Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 348 Combat 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. Put the most powerful troops in the most important areas to hit the line, thus causing the opponent's mountain defense line to collapse.

After saying this, he took the pointer and came to the sand table next to the high and low flags, and 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. , while the blue square represents the enemy's army. "Then, he pointed to several small sand dunes marked with Arabic numerals on the sand table and said: "Attention everyone, this indicates the position of the opponent's main force, and it is also the place we need to seize. 192, 183 and 154 There are three highlands in total.The highest peak, 192 highland, is in the middle, the second height is 183 highland on the left, and 154 highland is on the right.Also, the 154 highland here controls a first-class road leading to the enemy's rear.The present situation is that the enemy's defenders in that area have about the strength of a corps, of which on the 1nd hill they deployed an infantry division and an artillery regiment, on the 192rd hill they attached an infantry division, and on the 183th hill, Since it is a key area, they were assigned an infantry division with enhanced heavy artillery.There are two other divisions deployed as reserves on the side of the 154th Hill.This is the opponent's deployment of 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."

"As expected of the Chief of the Operations Department, this combat plan 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?"

(End of this chapter)