I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Sun Tongxuan hurriedly raised the binoculars. Indeed, after the 20th Brigade joined the battle, the Soviet army began to retreat across the board.

"This just proves that my judgment is correct!" Sun Tongxuan looked solemn, "The Soviet army plans to attack us in an all-round way at night, otherwise, they wouldn't have retreated before they were injured!"

The Nanjing Army undoubtedly won the melee. The 17th, 18th, and 20th Brigades participated in the battle with a total of more than [-] casualties, killing and capturing more than [-] Soviet troops.

In this regard, Feng Shengfa was quite critical. He believed that the reason why the results of the battle could not be maximized was that Sun Tongxuan was too conservative and cautious, not bold and decisive enough. When Sun Tongxuan explained to him, he agreed, and the two immediately deployed troops intensively. Prepare to fight at night.

The loss of more than [-] people was just a flesh wound to Pulkayev. He did not have much emotional fluctuations about it, because the battle during the day was not beyond his expectations. He asked the troops to retreat because the daytime The combat was not conducive to the Soviet army's heavy firepower.

"Comrades, prepare for a real all-out attack at night!" After calling all the division commanders, Pulkayev calmly issued an order, "Also, dig out our large-caliber artillery!"

The Soviet Army was much superior to the Nanjing Army in terms of artillery power, but the air supremacy belonged to the Nanjing Army. If the Nanjing Army's planes found the Soviet Army's large-caliber artillery, they would definitely concentrate their bombers to start bombing.

In this regard, Purkayev adopted a very simple but very effective method: bury the heavy artillery in the sand, so that even if the Nanjing Army plane flew low over the Soviet army, it would not be found buried in the sand by the Soviet army. Heavy artillery, not to mention bombing.

The heavy artillery of the Soviet army must not be used exposed during the day, so Pulkayev had to wait until night to launch a full-scale attack.

Chapter 471: Hundred Battles in Yellow Sand (1)

Participating in the Soviet War means that the Chinese army has stepped from the small stage of war in East Asia to the big stage of world war, which is of extraordinary significance.

Although it didn't take long to join the war, the Chinese army (Nanjing Army) has already exposed a drawback, that is, there is still a long way to go in terms of war thinking and the world's top level.

When it comes to war thinking, there is no doubt that Germany is first-class, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom are also remarkable, each with its own highlights, France, Italy, and Japan are relatively ordinary or even mediocre. As for China, although Jiang Weiguo is very Reluctant, but I have to admit that the war thinking of the generals of the national army is basically at the same level as that of France, Italy and Japan, or even worse.

To put it bluntly, the Japanese army is a group of "turtles" who have never seen the world, are arrogant, overconfident, and self-righteous. The Chinese army is actually similar to the Japanese army.

When it comes to the "Ten Great Generals of World War II", basically Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom are on the list, and Germany accounts for at least half of the country. In a certain way, there are also Japanese on the list (mainly Yamamoto 56 of the Japanese Navy, The Japanese Army does not have a real world-class general, Okamura Neiji, Yamashita Fufumi are not qualified), the only certainty is that there are no Chinese people on the list.

During World War II, China did not have a world-class famous general. This is an indisputable fact, and a deeper level reflects that Chinese generals generally lack the world's leading war thinking.

After all, does this mean that the Chinese can't fight?Of course not, just one "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is enough to establish the status of the Chinese in warfare.

The main reason why modern China cannot produce world-class famous players is that there is no soil for cultivating talents.

China is too poor and weak to afford mechanized troops, so China’s Guderian will not be born; if it can’t afford an aircraft carrier fleet, China’s Yamamoto 56 will not be born; if it can’t afford a submarine group, China’s Denny will not be born Ci, can't afford to overwhelm the sky and cover the sky, the idea of ​​"strategic bombing" will naturally not appear in China.

Jiang Weiguo's Nanjing Army has been westernized to a large extent, but it still maintains many characteristics and most of the advantages of the Eastern Army. However, the Nanjing Army is still an Eastern Army in essence.

Jiang Weiguo described the Nanjing Army as "the Japanese army using German weapons".

This comment has to be said to be penetrating.

Right now, the Nanjing Army, which is still essentially an Eastern army, is on the stage of a world war, and its shortcomings can be imagined.

In fact, Jiang Weiguo was aware of this problem a long time ago, so he took great pains to invite thousands of German soldiers to China to serve as instructors in military academies to teach the middle and high-level officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army and learn how to fight in modern warfare.

Due to the constraints of objective conditions, this measure can only be called "evil compensation", and there is such a feature: the lower the rank of the officer, the more thorough the understanding and the deeper the learning; the higher the rank of the officer, the opposite is true.

To put it simply, there is no difference between a platoon of Nanjing troops using "infantry-tank coordination tactics" and a platoon of German troops using "infantry-tank coordination tactics". There is a big difference between a division commander commanding a mechanized division and a German division commander commanding a mechanized division. The former is obviously not as good as the latter.

Why is this happening?The reason is: it is easy to train a soldier in the Nanjing Army to be as good as a soldier in the German Army, and it is not too difficult to train a mid-level officer in the Nanjing Army to be the same as a mid-level officer in the German Army. However, it is not difficult to train a senior general in the Nanjing Army It is more difficult to train like a senior general of the German army, and the reason is self-evident.

Therefore, among the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army, the lower the rank, the closer they are to the German army and the world-class level in fighting.

Jiang Weiguo could cultivate a large number of "Chinese German soldiers" in a relatively short period of time, but he could not cultivate a large number of "Chinese German generals" in a relatively short period of time.

Jiang Weiguo's military rank at this time was major general. In fact, according to his merits, Jincheng general is enough, but Chiang Kai-shek has been "pressing" him for two reasons. One is that Jiang Weiguo is too young, and now he is a lieutenant general Will, what should we do next?After all, the days to come are still long; second, doing so can make it appear that the commander-in-chief Chiang Kai-shek "enforces the law impartially and impartially", and will never favor his son.

On this matter, Jiang Weiguo has no opinion. He doesn't care whether he is a major general or an admiral. He and the old man are completely like Zhou Yu fighting against Huang Gai. One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. It is to make it difficult for the young officers of the Nanjing Army who are of the same generation as Jiang Weiguo to be promoted, because the major general Jiang Weiguo is on top, and it is not convenient for the young officers of the Nanjing Army to "climb" to Jiang Weiguo's head in rank, so most of them are colonels. Colonel, naturally, can only be regimental commander and deputy regimental commander, at most brigade commander and deputy brigade commander. Although these young officers are very good because of their high degree of westernization and have world-leading military minds, they have always been regarded by those of Chiang Kai-shek's generation. The old general was "pressed", and his talents could not be fully utilized, which eventually led to the "shortage of success" within the Nanjing Army.

The Battle of Hudong is a typical example.

Sun Tongxuan, the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Army who participated in this battle, was by no means incompetent or mediocre. He was decent, noble, and had a strong sense of national self-esteem. Enthusiastic about public welfare and promoting people's livelihood, whether it is governing the army or the people, his achievements are well-known.

However, fighting the Soviet army made Sun Tongxuan really a little bit powerless. In the past, Sun Tongxuan had the ability to win the battle against the Japanese army. , and none of them are at the forefront of the world. Now that they are participating in the world war, the situation is naturally different from before.

In the face of the massive attack of the Soviet army, Sun Tongxuan's countermeasure was the defense of field positions. This safe but ill-considered countermeasure made the Nanjing Army fall into a bitter battle that night.

In the fierce battle during the day, Sun Tongxuan did not let the troops in his hands fully attack. This wise order soon proved to be very valuable.

Half of the officers and soldiers of the 17th and 20th Divisions were preserved. After nightfall, the officers and soldiers who did not participate in the battle during the day were full of energy and waited for the battle, while the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle took the time to eat and sleep to recharge their batteries.

Sun Tongxuan sent dozens of small-scale mobile troops to reconnaissance, spy, and harass the Soviet army, but the effect was not good, because the Soviet army had an absolute superiority in numbers, and the deployment area was very wide. The enemy's situation is completely blind, and it is difficult to see the leopard. Sun Tongxuan had to change his approach, changing the reconnaissance team into a patrol team, and launched patrols and guards on both sides of his side to prevent the Soviet army from detours and sneak attacks on his side.

In the front headquarters of the enemy, the senior officers were holding urgent meetings, the orderlies kept pouring tea and passing cigarettes, and the senior officers kept drinking strong tea and smoking cigarettes to refresh their minds.

"The Soviet army will attack us on a large scale at night, which is needless to say!" Sun Tongxuan said, "From all aspects, the Soviet army does not seem to have any other major advantages except for its large number. Our army relies on trench fortifications. , Standing ready to fight a high-intensity defensive battle is not only safe, but also can achieve the goal of killing a large number of Soviet troops!"

Feng Shengfa said: "We must pay attention to the opponent's weakness and make full use of it.

In a horizontal comparison with the Japanese army, the Soviet army greatly surpassed Japan in terms of industrial scale, so the level of mechanization and the number of heavy weapons surpassed that of the Japanese army, but the quality of the Soviet army’s soldiers was obviously inferior to that of the Japanese army. They would rather die than surrender, and even if they are scattered, they will fight to the end. The Soviet army is different. The Soviet army is mighty as a whole. Once it is hit hard, it will fall into disintegration in all likelihood.

Our army's strength is limited, but if we find the vital points of the Soviet army and give them a heavy blow, I think it is very hopeful to defeat the Soviet army in front of us!"

Sun Tongxuan looked at Feng Shengfa: "You mean...a beheading of the Soviet Army headquarters?"

Feng Shengfa nodded: "If this is the case, it would be great.

When we fought against the Japanese, didn't the 417th Special Forces team established by the second son succeed in this matter many times? "

Sun Tongxuan shook her head: "The Soviets are different from the Japanese. The 417th Special Forces is composed of defected Taiwanese Japanese soldiers. They have Japanese skin and Chinese hearts. Now we want to do this to the Soviet army. How can we have the same conditions? You Are there troops with Russian skins and Chinese hearts?"

Feng Shengfa smiled and said: "Yes, our 18th Brigade has this unit!"

Cheng Kang, deputy commander of the 17th Brigade of the 18th Division, is one of the young officers of the Nanjing Army.

After the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, although Cheng Kang did not know the morality of the Sino-Japanese Triple Alliance, he keenly predicted that "China's next major war might be to fight the Soviet army together with Germany", so he started research in this area early. He believed that the Soviet Union It is a country with a large population and complex ethnic groups. If you want to defeat this big country, you must rely on force alone. It must be supplemented by some special means of prescribing the right medicine. Among them, "using barbarians to control barbarians" must be a time-tested method.

Cheng Kang judged that the ethnic issues in the Soviet Union were complicated and intense, and the class political struggle was bloody and frightening. The greater the pressure, the stronger the resistance. If war breaks out, the pressure to suppress them will be greatly reduced. If it is used rationally, it will not only achieve the effect of "using the Soviets to fight the Soviets", but also win people's hearts in the Soviet Union. A great help for China to defeat the Soviet Union.

After generating this idea, Cheng Kang continued to supplement, improve and modify it, and finally, he decided to "try it out".

Cheng Kang's idea was approved by brigade commander Zhang Yun and division commander Feng Shengfa. After being reported to Jiang Weiguo, he was also supported and approved by Jiang Weiguo. The Soviet Russian puppet army explored good experience.

The source of Chengkang's "experimental product" was the Soviet prisoners in the hands of the Nanjing Army.

During the Far East War, a total of more than 75 Soviet troops participated in the war, and eventually suffered heavy losses. More than 60 people were killed, injured, sick, and captured. Among them, about 25 were captured, and about 3 fell into the hands of the Japanese army. About 22 people fell into the hands of the Nanjing Army (in fact, there were more than that many captured by the Soviet Army, and at least 5 people were abandoned by the Japanese and Nanjing Army and even died because they were injured, sick, and weak when they were captured. The Nanjing army did not want to use precious medicine to treat the wounded and sick of the Soviet army), it is worth mentioning that most of the so many Soviet prisoners surrendered when they ran out of ammunition and food, and a few were unable to fight or die. Captured in case of resistance.

Regarding the prisoners of the Soviet army, the Japanese army and the Nanjing army coincided with each other, and their methods were surprisingly consistent. They were all drawn to do free labor and coolies.

In fact, the Soviet army that fell into the hands of the Japanese army was much more miserable than the one that fell into the hands of the Nanjing army. Because the Japanese were cruel and violent, and extremely contemptuous of such spineless cowardly behavior, it was not appropriate to capture the Soviet army as human beings. Massacres, abuses, tortures, insults... nothing was lost, and it is said that many Soviet prisoners were taken by the Japanese as test subjects for bacterial experiments.

Of course, the Soviet prisoners who fell into the hands of the Nanjing Army could not live comfortably. The Nanjing Army established more than a dozen large-scale prisoner-of-war camps in Mongolia and Beihai Provinces, concentrated and detained these Soviet prisoners, and forced them to live in Mongolia, Mongolia, and Beihai. In Beihai Province, they are engaged in high-intensity physical labor, building roads, building bridges, and mining... As for the treatment, "Eat pig and dog food, do cattle and horse work, wake up earlier than chickens, and sleep later than cats" , except barely enough to eat, without any security guarantee and medical guarantee, more than 1000 people died in an average month (this death rate can be said to be insignificant compared with the Japanese side, and the [-] Soviet prisoners in the hands of the Japanese They were all killed by the Japanese in less than half a year).

Regarding the Soviet prisoners who fell into the hands of the Chinese and Japanese troops, the attitude of the Moscow authorities was almost cold-blooded, completely ignoring and indifferent.

Jiang Weiguo once wanted to use this group of more than [-] Soviet prisoners to knock Stalin for some weapons or something. As a result, Moscow replied that "the Soviet Red Army has no captives and surrenders, only martyrs and traitors." The meaning is: Whether they voluntarily surrendered or were captured involuntarily, Soviet officers and soldiers who fell into the hands of the enemy are traitors, and naturally they have no meaning and value to rescue.

When Cheng Kang went to the prisoner-of-war camp to search for "Soviet Russian soldiers who are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side", he found that the long lectures he had prepared before were completely in vain, because the process was surprisingly smooth.

Thousands of Soviet captives were willing to "abandon rebellion and return to obedience", which can be regarded as a gathering of responders. The reason is very simple. First, they lived in extreme pain in the prisoner-of-war camps, and they dreamed of getting rid of this kind of life. Second, their loyalty to Moscow and Stalin is not as "loyal" as the Soviet authorities boasted. Although there are many diehards, Stalin's retrograde tyranny has indeed caused complaints in the Soviet Union. I understand that most of the captured Soviet troops were also victims of Stalin's tyranny, or people who were greedy for life and fear of death; third, the Moscow authorities abandoned them and even declared them all traitors, which further chilled them Tooth cold.

Naturally, those among the Soviet prisoners who chose to "betray the Soviet Union and be loyal to China" are like crucian carp crossing the river.

After careful selection and various tests, Chengkang recruited more than 3000 Soviet captives who were willing to join the Nanjing Army. These captives all had four characteristics. Thirdly, he passed the "loyalty test" and took a "photograph of oath of allegiance", which looks like this: standing on a portrait of Stalin, holding a banner with the words "Down with Stalin".

Jiang Weiguo provided these Soviet prisoners with very favorable treatment, allowing them to become Chinese nationals, three times the military pay, and family members can also become Chinese nationals in the future, etc., for Chinese injured and disabled, they can receive generous pensions, and for Chinese people who died in battle. Enter the Chinese Hall of Martyrs, etc.

Jiang Weiguo did this, on the one hand, to make them work harder, and on the other hand, to set a glorious example and lure more Soviet prisoners to walk on this "sunshine road of abandoning darkness and turning to light."

In fact, Russians who fought for the Chinese had a long history of precedents. Both Zhang Zongchang and Sheng Shicai once had the "White Russian Naturalized Army", which was also the first foreign army in modern Chinese history. Jiang Weiguo just did it better and more perfect and a longer-term goal.

On the current Hudong battlefield, there is such a "Chinese Russian Nanjing Army" unit in the 17th Division, with a strength of more than [-].

Regarding this unit, Jiang Weiguo followed the example of the 417th Special Forces and named it the 714th Special Forces.

Cheng Kang also specially borrowed from Lu Xinrong a group of former members of the 417th Special Forces to serve as instructors, carefully teaching and training the officers and soldiers of the 714th Special Forces, and the results were very satisfactory.

As for the weapons and equipment of the 714th Special Forces, all of them were made in the Soviet Union. After all, the Nanjing Army captured a large amount of Soviet army equipment during the Far East War, making this unit indistinguishable from the Soviet army except for its allegiance.

Within the Nanjing Army, the 714th Special Forces is called the "Yellow Russian Army". This title implies a kind of cold humor, which is opposite to the "Red Russian Army" and "White Russian Army".

After listening to Feng Shengfa's narration, Sun Tongxuan was overjoyed: "It turns out that you still have such a surprise soldier in your hand! It's great! In this way, the beheading plan has a great chance of winning!"

Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 17th Brigade, proposed that in order to strengthen the strike force and success rate on the key parts of the Soviet army, it is suggested to organize another mechanized unit to follow the Yellow Russian Army and keep in close contact with each other. After the Yellow Russian Army found the intended target, the mechanized unit Immediately charge forward to join the battle, and strive to succeed in one fell swoop.

Ji Hongru, deputy brigade commander of the 17th Brigade, revised Zhang Lingfu's proposal. He believed that it would be very unfavorable to disperse the mechanized troops after dark, and the degree of mutual cooperation is not as good as during the day. It is better to gather all the tanks and form a tank battalion to concentrate forces. , and the focus of the attack should be the Soviet army's supplies.

The Soviet army has more than 20 troops, and it is bound to carry countless supplies. If we can wipe out the supplies of the Soviet army in large quantities, our army is likely to win without a fight. At the same time, our army must also guard against the use of Soviet troops against our army. In this case, the defense of the logistics department must be strengthened.

Liu Junzhe, head of the 189th Regiment, proposed to request the Air Force to send a group of bombers, attack aircraft and transport aircraft to prepare for night battles. Although the Air Force aircraft at this time do not have night combat capabilities, and bombing at night cannot achieve accurate bombing, we can try our best. give it a try.

The Nanjing Army once used an "airborne flare with a small parachute" in the Battle of Nanjing, and it can naturally be used again here.

The chief of staff of the 18th Brigade, Chao Le, proposed a method to allocate a batch of searchlights, install them on the cars when the Soviet army launched an attack, and illuminate the Soviet army with beams of light while moving to avoid Soviet firepower. Even if the eyes are blurred and can't see clearly, the officers and soldiers of one's own side can clearly see the Soviet army and start strafing and shelling.

After discussing, Sun Tongxuan and Feng Shengfa accepted the proposals of these young officers graciously.

After night fell, the battle area presented a strange and chilling tranquility. The turmoil of the day also dissipated, and the flying sand and rocks also settled down. It reminds both sides that the Nanjing Army and the Soviet Army temporarily stood still for different purposes. In order to prevent being bombarded by the other side, neither side lit a bonfire.

The Gobi region has a special climate. It is scorching hot during the day and freezing cold at night. The temperature drops sharply. Officers and soldiers who sweat profusely during the day and wear single clothes have to wear coats or even cotton padded clothes to keep out the cold at night.

In the dark night, bursts of blunt Chinese were continuously heard through the loudspeakers in the Soviet army's position, which was the Soviet army's propaganda:

"Chinese soldiers! The Soviet Union and China are not enemies. Our common enemy is the Kuomintang reactionary group headed by Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Wei-guo! Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Wei-guo sent you to the battlefield for their own selfish desires and ambitions, so that you will die in a foreign country at any time In a foreign country, let your parents, wives and children live in fear of receiving bad news at any time, and they are also leading China to disaster and destruction! The Kuomintang reactionary group is your enemy! Down with the Kuomintang reactionaries! Down with the Jiang family and his sons! The Soviet Union Long live the friendship between the people and the Chinese people!"

The Nanjing Army quickly set up tweeters one by one, and responded in Russian:

"Since more than 250 years ago, you Russians have begun to invade China! You have occupied our countless lands, massacred our compatriots, plundered our countless wealth, and forced us to sign dozens of unequal Treaty! From Outer Xinjiang to Outer Northeast, from Tangnu Wulianghai to Sakhalin Island, from Vladivostok to Luda, you have committed the heinous crimes against us everywhere! Your Stalin split our Outer Mongolia from China , You are also trying to split our Xinjiang from China! You owe us countless blood debts! You Russians invaded us Chinese frantically, massacred us Chinese inhumanely, plundered us Chinese greedily, and bullied us China unscrupulously People, have committed countless crimes! Now it is shameless to say that friendship is long live! Your rhetoric will never shake our determination to revenge! Surrender us, we will treat you kindly; Annihilate you completely!"

While the two sides are fighting a war of words, they are both sharpening their swords.

On the Nanjing Army's position, half of the officers and soldiers were on guard, and half of them were resting.

The picture in the trenches is like a sparse galaxy, thousands of cigarette butts flickering.

The officers and soldiers rely on smoking to refresh themselves, and at the same time pass the boring and boring time, missing their homes thousands of kilometers away in the smoke.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army are not machines, they are all flesh and blood people. They are fighting for the country in this place thousands of kilometers away from their hometown at this time, and the geographical environment and climatic conditions are very different from their hometown (members of the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army More than half of them are from North China, and a large part of them are from Northeast, Northwest, Saibei, South and other parts of the country), which has to make them feel a lot of emotion.

Compared with the Soviet Army, the local Gobi desert is also an enemy that the Nanjing Army needs to defeat. Some officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army said in an interview with reporters in the field: "...Although this place is the sacred land of our country, to be honest, this Haunted places are really bad. Although there are good places, most of them still make people want to hide as far away as possible.

The heat is our first feeling, it is so fucking hot, the sun is scorching, and the air is scorching hot, just like the steam of molten iron sprayed from the gate of a steelmaking furnace.

We were sweating profusely at first, and then stopped sweating. The dried sweat formed powdery salt grains and salt crystals on the skin. It hurts and itches, and the head is dizzy from the sun. Really, if people stay in the hot environment for a long time, the brain will become dull, and there is a feeling of sleepwalking. At night, the desert is cold have to die.

...Drinking water is the biggest problem. Our favorites are cantaloupe, grapes, and jujubes shipped from Xinjiang. They satisfy our hunger, quench our thirst, and are delicious, but we finish eating quickly because there are not many. The rear transportation line transports ordnance supplies The transportation capacity is tight, so where can we deliver fruits? Fortunately, there are a lot of apples in Almaty, but they are relatively rare. It is impossible to eat apples every day, and you have to drink water to quench your thirst.

Lake Balkhash is a peculiar lake, half of which is fresh water and half of which is salt water. It is a pity that the east of the lake where we are in the eastern battlefield of the lake is full of salt water. It must be filtered with a water filter invented by Little Japan. Distilled, the liquid is not water at all, it is salty, bitter and astringent, hard to swallow, it does not quench thirst at all, it only keeps us alive.

There are stones, sand, and gravel everywhere. There are no streams, ponds, springs or waterfalls. It's crazy.

During the day, we were almost driven crazy by the heat. At night, countless lice, bedbugs, and cockroaches came to torment us, as well as ticks, scorpions, and rattlesnakes, which were hard to detect and very harmful. Many brothers Inexperienced, accidentally bitten to death by a rattlesnake hiding under the sand, or poisoned by a scorpion sting, the place where the sting is swollen and shiny, festers and pus, the most terrifying thing is ticks, crawling densely It covers your whole body and even penetrates into your ears, making your scalp numb and extremely disgusting.

...regret?Alas, Mr. Reporter, do you believe me when I say I have no regrets?Grandson will not regret it!But, someone has to come and beat those Rakshasa ghosts who have suffered thousands of knives, right?We are soldiers, this is our responsibility! ..."