Chapter 179: A Good Fighter, No Hero...
Guan Fei noticed that the facial muscles that had been eased just now became a little stiff again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It is no wonder that emphasizing military discipline to enhance obedience in the troops is one thing, but in the end, it still fails to fundamentally solve the serious situation in which military sub-districts are being attacked from all sides. Even if you can pretend to be casual and work the surface, the huge pressure in your heart may not be reduced by a bit.
If we do not first reduce the psychological pressure on everyone, we will not be able to carry out the following work without any worries.
"Comrades!"
Guan Fei first attracted everyone's attention, then straightened his waist, adjusted a face that looked resolute and sincere through the biological auxiliary brain, and said in a slow tone: "The comrades here, many of them are robes who have fought side by side with me for many years......"
Facing his gaze, Zhang Shengguo, Sun Yaohua and other old comrades-in-arms and subordinates couldn't help but straighten their waists, with a proud look on their faces. The little nervousness on his face quickly subsided, and he became firm and fearless again.
They were the longest-following and most loyal humerus heroes, and they were where they are today because they trusted their leader and obeyed his command, no matter how difficult the situation, even if it seemed inexplicable at the time, but the end result proved it right.
Looking back on the past and thinking about the present, it is nothing more than once again facing a critical node that needs to be chosen.
In that case, what else is there to think about, just go down the path pointed out by Guan Fei without hesitation.
No matter how difficult it is, it will be even more difficult to run out of food at the beginning?
They believe that as long as everyone works together, resolutely carries out Guan Fei's orders, fights to the death, and finally wins, they will still belong to the military division!
"There are also many new comrades-in-arms who joined after the establishment of military divisions......"
Yu Baihai and Zhong Heping, the new joiners who were incorporated from the rout of the People's Army after the establishment of the military sub-division, also showed a hint of a smile. It was the military division that gave them the opportunity to make a comeback after the great rout. And Guan Fei did not discriminate against them because of their past status, as long as they have the ability and work diligently to complete their work, they can make progress, how many good leaders in the world are there who have such a discerning eye?
The death of a confidant is not said in the mouths of party members, but in their hearts, they do not think and do so.
“…… There are also new comrades from the country! ”
He Yang, Suning, Zhang Yingxue and other veterans who came from China, and the local, educated youth, and domestic recruits who were later recruited, touched their heels, straightened their chests and stomachs, and solemnly saluted Guan Fei.
After He Yang entered the field army, he quickly stood out with his excellent skills trained in the domestic ace army. In just three years, he jumped from squad leader to platoon commander and deputy company commander. When the whole army conferred the rank, he was awarded the rank of captain and transferred to the general staff, which can be said to be soaring and his future is bright.
Suning and Zhang Yingxue hesitated for a short time, but after a year in the military division, they gradually recognized this new unit, began to put down their burdens, and integrated wholeheartedly. After all, Suning has served as a deputy company commander in the ace army in China, has received regular training as a junior and middle-level commander, has comprehensive military skills, and has made remarkable achievements in the training battalion -- now renamed the junior command academy of the military sub-district -- and has successively trained hundreds of qualified cadres for junior command posts.
Suning was awarded the rank of captain for his comprehensive military skills and excellent work performance. Although Zhang Yingxue was slightly inferior, he was also a step slower to integrate into the military division, and was also awarded the rank of lieutenant.
On the one hand, with the help of their excellent military skills, they will put forward rational proposals to assist the work of the military commanders, and at the same time, they will also take the opportunity of transferring them to work in the organs of the General Headquarters to conduct a close inspection before they are promoted.
Time can change many things, and the little disdain and resistance to military divisions at the beginning gradually faded with time. Now, they have sincerely recognized this unit, recognized the comrades-in-arms and robes who are fighting together, and there is no longer a distinction between "us" and "them".
The current crisis facing the military sub-district is also a crisis shared by all of them!
Guan Fei looked around and made a eye contact with everyone. Under his gaze, whether it was an old colleague or a new comrade-in-arms, they all "snapped", touched their heels, and saluted him. The sound of heel touches made the shaken hearts stabilize again, and their expressions were no longer so gloomy and dazed.
His lips pursed, he slowly raised his hand, and returned the most standard military salute.
"Comrades, although we have worked together for a long or short time, I believe that everyone has a certain understanding of me to a greater or lesser extent. Yes, I have a nickname called 'God of War'! I, the god of the army, is actually just a fallacy, and I have a lot of water, which is naturally far inferior to those old commanders and veterans in China. However, there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to call the king, although my title is only ridiculous and generous in China, but in this place, it is not impossible to say that I am the 'god of war'. Because so far, I haven't fought any major defeats, and I still deserve this name! Guan Fei put down his hand and said in a slow tone, smiling slightly when he said that his nickname was called the God of War, a little self-deprecating and a little proud.
A chuckle rang out from within the command.
The laughter was like a light breeze, blowing away a trace of panic in everyone's hearts.
Guan Fei had never said anything about his military god before, he actually always hated people calling him like this, and felt that the sycophants were too much.
The higher you hold it, the more painful it will be.
He didn't want to carry this burden on his back and tie his hands and feet in the future operational command, and always wanted to keep the nickname of the god of war. If you want to win and are afraid of losing, it is likely to backfire. It's better not to preset the premise, just start the strength in your hand and give full play to it as much as possible.
There is no way to win a war without losing money.
If you lose, you will lose, as long as you don't lose all your money.
But today, he must say this, he must show himself to all the cadres and soldiers, let them know that their commander is a victorious general, follow him, and they will never fail!
Only in this way can we unite people's hearts!
In order to make everyone willingly follow the point of his saber, rush forward without hesitation, fight to the death with the enemy, and fall forward with a smile on his face even if he sacrifices.
Because they believe that even if they sacrifice, their commander will lead the whole army to win the final victory!
That's faith!
This is the spirit of the army!
In his self-mocking jokes, all the middle and senior commanders present had clearer and clearer eyes in their smiles. A high fighting spirit emanated from their bodies, and the previous little fear had long since disappeared, leaving only the desire and pride for meritorious service.
They believed in him, they believed in this man.
In him, there is a magical power that can make people feel at ease to give everything to him, trust him, and rely on him.
The gods of war are just legends, and now, they are creating legends!
As long as they follow in his footsteps, these ordinary people will also have the opportunity to usher in an extraordinary future and become part of the legend for eternity!
Guan Fei smiled.
It is enough to encourage people to this point, but if it is too much, we should move from the encouragement of morale to the analysis of the enemy and the enemy, so that the commanders and fighters can have a clear understanding of the enemy situation they will face in the future. They are not afraid of the strength of the enemy, and they can summon up the courage to fight, nor do they turn their eyes to everything and make the unwise act of hitting a stone with an egg.
"Well, when it comes to the title of the god of war, everyone praises me for winning all battles. Actually, this is a misunderstanding, I have never won a hundred battles, because I have not fought a hundred battles until now, have I not fought a hundred battles? ”
The audience burst into laughter.
His self-humility and not pretending to be wrong will only make everyone trust him more. No one really thinks that a victorious general cannot be defeated. Zeng Guofan has been defeated repeatedly in his life, or he has been defeated and defeated repeatedly, but it is not the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that has the last laugh, but him.
Guan Fei also laughed and waved his hand: "But everyone may only see when I won the battle, but they don't know much about the examples of my defeat." But Sun Monkey should know it, because from the beginning, he was by my side, and when we were training in Shafang, we were all ordinary soldiers. Sun Monkey, how many people were in our class at that time? ”
"Fifteen!" Sun Yaohua didn't think about it, so he blurted out the numbers.
Covering, that was the starting point of his military career, from a hot-blooded young man full of illusions, gradually growing into a mature commander. The **** night and night there, he never forgot a day, the comrades-in-arms who were trained together, scooped up food in the pot on the march, laughed and played, and their vivid faces came to his mind all the time.
In the battles that followed, many left them forever.
Many times, he woke up from his dreams, and then found that the pillow under his head had been soaked with tears at some point.
"Lay the roots, how many are there in our class?"
"Fourteen!" Sun Monkey's voice was slightly low, but there was also a hint of excitement. Because this is the first battle they fought, and it was a big victory.
Fourteen, that is, only one person was sacrificed.
The others looked at the old pair silently, their eyes showing admiration and envy. Suning and He Yang don't look at the country as an ace army, but they have only heard about the deeds of the combat heroes of the troops, and they have never fought a war.
For veterans who have experienced the war, everyone will stand in awe.
"Later, the Rolling Battle was launched, fighting Xiao Mengbo, and our company, as a sharp knife unit, defeated the Nanzhuang Self-Defense Force in Spades, how many people are there in our squad?"
"Fourteen! No one is missing! Sun Yaohua's voice was even more high-pitched.
"On November 23, our battalion mainly attacked Shuangken Mountain, and our company still used it as a sharp knife to attack a platoon of the regular army of the Weiding Army and a squadron of the Self-Defense Force guarding the 2186 heights. When we lost in the early stage, how many people were there in our class? Guan Fei's questioning became more and more urgent.
"Twelve ......, the terrain was too dangerous at that time, we could only double in front and back, and several assaults failed under the blockade of enemy fire. When he retreated, the deputy squad leader in charge of covering sacrificed ......" Sun Yaohua's voice lowered, and his voice was a little choked.
There was silence in the command post, and everyone's eyes were slightly red.
"When we outflanked and finally won the main peak of Shuangken Mountain, how many were there in our class?" Guan Fei's voice became more and more shrill.
"Eleven!" Sun Yaohua's voice was slightly sad, but also a little proud, "At that time, I was going to climb a mountain cliff, and you volunteered to climb it first, and then pulled us up one by one with a rope." When the enemy was approaching the rear of the enemy flank, the whole platoon covered the charge with grenades, and it was you who killed the enemy officers under your command, and then several grenades in a row blew up the enemy who had gathered into a group, and finally most of them were annihilated by us. It's a pity that when cleaning the battlefield, Lao Cui fell off the cliff and died on the spot......"
Guan Fei's questioning speed became faster and faster: "The small forest stronghold defeated the enemy's self-defense brigade, how many people are still in my squad ......?"
"Eight, one was sacrificed, two were seriously wounded, and the squad leader was seriously wounded in this battle and sent to the rear. You were also promoted to squad leader by the firing line in this battle, and later added two new fighters to us, and there were ten people in the class at that time! ”
“…… Wazizhai ......"
"Ten people, according to your orders, we launched an attack from the flank after the battle began, and the enemy was caught off guard and the defense system was disrupted at once. But because we have been wandering and using the terrain to cover the cold gun, only Xiao Zhao was shot in the shoulder after the war and was slightly wounded......"
“…… Zhang Lao Wangtang ......"
"Ten people! The enemy suffered one defeat after another, and the army had no fighting spirit. Our squad, under your leadership, broke through the weak part of the enemy's defenses again, and knocked out the enemy's headquarters with a grenade. At that time, the enemy blew up the nest and fled in all directions, and there were no casualties in my class! After the war, we were given two more people, a class of twelve. ”
“…… Blowing up the bridge ......"
"Nine! The battalion headquarters ordered our platoon to go forward to cover the sappers to blow up the bridge, and the 21 people in the platoon attacked the enemy stronghold, and five people were killed in the first charge, including three of our squad, and the platoon commander also died heroically during the charge. You stepped forward, took over the command task, led the whole platoon to change the direction of attack, found the weak point of the enemy's defense, continued to attack, successfully covered the sappers to blow up the bridge, and the whole platoon successfully withdrew from the battle after the battle! ”
“…… Changqingshan Resistance ......"
In the face of enemy bombing, artillery bombardment, and infantry company-scale attacks, the whole platoon retreated all the way from Shuangken Mountain, blocked the attack section by section, and finally held the position of the main peak of Changqing Mountain, fought for three days and two nights in a row, successfully completed the task assigned to us by the superiors, and covered the retreat of the large army. And after that, when the enemy was advancing, he fought an ambush battle, annihilated a platoon of the enemy, and captured a light machine gun! In this battle, the platoon lost one person and wounded six people, but they were all successfully sent back to the rear, and later except for one who was disabled, the rest of the soldiers returned with wounds. After the war, there were a total of ten people in the platoon, and after the wounded returned to the team, a total of fifteen people! ”
Hearing this, everyone has a clearer understanding of Guan Fei's battle deeds.
Indeed, as he said, although he participated in many victories, there were also defeats. However, in all the battles he commanded, whether won or lost, the casualty figures were not high. And the sacrifice is very small, and most of the wounded soldiers can return to the team with injuries in the end.
It can be seen from this that Guan Fei is by no means a cold-blooded person who does not care about the casualties of the troops in order to get war achievements.
On the contrary, in order to preserve the strength of his troops, he often did not stick to his position and tried to drag the enemy into a war of movement. Then, in the course of the movement, the enemy's light advance vanguard was defeated, so that the opponent was afraid to pursue too fast, and created favorable conditions for the troops to break away from the pursuit.
Guan Fei and Sun Yaohua's questions and answers continued, and all the middle and senior commanders in the command post listened attentively and gained a more accurate understanding of why Guan Fei's troops were able to fight stronger and stronger.
As Guan Fei himself said, he is by no means a famous general. He was only able to seize the opportunity at the right time, at the right time, at the right place, adopt appropriate tactics, and mobilize appropriate forces to attack more or less, or directly attack the weak points of the enemy's defense, so as to crush the enemy's stubborn resistance in one fell swoop, and finally achieve greater results with relatively small losses.
That's all!
But no one would laugh at him for being unworthy of his name.
In fact, on the contrary, in history, all the generals who were able to accurately spot the fighters, at the same time choose the appropriate combat location, adopt appropriate tactics, and achieve victory, are all famous and peerless generals!
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements!
Guan Fei, he is fully worthy of the title of this world-famous general!
It is no fluke that he can lead the troops to turn defeat into victory and win the day of the military division at the critical moment when the whole army of the People's Army is scattered!
At the end of the question and answer, there was a moment of silence in the command post, and then warm applause rang out. Not only were the middle and senior commanders here applauding, but other staff officers, cadres, and guards who heard the questions and answers also spontaneously gathered over and applauded fiercely to represent their most sincere respect for the chief.
Guan Fei didn't applaud, he just quietly looked at everyone's faces, and then said calmly: "I'm not a god of war, but I think that we may not win this battle, maybe there will be some losses, but we will never lose!" ”
Wow!
The applause was like a shocking wave, resounding throughout the command headquarters.
There are so many examples of battles in the early stage as evidence, and at this moment, no one will doubt his words. Everyone was full of confidence in this heavy encirclement and suppression of the enemy.
"I'm not saying this with empty words, but with numbers to back it up!" Guan Fei was calm, his voice was sonorous and powerful, his body leaned forward slightly, waved his arms, and used posture language to strengthen his persuasiveness, "Is the enemy too strong?" Many, they totaled more than 300,000 people.
But will there be many troops that can be used to encircle and suppress the base areas this time?
I said, "Not really!"
Although the enemy has more than 300,000 people, how many regular troops are there?
From its formation, we can get accurate figures: every division of the enemy army is a duplicate even number, from 11th to 99th, and finally 101st. Does this mean that the enemy has hundreds of divisions? Wrong, this is the way the enemy deliberately misleads others about numbering, in fact, they have only ten divisions! In order to make the troops look like a lot, repeated even numbering was adopted, and the 11th division was actually the 1st division; The 77th Division is the 7th Division.
So the enemy's entire regular army, with a total of ten divisions of about 170,000 men. So what are the other nearly 200,000 troops?
In fact, they are the local armed forces, the national armed forces, and the militia groups, who are nominally subordinate to the military government, but in fact they are all sitting tigers who command within their own territory. In order to ensure the best sexuality, these sitting tigers will not allow their troops to be transferred by the military government and use them as cannon fodder.
Therefore, unless it is the armed tribes and militias adjacent to us, no other troops will take the initiative to participate in the battle. This is equivalent to the fact that we are facing an enemy that is not about 300,000, but actually only about 200,000.
That number still sounds huge, at least twenty times as much as ours!
But don't panic, because there are many ethnic armed forces in the country, the war is not limited to us. In addition, there were many mountains and the battlefield was fragmented, and in order to suppress the challenge from all sides, the army had to divide the defense zone planning of five theaters and one central military region across the country.
According to what we know, the only enemy we faced was the regular army of the 77th Division, which was stationed in Rolling. Although in order to launch an encirclement and suppression, they will inevitably mobilize more troops...... Personally, I expect it to be no less than one brigade, no more than one division at most. With more troops, they may not be able to suppress the situation in other directions.
Therefore, the enemy we will face is probably one division and one brigade, and the upper limit is two divisions, with a total strength of between 20,000 and 30,000! In addition, the militia is estimated to have about 10,000 people. With this number of troops, I think we can fight a dozen.
The militia does not count, they have no combat effectiveness, and they can be crushed by relying on the militia.
Against the regular army, we were about a dozen or three.
One hit three is still a bit difficult, after all, we lack heavy firepower, and we have no air supremacy, and we have to hold our positions in the face of the enemy's wave-like attack, and the soldiers will also have pressure.
But it doesn't matter.
The enemy had a great appetite this time and was ready to strike from all sides. In the early stage, it is likely that their main force will be used to clean up the Northeast Military Region and divide troops to contain us. Wait to eat the Northeast Military District, and then turn around and attack from behind us.
It's a beautiful idea, but there's one thing that Salween isn't so easy to live with!
Although some sections of the Salween River are only 50 meters wide in winter, they can be crossed by boat or pontoon. But this will not be able to quickly transport troops, and heavy firepower will not pass. We only need to build forts at a few major crossings, and it will be enough to deal a head-on blow to the small number of enemy troops crossing the river, to crush them, or at least to block them on the opposite bank.
So we returned to the tactics we had prepared, they had to mobilize heavy troops, gnaw at our fortress groups, and only after a frontal breakthrough could they capture the military division.
I say it's delusional!
Putting aside the riverbank fortifications for the time being, everyone has seen the defense system of the north and south lines, and everyone said that we can withstand the attack of one of the enemy's divisions head-on? ”
"Yes!"
"No problem!"
"Not to mention a division, even an army will come, and it will not be able to spread out in such a narrow terrain. We rely on strong fortifications and have absolute confidence to hold our positions, and as many as they come, they will die! ”
The atmosphere in the command post gradually became warmer, and under Guan Fei's meticulous analysis, everyone had a sufficient understanding of the quantity and quality of the invading enemy. Calculating the gap between the two sides and thinking about the new weapons and bulletproof equipment that the military sub-region has gradually equipped in the past two years, everyone has become more and more confident in holding their positions, and there is no longer the panic that they first heard of the enemy's menacing approach.
Guan Fei looked at the high morale of the commanders and fighters, and was very pleased, which was not in vain for him to speak hard and carefully analyze and persuade. After waiting for everyone's discussion to come to an end, he continued: "However, with this method of warfare, our new city will inevitably be bombarded indiscriminately by the enemy and suffer great losses. Do the math, assuming that the enemy's troops are divided into three routes, attacking us from the east, south, and north on three sides, it seems that the situation is precarious, but this also exposes one of their flaws, that is, the troops are scattered!
Three ways of pawning means that there are only one-third of the enemies in each lane, or less!
From this, we can see that we will face between 7,000 and 10,000 enemies on each road alone. Assuming that one path is deliberately reinforced, then the other one will inevitably be less than the average. So let's assume that if we selectively face a single enemy, the total number of enemies you will face will not exceed 7,000 to 10,000!
Therefore, I have an idea, in order to ensure that the city is not destroyed by the enemy as much as possible, to preserve as much of our vitality as possible, and to recover as soon as possible after the war, I intend to lead the main force to take the initiative to attack, and choose one part to give it a fierce blow. In the case of preserving your own combat power to the maximum, try to defeat and cripple it, and then quickly collect your troops, turn around, and strike at the second enemy.
Our territory is small, 50 kilometers from north to south, and only 7 kilometers from east to west. The total military sub-district is only 500 square kilometers.
However, there are small advantages, and we can use the cement road network of the military sub-district to achieve rapid maneuvering on the inner line. Then take the initiative to choose fighters, strike at the right time, and launch a stormy assault on the weakest area of the enemy's forces. Once you encounter the enemy's resolute resistance, you can quickly withdraw your forces, turn to another direction, find the enemy's real weakness in the continuous temptation, and then kill with one sword!
But not with the enemy.
Our north and south lines are 30 kilometers apart, and we are surrounded by majestic mountains with impassable primeval forests. They couldn't do it even if they wanted to, so they could only storm along the valley. And the Northeast Military Region on the other side, which is separated from us by the Salween River, is not easy to come.
This forces the enemy to disperse his forces in three isolated battlefields that are disconnected and unable to be supported in time. It will take two days, to say the least, to move from one battlefield to another, and this will create good conditions for us to break through each of them.
Therefore, I decided to strengthen the elite guard battalion with a small number of main forces, and cooperate with the militia to rely on a strong defensive line. The main force jumped out of the encirclement and carried out external operations, hitting its weak points, constantly testing its weak points, and waiting for an opportunity to launch a decisive battle against the enemy in favorable terrain!
I wonder if the comrades agree with me about this? ”