I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Jiang Weiguo put away his smile and looked at Zhang Xueliang calmly.

"Ah!" Zhang Xueliang looked bitter, a little hesitant, hesitant, "Second son, I came to disturb you this time, first of all, thank you, thank you for giving me a real opportunity to set foot on the battlefield against Japan, for The opportunity to be loyal to the country and serve the country, alas, I am not a fool, I understand very well, the September [-]th Incident, because I misjudged the situation and recklessly issued the order that I regret for the rest of my life and can be said to be a disaster for the country and the people, It led to the easy loss of the Northeast land, and also caused the Japanese to gain a firm foothold in the north of our country, laying the foundation for the Japanese to invade China in an all-round way. In the ensuing Rehe War, the Northeast Army fought in a mess, and then the Xi'an Incident, I was confused again I made a big mistake..." The more he spoke, the more sad he became, covering his face with his hands, "I am simply a sinner through the ages, and I cannot escape the blame for my death!"

Jiang Weiguo lit a cigarette, and continued to look calmly at Zhang Xueliang, who had tears in his eyes.

Zhang Xueliang wiped his eyes, looked up at Jiang Weiguo: "Second Young Master, I came to you, and there is a second thing.

This matter...it's really hard to say, I hope you don't mind..."

Jiang Weiguo nodded: "Say it!"

Zhang Xueliang looked hesitant and said: "I hope you...ask the chairman...to your father, to my sworn brother, so that I can...rejoin the battlefield.

Through this winter battle, the national army regained the four provinces of Hebei, Suiyuan, Chahar, and Rehe. Hebei was merged into the Fifth Military Region, Suiyuan was merged into the Second Military Region, and Rehe and Chahar were newly established. For the Eighth Military Region.

I hope that I can go to the Eighth Military Region to take office, even if I am a regiment commander, I am willing! He was very emotional, "Second Young Master, I beg you, please do me this favor!"I will definitely repay you in knots!I know that I committed an almost unforgivable crime in the past. Even if my brother imprisoned me for the rest of my life or even killed my head, it was right. My brother is kind-hearted. He knew that I was deceived and deceived. He didn't kill me, but just Shut me up, but I don't want to be imprisoned anymore, it's not that I don't want to accept the punishment I won, I just want to make up for my previous crimes better, I want to go to war, I hope I can die on the battlefield..." The more he The more emotional he said, "Second Young Master, please help me..."

Jiang Weiguo narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Xueliang, who was almost crying and pleading, and understood in his heart: "I understand, this guy doesn't want to be locked up by the old man anymore, tsk tsk tsk, losing freedom is the most painful thing after all, he wants to go to the battlefield.

Be the team leader?Just kidding!After all, this guy is a first-level general and the deputy commander-in-chief of the national army, navy and air force. How can he be the commander of the regiment?If you really want to go to the Eighth Military Region, the Commander of the Military Region must belong to him!"

Seeing that Jiang Weiguo didn't speak, Zhang Xueliang said eagerly: "Second Young Master, although I'm a guilty person, I can really play a role.

I want to go to the Eighth Military Region, because Rehe Province is a part of the Northeast. I am there, the closest to Shenyang. You don’t know. For the past seven or eight years, I have been eager to go back to the Northeast and Shenyang!I want to go back even in my dreams!My father... my father's grave is still there! He burst into tears, "I can call up the former Northeast Army, and I can gather the Northeast people in exile. They are just like me, crazy and want to fight back to the Northeast. Some old subordinates who have already fallen into the sun, if the national army launches a counterattack to the Northeast, I will be the first to rush to the forefront!Second Young Master, please fulfill my request..."

Jiang Weiguo looked at Zhang Xueliang, basically showing no sympathy, more just indifference, because his situation at this time was caused by himself, and what he did at the beginning was not a prodigal, but a prodigal country. There is no need to say more about this When Jiang Weiguo painstakingly developed China's modern industrial system, he had already greeted Zhang Xueliang and his family eight hundred times in his heart.

Jiang Weiguo had a very low opinion of Zhang Xueliang: the Republic of China version of Liu Chan.

Zhang Xueliang and Liu Chan are extremely similar. They both inherited their father's career and obtained the country. They are the second generation who are ignorant, unambitious, and greedy for pleasure. Both of them are barely benevolent. Liu Chan has not done anything vicious , Zhang Xueliang is the same, he likes to play with women, and he has not done anything vicious and cruel. Liu Chan finally ruined the Shuhan Sheji, and Zhang Xueliang also ruined the Northeast.

Although Jiang Weiguo despised Zhang Xueliang very much, and felt very disapproving of Zhang Xueliang's request to return to the battlefield, even if he was the commander of the regiment, he also realized that Zhang Xueliang was very useful.

Jiang Weiguo is now the "King of North China", commanding the vast territory of six provinces and one city in North China, and completely bordering the three northeast provinces (and Tianjin City) occupied by the Japanese. It can be said that once China and Japan fight again, Jiang Weiguo's Nanjing Army will inevitably assume the main force , North China is destined to be the military base and forward position for the Chinese army to regain the three northeastern provinces (and Tianjin City).

If Zhang Xueliang's chess piece is used properly, it will naturally be of great benefit to the national army's complete recovery of the Northeast.

"General Zhang, you have such an ambition to serve the country, I admire it very much!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "I will try my best to help you!"

Zhang Xueliang was immediately overjoyed: "Second Young Master, thank you! Thank you!"

After sending away Zhang Xueliang, who was so grateful, Jiang Weiguo found Xiao Yao, asked him for advice, and discussed with him.

"This 'Northeast Sick Cat' is ambitious!" Xiao Yao said with a sneer.

Zhang Xueliang used to be the "King of the Northeast", and the Siberian Tiger in the Northeast is the most powerful king of the jungle. Xiao Yao did not say that Zhang Xueliang was the "Northeast Tiger", but a "Northeast Sick Cat", obviously full of deep disgust for Zhang Xueliang and contempt.

Jiang Weiguo said in surprise, "Why did the military commander say that?"

"Can't you see?" Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo, "This Northeast sick cat still wants to relive the dream of the Northeast King! He asked you to be the commander of the Eighth Military Region, and his intention is to control Rehe and Chahar. Two provinces, listen to what he means, he will use the banner of "fighting back to his hometown" to call up the old Northeast Army, recruit exiles from the Northeast, and re-establish his Fengtian warlord power in the two provinces of Recha. At that time, the national army will really counterattack The Northeast is here, his troops will definitely take the lead, and will grab the Northeast before us. At that time, he will have an army in his hand, and returning to the Northeast is also a "return of the old lord". Over there!" Xiao Yao squinted his eyes, "Zhang Xueliang doesn't want to see you swallow North China and then swallow his Northeast, he wants to return to Northeast and be the 'Northeast King' again!"

"No way?" Jiang Weiguo became more and more surprised, "How can this dude have such courage?"

Xiao Yao sneered: "He doesn't have one, but it doesn't mean that the people behind him don't.

After all, Zhang Xueliang is essentially a warlord. Which warlord does not regard his territory as his lifeblood and private property?Which warlord is willing to have his territory swallowed up by others?Could it be that you haven't seen clearly the nature and essence of those warlords?There are two types of warlords, one is not very ambitious, and Xiao An is satisfied, such as Ma Jiajun, Long Yun, etc. They just want to be the emperor of the land comfortably and undisturbed on their one-acre three-point land , Zhang Xueliang also belongs to this category; the other is ambitious and long-term political ideals, such as the Guangxi Clan, being the emperor of Guangxi is not Li Zongren's political pursuit, his pursuit is to enter the government and ask the central government!"

Jiang Weiguo felt deeply that he could see the sun behind the clouds: "What you say is reasonable, what you say is reasonable!"

"In addition..." Xiao Yao almost narrowed his eyes into a line, but there was a kind of gleam in the slits, "There may not only be people behind Zhang Xueliang, maybe there are..." He paused, and said meaningfully, "A certain third-party force is agitating him, supporting him, advising him, and planning for him.

In the Northeast, not only the Japanese, us, and Zhang Xueliang are coveting, but also other forces!"

Jiang Weiguo had a faint feeling of chills on his back, and he realized that the matter was actually very complicated.

"However!" Xiao Yao changed the subject, "Although this Zhang Xueliang is a disaster or even a time bomb, he is very useful after all, we can satisfy his wishes and extract the value from him to serve us.

As for intrigue, what are we afraid of?The other party can play, but we dare not play?The opponent dares to make moves, why do we shrink back and dare not accept them? He laughed, with a high-spirited arrogance, "Who is afraid of who is fighting openly and secretly?" He smiled and looked at Jiang Weiguo, "The Sima family destroyed Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Sun Wu, but did not eradicate the monarchs of the Three Kingdoms. Why?" "

Jiang Weiguo asked in surprise, "Why?"

Xiao Yao narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Because strength determines everything! The world is in my hands, and if I keep you, I won't be afraid of your rebellion!"

This matter was reported to Chiang Kai-shek by Jiang Weiguo, who accepted his suggestion after repeated thinking, because he said, "Father, please rest assured, I can't give him another chance to do something wrong."

Soon, Zhang Xueliang was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Military Region of the National Army (the second province of Rehe).

It is worth mentioning that although the former Northeast Army that entered the territory of six provinces and one city is still an army after reorganization and reorganization, it does not belong to the Nanjing Army sequence.

After dealing with Zhang Xueliang's matter, Jiang Weiguo began to think about the fact that he ordered the Maritime Statistics Bureau to assassinate Winston Churchill.

Churchill is not a small person, and assassinating Churchill is naturally not a trivial matter. Jiang Weiguo has thought about it for a long time.

Churchill was very capable. He was voted by the British as the first of the "100 Greatest Britons" in later generations, which shows his ability.

Churchill was an outstanding politician and a great strategist. Although he was extremely contemptuous and mean to China during World War II, from the perspective of the British people, Churchill was indeed excellent, dedicated, and great. As a British Prime Minister, he did his best to protect the interests of the United Kingdom (in the process of naturally harming the interests of other countries, including the interests of China), and he was far-sighted, and he recognized the impact of Bolshevism and Nazi Germany on Britain and the West very early. Threats. Before World War II, the British top leaders were generally short-sighted, comfortable and lazy, while Churchill had a shrewd and long-term vision, and his methods were iron-fisted and decisive. He persisted in resisting and not surrendering. He gritted his teeth and led Britain to support it until the United States joined the war and ushered in victory.

Because of the existence of Churchill, Britain was not defeated. Therefore, getting rid of Churchill may make Britain "more vulnerable" in the next war.

Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, among the three, Roosevelt and Stalin are already the leaders of the country at this time, and it is difficult to carry out assassination. Churchill is not yet the British Prime Minister, but a senior official in the British government. The difficulty of "getting rid of" him is not Very big.

Jiang Weiguo was only hesitant about two things. One, if Churchill was really removed by him, how would history develop?Before the Sino-Japanese War, Jiang Weiguo wanted to train a group of special agent killers, and then sneaked into Japan to kill all the Japanese generals who were the most ferocious in killing Chinese people in the original history, or who were more skilled in fighting and more difficult to deal with on the battlefield. After thinking about it, he gave up this plan, because Jiang Weiguo could not do this. If he did, the eight-year war of resistance would be completely changed by him at the very beginning. By then, the Japanese generals who led the army to attack China would be another group. People, strategy, tactics, war situation...all will be different, and even the Sino-Japanese War and even World War II will be different. Jiang Weiguo can't "predict the future" at all, and he will lose his greatest advantage. But now, Jiang Weiguo has no such scruples, because history has already passed. He has completely changed history, and history has become beyond recognition. Even if Jiang Weiguo no longer continues to change history and let history develop on its own, the subsequent history will be completely different from the original history. Now that the facts are already like this, what is Jiang Weiguo worried about?Killing Churchill is beneficial to China, so it is natural to do so.

The second thing Jiang Weiguo hesitated was whether after Churchill was killed, there would be a second Churchill in Britain, or even a new leader who was more powerful than the original Churchill?After repeated thinking, Jiang Weiguo ruled out this worry, because the "historical great man" does not appear so easily. Killing Churchill, the probability of a second Churchill or a new leader who is more powerful than Churchill in the UK is indeed very small, such as Newton, If Jiang Weiguo travels through time and space and kills Newton, there will be no second Newton in Britain for at least 50 years, because the conditions for producing Newton are very strict. How can there be so many Newtons?Although talented people come out from generation to generation, the quality cannot be the same.

If it is so simple to produce Newton, why is there only one Newton in history?Why did China and other countries not produce Newton in the same period?Both Newton and Churchill are unique.

History creates great men and heroes, and great men and heroes also create history.

After making up his mind to assassinate Churchill, Jiang Weiguo received Hitler's transoceanic telegram. Regarding Italy, Hitler wanted to ask Jiang Weiguo's opinion.

Since Benito Mussolini became the dictator of Italy, he has ambitiously wanted to rebuild the "Roman Empire", but unfortunately, Italy's national strength is far inferior to that of Germany, and Mussolini himself is not as capable as Hitler , although his "debut" time was more than ten years earlier than Hitler, Hitler's achievements were more than ten times that of his, which made Mussolini quite jealous of Hitler.

Although Mussolini planned to do his best to govern after he came to power, his "development foundation" was too poor, and his own ability was almost mediocre. Therefore, Italy, which he had managed for [-] or [-] years, was still "the sluggish and powerless Italy". As a result, Italy's expansion was very slow.

In October 1935, Mussolini mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the East African country Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Although the Italian national strength is very low, the Italian army is well equipped with aircraft, artillery and tanks, and the opponents have only a few modernized ones. With light weapons, more people just held cold weapons such as bows, arrows, knives and guns. As a result, the Italian army fought hard for more than seven months before occupying Ethiopia, and paid a heavy price of about 10 dead and more than 2 injured. cost.

In fact, this is not the first time that Italy invaded Ethiopia. 45 years ago, Italy invaded Ethiopia, and the result was a crushing defeat. The 1.7 Italian officers and soldiers on the expedition killed and injured more than 1.1 people, and captured more than 4000 people. Said that the whole army was wiped out, and Germany's iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck therefore satirized that "the Italians went to Africa with a great appetite and a mouth full of tooth decay".

It can be seen that the national strength of Italy is stern and weak inside, and the Italian army is strong in addition to its military strength.

Right now, Mussolini, stimulated by the "Victory in East Africa", has launched a new expansion, launching an invasion of Albania, a small country in southern Europe with a territory of less than 3 square kilometers.

Because Albania is too small and too weak, the Italian army fought smoothly this time, and was occupied by the Italian army within five days.

Regarding Italy's invasion of Albania, Hitler wanted to hear Jiang Weiguo's opinion.

After thinking about it, Jiang Weiguo replied: "I suggest that Germany use this as an excuse to send troops to Italy and take the opportunity to control Italy.

Although leader Mussolini has a good relationship with you, the head of state, national interests are paramount, and the overall situation is paramount. What's more, Germany is not annihilating or annexing Italy, but helping Italy. Italy controlled by Germany is not only beneficial to Germany, but also beneficial to Italy. itself!"

Jiang Weiguo’s proposal to Hitler to do so was far-sighted. Germany should treat Italy like Spain, “it cannot be allowed to be free, but must be controlled.” In fact, Germany didn’t want to attack Southern Europe and North Africa at first, because Italy was full and had nothing to do to pick things up, which made Germany have to wipe its ass, which in turn affected Germany’s overall strategy. Since it would be bad for Italy to be too free, it might as well Get it under control.

What's more, in the original history, the Mussolini regime collapsed in the war, and Hitler had to go to great lengths to rescue it, and then supported Mussolini in northern Italy to establish an Italian puppet regime subordinate to Germany. In this way, it is better to do it now. The "only good thing" that Italy did to Germany during World War II was to allow Germany's industrial output to reach its peak after being annexed by Germany.

In addition, the fighting power of the Italian army was really terrible. When they invaded Greece, they were beaten by the Greek army. When France was about to be defeated by Germany, Italy took advantage of the fire and robbed it.

However, Italy's navy is very valuable, at least it is the fifth in the world (the United States and Britain tied for first, Japan third, France and Italy tied for fifth), Germany, China and Japan are short of navy, control Italy, control Italy's navy, Nature is a great thing.

In Berlin, after reading Jiang Weiguo's telegram, Hitler thought for a long time, then called the top German generals to discuss, and finally decided to "surprise Italy with gentle means and achieve the goal of protecting Italy while respecting Italy's dignity and sovereignty and maintaining Italian interests. control".

Because of Jiang Weiguo's interference in history, history has undergone major changes again, and a "German-Italian War" that did not exist in the original history broke out.

On April 1939, 4, Italy quickly annexed Albania. Just as Mussolini and other Italian military and political leaders were celebrating, the German government, which had always worn the same trousers as Italy, justly accused "Italian aggression" like a Sichuan opera. other countries, destroy the peace of Europe, and trample on international conventions", and then launched a lightning attack on Italy. First, a German paratrooper brigade launched a large-scale airborne landing in Rome for the first time in Italy, and then three German infantry divisions entered Italy from northeast Italy Territory (after the merger of Germany and Austria, the territories of Germany and Italy border).

When the news came out, the world was shocked. For a while, the United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union and other major powers were dumbfounded. It was hard to believe that "Hitler suddenly turned against Mussolini for no reason. The war banners played by the government can be described as high-sounding: "Restore Albania's sovereign independence", "Stop Italy's aggression", "Maintain peace in southern Europe and the whole of Europe".

After the war broke out, not only the United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union and other countries were dumbfounded, but Italy itself was also stunned. After receiving the report, Mussolini couldn’t believe it at all. He said in disbelief: “What is Hitler going crazy about? Me?" So the whole of Italy was stunned when the war broke out.

Because Italy was unprepared, caught off guard, and the Italian army's combat effectiveness was low, and the fighting will was low, the German troops who entered Italy marched forward triumphantly, like a broken bamboo, and entered no one's territory. Due to the close relationship between Germany and Italy, many Italian troops were watching When the German army arrived, they either mistakenly thought that the German army was conducting an exercise, or thought that a misunderstanding had occurred, or they had no fighting spirit and surrendered everywhere.

In the entire German-Italian War, the German casualties were only more than 1000, and the Italian casualties were only more than 3000. The war lasted only half a month. Hitler did not take much effort, and completed the overall control of Italy by the end of April.

Albania "gloriously regained its independence with the help of Germany", Italy was still headed by Mussolini, but the real master became Hitler.

The control of Italy is a far-reaching good thing for Germany and the tripartite alliance of Germany, China and Japan.

After the war, such a detail appeared. In order to take care of the face of the Italians, Hitler imaginatively imitated the practices of China and Japan, allowing the Italian army to "symbolically station a regiment" in Germany to restore the two countries. equal status.

After the German-Italian War, Italy naturally joined the Allied Powers, turning the Triple Alliance of Germany, China, Japan into a Four-Nation Alliance of Germany, China, Japan, and Italy.

Chapter 405 In full swing (2)

A valley completely submerged by dense forest in Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand.

The sound of killing shook the sky, blood flowed like rivers, the sound of guns was like thunder, and the sound of gunfire was like rain. The two armies were engaged in a fierce battle.

"Let it go!" With the roar of Chinese, waves of mortar shells and infantry shells roared into the valley from the high ground on both sides of the valley, causing lightning and thunder in the valley, and fireballs everywhere. Clusters of towering trees were blown off in the middle, and human limbs and arms were flying all over the sky in the blast waves, mixed with heart-piercing Thai screams and wailing sounds. The attackers who had been ambushing on the high ground on both sides of the valley beforehand They launched a condescending onslaught, and the dense rain of bullets from rifles and machine guns completely enveloped the entire valley, killing the other side in the valley without the power to parry at all. White flags have been erected in some places flooded by the fireball smoke.

The army in the valley is a regular army of the Kingdom of Thailand. On the surface, the other army in the valley does not seem to be an army, because there is no uniform uniform and various costumes. It looks like bandits and bandits, but the level of sophisticated weapons and equipment But it surpassed the Thai army that was being attacked by them, and was well-trained, sturdy and brave, and possessed an aura that was not lost to the regular army at all.

The battle situation is completely one-sided, the Thai army has fallen into the ambush circle of the attackers, and they are slaughtered in vain. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Thai army itself is very weak, with insufficient training, low morale, and backward equipment. suspenseful battle.

More than an hour later, the sound of gunfire and explosions began to stop. Flames and smoke billowed in the valley. Incomplete corpses and pools of blood were everywhere. The wounded and surviving Thai soldiers wailed and moaned, still alive. And all the officers and soldiers of the Thai army who were not injured raised the white flag.

"Mr. Zhao! The Thai army has surrendered!" On a high ground beside the valley, several soldiers happily reported to the leader, a strong soldier who was holding a binoculars.

Zhao Haijun nodded, and then calmly ordered: "Clean the battlefield, lock up all the Thai troops who surrendered, collect weapons, ammunition, equipment and supplies on the battlefield, guard the surrounding area, and count the results and casualties!"

More than half an hour later, the soldiers rushed to report to Zhao Haijun:

"Killed 420 and eight Thai soldiers, wounded more than 750 Thai soldiers, and surrendered more than 2000 Thai soldiers!"

"Our side killed 140 seven brothers, and more than 330 brothers were injured!"

"More than 800 firearms, more than 400 boxes of ammunition, and more than 280 mules and horses were seized..."

Zhao Haijun listened carefully, and then ordered in an orderly manner: "Our brothers who died in battle must be taken back, and brothers who were injured should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately. Let’s go down, the dead and injured Thai soldiers are still in the same place, and the captured Thai soldiers will follow the old rules, cut off their right index finger, so that they can no longer be soldiers in the future, and if this is the case, when the Thai army fights with us in the future, they will be frightened , will not go all out to fight!"

"Yes!" The soldiers followed orders one after another.

Several adjutants around Zhao Haijun began to discuss:

"Tsk tsk! The Thai army is a bunch of mobs! It's really boring to fight! I really want to go back to China and fight devils!"

"This is the fourth time we have repelled the Thai army's encirclement and suppression. Although we have won many battles, our weapons and ammunition have been seriously consumed. We must hurry up to replenish them!"

"Ha! I think with our current strength, we can break into Bangkok and occupy the whole of Thailand!"

"Of course! We now control an area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers and a population of more than 50. We have a full 5 armed personnel, and our weapons and equipment, training level, and combat quality are far superior to the regular Thai army. !"

"I really don't understand why we only occupy mountainous areas and rural areas, why don't we attack cities? Chiang Rai City is right on our lips, and taking Chiang Rai City is as easy as pie! Not only do we not occupy cities, even slightly larger towns Do not occupy! What a pity!"