I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"Okay!" Lieutenant General Jiuyan said very displeased, "Mr. Caolu, the battle is about to begin, and you must have a lot of things to do, so go about your business! I'm fine here.

Mother-in-law, is it the style of an imperial soldier? "

Major General Cao Lu walked away with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Father..." A naval lieutenant beside Lieutenant General Jiu Yan said with a smile, "General Cao Lu is also worried about your safety, your words just now were a bit serious!"

This naval lieutenant is Otowa Masahiko, the second son of Lieutenant Admiral Hatohiko, who is currently serving as a trainee officer on the Mutsu.

"Huh!" Lieutenant General Jiuyan snorted coldly, "Masahiko, don't you know? The guys in the navy are short-sighted, only care about the self-interest of the family, and have no view of the overall situation. How can it be difficult to capture Nanjing? The army cannot take Nanjing, and the navy should bear at least half of the responsibility! Why be polite to them!"

Otowa Masahiko couldn't help but smile bitterly: "But, father, you are indeed a bit dangerous here..."

"Dangerous?" Lieutenant General Hatohiko sneered, "Why is it dangerous?" He raised his eyes and looked around, in front of his eyes was a scene of swallowing mountains and rivers: the Mutsu with a full load displacement of 43450 tons (after modification) was rampant like a steel island On the Yangtze River, it is like a daunting water monster. On the ship, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, high-level dual-purpose machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns are piercing the night sky like a forest of steel. Beside the Mutsu, Four or five destroyers are cruising around the stars and the moon, closely monitoring the dark river surface, and on the outskirts of the destroyer fleet, twenty or thirty gunboats and motorboats are flying across like light cavalry on the water, mobile and vigilant. In front of the river, there are four or five destroyers lined up on the Yangtze River, searching to open the way. In front of the front, there are more than a dozen minesweepers lined up. There are hundreds of roaring wake sprays, arcs interlaced and straight lines vertical and horizontal.

On the water of this section of the Yangtze River, it can be said that the ships are flying like shuttles and the waves are thundering.

In the fierce cold wind, snowflakes fluttered and fell, which added a bit of majestic atmosphere to this scene of war.

On the land in the north and south of the Yangtze River where the fleet is located, more than 9 troops of the 18th and [-]th divisions ordered to protect the fleet on land galloped against the wind and stepped on the snow, their footsteps sounded like drums.

Looking at this scene, Lieutenant General Jiuyan was very proud: "From ancient times to the present, has such a huge fleet ever appeared on this largest river in Asia and the third largest river in the world? The Chinese could not do it themselves, but the Empire of Japan did it! "Full of pride, Lieutenant General Jiuyan King couldn't help but chanted:

"How strong are the two armies of the enemy and ours today? The giant ship is like lightning.

It snows in the middle of the night outside Nanjing, and a hundred thousand soldiers broke through the Yangtze River!"

In the bridge command room of the Mutsu, the captain Takeo Takagi looked at the stopwatch in his hand, and as the time slowly reached 8:30, he coldly ordered: "All main and auxiliary naval guns - sudden generation!"

In an instant, the Yangtze River was boiling, and Nanjing was boiling.

Even though he was in Dashengguan, which was a certain distance away from the city of Nanjing, Jiang Weiguo still felt this kind of violent tremor, his legs trembled slightly, not because he was frightened, but because the ground was shaking , the water waves on the Yangtze River soared into the sky, and the flames soared into the sky. The four giant warships, Mutsu, Ise, Hyuga, and Nagato, launched a volley of overwhelming volleys against their respective intended targets. Boom, the momentum is shocking, the mountains and rivers have changed color, even Jiang Weiguo, who looks down on the Japanese from the bottom of his heart, has to be completely shocked by the mighty war power created by the Japanese.

In the deafening roar of steel, the large-caliber naval gun fired a powerful shock wave like a hurricane, pushing out arc-shaped three-dimensional water walls on the river around the warship. Waves of strong air waves were pushed out in the air around the warship, the wind roared, waves rose one after another, and the wind was surging, and the smoke in the air waves rolled up, rolling over the Yangtze River like dark clouds and black mist, with lightning and thunder among the black clouds. Beams of dazzling white light shone one after another amidst the earth-shattering shelling sounds, and the electric fire was like a torch, reflecting a shocking redness in the night sky. In the crimson mid-air, waves of heavy artillery shells continuously tore through the air, sending out breathtaking sharp whistling, dragging away clusters of criss-cross bullet trails, forming a series of dark red "" "Rainbow", striding across the Yangtze River and Nanjing city.

Looking at the city of Nanjing again, Jiang Weiguo's heart suddenly felt extremely heavy as if it had been filled with lead.

The purpose of the Japanese is clear, and the key targets of shelling are Zijin Mountain, Yuhuatai, Mufu Mountain, Beigu Mountain, and Hongshan. All the shells are pouring into these five mountains like a storm. The Nanjing Army's positions outside the city launched bombardment, and among the five mountains, Zijin Mountain was the first to bear the brunt, and it was the first target of the Japanese. Two-thirds of the shells fell on Zijin Mountain.

Jiang Weiguo saw waves of soaring flames rising from the Yangtze River, plundering the night sky like a meteor shower, and bombarding Zijin Mountain head-on and head-on.

Zijin Mountain, which is not too small but not too big, trembled wildly in the raging flames falling from the sky. The Japanese naval artillery shells were like hundreds of hammers, violently hammering the steel furnace in Zijin Mountain. The iron block, the sky collapsed, the sky was spinning, and the solid Zijin Mountain was like liquid magma at this time. The surface of the mountain completely collapsed and collapsed, forming one after another mudslides. Some of the rock formations on the surface of the mountain were completely collapsed and fractured, and then fell with a bang, falling to the ground, raising dust soaring into the sky, and the entire Zijin Mountain was completely engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. In fact, there is nothing to burn, the trees have been cut down, and what is burning is the explosive powder after the explosion of the shells, because the falling shells are as numerous as hail and as dense as a rainstorm, blasting countless fireballs all over the mountains and fields, one after another, without end The ground churned and swelled, forming a monstrous mountain fire covering the whole mountain.

According to the statistics of the Japanese afterwards, the total value of the naval artillery shells they spent on Zijin Mountain exceeded 150 million US dollars.

Under the almost violent naval gunfire, Zijin Mountain collapsed, the sky was dark, and the whole mountain trembled violently as if a magnitude [-] earthquake had occurred. The fire was everywhere, and the air waves formed by the explosion shock wave were overwhelming, like a tornado. The roar swept across, setting off a huge amount of smoke and dust that covered the sky like a sandstorm.

The stones were blown into powder, and the soil was blown into ashes. As a result, a "black rain" formed of stone powder and soil ash fell in the city of Nanjing.

When re-measured afterwards, the altitude of the first peak of Zijin Mountain, the North Peak, had dropped from 449 meters to 444 meters, which was cut by a full five meters. The second peak, Xiaomao Mountain, was reduced from 350 meters to 347 meters. From 250 meters to 246 meters, more than 3000 square meters of earth and rock were blown away, and there were more than 60 craters on the mountain. 30% of the fortifications on the surface of the mountain were destroyed, and [-]% of the tunnel fortifications in the mountain were also destroyed, basically collapsed by the earthquake. of.

The bombardment of the Japanese naval artillery caused very heavy losses to the Nanjing Army. Although all units had been given covert orders, more than 6000 officers and soldiers were killed or injured by the Japanese artillery bombardment. One-third were directly killed and wounded, and three Two-thirds died of indirect damage from Japanese naval guns such as earthquake injuries, fire, tunnel collapse, and fortification destruction.

Among the casualties, 5000 were casualties in the Zijin Mountain position. After the Japanese bombardment started, the officers and soldiers were all huddled in the trenches, trenches, and tunnels. These fortifications shook like boats in a stormy sea. Their lips were broken, and their mouths were dripping with blood. Many officers and soldiers were injured in their internal organs and suffered terribly. Some officers and soldiers were deafened and even damaged their brain tissue.

Wang Yecheng, the battalion commander of the Tianbao Mountain Artillery Battalion, said with tears in his eyes after the incident: "...After the Japanese artillery shells fell, I really thought that there was a big earthquake in Nanjing. Brothers hid in the tunnels, gritted their teeth and persisted. Our artillery brothers They all hold the precision instruments on the artillery, why? Because if those precision instruments are damaged by the shock, they are difficult to repair, and there is nowhere to buy them. Our brothers use our bodies to buffer the shock waves and protect those precision instruments.

We don't think that human life is worthless, but our country is poor and we have to work hard. To put it bluntly, a cannon is really more valuable than the lives of those who use a battery of it, and there is nothing we can do about it.

During the bombardment, a tunnel was crumbling and was about to be collapsed, but there were a lot of artillery parts stored in it. The brothers hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up and save the parts", and one by one rushed into the tunnel that had begun to collapse. As a result, The tunnel collapsed suddenly, and all 37 brothers were buried alive in it.

The Japanese artillery fire was really too fierce, and the lethality of the naval guns was too powerful!After the shelling, I went out to have a look, my God, Zijin Mountain is not a mountain on the earth, it is a mountain on the moon, and there are smoking craters all over the mountains and plains.

Oh, I forgot to say, our Tianbaoshan Fortress was the famous Zijinshan Observatory before the war. This observatory is our first observatory in China!When building the Tianbao Mountain artillery group, I led people to help the observatory personnel evacuate, and saw a lot of data on the surface of the moon they observed. Really, Zijin Mountain is just like the moon, full of dense and layered craters.

I took two steps and almost fell, because the dirt on the ground made my foot sink into my knee!"

On the riverside of Dashengguan Fortress, Jiang Weiguo, Zhang Yun and other military officers saw off Ouyang Sihai, Bu Xiao and other torpedo boat officers and soldiers and frogman special forces with a solemn and solemn mood.

Jiang Weiguo picked up a bowl of wine, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brothers, it's up to you!"

Ouyang Sihai, Bu Xiao and other attacking officers and soldiers all raised their wine bowls: "We must fulfill our mission!" Ouyang Sihai then looked at Bu Xiao again, "Old Bu, take a look!" He pointed to the nearby Yangtze River, a The fleet of torpedo boats is ready to go, "76 torpedo boats, 380 brothers, including me, our 380 brothers all know that this trip is basically gone forever, we use torpedo boats to attack the Japanese fleet , is no different from committing suicide, but we still do it to protect you.

Brother, don't let us down!You must succeed! "

Tears welled up in the eyes of Bu Xiao and other frogmen: "Brothers, we will definitely not let you down! We will succeed!"

Ouyang Sihai saluted Bu Xiao, Bu Xiao returned the salute, and the two young officers then hugged each other.

"Brothers, come on! You must succeed!"

"Bro, you too, survive! Celebrate victory with us!"

The frogmen saluted the torpedo boat sailors, and the torpedo boat sailors saluted back.

A few kilometers away, the Japanese naval guns were unleashing thunder, and the soaring flames reflected on the faces of these young Chinese soldiers, all of which were fortitude and determination to see death as home.

Jiang Weiguo also had tears in his eyes. He thought to himself: "Actually, our Chinese soldiers are not bad, really not bad! They just don't have a real leader, commander, and organizer. Thousands of Chinese soldiers are full of blood. In the original history, it was actually wasted in vain.

My mission is to prevent their blood from being shed in vain, so that even if they die in battle, their death is truly worthwhile! "

There was the sound of roaring aircraft engines in the night sky. Jiang Weiguo looked at his watch. At 9:40, the time was very precise. The air force was dispatched. A total of more than 14 Chinese Air Force aircraft took off to meet them. Most of them were fighter jets, and a few were Stuka bombers. , only [-], this is the last Stuka of the Chinese Air Force.

The pilots of the Chinese Air Force who participated in the battle knew very well that they were performing a very dangerous mission. First of all, the possibility of successfully attacking the Japanese army was very small, because it was a night operation and it was still snowing. It is a big problem. Secondly, the Japanese army had been prepared for a long time. There were so many anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns in the fleet, but they still dispatched without hesitation. Their purpose was to "fly around the Japanese fleet", Thereby attracting and disturbing the attention of the Japanese army.

At the same time, amidst the bangs of the bombardment of the Japanese naval guns, there was the earth-shattering Chinese shouting and killing. On the main positions outside Nanjing, such as Longtan Town, Pukou District, Zijin Mountain, Yuhuatai, etc., the blue sky and white sun were all over the ground with red national flags and Countless bayonets swept towards the Japanese army together, and the angry Chinese roar resounded through the sky.

This was the first time that the Nanjing Army took the initiative to counterattack the Japanese army on a large scale after the Battle of Nanjing broke out. The ratio of casualties was almost destined to be one to one, but the troops were dispatched anyway, with the same purpose as torpedo boats and planes, to use blood to attract and interfere with the attention of the Japanese army.

"Let's go!" Ouyang Sihai and Bu Xiao saluted Jiang Weiguo again.

Jiang Weiguo returned the salute without saying a word. He knew that if he said "return safely", it would be bullshit, because the torpedo boat sailors and frogman special forces were doomed to death.

The assault troops walked from the shore to the river and formally attacked.

The officers and soldiers of the torpedo boat drove the torpedo boat, and the frogmen rode in a kind of "oil mouse" small earthen submarine.

This kind of "oil mouse" small submarine was designed by a lieutenant staff officer named Qi Zeyuan in the Nanjing Army. He originally planned to use it for "underwater speedboat attack". Piloted and sneaked underwater to attack Japanese warships.

However, this method has been improved.

Behind each torpedo boat is towed an oil mouse, which is filled with 4 frogman special forces.

Next, the torpedo boat will drag the oil mouse towards the Japanese fleet, but put down the oil mouse before the battle broke out. The oil mouse will automatically sink to the bottom of the water, and then rely on the diesel engine on it to sneak. After officially arriving under the target battleship Mutsu, The frogmen in the oil mouse will open the hatch (the hatch is located at the bottom of the oil mouse, so after opening, the river water will not pour into it), the oil mouse will stop at the bottom of the water, and the frogmen will swim up and go into battle.

The reason for doing this is that the frogmen cannot be allowed to swim in the icy river for too long. First, it consumes physical strength and calories, and second, it consumes the oxygen in the oxygen cylinder.

There is another question, that is, how do the oil rats judge the direction in the dark bottom of the water?This depends on the instructions of the sailors of the torpedo boat, and the two sides use radio walkie-talkies to communicate.

At that time, Bu Xiao will detonate a mine at the bottom of the water, and before detonating, he will notify Ouyang Sihai on the torpedo boat, "I guess we have already reached the bottom of the Mutsu, and the signal mine will be detonated in one minute." The mine is filled with magnesium powder, and it will emit a very conspicuous glare. Through the position of the glare of the mine, Ouyang Sihai will tell Bu Xiao, "You are indeed here" or "Your position has deviated, how many meters have you moved in a certain direction?" .

The technology at this time is naturally incomparable with that of later generations. There are no night vision goggles and detectors, so this "earth method" can only be used.

76 torpedo boats, 76 oil mice, 380 torpedo boat sailors, and 304 frogmen rushed to the Japanese battle fleet on the Yangtze River without hesitation.

Chapter 283 Scorched City (3)

Jiang Weiguo, who has been in this time and space for a year and a half, has become more and more aware of a truth: when looking at history, future generations will basically make the mistake of "becoming wise after the fact", and then they will be smart enough to criticize the predecessors, thinking how could the predecessors be so stupid , why not do that and so on.

In fact, many things will be taken for granted in the eyes of later generations, but in the overall historical environment at that time, it was not the same thing.

As the saying goes, "the authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear." Being in it, you have to be fascinated.

As we all know in later generations, the aircraft carrier is a new generation of sea supremacy replacing the battleship and the decisive force in naval warfare, because the weapon of the aircraft carrier is the aircraft, and the weapon of the battleship is the naval gun, and the attack power of the aircraft on the warship naturally far exceeds that of the naval gun.

The period when aircraft carriers replaced battleships was in the early days of World War II (after 1939), but aircraft carriers did not replace battleships as soon as they were born. The replacement process was not smooth, and the biggest bottleneck was the attack power of aircraft.

When aircraft have the ability to severely damage warships, aircraft carriers can replace battleships.

At this time, there are mainly two types of weapons for aircraft to attack warships, torpedoes and bombs (missiles are available in later generations). The aircraft that throw torpedoes is the torpedo attack aircraft, and the aircraft that throw bombs is the dive bomber (there are also aircraft that can throw both torpedoes and bombs). .

Before the war broke out, Jiang Weiguo wanted to buy a large number of torpedo attack aircraft or dive bombers to deal with the Japanese fleet, but after he put it into action, he realized that he thought the problem was simple, because the torpedo attack aircraft had just been developed at this time The performance is very poor, the speed is very slow, and the maneuverability is very poor. When flying to attack the Japanese warship, it is very easy to be shot down by anti-aircraft guns. The German ju-88 bomber can indeed carry torpedoes, but this aircraft has not yet been mass-produced. Jiang Weiguo thought You can’t even buy one. As for dive bombers, there are no dive bombers in the world that can deal with warships at this time. The German Ju-87 Stuka is one of the few dive bombers that can deal with warships. That’s why Jiang Weiguo I bought some Stukas to solve the urgent need, but they are almost exhausted.

Why did most of the top navies of the major powers in the early days of World War II not think that aircraft could kill warships?It is because the planes at this time are not "powerful" enough. The torpedo attack planes fly slowly, and they will be shot down by warship anti-aircraft guns before they get close to the warship. The dive bomber has only just come out, and the German Stuka is one of the best. , in fact, the Germans did not plan to use the Stuka to deal with enemy warships. At this time, there were very few dive bombers in the world, and they carried small bombs, and the bombing accuracy was also very low. Generally, they did not pose much threat to warships.

Therefore, most of the top navies of the major powers believe that battleships are still the dominant force at sea and the decisive force in naval warfare. The reason is that "aircraft seem to pose no real threat to warships." The Americans, the British, and the Italians are also building battleships, and the German Navy has also come up with a "Z plan", which is also building battleships on a large scale (in the original history, the Germans also did not pay much attention to aircraft carriers. Bismarck, Tirpitz battleship).

This is the inertia of thinking, a kind of convention, which makes people believe deeply, and they don't want to break it at all.

Later, things developed as we all know. War is the catalyst of science and technology. The performance and attack power of aircraft are changing rapidly because of the rapid development of science and technology. Of course, even torpedo attack aircraft can be as agile as Haiyan, even dive bombers can already Precisely allowing heavy bombs to hit the target, a large number of high-level navies of the great powers still do not believe that aircraft can cause fatal blows to warships, and do not believe that aircraft carriers have surpassed battleships until aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier-based aircraft have proved their value in actual combat.

On November 1940, 11, the Battle of Taranto broke out between the British Army and the Italian Army. The British aircraft carrier-based aircraft raided the Italian fleet stationed in the port base of Taranto. The British army sank the Italian fleet with only two aircraft lost. 11 Japanese battleship, 2 heavy damages, 1 Italian cruisers and 2 auxiliary warships each; a year later, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, relying on the carrier-based aircraft to achieve the paralyzed victory of the US Pacific Fleet, after the attack on Pearl Harbor On the fourth day, the Malay naval battle broke out between the Japanese army and the British army. The Japanese army still used aircraft to deal with the British army's Z fleet. The Japanese army sank a British battleship and a battlecruiser with only 2 aircraft losses. The battle damage and results The disparity in the ratio is unbelievable. The total weight of the three Japanese aircraft is 3 tons, and the total tonnage of one battleship and one battlecruiser of the British army is 1 tons (full load).

The same is true for the "Nanjing River War" that took place on the night of January 1938, 1.

The Japanese army was indeed caught off guard, because the Nanjing army once again used "creepy ways", but the Nanjing army also faced many difficulties. Because of the limited scientific level, some of Jiang Weiguo's super-era ideas were difficult to turn into reality.

"Enemy planes are coming!" The hoarse Japanese shouts and the heart-piercing alarm bells resounded over the Japanese fleet, accompanied by the dull and slightly chaotic sound of aircraft engines in the night.

On the Japanese ships, the sailors rushed to their respective combat positions at high speed. All the anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns that had been prepared in advance were quickly aimed at the dark night sky, and the ammunition was loaded and ready to go. It formed a dense forest of steel, and the sailors manipulating anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns all stared wide-eyed, trying their best to search for the traces of the Chinese Air Force aircraft.

Immediately, the sound of bombardment and strafing sounded one after another, and hundreds of dazzling bullets roared into the night sky for a long time, but they were not intensely dense, and even intermittent and sparse, because the Chinese Air Force planes in the sky did not launch intensive attacks.

"Turn on the searchlights!" shouted the officers.

Hundreds of bright and thick searchlight beams salvoed like a snowy night sky, swaying and scanning back and forth non-stop, like sharp blades cutting through the black cloth of night.

In the beam of light, the planes of the Chinese Air Force are like fish and shrimp hiding in the shadow of deep water, flickering and wandering.

The incoming Chinese Air Force planes did not launch an aggressive attack, but "flyed" scattered around the Japanese fleet, left, right, and above the sky, disturbing the Japanese army's mind.

"Idiot!" On the destroyer Chunfeng, Rear Admiral Yujuge Samejima, who was in charge of commanding the destroyer formation, yelled at his subordinates, "Don't just stare at the sky! Pay attention to the surface of the river! Be careful that the torpedo boat formation of the Chinese Army will suddenly take advantage of the situation. Their planes may be just to confuse us! The searchlights of the first team illuminate the river upstream! Show me the river clearly! Let their torpedo boats have nowhere to hide! Quick!"

It should be admitted that Rear Admiral Samejima is indeed a qualified naval commander. He has a clear mind and realized that these planes of the Chinese Air Force may only be used to attract the attention of the Japanese army, thereby covering the Chinese Navy's torpedo boat force.

Facts immediately proved that Major General Samejima's judgment was correct.

The upper reaches of the Yangtze River, illuminated by twenty or thirty searchlight beams from several destroyers such as the Chunfeng and Shigure, as well as more than a dozen gunboats and motorboats, suddenly burst into waves of waves from far to near. , a few red flags with blue sky, white sun and ground appeared prominently on the waves.

"Your Excellency, Commander! It's a torpedo boat of the Chinese Army!" the staff officers shouted.

Rear Admiral Samejima raised his binoculars, and then smiled coldly. He saw dozens of torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy approaching on the distant river like arrows flying fast, with a speed of more than 40 knots, which can be called a hurricane.

"Sure enough! Using planes as smoke bombs is actually trying to sneak attack us with torpedo boats!" Rear Admiral Samejima scorned, "Unfortunately, our fleet has been prepared for a long time, and you can't get lucky like before! More What's more, this is the Yangtze River, not the sea. On the sea, because the sea is vast, the torpedo boat can give full play to its maneuverability advantages, but in the Yangtze River, the water area is a straight line with a width of more than 1000 meters. In such a narrow water area, only a few destroyers can be used. Standing on the Yangtze River, you are doomed to come and go, you can neither turn around nor turn around!" While contemptuous, Major General Samejima also showed a bit of pity-like respect, "Although the Chinese people are humble and ignorant Pigs, but there are still some Chinese people who are considered real warriors.

These torpedo boats are as small as toys, but they have the courage to rush to the powerful fleet of hundreds of ships in the Imperial Navy, just like the soldiers of the Imperial Army rushing to the enemy's position without hesitation on the battlefield, it is indeed worthy of respect!" He nodded, He sighed rather pitifully.

Rear Admiral Samejima's sighs are like crocodile tears, because his destroyer formation is frantically slaughtering the charging Chinese Navy torpedo boat formation.