Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Dai Hongci was stunned by the emperor's nonsensical question, and didn't know how to answer it.

"Jianfeng is my backbone. With this army, no matter what kind of emergencies I encounter, I will not be afraid, because it has never disappointed me." Guan Xuqing paused, and then said: "Jianfeng Every member of the front army is an outstanding person. As long as I send out a word, I can send anyone out to command thousands of troops. But this mission... unexpectedly lost two members, I... my heart aches ah."

It was the first time Dai Hongci saw that the emperor mourned the death of two soldiers so much. Looking at his haggard face, his heart felt sour.

Ziz, the French army's front-line operations headquarters, was holding a military meeting of the highest level. Commander Joffre was furious at this time, pointing at a group of senior officials sitting below and cursing non-stop: "You idiots, all these years Do you know how much money the empire has invested in the army? The empire has given you honor and generous benefits, but what about you, do you only return the shame of failure to the empire? You bastard..."

The more Xiafei scolded, the more angry she was, she grabbed a glass on the table and threw it on the ground, only to hear a crisp sound of the glass cracking, and everyone trembled in fright.

Xiafei paced back and forth in front of the table angrily, and shouted: "Damn, hate, it must be the Chinese, it must be them!...Only a few dozen soldiers in the district are able to save hundreds of thousands of British and French soldiers. The hostages were rescued under the noses of the coalition forces, what kind of people are they!"

A senior military officer seated in the front row boldly said: "I have never seen such soldiers. Their military quality and equipment far exceed any army in the world. Sometimes I even feel that these people are fighters. Undead, they are simply devils..."

"Bastards!" Xia Fei cursed, pointing at the officer's nose: "If they are devils, what are you, idiots? You are still trash!"

Xia Fei spat hard, as if suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Just now you said that two of these people did not escape, did you?"

The officer's face immediately turned pale, and he hesitated and said, "Yes...it's like this..."

"Where are the people? Let's arrest these two people and ask them everything will be clear." Xia Fei's eyes rekindled hope.

"We searched the entire jungle, but...no...no..." The more the officer said, the more he lost his confidence. At this moment, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and forget it.

"Say!" Xiafei roared, the veins on her neck were all bulging.

"Yes. We've searched the entire jungle, but we haven't found any trace of these two people." The officer said this sentence as if he had the most courage, and then collapsed like a deflated ball on the chair.

"You...you...what did you say?" Xiafei's consciousness was a little blurred, he stared blankly at the officer, his eyes were not only filled with atmosphere and anger, but also fear!

That night, more than a dozen long steel trains passed through the haze of the European continent, and finally came to the small town of Epina, which was occupied by the German army. The whole Epina military station heard the harsh sound of wheels rubbing against the rails, and the train spewed out its last gasp. There was a white mist, the door opened, and a group of heavily armed Chinese guards stepped down from above, and they were on strict guard dozens of meters away from the train.Surrounded by a large group of officers, a small Chinese general strode off the train, wearing a green woolen military uniform and a bearskin hat, and stopped in the middle of the station.He let out a long breath, looked up at the night sky of Epina, and cursed: "Damn the scar!" His eyes were extremely bright and sharp in the night.

This person is the highest officer of the imperial cavalry, Zhang Zuolin.

This time, with a telegram issued by the emperor himself, he led the troops of the four armies under his command, as well as the mysterious tank and armored divisions, the airship brigade, and the world's first motorized independent regiment that had never been seen before. When he arrived in the hinterland of Europe, he was full of confidence and prepared to fight the British and French allied forces.

The next day, he was warmly welcomed by the German front-line commanders headed by Hindenburg, but Zhang Zuolin always abided by the four-word instruction given to him by the emperor before his arrival, "Be cautious in your actions". Sun Liechen, the representative of the Communist Party of China, went to meet with Hindenburg and others, while he stayed in the temporary official residence in Epina, anxiously holding the first military meeting before the war with a group of people.

However, journalists from various countries with a keen sense of smell got the news of the arrival of the imperial cavalry, and they flocked to Zhang Zuolin's mansion early in the morning, clamoring for a friendly and enthusiastic visit to Zhang Zuolin.Regarding dealing with reporters, Zhang Zuolin had already given full authority to his chief of staff, Yang Yuting.Yang Yuting is one of the few generals under Zhang Zuolin who has received professional military education. He is young, quick-witted, and good at dealing with all kinds of people.He didn't forcefully disperse the reporters. He left the mansion to explain to the reporters. The reason was that the general had traveled a long distance to come here. He is currently resting, so it is inconvenient to accept interviews from everyone. If we have time in the future, we will take the initiative to meet with you. , seriously answer your questions.

But the cunning foreign reporters seemed not satisfied with Yang Yuting's answer. They all put on a posture that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and sat quietly in front of the mansion, waiting for the news inside. They waited from morning until almost noon, and refused to leave. go.Yang Yuting had long expected that this group of people would be difficult to deal with, so he ordered his guards to provide every reporter who came here today with an exquisite Chinese lunch, dumplings.When the reporters received the steaming dumplings, they were all dumbfounded. They knew that if they insisted on waiting until evening, the Chinese would warmly provide them with dinner. Doing unnecessary waiting here, so after eating the dumplings, they all left one after another.

Soaring Front: World War I Chapter 342 Operational Plan

"The commander is here! Everyone stand up! Stand at attention!" Zhang Zuolin strode into the conference room and sat in his seat. His eyes swept over the faces of every officer. Seeing the neat military appearance of his subordinates, he was very happy and smiled. Said: "Damn the scars, you have made fucking progress, this is what makes you look like a soldier, please sit down."

"Wow." All the officers sat in their seats almost at the same time, stepping in unison.

Zhang Zuolin restrained his smile and said: "Now the meeting begins. The purpose of holding this meeting today is to say that if we want to fight the British and French allied forces, of course we can't determine the time of the war until we receive an order from the Ministry of War, so I It means that if there is a fight, what kind of combat plan should we adopt, I want to hear your opinions, and you can talk about it as you like."

This battle was no small matter, and no one could guarantee victory against the enemy. Even though Zhang Zuolin said to let everyone speak freely, none of the people present were willing to open the mouth first out of caution.As a result, there was silence in the meeting room for 3 minutes.

"What's the matter, are you all fucking dumb? Don't even say it. Zhang Zuoxiang, you are an old commander. Tell me first." Zhang Zuolin called Zhang Zuoxiang to speak first.

"Yes!" Zhang Zuoxiang nodded, and then he quickly walked to a protruding sand table on the right, on which the topography and landforms of the Marne River area had already been accurately edited, and he picked up a stick on the table. pointer.Then I looked around, and then I said: "Let me talk about the battle plan, I dare not, and I don't have the knowledge. You are all military talents with professional military education. I won't show this ugliness here, sir. Since Shuai asked me to talk first, I will introduce the combat situation in the area of ​​the Marne River." He coughed lightly, and then said: "There are many mountains and hills in this area. Therefore, in the mountains, we should adopt the method of key areas and key breakthroughs. Invest the most powerful troops in the most important areas to hit the line, thus causing the opponent's mountain defense line to collapse." Said. After finishing this, he took the pointer to the next to the sand table filled with high and low flags, pointed to the places where the red flags were densely planted with the pointer and said: "In this sand table, the red side represents our army, and The blue side represents the enemy's army." Then, he pointed to a few small sand dunes marked with Arabic numerals on the sand table and said: "Attention everyone, this represents the main position of the opponent, and it is also the position we need. There are three highlands, 192, 183 and 154. The highest peak, 192, is in the middle, the second height is 183 on the left, and 154 is on the right. Also, the 154 here controls the road leading to the enemy's rear First-class highway. The present situation is that the enemy's defenders in that area have the strength of about 1 corps, of which on the 192nd hill they have deployed an infantry division and an artillery regiment, and on the 183rd hill they have an infantry division attached to them. On Highland 154, because it is a key area, they assigned an infantry division with enhanced heavy artillery. There are two other divisions deployed as reserves on the side of Highland 154. This is the deployment of the opponent's troops. As for how to fight, Let’s listen to the opinions below.”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Zuo nodded to Zhang Zuolin and returned to his seat.

Zhang Zuolin didn't express any opinion, and continued to roll the roll: "Zhang Kai, you are the chief of the combat department, how would you like to fight this battle?"

Zhang Kai was not as thoughtful as Zhang Zuoxiang. He went straight to the sand table, picked up the pointer and said, "First of all, what I want to say is that this is my personal suggestion. Bring it up." Then, he picked up the pointer and pointed to the highest mountain in the middle, Height 192, and said to everyone present: "I think everyone knows that when the war breaks out, we must first successfully control the mountain. I live on the road next to the 154 highland, so the 192 highland on the opposite side will play the most critical role. Therefore, I think the main focus of the attack should be on the 192 highland. I think two people should be invested in the 192 highland The strength of the division and all the artillery, and the other regiment is in ambush near the 154th highland as a reserve. After the battle starts, the enemy has an 80% possibility of reinforcements from the 154th direction to the 192th highland. At this time, our remaining regiment can Attack Highland 154. If the opponent does not send reinforcements, we can take down Highland 192 in one go, and use the terrain of the highland to suppress the enemy's Highland 154 with fire."

"Worthy of being the chief of the Operations Division, this combat plan directly points to the crux of the problem." "Not bad." "The analysis is very accurate."...Many people present agreed with Zhang Kai's opinion.

Zhang Zuolin also nodded in satisfaction. Although he felt that there was something lacking in his heart, he couldn't think of it for a while. He thought this plan could still be adopted. He was about to make a final decision when he suddenly heard a voice say: "Dear Shuai, I think Director Zhang's plan has loopholes."

All eyes on the scene "brush" to the person who spoke, even Zhang Zuolin was taken aback.I saw that the person who spoke was tall and heroic, but because of his grade, he sat in the conference room as a non-voting attendant. From the military uniform, it could be seen that this person was only an officer at the level of brigade commander. Among the participating officers this time, they were the lowest in rank.

Zhang Zuolin recognized this person immediately. It turned out to be Guo Songling, the head of the 15th regiment.

There was a small commotion in the meeting room immediately. Many people were very dissatisfied with Guo Songling's performance. Even the army commander didn't speak, so it's your turn to speak, and even dare to openly refute the plan of the chief of the combat department.

Zhang Zuolin smiled calmly: "Maochen, if you have any good ideas, just tell them, and let everyone listen to them."

"Yes!" Guo Songling stood up and gave a military salute to Zhang Zuolin, then puffed out her chest and replied loudly: "I think Director Zhang's offensive breakthrough was not well chosen, and the force input was too dense, so it is impossible to achieve the final goal. "

"Oh?" Zhang Zuolin was slightly taken aback, "This kid has some skills." He was secretly startled, and this was where he thought something was wrong just now, so he waved his hand: "Go on!"

"Yes!" Guo Songling straightened his collar and continued: "First of all, the ultimate goal of war is to achieve the greatest victory at the least cost, but Director Zhang chose the 192 Heights as the main target of the enemy's garrison with heavy troops and heavy artillery. You can see that the terrain on the front of the 192 Heights is steep, and the back is a cliff. It is difficult for large troops to deploy in the front. In this way, the troops are easily blocked by the enemy's fortifications built on the mountain and intensive artillery fire, and the casualties will be very high. Great. In addition, Director Zhang’s plan is to deploy two divisions to attack on the 192 Heights. As I have said above, it is undoubtedly a suicide move to deploy two divisions on such a narrow attack front as the 2 Heights. Ambush for help, so may I ask, where is your reserve team? Without the reserve team, it is impossible to deal with emergencies. The above are some of my own immature views, I hope you will not be offended!"

Everyone opened their mouths wide and stood there blankly.

After a pause for a while, Zhang Zuolin suddenly burst out laughing: "Yes! Not bad! Not bad! So what do you think about the current situation?"

Soaring: World War I Chapter 343 Blitzkrieg Theory

"Yes!" Guo Songling picked up the pointer and came to the front of the sand table: "I have made a new plan based on the current situation of the enemy and us. In this plan, I believe that our main breakthrough goal should not be placed on the enemy's key defense. Heights 192, and our final goal of Heights 154 and highways should not be considered..."

Everyone present was shocked.There was commotion in the conference room again.Many people were sneering to themselves. It seemed that the young people's thinking was pure, and they couldn't even distinguish the most basic tactics and distinguish between the main attack target and the secondary attack target.

Guo Songling didn't mind, pointed the pointer at a slightly lower place on the right side of the 192 highland on the sand table and said: "My focus is here. 183 highland! As Director Zhang said, the enemy only deployed one on the 183 highland. Division, and the coordinates show that the distance between the two mountains is 5 kilometers, and the distance between the 183 highland and the 154 highland is 15 kilometers. In this case, the opponent's heavy artillery at the 154 highland cannot reach us due to the shooting range. Therefore, it cannot form an effective cover. For an infantry division that has strengthened its artillery, it should not be a big problem to attack a high ground that is only defended by one division. After taking down the 183 high ground, move the artillery to the high ground to shell the 192 high ground ..."

"Wait!" Zhang Kai couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted Guo Songling, "I think you should understand, can you take this highland just by shelling the 195 highland? What are you going to do after the shelling?" manage?"

Guo Songling unhurriedly pointed to the left side of the 193 highland, where there is a cliff at about 80 degrees, and said: "My breakthrough is here!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion among everyone.

Zhang Kai pointed to the cliff and asked angrily, "What method are you going to use to climb up such a steep place?"

"This..." Guo Songling thought for a while and then said, "I'm going to adopt the form of overall blasting!"

"What? Carry out overall blasting?" Zhang Kai had never heard of using blasting tactics to attack mountains.

Guo Songling nodded affirmatively, pointed to the sand table and continued: "Because I noticed this." While speaking, he pointed to the cliff: "The geological structure here is sheet rock. Simply put, the structure of this rock is Relatively loose. So I only need to use the artillery of the 183 highland to contain the enemy, and then send an engineer regiment to dig a tunnel at the foot of the mountain and put enough explosives. After taking this highland, the enemy is only left with the 154 highland. It was defended. At that time, our artillery had a higher shooting range than the opponent, so it should be no problem to suppress the 154 highland and the road."

"Well said!" Zhang Zuolin got up abruptly, and looked at Guo Songling happily: "Mom, you don't usually show off the mountains and show off the water, but I didn't expect you to be really good at it. Well, I've decided. For these few highlands Adopt your battle plan."

"Thank you, Marshal, for your love." Guo Songling put down the pointer and sat back in her seat, her heart pounding violently with excitement.Zhang Kai sighed secretly. It seems that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead. Sooner or later, our military theories will become obsolete.

Zhang Zuolin's eyes flickered: "The terrain around the Marne River is complex. In addition to mountains and hills, there are also large areas of low-lying areas and plains near the river basin, where the enemy has stationed a total of two army groups. For this terrain situation, I want to hear everyone's opinions on what combat plan should be adopted. Guo Songling, you just said it very well, so let's talk about it this time."

"Yes." Guo Songling stood up again, looking more confident than before: "Commander, the emperor gave us an armored division and a motorized independent regiment for this expedition. I think this is the best weapon for plain warfare. So , I think that at the Battle of the Marne we should have adopted blitzkrieg tactics."

Blitz?None of the people present were senior generals who had experienced many battles. They all had rich combat experience and profound military theory, but no one had heard of the term blitzkrieg.

Zhang Zuolin said with great interest: "Okay, this word is quite new. Tell me what is blitzkrieg."

"Actually, I am not the first to put forward this theory, but the emperor." As soon as Guo Songling said this, all the officers present at the meeting were stunned.