I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Ok, now the first step has been successfully completed!"

Seeing the smile on Xue Yue's face, Jiang Weiguo secretly felt relieved.

On the battlefield between Cheremkhovo and Anbei, the situation at this time is as follows: two motorized infantry divisions of the Soviet Army took Anbei lightly and entered Anbei, and another two infantry divisions came For reinforcements and support, the 150th Division of the Nanjing Army "fleeed" all the way and retreated into the area outside Anbei City to confront the Soviet Army. The mobile force of the division is temporarily unable to continue to pursue the 150th division; the main force of the other five Soviet divisions is fighting with the 100th Army and the 88th Division of the Nanjing Army in the outskirts between Qiecheng and Anbei. Moreover, they are afraid of and restrain each other, and they dare not act rashly.

The battle situation still seems to be deadlocked, but the commanders on both sides are strategizing.

On August 8, Qiecheng and Anbei areas were full of wind and clouds, and a moderate rain seemed to be coming.

Within the Nanjing Army Command, disagreements arose among several core commanders.

"This rain is really not coming at the right time!" Song Xilian, the commander of the 10th Army, was worried. "It seems that we have to start planning in advance!"

"It can't be advanced!" Li Yutang, commander of the 100th Army, immediately objected, "Our time is not yet ripe, we must continue to wait! We need to invite you into the urn, but the Soviet army is only stepping in with one leg now!"

"If time drags on, the troops will be in danger!" Song Xilian became more and more anxious. His 88th Division bore the brunt of the Soviet counterattack and suffered great losses. The 150th Division, which is currently confronting the Soviet army in the suburbs of Anbei, also With his troops, he had to feel impatient.

"This rain is just a thunderstorm, it comes and goes quickly!" Xiao Yao comforted, "We have to calm down, it will be sunny after the rain.

This rain brought us both disadvantages and benefits. The disadvantage is that it is difficult for us to spy on the movement of the Soviet army through aerial reconnaissance. The advantage is that the road is muddy and the movement speed of the Soviet army's large-caliber artillery will be slow, which is beneficial to our mobile warfare. !"

Song Xilian looked at Xiao Yao angrily: "Will Konev miss this opportunity? He will definitely take the initiative!"

"The Soviet army took the initiative to take action, which indeed brought us a great hidden danger!" Yang Jie said, "But we have hope to give it a go. As long as we can survive, the situation will be more beneficial to us!"

A look of worry also appeared on Xue Yue's face: "Man is not as good as God, this rain has caused us trouble.

Konev is another tactical master, he will definitely take his chance!"

The generals argued for a while, and finally looked at Jiang Weiguo, who had the lowest rank but had the decision-making power.

Jiang Weiguo felt the anxiety of the generals, he looked at Xiao Yao with difficulty.

Xiao Yao understood, and he summarized in concise language: "Originally, we planned to win 50 yuan at a cost of 100 yuan. Starting now, we will only pay 20 yuan, but we can only win 30 yuan. Continue , we may pay 100 dollars, but have a chance to win 200 dollars, but may only win 100 dollars or even 50 dollars!"

Xiao Yao's words made it very clear about the uncertainty of the battle situation and the difficulty in making decisions for the generals.

Jiang Weiguo thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Our purpose is to severely damage or defeat the current Soviet army, right?"

"Yeah!" The generals nodded.

Jiang Weiguo also understood: "If the Soviet army had 70 troops, we wiped out 20 and lost 10. Although it is considered a victory, it is not the 'major breakthrough' we are looking for, right? Because we did not seriously injure Or crush the Soviets!"

"Yeah!" The generals nodded again.

"We don't have the capital to waste, and we don't have the time to procrastinate!" Jiang Weiguo sighed.

The generals understood what Jiang Weiguo meant, and he had already expressed his position.

Jiang Weiguo felt that his situation at this time was like that of Pang Qingyun in the later movie "Certificate of Fame". Pang Qingyun's army "Shanziying" has been fighting desperately. First, it spent nine months on the battlefield in Suzhou, and the whole army was almost exhausted. With all the lights out, Suzhou was defeated, and then Nanjing was fought non-stop, without taking a breath. I didn't take a good rest."

Why is Shanziying so bitter?Because Pang Qingyun's capital is limited, he can't get the support of Sangong, and He Kui's Kuizi camp has been restraining him. The most important thing is that Pang Qingyun's goal (or ambition, dream, ambition) is too big, beyond It has exceeded the tolerance range of Shanziying.

If you don't have enough capital, but want to achieve ambitious goals, it is naturally very tiring, and you have to use unscrupulous means to supplement your capital.

The same is true for Jiang Weiguo. At this time, China actually does not have the comprehensive strength to fight a world war (unless it is like Italy), but Jiang Weiguo has to fight, because this is the last chance for China to be reborn, reborn from the ashes, and achieve a comprehensive revival. As we all know, in the original history, after World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union rose to become the two poles of the world, and Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan all weakened. Even if these countries want to rise again, the United States and the Soviet Union, which have gained the ability to dominate the world, will definitely suppress them. The emergence of a third superpower is not allowed.

If China only wants to be a regional power and be content to be a second-rate developed country after the war, it naturally doesn’t need to be the protagonist of the world war. It only needs to be a horse behind the United States, the Soviet Union or Germany. But Jiang Weiguo Not reconciled to that, so his overly ambitious goal made China fall into a very tired state at this time.

Pang Qingyun's capital is limited, but his goal is ambitious, so the mountain camp is very bitter and tiring;

Jiang Weiguo's capital is limited, but his goals are ambitious, so the Nanjing Army is very bitter and tired.

On the evening of August 8, there were thunderstorms and heavy rain.

After nightfall, the 99th and 88th Divisions of the Nanjing Army started a feint to attract and contain the Soviet Army, while the 180th Division quickly marched towards Anbei overnight. According to the plan, the 180th Division and the 150th Division joined forces. Launch a feint attack on Anbei, cut off the retreat of the Soviet army in Anbei, attract the main force of the Soviet army, force the Soviet army to leave the Qiecheng area, and continue to go south, thus laying the foundation for the subsequent retreat and decisive battle.

According to Xue Yue's plan, the Nanjing army deliberately gave up Anbei to lure the Soviet army to attack, thereby expanding the Soviet army's front. It is possible to face up to the city defense battle, which is obviously beneficial to the Soviet army. The Nanjing army will be unable to attack. Konev is likely to seize this good opportunity to severely injure the Nanjing army in the next step, and the Soviet army will attack across the board.

Although Konev is calm and cautious, he is not conservative and timid. His style is to fight steadily, but if he has the opportunity to seriously injure his opponent, he will basically not miss the opportunity.

In fact, Konev at this time was also very inclined to offensive thinking. In the original history, after his several hasty attacks were severely damaged by the German army, his command style became calm and cautious.

In the headquarters, Xue Yue, Yang Jie and other generals were working all night, their brains were spinning rapidly, and they were all concentrated, engrossed, and single-minded.

The more Jiang Weiguo watched, the more he felt that Xue Yue, Yang Jie and others were like doctors performing a high-risk precision operation, and no carelessness could be tolerated. However, the enemy of doctors is only disease, which can be controlled and predicted. The enemy of soldiers It is the enemy's person, and the enemy Konev is not an ordinary person. It is very difficult to calculate a clever enemy.

In the world, people can calculate anything. Astronomers can calculate the trajectory of a planet tens of thousands of light-years away. Physicists can calculate the arrangement order of molecules and atoms, but the most difficult thing for people to calculate is people, even if there are two people. Close to each other face to face, each other does not know each other's true thoughts.

Jiang Weiguo had to be in awe of Xue Yue, Yang Jie and other generals.

Jiang Weiguo is a strategist (cheating), not a military strategist, and fighting is not within his ability, so although he paid close attention to the battle situation, exhaustion finally broke him, so he ran to the next room to sleep.

I don't know when he fell asleep, and in a daze, Jiang Weiguo was woken up by Yang Jie. When he opened his eyes, he saw Yang Jie's face. Jiang Weiguo's heart skipped a beat. Stone.

"Three o'clock in the morning!" Yang Jie said succinctly and at the same time whispered, "Something went wrong!"

After running into the headquarters, Jiang Weiguo's heart immediately sank further and further, because the tense atmosphere that rushed to his face clearly contained a very ominous premonition. The combat staff were staring at the map, and the communication staff were shouting hoarsely into the radio. , everyone was pale, and the weather outside was also cloudy and rainy.

"Mr. Xue..." Jiang Weiguo called carefully to Xue Yue who stood in front of the map like a wooden sculpture.

Xue Yue pursed his lips tightly: "Two hours ago, Anbei's Soviet army was suddenly dispatched, and the number was unknown.

It was late at night and it was raining heavily. It was really impossible to know how many Soviet troops were in the city and how many were leaving the city. We dared not move lightly. As a result, our hesitation exacerbated the changes in the situation.

More than an hour ago, the Soviet army left the city to join a mechanized unit of the Soviet army. The mechanized unit should be the tank brigade and a motorized infantry division of the Soviet army. The 180th Division, flanking back and forth, made the 180th Division fall into the enemy's front and back.

Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, we could not judge the situation clearly, so the 150th Division dispatched a brigade to respond, but the Soviet army in Anbei City suddenly took the initiative to attack and pinned down the 150th Division!"

Yang Jie added in a low voice: "The 180th Brigade and the 180nd Brigade of the 182th Division were surrounded by the Soviet Army. The 181st Brigade rushed out of the Soviet interception line and then turned back to rescue, but was strongly blocked by the Soviet Army!"

Jiang Weiguo barely settled down: "Konev... gave up on Anbei?"

Yang Jie shook his head: "He didn't give up.

I judge that Konev saw through our intentions, so he deliberately increased troops to Anbei. There were four divisions of the Soviet army in Anbei. Now think about it, the four divisions of the Soviet army are too many. We were succeeded by him. We were completely deceived, and we were even complacent, thinking that Konev was completely hooked and made his four divisions in Anbei a defensive force that could no longer participate in the war. In fact, Konev used Anbei and Confused us, we mistakenly thought that Anbei's four divisions of the Soviet army would be used by him to defend the city. In fact, Konev did this on purpose, thus ambushing a mobile force in Anbei, four divisions, two One or even one was used by him to defend the city, and two or even three were used for the reverse attack, to cooperate with the Soviet army's pursuit troops to attack our army's 180th division head-on!"

Xue Yue sighed: "We still underestimated Konev!"

Jiang Weiguo barely cleared his mind: "Isn't Konev taking a risk by doing this? Anbei has four divisions of the Soviet army. It is indeed difficult for our army to defeat them in a hurry, but he took away two or even three, not to let Anbei fall into the trap. Empty? Isn't he afraid of losing Anbei?"

Yang Jie sighed and said: "I guess, Konev dared to do this for two reasons. First, he has seen through our intentions and decided that we will not really attack Anbei by force, so he boldly transferred Second, he is taking risks. If he loses Anbei, he will indeed disobey Stalin's order, but he will not hesitate to take risks for military victory. In other words, he is betting that he wants to eat We have one division or two brigades. In this way, on the one hand, we can lose sight of the other, have to rescue the besieged troops, and cannot counterattack Anbei, and on the other hand, we can hand over to Stalin. Yes, he lost Anbei, but successfully formed an organization Annihilating our army's divisional and brigade-level troops is enough to make up for it!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart was cold when he heard it, and he thought to himself: "Oh, Konev is indeed one of the three famous generals of the Soviet Army in World War II and one of the troikas of the Soviet Army in World War II. It is really difficult to deal with!"

Yang Jie saw Jiang Weiguo's nervousness, and comforted him: "Second son, don't be too nervous, the situation is still within our control, everything has two sides, Konev's counterattack is really beautiful, very interesting It may cause partial failure to our army, but the partial failure of our army can just further paralyze the Soviet army!"

Jiang Weiguo felt anxious and anxious, he didn't know what to say.

After receiving Vatutin's report, Konev, who also stayed up all night, let out a long sigh of relief.

Vatutin was indeed very brave. He completed the big detour and interspersed in the planned plan overnight, biting two brigades of the Nanjing Army in one breath. It was originally a division, but ended up running a brigade. Konev was deeply relieved.

With Bu Tan's cooperation, although Vatutin cannot be said to be self-taught, he has also displayed a very ingenious wisdom.

According to common sense, infantry and tanks fight together, either advancing together, or tanks in front and infantry behind, but Vatutin did the opposite. He ordered the infantry to go out first, and cut down a lot of wood in advance. When they reached the mud and swamps, they paved the road with wooden boards, so that the follow-up tank troops were able to run like lightning in the rain, and finally successfully blocked the 180th Division of the Nanjing Army.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the contribution of Kuznetsov.

Recovering Anbei made Kuznetsov very proud. Konev told him that according to his plan, he could not only keep Anbei, but also eat another division of the Nanjing Army. Afterwards, he would put his name on the victory report The first person on the list of meritorious personnel reported to Stalin. Kuznetsov, who was very eager to make persistent efforts and achieve better results, cooperated with Konev very well, and his performance was also remarkable. He led two and a half divisions in the Nanjing Army by surprise. Highlighting Anbei, combined with Vatutin to successfully complete the front and back attack on the 180th Division of the Nanjing Army.

Konev understood that after his own ingenuity, the situation that was originally inclined to the Nanjing Army was reversed.

Of course Konev wanted to annihilate or severely injure the Nanjing Army, but he would not take the risk easily, because he knew that this was by no means an easy task. The strengths of the two sides were basically the same, so his attack was a "limited attack", and the style remained the same. With care and poise.

Konev's new plan is: besiege the 180th Division, force the Nanjing Army to rescue the 180th Division, and then expand a larger encirclement, trying to eat more Nanjing Army, complete the heavy damage to the Nanjing Army, and relieve the Nanjing Army's attack on the [-]th Division. The threat of cutting the city.

Xue Yue, Yang Jie and other generals of the Nanjing Army will naturally not let Konev's wishful thinking come true.

Both sides are trying their best to strategize, and it is unknown who will win the game.

Chapter 483 Strategizing (3)

"Our two brigades must be rescued!" Jiang Weiguo's heart trembled and his tone was firm. "We can't set such a precedent. Once we do, the negative impact will be too great!"

Jiang Weiguo is telling the truth, the loss of two brigades is already a very serious loss. Most importantly, the Nanjing Army has never had such a precedent for an army to be wiped out by the enemy in an organized way, whether it is fighting with the Japanese or fighting with the Japanese army. The Soviet army was fighting, not to mention the division and brigade level, there was no regiment level (although there have been situations where a certain regiment, a certain brigade, and a certain division were exhausted, but they were not really wiped out by the entire army). The elimination of the two brigades in a systematic way by Zi was indeed a great negative impact on the Nanjing Army's morale, morale, military prestige, victory confidence, fighting belief, and courage to fight and fight. However, the Nanjing Army has completely wiped out the divisions of the Japanese Army and the division-level troops of the Soviet Army. Now, when this kind of thing is the turn of the Nanjing Army itself, Jiang Weiguo can't accept it just because of his personal feelings. .

"The siege of the [-]th Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade greatly exceeded our expectations and plans!" Yang Jie understood Jiang Weiguo very well, "Through this move, Konev once again took the initiative. Right now, we Riding a tiger is difficult. If we try our best to rescue the [-]th and [-]nd brigades, the decisive battle of retreat and the method of Tianlu warfare in Boling's (Xue Yue's table) concept cannot be carried out. It was something we tried to avoid; if we let it go and carry out the original plan, I am afraid...the two besieged brigades will be in trouble!" He sighed, "The Soviet army is neither easy nor easy to fight. It’s just a bad situation to encounter!”

"Two brigades, almost [-] brothers, [-] lives!" Jiang Weiguo was heartbroken, "You can't just sit idly by..."

The atmosphere at the headquarters was extremely grim. Xue Yue looked at the map without saying a word. Li Yutang and Song Xilian had already gone to the front line. Yang Jie helped Xue Yue to make suggestions while telling Jiang Weiguo about the battle situation.

At this juncture, Jiang Weiguo felt an unprecedented fear. He was still calm when facing the siege of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in Nanjing, but now, he is really scared.

"Don't let the chaos continue!" Xiao Yao said calmly, "We should carry out the original plan!"

"What?" Jiang Weiguo looked at Xiao Yao in astonishment, Xue Yue and Yang Jie both showed subtle expressions.

Xiao Yao pointed at the map, feeling a little emotionally ups and downs: "If you don't like it, let me say it! In order to achieve a decisive retreat and hit the Soviet army in one fell swoop, we have to pretend that we have lost the battle, so that we can deceive the Soviet army. Nev, but is Konev so easy to deceive? This man is calm and cautious in his military operations, and he will not be hooked unless we spend enough money! Our original plan was to transfer the 77th Army and pretend to be in Anbei , Qiecheng is here to turn from offense to defense in an all-round way. This is the first step. Deliberately abandoning the defense of Anbei is the second step. To capture the loopholes of the Soviet army and launch a counterattack, to turn from defense to attack and then pretend to be defeated is the third step. A brigade is besieged by the Soviet army, and may be eaten by the Soviet army. To be honest, this situation is very heartbreaking, but objectively, it can better deceive Konev. The strength of our army is halved. In the north, two more brigades were completely annihilated by the Soviet army. Not to mention Konev himself, I am afraid that Stalin, who is far away in Moscow, will win twelve gold medals in a row and urge Konev to fully counterattack us. At that time, even if Konev continues to maintain Be calm and cautious, and he will not be able to help himself! Because we have indeed lost, a big defeat, a very ugly defeat! When this situation is brought to the headmaster, the headmaster will be convinced that we have lost a big battle! What we need right now, Isn't that the effect? ​​Using enough blood to paralyze the Soviet army can lay the groundwork for our army's next comprehensive counterattack! Soldiers never tire of cheating! How can you succeed if you want to deceive the opponent without paying enough price?"

Jiang Weiguo's heart felt cold when he heard this, and at the same time, he felt an uncontrollable anger: "Brother Haoran, what do you mean, abandon the [-]th and [-]nd Brigade? Use them as abandoned sons, so as to further paralyze the Soviets ?”

"Yes!" Xiao Yao said bluntly, he was obviously ready to say the worst obedient words.

Jiang Weiguo was really angry. Although he knew that Xiao Yao was thinking about the problem from the perspective of the overall situation, he was still angry. His anger stemmed from a kind of regret: "Two brigades, [-] lives, just let it go? Our traditional What is it? Don’t abandon, don’t give up! How can we abandon siblings, give up on them?”

Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo calmly: "It is very painful for a strong man to cut off his wrist.

Those 20 brothers definitely did not die in vain, their sacrifices were valuable, and we will use [-] or more Soviet troops to pay homage to them in the near future!They all deserved to die!Soldiers are supposed to be prepared to die on the battlefield. Isn't it a good thing that they can die with great value? "

Jiang Weiguo knew that Xiao Yao was rational and he was irrational, but he couldn't help but said angrily: "This is a disregard for human life!"

"War is the most careless thing in the world!" Xiao Yao growled in a rare low voice, "Isn't war the same as killing people? How can there be a good thing that others are only killed by us, but we are not killed by others? Brother 20, I also It hurts my heart, but in our eyes, we must treat them as lifeless chips and pawns! Exchange [-] lives of our own for [-] lives of the enemy. Isn’t that a victory? Isn’t it worthwhile? Human life is in our eyes, It must be just a string of numbers! Whether it’s the enemy’s or our own! I don’t want to kill people but want to kill the enemy, dreaming!” For the first time, he criticized Jiang Weiguo in a very aggressive tone.

Jiang Weiguo stared blankly at Xiao Yao, trying to refute, but couldn't make sense.

Xiao Yao sighed lowly, and turned to comfort Jiang Weiguo: "There is no way, people can't help themselves in the battlefield, because fighting is the thing that needs the least rationality and only rationality.

A general who loses [-] himself and kills [-] enemies will be regarded as a hero, because he did win the battle, but the price of his victory is in exchange for [-] dead souls of his own side. War is such a cruel thing.