I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Jiang Weiguo listened to the discussions of several giants of the national army, and he was very impressed, because Yang Jie and others had a very long-term vision of war, and they judged some situations in the early days of World War II in history. Of course, they are not like Jiang Weiguo "holds the heavenly book" in this way and relies entirely on his real ability to make predictions, so there have been some deviations, but they are all reasonable.

"Father, gentlemen!" Jiang Weiguo said, "Your analysis is very correct.

First of all, the United States is super powerful. If we follow Germany and become the enemy of the United States, then we are indeed tantamount to self-destruction; second, if Germany attacks the Soviet Union first, we can indeed take advantage of fire and robbery and fish in troubled waters.

Therefore, I personally think that if Germany does not provoke the United States and attacks the Soviet Union first, we can join the war with Germany, but once the situation changes significantly, we must see that the situation is not good and get out of our shells, and we cannot go to the end of defeat with Germany!"

"Yes, yes!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded and sighed, "The fate of the country is a major event, and there should be no carelessness. If it is not good, a mistake will cause eternal hatred, and we will become the eternal sinners of the party state and China. We must take the safest and safest route, and we must not take any risks!"

He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang, and Yang Jie all nodded. Although the four generals had some deviations in their views, they agreed on the main purpose: If Germany does not provoke the United States and Germany attacks the Soviet Union first, China can join Germany in the war against the Soviet Union ( Or take the opportunity to blackmail the Soviet Union, not send troops to really attack the Soviet Union, but blackmail the Soviet Union at the negotiating table while the Soviet Union is being beaten by Germany).

"But..." Xu Yongchang discovered a major flaw, "If we fight the Soviet Union together with Germany and Japan, no matter how short-sighted the United States, Britain and France are, they will realize that the national power of China, Germany and Japan will increase greatly if the Soviet Union is divided up. If China does not carve up the Soviet Union, if my country obtains a large area of ​​the Soviet Union's territory and a large amount of resources, its national strength will not be what it used to be, and then it will pose a major threat to the United States, Britain and France. It is impossible for the United States, Britain and France to be willing to see our country become stronger. The tripartite alliance of Germany, China and Japan poses a major threat to them, so they will take containment measures.

Members, everyone, what is the connection between us and Germany?It relies on sea transportation. Ships between China and Germany must pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Malacca. Even if German ships circumvent the Cape of Good Hope, they must pass through the Strait of Malacca. However, these three throat passages are all controlled by the British. middle!The Germans help us deal with the Japanese, and the British can still accept it. The Germans unite with us and the Japanese to prepare for war. The British will definitely be highly vigilant. At the very least, they will block the Strait of Malacca and cut off our shipping with Germany. aisle.

At that time, we will inevitably have conflicts with the British, what should we do? "

"Yes, yes, this is a big problem!" Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, and Yang Jie all suddenly came to their senses.

Jiang Weiguo also realized that even if Germany, China, and Japan only went to war against the Soviet Union, it would still be easy to conflict with Britain, and then conflict with France, which wore the same trousers with Britain, and the United States, which stood behind Britain and France.

Knot!Jiang Weiguo's heart became heavy, there is an almost unbreakable knot here!

"Perhaps, the key to breaking this deadlock is..." Jiang Weiguo thought to himself, "the atomic bomb.

If China and Germany have the atomic bomb ahead of the United States, although it is impossible to defeat the United States with the atomic bomb, at least they can force the United States to withdraw from the war!"

The meeting lasted for a full hour. Chiang Kai-shek, Jiang Weiguo, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang, and Yang Jie repeatedly studied, analyzed, speculated, and discussed the world map. not optimistic:

If China really wants to go to war with Germany (maybe plus Japan), then:

First, China must never go to war with the United States, because the national power of the United States is too strong;

Second, the United States and Britain and France are in the same group, so China should try not to go to war with Britain and France;

Third, it is best for China, Germany and Japan to attack the Soviet Union first and only to attack the Soviet Union. However, it is difficult to bypass Britain when attacking the Soviet Union.

This result made Chiang Kai-shek, who had been enthusiastically stimulated by the blueprint of "opening up the territory and leaving a name in history", was poured with cold water, and became gloomy and disappointed.

Finally, Chiang Kai-shek looked at Jiang Weiguo: "Wei'er, didn't the Germans invite us to send high-level leaders to start the first 'three-party talks' with the German and Japanese high-level leaders? Or, let's send someone to have a look and test the Germans and the Japanese. How about the Japanese war plan, and then think about it in the long run?"

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "It seems that this is the only way to go!"

Chiang Kai-shek looked at He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang, and Yang Jie again, and finally fixed his gaze on Yang Jie: "Geng Guang, I plan to let you come to this meeting, how about it?" He is an expert, military strategist, and military educator, and also has strong diplomatic skills, so he is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate.

Yang Jie seemed smug: "Don't worry, I will fulfill my mission!"

"And me!" Jiang Weiguo recommended himself and volunteered, "Father, I want to go too!"

"This..." Chiang Kai-shek was a little surprised and worried, "Wei'er, don't go there! You made great achievements in the previous wars, and countless Japanese died at your hands. The Japanese probably hate you to the bone. Yo!" He shook his head and smiled wryly.

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "Father is too worried, no, I have seen the venue and security measures arranged for the meeting, the Japanese have no chance to attack me.

What's more, if I die, China and Japan will definitely turn against each other again, the Germans absolutely don't want this, so the Germans will do their best to protect me!"

Chiang Kai-shek hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Forget it, then you should pay more attention to safety!"

Section 386 Tripartite Talks (1)

2000 More than two hundred years ago, China was in the Warring States period. The world was in chaos, the Kyushu was broken, the princes were divided, and the seven heroes were fighting for hegemony. In the "golden age" when science and technology, military affairs, politics, culture and other aspects flourished, famous generals emerged in large numbers, heroes were like a cloud, and new ideas were constantly born, collided, and confronted like mushrooms after rain. ".

Among the Seven Kingdoms, Qin State is the strongest. "He Zong" means that the six countries work together to resist Qin, and "Lianheng" means that the six countries independently form an alliance with Qin State in order to survive in peace.

The world situation at this time is essentially an enlarged version of the "Global Warring States Period". The world is a stage where heroes compete for the throne, and the protagonists are the eight major powers of the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and China.

Combining vertical and horizontal alignment is still the international diplomatic strategy at this time.

Jiang Weiguo's current position is not very high. His military rank is only major general, and there are only three military and political positions: the chief of staff of the 77th Division of the National Army, the director of the National Government's Overseas Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Maritime Statistics Bureau), and the National Government's Lujin Political Affairs Committee. Members, however, Jiang Weiguo is undoubtedly one of the high-level decision makers who can determine the direction of China's national destiny at this time.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Jiang Weiguo must weigh the pros and cons, and make all kinds of maneuvers, so that his motherland can get the greatest benefit in this "global victory period".

The eight major countries in the world have different levels of national strength, just like the eight planets in the solar system. The United States is the largest Jupiter and has the strongest strength that occupies an overwhelming advantage. Next, Germany can be said to be second, the Soviet Union can be said to be third, and the United Kingdom can be said to be It is fourth. As for China, Jiang Weiguo estimated that after his own changes, China's overall national strength and military strength must surpass that of Italy, and it is not very inferior to Japan. China and Japan are now one-on-one. It is difficult for Japan to eat China. And China can't defeat Japan on its own. The comprehensive national strength of China and Japan is not even weaker than that of France. However, although France's overall national and military strength is considered strong, it is not particularly strong.

In 1939, the steel output of the United States was 4800 million tons, that of Germany was 2300 million tons, that of the Soviet Union was 1900 million tons, that of the United Kingdom was 1400 million tons, that of France was 800 million tons, that of Japan was 670 million tons, and that of Italy was 200 million tons. tons; as for China, only about 5 tons.

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On this major matter, Jiang Weiguo had to be extremely cautious.

The tripartite talks between Germany, China and Japan were held under the strong coordination of Germany.

Hitler was too eager and eager to turn both China and Japan into Germany's war allies.

Since becoming Chancellor of Germany on January 1933, 1, Hitler has led Germany for nearly six years. During these six years, Hitler has fulfilled the promise he made to the German people before he was elected. He has made miraculous achievements and achievements. Germany The country's national strength has been rapidly revived, the living standards of the German people have been greatly improved, the German economy has been vigorously developed, and Germany's military strength has also been expanded. At this time, Germany is no longer 30 years old. Years ago, the defeated country with weak national strength, poor people, weak economy, and weak army was reborn from the ashes, reborn, and once again became a world-class power.

In 1918, Germany was defeated, and in 1938, Germany rose again.

However, Hitler’s goal was not to feed and clothe the German people, but to let Germany dominate the world. In his war plan, Germany first recovered the Rhine Demilitarized Zone, and then annexed Austria, which was of the same origin and race as Germany. Then came the control of Czechoslovakia, and at the same time, reclaimed the former German Danzig area occupied by Poland.

Since October 1938, Germany has repeatedly asked Poland to return the territory, asking Poland to return the Danzig area and allowing Germany to build railways and roads in the Polish "Polish Corridor" between Germany and the Danzig area. rights, but were sternly rejected by the Polish government.

Hitler was very annoyed by this, and had begun to let the German military plan to launch a war against Poland.

Hitler's arrow of war was ready to go, but what troubled him was that China and Japan had not really become allies of Germany. Although Germany also had several allies in Europe, such as Italy and Hungary, basically They are all fancy but not useful, and they are all inferior to China and Japan.

China has vast land and resources, a large population, rich resources, and great potential. The Sino-Japanese war has proved that the Chinese army can win battles, and it is brave to fight hard, hard, and tough battles. As for Japan, the Japanese navy ranks third in the world. What is needed, the Japanese army is also very tenacious and brave. Japan's local industry, economy, technology and other aspects can become Germany's war aid. The most important thing is that Germany wants to go to war against the Soviet Union. China and Japan are natural and best Two great allies.

The United States will not help Germany fight the Soviet Union, Britain and France will not help Germany fight the Soviet Union, only China and Japan can help Germany fight the Soviet Union, and the best part is that both China and Japan hate the Soviet Union.

Hitler didn't have much time, so he hoped to race against time to resolve the "China-Japan incident" as soon as possible.

If China and Japan continue to fight, the national power of the two countries will be exhausted in the "Sino-Japanese Civil War (in the eyes of the Germans, the Sino-Japanese War is simply a civil war in the Triple Alliance of Germany, China and Japan)", and neither country can become a strong ally of Germany. Germany The loss is too great. If China and Japan "can't have both", Germany can only choose one of China and Japan. This is a "very difficult choice". Germany does not want to give up China, nor is it willing to lose Japan , Moreover, Germany chooses one of China and Japan, which means that the other will change from a friend to an enemy with Germany, and stand in the hostile camp of Germany, thus causing a "second major loss" to Germany.

Germany must mediate the conflict between China and Japan, and then turn China and Japan into Germany's allies.

The "Tripartite Talks" between Germany, China and Japan was thus held.

(Readers can think about it. During World War II in the original history, although Germany and Japan formed an alliance, in the early days of the war, Germany was fighting in full swing in Europe, and Japan was busy invading China. Japan’s invasion of China did not bring any benefits to Germany. Next, Japan did not help Germany fight the Soviet Union, but provoked the United States, which brought great disaster to Germany.

Therefore, Japan was almost "worthless" to Germany in the war.

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Since the "three-party talks" are going to be held, the high-level leaders of the three countries must get together. There is no way to "speak clearly in person" by sending telegrams or making phone calls.

Where is the meeting place chosen?This matter caused Germany a headache. Originally, Hitler planned to hold a meeting in Berlin, but Berlin is too far away from China and Japan, and Germany "needs" from China and Japan. ", so the meeting place was finalized in the East.

As for where to put it in the East?Another big problem.

The meeting was initiated by Germany, and the German side went to great lengths to consult China and Japan respectively. The Chinese side requested to hold it in Wuhan or Nanjing, but the Japanese side strongly opposed it. The Japanese side requested that it be held in Tokyo, but the Chinese side was unwilling. The meeting was held in Shanghai, Beiping, or Taipei, and the Chinese side was furious, because Shanghai, Peiping, and Taipei were all places that belonged to China but were occupied by Japan. Holding a meeting in this "occupied land" was nothing short of a humiliation to China.

After more than a month of wrangling, the German side ingeniously selected a place, which was Jeju Island, which was occupied by Japan in South Korea.

First of all, Jeju Island is not considered the mainland of Japan, nor the mainland of China, nor is it the territory of China occupied by Japan. The "political meaning" can be accepted by both China and Japan. Secondly, Jeju Island is an island, very isolated, which is equivalent to a The "isolated enclosed space" is psychologically acceptable to both China and Japan.

In order to appease the emotions of the Chinese personnel, Germany and the Japanese side negotiated and proposed that "the security issues of Jeju Island should be taken care of by the German personnel", to which the Japanese side agreed.

Jeju Island, the largest island in South Korea/North Korea, covers an area of ​​1845.5 square kilometers. It is picturesque and has a pleasant climate. The population is about [-], most of them are Korean/North Korean natives, and a small part are Japanese expatriates.

The island has not been set up as a sea military base by the Japanese army at the moment, so there are no military institutions or Japanese armed organizations on the island, and there are only more than [-] police officers (half are Korean police and half are Japanese police).

Before the meeting, the German government mobilized 3000 to [-] personnel stationed in China and Japan to land on the island in advance to prevent the Japanese side from transporting armed personnel and weapons to the island during the meeting. Then, the German government transported [-] soldiers from Germany in the name of civilian merchant ships. A number of elite German soldiers landed on the island to be responsible for the security of the island.

These German troops were all members of Hitler’s Guard, led by a 45-year-old German colonel named Erwin Rommel. At the same time, there were actually hundreds of German Gestapo members in this group of German troops, and the commander was the German Gestapo Director Reinhard Heydrich.

In the early morning of December 12, according to the time notified by the German side, Jiang Weiguo and other Chinese participants officially set off for Jeju Island to participate in the conference.

The crowd first gathered in Taiyuan, then took a plane to Jinan, then took a train to Qingdao along the Jinan-Qingdao Railway, and finally sailed into the Yellow Sea on a warship to Jeju Island.

Qingdao is about 350 kilometers away from Jeju Island. The warship will sail at a speed of 15 knots. It is expected to arrive at Jeju Island 10 hours later, that is, that night. The meeting will be held on the morning of December 12.

The warship that everyone was on was the destroyer Weiguo (the former destroyer Shigure of the Japanese Navy, with a displacement of about 1700 tons), and there were also the gunboats Dashengguan, Wulongshan, and Tangshan Town (the three gunboats were all former Japanese navy ships) Saga-class gunboat, with a displacement of about 800 tons) and 24 Wasp-class torpedo boats escorted, and another 8 submarines rushed to the waters near Jeju Island one step ahead of schedule, lurking on standby.

After all, there is no need to have the intention of harming others, and the need to be defensive. Although the security work on Jeju Island is in charge of the Germans, it is still necessary to guard against possible tricks by the Japanese.

The sun is rising in the east, the rays of light are endless, the sky is as clear as washing, and the ocean is boundless.

The fleet sailed away from Qingdao calmly, facing the rising sun on the horizon, and began to cut through the waves.

Looking at the morning sun and thousands of miles of waves in front of them, everyone on board was full of emotions and complicated thoughts.

There were three high-level members of the national army who went to Jeju Island to participate in the conference. One was Chief of Staff Yang Jie, the other was Jiang Weiguo, and the third was Jiang Baili.

After the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang Baili served as the acting president of the Army University and a senior adviser to the Military Commission. He was responsible for training young officers and did not hold real power.

In fact, Jiang Baili had passed away at this time in the original history. He died on November 1938, 11. He became sick from overwork and died of illness. However, Jiang Weiguo respected Jiang Baili very much, and he had a close personal relationship with Jiang Baili, so he did not want to This Chinese military master passed away early, so several private doctors were specially arranged for him. In addition, the Sino-Japanese war lasted for one year and three months. On the whole, he was full of vigor and tenacity in the battle, causing huge casualties and heavy losses to the Japanese. The victory on the front line deeply inspired Jiang Baili, a military scientist who specialized in China's war against Japan, and objectively made his health condition worse than that of the Japanese. The original history was much better, so he is still alive at this time, but his body is relatively weak.

Knowing that Jiang Weiguo was going to start "three-party talks" with the Germans and Japanese, Jiang Baili immediately rushed to Taiyuan and asked to go with Jiang Weiguo. Jiang Weiguo would definitely not refuse.

"The world is unpredictable!" Jiang Baili stood on a pole on the bow deck, full of emotion, "I really did not expect that this war would have such a result!" He looked back at Jiang Weiguo who was beside him, his eyes were very Complicated, confused, confused, and somewhat special respect, "Jianhao, I've known you for so long, but I can't understand you more and more! You said that you have never been to a military academy for a day. I didn’t study under a strategic and military researcher, so why do you have such unfathomable and unimaginable strategic thinking? To be honest, I am deeply ashamed of your strategic mind and strategic vision! I I’m really ashamed, because your mind is far superior to mine, and your vision is far superior to mine, you’ll be fearful for future generations, you’ll be formidable for future generations!”

"Mr. Baili praised me!" Jiang Weiguo felt ashamed when he heard it, because he knew that he was completely "cheating", but Jiang Baili relied on his real skills.

A while ago, Jiang Weiguo went to Wuhan to attend the "Giant Conference". After the meeting, Chen Cheng showed Jiang Weiguo a document. It was analyzed that "if Germany abandons China and instead forms an alliance with Japan, then Germany will easily defeat Britain and France on the European continent, and Japan will send troops to the Indochina colonies of Britain and France when Britain and France are at a loss to take care of themselves. China's land external communication line", although this paper did not predict that Hitler would provoke polar bears, but based on the above conclusions alone, the author of the paper's strategic vision, deep military attainments, and accurate forecasting can be called It is alone in the sea.

After Jiang Weiguo was shocked, he was convinced and admired the author of the paper. After asking Chen Cheng, he knew that the author of the paper was Jiang Baili, and the writing time of the paper was this year (1938).

Jiang Weiguo was deeply shocked by this. Jiang Baili is really a giant of strategy and military science of a generation, and he is definitely not some kind of "office seat" who has no real talents and studies and relies on pretending to be a master.

"Jianhao, why are you so humble?" Jiang Baili became more and more emotional, "I thought that the trajectory of the world's overall situation has been fixed, and no matter how much it is changed, it may cause some fluctuations, but it still cannot change the original trajectory, but... ’ He shook his head.

"Mr. Baili..." Jiang Weiguo hesitated and asked, "What do you think of our truce with the Japanese?"

"It's okay!" Jiang Baili looked serious, "Originally, I supported fighting the war to the end, but my original intention was not to rely on a protracted war to win. It must be noted that a protracted war will not win us, and a protracted war can only make us win." If it is not destroyed, it will continue until the overall situation of the world changes, and our country will be able to usher in hope and opportunity.

What I am most worried about is that Japan can encroach on us. September [-] annexed our four northeastern provinces. After six years of operation, the Japanese have consolidated their control and rule over the four northeastern provinces. In fact, if the Japanese stop here, Concentrate on continuing to manage the Northeast. Although it cannot defeat or destroy our country, the benefits Japan has obtained from our country have been maximized. After another ten years, the Japanese have completely digested the Northeast, not only politically, but also military , and the most important ideological assimilation, the local people in Northeast China will agree with the Japanese rule over them. We are unable to regain the Northeast, and we will not be able to come back through negotiations, let alone a war. I am afraid that the people in the Northeast have already turned towards the Japanese.

The purpose of war is profit.

The Japanese have gained enough benefits, and continuing the war and destroying our country will not bring greater benefits to the Japanese. Therefore, keeping our country, "living in peace" with our country, and digesting the Northeast wholeheartedly are Japan's way to win Taoism, let the Japanese win without victories, and let us be defeated without defeat.

The situation in Northeast Asia will become like this in the future. Our country and Japan are "in peace and harmony", but our country has lost the Northeast forever. Although the puppet Manchukuo is called a country, it has actually become a Japanese colony forever.

Therefore, I am happy that the Japanese launched the "July [-]th Incident". They fought to the end.

If the Japanese give us a way to live, we will die in peace, but if the Japanese don’t give us a way to live, we will be born in sorrow.

Just like the Song Dynasty, if the Liao Kingdom kept fighting against the Song Kingdom, the Song Kingdom would fight wars all the year round. Naturally, they would fight bravely. If they were not bloody, they would be forced to be bloody by huge threats. Since then, the two countries have been at ease, so the Song State no longer wants to regain the Yanyun Sixteen States. Isn't the Yanyun Sixteen States lost by the Song State the same as the four northeastern provinces lost by our country? "

"Yes! Yes!" Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again, Jiang Baili's metaphor is indeed appropriate.

Jiang Baili continued: "What I am most afraid of is that the Japanese will swallow our Northeast first, digest the Northeast and paralyze us in ten years, then swallow our North China, and digest the Northeast and paralyze us in another ten years , Let us live in a mental state of muddling along, surviving, and being comfortable and lazy, so that one piece of land after another is eaten away by the Japanese.

Fortunately, the Japanese were greedy and eager for quick success. Just six years later, they launched the July [-]th Incident and launched an all-out war with us.