Grabbing the boarding ladder, he was about to get on the boat, but he heard someone behind him call Brigade Commander Wang. Looking back, I saw that I was a young man with a high spirit, white face and thin beard, elegant temperament, and gentle manners, some familiar faces, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it for a while?

When the two guards saw Wang Zhenyu like this, they knew that they were not acquaintances, and immediately nervously touched their hands on the gun box. This is the detail that Zhao Dongsheng, the chief of the guard, has specially explained to them, but Wang Zhenyu thinks that he is still a small shrimp, and he has no conflict of interest with others, and those who have a conflict of interest have also been sent underground by him, so he is safer than anyone else at present.

The man naturally knew that Wang Zhenyu didn't remember himself, and he didn't care about the excessive nervousness of the guard in front of him, but just smiled slightly: "Brigade Commander Wang, your noble personnel are busy, I am Wan Yaohuang, the operational staff officer of the wartime headquarters, and the little staff officer who received you when you came back from the great victory in Hankou." ”

"Oh! Haha" Wang Zhenyu remembered, and he had the impression that there was indeed such a small staff officer who was very decent at receiving people and things, and asked him about the details of his operation in Yudaimen at that time. "Staff Officer Wan, this has to be blamed on you for not wearing a military uniform, forgive Wang's clumsy eyes, I didn't recognize it for a while, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Shouldn't you go to Nanjing with Commander Huang? How did it end up here? ”

Wan Yaohuang: "Hehe, there, Brigade Commander Wang, you don't know, I was on an errand in the Hubei Military Government before. Mr. Huang is promoted, and my responsibility is naturally not able to follow. However, yesterday I had already resigned from my position in the military government and was going to go to Nanking to find an errand so that I could join the Northern Expedition. No, just waiting to take your downwind boat, you won't bother me, right? ”

Wang Zhenyu liked this well-spoken young man a little, and hurriedly said where and there, and then signaled the guards around him to help Wan Yaohuang carry the suitcase, and he got on the boat while talking to Wan Yaohuang.

Sometimes it is so strange between people, some people meet every day, but they can't say a few words, and often they don't speculate for more than half a sentence when they speak; But although some people are meeting for the first time, they are familiar at first sight, and they are very close to Wang Zhenyu and this Wan Yaohuang is probably the latter, after getting on the boat, the two chatted, talking about the current situation, talking about folk customs, the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they had the meaning of seeing each other late.

"So, you are not familiar with Chief of Staff Li, and you were only temporarily sent to the headquarters, so what are your plans to go to Nanjing?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, now Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Li are now big names in the Central Provisional Government of the Republic of China, and I guess I have to go to the War Department to register a number first. If you don't have an acquaintance, you may not be able to see the two of them, but it won't do much if you continue to stay in Hubei. Now the governor of Li Du is already content with the status quo, and most of the people in Wuchang are tired, I think this revolution will have to go to Nanjing. ”

Wang Zhenyu thought for a moment: "You want me to say." Don't look for acquaintances to entrust you, my Ninth Brigade has just been established, and I don't have a clue about the expansion, and you and I are also the same age, and we are also very close to each other. Simply, you will come to me as a training director, just follow me, and be responsible for the specific work of the expansion, the military rank will be wronged by a major first, and then appointed according to the situation, what do you think, Xiaowan? ”

"Okay, Brigade Commander Wang looks up to me, how can I Wan Yaohuang have a reason to excuse myself, I listen to your orders" Wan Yaohuang also felt that this Wang Zhenyu in front of him was very angry with himself, although he was a major general, he had no half of the fight, so he was happy to work with him, so he naturally accepted it without pretentiousness.

After dinner, Wang Zhenyu and Wan Yaohuang went out of the bedroom to the deck to watch the sunset. Zhao Dongsheng and the people of the teaching team and the guard team are all on this boat, so there is no need to worry about safety.

When they walked to the deck, they found that the sun had set, and it was dark, and the two of them were not in a hurry to return to the ship, but stood on the deck and leaned on the boat to feel the oncoming, slightly chilly river breeze.

Wang Zhenyu suddenly wanted to test Wan Yaohuang's skills: "Xiao Wan, now that we are our own people, I have always had some problems that I can't figure out, and I need someone to help me refer to them." ”

Although Wan Yaohuang is not used to the title of Xiao Wan, he is also happy to be so close: "Brigade Commander Wang, it doesn't hurt to say it, just don't laugh at Wan Mou for being shallow and saying the wrong thing." ”

Wang Zhenyu nodded: "Do you think our country will be a situation in the future, you can talk about your predictions, and you don't have to worry about anything else." ”

Wan Yaohuang was delicate, knowing that Wang Zhenyu was taking the school examination himself, so he smiled lightly and said: "Then with all due respect, according to the current situation, the destruction of the Manchu Qing is just around the corner, maybe we don't have to wait for our Northern Expedition, and the Manchu Qing will collapse on its own." ”

Wang Zhenyu was immediately surprised, he came from a later generation, and naturally knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty abdicated, but how should Wan Yaohuang, who was a small staff officer, know about it? You must know that the end of imperial power in history has never ended.

"Where did this conclusion come from?"

Wan Yaohuang said: "Since the first uprising in Wuchang, Brigade Commander Wang can see how many local governors have been martyred for this Qing Dynasty loyalty? Mo said that he was the governor, but how many princes and nobles and the children of the Eight Banners who had been supported by the imperial court for more than ten generations went south to fight? The group that has benefited the most from this court and gained the most is still unwilling to work for this court, do you think who else can reverse this general trend? Since the nobles of Manchuria did not even have the courage to commit suicide, what else could they do but bend their knees and surrender, anyway, this is what they have been accustomed to kneeling to foreigners for decades. ”

Wang Zhenyu nodded, obviously agreeing with Wan Yaohuang's point of view: "Then what do you think will be the situation after the fall of the Manchu Tartars?" ”

Wan Yaohuang scratched his eyebrows with his middle finger, and the sword eyebrows were already wrinkled. This son said hesitantly: "Brigade commander, don't blame, Wan may look at the problem negatively, but there is also a saying." ”

Wang Zhenyu smiled: "Didn't I say it before, tell the truth, it's okay." ”

Wan Yaohuang was encouraged and said: "In the battle of the Jade Belt Gate, Brigade Commander Wang, you won, but Wan can tell you that you just won on a clever word. If you hadn't used your plan properly and occupied the right time, place and people, just facing it head-on, the brothers who came to aid the Hubei and Hunan armies would have suffered a big loss even if they were brave. ”

Wan Yaohuang paused for a moment, and then continued: "The Tartar soldiers on the opposite side are actually the six towns of Beiyang that Yuan Shikai supervised at the beginning, and these soldiers have been in the limelight in the previous Zhangde autumn exercises. I've heard my predecessors say that looking at the world, the eighth town in Wuhan and the ninth town in Nanjing can be compared. But in fact, in Hankow, the Eighth Town made them a complete defeat, almost completely annihilated. In the battle of attacking Yudaimen, you were there, and it was this Beiyang soldier who was not enough to defeat 10,000 of us. From training to equipment, the six towns of Beiyang are all first-class, and there is no need to give up more than the armies of the great powers. At present, although we have won half of the country, but from a military point of view, I am afraid that we are not the opponent of the six towns of Beiyang! The military is a political guarantee, and if there is no military balance between each other, the future between the north and the south is probably ......."

The next words are self-evident, but Wang Zhenyu is not worried about the future, in contrast, he is more pleased that he has picked up a treasure. If Xu Yuanquan belongs to a professional tactical level talent, then the Wan Yaohuang in front of him belongs to a professional strategic level talent. And what I lack most now is talent, otherwise I don't have to do any coaching team. Wang Zhenyu knows very well in his heart that without the help of talents, he hopes to rely on personal wisdom to reverse the luck of an era, even if he can predict that it is untrue, it is completely a freehand yin novel.

At breakfast the next day, Wan Yaohuang shocked Wang Zhenyu, who had just woken up: "Brigade Commander Wang, I read the military training manuals of each company issued by our brigade, and they are very well compiled. But I have a little suggestion. ”

Wang Zhenyu had just eaten a steamed bun, and when he heard that there was a suggestion, he immediately became interested, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said sideways: "Say, talk about it." ”

Wan Yaohuang said: "First of all, the firepower position is set up, you have also seen in the battle of Hankou this time, the firepower of those Makqin heavy machine guns is very powerful, and such weapons will be used in a large number of wars in the future." But this thing is a money-eating thing, so you have to pay attention to the way you use it. I once did a calculation in Hanyang, if you look at these three bowls, each bowl is like a heavy machine gun position, if you spread out in a line, each machine gun can radiate the front of the muzzle turn, and the firepower is limited to that. Once it encounters the fast-moving tiger and wolf division, such firepower is also easy to break through. ”

Wang Zhenyu remembered that Lu Diping's battle against the Bo'ai Academy was not to bypass the radiable front of the Qing army's heavy machine guns and easily succeed from the side. Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu was naturally busy nodding at Wan Yaohuang's statement.

"But if the three bowls are arranged in a straight line into an inverted triangle, with the advantage of the geographical advantage, a depth of fire can be formed, and once the enemy attacks, he will face a crossfire attack from three directions. No matter how fierce and elite the firepower is, it is estimated that it is difficult for the army to achieve a breakthrough with manpower alone, unless they have stronger firepower to suppress it," Wan Yaohuang said more and more devoted: "This is the application of heavy firepower such as machine guns. As for the defensive position, I also think that it should not be built in a line, and the Z-shaped position currently being implemented in Europe is very good, it is easy to build a defensive depth, form a local firepower superposition, and at the same time facilitate retreat. However, the requirements for the quality and workload of the sappers have also increased. ”

Wang Zhenyu didn't interject, he just listened quietly, and at the same time took out a small notebook from his jacket pocket and recorded them one by one.

Wan Yaohuang is a young man after all, and he is naturally very excited and proud that his opinions can be valued by Shangguan, and his heart is suddenly full of enthusiasm: "By the way, brigade commander, there is another problem, that is, the defense and attack of the enemy in the field. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and accidents are inevitable. For example, when the enemy is discovered, it is too late to build a complete fortification, and at this time, the army should be organized to effectively form a V-shaped deployment. ”

Wang Zhenyu, who has read the book "Korean War", knows that the so-called V-shaped attack means to block the enemy head-on and outflank the enemy's rear road. But it was used for offense, and it is estimated that it is not the same thing as what Xiao Wan said.

"That is, within the effective range of firepower, it is spread out in a V-shape, similar to a pocket, and the key is on three points, of which the key is to hold on to the bottom point, so as to protect the side of the two points at the top. The top two points can hold on, which in turn can support the bottom point, forming a three-sided attack of firepower. The premise is the terrain and the location. Wan Yaohuang explained concisely.

Although Wang Zhenyu couldn't digest these military concepts for a while, and even if he digested them, it would not be a matter of a day or two to promote them in the whole army, he was still very excited: "Yaohuang, if you have any suggestions, just say, don't hide your secrets." ”