History has not given up on his progress, nor has it changed the trajectory of his movement. Looking at the letter in his hand, Lin Junxiong was heartbroken, and what he was worried about finally happened.

On the evening of September 18, 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army, entrenched in northeast China, according to a well-planned conspiracy, had the railway "garrison" blow up the tracks of the South Manchurian Railway near Wicker Lake in Shenyang, and blamed the Chinese army. This is known as the "Wicker Lake Incident". Using this as an excuse, the Japanese army suddenly launched an attack on the Chinese troops stationed in Beidaying, Shenyang. Due to the "non-resistance policy" implemented by the Northeast Army, the Japanese army captured Beidaying that night and occupied the entire city of Shenyang the next day. The Japanese army continued to attack the vast areas of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, and in just over three months, 1.28 million square kilometers, equivalent to 3.5 times the territory of Japan, all fell to Northeast China, and more than 30 million fathers and elders became slaves of the country. This was the "18 September" incident that shocked China and the rest of the world.

The "18 September" incident was not accidental, and it was an important and long-planned aggressive step taken by Japanese imperialism in order to annex China and dominate Asia and the Pacific region. As early as the summer of 1927, the Japanese cabinet convened the "Oriental Conference" in Tokyo and formulated the "China Policy Program," which brazenly claimed that Northeast China "has a major stake in [Japan's] national defense and the survival of its people." In July of the same year, Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka presented to the Emperor the "Empire's Positive Fundamental Policy Toward Manchuria" (the infamous "Tanaka Song"), openly declaring: "If you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchu and Mongolia; If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China." Thus, an arrogant strategy of using "Manchuria" as a base for aggression was established. In 1931, the Japanese military department secretly formulated guidelines, steps, and measures for invading China's northeast. After completing the meticulous preparations for launching a war of aggression, Japanese imperialism brazenly launched the "September 18" incident, which opened the prelude to all-out armed aggression against China and, by extension, against Asia and the Pacific region.

Lin Junxiong endured not to let the tears fall, Shang Tianen stepped forward to comfort him, and said suspiciously: "Why doesn't the national government resist?" ”

"The Great War in the Central Plains had already made Chiang Kai-shek financially difficult, and the problems of warlord division and internal chaos had not been resolved in the Nationalist Government. TM, an island country of 60 million people, casually bullied China, which has 40 million people, into this, 30 million compatriots, 3.5 times the territory of Japan's northeast."

Shang Tianen clenched his fists and said angrily: "No matter what, you can't be bullied by the Japanese, don't make a sound, you have to fight if you can't win." ”

"Hey, the dog took a bite, and if you want to bite it back, you have to see if your teeth are sharp. Now Japan has bitten hard, and is still squatting there wagging its tail, waiting for Chiang Kai-shek, as long as he comes forward, he will not be bitten back by Japan again. Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government could not get China out of its predicament, it was just a corrupt and incompetent government, and there was no hope for China by relying on him! ”

"So where is China's hope?"

"Little Wu, if you have time to read more Marx's books, maybe that is the way China will go in the future. I'll go out for a walk, be quiet by myself, don't come to me. ”

Lin Junxiong came to a quiet place, looked at the east and stopped and sighed, his heart aching. I don't know how long it took, Lin Junxiong heard a cry of pain, "My Northeast fathers and fellow villagers, hateful Japanese ghosts, hateful Zhang Xueliang"

Lin Junxiong followed the sound to find it, and saw a person around the corner burning paper and crying, this person turned out to be Cheng Yubin, isn't he Japanese? Although he can't get used to him on weekdays, he hates him because he is Japanese, but at this moment he seems to be mourning for Northeast China, and that crying doesn't seem to be pretended, what is going on?

"You" Lin Junxiong pointed at Cheng Yubin, and then pointed to the burned paper, looking at Cheng Yubin suspiciously.

Cheng Yubin took two deep breaths and calmed down before saying: "I am from northeast China, I came here to learn advanced things, go back to serve the motherland, I lied that I was Japanese, it was my German lady, she was afraid that I was Chinese and looked down upon by the Germans." ”

"You are really confused, respect is earned by your own efforts, not by pretending to be from other countries," Lin Junxiong said with some anger.

Cheng Yubin lowered his head in shame, and said half-loudly: "Yes, my conscience has always been condemned, I am an upright Chinese, why should I pretend to be a Japanese ghost, I am confused." ”

Lin Junxiong didn't speak, shaking his head and sighing.

"You and Shang Tianen were all sent by the Kuomintang to study, you see that your national government is nominally China's political power, dominating China, and the Japanese just occupied the Northeast and enslaved more than 30 million compatriots in Northeast China, but they didn't dare to say anything, what kind of bullshit government, incompetent, weak", Cheng Yubin's eyes were full of anger, staring at Lin Junxiong.

"Hey, I'm not from the Kuomintang, and I have nothing to do with that incompetent government, and I came here through a special relationship with Tianen."

"Oh, that's true, and it's not a dog agent of the Renaissance Society?"

"No, we are also coming to Germany to study, and we are ready to go back after completing our studies, find a right path, and serve the country."

Cheng Yubin put his hands behind his back, looked at the east, and asked tentatively: "Yes, the national government is not the hope of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, I saw you reading Marx's book last time, do you think communism is the right way for China in the future?" ”

Lin Junxiong knew that Cheng Yubin was testing himself and didn't trust him very much, so he said: "When I came to Marx's hometown, I just wanted to find out, and as for the rest, I won't think about it until I graduate." ”

Cheng Yubin looked at Lin Junxiong and shook his head, but did not continue to ask. The two stood like this, each deeply mourning the tragedy that had happened in their homeland, and did not leave until late at night.

"IX. 18. After the incident, the domestic masses were agitated and opposed to the policy of non-resistance of the Nationalist Government; The hot-blooded people in the Northeast were angry and organized anti-Japanese forces to protest. And Lin Junxiong has completed a year of study at the Berlin Military Academy. During the year, the instructors used a variety of basic subjects to train, so that the overall quality of the trainees has been comprehensively improved. At this time, the 300 trainees of this class are sitting in the auditorium, ready to accept the next stage of the instructor's arrangement.

Chief instructor Leon walked to the podium, looked at the new cadets and said loudly: "After a year of basic training, you have confirmed that you are good soldiers, but not good commanders yet. The next stage is practical teaching, and you will be placed in the headquarters at all levels for internships, and only those who pass the internship are eligible to return to the academy to continue their studies. Students, I hope you will take the opportunity to show what you have learned in your internship, and finally wish you all the best! ”

Lin Junxiong, Shang Tianen, Hans and several others were arranged to study at a headquarters in Hamburg, and the commander was a middle-aged man in his forties, whose name was Nick, with the rank of major general. Nick looked at a few people and asked the adjutant to make some work arrangements.

Lin Junxiong said that they were only doing simple things such as document analysis and transmission, so he didn't know what the meaning of such an internship was. However, he benefited a lot from the several military meetings held by Nick, Major General Nick was a very serious person, but he also involved them in many things, asked their opinions, and corrected and pointed out some inaccuracies from time to time. Seeing his own progress, Lin Junxiong finally understood that this kind of internship for the Germans was to enable them to have a strong staff officer professional quality.

On this day, Nick summons everyone to the conference room, and Nick is angry and informs the crowd. It turned out that the headquarters received an operation assigned by the higher authorities to rescue dozens of hostages, but in the course of the operation, it failed due to the direct intervention of a civilian senior general, and all the dozens of hostages were killed. After Nick's briefing, he scolded the civilian general, asking him why he didn't do his job and interfered with the soldier's decision.

After Nick made a fuss, he asked a few of the interns what they thought about it. A few German students couldn't come up with a reason, but Shang Tianen gave Nick a hint of surprise.

Shang Tianen said: "Generals, civilians and soldiers have different thinking, and I think that operational command and administrative officers should be separated according to the situation. ”

When Nick asked with surprise how to separate, Shang Tianen scratched his head for a long time and couldn't answer, but Nick still nodded at him appreciatively, and then looked at Lin Junxiong expectantly.

Lin Junxiong straightened out his thoughts and said, "General, as for the method of separation just now, let me tell you my opinion. I believe that it is necessary to give full play to the initiative of commanders at all levels and delegate operational decision-making power to military commanders at all levels to the greatest extent, while the task of higher-level commanders is only to clearly issue the general objectives and plans for unifying and coordinating battlefield operations. At the highest level of operational command, civilian leaders, state leaders, and marshals or chiefs of the general staff make decisions only on fundamental issues such as "whether to do it" and "why to do it", while the commanders of the joint operations commands and their subordinates decide "how to do it"

"This kind of command and control theory, I name it 'task command' or 'delegated command method'."

Nick pondered Lin Junxiong's suggestion, then stood up suddenly, walked over and patted Lin Junxiong on the shoulder, and said approvingly: "Young man, you are very remarkable, you sort it out, and I will report your 'task-type order' or 'delegated command method' to the General Staff for discussion." Just, I wonder how you came up with it? ”

"Report to the General, one of the former marshals of your country, His Excellency Moltke the Elder, has this passage in his theory of war: to educate and train officers of the General Staff in order to adapt themselves to new strategies and to carry out new war plans. The high command only sets strategic objectives for the leaders of the armed forces, and the way to implement the objectives is decided by the leaders of the armed forces themselves, requiring them to give full play to their initiative. 'Task-based command' or 'delegated command' is what I was inspired to come up with here. ”

Nick held Lin Junxiong's hand and said with a smile: "Young man, you are amazing. ”

Since then, Nick has paid more attention to Lin Junxiong, and when many important matters are discussed, he is also called to go, and listens to his analysis and opinions.

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