I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

These are all thanks to Jiang Weiguo's "secret weapon".

Jiang Weiguo's "secret weapon" sounds mysterious, but in fact, it can be called bland, because his "secret weapon" is everywhere in the streets in later generations.

There are only a few ways to transport soldiers: boats, trains, cars, planes, horses, and the soldiers' two legs.

The mechanization level of the Chinese army is very low, and most Chinese soldiers travel thousands of miles on two legs, because China does not have so many ships, not so many trains (nor such a dense and developed railway network), not so many cars (nor so many Dense developed road network), not so many planes, not so many horses.

However, there is one thing that can bridge the gap between the soldiers' legs and transportation methods such as boats, trains, cars, planes, and horses, and that is bicycles.

According to tests and statistics, in an ideal state, a soldier can march about 25 kilometers a day on foot at a speed of 5 kilometers per hour with a load of 40 kilograms; a cavalry can march about 50 kilometers a day with a speed of 24 kilometers per hour and a load of 160 kilograms A motorcycle soldier can march about 50 kilometers per day at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour with a load of 480 kilograms; as for a soldier with a bicycle, he can march 25 kilometers per day at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour with a load of 120 kilograms.

The data is very obvious. After a soldier owns a bicycle, with the same load, the marching speed is doubled, three times that of walking on foot, and he can march more than 100 kilometers in a day (or a night).

Bicycles have many advantages, such as high quality and low price, simple process, unlike automobiles that consume fuel, and unlike war horses that consume food and grass, they can be used on relatively flat wild land, and they will not become a bicycle when crossing mountains and wading through mountains and rivers. The soldier's heavier burden, flexible, light, fast, easy maintenance.

It was the Germans who first used bicycles in the army, and they did achieve very good results. Bicycles played a big role in reconnaissance, communication, alert, and small-scale attacks, but it was the Japanese who really carried them forward.

In the original history, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese army aggressively attacked Southeast Asia. Because the terrain in Southeast Asia was not convenient for the use of tanks and cars, the Japanese army ingeniously used large-scale bicycle troops, especially in the Malayan Peninsula. The Japanese army on bicycles played a "blitz" with oriental characteristics in the jungle. Not only did they march very fast, but they also made the British and Indian troops mistakenly thought it was a group of tanks and fled without fighting when they heard the sound of a large number of bicycle rims rubbing against the ground. feat" (Because the Japanese army's bicycles have been used for a long time, the tires are worn out and damaged, so the Japanese army rides bicycles without tires. The sound when the steel ring rolls over the gravel ground is very similar to the tank track rolling over the ground). The "pioneering work" that he did was returned to him in his own way.

In fact, during the Anti-Japanese War, considering the level of mechanization of the Chinese army, China's financial and material resources, and China's traffic conditions, it would definitely be very useful for the national army to form bicycle troops, which was much lower than the cost of buying cars and raising horses. It is not difficult to manufacture, and China's self-production is not a problem at all, but the national army did not do so.

Jiang Weiguo was also very puzzled by this. He pondered over and over again. He estimated that this was the result of the rigid war thinking of the top Chinese military (in fact, many high-quality and cheap weapons for killing enemies were not used by the national army in the war of resistance, such as the Molotov cocktails used to deal with tanks. , the reason why it is useless should be this reason.

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Building a large bicycle factory is easy for Jiang Weiguo. He did build such a factory to enhance the mobility of the Chinese army in the war against Japan. The output of the factory is not low, but it is not particularly high. Two or three Over the years, tens of thousands of sturdy and durable bicycles have been manufactured.

Jiang Weiguo originally planned to use these bicycles to equip his direct troops, but his Nanjing Army has been fighting urban defense in Nanjing and does not need bicycles. At this time, these bicycles played a great role in the battle of Xuzhou.

Germans have money, so they fight blitz with tanks and cars;

Jiang Weiguo was very poor, so he used bicycles and cars to fight blitz.

When the main force of the Central Army went north to participate in the war, Luo Zhuoying, commander of the 15th Army, and Xue Yue, commander of the 19th Army, received a secret message from Chiang Kai-shek (from Jiang Weiguo), asking them to deliberately exaggerate the difficulty of transportation. The two armies actually had 7 to [-] people They were successively transported to the Bengbu and Huainan areas in the north-central part of Anhui Province, but there were only two or three divisions in the publicity, which paralyzed the Japanese army, and these troops were concentrated, and all officers and soldiers were distributed to the area by train, car, plane, and boat. Local bicycles (Bengbu and Huainan are both on the Huaihe River, so the Navy can use boats to transport bicycles to the local area), and then seize the time to learn to ride bicycles.

As of the evening of August 8, Luo Zhuoying and Xue Yue selected more than 3 officers and soldiers who had learned how to ride bicycles, and collectively set off on bicycles. Tens of thousands of bicycles gathered into a mighty "semi-mechanized army". Although it can’t be said to be fast and fast, it is also flying sand and rolling stones. The picture is like the busiest street in the morning rush hour in the big cities in the early reform and opening up period in China.

Overnight, the National Army’s bicycle troops forcibly marched more than 80 kilometers to Suzhou in the northeast of Anhui Province. The whole army then hid for a day and rested for a day, and finally marched for a night, roaring and appearing on the Xuzhou battlefield, appearing behind the 10th Division , and then swiftly and fiercely rounded and flanked, the wind and thunder rolled towards Teng County behind the 10th Division.

The Japanese army was completely caught off guard, and Teng County, behind the 10th Division, was captured by the national army almost at once.

Although the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army in Teng County put up a "singing and tearful" all-out resistance, they were quickly killed after the overwhelming charge of the national army, which was more than 20 times their number, and the national army bicycle troops took Teng lightly. County, blocking the retreat of the 10th Division.

It is said that that night, the officers and soldiers of the national army bicycle troops slept on their stomachs. The reason is very simple: after riding bicycles for so long, not only their legs are about to cramp, but their buttocks are almost worn out.

After receiving the telegram that Teng County was captured, Li Zongren almost wept with joy.

"Good! Good! Good!" After Jiang Jieshi, who was far away in Wuhan, heard the good news, he said three words "good" excitedly and uncontrollably.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek is more and more grateful that he has listened to Jiang Weiguo's golden words. If the goal of gathering and annihilating the 10th Division can be achieved, then the possibility of keeping Xuzhou will be greatly improved. Even if Xuzhou is lost, the national army will also be the winner. In the Sino-Japanese negotiations, the Chinese side will undoubtedly be able to get more things back on the negotiating table, and the situation has to be said to be very good.

The Chinese high-level officials rejoiced, while the Japanese high-level leaders were struck by a bolt from the blue. Whether it was the Tokyo headquarters, the generals in the temple, or the Lieutenant General Isoya who was surrounded by the Chinese army, they were all stunned in shock, and then fell into hysterical panic, anxiety, and mania. After the Chinese army wiped out the 101st Division and the 16th Division successively, not many people in the top ranks of the Japanese army still think that the Chinese army is incapable of wiping out another division of the Japanese army.

The general in the temple, who woke up from a dream, hurriedly gave an order to Lieutenant General Ji Gu: "Give up attacking Xuzhou! Retreat immediately!" By this time, the goal of the general in the temple has actually been realized, and it has been overfulfilled. The 10th Division has indeed succeeded. Attracted a large number of Chinese troops, but the general in the temple complained that he seemed to be "misunderstood by his cleverness", and the Chinese army cooperated with him to sing this fake show into a real one.

Without the urging of the generals in the temple, Lieutenant General Ji Gu has already retreated in full swing and launched a breakout operation. This Zeng said wildly, "My most regrettable thing is that my 10th Division was not dispatched to the Nanjing battlefield." Any Chinese army is just an ant blocking the way in front of the 10th Division." The arrogant Japanese general no longer had the arrogant arrogance he had at the beginning, because he had already begun to feel the creepy fear that he was beaten by the Chinese army. He was afraid, and the huge crisis of annihilation made him shudder. At this time, he no longer wanted to take down Xuzhou, revive the 10th Division and his own "prestige", and only wanted to quickly escape from the net of the Chinese army against him .

Lieutenant General Isoya did not want to commit suicide by caesarean section when he was defeated like Lieutenant General Ito Masaki, nor did he want to be defeated and captured by the Chinese army like Lieutenant General Nakajima Konzago. He just wanted to escape, even if he was dismissed , Even if you go to jail, it is better than being a spoil of war for the Chinese army regardless of life or death on the battlefield.

Realizing that it had become the target of the Chinese army's total annihilation, the 10th Division immediately launched a frantic breakout. The Japanese troops who entered the Xuzhou city area abandoned their positions one after another, withdrew from the city area, and retreated while fighting.

However, if the Japanese army wanted to run away, it was easier said than done.

The national army that was originally resisting the Japanese army broke out with earth-shattering shouts of killing, attacked across the board, and devoted themselves to chasing and killing the Japanese army.

After learning that the Japanese army was about to flee, the already high morale of the various units of the national army was full of morale and fighting spirit. For a while, the front, back, left, and right sides of the 10th Division were filled with the sound of Chinese shouting like the sky was falling.

"The chairman has an order! Kill Rensuke Isoya and reward [-] Taiyang! Capture Rensuke Isoya alive and reward [-] Taiyo!"

"The chairman has an order! Kill a major general of the Japanese army and reward [-] oceans!"

"The chairman has an order! Capture a Japanese military flag and reward [-] oceans!"

One by one, the messengers shouted exciting reward orders (in fact, they were all issued by Jiang Weiguo) in the troops, which made the officers and soldiers of the national army who participated in the battle fall into a frenzy and excitement, and they were all like wolfs and tigers. Hunt down the Japanese army.

At this time, four legs can run much faster than two legs. In Damiao Town, the east suburb of Xuzhou City, the 2nd Cavalry Division of the Majia Army, which was chasing and killing the Japanese army, joined the 10rd Brigade of the 33th Division together. The troops happened to meet each other on a narrow road, and the two sides fought a big battle in the wild. The cavalry of the Ma's Army fought heartily. There is the brigade headquarters of the 2rd Brigade. The brigade commander, Major General Tajima Eijiro, was shot in the abdomen during the fierce battle in Xuzhou City. He was lying half dead on a stretcher. They played triumphant songs and went back to claim credit.

In this encounter, the cavalry of the Ma family army killed more than 2000 Japanese troops including Major General Tajima. Originally, the division commander Ma Lu was a little strange. It was strange that the Japanese army’s resistance firepower was weak. The Japanese army was running out of ammunition, there were no bullets in the barrels, and there were no shells in the barrels. This is naturally the credit of the 17th Division active in Shandong Province.

Nearly half of the Japanese soldiers killed by the cavalrymen of the Ma family were Japanese wounded soldiers. In Damiao Town, the cavalrymen were very surprised to see the wounded Japanese soldiers everywhere in the town, which was an order from Lieutenant General Ji Gu. result.

When retreating, Lieutenant General Isoya hesitated a little and then ordered to "abandon all wounded soldiers who cannot walk to reduce the burden on the troops and speed up the marching speed of the troops." The chief of staff of the division, Umemura, hesitantly thought it was inappropriate to do so. At that time, Lieutenant General Isoya said impatiently, "As a member of the Imperial Japanese Army, I should have been prepared to dedicate myself to the Emperor and the Empire at any time, just as if they were all broken." More than [-] seriously or seriously wounded soldiers were abandoned where they were.

Before leaving, the Japanese army either injected alcohol and air into the blood vessels of these wounded soldiers to speed up their death, or left some hand grenades for their final resistance or "jade broken" suicide.

Disabled Japanese soldiers committed suicide with rifles or gathered together to pull grenades. Amid the wailing and screams and screams of the wounded soldiers committing suicide, the officers and soldiers of the national army swept up and killed one by one with a bayonet. People took pictures and got them internationally to prove that they were victims of war.

The 10th Division discarded a large number of wounded soldiers, but did not discard their weapons, because the division was only being chased and killed by the Chinese army across the board and had not been defeated, so they did not discard their armor and armor. The purpose of discarding the wounded soldiers was to reduce the burden. The division still has 6000 troops, flustered but not chaotic. While trying to maintain the integrity of the formation and strict order, it fled to the north of Xuzhou with all its strength. On the other hand, the 14th Brigade of the 28th Division in the southwest of Xuzhou City The 50th regiment of the regiment also launched a counterattack more and more anxiously, and the follow-up troops of the division also rushed up desperately, while ensuring that they would not be surrounded by the Chinese army, they rushed left and right to contain the Chinese army's strength, reducing the strength of the 10th regiment. divisional burden.

As for the 7th and 9th Divisions, they also frantically launched round after round of new offensives, trying their best to assist the 10th Division, which is in the most dangerous situation.

The Japanese army was running at full power, and the national army did not show any weakness.

The 4th Group Army of Jiang Dingwen's Department, which was originally in northern Henan, marched towards the Xuzhou battlefield to strengthen the pressure on the 14th Division's rear, contain more troops of the division and even threaten the rear flanks of the division, forcing the division to dare not take the Too much military force was used on the Xuzhou battlefield; Shang Zhen's 20th Army and other troops marched towards northern Henan, pointed their sword at Heze, and assumed the posture of counterattacking Shandong Province and cutting off the Jinpu line; Zhang Zhizhong's 9th Army marched towards Suzhong to reinforce Su Li Yutang and Song Xilian's troops on the central battlefield, in cooperation with the 11th Army of Li Pinxian's Department, formed a front and back attack on the Japanese 9th Division; , Suzhong, in a vast area of ​​more than 15 square kilometers, the millions of troops of the Chinese and Japanese armies formed a staggered trend.

On the whole, the national army formed a flanking attack and even encircled the 10th, 14th, and 9th divisions of the Japanese army. The military force really gathered and wiped out multiple divisions of the Japanese army. After all, "showing off" is not the same thing as going to war with real guns. The national army has enough people, but there are not enough elite soldiers, ordnance, ammunition, and supplies. Implement a "key breakthrough" at one point.

The reason is very simple. To "scare" the Japanese army or to fight a defensive battle, a dozen bullets per Chinese soldier are enough. If you really fight the Japanese army to death, the average Chinese soldier will consume at least a hundred bullets.

On the whole, the National Army's encirclement of the 10th Division is the most successful and tightest. This is also the fundamental purpose of the National Army. The National Army has neither the ability nor the intention to eat up or eat up the 14th and 9th Divisions at the same time. , eating the 10th Division is the original purpose.

"Okay! Okay!" In the Commander's Headquarters of the Fifth War Zone, there were figures, telephones ringing and telegrams ringing one after another. Li Zongren, who had not slept for several days and nights, looked at the map on the wall with a tired but excited look. The eight thick blue arrows representing the national army have "stabbed" from all directions to the 10th Division that retreated to Jiawang Town and Taierzhuang. The 10th Army of Liu Jianxu followed closely behind. When these three armies joined the battle, the end of the 10th Division has arrived! Now, although we have successfully surrounded the 10th Division, we want to eat it The strength of this stubborn enemy is still insufficient. The 14th, 7th, and 9th divisions are all rushing madly. Suppressing these three divisions will make the national army on the Xuzhou battlefield very tight! Jianhao..." He He called Jiang Weiguo enthusiastically, "Look here, look here again. I plan to wait for Xue Yue's troops to arrive and put them into Lanling Town. In this way, even if the 7th Division assaults here, we can easily block the 7th Division. Division, destroy the 10th Division, and after Luo Zhuoying's troops arrive, I plan to divide them into two, use the strength of four divisions to attack Jiawang Town, and then use the strength of two divisions to respond to Huaibei. Kill the flanks of the 50th Regiment of Doihara, and block the attack of the 2nd Regiment of Doihara on Xiao County..." He was elated, eloquent, and eloquent.

Jiang Weiguo couldn't help laughing, he wasn't laughing because the battle situation was getting more and more favorable to the national army, but "laughing" at the way Li Zongren was dancing with excitement at this time.

Xue Yue's 19th Army, Luo Zhuoying's 15th Army, and Liu Jianxu's 10th Army had not yet arrived at the Xuzhou battlefield. Li Zongren had already considered how to use these troops. Military command skills, extraordinary courage and meticulous thinking.

There are many big figures in the Republic of China, but if they are ranked, Li Zongren will definitely be in the top ten. Such a big man should be "unexpressed in his emotions", but at this time he is so happy that he almost loses his composure. It can be seen that the first First, the situation in the Xuzhou battlefield is really good. Second, even a big man like Li Zongren is in a difficult situation before he is about to achieve such a major victory.

In the final analysis, although Li Zongren is both a military strategist and a statesman, he is more of a soldier (compared with fighting, Chiang Kai-shek, the old man of Jiang Weiguo, is definitely not as good as Li Zongren, but compared with playing tricks, neither Li Zongren is an opponent of Chiang Kai-shek. In the original history, Li Zongren has always been played around by Chiang Kai-shek), winning a battle on the battlefield may make him happier than becoming a president, not to mention a big victory, let alone resisting foreign humiliation and fighting against invaders on the battlefield of justice.

"Mr. De!" Bai Chongxi walked in with strides, and the whole place was almost in a hurry.

"Jiansheng!" Li Zongren looked away from the map and turned to Bai Chongxi. Immediately, the joy on his face quickly turned serious and serious, because he and Jiang Weiguo saw that Bai Chongxi's expression was not good.

"An accident happened again?" Li Zongren looked at Bai Chongxi, his voice was not high, but trembling faintly, showing his uneasiness at the moment.

Bai Chongxi nodded: "Something went wrong!" He sighed softly, "A division of Japanese troops has just landed in Lianyungang, together with the 7th Division they stormed the eastern front of Xuzhou, and it was the newly built Japanese 102nd Division that landed in Lianyungang. , about [-] troops!"

Li Zongren pursed his lips tightly, did not speak, and his body remained motionless.

Jiang Weiguo spoke his mind from the side: "Fuck!"

Chapter 364 The Decisive Battle in Xuzhou (9)

South China Sea, north-central waters.

Japan's "Chiba Maru" ocean-going freighter is sailing north quickly. The ship set off from Singapore five days ago and is now returning to Japan. The next stop is the Japanese-occupied Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan. It will replenish fresh water, food and fuel, and head to Japan Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu.

Captain Suzuki Shiji stood on the bow deck, looking at the sea and sky in the distance with a little worry. The South China Sea is very stormy in summer. Although the Chiba Maru is a large ship with more than 1 tons, if it encounters Bad weather is also very troublesome, and it will not be easy to overturn, so it will be difficult to delay the return date.

The Chiba Maru was loaded with more than 2000 tons of tin ingots, more than 2000 tons of rubber, and more than 4000 tons of gasoline and diesel oil, all of which were urgently needed domestically, in fact, by the frontline Japanese troops.

Japan is at war with China, and the consumption of funds and resources far exceeds that in peacetime. Except for a small amount of coal, Japan's domestic resources are almost poor and useless, and it is extremely dependent on foreign trade.

More than half of Japan's foreign trade is conducted with the United States, and the rest is conducted with Britain, France, and the Netherlands, which have colonies in Southeast Asia.

"Damn Western white pigs!" A crew member said angrily beside Captain Suzuki, "East Asia and Southeast Asia should belong to our Great Japanese Empire, but they have been stolen by Western white pigs for nearly a hundred years. Now they sell resources to We were simply sitting on the ground and raising prices! Why didn't the Imperial Army take Southeast Asia directly?"

"That's right, if both China and Southeast Asia become the empire's colonies, our Great Japanese Empire will really be in full bloom! It will be a truly important empire on which the sun never sets! No need to look at the eyes of Westerners anymore!" Another The crew also looked regretful and annoyed.

"What are you talking about with such nonsense!" Captain Suzuki scolded displeasedly, "Do what we have in hand! Is the course corrected? Is the course correct? We must arrive in Kaohsiung the morning after tomorrow, and the supplies on board are all for the front line For the imperial army, there must be no mistakes!"

"Captain!" A crew member hurried over, "I found a Chinese ship on the route ahead! It's on fire!"

"What?" Captain Suzuki was taken aback. He hurriedly boarded the watchtower and raised his binoculars. Sure enough, he saw a large Japanese cargo ship with the sun flag anchored on the route ahead of the Chiba Maru, with thick smoke billowing from the ship. , and the Japanese sailors on board were using signal flags and signal lights to send the signal "My ship is on fire, please help us".

"Come up quickly! Help put out the fire!" Captain Suzuki shouted hastily. They were all Japanese ships and Japanese people. Naturally, Captain Suzuki could not ignore the life and death of his own ships and compatriots.

The Chiba Maru hurriedly drove towards the smoke-filled domestic ship at full speed, preparing to help put out the fire. When the distance was only 1000 meters, Captain Suzuki suddenly saw several eye-catching white lights flashing from the ship's thick smoke. At the same time, the crew members on the Chiba Maru shouted hoarsely and terrified: "Torpedo! Torpedo!"

Captain Suzuki subconsciously pressed down the binoculars, and he saw two torpedoes flying towards his Chiba Maru under the sea surface like arrows off the string, and the direction from which the torpedoes came was the burning Japanese ship.

"What's going on?" Suzuki felt that his blood was freezing all over his body. He didn't recover at all. In an instant, the big explosion exploded like a thunderstorm on the Chiba Maru, and the towering fireball was like a hurricane of flames. swallowed and tore the Chiba Maru apart.

The Chiba Maru, which was fully loaded with gasoline and diesel, suffered four rounds of 150mm naval gun shells and two torpedoes, and was instantly smashed to pieces in a big explosion. The whole ship was torn apart, and it quickly sank into the In the sea, almost all of the more than 300 sailors and sailors on board were killed.

Watching the Chiba Maru become several large whirlpools on the sea surface and the oil, wreckage, debris, garbage, and dead people all over the sea, Yu Chaobai, the captain of the auxiliary cruiser "Jingtao" of the Chinese Navy, put down the binoculars in satisfaction: "Again! Kill one! What's the name of that Japanese ship?"

"Reporting to the captain, it is confirmed that it is the Chiba Maru. According to the information, the displacement of the ship is [-] tons!" An officer next to him replied.

"Yes, yes, this is the first Japanese [-]-ton ship that our Jingtao has killed!" Yu Chaobai became more and more proud, "Hurry up and write it down! Hey, tell those idiots to turn off the smoke generators quickly , Made Lao Tzu's cruiser a mess!"

The "fire smoke" on the Jingtao, which was flying the sun flag, quickly dissipated.

"What a pity!" said the officer, "Looking at the big explosion on the Chiba Maru just now, it is estimated that there was a lot of fuel on board, but unfortunately we couldn't seize it!"

"Nonsense!" Yu Chaobai curled his lips, "What the Germans did on the European battlefield will not work on our Eastern battlefield, and the Japanese will definitely not surrender.

If we fire a warning shot, they will only resist and flee while sending a telegram to report the position of our cruiser, there is no way, we can only defeat the enemy with one move!"

The German Navy presented three "auxiliary cruisers" to the Chinese Navy in March, namely the Atlantis, the Orion, and the Wedel. The tonnage of these three ships exceeds 15000 tons, and they are equipped with naval guns. , machine guns, torpedo tubes, mines, seaplanes and seaplane catapults, with very strong endurance. This kind of ship has three major characteristics. First, it can provide supplies for submarines, expand the combat time of submarines and second, it can fight independently; third, it can be disguised as a civilian merchant ship.

The German Navy donated it to the Chinese Navy to help the German Navy test the feasibility of the German Navy's new weapons, new tactics, and new ideas in the Sino-Japanese naval battle, so that the German Navy can gain actual combat experience against the British Navy.