"Mr. Heqing?" Xu Xilin in the reception room, and Qiu Jin, Tao Chengzhang and a few other people chatting in it, these days Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin and others and several Datong School of the backbone of the Restoration Society are accompanied by Chen Ziying, Chen Xieshu, and Xu Xiqi Xu family three brothers and others respectively visited the standard machinery, standard ordnance, standard machine tools, Miaojia flour mill, Wang Sheren Mengshi Iron and Steel Factory, the efficiency and standardization of modern industrial production made the Jiangnan Water Township of the Guangfu people surprised, Tao Chengzhang and others seem to have returned to the time of studying in Dongying, I was surprised and envious when I visited the industrial enterprises of Mitsui and Mitsubishi in Japan.

A few people were discussing the itinerary of Shandong University Hall and Shandong Youth Management Cadre College tomorrow, but they didn't expect the door of the conference room to open, and the energetic Mr. Cai Yuanpei walked in with an official document folder. Seeing the big guy, the younger brothers hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, judging from Cai Yuanpei's mental state, this Mr. Heqing's life in Shandong was very fulfilling. Although he was a little tired, his high-pitched spirit and unconcealable joy made Tao Chengzhang feel that this big man was very satisfied with Shandong's life to avoid disasters.

"Sit, sit, everybody sit down and talk." After Cai Yuanpei shook hands with everyone one by one, let everyone sit around the conference table, watching these backbones of the meeting come to Qilu, Cai Yuanpei was also sincerely happy, and the group talked with Cai Yuanpei and talked about what they saw and heard on this trip to Shandong.

"What is this, sir?" Qiu Jin was in the front row, and happened to see the title on the folder in front of Cai Yuanpei, "Shandong Guangxu Thirty-two Years Education Development Outline".

"Well, here's the transcript of my speech that I'm going to make at the annual meeting." Cai Yuanpei looked at the female disciple and smiled kindly. "If you are interested, you may wish to apply with the conference affairs team and audit it in the afternoon."

"I'll just take a look, after all, it's a matter of the Qing court's yamen, will some of us participate?" Although Qiu Jin's attitude towards Wu Chenxuan and them had changed, he couldn't help but put him together with other Qing court bureaucrats when he thought of this second-grade official hat.

"Qiu Jin, you're thinking about it. This is a confidential document," Cai Yuanpei pointed to the yellow triangle on the document and said, "For all government workers, leaking secrets is a felony. This confidential information is restricted to the participants of the meeting and is not to be disseminated. If you are approved by the conference affairs team to attend the meeting, you can listen to my explanation on the spot, but you cannot express your opinions or ask questions. ”

"That's a big rule. Unexpectedly, Mr. Heqing also became conformist. Qiu Jin couldn't help frowning slightly

"That's not true." Cai Yuanpei smiled and explained, "When I first came to Shandong, I presided over the Shandong University Hall and let it go, but the school board put forward opinions to me. I visited the Zaolin Military Academy and the Shandong Youth Management Cadre College, and I was very touched by everything in them. ”

"Huanqing, do you remember that question you asked me last time?" Cai Yuanpei turned to Tao Chengzhang: "The lessons of this revolution for so many years have taught us that without organization and discipline, a team cannot do things with enthusiasm alone. In addition to external factors, I think what is more important is that we lack a strict organization and steel-like discipline, and we always go our own way, and even if everyone is not afraid of life and death, they will not be able to overthrow the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and often let many revolutionary young people lose their lives in vain. ”

Speaking of this, Cai Yuanpei waved his hand to stop Tao Chengzhang's argument, "Huanqing, you and I can still continue to debate in this matter." However, Wu Chenxuan has a sentence that I think is very incisive, everything is based on practice. I have applied with Chenxuan, you will accept the invitation of Shandong University Hall this month, you are a visiting student of Datong School, I will arrange your next trip, you can experience the new style of study in Shandong, and we will discuss it after feeling it. ”

Everyone nodded and promised, everyone was in Shandong, and the boss spoke again, and there was nothing to argue about, and the arrangement of the head of the hearing meeting was. Besides, everyone was full of expectations for this trip to Shandong, and they didn't want to be overlooked.

However, when the people of the Liberation Society were full of longing for the trip to Shandong, the military leaders of Shandong were worried about the future of Shandong.

"No, absolutely not" Hulegu, a Mongolian man who usually always laughs, now has an angry expression that matches his rugged appearance very well, "Cavalry is only powerful when it gathers thousands of troops and horses, if it is divided into a team of 100 people to strengthen the infantry regiment according to the Senza, then the cavalry will become infantry on horseback, how can the power of the cavalry charge into battle?" ”

"Lao Xu, do you think that in this era, the cavalry can still charge unscrupulously?" Seeing that Hülegu was disrespectful to Chief of Staff Duan Zhiquan, Du Zicheng, who had a good relationship with him, couldn't help but open his mouth to mediate: "In this Russo-Japanese War, neither Senza nor you have personally experienced it, but I and Lao Wu and Lao Lan have experienced it personally on the battlefield. Cavalry is powerful, but it depends on how it is used. Lao Xu, don't blame me for telling the truth, the Mongolian cavalry is outdated, not as good as the Cossack cavalry of Lao Maozi, this Cossack cavalry war horse is indeed not bad, the tactical movements are skillful, the soldiers are also elite, and they are not afraid of death, but so what, in front of our improvised barbed wire, trenches, mines, machine guns, and grenadier positions, corpses are everywhere, and we can't advance an inch. Let's put it this way, if the 500 Lao Maozi infantry attacked us, there would have to be a 30 or 50 soldier casualties, but these 500 Cossack cavalry attacked us, and in fifteen minutes there was a 10-500 exchange ratio. ”

"But the cavalry can cover with empty horses, charge in groups, and the assault of the cavalry cannot be stopped by rifles. If there is artillery cover, the cavalry is concealed to meet the enemy, and suddenly launches a charge, the enemy is even more defenseless. Of course, Hülegü knew that the Mongol cavalry was not inferior to Lao Maozi's Cossacks, and the Mongols in Central Asia were slaughtered by the Cossacks back then, but let this Mongol man admit that the cavalry was outdated, it was better to kill him.

"Lao Xu, here are all men in the army, don't talk about those vanity." Lan Tianwei couldn't see it, "You said artillery support, covert contact with the enemy, will the enemy have artillery support?" Will you use the established positions to force you to force a surprise attack? What Lao Du said just now is the experience of our new army on the battlefield, it is the lesson written by the old Maozi cavalry with flesh and blood, and now the cavalry that relies on sabers and cavalry guns to fight the world can no longer confront the same number of infantry relying on the position, especially if the infantry strengthens the machine gun firepower, the cavalry will be a live target. However, cavalry is still useful in reconnaissance, patrolling, detours, etc., and I think the opinion of the Senators is not to reduce cavalry, but to better use cavalry to adapt to the changes in the situation on the battlefield. ”

"This, this, but, but" Hülegü actually sent some people to communicate with the cavalry brothers who participated in the Northeast Expedition, the Cossacks suffered a big loss at the hands of the infantry this time, and their own cavalry did not have the experience of charging into battle several times, but spent most of the time in the war, reconnaissance, sneak attack, and detour, but although such cavalry did not have the pleasure of slashing and killing, but the record was still remarkable. "But is that still cavalry?"

"Do cavalrymen have to be in groups?" Wu Chenxuan came in from outside the door, everyone raised their hands and saluted together, and after Wu Chenxuan returned the salute, he motioned for everyone to sit down and continue the topic just now.

"The cavalry has not declined, but the original cavalry tactics are no longer suitable." Wu Chenxuan said: "In my opinion, no army in the world can escape the tactical triangle of 'mobility-firepower-protection'. ”

Saying that, Wu Chenxuan picked up a piece of chalk and wrote and drew on the blackboard, "This triangle is what we call the three tactical dimensions of "mobility-firepower-protection", and the expansion of any dimension will bring about an increase in overall performance, and vice versa. ”

Seeing that Duan Zhiquan, Hülegü and the other generals were all in deep thought, Wu Chenxuan continued to speak:

"Suppose that a country and an army in a certain period of time, the technical conditions are basically determined, and then all kinds of resources, including fuel, metals, production capacity, manpower (man-hours), etc., these things can be converted into a certain number of points according to a certain proportion, for example, our army has 10,000 resource points in a unit of time. For the three major indicators of mobility, firepower, and protection, we will not first examine which of the three is superior and which is inferior, but also convert them into points according to a certain proportion. For example, maneuvering ability (simply put, speed), assuming that 5 kilometers per hour requires 10 resource points, but 15 kilometers per hour requires 50 resource points, and 50 kilometers requires 200 resource points. Then let's talk about firepower, the more intense the firepower, the faster the ammunition is basically consumed, and the problems brought are similar, the resource consumption grows rapidly, not straight but curved. Then there is protection, of course, we and most of the world's armies do not pay attention to protection, but if it is equipped more, it will also bring a curve-type resource growth consumption. ”

Now everyone understands that cheap and good, living within your means is the king.

"The point is that even if the equipment of the troops goes up, but the number drops by one level, the combat effectiveness may not necessarily increase. For example, the current cavalry part needs 200 resource points, and you Hulegu hopes to be faster, and replace it with Don hippos and Arabian horses, then you need to consume 600 points, and you may have to replace it with a target cavalry, so can one of your battalions be a standard envoy, I'm afraid it's a bit unrealistic, right? The opponent is equipped with infantry, and each unit consumes 50, 10,000 resources to create 200 army units, maybe more than 200. If this pure infantry army encounters you, although the opponent is slower, the firepower is not much worse, and you have no chance of winning with a pair of tens. The reason for this is the technical limitations, the better the performance, the greater the consumption, and the consumption does not increase in a straight line, but increases in a square number. ”

Wu Chenxuan said again: "Fighting a war is not a handsome beauty pageant, fighting a war is the most practical thing, and the fundamental goal is to win the war." As for the merits of the arms and the quality of the equipment, whatever is practical and meets the needs of war, it will be used. Cavalry is good, but the cost is also large, if it becomes a war of attrition, let's take one person and one horse can raise an infantry squad of cavalry to fight with others to consume, is it real? So what do we do? Isn't it a better choice to use good steel on the blade, since the cavalry is not suitable for frontal fighting, it is better to replace it with a roundabout sneak attack and alert patrol that they are better at? The cavalry does not have to be overwhelming, and a sword to seal the throat is also the king of the cavalry. ”