In the first battle of the Northern Expedition, the kite was defeated three times.

The casualties were huge, and the thousands of troops were exhausted, which was a defeat.

Xuchang slaughtered, all the people died, this is a moral defeat.

Standing up for criticism, as pointed out by thousands of people, this is a defeat.

However, the kite also has two wins.

In less than half of the time, the territory is complete, this is a victory.

Slaughter one and drop ten, save the people, this is a righteous victory.

Three defeats and two wins, right and wrong, have their own posterity commenting. - "Quotations of the Marshal"

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In the generalissimo's office of the Republic's glory, the old marshal was sitting in a chair flipping through the papers, his mental condition was not very good, his eye sockets were sunken deeply, his eye circles were faintly black because he had not been well rested, his eyes were also covered with tired bloodshots, and his shriveled and cracked lips were blistering with a lot of blood from the fire.

The old marshal took up his cup, drank the brewed honeysuckle tea, which was the first cup to come, and then lit a cigarette, but after two puffs it was tasteless, and irritated himself extinguished it in the ashtray full of cigarette butts.

At this time, a personal guard walked in, silently poured boiling water into the teacup, rebrewed the honeysuckle that had been on fire, and then said worriedly: "Marshal, you better go and rest quickly, you haven't closed your eyes for three days." ”

The old marshal sneered briefly, slapped the table with a slap, poked the Northern Expedition report in front of him with his fingers, and said irritably: "The eagle will do such a thing, how can I sleep?!" ”

The report on the Northern Expedition in front of the old marshal summarized in detail all kinds of details in the course of the war, what Leng Kite did, where to move the army, how much he destroyed the enemy, how much he lost himself, and even how many bullets were fired, and now the top is a report on the massacre of Xuchang, where 700,000 civilians were killed.

The old marshal rarely gets angry, but when he is angry, the guards suddenly dare not speak up.

The old marshal patted his forehead, sorted out the report for a while, and then continued to read it, and his tone was a little calmer: "You go down first." ”

The guards sighed and left.

The old marshal continued to flip through the report, and now he was in a mixed mood, both angry and happy.

According to the report from the front, the three front armies mobilized by Leng Kite have successfully conquered Yanzhou, Bianliang, and Qizhou, and the troops swept straight to the Yellow River, and the appalling "one slaughter and one benevolence" made the cities controlled by the rebels completely chaotic, and all surrendered in a short time, and the rebel forces fled north in embarrassment, and were completely expelled from the war-torn area in the middle.

This also means that the middle area of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River has been owned by the Hui of the Republic, which is a result that many generals did not dare to think of before, I am afraid that even the generals in Beijing dare not believe that their apprentices will have such a sharp edge, which is really terrifying.

However, the reason why the old marshal was very angry was very simple: Leng Kite adopted the former Soviet Union's "theory of large-depth operations" in the general direction this time, using superior infantry to tear apart the opponent's line, and the armored army group then broke into the divided battlefield and expanded the results of the battle, and at the same time cooperated with the artillery and aviation to advance to the opponent's deep position and annihilate the enemy in a mobile war.

But the problem is that there are more than 100 years of Zong, and during the honeymoon period in the middle of the 20th century, he went to Suzhou to study all the year round.

According to the statistics so far, the casualty ratio between the Republican Radiance and the Northern Rebels is 3:1, and the average casualties of 3 soldiers can replace 1 soldier on the other side, which is a complete defeat from a tactical point of view.

But the reason for the joy is also very simple, the tactics have failed, and the strategy has won!

In the plan submitted by Leng Kite, the control of the middle basin of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is the first phase of the goal, and this goal has now been achieved.

Moreover, according to the estimation of the General Staff before, this process should have taken a month, but as a result, Leng Kite's fangs were exposed for the first time, and the torrent-like offensive was devastating, and the general who was firmly accustomed to it was directly stunned, and the strategic goal was directly achieved in less than two weeks, twice as fast as the scheduled plan!

Of course, the reason why this goal was accomplished so quickly, in addition to the strong advance regardless of casualties, was also due to the eagle general's iron-fisted policy.

The slaughter of Xuchang frightened the courage of the civilians, and Bianliang Zhiren let them see the only hope in the darkness, in the desire to survive, the vast sea of people spontaneously drove away the rebels in the city, and helped the Hui soldiers of the republic to take more than ten cities without blood, and completely controlled the war-torn area.

The old marshal was angry about Leng Kite's approach, but he was not dissatisfied, he was angry that Leng Kite was ruthless, and he stretched out the butcher knife to innocent civilians, which was shameful for the world.

There is no dissatisfaction because without this "trick" of Tu Yiren, the Radiance of the Republic would not have been able to capture the city without blood, and then it would have paid a heavier price than it is now.

The same is true for civilians, if every city launches a tragic offensive and defensive battle, then the artillery fire will be ruthless, and when all the cities are finished, the total number of civilian deaths will not only be Xuchang's "700,000", but will rise exponentially, and the corpses will be everywhere.

Therefore, in terms of strategic figures, Leng Kite is not only not a cruel butcher, but a benevolent saint, she saved millions of civilians from artillery fire, and minimized casualties by slaughtering one city and descending ten cities, and is worthy of being a republican general.

But the problem is that this approach is perfect from a strategic point of view, but it is really difficult to say how folk scholars, media, troubadours, and external forces will evaluate Leng Kite.

Was there such a philosophical question in the old days, could you kill another innocent person in order to save ten innocent people?

This is a question without an answer, because from the different angles of answering, diametrically opposite answers can be drawn, like a little girl who dresses up at will.

And in this era, the surging public opinion is the most terrifying, better than the guns of the army and the claws of the fierce beasts, because of the wall of life, they are closed to information, and their thoughts are easy to be guided and swayed, and a wave of public opinion can cause a surging wave, which can help you ascend to the altar or send you to hell!

It can be expected that in the future, a large number of people who are politically or militarily hostile to Leng Kite will make a fuss about this, ignore the "goodness" of the slaughter of the city, trumpet the "evil" of the slaughter of the city, and use the people's thoughts to make invisible bullets to launch round after round of attacks on this eagle general until he is ruined.

What the overall trend of public opinion will be, the old marshal did not expect, but one thing is certain, Leng Kite is destined to be a person who has been criticized and pointed out by thousands of people from this moment, and will go to an unknown path in the storm, or go down in history, or leave a stench for thousands of years.

Suddenly, the old marshal felt a chill down his spine, he believed that Leng Kite must have thought of these things, but since she expected this situation, she would not hesitate to do it, and she just stood up to the weight of Mount Tai collapsing and walked forward, how determined was she?

Inexplicably, the old marshal thought of the late Republic Admiral Leng Luan, who must have also thought in the decision of the blockade of the city that if she disobeyed her orders, she would leave a reputation of ignorance and disloyalty in the future generations, and even be insulted by political enemies and carved a pillar of shame, but in the end she decided to be worthy of her heart and die for the people.

How similar these two mothers and daughters are...

At this moment, the old marshal had a feeling of being in a different world, and he suddenly found that Leng Kite no longer seemed to be the child who would lose her temper because of the victory or loss of a game of war games by pestering the generals with a military book in her hand every day, she had grown up unconsciously...

Thinking of this, the old marshal unconsciously showed a hint of a smile...

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