Hao Yonghui's guess was right, not long after these armored units were dispatched to the various regimental headquarters, Li Yongji summoned all the officers at and above the battalion level to the headquarters for a meeting to discuss the next battle plan.

Although it was a discussion of the battle plan and the emphasis was on one discussion, because the decision-making power of this army was in Li Yongji's hands, and the overall war planning was formulated by the division staff department serving Li Yongji, the overall cultural level of the officers below was not high, and they could not think of any good ideas, or even if they did, they did not dare to open their mouths, for fear of making a fool of themselves in public.

Therefore, although there were a lot of combat meetings of the Dream Division, during each meeting, they sat in a regular manner, listening attentively like elementary school students, and after listening to the battle orders, when asked if there were any questions, they would only show their loyalty, and never put forward any personal suggestions in the military meeting.

However, although the junior officers of this unit were basically a group of people who were engaged in the work of obeying orders, Li Yongji would still hold a military meeting as usual before issuing a combat mission, and summon officers at and above the battalion level to hold a meeting, and his staff officers would convey the operational orders to the subordinates and explain the origin of these combat orders.

Because in Li Yongji's mind, an army that can only blindly obey has no future, even if there are modern weapons. Therefore, in order to improve combat effectiveness, it is necessary to let his subordinates understand the details of the battle plan, so as to stimulate their thinking ability and subjective initiative, instead of blindly following the arrangements of their superiors as they currently do.

Therefore, even if his subordinates are a group of echo worms, Li Yongji still has to do this, and he regards the matter of holding a military meeting before the war as a military tradition.

Li Yongji believes that these people just don't have any ideas for the time being, because they are still in the exploration stage of new tactics and new equipment, and they are careful in everything they do, for fear that something will go wrong. But when they run in with each other, I believe they will gradually let go of their courage.

Now, this combat meeting is still the same as before, and the officers below are sitting on small benches in rows according to their ranks, and they are looking at the exposition of Sun Xiangbing, the chief of staff of the division, who is talking loudly in front of the projector.

Sun Xiangbing is not very old, he has just turned eighteen years old now, and he is also the first child to be bought by Li Yongji, that is, a member of the so-called Youth Guards.

This Sun Xiangbing has always had a poor reputation in the past, and he is not as amazing as Li Fei, Bai Yunfei and others. But he is very studious, and he also likes military knowledge and other knowledge, and he is also one of the first members of the Junior Guards Corps to participate in the Qingpu Military Academy.

Later, in a simulated deduction examination, he won the attention of everyone with the first place in the excellent results, especially attracted the attention of Li Yongji, after personally inquiring about the examination school, he was quite satisfied with his meticulous thinking and clear thinking, especially his mathematical ability was quite amazing.

After discovering that the other party is a good seedling. Li Yongji specially instructed him to join the first class of the Operational Staff Department and give him key training.

The Department of Operational Staff is an emerging key department in the Qingpu Military Academy. After joining this department, I will reduce physical training, increase graphic teaching and video teaching, and basically learn some courses on how to be a staff officer.

In a nutshell. The operational staff department is mainly concerned with training staff officers. After joining this department, the main learning content of the students is to learn how to more effectively coordinate combat materials. To put it bluntly, how to analyze intelligence and how to formulate specific tactical plans is to train theoretical officers, and the most important thing is the ability to coordinate mathematics, and what is needed is arithmetic.

Therefore, if you have a talent in mathematics, then you can stand out in this department, after all, the learning and assessment content in this staff department does not pay attention to any strange theories, but pays attention to the comparison of strength.

In other words, what is emphasized in the operational staff department is the comprehensive strength comparison, that is, through the collection of intelligence, the number of troops, firepower intensity, and logistical efficiency of the two sides into a structural model, and then the corresponding operational plan is formulated according to the proportional size of the number after the comparison, and the method of weapon deduction is used to formulate the corresponding combat plan.

When formulating the battle plan, it is important to pay attention to a meticulous approach, which not only requires a thorough understanding of one's own troops, but also integrates information such as weather, terrain, fatigue, etc., which is a rather complex collaborative cooperation, which is not much different from those planning teams in modern enterprises.

That is to say, the key to the staff officers to be trained by the staff department is to pay attention to meticulousness, especially at the tactical level, and as for the grand strategy, it is not the direction they should focus on.

Although they can also learn such things as Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Thirty-Six Strategies, and the Theory of War, most of their studies are compared with the history of wars at home and abroad, and they use actual cases to compare and study, and they also learn the specific tactical arrangements of the two sides, and they pay great attention to details.

Therefore, there is a motto in the staff department of Qingpu Military Academy, that is, details determine success or failure, and any clever strategy, if the details are not done well, will not succeed.

When Li Yongji decided to form a dream division, he felt the lack of modern staff officers, so he asked the Qingpu Military Academy for people, and the way to ask for people was to hold an examination for the selection of staff officers.

The method of the exam is also simple, divided into two parts: written test and war chess deduction, and then the top ten with the highest comprehensive score are taken.

Among them, Sun Xiangbing's results are still the first, so he became the acting chief of staff of the division's staff department because of his outstanding achievements.

The so-called acting chief of staff is because he has the best grades, so he first acts as chief of staff, waits for a period of time, and then decides to stay.

When they came to the Red Fort in Hollywood and joined the Dream Division, they quickly played a role. Among them, Sun Xiangbing lived up to expectations, and in the fastest time to grasp all the situation of the troops thoroughly, and the exercise plan he formulated was also quite good, this back and forth, won Li Yongji's trust, less than three months after the end of the inspection period, just a month and a half later officially appointed him as the chief of staff of the Dream Division, and awarded the rank of colonel.

As soon as he came up, he was given to the colonel, which can be regarded as an exceptional promotion, which is even more powerful than being promoted by three levels in a row.

Because according to normal speaking, even if he graduated from the Qingpu Military Academy, at most he could get the rank of captain, and this time he became a colonel, only the emperor used his privileges to be promoted exceptionally, otherwise in the normal military system of the empire. This will never happen.

In fact, after staying together for so long, Li Yongji can also understand that this Sun Xiangbing wants to say that he is a military genius, I am afraid it is an exaggeration, the reason why he can excel is that he has a talent for mathematics.

In short, when Sun Xiangbing made a battle plan, he would not deliberately play any inspirational moves, he just rigidly calculated his own strength. Including the number of officers and soldiers, the length of training, the situation of weapons and equipment, the situation of firepower, and the situation of logistics support. After he counts all these numbers, he will incorporate them into a mathematical model to get a number jù, which is the so-called combat power value.

After calculating his own power, he will calculate the enemy's power. It is also a comprehensive analysis of the total number of troops of the other side, the length of training, the situation of weapons and equipment, and the situation of logistical support. Incorporate into the mathematical model to get a total number of combat power.

He will compare the total amount of combat power of the two masters, and if the difference in comparison is large. He will tend to fight head-on, and if the difference is not large, he will tend to fight defensively. If he is inferior to the other side, he will tend to retreat and not go to war with the other side.

Therefore, Sun Xiangbing is actually a number jù faction, he first used the number jù to stipulate whether to fight or not, and then according to different situations, to set different battle plans.

For example, if the difference between the two sides is large, and our side occupies a large proportion of the advantage, he will tend to a head-on decisive battle, at this time, the tactical plan he formulated is generally a wide frontal pressure battle, an encirclement battle, and a one-point breakthrough battle.

Different tactics deal with the comparison of different forces, for example, if your own forces are more than the opponent, then it is generally an encirclement war and a wide frontal pressure war, and if your own troops are less than the opponent, it is generally a little breakthrough tactic.

The so-called wide frontal pressure warfare is actually a traditional head-on duel, which is nothing more than trying to spread out one's own troops and try to maintain consistency with the enemy in the tactical width of the first line, so as to maximize one's firepower superiority.

Encirclement warfare is somewhat similar to wide frontal pressure warfare, but this usually occurs when your own forces outnumber the opponent and their firepower and mobility are also stronger than the opponent.

The principle is to use one's own strong firepower and high mobility to first select a weak part of the enemy, make a little breakthrough, and then sweep away after the breakthrough, like a long snake to keep fighting, it is a kind of local movement warfare, or blitzkrieg can also be.

Because the Dream Master has absolute firepower and mobility, Sun Xiangbing basically set these three tactics when formulating tactics, at most he made some small local changes according to the situation at the time, so it seems complicated, but it is actually simple, and others can actually do it, but it is not as meticulous as him.

Just like now, the tactics explained by Sun Xiangbing in the conference room are a breakthrough tactic, after all, the Dream Division is only 30,000 people, while Grant's Tennessee Army has more than 75,000 people, and the difference in number ratio is too great.

However, due to the advantages of firepower, mobility and communication, plus 30,000 people, Sun Xiangbing's breakthrough tactics were not a one-point breakthrough, but a three-point breakthrough.

In short, it is to divide the troops into three parts, and the three parts attack in different places at the same time, creating three local battlefields. The three parts of the army, in the three battlefields, must achieve a little breakthrough, that is, keep attacking and advancing, play lightning rush, like three sharp knives stuck in at the same time.

The reason for this is to maximize the width of their campaign, give full play to their firepower and mobility advantages, destroy the enemy as quickly as possible, and use the quick attack to cause chaos to the enemy, so that they can not give full play to their manpower advantages safely.

"That's the general plan of our army at the moment!" After making a brief tactical statement in the conference room, Chief of Staff Sun Xiangbing held a stainless steel telescopic teaching rod and pointed to the red and blue enemy situation map drawn on the large whiteboard and said, "As I said before, although the enemy army has an absolute advantage in numbers, because they wanted to surround Vickersburg before, they divided the troops into three parts, which were placed in three directions of Vickersburg, so each part is relatively scattered, and in terms of locality, the number of our army is not too large.

In view of the fact that our army far surpasses the opponent in terms of firepower and mobility, our tactics are very simple, that is, to select the weakest local tactical group of the opponent as the breakthrough point, concentrate all efforts to intersperse breakthroughs, and defeat this local tactical group. Go and get the next one.

In this way, our army relied on high speed and firepower to engage in mobile warfare with them, breaking through the surface, eating their divisions one by one, killing and injuring a large number of the enemy's living forces, and then causing chaos to the enemy, and finally winning the entire campaign.

The above is our campaign thinking, but in terms of the execution of specific tactics. In view of the terrain of the plains near Vickersburg, which is conducive to the deployment of troops, our army will be divided into three parts, that is, divided into three armies, left, right and center, and then march together, interspersed with breakthroughs to the enemy in front of them from three directions, break into it as quickly as possible, find a way to defeat the main force of the opponent, and drive the rout to the next target. Like herding sheep.

In this battle, we need to pay attention to speed and time, we must always maintain maneuver and maintain maximum firepower output. Maintain communication with each other at all times, cooperate with each other, and defeat the enemy in front of you as quickly as possible, so as to accumulate local advantages. Turn a local victory into a global victory, and finally win the battle and annihilate the entire Tennessee Army in the Vicksburg area......

Above. That's all my strategic and tactical ideas, I don't know if you have any objections to this? ”

When Sun Xiangbing said this, he began to pause, looked down calmly, and said that he was waiting for the questions and questions of the people below, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see anyone ask questions.

Of course, this is not to say that these people really have no problems at all, it is purely because the commander-in-chief Li Yongji is also here, so everyone does not dare to ask questions, which was the same situation before.

Li Yongji himself knew this, but he did not deliberately leave the scene because of this, and used methods to reduce their pressure to let them speak freely, but still sat in his seat, with a calm face and did not speak.

Because Li Yongji knows that relying on him to leave the scene to reduce the pressure and let everyone speak freely cannot play a role in supervision, and they must be allowed to slowly get used to their own savings, and be able to take the initiative to ask questions when they are also present, that is when they really begin to grow.

In fact, others are just fine, but the three regiment leaders, the three guys from the young guard regiment, should be their protégés and family slaves, and the relationship should be the closest, but to this day, they are still submissive when facing themselves, even the most out-of-the-box Li Fei did not dare to speak on such occasions, which made him slightly disappointed.

After all, he also knew that due to various reasons, most of the commanders above the battalion level here were young people with little practical combat experience, especially psychologically, they were not mature enough, and most of them were shy in this situation, and it was normal for them not to say a word.

Choosing young people as senior commanders is not Li Yongji's personal hobby, to be honest, he also wants to choose some experienced middle-aged people with a steady personality as commanders, but the problem is that the mechanization of his army is relatively high, and many weapons are technical weapons obtained by modern society, these things are powerful, but for the Chinese of this era, it is a little too sci-fi.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yongji chose young people with stronger receptivity as commanders, because these young people may not have enough battlefield feeling and combat experience, but they can receive modern tactical weapons faster and better.

The receptivity mentioned here does not mean the ability to master light weapons such as machine guns, mortars, and grenade launchers, after all, these modern light weapons are much easier to master than the front-loading smoothbore guns and smoothbore guns of this era, and there is no technical content at all, so the receptivity that Li Yongji values is actually referring to their mastery of combat vehicles.

Although there are no tanks, it has made extensive use of military combat vehicles in modern society, such as lightweight combat assault vehicles, military trucks with high chassis, armored vehicles, etc., and has realized the motorization of the whole army and got rid of the situation of marching on two legs.

Since there are a large number of vehicles, how to master the driving and maintenance of these vehicles is the top priority.

Needless to say, if you don't know how to drive, then these vehicles can't even move, but learning to drive is not an easy task, even if it is assault training, it is not a month or two to be proficient, especially to learn to drive on complex all-terrain, but also to learn to line up, which is even more difficult.

In addition to driving, these combat vehicles can have problems while driving. Even if there are big problems, they are all directly gathered and sent back to modern society for maintenance and repair, but if there are some minor problems, they need to be solved by their own officers and men.

Among these small problems, the most common problem should be to change tires, repair tires and adjust the suspension, which are the most encountered small problems in driving, and they are also the most important problems to be solved immediately. As for others like adding fuel, changing the oil, etc. It is also a necessary basic ability.

These simple maintenance skills, even if modern people in modern society want to learn, are not proficient in one or two months, let alone these Chinese in the sixties of the nineteenth century.

Therefore, Li Yongji chose young people to be soldiers, and even officers wanted young people, because young people have strong learning ability, accept new things quickly, and can learn to drive and maintain faster and better.

A motorized rifle division like the Dream Division. Since there is a lot of automatic firepower, and there are quite a few modern artillery, then there is nothing to worry about in terms of combat effectiveness, the most important thing to worry about. It's their ability to maneuver.

Even in modern society, the most important point of a mechanized division or a motorized infantry division is always the logistics support capability, and this logistics support capability is in this logistics support capability. The timely maintenance of combat vehicles is the top priority, and whoever has a strong enough logistical support capability will have a stronger combat effectiveness of the mechanized corps.

It is precisely because the mechanized corps values logistical support. Therefore, even in modern society, the countries that can play mechanized troops are only a few large and small countries that cannot afford to play mechanized corps. As for the reason, it is not that small countries cannot afford the weapons and equipment of mechanized regiments, but that small countries cannot afford logistics.

Therefore, the mechanized corps seems to be majestic, but if there is no strong logistical support capability and no qualified technical soldiers, it will definitely not be able to play, and if you force it to play, you will play badly if you don't do it well.

The most crucial reason why Li Yongji dares to play a motorized infantry division in this world is that he has a space-time trading system, which can send broken vehicles to modern society at any time for repair and maintenance in modern society.

In addition, modern combat vehicles are different from the World War II period, the anti-manufacturing ability is stronger, and there will be no problems with lightness, as long as it is not too tossed, just run three or five thousand kilometers and play, as for maintenance, most of them are nothing more than changing the oil and debugging the suspension.

This is the progress of technology, if Li Yongji uses a combat vehicle in the era of World War II, then he will cry, even if it can be sent to modern society for maintenance at any time, then Li Yongji will have a headache, because once the intensity is larger, he doesn't have to do anything else, just help the car to be repaired.

Why did Li Yongji form this unit more than half a year ago, but he didn't pull it out for actual combat until today? It is because training a motorized infantry division is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is completely different from the effort required to form an ordinary infantry division.

This is a motorized rifle division! It is not a pure infantry that can be pulled out to fight by walking in a line and practicing target shooting, and the things that soldiers have to learn are not a little bit.

In order to enable the officers and men of the Mengyi Division to master combat skills in a timely manner and master all technical weapons and combat vehicles, in addition to conducting high-intensity closed training, Li Yongji also started video teaching, and each regiment had no less than 30 large screens to play teaching videos incessantly, and even at the expense of the loss of vehicles, the soldiers were asked to take turns to use real combat vehicles to conduct high-intensity field exercises to learn driving skills.

Among them, once some soldiers have the talent to drive and can learn to drive earlier, then they will immediately become instructors and commanders, and begin to assist more officers and soldiers to learn to drive.

In this way, through the rough and barbaric field driving, the method of leading the backward with the advanced, and even disregarding safety, at the expense of frequent accidents, it was only in half a year that one-third of the people of the division mastered the basic driving skills, and were able to become qualified drivers, drive the combat vehicles of the whole division, and make the entire Mengyi Division a truly moving motorized infantry division, no longer just a model like before.

It is precisely because of the amazing difficulty of training a motorized infantry division that Li Yongji decided not to increase the motorized corps in the future, this division is currently the only fully motorized corps, and he does not plan to upgrade to a mechanized division, because it is too difficult, so he is a little unbearable.

However, after many hard efforts, it has finally paid off, and although the Dream Division is not comparable to the motorized infantry division in modern society, in this era, there is no pressure to crush those American GIs who are still using front-loading smoothbore guns, even if they are more numerous than themselves.

After waiting for a while again, he found that no one had spoken, so Sun Xiangbing nodded: "Since everyone has no opinion, then let's follow this No. 1 battle plan." The specific detailed battle plan will be compiled into a booklet and distributed to the respective regiment commanders, and then each regiment will arrange its own tactical arrangements according to the plan at hand. ”

After Sun Xiangbing finished speaking, he gave up his position and automatically walked to the side to stand, and then Li Yongji slowly walked up to the stage and looked down.

Finding that everyone still had nothing to say, Li Yongji said quietly: "You have already understood the battle plan, and I won't say anything superfluous." In the end, it is still the same sentence, the interests of China are higher than one qiē, for the sake of the empire, I ask each and every one of you to fulfill your duties! ”

As soon as the words were finished, all the officers stood up at the same time and shouted in unison: "Fight for the rise of China!" Long live the Empire! Hooray! ”

These voices are so loud and so neat, that they are not improvised.

In fact, Li Yongji's last sentence, as well as the responses of the officers and soldiers, are actually all routine words within the army, as long as they say that they are required to fulfill their duties, then everyone must answer the swear of allegiance to the death and fight for the rise of China.

The reason for this is not to put on a show, but to subtly transform the officers and men of the unit through guò, so that the officers and men of the unit can gradually form a belief and tradition and enhance their cohesion.

Literally, what they did was for the sake of the Chinese Empire, which was a rather noble and sacred thought, which itself meant honor, and for the sake of this highest honor and belief, they could trample on the world, become a group of fanatical believers, and reduce the psychological burden that arose in the course of the war.

In particular, these people in the sixties of the nineteenth century especially recognized these ideological things, and once they said anything about China or the empire, they immediately recognized it in their hearts, and they did not hesitate to spare even a single qiē for this.

Sure enough, after Li Yongji saw this group of officers chanting these words, after the fanaticism revealed in his eyes, although he was still strict on the surface, he was happy in his heart, knowing that although this group of subordinates was still a little rigid, at least the morale was still quite good, and they had been brainwashed quite thoroughly.

With so many powerful and fanatical die-hard fans, even if the world is so big, where can't you go? (To be continued......)