I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

After the Japanese army carried out the bacterial warfare against the Nanjing army, not only did the war situation not "win at one stroke" as predicted by the high-level Japanese army, on the contrary, the Japanese army fell into a huge panic, because the Nanjing army "obtained local materials" and infected the city with germs and died. More than that, the Japanese army who besieged Nanjing City had to "stay away" because the Nanjing army "returned the Japanese army's bacterial weapons to the other body in the same way".

In the see-saw area or confrontation area between the two sides, you can see such a scene: Nanjing army cars, full of civilian corpses infected with germs, drive to the see-saw area or confrontation area between the two armies or the Nanjing army directly. Hundreds of meters in front of the position, the dead were thrown all over the ground and scattered in front of the Nanjing Army position.

Thousands of dead people infected with germs formed an "impregnable wall" in front of the Nanjing Army's position, which made the Japanese army look very pale and dare not attack at all, because the attack route was full of dead people infected with the disease, and there were still Therefore, he was forced to retreat a certain distance.

Like the Japanese army, the Nanjing army is made of flesh and blood. The Japanese army is afraid of germs and will be infected by germs. Naturally, the Nanjing army is the same. Measures, such as culling rats and other animals that carry germs, drinking water must be boiled at high temperature, food is also sterilized at high temperature, once suspected patients are found, they are immediately isolated, living areas are disinfected with quicklime powder, etc.

In fact, infected people have already appeared in the Nanjing Army, and the disease has already appeared in the Nanjing Army and spread slowly. The Nanjing Army tried to slow down the spread of the disease, and the second was to pull the Japanese army to be infected together.

On the night of May 5, the Nanjing Army launched a counterattack outside the Zhonghua Gate.

The scale and strength of this counterattack is not large, it is only at the battalion level, but the level of heroism can be called tears of gods and ghosts.

After the fall of Yuhuatai, the Zhonghua Gate was completely exposed to the attacks of the Japanese army. The Japanese army repeatedly attacked the Zhonghua Gate, and they might break into the city at any time.

At 28 o'clock in the middle of the night on May 800, more than 11 officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army launched a counterattack against the 22nd Brigade of the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army outside the Zhonghua Gate.

Although the 22nd Brigade suffered heavy losses, it still had 800 soldiers. It is not an exaggeration to call it "hitting a stone with an egg" with 800 people from the Nanjing Army. The officers and soldiers are all sick soldiers who have been infected with the germs, and the leader is Colonel Lu Zhanmeng, the deputy chief of staff of the Second Reserve Division who has also been infected with tuberculosis.

Lu Zhanmeng refused to receive medical treatment after falling ill. He said to Chen Mingren, the head of the preparatory division 2 who came to persuade him: "Master, forget it! I know that we have very little medicine, and tuberculosis is very difficult to cure.

The penicillin used to save me can save at least [-] wounded soldiers after normal injuries, so why waste it?Just die, soldiers deserve to die on the battlefield!"

Chen Mingren couldn't help crying: "Zhan Meng, do you have any other wishes?"

Lu Zhanmeng replied: "Master, I don't want to die on the hospital bed, I want to die in battle, on the way to charge, so, before my body collapses and I can hold on, I want to go out of the city to kill the enemy." !"

Later, Lu Zhanmeng recruited volunteers in the military hospital: "I need to be like me. People who are sick and can't be saved, go to the devils and die! Who wants to go with me?"

A total of more than 800 officers and soldiers who were infected with germs and determined to kill the enemy joined Lu Zhanmeng in this counterattack outside the gate of China. Before the attack, the officers and soldiers brought [-] large trucks full of sick and dead The corpses of soldiers and civilians were filled with explosives and cluster grenades among the dead.

After the battle broke out, the officers and soldiers rushed towards the Japanese army, which was six times the number of them, without any fear. Fighting with the Japanese army, fists, and teeth, and desperately spitting bloody spittle on the Japanese army's face, this is not an insult to the Japanese army, but a special way of killing the enemy.

This scene may seem very unimaginable, even a little funny, but the thoughts of these officers and soldiers are extremely heroic: "Fuck! Even if I can't kill you, I will drag you to get sick together!" The Nanjing army's auto soldiers in the large truck full of dead people detonated the explosives and cluster grenades in the dead people's pile in the carriage, causing countless rotten flesh and pus and blood covered with germs to splash in the crowd of Japanese soldiers.

More than [-] sick officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army died in battle, killing and wounding more than [-] Japanese soldiers, and at the same time brought great panic to the Japanese army.

A few days later, nearly 22 infected or suspected infected people appeared in the 500nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, and 44 people died of illness. The commander of the [-]th Brigade of the brigade, Yano Nagao, also died of cholera. .

The corpses of the dead who died of illness were thrown at the Japanese army as bombs, and the corpses of the dead who died of illness were thrown in front of the positions to block the Japanese army. ...There is no doubt that this is Xiao Yao's idea, and only he can come up with such a completely inhuman or even inhuman idea.

In fact, when Xiao Yao came up with these ideas, he encountered great opposition. Huang Wei and others criticized him for being "too cruel" and "insulting the remains of the victims." It is only natural to use all means to win!" If it weren't for Jiang Weiguo's thoughts coming from later generations, he would have found it difficult to accept Xiao Yao's methods.

Jiang Weiguo remembered that there was a very famous Three Kingdoms-themed comic "Fire and Phoenix Prairie Fire", which contained a concept called "Dark Art of War", that is, the art of war that uses inhumane means to achieve the ultimate goal. However, the dark art of war paves the way for "benevolent governance". Its purpose is to quickly quell the chaos in the world by any means, and then implement the way of governing the world with benevolence, first chaos and then governance.

Jiang Weiguo discovered that Xiao Yao was actually the implementer of the "Dark Art of War", and this guy really didn't care about the means at all.

Because the Japanese army carried out bacterial warfare against the Nanjing army, but the Nanjing army fought back unscrupulously, the Japanese army did not dare to attack Nanjing on a large scale for a while, and the Nanjing battlefield temporarily calmed down.

The Japanese army that attacked the city and the Nanjing army that defended the city were busy dealing with the bacterial epidemic. After all, it doesn’t matter if the bacteria kill the Chinese or the Japanese.

June 1938, 6, the first day of the seventh month of the Battle of Nanjing, the 1rd day of the Battle of Nanjing.

On this day, the Taiyuan Defense Battle, the core battle of the Taiyuan Battle (Shanxi Province Anti-Japanese War), broke out.

The Japanese army launched an attack on Shanxi Province on March 3. By this time, the Jinsui Army (and the Central Army, the Chinese Communist Army and other troops assisting the Jinsui Army in combat) had persisted for more than two months and achieved satisfactory results. As a result of the war, the Chinese army that participated in the war had a cumulative casualty of about 20, and a total of more than 12 Japanese troops were killed or wounded. However, the enemy and the enemy are strong and the enemy is weak. The Japanese army is still advancing step by step in Shanxi Province, and on June 4 On this day, the troops officially came to the city of Taiyuan.

In this regard, Yan Xishan adopted the countermeasure of "imitating Nanjing City and defending Taiyuan City". As he himself said, "If Taiyuan is lost, Shanxi will not be protected." Therefore, he decided to defend Taiyuan at all costs, and Nanjing insisted on a full six The brilliant record of the month also made him very envious and greatly encouraged.

More than a month before the Japanese army came to Taiyuan City, Yan Xishan began to organize the "Taiyuan Defense War" in full swing. He learned from Jiang Weiguo's practice everywhere, named the Taiyuan defenders the "Taiyuan Army", and dispatched tens of thousands of migrant workers inside and outside the city. He built fortifications, and publicly declared that "I, Yan Xishan, swear to live and die with Taiyuan City." He appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Taiyuan Garrison Command, and appointed Fu Zuoyi, a key general of the Jinsui Army who is good at fighting defensive warfare, as the deputy commander-in-chief. "As long as Nanjing can last, so can Taiyuan." "The Taiyuan army will definitely be the same as the Nanjing army, beating the Japanese invaders and not retreating an inch." He even learned from Jiang Weiguo and built a "Kingdom War" in the city of Taiyuan with great fanfare. The tomb of Shanxi Provincial Chairman Yan Xishan".

Although Yan Xishan’s actions were a little imitative, they did greatly boost the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Shanxi-Sui Army; Abandoned many important cities in the Jinzhong area and the outskirts of Taiyuan City, and handed over the above cities to the Japanese army, thereby preserving tens of thousands of elite Jinsui troops to strengthen Taiyuan's defense forces, and preached that they would "break the boat and fight to the last stand."

On June 6, the Taiyuan Defense War officially broke out. The Japanese army invested about 1 troops, and the Chinese army (mainly the Jinsui Army, and some Central Army and other troops) defending the city had about 8 troops.

On June 6, Taiyuan fell, with more than 15 casualties of the Japanese army and about 2 casualties of the Chinese army defending the city.

The defense of Taiyuan lasted for half a month and fifteen days. Taiyuan did not become the second Nanjing. It seemed that it was beyond the expectations of all parties, but in fact it was inevitable. The reasons are easy to analyze. First, although Yan Xishan Before the war, he said a lot of harsh words, but on the fifth day after the war broke out, some Japanese troops broke into Taiyuan City, Yan Xishan immediately panicked, and quietly left Taiyuan City, the guards were temporarily kept in the dark (Yan Xishan) Xishan definitely didn’t have the confidence to openly find an excuse to leave), after discovering this incident, on the one hand, the morale of the defending troops was greatly affected, on the other hand, they felt that they had been abandoned, and Taiyuan was also abandoned. drop.

Yan Xishan did not keep his promises, and set a serious negative example for the officers and soldiers of the city guards and brought serious negative effects; secondly, the commander of Taiyuan City Defense was Yan Xishan himself, and the deputy commander was Fu Zuoyi. Logically, Yan Xishan left Afterwards, Fu Zuoyi naturally took over his position. In fact, Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi had a seemingly incompatible relationship. Although they were both from Jin, they shared different dreams. The territory is mainly Shanxi Province and Suiyuan Province. Shanxi Province is the core foundation of Yan Xishan, and Suiyuan Province is a secondary area. The most powerful faction within the Jinsui Army, Yan Xishan nominally owns the two provinces of Jinsui and Suizhou, but actually only owns Shanxi Province, and Suiyuan Province is Fu Zuoyi's private territory. Yan Xishan has long been suspicious and wanted to get rid of Fu Zuoyi. More than a month before the incident, Yan Xishan invited Fu Zuoyi to a banquet, intending to poison Fu Zuoyi to death with poisoned wine. As a result, Yang Xiaoou, another key general of the Jinsui Army, accidentally ate poisonous wine and became Fu Zuoyi's scapegoat. It is conceivable that How did Fu Zuoyi view Yan Xishan in his heart, and how bad the relationship between the two was. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the two joined forces because of the righteousness of the nation, but they certainly did not "dissolve their suspicions."

In this Taiyuan defense battle, Fu Zuoyi was appointed by Yan Xishan as the deputy commander of the city defense because he was good at defending the city, but Yan Xishan did not trust Fu Zuoyi at all, and did not give him real power. Fu Zuoyi's confidant completely emptied Fu Zuoyi, so Fu Zuoyi could not effectively command the troops. After Yan Xishan quietly left the city, Fu Zuoyi was only a nominal deputy commander and acting commander. He didn't really want to give his life to Yan Xishan, so he left the city three days before the city was broken, which made the Taiyuan Army's overall command even worse; Aircraft, artillery, and ammunition reserves, the Taiyuan Army is far inferior to the Nanjing Army; fourth, the Taiyuan fortifications are also far inferior to the Nanjing fortifications. The Nanjing fortifications were built half a year before the start of the war, and they have been continuously built since the start of the war. Naturally, those fortifications temporarily built by Yan Xishan were far beyond the reach; fifth, the commanding ability of the senior generals of the Taiyuan Army was also not as good as that of the Nanjing Army (after all, the Nanjing Army had Jiang Weiguo, a "plug-in character" who played a great role); in addition , and many other factors.

Therefore, Nanjing City persisted for six months without being broken, and Taiyuan City fell after only half a month.

Despite this, the vast number of officers and soldiers defending the city of Taiyuan still fought bloody battles, causing the last heavy blow to the Japanese army on the battlefield in Shanxi Province.

Yan Xishan's Jinsui army originally had a total of 30 million troops and about [-] essences. They fought all the way, and the last tens of thousands of essences were also consumed in the Taiyuan defense battle.

After the fall of Taiyuan, Yan Xishan was so heartbroken that he did not eat, drink or sleep for several days. Firstly, because Taiyuan was lost; There are only [-] to [-] remnants and defeated generals who lack guns and ammunition.

After accepting the defense of Taiyuan, Yan Xishan led his remnants to retreat to Linfen in southern Shanxi, relying on the mountains of southern Shanxi for the final delayed resistance. At this time, about four-fifths of Shanxi Province fell. They pursued and fought fiercely, because the Japanese army was severely injured and unable to attack.

On the battlefield in Shanxi Province, the Japanese army had a total of 6.4 casualties (the Chinese army suffered about 20 casualties on the battlefield in Shanxi Province, which was three times the Japanese army), and consumed countless ordnance and supplies. After all, the Japanese army still had to continue the battle of Nanjing and Xuzhou In the battle, after capturing Taiyuan, the Japanese army had reached its limit in terms of military strength that could be used in the Shanxi Province battlefield, so they did not continue to pursue the victory, allowing Yan Xishan to temporarily linger in a corner of southern Shanxi.

So far, among the four main provinces in North China, the entire Hebei Province has been occupied, the entire Shandong Province has been occupied, most of Shanxi Province has been occupied, and a small part of the northern part of Henan Province has been occupied.

At the same time, on the Xuzhou battlefield, since the outbreak of the Xuzhou Battle on April 4, the Japanese army broke through the defense of the Chinese army in the southern Shandong area after a month of fierce fighting and paid a heavy price, and gradually invaded Taierzhuang, the last barrier in the north of Xuzhou. .

During the period when the war in Nanjing temporarily dissipated, the German government's high-level special envoy kept traveling between Wuhan and Tokyo, repeatedly conducting mediation and diplomatic mediation.

It was already June 1938, and Hitler really did not want China and Japan to continue fighting.

Chapter 349 Liecheng (9)

On the Nanjing battlefield, large-scale battles temporarily subsided, but small-scale firefights continued.

Near Mochou Lake, more than 200 officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army rushed to the 110th Regiment of the 133rd Brigade of the 110th Division of the Japanese Army, amidst the roar of the changing colors of the mountains and rivers.

The 110th Regiment collapsed immediately after the fight, and more than [-] Japanese soldiers from the entire regiment, including the leader of the regiment, Shinichi Yanagawa, ran away with their heads in their arms, and were chased by the Nanjing Army out of Jiangdongmen, south of Mochou Lake.

Major General Tsuda Mitake, head of the 133rd Brigade, was furious when he learned about it, and sternly reprimanded Colonel Yanagawa for "greeding life and fearing death, fearing the enemy like a tiger, fleeing in battle, and incompetent command." Colonel Yanagawa said with a bitter face: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, I The regiment can't fight at all! Because those Chinese soldiers who rushed to our regiment are all infected with germs, and they are going to die with us. The germs in their bodies are more lethal than the explosives wrapped around them. .

This is how they attacked. A dozen tanks and armored vehicles opened the way in front, and artillery provided artillery reinforcements behind them. Their soldiers were sitting in a car full of dead patients. When they drove into our position, they exploded. The car was destroyed, and the corpses of the patients on the car were flying all over the sky. Many of our soldiers were splattered all over their faces and heads. , causing our army's morale to be seriously shaken, and it is really impossible to fight normally!"

After learning about this, Lieutenant General Hatatoshi lamented deeply: "A regiment of the Imperial Army was chased and beaten by a regiment of the Chinese Army. It is simply the laughing stock of the Imperial Army!"

The artificial disease in the Nanjing area provided a good reason for the Japanese army to withdraw troops. "Because of the sudden outbreak of a large-scale epidemic in the Nanjing area of ​​China, in order to prevent unnecessary losses to the imperial army, some troops were withdrawn." This reason is obviously very decent.

At this point in the war, the Japanese army had used all the tactics on the Nanjing battlefield, but the war was still stagnant, and the casualties of the Japanese army had reached about 29, of which about 17 died. The Japanese army was indeed discouraged. I was terrified of being beaten by the Nanjing Army.

Although the high-level Japanese army did not officially announce "abandoning the occupation of Nanjing", in fact this was a tacit consensus.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to start withdrawing troops was the first step for the Japanese army to "abandon the occupation of Nanjing" and instead use its military power on the North China battlefield.

At the same time that the Japanese army began to withdraw its troops, the Nanjing Army launched partial counterattacks time and time again, using almost inhumane and inhuman methods. The soldiers infected with germs were formed into a "death squad for the sick". Achieved many miraculous effects.

In the national army base camp in Wuhan, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Bai Chongxi, Cheng Qian, Xu Yongchang and other high-level officials began to seriously consider a major issue: whether to launch a large-scale strategic counter-offensive in Nanjing?

USSR, Moscow, Kremlin.

In the supreme leader's office, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, was standing by the window at this time, gazing at the scenery outside, smoking a cigarette in silence, listening to the respectful voice standing beside him. , An important report from Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, the Minister of Internal Affairs who had just replaced Nikolai Yezhov as the number one head of the Soviet intelligence service.

Stalin listened carefully, his face becoming more and more gloomy, and before he knew it, a layer of soot had fallen on the floor at his feet.

In the past few years, Stalin has been very tired, because there are too many major issues that need him to worry about, such as developing the Soviet Union's industry and economy, ensuring the stability of the Soviet Union's international status and the security of the external environment, and the crisis that has lasted for more than three years. "Great cleaning".

This "Great Purge", which lasted from December 1934 until now, was nominally a "cleaning of the internal enemies of the Soviet Union", but in fact it was to consolidate Stalin's centralized and authoritarian rule over the Soviet Union.

Stalin was very satisfied with this political storm of eliminating dissidents, but at the same time he was very annoyed, because more and more people who opposed him were constantly surfacing, and this political storm was actually creating more and more opposition. In addition to his people, the international environment of the Soviet Union also made him live in anxiety and anxiety every day.

The Soviet Union is the largest country in the world in terms of territory (the second is China). Relying on continuous expansion for hundreds of years, the Soviet Union at this time spanned the Eurasian continent. Compared with the United States, which lives alone on the North American continent, it has many neighbors. The Soviet Union in China is very unfavorable in the international environment, with China and Japan in the east and European powers in the west, making it easy for the Soviet Union to fall into the enemy's front and back in a large-scale international war.

Although Stalin was rude, harsh, cruel, greedy, arrogant, self-willed, and arbitrary, he was by no means incapable of achieving nothing. His two major advantages were his vigorous iron fist and far-sighted strategic vision. When he was in the illusion of peace, Stalin had already begun to think deeply about war.

For the treacherous European situation and the raging Sino-Japanese war, Stalin has been paying close attention to it quietly, and then thinking about the best countermeasures according to local conditions.

"Comrade Stalin..." Beriahui reported, "As I just explained to you, according to reliable information from different sources, the German government is secretly sending special envoys between Wuhan and Tokyo in an attempt to mediate the Sino-Japanese war, Hitler's enthusiasm and attention to this is very interesting.

According to common sense, Germany's interests lie in Europe, but Hitler spared no effort to make China and Japan turn enemies into friends, shake hands and make peace, and invested a lot of energy, material resources, and financial resources in this regard.

There is reason to believe that there are very deep reasons why Hitler tried to make the Sino-Japanese armistice!"

The expression on Stalin's face didn't change much, and he still showed no signs of emotion. He flicked the cigarette ash: "Comrade Beria, tell me your opinion!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Beria said cautiously, "I personally think that Hitler is wooing China and Japan, and wants to turn both China and Japan into Germany's war allies, but the conflict between China and Japan is almost irreconcilable. That’s why Hitler never succeeded, but this cannot let us relax our vigilance, because if Hitler’s Germany succeeds in achieving a double alliance with China and Japan, the biggest victim will be us, and the Soviet Union will be cast a huge hidden shadow because of this!”

"I understand what you mean!" Stalin took a deep breath on his cigarette and let it out slowly, "Hitler is by no means a peaceful person, his Nazi Germany is actively expanding its armaments, and it will be a matter of time before it launches a war abroad.

According to what we have always imagined, only by directing the troubles of Germany to Britain, France and the United States behind Britain and France can ensure the consolidation of the external security of the Soviet Union, but now Hitler is busy trying to win over China and Japan..." He frowned, his eyes bright flash.

"Comrade Stalin, just as you think at this time!" Beria nodded, "In Europe, Germany is busy wooing Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and other countries, as well as Spain. If these countries can be used by Germany, they will definitely It will be an important boost for Germany to go to war with Britain and France, and it will also be Germany and..." He hesitated to speak.

"An important boost to our war!" Stalin flicked the ashes, "If Germany can unite with Italy, Hungary and other countries to attack us from west to east and attack our Eastern European region, it is very natural, but it must be After defeating Britain and France.

No matter how arrogant Hitler was, he would not dare to go to war with Britain, France, and us at the same time, not to mention the United States behind Britain and France!" His thinking was very clear and thorough, and his logic was very rigorous.

"Of course!" Beria nodded again, "However, Germany is wooing China and Japan, so the problem becomes very complicated.

When Germany goes to war with Britain and France, China and Japan have little effect, but they can also play a role in attacking the colonies of Britain and France in the Far East, but the greater effect is to deal with us!" Beria's tone became firm, "Comrade Stalin, if Both China and Japan are allies of Germany, and the Soviet Union is in danger.

The Soviet Union will fall into the front and back attack of Germany and China and Japan!At that time, the Soviet Union must be in danger! "

Stalin's face changed from solemn to ashen. He has always been decisive and will never do anything to hide his ears. If Germany, China and Japan really join forces, they can indeed deal with Britain and France, but what is even more frightening is that this tripartite alliance seems to be used To deal with the Soviet Union, the three countries of Germany, China and Japan completely surrounded the Soviet Union on the Eurasian continent. This terrible prospect had to make him extremely worried and vigilant.

"Comrade Beria!" Stalin said in a deep voice, "Do you think Hitler's wishful thinking will come true?"

"Comrade Stalin, I think Hitler's idea is difficult to realize, but it is not impossible. This should be analyzed according to the situation of the Sino-Japanese war and the mentality of the high-level Chinese and Japanese leaders!"

"Oh, tell me more about it!"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Beria was fully prepared for this, so he spoke with confidence, "In the current Sino-Japanese war, it is internationally recognized that China is weak and Japan is strong, and it is actually true. In the Battle of Nanjing, an unimaginably brilliant record was created, but on the whole, except for Nanjing, the Chinese army lost ground and was defeated steadily on other battlefields. It has been eleven months since the war started, and the Japanese army has successfully Occupy most of North China and a large area of ​​East China, and the Chinese coastline is strictly blocked by the Japanese Navy.

On the other hand, the reason why the Chinese army was able to fight so well in Nanjing was the strong assistance from Germany. However, as the Japanese navy blocked the Chinese coastline, the sea route was blocked, and the land route was also different. one-fifth or even less.

From this, it can be concluded that if the fight continues, China will be unable to sustain it. Although Japan is also fighting very hard, Japan will not be defeated by China alone!"

Stalin listened carefully, and then nodded in agreement: "China and Japan are the two major countries of the Soviet Union in the Far East, and the Soviet Union has to deal with threats from Europe. For the Soviet Union, the Far East is the best country. The situation is that Japan is deeply trapped in the quagmire of China, China is beaten to death by Japan, and Japan is dragged to exhaustion by China.