A Dream of Jinling Chapter 341 Retreat (Eighteen)

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On July 17, 1889, reconnaissance planes identified a large number of U.S. Army troops at Sheboygan, a news that caused the Forward Command in the Sault Ste. Marie area to shake its head repeatedly. On July 13, the 4 Corps finally took out the US Federal Army of Sault Ste. Marie. If the front-line command had been a little more patient, it might have been able to achieve a beautiful encirclement reinforcement.

On July 1, the 24th Army was ordered to leave Madison, Wisconsin's capital, where the Winnebego people had fished, hunted, and camped out, and when they arrived at the city of less than 60,000 men as planned, they found three large lakes near Madison. After taking the city for a short time, the Japanese servants carried out a memorial to the god of the lake. The inhabitants of Madison were offered sacrifices to the god of the lake, both to appease the wrath of the souls of the Winnebago Indians and to pray for good weather and abundant harvests.

On July 17, Chief of Staff Qi Rui was in a meeting at Sault Saint Mary. He was ordered to return from Madison to Sault Saint Mary, where he attended the promotion ceremony of a group of comrades. The ceremony was very simple, that is, a large number of officers handed over the old class badge and replaced it with the new class badge. With the rank of the colonel, Qi Rui couldn't help but think of Chu Xue, the future he had described to Chu Xue had become a reality. And Qi Rui thought that he could become a colonel before the age of 30, and the reality even exceeded Qi Rui's imagination.

If the future can continue according to the current development, Qi Rui believes that the achievements before the age of 30 are by no means a major general. As the backbone of promoting the development of motorized infantry, Qi Rui has every chance to become a lieutenant general. In the system, the lieutenant general is the person in charge of a certain aspect, and the person who has the corresponding scope of authority for the responsibilities given by the organization.

Chief of Staff of the 24th Army, practitioner of motorized infantry. Senior Colonel Qi Rui attracted a lot of attention among the soldiers, and in the spare time before the start of this meeting, the soldiers who were interested in motorized infantry wanted to exchange issues with Qi Rui about this issue. After listening to the opinions of these people, Qi Rui understood that there was something wrong with this group's understanding of motorized infantry.

Equipping the troops with motorized equipment does not mean that the troops will become motorized infantry, Qi Rui first heard this concept from his father Wei Ze. Now he feels that he can gradually understand this statement, and the central word of motorized infantry is "infantry", and through guò motorized technical equipment, the infantry has exerted greater combat effectiveness. Qi Rui can now understand why he felt that nothing was right at the beginning, and that was because Qi Rui himself had a problem with his understanding of "infantry".

If you want to form a corps-level motorized infantry, it will take at least four years, right? Qi Rui thought. He is also not very optimistic about whether the work can be completed in such a time frame, because the construction of motorized military-level units will take at least more than a year, and there is still a group army between the army level and the corps, and the improvement of each level means that the problems faced will increase geometrically. Four years is a tight time.

Thinking of this, Qi Rui's face suddenly changed. At this moment, as soon as the door opened, the commanders of the front command rushed in. Among the delegates of the various armies in the hall, all those who were seated stood up, and those who stood stood upright. With a "standing salute", the front-line command and these army-level cadres all completed the same action. Then everyone sat down and the meeting began.

Some officers who saw the change in Qi Rui's expression felt that this guy was really a ghost enough, and his reaction was too quick, no wonder he could become a military-level cadre at a young age. In fact, they were wrong, Qi Rui suddenly thought of something. If he puts all his energy into the construction of motorized infantry in the next few years, and when he is promoted to lieutenant general at the age of 30, probably the eldest of Chu Xue's children will run all over the ground to play soy sauce.

Qi Rui knew that he was on the fast track of motorized infantry by his father Wei Ze's pull, even so, if he wanted to be rewarded for his efforts on this road far beyond others, Qi Rui still dedicated great effort and contribution. Qi Rui was not at all against this kind of dedication, but he found it very incompatible with family life.

Up to now, Qi Rui can still clearly recall what his father Wei Ze said, "You know that I have a lot of power, and I have a lot of influence. As your father, I am willing to help you. I can go to her house to propose marriage, not to mention that Chu Xue is not married now, even if I get the certificate, I can change this fact. As long as you sincerely ask me for this, I will help you. ”

Although a long time has passed, Qi Rui can clearly remember the expression of his father Wei Ze at that time, it was not a condescending expression, in order not to scare Qi Rui, Wei Ze was even deliberately weakening his majesty. Qi Rui didn't understand these things before, but after becoming a military-level cadre, he finally understood that if he wanted his work to go smoothly, he had to strip out those things that affected his feelings as much as possible.

Even if his understanding of Daddy has deepened so much, of course Qi Rui still can't accept Daddy's bully Jian Yì who "robs men and women". For love, this approach, which is full of unilateralist style, is simply a disaster for ruining miè. This is no longer a desecration of love, but a ruin of miè love.

However, Qi Rui also discovered another thing. His father Wei Ze's Jian yì pointed directly to the result of the relationship, Qi Rui still hoped to be with Chu Xue, but he didn't know how to be with her. If you don't talk about those tender tofu-like feelings that can't be touched and blown, judging from the results alone, it's not an outrageous opinion.

What's more, now Qi Rui has finally discovered that if he really wants to rely on his own strength to continue to climb in the system, not to mention the luxury of emotional life, ordinary life will also be a luxury for him......

There were many thoughts in his heart, and his emotions fluctuated quite a lot, and it wasn't until the commander of the headquarters said "The front command decided to attack Chicago ......" that Qi Rui woke up from his absent-minded state.

Hearing this opinion of the front-line command, it was difficult for Qi Rui to describe his feelings. Chicago is the most important city on the Great Lakes in the United States and a large city with a population of more than one million. The Republic of China had a large population and rapid urbanization. It is not uncommon for a city to have a population of more than one million. However, for countries outside of the Chinese Dynasty, it is often the case that a country has at most one large city with a population of more than one million. The combined population of many political entities is less than one million. Conquering a large city with a population of one million is a major event for the world.

“…… As you may know, we just found out that the Yankees sent troops to try to rescue Sault Ste. Marie's American troops. We couldn't wait, so we had to take out the Yankees of Sault Saint Mary. Sault Ste. Mary is too close to us, and the Yankees have too much to worry about the rescue, but they shouldn't be so timid when they rescue Chicago. So far, our army has killed more than 300,000 federal troops in the United States, and there is a big gap between the elimination of 2 million federal troops, and attacking Chicago will probably be able to accelerate the completion of the goal......"

Qi Rui listened to the views of the front-line command, and he soon discovered that the 24th Army would not be regarded as an "encirclement" unit, and this motorized infantry would be used for "reinforcement" work. With simple first-grade math, 200 minus 40 is what is value. It's easy to deduce that the result is 160. Even if Chicago's million people are in the military, the question only becomes 200 minus 40 minus 100. The result was 60. The 24th Army's strength was only 50,000 at its fullest, and 60 points to 5 meant that the 24th Army had to kill 12 times its strength in constant battles to complete its mission.

Of course, there can be many considerations in war planning, and Qi Rui, the chief of staff, is very clear about this. Not even talking about those uncontrollable reasons, simple arithmetic problems can be seen that this plan is very big, or very unreliable.

"Commander Chen of the 55th Army, you can speak." All of you here are military-level cadres, and everyone has a lot to consider. In the calm, I unconsciously came to the rhetorical questioning session.

Qi Rui looked up at Commander Chen of the 55th Army, and saw the middle-aged man asking, "My question is whether the British will attack from behind us?" ”

This question is indeed very important, and the North American theater of the Liberation Army does not care about the strength of Canada. In the military plan, if Canada does not know how to enter the war, the Liberation Army will first drive the Canadians away from the Great Lakes region. Canada occupied a crucial part of the Great Lakes and defeated the Canadians, and the Reconstructivist Army was immediately able to launch an attack on Detroit, a city of heavy industry right next to the Canadian border. Detroit's 300,000 population is important, but the destruction of these 300,000 skilled workers and the machines they operate would be a huge blow to the United States.

For the Liberation Army, whether Canada will enter the war is a big question. As Qi Rui knew, "If the Canadians enter the war, we can eliminate him with only 5 divisions." But if the Canadians don't go to war, we'll have to send 10 divisions to defend against him! ”

Just when Qi Rui was thinking about all kinds of random associations, he heard the commander of the front command say: "According to the news sent by the Military Commission, Britain is gathering forces to try to start a war in the Transvaal Republic in southern Africa. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Canadian army will take the initiative to attack our army in the short term. This was also one of the strategic considerations for our army's decision to attack Chicago. ”

"The British are going to the Indian Ocean?" Qi Rui couldn't help but speak. He was also a member of the South China Sea Military Region and participated in the campaign to capture Ceylon. After the map of the study has been studied, there are always basic strategic associations.

As soon as these words came out, many military-level cadres looked at Qi Rui. Lieutenant General Luo Yongfu, commander of the Front Command, also answered this question, "The view of the Military Commission is that Britain hopes to unify southern Africa first, and then talk about the next move. Until they settle the Transvaal Republic and the Zulu Kingdom of the Zulus, there will be no war with our army for the Indian Ocean. ”

"Does the Military Commission think that African countries can beat Britain?" Commander Chen of the 55th Army asked again.

"We must obey the decision of the Military Commission!" Commander Luo Yongxiang's words, while insisting on organizational discipline, also skillfully expressed some of his thoughts.

Hearing this, Qi Rui suddenly felt in a good mood. With such a clever boss, the campaign to attack Chicago wouldn't have been terrible.