I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

铿锵有力的口令声和轰然沉闷的机械运转声中，宁海号的6门140毫米主炮、平海号的6门140毫米主炮、逸仙号的1门152毫米主炮和1门140毫米主炮、自强号的2门120毫米主炮、大同号的2门120毫米主炮一起缓慢而精确地瞄准向东门镇。

After the shells were loaded, both Wang Yecheng and Zeng Yiding were waiting for Jiang Weiguo's order.

Military officers such as Jiang Weiguo and Du Yuming had already led their troops to the edge of the southern outskirts of Dongmen Town. With their backs against the fortifications of Jiangpu Town behind them, they all held up their binoculars motionlessly, and saw the turmoil pouring into Dongmen Town like a flood of the Yellow River. At the same time, the Japanese army heard the sound of guns, explosions, Japanese howls, and Chinese roars from Dongmen Town. The hellish melee in Dongmen Town was still going on. The officers and soldiers of the infantry battalion are getting fewer and fewer as they fight more and more, but their shouts of killing have been resounding earth-shatteringly through the sky and blue sky.

Jiang Weiguo can imagine what kind of battle those brothers in the town are fighting. Most of them have already known that they have been "helplessly" given up, and they have to fight with multiples over time As time went on, the Japanese army, which was getting bigger and bigger, started a battle that was doomed to death. When many people fell down, they had four, five, seven, eight, or more than a dozen blood holes on their bodies. Everywhere, a group of Japanese soldiers stabbed a soldier of the national army in partnership. He fell down in a bloody mess.

Jiang Weiguo couldn't help rubbing his eyes again. In fact, the situation on the battlefield turned out to be beyond the expectations of him and Du Yuming and other officers. Originally, the troops only wanted to resist for a while and then abandoned the second trench. Unexpectedly, the fighting quality of the Japanese army was so excellent. They caught off guard and bit the 918rd Infantry Battalion of the 3th Regiment in the second trench and entangled it tightly. In order to prevent the whole regiment from being entangled by the Japanese army, they had to reluctantly give up the 3rd infantry battalion.

"Tuanzuo, Jianhao..." Liao Yaoxiang rushed over panting, "the number of Japanese troops entering Dongmen Town is no less than one regiment! The brothers from the third battalion have lured a large number of Japanese troops into the town. This is the best time for us to strike. !"

Du Yuming looked at Jiang Weiguo.

Jiang Weiguo held back the pain in his heart: "There are still many brothers in the third battalion who are still fighting?" He heard the howling of ghosts and wolves coming from Dongmen Town. The Japanese was still mixed with the roar of Chinese, although it became more and more sparse and weaker. , but there are still some.

Du Yuming nodded: "I guess there are four to five hundred brothers!"

Jiang Weiguo shook his head: "Those brothers deserved to die in the bloody battle with the enemy, but if they died in the gunfire of our own people, we will completely let them down!"

Du Yuming sighed, he understood Jiang Weiguo's unbearable mentality: "Although that's the case, those brothers... are destined to die. If you fire at this time, you can achieve greater results! When the Japanese army eats up the three battalions, the number and density of Japanese troops in the town will be as high as [-]%. will be lowered!"

Jiang Weiguo was heartbroken, and he couldn't make up his mind: "It's really not possible...Brothers can die in the hands of the enemy, but not in the hands of our own people!"

Du Yuming remained silent.

This is an undecidable choice. When the enemy and us start a melee, the number of enemy troops and the density of personnel in the combat area will naturally reach the maximum. At this time, the implementation of "indiscriminate artillery coverage" will definitely hit the enemy to the maximum extent, but at the same time it will inevitably It will cause a large number of our own officers and soldiers to die under the fire of our own people; after the enemy forces have wiped out our army in the combat area, the number of enemy troops and personnel density in the combat area will soon decrease (the Japanese army will definitely attack immediately after taking Dongmen Town Jiangpu Town will definitely not keep too many troops in Dongmen Town), and then deploy artillery coverage, the attack on the enemy will naturally be greatly reduced.

In the original history, the Soviet army and the German army often used this tactic when fighting. They deliberately selected weather conditions such as night, rain, and snow that were not conducive to the German army's advantage in aircraft but conducive to the Soviet army's artillery advantage. It must be a garbage army, either a vulnerable militia, or a political prisoner released from a Siberian labor camp) deliberately launched a decisive battle with the German army, and then covered it with indiscriminate artillery fire during the melee between the two sides. way" against the Germans.

It is worth mentioning that the Japanese army, which was no less cruel to its own people than the Soviet army, did not use this tactic very much, because the Japanese army did not need to do this when fighting the national army, and it was cheaper for the national army. When fighting the U.S. military, it is simply impossible to play this tactic under the overwhelming firepower of the U.S. military.

After waiting for a full 15 minutes, Jiang Weiguo, who repeatedly confirmed that there was no Chinese voice in Dongmen Town and saw a large number of Japanese troops roaring across Dongmen Town towards Jiangpu Town, picked up the radio and yelled orders uncontrollably. : "Let me go!"

In an instant, Zhong Shan trembled, the Yangtze River churned, and Jinling trembled.

Because Jiang Weiguo "has too much face" and is the number one God of Wealth of the Air Force, Zhou Zhirou has always been responsive to Jiang Weiguo's requests. Therefore, when the Zijin Mountain Artillery Group and the Yangtze River Fleet launched firepower to cover Dongmen Town, the Air Force also gritted their teeth and pulled out Six American-made Martin bombers participated in this thunder feast, which made the 6th Brigade of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army in Dongmen Town very honored to "enjoy" the very rare and very rare "three-dimensional land, sea and air three-dimensional firepower strike" of the Chinese army. .

Liu Yuanlin, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes, described the scene as follows:

"...At that time, the chairman of the committee was discussing important military affairs in Shanghai and Nanjing with Minister He, Chief Counselor Cheng, Deputy Counselor Bai, Minister Xu and other senior generals. The meeting was very intense. We were on guard outside the meeting room, and at this moment, a series of 'rumbling' rolling vibrations suddenly sounded in the sky of Nanjing, and they continued and became louder and louder, very similar to the continuous and dense thunderstorms. Exploding mines, but all our soldiers can hear that this is the unique howling sound of large-caliber heavy artillery groups when they fire in salvo.

I rushed into the conference room and shouted, 'Chairman!Shelling!Please hide quickly! ’, the Chairman was taken aback for a moment, and then replied calmly and calmly, ‘What are you panicking about!How decent! ' He even had a smile on his face, as if he knew what was going on, and he strode out the door, followed by everyone.

We were all amazed by the scene outside. The inside of the city had exploded, and there was a mess of chickens and dogs jumping around. The panicked people were running away. The people knew that the Japanese army was approaching the city. When they heard the sound of the artillery, they thought it was the Japanese army. The bombardment of the city began, so they were very panicked. The military police of the Xiaoshan Order shouted loudly in the streets and alleys to comfort the citizens. In fact, no shells did fall on the city of Nanjing, but they kept passing over the city of Nanjing.

We first saw Zijin Mountain, the whole mountain was shaking, the wind was surging, the air waves howled, the smoke was rising, and the fire was shining, because there were more than a dozen heavy artillery on the mountain firing with all their strength, and the sound was extremely amazing. During a volley, more than a dozen white lights were ejected from different places on the mountain, and then a large cloud of thick black smoke mixed with a large amount of broken earth and dust rose from the place where the white light was ejected, and a circle of shells quickly spread in all directions. The shock wave and air wave when the barrel was released, scraped a circle of trees and fell outwards like a wheel axle. First there was lightning, then thunder. A few seconds later, we heard an avalanche-like roar in the air. The momentum was unstoppable, and the air was turbulent like boiling water. Over our heads, waves of sound surged like a plane flying past at low altitude. More than a dozen meteorite-like fires quickly passed over the sky of Nanjing City, which was spectacular. Incomparably, it flew over the Yangtze River again, and hit Dongmen Town on the north bank of the river like thunder. At the same time, the Yangtze River was also in flames. , Several warships shelled Dongmen Town on the north bank of the river together. After each shelling, the warships were enveloped in gunpowder smoke. Lightning bursts and thunder rolled among the gunpowder smoke drifting with the wind. Every muzzle was emitting red fire and white light. It was in violent turmoil, and the river where the warship was located was even more choppy. The water waves were shaken by the shock wave when the cannon was ejected. I looked at the Dongmen Town, and the town was completely in a state of madness and overturning like a magnitude [-] earthquake. Gunpowder smoke and dust enveloped the town so impermeably that the outline of the town could not be seen at all. A series of shocking fireballs and pillars of fire exploded continuously from the dark clouds. The town was first blown into ruins, and then Being blown into rubble, then into scorched earth, and finally into slag, there is no doubt that Dongmen Town is about to be wiped off the map.

Faced with our astonished expressions, the Chairman announced very loudly, 'The Japanese cannot enter Nanjing City!You see, what a tragic end for their troops who have already entered Dongmen Town! When we came back to our senses, we all hurriedly applauded and applauded, and the chairman said enthusiastically again, "Let's go!"Let's go to the river to see! 'We hurriedly followed behind him.

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"Good! Good!" "Good fight!" "Great!" Jiang Weiguo, Du Yuming and other officers and soldiers of the 918 regiment on the front line of the Jiangbei battlefield were all shouting ecstatically at this time, because they saw Dongmen Town with their own eyes. How miserable the Japanese army was inside, and those "tragic pictures" made the officers and soldiers of the 918th Regiment extremely relieved and happy.

Under such a rain of heavy shells, the Japanese soldiers in the town were lucky to be able to die bloody and bloody, so at least a corpse could be left, because most of the Japanese soldiers died without a trace. , especially the two German-made naval guns and the four Soviet-made heavy guns on Zijin Mountain, the lethality is almost appalling. The tornado made a loud noise and the sky collapsed. The energy released caused the town to collapse.

Jiang Weiguo saw with his own eyes that there were two or three hundred Japanese troops hiding among the ruined walls in the town. These Japanese troops avoided conventional shelling. A 330mm naval artillery shell from Zijin Mountain happened to fall on this nest of Japanese troops. Above the head, a large ball of fire nearly towering above the sky exploded. The flames were like clouds and the heat wave was like a torrent. After the fire cloud dissipated, there was billowing black smoke and a large cloud of blood like a red cloud. It turned into countless blood and flesh powder the size of water droplets floating in the air.

The Japanese soldiers who entered Dongmen Town were like pieces of meat placed on an anvil, smashed into pieces one by one by a hammer made of artillery shells from the national army.

After seeing this scene, "Pfft!" Major General Tokutaro Sakai, head of the 6th Brigade of the 11th Division on the edge of the sea of ​​fire in Dongmen Town, vomited blood and fell to the ground in unprecedented grief and indignation.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander!" The surrounding officers and guards rushed forward to support Major General Sakai.

Major General Sakai nearly vomited blood to death. He couldn't help vomiting blood, because his brigade had entered more than one regiment. Thinking of the fact that so many subordinates died alive and almost worthless in the Chinese army The artillery fire was raging, and Major General Sakai felt dizzy and his eyes turned black.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Tani Hisao was about to vomit blood, and he was completely stunned.

This is Jiang Weiguo's style. If he has no chance to kill the Japanese, he will create an opportunity to kill the Japanese. If he has the opportunity to kill the Japanese, he will seize the opportunity to the fullest, give full play to all his advantages, and mercilessly, maximize or even exceed the quota. hit the Japanese.

Lieutenant General Tani Hisao in this battle of Dongmen Town is exactly like repeating the mistakes that Mutaguchi Ren also made in the battle of Wanping City. "Provoked" Jiang Weiguo, who was the most unprovoked by the Japanese, and finally paid a heavy price that he never thought of because of Jiang Weiguo's "ruthless and ruthless killing".

The main battlefield on the first day of the Nanjing Defense War was Dongmen Town in Jiangbei. The 918th Regiment of the National Army suffered more than 3000 casualties, and the Japanese army suffered more than 6000 casualties (more than two-thirds were caused by shelling), of which more than 4000 were killed.

On the south bank of the river, Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin, Cheng Qian, Bai Chongxi, Xu Yongchang and other high-ranking members of the national army looked at the smoldering Jiangbei with great interest. The combat report of the 918 regiment had been sent to Chiang Kai-shek and circulated by everyone. Everyone liked it Upper brow.

"The army is still fighting very well!" Chiang Kai-shek smiled happily.

After the Japanese army approached the city of Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek appeared calm and calm on the surface, but in fact he was very anxious. As a result, after the first round of fighting, the Japanese army was beaten into a mess, and the one that was beaten into a mess was still known as one of the two aces of the Japanese Army. The 6th Division, which made him immediately relieved, and then vaguely produced a trace of excessive optimism.

"It's really good!" He Yingqin said again and again, "The 918 regiment is worthy of being the second son's army. It has no fear in facing the strongest Kumamoto division of the Japanese army! After a day of fierce fighting, it was forced to draw one to two. Come on, the Kumamoto Division's delusion to seize the Pukou District and then cross the Yangtze River to attack the urban area of ​​Nanjing will not succeed!"

"It's mainly the heavy artillery!" Bai Chongxi said calmly, "If the infantry fights abruptly, the 918th regiment will at most be able to fight the Japanese army one to one. Heavy artillery and naval guns of the naval fleet.

If there were more heavy artillery on Zijin Mountain, the number of casualties of the 6th Division would even exceed [-] today.

If the 6th Division is disabled in one fell swoop, the 2nd Division will naturally be helpless, and Nanjing will be able to turn the crisis into safety at once!"

Chiang Kai-shek was immediately embarrassed, because he could hear that Bai Chongxi was beating around the bush and accusing him of taking away more than half of the heavy artillery on Zijin Mountain without authorization.

"In any case, the troops can at least stop the Japanese army for a short time!" He Yingqin said to Chiang Kai-shek, "As long as we gain precious time, the reinforcements such as the 2nd Army, the 11th Army, and the 60th Army will all rush to Nanjing. The troops in Shanghai can also be withdrawn gradually and orderly, and Nanjing will be able to turn the crisis into safety!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded again and again. His son and his son's troops did not embarrass him, and they did live up to expectations.

"How is the retreat of the Shanghai troops going?" Chiang Kai-shek asked He Yingqin and others.

He Yingqin replied solemnly: "The work has already begun, and three divisions can be withdrawn tonight.

Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, the Shanghai front is mainly divided into two major battlefields, Shanghai North and Shanghai East. The nature of the two battlefields is exactly the opposite. 'Our army attacks, the Japanese army defends'.

In a defensive war, the National Army’s force ratio of three to one can basically stop the Japanese army. At present, in Shanghai and North China, the national army’s Japanese army’s strength ratio is [-] to one; in an offensive war, the national army’s force should be at least five to one. At present, in Hudong, the ratio of the national army to the Japanese army is [-] to [-].

Therefore, if you want to withdraw your troops, you can't move Hubei for the time being. Hubei is already a defensive battle.

The national army is fighting an offensive war in Hudong, with a force of [-] to [-]. If it is transferred to a defensive war, it only needs a force of [-] to [-], from [-] to [-] to [-] to [-]. Therefore, the national army's withdrawal from Shanghai is as a whole "withdrawing from Hudong first, and then withdrawing from Hubei". The offensive war in Hudong is converted into a defensive war, so that it can be withdrawn first. With a force of [-] troops, they rushed back to help Nanjing to solve Nanjing's urgent needs. Then, the Hudong troops retreated to Huzhong, covered and replaced each other with the Hubei troops, gradually abandoned Hudong and Huzhong, and withdrew from Hubei to Hubei. Suzhou, Kunshan, and Taicang areas, so that one hundred thousand troops can be withdrawn again, and the remaining two hundred thousand troops will enter the "Sekt Line of Defense" to cover the first and second batches of troops returning to Nanjing!"

Chiang Kai-shek asked: "Which army is it that will withdraw from Shanghai tonight?"

He Yingqin replied: "It's the 128th regiment, the 813th regiment, the independent 8th cavalry regiment, and the 3rd division..."

"These troops are the core of the Hudong battlefield!" Chiang Kai-shek hesitated, "If they have all withdrawn, how can they continue to encircle and wipe out the 101st Division?"

He Yingqin was speechless, Cheng Qian smiled wryly, Xu Yongchang smiled, and Bai Chongxi sneered.

After holding back for a minute, He Yingqin said with difficulty: "Chairman, the war of gathering and annihilating in Hudong really can't continue. We have already spent too much military power. If we want to withdraw our troops from Shanghai and return to Nanjing, we must give up first." Hudong gathers together for annihilation battle and turns from offense to defense, so as to 'save' troops!"

Chiang Kai-shek sighed long and loudly: "The 101st Division has already been eaten up by a brigade, and its head of the division has also died suddenly, leaving only a few residues... What a great opportunity now! If you don't take the opportunity to completely wipe it out, If the national army wants to eat up a division of the Japanese army in the future, I'm afraid they won't have such a good chance!"

He Yingqin said more and more difficultly: "Chairman, Nanjing is very dangerous now! The 128th regiment and other troops have to withdraw quickly, so as to ensure that the country will not be touched by the Japanese invaders!"

"Danger is dangerous, but it's not particularly dangerous!" Chiang Kai-shek said with a relaxed tone, "Look, didn't the 918th Regiment withstand the attack of the 6th Division?"

He Yingqin and the others looked at each other, feeling ominous in their hearts.

"Contact me Chen Cheng!" Chiang Kai-shek ordered Qian Dajun, the director of the attendant room beside him.

Half an hour later, Chiang Kai-shek had this conversation with Chen Cheng, who was far away on the front line in Hudong:

"Cixiu, what's going on with the 101st Division? What's going on in the Hudong battle?"

"Reporter, after days of bloody fighting by our soldiers, the 101st Division now has only five or six thousand remnants left, and has been divided into three parts by our army. More than that, according to analysis, the remnants of the Japanese army are now Starting to run low on ammo!"

"Okay, okay! Cixiu, tell me the truth, how long will it take you to completely consume the five or six thousand remnants of the 101st Division without mobilizing your existing troops?"

"Ah? Commissar, haven't Minister He and the others issued an order to our 128th Regiment and other troops to 'leave the battlefield tonight and return to aid Nanjing'? The troops are now ready to give up continuing to encircle and suppress the remnants of the 101st Division and plan to start Turn offense into defense..."

"Don't change the subject, just answer my question just now! How long do you need?"

"Appointment... five days! I just need five days!"

"Five days? Can you guarantee that if I give you another five days, you will be able to completely eat the 101st Division?"

"I promise! It's just, Commissioner, haven't the troops already received orders to retreat?"

"This...Actually, the situation in Nanjing is not as dangerous as expected. The battle in Hudong...continues as scheduled! Yes! Continues as scheduled! I will give you five more days, and I will not transfer any of your soldiers. Completely wipe out the 101st Division within five days!"

"But...yes! I understand! I must complete the task!"

After hanging up the phone, Chiang Kai-shek took a deep breath. He knew that he was making a gamble.

The retreat of the national army from Shanghai is undoubtedly telling the whole world that the war in Shanghai is ending with the Japanese coming to victory. Abandoning Shanghai and giving up the "decisive battle in Shanghai" made Chiang Kai-shek very uncomfortable. After all, Shanghai is not an ordinary city, more than that, The meeting of the Nine-Power Pact Organization will be held on the 101rd of next month. The Japanese originally clamored to "destroy China in three months." Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek hopes that the national army can stick to Shanghai for three months. In the past, it was possible to break the Japanese's wild words of "destroying China in three months", but now it is only two months, and they are retreating. It is not only a military failure, but also a political failure. , Chiang Kai-shek is increasingly eager to achieve a "perfect victory" before abandoning Shanghai. This "perfect victory" is naturally the complete annihilation of the 101st Division. The loess of the [-]st Division has been buried up to the neck. The Japanese army was almost dying, and giving up giving it a final blow at this time made Chiang Kai-shek more uncomfortable than giving up Shanghai.

"As long as these troops in Nanjing last another five days or a week, we will be able to achieve overall victory!" Chiang Kai-shek let out a long breath, "The Japanese are not invincible, and the troops in Nanjing can still hold on..." His thoughts were racing .

On the other side of the phone, Chen Cheng hung up the phone in a daze. After recovering, he smiled bitterly. He understood that the "old man" was on the front line of the remote control again.

Chapter 225 Defending Nanjing (5)

"Woooo..." The howl that suddenly came from Shijiawa Village, two or three kilometers northwest of Dongmen Town at night, had to be horrifying, because the sound was very frightening, like a wounded old wolf seeing himself When all the wolf cubs are killed by the enemy, the kind of extreme grief that destroys the liver and gallbladder, the extreme mania of madness, and the desire to bite the enemy to death one by one, even the bones will be chewed to pieces The wolf howl of extreme hatred and resentment swallowed with flesh and blood.

The source of the voice of this person, who is neither human nor ghost, is Lieutenant General Gu Hisao, the commander of the 6th Division.

After a bloody battle all day, the 6th Division hardly achieved any decent results, but it paid an unimaginably heavy price.

When the chief of staff of the division Shimono Yihuo, his face was as pale as a sheet of paper, his whole body was trembling like a stroke, and he handed over the casualty statistics sheet, Lieutenant General Tani Hisao's spirit directly collapsed, lost control and even went crazy in the first few minutes. the edge of.

In just one day, more than 6000 people were killed and injured, and the number of casualties alone exceeded 6. Such a heavy loss is not only an unprecedented heavy injury, but also an unprecedented shame and humiliation, because this incident happened in the [-]th Division. body.

What is the 6th Division?It was one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese Army before the war, one of the seven Dayuan teacher regiments of the Japanese Army, and one of the earliest six divisions of the Japanese Army. It was also called the "Imperial Army" together with the second division. "Shuangbi" is "the two most powerful and most powerful aces in the Imperial Army", and the 7th Division with "black skin and red blood" is even known as "the number one Japanese soldier in the world and the number one Japanese soldier in Kyushu". One, Kyushu soldiers and Kumamoto soldiers number one."

As the pride and signature of the Japanese Army, the 6th Division was beaten so embarrassingly and desolately, what face does the Japanese Army have?The disastrous defeat in Dongmen Town was not only a great shame for the 6th Division, but also a great shame for the entire Japanese Army and the entire Japanese Empire, and it was also a great shame for Lieutenant General Tani Hisao himself.

For 49 years since it was formally established as an army, the 6th Division has always been the vanguard of the Japanese Army. The 49-year military history is full of brilliant achievements in its siege and invincibility. It won Weihaiwei in the Sino-Japanese War. He was invincible and invincible in the Battle of Shahe and the Battle of Fengtian. Nine years ago, he sent troops to Shandong, which frightened the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Nationalist Government from entering Jinan (the division subsequently committed the heinous crime of the Jinan tragedy). In the Battle of Hehe, the Jin Army's Shang Zhen Department was defeated with such force... Today, the 6th Division that went to the gate of the Chinese capital unexpectedly fell into such a big somersault and suffered such a big loss. The general and the senior commanders of the 6th Division are mournful and distraught?

As the 6th division head of the 19th Division, Lieutenant General Tani Hisao was so ashamed and in pain that he could not control his emotions at all. Under the command of many senior division heads, the 6th Division made great achievements for the empire. He also built an undefeated reputation for himself, but in his hands, he suffered the heaviest loss and the most extreme humiliation in history, which made Lieutenant General Tani Hisao completely lose the courage to continue to "live with shame" , "I estimate that as long as a thousand soldiers are killed or injured, the imperial sun flag can fly over Nanjing!" This sentence he said to Lieutenant General Okamura a day ago seems to be still echoing in his ears at this time, unprecedented The humiliation, pain, grief and indignation caused him to put down the casualty statistics table and pull out the saber without hesitation, stabbing himself in the abdomen.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Officer Shimono and other officers rushed forward and snatched the saber from Lieutenant General Tani Hisao.

In fact, Shimono and other officers are already prepared to deal with this situation, because they feel the same as Lieutenant General Tani Hisao. At this time, they do not choose to commit suicide by harakiri in order to apologize. It is not a "normal" Japanese soldier and a die-hard militarist at all. activists.