Red Alert 1895: Chapter 670 war for politics

"Perhaps many people are wondering why I asked everyone to make a battle plan, so that they can wipe out more than 100,000 eight-nation coalition forces on land. ＠＠, in fact, from a military point of view, if we press them step by step , and then let them be forced to take a boat to the sea, take the risk of retreating from land and sea, and then we send the navy to wipe them out. Wouldn't it be great? Not only can we wipe out more than 100,000 enemies without a single soldier .This is a low-cost and high-yield thing. And we send the army and marines to attack, even if we have their defense maps, there will still be losses. Although not big, it is definitely bigger than the first method A lot. Therefore, from a military point of view, our method is not the best. Not only do we sacrifice more people, but the results are relatively poor, and the losses of various weapons and ammunition are also greater.”

The staff officers below all looked at Wang Guorui curiously, obviously hoping that Wang Guorui would explain what was going on with this battle plan that did not conform to military common sense. This time Wang Guorui asked them to formulate a plan that did not conform to military common sense. If you use this method to formulate a plan, your own side will inevitably suffer relatively large losses, and you will not wipe out so many enemies. Compared with the first method, it is much larger, and even the consumption of weapons and ammunition is also greater. This obviously does not conform to the idea of ​​using the lowest effort to obtain the greatest combat results in military common sense.

"Actually, you only look at problems from a military point of view, and you often have to look at problems from a political point of view. From a purely military point of view, it is indeed a good way to let the navy attack their troop carriers. , but this is different from our strategic goal. Annihilating more than 100,000 enemy troops at one time is very cool, in fact, I also hope so. But sometimes. We have forgotten our real political goals. Army wars serve political goals, and military affairs are always a continuation of politics and a means to solve political goals. The actions of the military cannot contradict each other with political strategies.”

"Our most important purpose at present. It is not to kill the enemy, not to kill the enemy to get the head. In war, the number of enemies killed is not the real victory. Only when one's own strategic goals are completed, is the real victory. And strategic Goals are set around political goals, so in the end it comes down to whether they meet political goals. So killing an enemy does not mean victory. The method of counting military exploits by the number of enemies killed is no longer popular. Now it is not the coldness of the past. This is the age of weapons, so we cannot simply calculate military exploits and victories in this way."

"So, we have to figure out what our political purpose is. You staff officers, especially those working in the General Staff, your every move and every plan will involve the strategic layout of the entire country, so you have to learn from the entire country Make plans based on the overall strategic situation, not purely military plans. When you make plans, you must consider political goals. Otherwise, even if you win on the battlefield, but the established political goals are not achieved, then the war will still be lost. gone."

"Our highest political goal at this stage is to unify the country. Being able to rule the whole country does not mean fighting desperately with foreign devils. We must think clearly. Our political goal is to unify the country and rule the whole country. So all our battles are to revolve around this target to proceed.”

"Just think about it, everyone. If we wiped out this nearly 200,000 army and drowned them all in the sea, what would we gain and what would we lose? Almost 200,000 lives were lost. Among them, the Japanese There are 120,000. Once we annihilate them all and drown them in the sea, what we will get in the end is just a number on killing enemies, a number that doesn't have much meaning. But for this number, what will we lose ?First of all, Japan has lost more than 100,000 young and middle-aged people. This is more than 100,000 people! The loss of more than 100,000 young and middle-aged people is just like this. It is enough to make the Japanese liver tremble. The current population of Japan is about 40 million. Women, that’s 20 million. And excluding 15% of the old people again, that’s 17 million. And Japan is currently at the peak of population growth, so the proportion of the young population More than 35% have been obtained. So the population of young and middle-aged people in Japan is about 10 million."

"However, out of the 10 million people, there must be people engaged in all walks of life. It is impossible to use all of them as soldiers. So in the end, the population of more than 100,000 is already more than half of the current Japanese standing army. When there is no emergency mobilization, they That's all the troops that can be mobilized."

"And if more than 100,000 young people are destroyed in our hands like this, do you think we will become enemies with the Japanese? And, how much hatred has been taken over! The relatives and friends of more than 100,000 young people, if they know about their Relatives and friends died at our hands, so what would they think? I am afraid, the first thought is revenge, right? Whose relatives and friends were killed, isn’t that the first thought is revenge? At that time we I am afraid that what I am facing is a whole angry Japan. I am afraid that Japan will be filled with a feeling of revenge at that time. They will mobilize the whole country and then fight with us. If the mobilization capacity is based on the limit, they are enough to mobilize several Millions of troops, what do you think we will do at that time."

But immediately a staff officer said: "We are not afraid of them, aren't we just millions of farmers with hoes? What do we have to be afraid of?"

Everyone showed disdain, obviously not worried about the power of millions of farmers who had just put down their hoes. However, Wang Guorui immediately roared angrily.

"You idiots, didn't you hear what I just said? How do you all serve as staff officers, especially the staff staff of the General Staff, who don't talk about the overall strategic situation at all. They only focus on the battlefield, and there is no other overall political situation?" Wang Guorui cursed.

"I know that our army is not afraid of them. Of course we are not afraid of the millions of Japanese troops. We are not even afraid of the Americans combined, because they are all farmers who have just put down their hoes. But don't forget, our strategic goal What is it? I said it very clearly just now. Our strategic goal is to unify the whole country, to unify the country, instead of fighting with foreign devils here, which is meaningless. You have to figure out this The goal is not to kill the enemy for the sake of killing the enemy, otherwise the killing would be in vain, meaningless. Of course we are not afraid of the millions of Japanese troops, and we are not afraid of the Americans joining in, but we are afraid of time delay Even if we can defeat these Japanese and Americans, how much time will it take us? One year, two years, three years, or even five years or ten years? It is one thing that we are not afraid of them, but our strategic goal is It's the same thing, do you understand what I mean?"

At this time, a staff officer immediately replied: "My lord, I understand. Our strategic goal is to unify the country, and it is to take advantage of this time when the British are busy waging the Boer War to unify the country. As long as we can take advantage of this time when the Western powers cannot This is the most suitable golden time to unify the country when we are free to intervene soon. If this time is missed, the resistance to our unification of the country will increase greatly, and we will definitely face even greater pressure at that time Now if we want to kill the enemy for a while and completely anger the country of Japan, then they will all mobilize. Although we are not afraid of them, it will be enough to delay our time. Once our troops are defeated by Japan and the Americans , That’s what the British want to see. At that time, once our war lasts for a long time, and the Japanese and Americans lose out with us, the British will be happy in the end.”

"The British have always been worried that the industrial strength of the United States is stronger than theirs, and they are also worried about us~www.mtlnovel.com~ They very much hope that China and the United States will fight each other so that they can directly weaken our strength, so that we can really If the snipe and the clam are fighting each other, the British fisherman will benefit. At that time, the British took us and the Americans together with the Americans to hug the grass and beat the rabbits, so we really failed. At that time, we in China, Japan, and the United States were fighting to kill ourselves, and then the British were fanning the ghostly wind outside and lighting will-o'-the-wisps for fun!"

Wang Guorui immediately praised: "That's the reason. If we have a death feud, I will also take the opportunity to have fun with the British! There are no eternal friends and enemies between countries, only eternal interests. Don't look at the current situation in the UK. People, Americans, and Japanese came to attack us together, but the British wanted to stab the Americans and Japanese! If we completely annihilated the more than 100,000 Japanese and American-dominated Eight-Power Allied Forces, then we will be happy in the end It must be the British. They will definitely take the opportunity to incite Japan and the United States to fight to the death with us, then we will not only miss the opportunity to unify China, but will also damage a lot of national strength, which is not worth the loss.”

"So, we can't do this kind of stupid thing. Remember, our goal is to unify China, not to kill the enemy for the sake of killing the enemy. If we really do it according to that method, then killing the enemy is just a look It looks like a glamorous number, but we have lost a lot in the big picture. We can't be so hasty, understand?" (To be continued.) u