Chapter 19: The Battle of Moscow (7) Metamorphosis
Andrei's purpose in doing this is to inject a discipline and willpower into the guerrillas to obey orders, which is the core of an army, looking at the core of all world-famous armies in history, the core is discipline, Andrei remembers the comparison of the armies of different eras he saw on the military fan website:
The greatest characteristic and advantage of the modern army is the team spirit, relying on which it can produce various flexible tactics and control the army efficiently. For example www.biquge.info when the enemy's attention is greatly tilted towards the right flank, the front-line commander can easily take advantage of this weakness to attack from behind without sticking to the front and right side of the defense. Coordination, organization, and discipline regard the whole army as a whole rather than relying on the combat strength of individual soldiers -- the modern army, which is the murderous war machine in human history.
The modern army is a war machine, through brutal corporal punishment and daily training, soldiers gradually lose the ability to think for themselves, and form a reflex execution of orders. The fear of sticks and whips is ingrained in a modern army, and the more fearful they are on the battlefield, the more they will mechanically carry out orders. For example, the American troops in the Civil War were covered with artillery fire in a tight formation, slowly walking for a mile, and then perfectly changing formations and climbing over low walls. And from a distance of 4oo yards, he was subjected to non-stop rifled gun fire, and 10,000 people hung up 8,000 in the offensive battle before collapsing.
Needless to say, the organizational structure of the feudal army mainly relied on personal bravery, relying on rank and merit, and relying on robbery (especially nomadic tribes) to maintain fighting spirit, so the feudal army would have the saying that the division should not be stopped and the siege must be que, that is, it hoped not to force the opponent to fight hard. The modern army does not have these arguments, anyway, they are all fought out and pulled down - it is just a zombie and a walking dead on the battlefield. Soulless armies can only rigidly kill or be killed, and cannot actively fight, so after encountering modern armies, there is once again one-sided massacres. Only ideals can inject soul into the corpse of the modern army, not only the rigidity of the machine but also the flexible tactics and flexible elasticity, so the concept of the modern state and nationalism are very good things, and Britain, France, Germany, Japan and other countries have adopted these, so the modern armies of the world have begun to have the prototype of the modern army -- the ideological soul. When it comes to the modern army, the soul and spiritual construction is even more powerful, the most typical is the Eighth Route Army's armed behind enemy lines, the army is full of fighting will, flexibly striving for victory according to the battlefield situation, and the defeated individual soldiers can also restore the will to fight on their own. This could not be done at all in the feudal army, and large-scale guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines was not unwanted by the ancients, but that the feudal army and the modern army could not do it at all, and the feudal army trapped behind enemy lines was a rogue who could only rob.
So even with the same weapons, now the army is stronger than the modern army, and the modern army is stronger than the ancient feudal army. Therefore, the modern army, especially the modern army in the later period, even if it is armed with cold weapons, the kind of feudal army that mainly relies on personal martial arts, relies on rank and merit, and relies on robbery to maintain fighting spirit, still has no chance of defeating the modern army. Therefore, the Opium War was not so much a defeat of weapons as a defeat of the feudal army to a modern army.
So did Chinese feudal society have an army that was close to the modern army? Of course, Qi Jiguang's army is like this - Qi Jiguang's army can stand motionless in the rain for several hours, and the same is true of Yue Fei's Yue family's army. In fact, the feudal army with strict military discipline and consistent pace and relying on the strength of the formation and other groups has the prototype of the early modern army, the difference is that the will to fight is not as good as the modern army, most of the army loses 2-3 percent and often collapses, while the modern army even if the loss of more than half or even 7-8 percent still resists. And Qi Jiguang's Qi family army can be said to be the closest to the modern army, both in terms of ideology and weapons, but unfortunately it failed to develop later. If the Opium War had been replaced by Qi Jiguang's army, I am afraid that the outcome would have been different, at least it would not have been so badly defeated -- in the entire Opium War, the Qing army directly killed only more than 100 British soldiers, while the British army died of 600-800 people due to the lack of adaptation. The Qing army's own losses, it is countless, only the battle of Zhenjiang, the Eight Banners lost 1,000 people, and this battle was the Opium War killed the most British soldiers, but also directly killed 40 British soldiers.
The core of the army is precisely discipline! This is especially true of the Soviet army, the Soviet army is now more like a combination of modern and modern due to the Great Purge, but with the passage of time, the Soviet army will gradually become a modern army, because of the belief in defending the country, Andrei remembered those comrades-in-arms who shouted "Long live the Soviets" and generously went to death, and remembered the soldiers who desperately went to blow up tanks, the most important thing in an army is this spirit and willpower of dedication, Although the current war situation is difficult, but in history, the Soviet army finally withstood the German army and finally planted the red flag on the German capital Berlin, the Great Patriotic War can be won in the end, many people have given a lot of answers, such as because the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War has been the most widely supported by the allies, the German army's two-front combat front is too long, the Soviet Union's territory is large, so that the blitzkrieg has lost its effect, but there is one factor that no one will deny, that is, the heroic resistance of the Soviet military and civilians, In the face of the German Empire that swept across Europe, the Soviet military and civilians formed a great wall of flesh and blood, the cost of the Leningrad Battle of 690,000, the Battle of Moscow 510,000, the Battle of Kiev 650,000, and Stalingrad 1.13 million, the Soviet military and civilian sacrifices prevented the fascists from winning the victory for their country.
Now Andrei hopes that his rigorous training can improve the combat effectiveness of the guerrillas, and the most important thing is to inject this belief in defending the great motherland, because many of the guerrillas are still ordinary people who pick up guns, and they are still far from real soldiers, and Andrei hopes to change all this in the shortest possible time!
Finally, on the tenth lap, many of the guerrillas couldn't even walk, and even the guerrilla fighters from the regular army like Kostya were a little unbearable, because Unit A kept running at a constant speed, and the last lap also increased the speed, and they followed the guerrillas all the way, but they really couldn't bear it, looking at the staggering guerrillas, Andrei came to the center of the camp and said: "Comrades, do you want to defeat the Germans at this level?" ”
Seeing Andrei despise himself so much, many partisans struggled and shouted: "No, why don't you just run?" You don't have to run so long to beat the Germans! ”
Andrei shook his head and said, "Is it really not needed?" Comrades, don't forget that you are guerrillas, you don't have cars like the regular army, you have to rely on two legs for transfer and action, you can't even run the road, what kind of Germans do you fight, it's almost the same to be slaughtered by the Germans as chickens when the Germans encircle and suppress them? ”
As soon as the partisans heard this, they exploded, "Major Yakov, what do you mean by this!" ”
"We are not afraid of death, it's a big deal to fight with the Germans."
"We're not chickens!"
Seeing that the guerrillas' emotions were mobilized by themselves, Andrei said again: "Yes, but does it make sense for you to fight to the death?" The Germans are still running rampant in the motherland, our relatives are still being oppressed and humiliated, who will protect them and who will avenge them when the time comes! Does it make sense for you to die like this? ”
Hearing Andrei's words at this time, the partisans were silent, after all, if they died easily, the battle with the Germans could not be counted, the Germans were the enemies of the team members, and all the partisans had relatives and friends who died at the hands of the Germans, and they had a gritty hatred for the Germans.
Andrei said slowly: "In this case, then learn your skills and fight guerrilla warfare with the German devils, my first lesson is to tell you that only by saving yourself can you destroy the enemy, physical training is only the first step, and there will be more cruel courses next, are you afraid?" ”
"I'm not afraid, I'm afraid of death, I won't join the guerrillas."
"I'm the only one in my family, what are you afraid of!"
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All voices converge into one sentence, we are not afraid!
Looking at these enthusiastic partisans, Andrei suddenly realized why the Soviet Union had partisan medals, there are such partisans, there are such partisans, the country is very lucky, the nation is very lucky!
Next, the guerrillas spent the most terrible ten days, first of all, diet training, Andrei directly put raw wild vegetables and raw mushrooms into his mouth, so that the partisans were about to vomit, looking at everyone's reaction, Andrei explained: "Everyone should know that we are behind enemy lines, this dish is very good, do you know?" Many times the guerrillas may not have enough to eat, or they may not have enough to eat, such training is a must, and everyone must adapt to the raw food! ”
Hearing such an explanation, Ya Ming directly picked up the wild vegetables and stuffed them into his mouth, watching Ya Ming take the lead, and everyone else swallowed the unbearable taste.
There is also concealed training, which cannot be taught in auspicious suits, but some concealed skills can be taught.
Physical training, also made everyone very painful, carrying wood, running in the quagmire, these beliefs and wills and physical training also made the partisans extremely painful, but everyone survived, these guerrillas' beliefs were very tenacious, in order to fight the Germans, for revenge!
After ten days of harsh training, Andrei saw the transformation of the guerrillas' temperament as he wished, and now the guerrillas are already a group of staunch fighters in Andrei's eyes.
At the appointed time, the partisans left after recovering and resting, and Andrei also left the camp and began a new operation, but unexpectedly a surprise soon came.