I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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"I see…"

The surging roar of the train drowned out the conversation between the old worker and the young worker, and when the train sped away, the young worker said excitedly: "Master, there are so many trains on this railway line! One train at a time, one train at a time, all Where did you go?"

"That is, this railway line is probably the busiest railway line in our country. Most of them go to Germany, and a small part go to the Jewish country!"

"What's on the train?"

"The trains from China to Germany are full of rubber, tungsten sand, bristles, tung oil, and arms. In the past, there were oil, steel, and coal, but the Germans don't buy these three things from us now. From Germany Basically, the trains to our China are all machines, some are heavy industry machines, and some are military industry machines.

The Germans need our resources, we need the German machines, the business we do with the Germans makes Germany better and our country better!"

"Master, this is really amazing!"

"Yes, it's amazing! It's 20 yuan a month, and you can eat meat every day. This kind of life is really unimaginable before..."

In the East China Sea, the sea is blue and the sea is calm.

A fleet is heading east, and every ship in the fleet is flying the Chinese flag, but at the front of the fleet is a Japanese Navy destroyer flying the Japanese flag to open the way and escort it.

On one of the ships in the fleet, two crew members were leaning on the railing and looking at the Japanese destroyer not far away, chatting.

"It's been 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi! The Japanese used to show off their might in China like uncles, but now they treat us like uncles! You see, we are obviously a Chinese fleet, and the Japanese even specially sent Warships come to escort!"

"Nonsense! Our ships are loaded with the most urgently needed things for the Japanese, especially oil. The Japanese see oil like flies see blood. Can you protect us and let us arrive in Japan safely? If something happens to us, don't Needless to say, the captain of that destroyer will definitely commit seppuku!"

"I find it quite funny. Every time we go to Japan, the boat is full of things, but most of the boats are empty when we return from Japan. The Japanese basically have nothing good to sell us. It's the funniest What’s worse is that we fight the Americans with the Japanese, but when we do business with the Japanese, we never collect yen, only dollars, except for gold and silver settlements!”

"This is a clear rule from above. Think about it, if we trade with the Japanese in yen, the Japanese secretly use their money printing machines to print yen. They can print as many yen as they want, and then Buying things from us with a lot of yen, wouldn’t the Japanese be able to do business without money? We don’t buy things from the Japanese, and the yen we get is basically impossible to spend, no matter how many days we have in our hands. What is the use of yuan?"

"It's true, the Japanese have always been talking about honey, and we have to guard against it!"

At the sea level in front of the fleet, the land outline of Japan's Kyushu Island appeared. On the Nagasaki Port Pier, a small group of Japanese Navy mid-level officers were already waiting.

The Japanese Navy is searching for the US Pacific Fleet all over the Pacific Ocean. With so many warships sailing, the fuel consumption is horrifying.

The Battle of Hawaii caused heavy losses to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet. It not only lost the fleet’s general base and the Pacific strategically important Hawaii, but also lost more than half of its strength. Almost all surviving capital ships were injured and had to return to the West Coast Shipyard for repairs (for To prevent the Japanese army from intercepting halfway, the U.S. fleet evacuated from Hawaii and headed southwest first, pretending to be heading to the Philippines, then southeast in the middle, and finally southwest, and returned to the west coast of the United States after a large circle).

During the Battle of Hawaii, the Japanese aircraft carrier completely acted as the main force of the naval battle, which shocked and inspired the U.S. military. Therefore, the U.S. fleet returning home gave priority to repairing the aircraft carrier, and then carried out the "Doolittle Air Strike" mission. After the bombers, the U.S. aircraft carrier returned to the mainland through the North Pacific. Therefore, the U.S. Pacific Fleet has been busy non-stop since the war started, running around in the Pacific Ocean, even if it wanted to fight the Japanese army again.

For Yamamoto 56, the remnants of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, especially the Doolittle air strikes, which discredited the entire Japanese navy.

Yamamoto judged that the U.S. Pacific Fleet must have fully retreated to the west coast of the United States (so the Japanese navy did not expect the U.S. aircraft carrier to dare to attack boldly, so it was defenseless against the Doolittle air strike), how to catch them all is a problem.

Ugaki suggested: After the completion of Xiangfeng, Zuifeng, Feiying, and Falconhawk, the Japanese Navy will have 13 aircraft carriers that can be used for combat, and their strength will be stronger. They can directly attack Huanglong and attack several ships on the west coast of the United States. A large port, destroying all the US battleships anchored in it for repairs.

Such an irrational proposal was undoubtedly vetoed by Yamamoto. The U.S. Army has deployed thousands of land-based aircraft on the west coast of the U.S., and the Japanese fleet would be dead if they drove over. In the end, Yamamoto adopted the plan of the Kuroshima Turtleman. The "leading the snake out of the hole" plan, or attacking the Aleutian Islands in Alaska of the United States or intercepting the US-Australia maritime transportation line, forced the US military to attack.

Yamamoto weighed the pros and cons, considered again and again, and finally chose the latter.

Following Yamamoto's order, most of the battleships of the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy sailed to the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Ships loaded with munitions and supplies from New Zealand, on the one hand, brought two marine brigades, and calmly occupied the New Caledonia Islands (located more than 1400 kilometers east of Australia, originally a French colony, It was later occupied by the U.S. Army, and was taken away by the Japanese army at this time), the Fiji Islands and other relatively large islands that are stuck on the U.S.-Australia maritime transportation line.

The Japanese army’s move was to stimulate the US military, and the second was to consolidate the control of the Japanese army in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, strengthen the blockade and blockage of the US-Australia maritime transport line, and prevent Australia from receiving US assistance. The Japanese army that attacked the city.

This combat plan was named "Operation A" by Yamamoto. At the high-level meeting before the war, he said: "Operation A is destined to last for a long time, maybe three months, or half a year, because we have to wait patiently for the US military to It may only take one day and one night to attack and the final decisive battle, but the waiting before the battle takes a long time.

I can be sure that when we appeared in the Southwest Pacific, the high-level US military was very restless. They didn't want to attack, but they had to attack, because we pinched their thorns, they could only desperately accumulate strength, and then quietly This is their only tactic with a higher probability of winning. Therefore, we must not slack off during the long wait, and we must not take it lightly for a minute, whether it is waiting for three months or waiting For half a year, during this period of time, we have to tighten our nerves all the time, because the US military will sneak up on us at any time, and the US military will also specifically wait and choose the moment when we become careless.

We are waiting, and waiting a long time, so we must not doze off while we wait.

In this battle, the tone said that it was a competition of strength and brainpower, rather than endurance and perseverance.

In addition, even if the U.S. military never comes, at least we have a guaranteed result, which is to cut off Australia's blood vessels and make it easier for the Army to take Australia!"

According to Yamamoto's plan, all the aircraft carriers and more than half of the battleships of the Japanese Combined Fleet gathered in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, and made material and psychological preparations for "long-term squatting and waiting patiently". Sleeping is settled on the warship, people do not leave the ship, the ship does not dock, keep it for a few months, all the Japanese troops are on the warship, ready to fight at any time.

Undoubtedly, so many people are still secondary, the main reason is that so many warships "dangling" all day and all night in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, and "dangling" for several months (Japanese ships will be occupied by Japanese troops every ten days and a half months) Those islands that temporarily landed, allowing the crew to go ashore temporarily to "breathe air"), the consumption of food, fresh water, medicine and other materials is still secondary, and the most important thing is fuel.

Relying on Japan alone, Yamamoto would never be able to afford such a luxurious and extravagant project. Fortunately, Japan has China's assistance, and Yamamoto has Jiang Weiguo's assistance.

"General Yamamoto, with all due respect, this plan of yours reminds me of a Chinese idiom!" In a reception room of the Allied State Headquarters in Qingdao, Jiang Weiguo looked at Yamamoto 56, who had worked so hard to come here in person, and after listening to the other party After the narration, he said with a half-smile.

"I know what you want to say, General Jiang, yes, I'm waiting!" Yamamoto smiled bitterly. He is as busy as Jiang Weiguo now, but he has to come to China to meet Jiang Weiguo in person because he has something to ask for. Jiang Weiguo must pay a personal visit to express his sincerity. If he just sent a telegram to Jiang Weiguo, it would be undignified. In addition, face-to-face discussions are definitely better than telegram exchanges, and telegrams also have the risk of leaking secrets.

Yamamoto approached Jiang Weiguo in order to ask China to increase oil exports to Japan in the next six months, because his fleet "dangling day and night" in the Southwest Pacific required a lot of fuel.

"General Yamamoto, you don't need to do this. Japan is China's ally. The interests of China and Japan are integrated. Both prosperity and loss. China certainly hopes that the Japanese navy will win the battle, and it will naturally shoulder its obligations and responsibilities!" Jiang Weiguo smiled. , "OK, I agree with your request to increase oil exports to Japan in the next six months.

In addition, General Yamamoto, as I said just now, the interests of China and Japan are integrated, one prospers and one loses. If the Japanese navy wins the battle, China will benefit. If the Japanese navy loses, China will definitely be negatively affected. Therefore, I Personally, I care a lot about this battle.

Excuse me, can you reveal a little inside story to me?How on earth are you going to fight this battle? "

Yamamoto was a little hesitant. Although China and Japan were allies, Jiang Weiguo and Yamamoto also had a personal relationship. Not only that, Jiang Weiguo also had a "guidance" to the Japanese navy. However, Jiang Weiguo was a foreigner after all, and the Japanese navy's combat plan was highly confidential. It is definitely not convenient for Yamamoto to tell Jiang Weiguo, but if Yamamoto is secretive to Jiang Weiguo, Jiang Weiguo will be unhappy and refuse his request just now. The Japanese Navy does not have enough oil, so how can they fight?In addition, Jiang Weiguo is also an "expert". If Yamamoto's words are too big to change or avoid the important ones, Jiang Weiguo will definitely hear it.

After a few seconds of ideological struggle, Yamamoto made up his mind and explained the Japanese army's combat plan to Jiang Weiguo in more detail.

"Well, not bad!" Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again, "The U.S. military will definitely transfer the three aircraft carriers from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet, so the U.S. Pacific Fleet will have 3 aircraft carriers (before the outbreak of the Pacific War, the U.S. military had a total of 7 aircraft carriers. Aircraft carriers, 8 are in the Pacific Ocean, 5 are in the Atlantic Ocean, and the Enterprise was lost in the Battle of Hawaii), your Japanese navy only has 3 ships to participate in the battle. Although the strength is superior, it does not occupy a great advantage. Maybe you will fight Both lose, or you win, but it is a miserable victory.

General Yamamoto, you and I both know that the U.S. builds aircraft carriers more than three times faster than Japan, so even if you tie with the U.S. military and lose the same amount, you still lose.

You have leased an aircraft carrier to our navy. Do you want to return it to you for the next battle?Although it is a light aircraft carrier, it is definitely better to have it than to have nothing. One more aircraft carrier with a little more strength will also have more chances of winning! "

Yamamoto was very moved by Jiang Weiguo's heartfelt and sincere suggestion. He said: "It's okay, we actually have 13 aircraft carriers now!"

Immediately, Jiang Weiguo's face changed, and so did Yamamoto's.

Jiang Weiguo's discoloration was taken aback, and Yamamoto's discoloration was because he realized that he had made a mistake. The four new aircraft carriers added by the Japanese Navy were all completed and served under high secrecy. This was an order from Yamamoto, and he planned to hide it. The real strength of the Japanese navy paralyzed the U.S. military. In other words, the four new aircraft carriers are the "secret weapon" and "killer mace" of the Japanese navy.

"It's so great!" Jiang Weiguo's face immediately returned to normal, "Congratulations! General Yamamoto, since your strength has improved to a higher level, the next naval battle will definitely be a success... Ah, no, it's a success!"

Yamamoto's complexion also returned to normal: "Little General Jiang, I will lend you a good word!" He was a little annoyed in his heart, and he actually leaked the Japanese navy's high-level secrets, but after thinking about it, he said again. Comfort yourself, Jiang Weiguo is not an "outsider" after all, it doesn't matter if you let him know, nothing will happen.

The two sides talked very happily. Jiang Weiguo agreed to increase oil exports to Japan in the next six months and support the Japanese Navy's "Operation A" in the Southwest Pacific. Of course, the money will definitely not be less.

After Yamamoto left with satisfaction, Jiang Weiguo fell into deep thinking. He secretly found that after his own comprehensive changes in history, Japan seemed to be stronger than in the original history. Faintly, the speed of increase in Japan's strength has exceeded his control. , such as the number of aircraft carriers, there are already 13 ships.

"I can't go on like this. I can't do the stupid thing of breeding tigers. I have to find an opportunity to weaken the Japanese. Otherwise, wouldn't the Japanese have to turn the tables?" Jiang Weiguo thought, "In the past, Japan Since the Navy lost the Battle of Midway Island, it has been going downhill since then. In case the current history is changed by Lao Tzu, Little Japan wins the Battle of Midway Island (it will definitely not be the Battle of Midway Island, referring to the turning point between the United States and Japan Significant major battle), so it’s not really going to heaven?”

When Jiang Weiguo was thinking about this matter in his heart, he received a notice from Wuhan: Roosevelt's secret envoy Wei Demei came to China again and asked to be interviewed by Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek asked him to find Jiang Weiguo.

"Damn it!" Jiang Weiguo wanted to laugh a little bit, "As soon as the Japanese left, the Americans came. Damn, what if Yamamoto and Wedemeyer meet? How embarrassing!" He felt a kind of malice and anger in his heart. Dramatic feeling.

After returning to Wuhan from Qingdao by plane, Jiang Weiguo received Wei Demei, who had obviously been waiting impatiently.

"Little Jiang, you are finally back! The chairman said that you must discuss this kind of matter with me, but you went to Shandong Province for inspection, and I have been waiting here for you. I am really anxious , I even suspect that the chairman did this on purpose, in order to politely decline my request..." Wedemeyer poured out bitterness as soon as the two met.

"Colonel Wei Demei, may I ask whether the matter you want to discuss with me is urgent or not? If it is not urgent, then I will patiently listen to your complaints and complaints!" Jiang Weiguo looked at Wei Demei with a smile in his heart.

"Okay, let's get down to business!" Wedemeyer realized that he couldn't waste any more time, so he stopped complaining, "Little General Jiang, President Roosevelt wants to make a deal with you!" He said seriously.

"As long as it does not harm China's interests and pays enough 'money', I am very happy to make a deal with President Roosevelt!" Jiang Weiguo giggled, he really enjoyed the feeling of pinching other people's weaknesses, " Tell me, what deal?"

"About Australia!" Wedemeyer didn't hold back, and answered simply and neatly.

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette, looked at Wei Demei calmly, and signaled him to continue talking.

Wedemeyer said: "The Japanese army is attacking Australia, and the Japanese navy is strangling the US-Australia maritime transport line at the same time. We have lost a lot of transport ships and escort warships. The US-Australian maritime transport line has become more and more difficult to maintain. It has dropped sharply to one-fifth or even less than before. In fact, more and more Japanese warships are sailing to the Southwest Pacific. It is certain that within half a month, the US-Australia maritime transport line will be completely cut off. New Zealand's aid from the United States will also be completely dried up.

For Australia's situation at this time, this consequence is fatal enough. The Australians are desperately resisting the Japanese, but Australia's military industry is very weak. In the war of resistance against Japan, in the past, the Australian army was armed by the British. Now, it is armed by the United States. If there is no British aid, if the American aid is lost, even if the Australians are determined to fight to the end, they will not be able to stop them without guns and guns. Withstood the Japanese attack.

What is the difference between resistance without weapons and equipment and death? He sighed, and then looked at Jiang Weiguo, "Without the aid of the United States, the Australians will undoubtedly lose. Of course, we are willing to do our best to assist Australia, just like we do our best to assist the United Kingdom. However, the US-Australia maritime transport line is about to be cut off..."

Jiang Weiguo puffed out a puff of smoke, and stood with an expression of no back pain: "Then you dispatch the fleet, defeat the Japanese fleet, and the US-Australia sea transportation line will be unimpeded? At that time, you can do whatever you want luck, right?"

Wei Demei showed a helpless and depressed expression: "Little General Jiang, why do you pretend to be confused? Our fleet...cannot be dispatched temporarily, we need..." He carefully chose his words, "Need to rest for a while!"

Jiang Weiguo spread his hands: "So?"

Wedemeyer knew that Jiang Weiguo was doing it on purpose, so he had no choice but to pour beans into a bamboo tube: "In the next few months, due to the difficulty of dispatching our naval fleet, the US-Australia maritime transportation line will be completely cut off. Once we lose the continuous assistance of the US , Australia will definitely fall. After Australia falls, New Zealand will surely follow. At that time, the entire Oceania will belong to the Japanese, and the situation of the US Navy will completely deteriorate. In the Pacific Ocean, except for the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, The U.S. Navy has almost no foothold, and the Pacific Ocean will completely fall into the hands of the Japanese Navy. The U.S. Navy will completely retreat to the west coast of the mainland, completely lose its strategic initiative, and be completely dominated by the Japanese Navy. There is almost no possibility of a comeback!"

"Sounds really serious!" Jiang Weiguo smiled calmly, "Neither the United States nor the US Navy must lose Australia, does that mean? Unfortunately, you will not be able to assist Australia in the next few months. There is a possibility that it will fall with it.

So how does Australia navigate this gap? "

Wedemeyer looked at Jiang Weiguo and said calmly: "Australia's only hope and source of assistance during this most dangerous period is China!"

Jiang Weiguo was not surprised, because the plans of Wedemeyer, or Roosevelt behind Wedemeyer, and the top American leaders were not at all what he expected.

Jiang Weiguo unhurriedly spewed out a smoke ring: "I remember that General MacArthur lost the Philippines and ran to Australia, where he impassionedly announced 'I will go back', tsk tsk tsk, but now? He seems to be leaving Australia again Now, go to New Zealand and announce 'I'm going back'?"

"Okay!" Wei Demei said more and more helplessly, "Little General Jiang, please don't be sarcastic.

We know that your army won the Battle of the Philippines. In that battle, 20 US and Philippine troops were wiped out by your army, and most of them surrendered. Therefore, your army captured countless American weapons .

Now, can we spend money from your country to buy these US-made weapons and equipment that were originally equipped with the US army and the Philippine army but were captured by your army? "

Jiang Weiguo laughed grinningly: "Colonel Wedemeyer, your last sentence sounds like a tongue twister!"

Wedemeyer continued: "The Indian Ocean is very calm, the Japanese Navy does not have a fleet here, and Perth, the most southwestern city of Australia, is on the shore of the Indian Ocean.

We request your naval fleet to quietly transport those weapons and equipment to Perth through the Indian Ocean to reinforce Australia!" He paused, "We know that you are taking a lot of risks, General Jiang, and the United States Australia must not be lost, so... the price is negotiable!"

Jiang Weiguo showed the expression of a businessman thinking about how to slaughter the buyer. He didn’t need to hide it, because he didn’t need to hide it. He and Roosevelt had already tacitly understood that each other was just a relationship of mutual use. China and the United States are by no means a “mutual cooperation” relationship. , but a relationship of mutual use in business. China and Japan use each other, and China and the United States also use each other, that's all.

"First of all, the U.S. government has to pay me 2000 million U.S. dollars for my hard work. However, I think the [-] million U.S. dollars should be counted on the heads of the Australians, because this is the money they use to save their lives and the country. Australians should go; second, for every rifle I send to Australia, the US government will pay me $[-]!" Jiang Weiguo narrowed his eyes, "How about this price?"

Wedemeyer looked at Jiang Weiguo, his eyes were too complicated to describe in words: "Little General Jiang, you are really a lion!" (The cost of the US M1 Garand rifle is 83 US dollars, and the German 98K rifle is 28 US dollars.

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Jiang Weiguo smiled and said: "Excuse me, why can't I open my mouth like a lion? There is no way, we in China are too poor. As for you, the United States, you have plenty of money! Your GDP this year is almost 2000 billion. Oh! By the way, the bullets are extra!" He had already calculated in his heart: if the weapons and equipment capable of arming 10 people were sent to Australia, the rifles alone, 10 rifles, would cost the US government a full [-] million U.S. dollars, not to mention, rifles are just "gadgets", artillery is much more valuable than rifles, plus bullets and shells are not included. If the bill is full, this deal can allow Jiang Weiguo to "knock" at least [-] million U.S. dollars from Roosevelt.

The irony is that the arms that Jiang Weiguo "sold" to Roosevelt at this time were originally Roosevelt's. Jiang Weiguo seized these arms from Roosevelt on the battlefield and resold them to Roosevelt. Ten times; and what is even more ironic is that when China and Japan were at war, the United States sold arms to Japan. Now that the United States and Japan are at war, China is selling arms to the United States, which can be called a cycle.

Wei Demei nodded: "Deal!" He didn't bargain because he already knew Jiang Weiguo very well, so there was no need to bargain.

"OK!" Jiang Weiguo laughed, "In addition, I can sell another extremely important piece of high-level secrets about the Japanese Navy to President Roosevelt. I believe this information is invaluable to General Nimitz!"

"What information?"

"The price of this information is [-] million U.S. dollars!" Jiang Weiguo unhurriedly threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and lit another cigarette.

Wei Demei looked at Jiang Weiguo with an almost submissive look, and said with great difficulty: "...deal!"

Chapter 668 Outer War Situation (4)

The southern tip of the western part of North Asia, Champion City, is an open space dozens of kilometers north of the city.