I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

There is still some debate in Tokyo about whether to resume the attack on Nanjing. After all, the Japanese army is currently carrying out the "North China Raider" and is preparing for the "Xuzhou Siege". Ultimately, if the attack on Nanjing is resumed, there is no doubt that the attack on Nanjing is by no means a small battle, but another big battle. Therefore, the high-level officials in Tokyo are very worried that the national power will be exhausted if they are too hasty.

To put it bluntly, although the Japanese army has a complete reserve military service system and is fully capable of forming a well-trained army of 300 million, Japan's national strength is limited and it is impossible for these 300 million troops to participate in the war. The cost of the period is incomparable, so Japan's way of fighting is this: send hundreds of thousands of troops to fight, and make up for the dead.

On the one hand, they fought the Battle of Taiyuan (Note: The Battle of Taiyuan was not a battle in Taiyuan City, but a series of battles between the Chinese army and the Japanese army in the eastern, northern, and central parts of Shanxi Province, which took place in the city of Taiyuan. The Battle of Taiyuan is the "Battle of Taiyuan", which is different from the "Battle of Taiyuan". The Battle of Taiyuan is the Anti-Japanese War in Shanxi Province).

Among the senior leaders of the Central China Front Army on the Nanjing battlefield, there is also considerable controversy over whether to resume the attack on Nanjing, and there is even more intense controversy over how to attack Nanjing after the resumption of the attack.

A group of generals represented by Major General Kanji Ishihara and Lieutenant General Neji Okamura strongly opposed the resumption of the attack on Nanjing, and they believed that even if the attack really resumed, they should not rush for success, but should carry out the war slowly, steadily and steadily. , Slowly encroaching, it is best to implement the tactics of "blockade and siege as the main focus, supplemented by strong attack" and "cannot attack in an all-round way, but focus on attack".

In this regard, a group of generals, represented by Major General Tsukada Tsukada, advocated resuming the attack on Nanjing: "From December 12 last year to the present, it has been almost five months! It has been almost five months! We have waited too long. It’s been a long time! His Majesty the Emperor and the citizens of the Empire have waited too long! If we continue to procrastinate and waste, how long will it take us to plant the imperial flag over the capital of China? The Battle of Lushun lasted five months, and the Imperial Army won In order to succeed, the Nanjing campaign has lasted for almost five months, but we are still blocked outside the city of Nanjing!"

The two sides, who insisted on their own opinions, confronted tit-for-tat and fought with each other in the headquarters.

Lieutenant General Hata Toshiro, who has the decision-making power, is still vacillating. He was inclined not to resume the siege at the beginning, but after the Battle of Dashengguan, he began to waver. He was no longer inclined not to resume the siege, but he was not inclined to Yu resumed the siege.

Lieutenant General Hata Jun-[-] actually started from the perspective of the overall situation. He knew that the Japanese army's "North China Raider" and "Xuzhou Surrounding" required a steady stream of troops. He was not eager for quick success. The auxiliary force of the Front Army provides assistance and reinforcements for the North China Front Army, making the Central China Front Army the "strength warehouse" of the North China Front Army and resumes the siege. He is worried that it will destroy the "North China Strategy" and the "Xuzhou Encirclement".

Lieutenant General Hata Toshiro is indeed a very responsible, calm and cautious person.

"The principal should go!" Xiao Yao said to Jiang Weiguo in Nanjing City.

"Why?" Jiang Weiguo knew that Xiao Yao was referring to He Yun, Chiang Kai-shek's substitute. He Yun had been pretending to be Chiang Kai-shek to stabilize people's hearts and boost morale in Nanjing, which had a very great boost to the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers (in Taierzhuang in the original history During the battle, Chiang Kai-shek flew to Xuzhou three times to supervise the battle, and even watched the battle at Taierzhuang South Station the first time.

Although Chiang Kai-shek received mixed praise and criticism in later generations, it must be admitted that Chiang Kai-shek’s prestige in the hearts of the Chinese soldiers and civilians at this time is indeed unreplaceable), at this time Xiao Yao suggested that He Yun leave, which made Jiang Weiguo not understand. It is about to enter the final desperate stage, and the morale can not be discouraged.

"The headmaster will be self-defeating if he stays in Nanjing!" Xiao Yao explained, "In the battle that our army must win, the supreme leader goes to the front line and even vows not to return, which will definitely play a great role in boosting morale. But in the battle where our army is bound to lose, the supreme leader is still on the front line and refuses to leave, instead he pretends to be false.

You know that the city of Nanjing will definitely be lost. The principal is the supreme leader. His duties and missions do not allow him to die in Nanjing with us. Nanjing City, what signal did this move send to the Japanese?What does it mean at the same time?The Japanese will judge from this that the high-level Chinese have already believed that Nanjing cannot be defended, and they are about to abandon Nanjing. The next resistance of the Nanjing Army is just a stubborn resistance, a desperate struggle, and a final desperate struggle. Therefore, the Japanese will be confident. Increase land and resume siege!"

Jiang Weiguo felt enlightened: "Yes, yes, that's the truth, but..." He felt uneasy immediately.

"Are you worried that the morale of the Nanjing Army will be exhausted after the principal leaves?" Xiao Yao immediately saw Jiang Weiguo's uneasiness, and he comforted him confidently, "No, the principal can share weal and woe with us in Nanjing for nearly five months, brother Our morale is enough, and it is understandable for him to leave now, brothers, and will be even more morale boosted by it.

Attendees, nearly five months of hard fighting has completely changed the Nanjing Army.

In the beginning, the reason why many officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army stayed was that they were stimulated by the patriotism, you and the principal to take the lead, and they were encouraged by the courage of the blood. The courage of the blood is short-lived and will not last long, but at the moment, The courage of the Nanjing Army is not the courage of flesh and blood, but the fearless spirit that erupts from the soul.

They don't need to be stimulated anymore, because they have been reborn and completely fearless!"

Jiang Weiguo was not very emotional when he heard it: "Yes, yes..."

He Yun was assassinated by the Japanese as Chiang Kai-shek on the night of New Year's Day. Although he was shot in the shoulder, the bullet was poisoned. Therefore, although he was rescued in time and with all his strength, his nervous system was still damaged. The poison was severely damaged. After all, the medical level of these years is not comparable to that of later generations.

When Jiang Weiguo saw He Yun, he immediately thought of a person in the later generations, Hawking, who were both slumped in a wheelchair, with the same weakness, crooked mouth and squinted eyes.

After Jiang Weiguo saw it, he felt uncomfortable and guilty, and at the same time worried, how could He Yun bid farewell to the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army as the chairman of the committee?

"Give him some medicine!" Xiao Yao suggested from the side, "Opium, morphine, stimulants are all fine!"

"Will he be addicted? He is so weak now, he will definitely be addicted!" Jiang Weiguo was very surprised.

"Anyway, he can't do it anymore!" Xiao Yao said as impersonally as ever, "Just use it as waste!"

Jiang Weiguo couldn't bear it, he asked He Yun's opinion in a low voice, He Yun nodded in agreement, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid this is the last time I will play the role of chairman, so let me play the best role!"

Under the influence of the drug, He Yun turned from a gloomy complexion to a radiant one. Although it was still difficult for him to get up and walk from the wheelchair, he did become much more energetic, with piercing eyes and a bright complexion.

Next, Jiang Weiguo pushed "Chiang Kai-shek" in a wheelchair and inspected Zijin Mountain, Hongshan, Beigu Mountain, Mufu Mountain, Yuhuatai, and other positions of the Nanjing Army in the urban area, and even crossed the river by boat to inspect Pukou District in the north of the Yangtze River position.

Wherever he went, there was a lot of attention and thunderous cheers, and all the officers and soldiers greeted the supreme leader of their country with admiration and awe.

The officers and soldiers knew that the reason why the Chairman sat in a wheelchair like Zhuge Liang was because he was assassinated for the second time, and the bullet wounded his lumbar vertebrae, which made the waist injury he suffered in the Xi'an Incident more serious, so he was weak When he got up and walked, he could only be pushed forward by his youngest son Jiang Weiguo.

The officers and soldiers were all moved to tears and excited when they thought that the chairman of the general committee personally served as the supervisor of the Nanjing division, which led to him being assassinated by the Japanese twice in a row.

On the battered position, "Chiang Kai-shek" sat on a high place. The officers and soldiers on the position stood at attention together and paid attention. Jiang Weiguo stood beside him holding a tweeter. , and say it out loud through the horn:

"Brothers, the chairman said, the soldiers of the Nanjing Army, you fought very well, you performed very well, you did not disappoint the people of the whole country, let me down, you are not only the best army in China, but also we I believe that you are already a world-class team. I have been ups and downs for decades, and I am very pleased and proud to have a team like you under my command. I am proud of you.

You have been in Nanjing for almost five months, and I have full confidence in you, so I have stayed in Nanjing, but right now, I have to go back to Wuhan. This is the order given to me by the doctor. Good treatment, I am definitely not abandoning you, even if I am gone, my heart will stay in Nanjing, and I will pay attention to you every day.

Nanjing is indeed very dangerous now, and it may fall. I am also a soldier. I am a member of the National Revolutionary Army just like you. I am very willing and eager to die in Nanjing with you. However, I have my own In order to win the Anti-Japanese War, I must continue to fulfill my responsibilities and mission as chairman, so I have to leave Nanjing.

Soldiers, please understand!"

Noisy and uproarious voices sounded on the battlefield, and the officers and soldiers said with tears in their eyes:

"Chairman please take care!"

"Chairman, you will definitely recover!"

"Under your leadership, we will definitely defeat the Japanese!"

Slowly, the noisy human voices converged into an earth-shattering huge sound wave:

"The Republic of China will surely win! Long live Generalissimo Chiang!"

"Chiang Kai-shek" frequently waved and bid farewell to the officers and soldiers. After inspecting all the main positions of the Nanjing Army, Jiang Weiguo sent He Yun and Guo Xiaoling, who was pretending to be Song Meiling, to the Ming Palace Airport to formally send him out of Nanjing.

At this time, the effect of the medicine was over, and He Yun immediately slumped down like a deflated ball. The medicine could not help him recover his physical strength and spirit, but overdrawn his little vitality.

The news of "Chiang Kai-shek" leaving Nanjing was immediately known by the Japanese army. Regarding this, Major General Tsukada Gong and others were overjoyed: "Great! Chiang Kai-shek's departure from Nanjing shows that China has also despaired of the situation in Nanjing. It's gone! Even, they are already preparing to abandon Nanjing! The imperial army must resume the siege! Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief! Please make up your mind!"

The balance in Lieutenant General Hata Toshi's heart began to slowly tilt towards "restoring the siege". However, this matter was of great importance, and he personally did not dare to issue orders lightly, so he asked the Tokyo headquarters for instructions and reported the latest changes on the Nanjing battlefield one by one. Ten reports were made.

After receiving the report from Lieutenant General Hata Jun-liu, General Prince Hanin Gong Zairen, Chief of Staff of the Army, was also very moved. The report stated: "After the 'throwing stones and asking for directions' to launch a strong attack on Dasheng Pass, it can be proved that the enemy soldiers in Nanjing City The number, quality of soldiers, ordnance reserves, and heavy firepower levels are not as good as before. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek has also left Nanjing. It can be seen that the high-level officials in China have acquiesced that Nanjing is difficult to protect, and they are ready to lose or even abandon Nanjing; There are still more than [-] enemy troops in the city, but the enemy's move is only a desperate struggle to delay time or save face.

... "

Prince Zairen was quite moved, but he couldn't control it, so he went to ask Emperor Hirohito for his "sacred will".

Hiroren listened quietly, as always, calmly: "The storming of Nanjing has proved to be a major wrong decision. For this reason, the empire has paid a heavy price of more than [-] soldiers, including military equipment, supplies, funds, etc. There are countless losses in the field, right now, how can we continue this wrong thing?"

Prince Zairen thought for a while, and replied: "Your Majesty, the so-called 'half ninety for those who travel a hundred miles' is exactly what the imperial army did on the Nanjing battlefield. Indeed, in the past five months, the imperial army suffered huge losses. But in fact, the progress of the Imperial Army is not small. Relying on nearly five months of tenacious fighting, the Imperial Army has already exhausted the vitality and fighting power of the enemy army in Nanjing. Right now, it is time to make persistent efforts. Grit your teeth and insist.

The first ninety miles have already been walked, why not insist on walking the remaining ten miles?If you give up completely like this, the Imperial Army's Nanjing Raider will be tantamount to a failure. If you persist, even though you will have to pay tens of thousands more casualties, you will be able to succeed in the end.

Your Majesty, the Imperial Army has already lost 30 to [-] soldiers, and if there are tens of thousands more casualties, there is actually no big difference!"

Hirohito pondered for a long time, and finally said: "If the North China strategy and the Xuzhou siege plan are not affected, and the total cost of casualties is within the acceptable range of the imperial army, the Nanjing war...can be considered to resume!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty.

Rest assured, Your Majesty, the Central China Front Army will not let you down again!" Prince Zairen said respectfully.

After leaving the palace, Prince Zairen quickly contacted Lieutenant General Kamihata Jun-liu: "Your ministry claimed that you can capture Nanjing by paying another 5 casualties. Then, from now on, when the number of new casualties of the imperial army on the Nanjing battlefield rises to [-], Nanjing must become the occupied area of ​​the imperial army!"

After receiving the telegram from Prince Zain, the Sixth Lieutenant General Hata Toshi knew that the resumption of the siege of Nanjing was a foregone conclusion. However, he did not start the siege as impatiently as Major General Tsukada and others. He decided to choose Lieutenant General Okamura's method of "destroying one by one" in the siege tactics. A special command was issued.

The 3th, 11th, and 13th Divisions of the Japanese Army's 25rd Army under its jurisdiction had three tasks: first, to besiege or besiege the Nanjing Army in the Pukou area of ​​Jiangbei; City, the third, assisting the 9th Division in the Central and Northern Jiangsu operations.

Lieutenant General Hata Toshi 11 gave Lieutenant General Yanagawa an order: "Transfer the 13th Division to the Jiangnan battlefield, and at the same time, the 25th and [-]th Divisions retreated [-] kilometers!"

Lieutenant General Liu Chuan was very surprised: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, why? Just release two divisions in Jiangbei? The force is too thin! Also, why do you have to retreat [-] kilometers? What if the city breaks through Jiangbei and escapes directly? "

"That's what we need!" Lieutenant General Hata Jun-11 explained, "The transfer of the [-]th Division to the south of the Yangtze River can not only strengthen our army's direct attack on Nanjing City, but also weaken our army's defensive strength in Jiangbei. They break out.

Commander Yanagawa, what is our purpose?Is it to occupy Nanjing City, or to eliminate the Nanjing Army?Of course it is best to do both. If we can only choose one of the two, then we must first occupy Nanjing City. Therefore, we must "make a difference" to the Nanjing Army and give them a gap to abandon the city and escape.

Just think about it, if we really surrounded Nanjing like an iron barrel and made it hard for them to fly, then they could only fight with their backs and fight us to the end. If we deliberately gave them a gap to escape, what would they do? choose?We want to drive them out of Nanjing City, instead of forcing them to fight us to the death in Nanjing City.

Of course, we still have to guard against reinforcements from the outskirts of the Chinese Army to Nanjing, so the 13th and 25th divisions retreated [-] kilometers, only those inside the city of Nanjing should go out, and people outside the city of Nanjing are not allowed to enter!"

Lieutenant General Yanagawa suddenly realized: "So that's the case, I understand, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is really wise!"

On April 4, the Japanese army on the Nanjing battlefield regrouped and officially resumed their attack on Nanjing City. The direction of the attack was Beigu Mountain in the northeast of the city. Another fierce battle broke out.

Combatants of the Nanjing Army can be roughly divided into two types, one is the veterans of the regular army, and the other is the militia that was temporarily organized and trained. There is no doubt that the combat effectiveness of the veterans is much higher than that of the militias. The militiamen made up again, but at this time, the Nanjing Army on the Nanjing battlefield was reversed, the militiamen went on top first, and the veterans then made up.

The reason is very simple. The Japanese army must fight "very smoothly" and let the Japanese army see the hope of victory, so that the Japanese army can be completely trapped and can no longer break free from this meat grinder.

This is Xiao Yao's strategy, effective but cruel, it is a cold-blooded tactic that needs a heart of stone to be implemented.

The commander-in-chief of the Beigushan garrison is Major General Li Bojiao, former commander of the 28th Brigade of the 63rd Division of the 187th Army.

After Li Bojiao joined the Nanjing Army, because the Nanjing Army had "too many generals", he was not assigned to command operations in the frontline troops, but was transferred to train the militia.

Before the Battle of Beigu Mountain broke out, a reinforced regiment of the regular army of the 74th Division on the mountain was withdrawn, leaving only a battalion of more than [-] officers and soldiers, and then transferred to more than [-] militiamen.

Li Bojiao didn't understand very much. He went to ask Jiang Weiguo. After knowing the truth, he asked to go to Beigu Mountain to serve as the commander in chief. It seems to let the militiamen die and the veterans live, but in fact there is no difference. The veterans are at the front. After they are all dead, it will be the turn of the militiamen. To paralyze the Japanese army, kill the Japanese army, and change the order, it is by no means using the militia as cannon fodder.

Even so, but... Beigushan troops are basically doomed to be wiped out, you go there... it's too dangerous! "

Li Bojiao smiled, and his expression was full of solemnity and determination: "Second son, didn't you say it yourself? If you die early or die late, what's the difference? Putting the militiamen in front is to paralyze the Japanese army, so if you die in battle Among the officers and soldiers of the Beigu Mountain garrison, there is a general..." He gestured to his major general's collar badge, "Wouldn't it be more paralyzing to the Japanese army?"

"This..." Jiang Weiguo's eyes became wet and his nose became sour.

"Those militiamen... I personally trained them!" Li Bojiao sighed, "Since they are going to perform missions that are sure to die and have no return, how can I abandon them? Let me fight with them!"

Before leaving, Li Bojiao saluted Huang Wei, Wang Yaowu, Chen Mingren and other generals with awe. His face was full of absolute desperation, and his words made people feel heartbroken: "We go first! You fight hard, don't let us down! "

Huang Wei and other generals all had moist eyes and solemnly returned the salute.

The highest altitude of Beigu Mountain is only 204 meters, just a few small hills, the terrain is gentle and not steep.

After this battle broke out, the scene of the death battle at Dasheng Pass reappeared. The officers and soldiers of Beigu Mountain garrison fought desperately. The fire also lasted for three days and three nights.

The Japanese army, whose number was more than three times that of the defenders, pounced on them endlessly, day and night, like locust wolves. The defenders fired wildly, threw grenades, and bombarded artillery shells.

During the battle, the officers and soldiers found that their ammunition was very insufficient.

"Why didn't you continue to deliver ammunition before the battle?" An officer approached Li Bojiao panting, "Why did you stop replenishing our ammunition before the battle?"

Li Bojiao replied sadly: "I will keep it for later use!"

The officer continued to ask: "Why didn't the artillery groups on the nearby Shogun Mountain, Red Mountain, and Zijin Mountain reinforce us with all their strength? Only sparse artillery fire? What about our heavy artillery?"

Li Bojiao replied more and more sadly: "Same, keep it for later!"

At this time, the Nanjing Army still had relatively sufficient ammunition reserves, but they deliberately did not provide enough for the defenders of Beigu Mountain. The firing was very low, all for the purpose of preserving strength, showing weakness to the enemy, and paralyzing the Japanese army.

Wars in reality are by no means like those described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other novels. When encountering the enemy deliberately withdrawing without fighting, the enemy will be paralyzed in conviction. In a real war, if you want to The only way to paralyze the enemy is to pay a lot of blood.

When Beigushan fell into a lonely battle, the officers and soldiers of other units of the Nanjing Army watched and listened with tears.

"It was us who were supposed to fight, damn it, but those militiamen stood in front of us!" A battalion commander said to Liu Wugou who interviewed him, weeping as he spoke, "We know why the superiors arranged this way, we only have In the future, I will severely beat the Japanese army, so that the blood of those militia brothers will not be shed in vain!"

Three days and three nights later, Beigu Mountain fell.

The Japanese army drove a large number of people to clean up the aftermath, because it was the transition season between spring and summer. If the corpses scattered on the battlefield were not disposed of as soon as possible, they would immediately rot and deteriorate, causing plague and disease.

The Japanese army was too lazy to clean up the remains of the Nanjing Army's fallen officers and soldiers, so they drove a large number of civilians to do this.

Under the threat of Japanese bayonets, thousands of Chinese people were driven tremblingly to Beigu Mountain. After seeing the scene in front of them, all the people were stunned. Gushan, because the people saw that almost none of the Nanjing Army officers and soldiers lying on the battlefield were intact, and they were basically in disarray. Many of the remains had only two legs, because those who died in battle The officers and soldiers carried grenades or explosives to the Japanese army and died together. After a bang, their upper body was smashed to pieces, leaving only two legs. It was extremely tragic.

"Our army killed 1275, wounded 2486, a total of 3761; killed 4492 enemies, and captured 47!" In the Japanese Army's former enemy headquarters, Major General Tsukada Gong reported with a smile on his face, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the war damage The ratio of the results is less than one to one, and the killed enemy soldiers included 1 major general and 3 colonels!"

Lieutenant General Hata Toshiro asked: "Did the 47 captured Chinese soldiers voluntarily surrender?"

"Oh, no!" Rear Admiral Tsukada Gong replied, "They were all captured after being injured and unable to move!"

"Hmm!" Lieutenant General Hata Jun-[-] sighed softly, "The fighting spirit of the Nanjing Chinese Army still hasn't changed..."