I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Jiang Weiguo is now concurrently serving as the chairman of four companies. In addition to the coal, steel, and oil companies, he is also the chairman of the "Republic of China Eastern Airlines", and he is also the director of Zhongwei Shipping Company and Minsheng Shipping Company.

These six companies "made" a lot of money for Jiang Weiguo. Of course, Jiang Weiguo must have invested all the money in the construction and development of the country and the army. Mr. Tan Kah Kee was originally the "King of Rubber in Nanyang". When he sold rubber to Jiang Weiguo, the price was very low, which was equivalent to giving it away for free.) He stored a large amount of rubber as a national strategic material for the War of Resistance.

Jiang Weiguo is not greedy or profitable at all, because he has no interest in it at all.

When Jiang Weiguo inspected the arsenal, Yu Dawei gave him a surprise: the Feilei cannon has been developed and is in mass production.

Jiang Weiguo was overjoyed immediately, and immediately went to the test site to observe.

The "Flying Thunder Cannon" of the national army is essentially the same as the "Flying Thunder Cannon" of the People's Liberation Army in history. They are both a primitive explosive package projectile tube. The difference is that the PLA's "Flying Thunder Cannon" is a "handmade product" , The projectile barrel is a gasoline barrel, and the production process is also handcrafted, while the flying thunder cannon of the national army is an "industrial product".

Yu Dawei is very serious about his work. He specially organized a group of weapons experts, gunpowder experts, and material experts to conduct project research, making the Feilei Cannon a standardized weapon produced in an industrialized manner. As high as 800 mm, the explosive package is also specially produced in the "round cake shape", which can be projected to more than 300 meters, and the explosive package is filled with steel balls, iron nails, iron filings, broken glass and other sundries. After the explosion, various fragments Sweeping like a hurricane like a sandstorm, it further strengthened its lethality to living targets.

During the experiment, the enthusiastic Jiang Weiguo specially pulled Chiang Kai-shek over to watch it together.

Ten thunder cannons lined up, and amidst the deafening roar of thunderbolt, ten heavy explosive packs roared away in a parabola. A temporary red brick bunker built in the test site immediately collapsed amidst the lightning and thunder, and the shock wave It was like rolling thunder, unstoppable, and the dozens of pigs used for experiments in the bunker were all killed. The whole body of the pig was intact, but the seven orifices were bleeding, and the five internal organs were ruptured by the shock wave.

"Good! Good!" Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but praise after seeing it, "The ancients said that 'a ruler hammer is a tiger, and it fights vigorously; when it meets a lizard with bare hands, it changes color and stops'." It is profound and incisive. The national army has this sharp weapon, which makes it easier to fight the Japanese invaders bravely!"

"Huh?" Jiang Weiguo, who was listening beside him, was confused, "Father, what did you just say about 'ancient people'?"

Chiang Kai-shek feigned anger and blamed Jiang Weiguo: "Tell you not to study hard!" Chiang Kai-shek had discovered at this time that although Jiang Weiguo had "full of advantages", he also had many problems. Second, I am too lazy to read.

Chiang Kai-shek gave Chiang Weiguo many ancient books and classics, allowing him to learn "the essence of traditional Chinese culture and the wisdom of the ancients", such as "On Zeng Wenzheng's Administration of Military Affairs" (Jiang Jieshi admired Zeng Guofan very much, claiming that "Zeng Gong is a model of the spirit of the Chinese people").

Chiang Kai-shek wanted Jiang Weiguo to learn Zeng Guofan's military thinking, and told Jiang Weiguo to write down his reading experience after reading each chapter. Two months later, Chiang Kai-shek asked him how he was reading, and Jiang Weiguo had long forgotten about it. , Putting Chiang Kai-shek's request for reading books behind him, he didn't turn over the set of "On the Administration of Military Affairs by Zeng Wenzheng", and threw it in the room intact, covered with dust and cobwebs, which made Chiang Kai-shek very angry.

Yu Dawei explained next to him: "Second son, what the chairman said just now means that a person will be afraid to encounter a lizard with empty hands, but if he has an iron rod in his hand, he will dare to fight even a tiger.

The reason for this is that weapons can enhance people's combat effectiveness, and secondly, weapons can enhance people's courage and courage!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly: "That's exactly the reason.

This... this 'Flying Thunder Cannon' is a good thing, we need to produce more!"

Yu Dawei said: "Chairman, Feilei Cannon has a simple process and is not difficult to mass-produce, but the explosive packs used in Feilei Cannon consume a lot of explosives. The explosives produced in the arsenal are not only made into explosive packs, but also made into bullets and shells. Ammunition such as ammunition, grenades, mines, and sea mines are in short supply! Currently, the monthly production of flying mine cannons is about [-], because the output is limited by the output of explosive packs!"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded again: "Okay, okay, I know you have tried your best!" He looked at Jiang Weiguo again and praised, "Wei'er, your invention is really good!"

Jiang Weiguo took the opportunity and said: "Father, the great retreat in the eastern region should also begin!"

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes became slightly disappointed: "Is it really going to start?" He sighed.

After inspecting the military industry and heavy industry system in the rear, Jiang Weiguo inspected the construction of the reserve army and the reserve army. The results were also very satisfactory. All aspects of affairs were proceeding in an orderly manner. The person in charge of this matter was Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted man at this time. Chen Cheng, he is very capable.

One day in mid-April, Jiang Weiguo received a call from Song Meiling, wanting to discuss with him about the Air Force.

After Jiang Weiguo returned to Nanjing Qilu, Song Meiling told him with a smile on his face that there was an American flight instructor in the Air Force University named Claire Lee Chennault. Go to the United States to recruit retired pilots, and let retired American pilots join the Chinese Air Force in the form of mercenaries to fight for China.

Jiang Weiguo understood, and the "Flying Tigers" in history were about to be born.

"No!" Jiang Weiguo's attitude surprised Soong Meiling, "Don't want these Yankees!"

Chapter 105 Battle Preparation (2)

"Ah?" Song Meiling was very surprised, "Why?"

Jiang Weiguo's attitude was very cold, but also very firm: "I can't afford it!"

There are two Flying Tigers in history, one is the American Volunteer Air Force to Aid China, and the other is the Soviet Volunteer Air Force to China. The former is well-known in China, while the latter is unknown in China.

Jiang Weiguo does not deny the courage and friendship of the American Flying Tigers to aid China. However, after uncovering the "superficial vanity" of exaggerated propaganda due to political needs, it must be noted that the American Flying Tigers have achieved no more than 115 victories on the Chinese battlefield. Japanese aircraft, and this also includes the results of the British, while the American Flying Tigers themselves lost 80 fighters, so the record of the American Flying Tigers is not great; The pilots are all "foreign masters" and they are difficult to serve. They are mercenaries and have demanded very high remuneration from the national government. The monthly salary of ordinary pilots is 600 US dollars (equal to 2000 French currency, which is equivalent to 100 million RMB in later generations), and the monthly salary of the team leader is 650. US dollars, the monthly salary of the squadron leader is 700 US dollars. In addition, every time a Japanese aircraft is shot down, there is a 500 US dollar bonus. The number of local pilots is nearly double; more than that, Chennault also asked the national government to provide each pilot of the American Flying Tigers with a single room, separate bathroom and toilet, game room, entertainment room, card table, table tennis table... actually asked The service provided by the five-star hotel and the steak they ate made Kunming alone have to slaughter more than 300 cattle for these Americans every month during the war of resistance. Kunming had to slaughter all the cattle for these Americans. The scalpers were all killed, so they had to switch to buffaloes to continue to provide steaks. In the end, even the buffaloes were killed, so they had to buy yaks from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

These Americans are simply enjoying themselves.

Although Jiang Weiguo dislikes (or even hates) Soviet Russia, he also admits that the Soviet Volunteer Aid to China Air Force is the real Flying Tigers. .

The Flying Tigers of the Soviet Union had more than 1000 pilots who came to China to participate in the war, brought more than 1200 aircraft, and shot down more than 1000 Japanese aircraft with the Chinese Air Force. More than 200 people from the Flying Tigers of the Soviet Union died in China. In the air battle in Wuhan alone More than 100 people were killed in battle.

These are beyond the reach of the Flying Tigers of the United States. Moreover, the treatment required by the Flying Tigers of the Soviet Union and the Chinese government is not as good as that of the Flying Tigers of the United States, which is very simple.

Jiang Weiguo actually doesn't like the Flying Tigers of the United States very much. Where did they come to help China fight? It is shameless to put forward such harsh treatment requirements.

The reason why the American Flying Tigers are famous, but the Soviet Flying Tigers are unknown, is because of ideological reasons.

Chiang Kai-shek had always been stubbornly anti-communist, and China was very dependent on the United States in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, so the Nationalist government deliberately downplayed the great contribution and sacrifice of the Soviet Flying Tigers, and deliberately publicized and even exaggerated the record of the American Flying Tigers.

In Jiang Weiguo's view, it is better to improve the treatment of domestic pilots than to spend a lot of money to serve a group of foreigners who are not very capable.

"Let those Yankees stay where it's cooler!" Jiang Weiguo said coldly, "We don't need them!" He looked at Soong Meiling, "Mother, why should we spend so much money? Not good pilots? Besides, those Yankees are mercenaries who fight for money. How determined and will they have? They will fight the Japanese in the sky? Fart! Compared to those American mercenaries , Our Chinese pilots are not only not inferior, but also full of patriotic blood. Chinese pilots fight for the motherland, and naturally do their best and fight desperately. Comparing the two sides, isn’t it better to judge? Instead of spending a lot of money to hire those Yankees, it is better to invest in our own air force; secondly, the German Air Force’s volunteer air team to China is coming, and we have Germans as foreign aid , there is no need for Americans, not to mention, the Germans are much more kind and respectful than the Americans!"

Although Soong Meiling was very interested in Chennault's proposal, she was finally persuaded by Jiang Weiguo and politely declined Chennault's proposal.

On Chiang Kai-shek’s 1500th birthday, about 500 million U.S. dollars in “birthday gifts” were donated from home and abroad. At that time, Jiang Weiguo planned to use it to buy an airplane from Germany, but Soong Meiling refused to agree, claiming that she had “other great uses” and her “ Great use” means hiring American pilots. Jiang Weiguo persuaded Soong Meiling to divide the money into two, and put 1000 million into the air force to continue to strengthen the construction and development of the air force. Keep [-] million first and prepare to use it to pay German volunteers. Expenses of the China Aid Air Force.

In late April, under the urging of Jiang Weiguo many times, the German Volunteer Air Force to China arrived in China together with the last batch of planes that Germany assisted China without compensation. There were more than 3000 people in total, half of whom were pilots. Harder Millch.

Lieutenant General Milch held a high position in the German army. In fact, he was half Jewish, and his father was Jewish. For this reason, the Nazi Party questioned him in many ways, and the Gestapo also investigated him. However, because the German Air Force Commander-in-Chief Göring trusted Milch very much, so he kept him, but there is no doubt that Milch received a certain amount of rejection in the German military, and he had a very bad relationship with his boss, Air Force General Ernst Udet. , so he was sent to China to be in charge of the German Volunteer Aid to China Air Force.

Because of Jiang Weiguo's intervention, the German Flying Tigers replaced the historical American Flying Tigers.

The American Flying Tigers, the Soviet Flying Tigers, and the German Flying Tigers, although the purpose of these three Flying Tigers are to come to China to aid China in the war, they are very different in nature.

The American Flying Tigers were not sent by the U.S. government, but a group of civilian mercenaries. They would definitely not work hard, or even work hard; the Soviet Flying Tigers were sent by the Soviet government to shoulder the tasks assigned by the government, so fighting is more difficult. Bravery; the German Flying Tigers were sent by the German government. Although they are very similar to the Soviet Flying Tigers, the Soviet Flying Tigers were to aid China, and the German Flying Tigers were "borrowing war to train troops" by taking advantage of the actual combat opportunities in the Chinese battlefield , to hone a large number of excellent pilots with actual combat experience for the German Air Force that has not yet participated in the war, so the bravery will definitely exceed that of the American Flying Tigers.

It is worth mentioning that there are two "training grounds" of the Luftwaffe, one is the Chinese battlefield, and the other is the Spanish battlefield.

Spain was fighting a civil war, and the German Air Force also sent pilots to participate in the war in the name of volunteers. The purpose was also to hone excellent pilots with actual combat experience.

Regarding the Spanish Civil War, Jiang Weiguo sent a telegram to Hitler, suggesting that he "send an elite German army to find an excuse to occupy Madrid, the capital of Spain, in the form of volunteers, and lay the foundation for Germany to control Spain in the future." The proposal is much appreciated and inspired.

Jiang Weiguo actually learned the lessons of later generations of China. After the Korean War, the U.S. military stationed in South Korea, turning South Korea into a slave state of the United States, but the Chinese volunteers withdrew from North Korea and lost control of North Korea. Disobedient", and even harmed China in turn, and the losses outweighed the gains.

When he was done with the German Flying Tigers, Jiang Weiguo returned to the army and cared about the sniper unit and special forces unit he had started building long ago.

"A total of 837 officers and soldiers participated in the training, and 254 people joined in later, for a total of 1091 people!" Shen Billi, chief instructor of the sniper unit, reported to Jiang Weiguohui, "The training has been going on for about half a year since November last year.

A total of 15 people voluntarily gave up, 107 people quit due to illness or injury, 132 people were eliminated, and there are currently 837 qualified snipers who have passed the assessment!"

"So many?" Jiang Weiguo was taken aback. He prepared 500 98k Mauser sniper rifles, thinking that half of them would be eliminated. Unexpectedly, the elimination rate was only more than [-]%.

Billy Shen smiled and said, "That's all.

Don't worry, it's not that we are lax, it's that they are just that good.

They are all sharpshooters in the first place, and they are also very hardworking, diligent, and very hardworking in training, and we can’t eliminate many if we want to!”

Jiang Weiguo happily hung up a call to the Overseas Ministry and ordered to buy another 500 98k Mauser sniper rifles from Germany. The snipers must be carefully selected and would rather be short than excessive, but the more the better, the more than 800 snipers...Jiang Weiguo Just thinking about it makes me laugh.

Subsequently, Jiang Weiguo discussed with Shen Billy, Du Yuming, Sun Liren, Zheng Dongguo and others, and decided to set up two sniper companies directly under the regiment headquarters for the 918th Regiment and the 128th Regiment. The two regiments had four sniper companies and about 500 snipers. The remaining more than 300 snipers were dispersed in each squad and platoon to ensure that the grassroots infantry units also have the ability to snipe and kill the enemy.

Of course, in order to cultivate this elite and precious sniper unit, Jiang Weiguo did bloodletting. The training of more than 1000 quasi-snipers cost more than 200 million rounds of ammunition, and the average person shot [-] times with live ammunition.

"Damn it! It's really a money-burning unit!" Jiang Weiguo is very heartbroken. If other troops know that Jiang Weiguo spent more than 200 million rounds of ammunition just to train more than 800 snipers, he will not so much envy Jiang Weiguo as big Scold Jiang Weiguo as a prodigal.

More than 200 million rounds of ammunition. According to the "China's national conditions" at this time, this is the number of wartime ammunition quotas for the five direct line divisions of the Central Army ([-] rounds per capita).

The bullets supplied to 7 people were actually used by Jiang Weiguo to supply 800 people.

After completing the arrangement and rectification of the sniper unit, Jiang Weiguo started his "special forces unit".

Sun Tao and Weng Yong can be said to have traveled all over half of China in the past few months. According to Jiang Weiguo's principle of "appointing people on their merits", Sun Tao's poaching is not limited to the central army, the local army is also their scope of poaching.

Jiang Weiguo originally hated the Chinese civil war against the Chinese, but at this time he wanted to "thank you" for the civil war.

Since the Revolution of 26 and the collapse of the Qing government, the Republic of China has been established for 26 years. In the past [-] years, there has been basically no rest in China. There are many warlords and attacks on each other. The fights were endless, the central army and the local army kept fighting each other, the local army and the local army kept fighting each other, and even the local army kept fighting each other, such as the Sichuan Civil War, such as the Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, etc. The melee between the Guizhou army and the Guizhou army, the civil war of the Majia army, etc. War is a major feature of China in this era.

Because of the frequent wars, it can be said that there are a lot of veterans who have rich experience in actual combat and whose hands are stained with the blood of their compatriots.

Although Sun Tao and Weng Yong were very picky when poaching people, they still recruited 600 people for Jiang Weiguo back and forth.

These 600 people have four major characteristics in common: first, they are all veterans who have been in the army for at least seven or eight years or even more than ten years, and have participated in more than ten actual combats; second, they have all killed people; third, they have marksmanship and bayonet fighting [-]. The ability to fight with bare hands is very strong, and they are all trained on the battlefield; fourth, they have no previous criminal records. Although Jiang Weiguo likes outlaws and ruthless characters, he should not bully men and women. Soldiers kill enemies on the battlefield There is an essential difference between the army (including the battlefield of the civil war) and the civilians who harm the common people.

Jiang Weiguo wants to create special forces, but he has no precedent to follow, and he can’t find foreign instructors, so he can only try to find out by himself. Of course, he does not have the ability to train special forces. The only thing he can refer to is the military novel "Bright Sword" he read in later generations. ", in the book "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong created a "Liangshan Special Forces", and Jiang Weiguo just used it.

"Go!" Jiang Weiguo told Sun Tao and Weng Yong, "borrow a few tanks, cars, motorcycles, and some anti-aircraft guns and mortars from the armored and logistics troops, and then borrow a radio station from the communication company, and Those veterans took the test to drive a tank, drive a car, drive a motorcycle, use anti-aircraft guns, use mortars, and use radio stations to send and receive telegrams.

Test them, kill their arrogance by the way, let them know how much you have!"

"Ah?" Both Sun Tao and Weng Yong were taken aback, "This test? This..."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Weiguo asked intentionally.

Sun Tao was very puzzled: "Driving a tank is the job of the armored soldiers, driving a car is the job of the transport troops, as for the use of anti-tank guns and mortars, it is the job of the anti-tank soldiers and artillery, and the use of radio stations is also the job of the communication soldiers." Isn't this embarrassing people?"

"Embarrassing?" Jiang Weiguo said earnestly, "Do you think that you are a special soldier with good marksmanship, good fighting skills, and actual combat experience? These are just the basics for getting started! You can only call them elite infantry, and casually count them as scouts. A special soldier? An all-around fighter on the battlefield! Driving a tank, driving a car, firing a gun, using a radio...all of them! Not only must you know how to do it, but you must also be able to repair it when it breaks down. You must also learn artillery observation, self-rescue on the battlefield, and survival in the wild. Also learn to fly planes and torpedo boats.

By the way, physical training is fundamental, and they are required to take 10 kilometers of armed cross-country every morning and swim 10 kilometers in the Yangtze River every day!"

Sun Tao and Weng Yong were speechless: "Understood! Yingzuo, after hearing what you said, the special forces are really beyond the reach of ordinary people!"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Weiguo said, "Otherwise I will give them a high salary of 150 yuan a month? I forgot to say that their education level must also be improved. College students who can speak Japanese, after all, this army will deal with the Japanese in the future.

You let them start training, and after three months, those who pass the test will be incorporated into the special company, and those who are eliminated will be incorporated into the reconnaissance company!"

"Yes!" "Understood!" The two went to do it immediately.

After Sun Tao and Weng Yong left, Liu Fengling came to Jiang Weiguo.

"Ying Zuo," Liu Fengling cut straight to the point after meeting Jiang Weiguo, "I have a friend who wants to join you!"

"Oh!" Jiang Weiguo disapproved, "Go and arrange it!" There are many people who want to go to Jiang Weiguo.

"No!" Liu Fengling shook his head, "He said he would come and see you first, if you don't satisfy him, he won't join!"

"Huh?" Jiang Weiguo was a little curious and interested at the same time.

The existence of the 918th Regiment and the 128th Regiment is known to the outside world. The two regiments claim to be the first batch of armored units of the national army (the first and second armored regiments), but the true strength of the two regiments is kept secret (the two regiments are hereby At that time, there were more than 3.3 troops and more than 700 tanks, including more than 600 new tanks, which were extremely powerful).

Since the 918th Regiment and the 128th Regiment are the elite of the national army's elite and the direct descendants of the direct line, and everyone knows that these two regiments are the private troops of "Second Young Master Jiang", they will definitely have a bright future if they follow Second Young Master Jiang It is like a brocade, so there are as many people who want to sign up or change jobs to join these two regiments, but Jiang Weiguo has a very high vision. He would rather be short than excessive, so he does not recruit recruits or ordinary recruits. Has a skill.

In this situation where I don't know how many people are sharpening their heads and trying to join Jiang Weiguo's command, there are actually people who "if Jiang Weiguo doesn't satisfy him, he won't join."

"Who is he?" Jiang Weiguo asked Liu Fengling very curiously and interestedly.