Chapter 243: Bruce's Calculations
"Deputy Commander Chen, yesterday we carried out a sniper attack on the Dutch generals when they were at the dinner place of the Dutch generals. More than 20 Dutch generals were killed at one time, and the Dutch generals have now lost one-sixth of them, and the top commanders have been severely damaged, and it will be very difficult for the Dutch army to attack us if nothing else. Not only was there no one to command, but their morale had suddenly dropped to the lowest point, and now they were afraid that their heads would be knocked off at any time by the Dutch army, and now they did not dare to attack our position! An intelligence staff officer said.
And Chen Liyan immediately laughed and said, "Lord Wang is a blessed man!" It is a great feat to be able to have such a powerful woman and annihilate more than 20 enemy generals at one time! I'm afraid, now the Dutch don't know how to cry! ”
And just when Chen Liyan was happy about this, the morale of the entire Dutch army had already plummeted. Originally, they were very confident in this attack on the Chinese. In particular, those officers and soldiers of the local faction even thought that more than 200 years ago, Taiwan was still their own colony, so they should be very weak and weak, and they could defeat them with their own actions. Many local officers and soldiers also think so, but the reality is that the battle has not yet begun, and the enemy has annihilated more than 20 generals at this outpost battle. It's so easy for people to kill generals, so isn't it easy to kill these little soldiers of their own? Therefore, now the Dutch officers and soldiers are all snipers of the Taiwanese army, as if facing a tiger, and they now the Dutch army does not dare to stick out their heads in the trenches, and they are afraid that the enemy's snipers will shoot their own heads.
"Hurry up and think of a way, now the morale of the soldiers has fallen to the bottom. Originally, we had already decided to launch an attack on the Taiwanese natives today, but now let alone launch an attack, if we don't make trouble, our soldiers will be afraid of death. Who can restore the morale of the soldiers? And then give me to attack? ”
Bruce, the commander-in-chief of the Dutch army in Indonesia, began to thunder and rage, originally they held a banquet yesterday, and then planned to immediately send troops to attack Taiwan's army today, and then they were able to win in one fell swoop and annihilate the Taiwanese army in one fell swoop, and even send a navy to land in Taiwan. And he also has this dream, hoping to make good achievements and get a better future. But now the plan is not changing as fast as possible. A sniper sued him for being so good in Taiwan. More than 120 generals at the banquet were killed at once, and more than 20 were killed, which was simply bloody. So it makes no sense to make him feel so angry now. Originally, he had already planned it, and according to the plan, he had already taken the initiative to attack at this time, but now let alone attack, it is still a question whether the war can continue.
"Commander-in-Chief Bruce, according to my count, a total of fourteen brigadier generals were lost last night. Eight major generals, two lieutenant generals. Of the 14 brigadier generals, eight are deputy division commanders, and seven are one deputy chief of staff of a corps, two chiefs of staff of divisions, two senior staff officers of the General Headquarters, and two chief and deputy chiefs of staff of the General Headquarters. ”
"And the losses of the major general are not small, there are three divisions without division commanders, and two and one army without deputy commanders. Two deputy chiefs of staff of the command were also killed. ”
"Finally, Lieutenant General, Commander-in-Chief Your Chief of Staff Wagner was killed. The commander of an army was also killed! ”
When Bruce and Adenauer heard this, they couldn't help but gasp. Twenty-four generals were killed, and many of them were still in important positions, and even the chief of staff of the General Headquarters was killed. And the staff system of the headquarters is also half crippled because of the death of several important staff officers, and it is also said how to fight next. These are all people in central posts. Suddenly killed in battle, subordinate officers and soldiers have no familiar leadership, and even those who are temporarily promoted may not be familiar with the business. Therefore, it is also a complicated project to want to temporarily promote and then run in accordingly.
"Now, what to do?" Bruce asked.
Bruce, the guy with low eyes, is completely out of line. He didn't know how to deal with the situation. Originally, he thought that as long as the army passed, the Taiwan army would definitely be defeated. But now they, the Dutch, are in a situation where if they are not careful, they may be defeated. If the Taiwanese army attacks at this time, then the Dutch may be really dangerous. Their combat system has been disrupted, and then many of their troops now do not have senior commanders, so they don't know how to deal with it now.
"Commander-in-chief, I said that Taiwan is not the indigenous people of the past, and what we should do now is to strictly strengthen the defense, and then select a group of outstanding officers to fill those lacking posts. Especially those who have the ability, but for some reason have not been able to get promoted, at this time, we should accelerate the promotion and vigorously promote them, so that they can become high-ranking officers. Adenauer said.
Adenauer actually found that most of the officers who died yesterday were from noble backgrounds, although these guys can't be said to be incapable, but their foundation is not solid. Ordinary officers from poor families all start from the bottom, climb up layer by layer, and then go to a high position. But those aristocratic officers are really a wonder. At present, it is still very popular in Europe, as soon as the son of a nobleman is born, he will hang a military registration in the army, which is regarded as a dead service. Then when he was in his twenties, he had more than twenty years of military experience. At this time, they were immediately awarded the rank of major or lieutenant colonel, and even some of them with harder backgrounds started directly with colonels. And after they get the military rank, they can directly get a military position that matches the military rank, so that when they are in their twenties, they have not really served for a day, and they are already middle and senior officers.
Of course, I don't dare to say that these officers are incompetent, after all, in this era, the education of the nobility is still good. However, they are strictly ungrounded, they don't understand the thoughts of the soldiers at the bottom of the army, they don't understand what the soldiers need. They started out with a super high www.biquge.info, which made it easy for him to ignore the needs of the soldiers and look down on ordinary soldiers. And this aristocratic model has also affected the promotion of ordinary Hanmen officers, many Hanmen officers have served for half their lives and are stuck in this position, but those guys joining the army are higher than the end point of many Hanmen officers. Therefore, it is conceivable that this kind of officer is so ungrounded, and it is conceivable how strong he is in battle.
Adenauer now thinks that it is better for these guys to die, and it is better to take the opportunity to promote some low-level officers while keeping these low-eyed guys in the army. As long as these officers who are capable, familiar with the low-level army, familiar with various tactics, and understand the needs of soldiers move to senior leadership positions, they may really be able to reverse the situation. Originally, Adenauer did not think that the Netherlands would be able to win under the Taiwan army this time, after all, the Netherlands was in a weak position both in terms of weapons and in the selection of officers, and now if a group of outstanding low-ranking officers can be promoted to leading positions, then there may still be the strength of a war.
"Adenauer, what do you mean by that? Do you want to promote untouchable officers at this time? "Immediately there was opposition.
"Yes! Can't promote untouchables at this time, so many nobles have not been able to become high-ranking officers, why let those untouchables get it? "No, the nobles should be promoted first, and then it will be the turn of those untouchables!" ……
Hearing Adenauer's construction, many people also began to oppose it at this time, after all, there is such a thing as an official position, a radish and a pit, and you can't take it for me. To say that Europe lacks everything, but there is no shortage of aristocrats waiting to be officials. No matter how many official positions there are, they can't fill those nobles. After all, official positions are scarce resources, even among nobles, there is a bloody competition, who has not a few people who are still idle in person, and want to be transferred to positions of real power? Who doesn't have a few relatives who want a nono ass? So when they heard that Adenauer was going to give these vacant positions to those poor officers, everyone was immediately angry. After all, in the West in this era, there are still many nobles who are high-ranking officials, and they are all easy to promote.
And Bruce's face was as gloomy as water, and then he suddenly said: "Adenauer, if I agree with you, can you guarantee that you will defeat the Taiwanese this time?" Expelled them from Kalimantan? ”
And Adenauer immediately said: "I can't guarantee it, I ......"
"Then if you can't guarantee it, then I can't agree to your request!" Bruce said.
And Adenauer, hearing this, immediately said: "Commander-in-chief, if you are willing to agree, I promise to defeat the Taiwanese and expel them from Kalimantan." If not, I'm fully responsible! ”
"Okay, you write a guarantee, and I'll give it to you this time. I won't interfere in the positions of these more than 20 officers, it's all up to you to decide! Bruce said.
"Commander-in-Chief!" "No, Commander-in-Chief!" ……
"Needless to say, I've already decided on this matter!" Bruce said.
And no one knew what Bruce was thinking, he watched as that Adenauer signed that pledge, and then finally breathed a sigh of relief. No one knows that he is already muttering about defeating the Taiwanese in his heart. Natasha shocked him so much that no one knew that he had initially changed his mind about the Taiwanese. He was afraid that if he lost the war, it would be miserable. If this war is lost and the Netherlands loses its last colony, then I am afraid the responsibility is very huge, and then his family will face the reproach of all the nobles of the country, and he will not be able to bear it at that time!
Therefore, he also wants to pass the responsibility on to others in the first place, and since this Adenauer is willing to take full responsibility, it will be good at that time. Anyway, when the time came, he promised himself to be the commander-in-chief, and he had the greatest credit. And if it fails, it would be best if Adenauer is willing to take full responsibility.
If you want to talk about war, Bruce may not be too good at it, but he is still very familiar with this kind of calculation. (To be continued......)