He Yingqin took the battle order and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Gallen, and the translator Zhang Jingyu hurriedly took it, and then took the order to Gallon to translate.

He Yingqin saw that Chiang Kai-shek's face was uncertain, and knew that he was not in a good mood, so he comforted: "Maybe our questions are too difficult, after all, they have just left school and have not yet experienced actual combat." ”

Director Zhou didn't understand operations, but looking at the appearance of Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin, he knew that the situation was not good: "Commander He, there is a problem with their combat plan?" ”

He Yingqin nodded: "According to this plan, it would be good to be able to keep half of the troops." ”

Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "It seems that they still have to continue their studies in the army, the military academy only transforms them into soldiers, teaches military theories, and they have to understand the rest by themselves." ”

At this time, Gallen came over, chattering a lot, Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin looked at Zhang Jingyu, Zhang Jingyu said: "The consultant said that this exercise is too difficult for students of a junior military academy like Whampoa, even in a Russian military academy, unless it is the graduation exam of the Frunze Military Academy, and the time given to them is too tight, and the conditions for victory are harsh." Even if you choose the right battle plan, it will be difficult to win at the scheduled time. ”

Wang Bailing saw that Chiang Kai-shek was a little unhappy, so he said: "Otherwise, let's give them a wake-up." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was angry when he heard this: "What are you talking about, messing around, coaxing someone." Losing here is nothing, and it can be regarded as a kind of learning, so that they know what is the sophistry of soldiers. ”

Chiang Kai-shek then asked, "What are they doing now?" ”

"Report, the Eastern Army is eating, resting after dinner according to the plan, setting off at one o'clock in the middle of the night and launching an attack at two o'clock."

He Yingqin nodded: "Well, yes, knowing that taking a night attack is not reckless." ”

Director Zhou still didn't quite understand, so he asked: "Commander He, you know that although I am wearing a military uniform, I don't understand combat yet, can you tell me what is wrong with their plan?" Let me understand that too. ”

He Yingqin said with a smile: "Director Zhou is polite, first of all, they misjudged the enemy situation, yes, they have mastered the enemy situation of the Guan Lin Expedition Department and the ferry in front of them, but they have not grasped the enemy situation on the other side of the river and hurriedly drew up a plan, which will inevitably cause the plan to be imperfect and there are loopholes." ”

"Secondly, they judged that Guan Linzheng's troops would send troops to rescue the ferry when it was attacked, which was a bit wishful thinking, what if Guan Linzheng didn't save the ferry? Moreover, there was a pontoon bridge at the ferry, through which the defenders could quickly return to the west bank and burn the pontoon bridge, so that they would have to face the situation of the Lin expedition after Liedeyong. ”

"If you force your way through Hunt Deyong, then Guan Linzheng will come out from behind; What about attacking Guan Linzheng on the contrary? There are two situations, first, Guan Lin Zheng is defending to the death, there are 200 people in the Guan Department, and there is a strong defensive position, so he can drag it for at least 5-6 hours, and second, the rescue on the west bank, they noticed that there are big ships in the grotto, and these big ships can transport their army over, and they can also transport the western army over, so when attacking the stone plaque of Guan Linzheng's department, the western army must cross the river from the opposite bank to reinforce. So, in either case, they're going to be caught between two sides. ”

"The last point is their time, as the advisor said, they don't have enough time, even if they find reinforcements and quickly leave the battlefield, they don't have time. So this question is a bit big. ”

Director Zhou understood now and began to worry about the seriousness of them, and He Yingqin looked at him and stopped saying anything.

Although the results were already known in the middle of the night, everyone in the director department did not sleep, and Chiang Kai-shek, Gallen, He Yingqin, and Director Zhou all stood in front of the map, watching the staff officers plant small flags representing the strength of the troops in the corresponding positions, while waiting for the latest report.

"It is reported that the whole army of the Eastern Army launched an attack on Shipai in the form of a sneak attack, and Li Zhilong succeeded in attacking Shigang."

"Why is the whole army attacking Shipai, are you right?" He Yingqin was a little surprised.

The staff officer looked at the combat order that came from his hand: "Report, no, it is written on the combat order that came." The whole army attacked Shipai and had already occupied Shigang. ”

He Yingqin was a little surprised: "How come?" Isn't Zhuang Jihua leading three detachments? They revised the combat order. ”

Chiang Kai-shek took the order and said, "It seems so." Maybe they found something. ”

The exercise is like a detective novel, the novels that know the outcome are boring, and although the officers of the director's department have not slept, their positive surnames are indeed not high. Now there are unexpected changes on the battlefield, which also makes these officers somewhat interested.

"Report, the Eastern Army left Li Zhilong and Song Xilian's troops to contain Shipai Guan Linzheng, and the rest of the troops crossed Shipai and turned to the ferry."

He Yingqin breathed a sigh of relief, the current actions of the Eastern Army were still within his expectations. The operational deployment of the Western Army in this exercise was not so much arranged by Zhu Tang as by He Yingqin. When he first designed the exercise, he wanted to personally lead the Western Army, but the school committee appointed him as the chief of staff, and the teaching regiment was a new regiment, and He Yingqin did not want to lose the exercise and affect the morale of the teaching regiment, and when he reported his worries to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek also thought that his worries were reasonable, so he agreed to his proposal to arrange the battle plan by him, and told Zhu Tang in detail the main points of it, and Zhu Tang implemented it concretely. Therefore, if the Western Army is defeated, at least half of it will be counted on him He Yingqin.

"What about the movements of the Western Army?"

"Report, the movement of the Western Army has not been sent yet."

After a while, the action of the Western Army also came, and Guan Linzheng, after losing the stone gang, retracted the stone plaque and held on, and sent a signal to the ferry that the enemy was attacking the whole army.

"Guan Linzheng's actions are correct, the whole army of the Western Army is attacking, he can't keep Shigang, and returning to Shipai to stick to the village can delay time and wait for rescue."

Then came the news that the ferry was under attack by three detachments of the Eastern Army, and that the remaining eight detachments of the Eastern Army were moving between the ferry and Shipai.

Now everyone knew that the battle plan of the Eastern Army had changed, so the officers of the director department became more interested, and even Gallen began to think about what the Eastern Army was going to do here.

After losing half of its men, the Western Army burned the pontoon bridge and retreated to the West Bank with the help of the West Bank troops. The Eastern Army left one detachment to monitor, and the remaining two detachments converged with the main force.

On the other side of the cave village, the Western Army began to send reconnaissance teams in the direction of the cave village.

The whole army of the Eastern Army returned in the direction of Shipai, preparing to attack Shipai.

After getting this news, He Yingqin breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, everything was in plan.

The Eastern Army was divided into two routes, and Chen Geng led two detachments to attack Shipai from the west, and the main force advanced to the north. Subsequently, Li Zhilong's Song Xilian detachment on the east side of Shipai abandoned Shigang and made a detour to join Chen Geng's department. By this time, the sky was already overcast.

At this time, everyone in the director department was asking, what is the main force of the Eastern Army going north for? Did you find out the movements of the Western Army in the grotto? There shouldn't be, otherwise it should be reported in the war briefing.

The battle at Shipai was fierce, the two armies suffered heavy losses, Guan Linzheng still held on to the village, and the Eastern Army did not attack the village.

The Western Army began to cross the river in the cave village, with a reinforced battalion of more than 400 troops. The whereabouts of the main forces of the Eastern Army are unknown.

The battle for Shipai stopped, and the Eastern Army retreated. All the reinforcements of the Western Army crossed the river. The Eastern Army left two detachments to monitor Shipai, Chen Geng led the other two detachments to the north, and the Eastern Army's ferry surveillance detachment blew up the ferry and evacuated in the northeast.

He Yingqin felt bad, and Gallen said, "Commander He's reinforcements are probably in danger." ”

"The reinforcements have a reinforced battalion of more than 400 people, which is about the same number as their entire army, and it may be difficult to be eaten." He Yingqin said, but others felt that he was cheering himself up.

Sure enough, the subsequent battle report was that the reinforcements of the Western Army were ambushed in Weitang, and the rear guard company was annihilated.

He Yingqin was a little surprised, a company was annihilated so quickly, he was a little unconvinced: "How can it be so fast?" Did you pass it on by mistake? ”

"Report, no, as soon as the battle began, the Eastern Army was led by Jiang Xianyun to attack the Western Army, cutting it into two sections, and then Zhuang Jihua concentrated six detachments of the main force to annihilate the rear guard company. He is now engaged in a fierce battle with the remaining troops of the Western Army. ”

Three hours later, the entire Western army reinforcements were annihilated. He Yingqin was a little stunned, he really couldn't believe that he was completely wiped out when the number of people was equal. He grabbed the war briefing to see if it was written wrongly.

Gallen and Chiang Kai-shek were also a little surprised, you must know that this is an exercise, and it can only be calculated according to the density of firepower, and no other morale or consciousness can be counted as combat effectiveness.

"After the Western Army determined that the rear guard company was annihilated, it decided to break through, but it was blocked by a reinforced detachment led by Hu Zongnan, the number of hesitants was too small, and when the defense line was about to be breached, Chen Geng's department arrived and stabilized the defense line, and most of Hu Zongnan's department was killed, but they dragged the breakthrough of the Western Army, annihilated the Eastern Army of the Guard Company, and turned to attack the remaining troops of the Western Army, and then Zheng Dongguo led his troops to cut the Western Army into two sections again,...., so the reinforcements of the Western Army were eaten by the Eastern Army one bite at a time." After the staff officer gave a briefing on the battle situation, he stood aside and waited for instructions.

"It's wonderful, it's wonderful, I couldn't have found a better answer to this question. Chiang, I want to congratulate you on having a wonderful, courageous group of students. "The Russians' feelings were very exposed, and they immediately embraced Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek's figure is only 1.69 meters, which is not tall among the Chinese, and Gallon is tall and strong, and his bear hug makes Chiang Kai-shek very uncomfortable, and he dodges one after another: "Pass the prize, pass the award, general, pass the prize." ”

"He, your plan has completely failed." After letting go of Chiang Kai-shek, Gal said to He Yingqin.

"Yes, it's up to Zhu Tang in the future." He Yingqin said helplessly. Then he said a little unconvinced: "The battle in Weitang is so lively, why didn't Guan Linzheng send help, although Song Xilian's department that monitored him had two detachments, there were only more than 50 people. ”

"It's useless, in last night's battle, the customs department lost 50 people in Shigang, and 34 people in the defensive battle, and the customs department still has about 120 people, if he wants reinforcements, the two detachments led by Song Xilian will change from monitoring to blocking. Moreover, the Fan Hanjie detachment at the ferry port did not participate in the encirclement and annihilation battle, but forcibly marched here," the staff officer pointed to a point on the map and said: "Here you can not only reinforce the main force to encircle and annihilate the Western Army, but also reinforce Song Xilian's department to block the attack." In the end, he said: "I think that this plan is interlocking and very tight, and the reinforced battalion of the Western Army will be finished when it enters the pond." ”

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek asked relatively calmly: "What do you think the Eastern Army will do next?" "The palms and backs of the hands were full of meat, and Chiang Kai-shek was not happy when that army lost.

"Of course, it is the Hui army to annihilate Guan Linzheng." Wang Bailing looked taken for granted.

He Yingqin didn't speak, this was the easiest idea, but he felt that something was wrong, yes, Guan Linzheng was now a real lone army, annihilate him to clear the rear, and then cross the river, otherwise when crossing the river, Guan Linzheng would kill him from behind, and the consequences would be unimaginable. However, the Hui army failed to give full play to the maximum effect of the battle of annihilation in the encirclement of the pond. He Yingqin was hit a little hard today, and his mind was a little messy.

Gallen, however, said, "Now is the difference between a general and a marshal." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was puzzled and asked, "General Gallen, what does this mean?" ”

Gallen said: "Generals, the current comparison of forces is that there are about 300 people left in the Eastern Army, about 500 people in the Western Army were annihilated, and the rest has 120 people in Shipai, and about 300 people on the west bank, but these 300 people are distributed in the vast area from the ferry to Slender Dog Ridge, although the number of the Eastern Army is small, but the strength is concentrated, if you take advantage of the situation to cross the river, cut off the connection between Slender Dog Ridge and the rest of the troops, you can concentrate superior forces to annihilate the enemy in any locality, so crossing the river is my choice, and it should also be the choice of the future marshal." ”

Chiang Kai-shek carefully studied the map and nodded, "You are right, but I am afraid it is too simplistic to judge whether a marshal or a general." "Chiang Kai-shek wants to save some face for his subordinates.

Gallen shook his head: "No, no, Davali West Chiang, with their ability to make such a judgment and grasp of the battlefield just out of school, then in twenty years, they will definitely be able to become marshals." ”