"Mr. Tang, listen to me..." Xiang Xiaoqiang's voice was very embarrassed on the phone, hesitating, "Blue...the Blue Army has attacked...you...have you received the report?"
Tang Yunsheng smiled slightly, shook his head, but still said in a deep voice:
"I got it. It's been an hour... Why, you didn't receive it?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang groaned for a long time and said:
"I got it...Tang Gong...Look, isn't this a bit unfair..."
"Oh? Tell me what's unfair?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was speechless for a moment, then said after a while:
"Tang Gong... To be honest, I really just found out that His Majesty will announce the start of the exercise this morning... and now he hasn't even said hello. The red team may have been caught off guard. This is obviously a bit..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang really just found out. Within ten minutes of the start of the attack, the Red Army headquarters continued to receive reports from the troops below, saying that the captured Red Army prisoners were protesting, saying that the exercise was clearly scheduled to start at eight in the morning. Now,
If Blue does this, it is tantamount to cheating.
At first, the blue officers did not take it seriously. Later, more and more prisoners were captured, and the ranks of the officers became higher and higher. They were all clamoring to say this. Only then did they report it to Rommel. Rommel immediately reported it to Xiang Xiaoqiang.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately felt that the problem was serious and felt that he must stop immediately and clarify the matter. But Rommel's next few words made his heart beat.
Rommel said that in the previous week of preparations for the exercise, he had never heard of anything like "announcement of start at eight o'clock". We are soldiers, and soldiers should only obey the formal things. Since the exercise bulletin only said
If the drill on June 1st does not specify the time, then it can be considered that the drill will automatically enter the state after zero o'clock. As for the Queen announcing the start of the drill at eight o'clock, that is just a statement, as long as the drill is not postponed.
Order, even if the Queen really wants to announce it at eight o'clock, then we can ignore it.
Rommel's other reason is that our purpose, our overall plan, is to achieve a sudden attack, to make the opponent confused and unprepared, and to take advantage of the opponent's confusion and unpreparedness to geometrically multiply the results.
Expand. If we attack the Qing army, it is absolutely impossible to inform them of the specific time first. Don't tell them what time it is, not even what day it is. On the contrary, we will use all means to deceive and mislead them.
Qing Army. Now this accidental incident has brought about the most ideal result.
Rommel mentioned these two reasons to Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart. For a long time, he has been looking forward to such a blitzkrieg in his mind. Now the battle reports from the front line are constantly coming, and his armored torrent is attacking with overwhelming force.
Fang Zheng was in chaos and was defeated like a mountain. Everything was just as he imagined. Moreover, the victory or defeat of this exercise was of great significance to him.
But Xiang Xiaoqiang put down the phone, thought about it carefully, and felt a little uneasy. He thought of Shi Shi Ge Ge, and immediately called Shi Shi Ge Ge in Nanjing and told him about it.
Fourteen Gege hadn't gotten up yet, and the maid held the phone to the bedside. Fourteen Gege was lazily listening to the phone in bed, and heard that it was Xiang Xiaoqiang. At first, there was a hint of charming coquettishness, and she wanted to take the initiative to tease Xiang Xiaoqiang.
.But Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't dare to linger with her at all, and got down to business directly. When Shi Shigege heard this, she became anxious and immediately asked Xiang Xiaoqiang to order the blue army to stop, and then hurriedly explained to Tang Yunsheng.
The meaning of Fourteen Gege is that no matter whose side the truth is, you can't play such a side game. It is no joke to ruin the relationship with the army's top brass.
Xiang Xiaoqiang thought about it. Rommel was a typical German soldier. He only knew that I didn't disobey orders and the truth was on my side, so he didn't need to worry too much. But he didn't understand these things about China at all.
When he picked up the phone and called Tang Yunsheng, the Blues' attack had been going on for a full hour.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang calmed down and told Tang Yunsheng the whole story on the phone. Finally, he said in as candid a voice as possible:
"Tang Gong, student... I really want the blue side to win the exercise. It would be much fairer if we could stop the attack immediately and then retreat and start again..."
After listening to Xiang Xiaoqiang's explanation and the last sentence, Tang Yunsheng thought about it for a moment, thinking that regardless of whether the boy's words were true or false, the fierce attack commanded by the German general under his command, the blue commander, was extremely powerful.
, it’s amazing.
Completely breaking through the defense line within an hour, defeating one division and paralyzing another. This unprecedented attack method, he believed that even if the red side knew about it in advance and was on high alert, the result would not be much different. At most
The Blue Army will suffer ten to fifteen percent more losses, but it will still be a disastrous defeat for the Red Army, and the Blue Army will advance straight in.
Tang Yunsheng smiled and said:
"You said you wanted to stop the attack as soon as possible. You are not the commander-in-chief of the Blue Army. How can you stop the Blue Army's attack?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was speechless for a moment, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he was not sure what Tang Yunsheng's words meant.
Tang Yunsheng continued to laugh and said:
"In this exercise, the commander of the blue army is Colonel Rommel, not you. This exercise is not about our army vs. your People's Guard, but the red side vs. the blue side. You must remember this if you stand up to it."
Xiang Xiaoqiang breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly:
"Yes, Mr. Tang is right. Students almost take it for granted."
Tang Yunsheng smiled again and said:
"Well, don't think too much about it. Speaking of it, it is not a carefully rehearsed stage play, but an exercise that simulates a real war as much as possible. In a real war, there will always be many unexpected situations. For example,
I made hundreds of pages of battle plans in advance, but now the situation has completely changed. I can’t use even one page.”
"Ah..." Xiang Xiaoqiang was thinking about Tang Yunsheng's words, and he could only say humbly, "Ah..."
Tang Yunsheng lowered his face again and said:
"The Blues took this opportunity to take the lead, that's true. But the Reds are already prepared. The Reds are still several times stronger than the Blues, and I won't be lenient...Okay, I have a lot to do.
, now I have to continue to command. Just hold on, you can take care of yourself."
He said and hung up the phone.
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When the Blue Division was outflanking the Third Red Division from behind, the Fourth Red Division was defending 15 kilometers to the south, the Red Fifth Division was defending from Taihu to the mountains, and the Red Division was defending the Red Division from Maoshan to the Yangtze River 20 kilometers to the west.
The First Division, the Sixth Red Division, began to move toward the Blue Army's breakthrough,
Because the red side clearly knew that the blue side only had these two divisions and would not take advantage of the opportunity to attack from other areas, it moved without any scruples, attacking the blue army with double its strength from the west and south.