I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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It took only three hours and at the slight cost of more than 80 casualties, the Nanjing army captured the largest port in northeastern India and a port city with a population of more than [-].

"It would be great if Little Japan was as easy to fight as the British guy!" Song Ruike sighed.

Both Zeng Yiding and Ouyang Sihai were very satisfied with the battle, and Zhong Junchu, deputy chief of staff of the fleet, reported to the two officers: "In this battle, none of our fleet ships were damaged, and 38 torpedoes and large-caliber naval gun shells were consumed. More than 450 rounds, more than 3000 rounds of small and medium-caliber artillery shells, more than 30 officers and soldiers were injured, four people were killed, and 28 enemy ships were sunk..." Finally, he said, "Senior officers, I think we can make persistent efforts and pursue the victory! "

Ouyang Sihai was very interested: "How to take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"

Zhong Junchu said: "Go upstream from the mouth of the Ganges River and take Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh and the largest city in Bangladesh) directly!"

Zeng Yiding shook his head: "Just kidding! We are a naval fleet, sailing into inland rivers? It's too dangerous! Isn't this the same as the Japanese stupidly sailing battleships into the Yangtze River? You know the consequences of what the Japanese did. !"

Zhong Junchu argued with reason: "Jun Zuo, what you said is wrong! We are not as stupid as the Japanese, and the British are not as smart as us. This is the main premise. Secondly, we are going to enter the mouth of the Ganges River, the mouth of the Ganges River The width of the river is much wider than that of the Yangtze River. It is as wide as a bay. The fleet will move freely and more than enough in it. Third, Dhaka is not far from the mouth of the Ganges where we are now, only more than 150 kilometers away. Our fleet is It’s safe, almost all the carrier-based aircraft carried by the Ryujo are fighter jets, which can protect the fleet, and fourth, the British have now been beaten into a panic by us, and they will not organize a strong resistance against us!”

Zeng Yiding fell into deep thought.

The Ganges is India's "sacred river". The river originates from the southern foot of the Himalayas, flows through eastern India, enters Bangladesh, and finally flows into the Indian Ocean, forming the largest delta in the world at its mouth (the mouth of the Ganges). The Ganges Delta, most of southern Bangladesh belongs to this delta, and this delta is very fragmented, cut into countless pieces by the main stream and tributaries of the Ganges River. The width of the estuary is more than 5.8 kilometers, which can completely allow the fleet to sail in it, and it will not "like a person lying in a bathtub with almost no room for maneuver" like the Japanese fleet entering the Yangtze River.

Objectively speaking, Zhong Junchu's proposal is feasible, unless the British and Indian forces can mobilize hundreds of aircraft to attack the 1st Fleet (the aircraft carrier Ryujō of the 1st Fleet can carry 40 carrier-based aircraft, basically fighter jets, with Strong air defense capability.

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"I support it!" Ouyang Sihai had a clear attitude, "Didn't Chief Wei say that we want to win a few more big cities in India? Since Dhaka is on our lips, how can we not eat it? If Chittagong It’s hard to fight, and I definitely don’t support fighting Dhaka, but the battle in Chittagong has already shown that the British and Indian troops are terrified at this time!”

"But..." Zeng Yiding hesitated, "The army we carry is just a brigade, which is insufficient. If we return to Yangon to transport troops, I am afraid that the British and Indian troops in Dhaka will be prepared!"

"Let Song Ruike transfer some troops to Dhaka with us!" Ouyang Sihai insisted, "Anyway, the two land brigades of the 101st Division will soon arrive in Dhaka.

Of course, if Song Ruike doesn't dare to split up the troops, there's nothing we can do!"

Zeng Yiding immediately contacted Song Ruike, and Song Ruike was unequivocal: "No problem! I can send a regiment to go to Dhaka with you, and two regiments are more than enough to guard the Chittagong that we have already obtained! The British are being beaten by us now. It is when the souls of the dead are frightened, take advantage of their illness, and kill them!"

The new plan was immediately approved by Wei Lihuang.

The Nanjing army that took Chittagong did not stop, and dispatched a regiment and fleet to head northward from the mouth of the Ganges and pounce on Dhaka.

On the Ganges, warships galloped, and on both sides of the Ganges, the local Indians watched dumbfounded.

"Is this the fucking holy river of the Indians?" Ouyang Sihai stood on the deck of the warship, looked at the Ganges and commented, "It's so fucking dirty!"

Like a tourist group that came to India by boat, the fleet swaggered as if they were in no one's land, and arrived in Dhaka late that night. The next battle was still surprisingly smooth and one-sided. Dhaka, the largest city in the Ministry of Defense, was also taken by the Nanjing Army almost without bloodshed. At noon the next day, the 101st Brigade of the 101st Division also advanced near Dhaka, consolidating Dhaka's defense.

Since then, the vast area east of the main Ganges River in Bangladesh has basically fallen into the hands of the Nanjing Army. The land area exceeds 15 square kilometers, including more than 10 large and medium-sized cities.

Because of the outstanding performance and brilliant results of the 101st Division, proposed by Jiang Weiguo and approved by Chiang Kai-shek, the Military Commission awarded the division the honorary title of "Wu Dang".

The so-called "Wudang" comes from the "Wudang Flying Army" during the Three Kingdoms period. This army was an elite Shu army formed by recruiting young and middle-aged men from the Nanman after Zhuge Liang pacified the south.

"We send such a large piece of fat to the mouths of the Japanese. If the Japanese don't eat it, are they still Japanese?" After receiving the report from the fleet and the frontline troops, Wei Lihuang smiled knowingly, and he immediately sent a telegram To Zeng Yiding and Ouyang Sihai, "The fleet will return immediately, go to Singapore for replenishment, and then go to Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam!"

Zeng Yiding and Ouyang Sihai felt very strange about this new mission. They didn't know that Jiang Weiguo had issued a new order to Wei Lihuang: to organize elite troops and prepare to be sent to the Philippines by the navy fleet to fight in the near future.

Jiang Weiguo issued this new order because: the official outbreak of the Pacific War has entered the countdown.

Chapter 622 The Wind Blows (5)

"What? No way? Dhaka was also taken? Troop casualties...only more than 500 people? The battle lasted...less than two hours? Only eight hours in Hong Kong? Tsk tsk, well done! Speaking of which, the British are too easy to fight, they are simply a 'tofu army'!" Jiang Weiguo put down the latest battle report of the Central South Expeditionary Army just sent by Xiao Yao with a smile on his face. Then he looked at the five Japanese sitting across the table with a meaningful look.

The five Japanese sitting opposite Jiang Weiguo are Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi, Japanese Navy Combined Fleet Commander Yamamoto 56, Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Ugaki Tsutomu, Japanese Army Deputy Chief of Staff Kanji Ishihara, and Japanese Army Deputy Chief Hideki Tojo. .

The two sides are launching a new round of talks, and the venue for the talks is Jeju Island, which is owned by Japan in Korea.

Jiang Weiguo had held "three-party talks" with the Japanese and Germans here before, and now he is revisiting his old place.

After listening to Jiang Weiguo's words, Ugaki Tsunade and Tojo Hideki's eyes flickered with a fiery look, Shi Yuan remained calm, Yamamoto and Shigemitsu nodded with a smile: "Congratulations, your army is really brave Damn, not only did the British Commonwealth troops lose their hands in the Southeast Asian battlefield, but they are also invading India now, so congratulations!"

Jiang Weiguo grinned: "Apart from this polite sentence, do you have anything else to say?"

Ishihara narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Jiang Jun, are you really going to give us India?"

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "Of course, a gentleman's word is hard to follow, let alone a country's promise? Also, the name 'Jiang Jun' is very good, it sounds like 'general'.

Ishihara-kun, do you have any doubts? "

Ishihara smiled faintly: "Let's continue the topic of the first meeting just now! Mr. Jiang, you said that China intends to give up India to Japan. Three minutes ago, we received your army's battle in India with you. The new battle report on the Internet sounds good. After taking down Chittagong without bloodshed, your army took down Dhaka with ease. The short time and the small cost really impressed us!"

Jiang Weiguo seemed very humble: "The reason why our army has made such rapid progress is that our army is brave and good at fighting, but there is also a second reason, that is the low combat power of the British and Indian troops.

The so-called British Empire, which has dominated the world so far, has indeed come to an end! "

"In this way..." Hideki Tojo's voice trembled slightly with excitement, "The northeastern part of India has basically fallen into the hands of your army, and the British and Indian troops are so vulnerable, then, if there is a heavy corps against India Launch a full-scale attack, and take the whole of India is almost within reach! 30... No, as long as 20 or even less troops, you can snatch India from the British..." The more he said, the more excited he was, the burning eyes in his eyes His eyes became brighter and brighter.

"As long as you are willing to accept, most of the areas occupied by our army in India can be transferred to you immediately and unconditionally!" Jiang Weiguo smiled sincerely, "10,000+ square kilometers of land, more than a dozen cities and tens of millions of people, It's all yours!"

"This..." Hideki Tojo's eyes turned into a full face, "India has a vast land, abundant resources, and a large population, especially the agricultural conditions. If you get India, the empire will get a super-large agricultural land." Bases, food production areas, and hundreds of millions of population resources..." He imagined, and one wonderful fantasy after another began to rapidly expand in his mind.

"Jiang Jun, you haven't answered my question just now!" Ishihara Waner was not as excited as Hideki Tojo at all, "Why does your country plan to transfer India, which is clearly becoming your country's possession, to Japan? Such a large piece of money The site, such a generous gift, we are really flattered and ashamed!"

"China and Japan are allies!" Jiang Weiguo smiled more sincerely, "Isn't it normal for friends to give each other things?"

Shi Yuan smiled slightly: "Jiang Jun, this can be regarded as a reason, but it is not sufficient!"

"Okay, then let me talk about other reasons!" Jiang Weiguo shrugged, then lit a cigarette, with a calm and calm expression, "We are willing to transfer India to you. There are four major reasons. First, China and Japan are allies, and the stronger the allies, the better for us. After all, China and Japan fought side by side in this war, and we will face an extremely powerful enemy together; The army is vulnerable, and it is not difficult to take down India, but our military strength is insufficient. China's territory has continued to expand in recent years. In addition to the mainland, it also needs to control the four countries of Central Asia, Iran, western North Asia, and Thailand and Vietnam, which were just acquired not long ago. , Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Brunei, Malaya, Singapore and other places, the territory has expanded too fast and too big, and we are a little bit powerless. We can’t chew through too much greed. How can we hope for Shu? After all, We Chinese are easy to be satisfied. In addition, in addition to forming the Central South Expeditionary Force, we also formed the Middle East Expeditionary Force. The Germans strongly demanded that we cooperate with them to fight the British in the Middle East, North Africa and other places. Therefore, our military strength is really insufficient. Ah, the two battlefields of Central South and the Middle East have already caused us a lot of trouble. If we add another Indian battlefield, I am afraid that we will lose sight of the other. If you take too many steps, it will be easy to tear your eggs, right? As for your Japanese army, there is nothing wrong with it anyway. Do it, why not go to war? Didn’t we already agree to your Japanese army’s third expansion to [-] divisions? It’s not for nothing to raise nearly a million troops and not use them to expand territory. Thirdly, speaking of it, India is a good place, but there are too many Indians. There are [-] million Indians. If so many Indians who wipe their buttocks with their left hands and eat with their right hands, they really become Chinese vassals People, how to govern is really a headache for us. China and India are not culturally derived from the same line, and it is difficult to assimilate them like other countries such as Thailand and Myanmar. So, let’s leave it to you Japanese! The experience, measures, and methods of the Japanese in this matter are all greatly superior to those of the Chinese, right? Fourth, and most importantly, you all know that the Soviet Union has been defeated by us, and France has also been defeated. Surrendered, the United States has not joined the war, so the immediate enemy of the Allied Powers is the United Kingdom. As for the United Kingdom, you Japanese must be more empathetic to the British than we Chinese, because Britain and you Japan are both island countries, lacking local resources and sources of national power Relying heavily on overseas colonies, there are only two ways to defeat Britain. One is to directly land on the British mainland, and the other is to cut off its sea transportation lines, cut off its blood vessels and lifelines, and trap it to death.

The facts are very clear. The first solution will not work. The British’s second navy in the world is not in vain. The German and Italian navies are hard to match. Death to the United Kingdom is the only way for the Confederate States to defeat the United Kingdom. How to be trapped to death?Two tactics, one is to attack its merchant ships, so that Britain cannot get supplies from overseas colonies. The submarine force of the German Navy is already doing this. It went well, but the Americans blatantly assisted Britain, which led to The effect of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare has been greatly reduced. At present, German submarines have not yet received an order from Hitler's head of state that they can attack American ships. Therefore, the second tactic is even more important, that is, to draw from the bottom of the pot and directly take over the British overseas colonies. It serves this purpose. Although your Japanese army took Indonesia, it is the territory of the Dutch, not the British. As for India, it is the most important overseas colony of the British. It is very meaningful to win, but we are really powerless We are going to fight India. Fighting Central South and the Middle East has made us exhausted and exhausted, so let us leave it to the Japanese army to fight!If your Japanese army takes down India, it is also in line with the strategic significance of the Allied Powers defeating Britain!The Germans are fighting the British colonies in North Africa and the Middle East. While we are fighting the British colonies in Southeast Asia, we are helping the Germans fight in North Africa and the Middle East. What about you Japanese?If you don't work hard, you can't justify it, right?The British Burma, Malaya, Singapore, and Brunei were fought by China; the British North Africa and the Middle East were fought in cooperation with the Germans; the British India was handed over to you Japanese, and the three countries have a clear division of labor , working together toward the same goal, isn't it justified and taken for granted? "

Hideki Tojo nodded again and again, and at the same time his face was flooded with joy: "You're right! You're right!"

Ishihara Wan'er was still unmoved, he stared at Jiang Weiguo with the expression like a chicken looking at a weasel who came to pay New Year's greetings: "Are you really transferring all your occupied areas in India to us unconditionally?"

"Most of it is for you!" Jiang Weiguo was very frank. "We hope you will leave us the southeastern part of northeastern India, including Chittagong and excluding Dhaka, which is from the southeastern part of China's Tibet region all the way south to the Indian Ocean. This long strip covers an area of ​​about 4 square kilometers.

We want to leave this place and build it as a province in mainland China. First, our country can get direct access to the Indian Ocean. Second, this new province is bordered by the three southern Tibet countries, so that our country can better control the three southern Tibet countries. .

Except for this place, the occupied area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers that our army has conquered will be transferred to you unconditionally.

By the way, the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is also left to us, after all, China still wants to have a foothold in the Indian Ocean!"

Hideki Tojo nodded again: "Your request is very reasonable. In fact, those places were laid down by you, and it is reasonable for you to keep them all. We feel that you can transfer two-thirds to us for free. Thank you very much!" He has no doubt that his heart is completely moved, and he intends to strongly support the Japanese Army's move from "heart" to "action" towards India.

"What if we decline your generous gift and kindness?" Ishihara asked calmly with a smile.

Jiang Weiguo puffed out a puff of smoke unhurriedly, then shrugged: "It doesn't matter.

Don't pull it down, and we don't force it.

This is a good thing for icing on the cake. If you want it, you want it, and if you don’t want it, forget it.

In addition, if you really go to fight India, we will fully support you, weapons and ammunition is fine, we don’t have enough, but other materials except weapons and ammunition, such as food, we will give you as much as you want, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam And other places are grain-producing areas, and you have more than enough food supply.

In addition, we will also give you a sharp weapon to conquer India! "Jiang Weiguo blinked, "We have captured a large number of Indian army prisoners on the Central South battlefield and the Indian battlefield, and we can send them to you to form a new Indian army under the orders of Japan. In addition, Chandler, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress, A group of high-level Indian officials who are very popular in India, such as La Bose, hope to cooperate with us to 'liberate' India.

We gave you all those prisoners of the Indian army and those Indian independence activists, so that you can take India more conveniently and easily!"

"So, that's really great! I would like to thank you in advance!" Tojo Hideki smiled happily.

Ishihara smiled softly, his smile must not be happy.

The issue of ownership of India was a discussion between Jiang Weiguo and the Japanese Army. Afterwards, the Japanese Army, the entire Japanese military circle, and the Japanese government had a heated debate, "Do you want to attack India?"The Japanese senior management is divided into two factions, one does not want it, and the other wants it. Kanji Ishihara belongs to the former, and Hideki Tojo belongs to the latter, but the number of the latter far exceeds the former.

Ishihara Wanji and a few sober-minded high-level officials advocated "not attacking India." They believed that: first, there must be something wrong with China's "doing nothing"; second, Japan already owns northern and southern states, and will also own Australia in the future. , there is no need to attack India again, and since the next step is to attack Australia, the Japanese army will definitely need to dispatch heavy troops to fight India and Australia at the same time. Isn't it difficult to take care of it?Third, Wanji Ishihara and others have preliminarily guessed that Jiang Weiguo's use of India to lure Japan is actually adding a big burden to Japan, consuming and restraining Japan's national and military power, and it is obviously malicious.

However, the calm insights of Ishihara Wanji and the others were quickly overwhelmed by fanatical voices.

A large number of high-level officials, represented by Hideki Tojo, who advocated "taking India" were already elated and gearing up. They believed that Japan had absolutely no reason not to take India. The reasons are as follows:

First, the British and Indian armies are vulnerable, and British rule over India is becoming more and more fragile. Japan will not make too much effort to attack India, not to mention that China has also promised to provide military food and materials, and form a new Indian army and new government. Aid Japan;

Second, Japan's attack on India is also to contribute to the final victory of the Allied Powers, thereby enhancing Japan's status and voice within the Allied Powers, and giving it more confidence when dividing up the fruits of victory in the future. Germany is supporting Japan's capture Indian;

Third, the land of India is very fertile, and it can greatly enhance Japan's national strength after obtaining it.

"Is there any reason not to eat the fat that is given to your mouth for nothing?" "Isn't the empire's territory as wide as possible? As a Japanese, do you still despise Japan for having too much land?" Hideki Tojo and others advocated The high-level Japanese who captured India can be described as confident.

Jiang Weiguo's move is not so much a conspiracy as a conspiracy, which is more insidious than a conspiracy, because even if the conspiracy is discovered, there is no way to crack it, and he will still stick his head into the trap honestly.

As Luo Zhuoying said, "greed" is one of the most deeply rooted characteristics of the Japanese. Insatiable greed is the characteristic of the Japanese. It is the nature of the Japanese to be insatiable. The extreme greed for territory and resources is enough to make the Japanese Completely blow away the few rationalities.

In the end, the Japanese Army, like the Nanjing Army, also formed two major expeditionary forces, one was the "Australian Expeditionary Force" and the other was the "Indian Expeditionary Force", sharpening their knives and preparing to attack the "new and broader land of the empire".

After the talks with the Japanese Army, Jiang Weiguo continued to talk with the Japanese Navy.

After spreading out a huge map of the Pacific Ocean, Yamamoto 56 pointed to the Philippine Islands on the map: "The Americans are racing against time to build this island into a military fortress at the gate of Japan and China. The hard stinging needle at our door, the East is the East of the Orientals, the East of Japan and China. We could never accept a Western country stationing tens of thousands of troops, thousands of aircraft, and hundreds of warships at our doorstep. Xiao Jiang General, are you right?"

"Of course!" Jiang Weiguo nodded. He knew that the Japanese could not tolerate such a huge and highly threatening cancer between the Japanese mainland and its southern states. In fact, China could not accept that the Philippines was a US military base. , if nothing else, both China and the United States are superpowers (the United States can only be defeated but not eliminated, the United States is by no means comparable to the Soviet Union), and the Philippines is right at the gate of China. A sword of Damocles hung over China's head?As long as nuclear missiles with a range of 3000 kilometers are deployed to the Philippines, they can completely cover the eastern and central parts of mainland China, which is too dangerous.

This idea can refer to the Cuban missile crisis in later generations. Cuba is at the doorstep of the United States. The Soviets planned to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba. This is because the Soviets completely broke the bottom line of the Americans, and the Philippines is the same. After the war, China must be "the only one" in China's sphere of influence, and must not allow a strong threat to appear near the mainland.

"From the current situation, it seems that we haven't reached the last moment when we must meet the Americans!" Yamamoto 56 seemed very emotional, "However, this is a process of boiling frogs in warm water.

We have been standing still, tantamount to waiting to die, because the Americans are constantly increasing their armed forces in the Philippines, and continue to drag on. When we really start a war with them, the front line is the Philippines, and the battlefield is right at our doorstep. We will be completely suppressed fight.

Instead of that, it is better to survive from the dead and pre-empt strikes. As for where the pre-emptive strikes are, the Philippines is only secondary. The Philippines is an overseas colony of the United States and is just a pawn. Although important, it is not the most important.

If we hit the Philippines first, even if we do, it will not be able to deal a maximum blow to the United States, and the United States will be alerted because of this.

Mr. Jiang, I am repeating the same old tune. You know this truth as well as I do, and I will not beat around the bush!" Yamamoto's expression became more serious, "After the war, the important task of capturing the Philippines will be handed over to your country's army. The Japanese army Especially the Japanese Navy will give the greatest assistance!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "We captured the Philippines and then transferred it to you. In exchange, you return Taiwan to us. This is what we have agreed on!"

"certainly!"

"However..." Jiang Weiguo said slowly, "One Taiwan is not enough. We also hope to return Sakhalin Island and the Ryukyu Islands to us in exchange for the Philippines!"

"This..." Yamamoto was a little startled, "This is not within our original agreement!"

"Mr. Jiang, are you just sitting on the ground and raising the price?" Yu Yuan said coldly, "The war is about to start, but you took the opportunity to increase the price and ask us for more things. Isn't it too much to do so?"

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "Your Excellency insists on thinking so, I can't help it.

Don't forget, we also ceded India to you!Isn't it right for you to reciprocate courtesy? "

Ugaki suddenly showed an angry expression.

Yamamoto smiled wryly and said, "Little General Jiang, why are you doing this? The war is imminent, and it is wise to be in the same camp but intrigue each other. China and Japan are now in a relationship of mutual prosperity and mutual loss! "

Jiang Weiguo said with a smile: "General Yamamoto, please rest assured that the high-level officials of our country and I are not short-sighted, and this matter will not affect the joint operations of your two armies in the future.

OK, let's go back to the topic we just started.