I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

I can approve you to start construction now, but there is a prerequisite, you can't disturb the people.

You are allowed to dig trenches and build fortifications outside the city, but inside the city... save as much as you can!Also, you want to cut down all the trees on Zijin Mountain?It's ridiculous!Do not chop for now!Unless the Japanese are really approaching the city, it will not be too late to cut.

In addition, regarding the issue of construction funds, I only ask the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to allocate 500 million yuan (in French currency) to you, and you can find a way to solve the rest yourself. After all, the scale of your city defense fortification is too large!It's outrageous!Seriously exceeding normal standards, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs can only use conventional city defense fortifications to allocate funds!"

Regarding the issue of "cutting down trees", there is actually an interesting coincidence: Chiang Kai-shek planted trees, and Chiang Weiguo cut down trees.

In the early years, because Soong Meiling liked the sycamores, Chiang Kai-shek planted sycamores in Nanjing to please Song Meiling, but now, Jiang Weiguo wants to cut off all the sycamores that his father planted for his mother in order to fight the war.

Jiang Weiguo nodded with relief: "Thank you, father.

Besides, father, that tunnel in Shanghai..."

"This..." Chiang Kai-shek had already listened to Jiang Weiguo's explanation. Although Jiang Weiguo's words were well-founded and moved him very much, he still hesitated. "Nanjing is our capital. It doesn't matter how we build in Nanjing, but Shanghai is also The territory of our country is a "demilitarized zone". The status and situation are very complicated and delicate. If the Japanese find out that you have dug a tunnel leading to their headquarters, it will be a major diplomatic event if it happens. The government will be trapped in serious public opinion passivity!"

"As long as it is absolutely confidential!" Jiang Weiguo was firm, "If it really happened and the Japanese pursued it, we would say that we accidentally made the wrong construction direction when digging the sewer.

Father, the hardest thing to find in this world is money, and the best thing to find is excuses! "

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but laugh, he pondered over and over again, and nodded: "Okay! I will leave it to you! Remember, keep it absolutely confidential!"

"Father, I have one more request!"

"you say!"

"Father, if the Japanese really invade China on a large scale, from a military and strategic point of view, it is most appropriate for the Japanese to attack in North China, because the Japanese army in North China is backed by the Northeast base, with sufficient personnel and supplies, and North China is The North China Plain is very suitable for the Japanese mechanized troops to go all the way south; but from a political point of view, since the capital of our country, Nanjing, is in East China, the Japanese may also attack in East China.

Therefore, my two regiments hope to be divided into two, one regiment will go to North China, and the other will continue to be stationed in East China!"

"Oh?" Chiang Kai-shek looked at Jiang Weiguo in amazement.

Jiang Weiguo said frankly: "Father, once there are changes in North China, Hebei Province will bear the brunt. The No. 20 Ninth Army of the National Army is stationed in Hebei Province. Although the strength of this army is not weak (the army currently has 4 divisions, plus There are other affiliated troops on the mainland, with a total strength of about 10), but the internal composition is complex, and the army comes from the Northwest Army faction, and there are more or less discords with the central government. Although the commander, General Song Zheyuan, loves the country and the people, he still exists. Strong warlord ideology and selfish desires, it is difficult to guarantee an unstable position.

Therefore, I think there should be a Central Army unit stationed in Hebei Province, and if one regiment is transferred there (Jiang Weiguo’s two regiments are each equal to a division), it will not be too exciting to send generals to Song Zheyuan and other places!"

Chiang Kai-shek fell into deep thought again.

Section 112 Engineering (5)

On the way out of Qilu, Jiang Weiguo thought a lot.

In the feelings of most Chinese people in later generations, the "July [-]th Incident" that led to the official outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan was a fuse that completely detonated the powder keg of the Sino-Japanese all-out war. The Sino-Japanese military conflicts such as the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the North China Incident, and the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War all heated up the pressure cooker of Sino-Japanese relations to the critical point of explosion. After the "July [-]th Incident" broke out, China and Japan immediately went all out Fight to the death, fight to the death.

In fact, the real history is not like this, and the "July [-]th Incident" can actually be "reduced from a big event to a small one."

After the July [-]th Incident broke out in history, the senior Japanese military was divided into two factions on how to deal with the incident. The faction headed by Ishihara Wanji advocated not to expand, and the faction headed by Army Minister Gendai Sugiyama advocated an all-out war. As far as the Japanese army is concerned, the high-level decision-making body of the Japanese military did not intend to fully invade China after the outbreak of the July [-]th Incident.

At this time, if the Nationalist government once again compromised, the July [-]th Incident would most likely be regarded as a "small matter" and resolved in the name of local conflicts, and China and Japan would continue their original relationship of neither enemy nor friend.

To make things clearer, the situation in China and Japan after the July [-]th Incident developed like this:

On July 1937, 7, the July 7th Incident broke out in Marco Polo Bridge.

After the incident broke out, the high-level leaders of both China and Japan did not regard this incident as a signal for a full-scale war. The Japanese high-level leaders were arguing endlessly, and the Chinese high-level leaders were also arguing endlessly.

At that time, it was Song Zheyuan who was in charge of defending Hebei Province, and the national army in Hebei Province was Song Zheyuan's 29th Army.

Historically, Song Zheyuan fought anticlimactically in Hebei Province (including Beiping and Tianjin), and gave up Beiping and Tianjin without a fight. Why did he do this?Why did he dare to do this again?Song Zheyuan's approach seemed to be running away, but it was not, because the Nationalist government did not order him to fight to the death with all his might, but instructed him to "make big things smaller and small things smaller." war.

Is it war or peace?The Nationalist government had no decision at all, hesitating and indecisive. Since the superiors did not say "to go to war with all their strength", Song Zheyuan would not fight with all his strength, coupled with his selfishness (Song Zheyuan was a member of the Northwest Army and wanted to turn Hebei Province into his own). warlord territory), so Song Zheyuan played absent-mindedly, and finally retreated in an all-round way.

If the all-out War of Resistance broke out completely because of the July [-]th Incident, and Song Zheyuan actually abandoned Beiping, Tianjin, and half of Hebei Province, he would definitely be shot and beheaded, but it was because Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Government had not yet decided whether to fight or not. Fighting, plus Song Zheyuan's selfishness, so he was half-hearted and didn't know what to do.

When Song Zheyuan abandoned Pingjin and Hebei provinces, China and Japan were not yet at war.

First of all, the July [-]th Incident was arbitrarily created by the Japanese "North China Garrison", and it was not an order or instruction issued by Tokyo. When the Battle of Songhu broke out, the decision-making body of the Japanese military determined to invade China in an all-round way; secondly, after the July [-]th Incident broke out, the top leaders of China and Japan were caught off guard and did not consider whether to fight or make peace; thirdly, the Chinese frontline Commander Song Zheyuan was at a loss at the time. He was not very willing to fight, because he was worried that if he really fought, he would wipe out his troops and his old capital; fourth, Chiang Kai-shek did not ask Song Zheyuan to fight. , It will make this incident that could have been reduced to a small one completely out of control, which will be counterproductive and make a big deal out of small things.

Chiang Kai-shek asked Song Zheyuan to "not fight or retreat", but Song Zheyuan retreated on his own initiative, leading to the fall of Pingjin.

After the July [-]th Incident broke out, Song Zheyuan resisted absentmindedly for a few rounds, and then led his troops to abandon the Pingjin area and retreat to the Baoding area in central Hebei Province. Second, in order to preserve their strength, they were unwilling to fight to the death with the Japanese, but under the aggressive pursuit of the Japanese army, the situation was completely out of control. The Chinese army lost the opportunity and conditions to resist, and lost the entire Hebei Province.

When Song Zheyuan evacuated Pingjin, he appointed Zhang Zizhong as the mayor of Tianjin, responsible for dealing with the Japanese, making Zhang Zizhong infamous as a traitor.

The crux of the problem is: the July [-]th Incident has already broken out, why Zhang Zizhong can still deal with the Japanese as the mayor of Tianjin?Because the July [-]th Incident was not a formal declaration of war between China and Japan, it was not even considered a war. The city that was captured by the enemy in the war” was the city that Song Zheyuan “give up” to resolve the matter peacefully and preserve his strength.

The Chinese high-level officials argued endlessly, and the Japanese high-level leaders also argued endlessly. The front-line troops of the Chinese army were at a loss.

What needs to be emphasized is that Song Zheyuan did not get the consent of Chiang Kai-shek for showing goodwill to the Japanese in Pingjin and leading troops to retreat. Chiang Kai-shek severely reprimanded Song Zheyuan for this.

Chiang Kai-shek was already inclined to go to war with the Japanese, and he was furious and shocked by the defeat in the North China battlefield.

Although Chiang Kai-shek fantasized about a peaceful resolution after the July [-]th Incident, although he hadn't decided whether to go to war, he had no intention of resolving the incident by ceding territory and seeking peace.

The July 7th Incident occurred on July 7, and ten days later, on July 7, Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech on Lushan Mountain, expressing his determination to resist the war.

It is worth mentioning that Song Zheyuan clearly expressed his support for Chiang Kai-shek during the Xi'an Incident, and repeatedly called for a peaceful solution to ensure the safety of Chiang Kai-shek's life, so he was well liked by Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, even though he repeatedly made mistakes in North China and lost Pingjin and Hebei provinces, Chiang Kai-shek Nian thought that he didn't hurt himself at a critical time, and he also contributed to the Great Wall War of Resistance before, so he didn't pursue it too much.

In contrast, Shandong Provincial Chairman Han Fuju lost Shandong Province, and he expressed his support for Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng during the Xi’an Incident, and in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he also conspired with Sichuan Provincial Chairman Liu Xiang to overthrow Chiang. Chiang Kai-shek must hate him, so he Lost his head.

The July [-]th Incident broke out in North China. Due to Chiang Kai-shek’s indecision and Song Zheyuan’s half-heartedness, the Chinese army fought a few hasty and confused battles in North China and then retreated without fighting. The sweep of Hebei Province was not ordered by the Japanese High Command, but by the front-line troops), which greatly stimulated Chiang Kai-shek.

At this time, due to various reasons, Chiang Kai-shek believed that China and Japan had already started a full-scale war (whether this "thinking" was a misjudgment, it is really hard to say), so he decided to lure the Japanese army's offensive focus to East China, Shanghai (the national policy of this war is Jiang Baili, Chen Cheng and others strongly supported it, and Chiang Kai-shek was also worried about Japan's comprehensive advance from north to south.) Next, on August 1937, 8, Zhang Zhizhong commanded the elite 13th Army to attack the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai. After six days and six nights, the battle did not come down. On August 9, the Japanese army officially reinforced Shanghai. The war was out of control and the Sino-Japanese war really began.

In terms of Japan, after the July [-]th Incident broke out, the Japanese high-level leaders fell into fierce disputes. They had not yet decided to invade China in an all-round way, and even planned to make major incidents smaller. However, the Chinese army actually "actively attacked" the Japanese army in Shanghai. At the same time, the Chinese army also The collapse in North China (Song Zheyuan led the troops to retreat), and the Chinese army was unable to attack one of the ten dozen troops in Shanghai for a long time. These three things immediately stimulated the Japanese. The Japanese became angry because the Chinese army actually took the initiative to go to war (Japan) People don't think the July [-]th Incident was a war, they only thought it was a local conflict), second, the low combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was fully exposed in actual combat, and third, the Japanese army in North China plundered thousands of miles at once and achieved rich results. It is impossible for the Japanese to vomit come out.

Immediately, the voice of the main combat faction overwhelmed the main peace faction.

Because the Chinese army took the initiative to attack the Japanese army in Shanghai, Ishihara Wanji and other peacemakers were forced to resign. The top Japanese military leaders completely lost the idea of ​​peace talks and decided to invade China in an all-round way. This made the Sino-Japanese all-out war really break out.

After sorting out the cause and effect, we can understand: when the July [-]th Incident broke out, China and Japan could still "turn hostility into friendship" (certainly under the premise of China's concessions), but after the August [-]th Incident broke out, China and Japan could only go to war in an all-out way.

The July [-]th Incident was a provocation by the Japanese army, and the August [-]th Incident was a preemptive attack by the Chinese army. The former was the cause of the latter.

Even if the July [-]th Incident breaks out, China and Japan can still negotiate peace, and the Nationalist government can continue to procrastinate, so that the outbreak of the war will be postponed again, thus gaining more time.

If Chiang Kai-shek was really a "surrenderer", he would definitely not go to war, but to make peace talks again with concessions, and the possibility of the July [-]th Incident being resolved through peace talks is very high, but Chiang Kai-shek chose to go to war in the end. First, Chiang Kai-shek The second is that Chiang Kai-shek "misjudged" the situation. After all, the Japanese "deceived people too much." Now, I don't quite believe it.

The actual situation is: the Japanese intend to use peace talks to resolve the July [-]th Incident, but the Japanese have a lot of criminal records and bad records. Chiang Kai-shek can no longer believe in the "sincerity" of the Japanese. I believe, therefore, although the national government could have used this negotiation to deal with Japan and try to gain more time, in Chiang Kai-shek's view, it is better to take the initiative to attack than to be beaten passively.

Ishihara Waner, this person played a very important role before and after the "July [-]th Incident".

Jiang Weiguo knows Ishihara Waner. This person is very extraordinary. He is known as "Japan's No. 7000 Military Scientist" and he deserves his name. He is indeed a far-sighted strategist. Unfortunately, he was born at the right time, but at the wrong time. The whole country in Japan was insane during World War II. The whole country was a mental hospital. 99.99% of the [-] million Japanese were crazy.

Ishihara actively planned and implemented the "September [-]th Incident", but after Japan successfully annexed Northeast China, he went all out to seek "China-Japan goodwill" and resolutely opposed further occupation of China. It is out of very deep, very calm, very rational, and very long-term thinking.

After the September [-]th Incident, most people in Japan were dazzled by this great effortless victory, thinking that China was vulnerable, and Japan should make persistent efforts to swallow Northeast China first, then North China, and then East China and South China ...and even the whole of China, so they actively planned the North China Incident and other military provocations, but as the main planner of the September [-]th Incident, Ishihara Wanji braked urgently. He was not dazzled by the victory. On the contrary, he became more and more calm , Rationality, Ishihara knows that Japan can take advantage of China, but the more it takes, the greater the danger. Once the game is overdone, a full-scale war between China and Japan will break out, so he believes that Japan should "do not trigger the Sino-Japanese war." Taking advantage of China as much as possible under the premise of an all-out war” and annexing Northeast China, Japan took advantage of it and made a lot of money. At the same time, Sino-Japanese relations have also approached the highest point of danger. If Japan continues to occupy China It is cheap, nine out of ten will lead to a full-scale war between China and Japan. He decisively believes that "we can no longer take advantage of China." He advocates accepting as soon as it is good, because the Northeast is a huge victory, and Japan should digest the entire huge victory. , can not be insatiable.

Just like gambling, Japan has already earned the maximum benefit. If it is insatiable and continues to bet, it will eventually go bankrupt and lose everything.

Based on this kind of strategic thinking, Ishihara, who planned the September [-]th Incident and caused Japan to occupy Northeast China, then tried his best to "promote the friendship between China and Japan". He tried his best to prevent the Japanese army from continuing to provoke China, expand the conflict, and detonate the war. He even advocated "The imperial army in North China can be fully withdrawn to the north of Shanhaiguan (in the territory of the puppet Manchukuo), and then Prime Minister Konoe (Konoe Fumimaro) will go to Nanjing to have a heart-to-heart talk with Chiang Kai-shek, so as to resolve the fundamental issue between Japan and China. Question!" Ishihara's plan was as follows: first, Japan must permanently own Northeast China, and it is best to urge the national government to recognize the puppet Manchukuo; second, Japan can no longer take advantage of China, because it is too dangerous and easy Detonate a full-scale war between China and Japan; third, Japan should manage Northeast China well and accumulate national strength.

Ishihara tried his best to avoid triggering a Sino-Japanese war, not because he loved peace, let alone because he was afraid of China, but because he had a long-term vision and realized that the US, Britain and the Soviet Union would not allow Japan to monopolize China.

Ishihara believes that: China and Japan are singled out one-on-one, and Japan can certainly swallow China, but it will take time and effort (Ishihara has realized that the Sino-Japanese war must be a protracted war, a war of attrition), and it is impossible for the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union to sit back and watch Japan swallow it all China, so when Japan swallows half of China, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union will definitely help China with all their strength. As a result, Japan cannot swallow China smoothly, and then falls into the quagmire of the Chinese battlefield. China will become a tool supported by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union to consume Japan's national power. At that time, Japan will completely lose the initiative; therefore, Japan cannot start a full-scale war with China. Although China is nothing to be afraid of, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union behind China are really scary; so Japan should fully manage Northeast China, stop when enough is enough, and accept as soon as it is good. In order to maximize the benefits, we will also brake in time at the red line of the full-scale war between China and Japan, and at the same time paralyze China, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union and other countries. When Japan is full-fledged and fully prepared, it will launch a full-scale invasion of China. At that time, whether it is annexation of China or resistance The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union destroyed Japan's good deeds, and Japan was able to handle them with ease.

Although Northeast China has a huge amount of coal and steel that can fully meet Japan's war needs and economic needs, it does not have the same important oil and rubber. Destroy China's war demand.

Undoubtedly, Ishihara Wanji is the real strategist of Japan at this time. He does not like peace, he is a supporter of war, and he also wants to annex China, but he hopes to take the calm route of "boiling frogs in warm water" , so shrewder and scarier.

Before the Sino-Japanese War, the heads of the national government headed by Chiang Kai-shek had been procrastinating because China needed time, and the calm faction of the Japanese military headed by Wanji Ishihara had also been procrastinating because Japan also needed time.

If time drags on, will it be more beneficial to China or Japan?For this question, Jiang Weiguo has no answer.

Full of thoughts, Jiang Weiguo went to the Ministry of Military Industry and found Yu Dawei.

According to Yu Dawei's instructions, Jiang Weiguo learned that the Soviet Union had successfully developed a powerful large-caliber heavy artillery at this time, called the b-4 howitzer (m-1931 b-4 howitzer), which had a caliber of up to 203 mm and had good Ballistic performance and high accuracy, the only fly in the ointment is that it is too heavy, weighing 15.8 tons, the car can't move at all, so Soviet military experts specially developed a tracked chassis weighing 11 tons for It is installed, making this howitzer into a self-propelled artillery.

In addition to this b-4 howitzer, the ml-20 152mm howitzer of the Soviet Union at this time is also good.

Jiang Weiguo immediately contacted Jiang Tingfu, the ambassador of the Shangguo government to the Soviet Union, and asked him to help contact the Soviet government, hoping to purchase a batch of b-4 howitzers and ml-20 howitzers (the success rate of this matter is very high, because Stalin decided to secretly aid China to counterbalance and contain Japan) , and then Jiang Weiguo contacted Cheng Tianfang and Dai Anguo, the ambassadors to Germany, and asked them to help contact the German government, hoping to purchase several large-caliber naval guns and a batch of heavy howitzers. The success rate of this matter is basically [-]%. Hitler responded to Jiang Weiguo's requests .

After finishing this matter, Jiang Weiguo first returned to the army and asked Du Yuming and others: "Are there any engineers in the national army? The talents I am talking about must first be proficient in engineering and military affairs, secondly be loyal and upright, and thirdly You must be as clean as water, and you will never do things that harm the public and private interests, shoddy work, or cut corners!" Jiang Weiguo did not want Nanjing's urban defense works to be a shoddy project.

At this time, the national army has a special engineer unit, but the number is not large (they are busy building defense fortifications, because the manpower is insufficient, so the engineers are too busy), and there is also a special engineer management department. The current engineer director is Wu Hexuan , but Jiang Weiguo did not believe him, because when Jiang Weiguo inspected the national defense fortifications in southern Jiangsu, he found that more than half of the fortifications were shoddy "fake and inferior products."

Historically, Wu Hexuan was in charge of supervising the construction of defense fortifications in southern Jiangsu before the Anti-Japanese War. The quality of the results was relatively poor. After the defeat in Shanghai, the national army had no fortifications to rely on to carry out steady resistance. The Japanese army chased them all the way to Nanjing.

Wu Hexuan was later dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek, and Lin Bosen took over the position of engineering director. Lin Bosen did a good job, expanded the scale of the engineering army, and trained many talents, so he was known as the "father of the national army's engineers."

Du Yuming and others began to think, Huang Baitao said: "Jian Hao, I recommend Kan Weiyong to you, he fully meets your requirements!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded immediately: "Okay! Where is this Kan Weiyong now?"

Kan Weiyong, recommended by Huang Baitao, is 37 years old and from Guangxi. He and Huang Baitao used to be classmates at the Army University. He is currently serving as the colonel commander of the Fourth Army’s Traffic Regiment. (At the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Kan Weiyong was the major general commander of the 131st Division of the National Army. He led his troops to participate in the Guilin Defense War. When the city was broken, he committed suicide because he felt ashamed of his countrymen).

Jiang Weiguo immediately went to Chiang Kai-shek, asked for an approval slip, and then called Jiang Dingwen, commander of the Fourth Army, to "poach" Kan Weiyong, an engineer.

"Commander Kan, these two glorious and arduous tasks are entrusted to you!" After receiving Kan Weiyong, who was ordered to fly to Nanjing, into his office, Jiang Weiguo handed over a thick stack of design drawings. The drawings are all Xiao Yao's handwriting, "Funds, personnel, raw materials, relevant authority, whatever you want, I will give you! As long as you complete the task! And real materials!"

Kan Weiyong roughly flipped through these design drawings, and immediately understood the significance of national defense. He was emotional: "Okay! Put it on me!" As a researcher of military theory, he has long been committed to the regularization of engineering troops, but he has not been paid attention to, so he is a little underappreciated and disheartened. At this moment, he has received such an important "big job", and he is naturally excited. No, I also know that the responsibility is heavy.

Jiang Weiguo exhorted: "Nanjing's city defense works don't matter if they are kept secret. After all, if you want to keep them secret, you can't keep them secret. The whole city is under construction, and blind people can see them, so Nanjing's city defense works should be carried out openly, but try to be 'gentle', my father said. Don't disturb the people, as for the tunnel in Shanghai, it must be absolutely kept secret, if the news is leaked, everything will be in vain!"

Kan Weiyong nodded solemnly: "Second Young Master, don't worry! I will definitely complete the task, and I will never let down your trust and the chairman's great trust! By the way, I still need the assistance of two people!"

"Please say!"

"One is Ma Chongliu, the head of the 1st Independent Engineer Corps of the National Army. He is a very outstanding and capable engineer expert. The other is Professor Cai Fangyin, Dean of the School of Engineering and Director of the Civil Engineering Department of Tsinghua University. Mr. Cai is the most famous in our country. One of the outstanding civil engineering experts and mechanics experts.

With the great help of these two people, the Nanjing city defense fortifications and Shanghai tunnels will definitely get twice the result with half the effort! "

"No problem!" Jiang Weiguo patted Kan Weiyong on the shoulder heavily, "My father said, I'm in charge of everything. Do you need these two people? Okay, I'll transfer them over within 24 hours!"

Kan Weiyong saluted Jiang Weiguo energetically and confidently: "Don't worry, Second Master! I promise to build the city of Nanjing into an iron wall! As for the tunnel in Shanghai, I promise to build it without anyone noticing it!"

Jiang Weiguo solemnly returned the gift: "Kan Tuanzuo, please!"

From the first ten days of May, the city of Nanjing began to be plunged into civil engineering construction for war preparations in full swing. At the same time, a certain place in Shanghai quietly began to dig secret tunnels.

Chapter 113 Countdown (1)

On May 5th, Chiang Kai-shek called Jiang Weiguo, agreed to his request, and dispatched a regiment to the Pingjin area.

Since the spring of this year (1937), the situation in North China has become increasingly tense. The Japanese have obtained the "privilege" of stationing troops in North China through repeated coercion and unequal treaties such as the "Ho Mei Agreement" and the "Qin-Territory Agreement". ", called "North China Garrison Army".