I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"Mr. Tang!" Kan Weiyong said solemnly, "Since I signed up to stay in Nanjing, I have never planned to leave Nanjing alive! Mr. Tang, you don't know, my brothers and I have been working hard for the past three months. The hard work is to make the fortifications we built come in handy. In the past three months, my brothers and I have dug up more than 280 million cubic meters of earth and rocks! How many brothers’ hands are worn out! Give up now. ..we really can't do it..." He held up his hands with tears in his eyes.

Everyone was very surprised and respectful, because the ten fingers of Kan Weiyong's hands were swollen like ten carrots, and each finger was bruised and torn, and the nails of several fingers were worn off, and there were several layers of calluses on his hands. .

"I agree!" Huang Wei declared, "Continue to fight! Fulfill our original oath! If we can kill [-] more Japanese soldiers, it will be [-]! If we can kill [-] more, we will be [-]! All will be benevolent! Be loyal to the country!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo , with bright eyes and a righteous face.

Among the senior officials at the scene, Tang Shengzhi and Song Xilian advocated abandoning the city and evacuating. Huang Wei, Li Yutang, and Kan Weiyong advocated continuing to stick to it. Jiang Weiguo, who actually had the decision-making power, was a little hesitant. He then looked at Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao seemed to empathize with Kan Weiyong: "It's a pity to give up Nanjing. The meat grinder in Nanjing only exerts half of its power. If you persist, you can still let the Japanese soldiers bleed!"

"If we can increase our troops, we can fight even better!" Huang Wei also became excited, "Why don't we continue to fight? What about the 50 Japanese troops? Let's kill another batch of them fiercely! Even if the entire army eventually Annihilated, you deserve to die! You can die without regrets!"

"Yes! That's it!" Kan Weiyong became more and more excited, "We built so many fortifications in the city, just to continue to beat the Japanese army in street fighting! There are also five cannon mountains, Zijin Mountain, Mufu Mountain, Beigu Mountain , Hongshan, and Yuhuatai are almost hollowed out by us! Each mountain is a three-dimensional fortress! There are so many tunnels in the mountain like a beehive and ant nest! It would be a pity not to give full play to its full value! "

Tang Shengzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "50 Japanese troops, 50 Japanese troops..."

"I also support the continuation of the fighting!" Xiao Shanling expressed his opinion, "If the large forces really want to abandon the city and evacuate, they will definitely need to break up the rear!" He looked at Kan Weiyong with piercing eyes, "Brother Bohan (Kan Weiyong's name), my military police The regiment is willing to fight with your engineer brigade to the last drop of blood!"

"The artillery brigade is the same!" Cai Zhonghu, the commander of the Nanjing Artillery Brigade, said loudly.

Song Xilian looked at Huang Wei, Li Yutang, Xiao Shanling, Kan Weiyong, and Cai Zhonghu who were full of pride and courage, shook his head and said with a smile: "You are so brave and fearless, how can Song escape? Good! Let's stay in Nanjing together! Fight to the end! "

Jiang Weiguo looked at the crowd and smiled knowingly: "Chinese soldiers can do this, how can our great China be destroyed by Japanese pirates in Japan? Good! We will not leave! Stay in Nanjing! Fight the Japanese to the end! Kill him Ten thousand is ten thousand, killing him eight thousand is eight thousand!" He was deeply infected by the exciting atmosphere of the scene, and his chest was full of blood.

"Then we must ask for more troops!" Although Tang Shengzhi was still inclined to abandon the city and evacuate, he also acquiesced in everyone's attitude, "The current [-] troops are really insufficient, not to mention that half of them are militiamen.

If we can add another five divisions to our army, there will be hope for us to continue fighting!"

"Five divisions are too many!" Xiao Yao said, "Two divisions are enough.

Because we have increased our troops too much, the Japanese will hesitate again and stop fighting.

If we want to continue to kill the Japanese army, the premise is that the Japanese army will continue to attack Nanjing. Naturally, our strength cannot be too strong. If it is too strong, the Japanese may not fight anymore!"

Everyone thought about it, and this is indeed the truth.

With 50 Japanese soldiers approaching the city, if there were 30 to [-] defenders in the city, the Japanese might retreat in the face of difficulties. Therefore, the defenders in the city should not be "too many".

There is a delicate balance here.

"If you officers have no other objections or countermeasures, we will make this plan!" Jiang Weiguo finally said, "We will not abandon the city and continue to stick to Nanjing! At the same time, we request the Wuhan base camp to send 'limited reinforcements' to Nanjing!"

The generals exchanged glances with each other, and finally nodded in agreement.

Half an hour later, Jiang Weiguo sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek who was far away in Wuhan, explaining the new situation on the Nanjing battlefield and the conclusions and requests of the high-level defenders.

Chiang Kai-shek was very surprised. After all, 50 Japanese troops were no joke. Even the strongest troops in China, such as the Nanjing Army, would need at least 15 troops to survive. Then in terms of numbers, the number of defenders is at least a quarter of that of the attackers to withstand).

Chiang Kai-shek was already very satisfied with the results of the Battle of Nanjing. He originally estimated that he could defend for one or two months and kill 20 Japanese troops, but he did not expect to defend for three months and kill [-] Japanese troops. He was pleasantly surprised and excited. Right now, he no longer "forced" Jiang Weiguo. He was worried that Jiang Weiguo would really die in Nanjing, so he used more tactful words to persuade Jiang Weiguo to evacuate Nanjing.

Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Jiang Weiguo, roughly meaning: You and the Nanjing Army can fight like this, and you have already exceeded the task. Abandoning the city now is by no means a failure, but an inevitable and reasonable measure. You are definitely not abandoning the country and the capital. Sinners, on the contrary, you are all heroes of the country, the matter has come to this point, there is no need to force yourself.

Jiang Weiguo's attitude was very firm: "Father, I have made up my mind. Both the Nanjing Army and Nanjing City can continue to fight. They just need soldiers. Don't waste your time. Immediately dispatch two divisions to reinforce Nanjing. This is what the Military Commission should do." It is very easy, two divisions and 3 to [-] people are enough, but they must be elite soldiers who have experienced many battles, rather than lacking, quality is the first!"

Chiang Kai-shek thought over and over again and decided to approve Jiang Weiguo's request.

The 74th Division and the 2nd Reserve Division received reinforcements from Nanjing City and joined the Nanjing Army. The two division commanders were Wang Yaowu and Chen Mingren.

Jiang Weiguo asked for "elite soldiers", and Chiang Kai-shek must be 74% satisfied. At the same time, he was worried about his son's life, so he naturally sent elite soldiers into Nanjing. The 2th Division and the Second Reserve Division were all elite soldiers.

The 74th Division is actually the 74th Army. The National Army has established the 74th Army, which has the 51st, 57th, and 58th Divisions under its jurisdiction. Since Nanjing City and the Nanjing Army require "quality first", the 51st and 57th Divisions The 58th Division gathered the veterans and most of the weapons of the three divisions and combined them into the 74th Division, with a strength of 1.8 troops.

As for the Second Reserve Division, it is composed of veterans who were withdrawn from the Songhu battlefield and did not join the Nanjing Army, and wounded veterans who returned from injury. When they were ordered to go to the Nanjing battlefield, they were greatly strengthened. The division has a strength of 2.

With two divisions and [-] elite soldiers, there is no doubt that the Nanjing Army has received a great blood transfusion.

Before departure, Wang Yaowu and Chen Mingren announced to the officers and soldiers of the headquarters: "We are going to the Nanjing battlefield! We are going to join the Nanjing Army!"

The answer to the two teachers was thunderous cheers.

Zhenjiang, the headquarters of the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army, Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Hata Shunroku and Chief of Staff Major General Ishihara Wanji are looking at the information just sent.

"The Nanjing army did not abandon the city and evacuate!" Lieutenant General Hata Toshiro expressed a little regret in his tone, "I thought they would flee without a fight, and let us take Nanjing without bloodshed, but it's a pity..."

"It's strange that they left!" Ishihara smiled calmly, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, look, China is sending more troops to Nanjing City.

This is a good thing, they..." He smiled slightly, "They were fooled!"

Lieutenant General Hata Toshiro also smiled: "Yes, they were fooled!"

Chapter 321

The Battle of Nanjing is undoubtedly the world's attention. This battle has greatly shocked all walks of life in Japan. The famous Japanese historian and sinologist Naoki Kano commented on the Battle of Nanjing in this way: "...the Chinese army was very successful in Nanjing. When the bad news came, Japan was shocked and almost no one believed it, including myself, but after repeated research, I deeply felt that this was actually inevitable, and there must be a reason. As a result, the outcome of the Battle of Nanking was doomed before the battle broke out.

There is no need to say more about the meticulous, rigorous, perfect, sufficient, and unique preparations of the Chinese army. Please take a look at the Japanese army!For Japan's war of aggression against China, the Japanese army has been actively preparing, but only strategic preparations, not war preparations.

It is like a person preparing to kill a pig for meat. He has formulated a comprehensive plan in theory, but he has not prepared the knives, cutting boards, iron pans and other tools needed for killing pigs and eating meat.

The war broke out so that the Japanese army was caught off guard. The most absurd thing is that the Japanese army made a war plan while rushing into battle. They did not know why they fought, but they just fought for the war. Very confusing.

On the one hand, the high-level military officials ordered the frontline troops to continue to attack, and on the other hand they clamored to formulate a war plan. It is so absurd, how can there be no trouble?The Battle of Nanjing was the inevitable result of this situation.

The Japanese military eagerly launched the war without any long-term plans or specific plans. They hoped to achieve their goals quickly and unrealistically attempted to be like the Sekigahara War (the last battle in the late Warring States Period in Japan, where both sides devoted ten Wan Dajun, the battle will be decided within one day, and the winner Tokugawa Ieyasu will unite Japan from now on) such a battle will determine the world, so, knowing that the Chinese capital Nanjing is extremely difficult to attack under the painstaking management of the Chinese army, the Japanese army also This is the reason why they had to attack. The Japanese army, which was not prepared for war and could not fall into the quagmire of China's war for a long time, hoped that "one battle will determine the world", thinking that the capture of Nanjing would force the Nationalist government to conquer China.

I think this may be a common problem of the Japanese army, Japanese soldiers, and Japanese samurai, eager for success, pinning victory and death on a decisive battle or duel, the Japanese army is like this, the Japanese navy is also like this, the Japanese navy has always been Pin the victory of the war on a decisive battle at sea, just like the battle of the Yellow Sea in the Nissin Dynasty and the Battle of the Tsushima Sea in Japan and Russia. Because of the brilliance of the moment, I think that the Japanese Bushido spirit and the war spirit and war thinking derived from the Bushido spirit lack the perseverance of the Chinese.

Just like the Chinese idiom, "Low wages and taste courage", if you lose, the Chinese advocate not committing suicide, not giving in, patience, waiting, and finally revenge.

The Japanese are different. If they lose, they commit suicide immediately.

...During the Battle of Nanjing, the first big mistake the Japanese army made was to decide to attack. So much information proved that Nanjing was very difficult to attack, but the Japanese army still "knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, they prefer to go to the mountains." In the end, The head hit the south wall, causing unprecedented casualties and heavy losses. The second big mistake the Japanese army made was not to insist on attacking. After three months of fierce fighting, although the Japanese army suffered a lot of casualties and losses, it also exhausted the vitality of the Chinese army defending the city. Injured, if the Japanese army persisted and gritted their teeth and continued, it would not be far to take Nanjing, but at this time, the top Japanese army lost confidence and changed the war strategy smartly, thus missing the victory.

Just like a very thirsty person, he decides to dig a well when he is thirsty. This is wrong, but he chooses this method, so naturally he should stick to it. Although the method is stupid, it is still useful to persevere. After digging ten meters, he could drink water by digging another three meters, but he lost his confidence and gave up digging the well to find other water sources. How stupid it is to behave like this! "

As Kano Naoki analyzed, the two major mistakes the Japanese army made in the Battle of Nanjing were: first, they decided to attack Nanjing; second, they did not insist on attacking Nanjing.

The Japanese high-level officials are eager for success in this war of aggression against China. It is best to "conquer China within three months" and "conquer China within three months". Secondly, make a fortune from China, at least to make up for the national power, military power, financial power, resources, etc. consumed by Japan for the war.

After the July 38th Incident, China and Japan have been at war for more than seven months. The Japanese army has killed or injured more than 20 people on the Chinese battlefield, of which more than 1938 people died (including those who died in battle, died of serious injuries, and died of illness, etc.). The losses of aircraft, tanks, artillery, firearms, luggage and other ordnance and materials were extremely huge, and military expenditures were countless. It is conservatively estimated that by this time (February 2), Japan’s military expenditures had reached more than 50 billion yen (in In the original history, when the Battle of Wuhan ended at the end of October 1938, Japan spent a total of 10 billion yen in military expenditures for the war of aggression against China. Note that in the original history, the Japanese army and the national army at that time had already fought the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Xuzhou , Battle of Lanfeng, Battle of Wuhan and other battles, although they were not fought at this time, the losses suffered by the Japanese army in the Battle of Nanjing have far exceeded that of the Battle of Nanjing in the original history), which made Japan's treasury reserves increasingly empty.

It should be noted that when the July 13.5th Incident broke out, the total gold reserves and cash reserves in the Japanese treasury were only [-] billion yen.

In just seven months, Japan has already paid a price that made it almost overwhelmed. In contrast to Japan’s gains, after the July 50th Incident, the Chinese territory occupied by the Japanese army included the second city of Pingjin, most of Hebei Province, and most of Chahar Province. , a part of Suiyuan Province, Shanghai City, and a part of southern Jiangsu Province, with a total of about 20 square kilometers. It seems not small, but the actual income is not large. Chahar and Suiyuan Provinces are both sparsely populated and economically backward. The areas of relatively economic value in the occupied area only include the two cities of Pingjin, most of Hebei Province, Shanghai City, and a part of southern Jiangsu Province, totaling about [-] square kilometers.

Therefore, the Japanese army paid a huge price, but the benefits were not great.

Under such circumstances, after weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Hirohito made a decision to the Japanese military that "without allowing the Chinese military to regain the initiative in the Nanjing battlefield, consider expanding the area occupied by the imperial army in China as much as possible." and targeting economically developed regions".

This new instruction from Emperor Hirohito has five main purposes:

First, save military power. The Japanese army put too much military power into the Nanjing battlefield, which is obviously not worth the loss;

Second, siege cities and lands, plunder resources, realize the initial "war to support war", and make up for Japan's war losses;

Third, to occupy large swathes of wealthy and developed areas in China and win victories one by one, thereby boosting the morale of the Japanese army and stabilizing the hearts of the Japanese people;

Fourth, occupying a large area of ​​rich and developed areas in China, thereby reducing the living space of the Chinese government, and then hitting the Chinese government's strength and belief in the war of resistance economically and resources, and deterring the Chinese government at the same time;

Fifth, prepare for future "negotiations" and obtain war capital to suppress the Chinese government at the negotiating table.

Regarding the fifth point, Hirohito has already thought about it. If China and Japan really start "peace negotiations" under the mediation of Germany, it is obvious that the government of whichever country has the upper hand on the battlefield will be on the negotiating table If the Japanese army can occupy a large area in China, the Chinese government will naturally have to bow its head at the negotiating table and offer too high a truce condition without confidence.

Hirohito has learned through the channel of the German special envoy that the "moderate faction" in China's top ranks hopes to restore the situation to the situation before the July [-]th Incident, so that China and Japan can temporarily shake hands and make peace, but the "hardliners" in China's high-level ranks hope to make peace. Only when the situation returned to before the September [-]th Incident did China and Japan temporarily shake hands and make peace.

Obviously, if the Japanese army occupied several provinces in the Guannei area of ​​China, the "hardliners" in the top Chinese leadership would definitely not be able to ask for the Northeast.

At this point in the war, the Japanese high-level basically did not intend to end it immediately, because an immediate end would be detrimental to Japan. The Japanese high-level wanted to make the last big gamble, which was to build 10 new divisions and 25 new troops.

When the order was issued, Prince Kanin Gongzaihito, the head of the army and the chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters, said the famous words of Togo Heihachiro to the senior generals who participated in the battle with a very serious expression: "The rise and fall of the imperial country , fight here!"

Prince Zairen is very aware of Japan's predicament at this time: after more than seven months of war, Japan has almost exhausted its reserves of national power, but its income is very low. Under such circumstances, Japan is already riding a tiger.

Talk about a truce?The Chinese side is bound to gain power and will not let anyone down. "A truce through peace talks is even worse than losing a war." It can only continue to fight, and there are only two results if it continues to fight. To make matters worse, Japan is really going to be "abolished". The second is to turn the tide and turn the tide, relying on a big victory to boost the morale of the army, people, national power, and national prestige, and make up for the resources Japan consumed for the war. At that time, whether it continues to fight or When it came to peace talks and a truce, Japan was able to do a job with ease, take it easy, and remain invincible.

Knowing that the matter was of great importance, all levels, departments and organizations of the Japanese army worked at full capacity and went all out.

Objectively speaking, although the Japanese are crazy, impatient, and irrational, their rigor, prudence, and calmness in doing things seriously are remarkable. Therefore, the Japanese military called this "a strategic counterattack that reversed the overall situation." The war was managed by the Japanese army in a watertight manner, and almost no clues were leaked, and they were very successful in deceiving the top Chinese military.

On the Yangtze River, the Japanese army transported troops on a large scale, and the national army was also making urgent arrangements for troop transport.

With Nanjing as the demarcation point, a large number of Japanese soldiers and supplies were transported to the front line of Nanjing through railways, highways, and Yangtze River waterways in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to the east of Nanjing. , fully loaded with officers and soldiers of the 74th Division and the Reserve 2nd Division going to Nanjing City and joining the Nanjing Army, as well as supplies.

Due to the limited wealth of the Chinese navy and the underdeveloped shipping industry in China, most of the boats used to transport officers, soldiers and luggage are small boats. This is also of great benefit. "Eggs are not put in one basket". The hit rate of the Japanese artillery fire was low. In addition, the fleet was dispatched at night, with gunboats and torpedo boats escorting them.

When the fleet leaves Nanjing, it will take away the old, weak, women and children, seriously wounded, and disabled officers and soldiers in the city, but the transportation volume is limited.

日军华中方面军原有15个师团（包括3个朝鲜师团，同时扣除已被全歼的第101师团、第16师团）、3个重炮旅团、2个混成旅团（台湾第1、第2混成旅团），本已是一个非常强大的武装集团，但从二月下旬开始，这个武装集团的实力得到了进一步的膨胀。

At the beginning of March, the composition and structure of the Japanese army in Central China was as follows:

Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Toshiro Hata, Chief of Staff Major General Ishihara Wanji, Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Tsukada Tsukasa; the Front Army has:

第3军，司令官柳川平助中将，下辖第9、第11、第13、第25师团；

第4军，司令官冈村宁次中将，下辖第15、第17、第18、第116师团；

第5军，司令官朝香宫鸠彦王中将，下辖第2、第5、第6、第30师团；

The new 6th Army, commander Lieutenant General Ando Riyoshi, under the jurisdiction of the 106th, 107th, and 108th Divisions;

新建第7军，司令官古庄干郎中将，下辖第21、第22、第23、第24师团；

The new 8th Army, commander Lieutenant General Yamada Osan, under the jurisdiction of the 109th, 110th, and 114th Divisions;

方面军直属部队：第2、第5、第6野战重炮兵旅团，第27、第28、第29师团，台湾第1、第2混成旅团等。

Among the troops of the Japanese army, the 3rd Army was in the northern (Jiangbei) battlefield of Nanjing City, the 4th and 5th Army were in the eastern battlefield, the 6th Army was in the western battlefield, the 7th Army was in the southern battlefield, and the 8th Army was in the eastern battlefield and Between the southern battlefields.

There is no doubt that the Japanese army completely surrounded the city of Nanjing on land like an iron barrel, and at the same time strongly blocked the way for the peripheral national troops to counterattack Nanjing and reinforce Nanjing.

The city of Nanjing, which was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, became a deadly place. People inside could not get out, and people outside could not get in.

A steady stream of information was sent to Jiang Weiguo, Tang Shengzhi and others. Even though he was mentally prepared, Jiang Weiguo was still shocked by the dense number of Japanese army numbers that dazzled him. After all, there were too many Japanese troops. up.