Southern guerrilla warfare: I led the Red Seventh Army Corps to amassed a million troops.

The telegram from the Central Committee was quite long. Zhou Zeyuan extracted the key information from it, and he was too embarrassed to let Xun Huaizhou and Su Yu read it again.

Then I added my own understanding to this information and explained it to them.

First, the vanguard of the Central Army had reached the territory of Tongdao County. No strong enemy forces were found in the surrounding area, so they had temporarily shaken off the pursuit of the National Army.

Therefore, the central authorities decided to hold a military conference during the rest period in Tongdao County to summarize and reflect on the experiences and lessons learned from the previous stage of the operation.

This is the famous Channel Conference.

At this meeting, the Red Army high command rejected some previous erroneous military lines and adopted the strategy of advancing into Guizhou.

It was from this meeting onward that the Red Army stopped making the same mistakes it had during the Battle of Xiangjiang.

The Red Army's error correction mechanism began to take effect.

But then the conversation took a sudden turn, and the longest paragraph of the telegram began to appear.

This telegram devoted a great deal of space to explaining the course of the bloody battle of Xiangjiang, but history remains unchanged.

Many well-known errors are attributed to objective factors.

For example, the enemy's overall strength, the lack of anti-aircraft weapons, and the shortage of logistical ammunition.

Zhou Zeyuan completely ignored this as nonsense.

You can bury your head in the sand for now. Just wait until the meeting, and see if the older generation of revolutionaries scold you or not.

Now we get down to business: the losses from the Battle of Xiangjiang. But wait, we're not getting to the point so easily. The losses are described in two whole pages.

It's not that the losses were too great, but rather that it should be emphasized that before the Xiangjiang Campaign officially broke out, the Red Army's strength had already decreased from over 8 to over 6.

Of these, the Red Army suffered losses of about 7000 men in the battle to break through the blockade, about 9000 men were separated from their units, seriously wounded and resettled on the spot, and about 6000 men deserted.

Most of the escapees were captured Kuomintang prisoners of war. Every time a battle broke out, some prisoners of war would take the opportunity to escape. A small number of them were farmers who were urgently mobilized to join the army.

The Central Military Commission explained these matters in great detail, emphasizing that before the Battle of Xiangjiang, the Red Army had only about 6 troops left. This crucial premise had to be made clear, otherwise the leaders would feel wronged!

Zhou Zeyuan, however, felt wronged.

Aren't you responsible for the previous losses?

Whether it's the losses from one battle over a period of time, or the total losses from multiple battles, aren't they all battles led by you? What's the essential difference?

Then came a series of rambling, nonsensical remarks that left Xun Huaizhou and Su Yu, who were sitting to the side, completely astonished.

In a different setting, they might be quite interested in listening to a stand-up comedy routine, but right now they were anxiously waiting for a casualty report, so they quickly interrupted his spellcasting animation.

Otherwise, when Zhou Zeyuan is angry, he can curse for three hours straight without repeating himself.

The analysis continued. Zhou Zeyuan glanced at the casualty figures of each unit and began to compare them with the original timeline.

Generally speaking, the losses in each department have improved somewhat, but the differences are indeed quite significant.

Red One and Red Three still suffered heavy losses. Red One was in slightly better condition, as it had an extra small hill as a barrier, which proved to be very effective in the blocking battle.

The Red Army suffered the greatest losses. Although the Guangxi Army tried its best to hold back, the difference in firepower between the two sides was simply too great.

The area where the two sides clashed was a vast plain, and when shells rained down, there was nowhere to hide.

Then came the Red 5, Red 8, and Red 9, as well as the two columns of the Central Military Commission; the losses of these units were significantly reduced.

The average casualties across the three regiments were around 30%!

Because a large number of Kuomintang bombers were tied down on the eastern front, the safety of the personnel in the central government offices was greatly improved.

They became the team with the fewest losses in this battle!

In response, Zhou Zeyuan could only say, "I drew the Nationalist army's firepower, which resulted in protecting these people. I feel both gratified and disgusted."

It's like my favorite cookie being touched by a creepy uncle.

You eat the cookie right away, but the weird uncle says, "I just finished using the toilet."

"Zeyuan, snap out of it! What are you thinking about?" Xun Huaizhou slapped the table in displeasure.

Su Yu added, "I've been feeling really anxious these past few days. Don't try to interpret it; just give us a number."

Zhou Zeyuan licked his lips. "The numbers? About right, uh, well, you guys calculate 1.5 squared!"

The two were silent for only a second, and then the volcano erupted.

"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!" Su Yu grabbed the teacup and smashed it on the ground!

"Left-leaning, left-leaning, I'll slam you to the ground!" Xun Huaizhou grabbed a stool and slammed it to the ground.

Then the two of them cursed even more filthily than Zhou Zeyuan.

It's no wonder they lost their composure; after all, the First Red Army Corps at its peak only numbered 2.6.

This is tantamount to completely erasing an entire legion from its organizational structure.

If we include the previous losses of more than 2 people, that's two legions!

Since its founding, the Red Army has never suffered such heavy losses in a single battle.

Those who don't understand the truth of history naturally can't accept it.

Zhou Zeyuan, on the contrary, became much calmer. Many more soldiers had survived, so at least his efforts had not been in vain.

The only concern is that the losses are less than in the same period in history. Will the teacher's path to promotion be fraught with difficulties?

To this end, he had prepared a sharply worded report in advance.

This will set a good precedent for this meeting that criticizes the erroneous military line.

Let me show off my muscles too!

However, as it turns out, Zhou Zeyuan was simply overthinking things.

It should be said that the comrades in the Central Committee shared the same feelings as Su Yu and Xun Huaizhou at this time.

They weren't time travelers, they didn't have any foresight, and they had no comparisons, so naturally they wouldn't feel that the loss was much smaller.

On the contrary, because of Zhou Zeyuan's triumphant success, many people's dissatisfaction is on the verge of erupting like a volcano.

If the original Channel Conference was simply concerned with implementing the new military strategy, then the real reason was that the country would not survive if it did not change course.

I'm not sure if I can survive after the changes. Anyway, it can't get any worse than it is now.

The current mindset is that if students are this awesome, then teachers must be absolutely incredible!

This is like Zhou Zeyuan leading a provincial team to fight his way through the world stage, facing a top international team, and ending up with a 3-0 victory.

Now let the head coach take the field with their all-star lineup, and they should at least beat the opponent 7-0.