Needless to say, under the high-level warm reception, it was another feast for the guests and the host. After the meal, Jiang Qiang arranged for Powell and others to stay at the Zhaoyuan People's Hotel. They took the boat for more than a month. What a feeling.
It's really uncomfortable. I have to let them explain it all, and then have a good sleep to calm down.
After walking out of Zhaoyuan People's Hotel, Jiang Qiang smiled and said to Wang Qiang: "What do you think of this Edmund?" Wang Qiang said in a deep voice: "There is indeed something special about him. I asked him a lot of professional questions, and he answered them all.
If you can cope with it with ease, you will be a good foreign teacher in the future!"
Jiang Qiang nodded and said: "Our navy here is all started from scratch. Although I have collected a lot of information, tutorials, and built a lot of training equipment and facilities, there is a very lack of naval officers with actual combat experience. You have to fight with him in the past few days.
In order to establish a good relationship, first find out his character and details. If this Edmund is trustworthy, then absorb him in!" "Please rest assured, sir!"
Wang Qiang naturally understood the meaning of Jiang Qiang's words. The most important thing for the Shandong Army was not personal ability, but absolute loyalty, especially senior officials who had access to core secrets. "Yeah!"
Jiang Qiang continued: "I have purchased a batch of ships, including 6 Type IIB U-boats, 5 frigates, and 5 Qanon-class frigates. It will only take two or three days at most to reach Jiaozhou Bay. By then you will
There is no need to resort to empty city tactics!" Among them, the Type IIB U-boat is currently Germany's main submarine, with a crew of 24, a length of 40.9 meters, a width of 4.1 meters, a full load displacement of 381 tons, a cruising range of 2960 kilometers, a speed of 13 knots, and a submarine
Depth 150 meters.
The German Navy II-class submarine is a small offshore submarine and the first U-boat built by the Germans after World War I. Its design is derived from the Vesikk submarine built for Finland from 1931 to 1933. The submarine uses twin
It has a single-layer hull, is powered by a Curtin-type kerosene engine, and is armed with three torpedo tubes on the bow.
The Qanon-class frigate is 93.3 meters long, 11.2 meters wide, has a full load displacement of 1,930 tons, a cruising range of 5,822 nautical miles, and a speed of 18 knots. The weapons and equipment include:
(1) Artillery: 3 US Navy 76 mm 50 mm K 22 naval guns; 3 twin Bofors 40 mm naval guns;
In addition, it also has a helicopter take-off and landing platform. The names of frigates and corvettes sound similar, and sometimes they are even confused and thought to be the same type of ship. However, in fact, the two are very different and are not of the same level at all.
A frigate is a medium-sized ship capable of maneuvering in the ocean. Its power plant generally uses a gas turbine or diesel alone, or a combined diesel-gas turbine power plant.
Frigates can perform combat missions such as escort, anti-submarine, air defense, reconnaissance, warning patrols, mine laying, support landings and protect the coastal flank of the army. They were once called escort ships or escort destroyers. In modern times, as frigates have become larger, they have become the same as destroyers.
The boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred.
Frigate boats are small surface combat craft that use small-caliber naval guns as weapons and are used for patrolling, escorting, and fishing in coastal areas. They are also called gunboats or patrol boats.
The displacement ranges from tens to 500 tons, the speed is 10 to 45 knots, and the hydrofoil patrol boat can reach 50 knots. It is equipped with 1 to 2 37 to 76 mm single or double barrel naval guns, several machine guns, and depth bombs and other weapons.
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The tonnage of frigates is much larger than that of frigates. They can carry more crew members, fuel, supplies, and weapons and equipment, so frigates can perform missions at sea for a longer time.
At the same time, due to the larger hull, the frigate has better seaworthiness, so the frigate can perform missions in the ocean, while the frigate can only defend offshore waters and ports.
As for the replacement of destroyers, cruisers, battleships and aircraft carriers, Yang Fan will not consider it for the time being. He will first purchase some small and medium-sized ships for the navy to practice on, and it will not be too late to develop enough skilled navy personnel.
Of course, the main reason is still too expensive. Now the economic strength cannot afford to buy many. Even if we buy a few ships, they are just target ships to attract hatred! These ships currently purchased can be berthed in Jiaozhou Bay, relying on strong coastal defenses.
Don't worry too much about the Japanese coming to carry out air raids and bombings.
After a year and a half of hard work, a complete naval base and submarine military base have been built in Jiaozhou County.
Among them, the submarine base has dug several tunnels on the coast of Jiaozhou Bay, and the exits and the inside of the tunnels are reinforced with concrete. The longest tunnel is 350 meters long and 15 meters deep, which is enough for multiple submarines.
Hiding at the same time.
At the same time, the naval force under Huzi's command has reached more than 3,000 people, and he has learned all kinds of naval theoretical knowledge. The only thing missing is practical application. Therefore, Jiang Qiang could only grit his teeth and save enough start-up capital.
, bought a total of 16 ships in one go, which can fully meet the current offshore training needs.
After listening to Jiang Qiang's introduction, Huzi rubbed his hands in excitement and said, "That's really great. Brothers have been looking forward to this day for a long time! Hehe, if I say something that the chief executive doesn't like to hear, if I wait two more days
If we haven't seen any ships for three months, I can't continue to run the navy!" Jiang Qiang laughed and scolded: "Okay! Stop complaining to me! Money needs to be spent everywhere these days, and property needs to be purchased everywhere. Don't you?
If you don’t become a householder, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are!”
Huzi quickly apologized and said with a smile: "That's it! That's it! There is only one person in the world who has such a powerful method. I admire you so much! If it had been anyone else, let alone the unparalleled achievements of today's Shandong Group Army,
Even if it can survive being surrounded by Japanese soldiers, it would be a great miracle!"
Jiang Qiang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Stop flattering me! I won't entertain you anymore. Do what you should do! Today is the master's introduction, and the rest of the business will depend on you to operate and manage it!" "Okay! Please sir.
Don’t worry, I will definitely work harder and never let down the high expectations and cultivation of the president!”
Huzi nodded heavily, then turned around and left with a cup of his hands. After Huzi walked away, Jiang Qiang said to Chang Yuan who was smiling and silent beside him: "Chief of General Staff, there is something you need to prepare for.
Yes!" Chang Yuan quickly suppressed his smile and said solemnly: "Please give me your orders, sir. I'm not afraid of too many things, I'm just afraid of being idle!"
Jiang Qiang said with a smile: "Our defense area has now expanded to 272,000 square kilometers, the population under our jurisdiction has reached nearly 17 million, and the cumulative number of reserve recruits we have trained is 50,000 to 60,000. We can definitely expand the army again. I am planning to expand the army within half a year.
, expanded to four more infantry divisions, and reorganized four corps-level units based on this, it is time to make the banner of the Shandong Group Army worthy of its name!"
"This is really too easy!" Chang Yuan said with an extremely relaxed smile: "With our current background, expanding four infantry divisions is simply a matter of a word from the commander-in-chief!" "Actually, this is not the point of what I want to say!"
Jiang Qiang smiled and said: "What I want to say is that the appointment of officers at all levels of the expanded divisions and which four divisions should be expanded into armies are the focus of the problem! There are too many things involved and they need to be done in advance
Good plan!" "Oh, I see!"
Chang Yuan pretended to be suddenly enlightened, nodded repeatedly and said: "It is true, the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh! All the brothers are very good, and their abilities and military achievements are among the same. It is really difficult to be equal in a bowl of water!"
Jiang Qiang nodded and said: "So, we need to formulate a complete expansion plan, as fair and just as possible, so that everyone has nothing to gossip about!" It won't take long, marking the full-scale outbreak of the Second World War, the Polish Campaign will break out.
As World War II is approaching, Jiang Qiang will have to take the initiative to confront the Japs head on for another year or so!
Therefore, we must hurry up in military expansion and preparation for war, and take steady steps step by step. "Okay! Okay! I know what to do!"
Chang Yuan nodded repeatedly. This task was not only an honor and trust, but also a hot potato that could offend others. But since Jiang Qiang entrusted it to him, he must do it no matter what, and he must do it to perfection. "That's it.
Come on! I'm going back first, please do it yourself."
After explaining the business, Jiang Qiang went directly to the parking lot. After working for a long time, it was time to go home and take a rest. In the evening, Jiang Qiang and Tingting attended the reception banquet organized by Xia Yu, and met Xia Yu's parents and best friends.
The conversation was very pleasant, and the sense of presence and favorability were greatly improved.
A week later, on June 2, the cargo ship Charlotte set sail from Qingdao Pier. In addition to a large number of silk stockings, clothing and other export commodities, there were also more than 200 Shandong Army soldiers on board, most of whom were naval officers and soldiers adapted to long-distance voyages.
, the others are mainly special teams that go to Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and other places to perform missions!
In March 1939, after Hitler's Germany annexed the Czech Republic, it determined that its next target of attack would be Poland. To this end, Hitler approved the "White Plan" to invade Poland and planned to attack Poland on September 1, targeting Poland's ally, the United Kingdom.
and France.
At this time, Europe was in the midst of a storm. The three pillars of Britain, France, Germany and the Soviet Union were objectively maintaining the balance of power and peace in Europe. However, based on their own best interests, all countries were subjectively trying to
Break this balance of power and balance and strive for the situation that is most beneficial to you.
The goal of Britain and France was to unite the Soviet Union and contain Germany so that it would not dare to let go of aggression and endanger its own interests. Germany's goal was to win over the Soviet Union and make it neutral in future conflicts, so that Germany would have no choice when launching a war.
There are no worries. Therefore, the Soviet Union's decision is crucial to maintaining peace in Europe.
As a result, from April to August 1939, Britain, France and the Soviet Union held months-long tug-of-war negotiations in Moscow to conclude a mutual assistance treaty and military agreement.
Although the Soviet Union was originally willing to cooperate with Britain and France to stop German aggression and ensure its own security. However, Britain and France were reluctant to pay the due efforts and prices for their alliance with the Soviet Union for various reasons, while Germany lost no time in giving the Soviet Union all the benefits.
Everything needed, coupled with the strong obstruction of Poland and other small Eastern European countries, who were unwilling to allow the Soviet Union to send troops to Poland to attack Germany, eventually led to the breakdown of the negotiations between the three countries.
In the end, the Soviet Union and Germany joined hands, and the Soviet Union and Germany signed the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" and the "Secret Protocol" in Moscow on August 23, which were valid for 10 years.
At the same time, because the anti-fascist collective security system was never established before the war, this result undoubtedly further expanded the contradiction between Britain, France and the Soviet Union, prompting the Soviet Union to implement a policy of avoiding war and protecting itself, thus accelerating the outbreak of World War II.
At this time, the Nomenkan Incident provoked by the Japanese Kwantung Army in mid-May 1939 had reached its final stage. The Japanese army attacked Heilongjiang at the end of July 1938 and launched repeated battles for Shacaofeng, Zhanggufeng and other highlands.
In the end, Japan suffered a defeat and took the initiative to make peace with Wang Yizhe.
However, the "Northern Movement Faction" in the Japanese cabinet and military were not reconciled. In order to appease the belligerent army generals, Emperor Hirohito promised that they could provoke Wang Yizhe again. In the early days of the battle, the Japanese army repeatedly succeeded and progressed smoothly.
However, in late August, Wang Yizhe commanded the mechanized troops of the Heilongjiang Army to counterattack across the board, encircling and annihilating all 1.1 people of the Japanese 23rd Division. Two Japanese commanders burned their flags and committed suicide.
Since the Japanese army was much stronger than before in the Nomenkan Incident and was equipped with a large number of new tanks and anti-tank weapons, Wang Yizhe suffered more serious casualties this time.
Wang Yizhe invested 524 tanks, 385 armored vehicles, 542 suppressive artillery pieces, and 500 aircraft during the general offensive on August 20. In the entire battle, Wang Yizhe had a numerical advantage of more than 7:1 in tanks and armored vehicles, a 6:1 numerical advantage in artillery, and a 3:1 advantage.
Although the troops had superior strength, the casualties were greater than those of the Japanese army: 9,703 were killed and 15,251 were injured.
In addition, more than 280 tanks of the Heilongjiang Army were destroyed and 90 armored vehicles were lost. The Japanese army only lost more than 30 tanks and armored vehicles. The Anggang tank detachment was not wiped out, but retreated on its own after running out of ammunition in July.
Although the Battle of Nomonkan ended in failure, Japan saw both its own shortcomings and hope. After the Battle of Nomonkan, many middle- and senior-level officers of the Japanese army who defied military orders and started conflicts without permission were purged, and the Army was purged.
discipline.
The Japanese army has strengthened the ability of its superiors to control the subordinate units, so that the tradition of the Japanese Army's middle-level and lower-level forces overcoming the upper-level units has basically ceased to exist, at least on the surface. Japan has further stepped up the construction of its military-industrial system, as well as the research and production of new weapons, desperately accumulating
strength, brewing a larger-scale war.
At this time, Jiang Qiang had already expanded four integrated corps-level combat units according to the original plan. For comprehensive considerations, he directly expanded the 1st Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division and 4th Division into a corps.
The newly reorganized 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th divisions were incorporated into these four corps respectively. Chen Zhengnian, Zhao Zhengbi, Gu Liangmin, and Li Shucun were the first to be promoted to corps commanders.
In order to take care of the eager Xie Jinyuan and others, Jiang Qiang opened a back door and promoted Xie Jinyuan to the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division. As the wheel of history rolled, a few days later marked the outbreak of the Second World War.
The Polish War finally broke out as scheduled.
The Chairman learned that the Nomenkan War broke out between Japan and Wang Yizhe, especially when the two sides were fighting inextricably. He was extremely excited and surprised. He fully thought that General Tang Juwu would declare war on Japan, and then the situation of China's Anti-Japanese War would be greatly reversed. However,
Unexpectedly, this time it was still an empty battle. Although the two sides fought fiercely, they were furious at one point, with more than 10,000 casualties.
The Soviet Union had just gone through the Great Purge and was busy taking care of itself at this time and did not want to escalate the situation. From 1937 to 1938, the Soviet Union carried out a terrible thing and the entire country began a massacre of itself. This was the "Great Purge."
During this period, 1.3 million people were sentenced, 682,000 of whom were shot. This incident greatly damaged all aspects of the Soviet Union. The subsequent Soviet-Finnish War caused it to lose face, and also led to losses in the Great Patriotic War.
heavy.
Among the first batch of five marshals awarded the title, Tukhachevsky, Blyukher and Yegorov were executed. 13 of the 15 group army commanders were executed, and 85 army commanders were executed.
57, 110 of the 159 division commanders were executed. Until 1939, although the "Great Purge" carried out by the Soviet Union was coming to an end, there was no sign of this movement coming to a complete end. Many people were still implicated or even
was killed.
Marshal Zhukov was able to survive because of the victory in this war. Otherwise, the Soviet Union would not have had Marshal Zhukov, who was known as the "symbol of victory" and one of Stalin's right-hand men in World War II. At the same time, due to Germany's exposure to
With its ambitions and strong military strength, the Soviet Union was very worried that Germany would take the initiative to attack.
One wave after another broke out. At this moment, the German army launched a lightning attack on Poland at 4:45 in the morning on September 1. The German army consisted of 62 divisions, 2,800 tanks, 2,000 aircraft, and 6,000 artillery pieces.
Implement a centripetal breakthrough into Poland from the northeast and southwest.
The "fifth column" lurking in Poland also took action, seizing radio stations and controlling military command organs. Poland was in chaos. On September 3, the German army defeated the main front-line force of the Polish army and marched at a speed of fifty or sixty kilometers a day.
Approaching Warsaw.
Faced with Germany's actions, Britain was forced to declare war on Germany on September 3. With the outbreak of war in the European battlefield as a symbol, the Second World War broke out.
China became one of the important battlefields of World War II. The world pattern changed dramatically, and the cloud of war enveloped the world.
Shandong Group Army Headquarters. Jiang Qiang convened an enlarged military meeting today with officers above the company level. The headquarters' auditorium, which can accommodate 1,600 people, was almost full. Currently, the Shandong Group Army has 10 infantry divisions under its jurisdiction. Each division
The full strength is 20,000, and the regular infantry is as high as 200,000.
Adding in the special operations divisions, tank and armor divisions, heavy artillery divisions, air force, navy, and front-line combat troops, the number reaches 245,000. If the staff headquarters, military police brigade, intelligence department, communications team, health team, and service team are added to the total, the number will reach 245,000.
In terms of field hospitals and other military establishments, the Jiaodong Group Army has a total of more than 260,000 military personnel on staff!
If compared with the peak strength of the Soviet Union, Germany, the United States, and Japan during World War II, which numbered millions or even tens of millions, the 260,000 military personnel were not even a fraction behind them, or even only a fraction of theirs.
But for Jiang Qiang, this is no longer easy. Just to maintain the food, training ammunition and military pay that he consumes every day is an astronomical figure. Not to mention that Jiang Qiang has always advocated firepower first and can solve the problem with guns and equipment.
The problem is never to be solved with human lives, it is simply to create elite soldiers at any cost and to arm all the front-line troops to the teeth.
After this back and forth, not only the support from Shanghai has bottomed out, but also the United States has gone crazy with blood transfusions, constantly purchasing oil, steel, rubber, cars, food and other supplies. In the past few months, although Jiang Qiang has not interacted with
The little devils were engaged in a large-scale frontal war, but they were not idle either.
On the one hand, Jiang Qiang focused on the construction of defense zones, military expansion and war preparations, as well as attacking, infiltrating and relocating the population in surrounding occupied areas through means such as fortifying walls and clearing fields, encircling cities from rural areas, and special warfare.
After less than half a year of hard work, more than 1,300 Japanese and puppet troops in surrounding enemy-occupied areas were killed. Villagers in various villages were basically evacuated, and even citizens from surrounding counties were continuously flowing into the Shandong Army Defense Area.
Counties such as Lunan and other counties have almost become isolated cities. The Japanese and puppet troops dare not leave the city or leave their strongholds. The supply lines are often attacked by surprise. The life of these Japanese is getting more and more difficult. "Okay! Now let's get back to the business.
The reason I have called you to this meeting today is to give you a heads-up and talk about the changes in the international situation and our future strategic guidelines!"
Looking down at his watch, Yang Fan glanced around the audience, and then said loudly into the microphone: "On the 1st of this month, Germany launched a lightning attack on Poland with a centripetal breakthrough. In other words, the second time
World War has officially arrived!
Everyone knows that the main battlefield of World War I was in Europe. About 65 million people participated in the war, 10 million people were killed, and 20 million people were injured. What I want to tell you now is that the Second World War we are experiencing has wider spread and destruction.
The scope of the war will be greater, from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Most countries and regions around the world will be plunged into war and chaos, and more than 2 billion people around the world will be involved in this war.
This is the general trend of the world. We are born in this era, there is no way to avoid it, and there is no way to be alone. Even if we want to be safe, the little devils will not give us this opportunity!
Therefore, when a world war breaks out, we have no choice but to fight to strengthen ourselves and defend our country with our lives and blood. On the surface, we seem to have strong troops now, and even the little devils have nothing to do with us.
But in fact we are still very weak, and we still have a long way to go!..."
Jiang Qiang spoke eloquently for nearly two hours. The main purpose was to inoculate everyone, establish the concept of World War II, and prepare everyone mentally to continue to resist the war and continue to fight a tough war.
After a pause, Jiang Qiang changed the subject and said: "At present, we already have enough self-protection capabilities. There is no need or possibility to stay on this three acres of land. In order to gain more living space and strategic space, we must also
In order to reduce the pressure on friendly forces to resist the war, I decided to launch an autumn counteroffensive and launch continuous attacks on surrounding Japanese-occupied areas.
The autumn counteroffensive is tentatively scheduled for four months, with no limit on strategic goals. At this stage, under the premise of minimizing casualties, each offensive force can cross the sea to show off their magical powers. How many devils can be killed and how much lost ground can be recovered depends on your ability.