However, even if he didn't believe it, Prince Kang could guess that even if the forest thief army did not have a thousand rear-loading guns, there should be seven or eight hundred, otherwise, it would be impossible to completely smash the beachhead defense line and the second line of defense of his 60,000 defenders in just a few hours.

To be able to do this, the other side must rely on a huge number of artillery regiments!

This made Prince Kang very helpless!

In this battle, the Daheng unified army did not use any strategy at all, nor did they play with the east to attack the west, secretly cross the river in a roundabout way, etc., they simply relied on the powerful artillery firepower to directly smash the beachhead defense of the Jingzhou troops, and then forcibly crossed the river.

What can you tell Prince Kang to say about this style of play......

More weirdos artillery?

However, this is the consistent tradition of the Daheng people to fight!

Before the Sixth Dynasty, the people of Daheng firmly believed: people and horses are king!

During the Sixth Dynasty, the people of Daheng firmly believed: more people, more horses, more artillery is the king!

Now, Daheng people think that there are many people, more horses, more breezed rifled guns are the king!

In the era of cold weapons, the Daheng people used more people and horses and food to kill a group of aliens around them.

In the era of guns, in addition to relying on more people, Daheng people also bully others with more artillery and larger calibers!

As for all kinds of exquisite tactics, the Sixth Dynasty of Daheng has been around for nearly three hundred years, and there are few famous generals who can be praised by the world, let alone famous generals who are known for their tactics.

In the Heng Austrian War more than fifty years ago, so many high-ranking generals on the Daheng side participated in the war, but there were actually few people who could be familiar with the world, on the contrary, there were several recognized famous generals on the side of the Orissa Imperial Army.

The Orissa Empire is the master of playing all kinds of tactics, what rear slope tactics, bayonet charge after a volley at close range, entering in columns, changing formations to meet the battle, these things are all tossed out by the Orissa Imperial Army.

But why are there so many of them?

Because they are weak, they need all kinds of tactics to make up for the gap in overall strength!

And what about the Great Heng people? Cannon multiplayer Domado, what tactics will be played with you there! It's done with the direct push, at most it's a strategic detour or something.

Daheng people fought in the Hengao War, and the basic tactics were actually very simple, that is, hundreds of artillery pieces were placed, countless infantry arrays were lined up in front, and large-scale cavalry was covered on the flanks.

After the fight, a large number of artillery fire support, the infantry lined up to resist hard, the cavalry flanked and covered, and when the opportunity appeared, the cavalry rushed out to cover the kill, and then it was basically over.

Occasionally, I'll play a strategic detour or something, but while playing, it will basically turn into a head-on battle between large corps in the end!

In fact, the officer group of the Daheng Army is generally considered to be a high-quality officer group, after all, Daheng is the first country in the world to establish a professional officer school, and the officers are all professional officers who have been trained since they were teenagers, and their tactical literacy is quite good.

It's just that this kind of tactical literacy is generally manifested in small and medium-sized battles, and as for strategy, the Daheng Army likes to fight steadily and steadily, using the simplest and rough flat push all the way through.

In fact, this kind of steady and steady way is also very practical, they simply rely on more troops, more artillery, more cavalry, more logistics, higher quality officers, and higher quality of soldiers than the enemy, and then crush them head-on.

Therefore, in the early days of the war, Daheng's military operations were smooth sailing, until other countries began to interfere in the Hengao War.

When the Orissa Empire received the support of other countries in the southern continent and even other continental countries, and sent money and troops to help the Orissa Empire resist Daheng, the Daheng army slowly lost its strength, firepower, and logistical advantages, and in the later stage of the war, the troops were even at a disadvantage.

After the flat push couldn't be pushed, the Daheng Army stopped cooking......

So much so that after the war, the counterparts of the Blue Star countries generally looked down on the generals of the Daheng Army, thinking that the generals of the Daheng Army were all rookies.

However, after the war, almost all countries learned from the Daheng Imperial Army to establish their new army, especially the Daheng Army's infantry artillery coordination was popular all over the world overnight, and its five-pound and nine-pound field guns became the standard artillery of the global army field artillery.

Countless countries began to abandon their old artillery, and began to learn from the Tang Dynasty to directly equip a large number of five-pound and nine-pound field guns in the field troops.

Some backward countries even use the Daheng Army as a template for building their own new army.

Therefore, although other countries despise the command level of the generals of Daheng, they all envy the troops commanded by the generals of Daheng.

When many generals of other countries studied the Hengao War, they would have such an idea: if Lao Tzu had been given such a strong army, Lao Tzu would have swept the entire southern continent long ago......

However, this is just an outsider's opinion!

After the war, Daheng reflected on the defeat of the Hengao War, but there was no strategic and tactical reflection!

The people of Daheng do not think that they have made any huge strategic and tactical mistakes in the war!

So why did you fight for three years and still return in vain?

The generals of Daheng believed that it was the cross-sea operations that limited their own transportation capacity, so that the tactics of adding fuel led to not enough infantry on the front line, not enough cavalry, and not enough artillery in the long run, and finally led to the prolongation of the war, which in turn directly led to the financial difficulties of the empire, and even domestic turmoil, and was forced to end the war.

If you fight the Orissa Empire in the future, you must ensure the strength and supply in the early stage, prepare countless ships in advance, and send a million infantry across the sea within three months of the outbreak of the war, and then a few thousand cannons, and more than 200,000 cavalry.

Push it over directly in a wave to avoid prolonging the war.

This idea was not said by a few high-ranking generals at that time in order to shirk their responsibilities, but was carefully studied by many generals later, and it was a conclusion that was widely recognized!

From these, it can be seen that the way and views of the people of Daheng towards war are somewhat special.

Now in Prince Kang's opinion, the forest thief army on the opposite side is clearly relying on artillery to bully people.

But the front-line troops have nothing to do!

For him, he can only feel helpless!

After the loss of the beachhead defense line, nearly 50,000 remnants of the Jingzhou troops in the direction of the Wuyu Ferry on the front line retreated, because the Wuyu Ferry was broken through, and the other two major ferries defended by the troops of the other two states were also of no value to continue to defend.

As a result, the first-line troops on the Mihe defense line were about 180,000 and the three-state coalition army began to retreat!

Finally, it turned onto the railway line and rebuilt the defensive line about 10 kilometers from the Mi River.

The Mihe defense line was lost, and more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, in fact, this is nothing, the most important thing is that because the battle situation deteriorated too quickly, many troops could not carry artillery and baggage to evacuate.

So much so that the front line reported that in the defense line of the three cities along the railway, there were only 100 rear-loading guns and no more than 150 front-loading rifled guns.

In order to follow up the three cities of the solid defense railway line, the front-line generals asked for reinforcements, especially artillery reinforcements!

It is said that at least 200 75-mm rear-loading guns and more than 100 large-caliber rear-loading guns of more than 100 mm are urgently replenished!

In this regard, Prince Kang has nothing else but sigh!

Before the war, the entire Mihe defense line had a total of about 300 rear-loading rifled guns, which were scattered among various units, while more than 200 were deployed on the Mihe line, and the strategic reserve troops in the rear were only a few dozen at most.

But it was useless to sigh, he could only find the deputy commanders of the other two states, and after some urgent discussion, he transferred the rear strategic reserve to urgently reinforce the front line, and at the same time transferred the last more than 50 breech-loading rifled guns.

But will this be able to hold the three cities on the southern front?

Prince Kang looked at the map of the enemy and thought about how to deal with it.

The three cities on the southern line, this is not a city, but a region, and no one even called this area that before.

The area is actually three small cities on the southern railway line of the Jingzhou railway network, these three small cities are not big, the distance is very close, the original is actually the three villages on the southern railway, and later relying on the railway line to continue to develop, one after another developed into small towns.

At present, the Sanzhou United Army is to link these three small towns together, and form a three-city defense area of six kilometers from north to south and three kilometers from east to west, with a railway line running through it, and a railway station in Fengrong Town, which is also the terminus of the Jingzhou South Line Railway.

From this, we can know the importance of the three towns on the southern route.

After losing the positions on the Mihe line, the three-state coalition army retreated to the three towns on the southern front on a large scale and rebuilt the defensive line.

Regarding their moves, the Jingzhou Front of the Daheng Unification Army will not sit idly by and watch them steadily retreat, and finally establish a solid defense line.

Even if the Daheng Unification Army is good at fighting this kind of battle, it will not fight if it is not necessary, after all, the cost of fighting a tough battle is too great.

Not only does it require a lot of ammunition, but it also leads to a lot of casualties.

Just like the previous strength of the Black Feather Ferry, although the Daheng unified army occupied an absolute advantage in firepower, it was pressing the opponent from beginning to end, and it also advanced quickly, but the casualties were still relatively large.

On the evening of the same day, Liang Chenglei received a preliminary count of casualties, and a total of more than 1,200 people were killed and more than 3,000 were wounded in all units participating in the battle, including the navy.

These casualties mainly occurred in the early stages of crossing the river, especially when they were still on the beachhead, and the casualties were relatively heavy.

In the later period, the 8th Division advanced in depth, but due to the lack of direct artillery support in the early stage, it could only rely on light weapons carried by the infantry, and at the same time, the mission time was relatively tight, so it also suffered some casualties at that time.

Then there was the time to launch a large-scale interspersed encirclement, although the overall interspersed encirclement was very smooth, but there was an infantry battalion that was unlucky enough to penetrate into front of one of the enemy's main divisions, and misjudged the situation and thought that the enemy had only one regiment, and thought that the enemy had broken and fled, and there were no heavy weapons.

The young and bold battalion commander boldly carried out interception operations.

As a result, it was sad, they were a whole division, and they also carried more than 20 rear-loading guns!