I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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The scale, intensity, results, and influence of the Suicha Campaign of the Nanjing Army greatly surpassed that of the original Suiyuan War of Resistance. Instead, they adopted the correct policy of taking the initiative to attack and concentrate their forces to defeat the enemy one by one. In addition, the opponents of the Jinsui Army at that time were basically puppet troops, and there were no Japanese troops (in fact, the Chinese army was in Suiyuan. The number of enemies wiped out during the Anti-Japanese War was not particularly large, only a thousand or a few hundred, and they were all puppet troops).

The Suicha Campaign of the Nanjing Army gave full play to all its advantages, adopted correct countermeasures and flexible tactics, and thus won a complete victory.

Chapter 397 Fighting Again (4)

On New Year's Day in [-], the whole of China was immersed in deep joy and anticipation.

Of course, the people of the country have not forgotten that in July of the previous year, China and Japan officially went to war. The war lasted for a year and three months, and in September last year, they negotiated a peace and armistice. , Zhejiang, Shandong, and Shanxi provinces, but they still lost the three provinces and three cities of Hebei, Suiyuan, Chahar, Beiping, Tianjin, and Shanghai. As for the four northeastern provinces and Taiwan, the hope of recovery is even more elusive .

Although such a peace negotiation and armistice is not "cede territory for peace, lose power and humiliate the country" to China, after the news was announced, it still caused a great storm of public opinion in all walks of life across the country. There were many supporters and many opponents. War During this period, the Chinese army fought well, especially the Nanjing army, which achieved miraculous results, which made many people more or less "overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, while underestimating the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and fully obtaining The difficulty of winning the war", so he opposed the negotiation of a peace and armistice, and demanded that the war against Japan be continued "until all the occupied land is recovered".

Most of those who opposed were pure-minded, but many organizers harbored "disharmonious thoughts" and encouraged all walks of life to oppose the National Government's peace and armistice with Japan with impure motives, demanding that the war be carried through to the end.

But right now, the national army launched a counterattack. On the one hand, the national government confidently blocked the mouths of those opponents. On the other hand, it once again greatly inspired the hearts of the people. In half a month, Suiyuan and Chahar provinces were recovered, more than [-] Japanese soldiers were killed and over [-] Japanese soldiers were killed, and the puppet regime "Inner Mongolia United Autonomous Government" was wiped out.

There is a very important factor that the Nanjing Army can achieve such great results: the Chinese army participating in the battle in the two provinces of Suicha is the Nanjing Army, which completely belongs to the "Ning faction" and the same faction. They are of one heart and one mind, united as one, and there is no situation where they seem to be alienated from each other because of different factions, and they have different dreams in the same bed, so the degree of cooperation is very high.

On New Year's Day, Minister of Military and Political Affairs Chen Cheng held a press conference and a press conference in Wuhan, and announced with a radiant face that "the national army has won consecutive victories and has completely recovered the two provinces of Suicha". The follow-up content of the “Qingdao Assassination Incident” (Jiang Weiguo, Yang Jie, and Jiang Baili were assassinated on Jeju Island, but the tripartite talks on Jeju Island are top secrets of Germany, China and Japan, and this meeting is also shady, so the national government declared that Jiang Weiguo The three were assassinated in Qingdao, and of course the Japanese would not "correct" the National Government's concealment method).

Chen Cheng announced: Lieutenant General Jiang Baili, the acting president of the Army University and senior adviser to the Military Commission, unfortunately died on the spot in the assassination incident in Qingdao. The whole country mourns. General (secondary general) was seriously injured in the assassination incident in Qingdao. His left arm was blown off by a grenade thrown by Japanese agents. , is still undergoing emergency rescue, with weak signs of life, still not out of danger, and may pass away at any time.

Jiang Weiguo, who "may pass away at any time", actually has nothing to do, he is alive and kicking at all, but his life is also very difficult. At this time, he is like Chiang Kai-shek in the later period of the Nanjing Battle. It made him very uncomfortable.

Jiang Weiguo was in Jinan at this time, because he was "extremely injured and his life was dying", and because "many Japanese secret agents may still be active in Qingdao", he was quickly airlifted to Jinan "after being injured", and was admitted to the Nanjing Army The military hospital in Jinan is an underground secret room. The entire military hospital was surrounded by thousands of Nanjing Army officers and soldiers with live ammunition.

On the surface, Jiang Weiguo was rescued in the secret room, but in fact he was eating, eating and sleeping. It was no different from being imprisoned. Although there were no iron bars, he was definitely not allowed to go out to show his face, and he couldn't see his girlfriends either. So live very aggrieved.

In fact, Jiang Weiguo didn't have the heart to think about the little things about his children's love at this time. His thoughts were all on three major things. One was Jiang Baili's funeral and Yang Jie's injury. Jiang Baili's death made Jiang Weiguo immerse himself in pain for a long time; It is the counterattack at this time, and the third is the political mediation and diplomatic mediation between China and Japan.

The Germans did not give up and wanted to organize the second "Germany, China and Japan Tripartite Talks".

The Germans are not stupid. They have already seen that although the Chinese army’s counterattack is aggressive, it actually does not want to start a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese army, because China does not have this strength. Then obtain partial victories on the battlefield, so as to force the Japanese to make greater concessions with a two-pronged approach.

This is like a quarrel. China is right and Japan is wrong, so China puts on a posture of "completely settling accounts" with Japan, and Germany is responsible for fighting. If Germany doesn't let it go, China will definitely not fight go down.

People who don't fight, why fight?

"Not bad, not bad!" Jiang Weiguo was overjoyed when he saw the good news sent by the frontline troops, "Brothers fought well! It took only half a month to recover the second province of Suicha! It's amazing!" In addition to his joy and excitement, he also expressed his joy. There is a kind of pride, because it is the Nanjing Army that regained the country, and the Nanjing Army is the strongest army in China he created.

"Don't be too happy!" Xiao Yao, who handed the victory report to Jiang Weiguo, looked very calm, but also had a kind of uneasiness and worry, "The reason why we have achieved such brilliant results is that our army has a short-term advantage, and the second is that the Japanese were defeated by us." I was taken by surprise, and the two provinces of Suicha and Suicha were sparsely populated, and winning the provincial capital was basically equivalent to recovering the entire province.

It is not easy to obtain the results, but what is really difficult is how to defend the results.

The Japanese army has dispatched reinforcements from two divisions from the Northeast, and it is very likely that they will counterattack the two provinces of Suicha in the future, and even greater challenges are yet to come.

In addition, what I am most worried about is whether this counterattack will get out of control?Will it evolve into a new all-out war?Senzao, let me tell you this, in the past two months or so, the capital we have accumulated can only fight a month of high-intensity battles. After one month, we will be weak and will become the end of our strength.

If the Japanese are determined to fight us for a few months or even a year or so, we will definitely not be able to hold on, stand up, or endure.

To put it bluntly, we appear to be unstoppable on the surface, but in fact we are fierce and relentless!" Jiang Weiguo was not injured as a "high-level secret", and very few people knew about it, only Chiang Kai-shek, Yang Jie, Xiao Yao, Shu Guosheng, etc. More than ten people.

Jiang Weiguo's mood suddenly became heavy: "Military division, you are right!"

Xiao Yao said: "Next, we will switch from offense to defense, if we defend the two provinces of Suicha, we can accept it as soon as it is good.

Next, restart the tripartite talks again, we have two more provinces in our hands, and the negotiation capital will be even stronger!"

"Yes! Yes!" Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again, "Yes, the next step is to fight a defensive battle!"

In fact, the Nanjing Army on the front line did not immediately switch to defensive warfare, but continued to fight offensive warfare.

After the Nanjing army captured Zhangyuan, the top Japanese army was shocked. On the one hand, the Japanese army lost Suicha provinces in a short period of time. On the other hand, the Nanjing army had already threatened the important area of ​​Beiping, because Zhangyuan was only a short distance of more than 130 kilometers from Beiping. kilometer.

Lost Beiping, for the Japanese army, the war situation in North China will deteriorate in an all-round way. First of all, Beiping is the political core of northern China, which is of great significance. It is needless to say that Beiping was taken away by the Chinese army in all aspects of the Japanese army; secondly. , Beiping was occupied by the Chinese army, and Tianjin, which is adjacent to Beiping, will be dead. If the two cities of Pingjin and Tianjin are lost together, the land passage between Hebei and Northeast will be cut off. The Bohai Sea will be surrounded by the Chinese army on three sides.

Although it is very doubtful whether the Chinese army is capable of capturing big cities like Beiping and Tianjin and annihilating the five divisions of the Japanese army when the Japanese army has command of the sea, the Japanese army cannot afford such a big risk, and the Japanese army will be able to do so in a certain period of time. To a certain extent, there is also some "self-discipline".

The general in the temple was completely red-eyed. At this time, the situation of the Japanese army in North China was as follows: the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 15th divisions in Hebei had already fought with the Chinese army on the battlefield in southern Hebei. The 10th Division of Pingjin City has just been transferred to reinforce southern Hebei, and the 5th Division of Suiyuan and the 14th Division of Chahar have just been driven out of Suicha Province in embarrassment. The loss was serious, the 5th Division lost about 2.2 soldiers, and the 14th Division lost about 1.3 soldiers (note, the Japanese army’s loss of soldiers is not equal to the death of soldiers, about one-third of the losses are deaths, and about one-third The second is injury, but the injured Japanese army will definitely not be able to participate in the battle again in a short time), the two divisions currently have a total of more than [-] combatable soldiers.

The general in the temple had to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and ordered the 5th and 14th divisions to withdraw to the two cities of Pingjin and start a full-line defense, sticking to the important areas of Pingjin and the rear passage of the Japanese army in Hebei.

When the North China Japanese Army fought against the Nanjing Army, the Northeast Japanese Army received an order to go to North China for reinforcements.

东北境内此时共有日军5个师团，分别是第2、第4、第6、第7、第8师团（第17师团在台湾地区）。

After the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, the situation in the Japanese occupation of the Northeast was very bad. The South was the Chinese army that could counterattack at any time, and the North was the Soviet Union that had always been eyeing it and might take advantage of it. Therefore, the Japanese army kept 5 divisions in the Northeast, and the other There are more than 5 puppet Manchukuo troops fighting together, but among the five divisions, the 2nd and 6th divisions were all disabled on the Nanjing battlefield, and the 8th division was also beaten to a hemiplegia. Only the 4th division The regiment is still fully loaded, and the 7th Division suffered certain losses during the Xuzhou battle, but its strength is basically still there.

Considering that the threat of the Soviet army is greater than that of the Chinese army, the fully equipped 4th Division is stationed in Heilongjiang Province, and the 2nd and 6th Divisions are stationed in Jilin Province. While "maintaining law and order" while busy recovering, The 7th Division is stationed in Rehe Province, and the 8th Division is stationed in Liaoning Province.

If you compare the 7th Division with the 8th Division, relatively speaking, the 7th Division is more complete, with about 8 soldiers, and the [-]th Division was almost paralyzed in the fierce battle at the Zhonghuamen, and rested for more than two months. It was only restored to [-] to [-] soldiers.

After receiving the request from the general in the temple, General Ueda Kenkichi, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army, hurriedly dispatched troops. He first ordered the 2nd Division to go to Liaoning from Jilin, and then ordered the 19th Division stationed in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula to also go to Liaoning. , Acting as the reserve team of the Kwantung Army's entry into the war, and then ordered the 8th Division originally in Liaoning and the 7th Division originally in Rehe to go to North China to participate in the war.

Since the 7th Division is closer to Hebei than the 8th Division, it arrived in Hebei ahead of schedule. The impatient general of the temple originally planned to send the 7th Division to the battlefield in southern Hebei, but with the loss of Zhang Yuan and the danger of Peiping, he had to change. The idea is to throw the 7th Division into Pingjin to consolidate the occupation of Pingjin, and at the same time launch a counterattack against Zhang Yuan in an attempt to regain Zhang Yuan.

The 7th Division originally stationed in Rehe was thrown into Pingjin after arriving in northern Hebei, and the 8th Division originally stationed in Liaoning was still on the way, which led to a time difference between the two divisions.

In the division headquarters of Zhang Yuan's 17th Division, Zhang Yun was expounding his new idea to Chen Mingren with an impassioned speech: "Master! We can't stop! We must keep going!"

"Go on?" Chen Mingren looked at Zhang Yun in surprise, "Where else do you want to go?"

Zhang Yun looked at a place on the map with piercing eyes: "Chengde!"

"What?" Chen Mingren was very surprised, "Chengde? The capital of Rehe Province?"

"Yes!" Zhang Yun was in high spirits, "Go straight in and take Chengde! According to intelligence, the 7th Division of the Japanese Army originally stationed in Rehe has already marched towards Pingjin, and the 8th Division of the Japanese Army originally stationed in Liaoning is also on its way. North China, but only through Rehe, not to take over the defense of the 7th Division. Therefore, the enemy's troops in Rehe are empty at this time, only some Second Devils puppet Manchukuo. As long as our army seizes the opportunity and attacks decisively, it is very likely to surprise The land once again achieved great results!" Zhang Yun's intelligence came from the Maritime Statistics Bureau, because Rehe Province originally belonged to China and was part of China's territory, and the local people were also Chinese, so the Maritime Statistics Bureau used intelligence in this fallen country. is very convenient.

The national army is fighting in its own territory, and the Japanese army is fighting in a foreign country. In the intelligence war, the Japanese army will naturally lose the wind.

Chen Mingren frowned, thinking about the feasibility of Zhang Yun's idea.

Zhang Yun seemed confident, and he analyzed methodically: "If our army captures Chengde, it will be of great significance! First, Chengde is the capital of Rehe Province. We can also expand our existing victories from two provinces to three provinces; second, Rehe Province is the "land" of the puppet Manchukuo, and our army's capture of Chengde is equivalent to the first attack on the puppet Manchukuo and the start of recovery. The first shot in the four northeastern provinces! The significance is endless! Third, according to the original plan, we will switch from offense to defense and start defending the two provinces of Suicha, but the best defense is offense! Why are we being beaten? Why not continue to attack? If Chengde is captured, one division of our army will defend Chengde and fight a city defense battle. This combat mode is most beneficial to our army. If one division of our army defends a city, how many troops will the Japanese army need to defeat it? At least one division! Then, our army can use one division to contain one division of the Japanese army! Even if the Japanese army comes with two divisions, one division of our army can at least last for a while? Whether it is to contain a large number of Japanese troops or delay Isn't time greatly beneficial to our army's North China counterattack?"

Chen Mingren pondered over and over carefully, and he half praised and half criticized: "Zhang Yun, you really dare to think! Your idea is a bit taken for granted, too bold, and the most serious thing is that our army who is performing this task The Division is almost doomed to be surrounded by the Japanese army, or the entire army may be wiped out!" He already understood that since Zhang Yun proposed this idea, the 17th Division would most likely be responsible for the task.

"Master seat!" Zhang Yun said sincerely and emotionally, "Our teacher is the 17th division, and you must be clear about how the 17th division came to be.

During the Battle of Xuzhou, the 17th Division was ordered to fight mobile warfare in the south of Shandong and west of Shandong. Later, it attacked Jinan and pinned down the 106th Division of the Japanese Army. The entire division and the people of Jinan suffered heavy casualties. , Blocked a division of the Japanese army for the front-line national army in Xuzhou.

Speaking of which, this is not the first time that our 17th Division has done such a long-distance raid, and we are familiar with it!Whether it's Jinan or Chengde, it's all the same.

As for the lone army defending the lone city, isn't it the same?The 17th Division was not wiped out in Jinan at the beginning, and it has already made a profit! "

Chen Mingren was moved by what he said: "Yes, you are right!"

Chen Mingren then reported this battle plan to the Nanjing Army Headquarters. Jiang Weiguo was very surprised. He asked Xiao Yao for his opinion. Let them sit down, if they think it’s okay, let them do it! We can provide them with the greatest support!”

Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again: "That's right!"

Chen Mingren made a request to Jiang Weiguo: he hoped to get reinforcements from the air force and paratroopers.

Jiang Weiguo readily approved.

The Air Force Airborne Forces of the national army was originally a regiment. During the war, it suffered a lot of losses but made great achievements, so it was expanded. At this time, the establishment was a brigade with three regiments under its jurisdiction.

The national army air force basically listens to Jiang Weiguo, and the airborne force was created by Jiang Weiguo alone, so the paratrooper brigade of the national army is actually a part of the Nanjing army, so the paratrooper brigade of the national army is located in Lujin, and its base is located in Binzhou, northern Lu (It is no secret that the national army has airborne troops, so there is no need to hide it too much), the straight-line distance between Binzhou and Chengde is about 400 kilometers, which is completely within the range of the Junker transport plane, but slightly exceeds the distance of the BF-109 fighter jet voyage.

However, the officers of the Paratroop Brigade knew about this problem and never turned back, "For the sake of victory, the danger is completely worth it."

Since the paratrooper brigade was not formed (the original paratrooper regiment had already suffered serious losses), and the voyage was relatively long, about 50 paratroopers participated in this battle, and about [-] transport planes needed to be mobilized.

The 17th Division of the Nanjing Army's long-distance attack on Chengde was full of the unique style of the Nanjing Army: bold, sharp, decisive, and swift.

Zhang Yuan was captured by the Nanjing Army on December 1938, 12. On the third day, on January 31, 1939, the 1th Division of the Nanjing Army launched an attack on Chengde. The whole division only rested for one night before embarking on a new journey.

同在张垣的兄弟部队第88师、第99师一方面积极准备展开防御战一方面竭力帮助第17师，两师把大半汽车、自行车、骡马补充给第17师以加强第17师的机动性，又把大批武器弹药、精悍老兵补充给第17师以加强第17师的战斗力（张垣距晋北很近，数万山西民工正在搬运武器弹药从晋北赶到张垣从而支前，所以第88师、第99师自身的武器弹药是会得到补充的）。

出击时，第17师共有官兵20000余人以及汽车600多辆、自行车1万多辆、骡马1000多匹。

On the evening of New Year's Day, the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division had a hearty meal in Zhangyuan, which was their first New Year's dinner.

In the early morning of the next day, the whole division set off from Zhangyuan in haste.

From Zhangyuan to the east, there are two roads, one leads to the southeast, and after more than 100 kilometers to Beiping City, the other leads to the northeast, and Chengde is more than 200 kilometers away.

In Beiping, the Japanese army had three divisions (the 7th, 5th, and 14th divisions) in full formation, while in Chengde, the Japanese army had only one brigade.

The transfer of the 7th Division from Rehe to Beiping was a major mistake made by the general in the temple in this battle, because the Nanjing Army did not attack Beiping at all, but avoided the real and attacked the false, and killed Chengde.

Long-distance raids are very common tactics in the military, but the "long-distance raids" of the Nanjing Army are fundamentally different from conventional "long-distance raids". Conventional "long-distance raids" are to quickly reach the enemy's weak points or important points. , Wreak havoc and then retreat, the Nanjing Army's "long-distance raid" is like this: quickly reach the weak or important places behind the enemy's rear to occupy, and then start a last-ditch battle.

The 17th Division of the Nanjing Army was preparing for a long-distance attack on Chengde. The officers and soldiers participating in the battle knew very well that after they occupied Chengde, no follow-up troops came. Because the Nanjing Army did not have enough troops, they had to defend Chengde to hold the whole army after they occupied Chengde. Stick to Chengde with an overwhelmed mentality.

The 17th Division is very likely to be wiped out in Chengde, but their sacrifice is worthwhile, because they can contain the Japanese army for the main force, delay time, and strive for a greater chance of victory, so it is worth their sacrifice.

Voluntarily sacrificing oneself for the victory of the overall situation, falling into death without fear, this is one of the iron-blooded military souls of the Nanjing Army.

On the mountain road in the Bashang Plateau between Zhangyuan and Chengde, 17 officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division were riding cars, bicycles or horses. Cautiously stepping on the accelerator, the soldiers on bicycles slammed their pedals, and the soldiers on horseback kept yelling loudly.

In order to speed up, the soldiers in cars and the soldiers on bicycles rotate in two shifts. First, they ride bicycles desperately. After getting tired and sleepy, they get on the car to rest. After passing the bicycle, he also pedaled desperately.

The three tools, cars and bicycles go hand in hand, and mules and horses lag behind. After all, mules and horses are not cars or bicycles, they are living creatures that also need to rest, but because the marching route is on the Bashang Plateau, mules and horses are more convenient and suitable than cars and bicycles. So the mule and horse did not fall too far.

One day, the 17th Division marched urgently to strengthen the march, and traveled more than 130 kilometers between the Bashang Plateau.

As night fell, the troops moved on.

"Don't sleep! Keep your spirits up!" The officers shouted loudly in the ranks, "You have to sleep while walking!"

The quartermaster distributed cigarettes and peppers to the soldiers in the ranks, and the exhausted, sleepy and weary soldiers smoked cigarettes and chewed peppers vigorously to refresh themselves.

In the ranks, the sound of coughing from cigarettes and the sound of being gasped by the hot pepper continued continuously, and the soldiers were choked by the cigarettes and snotted by the hot pepper and rushed forward desperately.

"Brothers! You have worked hard!" Chen Mingren rode a steed back and forth in the team, "Please continue to persevere! Please!" He said while stuffing peppers into his mouth.

The officers and soldiers were deeply moved when they saw that the division commander was just like themselves.

The Japanese army was not blind, deaf, or foolish. They noticed the movement of the Nanjing Army during the march of the 17th Division, and then judged the purpose of the Nanjing Army.

The general in the temple was shocked. He realized that the goal of this Nanjing army was Chengde, but he was almost at a loss because there were no large numbers of Japanese troops near Chengde. The southern part of Henan went to Hebei.

The general in the temple was so anxious that he had to let Chengde and the puppet Manchukuo army near Chengde prepare for battle first, and then ordered the 8th Division to return to Chengde to reinforce Chengde.