"In the first Battle of the Beginning City, my newborn Tiance Army still wiped out Jiannu's 35,000 army. In the Korean War, my 5,000-day army fought against 100,000 Jiannu, which time was not a complete victory? ”

"Although the Jiannu of the Gaizhou defense line has fortifications to rely on, your third division is not what it used to be, self-propelled howitzers, air forces and tanks, and a large number of motor vehicles are not owned by the Tiance Army in the past."

Wang Yue continued: "I won't discuss with you that the Third Division has violated the orders of the headquarters, I just want to ask you, with the equipment level of your Third Division, can you drive straight into Gaizhou and attack Shengjing?" ”

Li Zixuan lowered his head and said, "Yes!" ”

Wang Yue roared: "Be louder! ”

Li Zixuan raised his head and said loudly: "Yes!" ”

Wang Yue glared at Li Zixuan angrily and said, "You Li Zixuan are so capable, why did you lose?" Then I'll talk about it. ”

"The first point is that the Third Division disobeyed the orders of the headquarters and wanted to seize the first merit in the Qing operation, and there was a problem with this starting point."

"The second point is that some of the officers and men of our Tiance Army have begun to be complacent and begin to despise all enemies. But I didn't know that when Jiannu was beaten by our army, he would use the tricks of the death squad to burn the chariots and set up minefields to plot against our attacking troops.

However, the commanders of our third division, in the face of the changes in Jiannu, did not adjust their strategy in time, and they still played straight and straight to the black. ”

"The third point is that there are no reserves. With the strength and offensive capability of your third division, is it necessary for the whole army to press? In the event of an emergency, if there is a reserve, why rush?

This is also a sign of your complacency, and if there were reserves, the losses would not be as great as they are now. ”

"Fourth, there is a problem with the pre-war strategy. The Gaizhou defense line is more than 60 kilometers long, and although Jiannu has 180,000 troops, it is almost an impossible task to prevent our army's breakthrough on such a long defense line, and our powerful Tiance army has just failed. ”

What does this mean? This shows that Dorgon, the commander of Jiannu, is a master of the game, and the commander of our army is too tender. It's like playing chess, where the enemy knows where your next move will land from your start.

This shows that our army's tactics are traceable, allowing the enemy to understand the law, and your third division just fell into the enemy's trap, and most of the whole army stepped into a minefield.

I strongly do not believe that the entire Gaizhou defense line is full of minefields, because the productive forces of the Manchus simply cannot do this. ”

Political Minister Huang Bo nodded and said, "The commander is right, as far as we know, the production capacity of Jiannu is very backward, so it is impossible to have so much gunpowder. ”

Wang Yue hummed and continued: "The last point is also the most failed point of the Third Division in the Gaizhou Campaign. Our Tiance Army is a powerful army composed of the navy, army, and air force, and the navy, army, and air force are a whole, and the Gaizhou Campaign launched by the Third Division seems to have forgotten this. ”

"Although Dolgon was an excellent commander, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also had many experienced generals, and his combat experience was indeed stronger than our army. However, their operational thinking is still stuck in land operations, and they are actually very backward compared to the conditions that our army has. ”

"In the ports of Dalian and Lushun, the navy has five maritime surveillance warships and more than forty mobile cargo ships, which are fully capable of launching a cross-sea operation, bypassing the Gaizhou defense line and reaching Gaizhou City directly, and then blossoming in the middle and launching an attack from behind Jiannu, can Jiannu not fail?"

"That is to say, in order to grab merit and eat alone, when the Third Division launched the Gaizhou Campaign, it did not notify the brother troops and the Navy to participate in the Gaizhou Campaign."

Wang Yue looked at Li Zixuan and said, "Li Zixuan, are you convinced of the reasons for the failure of this commander's analysis?" ”

Li Zixuan said loudly: "It's a humble duty!" ”

Li Zixiong, chief of the General Staff, looked at Li Zixuan, then at Wang Yue's face, clapped his hands and exclaimed: "The commander's analysis is very thorough, which makes the lowly rank suddenly open. I suggest that the transcript of the commander's conversation be given to all staff officers for study and discussion as a summary of our army's defeat in this Gaizhou campaign. ”

Wang Yue glared at him and said, "Chief of Staff, don't fight here haha!" The General Staff Department should conscientiously sum up the failures of this campaign so that the whole army can learn the painful lessons of this campaign. In addition, the responsibility of the relevant personnel of the Third Division in this defeat should be studied and discussed by several commanding officers of the headquarters and a proposal for dealing with it. ”

"Yes!"

Two days later, the medical ship from Tianjin also arrived smoothly, and the medical force in Dalian was greatly strengthened, and many seriously injured people were also transferred to the hospital ship.

Subsequently, Zhang Lebu of the Sixth Division was transported to the Liaodong Peninsula by sea, and the three brigades of Zhang Jicheng's division of the First Division were also constantly coming, and most of the warships of the navy were also assembling in Dalian Port and Port Arthur one after another.

“…… After a detailed investigation afterwards, our army lost a total of 27 rifles, 31 submachine guns, more than 5,200 rounds of ammunition, five mortars, two recoilless guns, more than 280 artillery shells, 167 grenades, one scrapped tank, three armored vehicles, and a burned armored car that had been towed back to Dalian. ”

On 24 May, a pre-war meeting of the Tiance Army was held in Dalian, attended by officers of various units participating in the battle and several members of the headquarters of the Tiance Army.

Before the meeting began, Li Zixiong, chief of the General Staff, organized a study of the course and analysis of the defeat of the First Gaizhou Campaign.

Wang Yue said: "The first battle of Gaizhou was a failed war fought by the Third Division that changed the order of the headquarters without authorization, and it was the biggest defeat since the formation of our Tiance Army. ”

"According to the opinions of several commanding officers of the headquarters and myself, I would like to announce the decision on the handling of several responsible officers of the Third Division: Li Zixuan, as the division commander, bears the main responsibility for this defeat, and he will be dismissed from his post as commander of the Third Division with immediate effect, demoted by three ranks, and appointed battalion commander.

"Wu Zhengchun, the instructor of the Third Division, has secondary responsibility, but he is worthy of recognition for his ability to keep a clear head in an emergency and handle it properly. The rank of Major General Wu Zhengchun is now revoked, demoted to colonel, and he is acting commander and instructor of the Third Division. ”

"Sun Shengjie, chief of staff of the Third Division, is jointly and severally responsible, but he was able to personally lead reinforcements to block the offensive of Jiannu and make a certain contribution to reducing the losses of our army. Sun Shengjie is now revoked from the rank of colonel, demoted to colonel, and acting chief of staff of the Third Division. ”