Chapter 219 Military Collision on the Sand Table
After hearing what Zhao Xu said, even if these four people were big fools, they could hear the sarcasm in Zhao Xu's words. They were so scared that the four people Jia Ye made a "rattle" sound. They knelt down heavily at Zhao Xu in panic, and said in a trembling voice: "I am guilty."
"I am very curious. Can you four tell me what it feels like to put these thousands of pound field heavy artillery on the inland river warships under your command? Is it very majestic? You haven't fired a single shot. After you go back, you will try it to see what the loach ship will be like after it stimulates the field heavy artillery. There are also cavalry artillery, those who are used to quickly drag and move on the plains and grasslands, to quickly stabilize positions and to quickly expand the front line while the enemy is not prepared. Since you four are used as shore defense artillery for me, it's really haha..." Zhao Xu looked at the four of them and shook their heads and said, "
Looking at the four leading generals kneeling under the dragon case, Zhao Xu said helplessly to them: "Get up, whenever there is a powerful new weapon, it will always be accompanied by users who blindly respect these weapons and compete for equipment. Similarly, because of the huge power, all blind users will forget to call on how to quickly integrate into the existing military power. This is my fault, and I have not let you really do it.
Learn some of the true internal meanings and practical methods of the use of artillery. Let's do this, just because I speak plainly in this empty talk, you may have grudges or dissatisfaction. Let's do a sand table deduction. With the same forces and the same equipment, the staff at all levels of the General Staff serve as the invaders of the enemy country. You are the generals who defend the territory, and you are fighting a war without gunpowder on the familiar sand table, Xiao Douzi."
"I'm here."
"Stand up the General Staff."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Douzi sang loudly after receiving the order: "Your Majesty has the order to set up the General Staff—"
In the General Staff, Zhou Tong and Lu Ci have led all the nearly 100 imperial combat staff members of the General Staff to wait here. A huge national detailed terrain sand table has been completely placed in the center of the General Staff Hall. There are two small flags, arrows, soldiers ornaments, artillery ornaments, chariot ornaments, etc. All props used for war deduction on the sand table have been placed on both sides of the sand table, quietly waiting for the arrival of the deduction personnel on both sides.
"Today's deduction is to test the many reflections of the generals of our army's various departments in dealing with wars, as well as dealing with many emergencies during the war, such as the ability to adapt to the raids, the actual application of various combat capabilities in positional warfare during hostilities, and the different tactics of various weapons shown in our army, I will hereby give a comprehensive assessment of the combat capabilities of the generals in various environments and geographical conditions, and deduce that both sides have the same forces and the two sides have the same soldiers.
The total number of 300,000, the weapons and equipment and services are exactly the same, and the quality of the soldiers is the same. The staff of the General Staff are the attacking parties. The total strength exceeds 100,000 to arrive at the south bank of the Yangtze River or occupy ten prefecture cities. The attacking party surrenders or defends one side to destroy all the enemy's living forces. The war breaks out from late August to mid-September, and the entire Jiangnan area is in the rainy season. Guangnan East Road, Fujian Road, and Jiangnan West Road are affected by the typhoon. Okay, you all start preparing." After saying that, Zhao Xu sat on a chair next to the sand table, slowly drank big tea leaves, and quietly watched the formation of troops starting from both sides.
Although it was a sand table deduction, the competition between the two sides was extremely fierce. These officers who came back from the southern front line to report their duties were all military generals who had truly experienced the war of blood and fire. Their combat experience was extremely rich, and the methods of using troops were very tricky and difficult to deal with. The methods of using troops were almost all ruthless. They would rescue the enemy and hit the enemy's key points. In several key deduction battles, they even forced the imperial staff such as Zhou Tong and Lu Ci into an extremely unfavorable passive place. However, in the final analysis, they were
, These generals dare not praise the use of artillery in all aspects. After several large-scale battles on the sand table, the defense party's damage rate and destruction rate have always remained high due to insufficient ammunition from the artillery and the improper protection of artillery. Therefore, in the middle and late stages of this sand table deduction war, the generals of the defender fell into an extremely passive situation, and it can even be said that they were beaten everywhere. In the end, with the bombing assistance of the attacking party with great artillery advantages, the generals of the defender were eventually defeated with hatred.
However, just this failure on the sand table did not seem to have completely convinced the arrogant generals from the empire's southern frontline.
"Your Majesty, I am not convinced. I believe that this is just a failure on the sand table and cannot prove that I am lacking in abilities. Therefore, I believe that we should conduct a few more sand table deductions, otherwise how can you understand the strength of me? "Zhu Huaqing, the general of the Lu General of Chengdu Prefecture Army, stood up and clasped his fists at Zhao Xu and said, "
"You've finished speaking?" Zhao Xu said expressionlessly.
"I'm done." Zhu Huaqing answered in accordance with Zhao Xu's words.
How could Zhao Xu let these guys talk more? He said to them directly: "You are not convinced? Why are you not convinced? If this war is true, half of the country south of the Yangtze River has almost become an enemy. You still have the face to tell me that you are not convinced. You have been generals who have been in charge of the army for many years. Do you still think that war is really like this game of sand table deduction. If you don't agree, you can do it again?, Have you not summarized the experience and lessons after you lose? General Zhu Huaqing, you should not be angry at the question of whether you are convinced or not. You should thank this for being just a sand table deduction, not real. Otherwise, the group of people present will have a few pieces of material left after the washing of this war. You still have the face to tell me that you are not convinced?"
Chapter completed!