After the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai was angry with the Japanese army, at this time the small station had been training for three years, Yuan Shikai thought that the time had come, and wanted to avenge this arrow. First, I want to see how the actual combat capability of the new army trained at the small station is, second, I can win a bargaining chip for my political identity, and third, if the training at the small station wants to continue, this is also a performance that must be absolutely carried out.

The location is next to the county town of Xiushui near the station, which basically encapsulates all the characteristics of China's topography, from flat fields to overlapping mountains, rushing rivers and dense forests, dry land in the north and paddy fields in the south, wetlands inhabited by wild birds and desolate deserts where no grass grows. Within a radius of dozens of miles, the columns are in the field, the Jin Ge iron horse, the soldiers are fighting, and the heroes are on the horse, and they are in a duel.

On a high ground in the exercise ground, a high parade platform was erected, from which you could see all corners of the exercise. As for the visitors, there are not only the Minister of the Military Aircraft Department, the Minister of State, the Minister of Supervision, the Minister of Training, and the Minister of Roads and Mines who support Yuan Shikai's military training, but also Tie Liang, who is at odds with Yuan Shikai, and the senior officials of various ministries of the Qing court, and then the reporters and military attaches of various countries in China and representatives of various provinces, and the chief director, naturally Yuan Shikai who is wearing a military uniform and trying to direct this play well.

As for the director, Yuan Shikai sent Feng Guozhang, the general office of the infantry academy and the general office of the supervision and training battalion, as the general staff to help Yuan Shikai plan everything, and the actors, all the new officers and soldiers participated in the battle, and all the infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineering, and baggage were dispatched.

The main opponent of the competition was the Japanese army that was invited to the competition, and the head of the Japanese armed forces stationed in China also knew very well that he wanted to use this exercise to compete with China's new army. The purpose is, first, to test the combat effectiveness of China's new army. Second, it is better to defeat the Chinese army arrogantly and crush the Chinese mentally. So it was personally led by Lieutenant General Sato, the commander of the division, and an elite brigade came as a whole.

Japan's modern army reform began in the Meiji Restoration, and on October 15, 1870, an edict was issued ordering the entire army to adopt the French style of organization and training, and to comprehensively learn from the French army construction. In 1878, in view of France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, he immediately switched to studying the German Army. By the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, the largest establishment unit of the Japanese Army was the division (the division is divided into: brigade, wing, brigade, squadron, and squad), and it is divided into two types: field division and guard division. In the event of a war, a number of divisions and other combat units could be organized into temporary corps, the XX Army.

The Japanese Infantry Guards Division is under the jurisdiction of 2 infantry brigades (a total of 4 infantry wings), 7288 people. 1 cavalry brigade (3 cavalry squadrons in total), 514 people. 1 artillery wing (under the jurisdiction of 2 artillery brigades), 590 people. 1 engineer brigade (2 engineer squadrons in total), 394 people. 1 baggage brigade (2 squadrons), 678 people. There are also 52 members of the marching band. In total, the normal strength of a Guards Division is 9,516 people. At the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, it was expanded to 12,095 people.

The establishment of the Japanese infantry field division is under the jurisdiction of 2 infantry brigades (a total of 4 infantry wings), 7,264 people. 1 cavalry brigade (3 cavalry squadrons in total), 652 people. 1 field artillery wing (3 artillery brigades), 818 people. 1 engineer brigade (3 engineer squadrons in total), 520 people. 1 Heavy Infantry Brigade (2 squadrons), 888 people. There are also 12 members of the marching band. In total, an infantry field division has a normal strength of 10,154 people. At the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, the number increased to 18,492.

The first modern rifle equipped by the Japanese infantry was the 1880 "Murata 13-Year Style" single-shot rifle, with a caliber of 11 mm and a maximum range of 2,400 meters. (s'i0L3Z! In 1889, the B'S3]d2 was made into a smokeless gunpowder "Murata 22-style" repeating gun, with a caliber of 8 mm, a maximum range of more than 3,100 meters, and a magazine that could hold 8 rounds. Japanese Army

After 1885, the artillery used by the Japanese army was mainly a field gun with a caliber of 70 mm and a maximum firing range of 5,000 meters and a bronze mountain gun with a maximum firing range of 3,000 meters produced by the Osaka-made Artillery Factory.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties on both sides, both sides must use rifle cartridge trainer shells and field artillery mountain artillery trainer shells. The size of the rifle bullet trainer bullet is about the same as that of a live bullet, but it has no lethality, its bullet is not the copper core bullet of an ordinary bullet but a bullet with paint, it will hurt when hit on the body, but it will not die, if the body is "colored", then the soldier has to withdraw from the battlefield. The bayonets of both sides had already been put away, and instead of the bayonets was a piece of wood, covered with bread and cloth, painted with dye, and if it was "colored", it would have to be withdrawn from the battlefield. The shell trainer shell contained only a small amount of explosives, and the point of detonation could be seen from a distance.

According to the exercise plan, as soon as the two sides waved their flags, a battalion of the Japanese army and a battalion of the new army entered the first round of exercises. Both sides were about the same in strength, and both were supported by artillery. The artillery of the New Army bombarded the way of the Japanese advance, and the Japanese brigade quickly evaded the artillery fire of the New Army and hid behind the mountain. The officers of the Forces nouvelles took the opportunity to direct their troops to hurry up the construction of German-style fortifications.

Yuan Shikai, Yi Miao, and Tie Liang were all holding binoculars and looking into the distance. Yi Miao praised: "These soldiers are really well-trained! Such a deep ditch, such a deep trench was dug in a short time. Tie Liang, who is known as a soldier, also said: "How well each soldier's bunker is dug, just lying on it to shoot, crossing each other, you can control the distance within 100 meters, the trench is also well dug, you can not only move back and forth, but also connect with the dark trench and traffic trench behind; There is also a few Gatling heavy machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns on several small mounds The position is also well arranged, and the effective firing distance of 1000 meters is just to shoot the Japanese from the side, so that the Japanese have no return; In addition, the battalion headquarters and team headquarters in the back are also well dug, just enough to see the battle situation in front clearly, and they can send troops back and forth to support; The artillery position was also available, placed behind the fortifications, and under the cover of a grove, at a distance of 6000 meters, blocking the path of the Japanese advance. Yi Miao said: "Our infantry weapons and artillery are no worse than those of the Japanese army, and I think the outcome of this battle has been decided." Tie Liang pursed his lips and said, "That's not necessarily, only to see the mud on the legs?" ”

The Japanese began to attack, and they marched in straggler formations, braving the heavy artillery fire of the new army, and from time to time, some Japanese soldiers were "shot and fell". Soon, the situation on the battlefield changed, the Japanese army poured accurate artillery fire, and the positions of the new army were suddenly filled with smoke, sand and stones flew wildly, and the first to suffer were artillery positions and heavy machine guns. Theoretically, these heavy weapons are all "reimbursed".

Tie Liang quietly realized this, patted his thigh and said: "Oops, the artillery was exposed too early, and without the support of heavy weapons, this battle will not be easy to fight." Yi Miao was also an afterthought, saying: "What kind of cannon did you come up to shoot first!" It's all right, it's all over, these rice buckets. Yuan Shikai was also very anxious, and scolded: "Improper command has hurt me!" ”

The Japanese infantry quickly rushed up, they did not all attack head-on, but there was an assault squadron, which chose the junction between the two teams, concentrated the superior forces and rushed in at once, regardless of the two wings, until they rushed to the team headquarters, the battalion headquarters, and after the end of the headquarters, they developed to the two wings.

The new army lost its command at this time, and could only fight on its own, mixing with the Japanese army, and had to deal with the Japanese army in front and the Japanese army rushing from the flank, and was obviously at a disadvantage. After a while, the front of the new army was completely broken through, and all the new army was "killed", and the Japanese casualties were not small, only more than 600 people remained, and more than 100 people were slightly injured and "hung flowers".

This caused a loud uproar among reporters and military attachés stationed in China, and of course it was the visiting representatives of various provinces who were most stimulated. Some provincial deputies scolded the new army: "The state has spent so much money to support you, and you are still defeated, how can this be done?" Some deputies spoke more directly: "In the First Sino-Japanese War, China lost power and humiliated the country, I was expecting the small station to train troops and strengthen our military, but I didn't expect it, it still won't work, how to go down, what kind of soldiers are still trained at the small station, just save all this money and give it to the Japanese!" Some scolded: "This Yuan Shikai mistook me for China, and he should be killed!" Damn it! ”

Under the flashing lights of countless Chinese and foreign reporters, the 1,000 defeated soldiers of the New Army all gathered in front of Yuan Shikai to listen to the reprimand, some of them were hit by three or four "red flowers", some were beaten by the rocks that collapsed from the sand, and some of them really could never get up, and they were killed by the nearby coaches. At this moment, Yuan Shikai was even more angry and shouted, and scolded loudly: "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, is this how you fight?" Who is the Commander? ”

The commander came with his head drooping, and his image was extremely miserable, hanging his arm, which was caused by a dislocated arm in hand-to-hand combat. The whole body was red, it was the "red medicine" that had been shot five times. Yuan Shikai shouted loudly to the law enforcement officer: "What is the use of such an officer, what is the use of keeping it, drag it out and behead it." ”

The scarred commander was strong, and did not beg for mercy in the slightest, just waiting for the executioner to carry out the execution. But Yi Miao couldn't stand it anymore, and said to Yuan Shikai: "Is this a drill after all, besides, the Japanese army is too cunning, let him live!" Tie Liang also said: "There is a competition below, and killing the commander will not be good for the exercises below." Yuan Shikai thought about it for a while, and said loudly to the law enforcement officer: "If it weren't for the two adults to intercede for you, how could I spare you." The death penalty is forbidden, but the living sin is inescapable. The battalion commander was dismissed from his post and investigated, all team officers and platoon commanders were demoted by one level, and all soldiers had one demerit. ”

The Japanese shouted with excitement and cheered their victory. The commander of the Sato Division drew his saber, waved it and shouted: "My Japanese army is big, and your Chinese army is small." ”

This can anger the Chinese present, some people are eager to skin Sato cramps alive, and others pin their hopes on the second round of exercises.

The second engagement began again, this time also with a battalion of the Japanese army and a battalion of the New Army, with artillery support from both sides. This brigade of the Japanese army, relying on the favorable terrain of a mountain, was rapidly building fortifications, while this battalion of the new army, having learned the lesson of the last time, did not defend, but chose to take the initiative to attack. The attack was not a full-scale blind attack, but a tentative attack, looking for the weak points of the Japanese army. The two sides entered a stalemate.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tie Liang was showing his military talent again: "Just now, do you know what tactics the Japanese army adopted? ”

At this moment, some reporters pointed their cameras at Tie Liang, and Yi Miao also wanted to listen to the truth, and said: "Please talk to Lord Tie, we have to listen to it clearly." ”

Tie Liang said in a straight voice: "This is the latest tactic researched by Germany, which is called assault group tactics and infiltration tactics. The core of this is to use small combat units, take advantage of the gaps and joints of the opponent's defense, infiltrate the opponent's defense system, strike at important targets, cut off the lines of communication, cut off the relationship between defense deployments, and create conditions for frontal attacks. Specifically, it is divided into 4 parts: 1 is a short and violent shelling, the purpose of which is to suppress the enemy army and not try to destroy it, which effectively shortens the shelling time. 2 is in the barrage of Xu Qian, lightly armed assault troops set off and penetrate into the weak points of the opponent's defense line. They will try to avoid fighting until they destroy the opposing artillery units and command structures. 3. When the light assault units have completed their mission, other troops will attack the opposing stronghold bypassed by the light assault troops. 4 It was at the final stage of the assault that ordinary infantry began to clear the last resistance of the opposing troops. ”

Yi Miao commanded his army and said: "You are really a great military strategist, it is really admirable!" Admire! Since you know the strategy so well, how about taking a new army to defeat the Japanese army? ”

Tie Liang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm just talking on paper, besides, I don't know how this round of exercises will be." I believe that the new army trained by Master Yuan will definitely be able to defeat the Japanese army and raise the prestige of our Chinese army. He pushed the ball to Yuan Shikai again.

Yuan Shikai couldn't hear these rumors, he was so angry that his stomach was ringing, he thought, no matter what, this round will also defeat the Japanese army, if he can't defeat the Japanese army, he can only roll up the cover and go home.

After a period of pause between the Chinese and Japanese armies, the Chinese army began to attack. First of all, the artillery fire was covered, and the fierce artillery fire poured wildly towards the Japanese position, only to hit the Japanese position with wolf smoke everywhere, flying sand to cover the sun. After the artillery bombardment was over, the new army began to attack fiercely, and the artillery of the new army was also well learned, so they quickly moved their positions so as not to be bombarded by the Japanese artillery fire.

The Forces nouvelles quickly stormed the Japanese positions, which, oddly enough, were hardly manned and were an "empty shell" position. At this time, the Japanese artillery shells began to pour, and many new troops could not dodge, and were hit by "shells", and some of them really died and could never get up, because although these shells had very little explosives, they were too close, and the power of the shells could not be underestimated.

Only then did the battalion commander find that the main force of the Japanese army had all retreated to the second front, and although the first front was finally occupied, many soldiers had become cannon fodder, and nearly one-third of the casualties were lost. At this time, it is really a dilemma, if you continue to advance, the traffic has been blocked, jump to attack, you need to pass through a period of open land, if you retreat, it will not work, the Japanese army will take advantage of the victory to pursue, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The battalion commander gritted his teeth and directed the troops to continue the attack. The first was the artillery covering, the artillery bombarded the enemy's second front, and the new troops lay down in the trenches to rest. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the soldiers of the new army jumped up from the trenches, braved the enemy's dense guns and shells to charge quickly, and during the attack, some people were constantly "shot" and fell, and finally rushed to the second trench and searched for the enemy. The battalion commander looked at his men and horses, and this time he lost about a third of his troops.

At this moment, the battalion commander was even more embarrassed, obviously he couldn't retreat, if he retreated, the Japanese army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and if he didn't wait to return to his base camp, I am afraid that there would be no one left.

At this time, the Japanese artillery was pouring out again, and the position that had just been occupied became a "sea of fire" with sand and stones flying wildly, and this was a loss of training bullets, if it was a live ammunition, this shock wave alone, countless soldiers would have been suffocated to death, roasted to death by the scorching air, torn off their clothes, torn flesh and skin, and the mud fortifications would have been beaten to the ground and out of shape.

The camp management belt gritted his teeth, what else is there to say at this time, maybe he will be beheaded by Yuan Shikai long ago when he goes back, and he will die with backbone. As soon as the artillery stopped and the flag waved, the artillery fire of the new army continued to bombard, and the Japanese positions were also flying with sand and stones, a "sea of fire." As soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, the battalion commander took the lead and rushed out of the trench, waved his hand at the soldiers, and "charged-" The soldiers jumped up from the trenches, raised their wooden rifles, and charged into the enemy's position.

There were bursts of platoon guns in the trenches of the Japanese army, and the charging soldiers of the New Army continued to fall in the "red" and rushed to the enemy's position, and there were not many soldiers left in the New Army. At this time, the Japanese army carried out a counter-charge, and a captain waved his knife and shouted: "Duck give-rabbit quack-" The Japanese soldiers all jumped out of the trenches, and they started a white-knuckle fight with the new recruits who rushed up.

At this time, the artillery fire on both sides had stopped, and the sound of ping-pong swords and guns colliding on the position, the wheezing of the soldiers, and the "knock" sound of wood piercing the body, and finally standing on the position were six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers, and the new army of 1,000 people was brought from the pipe to the soldiers, all of whom were dyed "red" and died.

Yi Miao, Tie Liang, and Yuan Shikai put down the telescope in pain. As soon as the reporters who were expected to go on a telescope told all the spectators about this, the reporters and military attachés from various countries in China were in another big commotion, and some of the delegates from various provinces beat their chests and feet, wept bitterly, some scolded Yuan Shikai for misleading the country and the army, and scolded the New Army for not being angry, and some simply took out knives to harm themselves in order to vent their grief and indignation.

After a while, more than 900 dejected new troops and more than 1,000 high-spirited Japanese soldiers came to the viewing platform. At this time, Yuan Shikai's eyes were dull and his reaction was slow, and he had long lost his previous majesty. He said to the magistrate: "Tell them to get out of here, I don't want to see them again, the battalion management will be removed from their posts and investigated, the rest of the officers will be lowered, and all the soldiers will have a demerit." ”

At this time, the commander of the Sato Division drew his command knife and shouted: "The soldiers of my Japanese Empire are invincible, do the soldiers of the New Army dare to fight again?" If you fight again, the armies of our Imperial Japan will still be able to defeat you. If you don't fight, then we will be victorious, and you will be defeated anyway. ”

The faces of the Chinese present changed color in anger, and several provincial representatives who were watching the battle shouted: "Soldiers of the New Army, you also give the Chinese long faces, and you must defeat the Japanese and resolutely defeat the Japanese." ”

The soldiers of the new army all stared at Yuan Shikai with blood-red eyes, and an officer took the lead in shouting: "Let's ask for war and swear to defeat the Japanese army." The soldiers also shouted: "Defeat the Japanese army to the death." ”

At this time, Yuan Shikai has lost the confidence to fight again, and has now suffered a fiasco. Can you continue to train troops at your own small station? From then on, without the army, his political career would be dim......

At this time, Tie Liang was still playing with his cleverness, and said to Yi Miao: "Do you know what tactics the Japanese army uses? Yi Miao whispered, "I don't know." Tie Liang said: "This is called the German army's elastic defense mode. It consists of 3 parts: 1 is the outpost area, which is arranged with a small number of eyeliners to warn of enemy attacks and patrol between depths; 2 is in the main combat area at a depth of 1500-1300 meters, relying on the terrain to arrange a complex trench system, the purpose is to delay the opponent's attack; 3 is the rear placement of artillery and reserves. Although the main theater of operations still relied on trenches, the Germans would retreat to more defensible terrain as needed, placing reserves in trenches to avoid enemy reconnaissance and artillery fire, and building fortifications on favorable terrain. The outpost is supported by long-range artillery fire with the aim of splitting the offensive of the opposing side. When the opposing offensive force struggles through the outpost, it will look exhausted on the main front. Unlike the combat mode of completely blocking the opponent from the defensive line, the flexible defense mode allows the enemy to pass through the main combat zone, so that the attacking force will be trapped in the defense system and unable to extricate itself, and the personnel will suffer a lot of attrition after being hit by the double blow of artillery fire and counteroffensive forces......"

Even Yi Miao couldn't listen to it anymore, and hurriedly interrupted him and said: "Needless to say, now that the new army lacks excellent commanders, the situation is extremely critical, so please lead an army and give us Chinese a long face!" Tie Liang smiled and said, "Don't dare!" Can't! In that case, wouldn't Lord Yuan be too faceless. In fact, Tie Conscience was thinking in his heart: "If the leader of the troops wins the battle, wouldn't it give Yuan Shikai a long face, wouldn't it be a prestige for others, and there would be no way to clean up this domineering Yuan Shikai in the future." If the leader of the army loses the battle, it will be even more troublesome, and he will lose face in the future, how can he still lose the reputation of a full-time military general who knows the soldiers in front of Cixi. ”

At this time, Feng Guozhang, who is a staff officer, is even more disgraced, if he doesn't fight again, he will regret it for a lifetime, and Yuan Shikai, who has the grace of knowing him, will also hate himself for a lifetime, Feng Guozhang was about to shout: "Yuan ......" Before a word was spoken, a young officer suddenly walked out of the new army, gave a military salute to Yuan Shikai, and then said: "The public soldiers are willing to lead the army to fight and fight to the death with the Japanese army!" ”

Yuan Shikai glanced at Gong Ren and said lightly: "What kind of public soldier are you, are you obviously Gong Ren!" ”

Gong Ren was taken aback when he heard this, but he didn't expect that he was hiding a lot, and the smart Yuan Shikai still recognized him at a glance. No matter whether he wins or loses this battle, he will inevitably die, but the matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to say.

At this moment, Ni Yingdian suddenly shouted loudly in the pile of new troops: "The soldiers of the new army are willing to die to defeat the Japanese army." The other soldiers also shouted: "The soldiers of the New Army are willing to die to defeat the Japanese army." ”

Yuan Shikai waved his hand at them and said, "Okay, okay, I know your strong will to fight." Yuan Shikai said to Gong Ren again: "What ability do you have to defeat the Japanese army." ”

Ni Yingdian shouted again: "If you don't defeat the Japanese army, you won't stop!" The other soldiers also shouted: "I will not give up until the Japanese army is defeated." ”

Yuan Shikai was a little anxious, and shouted to the soldiers of the new army who shouted: "If there is any more noise in front of the battle, those who talk nonsense will be killed!" ”

No one shouted among the soldiers of the new army, and Ni Yingdian lowered his head helplessly.

Yuan Shikai shouted to Gong Ren again: "Please come and speak." ”

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