I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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After being tortured for a month, Jiang Weiguo couldn't bear it any longer. He opened the window and looked towards Moscow in the northwest, and shouted angrily, "Stalin! What are you doing, old man? Why don't you come here and beat me up?" Breaking down, he found that the women in the family were more terrifying and more difficult to deal with than Stalin.

On December 12, Gu Weijun came to Beiping to look for Jiang Weiguo.

Jiang Weiguo has always admired Gu Weijun and admired his talent very much, so he hired him as his personal diplomatic envoy.

"Second Young Master, why is your complexion so bad recently? What's wrong with the front line?" Gu Weijun was a little surprised when we first met.

"My Ambassador Gu, get straight to the business!"

"Oh, you asked me to test the wishes of Turkey's high-level officials. I have gained something and want to report to you!"

"Tell me!" Jiang Weiguo raised his spirits.

Gu Weijun said in an orderly manner: "First of all, Turkey also hates Soviet Russia. Soviet Russia has invaded China for more than 200 years, and Turkey is almost the same as us. Over the past [-] years, there have been ten Russian-Turkish wars between the two countries. In the end, Turkey was defeated. Russia's national power is gradually weakening, and Russia has encroached and annexed a large amount of Turkey's territory. It is needless to say that Turkey hates Soviet Russia. However, Turkey is full of hatred and fear at the same time. One is afraid of Soviet Russia. The Soviet Union was terrified. Now the Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. Turkey’s fear of the Soviet Union is decreasing, but Turkey is still very afraid. It is the British, French and American Western countries that are afraid. During the last world war, Turkey stood in the German camp. , and failed together with Germany, and it was a crushing defeat, horrific, and unprecedented losses, which made the Turks still have lingering fears, not only did they dare not stand with Germany anymore, they even dared not participate in the war again!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded. Before the end of World War I, Turkey was the prestigious Ottoman Empire. This empire once spanned three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe. Its territory included West Asia, most of the Arabian Peninsula, almost all of the Mesopotamia, parts of Southern Europe, and most of North Africa. In its heyday, the total territorial area reached 550 million square kilometers. It must be called a big empire. However, the country shared the same disease as China in the late Qing Dynasty. Together, they were constantly invaded, plundered, and humiliated by Western powers in modern times, and became the "sick man of Europe" and "West Asia". "Sick man" (echoes China's "sick man of East Asia"). In World War I, Germany challenged the United States, Britain and France. Ottoman had no courage to participate. Although Britain was the most severe country to invade Ottoman, Ottoman was afraid of being beaten by Britain. He desperately begged and courted the British, but was humiliated by the British (Osman ordered two battleships from the British, and the Emperor Ottoman even took out his own crown as a mortgage for this, and many Ottoman students also responded to the call of the country. However, in order to deal with the German navy, the British Navy directly "requisitioned" the two battleships belonging to Ottoman, and neither compensated nor refunded the previous payment, which made Ottoman completely enraged, so he followed Germany to fight Britain) , joined the German camp angrily, but suffered a disastrous defeat. The final territory was ceded to half, and the core Turkish area was almost completely divided, and Turkey was almost completely destroyed. He hates the United States, Britain and France deeply, and at the same time is very afraid of these enemy countries.

Right now, Turkey is a pro-German country. Although it maintains neutrality, it has maintained a very good relationship with Germany. It has continuously exported chrome ore, which is very much needed by Germany, to Germany (chrome ore is an important raw material for the military industry, and Turkey is rich in chromium Turkey’s chromium ore is like China’s tungsten ore, which are very dependent on Germany), but for joining the German camp again, Turkey’s top management is indeed very cautious and indecisive, because joining the German camp last time almost caused Turkey to perish. People definitely don't want to take such a huge risk again.

"Ambassador Gu, we need to increase the lure and win over Turkey!" Jiang Weiguo gave instructions after listening to Gu Weijun's explanation, "Turkey's national strength and military strength are only third-rate, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is its geographical location, it is in Asia At the junction of the three continents of Africa and Europe, if Turkey joins us, plus Iran, even if we do not defeat the Soviet Union, we can establish a land line of communication between China and Germany. On the other hand, Turkey is adjacent to the Middle East, and with Turkey's help, we In the future, winning the Middle East will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!" Jiang Weiguo has not forgotten the oil in the Middle East. Although he intends to let Germany control the oil in the Middle East, Hitler has also promised that China will share one-third of the oil fields in the Middle East, but if there is a chance, let China occupy it by itself. , He will definitely not miss it. In addition, China can't always follow behind Germany's ass to take advantage of the fire and rob. It must also have its own courage to fight for what it wants.

China's over-reliance on Germany actually does more harm than good, and Germany will also despise China more or less slightly.

"I understand!" Gu Weijun nodded, "I will rest in China for a few days, and I will go to Turkey soon!"

After Gu Weijun left, a national army lieutenant general from the south approached Jiang Weiguo, it was Luo Zhuoying.

Luo Zhuoying is a leader in the national army, belongs to Chen Cheng's faction, and is the backbone of the civil engineering department. He did not come to Beiping alone, but brought hundreds of thousands of troops.

"Commander Luo, welcome, welcome!" Jiang Weiguo welcomed Luo Zhuoying with a smile and a sincere attitude.

"Second Young Master, you are being polite!" Luo Zhuoying also had a sincere smile on her face.

Both of them are soldiers, and they don't like the red tape in the officialdom, not to mention it is wartime, so after a simple exchange of pleasantries, the two went straight to the point.

"According to the chairman's order, come to participate in this northern war that is related to the rise and fall of China!" Luo Zhuoying said.

"How many troops did Chief Luo bring?" Jiang Weiguo knew.

Luo Zhuoying also told the truth: "Four group armies, about 40 people!" Luo Zhuoying's troops are the central army in the south, and their organization is relatively "normal", unlike Jiang Weiguo's Nanjing Army, which seriously exceeds the standard. A division has about 1.5 people The strength of one army is about 15, one group army is about 60, and the four group armies should be [-]. Luo Zhuoying's troops are actually relatively small.

"Second son, don't worry!" Luo Zhuoying seemed to see Jiang Weiguo's confusion, "Before coming, the troops were reduced to a certain extent. Each division has about [-] troops. Well-trained young soldiers.

Although the weapons and equipment are not as good as your Nanjing Army, the combat power will not hold you back!"

"Officer Luo has brought so many troops to relieve the urgent need of the frontline troops!" Jiang Weiguo laughed.

"It's just icing on the cake!" Luo Zhuoying also laughed.

The two knew it well.

In fact, the Nanjing Army does not really need follow-up troops at all. In this Soviet war, Germany was the main force of the top gunfire. The total strength exceeds 100 million, which is completely affordable. Chiang Kai-shek sent Luo Zhuoying to lead four group armies, not so much as "reinforcement", but as a compliment.

Although Jiang Weiguo was not interested in politics and was not good at playing power tricks, he roughly guessed the reason why Chiang Kai-shek did this: to fight against the Soviet Union, the Chinese army dispatched all troops from Nanjing. Victory is already full of confidence. The result of the Kiev battle not only made Hitler overjoyed, but also greatly increased Chiang Kai-shek’s confidence.) Jiang Weiguo’s military achievements, prestige, and qualifications will increase greatly. Obviously, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and other factions in the national army are not very happy. They don't want the Soviet war to be an opportunity for Jiang Weiguo to "exclusively gain capital". They hope that they can participate, even if they don't go to the main battlefield to fight. , so that after the victory of the war, they can "behold the glory of Jiang Weiguo" and be promoted together.

There is no doubt that Chiang Kai-shek is now very dependent on Jiang Weiguo, but it is impossible for him to kick He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and other veterans away. He still relies on them, and he still needs to give them some face.

Under such a delicate situation, Chiang Kai-shek gathered the troops of He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others into a hodgepodge and organized them into four group armies. Under the leadership of Luo Zhuoying, they participated in the Soviet War together, so that they could become national heroes together with Jiang Weiguo.

To put it more bluntly, if only the Nanjing Army participated in this battle, after the victory, Jiang Weiguo's power would greatly expand, and He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others would stand still, which would obviously make He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others feel uncomfortable; As the main force, the troops of He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others went to the front to help. After the victory, Jiang Weiguo's power still expanded greatly. , but at any rate, he could save face. Anyway, Jiang Weiguo didn't suffer. He just gave He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others a small piece of the big cake that should have been eaten by himself.

Jiang Weiguo welcomed Luo Zhuoying's arrival. With more than 40 troops, the Nanjing Army can spare more main forces to fight on the main battlefield, which is naturally a good thing.

"Officer Luo, after taking a break, you can take your troops to Novosibirsk!" Jiang Weiguo ordered.

In the central hinterland of North Asia, there are still 10,000+ Soviet troops occupying four strong cities including Novosibirsk. The Nanjing Army does not want to fight, but only needs to besiege. If the besieged troops use the Nanjing Army, it would be "too wasteful". The troops are responsible for the siege, which happens to be the best use of their talents.

Luo Zhuoying showed a happy face: "Okay! I will obey the order!" As a soldier, being able to command troops to fight on the battlefield of the country's foreign expansion, even if it is only a "soy sauce" role, is enough to be worthy of oneself Military life is over.

As for soldiers, they have little enthusiasm and interest in fighting civil wars, but they have high fighting spirit when fighting foreign wars.

When Luo Zhuoying went out, Yang Jie hurried over, the two greeted each other, Yang Jie seemed very eager, he rushed into Jiang Weiguo's office: "There is a problem on the battlefield in Eastern Europe!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart skipped a beat: "What's the problem?"

Yang Jie said anxiously: "Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad, the three battles have lasted for more than half a month, and none of the German troops has made a successful breakthrough. The three German troops have been unable to attack together for a long time, and all three battles have fallen into a stalemate!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart was suddenly heavy and there was a hint of joy, but the heaviness far exceeded the joy, and he couldn't help sighing: "I knew it would be like this!"

Chapter 507

North Asia or Siberia is more than 7000 kilometers long from east to west, and more than 4000 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ​​about 300 million square kilometers, accounting for about 60% of the total territory of the Soviet Union.

Needless to say, such a vast and boundless treasure land has to be envied.

According to the internal agreement of the Allied Powers, after the Allied Powers defeated the Soviet Union, North Asia would be divided between China and Japan, with China getting about [-]% and Japan about [-]%.

At present, the situation in North Asia is as follows: the Soviet Union has completely lost control of the east. The area east of the Lena River was captured by the Nanjing Army and then officially transferred to Japan by China. Japan is happily busy digesting this "empire" The western part is still under the control of the Soviet Union, but it is under the strong threat of the Nanjing Army, and the Chinese Air Force's bomber fleet has begun to bomb the Soviet Ural industrial zone in the western part of North Asia; the central part is in contention between the Chinese and Soviet armies Among them, more strictly speaking: the remnants of the former Soviet Eastern Military Region still control the four cities in central North Asia (Novosibirsk, Novokuznetsk, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk) and the surrounding areas of the four cities , the Nanjing Army surrounded the four cities in the east, west, and south (the northern part of the four cities is the frozen Yenisei Mountains, which is uninhabited and extremely desolate), making the four cities a part of the Soviet Union that is still under the control of the Soviet army. An enclave of Russia, the region is largely cut off from Moscow, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the rest of North Asia.

If the "Four Cities in North Asia" is captured (the "Four Cities in North Asia" are not just the four cities, but also hundreds of villages and towns around the four cities), the Nanjing Army will reach Vladivostok in the east and Omu in the west. Skork can be completely connected, but the Nanjing Army did not attack the four North Asian cities. First, the Nanjing Army spent a lot of money after the initial stage of combat and was unable to carry out large-scale battles in a short period of time. Second, the Nanjing Army lacked heavy firepower. The ability to attack fortifications is not very strong. If the city is forcibly attacked, although it is not impossible to take it down, it is doomed to suffer heavy losses and heavy casualties. Therefore, the Nanjing Army adopted siege tactics against the four cities in North Asia. , Completely blocked the four cities in North Asia.

At this time, the Soviet army in the four North Asian cities was still fighting in the name of the "Oriental Military Region" in terms of military division. The "state within a state" in the area occupied by the Nanjing Army. At this time, the "lord" is naturally Lieutenant General Konev, Commander of the Eastern Military Region of the Soviet Army, Lieutenant General Malankin, Chief of Staff, and Lieutenant General Susaikov, Political Commissar.

After the Nanjing Army stopped continuing to attack, the Eastern Military Region also raced against time to reorganize. The existing troops in the military region were reorganized into the 9th and 15th Army Groups, and the commanders of the two Army Groups were Cuikov and Vatutin.

The above five people are the top commanders of the Soviet Army in the four cities in North Asia.

The Battle of Huxi ended with a disastrous defeat for the Soviet army, and Omsk was lost again. After receiving the battle report, Stalin was only furious for a minute, and then calmed down.

The reason why Stalin was able to control his emotions so quickly was that he himself did not want to admit it: after the outbreak of the Soviet War, the Soviet Army had been losing battles, and seven out of ten battle reports sent to Stalin were all defeat reports. His temper was exhausted, and he was even a little numb.

Stalin, who had calmed down, also realized that he himself was responsible for the failure of the Soviet army in North Asia. Many generals on the front lines such as Konev, Chuikov, and Vatutin actually played well, so he did not pursue it. The responsibility for the failure of Konev and others ordered them to stick to the four cities in North Asia, regroup and prepare for another battle.

The cold winter in North Asia came very early. Novosibirsk, where the Eastern Military Region Command is located, was already covered in snow and snow, and the atmosphere inside the Military Region Command was as cold as the outside weather.

Konev and several other high-level officers of the military region were holding a meeting, and everyone's face was solemn, as stiff as a stone in the field.

"Comrades!" Marankin said, "After more than a month, we can confirm that the Chinese army has no plans to attack the four cities in North Asia in the short term. The elite of the Chinese army is being transferred to the northwest of Central Asia. Obviously , The Chinese army intends to cooperate with the German army to attack our country's most important Eastern European region, flanking back and forth, and attacking Moscow and other places together!" When he said this, his expression was a little sad. If Moscow fell, the demise of the Soviet Union would officially enter the countdown. Even if the four cities in North Asia can survive on their own for the time being, but under the overturned nest, there are still eggs, and they will perish sooner or later.

"Comrades! We must have confidence! Under the leadership of Comrade Stalin, we will be able to drive away the German and Chinese invaders! We will win this great war for our country!" Susaikov saw the gloomy atmosphere at the scene Miserable, full of a very taboo negative pessimism, so I couldn't help but say these words out loud.

Konev nodded: "Comrade Susaikov is right. After the German army won the Kiev battle, they were arrogant and eager for success. They split into three groups when they were already exhausted. This move gave them The final failure has laid a major hidden danger, and we can win! Comrades, it doesn’t matter if you lose a battle. The most terrible thing is to lose confidence. How can you win a battle without confidence?” His eyes gradually brightened, “ The previous defeats are our precious wealth, allowing us to learn a lot of lessons and get a lot of information.

During the Battle of Huxi, why did the Chinese army do everything possible to lure our army to attack?The fundamental reason is that they also know that they are not capable of attacking fortifications, so they have to do everything possible or even use all means to lure our army into the wild, and then outflank our rear, so as to avoid siege operations.

The fall of Omsk also proved this point. Why did the Chinese army attack the west?Still pretending to attack Novosibirsk to trick us?Just dare not fight siege warfare.

At present, we are very safe in the four cities in North Asia. The four cities in North Asia are one of the few large cities in North Asia. They are relatively close to each other and connected by railways. The four cities are completely integrated. China The army did not have the confidence to attack the city, so they adopted the tactics of encirclement and blockade!"

The generals all nodded in agreement.

Marankin said: "Comrades, Comrade Stalin knew that we had done our best, so he did not order us to be punished. According to his latest instructions, we currently have a high degree of autonomy in the four North Asian cities. First of all, we must ensure that the four North Asian cities do not Second, let us become a nail and a group of steel thorns in the Chinese-occupied area! Comrade Stalin instructed us to actively rest and prepare for war, or launch a partial counterattack independently, or in the near future the Soviet Red Army will launch a full-scale attack. Take important responsibilities in the big counterattack!"

Konev said: "Comrades, after this short period of rectification, we now have a total of more than 15 regular troops. However, light weapons are still enough, and heavy weapons are not too many. I estimated that it is okay to fight defensive battles. Fighting offensive warfare is powerless. In addition, we have recruited hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged people in the four cities of North Asia. On the one hand, they will assist the Red Army in building fortifications, and on the other hand, they will conduct military training. They will become the regular army of the Red Army. troops.

The current effective control area of ​​our four cities in North Asia is about 30 square kilometers, and the industry is developed, so we can still do something under the current situation!"

Vatutin said: "Comrades, I think this war will be arduous and long. It is too early for the Red Army to launch a full-scale counterattack, but we can't wait any longer. The value of the four cities, we can't be passive, we have to take the initiative to attack, but we don't have enough strength to counterattack, so I propose to form several brigade-level or regiment-level troops, with as many as a few thousand people and as few as a few hundred People, form a guerrilla team of more than a dozen regular troops, attack from all directions, do not fight head-on with the main force of the Chinese army, but harass them, so as to accumulate small victories in exchange for big victories. On the one hand, it can continuously consume the strength of the Chinese army Viable forces, on the one hand, can contain more Chinese troops and indirectly assist the Soviet main force on the main battlefield. At the same time, the hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers we have recruited can also be tempered in these small and medium-scale battles and grow into powerful fighters. Qualified Red Army soldiers with actual combat experience!"

Chuikov said: "Comrade Vatutin's words are very reasonable, but I think Comrade Vatutin's proposal does more harm than good, and our strength is insufficient. Such tactics can certainly consume the enemy's troops, but also consume ourselves. China How many people are killed and wounded in the army, how many people can be supplemented in the rear, what about us? Although we have a population of several million, there are only 10,000+ soldiers in the regular army. In addition, there is consumption of ammunition.

Therefore, I think we should keep a low profile, adopt a comprehensive defense, not take the initiative to attack the Chinese army, slowly accumulate strength, and then maximize our strength and value in the Red Army's comprehensive counterattack.

In fact, even if we stand still, the Chinese army does not dare to take us lightly. Comrades, we have 10,000+ regular troops and hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers. The Chinese army must use at least 30 or more troops to encircle the four North Asian cities. , This is the positive significance we have played. Is it not enough to contain 30 Chinese troops? "

Vatutin immediately retorted: "Comrade Chuikov, your thinking is too conservative!"

Chuikov replied: "Comrade Vatutin, I am not conservative, but insurance. We must be cautious and steady!"

The two had some arguments, but they were not hurt.

Konev sighed softly: "Comrades, Comrade Vatutin is right, but Comrade Chuikov is more thoughtful.

In this meeting, I have to tell you about our difficult situation, that is..." He paused, "Our supplies are gradually running low!"

"Supplies are gradually running low?" Susaikov was extremely surprised. "Didn't the Chinese army not attack us?"

"It's not ammunition!" Konev shook his head, "It's food!"

"Food?" The generals participating in the meeting were all moved, and then they realized something.

Konev smiled wryly: "We now control a control area of ​​about 30 square kilometers, and there are more than 650 million civilians..."

"More than 650 million?" Vatutin and Cuikov were very surprised. "Comrade Konev, we have investigated before. The total population of the four cities in North Asia is more than 500 million. How did it increase so much?"

"It's still increasing, and it will soon reach 700 million or more!" Ma Lanjin said bitterly.

"What's going on here?" Vatutin and Chuikov were even more surprised.

Konev sighed: "Because the Chinese army is driving a large number of people to us every day and every night.

You all know that the Chinese army has controlled more than half of North Asia and more than half of Central Asia. There are a large number of Chinese civilians in the above occupied areas. North Asia is not too many, especially Central Asia. Nearly half of the population of Central Asia is They are Russians who migrated from Russia one after another.

Let me tell you directly, there are almost 1000 million Russians who fell in the area controlled by the Chinese army.

The Chinese army is driving tens of thousands of Russian civilians into our control area every day!" When he said this, he specially emphasized the specific word "Russian".

Vatutin, Chuikov, and Susaikov didn't recover for a while, but Marankin sighed: "The Chinese are really poisonous!" He looked at the others with puzzled eyes, "They deliberately sent a large number of Russian civilians are driven into our control area, so that our mouths to eat are increasing every day, so that we quickly run out of food, and in the end, we all starve to death!"

"It's so vicious!" "It's so despicable and shameless!"

Konev smiled bitterly again: "Yes, the Chinese are very vicious. They surrounded us, trapped us, and blocked us. At the same time, they drove Russian civilians in their occupied areas into our controlled area. If it goes on, sooner or later we will run out of food, starve and collapse, and they will win without a fight.

well! "