I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Jiang Weiguo was sleeping in a bedroom on the second floor. He was definitely not alone. This is not the point. The point is that although he was sleeping, part of his consciousness was still awake and part of his thinking was still functioning.

Jiang Weiguo has been in a drowsy, half-dream and half-awake state for the past half month. He does not distinguish between day and night. I always feel that I seem to have overlooked one thing, a very important thing, but I can’t figure out where it is. Fear, he faintly realized that if he ignored this matter, it would cause extremely serious and bad consequences, but he couldn't clear his mind at all.

And at this night, Jiang Weiguo woke up while sleeping, and the confusion and noise in his thinking that had disturbed him were all settled down because of sleep, making a certain clue that he had been concentrating on thinking inadvertently become more and more prominent in the darkness. The blurred thoughts began to become clear like the sludge on the surface of the unearthed cultural relics was washed away.

"No! I ignored this!"

Jiang Weiguo's half-closed eyes opened suddenly because of a firecracker-like idea in his mind that was like a fuse that burned to the end and then exploded violently. Sitting up on the bed, my body was dripping with sweat, and my heart was beating violently.

Cai Wenna, who was sleeping soundly next to Jiang Weiguo, was awakened by Jiang Weiguo's movement: "Weiguo, what's wrong?"

Jiang Weiguo jumped up from the bed, walked around on the floor, and fell into an unprecedented concentration of thinking: "No! No! I ignored this matter! Oops! It's so dangerous!" The more he thought about it, the colder he was. Cai Wenna called him several times in a row, but he turned a deaf ear to her.

Cai Wenna sat on the edge of the bed, nervously and worriedly looking at Jiang Weiguo, whose eyes were empty but sparkling.

Jiang Weiguo's thoughts that had been silted up in his mind suddenly flooded like a floodgate, and became completely organized:

The eight-year war of resistance began with the July [-]th Incident, so how did the July [-]th Incident break out?

A fundamental analysis of the July [-]th Incident is inevitable, because it is a signal of a full-scale conflict that will eventually result when the conflict of interests between China and Japan accumulates to an irreconcilable level; but an analysis of the event itself shows that its occurrence By chance.

Why do you say that?This is because the July 1937th Incident happened like this: On the afternoon of July 7, 7, the 1th Squadron of the 3rd Battalion of the 8st Regiment of the Japanese North China Garrison, led by the squadron leader, Captain Shimizu Setsuro, drove to the nearby area with live ammunition. At 19:30 in the evening, in the open space between the Dragon King Temple and Dawayao, where the Chinese garrison was stationed at Lugouqiao, the Japanese squadron started a live-fire drill. Shimura Kikujiro's soldiers did not return to the army and were suspected of being "missing". They asked to enter Wanping City, the garrison of the Chinese garrison, to conduct a search. The 22th Regiment of the 40th Brigade, 29th Brigade, and 37th Regiment of the 110th Division of the 219th Army of the Chinese Army sternly refused. Attitude made a search request to the Chinese side. At this time, Shimura Kikujiro had already returned to the team. He had a stomachache during the exercise and temporarily left the team with diarrhea.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 8, the Japanese army suddenly launched an attack and bombarded Wanping City. Lieutenant General Feng Zhi'an, commander of the 5th Division of the Chinese Army and chairman of Hebei Province, ordered a counterattack. Colonel Ji Xingwen, head of the 37th Regiment, and the 219rd Battalion The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jin Zhenzhong, led his troops to fight back against the Japanese army and officially fired the first shot of the eight-year war of resistance.

Here comes the crux of the problem—Jiang Weiguo’s behavior in this time and space for a year is completely different from the original trajectory of Jiang Weiguo, which must have caused a "butterfly effect" in all aspects. Then, who can guarantee that on July 1937, 7 On the evening of the 7st, the Japanese soldier named Shimura Kikujiro would "again" have a stomachache and leave the team, which would cause the July 7th Incident?Perhaps, because of the "butterfly effect", the Japanese soldier named Shimura Kikujiro would not have a stomachache on the night of July 7. Perhaps, the Japanese captain named Shimizu Setsuro would not take his No. 8 Squadron to conduct exercises near Wanping City Now, maybe...maybe...the accident has become unpredictable all of a sudden.

Here comes the main point of the problem—if the July 1937th Incident had not broken out on July 7, 7, and had been advanced or delayed (today is July [-], the possibility of delay is even greater), then the Eight-Year War of Resistance would still be the same Routine?If it weren't for the original routine, would Jiang Weiguo still be able to "predict things like a god" in the war?

Jiang Weiguo is very clear that he has two major advantages. One is that his father is Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek absolutely trusts him, and the other is that he has "thoughts and visions that transcend history."

The second advantage involves a paradox. If history has not been changed, Jiang Weiguo can "foresee things like a god", if history changes, Jiang Weiguo cannot "foresee things like a god", but changing history is Jiang Weiguo's The purpose is to change history to be more favorable to China.

However, the Seven Seventh Incident has changed its routine, the time and place have all changed, and the next eight years of the War of Resistance will be hard to say. How can Jiang Weiguo "see far and see and seize the opportunity"?The July [-]th Incident broke out in Beiping on July [-]th. Perhaps due to the influence of Jiang Weiguo's "butterfly effect", it became the August [-]th Incident, which broke out in Shanghai on August [-]th, or became the September [-]th Incident or the [-]th Incident. What's more, the location of the incident is even more unpredictable.

There is a more important reason.

Before the Sino-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek had been trying his best to delay the time, and it would be more beneficial to China if the July [-]th Incident was delayed, for example, by half a year, it would definitely be a good thing for China, but for Jiang Weiguo It is not a good thing for him, because history has changed, and the magnitude is not small, so he cannot predict history.

what to do?what to do?After Jiang Weiguo realized this huge loophole, he was suddenly restless and his thoughts were numb.

"Or... I myself provoked the 'July [-]th Incident' on the night of July [-]th!"

Jiang Weiguo himself was taken aback by the sudden thought that popped up in his mind.

In the few hours before dawn, Jiang Weiguo didn't feel sleepy. He kept pacing and thinking over and over again.

After dawn, Jiang Weiguo made up his mind, no matter what, he had to go to Peiping.

"I'm leaving!" After washing in a hurry, Jiang Weiguo threw a check for 5 yuan in French currency to Cai Wenna. The amount was so large that Cai Wenna was stunned.

Jiang Weiguo is not out of his mind, he is thinking about the eventuality, if he dies on the front line of Beiping, Cai Wenna will definitely have a very difficult time without him to rely on, after all, she still has a child with her, and she also has a snobbish father, Even that Yang Sen would try to make up her mind again.

"In case something happens to me and I can't come back, you can take care of yourself in the future!" Jiang Weiguo looked at Cai Wenna, "By the way, if something happens to me, you should stop living in Wuhan and move to Guiyang or Kunming. Dayu County, Jiangxi Province is looking for my brother Jiang Jingguo. In addition...if China and Japan go to war in an all-out way, it will last for ten or eight years, and when the war is won..." Jiang Weiguo paused, and said in a serious tone, "You must remember to move to Taiwan!" What will happen to the woman of Chiang Kai-shek's youngest son if she stays in Red China?Jiang Weiguo didn't dare to think about it.

Relying on a woman's intuition, Cai Wenna has already keenly felt the meaning of parting in Jiang Weiguo's words. She immediately hugged Jiang Weiguo with tears in her eyes and pitifully: "You must have nothing to do... I will wait for you to come back in Wuhan..."

Jiang Weiguo smiled, kissed Cai Wenna goodbye, and then left, heading directly to a military airport of the Air Force in Wangjiadun, Wuhan.

Half an hour later, Jiang Weiguo boarded a Junkers transport plane bound for Baoding (the capital of Hebei Province at this time).

When Jiang Weiguo arrived in Baoding, he didn't show his mountains or dew. Only Du Yuming and other senior military officers knew that it was Liao Yaoxiang, deputy chief of staff of the 918th Regiment, who came to pick up Jiang Weiguo at the airport.

Liao Yaoxiang and Jiang Weiguo were very happy to meet again after a month and a half, but Jiang Weiguo found that Liao Yaoxiang's joyful expression was full of uncontrollable solemnity, anxiety, and indignation.

"Is the situation in North China very serious?" After getting into the car, Jiang Weiguo cut straight to the point.

Liao Yaoxiang nodded. He was usually gentle and good-tempered, his face was very tense, and he said in a serious tone: "The Dongying clown, you are too deceitful! Do you really think that I am a Chinese?"

Although Jiang Weiguo knew it well, he was also emotionally infected: "Let's talk about it in detail!"

The national army stationed in the two cities of Pingjin and Hebei Province is the 29th Army. The commander Song Zheyuan, the deputy commander Tong Linge, the chief of staff Zhang Yueting, and the deputy chief of staff Zhang Kexia. The army currently has five divisions: the 37th division (division commander Feng Zhian ), the 38th Division (commander Zhang Zizhong), the 132nd Division (commander Zhao Dengyu), the 143rd Division (commander Liu Ruming), and the 9th Cavalry Division (commander Zheng Dazhang).

Since Army Commander Song Zheyuan was the local emperor of Hebei Province, and the 29th Army was also a local army unit in Hebei Province, Song Zheyuan greatly expanded his five divisions. Taking Zhang Zizhong's 38th Division as an example, the division had three brigades (each brigade has two regiments), two independent brigades (each independent brigade has two independent regiments), and there is also a divisional special agent regiment, a divisional cavalry battalion, a divisional pistol battalion, a The engineering battalion of the division headquarters and the artillery battalion of the division headquarters are obviously equal to the size of two divisions, so Song Zheyuan's five divisions are actually equal to ten divisions, and the total strength of the 29th Army exceeds 10 After all, Pingjin and Hebei Province are currently Song Zheyuan's private warlord territory, and they can provide him and his troops with enough food, materials and funds to survive.

Right now, the Japanese are infiltrating into North China in an all-pervasive way. The camps of the Japanese Army Garrison in North China and the 29th Army are almost "criss-crossed". "Sino-Japanese goodwill" came to deceive the Chinese side, while secretly sharpening their knives, the tension between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out.

Among them, the most sensitive place is Wanping City, which is where the 918th regiment is stationed at this time.

In the past few years, the Japanese army stationed in North China has essentially controlled the north, east, and south of Beiping City through the means of encroaching step by step. The north of Beiping City is the Kwantung Army stationed in Rehe Province. and the troops in the eastern part of Chahar Province; to the northwest of Beiping City are eight divisions of the Puppet Mongolian Army under the orders of the Japanese, with more than 1935 troops; Anti-communist self-government", and the puppet army (pseudo-security team) of more than 1.7 people under the jurisdiction of the puppet government; in the south of Beiping City, the Japanese have controlled the south of Beiping City through the two "Fengtai Incidents" concocted in the summer and autumn of last year. Therefore, three sides of Beiping City were besieged by the Japanese army, and Wanping City and Lugouqiao, located to the west of Beiping City, became the only external passages of Beiping City in the hands of the Chinese side, and their strategic value needless to say.

If the Japanese occupy Wanping City and Marco Polo Bridge, they can completely surround Beiping City. There is no doubt that Wanping City and Marco Polo Bridge are the next targets of the Japanese, and all signs have proved this point.

Entering Beiping City from the west, first pass Lugou Bridge, and then enter Wanping City. Lugou Bridge is the entrance and exit throat of Beiping City, and Wanping City is equivalent to the bridgehead of Beiping City.

Knowing that the Central Army is willing to take over the garrison affairs of Wanping City and Lugou Bridge, Tong Linge, who temporarily acts as the commander of the 29th Army, can be said to be "thankful". He is not afraid of trouble or death, but trouble. If anything happens, whether it is reinforcement or retreat, the local army of the 29th Army is more than capable. Therefore, in Tong Linge's wish, Du Yuming, Sun Liren, Qi Xueqi, Liao Yaoxiang, and Peng Mengji led the 918th Regiment and the 10th Regiment. More than 29 officers and soldiers of the Artillery Regiment, replacing the 37th Regiment of the 110th Brigade of the 219th Division of the [-]th Army, entered Wanping City in the middle of the night (in order to deceive the Japanese and hide their strength), and officially took over Wanping City. And the garrison affairs of Lugou Bridge.

【第918装甲团的战时编制是：第1和第2装甲营、第3和第4步兵营、第5炮兵营（该营辖六个炮兵连，包括三个榴弹炮连和三个高射炮连）、第6工兵营、第7辎重营、第8和第9和第10步兵营，以及团部直属警卫连、通讯连、卫生队、宪兵队、第1和第2狙击连、特种连、侦察连。

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Chapter 115 Countdown (3)

After arriving at Wanping City to the west of Beiping City, Jiang Weiguo was surprised at first, and then surprised and delighted.

"Jianhao! You finally remembered to come and report!" "Haha! You just crawled out of the crowd of women!" Du Yuming and other officers greeted him with joy and joked with Jiang Weiguo.

After getting along for such a long time, Du Yuming and others knew that although Jiang Weiguo was the second son of Jiang, his personality was actually very casual and kind, and there would be no consequences for joking with him.

Jiang Weiguo grinned, and then saluted Du Yuming solemnly: "Reporting group, the commander of the First Armored Battalion, Jiang Weiguo, is here to report!"

Du Yuming waved his hands directly, and cursed with a smile: "Don't come with me! Who are you pretending to be! Come and see our group's new home!"

"It will also be the position of our regiment in the future!" Sun Liren added meaningfully from the side.

Du Yuming nodded, put away his playful look: "Yes, from now on, it will be our combat position, and it will also be the burial place of many brothers!"

Looking at Wanping City in front of him, Jiang Weiguo suddenly felt a surge of pride in his chest: "It's really good!"

Wanping City is not a city or town in the strict sense, it is an out-and-out urn city. The so-called "urn city" is a small semicircular or square castle built separately outside the city gate in ancient China to strengthen the city's defense capability. , in the later movie "Certificate of Voting", Pang Qingyun massacred [-] Taiping troops who had surrendered in Suzhou. The city was first built during the reign of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty. The purpose of the construction was to prevent Li Zicheng's peasant army from invading Beijing.

Wanping City is a regular square castle, more than 640 meters long from east to west, more than 320 meters wide from north to south, with a total area of ​​about 20.8 square meters, and a city wall about 7 meters high. The entrance and exit gates are "Shunzhi Gate" in the east and "Yongchang Gate" in the west. Yongchang Gate is facing Lugou Bridge.

Jiang Weiguo inspected Wanping City excitedly. Du Yuming personally acted as a tour guide for Jiang Weiguo: "There are no ordinary people in Wanping City. It used to be the camp of the 219th Regiment. After we came, it must not be able to house so many of us, so we built a lot of new barracks. , Our tanks, artillery, ammunition, food, medicine, and supplies are all stored in Wanping City. The troops are divided into three parts, one part is in Wanping City, the other part is around Wanping City, and the other part is in the Changxindian area opposite the Yongding River. There are our garrisons on the Marco Polo Bridge itself and at the two bridgeheads.

Oh, we dug a lot of basements, where ammunition and daily necessities are stored. We have built trenches around Wanping City, and Changxindian on the other side of the river. They are all equipped with heavy firepower, air-raid shelters and anti-aircraft guns. The positions are also about to be ready.

Our heavy artillery and tanks are all hidden in Wanping City and are not open to the public!"

"How many supplies have you prepared?" Jiang Weiguo asked.

Du Yuming said: "The food and medicine are enough for us to consume for more than two months, and the ammunition is also very well prepared. There are more than 500 million rounds of bullets alone!" Jiang Weiguo is the "big shareholder" of China's military industry. Priority supply of ammunition.

"Okay!" Jiang Weiguo was very excited.

Although Wanping City is a small place, it can be called an iron wall, at least at the beginning of the war.

After inspecting Wanping City, Jiang Weiguo couldn't hold back the pride in his heart, walked towards Lugou Bridge, stood on the bridge, stared at the surging Yongding River under his feet, the ancient Beiping City not far away, and the guardrails on both sides of the bridge. , the imposing stone lion, he felt more and more like a dream in front of him: "Marco Polo Bridge... I am standing on the Marco Polo Bridge! This is the starting point of the eight-year war of resistance..."

Du Yuming and others are good at tactics. The ancient castle of Wanping City has been built into a three-dimensional and modern military fortress under their planning. Many air-raid shelters and large basements have been completed. Some officers and soldiers live in the air-raid shelters at ordinary times, and they can be quickly transformed into field hospitals during wartime. Food, medicine, ammunition, and drinking water for the troops are carefully and properly stored in the basement, and the reserves are huge; Rows of tanks and heavy artillery are parked under the inner wall, covered with thick canvas for camouflage, and the heavy artillery is hung on the tractor, ready to participate in the battle and fire at any time; at the same time, there are twelve anti-aircraft artillery positions in Wanping City ( There are 88mm anti-aircraft guns made in Germany) and more than 20 anti-aircraft machine gun positions (12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns made in Germany); on the city wall, there is a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps, and a machine gun fire point is set up every 20 meters, and every 30 meters Set up a mortar position, and at the same time set up snipers' ambush points on all commanding heights; secondly, outside Wanping City, a large end-to-end trench surrounds Wanping City, forming a "back" shape with Wanping City itself, The trench was dug to a depth of two and a half meters (if a battle broke out, officers and soldiers would stand on ladders or stools and shoot), and it was jagged (such a trench would protect the soldiers inside and slow down the explosion of shells falling down The lethality of the last shrapnel), and extended to the ground, officers and soldiers can either fight in it or live in it, this trench extends to Shunzhi Gate and Yongchang Gate through a number of longitudinal traffic trenches, and a number of drainage channels are also designed , can drain the rainwater in the trench into the nearby Yongding River; the firepower in the trench is more intensive, with a machine gun fire point every 15 meters, a mortar position every 20 meters, and anti-war artillery The troops are on standby to prevent the enemy tanks from attacking; the follow-up area of ​​the trench is supported by multiple trenches, and a number of heavy artillery positions have been reserved between the trench and Wanping City, and there are also a number of stone-paved lanes for tanks. .

This trench is also German-style like the weapons of the officers and soldiers, because trench warfare was the main way of fighting in the European battlefields of the last World War. Among the trenches built by the armies of various countries, the German trenches have the most professional design and the most complete functions.

The parapet and back wall of the trench were fixed with wooden stakes and cement to prevent the rain from causing the soil on both sides of the trench to rot and then collapse. There were also a lot of snake-shaped barbed wire and landmines prepared in the trench. Once a war really started, these Barbed wire and landmines will be put into practical use to strengthen the defense of the trench; there are many "hidden soldier holes" inside the trench for air defense, enemy shelling and material storage.

The eastern section of Lugou Bridge leads directly to Yongchang Gate of Wanping City, so the garrison affairs at the eastern section of the bridge are integrated with Wanping City itself. A series of bunkers are set up at the bridgehead, and the fortifications are semi-underground to prevent Japanese artillery bombardment; the western section of Lugouqiao bridgehead It leads to Changxindian on the other side of the Yongding River, so it is integrated with Changxindian, and it is still a group of trenches and bunkers.

At this time, teams of officers and soldiers of the 918th Regiment, armed with live ammunition, were patrolling the walls of Wanping City, inside the city, outside the city, on the edge of the trenches, at both ends of the Lugou Bridge, and on the Lugou Bridge, ready to go.

"Very good, very good!" Jiang Weiguo was very satisfied.

Du Yuming explained: "Among the five divisions under the 29th Army, the 37th Division is in the Beiping area, the 38th Division is in the Tianjin area, the 132nd Division is in the Daming area, the 143rd Division is in the Zhangjiakou area, and the 9th Cavalry Division is in the Tong area. Therefore, if something happens in Wanping City, the 37th Division and the 9th Cavalry Division can quickly reinforce us, and the 38th Division and 143rd Division can also quickly reinforce us!"

Jiang Weiguo could tell that four of the five divisions of the 29th Army were in the northern part of Hebei Province and the Pingjin area.

"Tuan Zuo, you have been here for a month and a half, have you encountered any trouble?" Jiang Weiguo asked.

"Trouble?" A sneer of contempt appeared on Du Yuming's face, "There must be, one crop after another is all those Japanese who don't know what to do!"

Jiang Weiguo was not surprised. Wanping City is so sensitive that any disturbance can make the Japanese "feel an orgasm". The Chinese garrison here was replaced by an elite army armed to the teeth overnight. Trouble is not normal.

"Why did they come to make trouble?" Jiang Weiguo asked.

"Send spies or traitors to hang around us!" Du Yuming said, "I also want to find an excuse to enter Wanping City to spy. From time to time, the Japanese army paraded through the ceasefire border line a few hundred meters away, deliberately doing things to us. Make provocative actions, wait, the brothers are all gnashing their teeth in anger.

Oh shit!Is this China or Japan?Little Japan is too fucking arrogant! "As Du Yuming said, he couldn't help feeling resentful.

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "They will pay the price for their arrogance at this time, there is no rush when they cry.

Oh, by the way, how did you get here?I mean...how did you guys keep it a secret? "The number of officers and soldiers of the 918th Regiment heading to Wanping City is as high as 1, and it has hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. If transport vehicles are added, there are more than 10 military vehicles of various types, and the mechanized artillery of the [-]th Artillery Regiment The Heavy Artillery Regiment has more than [-] officers and soldiers, and hundreds of military vehicles. In addition to so many personnel and equipment, the two regiments also have to carry a large amount of ammunition, fuel and other materials.

Needless to say, with such a big movement, it is almost impossible to keep it secret.

Du Yuming replied with a smile: "Jian Hao, don't think that we can't do things without you.

Our countermeasure is to break up the whole into parts and travel day and night. At the same time, according to the request of the Chief of Staff Xiao of your battalion, the officers and soldiers of the two regiments should be in groups of ten, eat, drink, sleep together, and monitor each other. Treat them as spies or traitors. The troops are strictly guarded wherever they go. It is forbidden for anyone not in the army to approach, and it is also forbidden for any personnel in the army to leave.

The wind will definitely leak, and what we can do is to minimize the leaked wind.

Jianhao, don't you think that our two regiments marched into Wanping City in one go and swaggeringly?Wrong, we spent a full month before and after, dividing the troops into more than a dozen batches and marching into the city, and even changed into the uniforms of the 29th Army!"