Chapter Twenty-Five: Encirclement and Suppression of the Wakos
The Western powers were stunned, they couldn't believe that China had stood up overnight, and yesterday it was still being beaten all over the ground by small Japan, and today it annihilated 200,000 elite Japanese troops, destroyed more than 500 planes, and sank two aircraft carriers, what kind of combat power is this, even if the British Empire and the Japanese Navy are in a head-to-head confrontation, they dare not say that they can defeat the Japanese Navy and sink their two aircraft carriers, who will dare to underestimate China in the future, no one will dare.
Hitler also received the report, and excitedly walked around the office, not thinking that his weapons were so powerful, and his "little radish head" was so talented in military affairs, he should immediately recruit "little radish head" to return to China to sum up experience, point out the advantages and disadvantages of German weapons, so as to improve them, so as to contribute to the great cause of the three empires.
In this way, before the 100,000 Japanese troops who were encircled were annihilated, Zhang Jun received an order from Hitler, ordering Zhang Jun and all the German instructors to return to China immediately, Zhang Jun returned to Germany for two reasons, the first was that Hitler hoped that Zhang Jun would return to China to sum up his experience, and the second was that Japan's protest was about to fill Hitler's desk, and Zhang Jun would have no suspense when he returned to Germany.
And the iron-blooded 74th Panzer Army left by Zhang Jun to China was officially named the "Hell Army" by Chiang Zhongzheng, and all of them were uniformed by the German SS, which would be a force that would make the Japanese invaders fearful.
Japan, from the emperor to the ordinary soldiers, resolutely ignored the ultimatum of the Nationalist Government, but informed the Chinese side that it was willing to send negotiators to Nanjing for negotiations, and at the same time invited the Western powers to put pressure on China and ask the Chinese side to stop besieging the besieged Japanese army, but Japan once again secretly mobilized the whole country on its own soil, raised 500,000 Japanese troops, and prepared to put them into the Chinese battlefield as soon as possible and urgently transported three divisions to Shanghai, these three Japanese divisions were not to rescue the besieged 100,000 Japanese troops, but to hold Shanghai first, After the formation of the 500,000 Japanese army, it was making its rescue plan, so Japan's negotiations and the pressure exerted by the Western powers were a delaying tactic for small Japan.
Zhang Jun also fell into several difficult situations, on the one hand, it was the order of the Führer to return to China with the instructor corps, and at the same time, the Japanese government was also putting pressure on Germany, Zhang Jun wanted to continue to stay in the Chinese battlefield must have enough reasons, so that the Führer could withstand the pressure of Japan, did Zhang Jun have such a reason? Basically, no, what to do This made Zhang Jun fall into deep thought.
The Führer's order is only one aspect, and the other aspect is about the encircled Japanese army, Zhang Jun of course knows that Japan sent negotiators, just to delay time, so in order not to give the Japanese army a chance, only to start encircling and suppressing the encircled Japanese army as soon as possible, then it means that Zhang Jun's 74th armored army must be put into the street battle, and in the street battle, the loss of tanks will be immeasurable, and China can't produce tanks by itself, and there is no place to replenish it after consumption, such a baby armored division makes Zhang Jun too embarrassed, Even if Zhang Junken used the armored division to fight street battles, Jiang Zhongzheng now knew the power of the armored division, and he would be willing to consume such a treasure like this, which was absolutely impossible.
Zhang Jun lit a cigarette alone, and then began to organize his thoughts, in the absence of benefits, it is difficult to make Hitler change his mind, so what benefits does Zhang Jun take to the Führer! Didn't Zhang Jun ask Hitler to buy the B-29 Super Flying Fortress last time? If the United States has full annual production capacity, it can produce 300 aircraft a year, and now Gome has not yet been aware of Germany's ambitions, and is saying that selling such bombers will not pose a threat to the United States, and Germany and the United States are too far away, so the United States agreed to sell the German B-29.
Some time ago, Zhang Jun had learned the news that the United States was willing to sell B-29 bombers to Germany, but it was 1.2 million US dollars each, equivalent to the value of 1,000 kilograms of gold, which was more than four times the cost of B-2. The purchase of 300 B-29 bombers, and a supporting repair shop, worth a total of 160 tons of gold, delivered in one year, which is exactly the output of the United States in a year, made Hitler feel a lot of pain before he got the gold donated by the Jews, and it was spent in a blink of an eye, but this gold is definitely worth much more than a few armored divisions.
Why the United States will sell strategic bombers to Germany, there may be the following reasons, first, Germany and the United States are too far away, Germany's B-29 can not threaten the United States at all, second, Germany in 1937 did not show his fangs, the United States itself is also in a deep economic crisis, need a large amount of gold hard currency to save the American economy, the current United States can sell anything, third, the United States also has its own strategic considerations, the current world leader Britain, the gross national product is also the first, the United States second, Ignoring Britain's opposition, the United States forcibly sold strategic bombers to Germany, is there no evil intention? Of course there is, everyone wants to be the boss and grasp the right to speak in the world, and the one who is willing to be the "second oldest", the Yankees are not stupid. Fourth, the Red Soviet Union was exporting revolution to the Communist International all over the world at this time, and the American system and the Soviet system were absolutely a life-and-death struggle, and when Germany had strategic bombers, the two main countries that could be threatened were Britain and the Soviet Union. It's just too damn clever and insidious and vicious.
Now Zhang Jun is planning to make a fuss about this, now Sichuan's basic minerals, because of the entry of Jews, the development of unprecedented increases, China is unable to digest so many mineral resources, anyway, to sell, sell to Germany, use these minerals in exchange for German fire, directly use B-29 to transport arms to Chengdu, and then from Chengdu Airport to Berlin by air, B-29 range is absolutely enough, and Germany can also use arms to repay the funds needed to buy minerals.
In this way, everyone is a win-win situation, this reason is definitely enough to convince Hitler, for Jiang Zhongzheng, he almost wanted to move all the German arsenals to China, so it is very easy to persuade Jiang Zhongzheng, Zhang Jun thought of this and sent two telegrams in a row, the first one to Hitler, and told the Führer what he thought clearly, and asked the Führer to allow him to stay for two months, so as to facilitate the signing of a contract with the Chinese side for arms for minerals. The second telegram was sent to Chiang Chung-zheng, informing him of this incident and the plan for dealing with the besieged Japanese army.
Zhang Jun's matter about exchanging arms for minerals was a few simple words, focusing on the annihilation of the Japanese army, and Jiang Zhongzheng had already been in the hands of the great powers, that is, the mediation of the war, and as a result, a few days of precious time were wasted in vain, so that the Japanese army could calmly increase its troops in Shanghai. This time, Jiang Zhongzheng learned to be obedient, but delegated power to Zhang Jun, appointed Zhang Jun as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and let Zhang Jun decide for himself, Jiang Zhongzheng pretended to be generous for a reason, you Zhang Jun is always a German nationality now, and it is impossible to stay in China for a long time, so Zhang Jun's power is great, and it is also fleeting, and it is impossible to threaten Jiang Zhongzheng, so Zhang Jun will be entrusted with important tasks by Jiang Zhongzheng, and at the same time, Jiang Zhongzheng completely agreed to the matter of exchanging minerals for German fire, and for this reason, he also sent a delegation to Germany to negotiate with Hitler.
In this way, Zhang Jun was relieved, and finally moved the two big stones that were pressed on his chest, and then faced a tragic urban street battle, the Chinese side suffered heavy losses in the early stage, because it was a war in the country, so it was replenished quickly, mainly thanks to the establishment of the local security regiment, Jiang Zhongzheng's approach is to directly transfer the local security regiment into the army to supplement, and the next replenishment may need to transfer the security regiment of other provinces, in fact, the reserve system of the security regiment also has a certain positive effect, But there is still a big gap with a full-fledged reserve, but it's better than nothing!
Now the troops commanded by Zhang Jun have reached an unprecedented 550,000 people, not including the more than 200,000 ** troops defending on the Xideng line, these troops commanded by Zhang Jun are a bit chaotic, there are Sichuan troops, Hunan troops, and the Central Army, and there are more than 100,000 main forces of German armament divisions. Their equipment is just replenished to those poorly equipped local troops, these troops were directly organized by Zhang Jun as Japanese mechanics, these equipment is at least much stronger than the old sleeve in their hands, and it is just right to use Japanese weapons to fight Japanese devils.
Danyang City was surrounded by more than 60,000 people, Changzhou City has about more than 30,000 devils, Changzhou is relatively close to Nanjing, and the supply is also very convenient, Zhang Jun of course hit Changzhou first, Danyang City used 300,000 to surround, and the remaining 250,000 ** used to attack Changzhou City, at this time Changzhou City can not be compared with Changzhou City in later generations, wooden frame structure houses account for the majority, if the Japanese devils want to borrow Changzhou residential houses, it is basically impossible to make a strong fortress, and there are some brick houses in the city for the devils to use even if thank God. The people of Changzhou and Danyang had already retreated when Jiang Zhongzheng accepted Zhang Jun's battle plan, including the citizens of Nanjing, who were now almost evacuated.
So Zhang Jun's attack, don't worry about the little Japan that is inferior to the beast to use our Chinese people as a meat shield, Zhang Jun's battle plan is very simple, that is, to divide 300,000 ** into ten roads, and at the same time attack from all directions of Changzhou City, and the Japanese army wants to withstand the general attack of these ten roads, it is necessary to divide more than 30,000 troops into ten shares, and each force is more than 3,000 people, except for the reserve or mobile forces left by the devils, it is very good to have more than 2,000 devils per share, but ** is 30,000 people to fight more than 2,000 people, although the devils have a bit of a geographical advantage, But this is our Chinese city, and the building is also built by us Chinese ourselves, and there is nothing I don't understand about the style and layout, so there are really not many places to say how much geographical advantage small Japan can occupy in Changzhou City.
On January 1, 1938, the strategy of the first squadron to encircle and annihilate the besieged Japanese army began, although there were Western powers where to loudly accuse and put pressure on Chiang Zhongzheng, Chiang Zhongzheng said:
"Ten months ago, our government signed a contract with Germany, and German SS Colonel Zhang Jun will be given the command of the German Armored 74th Army for one year, and will have the right to independently formulate battle plans, so now it is SS Zhang Jun who wants to test his training results with actual combat, and we have no right to interfere."
The Nationalist Government used the most lame rhetoric in the world, and made the Western powers helpless, these powers can bully China, but for the current Germany, but they don't even dare to put a fart, the Japanese government saw that its own delaying strategy failed to work, on the one hand, it is looking for Germany to mediate, but now Hitler is still concerned about the future of Germany, and desperately hopes that once Germany goes to war, under the blockade of the Western powers, it cannot get rare minerals, and the provider of this mineral is China, what does little Japan take to HitlerHe himself was more resource-poor than Germany, so Hitler scoffed at Japan's ardent expectations.
Rommel's armored division was scattered and assigned to several German divisions, 130,000 German troops will be the main attack of this campaign, they are divided into four roads, each road will be supported by more than 30 tanks, Zhang Jun did not assign these tanks to other troops, that is, those troops have not been trained to fight together with infantry at all, if the tanks fight in the city, because there is no infantry protection and support, it will be ugly, Zhang Jun does not want these tanks to be wasted in vain, but armored vehicles, Zhang Jun still transferred to those troops of the road.