I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

After completing the affairs of "guiding" the Air Force and Navy, Jiang Weiguo went to Chiang Kai-shek again and said straight to the point: "Father, I want to form a new type of army. Oh, the scale is not large, and a battalion will do!" Jiang Weiguo knew that the current Chinese army, navy and air force , the air force is the best to rectify (because there are basically no factional disputes within the air force), followed by the navy (there are factions within the navy, but not too many, and not too complicated), the army is the most troublesome, and all forces within the army are simply intertwined , Entanglement and no solution, Chiang Kai-shek has been busy for so many years and has not "cleaned up" the army, let alone Jiang Weiguo.

Jiang Weiguo did not intend to rectify the army, he wanted to directly establish a "pro-guard force" of his own.

Chiang Kai-shek was not very surprised. He had already seen Jiang Weiguo's "ambition": "You want to form an army yourself? Don't you go to a certain army and take office directly?"

Jiang Weiguo's attitude is very firm: "No, I want to form an army myself!" Jiang Weiguo needs his own elite troops, and he would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen.

If you become a "chicken head", you will have independence, and if you become a "queen queen", you will be under the eaves. Even if it develops in the future, Jiang Weiguo's "direct line troops" will have "impure blood".

Jiang Weiguo did not want to be a small warlord, but this was determined by the historical environment. Without his own soldiers, he would not be able to command like a warlord, and it would be difficult to win battles.

Just imagine, given the current situation of the Chinese army with many factions and miscellaneous internal forces, even if Chiang Kai-shek gave Jiang Weiguo a [-] army, Jiang Weiguo would definitely not be able to command it with ease.

Jiang Weiguo must "start from scratch" and grow his lineage step by step, and he has all kinds of superior conditions for starting from scratch, such as money, power, various domestic and foreign relations, the strongest backing in the country, and advanced thinking. The time is enough (nearly a year), not starting from nothing is a waste of such a good condition.

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment and asked, "Wei'er, what kind of troops do you want to form?"

Jiang Weiguo simply said: "Armored troops!" As we all know, since World War II, land warfare has been dominated by tanks.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled: "Although you got a batch of tanks from Germany, you have no manpower!"

Jiang Weiguo also laughed: "Dug out the wall! So I need father, you give me Shang Fang's sword again!"

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll give you a warrant! But don't be too outrageous!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled and said: "Father, don't worry! Soldiers are not about the number of soldiers, but about the quality. The purpose of my recruitment is to rather lack than to overuse, and not to poach too many corners!"

Holding the warrant approval note written by Chiang Kai-shek with a swipe of a pen, Jiang Weiguo called Sun Tao and four people. He now only has these four "loyal brothers". After the trip, she immediately asked Soong Meiling to transfer her back to the bodyguard, but Soong Meiling refused, so Yang Mei could only continue to follow Jiang Weiguo with a face full of reluctance, as if Jiang Weiguo owed her a lot of money.

Jiang Weiguo knew it well, and using an inappropriate analogy, the four of Sun Tao are like "four dogs", loyal to their masters and always on call, while Yang Mei is completely like "a cat", indifferent to their masters and indifferent .

"Brother Wei, why are we going?" Sun Tao and the others were very excited.

"Go dig someone!" Jiang Weiguo waved his hand enthusiastically.

The four of Sun Tao immediately brightened their eyes. Of course they understood that Jiang Weiguo was about to start forming the "Jiang Family Army". The four of them were "old subordinates" who had followed Jiang Weiguo from the very beginning. .

Thinking of these benefits and the golden road that they have already embarked on, the four of them were naturally overjoyed, and they worked harder and harder in their work.

Jiang Weiguo wanted to form an armored force. He needed two things: tanks and armored troops.

It is more difficult to get tanks, and it is even more difficult to get well-trained armored soldiers. Tanks can be bought from Germany, but armored soldiers can’t also hire Germans, can they?Jiang Weiguo, who was deeply fascinated by the history of the German army's steel torrent and the brilliance of blitzkrieg, naturally knew that it was impossible for him to build a modern large-scale armored force in the Chinese army by himself at this time, but to create an armored battalion It's not a difficult task, and it will gradually develop into armored regiments, armored brigades, armored divisions, and armored corps in the future.

Fortunately, the national army already had armored units at this time. Although the scale was small, it was enough for Jiang Weiguo to "pick up ready-made".

Song Ziwen, Jiang Weiguo's uncle and Minister of Finance, purchased 1929 "Carden Lloyd" ultra-light tanks from the United Kingdom in 24, which started the mechanization process of the central army of the Nationalist Government. Before that, China was divided by warlords, The melee continued, and warlords from all over the country also racked their brains to purchase a small number of light tanks and armored vehicles from abroad to increase their military strength. , coupled with the lack of professional armored personnel and the military concept of using tanks, these tanks were not successful in the civil war among Chinese warlords and did not play much role; Under the vigorous promotion and promotion of George Weitzer, Chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht, Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Government began to pay attention to the new arms of armored forces, and then successively purchased them from Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and other major powers. A small number of tanks and armored vehicles were acquired, and in 17 a Traffic Corps School (Armor Corps School) was established.

When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in history, the Chinese army had only about 100 tanks.

In April 1937, the national government established an army armored regiment in Fangshan, Nanjing, which officially became the first of its kind for the Chinese army to create an armored force. However, due to the small number of tanks and unreasonable use, the armored forces of the national army had mediocre results in independent battles with the Japanese army. , It was not until 4 that the Chinese Burma Expeditionary Force used American tanks on a large scale and on a regular basis and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

The national army now has two armored units, one is the tank team of the First Division of the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy (later the first armored regiment), and the other is the tank team of the Tax Police Headquarters.

The former is naturally a disciple of the Son of Heaven and an elite lineage, but the level of equipment is not as good as the latter, because although the latter is just a private armed force established by Jiang Weiguo's uncle and Minister of Finance Song Ziwen for the Ministry of Finance, Song Ziwen is the Minister of Finance and is very rich. The Tax Police Headquarters has such a God of Wealth as a backer, so the funds are naturally rich and powerful, and they spend a lot of money when purchasing military equipment.

The founder of the Tax Police Headquarters was Song Ziwen. It was established four years ago in 1932. It is reasonable to say that this is an irregular force for anti-smuggling and taxation (just like the armed police of later generations, it belongs to the army and does not belong to the army. ), but under the vigorous management of Song Ziwen, the Tax Police Headquarters has become an elite unit that can not even be compared with the direct line of the Central Army. Of course, Chiang Kai-shek cannot tolerate this kind of unauthorized army building, but Song Ziwen is Song Meiling after all. So Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to "move" Song Ziwen's Song family army for a long time, but Song Ziwen would not be Chiang Kai-shek's opponent when he played power. He ordered Huang Jie, the commander of the Second Division of the Central Army, to replace Song Ziwen's confidant Wen Yingxing as the head of the Tax Police Headquarters, thereby annexing the Song family army that Song Ziwen had painstakingly managed.

At this time, the Tax Police Headquarters was stationed in Xuzhou, and the Central Military Academy Teaching Headquarters was stationed in the suburbs of Nanjing.

After driving to the teaching corps stationed in Xiaolingwei, Jiang Weiguo was "warmly welcomed" by the head of the teaching corps, Major General Gui Yongqing.

Not only was Gui Yongqing smiling, kind and kind, but he also said "Second Young Master" one by one, and kept asking "how is the principal's health recently".

Jiang Weiguo didn't bother to talk to Gui Yongqing, and went straight to the point: "Mr. Gui, the Sino-Japanese war is imminent, and my father plans to comprehensively rectify the armed forces.

Teach the corps to have a chariot convoy. According to my father's wishes, the chariot convoy should be independent and belong directly to the Military Commission. At that time, it will be used as a surprise soldier on the battlefield to fight against the Japanese invaders. I will ask Commander Gui for your help in this matter!" Jiang Weiguo While talking, he raised his hand and threw out a check for 30 French currency, "Separating the chariot team from the teaching team may have some negative effects on the teaching team. For the 30 yuan, please give the [-] yuan to all brothers. Monthly payment of double military pay to appease the hearts of the people.

Brothers, rest assured, the teaching corps is always the elite of the national army, and it is the unit that my father values ​​most!"

"The second son has a heart! The principal has really cared for us. Our officers and soldiers must swear to serve the party and the country and repay the principal!" Gui Yongqing was not polite at all, picked up the check, and pocketed it.

In fact, the two knew very well that the 30 yuan was purely Jiang Weiguo's benefit fee to Gui Yongqing, and it was also "selling money" for teaching the team's chariot team.

In line with the principle of "taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others", Gui Yongqing cooperated very well with Jiang Weiguo and immediately took Jiang Weiguo to the camp of the First Division's chariot team.

After arriving at the camp of the chariot convoy, Jiang Weiguo saw teams of young and strong officers and soldiers doing daily drills, with tanks, armored vehicles, cars, trucks, etc. parked on the sidelines.

As soon as he saw it for the first time, Jiang Weiguo sighed in his heart, because these chariots that were regarded as treasures by the national government and the national army were all "gadgets". Although Jiang Weiguo couldn't understand the tank model, he could still see those tanks They are all light tanks of about ten tons or even less than ten tons, and they are all very old.

The picture in Jiang Weiguo's mind was "hundreds of Leopard tanks and Tiger tanks rushing towards the Japanese army", but the reality in front of him was ten or twenty outdated light tanks.

"Guangting! Come here!" Gui Yongqing greeted a colonel not far away who was directing the training of the troops with a happy face.

The army colonel, who was in his early 30s, with a Chinese character face and clear eyes, rushed over, stood at attention solemnly, and saluted Gui Yongqing: "Captain! What are your orders?"

Gui Yongqing smiled and pointed to Jiang Weiguo: "The second son brought the principal's order. Your chariot team should be independent from the teaching team and directly belong to the Military Commission!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo again, pointed to the colonel and introduced, " This is to teach Du Yuming, captain of the team's battle team!"

"Oh? Really?" Du Yuming was quite surprised, "Why do you want to go out independently?"

"Hey, the principal's arrangement must have some deep meaning!" Gui Yongqing said with a smile, "The principal is far-sighted. We only need to implement the principal's order and obey the principal's arrangement. Why ask so many questions? Guangting, from now on, you You will no longer be my subordinate! If you follow the Second Young Master and succeed in success, don’t forget about us old fellows!"

Du Yuming laughed: "Captain, what are you talking about..." He looked at Jiang Weiguo, smiled and said, "Second Young Master, hello!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Du Yuming, and said in his heart, "This guy is Du Yuming? Without my intervention, this guy would have been promoted to the commander of the Fifth Army, and the Fifth Army is one of the five main forces of the National Army. It was the only one in China during the Anti-Japanese War. A mechanized army.

That’s right, I just want to form an armored force, and this Du Yuming can be regarded as a professional counterpart, and he can just be recruited by me to be my horse-bian!” Although he thought so in his heart, he still pretended to salute Du Yuming, after all, he was a colonel, and he It's just the lieutenant, and his words are also very polite: "Captain Du, Wei Guo is not talented, and he will be your subordinate in the future, please teach me a lot! "

Du Yuming was taken aback, and then understood what was going on, and quickly replied politely: "Second Young Master, you are serious!" Although Jiang Weiguo is already a serious national army soldier and lieutenant, but he is a "straggler". Haven't officially joined the military yet.

Du Yuming and Gui Yongqing almost guessed that the "old man" specially pulled out the teaching team's chariot team, just to make a small fuss for his youngest son.

After understanding this point, Gui Yongqing looked at Du Yuming beside him, feeling a little jealous in his heart. After all, when Du Yuming was his subordinate, no matter how Du Yuming got promoted, he must be one level higher than him, but Du Yuming is now with Du Yuming. After Jiang Weiguo, it is hard to say who can climb higher in the future.

Under the leadership of Gui Yongqing and Du Yuming, Jiang Weiguo briefly checked the convoy, and then said to Du Yuming: "According to my father's order, the convoy will be reorganized into an armored battalion. It is decided that those who want to join the Armored Battalion will leave the Teaching Corps, and those who want to stay in the Teaching Corps can also stay!"

Du Yuming nodded, and then said with a smile: "Most people are definitely willing to join the armored battalion!" He saw a major officer passing by, and shouted, "Jianchu!"

The short, mild-looking major with glasses rushed over immediately: "Captain!"

Du Yuming ordered: "According to the principal's order, our combat convoy will be separated from the teaching corps and reorganized into an armored battalion. Members are free to come and go. You are responsible for registration. Those who are willing to stay in the teaching corps can stay, and those who are willing to leave Just come with us!"

"Okay! I'll do it right away!" The major immediately became excited. He guessed that since the tank convoy was going to "become a separate army" and the Sino-Japanese war was imminent, the higher-ups would pay more attention to the tank convoy. Added new tank ordnance.

"This is the commander of our apprentice company!" Du Yuming introduced the major to Jiang Weiguo, "Liao Yaoxiang, whose name is Jianchu.

I just came back from studying in France and drank a lot of foreign ink!" He then introduced Jiang Weiguo to Liao Yaoxiang, "This is the principal's second son, and he came here on the order of the principal to carry out the reorganization of the chariot team!"

"Second son, hello!" Liao Yaoxiang shook hands with Jiang Weiguo in surprise.

"Aha! Another available talent!" Jiang Weiguo thought to himself, "This is Liao Yaoxiang. Without my intervention, this guy will become the commander of the New Sixth Army, one of the five main forces of the national army.

Tsk tsk, that's right, it's another horse delivered to your door!" While thinking about the other party in his heart, he still had a polite face: "Commander Liao, hello, we will work together in the future, and I hope you can give me some pointers! "

It didn't take too much trouble. Relying on the Shangfang sword given by Chiang Kai-shek, Jiang Weiguo successfully dug the chariot team from the teaching team to his own command. Most of the team members headed by Du Yuming and Liao Yaoxiang chose to leave the teaching team. Choosing "to hang out with the second son", although Jiang Weiguo didn't like the junk in the chariot team, he took away all of them unceremoniously.

After poaching the team of the Teaching Corps, Jiang Weiguo immediately set off for Xuzhou to poach the corner of the Tax Police Corps.

Section 049 Armored Regiment (2)

The Tax Police Headquarters is a very special unit, which belongs to the Central Army. Its equipment is more elite than that of the direct line of the Central Army, but it is not a direct line of the Central Army, but an "elite miscellaneous brand" in the Central Army.

At this time, the Tax Police Headquarters was no longer Song Ziwen’s “Song Family Army.” It still belonged to the Ministry of Finance in name, but actually belonged to the regular army of the Central Army.

After Jiang Weiguo came to the division headquarters, Huang Jie's expression was exactly the same as Gui Yongqing's, with a spring breeze and a pleasant smile.

Jiang Weiguo secretly wanted to laugh, he has such a "National No. [-] Father", and his worth is really extraordinary. All the generals trained by Chiang Kai-shek when he was the principal have a principal and a second son.

After a few nonsense greetings, Jiang Weiguo was too lazy to continue wasting time: "General Huang, according to my father's instructions, the national army is about to formally form the first armored force, but the foundation of the chariot team that teaches the general team is too weak, so we have to learn from the tax police chief. In the regiment, another batch of manpower and all the tanks of the Tax Police Headquarters were transferred. As for the Tax Police Headquarters, according to my father's instructions, it was later reorganized into two divisions.

Of course..." Jiang Weiguo said unhurriedly, "My father said that these two divisions will definitely be under your command in the future!"

Huang Jie's heart moved and his eyes lit up. He could hear Jiang Weiguo's voice. He was the commander of the 2nd Division and the head of the Tax Police Headquarters. Although he was in charge of two troops, he was still a division commander in rank. If the Tax Police Headquarters is reorganized into two divisions and he is also in command, then he will command three divisions. In terms of organization, it is impossible for him to be the commander of the 2nd division and concurrently the commander of the other two divisions. Each division will form an army, and the throne of army commander must belong to him, then he will change from division commander to army commander.

After realizing this, Huang Jie was elated, and kept saying polite words: "Second Young Master, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with this matter!"

"Then trouble General Huang!"

"What's the trouble with the job? Second Young Master, you're being polite!"

Although the Tax Police Headquarters that Song Ziwen worked so hard to build had been annexed by Chiang Kai-shek, it is still a whole at the moment, but at this time it will be divided up by Jiang Weiguo and Huang Jie.

The two foxes, with their own ulterior motives, drove together to the station of the tax police headquarter's battle team in tacit agreement.

Under the painstaking management of Song Ziwen, the Tax Police Headquarters is not only well-equipped, but also large in scale and strong in strength.

Originally, the whole regiment had four regiments and some units directly under the headquarters, equivalent to six regiments. The total strength of the whole regiment was more than 3. After being annexed by Chiang Kai-shek and handed over to Huang Jie for management, two more regiments were added. At this time, the whole regiment has 6 regiments under its jurisdiction and some troops directly under the regiment headquarters, and its total strength has increased to more than 4.

Of course, those middle and high-level military officers who originally belonged to Song Ziwen's confidantes were all transferred from the Tax Police Headquarters. At this time, one head (Huang Jie), three deputy head, six head, Twelve deputy regimental commanders and more than half of the battalion commanders... are all members of Huangpu's direct lineage.

While riding in the car, Jiang Weiguo looked through the roster of officers at all levels of the Tax Police Headquarters provided by Huang Jie, and his eyes moved because he saw a "familiar name".

"General Huang..." Jiang Weiguo held back his excitement, "Is this Sun Liren from Lujiang, Anhui?"

"Yes!" Huang Jie was a little surprised, "What? Second Young Master, do you know him?"

"Just go to him!" Jiang Weiguo couldn't wait any longer.

Although Huang Jie was confused, he still told the driver: "Go to the fourth regiment!"

Ten minutes later, Jiang Weiguo met Colonel Sun Liren, the head of the 10th Regiment of the Tax Police Headquarters.

"Sure enough, he is a handsome guy who is facing the wind!" As soon as he saw Sun Liren for the first time, Jiang Weiguo couldn't help admiring secretly in his heart. At the age of 36, but still undiminished demeanor.

Jiang Weiguo knew that Sun Liren would become the commander of the new first army, one of the five main forces of the national army, through one victory after another in the original history. Sun Liren's military command ability is needless to say, of course Now, Sun Liren hasn't got the chance to prove himself yet, but it will be soon. In the Songhu battle that broke out less than a year later, he began to make his mark. As for now, his status is actually not low.

When Huang Jie explained the reason to Sun Liren, Jiang Weiguo complained secretly: "No, I guess we won't be able to dig this guy for the time being.

Liao Yaoxiang is a lousy major company commander, and it is easy to poach him. Although Du Yuming is a colonel, he is only a battalion-level lousy captain. Sun Liren is not, he is now the colonel commander, with five thousand elite soldiers in his hand. It is a battalion, and if he is exhausted, he can only be the battalion commander. He is not stupid, he will not be the colonel and come to be my colonel and battalion commander?Forget it, let him go first, and dig later!"

"Well, I understand!" After listening to Huang Jie's narration, Sun Liren nodded, "The seven or eight tanks and armored vehicles in my regiment will all be handed over to the second son, no problem!"

Huang Jie smiled: "According to the principal's intention, those who control the tanks and armored vehicles should go together if they want to go together, and stay if they want to stay.

Fumin (Sun Liren Biaozi), the principal plans to reorganize the Tax Police Headquarters into two divisions. With your ability and qualifications, it is no problem to be a brigade commander or deputy division commander! "

Sun Liren seemed unfazed by favor or humiliation. He looked at Jiang Weiguo: "Second son, the chairman wants to form a purely armored force, and you will participate?"

"Of course!" Jiang Weiguo smiled, then pointed to the military uniform on his body, "I'm a soldier!"

Sun Liren smiled: "Even the second son has joined the army. It seems that the chairman and the government are indeed planning to fight the war in an all-round way!"

"Sun Tuanzuo, I really hope we can work together in the future!" Jiang Weiguo seemed very sincere.