I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

What Chen Shaokuan meant was that for the six major parts of the navy, the torpedo boats were handed over to Ouyang Ge, and he was in charge of the other five; while what Ouyang Ge meant was that of the six major parts of the navy, the surface ships were handed over to Chen Shaokuan, and the remaining five were all in charge. He is in charge.

To put it bluntly, the two are fighting for power and profit, but they are of different nature. Chen Shaokuan wants to build a powerful navy, while Ouyang Ge wants to take the opportunity to seize the power of the navy. He has no fear in doing this because he has Chiang Kai-shek backing him.

Although Jiang Weiguo is a member of the army, and his military rank is only a mere captain, in the eyes of Admiral Chen Shaokuan and Vice Admiral Ouyang Ge, Jiang Weiguo is the "imperial envoy" sent by Chiang Kai-shek to the navy, who holds the power of life and death. Both of them are eager for Jiang Weiguo to support themselves.

Jiang Weiguo had a headache after figuring out the ins and outs of the matter. There was no internal unity, and it would be a ghost to win the battle.

The navy is divided into four major factions: Fujian, Northeast, Guangdong, and the Central Committee. They intrigue each other. The "military families" of the navy also include Wei, Chen, Sa, and Ouyang. They also have their own ghosts. The Wei family has always stood with the Chen family At the same time, the Sa family has taken refuge in the Ouyang family.

Jiang Weiguo thought helplessly and irritatedly: "Damn it! You know how to engage in factional disputes all day long. No wonder you have been defeated repeatedly in the War of Resistance! When will the Chinese people's internal strife be so bad!" He saw Looking at Chen Shaokuan, Ouyang Ge and other naval generals, he said helplessly, "I'll make a call and ask my father!"

After reporting the matter to Chiang Kai-shek and his proposals were approved and approved by Chiang Kai-shek, Jiang Weiguo returned to the conference hall of the Navy General Headquarters and announced weakly: "The six major parts of the navy, Chief Chen is in charge of the surface fleet, the naval aviation unit, the minefield Troops; Officer Ouyang is in charge of the torpedo boat force and submarine force; the Marine Corps is jointly in charge of the two officers.

As for the naval funds, Chief Chen and Chief Ouyang each have half!" After speaking, Jiang Weiguo added, "This is my father's decision, and I hope all the officers will obey the order and stop causing conflicts!"

Both Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge sneered.

Ouyang Ge thought to himself: "Of the six major parts of the navy, it seems that those with the surname Chen account for three and a half, and I only have two and a half. In fact, the naval aviation unit is completely invisible. The air force itself is short of aircraft. Where can I find it?" The navy is equipped with planes, so it is a blank check to let Chen be in charge of the naval aviation; as for the surface ships, the whole army will be wiped out after the war. On the other hand, it controls the navy's most important torpedo boat force, submarine force and half of the Marine Corps.

Coupled with the support of the chairman, sooner or later all the power of the navy will be in my hands! "

Chen Shaokuan looked at Ouyangge contemptuously, and thought to himself: "Do you think the submarine force really belongs to you? The future commander of the submarine force, Wei Zihao, is from the Wei family, and he has one heart with me!"

Jiang Weiguo continued: "According to my father's order, the Marine Corps has six regiments, numbered 500st to [-]th Marine Regiments, and the total number of each regiment shall not exceed [-] people.

The first, second and third regiments were under the command of Chief Chen, and the fourth, fifth and sixth regiments were under the command of Chief Ouyang.

Are you satisfied, two officers? "He's sick of the balance of power.

Ouyang Ge asked: "Then... who manages the Navy's torpedo boat factory, mine factory, torpedo factory, and submarine base?"

Jiang Weiguo said coldly: "It's mine! I got those things from Germany. If they don't belong to me, who will they manage?" He really hated this kind of internal strife.

Chen Shaokuan had no objection to this, and Ouyang Ge didn't dare to bargain any more. After all, Jiang Weiguo was Chiang Kai-shek's own son.

After dealing with the internal twists and turns of the navy, Jiang Weiguo was going back to Nanjing, but one reason made him stay in Fuzhou for a few more days, because Dai Anguo sent a telegram: The three submarines that Germany donated to China for free are about to arrive.

In order to see the birth of China's first submarine with his own eyes, Jiang Weiguo postponed his return to Nanjing. By the way, he continued to serve as the Navy's "Senior Advisor" and continued to "point out the maze" for the Navy with his "far-sighted thinking".

Chen Shaokuan, Ouyang Ge and other naval generals also obeyed Jiang Weiguo's words. Firstly, they did not look at the monk's face and looked at the Buddha's face. After all, Chiang Kai-shek was behind Jiang Weiguo. Little God of Wealth, if you have a good relationship with him, you can get funds from him.

061 Thunder and Boat

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Ouyang," Jiang Weiguo pointed to a huge map of China on the wall, "Once China and Japan start a full-scale war, the navy will bear the brunt. Our Chinese navy has two battlefields, one is the offshore waters in China's territorial waters, and the other is the It is the Yangtze River.

Don't ignore the Yangtze River!A series of major Chinese cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Chongqing are all on the Yangtze River. The Japanese army is likely to go up the river and use the Yangtze River as an offensive route. At that time, the enemy and us will fight in the hinterland of Central China. Although the battlefield is inland, the battle will not It's just a matter of the army and air force, and the navy also has a heavy responsibility! "

Both Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge nodded repeatedly.

"So!" Jiang Weiguo raised his voice, "The navy's surface fleet cannot be wiped out on the offshore battlefield at the beginning of the war, it must preserve its strength! Mr. Chen, I propose that a fleet be dispatched to the Yangtze River to avoid entering Dongting Lake or Poyang Lake, preserve the vitality of the navy and lay the foundation for the long-term persistence in the later period!"

Chen Shaokuan agreed: "Jianhao, you are right!"

Jiang Weiguo suggested: "Among our large combat warships, Ninghai, Pinghai, and Yixian are all new warships with relatively strong firepower. It would be a pity if they were lost after the war started. To play a bigger role, how about putting these three warships in Dongting Lake or Poyang Lake?"

Chen Shaokuan nodded: "It makes sense!"

Ouyang Ge added: "The Zhongshan ship (the Zhongshan gunboat, formerly known as the Yongfeng, with a displacement of 780 tons) is a historically significant warship. If it is sunk after the outbreak of war, it would be humiliating to the ancestors. It is better to take it together Transfer to the inner lake of the Yangtze River!"

Chen Shaokuan agreed.

Jiang Weiguo said again: "When the war broke out, if the Japanese army attacked China from the sea, the first target must be Shanghai. If our navy's surface fleet were placed in the Songhu area, it would be too dangerous, but we can't all retreat into the Yangtze River. Time is like a turtle in an urn.

The Japanese army blocked the mouth of the Yangtze River, and our naval fleet could hardly fly in the Yangtze River.

In my opinion, we can find a suitable harbor along the coast of Zhejiang Province and build it as the general base of naval surface ships!"

Ouyang Ge said: "Hangzhou Bay?"

Jiang Weiguo shook his head: "Hangzhou Bay is too close to Shanghai, so it is not safe. I think Sanmen Bay in Zhejiang Province is very good. The terrain is like a gourd, which is very suitable as a base for a fleet.

Mr. Zhongshan had inspected Sanmen Bay before, and he was full of praise for Sanmen Bay.

By the way, I can ask General Zhou Zhirou, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, to dispatch a batch of planes to the navy and set up a naval aviation unit. Some will be stationed in Sanmen Bay to protect the surface fleet in Sanmen Bay, and some will be stationed in Fuzhou to protect the fleet. Naval High Command and Naval University!"

Chen Shaokuan was very happy: "It's so good! Jianhao, thank you!"

Ouyang Ge suddenly felt a little jealous, because the navy really has an aviation unit.

On the morning of September 9th, three submarines that Germany assisted China officially arrived in Fuzhou.

Since this matter is highly confidential, especially to prevent it from being detected by Japanese prying eyes, it cannot be made a big fanfare.

In fact, when Jiang Weiguo informed Chen Shaokuan that the Chinese navy would soon be able to get the submarine presented by Germany, Chen Shaokuan immediately started building the submarine base in a hurry.

The coastline of Fujian Province is tortuous and complicated, and there are countless harbor islands in the coastal area. Chen Shaokuan personally led people to travel all over the vicinity of Fuzhou, looking for a hidden, safe and suitable "home" for his upcoming submarine force. Finally, he chose Sansha Bay (also known as Sandu Bay) in Ningde (also a coastal city) more than 80 kilometers north of Fuzhou.

Sansha Bay is a world-class natural deep-water harbor. It is known as the "gateway of entry and exit, the throat of Wuyi" nearby, but it has not been really developed. The only water outlet is the East Chongkou, with a width of only 700 kilometers. It is a rare sea lake in the world.

Sansha Bay’s deep water area and waterway depth are the largest in the world, and it also has many advantages such as good shelter from wind, no freezing or silting, and convenient construction.

After selecting Sansha Bay, Chen Shaokuan repeatedly inspected the many islands in the bay, and selected a small island called Qingshan Island. The island is shaped like a turtle and covers an area of ​​1.25 square kilometers. There are basically no residents on the island.

The overjoyed Chen Shaokuan immediately took out two funds, one was used to relocate dozens of residents on the island, and the other was used to build a submarine base on the island.

Right now, the base facilities on Qingshan Island must not be completed yet, and they need to wait for German submarine base experts to design and guide them, but there is no problem in hiding the three submarines.

According to the plan of Jiang Weiguo and Chen Shaokuan, the first submarine base of the Chinese Navy will be established on Qingshan Island. The base must have the ability to hide submarines, maintain submarines, and provide logistical supplies for submarines in the early stage, and strive to build submarines in the later stage.

Although there is a long way to go, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

After learning that the submarine had arrived, Chen Shaokuan, who was very excited, took Jiang Weiguo to Sansha Bay impatiently.

In order to prevent being snooped by the Japanese, the three submarines donated by Germany came directly.

Looking at the shadows under the sea like three whales slowly entering the three submarines in Sansha Bay, Chen Shaokuan burst into tears of joy: "We finally have a submarine!"

Jiang Weiguo was also delighted.

The Chinese navy wants to severely damage the Japanese navy, which is dozens of times stronger than its own. Right now, only torpedo boats and submarines are the two most suitable weapons.

After the three submarines landed on Qingshan Island, they slowly floated up, and they released boiling waves on the water.

Jiang Weiguo saw clearly that the three submarines were of different sizes, one was thick, the other was well-proportioned, and the third was like a shrunken version of the second.

The hatches of the conning towers of the three submarines opened one after another, and more than two hundred people climbed out of them, most of them were Germans with yellow hair, but more than a dozen were Chinese.

The leader among the Chinese is a heroic naval lieutenant colonel: "Mr. Chen, we are back!"

"Good! Good!" Chen Shaokuan wiped away his tears, "Han Yi, you made us wait so hard!"

This lieutenant colonel is called Wei Zihao, whose character is Han Yi. One of the few young officers in the Navy who specializes in submarine operations.

Chen Shaokuan has appointed Wei Zihao as the commander of the Chinese Navy's submarine force.

After learning that Jiang Weiguo had obtained three submarines from Germany, Chen Shaokuan immediately sent a telegram to Wei Zihao, who was studying submarines and airships in the United States, asking him to rush to Germany to receive them.

Although nestled in the submarine and traveled thousands of miles, Wei Zihao was full of energy and never tired. He couldn't wait to introduce: "Boss, the models of these three submarines are Xia-type transport submarines, with a displacement of 1688 tons and can carry 4 submarines. Torpedoes and 430 tons of supplies; viic-type combat submarines, with a displacement of 760 tons, can carry 11 torpedoes; type iib combat submarines, with a displacement of 280 tons, can carry 5 torpedoes!"

Jiang Weiguo understood that the reason why these three submarines were able to travel thousands of miles from Germany to China (Jiang Weiguo met with Hitler on August 8, and two days later, Hitler ordered the three submarines in the German Navy to sail to China, today is On September 1th, the three submarines were in operation for a full 9 days), all because one of the transport submarines carried fuel supplies, otherwise they would not have been able to come to China at all.

There are a total of more than 200 people on the three submarines, of which more than 10 are receiving personnel from the Chinese Navy, and nearly 190 of them are Germans. Among them, more than 90 are submariners of the three submarines, and the remaining more than 100 people were sent to China by Hitler. Submarine instructors, submarine consultants, and submarine technical experts. Their mission to China is to help the Chinese Navy train the first batch of submarine soldiers, maintain and repair submarines and other matters.

"Mr. Chen, I got you a submarine! There are [-] more in the future!" Jiang Weiguo looked at Chen Shaokuan who was so excited that he was crying, and said with a smile, "I will leave the rest to you!"

Chen Shaokuan nodded again and again: "Don't worry! Leave it to me! Leave it to me!" He was so excited that he trembled all over.

Jiang Weiguo ordered: "It must be kept secret! Our submarine base and submarine force must be kept absolutely secret. Once the Japanese know about it, they will lose the opportunity after the war!"

Chen Shaokuan looked solemnly: "I understand! I understand!"

Along with the three submarines, there were three German freighters. The submarines had to sneak into Sansha Bay, but the freighters didn't need to, and drove directly into Fuzhou Port.

These three freighters are equipped with tens of thousands of tons of machinery and equipment and more than 500 Germans. Some of the machinery and equipment on board are used to build submarine bases, and some are used to build torpedo boat factories, torpedo factories, and mine factories. Everyone is a submarine expert, a torpedo boat expert, a torpedo expert, a mine expert.

After repeated research, Jiang Weiguo, Chen Shaokuan, and Ouyang Ge decided to divide the torpedo boat factory into two, one in Wuhan and the other in Fuzhou, because torpedo boats are needed for both Yangtze River operations and offshore operations. If only one factory is built, it will definitely be difficult to take care of both. The battlefield; the torpedo factory and the mine factory are also divided into two places, one is built in Wuhan and the other is built in Fuzhou. The waterway can also be used to block the coastal harbor wharf on the coastline during wartime.

Of course, these three naval arsenals belong to the Navy General Command in name, but are actually managed by the overseas department, that is, directly managed by Jiang Weiguo himself.

China's shipbuilding industry at this time is very weak, but it is not really poor and white. The aviation industry is really poor and white. At this time, China (Guannei area) has Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, Mawei Shipyard in Fuzhou, and Shanghai Shipyard. Several relatively powerful shipyards, such as Qiuxin Shipyard and Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, also have local Chinese shipbuilding experts. Among them, Jiangnan Shipyard is the most powerful, otherwise Jiangnan Shipyard would not be able to build the Pinghai cruiser. Designed and built the Yatsen cruiser.

Because Jiang Weiguo has the "Shangfang Sword" and money in his hand, he has the power to mobilize several shipyards in Shanghai to start relocation, mainly to Wuhan and Fuzhou, to build the torpedo boats that the Chinese Navy is most in short supply at this time.

Jiang Weiguo did not ask Hitler to help him build a shipyard. After all, the construction of a shipyard is much more difficult than an aircraft factory or a tank factory.

Jiang Weiguo attaches great importance to torpedo boats, because he knows that torpedo boats and submarines are the only two weapons that the weak Chinese navy can hit Japan hard.

For this reason, Jiang Weiguo specially called together German torpedo boat experts, and at the same time invited Ye Zaifu, Saben Xin, Chen Daxie and more than a dozen of China's best shipbuilding experts and mechanical experts at this time to jointly discuss this issue.

"Seniors of the shipbuilding industry!" Jiang Weiguo said very sincerely at the meeting, "The Sino-Japanese war is imminent, and our Chinese navy is very weak. At this time, building large warships is equivalent to sharpening our guns. Therefore, torpedo boats are what we need most urgently and are also the most suitable. The anti-enemy weapon of the Chinese navy! Please seniors can design a torpedo boat as soon as possible, the faster the better, the better the maneuverability, the shorter the construction period, the lower the cost, the better! Only with your hands can you kill the enemy and serve the country!"

Experts all felt obliged.

Ye Zaifu said: "Second son, please rest assured! It is a matter of the rise and fall of the country and the righteousness of the nation, so we will naturally go all out.

The structure of the torpedo boat is simple, and it is not difficult to design. Moreover, German experts have brought a lot of complete design drawings of various German torpedo boats.

We promise to design it within two months! "

Jiang Weiguo bowed again and again: "Then I will ask you a lot!"

With the painstaking efforts of Chinese shipbuilding experts headed by Ye Zaifu and the full help of German experts, a new torpedo boat was quickly designed.

This torpedo boat named "Wasp" by Jiang Weiguo has a standard displacement of 33 tons and a full load displacement of 40 tons. The power system is 3 German man diesel engines, with a maximum speed of 50 knots and an endurance of 600 nautical miles/30 knots. 5 people, the weapon is 2 torpedo tubes (other than that, there is no weapon on the boat, neither cannon nor machine gun, because it is not needed, but also to reduce the weight of the torpedo boat), and the boat can carry 2 German bombs t2g7e electric torpedo (the torpedo weighs 1.3 tons each, has a warm-up range of 5000 meters and an unheated range of 3000 meters, and the warhead is filled with 300 kg of tnt explosives); when raw materials, manpower, and funds are sufficient, The Wuhan Torpedo Boat Factory can build 10 "Wasps" per month, and the Fuzhou Torpedo Boat Factory can build 20 "Wasps" every month; in addition, torpedo factories have been established near the Wuhan Fuzhou Torpedo Boat Factory. The factory can manufacture 30 torpedoes per month, and the Fuzhou Torpedo Factory can manufacture 60 torpedoes per month.

The work of making torpedoes was handed over to torpedo experts Chen Cairui, Xu Zhi, and Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuehai, Chen Shaokuan's confidant, who were rare in China at this time.

Wang Xuehai is an ordnance expert. He once studied and developed torpedoes in Germany. He is a torpedo expert and has a lot of research on sea mines.

The mine factory was under the charge of mine expert Dr. Wang Rongxuan (also a submarine expert and a pioneer in China's submarine design and research), and Chen Shaokuan's confidant, mine expert Lieutenant Colonel Zeng Guosheng. The construction of the factory went smoothly. By the end of the year, the Wuhan mine factory It can manufacture more than 500 various types of mines per month, and the Fuzhou mine factory can also manufacture more than 500 various types of mines per month. The power of the mines is very satisfactory. A heavy mine can seriously damage a thousand-ton warship.

It is worth mentioning that the torpedo mines produced by Jiang Weiguo's factories are all German-style, because the production lines, machinery and equipment, more than half of the staff, and data drawings are all provided by Germany, and the navy's submarine base, torpedo boat factory, torpedo There are a large number of German technicians working for China in factories and mine factories.

Wang Xuehai, who was in charge of torpedoes, and Zeng Guosheng, who was in charge of sea mines, told Jiang Weiguo that if they could provide more explosives, raw materials, and funds, their factories could produce more torpedoes and sea mines.

"Damn it!" Jiang Weiguo was annoyed after hearing this, "Do you want to build another explosives factory? I really don't have enough money!"

By this time, Jiang Weiguo was able to reorganize the navy in a decent manner.

The headquarters of the Navy and the headquarters of the Naval University are located in Fuzhou. At the same time, two naval command branches have been established in Nanjing and Wuhan. The Naval University has also established branches in many inland cities to recruit patriotic young people willing to join the navy; The base was established in Sansha Bay, Fujian Province, and the naval fleet base was established in Sanmen Bay, Zhejiang Province; the torpedo boat factory, torpedo factory, and mine factory were divided into two factories: Wuhan Factory and Fuzhou Factory; the Navy’s minelaying unit was formally established and started training at the same time; As for the Naval Air Force, it can only be established later by the Air Force's transfer of aircraft.