Chapter 1142 The Rise of the Academy

Zhao Chuanxin used to like to work alone.

But then he watched every day, and Xingyue, his little learning assistant, helped him summarize it. The more he watched, the more he learned.

To train lower-level officers, you really need to go to the battlefield in person.

If you want to be the commander-in-chief, you must also know how to fight at the grassroots level.

Otherwise, when commanding a battle, there will not be a sufficiently detailed mental model to support it.

It's obviously impossible to do it. If the commander-in-chief insists on doing that, he will definitely lose.

Zhao Chuanxin had watched a lot of battles and felt that "The Art of War" was really well written.

It's full of useful stuff.

What Sun Wu teaches is not how to win, but how to avoid fighting. If you must fight, you must be undefeated.

It's about being undefeated, not winning.

This is called - fighting a hundred battles without danger.

Just like just now, the French army suffered a loss and letting them go was the best choice.

The ammunition of the reserve team was still there, and the situation changed drastically after replenishing the battlefield.

The left-wing French army hesitated and finally decided to give up halfway.

At this time, Hans remembered what Zhao Chuanxin said just now and ordered: "Stop the attack and let them leave."

This time, there was no need for Zhao Chuanxin to say anything. Gao Li, who had great combat experience, said: "No, if you stop at this time, the French army will mistakenly think that you are out of ammunition and food. What we need to do now is to disperse their attack in one go." Battle line, give them the feeling that you are conserving your strength to ambush them and scare them."

Hans suddenly understood and quickly gave the order.

A group of students listened fascinated.

Two masters showed up to speak out.

You have to kneel down to listen.

Sure enough, the French army thought that Hans and the others were still ambushing them, and they were waiting for them to take the bait. They were so frightened that they ran away and never dared to look back.

The French army finally retreated, and Hans sat on the ground breathing heavily.

There have been twists and turns just now, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything.

He calmed down after being shocked: "Thank you both so much. Without you, the consequences would be disastrous."

Zhao Chuanxin lit the cigarette and said, "It's easy to talk about."

At this time, the German battalion headquarters came and shouted over the barbed wire: "Hold on, reinforcements will be here soon."

Hans: "..."

Such people are always late and are extremely abominable.

After the incident, Hans said nothing to let Zhao Chuanxin and the others leave. He vowed to follow them and he would protect the safety of the students.

The beads of his abacus collapsed all over the faces of the students.

Who the hell protects whom?

Say it nicely!

But it was okay, after all, they were familiar with each other, so Zhao Chuanxin led his people to follow Hans.

In the next few days, a 10-kilometer highland on the ridge of Vimy Mountain became the center of fire between the two sides.

Bullets were really flying and cannonballs were shooting out.

Without Zhao Chuanxin, Hans's company would have been wiped out long ago.

These days, until June, these students are physically and mentally exhausted.

What they learned most was how to dig trenches.

The German army was not only the inventor of trenches, but also the army best at digging trenches.

Classic three-stage trench: front trench, support trench, and reserve trench.

The trenches must be built in a zigzag shape or must have corners. This can minimize the impact of shell explosions on the trenches and prevent enemy troops rushing up the trenches from strafing the soldiers in the trenches.

There were even air-raid shelters and special holes for resting in the German trenches.

Sandbags are bulletproof, supported by wooden stakes, baffled for drainage and rain protection.

Traffic trenches, combat trenches, air defense trenches...

Trench trenches have become a system for the German army.

What the students learned in the hail of bullets during this period will never be forgotten in their lives.

They not only recorded and photographed, but also dug and built trenches together.

On this basis, Zhao Chuanxin made several suggestions.

He asked Hans to add defensive outposts in the trenches. The outposts were built on large shell craters or in concrete bunkers to delay the enemy's progress or force the enemy into his own firepower points.

Zhao Chuanxin called this kind of firepower - the death zone.

He would sometimes make drawings based on the terrain and design the twists and turns of the trenches.

As long as it is designed by him, there will be firepower points everywhere that can fire in all directions, and can beat the British and French to tears.

Later, Zhao Chuanxin began to ask these students to design trenches and draw drawings.

There was no more effective teacher in the world.

By June 20, Hans Company was not only the company with the fewest casualties in their battalion, but also the company with the fewest casualties among all the troops on the front line. It can be called a miracle company.

Zhao Chuanxin was about to take the students away. Hans grabbed Zhao Chuanxin with tears in his nose and said, "No, Mr. Zhao, none of us are willing to let you go."

As soon as he howled, the soldiers behind him followed suit.

The disgraced Gao Li looked at it and scratched his head: This is a serious matter.

"Let go, Ang, I'll cut you."

Hans didn't dare to quarrel with Zhao Chuanxin, so he let go. He pointed at Gao Li and said, "Mr. Li can stay, too."

Although Goryeo still needs to learn from Hans and the others in terms of details, in terms of controlling the situation and fighter opportunities, it is an intuition developed over many years.

With this hand, it is enough to bring the dead back to life.

"What you have in mind is beautiful." Zhao Chuanxin said happily: "Stop trying to create a scene. Now that you have mastered it, it's time to practice on your own."

Seeing that they were determined to leave, Hans had no choice but to let go.

After returning, these students were directly awarded the title of teacher and taught classes for students at the Military Academy.

Not convinced?

Haha, I can talk about my experiences during this period for three days and three nights.

"Let me tell you this, our captain gave a casual suggestion, and Hans turned defeat into victory..."

"Have you ever seen a gun grenade?"

"In the trench designed by our captain, one company of Hans's company attacked four companies on the opposite side, but the British and French soldiers didn't rush over..."

Even Gao Li went to the college to give lectures for three days.

Everyone has benefited a lot and the trip is worthwhile.

The most important thing is that they all must come back in one piece.

Zhao Chuanxin walked around, spending time with his wife and children, and taking a short break.

Various orders are still being shipped to Europe.

In early July, Zhao Chuanxin took another group of students to the Caucasus region in the eastern and northern parts of the Ottoman Empire.

He took his students with him to fight with the Ottoman Empire's army in Malazgilt.

Zhao Chuanxin specifically targeted Tsarist Russia. Even if he took students to study and made money, he paid special attention to Tsarist Russia and allowed them to reduce their staff as much as possible.

A small amount at a time, a lot of times, the outcome is completely different.

In the front, the Ottoman Empire was fighting smoothly.

Until August 8, it was intercepted by the Saudi-Russian army.

It's the headwind situation that makes the experience skyrocket.

Amidst the dangers, a group of students quickly completed their transformation.

This group of students could not learn the sophisticated war art of Germany, but the battlefield in the Middle East was more mobile than the Western Front. They had seen the coordination of infantry and artillery and delayed counterattacks in the European War.

Zhao Chuanxin taught the students and gained insights.

Soon he took the third wave of students to participate in the overtime war between Britain and the Ottoman Empire in Mesopotamia.

This time, Zhao Chuanxin obviously favored the Allied-State side. He took his students to participate in the defensive battle of Kut al-Amara.

The British army has a 480-kilometer communication line. In order to protect the communication line, it can only disperse its troops along the way, resulting in insufficient troops when attacking Kut al-Amara.

Zhao Chuanxin discussed with the leader of the Ottoman Empire, Na Ad al-Din Pasha, and asked them to assign 500 people to ten students to command, at the cost of being responsible for the guns, ammunition and military rations of these 500 people.

Help with work and return supplies, why not?

On the line of defense where Zhao Chuanxin was located, students and soldiers set up a barbed wire barrier area, and the collapsed earth walls were also supported by pillars to guard against British artillery bombardment.

Then plan the supply lines, reserve positions, command posts and barracks by category.

Although the team is small, it is well-equipped.

Zhao Chuanxin was wearing a khaki short-sleeved shirt, eating seafood noodles and biting garlic cloves, ignoring the dust rising in the air.

"Captain, can you give me a clove of garlic?" A student named Wang Guangfu was embarrassed to ask.

Zhao Chuanxin threw two pieces of garlic over and said, "You guys can share the points."

Wang Guangfu went out with the garlic and distributed it to ten people outside.

This team of 500 people is different from other troops in terms of combat uniforms, military rations, weapons and equipment, etc.

The khaki combat uniform is similar to the local buildings and the earth, making it highly concealable.

Military rations are Category B and Category C.

This is already good.

Zhao Chuanxin does not need to advance or retreat with the soldiers. He runs a small stove every day, and he is not the one leading the soldiers anyway.

Although it is already the end of September, the weather here is still hot.

The stench of rotting corpses on the battlefield wafted in the wind and was nauseating.

After dinner, the British army began to fire again.

All parties took shelter in air defense bunkers.

Someone used the periscope made by Zhao Chuanxin to poke out of the bunker to check the enemy's situation.

Wang Guangfu was always suspicious, feeling that other lines of defense might collapse at any time, and perhaps the British army had already reached the rear.

He is the "commander" of this team.

At night, the British army launched a charge.

Wang Guangfu's flank was originally here, but the British army might as well have shifted the attack direction by 200 meters, so this was the first place to bear the brunt.

Wang Guangfu immediately used his previously designed firepower to hit the British army with a set of combination punches.

The Indian team wrapped in turbans suffered heavy casualties.

But then the Australian soldiers were not so easy to fight.

Australian soldiers are more elite than British soldiers.

They spread out and engaged in a grenade battle with the second echelon.

Zhao Chuanxin's apple thunder is powerful, small in size, and can be thrown farther.

There seems to be something wrong with the explosives in the British army's grenades, and their power is impressive.

Zhao Chuanxin was smoking in the dark. Suddenly he got up and walked outside. He came to the headquarters and told Wang Guangfu: "Be careful of position 3, that's the corner."

After saying that, he sat next to him and watched the fun.

Wang Guangfu took out the terrain map he had drawn before and looked at it, and was horrified: "Quick, the fourth echelon is deployed at position 3."

This is the edge of Tucheng, the corner of Position 3, which is beneficial to the attacker but not to the defender.

Zhao Chuanxin sat firmly in the darkness.

Not long after, the battle heated up.

Another student came to report: "Position No. 2 is in emergency..."

Wang Guangfu only felt his scalp numb.

Zhao Chuanxin's voice came from the darkness: "Steel plates and earth bags have been added to the No. 2 machine gun position. How many are you afraid of?"

Wang Guangfu perked up and said, "It doesn't matter, hold on to position 2."

Sure enough, there was nothing wrong with Position 2.

Soon, the British army was defeated.

Fighting was still going on in other places, but Wang Guangfu's place was temporarily safe.

Wang Guangfu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his hands and feet shaking.

The pressure of commanding a battle was greater than he imagined.

Although Zhao Chuanxin is in charge, he can at least guarantee their lives.

But improper command can lead to death, and it feels very uncomfortable if someone else dies because of you.

He sat down on the chair and said, "Captain, I guess I'm not suitable for command."

Zhao Chuanxin was noncommittal: "Wait until tomorrow, and send someone to other units to ask for data."

The next day, Wang Guangfu sent someone to inquire and learned that their position had been taken care of last night. They had the fewest casualties, but they killed the most enemies.

Na Ad Din Pasha even praised him a few times.

Wang Guangfu's self-confidence was restored, and all the students' faces were bright.

Previously, they spent three months studying, mainly about trenches.

Wang Guangfu actively discussed with his classmates and believed that although they were defending according to the Tucheng, the defensive layout should imitate the winding trenches and secluded paths.

The fortifications do not have to be continuous. Facts have proved that as long as the firepower points can take care of each other, the position will be impregnable. Position 2 is an excellent example.

However, air raid shelters need to be strengthened to give soldiers space to rest.

It is necessary to build a passage similar to a traffic trench to mobilize troops and generals in a safe environment.

Wang Guangfu went to Zhao Chuanxin again to ask for landmines.

Under his command, the engineers crawled forward after leaving the bunker, enduring the pungent dust, lying on the ground and digging the soil to bury the mines and form a simple mine belt.

The mine belt is not to prevent attacks, but to prevent the enemy from targeting blind spots in one's line of sight, so that the enemy can be discovered in time.

There were only 10,000 defenders, and only more than 10,000 British troops on the attacking side.

In the next three days, the two sides began a hard-fought confrontation.

The hard work paid off, and Wang Guangfu made a series of arrangements to change the main role of position defense from grenades to rifle and machine gun firepower.

The British army relied on the earth bag wall as cover and dug fortifications in front of the battle line to set up camp step by step.

Wang Guangfu mobilized mortars from the arsenal to bomb the British army positions.

The British army refused to give in and the artillery fired fiercely.

At this time, Wang Guangfu would order the withdrawal of the position to reduce losses.

In the tug of war, the British army suffered greater casualties, but they were also getting closer.

The next day, Wang Guangfu overcame his self-doubt and fought more and more smoothly. However, Kut al-Amara could not hold on, and Na Ad Din Pasha sent someone to inform him to retreat.

During the retreat, Wang Guangfu followed the textbook's remarkable arrangements, provided orderly alternating fire cover, retreated to the reserve position, and left with the brigade in one go.

Although the British army won this battle, they suffered a tragic victory at the cost of 2,300 men.

After the war, Na'ad al-Din Pasha's statistics revealed that Wang Guangfu's troops alone had caused more than 400 casualties to the British army.

It should be noted that there were a total of 10,000 defenders, and Wang Guangfu only had 500.

Na Ad al-Din Pasha praised Wang Guangfu and the others so much that the students were overjoyed.

Even if you can't get promoted, there are no rewards.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Chuanxin also gave verbal praise: "Putting what you have learned into practice, you have done a good job."

Wang Guangfu was happy.

But Zhao Chuanxin immediately said: "But don't be complacent. You have more machine guns than other units, and the ammunition loss of grenades and mortars does not count. The achievement of this result can only be said to be above the passing line."

Wang Guangfu was immersed in complacency and did not listen.

The British commander-in-chief, Charles Townshend, seemed to be unwilling to accept the tragic victory, and was biting behind like a tarsal worm.

Small-scale conflicts broke out from time to time between the two sides.

Later, Wang Guangfu became more and more courageous as he fought.

Upon seeing this, Na Ad Din Pasha said that since this army can fight and does not consume his own ammunition supplies, he will use it to death.

During a mission to block British military firepower, Wang Guangfu's connection with the large army was cut off.

The British army's illumination bombs were fired one after another, shining here as bright as day.

Wang Guangfu asked people to line up in a long queue, all lying on the ground, and just lying there passing the earth bags around to build an earth bag wall.

In Mesopotamia, building walls of earth bags was more convenient and effective than digging trenches.

In this way, he built a "traffic trench" higher than the ground, and at the cost of more than 30 casualties, he finally retreated safely.

After catching up with most of the team, Na'ad Din Pasha was shocked that their rear team was able to escape unscathed.

In fact, it was to use Wang Guangfu and others to die.

Wang Guangfu and the others were about to fight again, but Zhao Chuanxin stopped them: "Everyone else can take turns, but you are the only one who keeps fighting. You are getting braver as you fight, but look at the soldiers under your command."

Wang Guangfu and the students watched carefully, and sure enough, the Ottoman soldiers under his hands had faces full of exhaustion and numbness.

It seems that I am so tired that I have lost the emotions and thoughts that humans should have.

The mentality is different, and the physical and mental states are different.

Wang Guangfu and others knew that they could leave at any time, but these soldiers could not.

The two mentality are not the same.

Wang Guangfu sighed, went to find Na Ad Din Pasha, told him that he and others were leaving, and requested that his remaining troops be allowed to rest in rotation.

Na Ad al-Din Pasha agreed, but was reluctant to leave.

What a useful cannon fodder...

What a great free combat power...

Zhao Chuanxin led the team back to China.

The moment they walked out of the teleportation array, Wang Guangfu and others felt like they were in another world.

Lugang Town lives and works in peace and contentment, but there are traffickers and pawns everywhere.

The sun is not as dazzling as in Mesopotamia.

The people around them were equally surprised when they saw their gray heads and faces filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.

I have never heard of a war. How did you achieve this kind of virtue?

Zhao Chuanxin brought three waves of students.

Each of these three waves of students has something to gain.

Lugang Town Military Academy has truly stood up.

The best military school in the country now is Baoding Army Military Academy, referred to as Baoding Military Academy.

But starting from this year, this title may have to give way.

When the economy and military in various places were developing rapidly under the rule of Zhao Chuanxin, Sun Zheng and a group of people were studying the matter of raising wages to discuss Yuan.

Liu Guogui and the others have arrived in San Francisco, USA.

Zhao Chuanxin asked the San Francisco Dining Cart Gang and Tang Ren Street Yu Wenxuan's men to accompany him for protection.

Zhang Zhenxun and a group of others were secretly surprised when they saw that Liu Baobao was so good at coming to the United States.

Zhao Chuanxin's influence spreads all over the world.

Liu Baobao stole the show and was happy to miss Shu.

Until December, the Panama-Mavan-Country Exposition closed.

On December 12, Yuan Weiting finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Officially proclaimed emperor.

Is the Great Emperor of China okay?

And the year 1916 was scheduled to be named - Hong Xian Yuan year.

The people are in trouble.

Warlords everywhere were confused.

Good, evil, conservative, radical, almost everyone is opposed to it.

Even among Yuan Weiting's die-hard direct descendants, there are many opponents.

The retrogression of civilization and civilization.

On the second day after Yuan Weiting ascended the throne, he issued an order to hunt down and kill the rebellious party.

Even Li Yuanhong, who had previously advocated hereditary inheritance, gave up now. He shouted that he did not agree with monarchy and refused the title of prince given to him.

Cai E, Tang Jiyao and others continued to sing and declare independence and denounce Yuan Weiting.

Sun took advantage of the situation and issued a "Declaration Against Yuan".

Zhao Chuanxin had tea with Yao Jia and Zhang Shouzeng at Lubinfu Yamen.

Zhao Chuanxin held the tea cup and said cheerfully: "It's hard to imagine what Yuan Weiting's mental state is at this time. This idiot's head is probably buzzing."

Zhang Shouzeng said fiercely: "If you do any injustice, you will be killed!"

Yao Jia gloated: "My lord has exposed his face many times, but he still dares to risk the world's disapproval. His courage is commendable."

"If you keep remembering, there will be a response, if your wish comes true, if the emperor's dream comes true..."

After a busy year, Zhao Chuanxin is finally at home, waiting for the New Year in comfort.

In the past two years, Lubin Mansion has used machinery for farming and harvesting, as well as chemical fertilizers. The efficiency has been amazing and the grain harvest has been bumper.

It's just that God doesn't fulfill people's wishes.

Within a few days, a telegram was sent saying that a forest fire broke out in the Solon area.