September 13th, 1911, the Ukraine Campaign entered its fourth day. The visiting generals ate breakfast and rushed to the computing center. Then they noticed a huge change in the symbol. The fog of war that shrouded the battlefield yesterday suddenly dissipated.
"What's going on? Did a spy get the Russian army's deployment information? "Ma Xiaoming was shocked.
Qi Rui had been living in the computing center for the past few days. Hearing this question, Qi Rui replied coldly, "The Russians use plain codes for their radio communications."
… All the generals looked at each other with confused expressions. Ever since the invention of radio, the Liberation Army developed plain codes and passwords. That was something that happened decades ago. Decades later, the Russians were still using plain codes for their military radios.
Qi Rui was no longer surprised. War was a place that constantly refreshed humanity's upper and lower limits. It was not strange for anything to happen in war. He continued, "The Hungarian Air Force has already conducted targeted reconnaissance on this information. At least confirmed that there are a corresponding number of troops in the marked locations. Now it is confirmed that there are approximately 600,000 Russian troops in the range of attack. The specific results will be out soon. "
"If war becomes mathematical calculations, then what are we soldiers?" A major general couldn't help but ask loudly. His voice was loud and all the soldiers around him heard him. Everyone only glanced at the major general, some didn't even look at him. In the end, everyone's gazes were focused on Qi Rui, the 'founder'.
Everyone's gaze and confusion didn't cause any ripples in Qi Rui's heart. He had already experienced shock from his father, Vézé. Motorized infantry, armored soldiers, and computer-aided systems. Shock refreshed Qi Rui's upper limit. Qi Rui became immune to this emotion.
"The system is only a support. Using support is like using guns. When we learn to shoot, are we supposed to make guns obey our imagination? We are supposed to obey the laws of guns. The theoretical basis for guns to work is the gunpowder that propels the projectile. Whether it's the guns themselves or us as the operators. Everything revolves around this basic theory. War also had its basic rules, and this kind of support system was a research tool for the basic rules of war. There was no reason for us to obey the machine. Comrades who have this kind of thinking, I believe that it is because they have not been exposed to deep mathematical models. Comrades who study mathematical models use machines to implement these models, so you will mistakenly believe that you are obeying the machines. That's not the case. "
Everyone listened to Qi Rui's calm narration of the facts. At first, they felt that it was reasonable, but in the end, they suddenly realized that their thinking was indeed wrong. Some comrades couldn't help but smile bitterly. Some comrades simply said, "Mathematics is really not my forte. Can you explain the theory to me in a way that I can understand?"
"This is also the direction that the Theater Command is pursuing. Sit down, I'll ask a comrade in this field to explain to us. " After General Qi Rui finished speaking, he led a group of generals, lieutenant generals, and major generals to the conference room. These generals were as obedient as primary school students.
In the distant Kane, the war continued to develop according to the law of war. Second Lieutenant Manstein, a member of the German military observer mission to Russia, took careful notes every day.
"… Knowing that the Hungarian Red Army had actually surrounded the Russian army, the major general finally agreed to let us go to the front line. He thought that the Russians were too weak and was afraid that we would be killed by the Hungarian Red Army at the front line …
"… Because we were also in the encirclement, the French military observer mission suffered a tragic blow in the last battle, and the leading lieutenant colonel ordered us to pay attention to safety …
"… Finally saw the famous tank unit. I thought they would carry out a dense assault like the cavalry, but what I saw on the battlefield was extremely scattered tanks. I always thought that a large number of artillery could be used to destroy the tank group, but now I realized that unless I used artillery to carry out a barrage, it was impossible to destroy the tank unit in batches …
"… Hungarian tanks rushed into the Russian position and started a massacre. The lieutenant colonel immediately led us to retreat. After we ran a few kilometers, we looked back and saw the plains behind us were full of fleeing Russian troops. The Hungarian tanks chased at a speed of twenty to thirty kilometers per hour. The Russians saw that there was nowhere to escape, and they simply knelt down and surrendered …
"… I met with Second Lieutenant Guderian, who went to another battlefield to observe. He said that after the Russians surrendered, the Hungarian Red Army couldn't take so many prisoners. So he ordered the Russians to pile up their rifles on the ground, and the Hungarian Red Army used tanks to run over and destroy all the Russian rifles. Then they released the Russians. I asked Second Lieutenant Guderian how he saw this detail, and he told me that many of the Russian soldiers were released after being captured. The unarmed soldiers were useful against ordinary infantry, but they were useless against the tanks. The Russians regrouped the defeated soldiers into their army, and the Russian army, which was already short of weapons, was even more so now. Many of them could only take a wooden stick with a bayonet attached to it and join the battle. After talking to these people, Second Lieutenant Guderian found out about this. The morale of the Russian army is very low … "
"… The Hungarians didn't seem to care that their flanks would be attacked. News of the Hungarian tanks came from all directions, and the major general told us that the Russian commander's spirit was about to collapse. The news from all directions didn't conform to the common sense of war … "
"… The defeated soldiers were like waves, coming from the east, west, and north. To the south was the Black Sea. The Hungarian Red Army didn't have a navy, so they didn't send troops in that direction. The Russian army in Kiev seemed to be under great pressure, and they didn't know what to do in the future … "
"… The observer group chose to retreat. Some people thought that the 500,000 Russians could hold Kiev, but the major general didn't believe it. If the 500,000 Russians could hold Kiev, they wouldn't have been driven there … "
"… The major general's judgment was very accurate. A few days after we left Russia by ship on the Black Sea, Kiev fell. The tanks of the Hungarian Red Army tore through the Russian defense line and entered Kiev. Some of the Russians fled, and most of them surrendered. When we returned to Berlin, the Hungarian Red Army announced the end of the Ukrainian campaign. The Hungarian Red Army wiped out three Russian armies, a total of 600,000 soldiers. The Russian army that escaped from Kiev was caught up with by the Hungarian Red Army on the way, and they were all wiped out … "
"… The General Staff Headquarters established an armored unit. The low-ranking members of the observer group were sent to the Berlin Military Academy to join the preparatory class. Unfortunately, Second Lieutenant Guderian was sent to Hungary. The Hungarian government announced that in order to refute the rumors that Hungary was mistreating prisoners, they invited humanitarian organizations from all over the world to visit and operate the camps. If the humanitarian organizations were willing to send supplies, they were also welcome. The Germans immediately formed a humanitarian observer group and sent them to the Russian camps in Hungary. Those of us who returned from Russia speculated that Second Lieutenant Guderian was sent back to gather intelligence … "
…
In October, the exhausted Hungarian Red Army withdrew from Russia and entered Romania. Among the hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners, all soldiers below the rank of Second Lieutenant and the wounded were released. Second Lieutenants were officers in the Russian army, which meant that they had to have some background. Second Lieutenants and those above the rank of Second Lieutenant were all taken away. The ordinary soldiers were screened, and those with accents from St. Petersburg and Moscow were all taken away. The Polish people, especially the Poles, were all taken away. The soldiers in Russia's backwater areas were also released under the witness of foreign humanitarian organizations and foreign government agencies.
It was supposed to be a joyous victory celebration, but Zhou Shuren's face was full of anger, and his comrades felt uncomfortable. This was because the Central Military Commission had sent over a list of names. The names on this list were all soldiers, and all of them were soldiers with military achievements.
"We are all civilized people. One of the standards of civilized people was that they would not torture or kill their captives. Torturing and killing prisoners to vent your anger is the attitude of the weak. That is the attitude of barbarians! "It was obvious that Zhou Shuren was very angry.
"All the countries have done it! Why are we punishing our own people first? "A comrade replied indignantly.
"All the countries have done it, and all the countries have punished them. We are not punishing our own people, we are opposing this practice. Times have changed, and barbarism is no longer the trend. Why do all the countries dislike the people of Russia? It is because Russia still regards cruelty as their strength, and savagery as their glory. In the European countries, many people still use the recent century of Hungary's proclamation that everyone except the Malzas should die. We are now using this war to promote Hungary as a civilized country. This kind of propaganda is unfair to the current Hungary. It is a slander to the current Hungary! "
"… But we can't rely on punishing our own people, and let outsiders laugh at us." A comrade muttered.
Zhou Shuren was not unhappy with this statement. He nodded heavily. "Of course I won't do that. But we will remove and demote these comrades from their posts. We will also carry out ideological education within the army. As for the outside world, we will certainly announce that these propaganda are malicious attacks on Hungary by people with ulterior motives! "
The Minister picked up his notebook and recorded this work. He had no objection to Zhou Shuren's decision. The Minister also did not completely oppose the mutterings of his comrades. In general, this was a different matter. The reason for punishing one's own people was not to give an explanation to outsiders.
At this time, the Minister was more concerned about another matter. Would Russia admit defeat and choose peace? After all, this defeat was so big that the Tsar of Russia would lose face no matter what.
October 24th, 1911. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia rejected Hungary's request for peace talks.
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