Chapter 488: Su Dao's Suffering

readx; Many people have asked me why I am so cruel to my officers and soldiers, why should the reconnaissance regiment have an incomparably brilliant record, and they are also a unit composed of the best soldiers of the Chinese Empire, why should their establishment be abolished and forcibly dispersed?

I have also asked myself more than once, what was it that made me make such a cruel decision? Later, after many nights of countless reflections, I finally found the answer, although I made this decision subconsciously at the beginning, and the time to think about it was less than ten minutes, but now I have spent a lot of nights to find this answer for myself. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Yes, why do that? Now I can tell you truthfully, I am tired, since ancient times, China has gone through countless wars and internal strife, for thousands of years, China has changed from the world's first power to the kind of country that was bullied by people a few decades ago.

Some people may say that it was the incompetence of the Manchu rulers and the incompetence of the Manchu army, but in my opinion, the real situation of the matter is not like this, and the decline of every powerful dynasty begins with internal [***] and internal strife.

The Chinese Empire has only been established for a few years, and according to common sense, the Chinese Empire at this time should be the most united country in the world, and the performance of the Chinese Empire today is indeed the same, with a tacit understanding between the political axe and the army, as well as with the people.

Everyone did not think carefully, and went all out to hope that the country could become stronger and move towards the road of rejuvenation as soon as possible. Everything is going in a beautiful direction.

But I did not expect that on the road to revival, the first thing that would go wrong would be our army, the rejection of foreign officers, this seemingly small problem, as long as these officers are strong enough and show enough convincing ability, then it is only a matter of time before they master this army.

But what are the duties of the army? It's a war, and the enemy won't give you time for your commander to subdue the troops, so that he can command the troops well. The military order is like a mountain, and this is a regulation that can be remembered by the soldiers from the time of the old third battalion.

Now that we are strong, we have our own motherland, millions of armies, a powerful navy and an almost invincible air force, so when I see someone, I can't wait to my tail, always thinking that he is invincible in the world, and no one is his opponent.

Therefore, officers who are familiar with the battlefield situation will be excluded, or even evisceed, ignoring the orders of their superiors. I also know that this situation does not only exist in one unit of the reconnaissance regiment, but also in the navy, army, and air force.

But what is it about a force of more than 70 percent recruits that gives them the capital to be worthless? What gives them the arrogance of being invincible in the world? After thinking about it for a long time, I finally thought of who was the person who gave them absolute confidence.

That is their predecessors, who had fought on the battlefield before, and helped them without complaint, but they resisted together, and even did not hesitate to verbally attack their predecessors, besiege them and other evil tactics.

Of course, the officers who participated in the siege were all promoted on the basis of their military exploits, and they had also experienced countless battles and had a certain judgment of the situation on the battlefield. However, they don't even understand the truth of knowing themselves and their opponents, and treat all their opponents as if they were one opponent.

With such an army, why should the country and the people believe that you will win the war? Why are they putting their lives in your hands?

Some people also told me that this is only a small problem, and that it can be corrected through the education of the troops, and that if the matter is made bigger, it will be very detrimental to the country, the army, and the war. But I did not heed their advice, because what I saw in this incident was not what we had seen after we had defeated the enemy, but what they had seen when they had captured our country, captured our capital, and planted their flag on our territory.

A small incident is enough to cause a huge earthquake, and this incident has already caused strong dissatisfaction among the Fifth Army, if the Ninth Army misjudged the situation on the battlefield because of this incident, and eventually caused the troops to be surrounded by the Soviet army and fall into a trap of imminent annihilation.

And because their relations with the Fifth Army deteriorated before, which led to discord between the officers and soldiers of the two sides, even if the command of Army Group North, even if I personally gave the order to support, the Fifth Army would not be moved? This kind of thing has not happened before, and it has not happened more than once.

Therefore, I am tired, and I don't want to see any more discord caused by infighting, nor do I want to mediate all kinds of strange things caused by infighting again and again. ’

This is the draft that Su Dao finally came up with after several revisions, and this draft did not see Su Dao's words to appease the troops, nor did he see how Su Dao resolved the sequelae brought by this incident to the troops.

Instead of the above-mentioned contents, he intensified his criticism of the Recruit Army represented by the Ninth Army, and although it ostensibly supported the Fifth Army, it was not a warning to the Fifth Army. What Su Dao was most afraid of was the disharmony between the troops because of this incident.

The Ninth Army is young and vigorous, and will definitely suffer big losses in the future, and the closest to them is only the Fifth Army, if the Fifth Army is thinking of making them suffer a little at that time, then the loss can only be the defense strength of the Chinese Empire.

And since this kind of thing can happen once, it can happen twice, and Su Dao doesn't have any justified evidence to punish them except for criticism, because as long as they find a random fight, they can say that they can't get out of the way, or how long it will take to support.

How was Chairman Chiang defeated in his previous life? It is not because of the disharmony between the troops that many units only resort to solidarity when friendly forces need support, while the troops themselves have always refused to be dispatched.

The most famous is one of Chairman Chiang's trump cards, the 74th Division. In the Battle of Meng Lianggu, Li Tianxia was jealous of Zhang Lingfu because of the defeat in the original battle for the commander of the 74th Division.

When I contacted the 74th Division, I kept saying that they were almost there, but the blocking fire was too fierce, so they could open an opening immediately after holding on for a while, but in fact? Reinforcements did go, but they were less than a company of troops and did not play any role at all.

Although this kind of thing has not happened now, Su Dao is a person who has come over after all, and many things have been seen clearly, and there is history as a reference, so he has to be more vigilant in many aspects. There's a good chance that the people below will be suspicious of each other for one reason.

The current army is no longer the period of the Ninety-ninth Army, just such a few people, no matter how powerful everyone is, they are only division commanders and brigade commanders, and there is Su Dao, the division commander, who is suppressing it, and the most important thing is that because of the small number of people at that time, the expansion of the army is imperative, so many people know that even if they don't mention themselves this time, they will definitely mention it next time, so they don't have so much care.

Now Su Dao didn't know if the people below were still thinking like this, but just by virtue of this incident, Su Dao faintly guessed that the mentality of the officers and soldiers of the army had changed.

As the emperor, Su Dao naturally could not personally hold a certain position in the army, let alone drive the expedition in person like the emperors in ancient times. Everything is moving forward step by step according to Su Dao's plan, but the requirements for Su Dao are getting higher and higher.

Su Dao, who had not personally commanded the troops for several years, was now a little unfamiliar with the command of the troops, and besides, he had never commanded so many troops, and many times he didn't know what to do.

So for Su Dao, now he has passed the era of great strides, unconsciously, even Su Dao did not realize that he has entered the era of gradual exploration, and if he does not do it well, he will take a fork in the road.

Su Dao can be said to be worried, the things in the army make Su Dao so busy that he doesn't sleep more than three hours a day, and the whole person has lost weight in a few days, which really scares the people below.

On the troops, after seeing Su Dao's letter, they gradually began to enter into deep reflection, and many people also understood Su Dao's hardships and worries. And after learning the news that Su Dao had lost a lot of weight because of this incident, those officers and soldiers who had not yet figured it out also gave up their previous ideas because of Su Dao.

At the same time, Zhukov, who finally learned that something had happened on the side of Army Group North, was also excited, and while sending a telegram urging the reinforcements to speed up, he began to formulate a counterattack plan.

In Zhukov's view, there was a serious rift within Army Group North, and there was a lack of trust between the troops, and this was the perfect time for them to attack, although the Soviet Red Army did not have the ability to destroy their two armies at once, but it was still possible to concentrate forces to destroy the newly raised Ninth Army.

But the premise is that they must succeed in holding back the Fifth Army, and Zhukov, who has fought with the Fifth Army, also knows that this Fifth Army is by no means good.

In order to win this counterattack, the key is whether the Soviet army can quickly annihilate the Ninth Army, and the Ninth Army occupies a relatively large proportion of Zhukov's plan, more than 70 percent.

And in Zhukov's plan, as long as the troops annihilated the Ninth Army, then the annihilation of the Fifth Army was only a matter of time.

Because the Soviet Red Army did not lack combat effectiveness, all they lacked was equipment, and the annihilation of the Ninth Army meant that they could arm at least 600,000 troops, with the same equipment as the enemy, and Zhukov had absolute certainty of defeating them.