I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Matsui Iwane is a fanatical supporter of the idea of ​​"Great Asiaism", which originated in Japan 30 to [-] years ago, advocating that "Japan, China and other East Asian countries, as well as the whole of Asia and the whole of the East, should unite to counterbalance the Western white race." "People's World", which means: with Japan and the core and leaders, China and other Eastern countries are all united by Japan's side, under the leadership of Japan, to form an Eastern Yellow People's Congress Alliance.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese who advocate this set of ideas hope that China and other eastern countries will become Japan's slave states and respect Japan as their big brother (similar to the relationship between the United States, South Korea, and the United States and Japan in later generations).

On the surface, this set of ideas is mutually beneficial and win-win. China has become a slave country of Japan rather than an occupying country. There are basically no powerful figures in the country who support this set of "Greater Asiaism" which harbors evil intentions, which made him annoyed after being disappointed, so he changed his view, "The Chinese people have not yet seen the reality of the situation clearly, and still regard it as The 'Heavenly Kingdom' prides itself on being closed-eyed, arrogant, contemptuous of Japan, which has essentially become the leader of East Asia, and resisting the tide of the world. We must give it a swift blow and a head-on blow to urge it to wake up."

When the August [-]th Incident broke out, Matsui Iwane was playing and entertaining on Mount Fuji. At this time, he was quite disappointed and lonely because of his "no use for heroes", but a phone call from Tokyo made him very excited.

The call was from Matsui Iwane's classmate and friend, General Sugiyama Gen, the current Minister of the Army, and asked him to return to Tokyo immediately.

"Matsui-kun, you are an outstanding 'China Master' and an expert in fortified warfare in the Imperial Army. Right now, the Empire needs you, and His Majesty the Emperor is calling for you!" General Sugiyama said meaningfully on the phone.

Three days later, with great excitement and solemnity, Matsui Iwane went to the imperial palace under the guidance of Minister Koichi Kido, and was personally received by Emperor Hirohito.

After the emperor bestowed the seat, Matsui Iwane sat down respectfully. He didn't dare to look up at the emperor, but only glanced at the emperor's "sacred face" out of the corner of his eye.

Hirohito is, as usual, unemotional, with peaceful brows and an expressionless face, full of awe-inspiring majesty and mystery.

"I have approved the imperial military department to establish the 'Shanghai Dispatch Army' to deal with the Shanghai Incident based on the advice of Qing Sugiyama and other ministers. In this situation, raise the imperial army's prestige overseas to respond to my reliance!" Hirohito's voice was ethereal and misty, like the Lunyin Buddhist language coming from the nether world.

"My minister, Matsui Iwane, worships the command of the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, sincerely obeys His Majesty's emperor's amnesty, only benevolent but powerful, with an embarrassing heart!" Matsui Iwane hurriedly stood up, bowed and fell down.

Yuren nodded slightly, but there was a slight haze between his brows: "I am looking forward to the victory of the imperial army, and I believe that Matsui-sama will live up to my high hopes.

It's just...the 'Northern China Incident' has not yet been resolved, the empire has invested a lot of military, material and financial resources, and now the 'Shanghai Incident' is starting again, I am deeply worried that the outcome of the incident will not be worth the loss to the empire.

Matsui, regarding the solution to the "Shanghai Incident", what is your vision? "

Matsui Iwane hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry.

Things have come to this point, the only way for the empire to resolve once and for all the scourge of China that has been hanging over decades.

I am here to boldly admonish you. After the imperial army captured Shanghai, they took the prestige of a great victory and drove straight in with all their might, heading straight for Huanglong!First, it can deter the stubborn anti-Japanese faction in the high-level Chinese, so that their souls will be frightened, and they will not dare to engage in ghostly ghosts, and second, they can appease the pro-Japanese faction and anti-Chiang faction in the high-level Chinese, so that they will be determined to abandon the anti-Japanese ideas of the Chiang Kai-shek regime and support them. The empire’s East Asia strategy, three ways to demonstrate the ever-victorious might of the imperial army to the western powers, warn them not to interfere with the great cause of East Asia’s common prosperity, and ensure the eternal stability of the empire’s eternal foundation!”

Hirohito's eyes moved slightly, he understood what Matsui Iwane meant.

Matsui Iwane waited anxiously, because of the lesson learned by the Emperor's sect, he did not dare to act first, and he needed the emperor's "sacred decision".

After a long time, Matsui Iwane saw Hirohito nodded slightly.

With ecstasy and complacency, Matsui Iwane walked out of the palace. He saw General Sugiyama Moto and Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro waiting for him outside.

"Congratulations, Matsui-kun!" Admiral Sugiyama congratulated enthusiastically, "I wish you every success and success!"

"Then I will borrow Sugiyama-kun's auspicious words!" Matsui Iwane smiled cheerfully.

"General Matsui..." Konoe Fumimaro didn't show any joy on his face, but looked anxious instead, "How long do you estimate it will take to resolve the 'Shanghai Incident'?"

Matsui Iwane pondered for a while, and said very confidently: "The elder is two months, the shorter one is one month!"

Konoe Fumimaro had a flattering smile on his face: "Then I'll wait in Tokyo for the general's triumphant return!"

"Tokyo?" Matsui Iwane laughed, "I should be in Nanjing to welcome Prime Minister Konoe to visit!"

"What?" Konoe Fumimaro was taken aback, his heart beating wildly, "Nanjing? Why did you go to Nanjing? Didn't it solve the 'Shanghai Incident'?"

Admiral Sugiyama beside him was ecstatic, he looked at Matsui Iwane tacitly: "Matsui-kun, His Majesty the Emperor..."

Matsui Iwane smiled and nodded.

Konoe Fumimaro already understood what was going on, and he almost panicked: "Two generals, isn't the destination of the 'Shanghai Dispatch Army' not Shanghai?"

"Of course!" General Sugiyama grinned like an old fox, "If we don't go to Nanjing, how can the incident be completely resolved?" When and before the outbreak of the Shanghai Battle, a large number of high-level Japanese military officials advocated sending troops to Shanghai. Among the high-level officials, some high-level officials strongly advocated occupying Shanghai and then going all the way up the river to attack Nanjing. General Sugiyama Moto, General Matsui Iwane, and Lieutenant General Hasegawa Kiyoshi all held this view.

The "Shanghai Dispatch Army" of the Japanese army literally means "army dispatched to Shanghai", but it was actually dispatched to Nanjing.

Matsui Iwane and Admiral Sugiyama were chatting and laughing happily, Konoe Fumimaro looked ashen beside him, and he realized that these militant soldiers had completely turned the "non-expansion policy" into a waste of paper.

"General Sugiyama, General Matsui, are you really going...to go to Nanjing? This is no small matter..." Konoe Fumimaro's voice trembled, and he stuttered.

Admiral Sugiyama looked at Konoe Fumimaro who was "afraid of wolves and tigers" with a little boredom: "Of course!" He then looked at Matsui Iwane with a playful tone, "Matsui-kun, you just came back from Mt. Fuji, what is the view of Mt. Fuji? ?”

Matsui Iwane was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Very good, very good!" He knew what Admiral Sugiyama meant, because Konoe Fumimaro's nickname was "Mount Fuji", but this nickname was not a compliment, but irony, meaning "Komoe Fumimaro is just like Mount Fuji. He looks beautiful from a distance, but up close he looks like rough stones and rubbish everywhere."

Although Konoe Fumimaro has always been submissive to the Japanese military, the military is beginning to feel tired of his "timid and fearful".

Amid Konoe Fumimaro's stupefaction, Matsui Iwane and General Sugiyama smiled triumphantly and left.

In his diary that night, Konoe Fumimaro wrote: "...the military has expanded the war again! I thought their focus was only on northern China, but I didn't expect them to launch a new all-out attack in Shanghai secretly, and the target was Nanjing. The Chinese capital was attacked by the Japanese army. How can the two countries return to the previous situation? The only thing is to die! I feel more and more frightened. The empire seems to be sinking into a bottomless quagmire. Maybe this is the unknown road of the empire Start…"

Later facts proved Konoe Fumimaro's hunch at this time that the attack on Nanjing was the beginning of the Japanese Empire's downfall.

On the bow deck of the Nagato, facing the blowing sea breeze, Matsui Iwane couldn't help but chanted in a long voice: "For 40 years of sweating in military uniforms, rejuvenating the country is like a dream, and the river flows like a dream. Come to the four hundred states!" He was indeed full of emotions, because he had "a deep old friend" with Chiang Kai-shek. 29 years ago, Chen Qimei, the veteran of the Tongmenghui, was good friends with Matsui Iwane. Chen Qimei introduced one of his younger brothers in his early 20s to Matsui. Shigen, this little brother is Chiang Kai-shek. Later Chiang Kai-shek went to Japan to study and lived in Matsui Iwane's home. Chiang Kai-shek went to practice in a certain Japanese army and was also Matsui Iwane's guarantor.

Today, Chiang Kai-shek is the supreme leader of China, but Matsui Iwane leads the Japanese army to attack China, which makes people deeply feel the unpredictability of the world.

"Your Excellency, Commander, truly deserves to be a well-known 'China Master', and his knowledge of Sinology can be described as proficient!" Major General Mamoru Iinuma, the chief of staff of the "Shanghai Dispatch Army" next to him, praised, "In this poem of yours, I deeply I deeply feel your ambition, and I believe that the next battle will surely make your name and great achievements forever in history!"

Matsui Iwane seemed very modest and said: "Where, where.

I will be 60 years old next year. I really didn't expect to be able to go to battle again in my lifetime and do my best for the country. I have to be grateful for His Majesty's kindness to me! "

"It's the so-called 'Lianpo is old, can I still eat'!" A navy general came over, it was General Yoshizaburo Nomura, who succeeded Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Hasegawa who committed suicide not long ago, "Matsui-san, I am still older than you One year old, thanks to His Majesty's love, I can command such a huge fleet at this time.

I don't even say I'm old, let alone you? "He had one eye that shone brightly, for he was blind in the other.

Five years ago, after the end of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the "Assassination King" Wang Yaqiao sent a North Korean righteous soldier Yin Bongji to assassinate the top Japanese army with a bomb. , and also an eye of General Nomura, who was Lieutenant General at the time.

"The two commanders are really 'old men, with aspirations for thousands of miles; martyrs in their twilight years, with great ambitions'!" Rear Admiral Iinuma praised repeatedly, and he said to Admiral Nomura in a slightly flattering tone, "The main force of the Imperial Navy has been exhausted. With the full support of the Imperial Navy, our army will surely be able to pacify Shanghai and break through Nanjing with the momentum of plowing the ground and sweeping holes, destroying and destroying Nanjing!" As we all know, the Japanese army and navy have always been at odds, despised and excluded each other, and it was impossible for Rear Admiral Iinuma Flattering the navy, but the army needs the strong support of the navy in the battle of Shanghai and the subsequent battle of Nanjing. At this time, the army had to be polite to the navy.

"The main reason why the Imperial Navy is doing its best is to assist the army, and the second is to revenge!" A round-headed and broad-faced vice admiral walked over, his features were ashen, "If we don't wipe out the Chinese navy, how can we do it? Wash away the shame of the Imperial Navy in Shanghai?" The vice admiral was Lieutenant Admiral Shiro Takasu, who was in charge of commanding the battleship formation in the fleet, and his words were also the consensus of the entire Japanese navy.

The Battle of the Huangpu River was an unprecedented defeat for the Japanese Navy. Although the sinking of two old-fashioned armored cruisers and two destroyers only caused the Japanese Navy a little trauma, it was the first time that the Japanese Navy suffered serious losses since its establishment. And it was still defeated by the Chinese navy, which was so weak that the Japanese navy basically didn't take it seriously. This gave the Japanese navy the feeling similar to "a tiger was bitten by a mangy dog", and it had to make it proud and arrogant. The domineering Japanese navy was extremely ashamed.

In fact, the Japanese navy had suffered two defeats on the Chinese battlefield, one was the Battle of the Huangpu River and the other was the Battle of the Yangtze River.

Because of Jiang Weiguo's "unpredictable prophet", Huang Jun, a traitor spy lurking beside Chiang Kai-shek, has long been monitored and controlled by the Maritime Bureau, so the Chinese Navy's plan to "block the Yangtze River" has not been leaked, so the Japanese Navy No. The fleet was blocked in the Yangtze River by the Chinese navy and air force. More than a dozen Japanese warships (all small-tonnage gunboats) and more than 11 Japanese merchant ships were sunk or captured by the Chinese army. More than 20 Japanese nationals living in Nanjing, Jiujiang, Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing and other cities in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River were killed in the bombing of the Japanese army and became prisoners of the Chinese army.

Two consecutive defeats and the death of a lieutenant general and a major general had to make the Japanese navy angry.

"Commander Takasu, why bother to get angry!" Rear Admiral Iinuma comforted with a smile, "The battles of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River were both the luck of the imperial navy's unprepared surprise attack by the Chinese army.

Right now, the imperial navy is attacking in full force, and the Chinese navy will either hit the rocks with eggs and seek their own way of life, or they can only be invincible and run away with their heads in their hands, and it is only a matter of time before they are wiped out!" He looked at the fleet around the sea, and couldn't help but express his sincerity With emotion, "The Imperial Navy really deserves to be the third largest in the world, it is indeed majestic and extraordinary! "The Japanese Navy, which was deeply stimulated by the Chinese Navy, has indeed taken out the momentum of overpowering the mountains and killing chickens. In fact, the total tonnage of the Chinese Navy's existing ships is equivalent to that of the Nagato of the Japanese Navy.

The ten capital ships of the Japanese fleet are all extraordinary. The aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga, together with the US Navy's Lexington and Saratoga, are also known as "the world's four largest aircraft carriers." The displacement of this aircraft carrier is much larger than that of other aircraft carriers in various countries. The Nagato and Mutsu battleships are even more extraordinary. These two ships, together with the three Colorado-class battleships in the United States and the two Nelson-class battleships in the United Kingdom, are also called "the world's seven largest battleships." ", and the Nagato and Mutsu surpassed the other five American and British ships in terms of tonnage and firepower.

"Although the Imperial Navy has an absolute advantage in strength, but..." a slightly bald rear admiral came over, "We can't take it lightly!" The speaker was Rear Admiral Nagumo Chuichi, who was in charge of commanding the aircraft carrier formation in the fleet, "according to Huang Pu From the Battle of Jiang, we can see that the Chinese Navy has a large number of torpedo boats, and the Chinese Navy must have been focusing on the development of torpedo boat troops and torpedo boat tactics before the war. Even if a torpedo boat of the Chinese Navy sinks a destroyer of the Imperial Navy, the Chinese Navy will be the winner. Therefore, because the Imperial Navy is too powerful, it will be passive in this unequal battle!" Although Rear Admiral Nanyun is in charge of commanding the aircraft carrier formation, but he is actually an expert in torpedo warfare (the Japanese call torpedoes special-type mines), so he is more vigilant and awakened to the Chinese navy's torpedo boat tactics.

"Qian donkey's skills are so poor, it's not worth it!" Lieutenant General Gao Xu snorted coldly, "The Chinese people can only play this kind of foolish tactics! But they succeeded once by chance, and they will never succeed again!"

"Ah!" Major General Iinuma pointed forward excitedly, "Masters, please look! We are here!"

Everyone looked forward, and the horizon of mainland China appeared indistinctly at the junction of sea and sky in the distance.

When he received the report of the arrival of the Japanese fleet, Jiang Weiguo was busy discussing the war with Zhou Zhirou, Mao Bangchu and other high-level air forces in the Air Force Front Enemy Command at Hongkou Airport.

"It is impossible for the navy to attack during the day, so the air force can only rely on the air force to attack the Japanese fleet during the day!" Jiang Weiguo's eyes lit up, "It's time for our Stuka dive bombers to make their debut!"

Zhou Zhirou nodded solemnly: "Of course! It's just... our air force follows the route of 'fighter first, fighter only', so we have very few dive bombers, and it is impossible to annihilate or seriously damage the Japanese fleet..."

"Injuring ten fingers is worse than cutting off one!" Jiang Weiguo clenched his fists, "Concentrate our efforts and kill one of their capital ships!"

Zhou Zhirou looked at Jiang Weiguo: "Jianhao, what kind of capital ship do you think we should concentrate our limited bombers on attacking the Japanese army? Battleships? Heavy cruisers? Or..."

"Of course it's an aircraft carrier!" Jiang Weiguo said without hesitation, "First of all, an aircraft carrier is easier to fight than a battleship or a heavy cruiser. Secondly, where did the planes of the Japanese army that invaded Shanghai come from? The Japanese army came from the sea, and they don't have an airport in Shanghai. So their aircraft can only come from carrier-based aircraft. If we kill their aircraft carrier, even if we just blow up the flight deck of the aircraft carrier and force their aircraft carrier to return to the mainland for overhaul, how can they dispatch carrier-based aircraft to participate in the war? Our army is on the battlefield in Shanghai Doesn't it mean that the air supremacy is stable?"

"That's right!" Zhou Zhirou suddenly realized, his eyes sparkling.

Mao Bangchu said hesitantly: "The Japanese army came here with so many warships, and the entire fleet not only has the strict protection of the carrier-based aircraft, but also hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. Has it been wiped out by the Japanese carrier-based aircraft and anti-aircraft artillery?"

Jiang Weiguo showed a sly smile: "Paint our planes as Japanese planes, wipe off the blue sky and white sun military emblem on the wings, paint the Japanese rising sun military emblem, and then fly over to ensure that the Japanese are caught off guard!"

Mao Bangchu was taken aback: "This...isn't this a violation of the international law of war?" He felt that Jiang Weiguo's proposal could be called "shameless and rascal".

Jiang Weiguo felt speechless, he rolled his eyes at Mao Bangchu: "This is called soldiers never tire of deceit!"

Chapter 172 Sea and Air Battle (2)

The Japanese fleet arrived in the waters near Shanghai on the afternoon of August 8. The entire fleet temporarily settled in the Ma’an Islands (the northernmost islands of the Zhoushan Islands) more than 22 kilometers away from Shanghai. It was unloaded on the island, and then returned to the mainland of Japan to deliver the next batch of ordnance supplies.

Admiral Matsui set the landing time in the early morning of August 8, because the Yangtze River will have a spring tide on this day, and the water level will rise across the board, making it extremely suitable for amphibious landings.

As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese, who carried out pervasive, exhaustive and uninterrupted intelligence collection work on China for decades, knew the mountain and river geography, hydrology and climate, customs and customs of important areas in China very well.

General Matsui and other high-ranking Japanese troops naturally knew when the Yangtze River was in high tide.

The Japanese ground forces preparing for the Battle of Shanghai consisted of five divisions with a strength of about 13 troops. Two divisions had arrived in advance, namely the 3rd and 11th Divisions.

In fact, the 10,000+ army of the Shanghai Dispatch Army is not just for the capture of Shanghai, Nanjing is the real goal of the 10,000+ army, and General Matsui has been hinted by General Sugiyama before departure, "If the force is not enough, The military will add another three to five divisions, you just need to let go and work hard."

General Matsui understood this.

In the conference room of the Nagato, the senior generals of the Shanghai Dispatch Army gathered together to start a meeting.

"My lords!" Pointing to a huge map of Shanghai, Major General Iinuma explained the latest situation in Shanghai to the generals, "According to the latest reliable information obtained by the imperial intelligence department, the Chinese army is continuously increasing its troops to Shanghai, conservative estimates At present, the Chinese army in Shanghai has 20 to 25 people, and more than 30 follow-up troops are still gathering from various places to go to Shanghai.

Not only that, the Chinese Army has actively built a comprehensive defense system in Shanghai in the past week. The core areas such as Changzhen and Shizilin were heavily stationed. In addition, the Chinese army also mobilized hundreds of thousands of Shanghai civilians to dig trenches and build fortifications in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, as if they were preparing to start a protracted street battle with the imperial army in the urban area of ​​Shanghai! "

"Chiang Kai-shek is indeed very skillful!" General Matsui nodded slightly, "Although the time is short, Shanghai's defense work has indeed been done by the Chinese army, which is remarkable!" Faintly uneasy, as an expert in tackling tough battles, he could see the key to this at a glance.

"The biggest shortcoming of the China Army is the lack of time. They never expected that the Imperial Army would make a comeback in just nine days!" Lieutenant General Yamamuro Munetake, the commander of the 11th Division, immediately understood the unease in General Matsui's tone, " In the past nine days, the Chinese army must be racing against time to build fortifications in Shanghai, if they are given more time, the consequences will definitely be more serious!"

"Major General Okawa's special marines were destroyed by the Chinese army overnight, which really made our army lose a great opportunity!" General Fujita Shinchu, the commander of the 3rd Division, seemed deeply regretful and thought Therefore, the Chinese Army was able to build a comprehensive and complete defense system in Shanghai.

If Major General Okawa can persist until the main force of our army arrives, the situation will be much better!"

"The two generals don't need to worry too much!" General Matsui comforted, "After all, nine days is too short. Even if the Chinese army works day and night, it is impossible to make Shanghai watertight. After all, Shanghai is still very big, so the defensive line of the Chinese army must exist. There are quite a lot of loopholes and weak links. As long as our army concentrates on one point, it can tear a gap in the defense line of the Chinese army.