I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

After the Battle of Songhu began, Major General Nagumo Chuichi was also in great pain, because his aircraft carrier formation was as disgraced as Lieutenant General Takasu's battleship formation.

The importance of air supremacy in modern warfare is needless to say. The Japanese army coming across the sea and the Chinese army waiting for work on the land in Shanghai must first start the naval battle, then the air battle, and finally the land battle.

The aircraft of the Chinese army are all land-based aircraft of the Air Force, and the aircraft of the Japanese army are all carrier-based aircraft of the Navy. This is natural. Of course, the Japanese army does not have a land-based airport in Shanghai.

A total of 4 Japanese aircraft carriers participated in the war, Akagi, Kaga, Ryujo, and Fengxiang. They are all the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy at this time (the next batch of Canglong and Hiryu are under construction, and the next batch of Xianglong is under construction. Crane and Zuihe are still on the drawings, the design has been completed, and construction will start at the end of this year), among the 4 aircraft carriers, Akagi and Kaga can each carry 60 carrier-based aircraft (the two ships will be in a year After undergoing modernization, the number of carrier-based aircraft will increase to 90), the Ryujo can carry 40 carrier-based aircraft, and the Hōshō can carry 20 carrier-based aircraft, so the total of the four aircraft carriers can carry 4 carrier-based aircraft.

For the Japanese, the problem arises: the number of carrier-based aircraft that can be carried by the four aircraft carriers is fixed, so how to allocate the proportion of different types of carrier-based aircraft?If these 180 carrier-based aircraft are all bombers, although they seem to have powerful bombing capabilities, they will die if they fly over Shanghai. All of them are fighter jets. Although they can compete for air supremacy, they have no bombing capability and are of no help to the Japanese army on the ground.

If there are too many bombers, there will be a lack of fighter jets to protect the bombers. If there are too many fighter jets, the carrier fleet will not be able to help the Japanese army on the ground bomb the Chinese army.

Before he was ordered to attack, Rear Admiral Nagumo approached his superior, the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Mitsumasa Minai, and explained his doubts and worries: "Minister, the total number of carrier aircraft on our four aircraft carriers is not very large, and the North China (North China) war has proved that , The China Air Force is taking the fighter route, and their planes are basically fighter jets, and they are all German planes with first-class performance. Under such circumstances, the Imperial Navy sent four aircraft carriers to Shanghai, it seems... not very effective!" He said sincerely, "Your Excellency, you should understand what I mean.

In fact...it doesn’t matter if the Imperial Navy doesn’t send an aircraft carrier to Shanghai, anyway, the planes of the Chinese Army are basically fighter jets, and they don’t pose too much threat to the Imperial Army!” (Note: The performance of carrier-based aircraft is not as good as land-based aircraft, because In order to accommodate, take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the carrier aircraft is subject to many restrictions in design, and its performance has to be compressed in all aspects.

If the German bf-109 and the Japanese Type Zero are only more capable of air combat than the Type Zero, the Bf-109 is superior to the Type Zero. The former is a land combat aircraft after all, while the latter is designed for naval warfare. Of course, the Type Zero will not be available until the summer of 1940 It will officially enter the war, and the design has just begun at this time.

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General Minai is the backbone of the anti-war faction in the Japanese military circles. He is very disapproving of "expanding the China incident", so he and Major General Nagumo's views are faintly coincident, but he can't help himself under the general trend: "Mr. Nanyun, what you said is very correct, and I agree very much, but... the army's aircraft on the Shanghai front can only come from the navy's aircraft carrier-based aircraft. If the aircraft carrier does not move out, then on the Shanghai front, the army will only have China Air Force planes are flying around unscrupulously, and the big powers are paying attention to the battle in Shanghai. Think about it, how the big powers will comment on the Imperial Navy after seeing that scene? In addition, if there are enemy planes flying overhead all day long Flying away, this would be too much of a blow to the morale of the army, the army will have a lot of opinions on our navy, and even... once the war is unfavorable, the army will put the responsibility on our navy!"

"But..." Rear Admiral Nanyun became more and more anxious, "Our aircraft carrier may be in danger!"

"Then bring more fighter jets!" General Minet smiled helplessly, "Just protect the aircraft carrier.

It doesn't matter if the bombers are a little less, just let us go to the army to support the individual!"

Under the hint of General Minai, after hesitating for a long time, Major General Nagumo had to take countermeasures. Most of the fighters in the carrier aircraft, very few bombers, about 150 fighters, about 20 bombers (and Several are reconnaissance planes), and ordered the fighter pilots not to actively entangle with the Chinese Air Force aircraft, the purpose is to maintain enough strength to protect the aircraft carrier, and repeatedly contact the Kisarazu Air Force stationed on Taiwan Island, asking the Kisarazu Air Force to do its best to assist the Navy aircraft carrier Airborne troops, but Taiwan is too far away from Shanghai after all, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, Taiwan's Kisarazu Air Force is destined to be an afterthought.

It is conceivable that the Japanese ground forces on the front line in Shanghai received little air support from naval aircraft carriers.

"Aha! The Japanese sent us another target!" Jiang Weiguo, who "had guided the navy and guided the air force" in the Air Force's former enemy headquarters at Hongqiao Airport, was overjoyed when he learned that there was an aircraft carrier in the Japanese fleet. Japanese slaves!" He thought to himself, "Do you think that the current China is the one in the original history that was unprepared for everything and kept making low-level mistakes?"

Zhou Zhirou was as excited as Jiang Weiguo: "Our batch of Stukas finally got their chance!"

Jiang Weiguo was the largest "purchaser" of the German military industry in the past year. Relying on "the ability to predict", he desperately purchased Germany's signature weapons and ace weapons (in fact, a large part of it was empty-handed from Hitler. In the Luftwaffe, the bf-109 fighter jet and the Stuka dive bomber (ju-87) are what he likes the most, but when he bought the Stuka from Germany last year, the Stuka hadn’t yet Officially available, pre-order only.

The Stuka was officially produced in the spring of this year (1937). The buyer of the first batch of finished products was Jiang Weiguo, and the second batch was the German Air Force. In fact, after the Stuka came out, it did not receive the attention of the German Air Force. Many high-level Germans, including Lin, were not interested in the Stuka, "because it does not fly fast and is heavy, and it is easy to become a living target for enemy fighter jets."

When the Luftwaffe itself didn't realize the value of Stuka, Jiang Weiguo was "trying to buy it", and there was a great momentum of "blossom inside the wall and fragrance outside the wall".

When the Stuka was thrown into the Spanish Civil War by the Luftwaffe, the Luftwaffe realized its excellent performance and superior precision ground attack capability, which was also taken advantage of by Jiang Weiguo.

From the advent of the Stuka to the realization of the value of this aircraft by the Luftwaffe, the time difference greatly reduced Jiang Weiguo. During this period, the Stuka, which was neglected by the Luftwaffe, was generously sold to Jiang Weiguo by Goering for 40 aircraft. (The output of Stuka in 1937 was only a little over 100.

The reason why Goering was generous was because he wanted to turn waste into treasure, so he sold them at a big clearance sale. The reason why Jiang Weiguo only bought 40 was because he had insufficient funds, otherwise he would have bought them all.

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After the July 109th Incident, China and Japan officially went to war, first in Pingjin and then in Songhu. The Chinese Air Force performed very bravely on the Pingjin battlefield, but did not wait for the actual combat opportunity on the Songhu battlefield. After all, the Shanghai battle ended soon. China and Japan It has been a month and a half since the war started, air battles broke out frequently, the bf-[-] showed its prowess, and other types of aircraft also participated in the battle bravely, but the Stuka has never appeared on the battlefield. This is Jiang Weiguo's request to Zhou Zhirou. Criticism of Stuka is secretly held in the hand as a "killer".

"A Stuka can carry two 2-kilogram bombs!" Jiang Weiguo said to Zhou Zhirou, "It's too good to be used to blow up Japanese bunkers!"

"What do you want to blow up?" Zhou Zhirou was very surprised.

"Blow up their warships! It's best to be an aircraft carrier or a battleship!" Jiang Weiguo's eyes were burning. Since you can earn more, why not do it?"

Zhou Zhirou understood Jiang Weiguo's wishful thinking. Before the main Japanese fleet arrived in China, the Stukas were not used to hide the existence of these dive bombers. If the Stukas were not used for land bombing so that they would not be exposed, the Japanese would not Knowing their existence, it is time to make a surprise attack on the most valuable Japanese military target.

After understanding this point, Zhou Zhirou admired Jiang Weiguo very much, because Jiang Weiguo was indeed very cunning and insidious, and his tricks caused heavy losses to the Japanese.

"Okay! Try to kill one or two Japanese battleships!" Mao Bangchu was very excited.

Although the supremacy of battleships in naval warfare has been challenged by aircraft carriers at this time, the mainstream view among navies of various countries is that "battleships are more important than aircraft carriers" or "battleships are not less important than aircraft carriers." "The aircraft carrier is more important than the battleship." In fact, the tonnage and cost of the battleship are better than that of the aircraft carrier. It is easier to give people the impression that the battleship is the core of the navy. Therefore, Mao Bangchu thought without hesitation that limited forces should be concentrated to fight the Japanese battleship. Zhou Zhi So is soft.

"No!" Jiang Weiguo shook his head, "Our target is the Japanese aircraft carrier!" He met the surprised eyes of Zhou Zhirou, Mao Bangchu and others, and explained, "Kill the Japanese aircraft carrier, and the Japanese army will have no aircraft at all on the Songhu battlefield." , Completely lost air supremacy! This is our top priority! What's more, without the protection of the carrier-based aircraft, wouldn't their battleships be even weaker?"

Zhou Zhirou was enlightened: "That's right! Fight the Japanese aircraft carrier first, and then fight the battleships if there is still a chance! We can't put the cart before the horse!"

"Then try to kill one or two Japanese aircraft carriers!" Mao Bangchu was full of ambition.

"No!" Jiang Weiguo shook his head again, "Sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier is not our first goal, but damaging the Japanese aircraft carrier is!"

Zhou Zhirou, Mao Bangchu and others were surprised again: "Jianhao, why?" They were indeed surprised, because Jiang Weiguo's view was against common sense. Which one makes more sense?Obviously the former.

After all, the damage is just damage, and the Japanese aircraft carrier can be repaired back home, and the sinking will completely destroy it.

Jiang Weiguo's thoughts were very clear: "Although it's better to cut off one finger than to injure ten fingers", but when our air force hit the Japanese aircraft carrier, it was reversed, "It is better to injure ten fingers than to cut off one finger."

We only have 40 Stukas, and our attack power is limited. It is difficult to sink all the Japanese aircraft carriers. Under such circumstances, blowing up all four aircraft carriers is the best result.

If the Japanese aircraft carrier is blown up by us, they will not be able to continue to participate in the war, and we will be able to ensure that our army has control of the air on the Songhu battlefield!To put it bluntly, after sinking one Japanese aircraft carrier, the Japanese army still has three aircraft carriers that can continue to participate in the battle. There will still be Japanese aircraft on the Songhu battlefield, and four Japanese aircraft carriers are damaged. Although the four aircraft carriers can be repaired, it will take a long time. Unable to participate in the battle.

Which one is more beneficial to us?Is it more what we need? "

Zhou Zhirou, Mao Bangchu and others suddenly realized that they all praised and admired Jiang Weiguo more and more.

Only one and a half months after the start of the Sino-Japanese War, the consequences of Jiang Weiguo's interference in history have become very obvious. After his little butterfly started flapping its wings a year ago and kept flapping its wings for a year, it finally formed a Another powerful storm.

Because Jiang Weiguo created the 918th Regiment and the 128th Regiment, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Pingjin and the Battle of Shanghai. They suffered two major defeats in a row and killed more than 1 Japanese troops. Triggered various chain reactions that are extremely beneficial to China; because Jiang Weiguo improved and reorganized the Chinese navy, the Japanese navy suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Huangpu River, the Battle of Hangzhou Bay, and the Battle of the East China Sea. extremely slight, the Chinese army failed to sink even one of its destroyers or even a gunboat, at most it sank and destroyed a few of its gunboats or transport ships); because Jiang Weiguo improved and reorganized the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese aircraft could not Raging the skies of China (at least in the early days of the war), the Chinese army no longer needed to fight hard while being bombarded by Japanese aircraft.

The Wusongkou sea and air battle is another manifestation of Jiang Weiguo's interference in history and its positive significance to China's war of resistance.

At 8:22 am on August 3, the Hangzhou Bay naval battle broke out;

At 4:10 in the morning, the remaining ships of the Chinese Navy began to retreat, the naval battle ended, and the Chinese Navy fleet was basically wiped out;

At 5:10 in the morning, four Japanese ships, including the heavy cruiser Aoba, which was relatively heavily damaged in the Hangzhou Bay naval battle, set off to return to the mainland;

At 5:20 in the morning, the main Japanese fleet assembled in the Ma'an Islands sailed to Shanghai and launched a full-scale landing;

When the sun was rising, Jiang Weiguo, Zhang Zhizhong and several senior generals stood on a small hillside in Baoshan District, holding a telescope to look at Wusongkou three kilometers away.

On the surface of the Yangtze River at Wusongkou, there is a magnificent scene of the Yangtze River: fleets of ships and ships flying the flag of the sun are approaching the land in an endless stream and in an orderly manner, like a group of migrating whales, densely packed and mighty. Rumbling and windy, the entire river was covered by these foreign war machines from the other side of the sea, the most striking of which were the dozen or so huge battleships and heavy ships in the fleet. The cruiser, with thunder and thunderbolts one after another, smoke and black clouds billowing up, rides the wind and waves to the Japanese fleet on the river at the Wusongkou of the Yangtze River. The naval guns of all the warships are aimed at and bombarded the land. Lie Yan (raging flames) sprayed out a thunderstorm-like dazzling white light, and the land area covered by naval guns was instantly turned upside down with lightning and thunder.

The whole scene is magnificent and magnificent, and the great power and majestic momentum of the modern land, sea and air combined three-dimensional warfare can be seen here at a glance.

Jiang Weiguo watched intently, and the more he watched, the more difficult it was for him to calm down. Of course he was not afraid, but "envious and jealous", and he was deeply jealous of the Japanese having such a powerful fleet.

Amidst the deafening thunder and explosions, Jiang Weiguo felt waves of heat blowing towards his face amidst the increasingly intense smell of gunpowder smoke. The hurricane-like explosion swept across the planned landing place of the Japanese army.

In the overwhelming bombardment of the Japanese fleet, the earth and rocks on the land were blown into pieces, the trees were blown into burning charred wood and flew into the sky in the strong wind, and the houses were like toys made of cardboard in the explosion. The ground turned into scorched earth full of bomb craters and barren grass. Those who were unfortunate enough to be caught in this fiery storm were blown up in an instant, leaving no bones left. The tornado-like dust and smoke rolled over the ground like dark clouds and black mist. On the shore of Wusongkou, it then spread downwind to downtown Shanghai. The shells that continued to fall were like meteors piercing through the clouds and fog, and the explosions were like lightning among dark clouds.

The surface of the river was turbulent, fire and meteors flew in the air, and the land was turned upside down. Countless fireballs converged into turbulent and boiling waves.

"The Japanese aggressors are truly astonishingly powerful! A small country like a small country can build such a powerful navy, conquer the world, and compete for global hegemony. It's a pity that China, a great country, has been reduced to a state today. The fish and meat of the big powers always look up to others and look at their faces! We are really sorry for our ancestors!" Zhang Zhizhong sighed.

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "Junzuo, any powerful country is killed from the fire of blood. This war is precisely the historical stage of our Chinese phoenix nirvana and rebirth from the ashes! Don't worry!"

Zhang Zhizhong laughed: "That's right! Well said!"

"One of my battalions!" The brigade commander of the 2nd Independent Brigade, Major General Zhong Song, clenched his fists in grief. Next, basically collective martyrdom.

Zhang Zhizhong also looked a little uncomfortable. He comforted Zhong Song with kind words: "The main force of the army is still there. Waiting for the Japanese army to land in full force, revenge will not be too late!" ...The Japanese naval artillery firepower is so powerful, but the chairman of the general committee intends to gather troops on the seaside and riverside...If you really do that, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled, and he continued to stare through the binoculars. The shore of Wusong Port was bombed into scorched earth ruins by the Japanese army. The Chinese army suffered little loss, because there were not many troops on the shore, not even fortifications.

Jiang Weiguo knew that conventional fortifications could not withstand naval guns at all, so it was a waste of time and effort not to let the troops build fortifications within three kilometers of the river bank.

"Our plane is here!" Qiu Qingquan, the Chief of Staff of the Teaching Corps who was also on the scene, shouted excitedly, "Blow it up hard! Blow up these bastards!"

Amidst the cheers of the ground troops and countless Shanghai citizens watching the battle, a group of majestic Chinese Air Force planes flew over the urban area of ​​Shanghai, and rushed towards the Japanese fleet on the river like eagles and tigers.

Jiang Weiguo took a look and saw that there were more than 100 national army planes attacking, half of which were fighter jets and half were bombers.

Seeing that there were no Stukas in the bomber fleet, Jiang Weiguo laughed, and the plan began.

Chapter 177 Great Victory (2)

Although a world-shattering war is breaking out in their hometown, the people of Shanghai are not too panicked. On the contrary, the 300 million citizens of Shanghai are almost rejoiced and the hearts of the people are boiling, because their eyes have really seen an attack by their own army. One victory after another, first, the national army stationed in Shanghai only took midnight and one day to wipe out the Japanese special marines entrenched in Shanghai. Several Japanese warships were sunk in China, and then several Japanese warships were sunk again in Hangzhou Bay. ), which greatly boosted the morale of the army and the hearts of the people. In the end, the citizens of Shanghai saw hundreds of thousands of national troops marching into Shanghai in mighty force. Naturally, the citizens of Shanghai were very grateful for the final victory of the national army in "defending Greater Shanghai". And full of high confidence, it is logical that most Shanghai citizens do not think that Shanghai will fall, so the whole Shanghai city is not panicked under the continuous bombardment.

——Because of this, Liu Wugou, who was also affected by the victorious atmosphere, naturally thought that it was extremely irresponsible for Jiang Weiguo to say that "Shanghai will lose sooner or later". Failing to carry out this war, he was deeply angry with Jiang Weiguo.

The air battle on the first day of the war once again greatly inspired the confidence of Shanghai citizens to win.

The landing operation of the Japanese army at Wusongkou can be said to be smooth sailing. Half an hour after the naval guns were covered, the first wave of more than 3 Japanese troops from the 5rd Division, 6th Brigade, 5000th Regiment and some affiliated troops came ashore. Stepping ashore, the flag of the sun fluttered on the land of Shanghai again.

The reason why the Japanese army landed so smoothly is also very simple. The Chinese army did not resist at all.

Standing on a foreign land, Major General Riichiro Katayama, head of the 5th Brigade, and Colonel Kuranaga Tatsuji, captain of the 6th Regiment, held up the binoculars together. In the distance of their field of vision, occasionally a small group or three or five Chinese troops could be seen Soldiers crawled back and forth among the ruins of buildings or in the bushes. They were entering combat positions or carrying ammunition. The overall defense line of the Chinese army could not bear it.

"Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, the Chinese Army must be ready to go!" Chief Cang Yong looked very serious. He did not say such stupid things as "the Chinese Army has been scared by our army and ran away." After a series of fierce battles including the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Huangpu River, the Battle of Hangzhou Bay, and the Battle of the East China Sea, the truly sensible middle and high-level Japanese military officers no longer despise the Chinese army.

Major General Katayama nodded in agreement: "Nevertheless, we must advance quickly. The Third Division still has three regiments in the cabin of the transport ship. The Artillery Regiment and the Supplies Battalion are all rushing ashore. No The 11th Division is also waiting to land. It is a waste of time for us to stay on the river beach. After the follow-up troops land one after another, it is very dangerous for tens of thousands of people to crowd on the river beach.

Cang Yongjun, the task of your alliance is to advance in depth to the land, expand the landing field, and allow all follow-up troops to go ashore smoothly!"

Chief Cang Yong nodded and stood in silence: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, please rest assured that our regiment will complete the task!" He strode forward, suddenly drew out his saber and pointed forward, and pointed at the No. The subordinates of the Sixth Regiment screamed: "Warriors of the Sixth Regiment, serve the Empire and be loyal to the Emperor! Go forward!"

Amidst the roaring Japanese howls and the lead of twenty or thirty tanks, the 6th Wing launched an overwhelming charge, and the river flooded towards the inland area of ​​Wusongkou.

In a trench two kilometers away, military officers such as Jiang Weiguo and Zheng Dongguo were also holding binoculars.

Jiang Weiguo was actually standing on a table, because the trench was dug wide and deep, and the width and depth reached the standard of a trench. There is such an advantage in fighting in the local area, and the country that supports its own army is everywhere. The common people have endless human resources. Hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged people in Shanghai help the army build fortifications, and naturally they get twice the result with half the effort or even exceed the quota.

Naturally, the deeper the trench, the better. Jiang Weiguo's trench was two and a half meters deep, and he couldn't poke his head out without standing on a stool or table.

Due to Jiang Weiguo's "prediction of things like a god", the Shanghai National Army can be said to be good steel in the deployment of troops. The troops stationed at Wusongkou are the 128th Regiment, the 813th Regiment, the 14th Artillery Regiment, and the Teaching Corps , the Independent 2nd Brigade, etc., with a strength of more than [-] troops, all elites (in fact, Jiang Weiguo did not completely guess right, because affected by the butterfly effect, in the original history, the Japanese army landed at Wusongkou and Chuanshakou at the same time. At that time, the Japanese army concentrated their forces and only landed at Wusongkou.

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"The Japanese army is coming up!"

"Brothers! Fuck! Ready to fight!"

"Calm down! Don't panic! Wait until the Japanese army enters within 500 meters before firing!"

On the battlefield, Qiu Zhiji, Huang Baitao, Zhang Lingfu and other officers yelled hoarsely, and the click of bullets resounded like raindrops in the trenches. The soldiers waited for the battle in an atmosphere of tension, excitement, and anticipation.

The reason why we had to wait for the Japanese army to enter the range of 500 meters before firing was because at that time the enemy and us had already started close combat, and the Japanese naval guns would naturally lose their effect.