I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"I didn't predict it!" Jiang Weiguo said truthfully, "It was my chief of staff who predicted it!" He admired Xiao Yao very much, so Xiao Yao really estimated this, so he asked Jiang Weiguo to ask Chiang Kai-shek to stay some troops in Nanjing, And asked the Navy's Yangtze River Fleet to sail to the river section at the junction of the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui.

Let’s face it, Jiang Weiguo, a “strategic genius”, is a “copycat version” after all. If the Songhu Battle was fought like it used to be in history, he would definitely “predict things like a god”, but the Songhu Battle at this time has completely changed. , so he immediately revealed his true colors, and he could no longer "predict things like a god". Only a true strategic master like Xiao Yao can always predict the enemy's opportunities.

"Ah... your battalion chief of staff? What's his name Xiao... Xiao Yao?" Chiang Kai-shek nodded repeatedly, "Is he also a Huangpu student? Alas! I, the headmaster, really neglected my duty. I didn't pay much attention to such an outstanding student..." He He was a little distracted when he spoke, because he was really upset, even flustered.

Jiang Weiguo looked at Chiang Kai-shek, who was a little bit out of control, and sighed in his heart: "Damn it! It's only been more than three months since the war started, and history has completely changed! It didn't happen in the original history! The Battle of Songhu is not over yet. The battle is about to begin!"

It was Jiang Weiguo who was most shocked by the Japanese army's strategic military action of sending troops to Jiangbei, crossing Shanghai, and directly attacking Nanjing, because there was no such thing in the original history. The Battle of Songhu and the subsequent Nanjing The defensive battles are completely unrecognizable because of this.

What was the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing in the original history like?This is needless to say. At this time, the Songhu Battle and the Nanjing Defense Battle developed like this from a macro perspective: the Songhu Battle (Shanghai Battle) took place before the outbreak of the Songhu Battle. Because Jiang Weiguo once and for all used dozens of tons of The explosives sent the special marines of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai to the sky, so that when the follow-up Japanese army arrived in Shanghai, the national army completely controlled Shanghai and gained the initiative on the battlefield. Under the guidance of the "Guidance"), a relatively complete and complete overall large defensive circle was built for Shanghai, and the Chinese navy and air force became lean and powerful because of Jiang Weiguo's improvement, and they all successfully damaged the Japanese army, which not only caused the Japanese army to lose its air supremacy, but also made Japan The navy suffered heavy losses, which made it very difficult for the Japanese ground troops who attacked Shanghai to break through the defense circle of the national army, especially Shanghai and North, which were heavily defended by the national army. It will take a long time to repel the national army and occupy Shanghai; on the other hand, the Chinese and Japanese armies are at war, because the national army is weak and the Japanese army is strong. , the most detrimental to the Japanese army, because, first, this style of play is a war of attrition and a protracted war. It is difficult to achieve major breakthroughs (at the same time, this style of play also makes it difficult for the national army to achieve major results, so Chiang Kai-shek does not support this most cost-effective and most beneficial style of play), and it also makes the "three-point plan" released by the Japanese high-level at the beginning. The wild words that the China Incident will be resolved within a month" have become a joke ridiculed by the whole world; second, the casualty exchange ratio of this style of play is also the most beneficial to the national army and the least favorable to the Japanese army. More than five to one (for example, in the Songshan Battle at the end of the Anti-Japanese War in the original history, the ratio of casualties between the national army and the Japanese army was as high as six to one), if the Japanese army attacked the national army and the national army defended the Japanese army, the ratio of casualties must be much lower. The ratio of casualties to the Japanese army is roughly three to one or even only two to one. Therefore, the national army's use of defensive warfare is slowly exhausted, and the Japanese army can kill and injure more people in the "best and cheapest way"; third, this style of play The "strength of military power" is also beneficial to the national army and the most unfavorable to the Japanese army. The reason is very simple. To defend a division of the Japanese army, 15 to 20 national troops can basically do it, but to attack a division of the Japanese army, less than ten It is difficult for the Ten Thousand Nations Army to do so. As for encircling or even annihilating a division of the Japanese army, the national army must dispatch at least 70 or even more than 70 troops; Ten thousand Chinese troops fought defensively unswervingly. It was very difficult for the Japanese army to win without dispatching more than 10 divisions and about 30 troops.

In order to solve this situation that is very unfavorable to the Japanese army, Ishihara Waner, the new chief of staff of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, carefully formulated a battle plan of "Xiangzhuang dances the sword with the intention of Peigong".

According to Ishihara's plan, the Japanese troops were originally sent to the Hubei battlefield one after another, but the 101st Division landed in Hudong alone, fought alone in Hudong, and deliberately went deep alone, so that the division deliberately went deep. Put yourself in a dangerous situation where you are "easy to be surrounded".

Ishihara Waner's move was to use the 101st Division as a bait to lure Chiang Kai-shek. On the one hand, it lured the high-level national army to make many mistakes in dividing troops. The most unfavorable offensive wars for the national army, even encirclement wars and mass annihilation wars.

The logic is logical: If the national army only wants to block the 101st Division, it is enough to dispatch 101 troops. If it wants to eat the 15st Division, it must dispatch at least 101 troops. Strengthened, the division can contain at least 20 national troops, and they are all elites. This caused the national army to make a big mistake of "attending one thing and losing another" because of "gluttony" on the Shanghai battlefield. The "culprit" of the big mistake was, of course, Chiang Kai-shek himself.

Ishihara Waner's seduction of Chiang Kai-shek was very successful. He accurately grasped Chiang Kai-shek's psychology and Chiang Kai-shek's major weakness of sacrificing the military for political service.

The fundamental purpose of Chiang Kai-shek's battle in Shanghai was not to drive the Japanese army into the sea, but to show it to the great powers. Therefore, the national army wanted to achieve "an epic victory" to gain the sympathy and support of the great powers.

Although defensive warfare is most beneficial to the national army, the process is "flat" and does not meet Chiang Kai-shek's political needs. If the national army can wipe out a certain unit of the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek would naturally wish for it. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek crossed the front line three times in a row Commander, change the Hudong combat plan, first from "All-Annihilation 101st Wing" to "All-Annihilation 101st Brigade", and then from "All-Annihilation 101st Brigade" to "All-Annihilation 101st Division" .

To put it bluntly, Chiang Kai-shek was directing blindly, unrealistically increasing the combat intensity, combat pressure, and task difficulty of the frontline troops, which greatly caused confusion in the deployment of the national army.

Ishihara Waner's wishful thinking is: deliberately send the 101st Division to Chiang Kai-shek's mouth or even his mouth, and lure Chiang Kai-shek to dispatch troops in order to eat up this division. Two goals were achieved: the first was to allow Chiang Kai-shek to transfer the elite soldiers on the Shanghai battlefield to Hudong, and the terrain of Hudong in Shanghai is the most dangerous. It is isolated on the peninsula, and it is very easy for the Japanese army to outflank the rear. The 101st Division Like a magnet, it continuously attracts the Shanghai national army to Hudong, and then the Japanese army will encircle with two wings, ambush on all sides, and bloom in the center. The second is to let Chiang Kai-shek transfer all the troops in the East China region to Shanghai continuously, leaving his rear area and the national capital Nanjing empty. , As a result, the Jiangbei troops of the Japanese army could take advantage of the situation and threaten Nanjing.

Therefore, the 2nd, 6th, and 16th divisions of the Japanese army secretly assembled on Chongming Island had two options in Ishihara Waner's plan. One was to land in Jiangbei and attack Nanjing, and the other was to land in southern Shanghai. Jinshanwei landed in Hangzhou Bay, outflanking the rear of the Shanghai National Army.

Comparing the two plans, it is obvious that the first one is a bit too hasty and eager for success, while the second one is steady and has a higher chance of winning.

Ishihara Wanji himself tends to the second option. He firmly believes that "Eat all of Chiang Kai-shek's main forces. Whether it is Shanghai or Nanjing, they are all in the pocket of the imperial army. Without an army, the city is naturally at your fingertips." However, General Matsui tried his best to He advocated the first one, because he originally planned to "finish Shanghai and fight Nanjing." Since the attack on Nanjing could be launched in advance, he certainly would not let it go. As for Shanghai, he believed that "after capturing Nanjing, Shanghai will naturally be won without a fight." .

Therefore, the 2nd, 6th, and 16th Divisions did not land in Hangzhou Bay in southern Shanghai, but instead landed in Qidong County in Jiangbei.

I have to admit that Ishihara Waner's plan is very clever, it can be called seamless, and it completely calculated the Chinese army to death.

General Sugiyama Moto also spoke highly of it, "Matsui-kun is an expert in tough battles, so his war vision is at the tactical level. If you let him fight Shanghai, his eyes will only be on Shanghai; Ishihara Wanji is a master of both strategy and tactics. His war vision is at the strategic level, seeing farther and calculating more accurately than others."

However, Ishihara Wanji can't be said to be exhaustive, because there was a "major deviation" that he didn't expect, that is: the 101st Division was actually in a situation of being completely wiped out.

This point greatly exceeded Ishihara Waner's expectations, and caught him off guard.

The 101st Division took the initiative to go deep into the enemy group. On the surface, it was surrounded by the enemy and even wiped out. However, Ishihara Wanji would definitely not let the 101st Division be completely wiped out, so he asked the Tokyo Military Headquarters to set out in the 101st Division. This division has been greatly strengthened before. I never thought that because of Jiang Weiguo's various "strange tricks, insidious tricks, and bad tricks", the 101st Division was abruptly gnawed off by the national army. A brigade and a cavalry regiment were also The flags of the two regiments were seized, the headquarters of the division and regiment were taken away, and the commander of the division committed suicide, causing the entire division to fall apart, and it was really on the verge of being wiped out.

In this regard, Ishihara Waner also complained endlessly. He was self-defeating, and the high-level officials in Tokyo were also very annoyed at him, blaming him for his "bad idea" that caused the imperial army to "be mistaken for their cleverness". The tragic situation of the 101st Division further made Chiang Kai-shek hooked. The logic of this is ready-made: if the national army stormed the 101st Division for many days, the national army suffered heavy casualties, but the 101st Division remained unchanged. Unmoved, safe and sound, Chiang Kai-shek will probably give up the plan to wipe out the division, but because the 101st Division was beaten so badly, and it was really miserable, not pretending to be miserable, this made Chiang Kai-shek see the "victory" "Hope" stimulated his confidence and appetite, and naturally made him put all his eggs in one basket, desperately and continuously throwing troops into Shanghai, and was very stubborn. He stubbornly refused to follow the advice of Jiang Weiguo and others, and almost threw away all his old books. Arrived in Shanghai.

By mistake, Ishihara Wanji's plan to lure the enemy achieved a great success that he himself did not expect. Of course, the price paid by the Japanese army was also very heavy: the 101st Brigade and the 101st Cavalry Wing were wiped out , the 102nd Brigade was also beaten to death.

War is the mutual calculation of the warring parties, but sometimes it is really "man's calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation".

Since more than 95% of Chiang Kai-shek's elite lineage of the Central Army were lured to Shanghai (more than half of them were located in Hudong), the follow-up local army was also continuously filled in Shanghai, resulting in a very empty rear area, including the capital Nanjing. Under such circumstances, General Matsui categorically ordered the 2nd, 6th, and 16th divisions to land in Qidong County in the north of the Yangtze River, and go straight to Huanglong and Jianzhi to Beijing.

At this time, everything was as Ishihara Waner expected: Chiang Kai-shek's main force was deeply mired in Shanghai, and Nanjing was very empty. If Chiang Kai-shek continued to put his troops in Shanghai, Nanjing would almost certainly be lost. The Japanese army did not capture Shanghai but captured Nanjing. The ending was better and better than expected, and after Nanjing was captured, the Shanghai National Army would be cut off from the rear, and its morale would be severely hit, and sooner or later it would be completely defeated by the Japanese army; Shanghai dispatched troops to return to Nanjing. Then, once the Chinese army eager to return to Nanjing withdraws from Shanghai, it is likely to collapse across the board, and then be chased by the Shanghai Japanese army all the way to Nanjing. The big retreat is destined to become a defeat. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek will be defeated, Nanjing is lost, Shanghai is also lost, and the hundreds of thousands of troops that he relies on most are also lost.

Ishihara Waner's series of combat plans can be described as a series of rings, and kill many birds with one stone, completely breaking the passive situation of the Japanese army in Shanghai, turning things around, and allowing the Japanese army to win the two major battlefields of Shanghai and Nanjing at once. The initiative of the battle situation.

"The Japanese are really hard to fight!" Jiang Weiguo sighed in his heart.

Chapter 218

"How many troops are there in Nanjing now?" Chiang Kai-shek asked Jiang Weiguo with a lingering haze on his face.

Jiang Weiguo replied: "One of my regiments, five regiments of the gendarmerie, and three divisions of the Sichuan Army have a total strength of about [-]!"

Hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek's face grew darker, and at the same time, there was a bitterness: Nanjing is the capital of the majestic central government. At this time, the enemy soldiers are approaching the city, and they have to rely on the local army to protect them.

The hundreds of thousands of troops of the Central Army, especially the 10,000+ elite among them, were entangled by the Japanese army on the front line in Shanghai two to three hundred kilometers away, and could not withdraw at all, or could not withdraw in a hurry.

Jiang Weiguo's 918th Regiment, five regiments of the Gendarmerie, and three divisions of the Sichuan Army...Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek's face became more and more clouded, with 5000 people, the three divisions of the Sichuan Army accounted for more than half, relying on those "straw shoe soldiers", How to stop the 2 elite Japanese army?Chiang Kai-shek, who had studied in Japan, knew too well the "prestige" of the 6nd and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army, not to mention that the [-]th Division was not a persimmon to pinch.

Chiang Kai-shek estimated that as long as the Japanese army sent out a single regiment, they would be able to overwhelm the three divisions of the Sichuan Army.

Due to Chiang Kai-shek's great success and self-willedness, the National Army has already put more than 90 troops into the Shanghai battlefield, about three-fifths have participated in the battle, and about two-fifths are on the road, which greatly exceeds the original historical number of national troops participating in the battle. "Continue to work hard and expand the results of the battle." Chiang Kai-shek not only pulled out all the troops in the third theater, but also extended his hands to other theaters.

Song Zheyuan, the commander-in-chief of the first war zone (originally the commander-in-chief was Cheng Qian, Song Zheyuan was the deputy commander-in-chief, but Cheng Qian returned to Nanjing to serve as the chief of staff, and Song Zheyuan performed well in the Battle of Pingjin, so he was naturally supported), the second war zone The commander-in-chief Yan Xishan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the fourth war zone Yu Hanmou (the commander-in-chief is Chen Shaokuan, who is mainly busy with naval affairs, so the actual person in charge of military affairs is Yu Hanmou), and the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone Li Zongren all received the invitation from Chiang Kai-shek. An order to "quickly deploy capable troops from this theater to reinforce the third theater (Battle of Songhu)".

Reactions to this have been mixed.

The first war zone suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Pingjin and had to beware of the Japanese army going south in North China. The military strength was tight and there were no troops to move. Chiang Kai-shek also expressed his understanding of this; the commander of the second theater Yan Xishan was unwilling to send his Jinsui army The Shanxi Province was transferred from Shanxi Province to other provinces to participate in the war, so one pushed, two dragged and three researched; the fourth war zone was full of pain, because the defense zone of the fourth war zone was Fujian Province and Guangdong Province, and the coastline was long. A big loophole, if the Japanese army landed on the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, the consequences would be serious. Therefore, the fourth war zone finally mobilized two divisions to go to Shanghai to "praise the personal field"; No, Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the war zone, was very eloquent, "My Guangxi army already has a group army participating in the war in Shanghai, and another group army is on the way to Shanghai. You still want me to transfer troops? I am now in Shandong Province. The soldiers in hand It’s all Han Fuju’s, you and Han Fuju are going.” Chiang Kai-shek then sent a telegram to Han Fuju, deputy commander of the fifth war zone and military and political chairman of Shandong Province. Not light.

As of this time, the national army that has participated in the Songhu Battle includes more than 60 divisions, and nearly 30 independent brigades or temporary brigades, as well as a large number of affiliated troops.

The troops on the road include Liu Zhi's 2nd Army, Li Pinxian's 11th Army (Gui Army), Lu Han's 60th Army (Dian Army), and Liu Xiang's 23rd Army (Sichuan Army) has basically arrived in Su South and joined the war.

Jiang Weiguo repeatedly asked Chiang Kai-shek to keep some troops in Nanjing, so to speak, Chiang Kai-shek reluctantly agreed to keep three divisions in Nanjing, all of which were Sichuan Army troops.

The Sichuan army that came out of Sichuan to participate in the War of Resistance was organized into 2 group armies: the 22nd and 23rd group armies. Out of Sichuan to participate in the war, there is still one division staying in the hometown of Sichuan Province, so the Sichuan Army has 2 divisions in each group army, and 3 divisions out of Sichuan to participate in the battle), the 3nd Army was assigned to the second theater and went to the Pingjin battlefield, and the 2rd Army was designated Enter the third war zone and go to the Songhu battlefield.

此时在南京的三个川军师分别是第23集团军的第144师、第145师（该集团军还有2个师在上海前线参战，另有2个师在四川省境内）以及第22集团军的第122师（该集团军还有3个师在山西省境内，另有2个师在四川省境内）。

Why did Chiang Kai-shek agree to keep the 144th and 145th Divisions of the Sichuan Army in Nanjing?Not because of anything else, but because these two divisions are as "bad" as the rest of the Sichuan Army.

When the Sichuan Army came out of Sichuan to participate in the Anti-Japanese War, people from all walks of life at home and abroad generally believed that the Sichuan Army was "the worst army in China", with inferior, outdated and seriously insufficient equipment, an extreme lack of ammunition, and almost no supplies and medical equipment.

When the officers and soldiers of the 144th Division and the 145th Division arrived in Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek inspected it, and his face was stretched on the spot, because these officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army were all wearing straw sandals, and even the military uniforms were various and messy. , and weapons are "so bad that even bandits despise them".

Therefore, in Chiang Kai-shek's view, these "vulnerable" Sichuan troops are useless when sent to the front line. It happened that Jiang Weiguo was clamoring to keep troops in Nanjing, so Chiang Kai-shek stuffed these two Sichuan army divisions to Jiang Weiguo.

As for the 122nd Division, the division belongs to the 22nd Group Army and was originally in Shanxi Province in the second theater.

Chiang Kai-shek asked Yan Xishan for troops, and Yan Xishan was reluctant to send his own Jinsui army to block bullets. It happened that the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army was included in the second theater, but because the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army walked all the way from Sichuan Province to Shanxi Province, they did not catch up. During the Battle of Pingjin, at this time in Shanxi Province, the Jinsui Army was united with the Jinsui Army to prevent the Japanese army from north China from invading westward. Yan Xishan is worthy of being a Shanxi native who is good at doing business. , but took out a division from the Sichuan Army and gave it to Chiang Kai-shek to perfunctory.

Jiang Weiguo and Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly asked to "keep a heavy or elite army" in Nanjing, and Chiang Kai-shek finally gave him three Sichuan army divisions.

Now, Chiang Kai-shek began to regret it, and he regretted it endlessly, because his capital was now defended by these three Sichuan army divisions.

Faintly, Chiang Kai-shek did such unspeakable things as "being clever but being misunderstood by being clever" and "raising a rock to shoot himself in the foot". He regretted that he did not listen to Jiang Weiguo's words.

"The main force of the national army in Shanghai cannot be withdrawn in a hurry, but must be withdrawn slowly and orderly to Nanjing. During this time gap, Nanjing... can only rely on you to fight alone, but as long as the Lu Han Department (60th Army) ), Liu Zhi’s Department (Second Army), and Li Pinxian’s Department (2th Army) will arrive in Nanjing as soon as possible, and Nanjing will be able to turn the crisis into peace!” Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly calculated the situation, and he agreed with the persuasion of Jiang Weiguo, Bai Chongxi and others. With the withdrawal of troops from Shanghai, the national army and the Japanese army were entangled with each other on the battlefield in Shanghai. The situation was like a building built with countless building blocks. Then he was chased and killed by the Japanese army all the way, and the loss must have been heavy. On the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek was not too willing to withdraw his troops from Shanghai, because the national army did fight very well in Shanghai. The 11st Annihilated Division was a little bit close. Under such circumstances, he was really unwilling to let Chiang Kai-shek order to retreat. It was not only a serious military defeat, but also a major political setback.

Originally, the Nationalist government repeatedly claimed that the national army was suppressing the Japanese army in Shanghai and was about to wipe out the 101st division of the Japanese army. Some high-level officials even said many times that they would "fight Shanghai." Withdrawal, let me ask, what will people from all walks of life in China think?What will the international powers think?As the commander-in-chief of the national army, where does Chiang Kai-shek put his face?

"Father, don't worry!" Jiang Weiguo comforted Chiang Kai-shek again, "We will defend Nanjing.

But...Father, you have to approve the request I made to you earlier!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with a wry smile: "Okay, let's listen to you!"

The imminent situation made Jiang Weiguo busy against the clock.

It is worth mentioning that because of Jiang Weiguo's efforts, the marching speed of local troops such as the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army has slightly increased compared to the original history.

The troops of the Sichuan army first assembled in Chengdu or Chongqing, and then took a boat all the way to Nanjing or Shanghai. Jiang Weiguo was the major shareholder of Minsheng Shipping Company, and Minsheng Company was the leading company in the Yangtze River water transportation industry. It has been greatly developed within a year, and many ships have been added. At the beginning, Jiang Weiguo invested in Minsheng Company to transport refugees, supplies, and soldiers during wartime. In the second war zone, the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army of the 22rd Army took boats along the Yangtze River to the third war zone, which saved time, effort and trouble. The chairman of "Eastern Airlines", and Jiang Weiguo bought 23 ju-70 transport planes (Junker transport planes) with Germany before the war, plus the subsequent purchases, there are almost 52 ju-100 transport planes, half It belongs to Eastern Airlines, and half belongs to the National Army Air Force. At this time, it is used to transport troops, which is naturally faster and more convenient than ships.

A ju-52 transport plane can carry 18 lightly loaded soldiers, but this transport plane was designed by German aircraft experts for German soldiers, and Chinese soldiers are a little shorter and thinner than German soldiers, so a ju-52 transport plane can actually carry 24 soldiers Chinese soldiers, if "crowded again", a ju-52 transport plane can carry nearly 30 Chinese soldiers.

100 ju-52s can carry more than 2500 officers and soldiers at a time.

Jiang Weiguo bought transport planes from Germany at the beginning for the same purpose as his investment in shipping.

Jiang Weiguo originally planned to use a transport plane to airlift the troops of the Gui Army, but Bai Chongxi politely declined.

"Strange! The Gui army doesn't take the plane, but insists on taking the boat, train or even walking?" Jiang Weiguo didn't understand it at first.

Knowing this, Xiao Yao pointed out to Jiang Weiguo: "The 21st Army of the Gui Army has fought bloody battles on the Shanghai front, and suffered heavy casualties. The 11th Army of the Gui Army is on the way. If the 11th Army takes your plane, it will It will reach the front line faster, and it will naturally be stuffed into the Shanghai meat grinder faster, so although walking by boat or train is slower, but 'slowness has its benefits'!"

Jiang Weiguo suddenly realized, and then he felt uncomfortable: "Isn't this passively avoiding war!"

Xiao Yao was noncommittal: "It is neither.

The Gui Army currently has a total of 2 group armies (the 16th group army will be established later), so they can't all be consumed on the anti-Japanese front line, right?Officers Li and Bai still need to rely on the Gui Army to protect their Gui faction forces, so they must not lose all their money. The two armies of the Gui Army, investing in one and preparing to invest in the other, are already very righteous. .

What's more..." He looked at Jiang Weiguo, "How do you know that the principal is not deliberately using the hands of the Japanese to wipe out the essence of the Gui army? "

Jiang Weiguo felt cold and disgusted: "Damn it! The Chinese people's schemes against each other are really hard to guard against!"

Since the Guangxi army was "unwilling" to take the plane, the Sichuan army could just take the boat, so Jiang Weiguo used the plane to transport the Yunnan army.

Before the July 6th Incident, the Dian Army had a total of 6 brigades. Since Long Yun, the commander of the Dian Army and the chairman of Yunnan Provincial Military and Political Affairs, followed the "route of elite soldiers", the 6 brigades of the Dian Army were well equipped and trained well. These two aspects greatly surpassed the Sichuan Army. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the six brigades of the Yunnan Army were organized into three divisions, and the three divisions were organized into the 3th Army. Some of the next seed troops stayed in their hometown in Yunnan Province), and there are more than 3 officers and soldiers in the army, 60% of which are Yi people (two of the three division commanders of Long Yun, Lu Han, and the Yunnan Army are Yi people).

At this time, Nanjing was tight. Apart from the Shanghai National Army, which could not move for a short period of time, the troops that could reinforce Nanjing were Liu Zhi's 2nd Army, Li Pinxian's 11th Army (Gui Army), and Lu Han's troops who flew to Nanjing. The 60th Army (Dian Army).

——If it weren’t for Jiang Weiguo’s transport plane, in the original history, the 60th Army would have arrived at the front line in East China after the fall of Nanjing, and then participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and performed well in the Battle of Taierzhuang.

Because the Japanese army was approaching the city, the National Army Command in Nanjing suddenly became the Nanjing City Defense Command. The generals and officials who used to scold Fang Qiu and give pointers to the map of the whole country and even the world at this time were in a hurry to "overqualify their talents". Instead of thinking about how to defend the whole country, he thought about how to defend the city of Nanjing, which was a matter of his own life. In a hurry, Chiang Kai-shek became the commander of Nanjing City Defense. Ling was appointed chief of staff, and Jiang Weiguo took the post of staff officer of the headquarters, but his actual power was actually greater than that of deputy commander He Yingqin.

When Chiang Kai-shek followed a group of generals and officials in a hurry to think about how to launch the Nanjing Defense War, which broke out completely in advance and caught them off guard, Jiang Weiguo was busy reorganizing the troops. fundamental.

Jiang Weiguo first went to Li Chengqian, the director of the Jinling Arsenal, and asked him to prepare the weapons and ammunition in the armory immediately, and then went to Xiao Shanling, the deputy commander of the gendarmerie.

The commander of the military police of the national army is Gu Zhenglun, the "father of the military police of the national army", but Gu Zhenglun went to Wuhan for medical treatment "due to illness" (in fact, he pretended to be sick and went to Wuhan to escape the war), so the military police in Nanjing is currently under the command of the deputy commander Xiao Shanling.

"How many troops are there in the gendarmerie?" After seeing Xiao Shan's order, Jiang Weiguo ignored the small talk and asked straight to the point.

Xiao Shanling knew that time was tight, so he went straight to the topic: "Currently, there are 5 military police regiments in Nanjing, namely the 2nd, 5th, and 10th regiments, the military police teaching group, and the military police training group, with a total strength of more than 5000 people!"

"How's the training? How's the equipment?"

"The training is okay, and the equipment is okay, but there is a lack of heavy weapons.

You know, the mission of our military police is not to go to the front line to fight, so there are basically no infantry heavy weapons such as machine guns and mortars!"

Jiang Weiguo immediately approved the note: "Go quickly to the Jinling Armory to get heavy weapons and ammunition. Each person will get [-] rounds of ammunition, and then set up defenses at the Xiaguan Wharf. At the same time, maintain order in the city, let the people evacuate in an orderly manner, and prevent chaos from happening!"

Xiao Shanling took Jiang Weiguo's approval note and nodded again and again: "Okay, leave it to me!" After speaking, he drove away in a hurry.

Jiang Weiguo immediately went to see the three division commanders of the Sichuan Army: Guo Xunqi, commander of the 144th Division, Rao Guohua, commander of the 145th Division, and Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division.

Faced with Jiang Weiguo's inquiry, the three division commanders told Jiang Weiguo that each of the three divisions of the Sichuan Army had about 6000 troops.