The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 128 The Arms Dealer

(This story is purely fictitious, please do not imitate!)

Historically, on the eve of the July 1937th Incident in 580, Japan’s annual steel output was 168 million tons, its oil refining capacity was 520 million tons, its shipbuilding capacity was 283 million tons (this figure is not accurate), and its economic aggregate was 4 billion U.S. dollars; Aspects were 1.5 tons, 0 tons, 3.6 tons, and [-] million US dollars.

Although after more than a year of cheating development by Wu Aihua, the aircraft manufacturing capabilities, tank manufacturing capabilities, and automobile manufacturing capabilities are about half of Japan's capabilities, but other figures are still far behind.Even in terms of total economic output, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces plus the whole country will not exceed US$30 billion.

Rome was not built in a day.However, even at a disadvantage, Wu Aihua has incomparable confidence.

Competing with Japan and other powers, Wu Aihua has several advantages, one is advanced concept, the other is low cost, the third is insight into the historical trend, and the fourth is the cheating tool of "merit system".Of course, Wu Aihua's disadvantages are also very obvious. The biggest disadvantage is the backwardness of China as a whole, the disunity of people's hearts, the disunity of power, and the lack of a strong force or core unified national power. Reunification amidst destruction, the last bit of national strength was consumed in the flames of war, and as a victorious nation in World War II, it did not receive any benefits from the international community.When Wu Aihua came, it was natural to avoid this kind of situation, but this initial stage was extremely difficult.The second disadvantage is that Wu Aihua's forces are currently too dependent on the system. Enterprises and the military all depend on the system, which is very dangerous.What if the system fails one day?

So although Wu Aihua is printing the world currency according to what Shen Ren said, but the speed of printing is not what Shen Ren said, but 10 times the amount that Shen Ren said, but it is put into the market It was done strictly according to the scale Shen Ren said.

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In the past year or so, apart from Wu Aihua burying himself in farming and accumulating strength, Japan has also accelerated its pace of aggression against China.

In the original history, at the time of the "July 1935th Incident", Japan was actually not ready to invade China in an all-round way. The July 1936th Incident was actually the same as the September 4th Incident, a group of middle and low-level military officers. After the "North China Incident" in 17, Japan vigorously carried out military expansion and war preparations with the main goal of conquering China and dominating Asia, and accelerated the pace of launching a full-scale war of aggression against China. On April 1, 1700, the Japanese cabinet decided to increase troops to North China. The new commander personally appointed by Emperor Hirohito was Lieutenant General Tashiro Kanichiro, who was the former head of the 5700st Division, and the new chief of staff of the garrison troops was Hashimoto Gun Major General, the newly established Garrison Infantry Brigade is headed by Major General Hebian Zhengsan.According to figures released by the Japanese side, the number of Chinese garrison troops increased from the original 1.4 to more than 2 after the increase.The actual number of additional troops is said to far exceed the figures announced by the Japanese side.According to the survey of Shanghai "Shenbao", the number of troops after the increase reached [-], and some people believe that the number of Japanese troops exceeded [-].They are deployed in Tianjin, Tanggu, Tangshan, Luanxian, Shanhaiguan, Qinhuangdao and other places respectively.

However, Wu Aihua's strong combat power in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and finally shook hands with the Chiang Kai-shek clique, made Japan feel a threat.

The assessment of the Japanese Army Ministry: The equipment of the independent column of the Red Army has been slightly stronger than that of the Japanese army, and its combat power has been equal to that of the Japanese army. The Ministry has always hated Japan. Therefore, to conquer China, there must be a force capable of resisting the independent column of the Red Army. Eliminate before they grow up.

The Japanese Army Ministry believes that the current field strength of the Red Army's independent columns is between 20 and 30. Taking into account factors such as fighting will, the Japanese Army should have no less than 10 Class A divisions in China when the war begins. group.

In history, until the "July 17th Incident" broke out, Japan had only 1936 permanent divisions, but because Wu Aihua was born, from May 5 to May 1937, Japan established another 5 divisions. The number of divisions reached 8.

Historically, Japan’s national policy of aggression against China has long been clarified in the "Tanaka Memorial", but there are many differences in specific strategies, such as going south, going north, occupying, embracing, and encroaching.However, Wu Aihua's crossing made Japan understand that in the past, China may not have any army that could be the opponent of the Japanese army, but now there is a possible opponent. Therefore, its specific strategy has been unprecedentedly unified: that is, no matter what strategy, eliminate China's strongest resistance is a strategic priority.

However, it is also impossible for Japan to over-stimulate the great powers and China, so its increase of troops to China seems very strange.The North China Garrison has been strengthened, from 8000 in history to 5. This troop increase plan will be completed within one year; another 10 troops will land in Northeast China and join the Kwantung Army temporarily. , giving the impression that Japan is still guarding against the Soviet Union and sticking to the Northeast; in addition, the Marine Corps stationed in the Japanese Concession in Shanghai has also increased from more than 3000 in history to more than 8000 in a brigade.

After Chiang Kai-shek's "decisive battle" military adventure failed, he seemed to have introspected deeply, and for the time being no longer troubled the gcd and the Red Army, but used the relationship of the German military advisory group to reorganize 20 German weapon reorganization divisions. At the same time, It also accelerated the reorganization project of the local warlord forces, because Japan’s increase of troops to North China is seen by everyone. As the representative of the country, the Chiang Kai-shek Group cannot turn a blind eye. Japan’s increase of troops in China directly threatens his right to rule .Before July 1937, Chiang Kai-shek's military strength had fully recovered to the level of the same period in history, and his tactical thinking had been greatly improved due to the failure of the "Decisive Battle Plan". That is to say, Chiang Kai-shek's military strength should be slightly stronger than that of the same period in history Some.

It's just that the Japanese army is stronger than in history, and behind it, there is a powerful military group with unknown intentions behind it. This, Generalissimo Jiang, is much more difficult than in the same period of history.

In 1936 in history, there were two major events in China.One is the "Guangdong Incident" and the other is the "Xi'an Incident".Because of the emergence of the independent column, a military force, no one dared to make any changes.

In mid-June 1936, Chen Jitang sent a representative to Nanchang (the base camp of the Independent Column) to investigate Wu Aihua's tone. Wu Aihua said, "It is not appropriate to provoke a civil war at this time of national crisis."The representative asked about his attitude towards Chiang Kai-shek, and Wu Aihua said again, "At present, there is no one in China who is more suitable for the position of national leader than the Chairman of the National Committee."

Wu Aihua's attitude is very clear, that is, civil war cannot be fought, and Chiang Kai-shek cannot move.Wu Aihua's attitude immediately confused all the insiders.A few months later, the Guilin Station of the Military Command heard Wu Aihua's attitude and immediately reported to Chiang Kai-shek. Even Chiang Kai-shek was confused: they have fought against the gcd for almost ten years, don't they hold grudges?

Wu Aihua has done some research on this period of history in later generations, and after traveling through it, he is more immersive, and feels more deeply about some things.For example, some people may think that now that the g party has such a powerful military force as Wu Aihua, can it replace Jiang?But Wu Aihua understood that this was simply impossible.

In history, so many people fought against Chiang Kai-shek. Firstly, they had the ambition to win the country, and secondly, they were afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would eat them up when he became stronger. However, it cannot be concluded that these people have a deep hatred against Chiang Kai-shek, so they will support other forces to sit down. There are thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.Similarly, in history, warlords in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places "let go" of the Red Army's encirclement and suppression during the Long March.If there was no threat from the Central Army, these people would not have been so easy to talk to when they met the Red Army. The Red Army's westward expedition was frantically encircled and suppressed by the Ma's army and suffered a disastrous defeat. Isn't this just proof of this conclusion?

Naturally, Chiang Kai-shek would not thank the Red Army for avoiding a political and military crisis again with Wu Aihua's words. In fact, at this time, he still regards the gc party and the Red Army as his number one enemy, but he is not as skilled as others and dare not do anything.Originally, when Yang Yongtai went to Nanchang to negotiate, he thought that someone as powerful as Wu Aihua would not be easy to talk to, and he didn't have much hope for the success of the negotiation.Unexpectedly, Wu Aihua was very forthright, except for the two provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi and the base area in eastern Guangdong who were determined not to back down, everything else was done according to Yang Yongtai's wishes.On the way, Yang Yongtai also tried to say, "How long will Commander Wu plan to cease fighting?"

"Chairman Jiang can stop as long as he wants, and if Chairman Jiang wants to fight, I will fight with him!" Wu Aihua said boldly.

"Chairman Jiang naturally hopes for peace." Yang Yongtai, as a well-known politician in the Guomin government, was a little embarrassed at this time.Because, if Wu Aihua is so bold and magnanimous, it is really not at the same level as the small calculations in his heart.In other words, Yang Yongtai lost for a while in terms of temperament and arrogance.

It was precisely because of Wu Aihua's attitude that Chiang Kai-shek was deeply afraid, so he especially accelerated the pace of military expansion and preparation for war.

Everyone else is busy preparing for the battle, how could Wu Aihua be idle.Wu Aihua's preparations are divided into two aspects, namely internal and external.

Let's talk about the outside world first.

Before 1937, Chiang Kai-shek was nominally the national leader, but the local warlords controlled the local real power.For example, the armies of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shandong, and Shaanxi all formed their own systems. The designation of "Army xx Army" has not changed at all.

However, due to various reasons, these local warlords have loose armaments, outdated equipment, and tend to have no heavy firepower. The Sichuan Army, in particular, gained a tragic reputation from Sichuanese and Sichuan Army during the War of Resistance. No one on the battlefield is afraid of death Yes, but flesh and blood can't resist the opponent's aircraft and cannons.

Therefore, Wu Aihua's foreign preparations were mainly to "equip" local armies.The imitation Mauser 98k rifle produced by Wu Aihua's own military factory is exactly the same as the original German one, and even exceeds it, and is supplied to local warlords in large quantities.In addition, infantry support weapons such as imitation Czech-style light machine guns and 60 mortars are not polite, and the local powerful factions are much better.As for the 75mm mountain artillery, it is limited. Generally, an army only gives the opponent 3 mountain artillery battalions, that is, 72 75mm mountain artillery.

(Special thanks to ka5292, an excellent Red Army soldier, who gave a one-time reward of 500 gold coins for this book. Other Red Army soldiers who gave rewards and flowers, thank you at the end of the month, forgive me.)