"Many people may wonder why I asked everyone to make a battle plan, which is to let everyone annihilate these more than 100,000 eight-nation coalition troops on land. In fact, from a military point of view, wouldn't it be great if we pressed them step by step, and then forced them to go to sea by boat, and then risk retreating from the sea and land, and then we sent the navy to annihilate them? In this way, not only can it be almost effortless, but it can annihilate more than 100,000 enemies. This is a low-cost and high-yield thing. And we sent the army and marines to attack, and even if we had their defense maps, there would still be losses. It's not big, but it's definitely a lot bigger than the first method. Therefore, from a military point of view, our method is not the best, not only sacrifice more of its own people, but on the contrary, the results achieved are relatively poor, and the losses of various weapons and ammunition are also greater. ”

And the staff officers below all looked at Wang Guorui with curiosity, obviously hoping that Wang Guorui would explain what this battle plan that did not conform to military common sense was going on. If Wang Guorui uses this method to formulate a plan, the losses of their own side will inevitably be relatively large, and then the enemy will not be so much, but will make their own troop losses much greater than the first method, and even the loss of weapons and ammunition is greater, which is obviously not in line with the idea of using the lowest effort to obtain the maximum results in military common sense.

"Actually, you only look at things from a military point of view, and you often have to look at things from a political point of view. From a purely military point of view, the kind of personnel carriers that allow the Navy to attack them is indeed a good method, but it is different from our strategic objectives. Annihilating the enemy's army of more than 100,000 at one time is very cool, in fact, I also hope so. But there are times. We can't do that, we can't just focus on the pleasure of annihilating the enemy and forget our real political goals. Military warfare serves political purposes, and military affairs are always a continuation of politics and a means to solve political goals, and the military's behavior cannot contradict each other with political strategy. ”

"Our most important purpose at the moment. It's not to kill the enemy, it's not to kill the enemy to get heads. In war, the number of kills is not really a victory. Only when you have achieved your strategic goals will you be able to achieve a real victory. Strategic goals are set around political goals, so in the end, it comes down to whether they are in line with political goals. Therefore, killing the enemy does not represent victory, and the method of calculating combat merits by killing the number of enemies is no longer popular, and now is not the era of cold weapons in the past, so we cannot simply calculate combat merits and victories in this way. ”

"So, we have to figure out what our political goals are. You staff officers. In particular, the staff officers working in the General Staff Headquarters, every move and plan you make will implicate the strategic layout of the entire country, so you must draw up plans from the overall strategic situation of the entire country, rather than simply drawing up plans from the military perspective. When you make plans, you must consider the political goals, otherwise even if you win on the battlefield, but the set political goals are not achieved, then the war will actually be lost. ”

"Our highest political goal at this stage is to unify the country. Being able to rule the whole country is not a desperate fight with foreign devils. We have to think clearly. Our political goal is to unify the country and rule the whole country. Therefore, all our operations must be carried out around this goal. ”

"Let's imagine, if we annihilate all this army of nearly 200,000 and drown all of them in the sea, what will we gain and what will we lose? Almost 200,000 lives. There are 120,000 Japanese people. Once we've annihilated them all and drowned in the sea, all we'll end up with is a number killed, a number that doesn't mean much. But what do we lose for the sake of this number? First of all, Japan has lost more than 100,000 young people, more than 100,000 people! More than 100,000 young adults have been lost in this way. It hurts enough to make the Japanese liver tremble. At present, the population of Japan is about 40 million, and if you exclude half of the women, that is 20 million. And then again, put aside 15 percent of the old people, that's 17 million. At present, Japan is at the peak of population growth, so the proportion of young people has increased to more than 35%. Therefore, the population of young and middle-aged people in Japan is about 10 million. ”

"However, among the 10 million people, there must be people engaged in all walks of life, and it is impossible for all of them to be used as soldiers, so in the end, in fact, the population of more than 100,000 is already more than half of the current Japanese standing army. That's all they can do when there is no emergency mobilization. ”

"And if more than 100,000 young people are wiped out in our hands like this, do you think we will make enemies with the Japanese? And, what a hatred it has received! What would more than 100,000 young people's relatives and friends think if they knew that their relatives and friends had died at our hands? I'm afraid, the first thought is revenge, right? Whose relatives and friends were killed, that is not the first idea of revenge? At that time, we are afraid that we will face a whole angry Japan, and I am afraid that at that time Japan will be filled with a sense of revenge, and they will mobilize the whole country and then fight us. If, according to the maximum mobilization capacity, they are enough to mobilize millions of troops, what do you say we will do at that time. ”

But immediately a staff officer said, "We are not afraid of them, aren't we millions of farmers who pick up hoes?" What do we have to be afraid of? ”

Everyone looked disdainful, apparently not worried about the power of the millions of farmers who had just laid down their hoes. However, Wang Guorui immediately roared angrily.

"You idiots, didn't you hear what I just said? How did you all become staff officers, especially the staff officers of the General Staff Headquarters, who did not talk about the overall strategic situation at all, and only had the battlefield in mind, and there was no other political overall situation? Wang Guorui scolded.

"I know that our army is not afraid of them, and we are certainly not afraid of the millions of armies of the Japanese. Even the Americans combined are not afraid of us, because they are farmers who have just laid down their hoes. But don't forget what our strategic goals are. As I said just now, our strategic goal is to unify the whole country and unify the country, instead of fighting with foreign devils here and there, and fighting back and forth meaninglessly. You have to figure out this goal, not kill the enemy for the sake of killing the enemy, otherwise it will be a vain kill, and there is no point at all. Of course, we are not afraid of the millions of Japanese troops, nor are we afraid of the Americans joining in, but we are afraid of time delay! Even if we were able to defeat the Japanese and the Americans, how much time would it take? One year, two years, three years, or even five years and ten years? It's one thing for us not to be afraid of them, but it's another thing for us to have strategic goals, see what I mean? ”

At this time, a staff officer immediately replied: "Lord Wang, I understand." Our strategic goal was to unify the whole country, at a time when the British were busy with the Boer War. As long as we can take advantage of this time when the Western powers cannot quickly free up their hands to intervene in us, this is the most suitable golden time. If this time is missed, the resistance to our reunification of the whole country will increase greatly, and we will definitely face even more pressure at that time. Now, if we completely provoke the Japanese nation in order to kill the enemy for a while, and when the time comes, they will mobilize all of them, although we are not afraid of them, it will be enough to delay our time. Once we lose both our forces with the Japanese and the Americans, that's what the British want to see. At that time, once the war dragged on, the Japanese and Americans fought with us and lost, and the British were the last ones to be happy. ”

"The British have always been worried that the United States is more industrially powerful than they are, and they are worried about us. They very much hope that China and the United States will fight each other to the death, so that they can directly weaken our strength, so that we are really fighting with each other, and the British will benefit from the fisherman. At that time, the British almost effortlessly took us and the Americans together to pick up the grass and rabbits, then we really failed. At that time, we in China, Japan, and the United States fought to the death by ourselves, and then the British were fanning the wind and lighting ghosts and fires outside, and stealing fun! ”

Wang Guorui immediately praised: "That's the truth, if we have a mortal enmity ourselves, then the British will also take the opportunity to steal fun!" There are no eternal friends and enemies between nations, only eternal interests. Don't look at the fact that now the British, the Americans, and the Japanese are coming together to fight us, but the British are eager to stab the Americans and the Japanese! If we completely annihilate the more than 100,000 Eight-Nation Coalition forces dominated by Japan and the United States, it will be the British who will steal the joy in the end. They will certainly take the opportunity to incite Japan and the United States to fight to the death with us, and then we will not only miss the opportunity to unify China, but will also damage a large amount of national strength as a result, and that will outweigh the losses. ”

"So, we can't do this kind of stupid thing. Remember, our goal is to unify China, not to kill the enemy for the sake of killing the enemy, and if we really do it that way, then killing the enemy is just a number that looks glossy, but we have lost a lot in the big picture. We can't be so hasty, you see? (To be continued.) )