Chapter 115: Subjective Initiative
Four Seasons Fishing Village.
After the battlefield was cleaned up, Yue Weihua transferred the captured trophies, including the bullet-riddled and dilapidated steamers, gunboats, tugboats and freighters, to the vicinity of the Four Seasons Fishing Village through the Meritorious Pagoda, after all, the space of the second heaven of the Meritorious Pagoda was only 27,000 cubic meters, and if these ships were all crammed in, it was estimated that other things would not be able to be placed.
In this regard, Yue Weihua is very looking forward to the promotion of the merit tower, but it is also fast, coming back from the south, the accumulated merit points have reached more than 68,000, a few days ago Yue Weiyun led the Xigang Military Division, exterminated the evil bandits along the way from Aihui to Xigang, and harvested more than 3,500 merit points, plus a battle to kill 5,000 people from Lao Maozi, and harvested more than 24,500 merit points, making Yue Weihua's cumulative merit points just over 96,000 points.
The merit tower needs 100,000 merit points to advance to the Triple Heaven, and at present, it is enough to have two battalions of Lao Maozi.
A lot of merit points were earned, which made Yue Weihua feel quite comfortable, and he was completely sleepy, and he was not even so anxious about waiting for the telegram, but Yue Weihua knew that it was useless to be anxious, so he simply practiced boxing in the square of the Four Seasons Fishing Village against the rising sun.
"Commander, Shangma Village Telegraph."
Shen Yin came in a hurry, Yue Weihua knew that he was still coming, raised his hand and looked at his watch, and found that it was already more than eight o'clock, so he smiled and said: "It's better than I expected, I actually persevered for more than two hours, and it can be regarded as loyal." ”
"Well, the Qing troops stationed in Shangma Village are all descendants of General Yang, and the Boxers are Zou Yin's department, it is said that the fight was very tragic, more than half of the casualties of the Qing army, and the Boxers are about the same, 800 casualties, in exchange for two hours, I don't know if it's worth it." Shen Yin has some of Mo Min's feelings.
After all, they are all fresh lives, knowing that they can't keep it, they still have to take their lives to fill it, although this kind of behavior seems stupid, but it is also the embodiment of a country's and nation's integrity, if no one resists, no one fights, then such a country and nation, is really finished.
"Some sacrifices are worth it, because only the blood of the martyrs can inspire future generations to forge ahead, and only after the baptism of blood and tears can a sleeping nation be completely awakened." Yue Weihua paused, and then said: "My Chinese nation is in the midst of great changes unseen in three thousand years, if we can't rise up, then we will completely sink, and if we fall behind, we will be beaten, this is the most reasonable, so let's work hard." ”
"Commander, shall we just watch here?" Shen Yin asked.
As a front-line intelligence commander, Shen Yin naturally knew the battle plan formulated by Yue Weihua, but for the whole team resting in the Four Seasons Fishing Village, and watching the battle in Aihui, Shen Yin still felt a little inappropriate, so he tried to ask.
"Well, although it is a bit cruel for the Qing army to do this, but if we make it up, the outcome may not be as good as planned, the key is that if we do this, our trap will be done in vain, and the battle damage of our Black Dragon Army will definitely be much greater, this is what I don't want to see, in this case, we only have to be selfish, and it is better for others to shed blood than to bleed ourselves, right?" Yue Weihua explained that although there are some strong words, they are not unreasonable.
"This?"
"Okay, don't do this, those guys are also asleep, you go and inform me, let a few battalion commanders and chiefs of staff come over for a meeting, I'll give you a chance to see what they say, in addition, I estimate that Chen Jinjiang's news should also come soon."
"Yes, Commander."
Ten minutes later, Chen Gan, commander of the first battalion, Kang Quan, chief of staff, Nie Youcai, commander of the third battalion, Luo Qing, chief of staff, Yue Xiaodong, commander of the cavalry battalion, Xiao Guangtian, chief of staff, and Yue Qingjie, chief of staff of the artillery battalion, gathered in the mobile fortress.
"As an example, this first meeting after the war should be to comment on the gains and losses of their respective battles and summarize their combat experience, but because this battle is an atypical war of annihilation, it is difficult to say that it is to beat the master to death with a stick, although it also shows our strong firepower output, but it does not reflect our three-dimensional attack mode, so I will not make too many summaries for the time being."
"Our line is as expected, all the opponents have been annihilated, but ten minutes ago, the defensive line of Shangma Village was broken, and Lao Maozi, an infantry brigade of more than 4,000 people, is heading towards Aihui City, if it is not bad, it should arrive outside Aihui City in an hour, as for the specific time to attack the city, it is unknown."
"In addition, I just received a telegram from Chen Jinjiang, Hailan Pao's defense map has been obtained, and there are two infantry battalions, a cavalry battalion, and a guard battalion in Hailan Pao Tsarist Russia, totaling about 2,000 troops."
"Tell me, do we go according to the original plan, or do we think we can make some changes?"
Yue Weihua made a simple start, and he was ready to let the military commanders express their opinions, this is Yue Weihua's traditional model, Yue Weihua never put forward his own views first, so as not to affect the judgment of other military commanders, according to the words of later generations, it is to fully mobilize everyone's subjective initiative, actively participate in the formulation of strategy and tactics, rather than passively accept, and finally become an officer who only knows how to carry out orders, and even executes orders will be out of shape, which is the last thing Yue Weihua wants to see.
"Commander, let me say a few words." Chen Qian saw that everyone was looking at him, so he had to take the lead in speaking, who made him the commander of the first battalion.
"Yes." Yue Weihua nodded.
"Our original plan was to rest in place in the Four Seasons Fishing Village, recuperate, and then wait for the best time, preferably after dark, to cross the river and attack Hailan Pao."
"I think instead of passively waiting for the opportunity, let's participate and create the opportunity,......。"
Although it is said that recuperating, watching the changes on the battlefield of Aihui, and then choosing the opportunity to tell Yang Fengxiang that the Black Dragon Army has prepared a trap and asked Yang Fengxiang to cooperate to attract the enemy into the ambush circle, such a plan is naturally the best for the Black Dragon Army, but there are many changes, such as whether Yang Fengxiang is willing to actively cooperate, whether he blames the Black Dragon Army for why he didn't say it earlier, and finally caused it to be inconsistent with the plan?
And Chen Gan's opinion is to appropriately send a part of the troops to Aihui City to help in the war, after all, the Four Seasons Fishing Village is only five or six miles away from Aihui City, and the Black Dragon Army all have war horses, if they are willing to go, they will definitely be able to arrive earlier than Tsarist Russia, once the Black Dragon Army has the friendship with Yang Fengxiang to resist the enemy, then it should be much easier if Yang Fengxiang needs to cooperate.
"What about you, do you have any different opinions?" Yue Weihua nodded, and did not comment, but asked the others.
"Commander, is Battalion Commander Chen's opinion wrong, I am mainly worried that once our forces intervene, the confidence of the old General Yang Fengxiang will be greatly increased, and when the time comes, what will happen if he is even more unwilling to abandon the city and go?"
"After all, General Yang also has his considerations, for example, he may be worried that if we feint, the other party may not necessarily follow up, if we give up Aihui to the other party, but the other party is defending the city and does not pursue, then if you want to take it back, I am afraid it will be even more difficult."
"Moreover, our side has just killed Lao Maozi's brigade, if Tsarist Russia can occupy Aihui City, a border fortress town, it is really very likely that they will only defend it, and will not pursue it." Nie Youcai analyzed.
I have to say that Nie Youcai's analysis is still very reasonable, of course, these things are all based on reasoning, Chen Gan's opinion also has its value, if you choose the right person to participate, such as Yue Xiang to go in person, the effect will definitely be different, but Yue Xiang is in charge of the tea shed nunnery, and it is basically difficult for others to talk to Yang Fengxiang, so it is difficult to say.
"Does anyone disagree?" Yue Weihua asked again.
"Commander, I don't think it's appropriate for us to divide our troops anymore, after all, the Hailan Pao defenders are not much less than ours, and our attack on Hailan Pao must be to annihilate them all, and we must quickly end the battle, so as not to return to the Tsarist Russia, of course, if it is a brigade of Tsarist Russia that has crossed the river, it is really a plan, then it is another matter, and if not, we must fight quickly, so I personally think that it is not appropriate to divide the troops for the time being."
"After all, Aihui City, General Yang has more than 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he is defending the city, even if he can't win the battle, I think it shouldn't be a big problem to hold on until dark, and if you want to evacuate, it shouldn't be difficult."
"Actually, in my opinion, this brigade of Tsarist Russia, even if they occupy Aihui City, as long as we take Hailan Bubble, then this brigade is a lone army, as long as we are trying to find a way to kill the fleet of Tsarist Russia, then he is the meat on our chopping board, you can eat how you want, and it can even have unexpected effects."
Hearing Yue Xiaodong's speech, Yue Weihua's eyes couldn't help but light up, although some things were arranged by himself, but he didn't think of it so deeply, I have to admit that in the Black Dragon Army, Yue Xiaodong is very unique, and he is the one with the most overall vision, but Yue Weihua didn't want to make any judgments at this time, just smiled and said, "What about you, who else wants to speak?" ”
"Commander, I think there is still time now, can we let Chen Jinjiang send someone to bring the defense map, we can study and study it first, and the province will have to delay time after crossing the river later." Although Yue Qingjie was the chief of staff of the artillery battalion, he didn't want to think too much about what strategy he had, but he still thought that he should take it over for reference as soon as possible so that he could formulate an attack strategy as soon as possible.
"Well, that's right, it's only nine o'clock in the morning, so they should be asked to bring over the defense map and the surrounding terrain map." Yue Weihua nodded, then glanced at Shen Yin, and Shen Yin went to order the telegram.
"Okay, I look at everyone's opinions, in fact, they are quite consistent, and Chen Gan's opinion is not impossible to consider, but this degree is not easy to grasp, and it will not work if there is less, but it will put the soldiers of the Black Dragon Army in a predicament, and if you go more, I am afraid that General Yang will really not abandon the city and go, and the commander who leads the team is not easy to choose, after all, except for the chief of the general staff of our Black Dragon Army, there is really no one who can talk to Yang Fengxiang."
"So, I think, it's better to wait and see, if the Aihui battlefield really changes dramatically, seriously deviating from the track we expected, then we naturally want to shoot, and if everything goes well, then let's wait for the opportunity, as long as the time comes, our intelligence officer in Aihui City will directly hand the handwritten letter of the chief of staff prepared in advance to Yang Fengxiang, maybe the effect is very good, in this way, it can also minimize the loss of our Black Dragon Army."
In a sentence of later generations, that is a friend of the dead Dao, not a dead poor Dao.
Selfishness may be a little selfish, but there is nothing wrong with being selfish in order to be able to get the most benefit.
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