Hijikata had forgotten the last time the two feelings of "very convincing" and "completely unreliable" appeared in his mind at the same time. Fighting a war does not talk about the deployment of troops, does not talk about the front line and the rear, but uses a linkage calculation system of several multiple multiple equations.

Hokkaido learns China completely, including the education system. There are several other calculation modes in the multivariate equation of square, open, and open square, and there are also some concepts of earthwork. However, the higher mathematics of integrals, multiple integrals, and finding trends seemed to him like a ghostly drawing.

The "power curve" drawn by the young Chinese soldiers is more in line with the development of the Hokkaido Army's war situation, but this purely mathematical calculation method is difficult for Hijikata to accept, let alone other Japanese generals. This was completely unacceptable to the generals who advocated a decisive battle with the Meiji army in Tokyo, and those who felt the need to retreat did not feel that these inexplicable figures were a reason for their retreat.

Those who listen are not convinced, but those who speak are not necessarily convinced. Just like the theoretical breakthrough in the history of the Liberation Army, the forerunner Wei Ze had blind supporters, but not many rational supporters. The young mid-level officers in charge of the narration are not rookies with mixed qualifications, and they are equally experienced in combat. Cold numbers and complex mathematical models can indeed be evaluated and judged in the general direction, but war is an interaction between human beings. If we do not talk about the fear of war or the blood that inevitably ignites when we fight, there is no such thing as war. The mathematical method is based on rationality and rigor, but the mathematical method cannot reliably quantify the "emotion", which is an important parameter that is inevitably important in war.

Looking at the group of people who were not convinced by mathematical calculations, Qi Rui wanted to explain a few words to his father. Even out of respect for his father, or in the face of the unsupportive attitude of many people, Qi Rui naturally had the urge to protect his father, which is not something that can be analyzed mathematically, but completely emotional.

"His Majesty the Emperor of our country is invincible, and I think this is something that you all know very well. Since ancient times, China has been paying attention to strategy, which is called "temple calculation". As the inheritor of Chinese culture, His Majesty the Emperor of our country has developed and enriched it into these calculations that everyone sees today. I had doubts when I first came into contact with these things, and I fought battles myself, and I could win battles without relying on them. But my thinking is different now, should we doubt the reliability of this method, or should we doubt that our own capabilities are low, so when considering strategic issues, we are not able to immediately understand the advanced and reliable nature of this method? ”

Defending his father is a rare thing for Qi Rui. A father may not be a very likable character in the eyes of his son. Accepting rules and acknowledging authority, men instinctively don't like that. And the father was undoubtedly the maker of the rules and the owner of authority from the very beginning. Even if he knew that his father was right, the proportion of reluctance in Qi Rui's emotions was quite large.

Accepting his father's arrangement, "Wei Rui" has to become "Qi Rui". Accepting his father's arrangement, when others talk about how great his father is, Qi Rui can only talk more about his retired mother who is a "university teacher". Qi Rui has long been unhappy with this, the eldest son of Wei Ze, the dignified emperor of the Republic of China, has excellent grades, is tall and good-looking. Relying on everything he has now, he is favored everywhere. The things that are natural to others become untouchable here in Qi Rui.

Now before asking everyone to accept Wei Ze's authority, Qi Rui himself must first accept the authority of his father Wei Ze. But at this moment, Qi Rui felt that his mentality had also changed. Since you must follow and support your father, it is pointless to be reluctant. Qi Rui is also almost 30 years old, and after experiencing so many things, he also knows that everything his father does is to protect his son Qi Rui, not to deliberately make things difficult for him. For example, the purpose of these cold mathematical models is not to make the war ruthless, but to make the commanders who decide the development of the war more rational to see through the situation they are facing.

"Every order of war will determine the life and death of thousands of combatants, and wrong orders will cause us a large number of undeserved casualties. I have always believed that any commander, before giving an order, hopes for victory, hopes that the losses of his side will be reduced to a minimum. I never doubt that. But there are empty ideas, there is no reliable method, and the result of any command can be very different from the original idea, or even diametrically opposed. When His Majesty Weeser, who was almost the strongest soldier at the time, put forward an idea based on his personal experience, whether we should choose to follow it first, or because we ourselves felt unaccustomed to it, so we instinctively chose to doubt it. It's a matter of attitude. Is His Majesty Weize stronger, or are we stronger? Can you figure this out first? When self-awareness was finally positioned, Qi Rui found that the things that once made him feel shy, resistant, and even dissatisfied were gone. When expressing his attitude, he actually had his own ideas.

The shadow of the famous tree, if Qi Rui just said vigorously, "The mathematical algorithm is good, it is good", and everyone here would probably be able to not ridicule each other, which would already be a very polite approach. Now Qi Rui asked everyone directly, whether he thought he was capable, or Wei Ze was more capable. This really gets to the point. Whether or not to obey the method proposed by His Majesty Emperor Wei Ze is not a problem for the Guangfu Army. This is a big problem for the Hokkaido Army, which is a foreigner.

Qi Rui also understood these immediately after his thoughts changed. I suddenly realized in my heart, and naturally came up with a way to deal with it. Qi Rui continued: "Ladies and gentlemen of the Hokkaido Army, you have your own management system, and you do not need to obey the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of our country. And I would like to say that the invincibility of our army is the complete implementation of the leadership of His Majesty Generalissimo Weese. We are not here to ask you to obey the command of His Majesty the Emperor, but as friends, we have come to support you. Whether to accept the goodwill support of a clearly better fighter, or to stick to your own ideas and fight according to your own ideas, is your internal business. We are only offering such support now, and we have no intention of forcing you to accept it. But as a soldier, I must say that time is running out for you to make a decision. No matter what you decide in the end, once the snow starts to fall, the Hokkaido Army will have to choose to carry out defensive operations in Tohoku when it is in Tohoku. The Hokkaido Army was in Tokyo at that time, so it had to choose to fight the Meiji Army in the Tokyo area. Not making a choice is also a choice. ”

When Wei Ze educated Qi Rui, he said, "Tell the truth, talk nonsense." Now Qi Rui put the truth on the table. No matter what the generals of the Hokkaido Army thought, everyone on the side of the Liberation Army nodded slightly. Not choosing is also a choice in itself, and strategically speaking, the time to choose to adjust is never long. Once the snow starts to fall, the selection period is over. If you don't choose, you give up the strategic initiative, you give up all you want, and all that remains is to wait for the enemy to clean up yourself.

Hijikata looked at Qi Rui with a lot of solemnity in his eyes, this young Chinese soldier who was less than 30 years old still had his own immaturity. In terms of status, a major is in charge of the Chinese army of more than two million people. But the seriousness and reliability of his strategic point of view is somewhat surprising.

"We'll think about it again." Hijikata Suizo cleverly gave the order to evict the guests. When the Hokkaido Army made the final decision on the strategic direction, it was not appropriate for the Liberation Army to be involved in it.

The representatives of the Liberation Army didn't say anything when they came out, and all the leaders and comrades were silent, which made Qi Rui feel a little empty in his heart. Did you say something wrong? Is it so wrong that comrades are unwilling to criticize it? But after reflection, he couldn't find what he was wrong with. Just as Qi Rui believes that "before Commander He gives the order, he hopes for victory and hopes that his side's losses can be reduced to a minimum". Qi Rui asked himself, all the judgments he made were the highest level he could come up with now, maybe he would find a better choice than this when he grew up in the future, but that was the ethereal future. For now, Qi Rui has done his best.

"If you really have a clear conscience at the time, then all you have to do is put things down. The development of anything is not something we can predict, leave it to the fate of God, and do our best." When he was confused, his father's teachings involuntarily appeared in Qi Rui's heart. After getting rid of his rebellion against his father, Qi Rui naturally chose to do things according to his father's teachings. He completely let go of these boring worries in his heart. There are a lot of jobs as a soldier, and there are too many jobs waiting for Qi Rui to do. The most realistic thing is that after he returns to the office, he needs to put the documents he turned out at work completely back in place, don't look at this as a trivial matter, in fact, it will take a lot of time.

In the next two days, everyone rarely took the initiative to talk to Qi Rui, and even if they did, it was completely a handover of work. Regarding Qi Rui's unconsciously completely leading the negotiation with the Hokkaido Army, the people at the same level did not say anything, and the leaders did not express their opinions.

Two days later, the Hokkaido Army sent someone to ask the Liberation Army to send personnel to discuss the matter. The leader returned not long after he went, and he gathered a group of comrades and said, "The Hokkaido Army has decided to withdraw to the northeast. ”

Many people were taken aback, but Qi Rui breathed a long sigh of relief. This feeling of relief surprised Qi Rui himself, and determined the development of hundreds of thousands of scale wars, which should have been an exciting event in Qi Rui's previous imagination. But Qi Rui's feeling was, "It's finally solved!" ”

"A lot of the difficulties are real, but many more are of our own imagination. Distinguishing between reality and imagination is far more complicated than we can imagine. If it was before, even if Qi Rui remembered this, he would use a critical perspective to "discover" the difference between this statement and reality. Now he has no such thoughts, because Qi Rui feels that he understands the difference between Daddy Wei Ze and him.

Daddy Wei Ze is the emperor of the Republic of China, Daddy Wei Ze is the chairman of the China Liberation Party, and Daddy Wei Ze is the chairman of the Military Commission of the Liberation Army. And Qi Rui has never figured out before, Qi Rui is Qi Rui. After figuring out that he is his own now, Qi Rui found that reality was full of things Qi Rui wanted to do. Anyone only has 24 hours a day, and if he wants to complete the day's work in this time, with Qi Rui's current ability, he really can't finish it.