I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"It's better to be alone than to be happy together!" Jiang Weiguo looked at Yimu Qingzhi sarcastically, and said to Du Yuming, "Tuan Zuo, the weather is so good today, we might as well practice exercises! Let's drive out our tanks !"

Du Yuming was taken aback, he asked in a low voice: "Jianhao, is this appropriate? Will it reveal your strength?"

"Don't open the No. [-] tank. As for the No. [-] and No. [-] tanks, half of them will be enough!" Jiang Weiguo snorted coldly, "Let these bastards open their eyes!"

The 918th regiment has long been stimulated by the Japanese's various provocations to "the whole regiment screaming", especially now that the Japanese army is conducting live-fire drills under their noses, which is simply unbearable.

After receiving Du Yuming's order (actually Jiang Weiguo's), the whole regiment immediately launched live ammunition training against the Japanese army amid rolling iron wheels, green smoke, and flying sand and rocks. Song" (the national army has an independent song for armored soldiers, but Jiang Weiguo thinks it is not imposing enough, so he "composes" a new song, which is actually a copy of the song of the Seventh Company of Steel in the later military TV series "Soldiers Assault"):

A thunderbolt and a sword, a group of tiger armored regiments, iron men with iron will, iron and blood to protect the homeland for the country!

The sound of killing frightens the enemy's courage, the reputation of being victorious in every battle, attacking like a fire and defending like a mountain, stepping on the bones of the enemy and returning triumphantly!

Amidst the roar of the tanks, the officers and soldiers were fierce and fierce, and the military songs were singing and roaring.

At this time, Jiang Weiguo owned almost 700 tanks (550 were donated by Germany, 99 or 918 were original tanks of different brands, and he ordered dozens of tanks from the Soviet Union, Italy, and France). 128% of the tanks in the Chinese army are in the In the hands of Jiang Weiguo, the equipment was given to the 918th Regiment and the 700th Regiment. The 500th Regiment is an out-and-out armored regiment. 918 of the 128 tanks are in the 200th Regiment, and the 128th Regiment has [-]. The [-]th regiment was now an armored infantry regiment.

In the current military exercise, although the troops concealed a large part of their strength according to Jiang Weiguo's instructions, the Japanese troops on the opposite side were still dumbfounded.

The Japanese army is indeed strong, but many places are actually very backward, such as the level of mechanization, the data is the most direct. When the July 1060th Incident broke out (right now), the Japanese army had a total of [-] tanks, most of which were light tanks and outdated goods , and at this time Japan's annual tank production is only two or three hundred.

The reason for this situation is that first, the high-level Japanese army is short-sighted and did not realize the important role, huge potential, and broad prospects of tanks in land warfare. Second, the Japanese army invested more funds and resources into the navy. Shipbuilding will undoubtedly cost a lot of money. and resources, thus dragging down the Japanese army. Third, Japan's national strength is weak and there is no strong tank manufacturing industry.

Seeing that the Chinese army pulled out two or three hundred tanks and galloped in front of his eyes, even a fanatical militarist like Kiyonao Ichiki and a "big Japanist" who extremely despised China could not but fall into shock and nervous.

In the bilateral exercise of "well water does not violate river water" between the two armies, the Japanese side soon ended hastily with the decline of the Japanese army's momentum.

In terms of soldiers, the 918th regiment dispatched thousands of people, while the Japanese army only had a few hundred people, and all the officers and soldiers of the 918th regiment were "a circle stronger" than the Japanese army, and they were born to overwhelm the Japanese army; in terms of weapons, the 918th regiment dispatched two or three Hundreds of tanks, flying sand and rocks, billowing wind and thunder, the Japanese army only had rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars and other "gadgets", which naturally paled in comparison to the tanks of the Chinese army.

The Japanese army, which was arrogant and deliberately provocative, turned into a hasty retreat in disgrace.

Seeing the Japanese army leaving in a desperate manner, the officers and soldiers of the 918th regiment were all cheering and feeling disgusted.

"Jianhao..." Du Yuming was not overjoyed, but worried, "The Japanese know our strength, and they will probably want to spy on us or provoke us in other ways!"

"I'm afraid of a dick!" Jiang Weiguo looked at the departing Japanese army viciously. He had a word hidden in his heart. Anyway, the war would officially start soon, and there was no need to hide his strength.

It was noon at this time, and seeing that the Japanese had left, Jiang Weiguo ordered the troops to stop the exercise and call it a day.

After one o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Weiguo received a report: there are several balloons in the sky.

"What?" Jiang Weiguo was taken aback, and hurriedly climbed up the tower with Du Yuming, Sun Liren and other officers who were alarmed at the same time.

There is no need to use a telescope, Jiang Weiguo can see clearly with the naked eye, there are three huge balloons floating in the sky in the north, east, and northeast of Wanping City. Fixed.

After raising the binoculars, Jiang Weiguo saw that there were hanging baskets hanging under the three balloons, with people inside, and each had a cable connected to the ground, so as to prevent the balloons from being blown elsewhere by the natural wind.

"It's the reconnaissance balloon of the Japanese army!" Sun Liren said. "The ones in the hanging basket are Japanese observers. They are spying on the situation in our Wanping city from a bird's-eye view from different directions!"

"Fuck!" Jiang Weiguo was furious.

Balloons are also an important tool in warfare. The types are divided into hot air balloons and hydrogen/helium balloons, and the models are divided into early warning balloons, reconnaissance balloons, propaganda balloons, air defense balloons, and bombing balloons.

Historically, on the European battlefield of World War II, balloons were mainly used for propaganda and air defense, while on the eastern battlefield, the role of balloons was widely used by the Japanese army. Because the Chinese army lacked aircraft, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns, the Japanese army used them recklessly. Balloons are fragile tools of war.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army frequently used balloons for aerial reconnaissance, mainly for artillery units to target the school team.

If the Chinese army fought the Japanese army in an open area of ​​the plain, and the weather allowed, the Japanese army would raise a reconnaissance balloon, look down at the Chinese army's position and troop deployment, and then notify the Japanese ground troops, especially the artillery unit, by radio.

The accuracy of the Japanese artillery is very high. One is that the Japanese artillery has been trained for a long time, and the other is that they rely on balloons to aim in the air, so the artillery shells are as accurate as long eyes.

"Set up the eighty-eight guns!" Jiang Weiguo said angrily, "Blast those three balloons into fireballs!" The 918th regiment is equipped with more than a dozen German-made 88mm anti-aircraft guns, which can shoot both planes and tanks. The maximum vertical range reaches more than 10000 meters, and the maximum horizontal range reaches 14500 meters. It is not a problem to blast the three balloons at a height of [-] meters.

"No!" Du Yuming hurriedly said, "Look, Jianhao, the landing points of the three Japanese balloons are all over the military demarcation line, and they are all within the Japanese control area. We cannot attack them!"

Jiang Weiguo was furious: "Are we going to let the Japanese spy on us naked like this?" There is no doubt that the purpose of the three Japanese scout balloons is to spy on the situation of the Chinese army in Wanping City.

The bilateral exercise in the morning has thoroughly stimulated the Japanese. The Japanese are very eager to know the strength of the Chinese army in Wanping City, so they have used all means.

It must be admitted that this method of the Japanese is very cunning. It did not go beyond the threshold, but it managed to have a panoramic view of the situation of the Chinese army in Wanping City.

Du Yuming looked at Jiang Weiguo bitterly, and the rest of the officers also looked at Jiang Weiguo.

Du Yuming said in a low voice: "Jianhao, I understand your anger at this time, but after all, the three Japanese balloons are in the Japanese-controlled area. If we attack, it is tantamount to actively firing, provoking trouble, or even... end of war.

This responsibility, we... I'm afraid we can't bear it! "

Jiang Weiguo's face was sullen, countless thoughts were rolling, entangled, and boiling in his mind, and one thought made him feel cold all over, "Could this be the July [-]th Incident in a different form?"

Liao Yaoxiang also said in a low voice: "Why don't you ask Vice President Tong for instructions? After all... this kind of thing is beyond our scope of authority!"

Jiang Weiguo's mind was spinning rapidly: "What should I do? Do it or not?"

Sun Liren said unhurriedly: "You can use anti-aircraft guns to fire a few shots to scare the Japanese!"

"Just do it!" Jiang Weiguo suddenly felt a sense of relief, "They provoked it first! It's natural for us to fire a few cannons to protest!" He waved his hand, "Set up our [-] cannons!"

Du Yuming asked further: "Jianhao, do you really need to ask Vice President Tong for instructions? How about I go make a call?"

"No need!" Jiang Weiguo buried his head and ran down the tower.

The 918th regiment has an artillery battalion. The whole battalion has six companies and three heavy artillery companies. It is equipped with a total of 18 150mm howitzers and three anti-aircraft artillery companies. It is equipped with a total of 12 88mm anti-aircraft guns and dozens of them. Small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

Jiang Weiguo ran to the station of the anti-aircraft artillery unit: "Three anti-aircraft artillery companies, each with an [-]-gun, aimed at the three balloons!"

"A real fight? Or a warning?" Du Yuming rushed over.

Jiang Weiguo took a deep breath: "One cannon and one shell, if you can hit it, you will hit it, if you miss it, it will be a warning!"

Jiang Weiguo suddenly remembered that if a war really started, wouldn't it be "a war caused by a balloon"?

The artillerymen of the three anti-aircraft artillery groups immediately became busy with enthusiasm and skillful movements. The three eighty-eight artillery pieces raised their heads to the sky together, and the three anti-aircraft artillery grenades were pushed into the barrels at the same time.

Jiang Weiguo and other military officers looked at each other thoughtfully, but did not speak.

In the hanging baskets of the three balloons in the sky, the three Japanese military observers held up binoculars, and they all saw the dark muzzles of the three anti-aircraft guns raised in Wanping City.

Among the three, two felt terrified and waved signal flags to signal the ground personnel to drag the balloon to the ground, while the other remained indifferent because he believed that "the Chinese army would never dare to open fire on the Imperial Japanese Army."

"Two of the three balloons started to land!" Sun Liren put down the binoculars and laughed, "Two of them are scared away, and there is one more!"

The artillerymen of the anti-aircraft artillery group who were in charge of aiming at the two balloons felt a little regretful. Jiang Weiguo walked towards the third antiaircraft artillery group and looked at the artillery officer with the rank of captain: "What's your name?"

The captain saluted Jiang Weiguo solemnly: "I am Wang Yecheng, the commander of the fifth company (aircraft artillery company) of the regiment artillery battalion!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled: "It's up to you!" His words were very meaningful, but only he knew the meaning inside.

Wang Yecheng nodded: "I will do my best!"

The eighty-eight cannon of the fifth company lay quietly on the green brick floor of Wanping City like a giant steel beast. Manipulating the cannon, the heavy breech breech was pulled open amidst the crisp metal sound of "bang-dang", and the ammunition hand filled in the significant shell and a pack of propellant, and then closed the breech breech.

Wang Yecheng went into battle in person. He began to aim breathlessly through the scope and sights, while the artillerymen next to him methodically checked the direction machine, height machine, moving body, anti-recoil device and other equipment of the artillery.

Wang Yecheng aimed for a long time, his whole body movements and expressions were calculating a certain advanced math problem, and his movements were also very gentle. He observed the target with a scope for a while, and estimated the distance again with a telescope for a while, with a dignified expression and focused eyes. , the hand resting on the sight is gently controlling the elements of each unit with a very small range of motion, his expression is as serious as a doctor performing a precise operation, and he is ensuring this with an unprecedented seriousness. gun accuracy.

"Jianhao..." Du Yuming couldn't help but give Jiang Weiguo a hand, his face was very complicated, "Do you really want to fire?" His voice trembled, not because of fear or awe, but because of nervousness and an inexplicable excitement.

Not only Du Yuming, but Sun Liren, Qi Xueqi, Liao Yaoxiang and other officers also had complicated expressions. If the cannon missed, there must be trouble, and if it hit, there must be big trouble.

Jiang Weiguo looked at Du Yuming and the others, faintly impatient: "Mother-in-law! Are you soldiers?"

The expressions of Du Yuming and others changed, and then they became serious.

"Jianhao is right, we are soldiers!" Sun Liren expressed calmly, "Fulfilling the duties of soldiers is what we should do, and we can't think too much!"

"Sirs, I'm starting!" Wang Yecheng looked at Jiang Weiguo and other officers, and in full view, he yanked the cannon bolt.

"Boom!" Ba Ba Pao let out a giant roar like a mountain shaking, and a dazzling white light spewed out from the black hole muzzle.

Jiang Weiguo and others stared wide-eyed at the Japanese reconnaissance balloon in the sky, and the shells shot away like arrows from the string exploded a ball of flames near the balloon, bursting into countless fire fragments, and instantly The balloon exploded in no time.

Jiang Weiguo saw that the balloon was filled with hydrogen, so the balloon itself was a flammable object. After being hit by hot shell fragments, the balloon turned into a super-sized fireball with a bang. The hydrogen in the airbag was almost It burned instantly, the flames were dazzling, and in just a second or two, the balloon was burned into a scorched black skeleton shell in the air, and at the same time it fell straight down.

Needless to say, the Japanese observer in the hanging basket was bound to die, either by being blown up on the spot or smashed into meatloaf.

The soldiers surrounded by the [-]th Pao all cheered, while Du Yuming and other officers looked nervous and had no joy on their faces.

"You really hit it! You really hit it?" Du Yuming stared at Wang Yecheng.

Wang Yecheng smiled all over his face, and then felt that the officers looked strange: "I... shouldn't have hit it?" He was at a loss.

"You did the right thing!" Jiang Weiguo patted Wang Yecheng on the shoulder, "Good job!" He sighed in his heart, resign himself to fate!

The expressions of Du Yuming and other officers "changed again and again", and the weather was uncertain. Sun Liren said in a flat tone: "Get ready to fight!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Sun Liren and found that he liked this group of returnees more and more. Although Du Yuming and others were also military elites, they were "native-born and bred", so their thoughts were mixed with many "things with Chinese characteristics" at this time. , only Sun Liren, he thinks about problems purely as a soldier, and his attitude is very in line with Jiang Weiguo's appetite.

"The country raises soldiers for a thousand days, and it is to use them for a while!" Jiang Weiguo said awe-inspiringly, "If this matter really triggers a Sino-Japanese war, since we are soldiers, we should fight the enemy bravely! We are soldiers! We shouldn't think too much! We shouldn't have What other thoughts! Please put away your distracting thoughts! From now on, prepare for battle!"

Du Yuming took a deep breath, looked dignified, and looked at the officers and soldiers around him in a loud voice: "Jianhao is right! Prepare for war!" After speaking, he looked at Jiang Weiguo with a sincere look.

Jiang Weiguo smiled and returned a trusting look.

The 918th Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment began to fall into the tension of the imminent war. Every soldier began to be distributed with wartime ammunition. Every artillery and every tank was overhauled. Cars and tanks were filled with gas, and the basement for storing supplies It became a field hospital, and all the personnel on vacation were required to return to the team immediately, with trenches, fortifications, bunkers, firepower points, bunkers, shelters...all in place.

Jiang Weiguo looked at the scene in front of him, and all kinds of distracting thoughts in his heart were swept away: "Don't think too much! It's God's will, let's do it! Let's do it vigorously!"

Chapter 119 Countdown (7)

The "balloon incident" in Wanping City immediately poked a super hornet's nest. The incident caused the Chinese army to expend a single shell, resulting in the destruction of a Japanese reconnaissance balloon and the death of one person (the observer in the balloon basket).

The high-level officials on both sides were shocked.

The garrison troops of the Japanese army in North China are called "China Garrison Army (Chinese Garrison Army)". Generally speaking, they are called "North China Garrison Army". The product of regional garrison privileges, and with the series of "North China Incidents" (Chadong Incident, Zhangbei Incident, Hebei Incident, Jidong Incident, Xianghe Incident, Fengtai Incident, North China's five autonomous provinces) in the six years since the September [-]th Incident Movement, etc.) and through these incidents, the Japanese side coerced the national government to sign unequal treaties such as the "Tanggu Agreement", "Hemei Agreement", and "Qin-Territory Agreement" to further expand its privileges, so that the scope of its troops continued to expand, becoming Japan's comprehensive The pioneer of the invasion of North China.

The unit currently has a brigade under its jurisdiction (the brigade has no official designation, it is called the "garrison brigade" or "infantry brigade", and the core unit is two infantry regiments) and some subsidiary units, with a total strength of 1 announced to the public There are many people, and the actual total force reaches 2. At the same time, nearly 5700 puppet troops are assisting in the battle. There are also five divisions of the Kwantung Army and 1.4 troops in the northern part of Shanhaiguan to provide reinforcements at any time. The strength is very strong.