To be honest, it is really easy. Anyone who has worked as a staff consultant for one or two years can figure it out as long as he is given a certain amount of time. However, it is not so easy to make a lifelike sand table with strict proportions.
This requires extremely detailed and rigorous surveying of the terrain. Take Guojialing where the Third Army is stationed as an example. If you want to make Guojialing into a sand table model, you must understand the true height of Guojialing and its geological type. Is it easy?
Excavation works, etc.
Otherwise, when you make it, you mark it as a mountain of earth, but when the time comes to send troops to dig fortifications, you will see that the mountain is full of rocks, and you will be in trouble. This is going to be a big problem, so from this perspective
It is not easy to make a military sand table.
In the eyes of Brigadier Chen and Tang Huaiyuan, the sand table now made by Chi Yaohui can be described as lifelike. It includes various terrains, roads, woods and even the Liantai Militia, the Third Army, the Eighth Route Army and even various units of the Japanese Army.
All defenses are marked above.
It can be said that if this sand table now falls into the hands of Okamura Neiji, Okamura Neiji can launch a full-scale attack on Yangping Town, Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang according to the situation marked on the sand table without any hesitation.
That kind of.
Only then did Brigadier Chen and Tang Huaiyuan praise him just now.
Tang Huaiyuan stared at the sand table with an obsessed expression for more than ten minutes, and then sighed: "Brother Gao, I have been in the army for decades. I have seen sand tables ranging from hundreds to hundreds, but they are so exquisite and detailed.
This is the first time for me to have a sand table.
I wonder who made this sand table?”
Hearing Tang Huaiyuan's praise, Gao Hongming smiled slightly and pointed at Chi Yaohui who was standing aside: "Brother Tang, Brigadier Chen, he made this sand table."
Chi Yaohui stood at attention and saluted the two of them: "Chi Yaohui, chief of staff of the Liantai County Vigilante Corps, has met these two officers!"
Brigadier Chen looked at Chi Yaohui and asked with interest, "In what Huangpu class did Chief of Staff Chi graduate?"
During this period, most of the officers in the national army graduated from Huangpu, so Brigadier Chen asked this question.
However, Chi Yaohui shook his head: "Report to Chief Chen, the staff studied at the Staff College of the Berlin Military School in Germany. He returned to China after completing his studies in the 27th year of the Republic of China. He was not lucky enough to study at the Whampoa Military Academy."
Gao Hongming said from the side: "It is precisely because Zijie did not graduate from Huangpu that he could only serve as a small combat staff officer in the 187th Regiment of the 39th Division of the Central Army after returning to China.
He has made many meritorious deeds in the past few years, but because he was not from Huangpu, he was never promoted, and he wasted three years until he was hired by me this month."
Brigadier Chen sighed softly and shook his head helplessly.
Today's Central Army is almost entirely controlled by officers from the Huangpu Clan, and it is too difficult for outsiders to gain a foothold in it.
Looking at Chi Yaohui, who was wearing a Type 36 Army field uniform and standing upright next to the sand table, Brigadier Chen's heart moved and he said with a smile: "Chief of Staff Chi, since this sand table was made by you, it shows that you have great influence on both the enemy and us.
We are already familiar with the situation, now would you please introduce to a few of us what is the current situation between us and the enemy?"
Chi Yaohui glanced at Gao Hongming slightly, and Gao Hongming laughed, "Now that we have established a joint command headquarters, commanded by me, Commander Tang, and Brigadier Chen, his orders are also my orders, so you can give them to Commander Chen
Let’s explain it to Chief Tang.”
"yes!"
Chi Yaohui nodded, picked up the small wooden stick on the side and pointed at a dangerous peak on the north side: "Three officers, please look, from north to west and then to south, they are Guojialing, Yangping Town and Gaojiazhuang.
These three places form a "pin" shape at the corners of each other, firmly guarding the surrounding hundreds of square kilometers. Of these three places, Guojialing is the most dangerous and occupies the most land, followed by Gaojiazhuang.
, this is the only passage from Zhongtiao Mountain to Shanxi. Once here is lost, our army's retreat will be completely cut off, so these two places are must-win areas for the two armies."
Hearing this, Tang Huaiyuan and Brigadier Chen looked at each other and asked: "Chief of Staff Chi, what about Yangping Town? Isn't it important here?"
"Of course not." Chi Yaohui shook his head: "Although the terrain of Yangping Town is the gentlest among our army's positions and the population is the largest, it is also the throat connecting Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang. If Yangping Town falls, Guojialing and
The connection between Gaojiazhuang and Gaojiazhuang will be cut off, and the defenders in both places will be left alone.
Once Yangping Town is lost, Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang will not be protected, so in my opinion, Guojialing and Gaojiazhuang are like the two ends of the pole, and Yangping Town is the support point of the pole, neither part can be lost."
"Well, that makes sense." Brigadier Chen and Tang Huaiyuan nodded. They had already reached a consensus on this point, so it was not surprising that Chi Yaohui said this.
Brigadier Chen continued: "Then what is your opinion on the current deployment tactics of our army? Or do you have a different view?"
"Mr. Chen, Chief Tang, what are you two doing, recruiting a chief of staff?" Gao Hongming on the side couldn't stand it. Isn't this a clear way to embarrass his chief of staff?
You must know that the current deployment is based on a tacit understanding between the three parties. Each of the three parties is in one place and not subordinate to the other. This reduces the occurrence of conflicts and can be avoided as much as possible. But now these two have to let Chi Yaohui evaluate them.
What do you want Chi Yaohui to say about the strategic deployment?
Brigadier Chen was about to speak, but Chi Yaohui laughed: "If you don't tell me, Commander Chen, I will raise it. On the surface, our army's deployment looks like each of the three parties is guarding one side. Let's not disturb each other. If anything happens,
They can also support each other, which seems perfect, but in my opinion it is a huge waste."
At this time, it was not only Gao Hongming and the other three who were listening to Chi Yaohui's words, but also staff officers from the Third Army, the Eighth Route Army and the Liantai Militia Group all gathered around them.
We are all peers, and of course they want to hear what the other person has to say. After hearing this, everyone had different reactions.
Some were thoughtful, some were disapproving, and some even showed disdain. But with the three officers here, of course no one would be stupid enough to jump out and object, but nearly a hundred pairs of eyes all looked at Chi Yaohui.
, they all want to hear what the newly promoted chief of staff of the Liantai Militia has to say.
Facing so many eyes, people with poor psychological quality would probably be at a loss.
But Chi Yaohui still looked calm. He pointed the wooden stick in his hand at Guojialing and said loudly: "Everyone, please see, Guojialing is the most important terrain among our three positions, but it is also the smallest in area, with only more than ten
Square kilometers, but we do have the largest number of troops deployed here, is this reasonable?"