Chapter 6: Looking Forward to the Future
The Higher Military Academy, which was founded in Berlin in 1810, was the first school in the world to train staff officers. Its first headmaster was Gerhard. Feng. General Scharnhorst. Clausewitz, a famous military theorist, served as the school's rector for 12 years (1818-1830).
It was here that Mr. Litchie graduated, and at the age of 19 he was able to become a lieutenant in a reserve regiment, and if he had not graduated from a military academy, he would have entered the army as a rifleman at the age of 19.
Hans. Feng. Seckert also graduated from the military academy, but he attended the army military academy, and it is precisely because he graduated from the regular military academy that he knows how great a person who can graduate from the military academy is.
The Higher Military Academy was the highest military institution in the Second German Empire, where it produced countless famous military strategists, and was also the cradle of many outstanding officers of the German military. Feng. Seckert had reason to believe that Richie, who graduated from there, would not write so many insights without purpose.
Hans. Feng. Seckert was a capable soldier who had come all the way to France from the Eastern Front, and he had taken some of Richie's suggestions in his letter to heart, so he immediately got to the point with a little pleasantries.
The German army was the first to use the assault force to carry out infiltration and reconnaissance of some positions, and later switched to spying on the enemy's artillery positions, which can be said to be fundamentally different from frontal advance operations.
In light of the results and losses of some commando operations that have already taken place, Li Qi deduces hypothetical inferences that it is possible to carry out purposeful and targeted infiltration attacks under this tactical premise.
“…… Therefore, a successful infiltration attack requires the support of the intelligence service, the discovery of the enemy's command hub, or the decapitation of the enemy's generals. After Richie finished speaking, he glanced at Hans slightly. Feng. Seckert.
Hans. Feng. Seckert asked very uncertainly: "You studied the staff discipline, right?" ”
Li Qi nodded respectfully and replied, "Yes, Your Excellency, General." ”
"It seems that you also have your own opinions on the use of tactics." Hans. Feng. Seckert smiled rarely, pondered for a moment, then reverted to his stereotypical unsmiling expression, and said, "You want to put your ideas into action, which is why you wrote that letter?" ”
"Yes, Your Excellency." Li Qi maintained a respectful expression and said: "Two years have passed since the war, and the battlefield situation has fallen into a state of relative confrontation, and no matter which side wants to move forward, it will always have to pay an unimaginable price. Therefore, I secretly thought that the war was already protracted. It will be extremely difficult for any faction to defeat their opponents from the real battlefield, and even if they can win, they will have to pay an unbearable price. ”
Hans. Feng. Wasn't it precisely because Seckert was looking for a quick way to end the war that he learned about the role of commandos on the battlefield, so he wanted to promote it? He looked at Li Qi quietly, and saw a trace of expectation and a trace of nervousness in Li Qi's eyes. He thought to himself: "The senior general knows that it is not difficult to prolong the war, but this young man has no more information but can judge that the war is protracted, and understands that now that the two sides have entered a period of weakness, neither can solve the opponent's ...... on the battlefield"
Richie was defeated by Hans. Feng. Seckert's scrutinizing gaze was a little frustrated.
Before the outbreak of World War I, both the Central Powers led by the Second German Reich and the Entente led by Britain and France expected that the war would end soon, as had happened before. However, the scale and severity of the war exceeded the expectations of both sides, and as a result, neither the Entente nor the Central Powers were adequately prepared. The preparation here is from psychological to material, and even though the war has been going on for two years, the people who have discovered this so far are still in the minority.
There is no doubt that the reason why Li Qi said those words was to provoke Hans. Feng. Seckert's attention or appreciation. Hans. Feng. Seckert was deeply trusted by Crown Prince Wilhelm, and he was trusted by Hans. Feng. Seckert's attention is absolutely advantageous and harmless.
Even if Litchie failed to get Hans in the Second German Reich. Feng. What development does Seckert's appreciation get, don't forget Hans. Feng. Seckert was also the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht in the Weimar Republic.
It is because of Hans. Feng. During his tenure as Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht during the Weimar Republic, Seckert devoted himself to ensuring the combat effectiveness of the German Army, training every soldier as an officer, laying the foundation for the German army in World War II, and becoming the "father of the German Army in World War II".
Now that the Allies and the Entente have fallen into the quagmire of trench warfare, both sides are like a camel panting and unable to move their legs, and next year the United States will stand on the side of the Entente and become the straw that breaks the camel's back, and Richie must play his own role to earn the prestige he needs in the future.
"You have a great idea." Hans. Feng. Seckert groaned for a moment and said, "I will write a letter of recommendation to General Bello, maybe you should have a new stage on the battlefield." ”
General Bello's full name was Otto. Feng. Bello, who was the commander of the 1st Army of the German Western Front, Hans. Feng. Seckert's willingness to write a letter of recommendation for Litch is enough to prove that Hans. Feng. Seckert really appreciates Richie.
There was no extra time to talk, in fact, halfway through the conversation. Feng. Seckert was informed that he had to rush back to the Eastern Front.
Li Qi returned to the front line with excitement and apprehension, and he will get his own stage because of his boldness and decisiveness.
The stage may be big, or it may be small, and it may even be that Richie will receive a lunch box the moment he stands on the stage, but in any case, it is much safer than being an officer on the frontal battlefield and leading a group of people to meet the almost certain road to death.
What Litchie didn't know was that Hans. Feng. Seckert should have been in a lot of trouble when he returned to the Eastern Front, and although Austria-Hungary was an ally of the Second German Reich, relations were not as good as they could have been.
It took a long time again, and Li Qi, who returned to the front line on the Western Front, first went to Lieutenant Colonel Rhodes to cancel his leave, and then returned to his own company to inspect it, encouraging the non-commissioned officer and chatting casually with the soldiers of the company, and when he returned to his own bunker, he took out his personal notes.
The note is "Obey. Rich's diary, now this imposter has also developed the habit of writing a diary, he writes a pencil about the experience of the day, and after writing it he thinks to himself: "I am about to step on a new stage, and perform on this stage not for the current Second Reich, but for the period of the Weimar Republic, but also for the Third Reich to have a capital that no one else can match!" ”