I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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"We are all compatriots in the four seas, but the wind and rain disturb the world!"

After Yuyin, there was a short sigh.

Then, Hirohito stood up and slowly left the conference hall. Prince Xianyuan Gong Zairen and Prince Fushimi Gong Hiroshi who had not spoken during the meeting immediately followed.

"His Majesty the Emperor has given his holy will, gentlemen, please!" Kido Yukiichi smiled slightly, and got up to leave.

All the participants in the conference hall fell into a kind of bewilderment, only Suzuki Kantaro smiled wryly.

This is not the first time that the imperial meeting has been held, but Hirohito seldom speaks at the meeting, and the number of times he speaks is so small that it can be described as "rare". The Buddha statue in the house, just listen but not talk.

This is not Hirohito's personal characteristic, but he has to do it, he can't open his mouth easily, so that firstly, he can maintain the mystery, and secondly, he can prevent wrong words. The emperor is a god, and gods can't make mistakes. In order not to make mistakes, It is necessary to keep silent. In addition, doing so can avoid giving up the truth and becoming "evidence" against the emperor. Thirdly, the emperor's words are decisive, and his words are decisive, so he cannot easily express his position, so as to give a certain party's opinion in the Japanese high-level Provide an overwhelming advantage, and then maintain the "delicate balance" in Japan's top management. Moreover, Hirohito really spoke, but also very vaguely, without giving clear instructions of "yes" or "no". Two functions, one is convenient to shirk responsibility in the future, and the subordinates did not do a good job, it must be "distorted the emperor's holy will", it is definitely not "the emperor's holy will" is wrong, the subordinates do things well, naturally because they "understand correctly The emperor's holy will" makes Hirohito's words "always correct", and secondly, it can avoid "causing trouble".

In the original history, the Americans defeated the Japanese and wanted to send Hirohito to the war criminals trial, but the Americans searched all the information, but could not find any evidence records that Hirohito personally ordered the war, because Hirohito did not say that at all. However, it is not that Hirohito did not order. He just "hinted" in an extremely obscure and ambiguous way. Although he "hinted that he ordered the war", he did not leave any definite evidence.

The way Hirohito speaks in this way is firstly determined by the emperor's "divine nature", and secondly stems from his own cunning and smoothness, nothing more.

"What is His Majesty's sacred will..." Some of the participants were puzzled and some thoughtful.

Among all the people, only Suzuki Kantaro knew best, he was the first to understand Hirohito's "Holy Will".

The chief of staff is the highest chief executive of the Japanese army, and the chief of military orders is the highest chief executive of the Japanese navy. Previously, these two positions were held by Prince Hanin Gongzaijin and Prince Fushimi Gong Hiroshi, both of whom were princes, Members of the royal family, the two are in charge of the highest positions in the land and navy. It is Hirohito's strategy to implement royal rule. Since the Japanese army is the emperor's army, the commander is naturally a member of the royal family. Hirohito will not let non-royal people control his army, but, The two princes were actually replaced at this time, what does this mean?It shows that Hirohito has already planned to go to war with the United States, but he was afraid of Japan's defeat. In order to prevent the defeated Japanese royal family from being settled by the U.S. government after autumn, he replaced the two princes, so that the Japanese royal family "stayed out of the matter" and caused damage to the outside world. The illusion that "it was not the Japanese imperial family that started the war".

In addition, the phrase "All compatriots in the four seas, but the wind and rain disturb the world" was exactly what Emperor Meiji said when he made up his mind to launch the Sino-Japanese War. Hirohito said it now, and the meaning is very clear. His grandfather said this sentence to launch the Sino-Japanese War. He also said this now, which means that he is also going to start a war.

"We're still going to war!" Suzuki sighed, "Will the new war be a blessing or a curse? God's will is unpredictable!"

Chapter 621 The Wind Blows (4)

Amidst the sharp and unique whistling sound, a group of Stuka dive bombers with blue sky and white sun military emblems painted on their wings, under the protection of BF-109 fighter jets, passed over the northeastern part of British India (later the Bangladesh region) ) in the blue sky, below the plane are vast forests, great plains, farmland, swamps and cobweb-like rivers.

In the forest, on the plain, in the farmland, in the swamp... There are many figures, voices, and streams of people. Countless ragged and unkempt soldiers are running wildly with their heads in their hands, desperately fleeing westward, swarming , A plate of loose sand... The scene is like the great migration of the African antelope herd, extremely chaotic and spectacular.

After the crowd passed by, there were abandoned items and garbage everywhere, such as firearms, ammunition, artillery, tanks, radio stations, documents... In order to reduce the burden, these fleeing soldiers only kept their underpants and rations that could not be discarded. Everything that could be thrown away was thrown away, including the Union Jack flags that had been swaggering on every continent of the world with each powerful fleet. I turned my face away in the grave in shame", because these fleeing soldiers were the British Commonwealth Army (British Indian Army) stationed in India. A. Fleeing in panic, all the officers and soldiers of the British and Indian Army had only one thought in their minds at this moment: flee westward, and flee to India quickly!

These officers and soldiers of the British and Indian Army who escaped were completely out of order, had no fighting spirit, and their morale was completely exhausted. They scrambled to be the first to kick horses and horses, and even fought each other to snatch roads and vehicles. The subordinates contradicted the superiors and refused to obey. According to the orders of the superiors, the "inferior" Indian army refused to give up their vehicles to the "superior" British army, and it was completely messed up.

The Stuka fleet in the air hovered unhurriedly over the ant-like British and Indian troops below. Wherever the wings went, ghosts cried and wolves howled, chickens flew and dogs jumped. When they dived, they frightened and scrambled to scatter desperately, for fear that they and the people around them would become the targets of bombs thrown by enemy planes in the air because they gathered too densely.

Booming, the Stukas finally found their most valuable target: a bridge over a great river lying in the escape path of the British and Indian troops.

In an instant, a series of heavy bombs fell from the sky, the sky collapsed and the ground sank, fireballs rose to the ground, water jets soared into the sky, and bridges were precisely blown up amidst lightning and thunder.

After seeing this scene, the British and Indian soldiers who rushed to the river beat their chests and feet in mourning.

"The Chinese are coming!" Some British and Indian soldiers shouted with guts.

In the jungle behind the fleeing British and Indian troops, iron-blooded military flags fluttered majesticly and swept over. A large number of Nanjing troops in camouflage uniforms roared up like wolves, bluntly "surrender without killing" English shouts accompanied by imposing Chinese shouts of killing poured into the ears of the trembling British and Indian soldiers.

The British and Indian troops who could no longer run because of exhaustion or exhaustion, or who did not want to run anymore because they lost hope and resigned themselves to fate, immediately descended on the ground.

The attacking Nanjing army confiscated the weapons and equipment of the British and Indian troops, and then ordered them to wait on the spot, and let the Thai army who came later be responsible for gathering these prisoners.

The Nanjing Army’s long-distance raids were aimed at speeding up the troops and catching the enemy by surprise. They would not waste time collecting these prisoners who were no longer a threat. Towns and picking up things, you know, the British and Indian troops fled all the way and threw things all the way. Picking up things is to reap the spoils. After all, the British and Indian troops who are eager to escape rarely destroy their supplies when they discard them. It is very important to pick up intact tanks and artillery. normal thing.

There are not many Nanjing troops attacking India from the Myanmar-India border. There is only one division, the 101st Division. However, this division was supplemented by a large number of armed personnel in the Golden Triangle before the attack. Sufficient, all officers and soldiers are very good at fighting in tropical mountain jungles, and have high morale and high morale, so they are invincible after entering India.

At this time, the "Central-South Expeditionary Force" of the Nanjing Army had completed the first phase of combat missions, swept across the Indo-China Peninsula at a small cost, and took Thailand as a base to take down Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia in succession. Asia, Singapore, Brunei, and Burma have achieved brilliant results. As for attacking India, it is not in the plan of the Nanjing Army Headquarters, but the Central South Expeditionary Force is not making decisions on its own, because "launching a tentative attack on India" is the new plan of the Nanjing Army Headquarters. Order.

Wei Lihuang, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, carried out this task meticulously. He only used one division (one division of the Nanjing Army is actually equal to one army) to attack India. Unexpectedly, the battle went so smoothly that the British and Indian troops were almost vulnerable. , It collapsed at the first touch, the 101st Division fought like a broken bamboo, and almost did not fight a real fierce battle, and captured the prisoners "with soft hands".

"You can't be rich for three generations!" Luo Zhuoying, the deputy commander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, said with emotion, "This seems to be a historical rule. In the past dynasties, the whole army of the country was full of vigor when it was first established, but at the end of the period, the country and the army will become dull.

For example, the Qin Dynasty was so powerful when it swept the six countries and unified the world. As a result, at the end of Qin Dynasty, the Qin army, which used to be powerful in the world, was defeated repeatedly. In the battle of Julu alone, 20 people were killed by Xiang Yukeng.

The same goes for the British!Their British Empire was indeed invincible before, but now, the empire on which the sun never sets has reached the point where the sun never sets!"

Xiao Yisu, Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, concluded: "Our army's 'exploratory attack' on India went much smoother than our army expected. The first enemy of the army in this battle is the difficulty of maintaining logistical supplies, the second is the various inconveniences caused by the natural environment, and the third is the British and Indian troops, but it is far inferior to the first two!"

Although the British and Indian troops do not have the ability to resist the Nanjing Army's invasion of India and plunder thousands of miles in a short period of time, the Nanjing Army also has many constraints. The Indian border area is covered with large tracts of mountainous jungles. At the same time, the rivers are densely covered, and logistics and transportation are relatively difficult. The time to maintain a strong attack force cannot be too long.

In this regard, Zhao Haijun, who was completely Chinese but was replaced by Jiang Weiguo and was inserted into the Thai military circles as the Deputy Minister of Defense of Thailand, and was appointed as the temporary deputy commander of the 101st Division of the Nanjing Army, came up with a bold new strategy: Take the sea route.

"The 101st and 101nd brigades of the 102st Division have already entered the war in northeastern India. The 103rd brigade is still in Myanmar for the time being, responsible for logistics and transportation. In my opinion, there is no need for this brigade to catch up with the previous two brigades by land and go directly. Let’s go by sea!” Zhao Haijun explained his idea, “Depart from the port of Yangon, Myanmar, enter the Bay of Bengal by boat, and then land at Chittagong (located in the northeast of the Bay of Bengal, the second largest city and largest port in Bangladesh), so as to realize the The effect of the large detours and interspersed sea routes has launched a bottom-up attack on the British and Indian troops in northeastern India!"

Wei Lihuang, Luo Zhuoying, Xiao Yisu, Wen Mingjian, Zeng Liwei, Jin Dingguo and other chief officials are seriously thinking about this new strategy.

Xiao Yisu said: "The 101st Division is a mountain and jungle combat division. It has not received training in amphibious landing warfare. If a landing warfare is launched, I am afraid... it will be difficult to transform?"

Zhao Haijun said with a smile: "Sister, you think highly of the British and Indian troops too.

The British and Indian troops in Chittagong only have more than [-] people, and they are still dominated by the Indian army. The equipment is backward, the training is insufficient, the morale is exhausted, and the fighting spirit is low. Take it ashore, and the landing is complete!"

Zeng Liwei agreed: "Well, the latest information provided by the Maritime Statistics Bureau can confirm that the defense of the British and Indian troops in Chittagong is very low, and it is really nothing to worry about!"

Luo Zhuoying frowned: "Do we have the ability to complete this kind of sea troop transport alone? Do we need the assistance of the Japanese navy?"

Zhao Haijun nodded first and then shook his head: "Yes, the premise of transporting troops by sea is to have command of the sea and the air. The British Far East Fleet has been wiped out, and there are not many submarines. Even a destroyer of our army can enter the Bay of Bengal. In no man's land, there will be no battles at sea. As for the air supremacy, it is also in the hands of our army. From Yangon to Chittagong, the fleet advances all the way close to the coastline, and is under the protection of land-based aviation all the way.

As for the assistance of the Japanese navy, I think it is unnecessary. First, the Japanese navy’s fleet in Southeast Asia has already returned to Japan. It seems that the Japanese navy is about to launch a new war and has no time to assist us. Second, Come on, we can't rely too much on the Japanese. If we ask the Japanese for help too many times, it will make the Japanese look down upon us. We don't want to be offended by that. Thirdly, if we ask the Japanese navy for assistance, it will make too much noise, and it will startle the snake. Yes, if you can catch the British by surprise, why not do it? "

Wei Lihuang was convinced, he looked at everyone: "Listen to me.

Although India is a good place, according to the pre-war plan and the instruction of the second son, we will not win India. We are not interested in India, and we will not include India in our sphere of influence in Greater China. Why?The second son said that India has been ruled by the British for nearly a hundred years, and the Indians have been aroused with a sense of national independence, constantly resisting the colonial slavery of the British. Today, India is no longer a piece of fat, but a A hot potato, a big powder keg that will explode at any time, it is not difficult for us to defeat the British, drive the British away, and replace the British rule of India, but after taking India, it is very difficult to maintain the rule of India , and it is not necessary.

The second son instructed us that for India, we have two countermeasures. One is to split it up and provoke its civil war, so as to weaken India for a long time, so that India after independence cannot threaten China. The other is to use waste. , use this hot potato, big powder keg to create a big problem for our potential enemies.

As for this potential enemy, everyone knows that it is Japan.

We want to cede India to Japan, let the Japanese have a fertile land and abundant products but turbulent and chaotic India, use the Indians to consume the energy of the Japanese, and contain the Japanese military power!"

Luo Zhuoying nodded: "Yes, everyone, you know that the Japanese are our neighbors for thousands of years, and we know very well about this neighbor who is also a scourge.

In all fairness, there are indeed many advantages of the Japanese, such as seriousness, rigor, unity, high loyalty, and high obedience, but there are also many shortcomings or weaknesses of the Japanese. There are three most obvious ones, barbarism , arrogance, greed.

The brutality, arrogance, and insatiable characteristics of the Japanese are well known all over the world, especially the word 'greedy', which is almost a deep-rooted characteristic of the Japanese, so they do things time and time again. things come.

Didn't the Japanese want to annex our China before? Now, we have transferred India to them, which is smaller than China but also very large. How can they not be tempted?Obtaining India with an area of ​​430 million square kilometers, Japan's national power will inevitably increase again, and the Great Japanese Empire will become even bigger. It is a pity that although India is very good, it is very labor-intensive. It's a pity to discard it' tasteless, but, according to the greed of the Japanese, it is almost impossible for them to vomit out the fat of India after swallowing it.

There are [-] million people in India!If Japan wants to control India, how can it be suppressed without sending hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops?In this way, didn't the Indians help us contain the Japanese army of millions? "

"Second son is really clever!" "Myna is indeed myna! It's amazing!" Zeng Liwei, Jin Dingguo and others were full of praise after hearing the long-term plan drawn up by Jiang Weiguo.

Wei Lihuang walked to the wall and pulled down a huge map of British India: "Fishing must have bait. If you want the Japanese to take the bait, what can you do if you don't take out enough bait? Look at the map, our army's 101st The division is currently attacking northeastern India (Bangladesh). Although it has won many battles and victories after the war, it has not yet won a big city.

Please think about it, if our army has not achieved too much victory in India, then we told the Japanese that we will transfer India to you, would the Japanese be moved?Less likely.

why?Because the Japanese had no plan to attack India, since our army did not occupy much land in India, then India is not ours, so how can we transfer India to the Japanese?It’s as if we are telling the Japanese now, let’s transfer Brazil to you. Brazil is very large and rich in resources, but Brazil is not ours. How can we transfer it?Since it is to be transferred, the premise is that this thing is ours, or part of it is ours, and we can transfer it out.

Therefore, our army must occupy a large area of ​​land in India, especially the big cities. In this way, we have a large area of ​​India and several large cities in our hands, so that we can tell the Japanese with reason and evidence that we will transfer India to you. !The Japanese will be moved!"

"So that's how it is!" Zeng Liwei, Jin Dingguo and others suddenly understood.

Luo Zhuoying said with a smile: "How to lure Japan to attack and annex India? The only way is that we have occupied India's land, such as tens of thousands of square kilometers, and there are one or two or two or three more. The more the better." Big cities, and then borrow flowers to offer Buddhas, and transfer these lands and big cities to the Japanese. Faced with free things, how can the Japanese not want it? Once they want it, the Japanese will be hooked. One, and then hand it over to the Japanese, the Japanese will get one-tenth for nothing, and the next nine-tenths will have to be fought by themselves, and after winning ten-tenths, how to maintain their rule will also make them have no choice. It's not a matter of being overwhelmed, anyway, the Japanese will not take the initiative to spit out India.

In fact, we fought very smoothly in Southeast Asia and India. The British and Indian troops were low in combat power and were beaten to the ground by us. I am afraid that the Japanese would have been envious of them for a long time.

The opponent is weak and the gains are huge, so it is even more impossible for the Japanese not to be tempted!" He looked at Wei Lihuang, "Jun Zuo, you support Zhao Haijun's new strategy, is it based on this consideration? "

Wei Lihuang nodded: "Yes, Chittagong is the second largest city in the eastern part of British India. Only after we win it can we give it to the Japanese as a 'heavy gift' to lure the Japanese to attack India. The bait!" He made up his mind and made a final decision, "It is not too late, soldiers are precious, and I approve this new strategy! Contact the Navy immediately! Everyone get busy!"

"Yes!" Everyone performed their duties excitedly and nervously.

Although the Chinese navy has always been ill-fated and its development path has been bumpy and bumpy, it is now quite large. It can be said that "although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs." In addition to battleships, aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, submarines... everything is available, but In terms of quantity and tonnage, it is much inferior to the US, British and Japanese navies.

The Chinese navy now consists of four major parts: the surface fleet, the submarine force, the marine force, and the aviation force.

On the surface fleet, the Chinese navy now has two main fleets (and several small auxiliary fleets for offshore defense and inland river defense), of which the first fleet is the aircraft carrier fleet (the core of the fleet is the dragon leased from the Japanese navy. Ryo aircraft carrier), the 1nd Fleet is the cruiser fleet.

In the previous Southeast Asian wars, the Chinese navy basically did not participate in the war, but it also came to the waters of Southeast Asia to land in Borneo and occupied Brunei without bloodshed. At this time, the Japanese naval fleet had returned to Japan (preparing to attack Pearl Harbor). Considering that the Central-South Expeditionary Force needs the cooperation of naval forces, the Chinese Navy's 1st Fleet, which came to the Southeast Asian waters, has been stranded in the waters of Singapore.

The main warships of the 1st Fleet include: the light aircraft carrier Longxiang, the heavy cruiser Zhongzheng, the light cruiser Ninghai and the Peaceful Sea, 6 destroyers, more than 20 auxiliary ships, more than ten submarines, etc., among which "Zhongzheng" The heavy cruiser is not only the flagship of the 1st Fleet, but also the general flagship of the Chinese Navy's surface fleet. The ship was originally the Kirov heavy cruiser of the Soviet Navy's Pacific Fleet. The combat effectiveness is not strong, but the ship is the largest combat warship owned by the Chinese Navy at this time except for the Ryujo (the three auxiliary cruisers are not regular warships after all, although the tonnage of the three auxiliary cruisers exceeds that of the Zhongzheng), and its Chinese The name was chosen by Jiang Weiguo, so as to "flatter the old man and make the old man happy".

After receiving Wei Lihuang's telegram, the commander of the 1st Fleet, Lieutenant General Zeng Yiding and Deputy Commander, Rear Admiral Ouyang Sihai, immediately ordered the fleet to leave Singapore secretly and head for Yangon. At the port of Yangon, the 101st Division of the Nanjing Army More than 103 elite officers and soldiers of the [-]rd Brigade and a mountain of supplies are ready to go.

Just as Xiao Yisu suspected, the 103rd Brigade is a mountain and jungle combat division and has not received amphibious landing training, so the officers and soldiers of the brigade were in disorder when they boarded the ship.

In order to take all the troops and supplies there at once, not only the transport ships of the 1st Fleet were fully loaded with people and goods, but also the combat warships were crowded with people and supplies in a chaotic manner.

Immediately after the fleet set sail, there were dense and continuous vomiting sounds from all the ships.

"If the British and Indian troops are ready and fully prepared, we will be like meat buns beating dogs!" Zeng Yiding smiled wryly, "Look at these guys in the army, they have become seasick and vomited like a group of soft-legged shrimps before they go ashore to fight. !"

Ouyang Sihai was busy yelling at the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Brigade on the warship angrily: "Damn it! I spit it all into the sea! Don't spit on my warship! If it gets dirty, wipe it clean!" "He used to command torpedo boats, which were dozens of tons of "gadgets". Now he finally has a guy as big as a heavy cruiser. Although it is outdated and second-hand, he cherishes it like a jewel. Don't allow those army officers and soldiers to vomit filth all over the warship.

Song Ruike, the commander of the 103rd brigade, protested dissatisfiedly: "You think we want to suffer this? Can't you fucking steer the boat a little more steadily?"

Ouyang Sihai said: "We need to drive fast and we need to drive steadily, come on, come on, you drive!"

From Yangon Port to Chittagong, the fleet traveled all the way close to the coastline for more than 700 kilometers. The fleet traveled at a speed of 25 knots and took about 17 hours to reach the destination. It was only when they reached the extended waters of Chittagong that the fleet encountered more than a dozen British cargo ships and escort gunboats.

The fleet was overjoyed. The carrier-based aircraft, cruiser artillery, and destroyer torpedoes went up together, and sank all the British ships like chopping melons and vegetables, leaving them unscathed.

Seeing the British ships turning into fireballs floating on the sea or sinking into a vortex one by one, the entire fleet cheered and the officers and soldiers were elated.

"It's a pleasure, but it's a pity..." Zeng Yiding shook his head, "We can only bully and bully these unarmed cargo ships and small gunboats. If we really want to fight the British Navy's main fleet in an upright manner, we can only rely on our strength. Without a little strength, we can only repeat the mistakes of the Sino-Japanese naval battle!"

Ouyang Sihai disagreed: "Junzuo, why are you so self-pitying! We will definitely have a strong fleet!"

Zeng Yiding smiled wryly: "Well, if you have it, you will definitely have it, but at least ten years later!"

Ouyang Sihai laughed triumphantly: "How can we wait until ten years later! It will be there soon!"

Zeng Yiding was taken aback: "What do you mean by that? How can we have a powerful fleet soon?"

Ouyang Sihai blinked: "Junzuo, I have a very good relationship with the second son. The second son has revealed to me that he is actively contacting Germany. The German head of state Hitler has promised that soon, there will be no need in Germany and China needs Under the circumstances, the German Navy will lease German, French, and Italian warships to us, so that we have the strength to settle old scores with the Japanese Navy!"

Zeng Yiding was taken aback: "Really? This..." He was immediately overjoyed and ecstatic, "It turns out... No wonder the second son asked us to train our troops desperately. Obviously we only have one fleet, but he asked us to train enough to operate five fleets. Even the sailors and sailors of the ten fleets turned out to be like this..."

Ouyang Sihai blinked again: "Remember to keep it secret!"

While the two were talking and laughing, the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Brigade transported by the fleet had already launched an amphibious landing.

The battle went extremely smoothly. Although the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Brigade had not received training in amphibious landing warfare, although they were staggered and weak after landing, and although they did not carry heavy weapons such as tanks, the British and Indian troops on the shore The army was completely invincible and fled without a fight.

The Zhongzheng and other warships moored in the outer waters of Chittagong shelled the shore, and the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Brigade who landed did not expend any effort at all, and drove straight in, easily breaking into the city.