I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

One hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand elite soldiers, one hundred thousand dead soldiers.

In addition to the 10 troops, there are 10 civilians in Nanjing City to assist in the battle, and most of them are young and middle-aged men with strong will and strong physique.

Many of these civilians are technical personnel, such as doctors, engineers, arsenal workers, electricians, fitters, lathe workers, carpenters, steel workers, metallurgical workers, railway workers, painters, drivers, masons, lumberjacks, etc. After all, To launch a battle to defend a city requires not only soldiers, but also the help of technical personnel. At the same time, civilians are also reservists of the army.

In Xiao Yao's words: "If this battle is fought for several months, those civilians will naturally become qualified soldiers by the flames of war!"

As for material reserves, Nanjing has enough food for 20 people to feed for half a year (if the war lasts for a long time, you can also farm while fighting), weapons and ammunition are also very sufficient, and the number of bullets alone is as high as [-] million. Only rifle bullets, and a large part of them are machine gun bullets), and the Jinling Arsenal, which has been transferred underground, will maintain normal production activities during the war. Almost none of the armory workers left Nanjing, and more workers signed up for the armory than the original workers.

The [-] defenders are all German weapons and well-equipped. In addition, they also store a large number of Japanese weapons seized in Shanghai as spares.

In addition to the army, the air force and navy have promised to do their best to participate in the next battle of Nanjing.

In terms of city defense fortifications, Nanjing's preparations are also exceptionally sufficient.

Over 110 kilometers of trenches, more than 230 kilometers of trenches, more than 160 kilometers of tunnels, 26 large-scale air-raid shelters (all factory facilities have been undergrounded), 71 large-scale basements, 30 large-scale firepower strongholds, 19 A chain of bunkers, 4 forts, 2 fortresses, more than 800 small and medium-sized firepower points (more than one-third are used for street fighting in the city, and the firepower points in the city will continue to be built at this time and after the outbreak of war); more than In this way, five mountains around Nanjing have been built into three-dimensional fortresses, namely Mufu Mountain (the mountain is located in the north of Nanjing City, standing on the edge of the Yangtze River, the main peak of Laoshan is 5 meters above sea level), Beigu Mountain (the mountain Located in the north of Nanjing City, about one kilometer away from Mufu Mountain, 190 meters above sea level), Hongshan (the mountain is located in the northeast of Nanjing City, about two kilometers away from Beigu Mountain, the main peak Dahongshan is 204 meters above sea level), Yuhuatai (the mountain is located in the south of Nanjing City, with an altitude of 82 meters), and the most important Zijin Mountain (the mountain is located in the east of Nanjing City, with an altitude of 100 meters). These five mountains are located in the north, east and south. Surrounded by Nanjing City on three sides (with the Yangtze River on the west), especially Zijin Mountain, overlooking the entire Nanjing City, is the highest commanding height in the Nanjing area.

These five mountains have almost been hollowed out, and there are intricate and continuous trenches at the foot of the mountain and halfway up the mountain. In each trench, machine gun bunkers, mortar positions, ring fortifications, shelters, and fire support have been set up. A large number of tunnels, tunnels, and basements have been excavated in the mountain, which are used as dormitories for officers and soldiers, lounges, canteens, hospitals, grain depots for storing grain, armory for storing weapons, and There are ammunition depots for ammunition, and there are artillery positions on the mountainside and on the top of the mountain. The higher the altitude, the bigger the artillery on the artillery positions. Large-caliber heavy artillery, all artillery are hidden in the basement of the mountain, and are pulled to the nozzle by rails.

被安装在南京五座山上的大口径重炮共有38门（原计划是50多门，在上海前线损失了部分，同时也缴获十多门日军重炮），包括2门德国330毫米舰炮、4门苏联203毫米重型榴弹炮、6门苏联152毫米重型榴弹炮，剩下的都是德国的150毫米榴弹炮、苏联的122毫米榴弹炮、日本的150毫米或120毫米榴弹炮。

Twenty of these 38 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces were installed on Zijin Mountain.

Under Jiang Weiguo's painstaking management, Nanjing City at the end of 1937 was not only a coveted target for the Japanese army, but also a nearly indestructible super fortress-like military city.

Jiang Weiguo threw in a total of [-] million US dollars for this, but it was worth the money.

In the face of the tide of the sun flag coming overwhelmingly, Nanjing stands firm as a mountain and is ready for battle.

Chapter 242 Preparing for Nanjing (2)

"Mother Xipi! What kind of friend is this?" In a rage, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help blurting out his special "line", because the report just sent from Brussels made him extremely angry and sullen.

The General Assembly of the League of Nations disappointed Chiang Kai-shek, so Chiang Kai-shek put his last hope on the meeting of the Nine-Power Pact Organization. However, at the opening meeting of the Nine-Power Pact Organization on November 11, he rejected the collective sanctions against Japan proposed by the Soviet government at the beginning. , the plan to aid China, in the next ten days or so, the representatives of China and Japan participating in the meeting were arguing with each other, but the representatives of the United States, Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal all said something that had nothing to do with it. Nutritious and meaningless bureaucratic nonsense, the meeting finally closed on November 3, without reaching any substantive conclusions, and only issued a mild declaration: "The representatives of the participating countries still believe that China and Japan If the two countries agree to a cessation of hostilities, so as to give the opportunity to try their good offices, there is no hope of success!"

"Isn't this bullshit?" Jiang Weiguo immediately wanted to laugh when he heard about this declaration, "Okay, okay, Yankees, Britons, Frenchmen, Dutchmen, you short-sighted idiots, even the city gate caught fire and caused fish in the pond 'I don’t even understand the reasoning, but now you allow the Japanese to invade China, deceiving your ears and stealing your bell like ostriches, and even nesting with the Japanese snakes and rats, you deserve to be beaten all over the place by the Japanese in the future!"

Western powers such as the United States, Britain, and France are indeed short-sighted. They are unwilling to offend Japan for China. They cannot see that Japan is not only China's enemy, but also a huge hidden danger of themselves. All of them just want to stay out of it and be cautious in front of the Japanese. Even low-key.

Since the Japanese submarines had already begun to attack German ships coming to China, the Nationalist government tried to buy from Britain the most urgently needed fighter jets for the Chinese army. As a result, the British government was worried that it would anger the Japanese, so they were only willing to sell fighter jets or transport planes that "remove all weapons" to China ", and also pretended to be an ambulance plane. Jiang Weiguo yelled after learning about it: "Damn British guy! What do I want an unarmed fighter jet to do? Fly into the sky to scare the Japanese? Or use the Japanese aircraft as a live target in the air?" The US government is willing Selling weapons to China, including a batch of p-36 fighter jets, but the asking price is more than five times the normal selling price (Americans are darker than the Soviets, when the Soviets sold weapons to China, the asking price was more than three times the normal selling price, And no legal currency banknotes, just gold), but the U.S. government dare not openly sell weapons to China, so it intends to transfer them to China through Australia. However, the Australian government does not allow U.S. weapons to be transferred to China through Australia in order to prevent It angered the Japanese and set them on fire. In order to curry favor with the Japanese government, the British government took the initiative to inform the Japanese government of this matter. After learning about it, the American government hastily assured the Japanese government that "it will never sell weapons to China again."

While the Western powers did not sell weapons and war materials to China, they sold weapons and war materials to Japan wantonly.

American ships, British ships, and Dutch ships flowed endlessly between Japan and the United States, the British Malaya colony, and the Dutch Indonesian colony, bringing American weapons and industrial materials, and Malaya rubber , Indonesian oil is continuously shipped to Japan, sold to Japan, and fueled and transfused to Japan's war machine.

During the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese and Japanese armies fought fiercely. Airplanes, artillery, tanks, warships, torpedoes, mines, bombs, artillery shells... all kinds of weapons took turns to battle, which caused a great impact on the United States, Britain, France and other countries in the Shanghai area. Bombs and shells fell into foreign countries. In the concession, torpedoes and mines destroyed foreign ships, and the Chinese and Japanese troops were unintentional. Facing the Japanese bombing, the United States, Britain, and France protested verbally, compromised, and settled the matter. , the national government had to humbly apologize and even pay high compensation.

"Damn it! These bastards from the West!" Jiang Weiguo was furious. He found that his hatred and hatred for the United States, Britain and France was no less than that for Japan.

Japan is a real villain, and the American and British laws are hypocrites, and hypocrites are more hateful than real villains.

"Huh... seems to have an extra eye!" Yang Mei couldn't help but said in amazement after removing the bandage on Jiang Weiguo's head.

"Really?" Jiang Weiguo hurriedly said, "Give me a mirror! Is your husband's handsome face disfigured?"

Yang Mei handed Jiang Weiguo a mirror in a depressed and helpless mood.

Jiang Weiguo looked at his face in the mirror, and couldn't help blurting out: "Fuck! It really looks like I have an extra eye!" Jiang Weiguo's head was almost split in two by Japanese shell fragments, although there was a helmet blocking it. He didn't die, but a thick scar from top to bottom was split between the brows on his forehead and penetrated deep into the bone. It was as big as a thumb and "seated" on his forehead impartially.

"Hey!" Jiang Weiguo threw away the mirror and sighed long, "I've made such a handsome face, how can I get a girl in the future? I'm going to promote you from 'my wife' to 'my first wife'! I plan to let you be in charge of the harem in the future and command the heroes... Ah, no, it is the command group 'female'!"

On Yang Mei's face was an expression that wanted to beat Jiang Weiguo but was too lazy to be serious with him, could not bear it but had to bear it.

Jiang Weiguo was just joking, he is so busy all day now that he has no mood to think about that.

Chiang Kai-shek was completely disappointed with the Nine-Power Treaty Organization, while Jiang Weiguo had no psychological fluctuations, because he never counted on those Western powers who were mercenary and double-faced.

Those Western powers all look high-sounding and dog-like, but if you look at their family history, which one doesn't have the blood of other countries and nations on their hands?And which one didn't kill people like hemp and do all kinds of bad things?If they don't kill people, where do they have so many colonies?Without looting, where did they get so much wealth?Which of their empires on which the sun never sets was not built on a pile of dead men?They are not good things.

Isn't it ridiculous to expect justice from a group of robbers in suits?Jiang Weiguo has fully seen through this point.

Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Wei-guo father and son have fundamentally different attitudes towards this war. Chiang Kai-shek likes fantasy and is constantly keen on "political settlement", while Chiang Wei-guo is very pragmatic and firmly advocates "military settlement". He wholeheartedly started to continue to strengthen and consolidate the work of Nanjing city defense. He, Xiao Yao, Yi Shuihan, Liu Fengling and other staff officers traveled to almost every corner of Nanjing city and every place within a radius of [-] kilometers around Nanjing city. In the local area, two sets of four complete military sand tables, each nearly half the size of a basketball court, were made. Two are Nanjing City itself, and the other two are centered on Nanjing City, covering a radius of [-] kilometers around. southwestern Jiangsu Province.

There are two sets of military sand tables, one in the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters and the other in the division headquarters of the 77th Division.

Between square inches, mountains and rivers are fully displayed.

After the sand table is finished, Xiao Yao's favorite thing to do is to stare at the sand table and think intently, and keep silent for several hours.

Jiang Weiguo said to Xiao Yao with great emotion: "Military Master, do you still remember the scene when we first met? You started to draw up the design drawings of the Nanjing City Defense Project at that time, and in a blink of an eye, it has now become a reality!"

Xiao Yao nodded: "Yes, time is coming soon!"

Jiang Weiguo asked Xiao Yao: "Military Master, are there any loopholes, flaws or even flaws in Nanjing's defense system?"

"I've been thinking about this problem!" Xiao Yao said earnestly, "For a while, I was thinking about how to consolidate Nanjing's defense system as our commander, and I tried my best to fill in loopholes, correct flaws, and eliminate loopholes. As an official, he thought about how to disintegrate Nanjing's defense system, racking his brains to seize loopholes, take advantage of flaws, and grasp loopholes.

War is relative after all.

By the way, the Japanese army does not have airborne troops, right? "

"Should not, no, definitely not!" Jiang Weiguo's tone was very firm. He remembered clearly that the Japanese airborne troops in history were established with the help and guidance of the Germans, and the official establishment time was in 1940. It was not until the summer and autumn of 1941 that it was on the right track, and its combat capabilities were very poor, and it almost never achieved any decent results. At this time, there were [-]% none. It is impossible to help the Japanese establish a regular airborne force.

"That's good!" Xiao Yao nodded, "However, we are going to form an airborne troop!"

"What? Now? So hasty?" Jiang Weiguo was very surprised.

Xiao Yao pointed to the sand table of Nanjing City: "Look, the Japanese army can encircle Nanjing City on land in the north and south of the Yangtze River in Nanjing. The Yangtze River is almost the only transportation line and lifeline for Nanjing. Although the Japanese fleet is currently blocked in the lower reaches of Jiangyin, the As time goes by, the Japanese fleet will break through Jiangyin sooner or later. At that time, the Yangtze River transportation line will also be lost. Nanjing, which has been completely reduced to an isolated city, can only rely on air assistance.

We have fighter jets, no bombers, and many transport planes that can drop troops and supplies to Nanjing!"

"The training of the airborne troops is not something that happens overnight?" Jiang Weiguo hesitated a little.

Xiao Yao shook his head: "What we need is not regular airborne troops, but 'infantry descended from the sky'.

It is enough to select a group of elite infantry, learn to parachute, and then be airdropped to Nanjing City by the transport fleet.

The real paratroopers are to be airdropped to the enemy-occupied area. Our paratroopers will land in Nanjing City, which is controlled by our own army after parachute jumping. Change, just a group of infantry arriving on the battlefield by plane!"

"You're right!" Jiang Weiguo slapped his head, "Great idea! I'll report to my father right away to establish our airborne troops!" Transport aircraft.

People like Xiao Yao think about the next Nanjing War based on their own ability to plan and predict, while Jiang Weiguo is "much more convenient". Many deficiencies and even fatal loopholes in the defense of Nanjing, and then perfected one by one by prescribing the right medicine.

Jiang Weiguo thought seriously:

What was the defense of Nanjing in the original history like?Why did it fail in the end?

First of all, there is a huge gap between the two sides in terms of military strength.

A total of 8 divisions of the Japanese army participated in the war, plus a large number of affiliated troops, with a strength of more than 20 (some sources say it was 24). It should be noted that although several of the 8 Japanese divisions also suffered heavy losses on the Shanghai battlefield , but the Japanese army has a complete reserve supplementary system, how many troops can be replenished as soon as they are exhausted, and the quality of the soldiers is fully guaranteed, so these 8 divisions were basically full when they attacked Nanjing. The army surrounded Nanjing with 8 divisions and more than 20 troops, and the troops directly used to attack the city included 6 divisions and a large number of affiliated troops, with a strength of more than 15 troops (some sources say it is more than 18); , there are 14 divisions in name (the Central Teaching Corps counts as one division), but they are basically troops that were disabled in Shanghai. The full strength of the 14 divisions can reach 15 to 20 troops, but the actual strength is only about 8. (not the 15 elites claimed in the promotional materials of later generations), and 3 of them were recruits, and the veterans were exhausted and at the end of their battles, because the defense of Nanjing broke out immediately after the Battle of Songhu, which made the country withdraw from Shanghai to Nanjing None of the officers and soldiers could take a good breath, they were overwhelmed physically and psychologically, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. On the contrary, the Japanese army had just captured Shanghai, and the price they paid was not particularly heavy, so their morale was high and they were full of fanatical fighting mentality.

Secondly, there are many deficiencies in the command of the national army.

Tang Shengzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing National Army, was born in the local army, and has been sitting on the bench in the national army all year round. Therefore, he has no prestige and actual commanding power over the central army troops participating in the war. Moreover, he is not very capable and has made many mistakes. , mistakes, and the Central Army troops under him did not obey his orders very well, which made his command mistakes and command mistakes further magnified.

On the other hand, the national government failed to evacuate the citizens of Nanjing, resulting in hundreds of thousands of civilians failing to evacuate in time and falling into the hands of the Japanese army.

The Nationalist government did not have a detailed plan on how to resettle and protect the citizens after the fall of Nanjing, and the citizens also lacked self-protection and rescue awareness. This has a lot to do with the misleading propaganda of the Nationalist government. The Propaganda Department of the government also vigorously promoted this, but in fact, Chiang Kai-shek knew that Nanjing could not be defended. He said that he wanted to defend Nanjing to the death. Not knowing the real situation of the war, I thought that the national army would really stick to Nanjing, so I didn't leave Nanjing too anxiously.

Before the outbreak of the war, the national government was mainly busy with the transfer of government agencies, and was not very concerned about the aftermath of Nanjing and the safety of the people, so that the people did not have enough psychological and material preparations to face the fall of Nanjing.

Tang Shengzhi seriously did not think carefully about how to command the troops to retreat after the defeat, and he must bear the unshirkable responsibility (to be fair, both the superior Chiang Kai-shek and the subordinate Central Army troops caused great disturbance to him, and he did not expect Nanjing fell after only 13 days, so it was caught off guard and there was no time to formulate a retreat plan.

Before the defense of Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek estimated that Nanjing could be defended for two months, and Tang Shengzhi had the same idea. This is like the previous Sekt defense line, which was thought to be able to defend for two months, but Matsui Iwane broke through in two days. Naturally This makes the national army unable to cope with such unexpected emergencies).

Tang Shengzhi confiscated all the boats and other means of transportation across the river, but he did not formulate a strict and complete retreat plan (it may be too late to formulate), which made the national army unable to form effective resistance and orderly retreat after the fall of Nanjing, directly causing the collapse of the entire army , The retreat turned into a defeat like a mountain, and the most hateful thing is that many division and brigade officers of the national army abandoned their troops and fled alone in times of crisis, which made the chaos uncontrollable.

In addition, Chiang Kai-shek was also responsible. He sent Tang Shengzhi many times ambiguous and even inconsistent instructions, which made Tang Shengzhi at a loss. In the end, he announced the retreat in a haste. He only issued an order to retreat, but did not come up with a retreat plan.

As for the Japanese army, of course, there is no need to say much. The national army rushed into battle, but the Japanese army was fully prepared (although the Japanese army's attack on Nanjing was an unauthorized action, but the Japanese army had a well-established military organization and quickly came up with a complete set of combat plans), and In fact, the national army did not plan to keep the city defenders living with Nanjing in the defense of Nanjing, but wanted to retreat, so it was a desperate battle rather than a desperate battle.

Third, the factor of weapons and equipment.

The national army defending Nanjing still had enough light weapons and ammunition, because there were many armories and ammunition depots in Nanjing. The Jinling Arsenal in Nanjing was still working hard after the war broke out, but in terms of heavy weapons, the national army and the Japanese army The gap is very wide, and the aircraft need not be said directly. Although Chiang Kai-shek kept saying that he would stick to Nanjing, he was ready to abandon Nanjing, so he withdrew the remaining aircraft of the Chinese Air Force from the Nanjing battlefield to defend Wuhan. , Chongqing and other places (although the Nanjing air battle also took place, but the scale was small, and the air force's support for the national army on the ground was relatively low), so that the Japanese army basically controlled the air superiority in Nanjing; the most critical weapon difference was the artillery, especially the heavy artillery.

The Japanese army attacking Nanjing had a total of more than 700 large-caliber and larger-caliber artillery, as well as more than 2000 infantry guns, rapid-fire guns, mortars, grenades, and more than 300 tanks and armored vehicles. The army has only a few dozen artillery pieces, so the heavy firepower of the Japanese army is dozens or even hundreds of times that of the national army.

The firepower advantage of the Japanese army's hundreds of cannons is overwhelming, and the Japanese army also used a large number of poison gas bombs in this battle.

The Japanese heavy artillery group played a major role in the Japanese siege. Most of the bunkers, fortresses, strongholds, and firepower points of the national army did not have the opportunity to shoot and kill the Japanese infantry. They were completely destroyed by the Japanese heavy artillery group as soon as the battle started.

Fourth, the lack of city defense fortifications.

The national army does have a lot of city defense fortifications in Nanjing, but most of them are shoddy, poor-quality products that cut corners, or were built temporarily in a hurry, and most of them were designed unreasonably. Pay too much attention to oblique shooting, side shooting, and depth. Most of them are built on very eye-catching hilltops and hillside corners. The shooting ports are generally large and easy to be destroyed, and the anti-strike ability can only withstand machine guns, mortars, and projectiles. (Note that the national army built fortifications against the Japanese army based on the experience of dealing with the Red Army. The Red Army lacked heavy weapons, so the national army fortifications made of bricks and cement made the Red Army have nothing to do, but the Japanese army has heavy artillery, and the concrete fortifications can be blown up. Ashes), the city defense fortifications in Nanjing basically can only rely on the ready-made city walls of the Ming Dynasty and the two commanding heights of Zijin Mountain and Yuhuatai outside the city. The defense power can be imagined; This is a public opinion (this conclusion is relatively speaking in the period of cold weapons, if in the period of hot weapons, the targeted consolidation and strengthening of Nanjing City can still have great defensive power).

Finally, the result of the battle.

The defense of Nanjing was actually fought fiercely. It was not the one-touch collapse and complete defeat that the people of later generations imagined. Although the soldiers of the national army who participated in the war had too many disadvantages, they basically tried their best. In more than ten days, a total of 1.2 Japanese troops were killed and wounded. More than 4 casualties (not including those who were massacred after surrendering or being captured), 8 generals and 41 colonels and lieutenant colonels died for the country. Therefore, the original historical defense of Nanjing was actually a Epic and tragic battle.

Jiang Weiguo has basically changed all this comprehensively and completely.

First, the comparison of military strength.

There will definitely be many Japanese troops participating in the war. After all, this is only the initial stage of the War of Resistance, and the strength of the Japanese army is still very strong. It is possible to mobilize 50 troops to attack Nanjing, and they are all within the tolerance of Japan's national strength. It depends on the meaning of the Japanese high-ranking officials and Emperor Hirohito. Jiang Weiguo is hard to say. In terms of the national army, there are a total of [-] troops. This number is neither too much nor too little. You can’t put too many troops into Nanjing, otherwise the Japanese army will take the opportunity to wipe it out. Apart from Nanjing and the occupied areas, there are too many places in China that need the national army to defend. One hundred thousand troops is just right. The consumption of food, medicine, etc. will also double; in terms of morale, although the Battle of Songhu ended with the Japanese army winning, the Japanese army paid a heavy price, which caused a great blow to the morale of the Japanese army. The will is also affected, and it becomes vacillating. In the original history, the Japanese army howled and howled to attack Nanjing after defeating Shanghai, but now, the Japanese army is busy licking their wounds after defeating Shanghai, and has developed some fear of Nanjing. ; On the other hand, because of "Chiang Kai-shek" and Jiang Weiguo's personal presence in Nanjing and the ingenious "voluntary decision to stay" strategy, almost all the officers and soldiers of the national army who stayed in Nanjing were determined to die in Nanjing. The supreme leader Leading by example and the fruitful results of the national army in Shanghai, the morale of the Nanjing national army is strong and high. Not only did it not lose to the Japanese army, it even surpassed the Japanese army. Not only morale, but also spirit. This is a major advantage of the national army. , After the Japanese army finished fighting Shanghai, they did not attack Nanjing for a long time (high-level indecision), so that the national army in Nanjing got a longer time for combat preparation and rest time, and their physical strength and psychology were greatly restored.

Second, improvements in command.

The national army has almost no flaws in this regard, because the supreme leader Chiang Kai-shek personally commanded the Nanjing campaign, so there are no factional disputes, disobedience, passive avoidance of war, and preservation of strength in the defenders. Chiang Kai-shek was just a stand-in, but Jiang Weiguo played an active role, and the city defense troops were reorganized and reorganized, which further strengthened the headquarters' ability to control and command the various troops participating in the war, and it was completely as good as the fingers.

As for the civilians, they were all evacuated and would not be massacred.

Third, improvements in weapons and equipment.

The national army has also undergone subversive changes on this point. In terms of light weapons and ammunition, the national army has no worries at all; in terms of aircraft, the air force's fighter group can ensure that the national army has air supremacy on the Nanjing battlefield for a certain period of time, although it cannot The Japanese army bombed indiscriminately, but it could prevent the Japanese aircraft from bombarding the national army indiscriminately; in terms of artillery, the number of heavy artillery of the national army was naturally not as large as that of the Japanese army, but they were all moved to the mountains, condescending and unstoppable, and the terrain advantage made up for the lack of quantity disadvantage.

Fourth, improvements in city defense fortifications.