I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"Guard, quickly serve tea to the Second Young Master!" Li Zongren shouted loudly.

Jiang Weiguo said with some embarrassment: "Li Zongren, don't call me 'Second Young Master', call me Weiguo or Jianhao!"

"Okay, Jianhao!" Li Zongren led Jiang Weiguo into the living room with great enthusiasm, the two sat down, and the guards brought tea.

Li Zongren greeted him more and more enthusiastically: "Jianhao, come and taste it. This is the Xishan tea from Guiping, Guangxi. Although it is not as good as West Lake Longjing and Dongting Biluo, it has a special taste!"

"Thank you, Mr. Li!" Jiang Weiguo was very polite. He knew that since Li Zongren left his hometown in Guangxi and led the army to fight against Japan, he has always loved the Xishan tea in his hometown. These teas were brought to him by his wife, Ms. Guo Dejie. I'm not very willing to drink it, and it is obviously very important to Jiang Weiguo to entertain Jiang Weiguo today.

The facts are indeed true. The Japanese army suppressed the border. Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren have been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years. Yes, so the hundreds of thousands of troops in the fifth war zone are basically local troops and miscellaneous troops. This caused Li Zongren, who was required to win the battle but had no elite soldiers, a headache. After learning that Jiang Weiguo came to Xuzhou, Li Zongren blurted out "this "Little God of Wealth", because he knows very well that the arrival of Jiang Weiguo means that a large number of Central Army troops and a large number of guns and ammunition are coming. Worth ten thousand soldiers."

In the past year of the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Weiguo has fought every day, and has repeatedly won and never lost. Whether it is the Battle of Pingjin (not the Battle of Pingjin), the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Songhu, or the Nanjing Defense Battle and Nanjing Battles (Pingjin, Songhu, Taiyuan, Nanjing, Xuzhou, five battles, Jiang Weiguo only did not participate in the Taiyuan battle), "As long as Jiang Weiguo is there, the national army will inevitably win a big victory."

Objectively speaking, Jiang Weiguo did not engage in hype and show off for himself, but he has indeed become famous all over the world. First, he is the youngest son of Chiang Kai-shek. Second, the July [-]th Incident was fought by his troops. Third, As long as the national army wins a big battle, his name will definitely be in the news. His military achievements are too many, so it is impossible for him to keep a low profile, making him not only a household name in China, but also a growing reputation abroad. The enemy, the Japanese, all know that "Chiang Kai-shek's youngest son is especially good at fighting, and his hands are covered with the blood of the imperial army." Lao Jiang's youngest son is indeed capable of fighting, and indeed has real skills, and it was not Lao Jiang who boasted."

At present, Jiang Weiguo is already an "idol" worshiped by many people and many national army officers and soldiers. Fame", Jiang Weiguo certainly cannot be said to be a "Zhuzi", he does have the ability and achievements.

Among other things, Jiang Weiguo alone received an average of more than fifty love letters every day from all over the country and even overseas (basically, Liu Wugou took them and burned them, because Yang Mei didn't care about this matter, Shi Liling It was inconvenient to manage, but Cai Wenna was obedient to Jiang Weiguo, even if Jiang Weiguo took fifty concubines, she would have no objection, so Liu Wugou was in charge of this matter.

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"Jianhao, we are all soldiers, and it's wartime now, and Xuzhou is already on the front line, so we can't drink!" Li Zongren raised his teacup, "I'll use tea instead of wine to welcome you, and I hope you don't mind! "

"Officer Li is so flattering, Weiguo can't afford it.

Please, Mr. Lee! "Jiang Weiguo also raised his teacup. He knew nothing about tea tasting. In his eyes, even the best tea was just boiled water with color. But at this time, he naturally couldn't brush off Li Zongren's enthusiasm.

After symbolically sipping a few sips of tea, Jiang Weiguo was "full of praise": "Good tea! Good tea!"

Li Zongren smiled.

Both of them are pragmatic soldiers who don't like red tape, so after a brief exchange of polite greetings, the two immediately went straight to the point and talked about the current situation in Xuzhou.

The Battle of Xuzhou broke out at the end of April (three months later than the original history). Because of Han Fuju's weak resistance in Shandong Province, the Japanese army in North China easily crossed the natural barrier of the Yellow River and swept thousands of troops. The entire land of Qilu, then took a short rest and continued southward; at the end of May, the Japanese army broke through the defense line of the national army in the southern Shandong area, and gradually invaded Taierzhuang, the last barrier in the north of Xuzhou; in mid-June, the Japanese army broke through Teng County and began to attack Taierzhuang. The Battle of Taierzhuang was in progress and the battle was fierce. At the same time, the 4th Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army landed in Lianyungang, seriously threatening the eastern part of Xuzhou. As for the south, the situation is also not optimistic. Although the 6th Division of the Japanese Army was tightly entangled in the Huai'an area by Li Yutang and Song Xilian's troops, Xuzhou was inevitably on the back.

Xuzhou, the land of the Four Wars, is already surrounded by enemies.

Jiang Weiguo pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Li, how many Japanese soldiers are there in Shandong Province?"

Li Zongren replied: "There is only one division, which is the 17th Division of the Japanese Army, and the division is not full of personnel. The division has only three infantry regiments stationed in Shandong Province, and one infantry regiment remains in Shanxi Province.

In addition, the Japanese army has also realized the importance of Shandong Province, so they transferred the 15th Division, which was originally fighting in Shanxi Province, to Shandong Province. Assist the 5th Division in controlling Shanxi Province and mopping up the Jinsui Army, and the rest of the troops are entering Shandong Province one after another!"

"Two divisions that are not full of staff..." Jiang Weiguo took out a cigarette and wanted to light it, but then he thought it would be impolite to smoke in front of Li Zongren, so he put the cigarette back again. In Shandong Province, which covers an area of ​​more than 5 square kilometers and a population of over 15 million, one can imagine that the density of Japanese troops must not be high!" He thought to himself, "It seems that Liang Fei's proposal is feasible.

The Japanese army attacked Xuzhou, and Shandong Province was the rear of the Japanese army. The Japanese army’s ordnance, ammunition, and supplies must pass through Shandong Province, and the Japanese army’s food and cotton must be plundered from Shandong Province on the spot. ..." The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

At this time, the Japanese North China Front Army had 7 divisions and 1 heavy artillery brigade. Among these units, the 7th, 10th, and 14th divisions were participating in the Xuzhou battle, the 5th division was responsible for controlling Shanxi Province, and the 15th and 17th divisions , The 20th Division was tasked with protecting the Japanese-occupied areas. Among them, the 15th and 17th Divisions each left an infantry regiment in Shanxi Province (under the command of the 5th Division), and the rest of the troops were in Shandong Province. The 20th Division is responsible for controlling occupied areas such as Pingjin, Hebei Province, Chahar Province, and Suiyuan Province.

"By the way, Chief Li, who are the troops currently participating in the fifth theater? Where are they?" Jiang Weiguo asked.

Li Zongren stood up from the sofa, walked to the map on the wall, pointed and explained to Jiang Weiguo one by one.

Although the fifth war zone has hundreds of thousands of troops, almost all of them are local miscellaneous troops. There are Li Zongren's old base Gui army, Sichuan army, Yunnan army, Lu army, and the Great Northwest Army, Small Northwest Army, The Northeast Army and other departments, the Central Army only has Tang Enbo's 20th Army.

The situation of the troops in the fifth theater at this time is as follows:

徐州的北部战场上，万福麟和刘汝明率领的第1集团军（东北军和宋哲元部大西北军的混合体）、于学忠和孙桐萱率领的第3集团军（东北军和韩复榘部鲁军的混合体）、冯治安部第29军（宋哲元部大西北军余脉）、张自忠部第59军（宋哲元部大西北军余脉）、庞炳勋部第3军团（冯玉祥原先大西北军余脉）、孙连仲部第1军团（冯玉祥原先大西北军余脉）等部在鲁北一带阻击着日军第10师团；

On the southern battlefield of Xuzhou, the 11th Army of Li Pinxian's Department (Gui Army), the 7th Army of Feng Qinzai's Department (the remaining vein of Yang Hucheng's Northwest Army), and the 38th Army of Sun Weiru's Department (the remaining vein of Yang Hucheng's Small Northwest Army) were blocking Huai'an The 9th Division of the Japanese Army;

On the eastern battlefield in Xuzhou, the 60th Army of the Lu Han Division (Dian Army) and the 58th Army of the Sundu Division (Dian Army) blocked the 7th Brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army in the East China Sea and Tancheng;

徐州的西部战场上，廖磊部第21集团军（桂军）以及川军第22、第23、第27集团军等部在豫东皖北阻击着日军第14师团第28旅团。

As for Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps, which "operated on the move" in the north of Xuzhou, the Corps would take advantage of any advantage and run away if there was any trouble. Li Zongren had nothing to do about it, because Tang Enbo nominally belonged to the fifth war zone and obeyed Li Zongren's orders, but only obeyed Chiang Kai-shek. of.

Jiang Weiguo wanted to laugh and feel uncomfortable watching it. The Japanese army came with 2 divisions and 2 brigades.

Chiang Kai-shek was "soft-hearted". He seldom used the means of exterminating the local warlords who opposed him. It sounds majestic, but in fact, one group army has two armies under its jurisdiction, one army has two divisions under its jurisdiction, each division has thousands of people, and the entire group army has [-] to [-] soldiers, and Chiang Kai-shek is stuck in funding, guns, and ammunition. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the group army is low, and it is completely a mob.

Saying "the mob" is not an insult to those miscellaneous soldiers, but the most direct statement of their helpless situation. A division has more than a dozen mortars. It is conceivable that such a unit, even if the officers and soldiers are full of enthusiasm for killing the enemy and serving the country Bloody, but in front of the Japanese aircraft, artillery and tanks, the officers and soldiers could only resist with their flesh and blood. It is conceivable how tragic and heroic the fight was.

Therefore, it seems that there are so many troops in the fifth theater, but they are actually not worthy of the name.

"Jianhao, how many troops did you bring?" Li Zongren talked to Jiang Weiguo for a long time, and couldn't help asking what he cared about most.

"[-] troops!" Jiang Weiguo naturally would not hide anything from Li Zongren, "[-] are from the Nanjing Army smuggled out of Nanjing City, [-] elite veterans, [-] militiamen with actual combat experience, and [-] are soon The cavalry of the two cavalry divisions of the Majia Army who rushed to Xuzhou!"

"Good! Good!" Li Zongren immediately beamed with joy. Although Jiang Weiguo didn't bring many troops, the quality must be nothing to say. It is no problem for the soldiers of the Nanjing Army to compete with the Japanese army. Twenty thousand The Nanjing Army (half veterans, half militia), plus [-] cavalry from the Majia army, can completely withstand a division of the Japanese army.

In this way, the pressure on the fifth theater will be greatly reduced.

More than that, Li Zongren, who is "old and cunning", also saw more "utility value" from Jiang Weiguo. When Jiang Weiguo came, he would definitely not ask the fifth theater for the weapons, equipment, funds and materials of his troops. He himself was very rich The Fifth War Zone is so poor that if you get this unit from Jiang Weiguo, the Fifth War Zone will not cost you a penny; if Jiang Weiguo is here, the old man will definitely be worried, the central army is coming, and more Weapons, equipment, funds and materials are coming, especially the old man's air force plane.

Thinking of this, Li Zongren couldn't help laughing in front of Jiang Weiguo if it wasn't for maintaining his dignity.

"Jianhao, your troops have just arrived. They have been exhausted all the way, and the front line can still withstand it. Don't worry, take a rest first. As for the combat mission, I will discuss it with you at that time!" Li Zongren finally said to Jiang Weiguo very kindly He did not immediately put the elite soldiers in Jiang Weiguo's hands into the most critical battlefield. Although good steel is used on the blade, this "good steel" does not belong to Li Zongren. If Jiang Weiguo loses his temper, Li Zongren will be beaten Well, Jiang Weiguo came to fight, but Li Zongren certainly didn't dare to neglect him, and it's not too bad to confess him. After all, if this little God of Wealth is offended, the matter will be serious.

In addition, regarding combat missions, Li Zongren did not say "I will give you an order at that time", but said "I will discuss with you at that time". The difference between these two sentences is very obvious.

After bidding farewell to Li Zongren, Jiang Weiguo went to Jiawang Town (later Jiawang District, Xuzhou City) outside Xuzhou City, which was the place Li Zongren assigned to Jiang Weiguo's troops to station and rest.

Jiawang Town is a big town. Not only is there a large-scale coal mine beside the town, but the town even has its own power plant. Such a high standard of construction is unique not only among the towns in Xuzhou, but also in the entire Central Plains. common.

Before the war between China and Japan, Jiawang Town was the most prosperous city and densely populated in Xuzhou, known as "Little Xuzhou".

Li Zongren didn't dare to neglect Jiang Weiguo, so he settled him here.

After the Battle of Xuzhou began, the coal mine in Jiawang Town stopped working. This coal mine is the lifeblood of the entire Jiawang Town. After the stop, the whole town immediately became deserted. They fled to Xuzhou and even Wuhan to take refuge, and ordinary people also fled to the countryside one after another. Jiawang Town, which lost [-]% to [-]% of its population, became deserted.

However, with the arrival of Jiang Weiguo with tens of thousands of troops, this little Xuzhou was revived again.

The best house in the town is the small three-story French-style bungalow owned by the coal boss of Jiawang Coal Mine who had studied in France for many years.

As the highest officer of the army, Jiang Weiguo and several confidants were logically moved into this small bungalow.

It was already noon at this time, Jiang Weiguo and Xiao Yao were chomping on the hot Xuzhou dog meat for lunch, while urgently discussing the battle situation.

"First of all, we need to find out what the Japanese's purpose is!" Xiao Yao said with a clear and well-organized thought as always, "What do you think?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Jiang Weiguo was very surprised, "Take Xuzhou!"

Xiao Yao smiled noncommittally: "Yes, the Japanese want to capture Xuzhou, but is the behavior of the Japanese normal? Xuzhou is a place and a goal, but the Japanese spread their troops everywhere. There is a brigade in the west of the division.

Since it is an attack, we should concentrate our forces on one point. This is common sense. No matter how stupid the Japanese are, they shouldn't be like this, right? "

"Perhaps, the Japanese army was trying to intimidate us by posing as a four-way army encircling Xuzhou, trying to force us to flee without a fight and abandon Xuzhou!" Jiang Weiguo thought for a while and said.

"The same doesn't make sense!" Xiao Yao put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand and took out a document, "I asked the Maritime Bureau to investigate the 7th and 14th divisions of the Japanese army. Both divisions have a brigade that has not participated in the war. The Japanese army is indeed short of military strength, but it is not so embarrassing that adding two brigades cannot do it.

The 7th Brigade of the 14th Division and the 14th Brigade of the 27th Division who did not participate in the battle are both on the north bank of the Yellow River at this time. What are they doing?Doing nothing, loafing about.

What does this mean?It shows that the Japanese still have a certain amount of troops, and they are hiding and not moving!"

Jiang Weiguo's brain is not slow: "Brother Haoran, what do you mean..."

Xiao Yao narrowed his eyes: "The Japanese have a big appetite, and what they want to eat is not just the city of Xuzhou!"

Jiang Weiguo suddenly felt enlightened.

In the original history, the Battle of Xuzhou was divided into two stages. In the first stage, the Japanese army simply attacked Xuzhou and sent the 5th and 10th divisions, but they were defeated and fled. In the second stage, the Japanese army became angry and dispatched More than a dozen divisions re-attacked Xuzhou, and the supreme commander of the national army, Chiang Kai-shek, was dazzled by the victory in the first stage, and actively dispatched troops to Xuzhou, intending to start a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Xuzhou. In fact, the first goal of the Japanese army was already It is not to capture Xuzhou, but to surround and annihilate the heavy national army group in Xuzhou.

Right now, because the time is urgent and the situation is increasingly unfavorable to the Japanese side, the Japanese army took three steps in two and took out this move in the first stage of the Xuzhou battle.

It's just that the Japanese army's military strength was tight, and they didn't send a lot of troops, so they didn't arouse the high-level vigilance of the national army.

"If this is the case, what should we do?" Jiang Weiguo was a little uneasy. Yes, the Japanese army planned to fight a decisive battle as soon as they came up. In the original history, the national army did not fight with it. If Xuzhou breaks through the siege, the situation will be completely bad. Xuzhou is occupied by the Japanese army without bloodshed. The battle of Xuzhou will be a complete failure of the national army.

"Brother Wei!" Sun Tao hurried to the door to report, "Ma Biao and Ma Lu are here!"

Chapter 355 Moved to Xuzhou (5)

Both Ma Biao and Ma Lu are powerful generals in the Ma family army, the Hui warlord in the northwest. Both of them are well versed in cavalry warfare, and the Ma family army is already good at cavalry. There are more than 1 cavalry in the 2st and [-]nd Temporary Cavalry Divisions, most of whom are elite veterans who have experienced many battles.

Although Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang were warlords, they did their best to participate in the War of Resistance, and they did not use old, weak, sick and disabled people to make up for their numbers. First, participating in the War of Resistance was related to the righteousness of the nation, and it was inconvenient for them to shoddy good ones. Fighting well can allow them to earn a lot of rewards and political capital, so the cavalry of the Majia Army who are heading to Xuzhou is still very good in terms of morale, spirit, combat effectiveness, and combat quality.

Jiang Weiguo attached great importance to and welcomed Ma Biao, Ma Lu and their cavalry, and welcomed Ma Biao and Ma Lu very warmly.

With the arrival of Jiang Weiguo, the situation of the Xuzhou battle suddenly changed significantly.

If Jiang Weiguo did not come, Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to spend his money. As a result, Li Zongren could only use hundreds of thousands of local miscellaneous troops with poor equipment and even starvation to resist the Japanese army. Since the strength was far inferior to the Japanese army, Li Zongren had no choice but to use The most conservative, most stable but also the most passive resistance tactics, trying to "keep Xuzhou" or "abandon Xuzhou after obtaining relatively large results that can be explained to the chairman of the committee and to the people of the whole country". I have never thought about it. In Li Zongren's words, "Thank God if the strength of the fifth theater can stop the Japanese army. As for the others, there is no need to think about it at all." Now, Jiang Weiguo has come and brought With [-] elite soldiers, and Chiang Kai-shek will definitely spend his money, the situation in the Fifth War Zone has been greatly improved. Therefore, there are two opinions among the top leaders of the Fifth War Zone on "how to fight next".

Some generals of the "moderate faction" advocated that Jiang Weiguo's troops be thrown into the forefront, such as Taierzhuang, to withstand the entire front, concentrate their forces, and attack the most arrogant and arrogant Japanese 10th Division head-on. If the Japanese army encircled Xuzhou on all sides, if the national army could defeat the enemy in front, the situation would be greatly improved, and the siege of Xuzhou might be lifted; The overall counterattack plan is to switch from defense to offense, and counterattack the Japanese army in an all-round way.

Generally speaking, the generals of the moderate faction mean to continue to fight steadily and continue to fight defensive battles. Although it is difficult to achieve major results, they can consume the vital strength of the Japanese army in defensive battles, ensuring that Xuzhou has no worries, and also ensuring that nothing will happen to the participating national troops. Too big a surprise; the hardline generals mean that they are too passive, too aggrieved and useless to be beaten all the time. They should take the initiative to eat up the Japanese army. Rock solid.

Li Zongren, who had the decision-making power, was hesitant. He didn't dare to take risks. At the same time, he also doubted that Chiang Kai-shek was willing to invest too much capital in the Xuzhou battle.

It was like a gamble. Li Zongren participated in the gamble, but his bet was originally given by Chiang Kai-shek. To put it bluntly, if he wins, the big money goes to Chiang Kai-shek, and if he loses, the bad luck goes to Li Zongren.

Li Zongren prefers to continue to play a defensive strategy. First, it is safe and he can keep Xuzhou. If he keeps Xuzhou, he will naturally win the Xuzhou battle. Second, he is not willing to take advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's fire.

Jiang Weiguo also fell into deep entanglement. He repeatedly discussed with Xiao Yao (Jiang Weiguo generally only held "two-person meetings" with Xiao Yao on very confidential matters. Keep it as secret as possible, because Xiao Yao once said a word to Jiang Weiguo, Jiang Weiguo took it seriously and did not dare to take it lightly), Xiao Yao's attitude is very clear: "This battle of Xuzhou, if both the enemy and us are honest and well-regulated , then, this battle is just a simple urban offensive and defensive battle. However, the Japanese are very greedy. They have a big appetite. Just keep Xuzhou!"

"What if we are also greedy?" Jiang Weiguo immediately understood.

Xiao Yao smiled slightly: "The 10th Division of the Japanese Army is currently going deep alone. I don't know what the Japanese's intentions are. Is it a last resort or intentional? No matter what it is, the 10th Division It is an indisputable fact that the regiment's lone army went deep.

Perhaps, the Japanese army is playing the trick of 'playing hard to get', we might as well do the fake show and let the Japanese be self-defeating and reap the consequences!"

"You want to eat the 10th Division?" Jiang Weiguo looked closely at Xiao Yao.

"Don't you think the behavior of the 10th Division at this time is exactly the same as that of the 101st Division in the Battle of Songhu?" Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo, "They all deliberately hang a piece of meat by our mouths to make us salivate !"

"The Japanese still want to play this trick?" Jiang Weiguo laughed dumbly, "When the 101st Division was killed by us, didn't they learn their lesson?"

"I guess the Japanese don't want to either!" Xiao Yao said, "It's just that they have no choice but to do this!"

"I don't mind letting the 10th Division become the second 101st Division!" Jiang Weiguo laughed, "But, is it feasible?"