Hannaji is sincere advice, but unfortunately Zhang Bingzhong can't answer this question.

The Ming version of the hollow phalanx is also a little different from the hollow phalanx of Westerners in history, but this is not the most fundamental problem, and the more fundamental problem is that the hollow phalanx put out by Zhang Bingzhong and his son yesterday is a castrated version.

Compared with the hollow phalanx proposed by Gao Shishi to Qi Jiguang at the beginning, yesterday's hollow phalanx lacked artillery support, which of course had an impact, otherwise the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo might have to change.

After Qi Jiguang researched, he had some doubts about whether the Ming army could achieve the discipline required by the hollow phalanx of high pragmatism, so he designed and improved the car battalion mechanism on this basis, and according to the drill code he sent, there are now two versions of the Ming army's hollow phalanx uncastrated:

In the first version, the partial van formed a square on the periphery, and the artillery fire on the car turned outward to launch the first wave of ultra-long-range strikes, and at the same time, spears or bamboo spears were inserted on the outside of the partial van to force the war horses not to dare to rush hard;

After the van, the musketeers struck with continuous fire round by round with the help of the blocking and protection of the vans;

Finally, a platoon of grenadiers was placed in all four directions to throw grenades to clear the dense enemy forces that had rushed in front of the camp formation.

This version can also be called the bayonetless version of the hollow phalanx of the car battalion, which is suitable for heavy groups carrying a large number of vehicles and baggage, especially the kind of heavy groups with a relatively general will to fight.

In fact, Qi Jiguang used this version to defeat Changang this time, and Changang felt that he couldn't please after attacking a wave, so he turned around and ran away.

The advantage of this version is that it downplays the importance of strict military discipline, so that the soldiers will not face the cavalry charge, which can be regarded as a change made by Qi Jiguang from the actual level of the current Ming army. As for the disadvantage, it is that the baggage is carried too much, and the marching speed must be slower.

The second version is the high-pragmatism version, and the gun uses a new gun carriage that can adjust the muzzle firing angle, and the gun carriage is placed in the "hollow" of the hollow phalanx, and the artillery support is decided according to the direction of the opponent's attack.

And outside of the artillery, the forces of the defensive cavalry charge are all pressed on the bayonet formation, which has been said before, using the animal instinct that the war horse will not stupidly choose to "commit suicide".

The tasks of musketeers and grenadiers have not changed, and they are still trying to increase the number of bombs dropped by units as much as possible, forcing the enemy back with a large number of casualties.

Generally speaking, this hollow phalanx is more similar to the hollow phalanx in the modern period of the West, and its purpose is very simple, that is, to kill and injure a large number of enemy troops. And where it relied on, in addition to the bayonet array, was mainly two points: sufficient firepower and strict military discipline.

Sufficient firepower is enough to hurt or even collapse the cavalry before it rushes to the front of the formation and puts the greatest pressure on the bayonet array - before the rise of nationalism and nationalism, everyone's ability to bear casualties during this period is relatively poor, as long as a wave hurts, the opponent will choose to retreat nine times out of ten.

As for the strict military discipline, this is obvious, with a bayonet on the ground, you have to resist the charging of the opposing cavalry, where can you do this job without any guts? But courage alone is not enough, and such things must be put in place in a strict system, so that the bayonet will not waver and retreat in the face of the charge - if they retreat, the musketeers in the rear will basically be lambs to the slaughter.

As for asking Hannaji why there were only these platoons, Gao Shishi really didn't want to do arithmetic problems with him, telling him that this would ensure that the firepower would be fully utilized and not wasted, and at the same time, it could form sufficient firepower on one side of the front to cause instant mass casualties to the enemy.

In later generations, some military historians said that combat is an arithmetic problem, and discipline and the amount of bombs dropped per unit of time determine victory or defeat, but in fact, it is from this perspective.

Zhang Bingzhong's stunned appearance made Han Naji know that the other party didn't understand, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Gao pragmatic smiled and took over the conversation, and said: "This formation is specially designed for me to break the horse, and I will tell you in detail the next time I have time, but if it is just a simple explanation, it is to rely on the power of my Ming Dynasty's more and more powerful firearms, and give them a huge blow when the cavalry has not yet rushed to the front of the formation. ”

He paused for a moment, and then added: "As for the cavalry side, if they are willing to pay heavy casualties to break through this formation, it doesn't matter, if one side is broken through, the other three sides can turn their guns and give the enemy army who rushes into front of the Chinese army a big encirclement-type battle." ”

Well, this passage is simply as follows: I exchange infantry for cavalry, and I earn it with blood!

What's more, even if the value of cavalry and infantry is not discussed, the Mongols can't stand this kind of combat mode alone - how many people are in the Ming Dynasty, how many people are they? Duzi is as stupid as a pig.

After thinking about Hannaji in his heart for a while, he barely understood Gao Shishi's words, but he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart - in this way, the Mongols would really be useless to Shang Ming!

Although Hannaji was pro-Ming, when he thought that the cavalry that the Mongols once relied on to dominate the world could not even pack up the infantry phalanx, his heart suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and he sighed: "That is, Brother Gao, you can come up with such a flawless infantry phalanx." ”

"Flawless?" Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "There is no formation that is flawless, and in the same way, there is no tactic that can always work, and it will always be invincible in the world." ”

Hannaji didn't think that Gao Pragmatic would take the initiative to say that the hollow phalanx also had flaws, and at that time he wanted to talk and stopped, and wanted to ask, but he was afraid that Gao Pragmatic would misunderstand, but he didn't ask, and he was really panicked in his heart.

Gao Pragmatic seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a slight smile: "Brother Ji, don't you understand how this formation can be broken?" ”

Hannaji said: "It's a little hard to figure out, but it doesn't matter, I won't go against Daming." ”

Gao Shishi laughed, he also knew that this sentence was just to prove his innocence, and the credibility of the ghost knew how high, so he still took the initiative to "explain" Han Naji at the moment, and said: "Brother Naji, in fact, the cavalry may not be able to deal with the hollow phalanx, but it requires some conditions, such as ...... There is a more powerful artillery unit. ”

"Artillery?" Hannaji was dumbfounded.

Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "That's right, it's artillery, as long as you can concentrate enough artillery to storm one front, this front is too thin, and it is very likely that you won't be able to take the lead." ”

Hannaji suddenly realized, but secretly said in his heart: If you want artillery, then this matter has nothing to do with me......