I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Jiang Weiguo couldn't help but be moved by it, he hugged Yangmei with love, and said with emotion: "You are the best..."

"You have two personal matters that you need to deal with!" Yang Mei said in a businesslike tone.

"what's up?"

"follow me!"

Yang Mei led Jiang Weiguo to the door of the next room, opened the door, and there were dozens of sacks in the room.

"What?" Jiang Weiguo wondered.

"Letter!" Yang Mei said, "Sent to you from all over the country, and some from abroad. Almost all of them are written to you by women. What's the content... I just admire you and want to work hand in hand with you. Over 5 letters so far!"

Jiang Weiguo suddenly burst into a hot sweat.

"There are still several batches of forty or fifty women looking for you!" Yang Mei continued, "Is there any purpose for them... I don't need to say, several of them claim to be your girlfriends when you were in college in Suzhou!"

Jiang Weiguo suddenly burst into hot sweat.

On November 11, Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun issued a "Letter to the Citizens of Shanghai", announcing the fall of Shanghai with great sorrow.

On November 11, the national government issued a "Message to All Compatriots in Shanghai", praising the heroic performance of the national army soldiers and Shanghai citizens who participated in the war in the Songhu Battle. Shanghai.

On November 11, Lin Sen, chairman of the national government who arrived in Chongqing, issued the "Declaration on the National Government's Relocation to Chongqing", announcing that "the national government will move to Chongqing today in order to 'adapt to the war situation, coordinate the overall situation, and resist the war for a long time'.

On the same day, the nine-nation pact organization meeting was officially held in Brussels, the capital of Belgium; the 77th Division was formally established.

Jiang Weiguo has no interest in paying attention to the Brussels meeting. He believes in a truth. If China wants to win the war, it can only rely on itself. Although it does not rule out external assistance, the most fundamental thing is to rely on itself. It is imperative.

After the Battle of Songhu, the national army "slowly retreated" and the Japanese army "slowly advanced". Busy with internal quarrels, there are many people who firmly advocate the invasion of Nanjing, and there are also many people who strongly oppose the invasion of Nanjing. The war thought is divided again. "Attack Nanjing" order, and the high-ranking Japanese army has been afraid. A group of war fanatics such as Matsui Iwane, Yanagawa Heisuke, Tani Hisao, and Nakajima Imasago did not dare to act rashly. Therefore, on the way from Shanghai to Nanjing, the Japanese army was like Seeing off the national army, "do not force, chase but do not fight", although local battles continue every day and night, but the two sides have indeed not broken out any major wars in a short period of time, and the overall situation is very relaxed.

The national army that had withdrawn from Shanghai was divided into two major groups. Those who "arrived late" or had not yet been dispatched were responsible for resisting successively along the way, and those who were disabled on the battlefield in Shanghai were assembled in Nanjing. There are seas of soldiers and large armies gathered, but the soldiers are all wounded soldiers, and the army are all remnants.

In fact, after the troops withdrew from Shanghai to Nanjing, in addition to resting and reorganizing, they were also waiting for their fate.

As we all know, due to the "special national conditions", the Chinese army will not truly implement "rewards for meritorious deeds and punishment for demerits" on the battlefield. Only the central army troops enjoy this kind of treatment. As for the local army...it is more sad and unfair .

In the local army, those who have made meritorious service will keep the designation system unchanged; It will strengthen the strength of the local army), thank God for sending the ocean, as for the expansion of the troops (such as adding a regiment) and the upgrading of the organization (such as upgrading from a brigade to a division), basically don’t think about it, the probability is as low as buying The lottery, unless you make a particularly important contribution, it is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to give the local army the opportunity to increase its strength; the local army that has not made meritorious service and performed mediocrely (there are also meritorious ones, but they are deliberately ignored or obliterated or replaced) , will be weakened or dismembered by Chiang Kai-shek immediately, the lighter ones will reduce the establishment (for example, it was originally a division and downgraded to a brigade), and the serious ones will directly cancel the designation and establishment; It's not a class at all, and it's full of traps everywhere.

The local army is not allowed to recruit troops by itself, neither in the hometown nor on the spot. For example, the Guangxi Army has a division that was disabled in Jiangsu Province. If it returns to Guangxi Province to recruit troops, it will definitely let this division Keep the Guangxi faction pure. If the division recruits troops on the spot, although all the recruits are Jiangsu soldiers, the troops are from the Guangxi faction after all, and the strength of the Guangxi faction is still enhanced. Therefore, if the local army is disabled, the Central Army will "enthusiastically It is very clear that the local army supplemented by the central army will be assimilated by the central army and become a "semi-central army". In this way, Chiang Kai-shek "brought the local army units back to the central government" one by one, justifiably and calmly.

It can be said that the local army that was disabled on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, besides disappearing, was almost always annexed, dismembered, and integrated by the Central Army.

The local army units that suffered heavy losses were either found an excuse to revoke their designation and establishment, or they were stuffed into a bunch of central army units for "replenishment", which led to the assimilation of the unit by the central army.

Even the local army units with not heavy losses sometimes cannot escape this fate, because the excuse is the best to find: Did the local army units suffer heavy losses?Well, it shows that this unit is not effective in fighting and did not go all out to fight against the Japanese army. Then, it is still justifiable to revoke the designation of this unit or reduce the number of this unit.

Chiang Kai-shek's actions will have bad consequences. The local army fought desperately with the Japanese invaders, and they were wiped out and disabled, but the end was so bleak. Therefore, in the early stage of the War of Resistance Lao Ben fought with the Japanese army, but in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, more and more local troops "passively avoided the war and preserved their strength". The reason is needless to say.

Zijin Mountain is the garrison place assigned by the Military Commission to the 77th Division. It is also the establishment of the 918th and 128th Regiments. Jiang Weiguo rushed there in the morning to reunite with Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo and others. A lot less people, but also a lot more people.

At noon that day, on the grounds of celebrating Jiang Weiguo's discharge from the hospital and welcoming Jiang Weiguo's return, Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo and others organized a welcome feast. I'm pouring you out, it's very noisy, it looks very lively and joyful, but in fact, to apply a saying in later generations, "When you smile, you cry". In the end, I couldn't help myself and cried aloud. The sad atmosphere quickly spread, and everyone who was laughing and making noise all choked up and cried.

After all, everyone came back from the battlefield where fate was like morning dew. The first laugh was because they were still alive, and the next cry was because of those brothers who were no longer there.

At the reception banquet, Jiang Weiguo suggested to leave a table full of wine, vegetables, dishes and chopsticks, but leave empty seats for those brothers and feet who have sacrificed their lives for the country.

During the banquet, all the officers who saw the vacancy at the table burst into tears. Coupled with the feeling of alcohol, some officers wept silently, while others beat their chests and feet regardless of their image, and wailed loudly: "My battalion! It's gone!" There were more than 3000 brothers when Lao Tzu’s whole camp set out, and there were only more than 500 brothers left when we returned!”

Looking at this scene, Jiang Weiguo was also very sad, but he knew that he could not be sad yet, because he had not won the victory yet, and the day of victory was far away. This was just the beginning.

In the afternoon, the division commander and deputy division commander of the 77th Division officially arrived to take office.

Jiang Weiguo, Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo and others secretly discussed the commander and deputy commander of this division, and they all estimated that they were "outsiders" because the 77th Division was in the 918th, 128th, 813th, and independent 8th Cavalry Regiments. Of the four regiment leaders Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo, Ji Zhangjian, and Luo Youlun, both Ji Zhangjian and Luo Youlun joined halfway, and they are all excluded. The status of Ji Zhangjian's 813 regiment is definitely not as good as The 918th Regiment and the 128th Regiment, Luo Youlun's 8th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry unit, it is certainly impossible for one of them to be the division commander and deputy division commander, and their qualifications are not as good as Du Yuming and Zheng Dongguo (Du Zheng is both in Whampoa Phase I , Ji is Whampoa Phase [-], Luo is Whampoa Phase [-]), as for Du Yuming and Zheng Dongguo, they have the same qualifications, and they are indistinguishable. Even if one is a teacher and the other is an assistant teacher, it is not appropriate. It is a certainty that the head of the regiment will become the brigade commander, but it is really unlikely that he will be promoted to the division commander or deputy division commander in one step.

Sure enough, the facts did not meet the guesses of Jiang Weiguo and the others. Both the division commander and the deputy division commander were "outsiders" appointed by Chiang Kai-shek himself.

"General Huang, General Zhong, it's you!" Jiang Weiguo laughed.

"Jianhao, it should be Master Huang and Deputy Zhong!" Du Yuming corrected with a smile.

Lieutenant General Huang Wei was sent to the 77th Division as the division commander, and Major General Zhong Song as the deputy division commander.

Both Huang Wei and Zhong Song laughed heartily: "Jianhao, Guangting, Guiting, we are going to work together!"

"Welcome to the master seat! Welcome to the deputy seat!" Jiang Weiguo and the others expressed their welcome, and they were sincere.

Chiang Kai-shek's appointment of Huang Wei and Zhong Song as the principal and deputy commanders of the 77th Division was deliberate.

First of all, there is no need to say much about Huang Wei's character. Although he is a bit pedantic, he is called a "bookworm", but he has always been upright, upright and resolute, unselfish, with a clean heart, and loves soldiers like a son, worries about the country and the people, Strict with self-discipline and self-discipline, similar to Lu Su in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he is both a "good old man" and an "honest man", and he does not know how to play tricks. "Change to" train me".

Everyone knows that the 77th Division is Jiang Weiguo's personal guard. Jiang Weiguo is too young and has too little qualifications to be directly a division commander or deputy division commander. Therefore, someone needs to be Jiang Weiguo's nominal immediate boss. To put it bluntly, It is to act as a "puppet". At the same time, this person must not be indignant because of this. This person must be indifferent to fame and fortune, have no desires, must not pay too much attention to his own gains and losses, cannot "compete" with Jiang Weiguo, and must not pose a threat or negative to Jiang Weiguo. Therefore, Huang Wei is simply a tailor-made candidate.

In addition, Huang Wei belongs to Chen Cheng's "Civil Department". Chen Cheng contributed a lot in this Hudong campaign. Chiang Kai-shek sent Chen Cheng's confidants to Jiang Weiguo's army, which was also an indirect reward for Chen Cheng. .

As for Zhong Song, Zhong Song is a strong general, a brave general, and a mighty general. Chiang Kai-shek appointed him as the deputy commander of the 77th Division. In fact, he was adding to the icing on the cake for Jiang Weiguo's direct troops and sending Jiang Weiguo a backbone. After all, Huang Wei is a bit weak, Zhong Song is very Bravery, the two complement each other, complement each other, and complement each other.

In addition, Zhong Song was originally the commander of the brigade, and he had made great contributions in the Battle of Songhu. At this time, he was promoted to the deputy division commander, and the personnel arrangement was very reasonable.

Zhong Song's original unit was the Independent 2nd Supplementary Brigade, but this brigade was not simple, it was the elite of the Central Army.

国军进行全面整顿后，德械水平最高的就是第一批的10个师，分别是：第3、6、9、14、36、87、88师以及教导总队、税警总团（第918团和第128团），第十个就是钟松的独立第2补充旅。

The designation of the Independent 2nd Supplementary Brigade was unofficial, and it was a matter of course to cancel it at this time. After the brigade participated in the Songhu Battle, there were still more than 2000 officers and soldiers, all of whom were added to the 77th Division. Zhong Song changed from the brigade commander to the deputy division commander. Very reasonable.

The establishment of the 77th Division is very large, and it can be used as multiple divisions on the battlefield. The deputy division commander is actually the "second commander", so the deputy division commander must also be able to act independently and have the ability to independently command division-level troops. Zhong Song has this ability.

As for Zhong Song's military rank, he was a major general before the Songhu Battle, and he had the opportunity to be promoted to lieutenant general after the Songhu Battle, but Chiang Kai-shek delayed the promotion of Xu Zhongsong's rank for "convenience" for Jiang Weiguo (following Jiang Weiguo, the disadvantages There are two, one is that the death rate is very high, and the other is that the promotion is slower than in other units. After all, Jiang Weiguo, the "supreme leader", is on top, and it is inconvenient for others to surpass him.

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The simple welcome meeting was also the first high-level meeting of the 77th Division. At the meeting, Huang Wei announced the establishment of the 77th Division and the personnel arrangement of the main officers:

The 77th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, the division commander is Lieutenant General Huang Wei, and the deputy division commander is Major General Zhong Song;

Chief of Staff Colonel Jiang Weiguo, Deputy Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Yao (recommended by Jiang Weiguo to Chiang Kai-shek);

师下辖第771旅、第772旅、第773步兵旅，师部直属第77骑兵团（原独立第8骑兵团）、第77炮兵团、第77工兵团、第77辎重兵团、特种营、狙击营、通讯营、宪兵队、卫生队等部队；

The 771st Infantry Brigade, led by Major General Du Yuming, under the jurisdiction of the 918th, 991st, and 992nd Infantry Regiments;

The 772nd Infantry Brigade, led by Major General Zheng Dongguo, under the jurisdiction of the 128th, 993rd, and 994th Infantry Regiments;

The 773rd Infantry Brigade, led by Colonel Ji Zhangjian, under the jurisdiction of the 813th, 995th, and 996th Infantry Regiments.

There are 13 regiments in the division, and each regiment has 3 battalions under its jurisdiction. The total number of officers and soldiers in the division is estimated to be 2.5.

On this basis, Jiang Weiguo must intensify the expansion of the army, and make the whole division further seriously exceed the standard. He has no worries about doing this, because he has money and guns, and there are people on the top. A regiment can even be defeated by him Jurisdiction over five battalions.

In addition, the 77th Division looks too bloated, which may lead to poor command, but in fact the division can be regarded as a "combination of several divisions", which can be dismantled into several divisions on the battlefield. , but not bloated.

After Huang Wei made the announcement, he smiled and said: "Everyone, our next task is to recruit and replenish troops. After all, the actual number of soldiers in the whole division is only one-third of the expected number of soldiers, and the Japanese will soon make a large-scale invasion. , we have a long way to go!"

"Master, I'm worrying too much!" Du Yuming laughed, "With the big gold signboard of Jianhao, are you afraid that you won't be able to recruit soldiers? I estimate that if we set up a table of food, at least three tables will come!"

Everyone let out a tacit whistle, and Jiang Weiguo also laughed, and he said: "The quantity must be guaranteed, so we must also ensure the quality, rather than shortage, and strive for excellence.

Ladies and gentlemen, during the recruitment process, we give priority to recruiting veterans with actual combat experience, as well as technical units, and as for recruits, they also need to be educated!"

"Recruiting veterans?" Huang Wei looked at Jiang Weiguo with a little surprise, "All veterans belong to the army! Unless they are veterans who were separated from the original army!"

Jiang Weiguo shrugged: "Dug the walls! Dig the walls of other troops!"

Huang Wei was speechless for a moment.

Zheng Dongguo said: "Many units were canceled after the war, and their organization was revoked, making many veterans 'homeless'. When it comes to our division, there are hundreds of people in this province and more than a thousand people in that province. If they are broken up, they will not form a small group within the division!"

Sun Liren said: "I have seen other troops. The medical conditions of most troops are very poor. A large number of wounded soldiers do not receive timely and effective treatment, so they can only wait for death. The medical conditions of our troops are very good, so we can do good things. Using our field hospital to receive wounded soldiers from other units can save the lives of many wounded soldiers and recruit soldiers. Those wounded soldiers are rescued and cured by us. When they recover from their injuries, they can join our division It is also a matter of course, and other troops will not have any objections.

As for the wounded soldiers, most of them are veterans who fought with the Japanese army with bayonets and have rich practical experience, which is exactly what we want!"

Ji Zhangjian added: "In addition to veterans, we still lack grassroots officers, especially platoon commanders and company commanders. Everyone, if you want to improve the combat effectiveness of your troops, veterans are very important, and grassroots officers are also very important. Grassroots officers die in battle. The rate is also very high!"

"That's right!" "Good idea!" Everyone agreed.

"Then let's all get busy!" Huang Wei nodded with a smile.

Although he is the division commander and the biggest official in the division, Huang Wei has no airs. First, he is a good old man who smiles at everyone and nods three times. Second, he is also very clear about his status in the 77th division. Lin Sen, chairman of the national government, does not have much real power, but is just a "symbol", so of course he cannot show off.

Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo, Ji Zhangjian and others who were eager to expand their troops must have spared no effort in this matter. Anyway, Jiang Weiguo said, "As long as the quality is guaranteed, it is better to have more soldiers." come to raise".

Therefore, the number of soldiers in the 77th Division continued to snowball every day in the following days.

In the morning of the next day, Jiang Weiguo received a notice from Chiang Kai-shek and asked him to go to the Military Commission for a meeting to participate in the discussion of the major issues of "how to conduct the Nanjing Campaign and how the overall situation of the Sino-Japanese War will unfold".

Chapter 238

After stepping into the meeting hall of the Military Commission, Jiang Weiguo saw that the hall was full of generals and stars, and most of the generals were generals, and there were only a handful of lieutenant generals and major generals. Apart from the military generals, there were also many people in Chinese tunic suits. Party and government officials, it can be said that most of the heavyweights who can speak in the party, government, and military circles of the Nationalist Government gathered in the hall.

The participants included He Yingqin, Minister of Military and Political Affairs, Chen Cheng, Deputy Minister of Military and Political Affairs and Minister of Political Affairs, Cheng Qian, Chief of Staff, Bai Chongxi, Deputy Chief of Staff and Minister of Military Training Department, Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Command, and Gu Zhu, Commander of the Third War Zone, who had just been restored to power. Tong (before the end of the Songhu Battle, Chiang Kai-shek personally served as the commander-in-chief of the third war zone, and Gu Zhutong was the deputy commander-in-chief), Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone who had just arrived from Jinan, and the commander-in-chief of the navy who had just arrived from Fuzhou Chen Shaokuan, Commander of the Fourth War Zone, Ouyang Ge, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Zhou Zhirou, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Tang Shengzhi, Training Director of the Military Commission, Wang Jingwei, President of the Kuomintang and President of the Executive Yuan, Chen Lifu, Director of the Organization Department of the Kuomintang Central Committee, Secretary-General of the Central Political Conference of the Kuomintang Zhang Qun, Deputy Secretary-General of the Military Commission and Deputy Director of the Central Propaganda Department Chen Bulei and other high-level officials.

Among so many generals, the rank of colonel on Jiang Weiguo's collar badge is simply "outstanding among the crowd", but he is not the kind of person who is proud of being favored, so he sits very humbly at the end of the conference table.

There was a lot of voices in the venue. Since the meeting had not yet started, all the participants were discussing in groups of three or four, with different expressions on their faces. They smiled bitterly or worried, but Wang Jingwei, Chen Lifu, Zhang Qun, Chen Bulei and more than a dozen other civil servants showed no worries, and there was a faint sense of relaxation that seemed to be "well-planned and full of self-confidence". There was a smile of unknown meaning, he and Zhang Qun were whispering something in their ears, they both nodded and even chatted happily, obviously reaching a consensus on something.

"Jianhao!" Seeing Jiang Weiguo coming in, Zhou Zhirou, Chen Shaokuan, and Ouyang Ge, who had the best relationship with him, greeted him together, Jiang Weiguo smiled and changed positions and moved forward.

"What do you think of the upcoming battle?" Zhou Zhirou asked in a low voice, with a hint of gloom in his expression.

"What do you think?" Jiang Weiguo wondered, "Of course they fought unswervingly!"

"Alas!" Zhou Zhirou sighed, "In the four months since the war started, the Air Force has lost one-third of its aircraft, but has not been able to get a large-scale replenishment. You know that Japanese submarines and warships are blocking our air force. Out of the sea, our sea transportation line was almost cut off, and the land route was impassable..." He shook his head again and again, "This is not the way to go, our planes will run out sooner or later!" He looked at Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge , "Is there really nothing the Navy can do?"

Ouyang Ge said with a straight face: "What can we do? We need surface warships to fight submarines. Do we have them? All surface warships on the high seas have been wiped out, and only a few have retreated into the Yangtze River.