I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Wuhan, Beiping, Jinan, Taiyuan, Chengde, Chongqing, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Nanchang... Vigorous demonstrations took place in almost every major city in the Kuomintang-controlled area. More than 50 passionate students and patriotic youths walked On the street, a team like a dragon gathered to protest that the national government "disregarded the national humiliation and deep hatred that a large area of ​​land was still occupied by the Japanese, and a large number of compatriots were still enslaved by the Japanese. It was a perverse move by the Soviets who once helped China resist Japan."

All over the country, incidents of smashing stores, factories, factories, companies, and enterprises opened by Japanese businessmen in China occurred, accompanied by a large number of protests that burned Japanese goods, called for a boycott of Japanese goods, and stopped Sino-Japanese economic cooperation; the Japanese occupation of Tianjin , The Japanese occupied the junction of Shanghai and the Kuomintang-controlled area. A large number of passionate students and patriotic youths stormed the checkpoints set up by the Chinese and Japanese troops on the ceasefire demarcation line, demanding that the national army enter Tianjin and Shanghai to regain lost ground; the junction of Rehe Province and Liaoning Province The same thing happened. Tens of thousands of exiled Northeast people (mainly exiled students from Northeast China) wanted to cross the "national border" between the Kuomintang-controlled area and the Japanese-occupied puppet Manchukuo and return to their hometown in Northeast China.

After the Nanjing Army recovered Rehe, because Rehe was the only province in the four northeastern provinces that was recovered by the national army, and it was the closest to the three northeastern provinces, the Northeasterners who had exiled to the south of Guannei after the September 30th Incident gathered in Rehe one after another. More than nine-tenths of the Northeast people are concentrated in Rehe, with a total of more than [-]. Jiang Weiguo also intends to use Rehe as the frontier base for the Nanjing Army to recover the three northeast provinces and to launch political, propaganda and public opinion wars against the Japanese occupation of the three northeast provinces. Waiting for the bridgehead of non-military operations, so "northeast people gathered" in Rehe Province at this time, not only a large number of Northeast civilians who were exiled in the pass, but also the remaining main force of the former Northeast Army at this time.

After the Xi’an Incident, Zhang Xueliang’s Northeast Army and Yang Hucheng’s Small Northwest Army (No.17 Route Army) who initiated the incident were completely rectified by Chiang Kai-shek (in fact, it was also a disguised “cleaning”, but Chiang Kai-shek’s “cleaning” was more powerful than Stalin’s) Chiang Kai-shek's "cleansing" was basically non-killing), first of all, the Small Northwest Army was reorganized into the 38th Army (commander Sun Weiru) and the 98th Army (commander Feng Qinzai). 4 divisions: the 17th, 177th, 42nd, and 169th divisions. Among them, Feng Qinzai and some senior officers of the Little Northwest Army were loyal to the central government, so the 98th Army and other departments voluntarily surrendered to the Central Army. It must be "reformed" and become a unit of the Central Army; Sun Weiru's 38th Army was passively annexed by the Central Army, the 17th Division was annexed by the Nanjing Army after being wiped out during the war, and the 177th Division was taken back by the Central Army after being wiped out during the war So far, the Small Northwest Army has completely ceased to exist like the previous Great Northwest Army; secondly, the history of the Northeast Army, after being reorganized, the Northeast Army has 5 infantry corps and 1 cavalry corps, a total of 10 infantry divisions And 3 cavalry divisions, after the loss of the war (many senior officers of the Northeast Army led troops to surrender to the Central Army), they were reorganized again. At this time, only 3 armies were retained, and each army had 2 infantry Division (three regiments) and 1 cavalry brigade, with a total strength of about 8.

Undoubtedly, the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army and the exiled people in the Northeast in Rehe saw that their hometown was so close but they couldn't go back. One can imagine the anxiety, suffering and pain in their hearts. The national army fought back to the Northeast. As Northeast people, they naturally took the lead.

As a result, the war broke out in the Northeast, but it was not what they imagined. It was the Japanese and the Soviets who fought in the Northeast, and the Nanjing Army not only did not take the opportunity to counterattack the Northeast, but "helped" the Japanese and "partnered" with the Japanese "Beating the Soviets left them in a great daze and a great disappointment, which quickly turned into a kind of anger.

On the border between Rehe Province, which belongs to the Kuomintang-controlled area, and Liaoning Province, which belongs to the Japanese-occupied area, there are many sentry posts and barbed wire fences. On one side, the blue sky and white sun are flying red flags, and on the other side are flying the sun flag and the five-color yellow flag of the puppet Manchukuo. Japanese soldiers and Puppet Manchukuo soldiers patrolled, guarded, and faced off across the border.

On the side of the Kuomintang-controlled area, tens of thousands of Northeast students rushed to the border line in a mighty manner. They wanted to break through the border line and rush to the Japanese-occupied area on the opposite side of the border line. The soldiers had to stop them. It is also like facing a big enemy.

The students were so excited that they asked the soldiers angrily: "The enemy is right in front of you! The occupied area is right in front of you! You and our hometown in the Northeast are right in front of your eyes! Why don't you attack? Why don't you fight back to the Northeast? You Don’t you want to go back to your hometown?” The soldiers were all trembling when they heard this, and they were greatly emotionally resonated.

The students threw stones like raindrops at the Japanese army and the Puppet Manchukuo army across the border. The Puppet Manchukuo army felt wronged and ashamed because they basically had their heart towards China. The Chinese were ashamed of themselves in front of the Chinese, so they endured the stone in embarrassment, and the Japanese army was furious. The Japanese officer sternly shouted: "This is the territory of 'Manchuria'! Your move is a serious provocation! Stop immediately!" The Japanese officer said again Shouted to the Chinese soldiers, "You must stop your students from causing trouble! Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

Although sympathetic to the students, the soldiers stopped the students from throwing stones at the Japanese and Manchukuo troops.

Then, the angry students threw stones on the heads of the soldiers of their own country.

Some students excitedly denounced the soldiers as "cowards". Some students climbed over the barbed wire fence on the border and were beaten up by the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side. Accusing the soldiers of "doing nothing but fearing the enemy like a tiger, not daring to protect their compatriots", some students wanted to support the students who crossed the border, so they crossed one after another. The Japanese army on the opposite side fired warning shots into the air and dispatched a large number of Wooden sticks, each with one stick, beat the students who entered the Japanese-occupied area until their heads were bleeding and they were sent back. The scene was chaotic, with crying and screaming one after another.

The students hated the Japanese army on the other side of the border, and were also angry at the soldiers of their own country on this side of the border. Some students threw stones to vent their anger, some stormed checkpoints and climbed barbed wire, some shouted slogans to demonstrate, some Some students kept "doing ideological work" for their own soldiers, exhorting them to be "real Chinese soldiers", opening fire on the Japanese army, firing the first shot to regain lost land and restore their hometown, and some students committed extreme acts, Suicide and self-mutilation in public, "I would like to use my blood alone to awaken the consciousness of the compatriots of the whole country and our soldiers."

After receiving the report, Wu Keren, a key general of the Northeast Army, rushed to calm down the students. The male students were filled with righteous indignation, and the female students knelt down and cried, "General Wu, we want to go back to our hometown." Wu Keren burst into tears , He said with tears in his eyes: "I understand everyone's mentality very well, because I am also from the Northeast! However, the recovery of the Northeast needs to be approved by the chairman and the second son. We can't act without authorization!"

In Chengde City, the situation is more serious than that of Beiping, Wuhan and other cities. It can be said that it is the "place with the most anti-Japanese activities" in the country, because most of the Northeasterners in exile are in Rehe. The headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Military Region is located, and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Military Region of the National Army was Zhang Xueliang, the "King of the Northeast". Northeast" demonstrations and petitions, and the date chosen was September 20, 1939.

The people in exile in the Northeast are not scattered, but have a unified organization. It used to be called the "Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association", but was later banned by the National Government, so in June 1937, the "Northeast National Salvation Association" was established.

At this time, under the leadership of Yan Baohang, Gao Chongmin, Han Leran, Liu Lanbo, Hu Shengyi and other main leaders of the National Salvation Association, tens of thousands of exiled Northeast people surrounded the commander of the Eighth Military Region, and tens of thousands of people shouted "Young Marshal Zhang" in unison. , asking to have a dialogue directly with Zhang Xueliang himself.

After Zhang Xueliang walked out of the commander's office, the scene was full of excitement, and Yan Baohang and others asked in tears: "Young commander, when will you lead us back to the Northeast?"

Zhang Xueliang said sadly: "I am also from the Northeast, and I have longed to return to the Northeast, but I am a soldier of the country and must obey the orders of the country. Without the orders of the country, I cannot make decisions on my own..."

Yan Baohang and others cried bitterly: "Today is September [-]th! It has been eight years since the September [-]th Incident! We Northeast people have been homeless for eight years! It has been eight years since we were forced to leave our hometown in Northeast China! How many Northeast people have died in the pass, and they all wanted to go back to the Northeast before they died! They didn’t go back until they died! It’s been eight years! How long will we have to wait before we can go back?”

Zhang Xueliang burst into tears: "The country will definitely regain the Northeast, please wait patiently..."

Some people in the crowd sang the famous song "On the Songhua River" uncontrollably: "My home is on the Songhua River in the northeast, where there are forest coal mines and soybean sorghum all over the mountains and plains; there are my compatriots there, and the aging parents;

September [-], September [-], from that wretched time, departed from my homeland, cast aside the endless treasure;

vagabond!vagabond!All day in the pass, wandering!What year and what month will I be able to return to my lovely hometown?

Father and mother, father and mother, when can we get together happily? ..."

The singing quickly became louder and louder like the sound of waves and thunder. Tens of thousands of people sang "On the Songhua River" together, and everyone shed tears. The Northeast people in exile burst into tears. Amidst the singing and crying that resounded through the sky, someone knelt down and cried, "Young Marshal, please take us back to our hometown!" They all knelt down and cried out in unison: "Young commander-in-chief, please take us back to our hometown!" Around the commander's office, tens of thousands of people knelt down in black, and the cries resounded through the sky. The world is moved.

"Young commander, take us back to our hometown!" Rong Zhen whispered in Zhang Xueliang's ear, "The public opinion is on our side!"

Zhang Xueliang nodded repeatedly with tears in his eyes.

Jiang Weiguo was exhausted. He was already exhausted from dealing with the Soviets, using and guarding against the Japanese. The storm of public opinion from all walks of life in the country made him exhausted. Generally speaking, the opposition voices of domestic public opinion focused on two points :

First, the Japanese and the Soviets were engaged in a great war. The Japanese army was short of resources and was short of troops. The Japanese army in Liaoning Province had only two brigades, and the Japanese army in Jilin Province had only one brigade. Why didn’t the National Army (Nanjing Army) take the opportunity to counterattack and regain the Northeast?

Second, the Soviet Union assisted China vigorously during China's resistance against Japan, so the Soviet Union was China's friend in resisting Japan. Therefore, the Soviet Union broke out a war with the Japanese army this time and declared that it was willing to assist the Chinese army in destroying the Japanese army and recovering the Northeast, which won praise from all walks of life in the country. The Army (Nanjing Army) did the opposite. Not only did it not join hands with the Soviet Union, but it even joined hands with the sworn enemy Japan to fight the Soviet Union. , Seeing profit and forgetting righteousness, repaying virtue with resentment".

What annoys Jiang Weiguo the most is that many secret agreements between the government and the Japanese side have been revealed for some reason. For example, the Nanjing army secretly aided the Japanese army, sent military expenses and ammunition to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army in the two provinces of Liaoji and Jilin provinces was withdrawn. Falling into emptiness, the national army sent planes to the Japanese army to help the Japanese army... These things cannot be announced to the public, so the government and the national army kept them secret, but at this time, there were already a lot of trouble, and the whole country knew it, which led to the high level of the government being extremely passive In the middle of the war, he was criticized by people from all walks of life across the country, especially Jiang Weiguo, who was suddenly pushed to the forefront of public opinion; It was speculated that "the Soviet army had planned for a long time, was fully prepared, and deliberately provoked the war", but domestic public opinion was obviously fueled. The Soviets launched the Far East War in fact with an evil plan. The fundamental motive was by no means to help China defeat Japan, but to want to Black and black, turning the two provinces of Heiji and Jilin into the second Outer Mongolia and the second Xinjiang, this move is obviously trampling on China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, but after some people who are interested in turning black and white and whitewashing and beautifying, things have become In this way: "The Japanese army deliberately provoked and thus broke out the Japan-Soviet War. The Soviet authorities decided to be tough on Japan and sincerely invited China and the Soviet Union to jointly defeat Japan and help China recover the three northeastern provinces." Suddenly, the Soviet Union became a "messenger of justice". As a result, all walks of life in the country have serious dissatisfaction with the behavior of the Nanjing Army not fighting the Japanese Army with the Soviet Army but fighting the Soviet Army with the Japanese Army.

Not only that, there is also a "conspiracy theory" in China, claiming that "the government has reached a secret agreement with the Japanese. As long as Japan does not invade China again, the government can give up the three northeastern provinces. "Obviously, after this kind of conspiracy theory was spread, disseminated, and fermented, it made the behavior of the Nanjing army not to fight the Japanese army to fight the Soviet army at this time even more suspicious.

Jiang Weiguo suffered from endless headaches. In addition to the official newspapers, private newspapers were full of questioning, denouncing, and opposing articles, day and night, endlessly, forming a massive impact on public opinion, which made him burnt out and stared at him.

From the headlines in the newspaper, it is not difficult to see the pressure on Jiang Weiguo and the entire government:

"The Great Opportunity to Recover the Three Northeast Provinces Has Arrived, and the National Army Has Deliberately Abandoned It?The 3000 million compatriots in the three provinces of Heshan are crying! "

"The Soviet Army graciously helped the National Army to defeat the Japanese Army and regain lost ground, but the National Army returned revenge for its kindness and revenge for virtue? "

"Revealing the Shocking Truth Behind the Secret Partnership between the National Army and the Japanese Army to Attack the Soviet Army"

"On the Ten Absurdities of Abandoning Friendship and Enmity with the Government"

"If you seek skin from a tiger, you will be eaten back by tigers and wolves!"If you are ungrateful, you will be cast aside by the whole world! "

"The government has signed a secret treaty with Japan to officially abandon the three northeastern provinces!"The evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied! "

"Yesterday we were discordant, but today we hook up and become adulterers, it's sad! "

"Four provinces and two cities are still under Japanese enslavement, but the national government has "turned hostility into friendship" with Japan!The hatred of the land, the blood of the compatriots, the shame of the country, and the hatred of the nation are all forgotten!Toast to each other and celebrate the "China-Japan Goodwill"! "

"Damn it!" Jiang Weiguo threw all the newspapers in his hand on the ground angrily, "What are you doing! Although speech is free, you can't just talk about it without knowing the truth! Isn't this adding chaos to the country?"

There was a knock on the door, and Liu Qihu, head of the North China District of the Bureau of Maritime Statistics, pushed the door in: "Secretary! Zhang Xueliang has changed!"

"Huh?" Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette in annoyance, "What happened to him?"

Liu Qihu took out a stack of documents: "About a month ago, the exiled Northeast people in Rehe Province began to strike students, workers, and businessmen, and held intensified petitions and demonstrations, demanding that the national army return to the Northeast, protesting The national army did not fight back to the Northeast, but joined the Japanese army to attack the Soviet army and used troops in the Mongolian and Xinjiang areas. In addition, those students and workers from the Northeast who went on strike and strike petitioned and demonstrated on the one hand, and on the other hand spontaneously received military training.

It is conservatively estimated that [-] to [-] youths in exile in Northeast China are receiving military training. They did not display the banner of the army, but only claimed to have the qualities of a soldier so that they could immediately join the army and fight in the war to regain the Northeast. In this regard, we Naturally, it is inconvenient to stop.

On the surface, the behavior of those exiled youths in the Northeast has nothing to do with the former Northeast Army in Rehe Province, but is just a voluntary and voluntary behavior of the people. In fact, it is very doubtful. The retired former Northeast Army officers and soldiers served as instructors, and even had damaged firearms as weapons used in training and learning.

We suspect that this matter is actually Zhang Xueliang’s unauthorized expansion of the army in disguise. The exiled Northeast people are his potential sources of soldiers. He can let those exiled Northeast people "voluntarily and voluntarily conduct military training". People from the Northeast can join his Northeast Army!"

Jiang Weiguo puffed out a puff of smoke: "This outdated 'Northeast King' has a lot of ambition!"

Liu Qihu nodded: "The most troublesome thing is that he firmly occupies the commanding heights of morality and public opinion in doing so, and we have no reason to stop it!"

Jiang Weiguo puffed out another puff of smoke: "I know, just strengthen the surveillance, don't stop it!"

After Liu Qihu took the order to leave, Jiang Weiguo fell into deep thought. He looked at the map of the Far East on the opposite wall, and muttered to himself: "It seems that I can only do one thing, and the other is endless!"

Chapter 436 Only advance, never retreat (2)

In the Beiping Camp of the Military Commission, which is equivalent to the headquarters of the Nanjing Army, the senior generals of the Nanjing Army gathered together to discuss the latest battle situation and formulate the next war plan.

The situation of the battle is very clear: the Soviet army and the Japanese army fought a battle, and the next truce will come. The Soviet army, which still maintains at least [-]% of its main force, must have turned its head and counterattacked the Nanjing army. To wipe out some Soviet troops, it would be best to fight with the Soviets, but the Japanese would certainly not be so stupid. Therefore, the Japanese-Soviet armistice is a foregone conclusion, and the Nanjing Army must face the main force of the Soviet Far East Front Army.

"We can't avoid it!" Jiang Weiguo said at the meeting, "Our 'looting while taking advantage of the fire' has completely offended and angered Stalin, unless... we 'return' Outer Mongolia, Tangnu Wulianghai, and Xinjiang to the Soviet Union , and then politely apologized, compensated, ceded land, and paid compensation, Stalin turned his anger into joy, and naturally he stopped beating us.

But can we do this?Of course not!After all, we don’t need to underestimate ourselves now. Although we are not capable of a full-scale war with the Soviet Union, we can still fight a large-scale local war. Germany will fully support us and help us. We cannot retreat because we have nowhere to retreat ! "

The generals all nodded solemnly.

Yang Jie said: "There are two problems that we need to solve. First, the Japanese-Soviet war is about to stop. We must try to delay the Japanese-Soviet war, and borrow Japanese manpower to buy us more time and help us eliminate more wars." Some Soviet troops, at the same time, borrowed Soviet manpower to attack the vitality of the Japanese army and the country; second, in the next war between us and the Soviet army, it can be basically determined that the Japanese will not assist us in fighting, and we must fight alone. How to fight? We are not afraid of the Soviet Army, but we cannot underestimate the Soviet Army either.

According to the intelligence of the Japanese-Soviet battle and our own combat experience, it can be concluded that the Soviet army has a relatively high level of industrialization, so the overall level of mechanization and the number of heavy weapons are relatively high, which is much higher than that of the Japanese army, especially the artillery. , The artillery fire was very fierce, but the command system of the Soviet army was rigid and dull, and the tactics were poorly used. The order will be lost, and the will to fight will not be strong, unlike the Japanese army who resisted desperately to the end, and the surrender rate is more than a hundred times that of the Japanese army.

We all have rich experience in fighting the Japanese army. It would be good to annihilate [-] Japanese soldiers and capture [-] Japanese prisoners. Basically, they were passively captured after being injured, unconscious and unable to move, and voluntarily surrendered. I am afraid that there are less than fifty. The Soviet army is different. After a Soviet infantry division with a strength of [-] troops was broken up, no less than [-] Soviet troops surrendered.

These are the advantages and disadvantages of the Soviet army. As for our army, the advantages of our army are needless to say. The disadvantage of our army is that our national strength is too weak to mobilize a million troops to fight the Soviet army. If we mobilize a million troops, The logistical supplement could not be maintained at all. In addition, our army’s mechanization level and the number of heavy weapons were also inferior to the Soviet army. Except for a few main divisions that were comparable to the Soviet army, most of the troops (Nanjing army) were on the same level as the Japanese army or even worse. Japanese Army!"

Lieutenant General Guo Jiqiao, chief of staff of the Second Military Region, said: "It seems that we can only use elite soldiers instead of large ones in this battle.

Because if the army is used, the logistical supplies will not be able to bear it.

It is ten times more difficult to provide sufficient ordnance and other supplies to 100 million soldiers than to provide 100 soldiers, which is completely beyond the capacity of our country, and there is also transportation. The transportation in the Mongolian and Xinjiang areas is backward, and our army does not have so many cars and vehicles. Pack animals, the difficulty of gathering a million soldiers is at least [-] times that of gathering one hundred thousand soldiers!"

Lieutenant General Xiao Zhenying, chief of staff of the Fifth Military Region, nodded: "Yes, our biggest problem is that we have 100 million soldiers, but we don't have the national strength to arm 100 million soldiers and keep them in a state of war.

This is like in the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army could have formed an army of one million, but it did not, because it could afford to build an army of one million, but it could not afford to support it.

To put it bluntly, although we have plenty of people, we still have so many bullets. An army with 10 bullets per 100 people, and an army with 90 bullets per million people, obviously, the former is more powerful, with an extra [-] People, the food consumed, and the transportation capacity mobilized are all extremely huge burdens.

Unless, we use human sea tactics, but human sea tactics are useless in modern warfare, and will not increase the chances of winning much, but will be irresponsible for the lives of officers and soldiers!"

Jiang Weiguo sighed in his heart. The total strength of the regular army of the Nanjing Army is now almost 100 million. However, all 100 million cannot be devoted to the war, because the national strength cannot afford it.

To put it plainly, the 100 million Nanjing Army did not consume much bullets in peacetime because they only needed target training. However, if the 100 million Nanjing Army were thrown into war, the bullet consumption would be astronomical. The crux of the problem is: Jiang Weiguo’s ammunition depot There are not so many bullets in it. He only has bullets that can send 20 Nanjing troops into the war. The total number of bullets is so small. This is determined by China's weak national strength. Obviously, 100 million people is much more than 100 people. Every soldier of the Nanjing Army has bullets, but the bullets will be seriously insufficient. Soldiers who do not have enough bullets can gain a little by relying on their numbers on the battlefield. results, but the number of casualties will increase dramatically.

In the final analysis, the development of military power is not only about recruiting soldiers, but also enabling soldiers to have enough ordnance.

China has a large population, and it is not a problem for Jiang Weiguo to recruit 500 million soldiers, but he does not have the ordnance to arm 500 million people at all.

"Our war with the Soviet Union, although we didn't declare war on each other, is actually almost the same!" Jiang Weiguo said, "In particular, our attack on Altai directly attacked the Soviet Union itself.

Since this is the case, we don’t need to have any worries anymore, if we don’t do anything, we will never stop, and start the next war with the attitude, determination, and means of declaring war on the Soviet Union!” He looked at Yang Jie.

Yang Jie understood, and he said in a deep voice: "After the Soviet army withdrew from the Japanese-Soviet War, they will definitely counterattack us in an all-round way. As for the direction of counterattack, the Northeast can be completely ruled out. It is nothing more than Outer Mongolia, Tangnu Wulianghai, and Xinjiang. Comprehensive judgment , Xinjiang can be ruled out, the biggest possibility is Outer Mongolia and Tangnu Wulianghai, why? The Soviet Union did everything possible to split our land, just to create a buffer zone between China and the Soviet Union and Japan and the Soviet Union, making them crucial The Siberian railway line is a little farther away from us and the Japanese. Among the three places, Xinjiang is the farthest from the railway line, and Outer Mongolia and Tangnu Wulianghai are the closest, almost close to each other. The Soviet army will definitely counterattack Outer Mongolia and Tangnu Wulianghai!" He glanced at the generals at the scene, "The key to this battle is this railway line! The main line of the Siberian Railway is the cervical spine of the huge Soviet Union. Once it is interrupted, the Soviet Union will be hemiplegic. The umbilical cord of the Soviet Army in the Far East, without it, the Soviet Army in the Far East would basically not be able to get supplies of ordnance and supplies in the Far East. The army will become a mob.

Therefore, our most important step is to cut off the Siberian railway line!Use our bombers to repeatedly bomb this railway line, and use our most elite troops to capture and defend the transportation hub on this railway line!As long as this step is completed, even if the Soviet Army in the Far East has 100 million troops, [-] aircraft, [-] tanks, and [-] cannons, it will not be feared!Because there are soldiers without bullets, aircraft and tanks without fuel, and cannons without shells.

We are sure to win!As for the large Soviet army in the core area of ​​Eastern Europe, it is possible to rush to join the war, but Germany will try its best to contain it in Europe. Germany is naturally trustworthy. Although it cannot be said to be [-]% successful, everyone, this It is war!How can there be no risk, a war that can be won without losing? "

The generals all nodded.

Zhang Fakui said: "The war between Japan and the Soviet Union has lasted for more than two months since August 8, and the battle of Qiqihar, the core of the war, lasted for more than 8 days. According to reliable statistics, the Soviet army has died and injured more than 20, and the Japanese army has also died and injured. More than 11 people.

The Japanese said that they could not continue the fight, and they had good reasons. However, the main forces of both sides still exist. It is conservatively estimated that the Soviet army still has about 45 combatable soldiers. For us, it is a great pressure.

If the Japanese hold on a little longer..."

Fu Zuoyi shook his head and said: "The Japanese are waiting for a price. They saw our intentions, so they took the opportunity to blackmail us. According to their request, we will send bombers to bomb the Soviet Union's Siberian railway trunk line. This is very reasonable. However, they asked us and Germany to provide them with 1 million U.S. dollars in military expenses, and they also asked us to dispatch more than 400 tanks, more than 300 tanks, more than 200 heavy artillery pieces, 50 hand grenades, 5000 million rounds of bullets, 1000 Machine guns and more.

These requirements are simply the lion's mouth!And can beat dogs with meat buns!How can we promise! "

"I've already contacted Hitler!" Jiang Weiguo said sullenly, "We refused. We and Germany had already paid for the military expenses of the Japanese army before the war. Now we have to pay. Do you think we are fools? [-] million US dollars, huh, I If you really have so much money, why give it to the Japanese? Why not give it to my own Nanjing army?"

"I have a way to force the Japanese to continue to work hard!" Xiao Yao said, he got up and walked to the map of the Far East on the wall. There are two routes in total. One is through Outer Mongolia. Today, Outer Mongolia has been recovered by our army. The Soviet army has cut off this road. The railway runs through the whole territory and is an important hub of the Siberian Railway) passing through Manzhouli.

Right now, the main force of the Soviet army and the Japanese army are still fighting in Qiqihar. If our army raids and occupies Manchuria with heavy troops and cuts off the main force of the Soviet army, the main force of the Soviet army will be caught in the front and back of our army and the Japanese army. We are stuck in Heilongjiang Province and can’t leave!” He squinted his eyes, “The Japanese army doesn’t want to fight the Soviet army anymore, and the Soviet army doesn’t want to fight the Japanese army anymore. Chasing, but not attacking, deliberately sending the Soviet army in front of us, we had to fight the Soviet army head-on.

However, what would happen if we did this and blocked the Soviet army in the territory of Heilongjiang Province and in the territory of the Japanese army? "

Wei Lihuang clapped his hands: "Good idea!" His eyes sparkled, "First, this is a good opportunity for us to severely damage the main force of the Soviet army! Second, the Japanese...the Japanese have nothing to say, the Soviet army is still there In their territory, how can they not fight? At that time, they will not be able to do anything! Third, in this way, we have also changed from passive to active as a whole. We will not wait for the Soviet army to attack, but take the initiative Attack!"

Fu Zuoyi also nodded again and again: "The Japanese are very cunning and want to be passive and sabotage, but we don't want to block the Soviet army in their territory, and they can't do it if they want to watch the fire from the other side! The Soviet army is right in front of their noses, how can it be just us and them?" The Soviet army fought bloody battles, but they stood idly by on the edge of the battlefield? It doesn’t make sense at all! Germany is very willing to wipe out the main force of the Soviet army in the Far East, and it will definitely put further pressure on the Japanese, whether it is coercion or temptation, it will always oppress Japan People joined us to attack the Soviet army back and forth!"

"There is a third advantage!" Xiao Yao smiled, "Where is Manzhouli? It is the westernmost city in Heilongjiang Province, and it is in the northeast! We entered Heilongjiang Province under the banner of fighting the Soviet army. When the time comes, we will leave." If we don’t leave, it’s not the Japanese who have the final say, and we can stretch our hands into Heilongjiang Province!”

"Wonderful!" Yang Jie also applauded.

Feng Zhi'an worried: "To block hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops at once, the difficulty, intensity, and intensity of the battle may be as high as..."

"This is our only chance to win the war in the Far East!" Xiao Yao said, "We must do this.

Yes, the battle is very difficult, but we must grit our teeth and overcome it. If we win this battle, the main force of the Soviet Army in the Far East will be destroyed!At that time, not to mention consolidating the achievements we have made in Outer Mongolia, Tangnu, Wulianghai, and Xinjiang, if we do well, there will be other gains, such as the outer Northeast, for example, Vladivostok..." There was a kind of Looking forward, there is also more heaviness.

Jiang Weiguo was heartbroken when he heard it, yes, if this is the case, it would be really great and wonderful.

Of course the Soviet Union was not easy to fight, and the Soviet army certainly should not be taken lightly. However, the real strength of the Soviet army was in the middle and late stages of World War II. The Soviet army in the early days of World War II performed worse than the national army in the early days of the War of Resistance. , About 100 million Soviet troops participated in the war, with about 20 casualties and more than 65 prisoners, most of whom surrendered voluntarily.

In all fairness, is the national army at the beginning of the war as bad as the Soviet army at the beginning of the war?When did the national army experience a humiliating defeat in which the number of prisoners was three times the number of casualties?Regardless of the battles of Songhu, Xuzhou, Wuhan, and Changsha, the national army almost never had the scandal of tens of thousands of people surrendering at one time during the war (of course, the national army also had troops that surrendered, but basically they were scattered by hundreds of troops. People, thousands of people, tens of thousands of people are indeed very few).

Some people may say that the German army is much stronger than the Soviet army, and even more powerful than the Japanese army.

This is wrong. A horizontal comparison should be made. The Chinese army fought against the Japanese army, and the Soviet army fought against the German army. So, is the gap between the Soviet army and the German army really greater than the gap between the Chinese army and the Japanese army?Is the national power gap between the Soviet Union and Germany really greater than the gap between China and Japan?In 1941, when the German-Soviet War broke out, Germany’s steel output was about 2100 million tons, the Soviet Union’s was about 1500 million tons, and Japan’s was about 700 million tons. What about China?A pitiful 5 tons (excluding Northeast China and Taiwan); Germany’s tank output in that year was about 3300 (this data does not include assault guns, tank destroyers, and self-propelled artillery that also use tank chassis. If they are all included, it will more than double , about 7000), the total output of tanks and self-propelled artillery in the Soviet Union was about 6600, and the Soviet Union had about 10000 tanks in service at that time, and Japan had 1200. What about China? 0, China can't even make cars, let alone tanks.

Therefore, objectively speaking, the Soviet army in the middle and late stages of World War II was indeed very strong, but this "power" was achieved in the war, and it was made up of countless lives. Take the Soviet-Finnish War as an example. Finland’s territory and population are basically a fraction of that of the Soviet Union, and Finland basically did not receive large-scale foreign aid during the war. About 20 Finns participated in the war (most of them were Finnish civilians who participated in the war temporarily, because The Finnish regular army before the war was only 3.2), and the Soviet army participated in the war more than 100 million people. As a result, about 2.6 people were killed in the battle in Finland, and about 7 people were injured. The specific number is unknown, because the Soviet Russian government has been hiding it, but it must be more than 70)", this kind of record, how embarrassing and embarrassing, can be compared with the Italian army.