(This story is purely fictional, please do not imitate it!)
Historically, on the eve of the July 7th Incident in 1937, Japan's annual steel output was 5.8 million tons, its oil refining capacity was 1.68 million tons, its shipbuilding capacity was 5.2 million tons (this figure is not accurate), and its total economic output was US$28.3 billion; the above-mentioned projects in China
The prices were 40,000 tons, 15,000 tons, 0 tons, and US$360 million respectively.
Although after more than a year of cheating development by Wu Aihua, aircraft manufacturing capacity, tank manufacturing capacity, and automobile manufacturing capacity are approximately equivalent to half of Japan's capabilities, but other figures are still far behind. Even in terms of economic aggregate
, Jiangxi and Fujian provinces plus the whole country will not exceed US$3 billion.
Rome was not built in a day. However, even at a disadvantage, Wu Aihua has great confidence.
When competing with Japan and other powers, Wu Aihua has several advantages. First, he has advanced concepts, second, he has low cost, third, he has an insight into the historical trend, and fourth, he has the cheating device of the "merit system". Of course, Wu Aihua's disadvantages are also very obvious.
The biggest disadvantage is China's overall backwardness and the disunity of people's hearts and minds, the disunity of power, and the lack of a strong force or core to unify the country. Although later generations finally achieved unification, it was a unification in destruction, the last bit of strength of the country.
Being consumed in the flames of war, as the victor of World War II, it did not receive any benefits from the international community. When Wu Aihua came, it was natural to avoid this situation, but this initial stage was particularly difficult. The second disadvantage was Wu Aihua's
Forces are currently too dependent on the system. Enterprises and the military are all dependent on the system. This is very dangerous. What if the system fails one day?
Therefore, although Wu Aihua is printing world currency according to Shen Ren's statement, the printing speed is not what Shen Ren said. Instead, he is printing at 10 times the amount Shen Ren said. However, it is put into the market.
It's just done strictly according to the scale mentioned by Shen Ren.
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Over the past year or so, in addition to focusing on farming and accumulating strength, Wu Aihua also accelerated the pace of Japan's invasion of China.
In the original history, when the "July 7th Incident" came, Japan was not actually ready to fully invade China. The July 7th Incident was actually the same thing as the September 18th Incident, which was the work of a group of middle- and low-level military officers. In 1935, "
After the "North China Incident", Japan vigorously carried out military expansion and war preparations with the main goals of conquering China and dominating Asia, accelerating the pace of launching a full-scale war of aggression against China. On April 17, 1936, the Japanese cabinet decided to send more troops to North China, and Emperor Hirohito personally
The new commander appointed is Lieutenant General Anichiro Tashiro, who was the former commander of the 1st Division. The new chief of staff of the garrison is Major General Hashimoto Gun. The newly established infantry brigade of the garrison is headed by Major General Shozo Kawabe.
.According to the figures released by the Japanese side, the number of Chinese garrison troops after the increase increased from more than 1,700 to more than 5,700. However, the actual number of additional troops is said to far exceed the figures announced by the Japanese side. According to a survey by Shanghai's Shenbao,
After the increase, the number of troops reached 14,000, and some people believe that the number of Japanese troops exceeded 20,000. They were deployed in Tianjin, Tanggu, Tangshan, Luanxian, Shanhaiguan, Qinhuangdao and other places.
However, Wu Aihua's strong combat power in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and his eventual peace with the Chiang Kai-shek group, made Japan feel a threat.
The Japanese Army Ministry assessed that the equipment of the independent column of the Red Army was slightly better than that of the Japanese army, and its combat power was already equal to that of the Japanese army. However, the Ministry has always hated Japan. Therefore, to conquer China, there must be a force that can resist the independent column of the Red Army, and it must be defeated.
Destroy before growing up.
The Japanese Army Ministry believes that the current field strength of the Red Army's independent columns is between 200,000 and 300,000. Taking into account factors such as fighting will, the Japanese Army should have a total strength of no less than 10 Class A divisions in China when the war begins.
group.
Historically, until the July 7th Incident broke out, Japan had only 17 permanent divisions in total. However, due to the emergence of Wu Aihua, between May 1936 and May 1937, Japan established 8 more divisions.
The number of divisions reached 25.
Historically, Japan's national policy for invading China has long been clarified in the "Tanaka Memorial", but there are many differences in specific strategies, such as going south, going north, occupying, being gentle, and cannibalizing. However, Wu Aihua has various ideas.
However, the time travel made Japan understand that in the past, China may not have any army that could be the opponent of the Japanese army, but now a possible opponent has appeared. Therefore, its specific strategies have been unprecedentedly unified: that is, no matter what strategy, the most powerful way to eliminate China is
of resistance are strategies that must be prioritized.
However, it is impossible for Japan to overly stimulate the great powers and China, so its increase of troops to China seems very strange. The North China garrison has been strengthened, increasing from the historical 8,000 to 50,000. This troop increase plan was
It was completed within the year; more than 100,000 troops landed in our northeastern region and temporarily joined the Kwantung Army, giving the impression that Japan was still guarding against the Soviet Union and defending the northeast; in addition, the Marine Corps stationed in the Japanese Concession in Shanghai
It has also increased from more than 3,000 people in history to more than 8,000 people in a brigade.
After the failure of Chiang Kai-shek's "Decisive Battle" military adventure, he seemed to have deeply reflected and no longer caused trouble with the gcd and the Red Army for the time being. However, he used his connections with the German military advisory group to reorganize 20 German weapon reorganization divisions. At the same time,
It also accelerated the reorganization project of local warlord troops, because everyone saw Japan's increase in troops to North China. As the representative of the country, Chiang Kai-shek's group could not turn a blind eye. Japan's increase in troops in China directly threatened his right to rule.
By July 1937, Chiang Kai-shek's military strength had completely returned 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". In other words, Chiang Kai-shek's military strength should be slightly lower than that of the same period in history.
Stronger.
However, the Japanese army is stronger than ever before, and behind it, there is a powerful military group with unknown intentions. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek is having a much harder time than he was at the same time in history.
Historically, there were two major events in China in 1936. One was the "Guangxi and Guangxi Incident" and the other was the "Xi'an Incident". Because of the emergence of the independent column as a military force, no one dared to make any changes.
In mid-June 1936, Chen Jitang sent a representative to Nanchang (the headquarters of the Independent Column) to test Wu Aihua's tone. Wu Aihua said, "At this time of national crisis, it is not appropriate to provoke a civil war." The representative asked about his attitude towards Chiang Kai-shek, and Wu Aihua said again.
, "Currently, there is no one in China who is more suitable to hold the position of national leader than the Chairman."
Wu Aihua's attitude was very clear, that is, the civil war should not be fought and Chiang Kai-shek could not move. Wu Aihua's attitude immediately confused all the insiders. A few months later, the Guilin Station of the Military Command heard about Wu Aihua's attitude and immediately reported it secretly to Chiang Kai-shek.
They are all confused: they have been fighting gcd for almost ten years, don’t they hold grudges?
Wu Aihua did some research on this period of history in later generations. After traveling back and forth, he was immersed in the scene and felt some things more deeply. For example, some people may think that now that the G Party has such a powerful military force as Wu Aihua, can it take over Chiang Kai-shek?
Instead? Wu Aihua understood that this was simply impossible.
Historically, so many people fought against Chiang Kai-shek because they had ambitions to dominate the country and the country, and they were afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would eat them up when he became stronger. However, this cannot be used to conclude that these people had a deep hatred for Chiang and therefore would support other forces.
This country is thousands of miles away. Similarly, in history, warlords in Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places have "let go" of the Red Army's encirclement and suppression during the Long March. They were also worried that they would fight to the death with the Red Army and eventually be captured by others, such as the Central Army.
Li. Without the threat of the Central Army, these people would not necessarily be so easy to talk to when they met the Red Army. The Red Army's Western Expedition was frantically encircled and suppressed by the Ma Jiajun and suffered a disastrous defeat. Doesn't this conclusion be proved?
Naturally, Chiang Kai-shek would not thank the Red Army because Wu Aihua once again averted a political and military crisis. In fact, at this time, he still regarded the G Party and the Red Army as his number one enemies, but he was not as skilled as others and did not dare to take action. Originally, Yang
When Yongtai went to Nanchang to negotiate, he thought that someone as strong as Wu Aihua would not be easy to talk to, and he did not have much hope for the success of the negotiations. Unexpectedly, Wu Aihua was very cheerful. Except for the two provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi plus the eastern Guangdong base area, he would not give in even a step.
Everything else was done according to Yang Yongtai's wishes. On the way, Yang Yongtai also asked, "How long will Commander Wu prepare to cease the war?"
"Chairman Chiang can stop as long as he wants. If Chairman Chiang wants to fight, I will fight with him!" Wu Aihua said angrily.
"Chairman Chiang naturally hopes for peace." Yang Yongtai, as a well-known politician in the Guomin government, was a little embarrassed at this time. Because Wu Aihua was so heroic and generous, which was really not on the same level as his little calculation.
In other words, in terms of temperament and arrogance, Yang Yongtai lost for a while.
It was precisely because of Wu Aihua's attitude that Chiang Kai-shek was deeply afraid, so he accelerated the pace of military expansion and war preparations.
While others are busy preparing for war, how could Wu Aihua be idle? Wu Aihua's preparations for war are divided into two aspects, namely internal and external aspects.
Let’s talk externally first.
Before 1937, Chiang Kai-shek was nominally the national leader, but local warlords controlled the actual local power. For example, in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shanxi, Ganqing, Xinjiang, Shandong, Shaanxi, etc., their armies all had their own systems. Although
Chairman Chiang also "adapted" them, but in fact he only accepted the designation of "National Revolutionary Army XX Corps", and the rest remained unchanged at all.
However, due to various reasons, these local warlords were in a situation where their armaments were lax, their equipment was outdated, and their heavy firepower tended to be non-existent. Especially the Sichuan Army, which gained a tragic reputation during the Anti-Japanese War. No one on the battlefield was afraid of death.
Yes, but flesh and blood can't resist the opponent's aircraft and cannons.
Therefore, Wu Aihua's foreign war preparations mainly focus on "equipment" of local armies. The imitation Mauser 98k rifles produced by Wu Aihua's own military factory are exactly the same as the original German products, and even exceed them, and are supplied to local warlords in large quantities. In addition,
Imitation Czech light machine guns, 60mm mortars and other infantry support weapons are also not polite. If the local strength faction wants more, they will be given a lot. 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 gun.
(Special thanks to ka5292, an outstanding Red Army soldier, for giving a one-time reward of 500 gold coins to this book. Other Red Army soldiers who gave rewards and flowers will also be thanked at the end of the month. Please forgive me.)