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Chief of Staff and Military Commander Zhang Yingchen furrowed his brows, a knot forming between his brows. He had been staring at an arithmetic problem on the sand table for more than ten minutes. The standard calculation formula was already written on a piece of paper. The problem was quite simple. It was a calculation of time. Zhang Yingchen only needed to find the side length of a triangle based on the angle, then divide the side length by the speed, and use the division method to calculate the time.
The entire battle plan was made by the military committee. The members of the military committee were Vézé, Zhang Yingchen, the four brigade marshals, and several officers from key departments. Making the battle plan was the job of the staff. Because of Zhang Yingchen's outstanding performance, he had been promoted from deputy chief of staff to chief of staff.
Now, the new chief of staff was imitating the calculations done by the former chief of staff, Vézé, to derive the basic battle steps. When he watched Vézé make the plan, Zhang Yingchen felt that he had learned it. When he was actually doing it, he realized that he had not learned it at all. He still had no concept of many things in his mind.
After two months of intensive study, Zhang Yingchen was not the only one participating in the study. Those who could work in the staff department had at least received training. Most of the staff officers in the staff department knew what Zhang Yingchen was doing. The staff officers were not even as good as Zhang Yingchen. They did not know what was going on, nor did they know why. Five or six people were selected, each holding a sand table. Some of them were impatient. They bit the bamboo sticks that were used as pens in their mouths. The hard signatures were bitten until they were full of cracks.
Since the arithmetic and geometry problems could not be solved, Zhang Yingchen switched to another sand table. He began to try to solve another problem using coordinates. After looking at the coordinates for a long time, Zhang Yingchen suddenly slapped his thigh and stood up. He said excitedly as he walked, "I see! I see! "
The staff officers looked at each other. They did not know what Chief of Staff Zhang had figured out. However, everyone was in a difficult position at the moment. With such an opportunity, the staff officers put down their work and asked Zhang Yingchen about it.
"Chief of Staff Zhang, what have you figured out?" "Tell me, tell me. I don't understand what's going on! "
Zhang Yingchen didn't answer. He crossed his arms in front of his chest. Sometimes, he lowered his head and pondered. Sometimes, he raised his head and closed his eyes. After a while, Zhang Yingchen opened his eyes excitedly. He let go of his arms and said, "Solving problems is like fighting a war. Don't think that it will move. In fact, it won't move. No matter how you move, the diagram won't move. What's this called again … "
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper. Zhang Yingchen read aloud, "Origin! It's the origin! "
The staff officers had wanted to learn something from Chief of Staff Zhang Yingchen, but the more they listened, the more confused they became. On the other hand, Zhang Yingchen had solved his own problem. He ran back to the sand table and did some calculations. Then, he came up with the final result.
Zhang Yingchen was determined to learn Vézé's abilities. In the past two months, he learned from Vézé how to write and recognize four to five hundred words. And it wasn't easy for him to connect these words with reality. In addition to learning how to connect words with reality, Zhang Yingchen also learned basic mathematics and geometry from Vézé.
For example, the concept of 360 degrees. Originally, he could only describe it by a little to the east or a little to the south. Now, he could even vaguely establish the concept of using angles to describe the marching direction. Zhang Yingchen could count from zero to 360 in one breath. The problem was that when he said 359 degrees, Zhang Yingchen would first make a rough estimate clockwise in his mind. He couldn't directly think of one degree from zero degrees to one degree counterclockwise.
As a genius at identifying directions, Zhang Yingchen could easily recall and construct a picture in his mind. Now, Zhang Yingchen suddenly understood. To him, this picture was too real and too vivid. As the chief of staff, the first thing Zhang Yingchen had to do was to construct a very simple model in his mind. There was no three-dimensional, just a simple plane. First, he didn't need to care about the terrain. The marching battle was completely simplified to a model composed of lines and moving points.
After establishing such a simple model, Zhang Yingchen was suddenly enlightened. The things that had troubled him before became extremely simple. It was Zhang Yingchen who thought too much about things. No matter how our army or the enemy moved, all movements had an origin on this map. Zhang Yingchen found that he had found his own understanding of the origin.
The staff officers around him were far less talented than Zhang Yingchen. It was very difficult for them to construct a moving picture in their minds, let alone simplify it from complexity. After listening to Zhang Yingchen's experience for a while, the staff officers didn't really understand it. Moreover, Zhang Yingchen's insights were not practical for them. Work was important. Everyone went back to their positions and began to gnaw on the bamboo sticks to continue to try to solve the problem.
After the battle plan made by the General Staff Department was finally sent to the various troops, the troops also felt a headache. The battle plan was very detailed. Where to start, what road to take, and even what pace to march according to, the marching speed, all of these were reflected in the battle plan.
Vézé crammed the cultural knowledge of the troops. One of the key points was simplified Chinese, the vernacular. The key point of classical Chinese was that almost every word had its own independent meaning. The key point of learning classical Chinese was to know how to organize these meanings reasonably. The vernacular was more standardized. Vézé believed that the vernacular was a tool. According to the subject-predicate object-subordinate pattern, a series of nouns with clear meanings were linked together, and the detailed completion steps were pointed out. From a literary point of view, Vézé's approach was not exquisite at all. It had nothing to do with Profound Words or Vivid and Lifelike Words. But Vézé was quite proud to think that this was the foundation of the new world he wanted to create. In the Taiping army, where the literacy rate was less than 10%, Vézé wanted everyone to be able to read and write. By mastering the tool of writing, they could read and write official documents and orders. They could rely on writing to achieve communication. This was a cross-era progress.
Of course, it was impossible to complete Vézé's grand blueprint in two months. At least a small number of commanders who had mastered 300 to 500 words finally began to approach Vézé's standard. After reading the battle plan that the General Staff Officer had painstakingly written out, the officers began to scratch their heads.
The route of the march was guided, and each unit had its own special personnel to guide the march. Many of the commanders still did not understand the map. The map was more precious, and no one could scribble on it. Therefore, many of the road names on the simple map that Zhang Yingchen made before the war could not be understood. It was not that the cultural instructors in the army did not teach them, but that the people had no concept and could not remember it.
There were no clocks these days. It was impossible to train the marching frequency in two months. Without this foundation, the marching speed was just empty talk. The four brigade marshals in Vézé's unit all agreed that the General Staff Officer was talking nonsense.
Vézé proposed the organizational concept of "three fixed". Fixed duties, fixed size, and fixed responsibilities. With such a clear system, the work efficiency of the army was greatly improved.
As the commander of the elite 1st Brigade, Wei Changrong also took on the task of training. Unlike Vézé's ruthless and precise marksmanship that required some talent, Wei Changrong's marksmanship was simple and straightforward. It was most suitable for inexperienced soldiers to master quickly.
The 2nd Brigade's commander, Hu Chenghe, had many subordinates from Tian Di Hui. He also took on the task of contacting the local Tian Di Hui. In reality, the command was basically carried out by his deputy, Zhou Shengde.
The 3rd Brigade's commander, Lin Asheng, was mainly in charge of logistics.
The 4th Brigade was a purely female unit. Combat training was under the unified command of the Combat Training Department. Ke Gongyu became the brigade's commander and had four soldiers under him. The first two soldiers were fully equipped with firearms. The last two soldiers were basically old and weak. They were mainly responsible for cooking and washing clothes.
With the exception of Ke Gongyu, who was a man but was the commander-in-chief of a group of women, the other commanders were all well-known figures in Vézé's army. Even Ke Gongyu, a man in his thirties, had his own uniqueness. Ke Gongyu's appearance and temperament gave people a very reassuring feeling. If someone else became the brigade commander of this female unit, people would inevitably gossip. But when Ke Gongyu became the brigade commander, people would at most laugh at him for leading a group of women. No one had ever thought of him as a lover.
Although the four brigade commanders could effectively lead their own troops, the brigades didn't have a staff department. After a large number of new soldiers joined, they couldn't even complete the basic training. Many of the advanced courses were only heard of. For example, the standard marching speed was something that even veteran soldiers had only practiced a few times, let alone new soldiers.
Therefore, the battle plan that Zhang Yingchen had painstakingly drawn up according to the standard was unanimously opposed by the entire army. The lawsuit reached Vézé.
Faced with the unanimous criticism and opposition of his comrades, Zhang Yingchen, who usually didn't give in so easily, kept his mouth shut this time. His knowledge level had greatly increased, and he suddenly understood a lot of things that he didn't understand before. In a good mood, Zhang Yingchen came up with this battle plan according to the regulations written by Vézé. When the excitement subsided a little, Zhang Yingchen also knew that this plan was nonsense.
Vézé didn't criticize Zhang Yingchen, nor did he criticize the brigade commanders for being so excited. He waited until his voice died down and asked, "Does everyone think that it's impossible to carry out the content of this battle plan, or that they can't understand it?"
After this question, the brigade commanders immediately shut up for the time being. Wei Changrong was the most straightforward. After a moment of silence, he said, "Wei Jiandian, we came up with this plan together. Of course we have to do it. It's just that the military training has just begun, and there are many things that can't be done in detail. "
After Wei Changrong expressed his opinion, the other three brigade commanders also expressed the same idea. Vézé smiled and said, "Do as much as you can. The members of our military commission will determine the battle strategy, and the staff department will draw up the battle plan. Each unit will be responsible for carrying it out. If you think that Chief of Staff Zhang's plan goes against the battle strategy, and if it doesn't, then it's up to everyone to carry it out. "
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