Liu Ru smiled slightly, did not answer Wang Pu's question directly, but took out a battle plan from the folder he carried with him and handed it to Wang Pu, and said, "Master Hou, this is the battle plan drawn up by the slave family, please review it." ”

"Oh?" Wang Pu said happily, "Jiannu has just made a move, and you have already drawn up a battle plan?" ”

Liu said: "Didn't Master Hou say that after the autumn, Jiannu will go south, and the slave family also thinks so, so as early as two months ago, the slave family began to formulate this battle plan." ”

"Good." Wang Pu said, "I will put this battle plan away for now, and then I will come back and study it carefully after I have attended the graduation ceremony of the Military University and the parade of the 10th Battalion of the Central Army." ”

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The Nanjing Army Military University is next to the Yanziji camp, and the two are only a few miles apart.

Originally, Wang Pu only planned to set up a military academy in Yangming University, with him as the dean, and then train officer students according to the modern military model, but later Wang Pu changed his mind and built a separate military university outside Yangming University, named Nanjing Army Military University.

The Military University offers courses such as infantry training, shooting, strategy and tactics, logistics, and infantry and artillery coordination.

The most important of these is infantry training and logistics.

If the infantry cannot maintain a complete formation on the battlefield, it will not be able to form a continuous and dense firepower, and if the enemy cannot maintain enough calm at present, it will not be able to complete the tactical actions such as loading and walking in formation in peacetime, which will cause very serious consequences.

The infantry training is to rely on long-term training to turn tactical actions such as marching, loading, and lining up into the instinct of soldiers or officers, and only when the officers and cadets are familiar with the complete infantry training can they be handy in commanding operations in the future, and will not make mistakes and make big mistakes in their busy schedules.

As for logistics, it is even more important.

A cold-weapon army is relatively light on logistics, especially an army like the Mongolian cavalry and Jiannu, which mainly rely on plunder, and there is almost no drag from logistical baggage, and they can grab food on the spot at any time to feed the war, but a firearms army relies heavily on logistics.

The ammunition consumption of the firearms army is staggering, and a single battle can consume hundreds of thousands of bullets, tens of thousands of dragon cannons, and thousands of shells! In order to meet the needs of the march, the ammunition carried by individual soldiers is very small, and they mainly rely on the baggage vehicles of the baggage brigade to transport, and the baggage vehicles are bulky and slow, coupled with the artillery battalions that move more slowly, which puts forward high requirements for the logistics support of the firearms army.

The choice of marching routes, the choice of campsites, rivers, bridges, and so on will all affect logistics, and the logistics subjects set up by the military university are to teach officers and cadets how to ensure the logistics supply of an army and how to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

Strategy and tactics are entirely determined by individual talent, and the only thing that the military academy can do is to select and compile a collection of classic combat examples from ancient and modern China and foreign countries for the officers and cadets to observe and study; as for what the officers and cadets can learn from these classic examples, it is all up to them, and they cannot be taught by rote memorization and cramming education.

Infantry and artillery coordination is still completely ornamental at present, with the current level of firepower in the world, it is basically possible to carry out infantry charges after the shelling is completed, and there is no need for artillery suppression at all, so it doesn't matter about infantry and artillery coordination.

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Most of the 200 generals were selected from the Central Army, and some were selected from the guards of various provinces.

There is also a famous figure in the official history, he is Zheng Chenggong, the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian coastal defense.

However, at this time, Zheng Chenggong was only a hairy young man in his early twenties, and Zheng Zhilong, the chief soldier of Fujian Coastal Defense, sent Zheng Chenggong to Nanjing to study at the Army Military University in order to please Wang Pu, the governor of the five provinces.

[Digression: Zheng Chenggong is not only a national hero of China, but also a national hero of Xiao Yueben. 】

This crash course only lasted four months, and the time was very hasty, but fortunately, except for a very few people such as Zheng Chenggong, the rest were either experienced chief military officers or outstanding candidates selected from the Central Army, who themselves had good military literacy and military experience, and the subjects set were not too complicated, and they could barely graduate in four months.

There are two reasons why Wang Pu rushed to graduate the crash course in September.

The first is to send the vast majority of the officers of the crash course to enrich the Central Army, and the second is to select the students who have a high theoretical level among the lifelong cadets to stay in the school to teach, because the first batch of cadets recruited by the military academy will be officially enrolled in September.

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In the auditorium of the Nanjing Army Military Academy, 200 cadets who were about to graduate had already arrived, and one by one their waists were straight, their hands were on their knees, and they were staring straight ahead without squinting.

"The Headmaster has arrived!"

The gendarmes standing at the entrance of the auditorium shouted a trombone, and the cadets in the auditorium stood up at the same time, and two hundred pairs of eyes turned to the door in unison.

Amid the sound of military boots hitting the ground, Wang Pu entered the auditorium proudly, accompanied by more than a dozen instructors.

"Salute!"

The captain of the gendarmerie standing in front of the rostrum gave an order, and the gendarmes in the auditorium and 200 gendarmes kicked the ground with their right legs, and then raised their right hands in unison and placed them on the brim of their hats, and saluted Wang Pu with a standard military salute.

Wang Pu turned a blind eye and went straight to the rostrum.

The eyes of all the gendarmes and the two hundred students followed Wang Pu's figure, and the eyes of the vast majority of the students looked at Wang Pu with burning eyes, in their minds, Wang Pu was a myth and a legend! This is partly because Wang Pu does have many heroic deeds, and the other half is because there is always a cult of personality in the military academy education, intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, the Battle of Songshan emphasized Wang Pu's "decisive role" in winning by surprise, the surprise attack on Shengjing emphasized that Wang Pu's use of troops was like "an antelope hanging its horns and there is no trace to be found", and the transfer to Korea reflected Wang Pu's "wise decision", and so on.

Don't underestimate the power of the cult of personality, this thing can definitely say that the black is white, the exploitation is a contribution to the country, the fooled is a "noble consciousness", and there is a "dedication to the leader" that can make people willing to be fooled, such as the later North Korean stick leader Jin Fatzi.

Of course, Wang Pu never wants to be an evil leader like Jin Fatzi, but now he needs the absolute allegiance of the Central Army, and if he wants the Central Army to be absolutely loyal to himself, he must first make the officers of the Central Army loyal to him, so Wang Pu has to make the Nanjing Army Military University a cradle for cultivating cronies.

Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, Wang Pu walked to the podium calmly and waved his hand at the students.

"After salutation, sit down!"

The captain of the gendarmerie standing in front of the rostrum gave an order, and the two hundred cadets put down their right hands in unison, and sat down in unison, still in the same sitting position, with their waists straight and their hands touching their knees.

Wang Pu scanned the audience with burning eyes and began his speech.

"You ...... I am graduating from the Nanjing Army Military University today, but as the president of the Military University, I would like to ask you a question. ”

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Wang Pu, and the needles could be heard in the auditorium.

"I don't ask you what you learned at the officer university? I don't ask you what you plan to do after graduation? Do you want to stay in school to teach or do you want to go to CSKA to lead troops? I just want to ask you, what...... It's an officer! ”

As soon as Wang Pu's voice fell, Li Chengdong stood up and said proudly: "Principal, the officer is the officer who leads the army, and he is the soul of an army!" ”

"Well said, sit down!" Wang Pu said happily, "The officer is the officer who leads the army, and he is the soul of an army!" Whether an army can fight or not, whether it has fighting spirit or not, just look at their officers! ”

"A soldier bears, a nest of bears! If the commander of an army is a cowardly and cowardly man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, then the whole army can only be a rabble that has escaped from the battle and is vulnerable! If the commander of an army is a fearless and strong man, then his army must be a force that dares to fight! ”

"The Central Army is a heroic army, it is an elite army, I don't want there to be soldiers in my army who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and I can't tolerate timid and cowardly officers in my army, you are the first batch of graduates of the Military University, although I am the president of the Military University, but I am the supreme commander of the Central Army, I can only evaluate you with the strictest requirements."

"I can tell you clearly that the 10th Battalion of the newly formed Central Army lacks a large number of officers, especially the lack of officers leading troops below the squadron leader, but I also want to tell you that just ten days ago, more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry had already entered the pass, or in less than half a month, Jiannu would go south."

"This will be a decisive battle related to the national fortunes of the Ming Empire, the new tenth battalion will participate in this decisive battle as the main force, if you enter the tenth battalion, there is no need to deny it, many of you will die on the battlefield, you choose to enter the staff or stay in school to teach, this is not a shame, it is shameful to escape on the battlefield, and it is even more harmful!"

"Now, if you are willing to go to the new 10th Battalion of the CSKA, please stand!"

"I'll go!"

Wang Pu's voice fell, and Li Chengdong stood up.

"I'll go too!"

Zheng Chenggong, who was only twenty years old, also stood up, his white face was full of excitement, and his eyes were burning when he looked at Wang Pu, as if there were two fires burning inside! For a young man like him, if he can follow Wang Pu to fight on the battlefield, it makes people's blood boil when they think about it.

The rest of the students all stood up: "And us!" ”

(To be continued)