Chapter 239

Zhu Bin's weirdness

Lao Jiang is an extremely face-loving person, especially in front of friends from all over the world, so he will never be embarrassed at will...

This military exercise was prepared for three or four months, and all the elite forces of the Central Army were used. It was to show the orthodox power well in front of the people of the whole country, and to shock the restless Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and a group of Sichuan people who were restless around them, and to knock on them, preparing for a series of subsequent actions that should not be missed.

After a lot of trouble, in the past few days, envoys and military officers from Britain, France, the United States, Italy and Germany have come one after another. There has not been a major war in more than ten years. All countries want to see from here what tricks will the development of military construction and the unprecedented integrated combat of naval, army, air and military forces. Of course, there are definitely many people waiting to see the jokes. But who is Lao Chiang and can they succeed?

no way!

In the Nanjing exercise command center, Chiang Kai-shek was wearing military uniform, and General Secker was sitting next to him. The attendant room and the staff advisory group and other important Chinese and German officials were lined up. There were also 20 or 30 staff officers from the observation teams of various countries, which filled the hall with hundreds of square meters.

In the center of the hall, a ten-meter-long super-large sand table occupied a considerable space. Several high-speakers held a short pole with serious expressions, and occasionally inserted small flags representing various types of troops and weapons on both sides according to the battlefield changes reported by the referee group and the communication group.

This sand table first attracted almost all the officers and observers who knew the knowledge.

It is not a rough thing made from simple mud sand, it is a realistic model provided by the task force, which is restored directly by aerial images. Every mountain, every bridge, every ditch, every village, and every road is portrayed in detail. At first glance, it seems like a clear picture overlooking a few thousand meters above the altitude, so that the officials can see the situation on the scene without guessing it.

Such a fine sand table, accompanied by various carefully crafted models and flags, is simply an excellent tool for war games. A group of foreigners have never seen this before. They all exclaimed, and they didn't even bother to drink the red wine in their goblets, and sang around the sand table and praised it first.

General Seckert's eyes were full of surprise and said to Lao Jiang: "I have to say that this kind of battlefield environment observation and resilience is extremely useful, and it will not even make the commander miss any possible omissions. If the Chinese team can do this to this extent, it will not be difficult to defeat Japan."

The sand table is the direct reaction of the battlefield. With such a fine template, every dynamic between the enemy and us can be accurately reacted. Even if someone demolished a house or dug a trench, he could notice that this instant judgment is much more practical than having to dream about it.

Old Jiang nodded with a reserved smile, but he felt very depressed. This thing was not done by him and the Central Army, but was provided by Zhu Bin! In the equipment used in the entire exercise, almost all the things he disliked were replaced. This was not just a wealthy show of wealth, but a demonstration!

Just imagine that the Beijing-Shanghai area is the most important area of ​​national defense, and it is impossible for people to conduct random investigations and visits. Even for the needs of military exercises, it is only open to a limited extent. But what did Zhu Bin and the others do? They directly give a look at the realistic model, that is, the slightest details of the mountains, rivers and waters here are in their grasp. It is already very cumbersome to restore the drawings to the aerial pictures, let alone make a scale model.

The Central Army currently does not have such a method. The military maps they use are all drawn in a variety of twists and turns. The 19th Route Army was like this when the Shanghai warned the year before yesterday. Then it was still fighting in Shanghai, and the maps were all wrong.

In contrast, the simplest gap came out. The task force could deploy combat according to the precise map of the photos. On the side of the teaching corps... Lao Jiang was a little regretful. He was idle and let this guy get involved. Isn't this giving him a chance to show off again?

It’s not good to curse Xipi in public. Seeing that the time has come, Deputy Director Gu Zhutong personally presided over and announced that the exercise officially began!

With a command, dozens of signal flares were hissing and screaming on the long front from Nanjing to Shanghai and Zhoushan, and the heads of both sides of the exercise command were busy.

Gui Yongqing's face was tense. When Sanjiro was in his prime, he insisted on showing a calm and capable attitude. His voice was short and powerful, and he kept giving instructions. Next to the small sand table and various maps he was guarding, Wen Zuquan, the Chief of Staff, personally led more than a dozen men to cooperate with the Central Air Force and other auxiliary brothers to arrange troops. He didn't know what to do, but from the outside, he sounded quite a tense atmosphere of storm.

The people from the director department of the exercise command kept shuttled back and forth, recording the deployment trends and restoring them on the sand table at any time, and restoring them to the sand table. People on the sidelines were holding various foreign wines in their hands, whispering, observing, and judging.

It seemed normal at the beginning, but in a short while, I realized something was wrong! Why were all the commands and troops almost all came from Gui Yongqing, and Zhu Bin had almost no movement at all? What's going on?!

Old Jiang frowned, waved his hand and asked someone to take a look. When he came back, he reported to him with a strange look on his face: "Principal, Zhu Hanchen and his staff are drinking coffee! Apart from listening to the news from the radio station in front, he almost did not issue any instructions!"

"What's going on? Can't I treat the exercises as a joke?" Old Jiang suddenly stretched his face and saw how good Comrade Gui Yongqing did. The various troops of the sea, land, air, and all the troops were mobilized in an orderly manner. Each part was smooth and fast. It suddenly looked like it had a surging effect like a mountain collapse and a tsunami, which meant that the entire battlefield was familiar and completely clear! This was like a general who was determined to command.

What's wrong with Zhu Bin not issuing orders? Is it because he is passive to deal with it? This is not his style of doing things.

"Let's ask him what he thinks? As the commander-in-chief, how can he fight this battle without controlling the progress of each department at any time?"

The adjutant of the staff who came from Huangpu ran out again. After a while, he came back with a strange look on his face and hesitated: "Principal, Zhu Hanchen said that their combat plan had been issued long ago, and each department had conducted several drills and adjustments. Unless there was an unpredictable change, the General Command did not need to issue orders at any time, so that each department could exert its subjective initiative and adapt to local conditions more reliable."

"What theory is this? Can the people in front of you fight a good battle without commanding and mastering it anytime and anywhere? It's simply nonsense!"

This statement is completely inconsistent with Chiang Kai-shek's own military theory, and he immediately scoffed. What do the people below know? How can they mess with such a huge war situation spanning hundreds of kilometers? You must have an excellent senior commander to get good results in the battle! Just like Chiang Kai-shek, the bandit suppression operation of a million troops, if there is no remote command, I don't know what it will be like.

"Hmph! Well, he likes to do whatever he wants and let him taste the bitter fruit of failure. If he doesn't beat him, he won't be able to do anything!"

Old Jiang hummed, not a big shot for the time being. General Seckert and a group of German veterans such as Farkenhausen heard it clearly. They all showed surprise expressions at that time, exchanged their eyes and their expressions became solemn.

But they have another idea. Has Zhu Bin really achieved that level?

They were born in the Orthodox German Army and experienced the baptism of various wars. They knew best that such combat, such as large areas with a complex combat environment, many types of troops, and rapidly changing combat. As the command center of the rear, it is difficult to accurately grasp the ever-changing battle situation with the front-line commanders and fighters in the front. Reports from the front alone are not enough to make effective mobilization unless they can't support themselves in the front.

In this case, it would be better if you have sufficient confidence in the commanders and fighters in the front and let them control the battlefield by themselves. For example, the German troops have high quality and do not need to be commanded by the rear every move. Could it be that how many kilometers the front companies advance, how many cannons are fired, and how many aircraft fight, they have to ask for instructions and report before issuing orders? That is simply ridiculous.

But now it seems that Gui Yongqing, the teaching corps, did this! The orders were passed one by one, and the staff next to the director's sand table were busy, and they seemed to be very imposing. Good guy, from the last headquarters in Nanjing to the Jiangyin defense line to the air force that set out to intercept, there was nothing he could not command. It seemed that Captain Gui was quite familiar with the troops and the battlefield, but the question is, is it necessary?

Seckert disagreed, but he also knew that the Chinese army had such virtues at present, and there were many problems. First of all, the commander could appoint division commanders and brigade commanders himself, and the commander of the division could appoint regiment commanders and battalion commanders himself... In this way, the entire team was nepotism and had a connection with the upper and lower levels, and commanding beyond the level was just like a common occurrence.

The troops have become private forces, which makes it difficult to cooperate with other troops once the organization is messed up! Communication is not smooth, and no one will accept each other!

Although Seckert first raised this problem to solve, it would not be possible until the bandit suppression was completed and a comprehensive army was carried out. Now, what should we do or what should we do.

The overall quality of the teaching corps is indeed relatively high, and they are all elites drawn from the original two teachers. However, the bad habits of the chief officers above are difficult to change. Not only do they not think it is a problem, but they are proud of it. What's going on? Don't they know that the more senior generals in the rear get involved, the more they will get at a loss in the front?

But the veterans did this and thought it was correct... the top was effective, but as his loyal confidant, what would happen to Gui Yongqing?

Seckert and Farkenhausen shook their heads and sighed. If Zhu Bin was really what they thought, they would arrange everything early, and the middle and lower-level officers of the combat divisions knew very well what they should do, and the divisions could communicate and cooperate properly in time... The consequences of this battle of the teaching corps are worrying!
Chapter completed!