I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

The three auxiliary cruisers were renamed "Jingtao", "Raging Wave" and "Crazy Wave" by the Chinese Navy. Two of them were operating in the South China Sea and one was operating in the Western Pacific, pretending to be American ships, Japanese ships, British ships, French ships, and Dutch ships attacked Japanese merchant ships by pretending to be pigs and tigers (sometimes also attacked American, British, French, and Dutch ships transporting supplies to Japan), strangled Japan's maritime transportation lines, and attacked Japan's maritime trade .

The three auxiliary cruisers first trained for two months, and officially launched their attack in May. After three months, they all achieved quite fruitful results. Among them, Yu Chaobai's Jingtao was the ship with the most brilliant record. In the South China Sea, they have repeatedly approached Japanese ships in deceitful ways, and then sunk them suddenly with shells and torpedoes. Even British ships, French ships, and Dutch ships will not be spared. It's true that it's not heading to China (from Southeast Asia to the north, if you don't go to China, you must go to Japan), it's not wrong to call directly.

During these three months, Jingtao has sunk a total of 27 ships in the South China Sea, of which 19 were Japanese ships, 4 were British ships, 2 were French ships, and 2 were Dutch ships. The tonnage of the smaller one was nearly a thousand, and the total result of the battle exceeded [-] tons, causing [-] to [-] tons of materials originally destined for Japan to be dumped into the sea.

Yu Chaobai is Yu Shihang's brother of the same family. The two joined the navy together. They are both young backbone members of the Ning Department. Yu Shihang is the captain of the destroyer Weiguo at this time, and Yu Chaobai is the captain of the auxiliary cruiser Jingtao. The naval admiral he most admires is none other than Count Felix von Luckner, the captain of the German Navy's "SMS Seahawk" assault ship during World War I.

During World War I, after the Battle of Jutland, the German and British navy, the German naval fleet was completely blocked by the British navy in the German mainland port, and did nothing at all. After receiving the approval and support of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Earl Lucknell used An old-fashioned sailing ship of more than 500 tons (the "sms Sea Eagle", although the ship is indeed a genuine old-fashioned sailing ship, but there are several cannons hidden on the ship) slipped into the high seas disguised as a Norwegian merchant ship, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, He specialized in attacking merchant ships of enemy countries, sailed for eight months, traveled thousands of miles, and achieved incredible results that are almost mythical. He sank 14 enemy ships and captured 462 enemies. Only one enemy died in the battle, and none of his subordinates died. casualties.

Yu Chaobai admired Earl Lucknar extremely, but the Earl's tactics did not work well on the Eastern battlefield.

Because once the earl fired a warning, he knew that the enemy ship that resisted would only lead to death would surrender obediently, and the crew on board would be transferred to the earl's ship, and the ship was scuttled by the earl. Although the two sides were fighting, they fought very "gentlemen". Try not to die if you can, it is quite harmonious, but this set is obviously not good for dealing with the Japanese. After all, the Westerners are more "civilized", and the Japanese are still in a barbaric period that has not yet fully evolved. Therefore, the three auxiliary cruisers of the national army Basically, no warning was given, because after the warning, the Japanese ship would not only not surrender, but also send a telegram to the Japanese Navy while fleeing and resisting.

"Auxiliary cruisers, submarines, and torpedo boats have proved one thing!" Chen Shaokuan said with emotion, "Although the Chinese navy is weak, it can actually make the powerful Japanese navy pay a heavy price through unconventional means!" He also said with emotion, "Jiang Weiguo's war thinking is really like a god-man! Why didn't I think of it?"

The navy of the national army is divided into two routes. One is centered on Chen Shaokuan, who believes that the Chinese navy should build aircraft carriers and cruisers and destroyers to assist aircraft carriers. Obviously, Chen Shaokuan's war thinking is indeed extraordinary, and he has already begun to understand The status of aircraft carriers in naval warfare has surpassed that of battleships, but unfortunately, his war thinking "does not conform to the national conditions." Where did the national government get the funds, time, and industrial foundation to build aircraft carriers and cruisers?The other is centered on Ouyang Ge, who believes that the Chinese Navy should build a large number of combat small boats such as torpedo boats and gunboats, and use dense small boats to deal with the large Japanese ships. Obviously, although Ouyang Ge is not as good as Chen Shaokuan in terms of aircraft carriers He has a far-sighted perspective, but his thinking on war is more in line with China's national conditions.

However, due to the limitations of the background of the times and the internal struggles of the Chinese navy, the Chinese navy did not develop large ships or small boats when the Anti-Japanese War broke out in the original history. The Japanese army was completely wiped out.

However, because of Jiang Weiguo's change, all this is very different.

Over the past year of the Anti-Japanese War, not only the Chinese Army and the Chinese Air Force have achieved fruitful results, but even the Chinese Navy, which was originally thought to be ineffective, has also achieved impressive results and played a major role in the war.

On the Xuzhou battlefield, 102 troops from the 3nd Division of the Japanese Army landed in Lianyungang, and then joined forces with the 7th Division to attack the eastern defense line of Xuzhou. In the West Wall, the 1st Army Group led by Wan Fulin and Liu Ruming (a mixture of the Northeast Army and the Great Northwest Army of Song Zheyuan) and the 3rd Army led by Yu Xuezhong and Sun Tongxuan (a mixture of the Northeast Army and the Lu Army of Han Fuju’s Department) were moved from The northwestern part of Xuzhou mobilized the eastern part of Xuzhou to go up to the top. The two armies fought so hard that they almost ran out of blood. They finally held back the Japanese army for two or three days. Afterwards, Xue Yue led the 19th Army to arrive and joined the battlefield in the eastern part of Xuzhou, barely blocking the Japanese soldiers. Front, but the front is also precarious.

The 7th and 102nd Divisions of the Japanese Army, which fought with the National Army in Tancheng County, were only less than 10 kilometers away from the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, which was besieged by the National Army in Jiawang Town and Taierzhuang.

The besieged Japanese army desperately broke through, the national army that surrounded the Japanese army desperately suppressed and killed them, the rescue Japanese army desperately made an assault, and the national army that blocked the Japanese army desperately intercepted them.

Wuhan, Tokyo, and even Berlin and Moscow all set their eyes on Xuzhou. The leaders of several major countries were so anxious that they could not sleep at night; Morale, I went to the front line many times to supervise and inspect the war. During this period, I was almost hit by a stray bullet from the Japanese army. The commander-in-chief of the Japanese front-line troops, Hisashi Terauchi, also personally flew from Beiping to Tai’an and even Linyi to supervise the war. In fact, there are troops from the 17th Division near Tai’an. Linyi is also a city newly occupied by the Japanese army that is extremely close to the front line. The general in the temple is indeed risking his "life" by doing this, but he has to take the risk because he cannot let the 10th Division be wiped out. When it fell into a dangerous situation, the Tokyo base camp publicized that "this is an ingenious plan of the imperial army, deliberately attracting a large number of main forces of the Chinese army to Xuzhou, so that the main forces of the imperial army can annihilate them in one fell swoop." However, if the 10th division really With the entire army annihilated, the face of the Tokyo base camp could not be kept. The generals in the temple would rather die than have such a thing happen.

The 10th Division's breakout at this time was on the one hand to continue to complete the task and attract more Chinese troops, and on the other hand it was out-and-out for escape.

The participation of the 102nd Division of the Japanese Army put great pressure on the national army on the Xuzhou battlefield. The 102nd Division was one of the three reinforced divisions established by the Japanese with large sums of money from the Soviet authorities. The total force was more than 3.3, but only 3000 people actually arrived in Lianyungang, because more than [-] people drowned in the sea.

Many submarines of the Chinese Navy are active in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. used), when the transport fleet of the 102nd Division was heading towards Lianyungang, it was ambushed by three Chinese submarines, seven transport ships were sunk, and many were damaged. The u- Submarine No. 1063, which quietly followed the Japanese fleet all the way, launched an attack after dark, sank three Japanese transport ships successively, and sent nearly [-] tons of Japanese supplies to the bottom of the sea. However, after attacking the fourth Japanese transport ship At that time, the submarine was detected by the Japanese destroyer. At the critical moment, the submarine regarded death as home, did not hide or dodge, and continued to attack desperately.

"It's worth it to use one of our submarines and a large transport ship for the devil!" the captain said, and all the submarine crews on the submarine shouted, "Fight with the devil!"

U-1063 then continued to fire torpedoes in the bombardment of the Japanese destroyer, attacked a 8000-ton giant ship in the Japanese fleet, and successfully sunk it, causing more than 3000 Japanese soldiers and thousands of tons of supplies on board to fall. Entering the sea, due to the strong wind and dark sky, more than [-] Japanese soldiers died in the vast sea despite the efforts of other Japanese ships to salvage them.

U-1063 was then sunk by Japanese destroyers.

A transport ship full of Japanese troops and a transport ship full of Japanese supplies, which one should be attacked first?Jiang Weiguo's answer to the Air Force and Navy is: Give priority to material transport ships.

The 102nd Division came to the Xuzhou battlefield from the mainland of Japan. The loss of soldiers was not particularly large, but the loss of materials was very serious. The fleet was constantly harassed and attacked by the national army submarines at sea. The dive bombers attacked several times. Although the scale was not large and the intensity was not high, the bombs dropped by the Stukas of the National Army successfully set several large Japanese transport ships on fire. A large amount of materials were burned in the fire, resulting in The 102nd Division even had a regiment that had no ammunition after landing because "the transport ship transporting the ammunition was blown up or sunk", and even the guns were not allocated to many Japanese troops, because they had sunk into the sea and were unarmed. Under such circumstances, these Japanese troops were naturally unable to go into battle, so they had to stay at the port and wait for the next batch of transport ships to bring weapons and ammunition.

"The imperial navy is a bunch of stupid pigs! No matter how rampant the China submarines are, there is nothing they can do!" The senior Japanese army complained about this, but dared not speak out. After all, the army relied on the navy and did not dare to offend the navy.

Due to the serious loss of materials, the Japanese army had to withdraw firearms and ammunition from the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army to supplement the North China Front Army.

Due to the "desire" of the Chinese Navy's submarines and the Chinese Air Force's dive bombers, coupled with the request made by the general Si Nei according to the changes in the war situation, the 102th Division, which followed the 105nd Division, did not land in Lianyungang, but instead landed in Qingdao Port. , There are two reasons, one is that Lianyungang is too unsafe, and the other is to continue to put the 105th Division into the eastern battlefield of Xuzhou. Then, the Japanese army has a total of three divisions of the 7th, 102nd, and 105th on the eastern battlefield of Xuzhou. If the three divisions advance all the way from east to west, although the besieged 10th Division can be rescued, it will also force the Chinese army on the Xuzhou battlefield to abandon the city and retreat, because the north of Xuzhou is the Japanese-occupied Shandong Province, and the east is the three Divisions, one division (14th Division) in the west and one division (9th Division) in the south, the Chinese army will definitely storm the defense line of the 14th or 9th Division when the Eastern Front collapses, and withdraw from the Xuzhou battlefield Therefore, the Japanese army's original plan to gather and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army could not be realized. Therefore, General Terauchi revised his original plan and changed the encirclement circle from "□" to "V".

这个“v”的最下面一点是第9师团，右边一撇是第7、第102师团，左边一撇则是第14、第105师团。

If the 105th Division landed in Lianyungang, it would naturally not be able to unite with the 14th Division to encircle the Chinese army in the west of Xuzhou. Therefore, the 105th Division landed in Qingdao, first arrived in the west of Shandong, and then went south, interspersed to the east of Henan and northern Anhui. The 14th Division encircled Xuzhou in the west.

The 102nd Division that landed in Lianyungang can be said to be unlucky and disgraced, while the 105th Division that landed in Qingdao went smoothly, because there are basically no Chinese navy submarines in the waters near Qingdao, and the dive bombers of the Chinese Air Force can’t fly to Qingdao. Only two transport ships of the division were sunk by Chinese naval submarines, and then they set foot on Qingdao with full crew and drove all the way to the Xuzhou battlefield.

8月12日，日军第105师团抵达徐州西部战场，抵达徐州战场的罗卓英部第15集团军被李宗仁调到徐州西部战线抵御第105师团。

On the same day, the 106th Division of the Japanese Army boarded ships in batches on Kyushu Island, headed for the Xuzhou battlefield, landed in Qingdao, and then went to the northern battlefield of Xuzhou.

The topmost gap in the "V"-shaped encirclement conceived by the general in the temple will be filled by the 106th Division.

On the eastern battlefield of Xuzhou, the pressure of the national army was like a mountain. On the battlefield of western Xuzhou, the national army was still under pressure.

In the Commander's Headquarters of the Fifth War Zone, the atmosphere was frighteningly tense. The combat staff officers were staring at the map, the communication staff officers were shouting hoarsely into the intercoms and telephones, and the officers delivering documents and orders were running in and out. Everyone's face was ashen.

Bai Chongxi and Xu Zuyi led a group of staff to repeatedly calculate, study, and analyze in front of the sand table. Their faces were all dignified like stones. Li Zongren sat on the sofa, holding a teacup, thinking in a daze. The hot tea in the teacup has long been It's completely cool.

Jiang Weiguo was smoking a cigarette, feeling extremely nervous and anxious: "What should I do? What should I do?"

Xiao Yao walked in quickly, looked at the scene, then walked to Jiang Weiguo, and whispered in his ear: "The principal has sent a telegram!" He then added, "It's only for you!" After he finished speaking, He looked at Li Zongren who looked like an old monk in meditation.

Jiang Weiguo's heart moved, he took the telegram in Xiao Yao's hand, turned around and looked at it, and there were a few concise words on it:

The battle of Xuzhou may be difficult to win and the main force of the national army is in danger of being destroyed. Will the fifth theater start to organize the whole army to move in?So what if the national army wiped out the Tenth Division?If the hundreds of thousands of the main force of the national army are wiped out, the military, political, and strategic gains will be small and the losses will be big.

Jiang Weiguo immediately understood what Chiang Kai-shek meant. Seeing that the situation was not good, he was about to retreat.

Although Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards the battle of Xuzhou changed repeatedly, it was actually not complicated: Xuzhou was like a pot of boiling water, and Chiang Kai-shek was holding a ladle of cold water in his hand. He hesitated, he wanted to win, but he didn't dare to pour cold water into it easily, because he was worried that the fire under the pot (the Japanese army) would burn more and more vigorously, not only evaporating hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous cards in Li Zongren's hand Army, and also evaporated the main force of his hundreds of thousands of Central Army.

Originally, Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to fight the battle of Xuzhou, but inspired by the great victory at Taierzhuang and Jiang Weiguo, he gritted his teeth and threw in the main force of the Central Army of the five group armies. Now, seeing that the battle situation in Xuzhou is getting more and more dangerous, he changed again. He changed his attitude and prepared to give up the battle. While the national army was still able to withdraw from Xuzhou at this time, he hurriedly withdrew. It didn't matter if he lost Xuzhou, the key was to keep his life and heart.

"Is the chairman planning to give up Xuzhou and give up the battle?" Just when Jiang Weiguo was still hesitating whether to tell Li Zongren the telegram that Chiang Kai-shek sent him alone, Li Zongren, who was sitting on the sofa without lifting his head, seemed to have a perspective Seeing Jiang Weiguo's surprised gaze, Li Zongren smiled and said, "Jianhao, I have been dealing with your father for so many years, and I know him even more than you.

In fact, I have already received a report that although Liu Jianxu's 10th Army had reached Suzhou, it did not move forward. How dare Liu Jianxu retreat?It must be that your father intends to stop fighting, so Liu Jianxu was asked to stand by and stop advancing. Moreover, the Luo Zhuoying and Xue Yue troops who have already arrived on the battlefield in Xuzhou may have received your father's camera action and are ready to transfer ' order, but kept it from me, but how could I not know? "He shook his head with a wry smile, his smile was full of bitterness and desolation.

"Mr. Li..." Jiang Weiguo's heart twitched, his nose sore.

It is obviously inappropriate for Chiang Kai-shek to pass over Li Zongren and directly give Liu Jianxu, Luo Zhuoying, and Xue Yue the order "stop fighting, and be ready to run away at any time". He is making old mistakes again, and this also makes Li Zongren "sad".

"Mr. Li!" Jiang Weiguo took a deep breath, "Do you think the battle of Xuzhou can continue?"

"Under the current circumstances, the odds of continuing to fight should be no less than 102%!" Bai Chongxi came over and interjected with piercing eyes, "Although the new 105nd and 10th divisions have put tremendous pressure on the national army, But we can still eat the 106th Division! But..." He changed the subject, "If the 10th Division is also suppressed, the odds of winning may be close to [-]%! At that time, the final situation is very likely It was the national army that gathered and wiped out the [-]th division, but the national army was also surrounded by six divisions on the periphery of the Japanese army!"

Jiang Weiguo was suddenly anxious and confused: "What should I do? What should I do?"

Somewhere in Yimeng Mountain, Shandong Province, several young officers of the 17th Division were having a meeting while having dinner. Among the crowd of officers was a killed and skinned wild boar, which was being grilled on a bonfire.

Although the meat was fragrant, the officers were in no mood to enjoy the feast.

"The devils have come to two divisions again!" Chao Le sighed, "I'm afraid the fifth war zone can't hold it anymore!"

"It's more than that, there's a third division!" Wu Junyi was chewing a piece of roast pork irritably, "The 106th Division is landing in Qingdao, and it's also going to the Xuzhou battlefield!"

"Should we do something?" Lu Xinrong said, "Let's just watch?"

"Nonsense!" Hou Fangzhou said, "The task of our 17th Division is to fight mobile warfare. We cannot engage in encounters with large numbers of Japanese troops. We don't have the capital!"

"But we can do something to contain a large number of Japanese troops!" Zhang Yun looked at the map, and he said surprisingly, "Maybe, we can capture Jinan!"

"What?" The officers were all taken aback.

"Yes!" Chao Le and others were the first to react, "Taking Jinan will surely contain a large number of Japanese troops! Can't we relieve some pressure on the fifth theater?"

Xu Zhenyu, chief of staff of the 417th Special Operations Battalion, slapped his thigh: "Not only that! First, it can contain a large number of Japanese troops! Second, it can cause a great influence on public opinion! Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province! Xuzhou is lost, we are still winners! Third, Jinan is the transfer station of the Jinpu line! I heard that the Japanese army is transporting a large amount of ordnance from North Korea and the Northeast to the Xuzhou battlefield. If we take Jinan, we will cut off the Japanese army’s Jinpu line. Have you had a blood transfusion?"

"That's exactly what I think!" Zhang Yun raised his head with fiery eyes, "Brothers, we are the Nanjing Army! If we really want to do it, why don't we do it bigger?"

Chapter 365 The Decisive Battle in Xuzhou (10)

Nanjing Army, the original meaning of this word is "the Chinese army defending Nanjing", but this word later became the official designation of this army, and this army has the honorary title "Dragon Soul Army".

In fact, the Nanjing Army has produced another derivative meaning to a large extent. This army was formed with Jiang Weiguo's direct line troops as the backbone. Jiang Weiguo was the main founder and main builder of this army, so The Nanjing Army is synonymous with Jiang Weiguo's "direct armed force". It is not limited to the troops defending Nanjing. A new faction within the national government of the real leader and core figure - "Ning faction".

The Nanjing Army is recognized as "China's strongest army". This army has the following characteristics:

First, well-equipped, powerful firepower, and sufficient funds;

Second, the quality of the members is excellent, the officers are all elites, and the soldiers are all veterans or recruits who have received perfect military training;

Third, the loyalty is extremely high (in fact, it is loyal to Jiang Weiguo himself);

Fourth, strong combat effectiveness, strong fighting spirit, clean internal style, and unified thinking of officers and soldiers;

Fifth, the means of combat not only dare to fight tough, vicious, and bitter battles, but also are good at unscrupulous methods and flexible innovation;

Sixth, the members generally have the idea of ​​"Great Chinaism", are not afraid of the Japanese at all, are full of hatred, contempt and hatred for the Japanese, and are obsessed with blood for blood, violence against violence, and violence against the Japanese. Kill stop kill full revenge.

The 17th Division, which is active in Shandong Province, is a branch of the Nanjing Army. Therefore, this division has all the characteristics of the Nanjing Army. That is why some young officers in the division boldly conceived the battle plan of "taking Jinan".

If this matter is placed in other units of the national army, let alone being brought up for research, the possibility of being raised is very small. First, other units of the national army do not have this strength, and second, the deep-rooted psychology of fear of the Japanese makes the country None of the commanders of other units of the army has such courage and courage.

Recovering a county occupied by the Japanese army was an unprecedented miracle for the national army at this time, let alone a large provincial capital city (in the original history, the first time the national army regained lost ground during the eight-year war of resistance was 1940 In the Battle of Wuyuan in late March 3, Fu Zuoyi led his army to recover Wuyuan. However, Wuyuan was actually forced to abandon the Japanese garrison after being basically wiped out by Fu Zuoyi in a field battle. Therefore, historians generally believe that May 1944 The Battle of Tengchong until September was the first time that the real national army officially recovered the Chinese county that was occupied and held by the Japanese army during the eight-year war of resistance through a head-to-head urban offensive and defensive battle).

However, the Nanjing Army is different. The Nanjing Army is not afraid of the Japanese army at all, and has the courage to break through.

The Nanjing Army is a powerful and courageous army.

Zhao Shoushan, the commander of the 17th Division, was really taken aback when he received Zhang Yun's operational concept. It is simply unimaginable to use one division's troops to recover the provincial capital Jinan in Shandong Province, which is almost completely controlled by the Japanese army and can be called the hinterland of the Japanese-occupied area. thing.

Zhao Shoushan said with a wry smile at the time: "These young officers of the Nanjing Army are simply a group of fanatics no less than the Imperial Army of the Japanese Army!" Zhang Yun and other military officers conceived a surprise attack to capture Jinan, and the two simply have the same effect.

Although he felt unbelievable, Zhao Shoushan still carefully browsed the battle plan sent by Zhang Yun. In the telegram, Zhang Yun had a reason:

First, we dare not even think about fighting Jinan, and the Japanese are even more unexpected, which gives our army a great advantage;

Second, the Japanese army captured Jinan without bloodshed, and the Japanese army eagerly continued to advance southward after capturing Jinan, so the Japanese army did not build fortifications in Jinan;

Third, our division is extremely mobile, as long as we do a good job of keeping it secret, we can march to the city of Jinan overnight;

Fourth, Jinan is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and Mount Tai in the south, which is more conducive to defense in terms of terrain;

Fifth, the Japanese army was empty in Shandong Province. According to reliable information, the Japanese army in Jinan City only had one infantry regiment, one engineering brigade, and one supply brigade (according to the information provided by the Jinan Group of the Maritime Bureau), with a total number of no more than [-].

Zhang Yun also explained the significance of this battle:

First, taking Jinan can cut off the Japanese army's Jinpu Railway within a certain period of time, so that the Japanese army cannot transport soldiers and ordnance from the northeast to Xuzhou by land;

Second, winning Jinan will have a great impact on politics, propaganda, and public opinion. When the battle of Xuzhou is over, even if the national army abandons Xuzhou, the 17th Division's winning of Jinan will also play a great role in making up for it;

Third, taking Jinan can contain a large number of Japanese troops and relieve the pressure on the national army on the Xuzhou battlefield.

Although Zhao Shoushan felt that this plan was so bold that it was almost fantasy, he felt very repulsed psychologically at first, but he was not a cowardly person. He was actually a tough soldier who had the courage to fight against Japan. In this regard, he is the same as the Nanjing Army.

After calming down, Zhao Shoushan carefully studied the plan. The more he studied, the more he found that it was actually feasible. Most of the Chinese generals were afraid of the Japanese or overestimated the Japanese. They imagined the Japanese more than they actually were. It is more powerful, so it is timid and cautious when fighting against Japan, but as long as it can abandon this mentality, have courage, and have strength, the Chinese army can still defeat the Japanese army without fear.

Zhao Shoushan thought over and over again, and sent a telegram to Zhang Yun, pointing out the loopholes in the plan: