I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Jiang Weiguo took a closer look and was secretly surprised because Xiao Yao was referring to Nanjing.

"In a defensive war, at least three national armies are needed to withstand a Japanese army!" Xiao Yao said anxiously, "In an offensive war, at least five national armies are needed to fight a Japanese army. It takes eight national troops to deal with one Japanese army.

I'm not trying to 'enhance others and destroy my prestige', but objectively caused by the gap in national and military strength between China and Japan.

What we are currently fighting in Hudong is a war of encirclement and gathering and annihilating, so it has caused an "unnecessary waste" of military strength, and too many of our troops have to be invested in it.

If we continue to invest in troops, it will cause an emptiness in our rear, the rear, and the general rear!This is very dangerous!I'm afraid that's what the Japanese are up to!"

Jiang Weiguo thought for a while, and this is indeed the truth.

Suppose there are 10 Japanese troops attacking Shanghai. If the national army only wants to fight a defensive war, then mobilizing 30 troops can almost stop it. If the national army wants to fight a counterattack (divided into partial counterattack and full-scale counterattack), Then at least 50 or more troops must be mobilized. If the national army wants to fight encirclement and mass annihilation warfare, more troops will be needed.

To eat 100 Japanese troops, the national army will dispatch almost 100 million troops (in addition to directly encircling and gathering enemy troops, they must also block enemy reinforcements, ensure that the encirclement circle cannot be broken through, protect one's own flanks and rear transportation lines, etc., and wipe out ten The ten thousand Japanese army and the one million national army will not all be killed or injured. Maybe only 50 will be killed or injured, but the other 50 must participate in the war.

There is no need for 100 million casualties, but 100 million people are required to participate in the war, this is the reason), it is not that one Japanese soldier can match ten Chinese soldiers, but that the Japanese army has a great firepower advantage in heavy artillery and other aspects, and the war is absolutely impossible. It is not a simple exchange of human life.

Don’t you see, the U.S. military in later generations can achieve zero casualties when attacking a small country, relying on its absolute military and technological advantages.

In the face of a powerful enemy with an absolute advantage, even if the weak want to exchange their lives for another, even ten of their own lives for one of the opponent's life, they have no chance.

The more Jiang Weiguo thought about it, the more he understood Xiao Yao's worries. The Battle of Songhu was originally a defensive battle, but it was abruptly turned into a partial offensive war, and this trend of "turning defense into offense" showed signs of expanding. , Naturally, the national army must invest more costs, and then, the national army will unknowingly fall into the quagmire, and finally the overall situation will be passive.

"I'll call my father right away!" Jiang Weiguo became more and more uneasy.

Under Jiang Weiguo's rhetoric, Chiang Kai-shek reluctantly agreed with him, and kept a certain amount of troops in the rear of Nanjing, and did not invest all his fortune in the big casino in Shanghai.

When He Zhonghan returned to Nanjing, he took away the two flags of the 101st Infantry Regiment and the 101st Cavalry Regiment of the Japanese Army, as well as the head of Colonel Haruhiro Ghana (the body of Colonel Ghana is still in the hands of the Japanese army in Sandun Town) and the body of Colonel Hisada Oshima Soon, the national government announced with great pride that "the national army has achieved unprecedented major results in Hudong", and launched a propaganda like a braggadocio. The General’s body was exhibited everywhere as a national treasure by the national government, causing joy throughout the country. Nanjing held a grand city-wide parade to celebrate that night, as if the Chinese had already won the war. On the other hand, the more More and more people firmly believed that "the national army can stop the Japanese in Shanghai", and many people waited with great anticipation for another good news from the front line in Shanghai, thus forming a large-scale "victorious atmosphere".

The "victorious atmosphere" in the rear is a huge pressure on the frontline troops.

"With a lot less reinforcements coming to us, it will be more difficult and troublesome for us to gather and wipe out the 101st Brigade. At the same time, the principal will definitely not give up gathering and killing the 101st Brigade, and we can't delay it! "Xiao Yao said, "Procrastinate, I am worried that we are in the hands of the Japanese, so we have to fight quickly when we are short of strength! Annihilate the 101st Brigade! Get out of the Hudong battlefield quickly!"

"If you don't have enough strength, you need to fight quickly?" Jiang Weiguo smiled wryly, "It's too difficult!" He became more and more annoyed by his father's blind command. Originally, as long as Huang Jie's 2nd Division continued to block the 149th Japanese Army in Hehuazhuang The 101st Regiment in Sandun Town will undoubtedly die. At this time, the Battle of Sandun Town has been completely over, and the Hudong Operation has also ended victoriously. It is enough to wipe out the two Japanese regiments, although it is not particularly large. A victory, but a victory!It turned out that Chiang Kai-shek was greedy and screwed up everything.

Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo: "In extraordinary times, we should use extraordinary means!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart moved immediately: "Temporarily organize the 100th Division?"

Xiao Yao nodded, and he also saw Jiang Weiguo's hesitation: "Victory is victory, no matter what means you use to win, it is a victory.

What we are looking for is victory, and we don’t need to care too much about the means at all!”

"But..." Jiang Weiguo still hesitated, "I'm worried..."

"I have a solution!" Xiao Yao whispered, his eyes flashed a look that can be described as cunning.

Chapter 203 Once again blocked

Annihilation of two regiments of the Japanese army, killing of two captains of the Japanese regiment, and capture of two regiment-level military flags of the Japanese army. The great achievements of the Chinese army on the battlefield in Hudong are due to the fact that the propaganda department of the Nationalist government has been working at full speed, adding oil and vinegar, and injecting water. The hype-style propaganda quickly spread across the country and abroad, causing a huge uproar in public opinion, the whole country was jubilant, and the international powers were extremely surprised. After all, this record was not made by the national government, but " The ironclad evidence is like a mountain.” The two military flags of the Japanese army and the corpses of the two captains of the Japanese army (Grand Haruo Kano only had his head) were grandly exhibited in Nanjing, causing the entire city of Nanjing to be empty.

It is an unprecedented honor for the Chinese army to capture two regiment-level military flags of the Japanese army, and the reverse is an unprecedented shame for the Japanese army. After all, Japan has never had a regiment flag captured by the enemy in the 49 years since Japan established a modern army, let alone all of a sudden. It was seized on both sides.

In the past 49 years, the Japanese army has always been "invincible and invincible" in the Japan-Ching, Japan-Russia, and Japan-China Wars (since the September [-]th Incident), but now it has suffered such a big loss that it has to let China People from all walks of life were deeply excited and had to make the international powers unbelievable.

"Without the intervention of a third country, it is difficult for Japan to defeat China alone" has gradually become the thesis of major powers on the Sino-Japanese war.

Hitler, the head of state of Germany, sent congratulatory telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek and Jiang Weiguo at the first time. There is no doubt that the top German leaders are now becoming more and more optimistic about China.

The 128th Regiment that captured the Japanese military flag (the two truck units that intercepted the Japanese 101st Cavalry Regiment came from the 128th Regiment) and the independent 8th Cavalry Regiment suddenly became the "star troops" that caught the attention of the whole country, and a large number of domestic and foreign reporters flocked to them They hurried to Hudong and Sandun Township, scrambling to interview Zheng Dongguo, Luo Youlun and other military officers.

After the Battle of Pingjin, the Battle of Songhu, which was in full swing, was the only main battlefield where the Chinese and Japanese armies fought on the Sino-Japanese battlefield, and naturally became the focus of attention of the whole country and the world.

Seven out of ten Chinese and foreign journalists on the Shanghai battlefield were in Hudong, and five of the seven in Hudong were in Sandun Town, making the Battle of Sandun Town the "focus of focus" in the Battle of Songhu. Huang Wei, Zheng Dongguo, Luo Youlun and others can be said to be in the limelight, which made Hu Zongnan, Huang Jie, Tang Enbo and others "very unhappy". Of course, Hu Zongnan and the others knew that Huang Wei belonged to Chen Cheng, and Zheng Dongguo, Luo Youlun and others belonged to Jiang Weiguo. They couldn't afford to offend these two gods, one big and one small, so they just felt unhappy. Can be unhappy in my heart.

Sandun Town is actually not suitable for interviews, because the battle is not over yet, and it is even more intense. The 149th Regiment of the Japanese Army, which "turned itself into a net", did not become the prey of the national army as Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng imagined in their wishful thinking. , but also brought great pressure to the national army. Although Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, was in Jinan, he also paid close attention to the battle of Songhu. ) used a fishing net to trap a whale, and managed to catch this whale ashore, but he was still greedy. Regardless of the dilapidated fishing net, he wanted to trap a second whale. He may not have thought that he would be dragged into the water by the whale inside.

When the prey is too strong, the hunter is no longer the hunter, but the prey of the prey!" Some high-ranking members of the national army secretly felt that Li Zongren's metaphor was intrusive, but they dared not express their views in front of Chiang Kai-shek.

"Let it go!" "Let it go!" "Let it go!" On more than a dozen artillery positions surrounding Sandun Town, more than 100 cannons of the national army raised their heads and burst into flames, forming an unprecedentedly powerful artillery fire for the national army.

From a high-altitude bird's-eye view, more than 100 fire dragons roared from all directions of the town to the Japanese-controlled area in the town with the momentum of "dragons returning to their nests", forming a radial halo like an axle.

Shi Wengui, the commander of the 1st Artillery Brigade, and Cai Zhonghu, the commander of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, are both veteran artillerymen of the national army. The army gathered so many cannons to form such a powerful artillery fire! Spectacular! Exciting!"

What the two said was true. The hundreds of artillery pieces of the National Army have always been scattered in different units. It was transferred to Hudong, thus forming the most powerful artillery fire in the history of the national army.

In fact, the "powerful artillery fire" of the national army in Sandun Town can only match the level of an ordinary division of the U.S. Army or the German army at best. Even compared with the Japanese army, it is barely equal to a Japanese field artillery regiment. Only one-third of the more than 100 cannons of the national army are German-made 150mm howitzers, and the rest are 75mm mountain cannons or field cannons, and they are not organized into artillery groups for salvo, but scattered in more than a dozen On the ground, the distance between the two artillery pieces is at least 100 meters. Even, each cannon is towed by several cars. After the cannon fires one or two shells, the car immediately drags the cannon and moves quickly, which can be called "cannon guerrilla warfare".

The reason for this is needless to say. As soon as the artillery of the national army opened fire, the heavy Japanese artillery in the town responded immediately and suppressed the artillery fire. The artillery group can only "run away after shooting".

Although our own artillery was a bit useless, the officers and soldiers of the national army who participated in the battle were still very happy.

Under the support of unprecedented powerful artillery fire, the officers and soldiers gritted their teeth and continued to wage a bloody battle with the Japanese army.

Amidst the howling of tigers and howling of wolves, the national army and Japanese army in Sandun Town rushed to each other crazily and fought to the death. Countless bloody storms broke out. The battle was thrilling and the battlefield was horrible.

Edgar Snow, a well-known American journalist and China-based war correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post of the United States and the Daily Herald of the United Kingdom, wrote in a report sent back to China: "...this must be the cruelest battle in the world Yes, because I can hardly imagine what a more brutal battle would be like.

I am not belittling or vilifying these heroic Chinese soldiers. On the contrary, I feel unprecedented respect for them. I just want to make the analogy a little more vivid. It's just like that when the ghosts kill each other.

The Chinese army continued to launch tenacious attacks, and the Japanese army was frantically resisting. This originally beautiful and peaceful Chinese town has become a terrifying hell. There are corpses everywhere, intact, mutilated, and messy. Every time the Chinese soldiers advance Mi, every soldier will fall, and the road ahead is completely paved with dead people. This not only shows how crazy the resistance of the Japanese soldiers is, but also shows how tenacious the attack of the Chinese soldiers is. Both sides in the war are killed. Eyes, they have lost at least half of their sanity.

…I couldn’t enter the town, because the town was a huge meat grinder, and the officers of the Chinese army did not allow reporters to enter the town, we could only watch from outside.

Staring blankly, crossing the chest, and saying 'mygod' are the three unanimous reactions when we first saw the battlefield.

The picture made us almost suffocate, the air was full of pungent smells of blood, burnt, and sulfur. There were no more than three-story buildings in the town, only scattered ruins. Soldiers from both sides who died in the battle were piled up in layers and filled every place that could be seen. Most of them were bloody and unrecognizable. Weapon parts, gun fragments, knives, helmets, Japanese sun flags.

…When we interviewed the Chinese generals Huang Wei, Zheng Dongguo, etc., they all looked exhausted, haggard, and hoarse, because they have not been able to sleep well since the beginning of the war, and have not closed their eyes for more than ten hours It is normal. At most, they just take the time to doze off when they are not busy. Although they are extremely sleepy, they still have bright eyes and radiant eyes, because their patriotic enthusiasm, desire for victory and confidence make them full of energy and let them 'Sleepy but not tired'.

I asked General Zheng 'how long do you think this war will last? ’, he said, ‘I don’t know, but no matter how long it takes, just stick to it’, and I asked him again, ‘Do you think China will definitely win? ', he said in amazement, 'We didn't win, did Japan win? 'I asked him again'after the war, what do you want to do? ’ He said, ‘That question doesn’t make sense, I never thought about it.

In this war, we will definitely die a lot of soldiers, and I am likely to be one of them.

Since you will die at any time, how can you talk about the future? 'He seemed very upbeat and free and easy.

In Sandun Town, the most important Chinese military officer is not General Zheng or General Huang, but Lieutenant Colonel Jiang Weiguo, the second son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The general told me that Jiang Weiguo was only in three places, either in the headquarters to participate in military meetings, or to visit wounded soldiers in the wounded soldiers hospital, or in the cemetery.

I hurried to look for it, but there was no one in the headquarters. The military doctor in the hospital for wounded soldiers said that he had just left. Finally, I found Jiang Weiguo in the cemetery.

The cemetery is in a field in the south of the town, where the remains of officers and soldiers killed in battle are buried.

The Battle of Sandun Town was too fierce. A large number of soldiers died on both sides. The remains of the dead soldiers must be disposed of safely. It is midsummer, and it rains frequently in Shanghai during this time. If left unattended, thousands and maybe even more soldiers’ remains will rot on a large scale on the battlefield, and the flies will be like a cloud and the stench will rise to the sky, which will inevitably lead to the spread of plague and diseases. At that time, infectious diseases will become the mainstay of the battlefield. It is impossible for the commanders of both sides to let their soldiers fall ill without being injured. In addition, regardless of the remains of soldiers killed on the battlefield, this will have a negative impact on the hearts and morale of the troops. Big hit.

There are many ways to dispose of the remains. The Chinese army chooses burial (not cremation because there is not enough crematorium equipment, and it is laborious and time-consuming to transport to the rear. The remains will completely rot halfway, which is too difficult. If the It is too unacceptable to pile up and burn the remains in the open air, and it is the most reasonable to bury them.

As for whether the Japanese army would humiliate the corpses of the dead soldiers of the national army who were buried in Shanghai after they captured Shanghai, Jiang Weiguo and other military officers could not do anything about it. Probably not. "Boring", after all, it is easy to breed germs when dug out.

), many civilian volunteers were helping at the scene. They wore masks and gloves, looked solemn and solemn, and moved swiftly and gently. Half of the volunteers were responsible for sorting out the remains of fallen soldiers, and half of them were digging graves. The neat and dense mass graves are shocking and heroic.

Due to time constraints, the remains would rot quickly if they were not buried early, and conditions were limited, so there were not so many coffins, and most of the dead soldiers were buried wrapped in a mat.

Soldiers who were able to be buried wrapped in mats were actually lucky, which means that their remains were complete or basically complete. "Basically complete" means that the head and body were generally intact, including those without limbs. Many The remains of soldiers only had a head or a body without a head, and some of the remains of soldiers were even bombed to pieces.

Near the cemetery, besides the soldiers wrapped in mats waiting to be buried, there are also sacks that were stained red and soaked in blood, and all of them were filled with smashed remains of soldiers. They can only be packed in in the sack.

…I don’t know how the Japanese army handled the remains of their dead. After all, I had no way to interview the Japanese army. It is certain that the Japanese army could not be buried. They did not own the land under their feet. Later, I learned that the Japanese army was under their control. Several large cremation pits were excavated in the area, and the remains of the dead were burned in the pits, and the burnt ashes were put into urns and finally transported back to the country by warships.

…I saw Jiang Weiguo squatting on the ground beside the cemetery, holding a very thick notebook in his left hand and a pen in his right hand. He was copying some documents, and there was another very thick notebook beside him. I walked over , I saw that he wrote densely packed names of people in the notebook.

I went up to ask Jiang Weiguo, and he said that he was writing down the names of soldiers who died for the country in his army, the number of the army he belonged to, their hometown addresses, and the names of relatives at home. Why are there two notebooks?Have you finished writing one? ’ I asked him, he shook his head, he pointed to his two notebooks, ‘one is the list of those killed in action, the other is the list of those who were injured and disabled and returned home, I can’t forget them’, He looked very sincere (the list of dead and disabled officers and soldiers recorded by Jiang Weiguo belonged to the 918th Regiment, the 128th Regiment, the 813th Regiment, the Independent 8th Cavalry Regiment, the 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment, and the 14th Heavy Artillery Regiment. His "pro-guard".

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I couldn't help but ask Jiang Weiguo, 'How many names do you have? "Jiang Weiguo's expression was very sad and authentic, "Up to now, 12459 people have been killed and 7386 people have been disabled."

I looked at this young man of 'noble status' and couldn't help but have a strong respect for him, he is actually a symbol of China's future and hope, and at the same time is a microcosm of countless Chinese patriotic youths!" - This is Snow and Jiang Weiguo met for the first time. Later, Snow wrote in his memoirs: "... When I first met Jiang Weiguo, he was copying the names of his subordinates who died in battle and disabled officers and soldiers, with a melancholy and sad expression. At that time, I judged him to be a sentimental person, but later I realized how absurd my thinking was. This Jiang Weiguo treated his fellow Chinese like a 'good prince', but treated the Japanese like a different person Man, completely turned into a demon king.

I really doubt whether Jiang Weiguo has schizophrenia!"

Although the national army's swift and fierce attack like molten steel continued to erode the Japanese army's control area, every step forward had to pay a huge price. , The number of casualties on both sides is rising every hour.

When there was only the 101st Regiment in Sandun Town, the national army captured one-third of the town after a day and night of fierce fighting (this had a lot to do with the beheading of the 101st Regiment), but after the arrival of the 149th Regiment, the national army After another day and night of fierce fighting, the army's progress dropped sharply by half, and only captured less than one-sixth of the town. The troops were struggling and stagnant in the town.

When Snow and other reporters came to Sandun Town for an interview, they wanted to interview the Japanese prisoners in the hands of the national army. To this, Huang Wei spread his hands: "I'm sorry, there are no prisoners!"

"What? No prisoners?" The reporters were very surprised.

Huang Wei nodded: "Yes, no!"

"We know that the Japanese army has a very tenacious will to fight, and it is very difficult to capture them, but are there no Japanese prisoners who were captured after being injured or unconscious?" A reporter asked.

Huang Wei smiled bitterly: "I said, no, not a single one!"

"Why?" The reporters continued to ask.

Huang Wei sighed: "It's all red-eyed. It is impossible to capture prisoners. The Japanese army will not be captured by us. Our soldiers have no chance to capture prisoners or are unwilling to capture prisoners!"

What Huang Wei said was the truth.

The red-eyed officers and soldiers of the two armies did not want to take prisoners. When they saw the wounded soldiers of the other side on the battlefield, they shot and stabbed them to death. Will fight desperately.

In this regard, Zheng Dongguo, Jiang Weiguo and other military officers turned a blind eye. Huang Wei ordered the troops to capture prisoners. On the one hand, he still had a deep-rooted "orthodox military thinking". After all, he had just returned from Germany. It's only been two months. On the other hand, he hopes to learn Japanese intelligence by interrogating Japanese prisoners.

As a result, none of the 128th Regiment, the 813th Regiment, or the Independent 8th Cavalry Regiment carried out Huang Wei's order, but a certain regiment leader of the 11th Division who had just joined the battle followed the order and captured five Japanese prisoners. Immediately, he was ridiculed by his colleagues, and the head of the regiment who came back to his senses regretted so much that he wished to snatch the five Japanese prisoners back from Huang Wei's hands and kill them with his own hands.

That night, an "unidentified person" threw a grenade into the room where the five Japanese prisoners were staying. All five prisoners were blown to death.

If you want to select "the person with the most fierce fighting will on the battlefield in Sandun Town", Major General Masaburo Sato, head of the 101st Brigade of the Japanese Army, must be No. 1.

On the afternoon of the day before yesterday (October 10), the Chinese army on the Hudong battlefield changed its combat plan. Instead of intending to swallow up the 2st Division, it focused on attacking the 101st Regiment. The 101st Regiment quickly fell into a bitter battle and was keenly aware of the At this point, Lieutenant General Ito Masaki, the head of the division, considered the possibility that the Chinese army may be playing tricks such as diverting the tiger away from the mountain or Mingxiu plank road to cross the Chencang secretly, coupled with his confidence in the strength of the 101st Regiment, so he did not He made deployment adjustments according to local conditions at the first time. He held his breath and planned to "respond to all changes with the same" before dawn. Therefore, he sent a message to Colonel Ghana, "Since the enemy's situation is temporarily unknown, the division cannot act rashly. The 101st Regiment must Independence until the dawn" order put the 101st Regiment in danger. Finally, in the early morning of the next day (October 101), the 10st Regiment was beheaded by the special forces of the national army, and the whole regiment was in a state of chaos. In the chaos, Colonel Ghana sent a request for help to the 3st Cavalry Regiment before his death. At the same time, Lieutenant General Ito also ordered Major General Sato to lead the remaining regiment of the 101st Brigade to reinforce the 101st Regiment. Major General Sato, who led his troops to break through the defense line of Hehuazhuang, was not aware of the death of Colonel Garner and the ensuing capture of the flag of the 101st Regiment. He didn't know this until dawn when he led his troops into Sandun Town. The huge bad news that almost broke the liver and gallbladder.

"The flag of the 101st Regiment...was taken away by the Chinese army?" Major General Sato's eyes straightened suddenly, and he murmured dreamily. He didn't really care about the Ghanaian Commander who died in a different place, but only cared about the meaning It is simply an infinite military flag.

After regaining consciousness, the first thing Major General Sato did was to pull out his saber without hesitation, and stabbed himself in the abdomen.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander!" Tsuda Tatsuhiko, the captain of the 149th Regiment next to him, was shocked and pushed Major General Sato quickly, causing Major General Sato's blade to brush past his abdomen and cut a big hole. Immediately afterwards, several officers and guards around swarmed up together, snatched the sato and pistol from Major General Sato's hand, and hurriedly bandaged the wound for Major General Sato.

"Please get out of the way, gentlemen! How can I live in this world! How can I be worthy of His Majesty the Emperor!" Major General Sato burst into tears, and the crying was heartbreaking and heartbreaking.

It was the first time that the Japanese army had such a serious and vicious event that the military flag was captured. For the Japanese army, it was no less than a major earthquake. What made Major General Sato unacceptable was that the captured military flag belonged to the 101st Regiment of his own army. This "first time", which meant great shame and humiliation, fell on his head. For a while, the unprecedented shame and anger made him only think about making a confession to wash away the shame and "sin" on his body.

"Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade!" Tsuda Dazuo said with tears in his eyes, "If you do seppuku, the Chinese Army will be even more arrogant! Do you want to add another major general of the Imperial Army to the results of the Chinese Army? You have to calm down! "

Major General Sato felt in a daze that Tsuda Osamu was very right. He had a caesarean section. Although it was a suicide, the Chinese army would brazenly boast that "Major General Sato Shozaburo, the commander of the 101st Brigade of the Japanese Army, was shot dead by our army heroically." , when the time comes, not only will my own suicide not be able to wash away the huge shame that is already heavy on my body, but it will also add another layer of shame, giving the Chinese army the result of "killing the enemy major general" in vain, and I will be completely reduced to It's a laughing stock.

Thinking that he had actually fallen into such a humiliating situation where "you can't live, you can't die", Major General Sato became more and more distraught and burst into tears.

General Tsuda and other surrounding officers were also mourning and crying.