The post-war military meeting of the Liberation Army was also very depressing. The 2nd Regiment, which met the frontal attack, was almost destroyed, and of the three battalions that were thrown into battle, two of the three battalion commanders were killed on the battlefield, and one died of internal bleeding in the hospital. More than half of the company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders were killed or wounded, and the rest were all wounded.

The only one who was not injured was the commander of the 4th Battalion, who was timid and fearful of battle, and dragged behind without entering the battle when the regiment commander Wu Liao took the lead in the charge. At this time in the post-war investigation, the fourth battalion commander was immediately sent to a military court, and the fourth battalion commander became the first soldier in the Liberation Army to be executed for fear of war.

The Second Regiment was awarded the honorary title of "Steel Courage Regiment", and all the soldiers of the unit who participated in this battle, except for the commander of the fourth battalion who was shot dead and several soldiers who followed him, were awarded a "Foshan Defense" armband.

But no matter how much honor was used to boost morale, the faces of all the officers in the middle and high-level meetings of the Liberation Army were ugly. The Liberation Army has a fairly strong officer corps, so the combat effectiveness of the troops is very average. The level of the Second Regiment can basically represent the strength of the main force of the Liberation Army. However, the performance of the main force in this battle is not outstanding, if it is said that the second regiment can still be regarded as fighting to the death, with blood and life to maintain the honor of the troops. The first regiment responsible for the flanking was much worse, and the first regiment was shelled by the British during the movement, and the losses were not small. The British then retreated, and a regiment was lured into the range of the steamship while pursuing. Not only did the troops fail to expand their gains in the pursuit, but they suffered considerable losses under the large-caliber artillery of the British army.

All things considered, a regiment of casualties of a thousand. Calculated together with the Second Regiment and casualties, the casualties of the Liberation Army this time exceeded 32oo, almost three times that of the British army. In a battle with three times the number of troops, 5,000 recovering soldiers against 4,000 British troops, and the number of casualties of the recovering army was far greater than that of the enemy. This is the first time in the military history of the Liberation Army.

Crisscrossing the north and south of China was not blown out by the Liberation Army, but really fought. The pride established by such a proud record allowed the Liberation Army not to collapse before the onslaught of the British army. Having such pride, but not having the ability to match it, is also the reason for such a big loss.

Wei Ze watched the Guangfu Army finally know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and he finally felt some comfort in his heart. "This time, we won," he said. The British lost not only in battle, but also strategically. The victory was real. No one can deny this victory. ”

Everyone has heard what Wei Ze said many times, and they know that Wei Ze is not boasting. But the price of this victory was too great, and more importantly, everyone's confidence was indeed dealt a heavy blow.

Weeser continued: "The strength of the British does not come solely from their individual fighting ability. From the intelligence collected after the war, our army stabilized the front in hand-to-hand combat. If there is no hand-to-hand combat, if we continue to shoot at each other, our army is afraid that it will not be able to withstand it. But from this point of view, the division headquarters was well arranged, and there was no disconnect on the front. The distribution of the first and second lines between the 1st and 2nd brigades was reasonable. When the 1st Brigade suffered an accident, the 2nd Brigade was quickly reinforced. Moreover, the 1st Brigade did not hold out to the end regardless of the situation at that time, but immediately requested reinforcements from the 2nd Brigade. This is very good practice. ”

Many of the middle and senior officers showed a slight fear on their faces, and if the factors mentioned by Weeser that the British army was very good at fighting were not taken into account when drawing up the entire battle arrangement, then the General Staff would not have considered the possibility that the first brigade would be exhausted in the blink of an eye. When this possibility, which seemed to exist only on paper, suddenly became a reality, the plan finally worked.

Wei Changrong was in charge of combat training for a "long time", and he couldn't help but ask: "Governor, the British artillery is powerful, and the British infantry is also powerful, the key is that their cooperation is better." If we want to catch up with them, how do we have to train? ”

Although Wei Changrong is the specific executor, Wei Ze is the person who comprehensively put forward the concept of combat training, and when Wei Changrong asked, everyone's eyes fell on Wei Ze. As before, there was Wei Ze to cover the situation, so even if he paid such a heavy price, the battle was won and the purpose of the battle was achieved. As far as the ability of the British to show in battle, they are afraid that they will no longer dare to go deep alone. If they dare to go deep alone, the Liberation Army is confident that they can eat the British troops at a smaller cost. It doesn't matter if they're four thousand or forty thousand.

"First of all, we have to correctly understand that our future opponents are no longer the Qing army, but these world-class armies. The British can fight us from thousands of miles away, and they have the ability. As long as we recognize the strength of the enemy and do not underestimate the enemy, we will be able to reduce our losses. Now all we have to do is train well, especially the drills. In the past exercises, everyone knew that the Qing army had no level at all, and it couldn't beat the level that we used to play the enemy, so you patted your chest and asked yourself, is it a drill or an act? Wesser's tone began to become unpolite.

The staff is better, they are doing their best when it comes to paper work. And all the commanders' faces became not very good-looking. They really didn't take this too seriously when they were on a mission to do it.

Seeing that these officers knew the shame, Wei Ze was also relieved, and he said: "Secondly, we are firing a new generation of weapons, but these weapons are encountering some problems. I've arranged for everyone to visit it, and of course, it's a top secret, and no one is allowed to leak it! ”

The content of the tour is naturally a new generation of "singles one" step qiang, and with the exception of a few, most of the officers have seen this weapon for the first time. After watching the shooting performance, and then personally manipulating this kind of step, everyone had spirits. But what happened next came as a surprise to the officers. First of all, the cast iron smoothbore gun, or the rifled Minnebu qiang, can still be regarded as qualified. However, after the use of metal bullets, the chamber pressure is greater and the bullet power is faster. After the lead bullet rubbed violently against the barrel, first, the lead hanging problem of the barrel was strict, and second, the inside of the barrel was quickly deformed. Even thickening the barrel, or using a double barrel will not solve this problem.

One of the reasons for the victory of the Liberation Army was that this unit finally mastered China's first-class weapons for more than four years, and when the Qing army used arquebuses, the Guangfu Army used flint guns, and when the Qing army used arquebuses, the Guangfu Army used cap guns and paper shell bullets. The superiority of weapons ensured that this army would always be able to overwhelm the enemy in firepower. So when you encounter the British army, even if you know that the British army is also a unit that uses muskets, everyone is still not used to it at all.

"Governor, how can we solve this problem?" Wei Changrong asked first.

Wei Ze said to the expectant officers with a stern expression: "We will use steel barrels, and if possible, we will use copper bullets as much as possible. But to do that, we have to have industrial strength. The British are stronger than the Chinese precisely because of their industrial strength. As long as our industrial strength is not able to completely overwhelm the British, although we can still win the war in the 6th century, we will not be able to really defeat the British. ”

After following Wei Ze for more than four years, the officers have barely heard of it, and even know a little about "industry". However, it is not clear what the difference in industrial capacity between China and the UK is.

"So what exactly are we going to do?" Wei Changrong continued to ask.

Wei Ze snorted and shouted, "Bring the pen!" ”

The guards immediately cleaned up the table where the guns were placed in front of everyone, and Wei Ze wrote down eight simplified Chinese characters in a few lines, "Study hard and make progress every day."

No matter how much the Liberation Army was shaken this time, things still played out as Weeser had judged, and the British strategy of trying to bring the Liberation Army to its knees failed. And the British did not hold on to the past, and they soon began to move forward with a new future.

Trade between Hong Kong and the Governorate resumed, and after a few months, foreign merchants began to reappear in the city, all of them seemingly restoring their old appearance, as if nothing had been born.

But the internal changes are going on fiercely, if the former Guangfu Governorate and the Guangfu Army just obeyed Wei Ze, and then step by step into the position of China's strongest army. The tragic battle in Foshan allowed the Liberation Army to see a whole new world. Even in their native China, the mighty Liberation Army had to face the more powerful British. And Hong Kong is only a small part of the strategic layout of the British.

Wei Ze said that the British would not be thinking about fighting with the Liberation Army in the short term, and the Liberation Army did believe that its commander Wei Ze would not tell nonsense, and he said that the British would not fight again in the short term, so they should not fight again. But there will be no war in the short term, but it will be fought in the long term. Military training has been strengthened in an all-round way throughout the unit, and at least no one has treated the exercise as a show anymore. In the face of an "enemy" with the same combat effectiveness, the Liberation Army soon realized that there were actually too many loopholes in the tactics that they were proud of. Some of them are too lazy for everyone to care, and more loopholes are things that everyone didn't even think of in the first place. As a result, the work of the Combat Training Department has increased dramatically several times. And everyone took on the work with hard work.

The troops were willing to lower their "noble heads", and Wei Ze was also relieved. Confucius has a very classic saying, "Zi said: I am 15 aspiring to learn, 30 and stand, 40 is not confused, 50 and knows the destiny of heaven, 60 ears are obedient, 70 do what I want, do not exceed the rules." ”

Standing at thirty, not confused at forty, and knowing the destiny of heaven at fifty is often quoted. But Wei Ze slowly felt that the real reason for Confucius to become a great man was the word "learning" in "I am interested in learning". To learn, you have to have a goal, and then you have to learn and then know the insufficiency. Confucius had the ambition of "learning" when he was fifteen years old, and Wei Ze estimated that this old gentleman also had an attitude of learning, and later there was a saying that "there must be my teacher in a threesome".

A person who studies honestly and diligently, from the age of fifteen to the age of thirty, where is there a possibility of failure. Most of the people Weeser has seen are still unconvinced of their old age. When talking about things, whether it's right or wrong, first make the subconscious presuppositions of the ideas you agree with the dominant core. Where can such people be "interested in learning", let alone have any "spirit of learning".

If the casualties of more than 3,000 people can arouse the "spirit of learning" of the entire Liberation Army, Wei Ze even feels that it is too worthwhile.

Weeser's luck also seemed to be good at this time, and from the news received from the English and French merchants, Weeser learned that the East India Company was working to destroy the Emperor of the Wolmore Dynasty. There is a question in the history exam, and the approximate answer is: the great Indian uprising dealt a blow to the British power and effectively supported China's anti-imperialist struggle.

Of course, the British businessmen who revealed the news naturally did not have such an idea, and they proudly believed that from now on, the Queen of England would be able to wear the crown of India! Since then, the Queen of England is no longer a "king", but a real emperor!

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