek’s anti-Japanese confidence became much stronger again. Although he could not completely give up his illusions, he did further strengthen his confidence.

"Father, the national army has now legitimately controlled Shanghai. The original Shanghai Municipal Security Corps can be revoked. Head Ji, Deputy Head Sun and his brothers performed well in this battle, and they are all loyal and patriotic Hot-blooded soldiers, can you give them an official number?" Jiang Weiguo immediately made the request without losing the opportunity, which was something Ji Zhangjian and Sun Tianfang entrusted him with.

"It's natural!" Chiang Kai-shek agreed very readily as always, "Well... today is August 813th, the navy won its first battle, I plan to designate today as 'Navy Day', and you played well, eight On the 9th of the month, this day is very meaningful, so give Ji Zhangjian and Sun Tian the official designation of '[-]th Regiment'! It belongs directly to the Ninth Army Command!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled. He could hear Chiang Kai-shek's middle voice. The 813th regiment must be the same as the 918th and 128th regiments, and they are all troops under his orders.

For the troops in hand, Jiang Weiguo is of course the more the better, and he will never refuse anyone.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief. Although the upcoming Songhu battle was doomed to be tragic and doomed to fail, it had already had a very good start just like the Pingjin battle.

"Jiang Weiguo!" Just as Jiang Weiguo was about to be busy with other things, a man came to him, and he came aggressively and filled with righteous indignation.

"Teacher Liu?" Jiang Weiguo looked puzzled at Liu Wugou who ran over angrily, "What do you want me to do?"

"How could you give such an order!" Liu Wugou was extremely angry.

"What order?" Jiang Weiguo was baffled.

"You..." Liu Wugou was so angry that he could hardly speak, "I just saw some soldiers of the national army cleaning the battlefield and found that the wounded Japanese soldiers not only did not give medical treatment, but instead put on a bayonet. I... I can't believe it ! I can’t believe that the soldiers of our country would do such a barbaric thing! After asking, I found out that this is actually your order!”

Jiang Weiguo spread his hands: "Isn't that right?"

"You..." Liu Wugou was so angry that he almost fainted, "And those Japanese expatriates! You actually ordered them to be locked up!" There are many Japanese expatriates in Shanghai. Since the national army is completely in control of Shanghai at this time, naturally they will not Be polite to those Japanese.

Jiang Weiguo spread his hands again: "Isn't that right?"

Chapter 170 Battle Strategy

Liu Wugou's impression of Jiang Weiguo underwent another roller-coaster change. At the beginning, when she "only heard about the name but not the person", she thought that Jiang Weiguo was an out-and-out "Jiang Yamen", but after learning about the tunnel blasting plan and After witnessing Jiang Weiguo taking the lead in the battle in the Shanghai battlefield, the bad impression Jiang Weiguo gave her was turned upside down. Contempt turned into respect, disgust turned into admiration, and even developed a subtle affection. There was a strong feeling of disgust because Jiang Weiguo was "barbaric, violent and ignorant".

How to treat the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield after the war?Jiang Weiguo took iron and blood measures without hesitation on this issue. According to his regulations, the officers and soldiers of the 918th, 128th, and 813th regiments would fight against dangerous Japanese troops (that is, Japanese troops that were still trying to resist). When encountering worthless Japanese soldiers (who were too seriously injured or disabled), they directly added a bayonet. The officers and soldiers only caught Japanese soldiers who gave up resistance and were uninjured or slightly injured (the lesser injuries were for self-healing, anyway) It is impossible for Jiang Weiguo to waste a little medicine to treat the injured Japanese prisoners, as long as he can heal himself, if he can’t heal, for example, if the injury is exacerbated, inflamed, or pus, he should be disposed of directly).

Regarding Jiang Weiguo's regulation, most of the officers and soldiers supported and obeyed it. The reason is very simple. The officers and soldiers all fought bloody battles with the Japanese army face to face on the battlefield. Either they were almost killed by the Japanese army, or they saw the brothers around them. Being killed and wounded by the Japanese army, it is naturally impossible to be kind to the Japanese army, but people from the outside world may not necessarily agree with it. After all, there will never be a shortage of "caring people" who stand up and talk without back pain.

This Sino-Japanese war must have occurred on Chinese soil in the early stage, so when the Chinese army fought the Japanese army on Chinese soil, it rarely encountered such a complicated problem as "how to deal with Japanese civilians". After all, on Chinese soil The residents are Chinese. Although there are many Japanese living in Northeast China, Taiwan and other places, the Chinese army has not yet been able to fight there. But Shanghai is different. Although Shanghai was not a Japanese-occupied area when the Battle of Shanghai broke out, there were also Japanese people living there. A large number of Japanese civilians, the Japanese diaspora.

Rough statistics show that the total number of Japanese expatriates in Shanghai is about 2.5.

It is not surprising that there are so many Japanese in Shanghai. At this time, Shanghai is the financial center of the Far East and the largest international city in East Asia, and foreigners have many privileges in Shanghai (such as concessions). Foreigners who come to Shanghai Naturally, there are a lot of them, and among them, Japanese expatriates are the largest, not only ranking first in the number of expatriates in other countries, but also accounting for nearly [-]% of the total expatriates in all countries.

The initial purpose of these Japanese coming to Shanghai was to pan for gold and make money. In addition to the ordinary small business, because the Japanese textile industry invested in Shanghai on a large scale after the last World War, many wealthy Japanese businessmen opened textile factories in Shanghai, further increasing their income. At the same time, these Japanese are also the "mass base" of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, acting as eyeliners, spies, and detectives for the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, and can also be requisitioned as migrant workers, laborers, and temporary soldiers during wartime.

From the perspective of the Chinese, these Japanese expatriates in Shanghai are actually the accomplices of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, and this is indeed the case.

In the just-concluded Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese expatriates did their best to support their own army, helping the Japanese army move supplies, build fortifications, treat the wounded, etc., and even took up arms to directly participate in the battle.

Of course, Jiang Weiguo would not let these Japanese expatriates go. Following his orders, the officers and soldiers of the 128th Regiment and the 813th Regiment who had ended the battle arrested the Japanese expatriates while cleaning the battlefield, and "mobilized the masses" to participate together.

The Japanese expats in Shanghai suddenly became street rats that everyone shouted and beaten. One group after another was chased and intercepted by the national army officers and soldiers and enthusiastic local residents of Shanghai, and then they were sent to prisoner-of-war camps one after another.

Of course, there must have been a lot of "heartbreaking" scenes in the process.

On the way to the prisoner-of-war camp, the officers and soldiers of the national army were armed with live ammunition and murderous. Under the threat of bayonets, the elderly Japanese expatriates were supported tremblingly by others, and the frightened Japanese women were holding young children or holding them Babbling babies, some crying loudly in great shock, mothers seeming to coax the children around them pitifully, young and middle-aged Japanese men dare not speak out, with blank faces.

Some Japanese did not cooperate or even tried to resist, and were immediately punched and kicked by soldiers of the national army. As a result, they were photographed by some reporters (mainly Western reporters) who feared the world would not be chaotic. Such a picture: a Japanese woman is holding a child tremblingly, standing aside with a sad face, the child is frightened and crying, a Japanese man is being beaten, his skin is bruised, his head is bleeding, and next to him are several Chinese soldiers who are fighting fiercely. Kicking or hitting people with the butt of a gun.

Undoubtedly, this kind of photo is very visually and psychologically misleading, and it can be taken by the Japanese as evidence that "Japanese are victims of war".

The photo seems to show that a family of three Japanese civilians are being brutally beaten by Chinese soldiers, but the actual situation is: the Japanese man arrogantly said to the Chinese soldiers, "China Pig, don't be too complacent, the imperial army of the Japanese Empire will immediately It will come back and kill all your Chinese pigs." The Chinese soldiers couldn't bear it before they beat him.