Tan Feng organized a meeting of all the officers together, and according to the information obtained from those Eight Banner scouts, they would soon discuss the corresponding battle plan together. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Especially related to their future annihilation of the Manchu army, this is a very important plan. Tan Feng quickly asked the operational staff officers of the staff department to make a plan, this was also to train them, anyway, they had to review it themselves when the time came.

When the battle plan was brought out, Chief of Staff Wang Jingwen took the initiative to report.

"Commander, the core of our battle plan is to establish it in the case of the Manchu division of troops. The Manchus were simply too arrogant, and actually divided their troops, so that we could create opportunities for each breakthrough. According to the current information, the number of their cavalry is probably within 6,000, and they are even divided into three lines. There were only about 10,000 men and horses on each line, and most of them were infantry. Moreover, they do not have enough firearms. Because Eight Flags is good at training firearms, we don't have to worry about facing firearms. ”

"We are confident that our cavalry division of about 3,000 people can completely defeat these three-way armies of 10,000 infantry and cavalry of the Eight Banners. After the defeat, we can let the motorized infantry and the Mongols go after it. In this way, we can create a local combat superiority through the time difference between the three armies and ensure our victory. Wang Jingwen reported on the core idea of the battle plan.

Tan Feng thought for a while, made an evaluation, and said: "Your plan is also decent, taking advantage of the strong combat effectiveness of our modern cavalry, borrowing the situation that the enemy's soldiers are divided into three ways, using the time difference and spatial distance to form a local combat effectiveness advantage, and after scattering, you can let the Mongols and motorized infantry chase and kill, which is also a decent approach." It's traditional, and generally speaking, there are no major problems. ”

Wang Jingwen smiled, since Tan Feng praised it, it meant that this plan was still more in Tan Feng's eyes. In this way, Tan Feng praised them, and the task was completed relatively well. However, Tan Feng's next sentence made them worry again.

"However, this plan is based on purely military thinking. You are just using pure military thinking to measure operations. However, we have seriously ignored our current situation, especially the political aspects. The military is a continuation of politics, so you have seriously ignored the problem here, and only measured the battle plan by military combat effectiveness. ”

Tan Feng then pointed it out and said, "Our biggest problem at present is not that we have to defeat this group of troops encircled and suppressed by the Eight Banners. We have to build on the preservation of ourselves in the first place, which is the primary goal, and you are already putting the cart before the horse. We have only more than 4,000 Han Chinese here, and more than 4,000 Han Chinese rule over more than 100,000 Mongols. This is actually a serious tightrope walking behavior, and the slightest carelessness will collapse. ”

"If our Han Chinese suffer too many casualties, will you be able to guarantee the loyalty of the Mongols? These Mongols are still relatively obedient at the moment, but if we suffer too many casualties, who of you can guarantee the loyalty of these Mongols? ”

Tan Feng pointed this out directly, which made Wang Jingwen and those staff officers also look embarrassed, they did take this into account. Tan Feng is not wrong, the biggest problem of this Han Guangfu Army is actually the small population, and the population is too small. There is one thing they can say at the moment, and that is "they can't afford to die". The Han people with real core combat strength do not exceed 4,000, and even if they include the Han people who support them in the rear, they are only less than 7,000. With such a sparse population ruling over hundreds of thousands of Mongols, this is actually a tightrope walk.

Tan Feng's situation was very similar to that of the Manchus, and it was very risky to rule a small population that was many times larger than his main ethnic group. Once the casualties were too high, no one could guarantee the loyalty of the Mongols. Tan Feng has no confidence, after all, Mongolians are famous for having milk and being a mother, once there is not enough pressure, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"So our current situation is actually not very good, it is not good for us! Because the Manchus only need to win, they don't necessarily care how much they sacrifice. But we can't, we can't just win, we have to win beautifully. Especially since our population is too small, if it is a crushing victory, it will be very disadvantageous for us, a disastrous victory is almost equivalent to a defeat, population! We can't afford to die, we really can't afford to die. ”

"According to your battle plan, I don't deny that the probability of victory is more than seventy percent. But what do we get in exchange, and in the end, maybe in exchange for our casualties is definitely not low, what will happen to us Han people when the time comes? Therefore, although this plan is in line with military common sense, it is not in line with our current political situation. Therefore, I hope you will remember that military affairs are a continuation of politics, and if you think about it purely from the perspective of military thinking on the battlefield, it is actually useless. ”

In fact, many dynasties used literature to control martial arts, and it was not without his reason, but the Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty were obviously overcorrected. Although they may not necessarily understand the truth that the military is a continuation of politics, they do understand that the military must be subordinated to the reality of the country. ”

"You obviously didn't take into account our complicated relationship with the Mongols when you formulated this plan, so you neglected our problems here. Although the loyalty of the Mongols is relatively reliable at the moment, it is not the same when we lose a lot. For the Mongols, we need to use them, but we can't trust them completely. Our attitude towards the Mongols is to be suspicious of employing people, but we also need to use suspicious people, because we have too few manpower. However, we must do everything possible to preserve our main strength, that is, the Han people. If we can, we can use more Mongolians and less Han Chinese, we Han people can't afford to die. See what I mean? ”

Everyone suddenly had a chill, although this Tan Feng didn't say it explicitly, but he hoped that the Mongols could be the main force and cannon fodder. Anyway, that's it, at least at this stage, it is still necessary to use the Mongols as the main cannon fodder.

"But, Commander, how do we get the Mongols to be that ...... Well, take the initiative to kill the enemy for us? Especially how do we make them truly willing to be loyal to us and die for us? Especially to ensure that they are loyal to us? Wang Jingwen asked.