On the eighth day of the third lunar month and the 26th day of the fourth month of the Western calendar, the first batch of cadets of the Army Staff College had completed their coursework.

However, compared with the regular military schools of those Western countries, their military academy is a bit redundant. In this world, there is no military school that can complete the training of a group of cadets in one month, even if it is a crash course, it will take at least half a year.

Wang Sirui did not have enough time, and his own understanding of the position of staff officer was not very thorough, although Wang Shizhen got the outline written by Wang Sirui himself, there were many problems that needed to be confirmed.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Wang Shizhen had already taught those students almost all the questions he could think of, and as for how much they could learn, this was unknown for the time being.

However, in order to cope with this embarrassment, Wang Sirui also made a bloody investment.

Wang Sirui transferred two regiments from the 1st and 2nd Divisions, and they were sent to the mountainous areas north of the capital, where they would face all kinds of tests, and those high-ranking officers, except for Wang Shuqi, who was left to take care of the capital, were all pulled into the exercise director department by Wang Sirui.

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As the youngest staff officer and the most special one in the entire staff team, Cheng Min is the only recruit staff officer who has not been on the battlefield, has not completed recruit training, and has not even touched a gun.

Therefore, Cheng Min was naturally assigned to a division, a brigade, a regiment and a battalion, and an ordinary staff officer of the staff department at the lowest level.

The staff headquarters of the first battalion is a four-person personnel in strict accordance with Wang Sirui's requirements. However, after the order to march the army from above, the whole army was a mess, a mess, like a vegetable market.

However, this has nothing to do with Chengmin, and those who were assigned to the division and brigade staff were severely criticized from above, because they were not able to fulfill the duties of a staff officer.

"Report, reconnaissance unit found enemy troops in the woods ahead." A soldier ran to the headquarters of the first battalion and reported to the battalion commander.

"Give me a scouting of the enemy's numbers and firepower." Chen Chao, the commander of the first battalion, commanded the scouts.

On the side, personnel drawn from other regiments were responsible for recording the actions of the various battalion headquarters, and even their reactions. These will be included in the overall score as the final assessment, and if they pass, they will become the first staff officers of the Han army, otherwise, where will they come from.

After about ten minutes, the previous scout turned back to the battalion headquarters again: "Report to the battalion commander, there are five hundred enemies in front, two heavy machine guns, each deployed near the center. ”

Chen Chao glanced at the chief of staff who had just been assigned to him, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, he couldn't understand what the above was thinking, this march and war has always been something that these chief officers worry about, even if they don't want to worry about it, isn't there an adjutant? Why bother these recruits?

The chief of staff assigned to Chen Chao was a company commander of the Third Regiment, and this company commander with a squad leader, a soldier, and a recruit formed Chen Chao's staff headquarters.

"Describe to me what you see." Chief of Staff Lian Kuan asked a little uneasy.

"Five red flags, two yellow flags." The Scout said.

Lian Kuan nodded, if the previous situation was really like this, then the data he reported earlier was not wrong.

According to the previous regulations, a red flag represents a hundred soldiers, a yellow flag represents a machine gun, a black flag represents an artillery piece, and a white flag represents an artillery group.

"No, battalion commander, chief of staff, if things are so simple, then there is no need for us staff officers!" Sungmin said with a frown.

Previously, in the classroom, both Wang Sirui and Wang Shizhen kept talking about the importance of staff officers, especially in combat periods, there must not be a single problem in the work of staff officers.

In the same way, in the combat period, the staff officer's mind must also remain absolutely clear, because the enemy is not a puppet, they will always use all kinds of conditions to arrange more trouble for you, if you have doubts in your heart, you must go to verify, at least in your plan, what to do in this situation?

In class, Wang Shizhen talked about a lot of normal cases, but also focused on some abnormal cases.

The enemy's position in front of him was very well located, with a river on the left, blocking the way to the left, and a cultivated field on the right, in which it was impossible to ambush the enemy.

And these enemies appeared in the jungle not far in front of them, and that dense jungle appeared on such a large area of cultivated land is a bit abnormal, plus further forward is the only entrance to the mountain here, and if the battalion that served as the vanguard is blocked here, then the large army behind will not be able to keep up.

"Oh? Tell us what you think. Although Lian Kuan also saw that the situation was wrong, Chengmin had already raised this question, and Lian Kuan, who had been in the army all the year round, also knew very well what the consequences would be if he blocked the suggestions of his subordinates at this time?

"The front is the entrance to the mountain, there are a large number of enemy troops in the mountain, and the left side cannot be passed from us, unless a bridge can be built, and even if we do, we may have to turn back at the back. The other roads have proven impassable, this is the only way we can enter the mountain, and if we were to defend it, would we have leaked all our troops?

I suspect that the enemy deployments we have detected are only superficial, and that there must be a bigger ambush behind these deployments. Therefore, I suggested sending a small reconnaissance force to disperse the reconnaissance and go around the back of the woods as much as possible to find out. Cheng Min put forward his own proposal.

Lian Kuan nodded, and immediately looked at Chen Chao: "Battalion Commander Chen, I also suggest sending multiple reconnaissance units to disperse reconnaissance and find out the deployment of the enemy troops in front as much as possible." ”

When everyone's eyes were on Chen Chao, Chen Chao was a little embarrassed.

Because this exercise is not only for those staff officers, but also for the officers who participated with them, now the staff officers have put forward their opinions, whether to adopt it or not, it is all up to Chen Chao's own opinion, but whether it is adopted or not, those who are responsible for recording will directly tell them the final result.

Because they have a complete map of the deployment of their forces, they will only publish the results when the troops have given accurate orders.

"Order all the reconnaissance platoons to go out to reconnoiter the situation, one company is responsible for guarding, and the other three companies seize the time to rest." In the end, Chen Chao made a slightly more secure decision.

Soon, the other troops following behind also gradually stopped, because the first battalion in the lead had stopped there, and then the whole four regiments of more than 12,000 troops all stopped.

The division headquarters sent people to the brigade headquarters to inquire about the reason, the brigade headquarters sent people to the regiment headquarters to inquire about the reason, and the regiment headquarters sent people to the first battalion to inquire about the reason.

Because the halt of the advance of the first regiment had affected the offensive plan of the entire division, the people who were urging them to question one after another, but the reconnaissance platoon sent to reconnoiter in front never returned. This also made Chen Chao anxious.

And just when everyone was in a hurry, a herald came to the battalion headquarters of Chen Chao, this herald was not a member of the participating troops, and a red strip of cloth was wrapped around his arm, which meant that he belonged to the military exercise director department.

"Pass the commander's order, the first battalion reconnaissance platoon is completely wiped out, please immediately reveal the progress of the battle." The herald said to the two officers in charge of the record.

After receiving the order, the two officers were also a little puzzled, this battalion had not yet launched an attack, and even the commander of the first battalion, Chen Chao, had not yet had time to give the order to attack or retreat, so the answer was about to be revealed?

However, they did not dare to question Wang Sirui's instructions.

So, under everyone's attention, the two officers took out a sealed envelope from their bodies, and after tearing the envelope, they took out a piece of paper on which the deployment of the enemy camp in front was drawn in detail.

Unlike the scene, there is no way to distinguish the weapons by the color of the flag on this troop deployment map, so the flag is replaced by symbols.

The triangle represents a hundred soldiers, a circle represents a machine gun, a cross represents an artillery piece, and a circle on the periphery of the cross represents an artillery group.

After seeing the troop deployment marked on this drawing, the two officers were instantly stunned, and some did not know how to announce the result.

"A battalion is annihilated! Mission Failed! After a long time, the officer in charge of recording spoke slowly.

"This ...... How is this possible? Chen Chao couldn't believe this result, he didn't do anything, and he also sent scouts out, why was the whole army wiped out?

"Directly opposite you, there are two thousand two hundred enemy soldiers, eight heavy machine guns, and in the wheat field about a mile to your right (1), six hundred soldiers are in ambush, without heavy weapons. Two miles behind the grove, there were two artillery groups. The officer detailed the disposition of the troops on the other side.

It is not too much to be surrounded by such a powerful enemy and annihilated the whole army. Originally, this officer had planned to leave some seeds for the first battalion, but he knew very well that if he left seeds for the first battalion, then his seeds would be thrown away by the commander.

Therefore, after seeing this troop deployment map, he did not hesitate to conclude that the entire battalion was annihilated.

And the troops have been completely wiped out, which means that all the people who participated in the assessment in the first battalion have failed to pass the results.

(1: At the end of April, the wheat is basically eight ripe, and the height of the wheat can be completely hidden from people, as long as the structure of the wheat is not damaged, people lie on the ridges, and it is basically impossible to find it in the distance.) (To be continued.) )