Commanding wars in ancient times had a certain flavor of metaphysics, art, and religion. In many cases, the commander's genius could create miracles or tragic defeats.
Ancient wars relied too much on human rule. The quality of the soldiers and the personal style of the commanders formed each vivid unit in the history books, leaving too many legends.
But all this began to change after the Industrial Revolution. As technology gradually took control of the core of war, the influence of human rule gradually shrank.
The biggest change was the emergence of the staff system, and Prussia, which carried forward this system!
After the emergence of the staff system, war has completely changed from art to science, and everything can be calculated!
The so-called staff system, to put it bluntly, is to gather a group of smart people who can write and calculate to formulate various war plans and plans for selection.
The more powerful the general staff is, the more extensive and detailed the plan will be.
For example, for the mission of escorting Emperor Tongzhi back to Beijing, the Yulin New Army was unable to carry out staff planning because he did not have the manpower.
Behind the entire mission were actually nearly a hundred top students from several Chinese military universities, which led to this first-level combat readiness and 26 sets of plans.
More than a hundred unknown military university students obtained first-hand data from the New Army telegrams of the CIA and the military, including Ma Ming and others.
Based on this data, they assess risks and formulate plans, and they constantly fake various emergencies on the sandbox.
For example, if there is a sudden storm in the Taiwan Strait, then Plan 13 will be activated. At this time, Ma Ming and others will know where there is a safe haven. The Chinese have prepared how much food and water they need in advance, and where to send a distress signal.
How long will it take for the Chinese navy to arrive after seeing the signal? This plan No. 13 is a life-saving tip when the time comes.
There is also plan No. 05, which designs another impossibility, that is, the Hunan army rebels and detains Emperor Tongzhi.
Under the sand table deduction, these top students from the National Defense University suddenly thought of radical forces in the Hunan Army, such as Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan, and led the army to surround the New Army and detain Emperor Tongzhi.
How does the Hunan Army mobilize its troops? Who will cooperate and who will resist? Those people in the local administrative system know how to play both ends? What attitude will foreigners have?
Then we planned Emperor Tongzhi's escape route, how to get to the edge of the Yangtze River, how to get artillery support from British warships, and how to rush back to the Shanghai Concession.
These plans must be very detailed, because only by being prepared can you be safe!
The 26 sets of plans are not just a matter of writing a few minutes of copywriting. There must be countless mobilizations of manpower and material resources behind the scenes to follow these plans.
If there is a typhoon, food and fresh water must be stored in advance at that safe haven.
If the Hunan Army really rebels, you have to prepare a secret ammunition depot in advance!
Even if the Japs Six in the capital are going to rebel, Chun Shisanniang has spent hundreds of thousands of silver dollars in intelligence funds. The Chinese intelligence network in the capital is working with full force at the moment!
All success is not accidental, but the result of a lot of previous work!
This is science, which allows Ma Ming and others to calm down when encountering any unexpected situation and come up with corresponding plans to deal with it calmly.
Of course, it is impossible to have a general staff whose calculations are 100% accurate. This system is not a god, it is also operated by humans!
But this system does increase the probability of victory. At least when facing an army with medieval thinking, this general staff system is really excellent.
Can Yixuan understand the twists and turns here? To be honest, he simply couldn't find hundreds of graduate students who were proficient in military and arithmetic. The core of the general staff system was not the talent of a certain staff officer.
What this system requires is that there are many people, many calculations, and everything is calculated clearly, no matter how small it is!
If you, Yixuan, can find more than a hundred talents who know algebra and geometry in the Forty-Nine City of the capital, Xiao Letian from Nanhai will bet that his surname is written backwards!
Confused, completely confused, Ma Ming didn't know how to explain these military drill terms to Prince Chun. He could only yell viciously, suppressing the momentum of those sycophants with his voice!
"Your Majesty! Let me speak openly! Let me ask, was it you who caused the alley gangsters in the capital and the Eight Banners gangsters to attack the military formations behind your back?"
"Right now, the three thousand new Royal Forest troops are being insulted and attacked by countless gangsters, and some even directly charged into the formation. I ask you whether you care or not!"
"If you say you don't care and you can't control it alive, then you will follow the rules of our new army!"
"We are in a state of war now, and the soldiers fired live ammunition! I am not responsible for the misfire!"
After yelling, Ma Ming turned around, got on his horse and ran back. Yixuan was stunned for a moment, and yelled quickly without caring about his rudeness.
"Ma Ming! Control the situation! I'll be there right away..."
There was no time to investigate why he was kowtowing or not, or whether he was beating a thousand people or not. Yixuan immediately suspected his brother Guiziliu.
Isn’t it easy for a lunatic who dares to secretly mobilize Xishan troops to support the Eight Banners in discussing politics and secretly give instructions to cause chaos?
The horse quickly chased towards the front door. Yi Xuan took the alley and the shortcut was naturally faster. After he jumped out of the Dashilan Hutong, Emperor Tongzhi's chariot had not yet entered the front door building.
The military and civilian officials didn't know what was going on, so they saw Prince Chun Yixuan rushing into the team and pulling Guiziliu to the side of the road.
Zaichun also saw this scene out of the corner of his eye, but he couldn't lose his manners in front of the people of the capital, so he didn't say anything.
The two princes were pushed to the entrance of an alley, and the servants and servants immediately formed a circle and protected the two princes inside with their backs.
"Brother Six! Are you inciting the gangsters in the capital to cause trouble? Someone is attacking the main formation of the Yulin New Army!" Yixuan was sweating.
Guiziliu said nonchalantly, "Hunt? Brother, you underestimate me too much. No matter how bad I am, I will never use a gangster to cause trouble!"
"Brother, it's really not you who did this?" Yixuan asked.
"What are you talking about? Why should I lie to you? Just mobilize the Xishan soldiers to demonstrate and let Zai Chun have a longer memory...use a gangster? I can't afford to lose that person!"
"Okay, isn't it just a bit of a gangster? If you want to cause trouble, let's make trouble. Although I didn't do it, it's good to have this unexpected gap. Let them know that the rules of the Eight Banners are not so easy to break!"
"Let's just watch the excitement!"
"Ouch..." Yi Xuan stomped her foot, "Brother, how can you think so? Ma Ming came to me just now and clearly said that the new Yulin Army is... what kind of first-level combat readiness!"
"He said that the New Army is in combat mode right now... Damn, those soldiers have live ammunition in their guns!"
Guiziliu's eyes widened at that moment, "What? Live ammunition! Is he, Zai Chun, crazy? The troops marching to Beijing for the military parade dare to fire live ammunition!"
"Your grandma's! If it's broken, something big will happen!"
