Chapter 963: Fight Qi Shan with Huang
Mai Ke opened up a new Jiaodong battlefield and expanded the decisive battle between the two rivers to the Yellow River valley on a new line.
Then, he let them go and turned his attention to the entire battlefield of the Battle of the Two Rivers.
He went directly back to the Central Army and entered the Commander-in-Chief Headquarters, where Zhang Yuanliu had been sticking to his post.
The current command has a bit of a posterity war.
The main ones are three signs.
The first is the live monitoring and live broadcast television system, which is set up in the center of the command room.
In addition to one master screen, there are 10 storyboards on TV.
The total picture is complete but not detailed, including the current state of all battlefields, and the entire battlefield of the Battle of the Two Rivers is clear at a glance.
The picture is detailed but incomplete, it is a battlefield of one corps, distributed in all areas of the decisive battle of the two rivers.
This piece of technology was there from the very beginning, and it is a direct reflection of the real situation of the battlefield.
The second technical symbol is a flat map, which hangs on the front wall, which is a map of the strategic situation of the two armies.
It mainly represents three potential situations.
The first is where the two armies were before the war.
The second situation is the current state of engagement between the two armies, in which strategic points and major cities are marked with red and blue flags. The red flag represents the Heavenly Army, and the blue flag represents the Qing Army.
Such maps have always existed, and now they are more accurate.
The third technical symbol is the beach map, which is a brand new technological device.
Mai Ke and Zhang Yuan have always wanted to make such a thing, although it is not as good as live TV, but it is much more intuitive than the map on the wall.
Although live TV is detailed and immediate, it is too specific and changes too fast, and if you don't have a grasp of the overall situation, it's easy to lose your direction.
The map hanging on the wall is too flat. It is difficult to represent the real situation of the battle.
As a result, Zhang Yuan put in a lot of effort to get this thing done.
Of course, he didn't have to do it himself, his students did it for him.
It is not he who is used the most, but six strokes.
Now Liuhua is very proficient in this technique, and all the changes are reflected in the beach map by his own hands.
In addition to these technical changes. Mai Ke also noticed that there were two offices here, one for command and the other for intelligence.
The person responsible for exercising command is in charge of planning, operations, and implementing plans.
The intelligence officer, on the other hand, collects information from both the enemy and the enemy, and then organizes it into an organized thing for decision-makers to use. Seeing Mai Ke coming, the officer in charge came to greet him.
They all know who Mai Ke is, and there are many opportunities for this chief to show up, especially when there are many people, so from generals to soldiers. Almost everyone knows him.
They also asked for the opinions of Mai Ke on these beach maps and military maps.
Mai Ke's level, of course, thinks that this kind of primary school students' homework level is not very good, but he can't dampen their enthusiasm, right?
He praised them for their creativity and conscientiousness, and encouraged them to continue their efforts.
He asked them where Zhang Yuan and Liuhua had gone.
The staff officer who answered him told him that at this time, they did not lose the front, but in their office next door. That's when they feel that there are important things to think about or discuss, so they deliberately make it up, after all, it's a lively place.
Mai Ke thanked him. Just go next door.
Sure enough, the two of them were there, discussing something.
I saw Mai Ke coming. The two stopped discussing and came to greet Mai Ke.
"Well done! Congratulations on the perfect first victory!" said the duo.
The affairs of the middle and lower reaches of Huanghuai are, of course, in the hands of the two.
"Thank you, brothers, for your hard work. Mai Ke replied with a smile, of course the three of them knew that all victories have God's will and play the ultimate role there, and they are all God's power to protect and fulfill.
But. At this time, there is no need to say it, otherwise it will not be a cliché.
If you ignore this, or even take the credit of greed for heaven, to yourself, then the problem will be serious. Then it is not only necessary to mention, but also to focus on it, or even specifically mention it.
"How's the battle going?" Mai Ke went straight to the topic.
"Except for the relatively quiet battle situation in the southwest, the other directions are very lively, that is, the shape is unknown. I won't say much about the battles of the Northeast, Eastern, and Naval Divisions that you have personally experienced, and the original strategic plan has basically been completed and the operational objectives have been achieved, and now, it is the Northwest Corps that needs special attention......"
Speaking of this, Liuhua stopped, turned to Zhang Yuan, and said, "Why don't you come and say, you know better than me." ”
"Okay, let me tell you about Hu Yihuang's situation. Zhang Yuan picked up his head, took out a piece of paper, and let Mai Ke see it, when they discussed it before, it was based on this, this is the battle plan proposed by Hu Yihuang.
When Mai Ke browsed the battle plan, Zhang Yuan continued to introduce the situation.
It turned out that this was a confrontation between two fast forces on both sides.
The commander of the opposing side was the Manchu nobleman Qi Shan, who was currently serving as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and his troops concentrated all the cavalry of the current Manchu Qing Dynasty, with a total number of 200,000.
The Northwest Corps, the commander-in-chief, Hu Yihuang, led 200,000 troops on the side of the Celestial Army.
But this 200,000 is different from the 200,000 of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Qishan's 200,000 are all cavalry, 200,000 people, 200,000 war horses, and all those elite of the horse nation are concentrated.
Hu Yihuang's 200,000 cavalry only had 120,000 cavalry, and the remaining 80,000 were foot soldiers.
In addition to the differences in the types of troops, there are also differences in the su zhì.
These 120,000 cavalry, divided into components, are roughly 3131.
One-third of them were soldiers of the Hu family, the other one-third were elite cavalry of Ulan Yihuang, and the last one-third were peasants hired by the landlords.
Therefore, whether in terms of overall strength or individual strength, Hu Yihuang is at a disadvantage, and the gap is still very large.
If it is only a contest of strength, the Celestial Army will at least double in order to have a draw with the Manchu cavalry.
The enemy also knew this, so Qi Shan repeatedly sent war letters to Hu Yihuang. Ask for a decisive battle!
The decisive battle method is to be in the North China Plain and a wide place, and all the men and horses on both sides are dispatched, man to man, horse to horse, a duel between male and female!
Hu Yihuang is also strong. I really want to fly the spear on the prancing horse and let the enemy know who is male and female!
However, when he saw the comparison of forces, especially the horsemanship performance of the descendants of the Huns in the enemy camp, Hu Yihuang decided to endure this breath first.
He felt that even if he went out on his own, he wouldn't be able to play that kind of trick.
Of course, he knew, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Army also knew, that didn't mean that they would play. Rather, it shows that the equestrian skills are excellent, and the current knife is cut in the void, and when the battle is chopped, it is a good head.
Therefore, Hu Yihuang took the countermeasure of not being able to stand out.
His plan was to hold on like this for a few days, and then look for an opportunity to break the enemy when there was a change.
Another possibility is to increase his strength, then directly confront the enemy.
"What is your opinion?" Zhang Yuan finished his introduction, and asked Mai Ke.
"I don't have a definite plan yet, since you two have seen this report first. Any ideas?" Mai Ke had some ideas, but he wasn't sure. So I wanted to hear their opinions.
Zhang Yuan said: "I can understand Hu Yihuang's worries and the current arrangement, but I think it's too passive. I don't approve of his plan, but there is no good way to replace it, and I am worried. ”
Liuhua said: "I agree with Brother Zhang Yuan's thinking, don't forget jì, our total campaign time is only ten days. Now that half of it has passed, if you wait passively, in terms of time, it is not allowed!
"Also, our overall operational scenario. It's all on the basis of a turnip and a pit, think about it, if Hu Yihuang doesn't lock up Qi Shan's 200,000 cavalry and let them go wherever they want, isn't it that other corps are in danger of being attacked by cavalry at any time?
Mai Ke is now suddenly clear, yes! That is, the two factors of initiative and timeliness must not get out of control!
And Hu Yihuang's thoughts are precisely not definitively grasped on these two issues, so they must be changed!
"Thank you two brothers for your insight! I have made up my mind, and I will fight to the death with the Manchu cavalry immediately! I have come to inform Hu Yihuang and ask him to promise Qi Shan that the time is tomorrow. Mai Ke immediately slapped the board.
The extermination of this most mobile cavalry unit must not only not be delayed, but must be carried out as much as possible, otherwise, what will happen if they disengage and run to other Qing troops?
"Brother Yihuang, I'm Mai Ke! Please make an appointment to fight Qishan immediately, tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, the two sides will fight, and they will definitely win or lose!"
Hu Yihuang was startled, this is a huge difference in strength!
Hurriedly said to Mai Ke: "I understand your order, but we are much worse than them......"
Mai Ke smiled and said: "This is the decision of the General Headquarters, you can go to the battle, the more domineering the words, the better! You don't have to worry about the rest, I will arrange it! I will go over later!"
As soon as he heard that Mai Ke was coming, Hu Yihuang was no longer worried, and the dark clouds in the sky blew away!
You said it earlier, I thought I was going to fight it!
As long as you come over, it's not a thing.
Hu Yihuang had never seen what Mai Ke wanted to do fail, so his confidence was full of confidence.
After talking to Mai Ke, Hu Yihuang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Hahahaha, I won't be angry with you anymore!"
He marked a few words on Qi Shan's battle book, and then Pegasus went to the forefront of the camp.
There were always enemy cavalry guards there, while waiting for a reply from the Celestial Army.
Hu Yihuang waited until he was on a high place and yelled: "This is my reply, take it to Qi Shan!"
An arrow was fired.
It's not happy enough to think about it, so he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and said: "I know that you don't know a few words, Lao Tzu is a good person here to the end, and I will read it to you." ”
After speaking, he was angry and yelled.
"Qi Shan, wash your neck! Tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, I will come to take your head!".
(To be continued......)