I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

In early October, Jiang Weiguo returned to Nanking and began his ambitions.

Nanjing is now a pile of ruins, [-]% of the buildings in the city have been destroyed, and there are traces left over from the war and countless landmines everywhere. It can no longer become the capital of China, and it is even difficult to live in. It is conservatively estimated that it will take two years to clean up the ruins of Nanjing, and more than ten years to rebuild Nanjing. There are bomb craters, trenches, and tunnels, so the capital of the national government at this time is still temporarily placed in Wuhan.

After Jiang Weiguo returned to Nanjing, he first reorganized the troops. The Nanjing Army in Nanjing currently has less than 3 people (there is no limit for veterans and militias, because the militias are all veterans with rich actual combat experience and excellent combat skills). More than 1 of them were wounded soldiers.

Jiang Weiguo also contacted the Nanjing Army troops in Xuzhou and Jinan, with a total number of more than [-], half of whom were wounded soldiers.

After deducting the disabled soldiers who could no longer return to the army, the Nanjing Army still has 3 soldiers.

3 people are few, but they are all seeds.

Eager to expand his strength, Jiang Weiguo ordered people to open recruitment offices in Nanjing, Xuzhou, Jinan, Wuhan and other places. Needless to say, there are as many Chinese soldiers who want to join the second son of Jiang as crucian carp crossing the river. They all lined up a long queue, but Jiang Weiguo is not a person who is hungry and will not refuse anyone. His recruitment conditions are very strict, and he does not recruit recruits at all. He only recruits three types of soldiers: one is veterans with actual combat experience , the second is young people with a high level of education, and the third is soldiers who have received complete military training.

The recruiting principle of the Nanjing Army is rather lack than excess. The first requirement for joining the Nanjing Army is to be "ready to sacrifice your life for the country anytime, anywhere."

Despite the strict conditions, Jiang Weiguo recruited [-] to [-] soldiers in just one week, and he has another [-] troops under his command.

As for weapons and equipment, the Nanjing Army has no shortage at all. Before the Battle of Nanjing, the Nanjing Army had 10 troops and 10 sets of equipment. Although they lost and damaged a lot during the war, they received a lot, produced a lot, and captured a lot. [-] people is more than enough.

The 98 officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army are all equipped with German-style 98k rifles. There are still a lot of 20k stocks in the warehouse and a large number of formal and [-]-style stocks. It is not a problem to supply [-] people, and the ammunition is also very sufficient. .

While Jiang Weiguo wanted to expand his army, he raced against time to lead the army to his territory: Shandong Province and Shanxi Province.

In the two provinces of Shandong and Jin, it was a matter of course for Jiang Weiguo to control Shandong.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Han Fuju was entrenched in Shandong. His Lu army included 5 divisions, 1 independent brigade (pistol brigade, equivalent to Han Fuju’s guard brigade), 5 local militia groups, and more than 3 troops. In the war against Japan, 6 to 5 people were killed or injured, but because they fought in their own territory, it was very convenient to replenish them, so when Han Fuju abandoned Shandong, there were still about [-] troops. They were taken to the south of Henan to avoid the battle to preserve their strength, and the remaining [-] to [-] people participated in the Xuzhou battle led by Sun Tongxuan, the number two figure in the Lu army.

At this time, Han Fuju's tens of thousands were still in the south of Henan, and Sun Tongxuan's tens of thousands had been completely lost.

Han Fuju has two plans at this time, one is to return to Shandong, and the other is to unite with Liu Xiang and other warlords to "peace Japan and oppose Chiang". The former requires him to lead his troops back to Shandong, and the latter requires him to lead his troops to move to the west of Henan , so he was hesitant. In addition, the Military Commission did not order Han Fuju to lead his troops back to Shandong, and did not provide railway transportation for Han Fuju's troops. Therefore, Han Fuju moved slowly when he wanted to return to Shandong, far behind Jiang Weiguo's speed.

Without much effort, Jiang Weiguo took the 74th Division and the 100th Division by train in mid-September, passed the Jinpu Line smoothly, departed from Nanjing, passed Xuzhou, arrived in Jinan, and entered Shandong.

At this time, the situation in Shandong was very strange: the 17th Division of the Nanjing Army controlled Jinan, the 20th Army of Shangzhen was in the west of Shandong, and the 106th Division of the Japanese Army was also in Shandong.

The 106th Division has not yet withdrawn from Shandong, because according to the secret agreement between China and Japan, the Japanese troops in Shandong "will not leave for the time being." Shandong.

After the 74th Division and the 100th Division arrived in Jinan, Shang Zhen was ordered to lead the 20th Army to withdraw from Shandong and retreat to northern Henan, allowing Jiang Weiguo to easily control Shandong.

With the newly arrived 74th Division, 100th Division and the 17th Division already in Shandong, a total of three divisions of the Nanjing Army are in Shandong.

Among these three divisions, the 100th Division succeeded the 17th Division to defend Jinan, and the 17th Division went to Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai and other places in eastern Shandong to "send off" the Japanese army and receive the materials, trains, railways and other facilities left by the Japanese army; The 74th Division was stationed in Tai'an, Qufu, Zaozhuang and other places in the west and southwest of Shandong to prevent the Lu army from returning to Shandong.

"It's ironic!" Jiang Weiguo looked at this scene and couldn't help expressing emotion, "The foreign bandits haven't left the country yet, but the domestic family members have already started plotting against each other!" The three divisions of the Nanjing Army in Shandong are basically Guard against thieves like guarding against one's own family.

With a total area of ​​more than 15 square kilometers and a total population of more than 3700 million, it has many excellent ports, ranks first in the country in gold reserves, ranks third in oil reserves, and ranks third in agricultural and grain production (first in Heilongjiang Province, The second is Henan Province) and Shandong Province became Jiang Weiguo's territory.

Compared with the easy success in Shandong Province, the success in Shanxi Province is very troublesome.

山西省境内的中国军队在对日作战时累计共有5个集团军，分别是第6集团军（晋军）、第7集团军（绥军）、第13集团军（晋军）、第14集团军（中央军）以及在名义上听命于阎锡山的第18集团军，总兵力约40万，以晋绥军为主。

Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army had a total of 30 million horses and about 5 elite troops. After the Shanxi Anti-Japanese War, the Jinsui Army had exhausted their essence. At this time, only about [-] remnants remained.

When China and Japan negotiated a peace and armistice, more than three-quarters of Shanxi was occupied, leaving only southern Shanxi. Yan Xishan led the remnant troops to temporarily live in southern Shanxi.

Yan Xishan also wanted to regain his strength, but his conditions were too poor at this time, with a small territory, a small population, a poor economy, and limited time, so even though he tried his best, the Jinsui Army was still sluggish.

At this time, there were still Japanese troops entrenched in Shanxi, and it was Seishiro Itagaki's 5th Division.

After the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, Yan Xishan was overjoyed, because he received the news that Shanxi was surrendered by the Japanese army and returned to China, so he was ecstatic, thinking that Shanxi could be regained without bloodshed. However, Wuhan immediately sent Yan Xishan He issued the order of "garrison on the spot", and at the same time ordered Wei Lihuang's 14th Army to take over occupied areas such as Taiyuan.

After learning about it, Yan Xishan immediately came to his senses and knew that Wuhan was trying to let the Central Army seize Shanxi. Therefore, in extreme panic and anger, he ordered the 6th and 13th Group Armies of the Jin Army to "regardless of Wuhan's order" and march northward from the south of Shanxi to seize Shanxi. territory.

On October 10, the Battle of Huozhou broke out.

The scale of this battle is not particularly large, but it is of great significance, because this is the first time that the Chinese and Japanese armies fought after the Sino-Japanese Armistice. And the fighting situation is very weird.

Huozhou is located in the south-central part of Shanxi Province, guarding the junction of Jinzhong Basin and Linfen Basin, and it is the only place for the Chinese army in southern Shanxi to go north.

On October 10, Wei Lihuang's 9th Army passed through Huozhou. The Japanese 14th Brigade in Huozhou did not interfere with it. The next day, the 9th Army of the Shanxi-Sui Army also passed through Huozhou. The Japanese in Huozhou The 13th Brigade issued a warning first. When the Jinsui Army continued to advance, the Japanese army unceremoniously opened fire on the Jinsui Army. The Jinsui Army was caught off guard. More than a thousand people, and the Jinsui army suffered more than 9 casualties.

The most paradoxical thing in this battle is that the Japanese army fought with the Jinsui Army, but the Central Army troops on the edge of the battlefield stood by and watched, and the Japanese army even dispatched bombers to bomb the Jinsui Army, while the Central Army’s planes acted as if nothing had happened, and did not send reinforcements to the Jinsui Army at all. The Sui army, even though the Jin-Sui army was blown to pieces by the Japanese bombers, they also watched from the other side.

At this time, Jiang Weiguo was taking the 77th Division, 88th Division, and 99th Division of the Nanjing Army along the Luhan Railway/Beijing-Han Railway (the main railway line from Lugou Bridge in Beiping to Hankou in Wuhan) by train all the way north from Wuhan to Zhengzhou.

On October 10, the 13th Division as the vanguard arrived in Zhengzhou. The 77 elite troops of the division crossed the Yellow River, passed through Jiaozuo in northern Henan, and entered Jincheng in southeastern Shanxi Province.

In Jincheng, Jiang Weiguo was personally greeted by Yan Xishan.

"Mr. Yan, long time no see!" After seeing Yan Xishan, Jiang Weiguo smiled, "I was injured in Xi'an and recuperated in Luoyang. Mr. Yan came to visit me. Weiguo has always remembered it in his heart. I haven't seen you for more than a year. Mr. Yan It can be said that the style is still the same!"

Yan Xishan showed a wry smile that was uglier than crying. He knew that Jiang Weiguo's coming to Shanxi was out-and-out "not a good person." I don't know why the second son came to Jin Dynasty?"

"According to the order of the Wuhan Military Commission!" Jiang Weiguo smiled like a smiling tiger, "The military defense of Shanxi Province will be handed over to our 77th Division, 88th Division, and 99th Division.

Wei Guo came to Jin, of course it is for business!"

"What?" Yan Xishan was taken aback, "This...then I..."

Jiang Weiguo said with a smile: "Mr. Yan has ruled the Jin Dynasty for 27 years since the Revolution of [-]. It can be said that he has made great achievements. How should I put it, Mr. Yan, you should also take a good rest.

According to the order of the Wuhan Military Commission, the Shanxi Army made great achievements during the Anti-Japanese War, but also suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, the 13th Army will have its designation and establishment revoked, and the rest of the troops will retreat to Henan Province for a good rest.

Don't worry, Chief Yan, the heavy responsibility of protecting the great rivers, mountains and good people of Shanxi Province will be handed over to me in the future!"

Yan Xishan stared blankly at Jiang Weiguo, and then felt an uncontrollable anger: "Second Young Master! Your father's actions are too ruthless!"

"Cruel and ruthless?" Jiang Weiguo smiled. "During the Central Plains War eight years ago, you rebelled against the Central Committee and my father. Keeping you until now is merciful and extrajudicial.

Officer Yan, what else do you have to complain about?Officer Yan, you must understand one thing, Shanxi is China's territory, not your private territory.

It is enough for you to be the 'King of Shanxi' for so many years.

If you want to make a comeback, well, you either pass through the Japanese controlled area, or you shoot me directly, the former, the Japanese will help me destroy your Jinsui army, and the latter, you will become everyone Punish the traitors of the country, and let your Jinsui army become rebels!"

Yan Xishan looked at Jiang Weiguo with a blue face, he was trembling all over, but he understood that by now, he was indeed at the end of his game.

Suppressing the extreme unwillingness in his heart, Yan Xishan smiled bitterly twice: "Second Young Master, you are so ruthless!" After speaking, he left with a long sigh.

After Yan Xishan left, several Japanese came to Jiang Weiguo, and the leader was a senior officer.

"I am Nishimura Liwen, Chief of Staff of the Fifth Division!" Dazuo introduced himself to Jiang Weiguo, and then took out a stack of documents and handed them to Jiang Weiguo, "This is my division's efforts to stop the Jinsui Army in the south of Shanxi in the past five days. The cost of going north, including military pay for dispatching troops, pensions for casualties of officers and soldiers, consumption of weapons and ammunition, fuel consumption of vehicles, consumption of aircraft and bombs, etc., totaled 138 million yen, please check it out!"

Jiang Weiguo took the document, looked at it and nodded: "Understood, I will pay right away.

In addition, tell your division commander Seishiro Itagaki that when our troops enter Taiyuan, the Fifth Division can withdraw from Shanxi, and we will pay for the follow-up expenses in full!"

Colonel Nishimura nodded: "Good!"

After sending away the Japanese who came to collect debts, Jiang Weiguo walked out of the headquarters, not feeling very sad: "I actually funded the Japanese to beat my compatriots! How fucking pathetic! Why is this happening? The Jinsui Army, the Central Army, etc. Is it the Chinese army? But why does Lao Tzu spend money to hire the Japanese army to fight the Jinsui army?" He sighed long, "Shanxi is basically in the hands of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army is not allowed to 'help' me to stop the Jinsui army from grabbing territory. , Shanxi will become Yan Xishan's private territory again, and I will have no way to get Shanxi, so I can only make a bad plan! It is a pity that the blood of the soldiers of the Jinsui Army who fell on the battlefield in the Huozhou Battle What a waste! They fought with the Japanese, what was wrong with them? The Central Army troops and the Central Army planes did not save them, watching them being killed by the Japanese army and being bombed by the Japanese army planes.

Enemies become friends, compatriots become enemies.

What a great tragedy! "He smiled wryly.

Through this extremely dishonorable method, Jiang Weiguo obtained Shanxi Province ahead of Yan Xishan.

Chapter 380 A New Beginning (3)

After the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, the whole of China can be said to be devastated and a thousand things are waiting to be rebuilt. In fact, the same is true of Japan next door. The severely injured Japanese are also busy licking their wounds.

For a while, the situation in East Asia showed a strange calm, and the world situation was also greatly affected.

Great powers such as the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union were "extremely amazed." They couldn't believe that China and Japan, which were fighting each other to the death and life and death not long ago, shook hands and made peace in a blink of an eye.

Among the great powers, the German high-level cheered thunderously, and Italy was indifferent to this. Although the British and French high-level leaders felt that something was wrong, the British and French have always been short-sighted and content with the status quo, so the reaction was flat. Most of the American high-level people were the same as the British and French high-level people. However, there was no vigilance, speculation, or uneasiness. Only a small number of high-level officials with far-sighted eyes smelled a faint smell of danger from the major event of the Sino-Japanese talks and armistice. As for the Soviet authorities, they reacted most strongly.

The territory of the Soviet Union spanned the Eurasian continent, surrounded by "unfriendly countries". The United States, Britain, and France had always been hostile to the Soviet ideology. "It is to provoke Germany to go to war with the United States, Britain and France so as to realize the "direction of misfortune", while the "Oriental Policy" is to provoke China and Japan to fight.

Right now, China and Japan have negotiated a peace armistice, and it was realized under the auspices of Germany, which made Stalin suspicious.

"The Germans, Chinese, and Japanese colluded together?" Stalin's face was livid, and he fell into extreme panic and anxiety.

In the second half of 1938, the secret envoys of Germany and the Soviet Union continued to travel between Wuhan and Tokyo.

Oleski, the new Soviet ambassador to China, requested more than one meeting with Chiang Kai-shek, implying that "the Soviet Union fully supports China's counterattack against Japan and regaining lost ground", and promised that "the Soviet Union can reinforce China, including [-] aircraft, [-] artillery pieces, [-] A large number of weapons and equipment, including a tank, and a loan of more than [-] million U.S. dollars."

Obviously, Moscow is encouraging China to continue the war with Japan, so that the Sino-Japanese war can continue.

After Jiang Weiguo knew about this incident, he immediately wanted to know that in Tokyo, the Soviet special envoy must also be encouraging Japan, promising assistance to Japan in all aspects, and instigating Japan to resume its aggression against China.

In this regard, Jiang Weiguo suggested to Chiang Kai-shek: It is advisable to refuse any assistance from the Soviets who have no good intentions, but it is impossible for China to be a weapon for the Soviet Union. Only after all the assistance promised by the Soviet Union is in place, China will "actively consider counterattacks." Japan, regain lost ground".

To put it bluntly, Jiang Weiguo did not refuse the benefits given by the Soviets, but after receiving the benefits, he would definitely not honestly do what the Soviets said, and this was also a rejection of the Soviets.

Sure enough, Stalin "does not cast eagles when he sees no rabbits." He suspected that after China took his aid, it would adopt a perfunctory attitude of "one push, two delays and three researches" in counterattacking Japan, and then dragged its feet and dragged on. China took his aid for nothing, and his aid would be in vain, so Stalin demanded that "China immediately counterattack Japan, and the Soviet Union will continue to infuse China with blood during the war", while Jiang Weiguo meant "we must wait for all the weapons, equipment and loans to be in place. , China is fully prepared and will naturally counterattack Japan with all its strength.”

After the diplomatic departments of the two sides wrangled for a while, the matter was finally settled.

As for the relationship between Japan and the Soviet Union, the process and result are the same.

The foreign situation is turbulent, and the domestic situation is also turbulent.

Jiang Weiguo fell into an extremely busy state again, almost on all fours. The rebuilding of the Nanjing Army had made him so tired that he didn't even have enough energy to pay the public rations at night, not to mention that he was now the "Emperor of the Earth".

Without too much effort, the two provinces of Shandong and Shanxi have officially become the base of Jiang Weiguo. There are currently 107 counties in Shandong Province, the total area of ​​the province is about 15 square kilometers, and the total population of the province is about 3700 million. Shanxi Province currently has 111 counties. counties, the total area of ​​the province is about 15 square kilometers, and the total population of the province is about 1200 million. Therefore, the total land area of ​​the two provinces in Jiang Weiguo's hands exceeds 30 square kilometers, and the population is as high as more than 5200 million (including several Millions of civilians in the occupied areas who fled to Shandong and Jin provinces. Although some people in Lu and Jin provinces fled the province during the war and fled to Henan, Anhui, Shaanxi and other provinces, but with the recovery of Lu and Jin provinces, these populations basically returned to the hometown), there is no doubt that Jiang Weiguo has great real power at this time. Among the five provinces in North China, Hebei, Chahar, and Suiyuan have already fallen, leaving only the two provinces of Shandong and Shanxi. The "North China King" button.

Of course, with great power comes great responsibility.

First of all, Jiang Weiguo must allow the more than 200 million people in Shandong and Jin provinces to live a life of food and clothing. Then, he must rebuild his army. At the same time, he must rebuild social order, develop agriculture, industry, Business, transportation, medical care, education, public security, civil affairs, scientific research and other industries, and he also wants to eradicate the opposition forces.

In troubled times, if you have a gun, you are the king of grass, and "government comes out of the barrel of a gun." Now the Republic of China is in troubled times and a time of war. Although Jiang Weiguo does not want to use military force, he must put army building first.

The Nanjing Army currently has 6 divisions. Although it is basically enough, it is still slightly insufficient. Therefore, Jiang Weiguo carried out an additional appropriate expansion of the army. Anyway, he has the sword of Shangfang in his hand, and he has credit, ability, money, and the country. With the strongest backing and a network of contacts, it is like a fish in water to do this.

Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the three major warlords in North China were Song Zheyuan in Hebei, Han Fuju in Shandong, and Yan Xishan in Shanxi. The three-man army is currently declining in the west. .

Song Zheyuan's army is the 29th Army. Although the army was expanded into the 1st Army in the early days of the War of Resistance, the core is still the army. Now, Hebei has fallen, Song Zheyuan has no territory, and his troops are also exhausted in the War of Resistance. He himself even suffered from cerebral thrombosis and cerebral apoplexy, and was sent to the rear to recuperate. It can be said that the faction of the 29th Army has fallen apart.

The 29th Army originally consisted of 5 divisions. The 9th Cavalry Division of Zheng Dazhang no longer exists. Zhao Dengyu, the commander of the 132nd Division, dedicated himself to the country. The commander is Fu Zuoyi, and the 143th Army is Fu Zuoyi's Sui Army), so the 7th Army currently has two division commanders, one is Feng Zhi'an, the commander of the 7th Division, and the other is Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 29th Division. The division was expanded into the 2th Army during the Anti-Japanese War, and Feng was the commander of the army. Zhang Zizhong's 37th Division was expanded into the 38th Army during the Anti-Japanese War. Generals, and they have fought bravely and made outstanding military achievements in the War of Resistance. Logically, the two should be promoted and the army should be further expanded. However, the two are "bad backgrounds" and both come from local military factions. According to Jiang Weiguo According to the inside information obtained, Feng Zhang's troops will be downsized in the next major reorganization of the national army.

Jiang Weiguo respected Feng Zhian and Zhang Zizhong very much, so he "said hello" to Chiang Kai-shek, and put both Feng and Zhang and their troops into the Nanjing army sequence. Feng Zhian's 19th Army was reorganized into the 37th Division, and Zhang Zizhong's The 59th Army was reorganized into the 38th Division, and the two divisions, like other divisions of the Nanjing Army, were organized into three brigades and nine regiments.