Chapter 30: Military Exercises (II)

"Report to the principal, the specific tactics will be decided by the forward troops, and they will be implemented after reporting to the command for approval." Gui Yongqing reported,

"Report to the principal, the tactics of the cadet brigade are basically formulated by the command according to the situation on the front line, but later, when the fourth company was reinforced by our second line of defense under the leadership of the company commander, the company commander temporarily decided to raid the flank of the red side according to the battlefield situation, thus causing the effect of total annihilation. Humble in the command did not dare to take credit. Zhang Zhizhong reported,

"Oh! Then the ability of the leading company commander of your cadet brigade to capture fighters is good! There is the momentum of a young man; What's the name of that company commander? Jiang Zhongzheng asked,

"Report to the principal, the leading company commander is called He Jianye, and his home is from Qingjiang, Jiangxi. I'm afraid Minister He is more aware of the other situations. Zhang Zhizhong reported,

Jiang Zhongzheng looked back at He Yingqin, who was standing behind him, and He Yingqin immediately made a report on He Jianye's specific situation.

"Oh, I didn't expect this young man to be the younger brother of He Fuchu in the first phase of our Whampoa! He Fuchu had a strong intuition about the changes in the battlefield back then, but he didn't expect his younger brother to be so powerful. That's great! "Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood,

"Wenbai, frank, you can go back to the command headquarters to continue commanding, I stay here with you to watch the wonderful play of both of you, I have learned about your exercise plan this time, I think it is good, there is no fixed offensive and defensive side, this idea is very good!" JIANG Zhongzhengdao,

"Yes, Headmaster, the students are leaving." Zhang Zhizhong and Gui Yongqing retired one after another and walked out of the tent and rushed back to the headquarters overnight, after all, the principal and General Sickert were watching from the referee's tent, and neither of them dared to be sloppy, for fear of losing face in front of the principal, and the consequences would be great.

At the place where the referee of the exercise was located, Jiang Zhongzheng was asking the personnel in the tent about the setting of the exercise and the current situation of the two sides, Jiang Zhongzheng, who has always had the habit of meddling in the front-line command, habitually brought himself into the role of double anti-dumping and deducing.

"Well, it seems that the cadet brigade can survive the attack of the Central Teaching Corps at dusk, and this He Jianye has made a lot of contributions! General Sickert, you see, if the red side breaks through these two lines of defense regardless of casualties, and uses artillery fire to support the siege overnight in the subsequent reinforcements from the attack situation of two companies, the blue side may be wiped out by a wave! Jiang Zhong said to General Sickert,

"Jiang, you're right, I noticed this cadet when he first came, this young man's endurance and physical strength were very good in that assessment, but this is not the point that caught my attention, after all, there are still many students with good physical strength and endurance in your military academy, what I noticed is that he did not take the lead in competing for the first place in the assessment in the case of superior physical strength, but stopped to help his friends and help them reach the finish line smoothly; This spirit of helping each other and not giving up on brotherhood is the cornerstone of our Wehrmacht standing on the European continent for hundreds of years, and I am amazed to see this spirit in the East! Sickert said, with the help of an interpreter,

"Ha, ha, ha......" Jiang Zhongzheng was in a good mood, and watching the head of the German military advisory group praise his cadets is tantamount to praising himself!

"However, Chiang, the spirit is the spirit, this young man's performance at dusk only proves that he has a qualified grassroots officer consciousness, whether he can grow depends on the future training, or he has other aspects that have not been shown, it depends on whether he can make people shine in the next military exercises, if he can really show excellent qualities in other aspects, I have to consider replacing the soldiers who went to some special posts in Germany for exchange and study this time." Sickert said,

"Haha, so let's move on?" JIANG Zhongzhengdao,

"Okay, we'll see the end of this exercise here. Let's see if we can find more talents. General Sickt said,

"Report to the principal, your schedule is only to stay here for two hours tonight, do you want to adjust your itinerary?" An attendant officer in the back reported,

"Well, send someone to build a telephone line from Nanjing to come here, I've been here for the past two days, and it's okay to call if there is an emergency!" Jiang Zhongzheng was in a good mood and didn't want to go back, so he wanted to see how good the cadets trained by his military academy could perform after the reform, after all, the Whampoa Military Academy and the Central Army Military Academy were too important to him!

The entourage who received the news began to arrange for personnel to set up temporary tents next to them for Jiang Zhongzheng and his party to rest, and to strengthen the guards around them.

General Zhang Zhizhong, who hurried back to the headquarters of the Cadet Brigade Blue Side Headquarters, was inquiring about the current situation at the front line. After learning about the situation, General Zhang Zhizhong judged that the Red Teaching Corps had no intention of attacking at night. He Jianye, the commander of the fourth company, was immediately ordered to report to the headquarters.

"Report, student He Jianye came to report" He Jianye's report came from the door of the headquarters,

"Come in" Zhang Zhizhong said,

"He Jianye, the support in the afternoon was good, I just went to see the principal, and I appreciate you very much! I hope that you will continue to work hard and be able to shine more in this military exercise. Do you have any thoughts on the current situation? You have the right to move flexibly! Zhang Zhizhong asked,

"Report to the commander-in-chief, I want to take advantage of the night to lead a few brothers to the front line to reconnoiter whether there are any holes in the defense of the red side." He Jianye reported,

"Yes, you can, but stay safe and bring more brothers." ZHANG Zhizhongdao,

He Jianye, who walked out of the command headquarters, went to the assembly area of the fourth company, and jumped more than 20 brothers, including Leng Qi in the same dormitory, the hunter's intuition in the dark night was very powerful, He Jianye hoped to help them go further, this time he went to reconnoiter He Jianye didn't want to stop in front of the opponent's defense line, he planned to go deep into the red side's simulated city area to reconnoitre, to see if there was a chance to go around the opponent's headquarters.

On the morning of the second day after the military exercise began, He Jianye returned to the headquarters and reported to General Zhang Zhizhong: "Commander-in-chief, after my reconnaissance last night, in the defense area of the second company of our forward position, after going forward for 500 meters, we will turn to the southwest and turn around, and through a small road near the mountains and forests, we can go directly to the outside of the opponent's simulated city, but this path is not suitable for large troops to pass through, and for safety reasons, the most suitable personnel should be controlled within 50 people. ”

"Well, yes, it depends on how the red side attacks today, after all, the exercise will end at 12 noon tomorrow, and our current plan is to hold the defensive line tightly, and we will see if we hold it first. Go back and rest first! General Zhang Zhizhong said,

On the second day of the exercise, the Red Party instructed the headquarters of the corps, and the remaining four company commanders stood together in front of Captain Gui Yongqing.

"Shame on you! Last night, I was so embarrassed by the student soldiers of the blue side that I was embarrassed in front of the principal. Gui Yongqing was reprimanding the company commander, and the colonel staff officer standing behind him was also ashamed!

"Looking at the current situation, the student brigade is not ready to attack, we must play well today, let the principal see that our teaching team is not vegetarian. I order: Except for the guard company, gather all the remaining forces, all attack, and before dusk today, you must break through all the outer defenses of the blue side and surround the opponent's simulated city, which can give you a chance to call for artillery support. Tomorrow, before the end of the exercise, we must take down the command of the blue side. Gui Yongqing said viciously,

"Yes" the four company commanders stood on the right path,

BLU Command.

"Report, war briefing!" The signal soldier shouted loudly,

"The second and third companies reported: no signs of the red attack were found in front of the defense area, and there was no build-up of troops." After the signal corps finished reporting, he immediately went out.

"Report, the fifth company reported, through the forward observation posts dispatched, learned that the red side has signs of accumulating a large number of troops in the trenches of the front, and the specific strength is not yet known." The Signal Corps reported,

"Probe again, tell Deng Shixing that you must find out how many troops the red side has gathered." Zhang Zhizhong ordered,

"Order, the second company and the third company each transfer one platoon to strengthen the mobile strength of the fourth company, and order the fourth company to assemble and stand by, ready to reinforce the fifth company at any time." Zhang Zhizhong then ordered,

In the forward position of the fourth company, the two companies of the red teaching brigade under the command of the colonel's staff officer, the company commander personally led people to open the skirmish line to launch a platoon-level wave charge, and the blue cadet brigade could not accurately aim at the red party's stormtroopers in the shooting. BLU cadets will also be accurately shot by the RED infantry following behind the stormtroopers when they lean out, and machine gun shooters will usually be called out before they can finish a magazine. After nearly two hours of resistance, the 5th Company, which was holding the defensive line, finally could not resist and called for support from the headquarters, and the 4th Company, under the leadership of He Jianye, once again arrived at the defensive line to resist.

At 12 noon, the headquarters of the Blue Cadet Brigade.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the losses in the forward positions are too great, request for support." The Signal Corps reported,

"Support, almost 300 people have been filled in, and the rest of the people are just out of 1 company, how can they support, how did Deng Shixing and He Jianye command?" Zhang Zhizhong said angrily,

"Education chief, you can't blame Deng Shixing and He Jianye! After all, in the regular positional warfare, the students of the cadet brigade have not been tested on the battlefield, and the various tactical movements are quite different from the veterans of the teaching brigade opposite! Do you think it's some artillery support? A lieutenant colonel of the command said,

"Hmph, artillery support? We had a total of three opportunities to call for artillery support, Gui Yongqing wished that we would use it up quickly, there were still nearly 24 hours before the end of the exercise, once we used up the number of artillery support, Gui Yongqing was not allowed to launch a group charge, at that time we were even more defeated, and now it is used to support the forward positions, the effect is not great! They launched an attack at the skirmisher platoon level, the infantry assembly points were well fortified, you tell me, where is the shelling? Zhang Zhizhong said,

"The red side used up an artillery attack yesterday, and I think we can also use it once to support the forward positions in an emergency, maybe we can paralyze the red side?" The lieutenant colonel's staff officer then suggested,

"Order: All the remaining troops alternately cover the defense of the simulated city, and if the enemy attacks the city in a big way, use artillery fire to deal with them." Zhang Zhizhong ordered with an iron face, "I hope I can use another chance to cover with artillery fire to survive this afternoon, as long as it is evening, the other party will not be able to attack the city on a large scale, so there is only one morning left, I have two opportunities for artillery support, I will see how he Gui Yongqing can break my headquarters." Zhang Zhizhong thought.