I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The total area of ​​the Altai Republic is 9.26 square kilometers, and about three-quarters of the territory belongs to the Tannu Ulianghai region. The 74th Division did not occupy all of the Altai Republic, but only regained the territory of the country that belonged to the Tannu Ulianghai region. .

In two days and two nights, the 74th Division destroyed two countries in a row, regained more than 22 square kilometers of land, and completely recovered the entire Tangnu Wulianghai area. The record is so brilliant that it is unbelievable.

At Jiang Weiguo's request, the 74th Division, the only one of the five main divisions of the Nanjing Army without an honorary title, won the honorary title of "Hu Ben".

Looking at the good news sent by Jiang Weiguo, Chiang Kai-shek was "three-pointed happy and seven-pointed worried." He sighed and said, "Now, a big hole has really been pierced in the sky!" He was very worried, because he knew that regaining lost ground It is a good thing, but China and the Soviet Union are destined to become completely hostile countries because of this war. Without the assistance of Germany, China alone would not be able to fight the Soviet Union. "ship", it is inevitable to participate in the world war, and it is no longer possible to protect oneself wisely and be independent.

Chapter 434 September Storm (8)

The Nanjing Army on the battlefield in Outer Mongolia was unstoppable, and the Nanjing Army on the Xinjiang battlefield was also destructive and invincible.

In the final analysis, the reason why Qiaobashan was able to achieve independence in Outer Mongolia and why Sheng Shicai was able to establish a separatist regime in Xinjiang was not because of their own strength, but because the previous China was too weak and chaotic, and the central government of China was too weak. "Busy" and have no time to take care of remote areas like Mengjiang and Tibet. In addition, Qiaobashan and Sheng Shicai have forgotten their ancestors, betrayed their country for glory, borrowed the power of foreign countries, sought their own self-interest, maintained their own status, and even did not hesitate to admit a thief as a father and lure wolves into the house. That's why they are so reckless.

Without the support of the Soviet Union, Choibalsan and Sheng Shicai would be mobs.

Right now, the Nanjing Army is rapidly rising and powerful, and the Soviet Far East Army is being pinned down by the Japanese on the Black West battlefield. Without their "godfather", Qiao Bashan and Sheng Shicai naturally ushered in the end.

Qiaobashan is very weak, because the total area of ​​Outer Mongolia is more than 156 million square kilometers, and the total population is only about 70. Developed into a powerful separatist force.

According to Jiang Weiguo's experience of "being a warlord", in order to become a powerful warlord, five conditions must be met. "There are people in the court". Third, the territory should not be too small, at least 1000 square kilometers. Fourth, the population under the rule should not be too small, at least [-] million. Fifth, the territory must have rich resources and be able to develop a good economy.

For example, the Guangxi family is very typical, so Chiang Kai-shek has always had a headache when it comes to the Guangxi family; as for Qiao Bashan and Sheng Shicai, except for the third and fifth points, the other three points are not available, so they embarked on the disgusting "" The final road to separatism": take refuge in foreign powers and be willing to be the son-in-law supported by foreign powers.

Sheng Shicai's army was called the "Provincial Army" during the Xinjiang Civil War. After the Xinjiang Civil War ended, it was renamed the "Anti-Imperial Army" by Sheng Shicai. At the beginning, the total strength was about 1.2, and it had expanded to about 7 at this time. Equipped with a large number of Soviet-made weapons, the entire army includes 40 infantry regiments, 18 cavalry regiments, 5 artillery battalions, 5 engineer battalions, 3 tank teams, and 5 aircraft teams. The entire Xinjiang was divided into 11 military regions by Sheng Shicai .

It is worth mentioning that Sheng Shicai originally had a White Russian "naturalized army", which no longer existed at this time, because Sheng Shicai defected to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was "Red Russia". The chemical army was completely purged by Sheng Shicai, officers and soldiers at the grassroots level were dismissed or exiled, and generals and senior officers were killed or imprisoned.

Sheng Shicai's "[-] Army" is no different from the chickens and dogs in front of the Nanjing Army.

On September 9, the 10th Division of the Nanjing Army annihilated the Eighth Regiment of the Soviet Army in Xingxingxia in one fell swoop, drove straight into Xinjiang, and marched extremely fast and moved swiftly.

The 17th Division is good at long-distance raids, and it is equipped with a large number of cars, pack animals, and bicycles, and it is even more starry and night, galloping like flying.

In the middle of the night, the 17th Brigade of the 18th Division arrived in Hami. Yao Lebosi, the commander of the Sheng Jun (Sheng Shicai’s army) Hami Military District, sent someone to secretly contact Zhang Yun, the commander of the 18th Brigade, expressing his willingness to abandon the dark and turn to the open, but hoped that in the future "long-term stationed in Hami".

Yao Le Bosi and Sheng Shicai have always been at odds, and Yao Le Bosi is a Uyghur, and has a certain influence among the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. He worked hard for his life, but he didn't really abandon the dark for the bright, but wanted to be the "King of Hami".

The Hami area was ruled by princes nine years ago, and the local ruler was Shamu Husot, the king of Hami. After Shamu Husot died of illness nine years ago, the Xinjiang Provincial Government abolished the Hami king system. He used to be a servant in King Hami's palace and saw the privileges and enjoyment of princes, so he wanted to be the new King Hami.

Zhang Yun replied to Yao Lebosi, if he abandons the dark side and turns to the bright side, and helps the government regain lost ground and maintain national unity, the government will definitely reward him heavily and will not treat him badly, but it is the Republic of China now, and it is impossible to establish a prince and marquis. Whether you can lead the army to stay in Hami for a long time or be the parent officer of Hami, you need to obey the central arrangement.

Yao Lebosi was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yun's reply, so he did not reply for a long time.

Zhang Yun saw Yao Lebosi's vacillation, and he didn't want to waste time. After waiting for half an hour, seeing that Yao Lebosi had not surrendered, he simply issued an attack order.

The 18th Brigade was bombarded with cannons, and then the tanks covered the infantry and charged, and at the same time, the cavalry of the Majia Army supported the battle. The Hami Sheng army immediately collapsed, and hundreds of people were killed. The rest either surrendered or fled, Yao Lebosi Also fled west in panic.

"The tiger can't control it, and the monkey is called the king!" Zhang Yun sneered, "How dare you dare to engage in separatist regimes and independence with this little strength! You simply don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth! If the country is not weak and can't make a move, how can you make you foolish clowns?" So arrogant?"

After taking Hami with little effort, the officers and soldiers ate a feast of cantaloupe, Xinjiang dates and wine, and then marched non-stop, arriving in Turpan after a day and a night.

Sun Qinglin, the commander of the Turpan military region of the Sheng army, had no fighting spirit and surrendered directly. Since Turpan is the east gate of Dihua (Urumqi) and its location is important, Sun Qinglin is also one of Sheng Shicai's confidantes. Therefore, the Sheng army in Turpan has more than 12 troops and is equipped with Excellent, and also has a tank team, but they didn't shoot a single shot, and they all turned into birds and birds after Sun Qinglin's surrender. Among them, Zhang Fengyi, the commander of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Sheng Army, Yin Qingbo, the commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, and the [-]th Cavalry The regiment leader Chernev and a few other diehards refused to surrender and led their troops to resist. As you can imagine, they all suffered devastating blows.

After occupying Turpan, Zhang Yun and other military officers were pleasantly surprised to find that there was an airfield of Shengjun in the local area, with more than a dozen Soviet-made planes parked there, and this airfield happened to be used by the troops.

After taking Turpan without much effort, the Nanjing army continued to advance triumphantly, and soon approached the city of Dihua.

Seeing that Dihua City was close at hand, Zhang Yun, Cheng Kang and other officers and soldiers of the 18th Brigade were all gearing up and full of ambition, but unexpectedly, the battle did not break out at all. Dihua had already descended to the city, and the six-star flag over the city was lowered. The blue sky, white sun, and red flags were all over the ground, and a large number of Sheng troops drove out of the city with white flags, and dozens of people were tied up in five flowers. Zhang Yun, Cheng Kang and other officers took a closer look, and the leader of the dozens of people tied up was the ashen-faced Sheng Shicai. .

"This..." Zhang Yun, Cheng Kang and other officers looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling that all this was simply incredible.

"Sirs!" The Sheng army that surrendered out of the city was led by three officers, namely Ma Yingqi, the head of Sheng Shicai's guard regiment, You Desheng, the head of the Dihua city defense regiment, and Liu Zhengxin, the head of Sheng Shicai's army teaching regiment. The three were very sincere. It is authentic, "Sheng Shicai betrayed the country for glory and acted perversely. People from all walks of life in Xinjiang hated him deeply, and we also hated him deeply, so we captured him alive and surrendered! Gentlemen, welcome your central army to march into Dihua and regain Xinjiang! "

Ma Yingqi, You Desheng, and Liu Zhengxin are all Sheng Shicai's confidantes, but they are all dissatisfied with Sheng Shicai in their hearts, and even hate him. The three of them are more or less patriotic and do not want Xinjiang to be separated by Sheng Shicai or annexed by the Soviet Union. In addition, before the Xinjiang recovery campaign, the Maritime Administration sent people to infiltrate Xinjiang long ago, and bought the key generals of the Sheng army with righteousness or a lot of money. As a result, when the end came, all the talented people in Shengshi rebelled against their relatives and became completely alone (in the original history, Shengshi When Cai was transferred from Xinjiang, the whole city of Dihua was erupting, and the people cheered and rushed to tell each other, because Sheng Shicai implemented a high-handed rule over Xinjiang, cruelly oppressing all walks of life in Xinjiang, killing people like hemp, and committing numerous crimes, which caused complaints from all over Xinjiang. Later, Sheng Shicai's father-in-law's family was wiped out by soldiers of the former Northeast Army in May 1949. Even after he fled to Taiwan, Sheng Shicai was repeatedly accused and denounced.

As for Ma Yingqi, You Desheng, and Liu Zhengxin, they all opposed Sheng Shicai or refused to continue to obey his orders when Sheng Shicai was about to lose power in the original history.

If Sheng Shicai hadn’t leaned against the big tree of the Soviet Union, his brutal rule would have been overthrown by the people of Xinjiang long ago).

When the Nanjing Army marched all the way into Xinjiang, Sheng Shicai was in a state of panic all day long. While expressing his willingness to surrender to the Nationalist Government, he desperately asked for help from the Soviet Union, but the Nationalist Government refused his surrender in name, and the Soviet Union was too busy to take care of himself, leaving him with nowhere to go. , he knew that his army would definitely not be able to defeat the Nanjing Army, so he planned to run away.

At first, Sheng Shicai wanted to flee to the Soviet Union by plane, but the planes of the national army had already appeared in the sky over Dihua, and they did not bomb. The plane left, afraid of being shot down by the national army plane, so he left by car instead. As a result, Ma Yingqi, You Desheng, and Liu Zhengxin, who were ready to rebel, led their respective troops to intercept and detain him, his family members, confidantes, and cronies. Handed over to the Nanjing Army outside the city.

"Fuck!" Zhang Yun lit a cigarette and scolded with a smile, "I thought it would be a big fight! I didn't expect it to be so easy! If we knew this, why should we work so hard!"

Cheng Kang said with a smile: "Lu Zuo, you can't say that. Xinjiang is very big, and ethnic issues are complicated. We only recovered more than ten towns along the road from Xingxingxia to Dihua. Most of Xinjiang has not really It has been recovered! Next, we will wipe out the entire Xinjiang! There is a long way to go!"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhang Yun nodded, "There is a long way to go!"

Ma Yingqi and his three not only detained Sheng Shicai and his family members, confidantes, and cronies, but also detained the car convoy in which he was about to flee.

Zhang Yun and Cheng Kang were taken aback when they took people to check. There were more than a dozen large Soviet trucks filled with gold, silver and jewels.

Picking up a heavy gold bar, Zhang Yun smiled and said, "Our military expenditure for this expedition to Xinjiang has finally been settled!"

Cheng Kang corrected: "These are funds for rebuilding Xinjiang.

Prosperous talents are taken from the people, and we must use them for the people!"

As Dihua was occupied by the Nanjing Army and Sheng Shicai was captured alive (he was later sent to Wuhan and sentenced to 20 years in prison by the national government), Xinjiang was declared to be recovered. In fact, nine tenths of Xinjiang have not yet been truly recovered. , the Nanjing Army only occupied Xingxingxia, Hami, Turpan, Dihua and other places, regained part of eastern Xinjiang and a small part of northern Xinjiang, most of northern Xinjiang and all southern Xinjiang were not recovered, including Altay, Karamay, Yining, Yili , Kashgar, Hotan and other places.

Recovering the entire territory of Xinjiang is a long and arduous process. Because Xinjiang is vast, with towering mountains, two-thirds of the whole territory is desert, and ethnic issues are complicated. There are many separatist forces of various kinds. The Nanjing Army spent half a year in the later stage It was only then that the whole of Xinjiang was truly cleared and the recovery of the entire Xinjiang was completed.

The recovery of Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia, and Tangnu Wulianghai area is another great achievement made by Jiang Weiguo for his motherland. The total area of ​​the three places is as high as 345 million square kilometers.

Jiang Weiguo was able to accomplish such great feats because he seized the opportunity, and the timing, location, and harmony were all on his side, and the most important thing was "timing".

The strength of the Soviet Far East Army should not be underestimated, but it was basically held back by the Japanese on the Black West battlefield, so Jiang Weiguo was allowed to take advantage of the vacancy and suddenly picked up a huge "cheap".

The Soviet army fought the Japanese army to the death on the Black West battlefield, and the Nanjing army took advantage of fire to loot and fish in troubled waters. In this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", China was called the "biggest winner", and the Soviets and Japanese were bleeding, sweating, and dying However, the top leaders of the Soviet Union and Japan were not fools, and they soon realized this. The Soviet Union was unwilling to fight chickens and eggs, and Japan was unwilling to make money out of the fire for China.

Naturally, the "good days" of the Nanjing Army will soon come to an end.

The Qiqihar battle that broke out between Japan and the Soviet Union began at the end of September. After more than half a month of fierce fighting, the Soviet army suffered 9 to [-] casualties, and the Japanese army lost [-] to [-] casualties. Because it was consumed by the Japanese army, they lost sight of the other, and were repeatedly "stabbed black and black" by the Nanjing army. On the other hand, although the Japanese and Soviet armies suffered heavy losses, they were not seriously injured or exhausted. , both sides still have more than [-]% strength after fighting for more than half a month.

This battle was an out-and-out failure for the Moscow high-level, but it was still launched. There are four main reasons. First, Stalin wanted to obtain Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces as a strategic buffer between the Soviet Union and Japan. Second, Stalin worried that the Soviet army’s retreat after the initial defeat would damage the Soviet Union’s national prestige and the Soviet army’s military prestige. The Japanese army will be "stabbed black knife and black hand" in the back, so the Japanese army must be hit hard before then; Fourth, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army in the Far East, Marshal Bliuchel, was afraid of Stalin and did not dare to tell the truth to him, which led to Stalin's misjudgment He believed that after accumulating strength, the Soviet army in the Far East could win a big victory with a single effort, defeat or even eliminate the main force of the Japanese army in the Northeast, and then occupy the second province of Heiji or Heilongjiang.

Among them, the fourth point is the fundamental reason. If Stalin knew that the Japanese army was not easy to fight, he would very likely have given up the battle plan of "deal with the Japanese first, and then settle accounts with the Chinese".

Right now, it is indeed time for Stalin to "let go", because if the fight continues, the Soviet Union will lose everything in the Far East.

Through diplomatic channels, the Soviet Union and Japan launched secret contacts. The Soviet Union proposed that "the two sides negotiate a peace and armistice, the Soviet army will withdraw from Heilongjiang Province, the Japanese army will not pursue the Soviet army, and the Soviet army will no longer attack the Japanese army."

For the Soviet Union's proposal, Japan is eager to ask for it. After fighting for so long, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and cost a lot. It is meaningless to continue fighting. Moreover, the Japanese high-level officials have also seen China's behavior of reaping profits. The Japanese army continued to fight the Soviet army. It is neither necessary nor beneficial, and the biggest winner is China, which is sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.

The reason why the Japanese army would face the Soviet army in an all-round way in Qiqihar was that the Soviet army was coming so fiercely that the Japanese army had to fight (because of Stalin's death order, the Soviet army did start this battle with the purpose of capturing Qiqihar and destroying the main force of the Japanese army. There is no way to retreat), the second is that Japan wants to prove its loyalty to the Quadruple Alliance, so as to have an explanation to both Germany and China, and the third is to revenge and vent its hatred and fight against the Soviets.

Right now, the three reasons don’t exist anymore. The Soviet army doesn’t want to fight anymore. The Japanese army killed and wounded a large number of Soviet troops. We can fully explain to Germany and China. The Japanese army beat the Soviet army hard and hurt it. I'm angry.

Naturally, the Soviets didn't want to fight anymore, and the Japanese didn't want to fight either. The Soviets' request for peace played into the hands of the Japanese.

However, the Japanese still demanded war compensation from the Soviets at the negotiating table, but unlike the last time, the Japanese asked for extravagant prices last time just to refuse. , Reject the Soviets, but want some benefits to make up for the huge loss in this war.

After some bargaining, Moscow reluctantly agreed to Tokyo's compensation of 5000 million U.S. dollars in war reparations.

On September 9, the Japanese authorities informed Germany and China that the Soviet Union had asked Japan for peace and was willing to cease the war and withdraw from Heilongjiang Province (the Japanese did not mention that they had extorted 20 million US dollars from the Soviets). , unable to pursue the Soviet army, hereby inform the two friendly allies of Germany and China that the Japanese army has fulfilled its responsibilities and obligations in this Far East War and completed its mission.

"Fuck!" After receiving the telegram from Wuhan, Jiang Weiguo became anxious and furious, "Little Japan doesn't want to continue fighting with the old man! Damn it! The hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops are going to fight my Nanjing army ? This is not good!"

Jiang Weiguo then sent a telegram to Hitler, pulling Hitler together to put pressure on the Japanese, demanding that the Japanese army take the initiative to pursue the Soviet army and continue the war, killing at least another [-] Soviet troops and delaying the war for half a month. The strength of the Soviet army in the army can also buy more time for the Nanjing army to prepare for war.

The Japanese "reluctantly" notified Germany and China that the Japanese army suffered heavy losses and was seriously injured in the war, and it was really impossible to fight anymore, especially military expenditures, which had exhausted all the military expenditures of the Japanese Army this year and had embezzled part of the Japanese Navy's military expenditures. military spending.

"Damn it!" Jiang Weiguo was angry and furious, "Didn't the little Japanese make it clear that they want to take advantage of me? Damn it! They will really take advantage of people's dangers and raise prices!" He had to hold back his nausea , after contacting Hitler, he reluctantly stated, "How much money does Japan need? As allies, Germany and China will definitely support it!"

The Japanese quickly offered a price: [-] million U.S. dollars, and the Chinese Air Force needed to send out more planes to assist the Japanese army in combat. It was best to send out bombers to bomb the Soviet Union's Siberian railway across the border to attack the Soviet army's logistics transportation.

"Fuck me!" Jiang Weiguo was furious, "It's so much! These little Japanese are so embarrassed to ask!"

Chapter 435 Only advance, never retreat (1)

After the Nanjing Army's "September Storm" operation was launched, it can be said that the progress was rapid and the results were brilliant. The total number of casualties was only more than [-]. The major victories in the South China Sea region and Xinjiang cannot but be said to be astonishing in the past and the present, and their meritorious deeds are unrivaled.

Of course, objectively speaking, the biggest reason why the Nanjing Army was able to achieve such impressive achievements was "taking advantage of the situation", because the Nanjing Army basically did not engage in battle with the main force of the Soviet Army in this series of operations.

It is easy to get but hard to defend. The real test of the Nanjing Army is yet to come. The real test is to stick to the country and face the counterattack of the main force of the Soviet Army.

Jiang Weiguo is naturally very happy and proud that he has changed history substantially and made up for the sufferings and losses suffered by China again, but he also calmly saw the hidden dangers and crises under the surface of the initial victory.

There are three main troubles Jiang Weiguo is facing at this time:

First, the main force of the Soviet army will launch a large-scale counterattack, and the Nanjing army is about to usher in a real fierce battle;

Second, the "ally" of the Japanese army, which harbors evil intentions, is likely to strike passively or even plot behind the scenes at critical moments;

Third, the storm of domestic public opinion.

Regarding the first point, Jiang Weiguo and the senior officials of the Nanjing Army had already made psychological preparations before the start of the war. It was impossible for the Japanese army to help the Nanjing Army wipe out all the Soviet troops in the Far East. A large part of the Soviet troops in the Far East still had to be carried by the Nanjing Army. , As for the second point, it actually has a causal relationship with the first point.

The Japanese are not stupid. They can see that they lost both sides to the Soviet Army on the Black West battlefield. The real winner is the Nanjing Army who is sitting behind and reaping the benefits of the fisherman. After regaining Outer Mongolia, Tangnu Wulianghai, and Xinjiang, the Japanese army sweated and bleeds, exhausted themselves, and basically made a wedding dress for the Nanjing army. Obviously, even if China and Japan are allies now, such a reality makes Japanese high-level officials very uncomfortable. unwilling.

After a fierce battle, both the Soviet army and the Japanese army found that continuing to fight each other was not worth the loss. Therefore, the Soviet army did not want to fight the Japanese army to the end. Now, the Japanese army has been battling with the Soviet army so badly, their fuel is exhausted, and they cannot continue to fight with the Soviet army, so they have to negotiate a peace and truce with the Soviet army. Naturally, the hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops that are still strong will turn their heads Fighting the Nanjing Army, so what will the Japanese army do next?Actively and vigorously cooperate, assist, and support the Nanjing Army?This is almost impossible;It is very possible; taking advantage of the fire to loot, fish in troubled waters, and plot against the Nanjing Army behind the scenes?Certainly this possibility cannot be ruled out.

In the past, the Nanjing Army took advantage of the Japanese army's desperate struggle with the Soviet army to make a lot of money and made a lot of money. Now the Japanese army has no intention of repaying the other side, taking advantage of the Nanjing army's desperate struggle with the Japanese army, and also made a lot of money. , Make a fortune.

With a strong enemy in front and malicious "allies" around, the situation of the Nanjing Army can be imagined.

What bothered Jiang Weiguo the most was the third point, domestic public opinion.

Jiang Weiguo has always been unscrupulous in doing things, because he is a "big man", so his strategic thinking has greatly influenced and even completely changed China's national policy at this time. The previous Sino-Japanese peace talks and the subsequent Sino-Japanese alliance, And then to the current Sino-Japanese joint fight against the Soviet Union, each of which has aroused ideological turmoil and public opinion from all walks of life in the country.

The turmoil brought about by the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice and the Sino-Japanese alliance is still overwhelming. At this time, the Sino-Japanese joint deal with the Soviet Union is no less than a single stone stirring up thousands of waves, causing an even larger, overwhelming uproar.

"Against betrayal! Oppose to unite with Japan!"

"Unite the Soviet Union! Defeat Japan! Recover the lost ground!"

"The Soviet Union is a friend! Japan is an enemy!"