I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Looking at the crowd crying miserably, especially the children among them, Xu Mo couldn't bear it any more, but he could do nothing. The embassy had already accepted thousands of Canberra civilians, and it was really impossible to keep them. He looked at Nearby, a thought flashed in my mind, and I told Hu Qingyu, the secretary of the embassy next to me: "Maybe we can temporarily expand the territory of the embassy, ​​temporarily 'include' several nearby residential areas into the scope of the embassy, ​​and raise the national flag of our country. , we can accommodate more civilians!"

Hu Qingyu was a little hesitant: "I am afraid that we have saved so many Australians under the nose of the Japanese, which has already made the Japanese a little unhappy. If we do that again, wouldn't we openly offend the Japanese?"

Xu Mo shook his head: "You're wrong, the Japanese dare not offend us.

go!Human life is at stake, although we are not compatriots, we cannot behave like the Japanese, and I believe that the Japanese will only turn a blind eye to our behavior!"

"Okay!" Hu Qingyu nodded, and then led several embassy staff behind him to distribute Chinese flags to the refugees at the scene. The refugees rushed to receive the Chinese flags as if they were getting amulets.

"Everyone, please come with us!" Hu Qingyu shouted loudly, "We will set up the nearby residential area as a shelter, raise the Chinese flag, and you will be safe!"

The crowd immediately rejoiced and roared "Thank you".

At this moment, there was a strange screaming sound from nearby, and the crowd was frightened again. They saw a small group of Japanese soldiers coming.

The Japanese soldiers opened fire while yelling, and the crowd fled in all directions as if a pot had exploded amidst blood splatter.

"Bastard!" Xu Mo couldn't bear it anymore, he strode forward, standing between the Japanese soldiers and the Australians, his whole body was furious, "Stop!"

The Japanese soldiers looked at Xu Mo together, and after realizing Xu Mo's identity, they all put down their guns reluctantly. The first major commander stood at attention and bowed to Xu Mo, then waved his hands and led his subordinates to another place .

"No matter where they go, they are burning, killing, raping, looting, and these Japanese people really can't get rid of eating shit!" Xu Mo looked at the Japanese soldiers who ran away in disgust.

In the southeastern part of the Indian Ocean, a fleet is cleaving the waves at full speed. On a cargo ship disguised as a destroyer, the fleet/fleet commander raised his binoculars. In the distance of his vision, a long black line slightly appeared sea ​​level.

"Australia is coming soon! There are still about [-] kilometers away from Perth!" The commander ordered, "All the sonar detectors on all ships are activated, and if they find a submarine, attack immediately! Because it must be a Japanese submarine! In addition, all ships are Fly the American or Australian flag!"

The commander spoke Chinese, and behind him, sailors disguised as sailors were carrying out his orders in full swing.

In the cabin, all kinds of American weapons are piled up to the brim.

Wuhan, a villa located in a remote suburb, the living room on the second floor.

"Your money!" After being seated, Weidemei put three heavy suitcases in front of Jiang Weiguo, the owner of the villa, who was sitting opposite him, with a mischievous mood.

Jiang Weiguo first looked at the three suitcases in front of him, which were not too small but not too big, then looked up at Wedemeyer, and a common phrase in later American blockbusters came out of his mouth: "Are you fucking kidding me I)?"

Wei Demei looked at Jiang Weiguo's anger with satisfaction, and he spread his hands calmly: "Why did you say that?"

Jiang Weiguo held back his anger: "Hey! President Roosevelt owes me hundreds of millions of dollars! Hundreds of millions! You should drive three trucks to send me money! Three suitcases can hold hundreds of millions of dollars? Don't tell me I have a down payment for me in it, and I don’t accept installment payments! Don’t tell me that it’s a check signed by Roosevelt himself, and I don’t accept a check! Do I still have to send someone to the mainland of the United States to find a bank to cash it?”

"It's the money you asked for, it's cash, and it's full payment!" The ridicule on Wedemeyer's face became more and more obvious.

Jiang Weiguo repeatedly looked at the expression on Wedemeyer's face, and then dubiously opened a suitcase, which contained US dollars neatly.

After seeing these dollars, Jiang Weiguo had a hellish expression on his face. He took out one, pinched the upper left corner and upper right corner of the banknote with both hands, and showed it in front of Wedemeyer: "Colonel Wedemeyer, please, I have a problem with my eyes." Is it? What is the denomination of this...these dollars? Why are there so many '0's on it? There are so many that I can't even count them!"

"Little General Jiang, there is nothing wrong with your eyes, there are five '0's on it!" Wedemeyer shrugged, "These are [-] denomination dollars!"

Jiang Weiguo put down the 28 dollar bill in his hand, with the head portrait of the [-]th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, and sullenly said, "The U.S. economy is not only the largest in the world, but also has always been healthy. , stable, and full of vitality. In addition, the U.S. government’s treasury still hoards half of the world’s gold reserves. President Roosevelt was also very fruitful in developing the U.S. economy. The question then arises when the U.S. economy has deteriorated When it reaches the level of inflation, it is necessary to issue banknotes indiscriminately or even to issue banknotes with denominations of [-] US dollars? Don’t tell me that President Roosevelt paid me in order to pay me with faith, but at the same time he wanted the US dollars in my hand to be just waste paper. So this kind of U.S. dollar with an unbelievably huge denomination that is not recognized by the U.S. government or the U.S. people is specially issued? Or, these U.S. dollars are actually counterfeit and can only be burned for the dead?"

Wedemeyer was blatantly laughing at Jiang Weiguo: "Little General Jiang, you think too much. These are real dollars. The U.S. government recognizes them, but the U.S. folks may not recognize them, but it's also because ordinary Americans have never seen this latest dollar. A large amount of U.S. dollars that is issued and, in principle, only used internally by different U.S. official financial institutions.

I assure you that these dollars are genuine, and you can spend them completely, whether you spend them in China or in the United States, the U.S. government recognizes them!"

"Isn't the largest denomination of the U.S. dollar twenty?" Jiang Weiguo asked suspiciously (the largest denomination of the U.S. dollar in later generations is one hundred, followed by fifty, and then twenty, but one hundred U.S. dollars and fifty U.S. dollars are both World War II issued later.

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Wei Demei shook his head: "No, the biggest one is one hundred thousand, and then there are ten thousand, five thousand, one thousand, five hundred.

They were all issued by the U.S. government in the last two or three years to cope with the special economic situation during the war. They are basically used internally by U.S. official agencies and rarely leaked out.

President Roosevelt felt that General Jiang asked for too many dollars. It would be too troublesome to pay with [-] dollars, and the transportation would not be safe. You should pay with [-] dollars!In addition, General Xiao Jiang, do you think the U.S. government will use fake dollars to trick you?Didn't President Roosevelt understand the consequences of deceiving you? "

Jiang Weiguo realized that he was excited just now, and at the same time realized that Wedemeyer was watching his "ignorant" joke: "Okay! Today is an eye-opener. There are [-] US dollars! Such a piece of paper can be bought directly. A fighter jet! Fortunately, the United States is not Zimbabwe!" He carefully put the one-hundred-thousand-denominated dollar that he had just thrown away as waste paper back into the suitcase.

"Zimbabwe?" Wedemeyer froze for a moment.

"Come back to business!" Jiang Weiguo looked at Wedemeyer, "President Roosevelt sent you to find me again, just to send money? There must be something else?"

Wei Demei showed a relaxed smile again: "Of course, there is still a little thing!" Wei Demai had dealt with Jiang Weiguo more than once, and he was completely suppressed by Jiang Weiguo during the first few meetings or negotiations or more specifically, transactions. , made him quite depressed, but now, he is no longer psychologically suppressed by Jiang Weiguo, because he has grasped Jiang Weiguo's "weakness".

Jiang Weiguo's weakness is that he is greedy for money, and he is insatiably greedy for money, especially US dollars.

As long as Roosevelt gave enough dollars for Wedemeyer to act as a bargaining chip and confidence in negotiations, Wedemeyer would be able to face Jiang Weiguo with his head held high at the negotiating table.

"General Jiang, I believe you also know that General Nimitz (the new commander-in-chief of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet) urgently needs a big victory to reverse the situation that is extremely unfavorable to the United States on the Pacific battlefield at this time. However, the Japanese are very It is very easy to completely consume the last strength of the Pacific Fleet and further consolidate the strategic dominance and strength advantage of the Japanese army in the Pacific Ocean!" Wei Demai looked at Jiang Weiguo, "It is not in the Chinese Art of War. Is there such a saying? Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.

General Nimitz really wants to know where the weakness of the Japanese navy is, but he can't ask Yamamoto 56, right?It just so happens that you, General Jiang, are friends with Yamamoto 56, and you know him and the Japanese navy very well, so General Nimitz entrusted me to ask you about his doubts!"

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette and looked at Wei Demei calmly with a half-smile.

Wedemeyer understood: "We understand.

At this critical time, we must pay more, and the next battle of the US Navy must not be lost.

In order to win the next battle, we will do our best.

Information fee, $1000 million!"

"The cost of a cruiser is good!" Jiang Weiguo was satisfied, and then his expression returned to seriousness, "You tell General Nimitz that the Japanese navy is indeed very powerful at this time, but Yamamoto 56 knows very well that Japan's industrial productivity, The economic aggregate, potential, and explosive power are far inferior to that of the United States. Japan will undoubtedly lose in the warship building competition between the United States and Japan. Therefore, the United States’ war capital is very strong, while Japan’s war capital is very weak. To put it bluntly, The Japanese navy simply cannot afford to lose a major battle in this war.

Therefore, General Nimitz does not need to be intimidated by Yamamoto 56. He must understand that Yamamoto 56 is actually guilty. On the one hand, Yamamoto 56 wants to win, but on the other hand, he does not want to pay too much. There are many warships, so he is in a subtle mentality of worrying about gains and losses and fearful of actions. He looks strong, but in fact he does not have the courage to fight General Nimitz to the end. This is the biggest weakness of the Japanese navy.

In addition, Yamamoto 56 is extremely eager to annihilate the US Navy's aircraft carrier. No matter how dazzling his combat plan is, the core will not change, that is, the elimination of the US Navy's aircraft carrier is the first or even the only goal; also, the Japanese Navy Except for a very few people such as Yamamoto 56, most of them are arrogant, and this is also a major weakness of the Japanese Navy!"

The expression on Weidemeier's face at this time was also unusually serious. He listened attentively and nodded from time to time.

The strength of the Japanese navy at this time is inseparable from Jiang Weiguo. It is thanks to Jiang Weiguo's "pointing the maze" that the Japanese navy has embarked on a correct development path and is becoming stronger and stronger. But now, Jiang Weiguo is going to start destroying it. Lose the Japanese navy, because for him, the Japanese navy, the Japanese army, and Japan as a whole are just tools for China's interests.

The expansion of the Japanese navy is about to break through Jiang Weiguo's control area. If it is not contained and stopped, this tool will be completely out of control.

Jiang Weiguo would not do something like raising tigers to cause trouble. When the tiger was about to get out of control, he would beat it to death without hesitation.

When Jiang Weiguo knew the result of the "Southwest Pacific Naval War" between the United States and Japan, he was as busy as ever. It was October [-]. He first went to the National Central Map Drawing and Printing Factory, and enjoyed the latest version of the world map and the map of China with great interest. , and then he went on a tour of the two "product special" factories he opened, and brought a few samples back to the office where he worked.

"What is this?" Liu Wugou curiously picked up a sample, and after seeing it clearly, she immediately threw it on Jiang Weiguo's face as if she had found that she was holding a dead mouse, and spat on Jiang Weiguo with a flushed face. "Shameless! In order to make money, you even produce this kind of thing? It's simply outrageous!"

"What!" Jiang Weiguo picked up the sample that fell on the ground, "You know what! To make money? Am I just here to make money? Why are you so superficial? After this thing is promoted nationwide, it is related to the physical and mental health of the whole people. How many diseases can be reduced? How many women can be spared from psychological pain and physical destruction? We Chinese use mercury, musk, persimmon stalks and even arsenic! How much damage is this to women! Isn’t this thing a good thing that benefits the country and the people? Also, this thing has always been imported. If it can be made domestically, how meaningful is it? Our country’s rubber production was very low in the past, but now it’s not what it used to be Now, with Nanhua Province, the raw materials are very sufficient, and this matter can naturally be started!"

Liu Wugou looked at Jiang Weiguo with contempt on his face: "What are you doing now?"

Jiang Weiguo scratched his head: "Think of a name for the product!" He enthusiastically pulled Liu Wugou towards him, "I looked up information when I was working on this matter, and found many interesting things.

You see, the first Chinese to see this thing in the West was Zhang Deyi from Tieling, Liaoning in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. He went abroad eight times in his life and spent 27 years abroad. The new things are recorded and introduced into the country, helping the people of the country to "see the world with their eyes open".

Look at this paragraph in his manuscript "Navigation Stories", "I heard that there are kidney clothes sold in France in England. I don't know what it is made of. When prostitutes put this thing on the head of Longyang to avoid disease." Tsk tsk, next The sentence is even more classic, 'The male and female are compatible, and there is no room for one. Wearing this thing to act is not as fast as being naked', hahaha! "

Liu Wugou blushed and said, "You are enough! How obscene!"

Jiang Weiguo was overjoyed: "Liu Liu, you are proficient in English, come on, help me translate the word 'condom' into Chinese that has both spirit and form.

Chinese people have already translated them before, such as kidney clothes, rubber sleeves, Nike (Durex), etc. The most Chinese characteristic is called 'Merry Ruyi Bag', can you translate a better one? "

"go away!"

"Damn! This is business! Hey, I named our first domestic brand 'Smurfs', how about it?"

"The Smurfs?"

"Blue (block) elf, blue is a homonym for 'block', I originally planned to name it 'Yang Dingtian', but it feels too vulgar, or 'Smurf' sounds better!"

"Jiang Weiguo, I really can't stand you! Why do you look like an inscrutable conspirator when you are serious, but look like a rogue without integrity when you are not serious?"

"I'm wretched? Firstly, this thing can prevent the spread of diseases, secondly, it can control the population, and thirdly, it can prevent female compatriots from eating arsenic and drinking mercury for contraception in the future, which will cause great harm to the body. Such a positive thing , You actually think it’s obscene? Come on! Look at the products of my other factory! You’ll find it even more obscene!” Annoyed, Jiang Weiguo stuffed another sample into Liu Wugou’s hand.

Liu Wugou threw the thing that Jiang Weiguo gave her to the ground like an electric shock, and after seeing it clearly, she blushed again: "Are you serious? You want to promote this thing to the country?"

"American women became popular more than 20 years ago. Aren't Chinese women women? Are you not a woman?" Jiang Weiguo said angrily, "I also care about the health of my female compatriots! Of course you won't follow me. Life is hard, but women in most parts of the country use dirty cloths, cotton, paper balls and even leaves to solve their problems during those few days every month. How harmful is it to the body! Gynecological diseases are harmful to women. How big is it, you still don’t know?”

Liu Wugou looked at Jiang Weiguo, didn't criticize, just sighed: "You must be scolded by many people again!"

"Tch!" Jiang Weiguo looked disdainful, "What I, Jiang Weiguo, fear most is being scolded. Anyway, I have a thick skin. How much have I been scolded in the past few years? But have those defenders scolded me to death? They didn't Zhuge Liang, I am not even Wang Lang.

As long as it is something that I believe is beneficial to the country and my compatriots, no amount of spitting stars can stop me from doing my best to realize it!"

There was a knock on the door, and after Jiang Weiguo said "Please tell me", Shu Guosheng, the deputy director of the Bureau of Maritime Statistics, pushed the door open. Liu Wugou carefully picked up the samples of condoms and sanitary napkins that she had thrown on the ground, and showed Jiang Weiguo his innocence. Walk out of the office after a supportive smile.

"Old Shu, it must be a big deal for you to come here in person?" Jiang Weiguo said with a smile.

Shu Guosheng nodded and went straight to the point: "The result of the US-Japan Southwest Pacific War has come out!"

"What result?" Jiang Weiguo's heart moved. He was more nervous than Yamamoto 56 and Nimitz at that time.

Shu Guosheng said succinctly: "The Japanese army won a major victory after paying a heavy price!"

Jiang Weiguo reached out to touch the cigarette: "What's the specifics?"

"The Japanese sank 2 aircraft carriers, injured 6 more and most of them were seriously injured, and the U.S. lost 6 aircraft carriers.

The two aircraft carriers sunk by the Japanese army were the medium-sized aircraft carrier Soryu and the heavy-duty aircraft carrier Yamato!"

"One to three?" Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette, squinted his eyes and fell into thought, feeling a ray of worry in his heart.

"No!" A mysterious smile appeared on Shu Guosheng's face, "Boss, the Americans are the winners in this battle!"

Chapter 670 Outer War Situation (6)

The U.S.-Japan Southwest Pacific War was a major battle that the Japanese army wanted to fight impatiently and the U.S. military did not want to fight but had to fight. The Japanese army wanted to completely wipe out the U.S. Pacific Fleet through this battle, so as to achieve its goal of completely dominating the Pacific Ocean. Forming an overwhelming strategic advantage and strength advantage, the U.S. military tried to severely damage the Japanese army through this battle, improve or even completely reverse the strategic disadvantage of the U.S. military that was completely suppressed by the Japanese army after the outbreak of the Pacific War because of the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Hawaii. The sea transport line ensures that the Australian mainland and even the entire Oceania will not fall into the hands of the Japanese army, and then ensure that the US military will not lose its "last foothold" in the Pacific Ocean.

Regarding this battle, Yamamoto 56, Commander of the Joint Fleet of the Japanese Navy, and Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, both had a clear and profound understanding.

Before the war, Yamamoto 56 said this:

"Although we currently have advantages in strategy and strength, if we remain content with the status quo, then in a year or even half a year, the U.S. military will have the same strength as ours. The industrial productivity of the United States is extremely strong. There may be more chimneys in domestic factories than all the telephone poles in Japan. Therefore, we must not be complacent, lethargic, or stagnant. We must continue to pursue victories and pursue the U.S. Pacific Fleet to wipe it out. !"

Nimitz put it this way:

"Although we lost a lot at the beginning of the war, it is not a big problem. Given enough time, tens of millions of workers in the United States can make us come back, reload and come back. Our biggest weakness at present is time. .

We need time to accumulate strength, it takes half a year for the short ones, and a year for the long ones. However, the Japanese do not give us time. They are attacking Australia, using Australia as a bait, forcing us to fight with them under the condition of serious lack of preparation. fighting.

Although it is very hasty, we can only fight.

In fact, after the war really started, I didn’t really care if I could defeat the Japanese army, I only cared about whether this battle could buy us more time, during this critical period, gaining one month’s time is equivalent to adding three aircraft carriers!”

Time is the common "death spot" of the Japanese army and the US military.

Admiral Ernest Joseph King, the commander-in-chief of the US Navy, has clearly told Nimitz: "By the end of this year, you can get at least two new aircraft carriers, one is the first ship of the Essex class, one It is the first ship of the Independence class. By next year, I guarantee that the number of aircraft carriers you will get is more than twice that of the newly added aircraft carriers of the Japanese!" It will be completed at the end of 1942, and there will be 1943 ships completed in 5. The Independence class is an aircraft carrier rebuilt from a light cruiser for the US military. It will get 1942 new aircraft carriers by the end of this year and 9 next year.

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"In the second half of [-], I really lived like a year, wishing that a month could pass as quickly as a day!" These are the original words of Nimitz.

Yamamoto 56 is no less clear about this situation than Nimitz. He is so impatient that he can't afford to wait, and he doesn't want to wait.

Just as Jiang Weiguo judged, Yamamoto No. 9 did not want Nimitz to have time to recover and accumulate strength. No. 2 wanted to win a big victory but did not want to pay too much. In Yamamoto's own words, "If we fight To sink one US aircraft carrier at the cost of sinking one US aircraft carrier is not a tie, but a big defeat! If we sink three US aircraft carriers at the cost of sinking one aircraft carrier, it is not a big victory, but a tie! Why? ?Because the shipbuilding capacity of the United States is more than three times that of Japan! We must achieve a battle loss of one to four or more to be considered a victory! A moderate defeat is enough to hurt us, and a heavy defeat is enough Let us be severely injured or even succumbed!" For the Southwest Pacific Campaign, Yamamoto's main strategy is this: take the Japanese Navy's 2 aircraft carriers (Akagi, 4 Soryu-class, 4 Shokaku-class, 2 Yamato class) as the first main force and bait, repeatedly dispatched in the Southwest Pacific to attract the U.S. military to attack (Yamamoto believes that the U.S. military must use sneak attacks because this is the tactic with the highest chance of winning for the U.S. military. If the U.S. military attacks openly, it is completely tantamount to death) , At the same time, the Japanese Navy's newly completed 2 aircraft carriers (9 Xiangfeng-class, 9 Flying Eagle-class) were used as the trump card to quietly follow the rear of the 4 aircraft carriers. When the [-] aircraft carriers fought with the US military, this The four aircraft carriers unexpectedly hit the U.S. military from behind, serving as the "secret weapon" that eventually destroyed the U.S. fleet.