"Changying, how do you say we should fight this battle?"

Naturally, it was Li Zhigao who was questioned, and the person who was questioned was a young man who Li Zhigao was very optimistic about - Zhao Changtian, and Changying was Zhao Changtian's character.

This Zhao Changtian is only 23 years old, born in a local scholarly family in Taiping Mansion, he has eaten and drunk since birth, and belongs to the classic rich second generation. Although his family has money, he has been smart and studious since he was a child, has always been very assertive, and he was inspired to serve the country at a very young age, and he belonged to the children who grew up in the main theme environment at that time.

He originally studied at Fudan Public School in Shanghai, which was later known as Fudan University, but because of the summer vacation, he went home to visit relatives and discovered the changes in his hometown, so he resolutely joined the army alone.

After joining the army, because of the high level of knowledge, he was recommended to go to the Taiping Academy to go to the military academy, and since then he has embarked on the fast track, and has always been among the best in all aspects of the examination.

Later, when Li Zhigao's troops went to war to sweep away bandits, the trainees of various staff sections were sent out for internship, and these people either served as staff officers in a battalion or a regiment, and in the process of staff officers, someone would record all the experiences, including the combat meetings, for Li Zhigao and others to be examined and evaluated.

Obviously, in these many actual combat tests, Zhao Changtian once again impressed Li Zhigao!

Other people as staff officers, most of them are according to the textbook, directly relying on their own strength to smash hard, nothing more than how many people on the other side are, just a cannon fire first, and then the infantry rush up, there is no technical content, thanks to the bandits' strength is too poor, they can win every time.

This Zhao Changtian is different, don't look at his young age, but he is very set of things, very steady, before doing things, especially pay attention to the word "count".

Every time he drew up a battle plan, he always paid attention to intelligence gathering first, not seeking the fastest, but seeking the most stability, and then began to launch further operations when the intelligence was almost collected. Every time he fights, he must first count his own supplies, such as how many soldiers, how much food, how many guns, how many ammunition, and so on, he will first send someone to persuade him to surrender, usually the other party does not agree, he will attack, and when attacking, although he also fires artillery, but it is not a reckless fight, but a careful fight.

All in all, the troops that Zhao Changtian has worked with may not be the fastest time to suppress bandits, but the material consumption is the least, and his combat record is also the largest. In his own combat records, there are not only records of the observers specially sent out, but also his own personal experience, which is more detailed than the records of observers.

In short, Zhao Changtian is a knowledgeable and self-summarizing person, smart and studious, steady and cautious, such a person is naturally very popular with Li Zhigao.

Because Li Zhigao knew that only such a person would be the one who would be able to skillfully play modern warfare in the future, he promoted him exceptionally and directly transferred him to his military staff officer.

"It doesn't matter how you fight, the key is to see what you mean, principal." Zhao Changtian was still wearing an American-style military uniform, wearing white gloves on both hands, and stood meticulously in front of Li Zhigao and said, "According to intelligence, the gap between the military strength of the enemy and us is too obvious, and our side has the initiative, and the enemy is inferior to us in terms of numbers, weapons and other aspects, is on the defensive, and there are no reinforcements, so we may win more than ninety out of nine." So, in this case, if it's just a win, that's a sure thing, the key is what outcome you need from the principal. Whether you want to be completely annihilated, defeated, or surrounded to persuade surrender, and what is the desired combat time, in short, what kind of result do you want, I will give you a kind of play. ”

"Well, that's a good point." Li Zhigao smiled, "That's it, since you are so confident, then I'll talk about my purpose." In this battle, what I want is speed, it is shock, I must break the enemy camp in the shortest possible time, shock the enemy's courage, and it is best to be able to annihilate it all, if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, simply put, I want to fight a blitzkrieg. Winning a war is not a problem, and I would like to take this opportunity to hone the troops again and test their ability to cooperate. After this battle, we have to go back to fight the Qing army on the Anqing side as soon as possible. Well, I say that, do you know what I mean? ”

"Understood, you want to make a quick decision and test the Blitzkrieg method for yourself." Zhao Changtian said.

"That's right, that's what it means." Li Zhigao nodded with a smile, "You should be more clear about the blitzkrieg, right?" ”

"Yes, the principal's blitzkrieg theory, students have always admired." Zhao Changtian said, "However, please forgive the student, although your blitzkrieg theory is very good, it is used here, some of them use knives to kill chickens, or rather, some are wasteful." ”

"Waste?"

"Yes." Zhao Changtian nodded, "According to your original plan, the principal, you want to send two flying squadrons to bomb first, then prepare for artillery fire for an hour, and finally the infantry will take a car and advance quickly under the cover of artillery fire. In fact, if you don't want to be completely annihilated, but just fight quickly, as long as you prepare for half an hour of artillery fire, and then the infantry advances on foot, I can guarantee that the enemy on the opposite side will be defeated! According to my plan, although the time will be a little slower, but the loss is small, if according to your plan, the aircraft cannon and then let the soldiers advance in a car, in this case, the ammunition consumption is too large, and under the cover of artillery fire, it is inevitable that there will be accidental injuries, and then the vehicle loss will be not small. These vehicles are very advanced, and the price is probably expensive, and with such an advantage in our possession, there are still these losses, which is somewhat more than worth the loss. ”

"I see." Li Zhigao smiled and shook his head, "You, you're still a little angry." Actually, I also know that the Qing army on the other side is not strong, but because of this, I want to test the blitzkrieg here. As for the loss of vehicles, the consumption of shells, this is inevitable, what kind of battle is there for fear of losses? Moreover, this time the enemy's strength is poor, and we use blitzkrieg to make the troops more familiar with this style of play, and in the future, we can use it more skillfully against stronger opponents. On the contrary, if we encounter a strong opponent in the future, it will inevitably make mistakes, which will be even worse. In fact, I value the loss of soldiers more than the loss of vehicles, and your method, the loss of vehicles is small, but the loss of personnel is large, which is not what I like. ”

"I understand, the principal is kind-hearted, and the students admire him."

"Okay, now that you know what I mean, tell me how you want to fight if you follow my method." Li Zhigao said with a smile.

"Yes!" Zhao Changtian nodded, then took the initiative to walk to the sand table, picked up a teaching pole, and said while gesturing on the sand table, "Headmaster, please see, although the enemy has 20,000 people, it is divided into two camps. Although these two camps seem to be one after the other, they are actually a taboo in dividing troops, and in modern warfare, this method of dividing camps is self-inflicted. Moreover, according to intelligence, these two battalions, one is the soldiers and horses of the New Army of the Ninth Town, and the other is the soldiers and horses of the Jiangfang Battalion, and the men and horses of the two sides are originally at odds with each other and are on guard against each other, which can be said to be a serious internal disagreement, so this division of troops is not so much a tactical requirement as a last resort.

Among them, the new army is the strongest, and the layout is also at the forefront, but it obviously has complaints and is not eager to fight. The patrol battalion stationed in the rear has the worst combat strength, not even a single heavy artillery, but it is the general headquarters of this army, and the commander of this army and horses, Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan, is also among them. If we want to play a blitzkrieg, with our speed advantage, we had better leave the pipeline, bypass the new army's barracks, go straight through from the side, and hit the Jiang defense battalion in the rear first. In this way, our losses are minimal. ”

"Good plan." Li Zhigao smiled and nodded, "Since this is the case, let's follow this plan, I will hand over the whole division to you to command, and you will personally fight this battle." ”

"Ah, Headmaster, how is this good?" At this moment, Zhao Changtian was not calm, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he didn't know whether he was excited or shy, "This, the student is young and knowledgeable, and he has always had no prestige, how can he personally command this army of tigers and wolves?" Or the headmaster, you personally command, and I serve as a staff officer on the side. ”

"Not necessarily." Li Zhigao waved his hand, and then sighed, "Talent is rare, this can be regarded as my last test for you." If you pass this test and have enough qualifications and prestige, I will let you go out and lead a division alone, and let you take charge of it yourself...... Needless to say, it's hard to say in other armies, but in this unit of mine, whatever I say, it's what it is! I said let you command, and others will not dare not listen, nor dare not disobey your orders! In short, you can rest assured that you can command boldly, even if it is broken, it is nothing, I will lose! If I can really train you to become a general because of this, then I will be worth everything! ”

"Ah, student, student......" Hearing this, Zhao Changtian's eyes immediately turned red, after all, he is still young, and he may be very serious in his usual life, but as soon as he heard Li Zhigao's "heartfelt words", he immediately couldn't hold it.

"Long tassels." Li Zhigao patted Zhao Changtian on the shoulder, "The so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find." It's easy for me to pull up a team, but it's hard to get a real general. I originally thought that it would take me a long time to get a few qualified generals, but who knew that God would treat me well and give you such a natural general to me! ”

"Ah, the headmaster is overrated!" Zhao Changtian hurriedly said, "This is all the teacher's cultivation, where is the ......?"

"No, no, no, I'm not wrong at all." Li Zhigao interrupted his self-humility, "I have always said anything about it, that is, the surname determines fate. The environment may be able to help people a lot, but the key to a person's achievements depends on the person's real surname. You are naturally cautious, thoughtful, studious, and very good at self-summary, which can be said to be strategic; And when you are about to fight, you are never indecisive, and you never hesitate to make up your mind, this is able to be decisive! Good strategy can be decided, this is a rare quality for the general, you have both, it is already rare, what is even more rare is that although you are young, but not vigorous, never arrogant, very good at cooperating with people, people who have gotten along with you, basically do not say bad things about you, which shows that you are very good at being a man! You have so many noble qualities, all talented! For the talent of the general!

Because you have so many advantages and talents, I value you so much and always give you opportunities, and all I can do is to create a better environment for you, so that you can give full play to your abilities, so that you can show your strengths as soon as possible!

As long as I can train you to become a real famous general, even if you really lose all this division, as long as you can raise a qualified general, then I will admit it! ”

"Headmaster!" Zhao Changtian burst into tears, but he didn't know what to say, he just kept wiping his tears, obviously excited in his heart.

"Huh." Li Zhigao pretended to smile indifferently, "Of course, with your ability, I don't think you will lose all my main division casually, right?" ”

"Rest assured, the students will make good use of the teacher's army, and they will not easily damage this army."

"I believe that, but you can make a move when you need to, and sometimes you don't have to worry too much about losses." Li Zhigao nodded and said, "As long as you are willing to work hard and put your mind on combat, your future achievements are limitless." I put my words here, in the future, we will not only want to unify the whole country, but we will also fight the country, wrestle with the foreign powers, rebuild the majesty of our China, and take back all the core interests of our Chinese nation that have been snatched away by outsiders! In short, there are still many wars, this road is very long, and it is also difficult, I hope you will not live up to my expectations, do not live up to the expectations of the country and the nation, continue to be modest and prudent, and be a model soldier! ”

"Yes, student understood!" Zhao Changtian burst into tears again, but he didn't wipe his tears at all, but stood up straight and said solemnly, "Thanks to the principal's trust and cultivation, students must remember today's teachings and be a model soldier." From now on, students are the long knife of the principal, fighting for the principal, for the country, and for this nation all their lives, and they will definitely lead the army for the principal and get back what we Chinese deserve! ”

"Good!" Li Zhigao was very satisfied with him like this, patted him on the shoulder again, and said softly, "Don't worry, you have me behind you, fight this battle well, don't embarrass me!" (To be continued.) )